#being a sap again

[jpg-of-dorian-slay]

one and a half hours left in 2023. everyone who read my fics , commented on my fics. recommended me music, listened to me rant, sent me an ask in an ask game or just interacted with me ever, just know i love you and appreciate you and wish to see you again next year

[ahappydnp]

hiiii I have a phistory question ! did dnp have jobs other than youtube while living together, or did they move in together once they'd already decided to try and make a career out of yt?

they were both youtube partners before either of them left home so they did have some money coming in just from that

phil had side gigs doing apartment red (2009-2011) and battlefronters (2010-2011)

they both started hosting the super amazing project in 2011

they of course had their first bbc radio special in december 2011

they also did a couple guest spots on channels like vlogcandy but i'm not 100% sure if they got paid for cameos?

edit: i forgot about vyou!!! they both got sponsored to promote and use vyou in 2011

[andr0nap-wf]

yeah arthur may be a brooding lone wolf but what if my drifter wormed their way into his heart and wore him down enough to let himself be dotted on and called sweetpea and be brought tea when hes on patrol and carried back to the mall when he cant walk after a coughing episode and and-

[inklore]

ily writers ily gifers ily artists ily creators tumblr would suck and be downright bleak without you guys!!!

[manzfilt]

He was the full moon, I was the night sky. I saw him every night; his silver glow, his brilliant light.

He was so close to me yet out of reach.

[gomzdrawfr]

Hewo :D

I wanted to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude to each and every one of you who has supported me and commissioned my art over the past three months. This has been the longest period I've ever been open for commissions, and your support meant the world to me.

As I reflect on nearly five months since I started this commission business, I'm happy by how much I've learned and inspired by how much more there is to understand and improve on.

With the funds gathered, I was able to replace my broken phone, get a new pair of specs, replace more of my old electronic devices and have the opportunity to use them to commission and support other artists and friends alike, with the remaining funds reserve for my university projects!

To help me enhance my services for the future, I would like you, who have commissioned me before, to take 2 minutes to answer this lil survey I set up! Your insights and suggestions will be useful and help me greatly :D

Thank you once again for believing in me and my art. Your support has been a source of inspiration and motivation, and I am truly grateful for everything. Here's to many doodles and shenanigans from me :3

[ninkaku]

dazai arcane verse........chainsaw man verse.......

[manasurge]

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[a-story-teller]

I was in a major car accident yesterday (got t-boned) and was very luckily a) alone in the car, as the passenger side got walloped and b) not injured. However I took care of everything and then went home and proceeded to sleep for 19 out of the following 24 hours.

[fivewholeminutes]

was pondering whether i should say that but fuck it. i want you all to know that when a doctor asked me yesterday if i have anything that brings me joy now my first thought was y'all so this is what i've told him

[theflirtmeister]

hoffrig apprentice au?

Rigg is attacked with kisses the moment he steps through the front door. He can’t help the laugh that bubbles out of him, managing to kick the door shut behind him with his foot as he wraps his arms around Hoffman.

“Hey,” He says. “Guess you missed me?”

“You didn’t even text me when you arrived at the precinct.” Hoffman groans, rubbing his cheek against Rigg’s stubble like a cat. “You could have been arrested.”

“But I wasn’t.” Rigg says. “I’m a lucky guy.”

Hoffman presses him up against the wall, and Rigg feels like a teenager again, making out underneath the bleachers. Only instead of a cheerleader in a short skirt and tight top, it’s a Jigsaw apprentice in a bloodstained shirt that exposes the same amount of cleavage.

“Does anyone suspect you?” Hoffman asks.

“No.” Rigg says. “Everyone just said they were glad I was alive. And that they hope you’re recovering after being kidnapped.”

(Rigg will never forget stumbling upon Hoffman in his ripped shirt and silk gag. He thinks about it several times a day, and keeps having to splash water on his face to cool down.)

“I’m recovering badly.” Hoffman says. “I need a strong SWAT commander to take me to bed.”

“Oh yeah?” Rigg grins. His hands slide down to Hoffman’s waist, squeezing him. “Know any?”

“I know one.” Hoffman noses Rigg’s jawline. “He’s handsome.”

“Yeah?”

“And smart.”

“Yeah?”

“And he’s really good at inflicting justice.” Hoffman says breathily. “Do you think he could take me to bed?”

“I’m pretty sure he could.” Rigg says, and kisses Hoffman hard enough to bruise.

[destiny-in-the-universe]

Commentary and Thoughts

So, I’m keeping this short and sweet for now-

Though this was due to one of my mutuals @just-animaxiz who sent me something and can I just say to go appreciate them? They’re amazing, and the content I’ve been reading from them is just perfection-

Now, I will say that I definitely have started to enjoy the possibilities of Spike and Randy getting more scenes together, and let me just- my next ask is going to be something special. I can’t say more than that but we need to give creators their credit when it’s due! Whether it’s liking their fanart, reblogging their content- COMMENTS for fanfiction please, kudos and likes are lovely but us authors thrive on comments and interaction!

I never thought I’d get into RC9GN but trust me there’s going to be a lot more where this came from. Also just- please let me know if you don’t want to be tagged but just a few of my followers and people I personally follow that deserve appreciation!

As mentioned before, animaxiz

@whispering-radiance

@thesoundofmadness

@man-of-nostalgia

@7-inches-of-satanic-panic

@aster-saturn

Unfortunately that’s all l can do for now but still! Please do give them a look- they deserve it heh-

[wayfayrr]

I hope life eases up soon man, take care of yourself

Thanks mate <3

stuff's starting to gradually get better now, actually let myself feel feelings after bottling them till it popped

just kinda turns out that throwing yourself into something so you're numb to the other things can really burn you out :') So I'm trying to find motivation to write and answer asks again, I'm hoping it'll be soon but idk atp

[duckduckgoose-exe]

I miss doing big lengthy dramatic group rolepkays it’s not even funny like instead of writing a book me and my friends would make silly Pinterest boards and ocs and write literal paragraphs about what our ocs were doing and it was so fun and also there was stupid drama and people feeling left out but I miss that so bad I’d take still having those friends and feeling left out than loosing that part of my life entirely.

[fryday]

aaaaaa you're making me emotional :(((

sorry I think that's just part of my job description at this point 😭😭😭 much love 💖💖😂

[batsplat]

in your rgu x motogp post, you mentioned the cringe celebrations which has become part of the sport. forget the audience reactions for a second, just look at those famous journalists:

Toby Moody: Other people have tried to do similar celebrations - look at Jorge Lorenzo in his early years and Marc Marquez when he wins a championship - but it's never the same and really, they shouldn't bother, no one cares now. Rossi's had more than the cake there - there's none left for anyone else. He was so original. (https://www.the-race.com/motogp/toby-moody-how-a-rossi-row-made-qatars-first-gp-legendary/ )

Simon Patterson: Maybe a controversial opinion: MotoGP's over-engineered title celebrations are tacky and awful. They choreograph all the fun and spontaneity out of the moment. X users @ KeefyH19 : All Rossi wannabes Simon Patterson: None of his were this over-engineered (https://x.com/denkmit/status/1723585339271594059?s=46 ）

like, what’s up with these middle-aged men? this was your favorite celebration tradition once right? or does this emotion only apply to a certain someone? the answer is yes.

and i noticed marc stirring up fans during the parade this year, like doing the kneeling gesture… valentino never needed to do stuff like that. for him it’s just a smile and a wave, that’s all it took. when i was watching the 04-07 races, i realized how naturally he matched with the camera. even before the race started, a few shots of him on the grid, a smile, a kiss, and he already had everyone hooked. that’s something no one else could ever pull off. he’s such a witch.

he IS such a witch. and podcast hosts did get a shout out!

but yeah agreed, it really irritates me. 'over-engineered' is obviously the silliest one because, I mean??

is this really more emotional than doing a dumb basketball celebration or cgi devils or whatever

the problem these journalists face is that they're inherently predisposed to see this shit as cringe, but the rossi factor being what it is they did find themselves enjoying those... so the argument has to be that nobody else can pull it off. which, yes, is that special valentino magic doing its thing again. but idk, this is a case where I'm strongly in the camp of imitation being the sincerest form of flattery. there's just a kind of goofy camp to them... I think some of them work better than others, but what matters to me is that it feels like sincere self-expression. also, perhaps most importantly of all... who cares!! if athletes want to do something kinda cringe-y to celebrate their success, then whatever!! they have something to remember the occasion by and so do the rest of us. and if it's not for you then, again, who cares. it's title-winning celebrations - it is the definition of not that serious

obviously jorge (lorenzo) is particularly interesting with this stuff because he had his whole arc of coming up with celebrations as a kid and believing he low-key preempted valentino in that but also looking up to valentino and drawing inspiration from him and then finding valentino's celebrations so so funny and so so cool even when they were competing. and... my personal take is that he has come the closest of anyone of matching the spirit of valentino's celebrations, because he did actually put a lot of thought into like. the meaning of what he was doing. he was really engaging with the process, thinking of the symbolism and all that stuff!! I'm fond enough of them that I compiled his 2006-07 resume here... but perhaps the funniest detail of this whole saga is that EVEN JORGE HIMSELF is engaging in this no true scotsman stuff by dragging melandri's celebrations

so there you have it. even the guys literally being accused of not managing to live up to rossi's celebrations are insulting other guys for not managing to live up to rossi's celebrations. big part of the valentino magic is in the utter lack of solidarity anyone who has suffered as a result of him displays when it comes to fellow sufferers. it's only right that this even extends to those imitating his celebrations