#but I also tend to forget about it lol

[marimbles]

at the risk of sounding like really entitled….

does anyone else have a fic that is their most popular, but you don’t want it to be, because you don’t think it deserves it, and you have better stuff, and while ofc you are grateful that people like something you wrote, it’s almost annoying that for some reason That one is the most popular. lmao

[uncanny-tranny]

A nice way you can involve others in the joy of transition is to ask them to help you choose a middle name, I think.

My best friend chose my middle name, and that is honestly something I really cherish as an adult. She supported me before everybody else did, and it honestly helped save me. I think it's a great way to memorialize others, even if you grow apart.

[todayisafridaynight]

You know what I noticed you like series that with older men as protags Yakuza, Dragon ball I feel like you’d like Golden Kamuy

ive seen many rgg fans also be a fan of golden kamuy so this is probably an accurate assessment

however, i havent watched anime or read manga sinnnnccceeee.........

[keeps-ache]

[staring out the window but it's just a sticker on the wall] i actually need to make something right now or i'll espode

[therevengeoffrankenstein]

i love defending pete wentz against the mania haters who call him the music industry's mr krabs bc he sucks in other ways.

[stergeon]

for the writer ask

💭🚦💛 💌

💭 What inspires you and your writing?

this is a real marketing major-ass answer (from your local marketing major), but i love sharing knowledge and telling stories. writing’s one of those things that’s a bit of a compulsion for me—i’m always writing something. i took a five-year break from fiction writing before i stumbled ass-first into fanfic last year, but even in those years when i was focusing on my career, i was writing guides and trainings and a ton of other stuff—just not anything fun, lol.

writing is also so cathartic. sometimes i set out to tell a specific story, but at other times, a particular emotion gets me in a vice grip and i have to put it to words before it’ll go away. my stories tend to wind up as emotional dumping grounds as a result.

i don’t write things pulled directly from my own life, but there are bits and pieces of myself and things that have happened to me scattered throughout stuff i’ve written, and usually when i’m about 75% of the way through a piece, i’ll realize it’s absolutely related to something i’m currently going through. funny how art works that way, even when you don’t intend for it to.

and occasionally i just have a fire lit under my ass about an issue and i get so hot about it that i gotta compile my thoughts. looking at you, silver snow

🚦 What sort of endings do you prefer to write: ambiguous, bad, happily ever after, etc.?

look, i would love nothing more for them girls (pick whichever girls you please) to have a happy ending where they kiss and are stupid in love for the rest of forever. i love reading those kinds of stories. but in my heart of hearts, i love an ambiguous ending. i like when there are still questions after the story ends. i like thinking about where things could go or how the characters will go on after the events of the story. like, shared space could be read as having a happy ending, but i don’t really think it is. and with the victors; the vestiges, well. you’ll see :0)

come to think of it, i’m not sure i’ve ever written a happily-ever-after, but i don’t think i’ve ever written a 100% bad ending, either. i read too many bury-your-gays stories and watched too many sad european queer coming-of-age films in my youth to ever be happy putting that kinda thing out into the world. i want to write about love with all its ugliness, but not despair or hopelessness. i think what most appeals to me about an ambiguous ending is that lingering feeling of hope. it’s not the same as the kind you get from a happily-ever-after, and something about it speaks to me.

💛 What is the most impactful lesson you’ve learned about writing?

honestly? how to take criticism. i took a creative writing class in high school where we had to read our work out loud and then receive feedback on it from the other writers in the class, and that did a lot for me. going into that class, i’d already been writing for forever and had won some little local writing contests and such, so i was a wee bit of a pretentious douche. but i’d never gotten real critique before beyond, essentially, spelling and grammar checks. it humbled me lol. it made me grow so much as a writer, and i could see where i needed to improve or where my head was wedged way too far up my own ass for others to follow. it also helped me recognize strengths i didn’t know i had, and that was huge. it’s easy to get into a self-doubt spiral when making creative work, and good, constructive criticism can do so much to help avoid that.

to this day i love critique. i like knowing what worked or didn’t work so that i can continue to improve as a writer and do better next time. did my themes land? did something really work, but another part fall flat? i’d love to know!! i try to treat everything i write as practice for the next thing, and frankly that’s helped take some of the pressure off so i don’t go into total Perfectionist Mode.

i know critique is kind of a sensitive topic in fan spaces, but i think that’s because a lot of people have gotten unsolicited criticism that is purely critical and isn’t constructive. but getting good, constructive criticism will do so much to help a person grow as a writer. it’s scary, and sometimes it hurts! writing is very personal for most people, and it stings when things aren’t received the way you think they will be. but i know i’ve grown more from having my failures pointed out (and, very importantly, having the good things about those efforts acknowledged) than anything else.

💌 Is there a favorite trope you like to write?

actually Just answered this in another ask!

[anonymouspuzzler]

What are some other favorite franchises of yours? Games, movies, shows, whatever you have an interest in.

hmm, aside from the stuff I already mentioned (layton, pokemon, psychonauts, splatoon, be kind my neighbor, bugsnax)... hm... i will list Media in no particular order as my one brain cell fires off! spyro! crash band of coot! jak daxter! our flag means death! muppets! series of unfortunate events! lots of different cartoons!! picross! tetris! i used to listen to a lot of night vale & TAZ but haven't caught up in ages! mad rat dead! columbo! bake-off! i am planning to rewatch twin peaks with my partner soon!! aardman animation! MY CAT!! (she is not a media but i love her)

[asheoninactive]

I’ve come to realize my harvest moon/story of season/time factory type whenever I play these games is just “your grandmother would probably approve of them”

[girlvinland]

You know how earlier this year I read that sapphic romance book about like, the woman who worked at a gym and the love interest who ghosted her fiancé on her wedding day and I hated it and hated pretty much all the characters and found it generally awful in terms of writing and well, everything? God. Everyone was so hateable in that one.

Lol. A month or two ago I got a YA book that I initially didn’t realize was by the same author (although I did learn early on), but it was like. So much better to me than the other, and now I kind of want to read her other YA books too lol. I think I just feel like maybe her writing style suits YA better or something bc whatever the fuck that gym one was was. Uffda. Tbf I was given it for free so I can’t complain a ton but.

[caffeinatedopossum]

Damn. So you know how I always say I have a headache? I JUST NOTICED it's my entire head that hurts. Like no wonder I don't understand when people ask "what part of your head?" Like bitch, all of it!

My eyes, my ears, my mouth, my entire skull, all of it

[auberginenikki]

Omg?? Did not expect a confession so 'soon'?!

[youngpettyqueen]

the thrilling conclusion to all my miserable rant posting yesterday: we talked about it and I got an apology and an admission that they made it about themselves and didnt listen to me, and that it was completely unfair to do any of that, and I was told I was completely right to be upset and angry and that they should've done better

[brokenhardies]

my biggest problem w internet fandom discourse im realising is the fact its easier for people to default to black & white, one person is right one person is wrong bc its more simple to make ur posts minus any of the nuance. its easier to villainise an individual bc saying 'x is a villain and abuser' is more snappy and punchy for a post then saying 'yes, x may havr made a stupid and bad decision, but we need to consider y & z as well'

[bmpmp3]

its always a little funny looking at some of the old marketing copy for Genbu because a lot of it emphasizes his voice as gentle and soft AND LIKE i understand why: his strong enunciation and power was still very much there in his 2018 version BUT it wasn't quite as intense as his standard bank update a couple years later - and you can see in this early demo how with some simple bends here and there in the tension parameters, you can really make his r1/r2 versions have a lovely ballad-y tone:

but also since the update from sv editor to sv studio changed his multipitch-situation into more of a "kire"/powerscale type of voicebank (gets more power the higher he gets, although he also has some really nice soft and falsetto special pitches i keep forgetting about! i gotta use em more), his power combined with the, like, serious? or sort of dark tone in his voice makes people tend to use him to scream and cry and throw up instead of singing a soft ballad LOL so it always makes me laugh a little when i see his official product descriptions. he can be soft and gentle! but no one uses him that way orz

[amavaria]

Rarity and Applejack in my style! 💎🍎

At the moment these are the only main 6 I’ve drawn in my style, I have a little of a tunnel vision when it comes to them if you haven’t noticed already lol

I prefer more subtle and simple changes because I love their canon selves and second because I tend to forget details of my own designs when I make them too fancy.

For Applejack I went for the beefy work horse route, and added a speckled coat. I always loved her little freckles in canon so! I think her design feels more completed with it.

As for Rarity I just added some classic unicorn anatomy like the long tail and cloven hooves! She’s also fluffier, I like fluffy animals. (Surprise!)

By the way, anyone is free to use these designs for art if they want, credits are appreciated but not needed. It’s not like they look super different or that I thought long and hard about them anyway!

[butterfirefly]

Reo's Reactions to People Getting Hurt

Igaguri: 👨‍🦯😴

Kunigami: 😨😠

Rin: 🥱🙄

Himself: 😇✌️

Nagi (accidental): 😧🥺

Nagi (intentional): 💀🔪🤬💥

Bonus

Raichi coughing in the background