#don't leave someone hanging

[cafecitowriter]

Ugh, I dislike dating apps as well. I don't understand why someone would speak to you, then just stop replying. I understand maybe if the conversation wasn't the best, but like, if it's good then why not keep it going

I got back on the apps after my very close friend (who's been in a relationship for 4 years) convinced me that I should at least try. It's honestly not as bad as it was the last time I did it when Tinder seemed to be the main option everyone was using and I've also really been able to tailor my profile to do a lot of weeding out, so overall it's been pretty great in terms of who I'm matching with in the first place.

My main issue is 100% the ghosting. Like if the conversation is dead and you know it's not going anywhere then that's fine, you know? But if we're actively talking to each other and then you start to answer less frequently to the point where I don't hear from you for days at a time and you come back with "oh hey I'm just not good at these apps, add me on snapchat"? It's just kind of disheartening. You don't need to respond to me within an hour all the time and sometimes I have a hard time responding on the apps but if you're only offering snapchat as another alternative of communication, that doesn't do you any favours with me.

[littlelightfish]

Something I loved from the anime adaptation on episode 5:

They made a summary about Mick's and Kuro's characters and relationship from what they saw in this two panels on the few seconds this scene taked place.

Just this. Kuro and Mick both surprised on the first. Kuro looking at Mick like he's worried about something, and Mick eating bread in silence, looking in distrust at the guy.

The anime makes it so rich on subtle expressions, I'm in love here. They're just on the background of the scene. But what they do says really a lot about them.

When the guy first comes to scene, Mick looks a bit confused but nothing else. "Who tf this guy?" They're not planing on paying him any mind.

When he sits besides him, he gets uncomfortable, you can see it on his face he doesn't want to sit beside a stranger. He wants to get up and change places. "What's with this guy? What does he want? Why is he so close?" Kuro notices this and looks at him. He saw him flinch (off camera because guy is covering him). Mick is scared of this guy.

Mickbell is a naturally untrusty person because of his backstory. He gets uncomfortable when new people starts acting friends because "well that can't mean good, can it?" Kuro knows this because they share a life together and proceeds to try and calm him the best he can in this situation.

Kuro puts his hands on Mick's back. He already has them there when the camera changes angles. "I got you. I'm here. Nothing is going to happen to you. Calm down." Mick now looks confused at the guy, but it's still clear he's very uncomfortable there. He leans towards Kuro a bit "I feel safer by your side and this guy is wierd".

In seconds, as soon as he sees him grab food from their table, he changes his mood. He jumps in surprise at the audacity. He's now annoyed and pissed. That's their food! How dares he... But he isn't the one to say anything, and from this alone you could tell he's quite introverted outside of their friends group (or that he didn't pay for the food idk). Kuro keeps his hands in there, knowing he's nervous.

Mick just looks at him eat, annoyed, maybe angry, and silent. He isn't probably paying any mind to what this guy is saying. He is stealing food. He should go get food somewhere else. Kuro seems to think something alike, but he is a bit surprised this guy has the balls to steal food so openly (he isn't paying atention either ot he doesn't understand)

He thinks a lot of thinks but says none, eating in silence. Kuro is staring with no good intentions behind those eyes. Only murder. Food robber. Mick disturber. Deserves death.

[tossawary]

Having written a lot of complete, novel-length fics at this point... I want to say that it's a lot of work and that it's not weird to struggle to complete a creative project. I don't think it's a moral failing to have WIPs or abandoned works or ideas that just don't pan out for whatever reason. It's not a Bad Thing that you've done to yourself or to anyone else.

Like, I don't want to position myself as a big fandom authority here, I just want to speak from my experience and maybe reassure someone by agreeing that completing any creative project is not easy. I have WIPs and abandoned works you haven't seen. I have ideas that I know I'll never follow through on, both achievable and unachievable ones. Writing takes time and effort that has to be taken from elsewhere, and sometimes work is too exhausting and dinner still has to be made and decent sleep is too important, so you just can't do it. Dedicating time to any one hobby means less time for others and that kind of sucks sometimes. Sometimes, I just don't FEEL like writing and I'm not going to "suffer for my art".

It's flattering to be held in high esteem sometimes for writing long and complete fan stories (I have other fan creators I personally admire for similar reasons), but I do want to make it clear that it's a lot of work (writing is work no matter what you're writing!), I'm pretty lucky to be able to do that work more frequently than many others, and I personally don't think anyone should hold it against themselves (or against anyone else!) if circumstances get in the way. Sometimes, things just don't work out and we need to give ourselves time, or even just move on. I appreciate people's slow-to-update WIPs and abandoned works and stories on lengthy hiatus and fic ideas that will never be written.

So, like, if anyone is feeling a little down because they have a story that they're struggling with... I feel that. I don't think it's weird if your fanfiction is important to you or to feel like you've fucked it up somehow. I don't think you're a bad person or a bad writer if you take years to finish a story or if you have to give up on one because you've outgrown it. I think it's cool to share what you have if you want to share it. I think you're cool.

[kyouka-supremacy]

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[tiredgeekgirl]

fellas it has been three months since the beach episode and thinking about neil and eva in any capacity still makes me ILL

[a-dash-in-the-middle]

anytime i see red tag or my moots mentioning going out with their friends and having a great time (or a pub time ivy i envy your liver) on here, or that one time my two moots met irl, i get so insanely happy bc i know people i care about have someone around them who loves them and hears them out too

[frogmanfae]

Rest in peace David Jacobs, you would have loved The Beatles

[katierosefun]

y'know, i do think that actors are probably the closest that humans will ever get to a shapeshifter because sometimes i'll go through an actor's filmography and be totally taken aback by the sheer range of roles they've played and how violently dissimilar one role is from the other, so much so to the point that i'll literally forget that they played someone else and oh my god

[ebitenpura]

last swtor post of the day but there's apparently a glitch in iokath that swaps out your companion with...theron after using the console for some reason. <- speaking from experience

me: *sees theron standing there* haha whose theron is this. anyways

theron: *follows*

me: ... ? *walks faster*

theron: *still following*

me: *hits sprint*

theron:

[jupiter--dream]

(cw vent, sorry it's just been A Couple Of Days)

Not really having many irl friends comes at the price of feeling so terribly lonely, I feel like I have no one to talk to because I'm not close to enough people, or maybe I am and I just haven't talked to them in a while and I don't want this to be our first conversation qwq

I'm honestly just. Tired, tbh qwq

[nebula-nonhuman]

Do you know that feeling when it seems like people are a bit too excited about your presence (suspicious) and getting to know you (inherently dangerous) so you're like "I feel like I must run away from this social circle lest I experience what it feels like to be torn open by wolves. Metaphorically."?

[nexus-nebulae]

ppl always say that autistics don't get jokes but honestly when has a neurotypical person ever clocked the fact that I've told a clearly telegraphed joke like. I'm the one who takes everything too seriously?

[wewontbesleeping]

damn the more time goes on, the more it really is obvious that there is nothing in the world that will stop some people from using twitter/x lmfao

[blitzbuckz]

What's this? Love time? Heyyyyy! We don't talk much, but really we should. I love your blitz, you're and awesome person, keep on keeping on!

WE SMOKED CIGAR BUTTS TOGETHER WDYM who needs words we practically kissed already we established ultimate broship

[singsweetmelodies]

intermission.

or; a chapter-that-isn't-really-a-chapter of my long-unfinished WIP, and a detailed, probably-too-personal explanation of why it's been unfinished for so long & what's been going on in my personal life, more or less.

[zemnarihah]

i think one of the worst feelings in the world is having uncertainty about your living situation it is literally so stressful and there's like... not much i can do right now...