#and then get discoraged

[rottmnt-residuum]

I'm planning on creating a comic, and wanted to know if you possibly had any tips? I'm a big fan of your comic and I look up to you a lot. No pressure ofc!

Btw your series is going amazing, I love the plot so much-

Have an amazing day :)

*slams through wall and sets up a projector*

disclaimer: this is stuff that works for me, but everyones brain is different. take what you like and throw out the rest

tip 1: find someone who loves the story just as much as you do. two heads better than one and all that. much easier to iron out stuff that isn't clicking in your own head. my co-author was instrumental in the filling of plot holes and story beats. if you can't find someone, the rubberduck method works too.

tip 2! set limits on yourself! cut corners! cant make a comic if you intimidate yourself out of it. thats why my comic is formatted the way it is! ten images only per part, shitty backgrounds, limited to no internal dialogue.

tip 3! make a comic style! personally, i love the sketch, color, and lighting stages of drawing. BUT! my preferred style isn't exactly comic friendly- so i make a different style for each comic i do. with this style, it only takes me about an hour to do a panel if everything goes smoothly, but in my preferred style it would take me 4 to 6. big difference, yeah?

tip 4! play to your strengths! basically find what you do well and use it as much as possible. I've been told im good at expressions, so i try to use those to signify what characters are thinking instead of writing it, because i cannot write internal dialogue to save my life. i also like drawing hands. so.

tip 5! memes. make so many memes. they're really useful for story and character snapshots. and since they're memes they don't feel very perminent, thus it's easier to throw out ideas that aren't working. and also help with how characters would react to situations. i have an entire folder dedicated to residuum memes on my laptop

anyway, hope you enjoy doing your comic!! and i hope at least some of this helps

[cursed-spirit-manipulation]

Theres a half formed Thought in my Brain about Suguru(?) featuring in the penultimate chapter and the way we can't see his face and can't really tell if it's him (or Kenjaku or what) but like. Everyone talks about the ways in which Gojo is dehumanized and objectified as a tool/weapon and I think Suguru parallels that in a way, but rather than being denied humanity As A Whole the way Gojo is his Body Specifically is treated like a tool (eg. His cursed technique involves Eating and Storing curses, kenjaku wants him for said cursed technique)

[thecherrygod]

me: i wont!! get discoraged!!! from making art!!!!

someone: heres a doodle i made with my non dominant hand c:

me: ........... man

[princess-from-another-galaxy]

I've been giving it much thought about how I want Eddie to come out as gay.

I know that the most popular theory is that Eddie "repression king" Diaz is gonna be so jealous of Buck & Tommy, that he's gonna figure out he has feelings for Buck and then go on a "omg, am I gay???" journey.

I actually have a better idea! The thing about Eddie, is that he's not dumb. He knows that he has feelings and emotions, he even knows what they are, he just represses them and lies to himself and others about what they are.

Which is why, personally, I think Eddie already knows he's gay. He knows he likes men, he knows he's not attracted to women, and he hates that he "has to perform" while on a first date with a woman. He knows this, deep down, he just refuses to admit it.

For a multitude of reasons!

1) His family is pretty tradional, his parets straight up made him get married when his gf got pregnant; 2) Even outside his family, he has been in environments that were pretty "manly" and where that def would have been "discoraged" (for lack of a better word) 3) he was raised on pretty traditional gender roles, and most of his gf's so far have seemed more like a search for a "mom" for Chris, more than the search for true love.

I def think that Buck coming out, will start to enravel the web of lies that Eddie has been telling himself regarding his emotions and feelings. He knows what he feels, he just has been ignoring it for so long, that it was bound to explode eventually , and I think Buck's (his best friend, his partner, his co parent, the person that aside from Chris means the most to him in this world) coming out will be the catylist for this.

[hiwelcometothemonstersancturary]

(a bit vent-ish so i hope its alright, if not I'M SO SORRY-) dogday x catnap feels..........weird to me, maybe even a bit disgusted? like, those who ship them can still ship them! i ain't tryna stop them from doing that!, i'm just saying, i don't see catnap and dogday as lovers, just close friends (+ the...*ahem*.....OTHER content, kinda forever ruined the ship AND the two characters for me)😅

which now makes me feel......weird...? reading your fanfic....? i dunno how to describe it.....like i shouldn't be reading it...? I AIN'T TRYNA HATE OR DISCORAGE YOU!!!(cuz lets be honest your fanfics & AU are to good to hate👌💛) you're the one who got me into ships like Starstudent(bubba x kickin) and Cuddlejump(bobby x hoppy) EVEN prometheus!!! i just wanted to get all that offa mah chest :> if anything, i see it(dogday x catnap) as a bit of a crackship :3 don't ever stop makin poppy: WORLDWIDE! i've been hyperfixated on your AU since it was only 4 chapters >:D

-"@chimera-that-does-stuff was here in an anon disguise (hai mirigis :D)"

Hi Chim, please don't apologize for venting!

Honestly, reading something that features a ship you don't particularly like does feel weird sometimes, and I speak that from experience lmao, but also I have the sliiiight impression that your brain may be thinking that reading it is weird because you feel like you're intruding on something other people may enjoy, but it just isn't your cup of tea. I don't think you're intruding at all, if that reassures you! And also I don't think you're being a little hater. Trust me on that one.

BUT I'M SO GLAD THAT REGARDLESS OF YOU NOT LIKING DOGDAY X CATNAP ALL THAT MUCH YOU STILL ENJOY THE AU, THIS IS SO NICE TO HEAR AAAA. I feel extremely honored to know that I got you into so many more ships, ESP cuddlejump and prometheus. Soooo glad to know I got you into the old people yaoyuri!!!!

In a way, Dogday x Catnap is a crackship by itself, but I think few people refer to it as a one because it can make sense thematically speaking (?), unlike some others (read: Prometheus). I'm glad that you're enjoying the AU regardless of that, tho!!!!! I understand where you come from. I don't think these two are for everyone, esp considering what we know from canon. Regardless, don't forget to have fun! You can always block the Daynap tag here on Tumblr if you don't want to see more of them.

[tracykestler]

Heff and Ray's Repair

Hephaestus keeps a repair shop for himself and Ares to live as mortals. The sign says "We repair anything." Hephaestus likes the challenge. Ares has learned and enjoys doing the large repair jobs.

Often placed in out of the way areas. Isolated country roads or odd stretches of waterways. Never too far for mortals to wander across, but not in busy areas. Hep changes location every few decades or when the shop gets too much interest. They do not charge much, sometimes nothing at all depending on the person who stops by and how desperate their situation. They may charge astronomical fees if the person deserves divine retribution or as a way to discorage the overly curious.

[esthermika]

hardest part of speedrunning celeste? and favorite part while we're at it, why not

My favorite part is the incremental progress you felt. Sections you previously struggled in become easier and easier.

The hardest part for me is motivation and discoragement. Its so so easy to lose hope and get stuck for a while on a PB you dont even think is that good.

[odinspattern]

So apparently the «Nordic Diet» is being promoted now as a new, healthy diet that is supposedly soooo healthy, like lowering Diabetes and heart disease.

I was curious, so I went to check it out, and was lead to a Forbes article which y’all can read here; https://www.forbes.com/health/nutrition/diet/nordic-diet-review/

… the fuck. While some of the things written here is technically true, like limiting processed meats is encouraged, and sweets are discoraged, also we do eat a lot of seafood…

Plant. Based????

The fuck it isn’t! In what world is nordic food plant based? A lot of Norway in particular have very poor soil, meaning that there aren’t a lot of vegetables that grow here, and people had to rely on milk products, potatoes, cheese and meat to get through the winter months.

Legumes? Other than our pea soups, legumes are hardly part of our traditional diets!

Not to mention how in Norway we are big fans of food in tubes, which is a convenient way to take food with you on hikes without making your bread soggy and gross. Things like Caviar, mackerel in tomato sauce, bacon cheese and shrimp cheese to name a few…

Also it is funny how the article talks about low fat dairy, as there is currently a push to use full fat dairy now, because of anxieties around ultra-processed food.

What really gets me though is how it refuses to acknowledge that our healthcare and wealth is one of the deciding factors of the good health in the Nordics. And pretty significant reason why we live so long.

[lesvegas]

Hey, Alex! Quick question, I saw your neopets post, and was wondering if the neopet site, as of today, is nice to play with.

Like, I´ve always thought of creating a new account (had one wayy back then), and all, but hearing about the fucking NFT shit, and how buggy half of the features where kinda discoraged me.

But seeing your post made me wonder if the new owners are improving the site experience, or the site wasn´t half as buggy as people said it was.

Yes!! I'd argue the site has been more nice to play with lately than it has been in the last couple of years since flash went under.

Funny thing about the NFT shit; TNT had nothing to do with it. TL;DR one of the og creators got obsessed with crypto shit, pissed his pants when no one wanted to do NFT shit, dipped, and now Neopets is independent and mostly owned by one of the other og creators who ISN'T a weird cryptobro. They've also stated that they have more resources, funding, and intend to take Neopets 'into a new era'.

So far, 'into a new era' has meant a restoration of many flash games and features (not all; it'll be a long while before everything is converted, but for most players only a few dailies are inaccessible and the site is still 95% functional), updating the home page and other areas of the site with a new mobile-friendly look (I'm kinda ambivalent about this but I get why they're doing it... and I have to admit I like the new themes), implementing a new plot event (I think it just ended but also looks like they aren't quite done yet, I'm excited to see what happens next) and... they apparently plan on making some kind of 3d game? Idk but for a while now they've been consistently updating and fixing and adding things people have wanted for a long time and seem to actually be listening to the community. They've been doing Q and A's on their official youtube channel, too.

I won't lie to you, though, the site IS still buggy. Always has been. I wouldn't say any bugs I've run into have hindered my experience overall, but they're there. But I might just be more forgiving of bugs than most as a fnv player lol. You *probably* won't really run into any yourself though, right now the only current bugs I can think of are the Wishing Well not updating and a couple minor bugs with the new plot event (tbf plot events are a live thing and they usually have a bug or two, this isn't new).

One last thing; going back to it for the first time in a long time will probably be jarring no matter what. Most of the site still has that classic oldish web look to it, while stuff like the front page and your inventory is in a totally different style. All I can say is you'll get used to it, but it does feel weird at first. Other than that, I can't really imagine a new account running into anything that would deter them from playing. Most of Neopets is the same as it's always been, for better or worse, and what isn't the same has mostly been a welcome change.

If you DO make a new account hmu btw I'll give you some free stuff and neopoints to start out with, I love helping newbies and returning players :3 Also lemme know if you have any other specific questions, I love talking about neopets sm

[ograndebatata]

Okay... I don’t know if a (cishet) man's opinion is welcome on this front, but as I haven’t seen anyone discoraging it, I'll chip in a bit on this.

If I should have stayed quiet, I apologize.

On my thoughts... I'll admit I don’t read or othwerwise consume a lot of fiction with arranged marriages, but speaking only of the general perception I get, men in that type of scenario, when it’s not what TV Tropes calls a Perfectly Arranged Marriage, tend to be one of two flavors:

- The scumbag who's looking forward to a trophy wife so he can have what TV Tropes calls Marital Rape License and who must be killed so the woman can live happily ever after

- The scumbag who's looking forward to exactly the same thing, but ends up with a wife who, trying to describe it as politely as possible, is very conventionally unattractive and has a personality to match, so him getting married to her is meant to be a punishment that "serves him right"

Neither of these two is very flattering to the men, and the second one is certainly not very flattering to the woman... but from my general understanding, they seem to be the standard routes writers take when they don’t go for the Perfectly Arranged Marriage.

(For the record, I'M VERY MUCH NOT DEFENDING SCUMBAG MEN IN ANY ARRANGED MARRIAGE OR OTHER SORT OF MISONYGISTIC SCENARIO. If they’re scumbags, they’re scumbags, and by my own preferences, should be punished by the narrative, ideally without anyone innocent suffering alongside them.)

On writing... I'll admit I'm not fully blame-free here, as my portrayals of arranged marriages aren't exactly the most flattering... but for what it’s worth, with one exception (which isn’t posted yet) I try not to absolutely demonize the concept, and in the one exception the 'arranger' is meant to be a jerk even by the standards of his own culture.

That said, I also admit I could improve on this front (though I also admit that I mostly write fantasy and am probably too much of a sap, so I prefer more conventional romances to arranged marriages).

Just my two cents on this matter.

And again, if I should have kept them to myself, I apologize.

I'm really tired of the "woman sad about her arranged marriage" trope, especially if that woman is royalty.

I am sure that many women across time were sad about their arranged marriages, but I'm sure a lot of others were excited, ambivalent, or resigned. Again, especially if you were royalty! I am sure if you were born a princess, you were trained from birth that your whole purpose in life was to marry someone important to solidify the power of the person on the throne. And honestly, it's an important job, if it wasn't, they wouldn't have tried so hard to do it.

That woman isn't just marrying another king or prince, she's going to be an ambassador of her country. She's supposed to be there promoting good relations. She isn't just a woman being sold off, she has a job! Also, if she is marrying the reigning monarch (or the heir), she may well end up running the country if the king is off at war or he dies when the heir is really young. That happened a lot throughout history! (or maybe she marries the third son and helps him find his way to the throne. Good for her)

It just feels like a modern sentiment being projected back. In Romeo and Juliet, when Juliet's mother first brings up marrying her to Paris, Juliet's basically cool with it and says she'll try to like him. She would have known this was going to happen because that is what rich women do, they marry into another family so their two families can be buddies. What else would she even be expecting?

It wouldn't bother me so much except that it's all we see! Give me a story about a woman who is like, "Cool, I shall give it my all!" Or she's like rolling up her sleeves and planning how she's going to get the court on her side and rule France, power behind the throne style (these women are mostly portrayed as villains, but who is to say the king would do a better job?). And also, have a little faith in women's fathers? You think men in the past didn't occasionally consider the happiness of their daughters? Not even a little bit?

[geenalovesthelittlethings]

idk what is wrong with me but i have been down in the dumps the last few weeks. daylights savings has really effected me and i hate it. its also been hard to open snapchat and instagram and see people your age going out with friends and doing fun things. i work as a nurse and i work nights so its so hard to make plans with people. everyone is out on a friday night while im at work. my love life has been kinda all over the place, its SO discoraging to see all my friends have sucessful relationships and i am getting left on read or delivered for days 🥺. being 25 is such a weird time i feel like.

Nothing's wrong with you, baby. It really is this time of year. When it gets dark super early. I know my depression gets sooooo much worse around this time because the short days make it feel like you're wasting time (when you're really not). I work night shift too and it's tough to plan things on 'normal work schedule' hours because unless most of your friends/fam, etc. work nights too, they're going to want to do things during the daytime. Honestly just keeping doing you, because you're doing great! Try not to spend too much energy worrying about those things because they really will fall into place. ❤️ Twenty five is weird for sure, but let me tell you, almost 30 is also weird. I feel like maybe it never stops feeling weird totally, it just feels like a different weird but we keep going!

[nathank77]

4/1/24

2:18 a.m Updated/Edited/Added to

So I struggled to fall asleep last night. I took my half at 5 a.m and I still wasn't asleep by like 7:23 a.m so I ended up taking a Benadryl bc I had my eyes closed for over 30 minutes and I just didn't fall asleep. This is two nights in a row I had to mix Benadryl in to fall asleep well sorta. Last night I absolutely did.

The night before that, I snored myself awake. I tried to fall back to sleep and I ended up taking a Benadryl. I haven't touched hydroxyzine though either night. I had to use Benadryl half way through the night when I woke up like 3-4 hours later.

I'm worried the half is losing effectiveness. Yet I started Coq10 the day I snored myself awake.. I did technically fall asleep without the Benadryl but Coq10 can cause insomnia. I don't really think it is...

That night I snored myself awake I was stressed about going to Katie. Last night I really wasn't stressed as I absolved myself from it by writing it out and remembering my true intentions.

Another consideration is I've been on methimazole every other day for at least a week now. My resting heart rate was around 85. Now it's 64... idk... all i know is my appetite is picking up and I'm using the bathroom a little bit more.

I'm still getting cold... idk if I'm normal or going hyper. I won't find out until the 16th. I got to monitor my heart rate and I have more metoprolol, my doctor perscribed me 50mg instead of 100 of succinate incase I go back to hyper... so that could be throwing me off.

Idk what normal feels like. I know what hyper does. And I don't think I'm very hyper if I am. I kinda know what hypo feels like. I was def falling asleep faster when I was hypo...

So all of this can be playing a role. I hate that my thyroid is an experiment right now.. I'm glad I scheduled it for the 16th instead of the 23rd.

I am worried about tepezza still. It can cause autophony, tinnitus and significant hearing loss.

I did a full std panel as it's been over a year since Katie. Everything came back negative. I mean the lot. I got tested for even hepatitis all of them. Syphilis. Hiv. Etc.

Although tbh I have herpes simplex 1. Aka I've had a cold sore before. I've had like 4-6 throughout my life. She did the blood test for herpes 1 and 2... my herpes 1 came back as equivocal. Meaning neither the absence or presence. And my herpes simplex 2 came back positive in the low index category at a 1.6....

I've never had symptoms... the problem with this test is it's got a 1 in 2 chance of being a false positive. Aka 1 in 2 people will have a false positive.

As it only picks up the herpes virus and doesn't distinguish between hsv1 or hsv2.

I forgot to mention to my doctor I have had cold sores... it's factual I have hsv1...

I'm not concerned, as the false positive rate between 1.10 and 3.0 is very high. If I was over 3 it's has a 90% accuracy rate. Under 3 especially under 2 and closer to 1, it's very inaccurate.

I got a 1.6, 1 in 2 tests are a false positive. They discorage doctors from doing the test for a reason unless the person has symptoms and I never have.

The issue with this test is in order to be certain they have to order an inhibitor test to inhibit hsv2.. and if that comes back positive you have asymptomatic hsv2.

Incase Elise is reading this I want this out in the open. I do not have hsv2. I'm going to ask for the inhibitor test in May for my next appt to keep it on the down low, I don't want the office staff thinking I have genital herpes.

If i knew how inaccurate it was I wouldn't have done it. Basically the test only looks for the herpes virus and can't distinguish between hsv1 or hsv2.

Getting equivocal on hsv1... and knowing I've had cold sores is an almost guarantee the hsv1 test didn't pick it up bc it was an inadequate sample. While the hsv2 picked it up bc it can't distinguish between the two.

My lab results say it very well can be a false positive and I need the inhibitor test to confirm as my index is low...

Tbh I'm not anxious about it at all. I know bc it can't distinguish between the two, it picked up that I infact do have the herpes virus but it's hsv1 aka cold sores. Mouth herpes. I'm not anxious, I know I'm right bc of my research.

Of course I'm worried that Elise would be hesitant to be with me, if she loved me if I did the inhibitor test and it came back positive. I'd never lie. Just bc I am asymptomatic doesn't mean my next partner will be. However I know bc of my research it's a false positive. And my hsv1 test was a false negative for sure.

With that being said of course I'm worried about the stigma and if it was a real positive that no one would be with me. Despite this I know it's a false positive and I'll stick the course and get the inhibitor test.

I've never had symptoms, that does not mean you can't have it. However I've thought long and hard about who I have had genital to genital contact with.

It's been like 2 people. I've had a decent amount of oral sex in the past but I was like between 14-18.

Genital to genital, it was seriously two people.

I truly don't think I have it. I think I have a false positive that picked up the hsv1 virus...

If I did the inhibitor test, and found out I had both I'd write that here as I'd never try to pull the wool over someone's eyes, as me being asymptomatic doesn't mean the other person will be....

Either way I know in my heart it's hsv1 cause of my past symptoms and I read the research.

Despite this, if Elise does love me, I want her to know there is a chance I'm an asymptomatic carrier. Although I feel it's a 3% chance given they can't distinguish between hsv1 and hsv2 without the inhibitor.

If my test results read that they used the inhibitor, I would feel very differently but Quest is saying don't diagnosis him do the inhibitor.

So yea maybe reading that kept me up last night cause I did a lot of research.

I got to submit a urine test for the last two std tests.

I have a feeling once I do that inhibitor test I'll have a clean bill of health minus hsv1 cause yea I got it.

I hope Elise would still be with me regardless of if it's hsv1 only or both. Although I wouldn't blame her if she wouldn't.

Although I do think that inhibitor test will show what I've been writing about. The cdc discourages using the test she used on me. Either way safe sex is important.

So I'll do the test and if I happen to have hsv2, well I guess whoever I end up with has to love me despite this. It's going to be hard to sell myself as a transman ingeneral but with hsv2 I might as well expect to spend my life alone.

I refuse to pull the wool over anyone's eyes though but I'm sure in May I'll be saying I have confirmed hsv1 and my hsv2 test came back negative.

If you're reading this and you're not in love with me you probably shouldn't read every entry cause I get kinda personal here. This truly is my dairy.

If you do love me, if the test goes badly I hope it won't change your feelings for me. Although I do truly think it is a false positive.

[bitter-as-wormwood-13]

Tired of getting "Youre so young"ed over my disability its really really discoraging like yeah Im young. can't do much about it. the disability didn't avoid my body because Im not old enough to drink

[ghostieking]

i don't even have any of the next peachtober prompts ready cause i've been so discoraged by the attention the stuff i've been making is getting everywhere

[munnchausenzip]

If im curled up Hedge Hog Style for too long my mom will get upset at me and say that ill fuck up my spine and that i look like a shrimp but that is the LEAST effective way to discorage me from havving my legs kneed up against my chest because shrimp are the most wonderful creatures

[forestkodama]

It's a misconception, but also just a thing fun to say to watch people's eyes get big. Many phasmids (walking sticks) are covered in spines to help blend in with plants, and those spines can pinch if their legs close on a finger. At the same time, some phasmids can spray a noxious chemical from their thorax in defense if they are handled roughly. So I have heared those two traits compounded and called "spitting spines" to discorage handling unknown insects.

*normal bug behavior still applies good luck