#better at writing than at Instagram

[mgalatwriting]

Let's start meeting some characters! Ana is the focal character of Fate's Fire and the whole Lionheart Trilogy. She's curious, obedient, and very lonely.

[heartyearning]

sick and tired of seeing people use zip ties for boning. listen to me i am a costume designer stop using plastic which does not hold your shape (the whole point of boning) you do not need to buy proper coiled boning or anything: go to a hardware store and find flat metal tension spring (google tells me that's what it's called, unfortunately i also don't know what its used for in hardware store related things so i cant describe it if that isnt the correct translation, soz) you can get a roll of 15m x 4mm tension spring for about 15 euros where i live and then you just have to cut it with metal shears (you can use a regular cutting pliers probably but if you have metal shears you will be happier) then either file down the edges a bit if you're genuinely gonna wear it a lot, or you just wind some tape around the edges to make sure putting them in the channels isn't gonna rip your fabric and anyway now you have an actually functional boned garment. go to a hardware store and show them this pic btw:

^ this is what you want. also bc this is 4mm wide around stress points like closures you want to make 2 channels right alongside each other and put in 2 pieces of tension spring for stability

[usefulquotes7]

It’s better to have nobody than someone who is half there, or who doesn’t want to be there. Angelina Jolie

[naphthaflash]

aspiring writers with high fantasy in their bio always giving out free writing advice when their prose is like this—

I can’t believe that power could feel this good he thought to himself as he chuckled darkly to his Mage Elf Blood Moon Deacon Pussy Throbbing Knight. The other male smirked, Wolf-beaver teeth flashing in the decadent yellow urine gold throne room. “Awight boss. What’s next?”

[starpros-sunshine]

You can use a lot of words you know? You don't have to talk yourself around stuff like "It's famous Nazi code for an abbreviation for their popular motto which I won't be repeating here" when you really can just explain that 88 is supposed to represent the Hitler salute because H is the 8th letter in the alphabet? You don't even have to say the words but I mean wouldn't it make more sense to actually explain something instead of vaguely talking around it for some sense of...of what? What's the use in nor calling the thing by it's name? Won't that do more harm than good? I mean if people know they shouldnt do something but don't really know why then they won't take it that serious no?

[windypuddle]

love when i go into a tag and its just "this post contains filtered tags" "this post contains filtered tags" "this post contains filtered tags" ok

[andragoras-in-vanity]

im convinced that people who actually want to live in cities and dont see the environmental and emotional trauma their inflicting on themselves by enabling those places to continue to grow have just the most severe brain damage

[modern-oedipus]

Replying back to the comments on Conflict, please bear with me as I haven't binge-replied all. 🥲 They all mean so much to me, so I want to take my time processing them before I write something back. ❤️

I am not "overwhelmed" by pending tasks or replies as I used to be in the past anymore!! I did a lot of work on procrastination etc., so it isn't a matter of me being overwhelmed, I just want to take my time enjoying the interaction we had after 2 years. I feel like if I reply back it will be over so I'd rather have the comments linger on my mind for a while before I respond!! ☁️

[chilapis]

saw a contract be referred to as a “contractual adventure” & started giggling.

[manwithoutaspleen]

more transition rambling

as upset as i sometimes get about not passing, i still love what transitioning is doing for/to my body so much. like i never get sick of seeing how hairy i’m getting, i’m impatient for more facial hair and so excited to have stubble and one side burn (and i would love for both side burns to come in.) my chest hair has started coming in the past few weeks and THATS been a thrill.

every time i hear myself singing and actually like how i sound? every time i laugh weird and sound like my brother, who i love so much? every time i see a friend for the first time in awhile

it’s just, life has been so hard for like, a year and a half now, and while i do think i’m finally on the upswing, there’s a lot of new trauma to deal with. but one thing i’ve learned from all this is how to take care of myself so, so well. i can love and care for myself now in ways i never imagined being possible. and having a body that actually brings me joy makes that so much easier.

and like, it’s especially resonant to have a body that actually brings JOY when i’ve had chronic pain since i was 12. when this all started because i got a new disability. my body can do less and hurts more and i still love it more. its harder to care for, but i’m trying harder.

transitioning has saved my life in SO many ways i could not be more grateful that i finally did it

[july-19th-club]

got 'some desperate glory' in at work and it has a blurb by taz muir and seems plotwise to be similar to the martine books. hmmm will report back on whether its any good

[byakuyasdarling]

I’m so tired of seeing people police others’ language and assume they are (x, y, z) or mean (x, y, z) from harmless phrases and word choice. Like if it irks you, fine I get it. But if you genuinely think someone is horrible and awful or thinks something irrepressible for a cutesy word or phrase they use that ultimately means NOTHING — genuinely touch grass.

// obviously not about slurs — I mean words like ‘blorbo’ or those in a similar vein. Last time I checked, it wasn’t problematic so I’m operating under that supposition.

[misscrawfords]

2022 was a dumpster fire of emotional devastation and poor mental health. The bar is SO low and yet I'm struggling to imagine 2023 will be better. Looking forward to starting therapy again in a few weeks and hoping for a miracle or two!

So anyway, happy new year!!!

[henrychengtual]

ultimately the ocean vuong rupi kaur poll boils down to the fact that so many people have only had exposure to both these poets through tumblr (most probably web weaving posts) and equate more articulate + longer lines with vuong and shorter + simpler ones with kaur... to me the difference was . very easy to spot and vuong's lines were instantly recognizable ...

[draw-you-coward]

hello i am not dead

instagwam bc it isnt here

[chevvy-yates]

💕 self-love time! talk about which ones of YOUR creations (edits, artworks, fanfics) you like the most then send to other creators to do the same 💕

Another one? xD

okay what now … more photography I guess.

I'll post some stuff I did back in 2021 and 2022 for my IG before I layed it to rest, before I got into VP.

Moon, Sun and crows (Ryder would love it):

Air field stuff (Ryder would love it):

old Plymouth (Thyjs would love it):

red poppy details (Thys would love it):

Cross spider in Gritzwald,Poland (again Ryder would love it):

this is just the tip of the ice berg – I don't even know anymoe what my lil EOS M50 has all seen since I got it in 2019. I have to edit approx 500 pics and look through thrice as much?