#also see you sept 1st!! hopefully!!

[firstkhao]

guys this is going to sound really heavy? insane? but. first of all going on a hiatus. i’ll put the rest in the tags because idk. it feels really weird doing this but also unfortunately it is very very necessary at this point.

[faffreux]

;-; your love for fawful is genuinely so comforting to me, as in it makes me feel better about my own feelings with my romantic relationship with a fictional character (one that has been much more intense and like, Real (realized i'm ficto thanks to her for example) than past ones, and our 1st anniversary (of hopefully many) is very soon(sept 1st ^-^)!! also idk why my brain is yelling at me to mention this but she and i are lesbians btw, aha <3).

but anyway, especially with those couple anons you answered recently, i resonated with them a lot... having consistent n logical dreams about my love, seeing her in things in my daily life in such a way that it makes me feel loved *by* her and even watched over by her, being able to feel her comfort somehow, and so on... it feels so amazing, especially as someone that thought it would never find a romantic partner despite wanting one badly. she may be fictional, but the feelings are real, and it's so so so nice..💖

so basically just... thank you for sharing your love n relationship like this. i'm sure i'm not the only one that feels this way... my steam for words is running out(i feel this ask is already rather poorly worded orz) im sorry so just. thank you thank you a million times thank youuuu 🥺💖💖💖

OMG YOU'RE SO WELCOME I'M SO GLAD I COULD HELP??? I HOPE YOUR WEEK IS FULL OF SUNSHINE AND I MEAN THAT ONE HUNDRED FOLD OK

Thank you for sharing!! I don't have a huge response atm bc I'm getting ready for work but this means a lot to hear! ngl I get really excited when I open my inbox and see a message this long LOL

[shamrock313]

Evan Peters (Sept. 29)

This reading is for entertainment purposes only. Please take what you read with a grain of salt. Enjoy

This will be my (hopefully) last reading of Evan this month. Tomorrow is October 1st, and I want to act like this man doesn't exist. So, we have all day today to discuss him. Also to the anon, who sent me their "three choices" just know I saw it. I had a good laugh.

Of course, things are sure to happen in October as we know Nat birthday is coming up so maybe she or her friends will post. Don't know. What I will say is that I will be back to posting Evan readings in November probably after elections. @theloverscardtarot @itsthequeenofswords if you need any help with any readings let me know and I'll step in.

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Evan's Headspace: AoS -This card is my "cut the bs". Finding clarity. Starting to have a clear view / understanding. You're no longer blinded by the "fog". Trusting your judgement / intuition.

Love Life Currently: 9oP - Valuing independence. Maybe they're on a break or giving each other space to grow. He can be himself. Self love. "Balance of love and independence". "Creating a home together". While I do think Evan has his own place, I do believe Natalie is adding her own touches to the home so it is sort of "their home" but there needs to be things that actually represent Evan. For example let's say the couch, the dining table, the vase is all picked out by Nat. You ask Evan what he got that he wanted he might say the utensils or bath towels.

How does Nat feel about her relationship with Evan? Star + Knight of Swords = Again, I do think they're taking a small break from each other. With Star, it's all about hope, coming out of a rough patch (something happened at the Zegna dinner). There needs to be open and honest communication. Been saying this since the very beginning. These two need to discuss their issues.

Knight of Swords "winning a lover back even if the partner is ready to leave". From how I see it's like "wait give me a second chance, I promise to change or do better / let's start over". That's one of the issues right there. Saying one thing, but still doing the same action over and over again. Will do whatever she can to make him stay. Impulsive (maybe immature) actions. Could her actions bite her back later? Risky mistakes?

His Hopes: 9oW - Standing up for yourself. More grounded. He's a "soldier". Despite all the hardships and pressure to give up, he keeps going.

His Fears: World - A transition (?) "end of a journey, fulfillment, completion". This could be a new step he's taking like new connections, new lover / new step in relationship, or new collaborators or the ending of a friendship, relationship, or partnership. Breaking away from what doesn't fulfill you (?). A wonder of what comes next. What will benefit him? What is the universe bringing to him? New opportunities, new love and/or new chapter in his life.

What's next for him? 9oS + 4oW = "Fake Happy" by Paramore

Evan is still dealing with anxiety, lingering insecurities, and pressure from the unknown. Despite all the celebrations and going out with family, friends, and Nat, there is still some hurt. He needs therapy.

[etes-secrecy-post]

Hi, before I explain my post, I want to say something important.

• What you see my blog has become a major overhaul. And despite the changes, I decided that my 2nd account will be now my artwork blog with a secret twist.

⚠️NEW RULE! (W/ BIGGER TEXT!)⚠️

⚠️ SO PLEASE DO NOT SHARE MY 2nd ACCOUNT TO EVERYONE! THIS SECRECY BLOG OF MINE IS FOR CLOSES FRIENDS ONLY!⚠️

• AND FOR MY CLOSES FRIENDS, DON’T REBLOG IT. INSTEAD, JUST COPY MY LINK AND PASTE IT ON YOUR TUMBLR POST! JUST BE SURE THE IMAGE WILL BE REMOVED AND THE ONLY LEFT WAS THE TEXT.

⚠️ SHARING LINKS, LIKE POSTS, REBLOG POSTS, STEALING MY SNAPSHOT PHOTOS/RECORDED VIDEOS/ARTWORKS (a.k.a. ART THIEVES) OR PLAGIARIZING FROM UNKNOWN TUMBLR STRANGERS WILL IMMEDIATELY BE BLOCKED, RIGHT AWAY!⚠️

😡 WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT EVER LIKED & REBLOG MY SECRET POST! THIS IS FOR MY SECRET FRIENDS ONLY, NOT YOU! 😡

Okay? Capiche? Make sense? Good, now back to the post…↓

Title: Summer fun with May & Aace

Aace 🐶🐺⭐: Paw-llo, September! 🍁🍂 Wonce (Once) again, no #OnThisDay thwowback (throwback) post fowr (for) this date, BUT! Hewre's (Here's) something what I pwomised (promised) fwom yestewrday (from yesterday)! 😊

• (Aace 🐶🐺⭐:) What you see hewre (here) are my last summewr (summer) photos 🏝️🖼️, featuwing (featuring) my wovewy giwlfwiend befowe (lovely girlfriend before) we departuwre (departure) to ouwr wespective (our respective) homes. Well, of couwrse (course) with ouwr pawents (our parents), who also joined theiwr (their) last summewr (summer) moment(s). 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦😎☀️⛱️ My pawents (parents) had so many snapshot photos spitting out fwom theiwr (from their) mini digital pwintew (printer), so I have to choose thwee (three) of my favowite (favorite) moments: 📸🖼️3️⃣😁

○ 🏝️🖼️ Photo #1: (Aace 🐶🐺⭐:) Photo numbewr (number) one hewre (here) is a huge photo of me skiing with my pawents' (parents') Amphibious ATV, and my wovewy giwlfwiend May holding me back to enjoy ouwr moment. 🏝️🛞😃 We're not going fawr fwom (far from) island, though, so we're just going ciwcle awound (circle around) 😉, and it was awesome! 😁

○ 🏝️🖼️ Photo #2: (Aace 🐶🐺⭐:) Photo numbewr two is we're ventuwing (venturing) inside the jungle befowre we weach (reach) to the mountain, but then. May had injuwred (injured) hewr legs duwing the watewr (water) steps.😦 Thankfully, I've cawwy (carry) some medical equipment fwom (from) my juniowr (junior) scout activity for patching hewr legs 🩹🐰, and carried hewr wike (like) my fathewr (father) did to me. I'm vewy stwong (very strong) husky wolf, so I could cawwying (carrying) big things, without bweaking (breaking) a sweat. 💪🐶🐺⭐

○ 🏝️🖼️ Photo #3: (Aace 🐶🐺⭐:) And finawwy (finally), photo numbewr thwee. Dinnewr (dinner) night outside the calm island, with towrches (torches) lit up as theiwr (their) light souwrce (source). And what's ouwr dinnewr (our dinner), you may ask? A big juicy woasted cawwot (roasted carrot) cooked by Ms. Windy. Yum! 🔥🥕😋 Meanwhile, me and May we're shawing (sharing) one coconut juice sipping togethewr using enviwomental-fwiendly (enviromental-friendly) straws. 🥥😊 Mmmmm, who knew that dwinking (drinking) coconut juice is much bettewr (better) and healthiewr (healtheir) than a sugawy (sugary) soda? 😋 Pwus (plus), you don't need to add sugawr (sugar) on coconut juice! That's just bwasphemy (blasphemy)! 😕

Aace 🐶🐺⭐: Nevewthewess (Nevertheless), and ovewall (overall), we are so happy with ouwr summewr (our summer) island vacation! Hopefully, we should do this annually, like youwr (your) next year (yeawr) summewr pwan (plan)! 😁 Anothewr (Another) best day fowr my "Wan Yeawr Annivwersawy" ("one year anniversary")! ⭐☝️😁 And that's all fowr (for) now! 😊

Me 🇵🇭: Thank you for sharing your summer moment! 👏😄

That's all for now, And once again happy Anniversary, to you Aace! 😊🥳

Previous: • Aace's Wan Year & Aace x May - Clothing Doodle (Sept 1st, 2024)

Aace Speedster (Chowder OC) - created by ME! May (Rabbit OC) - owned by @bryan360

[freya-fallen]

August Announcements

Life

We sold the house! For less than asking, but whatever. We have some bids out. We'll see how we do. We will most likely be paying more than we want, but the house we're likely moving into, which is also a bit further than we want, has a nice pool. 

Health

Working on it. Honestly, building strength. If we have a pool like I want in the next place, it'll increase a lot. My pain management doc said swimming ever day would increase my health a lot, energy and pain-wise, so I'm pretty excited to get in and go.

Writing

So. I didn't get as much as I wanted done, but even hitting halfway isn't bad. This month I start working on Kinktober, which hopefully will help get into the swing of writing more often, which will feed into all the fics.

Sales

Raffle will be the same as far as entries per tier, it will be for 2k words written, 2 updates of choice, a fic sponsored for the next three months, or 4k words of editing.

VIP-level sponsored fics get two updates this month, or you can split and sponsor two fics for the month. (Yes, this is a new benefit as well)

Every commission tier (Spoiled and Novel Lover) will double its wordcount: so 4k for Spoiled and 8k for Novel Lover.

All commissions are 30 percent off via code 3house0.

Why? House-hunting and buying are expensive.

Yes, this means there will probably be a December sale, too.

If you have questions, please ask. VIP, Spoiled, and Novel-Lover tiers, feel free to message with choices or wait til I message you, your choice.

August POSTING SCHEDULE*

Updating this month: To the Victors, Recurrence, Cassiel's Lament

Possibly updating: Transference and Beyond Control

Aug 1- this post/ contacting higher tiers about included commissions

Aug 2- raffle announcement post (winner announced Sept 1st)

Aug 4- WIP of the Month podcast posted

Aug 5- Tomione DWTD AU sneak peek (Basic+ tiers)

Aug 7- TTV sneak peek (Basic+ tiers)

Aug 10- Cassiel's Lament sneak peek (Basic+ tiers)

Aug 12- benefits poll (Basic+)

Aug 14- TTV sneak peek (Basic+ tiers)

Aug 15- Erotica sneak peek (Insp+tiers)

Aug 16- Mid-month patron-only news update

Aug 19- Well fic sneak peek (VIP+)

Aug 21- TTV sneak peek (Basic+ tiers)

Aug 23- WIP of the Month poll

Aug 25- VIP+ post (getting-to-know-you and/or bonus sneak peek)

Aug 28-TTV sneak peek (Basic+ tiers)

Aug 30- Camie crackfic sneak peek (all tiers)

*The schedule is subject to change if something comes up, but I'll always try to make up for it.

WIP of the Month is Recurrence. I'll be posting the doc next!

July words written: 16427

Year-to-date words written: 271446

[ongolecharles]

DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS (DSR) 📚 Group, Fri Sept 20th, 2024 ... Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Year B/Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs

Reading 1

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1 COR 15:12-20

Brothers and sisters:

If Christ is preached as raised from the dead,

how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead?

If there is no resurrection of the dead,

then neither has Christ been raised.

And if Christ has not been raised, then empty too is our preaching;

empty, too, your faith.

Then we are also false witnesses to God,

because we testified against God that he raised Christ,

whom he did not raise if in fact the dead are not raised.

For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised,

and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain;

you are still in your sins.

Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

If for this life only we have hoped in Christ,

we are the most pitiable people of all.

But now Christ has been raised from the dead,

the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Responsorial Psalm

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PS 17:1BCD, 6-7, 8B AND 15

R. (15b) Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full.

Hear, O LORD, a just suit;

attend to my outcry;

hearken to my prayer from lips without deceit. 

R. Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full.

I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; 

incline your ear to me; hear my word.

Show your wondrous mercies,

O savior of those who flee 

from their foes to refuge at your right hand.

R. Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full.

Hide me in the shadow of your wings,

But I in justice shall behold your face;

on waking, I shall be content in your presence.

R. Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full.

Alleluia

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See Mt 11:25

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth;

you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel

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Lk 8:1-3

Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another,

preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God.

Accompanying him were the Twelve

and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities,

Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza,

Susanna, and many others

who provided for them out of their resources.

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FOCUS AND LITURGY OF THE WORD

We live in a world where making an absolute statement is frowned upon. Claiming this or that to be an incontrovertible fact is almost a sure-fire way to start an argument. And we all know what that can lead to – an awkward conversation or, even worse, the loss of a cherished friend who finds our position untenable. 

But the words and logic of Paul in 1st Corinthians about the Christ’s resurrection from the dead could not be defined as anything but absolute. There is no nuance in his words. No straddling the fence. Paul is very black and white in his address to the Corinthians.

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then neither has Christ been raised ... And if Christ has not been raised, then empty too is our preaching; empty, too, your faith … For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised, and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain.

So, where does this leave us some 2,000-plus years later? Are we absolute in our belief that Christ was raised from the dead? 

Hopefully, the answer to that question for each of us is a resounding yes. The 103-word Apostles’ Creed that so succinctly defines the cornerstone of our Catholic faith, reinforces Paul’s words in two sentences: The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. These are words that have no nuance for us, nor need for us to straddle the fence. Christ’s victory over death is an incontrovertible fact for each of us. But if there are doubters, then as Paul says, your faith is empty and in vain. 

So, as we go about our Daily Examen, maybe today is a great time to spend a little more time in prayer to express our profound, heartfelt gratitude for what Christ did for us. Not only dying for our sins, but more importantly, conquering death through his resurrection. And because of these two diametrically opposed events, we have the hope of eternal salvation and can live our lives full of hope and promise.

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SAINT OF THE DAY

Saint Andrew Kim Taegon (August 21, 1821 – September 16, 1846); Saint Paul Chong Hasang and Companions (d. between 1839 – 1867)

Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions’ Stories

The first native Korean priest, Andrew Kim Taegon was the son of Christian converts. Following his baptism at the age of 15, Andrew traveled 1,300 miles to the seminary in Macao, China. After six years, he managed to return to his country through Manchuria. That same year he crossed the Yellow Sea to Shanghai and was ordained a priest. Back home again, he was assigned to arrange for more missionaries to enter by a water route that would elude the border patrol. He was arrested, tortured, and finally beheaded at the Han River near Seoul, the capital.

Andrew’s father Ignatius Kim, was martyred during the persecution of 1839, and was beatified in 1925. Paul Chong Hasang, a lay apostle and married man, also died in 1839 at age 45.

Among the other martyrs in 1839 was Columba Kim, an unmarried woman of 26. She was put in prison, pierced with hot tools and seared with burning coals. She and her sister Agnes were disrobed and kept for two days in a cell with condemned criminals, but were not molested. After Columba complained about the indignity, no more women were subjected to it. The two were beheaded. Peter Ryou, a boy of 13, had his flesh so badly torn that he could pull off pieces and throw them at the judges. He was killed by strangulation. Protase Chong, a 41-year-old nobleman, apostatized under torture and was freed. Later he came back, confessed his faith and was tortured to death.

Christianity came to Korea during the Japanese invasion in 1592 when some Koreans were baptized, probably by Christian Japanese soldiers. Evangelization was difficult because Korea refused all contact with the outside world except for taking taxes to Beijing annually. On one of these occasions, around 1777, Christian literature obtained from Jesuits in China led educated Korean Christians to study. A home Church began. When a Chinese priest managed to enter secretly a dozen years later, he found 4,000 Catholics, none of whom had ever seen a priest. Seven years later there were 10,000 Catholics. Religious freedom came to Korea in 1883.

Besides Andrew and Paul, Pope John Paul II canonized 98 Koreans and three French missionaries who had been martyred between 1839 and 1867, when he visited Korea in 1984. Among them were bishops and priests, but for the most part they were lay persons: 47 women and 45 men.

Reflection

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We marvel at the fact that the Korean Church was strictly a lay Church for a dozen years after its birth. How did the people survive without the Eucharist? It is no belittling of this and other sacraments to realize that there must be a living faith before there can be a truly beneficial celebration of the Eucharist. The sacraments are signs of God’s initiative and response to faith already present. The sacraments increase grace and faith, but only if there is something ready to be increased.

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【Build your Faith in Christ Jesus on #dailyscripturereadingsgroup 📚: +256 751 540 524 .. Whatsapp】

[devilscreekballad]

The Ballad of Devil's Creek - INFORMATION POST

The West is Wild and the West is Weird. Take up the role of an outlaw who gets wrapped up in an adventure of a lifetime. Face bounty hunter, ghosts and a doomsday cult as you travel cross the Old West, trying prevent the end of the world at the hands of eldritch horrors.

‘The Ballad of Devil’s Creek is an Interactive Novel WiP set in an alternate timeline of the ‘Old West’. It is to be published on itchio and potentially steam, app- and playstore..

A new century is around the corner, and you are an outlaw traversing the towns and terrains of the Frontier, only to one evening get wrapped up in chasing down the means to stop a doomsday cult from bringing forth the end of days.

You’ll have to deal with hustlers, grifters, gunslingers and vengeful brides as you make your way to the ghost town of Devil’s Creek to find answers, and hopefully get out of there alive.

Where to Play the Demo

HERE For the Choicescript Version on dashingdon. (20 Saveslots) (discontinued for now, please play the Twine version below)

HERE For the Twine Version on itch.io (8 Saveslots)

For bugreports please contact me for the discord server. (see below)

NOTE: Please see tags and warnings below. While this isn't a 'historically accurate' story, it is still dealing with some heavy topics of the time (late 19th century America) and might not be for everyone.

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Current Statistics:

Words per playthrough: ~100k (219k with code total)

Who can I play as and Who are the Romantic Options?

You can play as cis, trans, non-binary and genderfluid. Inputting your own pronouns and addresses is also possible.

Having interchangeable pronouns is not possible, though. (Because I don't know how to code that).

There's a growing list of races/ethnicity to pick from, all having an impact on the gameplay, big and small.

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ROs:

Charlie Mulligan : (white, 39, male, Irish-American): MC’s oldest friend and partner in crime. Blue-Ribbon conman, gambler and part-time medium, lost an eye during a job a few years prior.

Seán O’Brian : (white, 28, male/genderfluid, Irish): Another excellent conman who approached MC and Charlie, asking for help with speaking to the dead. [Only romancable in a polycule with Tommy]

Tommy Burke :  (mixed (mother black (French-Canadian of French Descent), father white(Irish)), 29, male, Irish-French-Canadian): Arsonist and pragmatical grump. Was about to be hanged, now travels with the MC. Has a relationship with Seán. [Only romancable in a polycule with Seán]

Mrs. Lian Meadows: (chinese, 35, female): Doctor and sharpshooter, widowed. Pretty cold, no-nonsense approach to life. Travels with the MC to make sure they fulfil their task.

Lynwood: (white, 43, male, British/French American): A Pinkerton agent on O'Brian’s trails, trying to bring O'Brian in for murder.

Josie McKee: (mixed (mother white, father black, both Scottish), 34, female, Scottish): Widow, runs the saloon and bordello in Potter’s Springs. Bit snarky, good with poisons.

‘Preacher’: (white, 40?, male, probably Irish?) A mysterious, almost legendary gunman/bounty-hunter who takes a certain interest in the MC and their posse.

Therese 'Tess’ Lynwood: (white, 37, female (?), British/French American) Lynwood’s younger sister. Bit of a scatterbrained worrywart, but extremely caring. Follows the posse out of worry for her brother and Isaac.

Isaac Delgado: (Latino, 38, male, Mexican-American) Friend and former colleague of Lynwood. Ended up in the area by chance. Very pessimistic due to past events.

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Charakter Birthdays:

Seán: March 11th

Josie: April 17th

Charlie: May 1st

Tommy: June 9th

Lynwood: June 27th

Preacher: August 13th

Finley: Sept 27th

Meadows: Nov 5th

Discord:

If you followe the blog longer than a week, send a message to get an invite link. We had some trouble with some people, so we're rather safe than sorry.

Tags and Warnings:

Warnings and Taglist.

Warnings:

Death

Blood

Violence

Alcohol

Smoking

Swearing

Mindsets and Vocabulary of the late 19th century North America/Europe

Mentions/Discussions of

- Sexual Violence/Abuse

- Spousal/Parental Abuse

- Racism, Sexism, other forms of bigotry

- Miscarriage

- Infertility

- Murder

- Animal Death/Animal abuse

Guns

Spiritism

Mediumship

Ghosts

Supernatural events

Capitalism

Pinkertons

(Note me if there are other things that need a mention. See below for Warnings concerning the RO in detail)

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Taglist:

#The Ballad of Devil’s Creek (general tag for things game related)

#baodc (general tag for all things game related)

#baodc development (status updates and insight into the work being done)

#baodc spoilers (spoilers)

#baodc ros (posts concerning any of the ROs)

#baodc (name) (leads to posts specifically about the character (replace name with the name you want))

#not baodc (everything not directly game related)

#baodc askbox (the majority of answered asks)

#baodc ramble (rambles and generally more negative stuff)

#baodc stream (for stream announcements. Writing and Let’sPlay Streams)

#unrelated yet relevant (vaguely game related nonsense)

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Most of the ROs come with some baggage that might not be everyone’s tea:

Charlie: outlaw, gambler, medium, missing an eye, conman. The story of how he lost his eye will be retold ingame.

Seán: Grifter, notorious liar (bad at it outside of cons), cleptomaniac tendencies

Tommy: pyromanic. arsonist and explosive expert, loves blowing things up. likely to lash out verbally at others when pissed off, sometimes physically. short fused.

Meadows: Snarky, cold, and cutting. often condescending and too judgemental.

Lynwood: Ex-confed (didn’t subscribe to the views, forced into service), pinkerton, stubborn, little self-care priorities, low self-esteem, alcohol abuse.

Josie: poisoner, sex-worker, bar owner, promiscuous.

Isaac: former pinkerton, history of drug abuse, depression.

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The author is currently working on the following games as well:

Curious Cuisine: A superhero/cooking slice-of-life romp @cornucopiagazette

Beggar's Luck: A fantasy pirate adventure, set in the same world as Ashenmaw. @setsailforbyacona

Ashenmaw - Dragons of Marrowoods: A dragon adventure/mystery romp set in the same world as Beggar's Luck. @ashenmaw-if

[chubbyheadquarters]

Updated: Sept 24

I JUST WANNA MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR-

I was a bit stumped about it at first, but I've decided that I'll write NSFW too, so minors 👁👁 please don't look. If I see any minors interacting with any NSFW posts. I will block you. I REALLY don't like blocking people, so please don't make me.

Other than that-

Hello! ٩( ᐛ )و

Just a quick note that this blog will be more about the writing aspect, so headcanons, oneshots and links/updates on AO3 stories, along with recommendations of stories will be posted here!

Another note!

I write SPECIFICALLY for chubby readers, since-

I am a chubby girl myself and I can't find any x chubby reader fics from/for my fandom to save my life- (´༎ຶ ͜ʖ ༎ຶ `)♡

Granted, some people may see it as a simple weight change, but for me, it's the feeling of REALLY being included in the story.

These lines from a bunch of fics I've read-"His shirt fit loosely on you", and "he wrapped his arms around your thin waist", "your small frame" or "He picked you up with ease", etc-don't fit me and I know I'm not the only one.

If a fic usually doesn't clarify that it has a chubby reader, then it's USUALLY a skinny or medium-sized person. I just wanna give me and my chubby fellas a chance, y'know? ┐(シ)┌

And please don't take this the wrong way & please don't think I'm attacking you if you write like this I swear I'm not! Everyone's allowed to write for whatever fandom they want and with whatever body type they wanna write for! I'm just stating that this blog is focused on specifically chubby/plus sized readers.

I write Platonic Readers! For example, if someone requests being just best friends with a certain character, or having a sibling dynamic with another character, then it's all good! 👌🏽

I also write for Yandere characters/situations! If the situation asked for IS uncomfortable to write, I have the right to deny it.

I also do genderbend! I don't see it done much, which is cool! But I'm a dumb little hoe so- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Final thing! I also write for monsters! I write for skeletons and demon monkeys 😑 Basic stuff, like werewolves, vampires, mermaids/merman, hybrids, etc!

I'll write for certain characters for certain medias since it's the only thing I feel I can actually write without making the characters OOC. (´･ω･`)

🐵MONKIE KID🐵

Sun Wukong

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MK

Mei

Red Son

Spider Queen

Syntax

Maybe the others too if they're requested enough 👀

I WILL NOT write for LMK NeZha, due to the controversy of his age. I've seen many discussions on it, from all sides, mainly from those who are Chinese. And all I have to say is that I don't wanna touch that shit with a 10 foot pole.

Monkey King: Reborn, Hero is Back & Ne'Zha Reborn Sun Wukong are also a go! I just watched the movies and I am quaking 👀 If you guys have any Sun Wukong movies or game characters that're fleshed out enough to be written, PLEASE send them my way.

🌌WAKFU🌌

Yugo

Dally

Eva

Goultard

Joris

Count Harebourg

Oropo

If there's other characters that are requested, then I'll see who they are and if I can write for them.

Maybe I'll do Transformers in the future! I've only seen Transformers Prime, so I'll need to expand my knowledge first. I mean, unless y'all want some Prime stuff 👀. I'll probably watch Animated and read the comics soon-(Hopefully, I've dropped the damn thing twice-😔)

Now for the big boy-😥

💀Undertale💀

I'll write for it and certain AUs. The AUs follow as below(Sans nickname 1st, Papyrus 2nd)

Undertale (Vanilla and Creampuff)

Underfell (Red and Edge)

Underswap (Blue and Stretch)

Fellswap (Raspberry and Rus)

Swapfell (Black and Cash)

Fellswap!Gold (Wine and Coffee)

Horrortale (Axe and Sugar)

The Outertale AUs count too, but it's best not to ask for something that includes, for example, Undertale Sans and Outertale Sans since they'll basically be the same.

Outer nicknames include:

Outertale (Cosmic and Nebula)

Outerswap (Orion and Atlas)

Outerfell (Comet and Sirius)

Also including specific characters include:

Error

Geno from Aftertale

Passive!Nightmare and Dream from Dreamtale

Cross from XTale

Killer

Dust from Dusttale

And to be honest, I'm at a bit for a dilemma when it comes to if I should include Ink, Evil!Nightmare and Fresh. Since Ink doesn't have a soul to feel. Granted he has the ink he drinks to emulate the emotion he wants to feel but idk- (´⌒｀;)

Fresh is parasitic monster that lacks emotions and jumps from different hosts so writing him romantically might be a bit of a problem.

Evil Nightmare searches for negative energy, as it's said that positive emotions make him weak. (╯︵╰)

I try my best to stay on track with how characters would canonically react, along with a dash of what I think they would do. But if there's enough asks, then I'll try my best to write them! ଘ(੭ ᐛ )♡

Other potential AUs

Underlust

Storyshift

Mafiatale

Underpatch

I haven't read Underlust or Storyshift, but if there's enough requests for them, then I'll do my best to read through their stories/find information and write for them.

I'm having a bit of trouble finding concrete information for the bottom two, so they might be a bit more tricky to write about. (•ิ_•ิ)

As far as rules go, just don't send anything rude, k?

Also, please specify if you want Angst, Romance or Platonic/ if you want Headcanons or a One Shot.

Other than that, this post will update every once in a while if I decide to add or negate something, so keep an eye out! (≧∇≦)/

Sorry if there are spelling errors! Have a good day!

[celebritytgcaptions]

Status Update (8/12/21)

Update: Hiatus Not Really a Hiatus

Hi lovelies! Some of you may remember that I was planning on taking a hiatus from early September until October 1st when I would start publishing Halloween caps. Well I still am...but I’m also not.

Between Sept. 5th to the 24th I will only be posting remake captions.

Because of a lot of different things, a handful of posts were deleted from the blog over the last year. I’ve been slowly remaking them & posting them on Thursdays as part of Throwback Thursday BUT I’m impatient and tired of waiting around. So I remade MOST of the captions that were deleted and have them in the queue until Sept. 24th. There were some captions I couldn’t remake because they were too specific to the image I was using and some I’m waiting to post until later (for example: I have a few Halloween remakes ready for October). But for the most part, every deleted caption will be remade before the year is over.

Then from Sept. 25th to 30th I will be posting...RANDOM SHIT FROM THE VAULT!

Basically I ran out of deleted caps to remake and since I 1) only had a few days left until Oct. 1st when I could start filling the queue with Halloween caps & 2) am anal as hell, for those six days you���re going to be seeing some really random stuff. This includes captions I never posted before, failed attempts at new formats, alternate versions of preexisting captions, & maybe even a few remakes from the first time I tried this blog. Basically anything I could do to squeeze twelve more caps into my queue without burning myself out before Halloween.

What this means for the posts from Sept. 5th to 30th:

For the most part I tried to adhere to my normal weekly schedule when remaking and posting old stuff. Wednesdays will still have comics, Thursdays are throwbacks (sequels), Fridays will have GIFs. BUT there won’t be any games from Sept. 5th to 30th. The point of these September posts is to add content to the blog that was simple to make so I don’t get burned out before the holidays which always inspire a lot of caps. But don’t worry lovelies, I’m planning on three games in October all Halloween themed so hopefully you’ll enjoy that.

Oh, also, requests are open.

Any requests made today won’t be seen until October at the earliest but yes, requests are open. If you have a specific Halloween-themed request in mind get it in soon because there are only so many I can post before November and I’ve already written some. I will make a status update when I can’t take any more Halloween-themed captions if I have to. Otherwise try to limit requests to no more than two or three celebs at a time and I reserve the right to close the requests at any time if there are just too many for me to handle.

That’s everything lovelies! Hope you like what cums next. ;)

[thescribblerqueen]

Figure Skating Events: Fanfiction Guideline

(AKA: The guide I’m writing out because I figured there had to be more skating competitions that the Grand Prix series, Nationals, 4CC, Olympics, and Worlds but god are the Wikipedia pages for them a mess.)

So, the Wikipedia page for the list of figure skating events is vaguely a mess if you intend to use it for Yuri on Ice fanfiction like I do, so I took some time to read through it and make sense of the qualifications, multiple listings/renaming of events, outdated/short-lived events, and missing hyperlinks to pages about the events. I’ll try to link everything I can and hope I don’t mess up.

Fall Events:

ISU Grand Prix Series/Junior ISU Grand Prix Series

These series are specifically for the top ranking international skaters, and they are both slightly different between senior and junior levels. It was formerly named the ISU Champion Series. I’ve listed approximate dates they are held on.

Grand Prix for Seniors has 6 Events:

Skate America (~Oct. 18-20)

Skate Canada International (~Oct. 25-27)

Cup of China (~Nov. 8-10) *Note in 2018 was temporarily replaced with Cup of Helsinki but resumed in 2019

Trophée de France (~Nov. 13-15)

Rostelecom Cup (~Nov. 15-17)

NHK Trophy (~Nov. 22-24)

Grand Prix Final (~Dec. 10-13)

The Junior Grand Prix has different qualifying events but shares the final with the senior event. It usually has ~7 qualifying events that alternate every year from a list of 35 events. Meaning the qualifying events change from year to year. 

*Note Uzbeikistan was supposed to be a new 2020 event and an additional 36th event. 

If you want to know what events were during a specific year/season I’ve provided a google docs excel sheet here.

There is also another skating competition series that is ranked directly below the Grand Prix Series but above the other competitions called:

The ISU Challenger Series (Created in 2014)

This series is also held in the fall around the same time (August 1st-December 15th) as the Grand Prix Series. It is a senior only event, but some events predate the series and have junior competitions that are not part of the series.

Events:

Asian Open Trophy (~Oct. 30th-Nov. 3): This event existed prior to the Challenger Series and was called The Asian Figure Skating Championships. It is either held in China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines or Taipei. It has existed since 2007 and was a Challenger Series event in 2018 & 2019. Until 2018, it was only open to Asian Countries. It is both Junior and Senior Level. *Note was not held in 2009.

Autumn Classic International (Sept.12-14th): It has existed since 2014 and occurs in Canada. It is a Junior and Senior Level event. *Note it was not a Challenger Event in 2015.

Finlandia Trophy (~Oct. 9-11th): This competition predates the Challenger Series and was established in 1995.Is held in Finland. It is a senior level event only. Has been part of Challenger since 2014. 

Golden Spin of Zagreb (~Dec.5-8th): This predates the Challenger and is held in Croatia. It has always been a senior level event and Junior since 2017. Only the senior level event is Challenger. 

Ice Star (~Oct. 18-20th): Predates the challenger series and has only been included in 2017 & 2019. Held in Belarus.

Lombardia Trophy (~Sept. 13-15th): Predates 2013 and is event since 2014 but not in 2015. Held in Italy. Has both Juniors and Seniors.

Nebelhorn Trophy (~Sept. 25-28th): Predates 1969 as seniors only. Challenger event since 2014. Held in Germany.

Ondrej Nepela Trophy (~Sept. 19-21st): Predates 1993 as seniors only. Challenger event since 2014. Held in Slovakia.

Warsaw Cup (~Nov. 14-17th): Existed since 2012, seniors and Juniors. Challenger since 2014 except for 2018. Held in Poland.

U.S. International Classic (~Sept. 17-22nd): Existed since 2012 and Challenger since 2014. Seniors only.

*Note: You can use Figure Skating Fandom Wiki to see what countries participate.

Former events:  Denkova-Staviski Cup (2015 Oct. 20-25th Bulgaria),  Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy (2018, Nov. 11-18th Austria), Ice Challenge (2014,2015, Nov. 11-16 & Oct. 27-31st , Austria),  Mordovian Ornament (2015, Oct. 15-18th, Russia), Tallinn Trophy (2015-2018, Mid Nov. Estonia), Volvo Open Cup (2014, Nov. 5-9th Latvia).

After both Fall series end in December most countries have a National Championship or send skaters based on their international ranking.

After that there are ISU Championships.

1. European Figure Skating Championships AKA Europeans (January)

2. Four Continents Figure Skating Championships AKA 4CC (February) 

3. World Junior Figure Skating Championships (Late February/ Early March)

4. World Figure Skating Championships  (4th Monday of Feb. & 2 weeks after 4CC or Europeans)

Bonus: The Nordic Championships but only Christophe Giacometti would compete.

There is also a list of Annual competitions that do not fall under these categories.

International Cup of Nice: (Oct-Nov in Nice,France) Has been held since 1995 with the exception of 2005. Both Senior and Junior event.

Bavarian Open: (Early Feb. in Germany) Has been an ISU event since 2011. Both Senior and Junior Event.

Egna Spring Trophy: (End March Italy) Held since 2011, both Junior and Senior event.

Coupe Du Printemps/Spring Cup: (March Luxembourg) Held since 2012, both Junior and Senior events.

Japan Open: (~Oct. 5) 

The Japan Open is an annual senior international figure skating team competition organized by the Japan Skating Federation. The current format (team event) was established in 2006. The competition is held every autumn in Japan. Invited skaters compete in the disciplines of men’s and ladies’ singles. Skaters perform a free program but no short. Individual results are combined for a team standing.

Medals Winner Open: An event held in 2012 (Oct.), 2015, 2016 (Jan.) by the JSF and sanctioned by ISU. Invitational event for skaters that won medals in major ISU competitions like Grand Prix, Europeans,4CC, Worlds & Olympics. It’s a senior only event where skaters preform only a free program and they are scored heavily on artistic values. Was hosted in Japan.

World Team Trophy: (~April 16-19, Japan) Held in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, & 2019. A team competition between six countries ( the US, Canada, Japan, France, Russia and China).

Multi-Sport Events Hosted on alternative Years/ Non-Olympic

Winter Universiade: Held every 2 years since 1960′s (expect between ‘72 & ’81). Is a multi sport event. Dates vary.

Winter Asian Games: Held in 1986,1990,1996,1999,2003,2007,2011, & 2017. Is a multi sport event. Dates vary. Held in Japan, China, South Korea, or Kazakhstan.

Obviously the Olympics as well but I shouldn’t need to mention but the official last event of the year is: 

Triglav Trophy. It is held in April in Slovenia, and is both a senior and junior event.

Okay, so I think I covered every competition that a male single’s figure skater could compete in during the time frame of the Yuri on Ice characters skating careers. These were all pulled from the List on Wikipedia and organized over several hours. Hopefully there are no issues with the links.

[murumokirby360]

My TP-Link Archer T2U Nano AC600 USB Wifi Dongle (With my Paper Dolls) - Part 2 (Final) [Sept 9, 2020]

This is my final part of my new USB Wifi dongle of TP-Link Archer T2U Nano AC600, w/ my paper dolls. 😁📶💻

So without further ado, let’s get started:

1st to 6th Images: • So before I replace the old to the new, let’s take a look at the comparison; the Archer T2U Nano AC600 on the left and the Wireless N  TL-WN725N on the right. The only difference was the white labels but otherwise they’re look the same format on each sides. And yes some of the text are bit faded on the old one due to long usage. 🙂 • You’re right you two, they’re look the same. ☺️But will the new one is better than the old one? Let’s find out in our next image(s).

BUT before that, I decided to uninstall the driver of TP-Link Wireless N first before I proceed to install a new driver with my new USB Wifi Dongle in order to work.

7th & 8th Image(s) w/ windows screenshots: • Okay so I’m now installing the TP-Link Archer T2U Nano driver from the included cd using external disc drive . 💽💻 Once I opened the setup, a window shows a model of choice to install the driver. I go ahead by clicking the model TP-Link name.↓

• And wait for a minute to install... It won’t be long.

• Then I plugged in my new USB Wifi Dongle, as you see my ‘7th Image’.

• Once I plugged in, a setup driver will do the rest. Also I opened the Driver Software Installation when it pops up from notification...

•And it’s done! I’m now ready to connect the internet with my new USB Wifi Dongle 😃, as you see on ‘8th Image’ the wifi dongle is solid light green unlike the old one which is blinking.

9th & 10th Image(s): • Unlike my the old USB Wifi Dongle (Wireless N) which supports only 2.4GHz wifi hotspots, the Archer T2U Nano supports not only 2.4GHz wifi hotspots but also 5GHz wifi hotspots.😁 Meaning I can connect a 5GHz wifi hotspot with a better internet speed rate! 💻📶 As you see the ‘9th Image’ it has a tons of list from 2.4GHz and 5GHz wifi hotspots, so I go ahead connect the 5GHz wifi hotspot - I meant out 5GHz wifi hotspot. 😊

Overall: • As a result, my new USB Wifi Dongle (Archer T2U Nano) is much better and more features than the old USB Wifi Dongle (Wireless N). So what are the features between these two?

• The Archer T2U Nano’s features are:

◘ High Speed WiFi – Up to 600Mbps speeds with 200Mbps on 2.4GHz and 433 Mbps on 5GHz, upgrades your devices to higher AC WiFi speeds. ◘ Dual Band Wireless – 2.4GHz and 5GHz band for flexible connectivity, upgrades your devices to work with the latest dual-band WiFi router for faster speed and extended range.

•Compare to Wireless N (TL-WN725N) features has:

◘ Speedy wireless transmission at up to 150Mbps ideal for video streaming or internet calls and supports 2.4GHz.

•And both them are in the nano format size.

• While the Archer T2U Nano doesn’t reach the Mbps speed promise, it is still a solid good USB Wifi Dongle in my opinion. Hopefully in the future my little brother wants to change our internet fiber broadband to a better one, so we won’t have 100% internet lags and/or delays - plus my usb wifi dongle will delivered a high speed promise feature.🙂

•And lastly, where did you get that new USB wifi dongle? Well as always, I bought this new USB wifi dongle at Lazada Philippines for ₱700 (or above) [CLICK ME!] plus shipping fee. But here’s the thing... You see I didn’t order it using my real world money earnings, but rather I order it using my Lazada coins I earned! 🪙😁 That means I could get that USB Wifi Dongle for free, so the only thing I need pay was the shipping fee which is ₱42, but it’s a good thing that I have Lazada wallet. 💸🙂

•Overall, I’m so satisfied with my new USB Wifi Dongle and indeed that this is my upgrade dongle to my old one. Although I’m not done yet, because I’m gonna show you my internet speed test with my Archer T2U Nano and compare to the Wireless N (TL-WN725N) in the next part very soon. 😉

So anyways, that’s all for now. And if you want to see my recorded video as well as my review about my old TP-Link USB wifi dongle, then I’ll provide some links down below. ↓

TP-Link Archer T2U Nano AC600: • Recorded Video [Sept 8, 2020] • Part 1 [Sept 9, 2020]

TP-Link Wireless N Nano USB Adapter TL-WN725N • Part 1 [Jun 22, 2019] • Part 2 [Jun 23, 2019] • Internet Speed Test [Jun 25, 2019]

Tagged: @ftgxsee​, @lordromulus90​, @bryan360​, @carmenramcat​, @bytern​, @gibsonfreak49​

[charlieslowartsies]

October Raffle Winner + General Update

Raffle winner of a FREE colored lineart:  Avelos Congrats! I wanted to extend huge thanks to all the lovelies who nabbed a slot—many of you bought more than one! 80 This sale has been SUPER successful and I’m relieved because I was really worrying about it this month, I’m not sure why. xD (prolly just general anxiety and lack of faith in my art, which isn’t usual and I’ll get over it) More info under the rm:

I plan to have everyone’s commissions done in the next two-three weeks, so if you haven’t heard from me by next Thursday the 29th, PLEASE don’t hesitate to nudge me, but hopefully none of you will have to. All the experimental slots were taken which is awesome but a quick reminder those will take me a while comparatively <3 Thank you again! I MIGHT close down commissions from now until November 2nd, but we’ll see. Any current commissions that were started before the sale are still being worked on, ofc! Just wanna keep my ducks in a row and not get burned out like I did in April. And May. And Some of June. >>; I’m also hoping to take a few days off early in November, as I always work everyday including Thanksgiving and then take off two weeks at Christmas but we’ll see. Obviously this year is different due to the Backstreet Boys Tour so I’m going to keep plans loose and open for now. I want to enjoy the holidays but also…separately from people…obviously, because it’s just not worth getting sick or worse, getting my dad sick because he literally is EVERY target area due to his heart attack last year. At some point I want to go back to Twitch streams, but I also still need to get a mic for that. If anyone has any suggestions on mics they recc, I’d love suggestions! If at all possible something under $30, but I can do higher if it’s got rave reviews—I’m mostly just looking for okay sound and longevity, nothing fancy, just wanna use it for Arts and Video Games xD low budget but also low expectations. I know Halloween is a bit odd this year, but what are everyone’s plans? I’m def one of those freaks who celebrates Halloween from Sept 1st to October 31st with no shame.

Every year I have to watch Friday the 13th, House on Haunted Hill (the 59 one) and I also usually watch Supernatural again because it’s major nostalgia for me, esp seasons 1-5~ Then me and my dad always watch the Great Pumpkin and some of the old Scooby-Doo movies.  Thankfully these are routines I can still follow and enjoy safely! But I did have to cancel our haunted hayride this year—we take our haunted hayrides seriously up here in Leaf Country, so we’re talking a 50 min ride complete with two walks, one being through a pitch black corn field at like 11pm usually  o.o it’s always SO well done and me and my girlfriend have been doing it for like. 5 years now, especially since our anniversary is Halloween.

I think that’s all I wanted to address, fun and work related! Stay hydrated and wear yo mask everyone~

-Char

[suckitsurveys]

1 - How often do you change the sheets on your bed? What does your favourite bedding look like? I wash them every few weeks. We only habe one set that works right now. It’s light blue with a dark blue comforter. 

2 - When was the last time you had coffee with a friend? Mark is a friend. We had coffee a couple days ago.

3 - Is there snow outside right now? Is that a good or a bad thing for you? There isn’t. I’m fine with that.

4 - What scent was the last candle/incense/air freshener that you used? My neighbor gave me a candle called Unicorn Farts that smells like candy.

5 - When was the last time you listened to the radio? Sunday on my drive home from my sister’s. I was listening to the station that just plays Christmas music. 

6 - Do you always buy the same brands of food, or are you open to trying something new occasionally? Depends on what is on sale. 

7 - What did you have for breakfast this morning? I had oatmeal with soy milk and honey. .

8 - Is your job repetitive, or do you do different things every day? Repetitive.

9 - Do you have any superstitious beliefs? What led you to believe in those things? I’m just a little stitious. 

10 - When was the last time you took a painkiller? What was the reason for it? Sunday. I had a really bad headache. 

11 - Do you have any plans for your next birthday yet? When is your birthday, anyway? My plan is to hopefully be able to see people in person and maybe go on a trip. My birthday is Sept 2nd.

12 - What’s your favourite flavour of juice? Apple.

13 - Are any of your electronics on charge right now? Both laptops and my phone and my vibrator lol.  14 - Do you enjoy being busy, or would you rather take things a bit more slowly? I enjoy a good balance. I like being busy to keep my mind off stuff but I like relaxing a bit too. 

15 - What time do you normally get out of bed in the morning? During work I get out of bed around 7, which is when I am supposed to start work, lol. Ah the joys of working from home. 

16 - What’s your favourite type of bread? Garlic.

17 - How many animals are in the room you’re in at the moment? Assuming they’re pets, do they belong to you or another member of your family? I can see all three kitties from where I am; one is in a chair next to me, one is on the ottoman in our coat cubby, and one is in the tree in our bedroom. 

18 - When was the last time you washed your hair? Saturday. I’ll probably wash it tonight after I decorate and work out. 

19 - Would you rather clean little and often every day, or wait and do a big blitz on a Saturday morning? Depends on my mood.

20 - When was the last time you had a ready meal? What counts as a “ready” meal? Like, take out? I had takeout on Friday. 

21 - Are there any foods you only eat at a certain time of year? Yeah, the traditional holiday type foods.

22 - Do you find certain foods to be comforting in any way? What’s your reason for thinking that? Of course. Some foods have tradition and memories attached to them. Like my mom’s potato salad that I started making for holidays after she passed. Or my dad’s spaghetti sauce we used to eat almost every Sunday. 

23 - What’s your favourite way of eating potatoes? With my mouth. 

24 - How many people do you see on an average day? Are you happy with that number? On average, at least one: my husband. I see my sister and her kids and my dad pretty often throughout the week as well. I am good with that because I have to be. It’s covidtimes yall. 

25 - What’s your favourite kind of soup? Potato leek and lobster bisque. 

26 - How old is the computer you’re currently using? At least 7 or 8 years old, as it was my mother’s. 

27 - Do you play a lot of video games? Do you play these often? No. I play a lot of games on my phone though.

28 - When was the last time you went bowling? Oh man. I don’t remember. The last time I remember bowling was like 5 years ago at one of the kids my sister nannied for’s 1st birthday party. But I also feel like I’ve been since. OH! We went bowling for my birthday 2 years ago. 

29 - Have you ever walked out of a place of work before? Did you leave for good or what happened? No.

30 - Do you own a lot of blankets? Do you use them regularly? I wouldn’t say a lot, no. We have 2 comforters and some throw blankets. I’m using a cute fleece throw with avocados on it. 

[sweetpeppermintdidache]

its been 9 years

Hi Tumblr, its been a while, as the title suggested its been 9 years since i started my 1st tumblr that I created when I was in college (where in acads is the only problem that i have, now I can give you a 3 pages summary of my worries and problems as an adult and yeah I’m 29 and thriving ) and what a coincidence! facebook notify me today! ahaha actually I decided to make tumblr account again yesterday because i stumble upon mine yesterday also and saw some of the notes that i had years ago, where in I’m so naive and so innocent about my day to day life.  Its a bitter sweet memories when I was extroverted, happy, etc.. can’t name more nouns or words, but the opposite of me now-- yeah! thats the word! opposite of me.

I saw my self very confident and very adventurous that time, tho i dont travel, I tried alot of things, uhmm before i get to serious with my first post, i created this one to log down my feelings as an adult me, this is Sept of 2020, yeah covid year ahah I want to be anon and see this in another 9 years hopefully and try to read and remind my future 39 years old how i feel and eventually laugh about it and cringe ahah I try to be anon late 20′s, female and working okay enough info about me and yeah this is my first post, no grammar and spelling check, i just need to put this one online

[unfliteredone]

I think I want to make a 5 year plan or something like that. Maybe if I set real goals for myself I can make things happen. You think? Let’s give it a shot at least.

I’m only just writing this now. This is the first time I have ever written a real plan for myself. If we are being honest and blunt I really thought I would kill self by now. Yeah when I made it past high school it was a shock to me but now college. Yeah I’m a little impressed with myself. I suffer from a lot for trauma and mental illness. I have a lot of shit that goes on in my head and In my life and well shit was a mess. Throughout that all I succeeded. Now here I am. Standing at the doorway to the rest of my life and I am 100% about to go with it.

With my little sister about to enter high school in the fall I see her distancing herself from us to find herself. I think she will be busy and family time will be hard to come by. I am going to love this because the guilt will not be there to stay home or have to be around. Yes we will definitely still schedule time to be around each other and I think we’ll have a good time when that comes but I want to use these next 4/5 years to put in place something for myself. So here we go.

I feel like with this being a draft. I also also hate putting shit in stone I’m going to let myself come back and edit my plan as time goes on. Im hoping that Quarantine won’t go past the fall at least and will let me like stay on track with a plan of some sort.

Today’s Date is April 25 2020 11:25 pm when I write this.

Date of 1st Edit:

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By December 2020 I want to have taken the GRE exam and hopefully done well enough. I’ll probably end up taking a second one in January 2021 just to make myself feel better.

One year From now (April 2021) I want to say I have. Traveled by myself at least once. Traveled with my friends at least once. Gotten another tattoo or 2. (covid pandemic permitting).

By June of 2021 I want to be done apply to my Grad school program(s) (so far I have one picked out but I’m going to look to apply to one may two others)

Current Grad school program(s)

- Master’s in Childhood education and Early Childhood education @ Queens college for no childhood education degree holders

(that’s me I have a bachelors in criminal justice. Yeah featuring that degree was a big mistake I’ll tell you and a huge waste of time).

By Fall of 2021 I want to be in my masters Program. I would also like to have paid off my credit card By this point. I would like to have bought myself a new laptop and an iPad with all it’s accessories. (Yes I think these will be very important for school)

By December 2021 I want to have a 3.5 GPA in school. I want to be working a relaxed full time job that allows me to go out on the weekends to see my friends. (I’m asking for a lot I know).

By June 2022 (I’m picking very odd months at this point). I want to have gained my motorcycle license and possibly a motorcycle. I want to also travel to Texas by myself by this point.

September 2022 I want to be entering my second year of grad school. (If I don’t do a dual program this would be my last year, the dual program adds just one extra semester) (don’t let that stop you from doing that!)

At this point I want to start looking for either my own place or a place to move if my family has not already moved by this point.

January 2023 I want to spend out of state. Possibly with friends but definitely not in New York.

April 2023 (Three years from today.) I want to have grown my beard. Been going to the gym semi constantly at this point. Saved at least 10,000 dollars. Paid off my car loan. Be more financially responsible.

August of 2023 I want to spend this entire month at the beach in some way. Just a thought.

September 2023 I would be entering the last semester in my dual program I think. (my 26th birthday ) I want to spend this birthday out of state somehow with friends.

December 2023 Graduate with my Master’s degree. Start planning to pay off student debt and grind hard to get a teaching job.

January 2024 take the next possible exam to get my teaching license or apply for my license (however it works)

April 2024 (4 years from now) look for apartments or places to put down payments to live forever possibly. Possibly look into buying secon car if the money is there.

Sept 2024 (Turning 27) get my 1st teaching job! I don’t care how I have to do it I want to be teaching by this point. I want to have a classroom or somethinf to call my own and be a full on teacher.

January 2025 I want to spend my 1st Christmas break as a teacher enjoying everything I have so far in life. I also want to be playing piano still and drums. I want to have invest money in drawing tablets or programs and cameras to take pictures. I want to make a little money on my artwork on the side if I can. It would also be nice to be in a relationship by this point in my life just saying.

April 2025 (Five years from now) I want to be in a good spot financially to have hopefully moved out by myself or something or that nature. I want to have traveled a lot and have gotten plenty of tattoos. I want to be going out and seeing my friends often enough. Overall I want to be happy.

So there it is my five year plan thus far. It is a work in progress it won’t be finished until April 2025. I have a long way to go. Hopefully I’m still doing this in five years.

[tolkienrsb]

TRSB19: Final Check In, Plus Posting, Pinch Hit and Treating Info

Goooood morning, TRSB-ers! 

Today is the day - final check in.  (Insert appropriately dramatic music here.) 

This reminder is going to be long - to save your eyes if you're in a rush, the key message for writers is, please check in within the next 24 hours to tell us you're on course to post your fic in the AO3 collection by 25th August.  As mentioned in the last check in email and the original posted schedule, if you don't check in this time you will be automatically defaulted and you will not be permitted to take part next year.  (A couple of you have checked in ahead of time, which is fine, you don't need to check in again.) 

Artists, if you haven't already, please supply your final art to your writers unless you've agreed another arrangements.  Writers, if you have an art-related problem, please speak up now!

(Info on posting, pinch hits and treats is under the cut)

Other stuff...

Posting Fic

We're sure you know the drill by now, but fics should be in the collection, with the artwork embedded, linked or appropriately credited, by 25th August*.  The AO3 collection is over here.

Fics must be complete.   If you're still making edits, please post anyway; we aren't checking your grammar, just that there is a complete fic for each artwork that meets the word count minimum.  Placeholders will be removed.

Again, if you miss this date or submit incomplete fic, your claimed art will be reassigned to a pinch hitter and you will not be able to take part next year.  

If you are having an unexpected life emergency and anticipate a problem with the deadline, please tell us ahead of the 25th and we will do what we can to help!

*In reality you may have a few hours' grace.  Due to work commitments and time differences, the mods are unlikely to be checking the collection until around 1200 BST/CET on the 26th.  However, please make every effort to observe the official deadline!

Posting Art

As per the FAQ, artists are responsible for posting their own artwork and supplying the link to their writer ahead of posting on the 25th.  Yes, we know this means that depending on how you go about things, the art may be revealed approximately a week before the fics.  This isn't breaching the rules so please don't worry.

Please discuss posting logistics in your pairs - e.g. are you embedding the artwork in the fic, linking in the story notes, other?  It is up to each pair to decide how to do this; the mods are not responsible for sorting this out!

There are several options commonly used when posting an Author/Artist collaboration: “Co-Authors”: Creating a single AO3 work with both the Author and Artist listed as Co-Authors, with the artwork embedded into the story. (If you’re going with this option, the images need to be hosted somewhere because AO3 doesn’t offer image hosting. Please don’t use Tumblr hotlinks if you can help it. If you change your url, the links will die and sometimes they die anyway because Tumblr, so please choose something more reliable. Contact us if you need help with image hosting.) “Inspired By”: The Artist creates an AO3 work for their artwork, and the Author posts their fic to AO3 as a work inspired by another work – this is a good option if your team prefers not to embed the artwork into the story “Gift”: The Author creates an AO3 work, gifts the work to the Artist and either embeds the artwork or includes a link to wherever the artist has chosen to post their artwork (eg: Tumblr, Deviantart, Dreamwidth or Livejournal, etc.)

Tumblr Promotional Posts

This caused some confusion last year.  Hopefully this year the instructions are clearer, but please get in touch with any questions ASAP.

To ensure the fruits of your collaboration get the love and admiration they deserve, one of your pair (it’s up to you who) should create a Tumblr promotional post after August 25th but before Sept 1st, advertising the amazing results of your collaboration.  The TRSB Tumblr blog will be reblogging these in staggered schedule until around Sept 10th, to ensure maximum exposure for each team.

The Tumblr promotional post should contain:

A SFW crop of the artwork, or a story banner (note: Whole art pieces should only be included if the artist is posting the masterpost and if the art is SFW)

Fic title and AO3 link

Link to the artwork if posted separately

Links to Author’s and Artist’s tumblrs and/or AO3     accounts

Fic and Artwork Rating (G/PG/M/NC-17)

Warnings (As per AO3 guidelines, please warn for     graphic violence, underage, non-con or major character death) and use any     other relevant tags as you see fit

Relationships

Characters

Word count

A blurb or story summary

@ mention of the @tolkienrsb tumblr

Story Banner: the tumblr dashboard’s image width is 540px.  The largest image size is 1280x1920px.  Banner can be a SFW crop of the artwork by itself, a whole SFW art piece if the artist is posting the masterpost, or an actual story banner made up of a crop of the art which includes fic title, author, artist. Tagging: the first 5 tags you use are searchable on Tumblr so we suggest tagging your promotional with: main pairing, main characters, name of author and artist, fest, warnings. Reblog Dates:  Please discuss in your pairs if you have any preferences regarding when we reblog your post, and tell the mods so that we can accommodate these - for example, not posting on Shabbat.

Pinch Hits

We currently have one piece of art looking for love - no. 25 in the preview gallery, featuring Dwalin and Gloin (plus Gimli and Legolas) in the Glittering Caves of Aglarond.  If anyone is able to pick this up then please let us know by email ASAP!  

There may also be other pinch hits coming out in the next few days.  Given the time frames we are willing to flex the deadline for our pinch hitters - drop us a note to discuss.

Treats are also highly encouraged - speaking of which...

Treats

If you've finished your fic, missed author signups, didn't get your preferred artwork, or would like to help with the pinch hits but can't muster 5k words, then please consider treating!  Treats can be added to the collection any time between now and reveals (Sept 1st).  A treat can be any length from a semi-drabble to a full blown novel (though if you can write a full blown novel before Sept 1st, Mod Narya would love to know your secret).

If you don't have access to the gallery, please get in touch with the mods and we will sort this out for you.  The sign up form for writing treats is here.  You don't have to be signed up to write a treat; this just helps the mods monitor which artwork we can expect fics for.

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Phew - think that's everything, but as always, shout if anything is unclear or you need our help.  We can't wait to see what you've created! 

Mods Raiyana and Narya