#definitely slow build

[spacejammie-eimmajecaps]

Do you want to read a matsuhana fic?

What if it was a childhood-friends-to-lovers slow burn?

And what if it also featured an iwaoi childhood-friends-to-lovers slow burn?

And what if there were traces of kyouhaba enemies-to-lovers?

And what if there was a plausible (canon-compliant) excuse for the Seijoh 4 to meet and interact with the Tokyo 4?

Well, look no further!

Now, I know you're probably thinking that the description is vague and foreboding, which must mean this fic is full of angst and misery.

However, that's not the case!

Okay, yeah, technically there's angst here and there, and some characters certainly do feel miserable on occasion. Truth be told, you might even find yourself crying sometimes.

But you know what else you'll do?

Laugh. And smile. And experience fleeting moments of joy. And fleeting moments of impatience when you realize slow burn wasn't an exaggeration.

Doesn't that sound nice?

[despair-tea]

this was just an observation my friend made a while ago but it got me thinkin' a little bit. Personally, I got over my aversion to sports by fencing in college. Coz it turns out I didn't hate sports. In fact, I think training and learning the rules and pushing myself to improve is super fun! That's the same stuff I like about video games. And despite being a life-long poindexter, all that physical activity felt GOOD, and it was nice to connect with folks.

What I hated about sports as a kiddo was the shame. I hated people acting like I ought to know this or that (despite being a know-nothing child). I hated being excluded and looked down upon for not being good. I despised the way the adults around me treated kids wrt sports. Also I couldn't see and had asthma and neither of these problems got treated until I was on my way out of high school (getting my first inhaler was one of the main reasons I was able to fence at all, in fact).

combat sports are great to me because they're all about that individual journey. I didn't have to worry about letting a team down who might yell at me later for my performance. It's just me and my own heart and my love for the game - THAT'S sports.

[mars--madness]

🌼🎃Happy HALLOWEEN and Dias to everyone!🎃🌼

No art THIS year since I'm going to school for web design/development at this point, but I should be back in the swing of things some time in the next few months HOPEFULLY!

Hope everyone has a safe and fun time with their loved ones, all in one! 🌼

[icewindandboringhorror]

Apparently I can meet my goal of roughly 400,000 words in 6 months if I just somehow write at least 2,200 words a day ghbjh... Almost 2,500 today... huzzah...

[limirint]

I think that pacing is truly the most frustrating part of my writing process. I crave a slow burn!!!! But how slow should I make it? Should it even be burning yet? Maybe I should write an exposition about the matches first, that way I can lead into the flame— no don’t leave stick with me

[theresnothingcruviswithme]

A couple Agatha All Along things that I’m still wondering about

-why did Agatha tell Lilia she can only steal magic if a witch blasts her with it if the purpose of the road was to trick witches into blasting her?

-was that her first kiss with Rio? If so, why did it seem like she was going to go in for a kiss at the end of episode 4?

-I really thought we’d get to explore Agatha’s powers and backstory a bit more. Because it really felt like it was being set up that she couldn’t fully control her power once it started sucking up magic from a source. To me it seemed like an addiction type of thing where she could technically stop it if she really tried but the pull of that feeling was like a drug she couldn’t resist. It would have made the scene with Billy and his magic more powerful if we knew more of what a struggle it was to stop

[hi-land]

little update if u care in the tags lol

[fruitsofhell]

Is it hyperbolic to say that FF7R is made of the same brain slush that Disney Live Action remakes are? I know FF7R is technically still animated, but I mean, so was The Lion King 2019.

[lemurblog]

Hello lémurblogs I have a question, how do you make your drawings? (๑'ᴗ')ゞ

Hello! It depends on each drawing. Generally, I sketch on paper and bring the scan into Clip Studio where I adjust the levels (make the whites brighter and blacks darker without losing too much detail) and redraw anything or adjust proportions with the transform tools. I apply color on top with layers set to Multiply, Overlay, and/or Soft Light.

An important step for me is taking at least a day to look at it with fresh eyes. If I'm stuck, it also helps to check how it looks on my phone. And lately adjusting the Color Balance has been my friend.

My process is pretty messy and I often don't have a plan; I just feel around to see what's good for a drawing and do it a little differently each time. For example I don't plan to color, shade, or add a background to 90% of my drawings, but they end up that way bc something will feel missing, so little by little stuff gets added.

I followed a strict pipeline as a teenager ("sketch this way, do line art that way, color like this") and ended up dreading digital art, so I took a step back. Now I give myself permission to be as messy, lazy, and improvised as I like. I'll draw or edit all on one layer even though that's not what people teach, bc it actually works for me.

I also find it useful to strike fast and finish as 'quick' as I can. Because it's natural for me to have drawings that become months or years-long WIPs. and that's fine! but it can't be everything I'm working on or I get discouraged.

Oh, and drawing on post-it notes really helped me complete those small illustrations for madaparty! It was such a life-hack when I realized it'll help me complete small ideas in one sitting. I love drawing compositions, but forget about them on a big sketchbook page where lots of little drawings have no borders, so the small post-its really helped. It also helped me think more with metaphor or staging, rather than getting lost in anatomy poses and being too literal.

[kalpasio]

I FINALLY GRADUATED!!!

I'm officially unemployed now ksndnsns.

No more thinking about lesson plans and research topics. Just Kalpas meet cute scenarios.

Like maybe firefighter Kalpas, because I was a post about a hot firefighter haha. Reader is either saved by Kalpas or they're the one saving Kalpas who accidentally burned something bc he was distracted.

Maybe hanahaki au if you're feeling angsty (pls I can't take another hanahaki angst au I'm begging-)

Or just a bunch of domestics aus with Kalpas bc I imagine his body heat would be good for cuddling but horrible when it's summer and rn my country is entering the rainy season but it's really humid af T.T

- the other herrscher anon (o´▽`o)

AAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY 🧡🧡🧡🧡CONGRATULATIONS 🌟✨🧡🧡🧡🧡 enjoy the break and good luck with job hunting!!!!!

thinking about kalpas is a very serious job but someone's gotta do it thank you for your service😭 🫡

(ok but kalpas would make a really hot ha fireman??? like the arms??? his back??? I am literally just describing all of him but if I got carried out of a burning building by him I would die happy)

but also you KNOW he's starting fires and I don't think he cares about people he doesn't know? like he'll go SO far out of his way to help people he cares about but anyone else can kick rocks lol so I think reader constantly having to show up at his apartment and put out fires would be 👌👌 like you show up so often he just knows you by name and if his address comes on the radio every just turns to you like "bye. have fun!"

I literally have like a brief scene about a hanahaki au in my notes but I don't really like it and we know how behind I am so it's been hidden lol

what I wouldn't do for Kalpas cuddles 😭😭😭😭 catch me boiling alive in the summer but it's worth

[adamsrcnan]

wanna write something soft and cautious about the slow build up to Neil and Andrew's first hug and how it went from hands in hair only to "yes or no - can i hold you?"

[wiltking]

about a quarter of the way into Point of Hopes by melissa scott & lisa barnett and im having to go slow because the world building is dense and detailed, but not at all boring. im actually enjoying having to slow down to absorb every detail because it means i can stay here longer. i really wish there was a map included with the book because 1. i know it would be beautiful and 2. there had to have been at least a crude one made at some point to keep track of all these city sectors. its all very fascinating and immersive though, i love how astrology is a big deal in this world and the impact is shown trickling through every aspect of society.

iirc the main gay romance is supposed to remain a minor point but so far ive been enjoying seeing several casual gay relationships even in the sidelines. plus the paper quality of the hardcover feels very very nice to touch

[wabblebees]

just got THWACKED upside the head by a wave of nostalgia & now desperately want to play kirbys epic yarn..... rude

[buffa-z]

i side with michinaga bc if i had the ability to kill every person whos ever been mean to the people i care about i would. its that simple. its obvious to me his violence comes from his desire for everything to be Right. ocd king <3 + how he doesnt let mary steal the boost buckle but is unable to choose between letting him have it and giving it back to keiwa + how he defends neon from the bus driver being a creep + he resists beroba's constant efforts toward misery even as he's losing his humanity.

he is someone who has never been listened to which has manifested as a deep-seated anger at the outside world. and then he gained tangible power during the most unstable time in his life so he developed that executioner complex, which HAS taken him a really long way. of course hes clinging to it even as it becomes more and more clear its not what he really wants. of course he feels alone and unable to trust anyone, especially the kind ones. his one friend was taken from him by needless cruelty. any friend he could make at the dgp is almost guaranteed to suffer the same fate. at least if he takes that fate into his own hands he gets to have control.

[kittymattress]

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[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

The Empire Wars

brutal YA dystopian fantasy, start of a duology

set in a future climate-ravaged world taken over by a white supremacist empire

a girl raised feral has to survive being hunted along with other foreigners and political enemies on a deadly magical island

and a princess of the Makari-African people newly married into the regime, intent on bringing it down if she can find a way