#been doing a lot of boring portraits that i haven't been posting

[ryusaidate]

[vincentbriggs]

Hello! Transfem person here. I haven't started HRT yet, but want to procure a 1730s menswear suit (actually decided based on your video). I would prefer not to wait for it if possible, since I don't know when HRT is going to be possible. I am, however, a little concerned about my bust size changing and affecting the fit of the waistcoat. Is that decade usually pretty forgiving in it's tailoring? I am also considering having the upper back tie like some later waistcoats to accommodate if necessary (even if it's not entirely historical), but I figured I would ask you.

Thank you!

Hello! Ooh yay! Not enough people do early 18th century, so I'm delighted to hear that! (Link to the 1730's suit mentioned.)

I think the fit would be affected, yeah. The sides of the waistcoat are easy enough to let out (and we have extant examples of waistcoats with an extra strip of fabric added into the side seam) but the curve of the front is pretty important to how it sits on you. But then, it is fashionable in that era to leave quite a lot of the top portion unbuttoned, so maaaybe you could get away with it not fitting as well, depending on what changed and how much?

Regarding the adjustability of waistcoats, some of the earlier ones actually do have lacing in the back! This red one is an especially nice example, and it's separate all the way to the top.

(c. 1740's, V&A) (Though you also do see ones with the back hacked up and a bunch of ties that were likely added by Victorians for their fancy dress parties.)

The breeches also have adjustable waistbands, of course, so I think the hardest part to alter would be the coat. The back vent is edge to edge, so there's no overlap to sneak a bit more width out of, and letting out the side seams would require re-doing those massive pleats, which were the part I found the most difficult when making my coat. But fortunately those coats were worn open a lot of the time, so even if they're not quite right when buttoned, they should still look ok unbuttoned.

It's very difficult to predict how the fit will be affected, since HRT is different for everyone and things keep changing years down the line. (One comment on this post talks about suddenly getting more breast and hip growth after 7, 12, and 14 years.)

I only have experience from the transmasc side of things, and alas, I very much did outgrow all my old waistcoats and coats. My 1730's suit needs alterations, because the waistcoat is a bit too small, and the coat seams could use a bit of letting out too. (I made those the year after top surgery, but my ribcage kept expanding and my posture improving for quite a while.)

I've been putting it off because alterations are boring :/ My pre-top surgery waistcoats are all way too small across the chest even though material was removed, because my posture was kinda bad and I didn't even notice it, and I expect that the opposite could also lead to the same sort of better posture from more confidence & comfort.

But bodies keep changing forever anyways, even without transitioning. Plenty of cis people can't fit into the things they sewed when they were younger, so we may as well make things to fit us now. Perhaps you could make the suit now, but use a not-too-expensive fabric, and then maybe alter it later, or make a newer and better one with the experience you gained from the first one!

Also I know you specifically said menswear suit, but I want to add the fun fact that women's riding habits in this era looked extremely similar to men's suits!

(Left: Maria Amalia von Habsburg by Franz Joseph Winter, right: Member of the Van der Mersch Family by Cornelis Troost.)

As far as I can tell, the main differences are that the riding habits have a petticoat instead of breeches, and are made to fit over stays.

(Empress Elisabeth Christine in riding costume, unknown artist.)

So similar, in fact, that this portrait of a young lady in a riding habit was misidentified as a young man!

Most of the petticoat is out of frame, but you can still see that it's not beeches, and the stays shape is pretty obvious. Very silly of Sotheby's not to notice!

I have no idea if you're interested in wearing a riding habit, and I'm not sure how difficult it would be to alter the somewhat looser men's coat to fit over stays, but thought I ought to mention it.

[phantomwitch16]

Recently I've been thinking about Hypnos and his position in Hades Hades 2. I've been seeing a lot of posts about him lately so I really want to talk about him cause to be honest, other than Zagreus, Hypnos is my favourite character in both games.

From what I've seen from Nyx's family, Hypnos seems to be the odd one out and too be fair, he quite literally is. Most if not all of his siblings are reclusive, quiet and don't keep in contact, similar to how it was with Nyx and Chaos. But Hypnos is the opposite, being quite sociable, talkative and wants to be around his mother and brothers as much as possible. In fact, that's possibly why he works at the house, likely to be closer to Nyx and his brothers. Which really makes sense, since out of all of his family, he never sees any of his other siblings save for their Nyx, Than and Charon and that was largely due to their obligations to the house. But despite his easy going demeanor, Hypnos is probably one of the most powerful gods in the house, save for Nyx given that he was able to put everyone in the house to fall asleep.

Which I imagine it was quite isolating to be doing his duties, especially since most of his siblings, notably Than, were off doing something else. At least with Than, he had the opportunity to see Nyx and Charon whenever he had the time. Which makes sense since other than sleep and death being two sides of the same coin, there isn't much else that keeps Hypnos connected with his family and its likely what made him want to take a job as a receptionist, despite how bored he generally is at it.

It's sad looking back on first game when he's being talked down to by Than and Nyx for having a difficult time to get the hang of doing essentially two full time jobs. Thankfully by the end of the game, he's managed to become much more capable in managing both jobs and having a better relationship with his family.

But this has made me wonder if working as the receptionist had a drastic affect on him in the second game. He's practically in a comatose state and has been like that since before Chronos attacked, since Mel was a baby and it's one of the biggest questions of the community.

I have a few ideas what could've happened to him and the possibly larger role he many have within Hades.

I haven't watch the technical test and frankly i don't want to know too much until the game comes out on the switch, but i think Hecate was down at the house was partly due to Hypnos' condition and maybe to see Mel as well. Because frankly it would be a large part of concern for everyone to come across Hypnos and being unable to wake him up. So she comes to examine him and while there, Chronos escaped, leading her to escape with Hypnos, Melinoe and the portrait.

As for what could've put Hypnos into that sleep, it could've been possible that he was doing so well before the events of the Hades 2. There could've been a large influx of souls and some additional preparation for Melinoe's birth that caused a lot of tension in the house. Or else, he received a terrible vision. In Greek Mythology, Hypnos had a great connection with handling the visions and prophecies. Mainly delivering them from Apollo or other Gods to prophets such as the Oracle of Delphi, alongside his sons. It could be possible that Hypnos received a vision from someone that influenced him to go into a deep sleep.

With him being asleep since then, it's likely that he's only been sleeping. However, it could be possible that Hypnos could be aiding those who were left behind or helping Mel and the others in the Crossroads? Such preventing other enemies to spawn alongside Chronos or putting those left behind in a deep sleep so that they won't feel pain or be controlled by the Titan.

What i find most interesting is his connection with Melinoe. From the get-go, we're already well aware that Mel looks up to Hypnos and finds him fascinating which makes sense. In mythology, Melinoe was not only had a connection to Hecate and ghosts, but one with sleep, specifically bringing about nightmares and madness.

With this connection to him, Mel could possibly interact with Hypnos in her dreams or wake him from his slumber. Or if those who were in the house were under his control, Hypnos could lull them into a sleep and Mel could wake them up by inducing a terrible nightmare that could shake off whatever control Chronos has over them.

I don't know if Hypnos might still have his old job by the end of the second game but considering with Mel could intercept dreams, I think that he would get a promotion by overseeing her duties or training her in those aspects of her abilities, probably punishing those worthy of those nightmares or aiding him in handing out prophecies.

I highly doubt that all of this would be used in the game but its a nice idea.

[louroth]

Hello hello everybody! It is time for another months progress, and I am so excited to share with you, all the things I have gotten my grimy little gremlin hands on. First off, what we are all here for; writing. I have been on fire, to be honest! Last month I churned through the last of the first batch of erotica stories (there's 6 (!!!) of them on my patreon already) and set them up for publishing along with two more unseen ones- I'm still going over the logistics of where to publish for the best revenue (I know this sounds boring, but I have to make an income somehow, and hopefully find another audience as a smut writer on other platforms 💀 I love writing it so why not!), and I am making headway, learning the ins and outs of self publishing. On patreon, there are also two Q&A's that are written in a bit more fictional manner, in character: a more fun way than just writing answers straight up and down. I have enjoyed those so much! There's a bunch of other stuff I haven't even mentioned- honestly, I have to say, I'm really proud of my output on Patreon even though I have been really anxious about writing full time. It's going great! I have to thank my new friends and support-network on discord; you make this all worth it. I cannot express how fun it is to shoot the shit with you in vc, gaming together, or seeing your shenanigans in gen or your in depth theories (thanks for the brainworms!) or memes or staring longingly at the fanfic channel or drooling over your art (ouro related or not) or... Gah. You are just amazing people, and I will waste no opportunity in saying so. Thank you forever and ever and ever an-

When it comes to OUROBOROS, I am happy to announce that the next chapter is damn near done! I was halted because of the discovery that dashingdon is no longer supported by it's creator, and have been working on the twine version ever since, earlier than I expected- it's tough work, but I am so excited to make this an actual game made entirely by myself, and not submitting to a company that quite frankly leaves a bitter aftertaste. It is taking long to make because I want to make it mobile compatible from the start, which there isn't a lot of resources for. But I'm doing my best! The plan is that I will be posting the next chapter for Patreons in the coming month, and then treat you to a full twine release here on tumblr. I haven't made any rewrites when porting the twine build, but I would like to do that too... so we will see; this plan is not set in stone. I will just have to see how it evolves over the next month. Yes, beta-readers is still on the schedule, just holding off a little while while I wrap my head around this new coding landscape.

Other than that, I have been working on the set aesthetic for ouro, which has been really hard, a lot harder than I expected. You all know I am no wizard when it comes to graphic design, but I want to at least develop a set palette and imagery and portraits that is cohesive to the story. The work is ongoing, and I don't have much to say about it- even though it is taking a lot of my brain power. I'm hoping I can come to some kind of set and in depth conclusion that I am happy with before the twine release, because I want the game to feel like a treat to open up and play; a world to get lost in.

That's it! If you want to see weekly and more in depth dev-logs, you know where to go. I hope you have an amazing day or night, and we will see each other soon. xx

[moonsundra]

GUYS I think I found my style, still working on it, but I'm definitely getting there. That's the first time I loved my digital drawings, omg. That has never happened before. I have already made 2 drawings( well, one done and the other one is a sketch) for the fraxus week prompts, I'm so excited and nervous about my first entry. Anyway, here's my "little" rant, because I have no one to talk to about it and I know no one will see it( kinda treat this blog as a diary at this point) but I guess if you want to get to know me better here it is. I was always drawing only realism - portraits, skeletons, skulls and nature with a pencil on paper( can you tell I major in biology lol), a little bit of anime style too. i find it a lot easier to do realism, I just have to copy what I see. I love artists with stylized styles so much, you don't understand how much🛐, it's a lot of work and I love all of the unique styles. If someone who makes art is reading it, I want you to know you're very loved by me, no matter if you're a pro or a beginner, I love you❤️ I'm not an artist and I'm fine with that ( I'm a science teacher lol, I hope none of my students will ever find out about my hobby) I just love drawing, learning how construction and color work and it takes away my anxiety and worries, makes me focused only on the art I'm making. I really did feel like I was already good at art. But not that long ago I got an iPad with procreate and wanted to try digital art. I have never been so humbled. I couldn't understand how layers work, I was chicken scratching all the time, because I couldn't get the pressure sensitivity right and IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE PAPER AT ALL😭 probably didn't help that I use a fake ass apple pencil, that can't do it right. I needed like 3 months( probably less, but felt like it) to finally start being confident in my lines. I knew I didn't want to draw realism anymore. It felt boring. At first I tried mixing it with an anime style, but I hated it. You have no idea how much time those first drawings that I posted took. No less than 10 hours. And a lot of the lines there were traced from my paper drawings. I was only starting to get into digital art, it's all so embarrassing to look at right now. If I could redo them now I would change a lot of things. I didn't know anything about blending modes, now that I look at the hair and eyes IT'S SO BAD, I didn't know how to change the size of canvas and so on. I have never been in any art community, because I didn't really own any social media, my friends are all from STEM and I'm forever an outsider :) I don't think I have ever even talked to an artist, even though I wish I could. I was very stupid back then about many digital art topics, but now I've educated myself a lot more. everyday I draw and everyday I learn something new and it's so exciting, I haven't felt that way about art in a long time. But at the same time I'm this 🤏 close to give up on digital art, delete this whole blog , break down and hate myself for ever trying

[pfqsewers]

i haven't been on in a while but a lot of the recent updates are so jarring to me skdjfskjdf. these are probably things people have said already but oh well lol

a lot of the new art is great but it just doesn't fit imo? like the new professor holly portrait lowkey feels so angry compared to the v nice happy full body art literally right next to it on the lab page lol. a lot of the mod portraits look more intimidating than welcoming now too

also the new sprites are. ok. i get maybe saturating the colors but i miss old amaura :(

i was never in the forums before and i peeked into suggestions to see what it was like and DARN some of the mod responses to suggests are BRUTAL for a site that's supposed to be kid friendly. imagine being 10 and suggesting a little minigame and literally the owner of the site goes "seems kinda boring." and nothing else. doesn't even reject the suggestion just leaves it hanging there. (i realize the person who originally did do this post likely wasn't 10 but based on the userbase pokefarm claims to serve, they could have been).

honestly this is my biggest gripe - it genuinely looks like niet kinda does whatever he wants, which would be fine if he didn't hide behind the guise of "doing what's best for the expanding community" after only one post asks for a certain change or whatever. half of his reasoning in this forum section contradicts itself anyway lol

i remember loving this game before and i still enjoy the mechanics but i just did not remember there being this much drama on here lmao

i think there has been drama all the time

[gerogerigaogaigar]

Wire - Pink Flag

This one is revolutionary. Wire were doing things in 77 that most bands wouldn't be trying for at least a couple of years. Punk moved so fast I. The 70s that it's a blur to track the evolution of the genre. By the time the first punk albums were being released in 76 the genre had already peaked for many first adopters and by 77 we were already seeing the first wave of post punk. Wire were definitely amongst those bands Ex Lion Tamer, Three Girl Rhumba, are very post punk. But they weren't content with just doing one thing where a lot of the album is very traditionally punk there are also a lot of songs that would hearken towards hardcore punk like Pink Flag and 12XU. 106 Beats That feels like a prototype noise rock song, Strange could easily be mistaken for some sort of British grunge, Fragile is basically the blueprint for alternative rock. I feel like you can divine a person's preferred punk subgenre based on their favorite track from this album.

Joy Division - Closer

Slightly more gothic than Unknown Pleasures and no less bleak. The more obviously personal a project becomes the closer it gets to unreviewable. This is Ian Curtis's suicide note. It sounds like a suicide note. Reading interviews about the recording sessions is harrowing. "We'd go to rehearsals and sit around and talk about really banal things. We'd do that until we couldn't talk about banal things any more, then we'd pick up our instruments and record into a little cassette player. We didn't talk about the music or the lyrics very much. We never analysed it." Bernard Sumner once recalled. This album is amazing but thinking too hard about it kinda terrifies me. I don't want to review Closer.

Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets

After departing from Roxy Music Brian Eno decided to make the weirdest, most unpredictable piece of art glam he could. By far the most theatrical thing in his discography and one of few that is still tethered to the rock idiom, if only barely. Here Comes The Warm Jets is full of off beat vocal delivery and wild guitar tones. It will flit between rock n roll riffs, manic guitar solos courtesy of Robert Fripp, and hazy droning bits that are early predictors of shoegaze. And through it all Eno delivers vocals in the most off kilter cadence possible shifting from Frankie Valli falsetto to warbled crooning. This is kind of the final form of glam rock, you can't come back from it only move forward.

Sam Cooke - Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964

Okay, I've been pretty hard on greatest hits so far but I'm gonna give this one a pass because most of Cooke's best works were originally released as non album singles. Sam Cooke's ability to absolutely nail the doo wop sound while also amassing a rock and roll fan base is amazing. He may be the crossover artist of all time. Cooke's biggest hits are without a doubt some of the catchiest songs of all time, I don't know whether I'm gonna have Cupid, Chain Gang, (What A) Wonderful World, or Another Saturday Night stuck in my head, but tomorrow morning imma be living with one or more of those on repeat.

Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You

I've talked about Al Green before and things haven't changed. He's one of, if not the, greatest vocalists of all time. Like all of his albums from this era it shows off his incredible range, going from low to falsetto with an ease that baffles me. It's unfortunately sandwiched between my two favorite Al Green albums so I definitely overlook it, but it's definitely worthwhile.

KISS - Alive!

KISS is potato chips. Is it high quality? Is it good for you? Who cares that's not why you eat potato chips. If you want some extremely stupid music about drinking, fucking, and the vague concept of 'rocking out' then this is the best your gonna get. It's high energy fun. It's camp. The best part is that this was released before their smash hit album Destroyer so you get all the early songs with good blues riffs and guitar solos instead of the dreadfully boring Detroit Rock City or, god forbid, Beth. This is so obviously the best KISS album.

Bill Withers - Just As I Am

Withers' debut leans more towards a folksy gospel feel than Still Bill's funk soul flavor. While I think it's less dynamic overall Just As I Am has plenty to offer. The hit, Ain't No Sunshine is a classic, and Withers turns the mediocre Beatles hit Let It Be into an amazing gospel number. But to me the biggest things this album has going for it is Grandma's Hands, a song that is just so beautiful.

ABBA - The Definitive Collection

Oh wow another greatest hits. I don't know if this is a hot take or not but I really like ABBA. I think they have like six albums that would be great choices for this list spot. At the very least ABBA, Arrival, Voulez-Vouz, and The Visitors are all fantastic albums start to finish. No need to pick out the hits and package them all together.

Neil Young - Tonight's The Night

When Young made On The Beach he poured despair into it, but only seemingly as a distraction from the even more profound despair that was Tonight's The Night. While recorded before On The Beach it was not released until after. The album is entirely about the death of two friends of Young's, Crazy Horse member Danny Whitten, and roadie Bruce Berry. The intensely personal nature of this album is apparent from the bleak lyrics, stripped down production, Young's constantly faltering voice, and even the album liner notes which state "I'm sorry. You don't know these people. This means nothing to you." When I was dismissive of On The Beach that was because this album exists. All the melancholy and anguish of On The Beach is just residue from Tonight's The Night. This is one of music most sincere and pure expressions. The fact that the entire rest of Young's discography is not rendered irrelevant by this album is nothing short of a miracle.

New York Dolls - s/t

I am once again positing a potential starting point for punk rock. The combination of glam aesthetics with the 50s rock and roll musicianship is one of the more obvious influences on the evolution of punk. Very extremely silly lyrics are coupled with riffs that are basically all ripped from Chuck Berry songs. The result is an album with a constant manic energy that's as fun as it is infectious.

[cafeinthemoon]

Some updates:

The next two chapters of Portrait of a Monk will be posted on the same day, because unlike the previous ones where there are time skips, these two describe the same sequence of events. I actually see them as just one chapter, and I only divided them in two because of the word count.

Also I know I've been absent from this blog and have been updating only one story, but for now it's all I'm able to do. I miss working for the other ones and wish I had more time for this, but things are what they are *sighs* I haven't posted anything about this bc I don't wanna come here just to complain about how tired I am and how I need time, which is boring to keep repeating.

Maybe I'll have a break from work soon, so I'll take my time to rest and organize my works, but while it doesn't come the updates will be sporadic.

I want to thank the people who keeps following my content and liking it despite that, and apologize for not giving you more XD You mean a lot to me :)

Love, Debs 💜

⬇ me whenever I see notes from you ⬇

[yanderepuck]

Just had an idea for something to write… Basically, you’re taking a class about Shakespeare, I’m in college, but I guess the setting could be at any stage of schooling, and little do you know, the professor is Will himself…

Feel free to (plz) make it nsfw 😏

Honestly, head went brrr first time I read this. I'm not into the student x teacher thing but head went bRRRR BC POSSIBILITIES. I mean. The man would be like 500 years old, everyone is too young for him.

I took a Shakespeare class way back when I'm 23 wtf am I saying.

WAIT THO. INSTEAD OF A CLASS ON HIMSELF WHAT IF HE'S THE THEATER TEACHER. NO

B O T H

I had a teacher that had a stage in his classroom and we would act out the stories we read and he also had a theater class.

Never forget the post where someone talks about how they did A Midsummer Night's Dream but it was a Coffee Shop AU.

When we did Romeo and Juliet we had wooden swords.

Will would be a very chaotic teacher tho.

Student: I heard a theory that Shakespeare was multiple people. Will: *sips tea* Go on.

~

*portrait of Shakespeare is on the screen* Will: ugly bitch

~

Student: I love Sonnet 18 Will: Have you read any of the others? Student: well yeah, but its romantic Will: ....wrong Student: what Will: Eternal summer? sounds horrible. Too hot. What do you do when you look at the sun? You squint and try to block it so you don't have to look at it.

Okay I should actually get to the ask tho, lmao.

Wait, one more

Student: I don't think Shakespeare was straight Will: obviously

Most take this class because they want to, not because they need the credit. Most hear Shakespeare and get scared of that old fancy way of talking. The thing is, once you actually start reading Shakespeare, its a lot of insults and dick jokes.

If it says sword...it's probably not a sword. Hamlet is just an emo teenager. Macbeth was really just about his wife daring him to kill someone.

Other than that, the teacher was really cute, fairly young too. He wasn't like English teachers you're had in the past. You've learned that Shakespeare isn't pretentious, just your English teachers.

It's also fairly easy to understand the way it's written if you just take your time, and if you know just a little bit of the slang of the time.

But instead of trying to find the meaning of things written, he asks how everyone interrupts it all. You understand Romeo and Juliet's love a lot more when you realize you fall in love with anyone who shows you affection in anyway.

When someone said that they think of The Lion King when Hamlet is brought up your teacher sat there in silence for a few minutes connecting all the dots.

He once gave the entire class a project on finding their favorite insult in any of the plays.

He's super interesting and a conversation is never boring. He tells the entire class just to call him Will, and never tells you his whole name, which for such a laid back professor is odd. He looks like he should be in college himself, but here he is teaching a college course, and he's been there for a few years from what you understand. For someone so young, and someone who teaches, he talks about so many things he's experienced.

You end up spending a lot of time with him. You're taking an English class as a needed credit and ironically you have to do an essay on Shakespeare. But since it if for an English class it isn't nearly as laid back, and wants sources. Will should be a good source though, right? He's a Shakespearean professor after all.

The two of you spend some time in the library and Will is just still information you haven't heard before. You form it into an essay and make a draft. Apparently your information is fake since it can't be sourced from anywhere but your teacher.

You keep asking Will for help. He obviously doesn't want you to fail, but nothing he tells you is going to be good enough for an English teacher.

You're in a room in the library with him listening to him talk about one of the plays and you can't help but get distracted. God why is he so hot. He's talking about all of this without having to reference anything. He just knows it all. Listening to someone talk about their passion is just...attractive.

Writers note: this has been in my drafts to this point bc I just got stumped. I have a hard time doing a natural teacher x student thing, and I just can't seem to go anywhere with it, but I don't want to delete this. So I think I'm just going to leave it how it is. I wanted to try to make it nsfw, but the topic is just hard for me to write since its not something I'm into, so she's just a student hella attracted to her teacher. Sorry for the disappointment, but I tried >.<

[wicked-jade]

For the ask game, I'm curious about 33, 38, and/or 39 (multiple choice, depending on what's already been asked but not yet answered!)

33. Do you practice any other art besides writing? Does that art ever tie into your writing, or is it entirely separate?

Once in a blue moon, I'll decide to sketch something. It's always just pencil portraits, usually of whatever blorbo from my shows I'm obsessing over at that time, lol. I have no art training whatsoever, it's just something I occasionally get in my head to do. I'll knock out a few drawings, and then not feel the urge to draw anything for a few years.

I used to play both piano (and saxophone, back when I was in school) but I haven't played either in years. But I'll always love music, and it usually ends up influencing my writing, even though I can't actually write while music is playing.

38. What is something about your writing process YOU think is Really Weird? If you are comfortable, please share. If you’re not comfortable, what do you think cats say about us?

I'm not sure there's anything weird about my process. Or that I even have what I'd call a process, lol. I'm generally pretty scatterbrained, very disorganized, and easily distracted by shiny new things. So I skip around from fic to fic a lot. I also need complete and total silence to write, but I don't think it's that strange. Again, I'm very easily distracted. Even ambient music doesn't work.

Some of my best writing has come when I was severely sleep deprived. Like, when you're exhausted, but you force yourself to stay awake, and then you push past it and sort of catch a second wind? Those are some of the moments when I'm the most focused. But that's just deeply unhealthy instead of weird, and I'm trying not to do that on purpose anymore.

39. What keeps you writing when you feel like giving up?

I'm not sure I'm the one to answer this, since I have given up writing before, lol.

It seems like the obvious answer, but comments and feedback are honestly great motivators. Yes, I mostly write for myself and what I want to see, but no one likes the feeling of posting to an empty room. We write for ourselves, but share for the sense of community. There were definitely times when I was stuck on a chapter of "Bad Luck" and was seriously ready to just throw up my hands and quit, and then a really kind comment would come in, saying something in my writing moved someone or made their shitty day a little better. And that would give me the little push I needed to keep going.

Also kicking around ideas with friends. Bouncing new ideas off people sometimes gives me the spark I need when I start to get bored with what I'm doing.

There's also a bit of stubbornness involved, as well. Like, I'm going to finish this damn thing, even if it kills me, lol.

Thanks for the asks! 🥰

[theoxventureguildarchive]

In an attempt to break writing block I painted this little flashback scene from my oxventure fic that I haven't posted yet. __________ "I was about thirteen years old" Corazón recalled "I think... and one of the rooms at the manor was essentially a room for paintings that hadn't been put up yet, due to lack of space or lack of time." He took a breath and looked past the dragonborn at Merilwen, who was now avoiding his eyes, he took a minute and continued "One afternoon I told the staff not to come into that room and I came in there with what... well" He laughed "I was going to trash my fathers portraits, I had a rather sharp hunting knife" he pulled out an ornate knife that was held in a rough leather pouch, the blade covered "This one, actually" "And I remember being so angry, this was years and years of being treated not well by him, and I thought, my stupid little child brain thought that it was fine, that it was going to be fine" There was a silence in the room, only broken by Egbert clearing his throat, but he never said anything. Prudence however spoke up "What was the reason?" "That I was upset?" He thought about this for a minute "My father had his phases, he was a collector of fine antiques for a while, then he was into hunting, and then he fancied himself a painter - he would learn everything he could about what that weeks interest, a lot of the time he would send me off to boarding school just so I wouldn't be a bother, or if he'd go off on trips for these little phases... I'd be left with another family, equally rich, equally painfully boring and equally unable to pay me any mind" "It was fishing" he admitted "My father was interested in fishing when I was thirteen years old and he would go out early in the morning for it with some other like-minded people he met in the area. He had planned quite a big trip, weeks in advance, and during breakfast two weeks prior to his trip he had asked me, to my surprise, if I wanted to go with him" Dob punctuated Corazón's story by dropping something heavy that he had been messing with and jumping off the chair to grab it, with an apologetic look towards the pirate. "I was so excited, of course I would be. A huge important trip and my father was finally including me in his interests? I was waiting for weeks, and when night before finally came I went to sleep so excited, I was young, I was stupid..." "Corazón, you weren't stupid." Merilwen said "You were just a kid" "No, Merilwen. I should have known it would happen.. I went to sleep that night and woke up the next morning to my dad having already left, no note, and when he came back there was no apology either. It was as if he had never even asked. So, I was angry... I headed down to the painting room with my knife and I was going to cut up my dad's portraits that he hadn't had put up yet." "And?" "and I couldn't do it, I spent fifteen minutes just staring at the painting. I felt like such a fool"

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Hi! I was hoping there was an early draft and I saw your post that you had few comments on your L&F fic :( I'm writing to tell you that I love it. I reread it again cos you weren't updating and it's fantastic how coherently the story is progressing. I don't usually comment on A03 because I don't have an account but the story is really great. Also I want to tell you that the Crane's first ball, is my fav fic. I love how you portrait Phillip' sarcastic side, if he cared he would be the ton' king.

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 Thank you so much anon! It really means a lot. I haven't written much for chapter 20 of L&F because of just a general lack of inspiration as of late, but here's a little bit of what I've got so far under the cut Also, my first time introducing a sort-of OC into any of my fics so I'm a bit nervous.

“By the way, there’s a note from Ms. Edwards on the table,” Phillip’s aunt mentioned.

“Ms. Edwards? Who the hell is Ms. Edwards?” Phillip said with confusion.

“The twins’ teacher.”

“I thought their teacher’s name was Mrs. Millsby?” he said, walking over to the table and picking up a small, pink sheet of paper that was folded in half.

“It was, but she’s on maternity leave. Ms. Edwards is the long-term substitute.”

“I see,” Phillip said, unfolding the paper to see that it was, in fact, two identical forms. He picked up the first sheet and read it.

NOTICE OF DEMERIT

Dear Mr. Crane,

This note is being sent home to inform you that your child, Amanda Crane has received three disciplinary warnings this quarter. As per school rules and regulations, a meeting between you and your child’s teacher to discuss a plan for remediation is requested at your earliest convenience.

Thank you for your cooperation,

Ms. Edwards

“Ah Christ,” Phillip said, looking at the other piece of paper to see the same thing but with Oliver’s name written in. He had thought the twins were doing well. Frankly, he was annoyed that he hadn’t been informed about any incidents since they filled another kid’s shoes with glue, but on reflection, he hadn’t been paying that close of attention to what the twins were bringing home from school in the past weeks. It’s very possible he could have missed the more mild notifications of misbehavior that might have been sent home with them.

Phillip sat down in his armchair and ran his hand through his hair. Were the twins really so poorly behaved at school? Yes, they were mischievous, but they always came home with good grades. He knew for a fact that they were smarter than the average second-grader, their teacher Mrs. Millsby had told him that in the fall. Maybe that was it? Maybe they were just bored?

Phillip didn’t get much more time to think about it, because his reverie was interrupted by the ring of the doorbell.

“That must be her,” Aunt Gertrude said with a smile.

“Please don’t go out of your way to embarrass me.” Phillip pleaded.

“So, I shouldn’t mention the mohawk you had from ages nineteen to twenty-one?” she teased.

“No, feel free to mention that, my mohawk was cool as hell.” he said, walking to the door and opening it.