#al talks

[fruitydiaz]

yeah “i can teach you” is kind and gentle and warm and comforting. it’s also hot. right

[alwri-tes]

tip: You can write about the same character as many times as you want. Who's going to stop you? God?

[mascochism]

Anorexic lesbian call that ribbed for her pleasure

[ask-gaz]

still waiting for my husbands alejandro and rudy to make an askblog 💔💔💔 might as well make one of them myself…

(i will deadass start barking if you do bashwjs alejandros so sexy i love him)

[altho-arto]

Not friends. Not roommates. But a Secret third thing (Dance Of Deduction)... Im gonna keel over

[alviesaur]

Ugh everytime I try writing a couple I hit a snag because 1. I'm aroace 2. I've never been in a relationship and 3. Any overtly sexual actions/thoughts seem weird to me, so I end up writing them as just really close friends and then I am like

Oh wait. They are supposed to be attracted to eachother.

[t-essell]

Al

⛧ he/she/it ⛧ transfem agender ⛧ acespec ⛧ ageless ⛧ demon ⛧ Alastor introject

I should write a quick introduction to myself! I love to engage with people and make them laugh! I adore roleplaying (as myself)! I enjoy doing crafts too! I embrace my feral, monsterous side much more than canon. I also give a "Yay! Yippie!" to gore and cannibalism!

⛧ tag ⛧ blog ⛧

[fidgetninja]

Med Log: Atomoxetine 6 months in

Medication: Atomoxetine, 40mg

Long-time-no-talk! Last time I posted I was back on atomoxetine. I've found it beneficial in some ways but it's become difficult in others (the same ways that led me to come off it two years ago).

Atomoxetine by itself seems to dampen and blunt my emotions over time. It didn't matter to me when first on them because I was so desperate to get my life back in order. I'm grateful I went on it this year, I'm doing a lot better, but I'm experiencing the following:

nausea - it's nearly constant no matter what I eat (heartburn specifically I've managed to mitigate with yoghurt / big meals before taking my dose)

emotional blunting - my partner and some close friends have commented I've lost my exuberance; I'm less enthusiastic about things, I'm less interested in people, and the weirdest thing I've noticed... I don't feel anything any more when listening to music; it just feels like noise and is mildly irritating

non-existent sex drive - I have zero interest any more, including I can't 'feel' my attraction to people any more. Some would welcome this or not mind this, but this really bothers me

This is so frustrating to me; atomoxetine does help me with being more organised, calmer, less stressed... but it feels like at the cost of blunting the good about me as well as the bad. It almost feels like turning the volume down on all of me, not just the parts of my ADHD that cause me issues.

Two years ago I hated this so came off it entirely, and then was discharged due to not being on medication (hence the fight to get back on meds). This time though, I'm trying stimulants again, which I will cover in my next post.

[itafushii]

the itafushi brainrot is back full force... embracing the hyperfixation like a returned lover, once long lost at sea.....

[the-little-ugly-fuckling]

has anyone read the sequels to ancillary justice? does seivarden ever come back as a main character because i’m over halfway through ancillary sword and she’s barely there and it’s killing me

[fruitydiaz]

the fact that so many people continue to back trump every year makes me nauseous. it doesn’t matter if he loses because too many fucking people have clearly become comfortable with and supportive of right wing extremism thanks to him. what do you mean you support fascism. what do you mean.

[alwri-tes]

2024 Wrap Up Post!

It feels like just yesterday that 2024 was a brand new year, and yet, here we are, just a day away from its end. So, without further ado, here's just a short list of things that happened to me in the writer world in 2024.

-I published my second novel, Splintertown, in February of this year! It was an absolute dream come true and I will always cherish the memories of how it felt to finally see this story come into the world. Splintertown also sold very well, and very quickly, copies of this one flew out of my hands significantly faster than that of its predecessor. It was so impressive and wild, and I am so grateful.

-A copy of Shadow's Hidden Blade was sold for the first time ever to a customer who lives outside of the U.S.

-I donated copies of Shadow's Hidden Blade and attempted to get it circulated in a local regional library. I was unsuccessful, but at least I tried.

-A copy of Splintertown was sold for the first time to a customer outside of the U.S. (What?!)

-I received many comments from readers over the course of this year that absolutely filled my heart with joy.

-I read a lot of books this year, several of which were written by my fellow authors on Tumblr! J.G Martin's (@jgmartin) Crooked Antlers was the perfect book to curl up with on a rainy night and will likely be a spooky season favorite, Apolline Lucy's (@apolline-lucy) The Silver Birds had me struggling to pick my jaw up off the floor, Alina Capella's (@alinacapellabooks) The Tengu and The Angel was a strikingly emotional summer read, Gabriella Buba's (@inkcurlsandknives) Saints of Storm and Sorrow had me on the verge of losing it on an airplane, and Estella Mirai's (@estellamiraiauthor) The Stars May Rise and Fall made me stay up way too late while desperate to find out what happened next.

All in all, wow, what a year!

See you all in the next one, and hopefully many more years to come!

[mascochism]

Me, so hard I'm about to pass out: hhheg, have upu evr wanted 2 ...... ough... to hunt sm1 4 sport?

[ask-gaz]

(im starting my second semester of college next week and BRO I AM SOOOOOO COOKED 😭 my brain is still in vacation mode and im so worried im gonna fuck my grades up because i have this stupid swimming class and FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING)

(i studied that shit in my last two years of highschool and it was NOT FUN. VERY TRAUMATIZING.)

(it’s the very reason why i SWORE i would never take bs accountancy. AND I DIDNT. I TOOK A DIFFERENT MAJOR BC I THOUGHT ID BE SAFE. I WAS NOT. my mathematically challenged ass can NOT handle all that numbers and analysis.)

[altho-arto]

A little late, but here's some of my works from 2023 ! (only cheated a little for months where i did stuff but forgot to publish it, consider it a sneak peak haha) Happy to see my style continue to evolve in a direction im generally happy with, while also occasionally going out of my comfort zone to try out a bit of painting and push my colors a little bit !

Can't wait to be even more obnoxious about my interests (related : bonus AA/DGS only summary under the cut) and post some weirder fanarts over the next year, despite wanting the concept of cringe dead and buried i have trouble applying that to myself so we'll see <3 happy 2024!

i made some fun AAvsPL crossover stuff this year, and while the DGS brainrot that consumed my whole brain this year was slowly going away i have new friends who are discovering dgs1 rn and bringing me back the spark for it... my multishipper heart is happy i could participate in more events this year, but id love to publish more ryulock than before cause the ratio of sketches i make VS stuff i finish and post for them is insane!!! also need to do my ot3 propaganda maybe so i can get even more niche than i was before !! (clown emoji)

anyways. also got more yuri in the plans but i dont want to make promises i cant keep. but ginamari i am not forgetting you <3

bonus for the people who read all that : see the Herlock in the June slot ? he was not drawn like an emoji on purpose. that lineart was actually made in 2021 when i was playing through dgs1, and finding how to do his face was my personal nightmare (tbh except ryuu none of the dgs characters came "easy" to me). it took time but as you can see now i found a way ! so dont give up if you dont know how to draw your blorbo in your style, it can rly be a struggle but eventually you'll get there!! just gotta be patient with yourself !! (also looking how other artists draw him can help. thank you random ryulock doujin which had rly cool herlock eyes)

[canidcourier]

The rebrand of twitter to X is so cringe to me that as soon as the update reached me I deleted the app. It looked like dodgy malware on my phone.