#end of 2024

[kittpunk144]

Now that 2024 is coming to a close:

1) Of everything you've made this year, which ones are you the most proud of?

2) What are a few of your favorite things (art, comics, fics, etc) that someone else has made this past year?

These are my favourite pieces this year!!

but the second question?? Hm, just me meeting new people and seeing the people around me improve in their art always brings me joy..

[jessythebunny]

✨°•Happy new year!!•°🎇

2024 was...It was different for me

I had many bad experiences in my life but I got to know a lot of people here!!

@lovable-chica @jammyjams1910 @just-an-emily-existing @blueskygirl22 @prometheus2007 @superarti @byun-slug @thefluffyrailway-official @tttemeetsthestarskys @miasonyson @x-minxyyy-x @ladychandraofthemoone @xylem-3-keys @2laffy2 @puyonlilah @viktuurishipper96 @cat-attack1701 @cinnabowlii @cartoon-cat7241 @starsodor @sketalya @dilemmaverse @esperfruit @asktoyokoakemi @shikariiin @glitchy-across-aus @cutejk123 @jasminesanriofan @jassylife @uselessalexis165 @uncoupledengine @unpopularvivian @yamileth2561 @blog-de-xiomi @donald9and10backup @ofromtheunderworld @steam-beasts @thunderxleafart @thestarivaeclipse @kenora-pizza @ruyamiya @lordvonbunnyv @ask-observer-ron @rookie-choco @flamingoprincess25 @baldwin-10-12-d @putuponpercy @mtgc858 @maxwellscorner @gronkgal

Y'all the best people I've ever met, love you so much!! 💞💞💞

Wish for you a happy new year and a great start of a new life!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻

[iennoganan-aha]

Happy new year!

2024 sure was year, huh?

[stayuntilthefoglifts]

Saw so many people writing about how much they did this year, how many people they met, and how many places they visited. So, I want to tell you that even if all you have done this year was surviving, I am proud of you. You are doing well, keep it up!

[guppygiggles]

What a year. 💙

[whichwaytofindmyself]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! 🥳

2025 lay before me like a white sheet of paper , I have many hopes and fears for this year. I'm not going to do any promises but hopefully this year I get my butt to the optician ^^' I have been pushing it aside way too long. I also look forward to all the new flower and plant pictures I'll be taking.

[spampai]

Fav pieces of 2024

Artist’s note:

Thank you all for continuing to support my account of all places; i never expected to be an artist everyone loves. Maybe playing around in this app from curiosity was worth the risk, I thought, and it actually gave me more happiness than I thought it would. Seeing everyone’s stunning art and wholesome comments really boosted my self-esteem. Maybe it can affect me irl. Just maybe.

Apologies if some of my content might seem lack-luster at some point; I have plans to improve my account as 2025 rolls around.

Some of the plans would be to up my quality in my drawings and post things that are actually more well-thought out and needed, rather than ‘oh, time’s up! We gotta post smth just bcs!” That’s a big mistake I’m struggling with in 2024.

I’ll post different things rather than the same pieces of the same fandom to keep my account intriguing; I do love my Spamton atm but I can’t keep drawing him all the time unless I actually want to (still stuck in my brain that ugly Squidward wannabe ;)) I want to post things that I actually enjoyed doing, rather than just for note counts. That doesn’t mean shtposts and meme-like drawings are gone, though :)

I might also make more animation but that’s just an if; I still prefer drawing with a pencil. Maybe I should try pen…

Oh, almost lost it, there’s a possibility that I’ll introduce some series to draw weekly (eg. concept arts for different fandoms, every character from a fandom such as anime and game series, etc). I’m still having that roaming in my brain atm, though.

I’ll also take time to respond to everyone that are asking me questions; I’ve always forget to do so and feel like I’m neglecting my followers. I can’t say ‘I forgot! Sorry!’ as an excuse; I need to make up for it, starting in 2025. If I can’t do that, I’m just lying to myself.

Love u all; next year will be more than the big shot

Can’t wait to start :)

[tadpolesonalgae]

So, I saw @acoazlove do this, and I thought it would be fun way of recapping this year of fanfiction! Also maybe a fun thing to come back to at the beginning of 2026!

These are the questions in an easily copy-able format if anyone else wants to join in!

1. How many words did you publish on AO3 in 2024? 2. How many fics did you complete this year? 3. How many in progress or ongoing fics did you start this year? 4. What was your favourite thing you wrote? 5. What piece was your most experimental or different from your usual style? 6. Did any fics surprise you - either while writing or reception? 7. Do you have a fic you wrote and loved and went under the radar? (This is your sign to reblog/repost it!) 8. Who is an artist that inspired you? 9. Who is an author that inspired you? 10. Who is a new author you discovered? 11. Did you start any collaborations? How did you start it? 12. What accomplishments are you proudest of? 13. What did you learn about writing or creating this year? 14. What is your advice? 15. What are your creative goals for 2025?

1. How many words did you publish on AO3 in 2024?

Absolutely zero. I don't know how it works but I will eventually learn. Just not today.

2. How many fics did you complete this year?

Around 80 I think! But that's including all those cbmthy chapters and additional parts to series, none of which are technically completed :')

3. How many in progress or ongoing fics did you start this year?

If we're only counting the ones from this year, then I'm pretty sure it's only The Other Woman! (Maybe The Painter and The Prostitute, The Wrong Side of History, and The High Lord's Whore? Idk if those are going to be ongoing things or not though!) I think all my other ongoing fics were started either in '22 or '23! So not that bad!

4. What was your favourite thing you wrote?

This is such a difficult question </3 The Other Woman was a big piece for me in terms of the emotion that fuelled it, but I also loved cbmthy chapter 24, and Stalking Through The Underbrush! (But also Degraded for Nesta, and Shared Camomile for Elain)

5. What piece was your most experimental or different from your usual style?

I think maybe Blood-borne for Az, or To Old Gods for Tamlin? Blood-borne is a fic where I was really trying for atmosphere, and trying to build a scene to set up the story, and it was a similar case with To Old Gods with kind of writing fanfiction in a way I haven't tried before? I generally imagine Prythian to be a lovely place because of all the wonder magic can bring about, but Blood-borne was a little on the sinister side, and To Old Gods felt more Celtic/medieval than the kind of magic I generally think of being most prevalent throughout Prythian?

6. Did any fics surprise you - either while writing or reception?

I think the Dark!Feysand, Tag, You're It series startled me since it's getting some plot? When it began as almost entirely smut. Also chapter 16 of cbmthy - I thought it was the worst chapter I'd written when I posted it but then some people were so kind about it and it's now one of my favourite chapters of the whole series! And as usual The Other Woman - that fic was definitely a step out of my comfort zone so hearing some people want more of her (the reader, her life, and her revenge), and being able to relate to some aspects of her anger, and hatred, was very personal and soothing to me.

7. Do you have a fic you wrote and loved and went under the radar? (This is your sign to reblog/repost it!)

I find this a hard question to answer because I'm not sure how to gauge it? I'm always happy that anyone is reading my writing and enjoying it, so in that sense there isn't a single piece I've written that I felt 'went under the radar'. That being said, if there was a fic I'd be particularly giddy if someone took interest in, it would probably be Messy Breakups and Messier Bedsheets for Cassian's day of acotar-omegaverse-week! Since there's only one part out currently there's not much to go on, but I'm planning for it to be a very fun and messy series, with some light-hearted angst that's more appropriate for a TV drama or something! :)

8. Who is an artist that inspired you?

A music artist would probably be Sofia Isella? I've been listening to her since before 2024 so I'm not sure if she counts but she's definitely put some ideas in my head for fic writing! Also Enya. And electronic music.

9. Who is an author that inspired you?

For fanfiction and general writing style: @azrielhours , @whisperingmidnights , and @throneofsapphics

Rags has a way of writing like she's sticking her hand right into my chest and soothing my heart. The way she captures softness and intimacy always blows me away and if I'm ever in a bit of a foul mood, or feeling generally disappointed in the world, her writing will always cheer me up without fail. It's genuinely so impressive just how intense her stories make me feel (pleasantly), and how perfectly she articulates special feelings relating to tenderness (Take Care; Lessons on Relief), and love of one's home. (Captured; Domestic) August has an incredibly vivid way of writing. I adore how she writes Rhysand in Heart of Velaris, and also how she writes Feysand, both in her Sunday Morning series and in Something Wicked <3 She also has some relatively niche interests (like her Helion x reader x Azriel fics - Sunlight & Shadow) but she writes them SO PASSIONATELY. Seriously, something just being kind of niche doesn't stop August from enjoying it which is lovely to see, both in her enjoyment of Gwynlain, and the pieces she's written for Gwyn and Rhys <3 Irene has written so much it's astonishing (I was so excited and overwhelmed when I first saw how much I'd get to read from her). I have such lovely memories of reading through Have Your Little Girlfriend, and Old Faces, over the summer when having breakfast, and I'm fairly confident I've devoured ever single smutty piece of hers that I can get my hands on (Pretty Girl? Passed out. Against The Contract? Jaw-dropping). I also usually despise angst but Irene does it too well. I can't resist. And it's also so cathartic in getting to read her angsty pieces then expressing sorrow either in the comments, or through an ask. <3

10. Who is a new author you discovered?

@secret-third-thing

STT I only found earlier this year (2024) but her writing style is so impressive. I'm frequently left feeling deeply anguished after reading her writing - she has a way of expression/articulation that has you understanding the environment she's writing in. She uses words I either don't know or have never heard of (yay, vocabulary expansion!), and creates settings and sceneries that are so incredibly immersive straight from the get go in a way I haven't read before. I'm sometimes left feeling a little disgruntled because her work feels so much further developed than my own writing style, but I think she's studied a lot more, read more, and worked to become a better writer. I find I admire how serious and meticulous she is about continuing to improve.

11. Did you start any collaborations? How did you start it?

Umm, I didn't initiate it, but @readychilledwine has been astonishing with organising the @thehouseofvanserra collaboration. She's the one who offered up dates for when to have fics ready by, checking with the writers involved whether the times would suit us, and has also been so understanding with writers who were unsure of whether they'll be able to overcome a block by then. She organised the majority of the collab, put the blog together, came up with cool designs (tested different fonts, different backgrounds, offered ideas on how to make the collaboration as fun for the writers and as many readers as possible, and has taken on the role of managing the blog), and has made the whole process run so smoothly - so I wanted to say a thank you for all the work she's put in so far for the sake of the collaboration <3

12. What accomplishments are you proudest of?

They're not really my accomplishments since I didn’t do the reaching out (The Scary Part), but I feel like I’ve made some more friends within the fandom, which is very nice.

@sarawritestories has been so kind and welcoming. She’s always so sweet and such a great listener, and seems to genuinely care about people and want the best for them! Not to mention I love Come Here, Sweetheart! 🧡💛 @ninthcircleofprythian is someone I look up to in how steadfast she is. I really admire her humour, even if I’m initially startled for a few moments �� I think she’s strong willed and an amazing writer 🧡💛 (Stuck In The Middle With You? So sweet; so quintessentially Ninth) @pit-and-the-pen I love your music taste and your Az fics, and how encouraging you are whenever new ideas for fics are mentioned 🧡💛. (Please go to sleep. was so heartwarming—it’s such a comfort!) @daycourtofficial you’re always there to hype people up and you have such a charming sense of humour, not to mention I love all the bug facts! (And getting to talk about knitting. I love getting to talk about knitting) (And Falling In Love On The Fourth Floor - I love that fic!) 🧡💛 @readychilledwine I love your fluffy pieces, I love your smutty pieces, and you're such a kind, caring person to be around and talk to - there's nothing not to love! (Size kink with Az frequently sends me to heaven - amazing) 🧡💛 @dawneternal not only can you draw beautifully, but you’re also a wonderfully compelling writer! I love your characterisation of LoA/Edana in The Benevolent, and you’re such a joy to talk to 🧡💛 @nocasdatsgay you’re so sweet and so supportive 🧡💛 (I also started reading Neapolitan Bonds after you mentioned it maybe a week or so ago and it has sunk its CLAWS into my brain.) (cannot wait to read more you don’t understand!!) (thank you for writing it) @lady-of-tearshed you're the sweetest ball of fire I've ever met. I can always count on you to have some witty retort queued and at the ready <3 Also the beginning lines in Temporary made me so emotional. Stop. I'm not usually an Azris girlie but my horizons are being begrudgingly expanded 🧡💛 @tsunami-of-tears I LOVE YOUR DIVIDERS (obviously). The Seasonal and Solar Court ones in particular are so handy for specific acotar themes, and the halloween dividers you did were so cute (the pink ones specifically made me squeal) 🧡💛

13. What did you learn about writing or creating this year?

Sometimes I just don’t feel like writing. I don’t yet know what causes it because honestly there could be so many reasons, and so many variables that I’m not - at this stage - interested in trying to figure out what they are.

14. What is your advice?

Just try and be happy with what you have. You can aim for more, you can be overwhelmed with how much you’ve achieved, but I think if you’re unhappy with where you are (in the context of sharing fanfiction specifically 😅) then it’s more difficult to enjoy the process. But I think that might be something you just have to learn through experience and not something that one can really have told to them.

15. What are your creative goals for 2025?

I want to tie up a few loose ends. I’ve accumulated quite a few short series for a few characters, and I would like to experience the satisfaction of finishing one off 🫠

[mutantthedark]

Mute

This is the last render of 2024! This year has been really difficult for me, but bit fun. Finally finished all the exams and waiting for diploma still, then a REAL life fun begins. 💀

Happy New Year! <3

[nokonomi]

Guys. I cannot believe it. 2025 is almost here. When it hits 12:44 AM. I cannot believe it. I’m actually so excited. Because I cannot wait to spend the rest of this new year with you all beautiful and wonderful people. I’m glad I have experience Tumblr and I’m happy that you all have supported me through this year. I’m thankful for my mutuals, who I have made throughout this year. It’s been a long year.

We’ve made to where we are now. 2024 is coming to an end today. And I am oh so excited for this new chapter in our lives: it has been wonderful spending time with you all wonderful and beautiful people.

I wanna shoutout some friends of mine:

@secretlifeofsparrow

Thank you for absolutely being such a good friend over these past months, ever since we met I have been happy to meet your beautiful face every single day. I’m glad there’s someone out there that can handle my excessive energy just as well as I do. I’m glad we met irl and at school. I’m so happy we’re mutuals online and irl. And I cannot wait for this new chapter in our lives. Love, Noko.

@pastaline

Boy am I glad we met through discord and in CPL. And I’m glad we both are in the same fandom like Justice League and Dark Apokolips. We both share the same things: and I’m so grateful to have met you through the end of this year, things may have been tough but we’ll get through it no matter what. Sincerely, Noko.

@concook20

oh my goodness you are literally someone who asks questions on my “Ask Clara Nightingale” blog and I am happy you were here to support my Wild Kratts phase. :) even if we don’t talk much, I am going to cherish these moments forever and ever. Sincerely, Noko.

@the-art-ghost

Oh my god. Even if we don’t talk much I am your biggest fan on tumblr and I absolutely adore the art you draw! It kinda inspired my cartoonish artstyle and I’m happy we became mutuals through tumblr. I may not talk much but I will cherish this moment forever. Sincerely, Noko.

@myroanokenightmare666

Words cannot express how much I am thankful we became mutuals. Thank you for responding back to me even though we don’t talk much, and I saw those posts you mentioned me in! I’m quite flattered, really! I’m sorry I didn’t talk to you much, but I still am really gentle about you. So please, take this as a token of appreciation. Sincerely, Noko.

@raven0usravi0lii

My goodness gracious. Oh my god. OH MY FUCKING HOLY STARS I AM SO GLAD WE BECAME FRIENDS I LITERALLY LOVE YOU SO MUCH (MUTUALLY) AND YOUR ART IS AMAZING. I’m glad we became friends and I cannot wait to turn this page and start a new chapter in our lives. I’m glad we’ve friended each other. I may not roleplay that much anymore, but I still wanna roleplay with you all as much as possible. I’m glad I met you. If I hadn’t I wouldn’t have been who I am now. Sincerely and lovingly, Noko.

@angel-atelier

YOU LITERALLY HAVE SUCH AMAZING AND TALENTED ART! Unique form, keep it up. I’m sorry I don’t talk to you that much anymore. I do admit, I am a shitty friend. But honestly, thanks for sticking around so much. Sincerely, Noko.

@margosartdumpsite

I know, I know, we probably don’t talk much since we’re so busy and catching up with our lives. But I just wanna thank you for being such a good mutual over these past few months. You were probably one of the first few friends I have made on here whenever I started my Tumblr account. I’m really thankful honestly and I cannot wait for this new chapter. Love Eddsworld! Sincerely, Noko.

And last but not least, the one friend I literally made when I first started and responds WAY TOO FAST TO MY POSTS.

@soupvy

You’re literally always the first one to comment and like on all my posts. And I cannot express how much I thank you for being such a wonderful mutual. You literally were the first person to friend me, really. And I am thankful you were my first mutual on Tumblr. You deserve so much more. Love, Noko.

“And with that, the 2024 season comes to an end. Good night everyone.”

[deadnytalks]

2024 took to us both joy and pain whith the year of Shadow

Joy because it's Shadow, who doesn't love Shadow being a main character

And PAIN because María now is not only a plot movement but a character! I'm making some comics inspired on Sonic 3 and it's completely devastating to remember that she died on a horrible way and Shadow lost everything meanwhile I try to do a happy drawing of his past 😭😭😭

[bills-library]

just a reminder im still alive! ..i can still post gravity falls stuff!!!

thats it im not posting anymore this year-

- mod

[megamindsecretlair]

Tumblr Blorbo Wrapped 2024

Had a fun idea. Someone come take Canva away from meee 🤪

I am truly honored to have met such amazing and wonderful people. Thank you, thank you for being here to support all my wild ideas and gassing me up.

I am always blown away by your responses and your encouragement. I truly, truly mean it when I say I love you. A thousand times I love you.

May we all have a restful 2025!

[juztbeingsillyme]

Microphone tells you to say 'Goodbye 2024!'

MY FINAL ART OF 2024!!!!!!!!!

[geniusphilester]

it occurred to me that a bingo card often has twenty-five squares, and we're going into 2025, so it seemed appropriate to go a little OTT with my phan-in-2025 predictions! i had a better vision for the bingo board's look than the actual predictions, but here's what i came up with.

PH column:

dog hill: might be cheating to include this one considering the extensive breadcrumbing, but i’m adding it anyway.

sims science baby: my chaotic predictions last year had dab and evan + a science baby. i’m rolling it over to 2025.

jan promo metaphor: if dan and phil do any tour promo leading up to the next leg of TIT, we’ll get another promo metaphor. i’m convinced it'll be before phil’s birthday, but i put “january” as a whole because it fit better.

TIT recording: i just need to see TIT again as much as i want, okay!!!

date night: another easy one, but i love when they go out and i love when we get photos of it, so this is specifically “we’ll get photos of a general outing”. while i’ll count tour stuff in a pinch, i’m more thinking something post-tour. like, something around london or maybe brighton.

i column:

goodbye twitter: i think dan will at least test the waters off twitter, probably on bluesky. i would love if they fully crossposted/just did announcements on twitter, but i’ll count any further moves off twitter for this one.

phil novel: i kind of love the thought of phil writing a long, fictional story during tour. is it likely? probably not. do i want an embarrassing sex scene that phil reads in the audiobook? absolutely.

april fool’s phwedding: okay, look. i don’t actually think they’re getting married. but if they got engaged or fully hitched, they would announce it on april fool’s day and not clarify if they’re kidding. after nbsii and onlyphans, how else could they escalate? (i’m scared to learn the potential answer.) they would only talk about it on april fool’s day and we’d never hear about it from them again.

dan bday stream: the chances of a phil birthday stream seem low to me, unless they do it early or late. i think a dan birthday stream is more likely, especially if they take a decent break after tour (especially with a puppy) (puppy stream!!!).

dil dies briefly: sims 4 life and death has expanded death features, including funerals and reincarnation. while i think it’s more likely they’ll focus on dab + evan and dalien in the near future, i bet dan loves the idea of actually killing dil while still keeping him around.

n column:

dan hair: i just want him to grow it out! a shaggier mullet would be great, but i want fully chin-length hair, especially with his waves.

tops only model: i’m sure this one looks weird, but i thought it would be funny if they commissioned PJ to build them a model of a tops only bar. or if some random phannie did it on roblox, and they visited it.

free (hard launch): this is technically a free space that i’ll be able to use no matter what. my feelings on the hard-launch concept are too complicated for a post like this. but if they announce their relationship in a way that randos outside the phannie ecosystem would consider more official, that will also be this space.

it takes two: while i specifically want more it takes two, i just want a multipart narrative game series. something like deltarune would also count.

phil tattoo: phil got really close to getting a tattoo before! if he had a less-potentially-offensive idea, i think it could really happen in 2025.

g column:

concert: what it says on the square. it could be something like dan seeing mcr, or both of them caring about oasis? (i would say muse, but i don’t think they’re touring right now.)

sister daniel retires: i hope i don’t use this square! but i could understand dan taking a break from her for a little while.

produce a game: my original thought was funding a video game about themselves, somewhat akin to danandphilbeats. but then i realized a board/card game would be more likely. so one or both of those.

phil tiktok (maybe): phil goes viral on tiktok. this one’s a maybe because i think it would only happen if tiktok survives in the US; he has time before it's likely to disappear, but not much, and he’ll be doing shows for some of it. not that the US is the only surviving pillar of tiktok! phil just has a substantial audience in the US, which i think would help with virality.

couples costume 2.0: i liked their aziraphale-crowley costumes, but i think we can level up in 2025. jedus?

o column:

philming room: i want to know why phil stopped filming in the room with the murphy bed, and i bet we’ll either get some kind of answer or a return to the room in 2025.

overseas vacation: something that isn’t tour! like another japhan. i wouldn’t count anything tacked onto the end of TIT unless someone who didn’t tour with them comes along.

gamingmas: i just missed gamingmas this year, so i’d love another one! i would gladly take another spooky week with or instead of gamingmas, though. or dilmas.

isle of man pic: i want to see both dan and phil on isle of man visiting phil’s parents again. is that so much to ask?

dan on drag race: i don’t even know if there’s a drag race he would be invited on, but i want to see it!

[whichwaytofindmyself]

2024 sure was a heavy year ( both for the world and me personally )... yet it felt like it went buy both slowly and fast .... can only hope 2025 will be kinder