#don't worry i *am* fine lol

[crowfromfoggyforest]

"fuck you, my child is completely fine!"

you child doesn't use exclamation marks in texts because deep down they think they'd be taking up too much space.

[28ms28]

its been a while since i did lestappen text posts so here you go

all other parts here

[magnetothemagnificent]

I'm probably at one of my most stressful streaks in a long time but I must be very good at hiding it because numerous people within the last weeks have been like "wow Eitan, you always seem so relaxed". Because I guess people associate being less verbal with being relaxed??? I don't get it lol. I'll be like. Mentally and verbally shutting down because of stress and people will be like. Oh look. That guy is so quiet. He must be so relaxed! It's crazy.

[eerrratt]

Wooaah, no one expected that I would post something today :0

(Not even me)

anyway, here's a redraw of a scene from SL (chapter 4? 5? I don't remember)

(please don't look for the original drawing it's horrible lmao)

[danceswithdarkspawn]

ao3 writer curse is real btw

[sysig]

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[veliatra]

Do I like Gortash because he means what he says, has easily readable expressions and I struggle reading such things from people

or

he's a racoon man tickling the 2013 era of wanting to BE SOMETHING GRAND and powerful, so I must love these (creepypasta) monsters, because they're just as EVIL AS I (spoilers: no, you're just a child, you aren't bad, or needy or too much trouble.)?

[jessicas-pi]

it's actually, genuinely, honestly hilarious that in a fandom where popular ships include characters who are biologically related, characters with a 10+ year age gap who met when one was a teenager or even a child, and characters who have tried to kill each other, people hate on a friends-to-lovers ship with a <2 year age gap where the characters have a deep emotional bond and plenty of romantic subtext, because "they're siblings". my brother in the force they are literally not.

[imekitty]

My cat just found a little scorpion on the carpet lol, this is exactly why I wear shoes in the house...

[olivieblake]

I know you’re a very famous author now but I will literally never be over it. I walked into a somewhat unfamiliar Barnes and Noble to pick up your book, wondered in what part of the store I would find it, and saw a sign beckoning me forward. (I wanted to preorder but my spring went up in actual smoke because time is fake.)

Other things!

Last year I was in the (terrible) security line at the airport, and the woman in front of me had a copy of One For My Enemy! I pointed and made a sound—quite possibly a word or two but who can say—and we both agreed we were happy to meet another fan. Masters of Death, which is what I had with me at the time, obviously holds a special place in my heart but One For My Enemy makes an argument for my favorite.

When I went into the bookstore to order The Atlas Complex the woman I spoke to said she loved the series and that you meant a lot to her.

Grow Your Own Optimist! got me out of a reading slump.

I guess I’m just throwing my thoughts at you, sorry. But! Thank you for continually being a source of joy in my life.

💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

omg 😭 this really tickled me, first of all ("I pointed and made a sound" was really good narratively, what worldbuilding, what a stage!) and also I don't consider myself "very famous" in any meaningful way, but then again it's true that this is all statistically unlikely and probably a simulation I'll wake from at any moment

in any case, I'm really happy you told me these other thoughts as well; I really appreciate hearing about that interaction with the bookseller (🥹 the sentiment of my writing being meaningful to someone is sometimes less believable to me than the "fame," because one is a real emotional connection and the other is honestly just marketing resources and publisher money; yes, the latter was extremely difficult to get, such that I often forget how little I believed it would happen, but the former seems somehow even MORE impossible...?) (and now I'm just throwing my thoughts at you) and I'm really happy you enjoyed optimist! (! exclamation point)

it is really an honor to be a source of anything in your life. for the thing to be joy is a very real highlight in mine. here's to lots more joy together 🖤

[crowfromfoggyforest]

I'm thinking about those stitches again.

They're not only on his face, but all over his fricking body.

Maybe they're really just there to look cool.

I also like the theory that it has something to do with him being torn apart by dogs when he died.

But also i can't help but see a different meaning in it. Because, i feel you buddy. Sometimes i too feel like i'm only held together by threads, but no one notices because i usually hide it well.

[moonflylantern]

I had so many kinsiders in such a short amount of time so I just drew all of them im fucking dying ghjfhkufmuhfkjhf

okay so there's Maria, Sonic, Miles (he doesn't like being called Tails), Knuckles, Lord X, Kai, Thorn, the original X, 2017 X, and 2011 X.

I had no idea what I was doing when I started drawing but it ended up looking like a picture that like half of them weren't prepared for and I think that's kinda funny lol

[thestarmaker]

I think one of the regulars at work is into me and I feel bad for him tbh 😭 he's so nice and chill but sorry I'm just not attracted to men

I'm not the first employee here he's caught feelings for, and the last one was a lesbian. He's extremely normal about it, he's not off-putting or creepy in any way but god he has a rough track record of falling for Unattainable People

[angelic-anissa]

Me: *reading swbts and gushing about it to my mum*

My mum: *ends up getting the German audiobook for it because I loved the book so much and recommended it to her*

Effect: My mum will now inadvertently listen to a lesbian fisting scene lmao

[amtrak12]

Okay by the end of the Lucifer fandom's October event, I was so worn out and brain dead that I absolutely could not judge the quality of my fic anymore. I had so many doubts about whether the scenes flowed together, whether I showed enough detail to support the relationship development, etc because it was an experimental format and style for me (a super distant, present tense using a kind of stream of consciousness/run on sentence style). I wanted it to mimic All Roads Lead to You by CyPanche where the fic grips you by the throat and drags you through the years, but did mine do that??? I COULDN'T TELL!!

But after I posted the full fic to AO3 last week, every single comment that's come in has been like this:

???? 😭😭😭 It'll be months before I can reread this fic with a clear head, but I think I succeeded???? idk but I am very, very happy.

[sysig]

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