#hacked my brain lol

[natugood]

Made some art yesterday while reflecting on solitude and sense of self

[satoruxx]

Hiii! I hope you’re doing well. I loved your wolf hybrid Toji story and I have an idea for a part if you’re interested!

I’m thinking something like there’s a storm coming up so the reader tries to convince Toji to come inside their house for the night. Toji is stubborn at first but eventually agrees. When he’s in our house he’ll be able to wash himself and we give him new clothes and a bunch of cute things happen 🥹

If you do this ilysm but no pressure ofc. I can’t wait to see what you have in store for this story! 🩵

hi lovely !! first of all let me say i'm so glad you enjoyed wolfhybrid!toji thank you so much for reading it !!

and secondly.....are you in my house?????? because they way you got every single detail right im crying lmaoooo

part two is half written rn and i don't want to spoil everything just yet but yeah reader invites toji in bc he was waiting in the rain and helps him clean up basically !! i can't tell you how i gasped when i saw your ask i swear you're in my brain......

here's a lil snippet !!

anyways all i can say is great minds think alike hehe <333

[mayordea]

hold my hand even if i cry

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Books of 2024: July Wrap-Up.

This month, I picked my knitting back up with a vengeance, started a Three Sentences Writing Challenge, AND participated in several work-adjacent Social Events (who am I, even), On Top Of accidentally nerfing myself with several brick-like books, so! This little stack isn't half bad. Photos and/or reviews linked below:

ORDINARY MONSTERS - ★★ This was a miss for me, y'all, AND it was a brick, so it took a hot minute to read. I wanted it to be better than it was, but it rambled and wandered Too Much (which, coming from me, you KNOW is bad). Salty also-rambly 1.5k review linked.

IF FOUND, RETURN TO HELL - ★★★½ Way cuter than I was expecting!! I had a good time with the second person. Hugely relatable (which. wild. all things considered.).

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE - ★★★½ Funnier than anticipated, and very readable for something out of the '50s! I see why it's a cornerstone of the (sub)genre. Glad I have a copy on hand now.

THE ACTOR AND THE TARGET - ★★★★★ This Rewired My Brain. It took me three (3) weeks to get through. It was so good. If you're a writer, definitely check this out, 10/10 recommend.

WHEN AMONG CROWS - ★★★½ I checked this out from the library because hardback novellas are Expensive if you're not sure you vibe with the author's style, but I had a good time! Witcher fans should descend on this, I think.

ALWAYS COMING HOME - 76*/618 pages read; will report back later. I asked the People about this one, and the People have Spoken (read: this won my What Do I Read Next Poll), but I may or may not have miscalcuated how many brain cells I have available lately between work and writing, so I may or may not be cutting this with library books. I'll finish it. Eventually. (*asterisk because she keeps referencing Other Pages In Line, and every time she does I jump ahead to read those pages instead and then come back to where I was. I'm dual wielding bookmarks through this tome, it's an Experience™ so far!)

Under the Cut: A Note About ~*★Stars★*~

Historically, I have been Very Bad™ about assigning things Star Ratings, because it's so Vibes Heavy for me and therefore Contingent Upon my Whims. I am refining this as I figure out my wrap up posts (epiphany of this month: I don't like that stars are Odd, because that makes three the midpoint and things are rarely so truly mid for me)(I have hacked my way around this with a ½). Here is, generally, how I conceptualize stars:

★ - This was Bad. I would actively recommend that you do NOT read this one, no redeeming qualities whatsoever, not worth the slog. Save Yourself, It's Too Late For Me. Book goes in the garbage (donate bin).

★★ - This was Not Good. I would not recommend it, but it wasn't a total waste or wash--something in here held my interest/kept my attention/sparked some joy. I will not be rereading this ever. Save Yourself (Or Join Me In Suffering, That Seems Like A Cool Bonding Activity).

★★★ - This was Good/Fine/Okay/Meh. I don't care about this enough to recommend it one way or another. Perfectly serviceable book, held my interest, I probably enjoyed myself (or at least didn't actively loathe the reading). I don't have especially strong feelings. You probably don't need to save yourself from this one--if it sounds like your jam, give it a shot! Just didn't resonate with me particularly powerfully. I probably won't reread this unless I'm after something in particular.

★★★½ - I liked this! I'll probably recommend it if I know it matches someone's vibes or specific requests, but I didn't commit to a star rating on Goodreads. More likely to reread, but not guaranteed.

★★★★ - I really enjoyed this!! I would recommend it (sometimes with caveats about content warnings or such--I tend to like weird fucked up funny shit, and I don't have many hard readerly NO's). Not a perfect book for me by any means, but Very Good. This is something I would reread! Join me!!

★★★★★ - I LOVED THE SHIT OUT OF THIS, IT REWIRED MY BRAIN, WILL RECOMMEND TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE AT THE SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION (content warning caveats still apply--see 4-star disclaimer). Excellent book, I'll reread it regularly, I'll buy copies for all my friends, I'll try to convince all of Booklr to read it, PLEASE join me!!

[sarrai]

There really something just Different with Trigun. Normally even if I keep in a fandom for the fanworks, my conversations around a series die out as I've gone through everything.

And they've grown less frequent, but I'm still able to have new conversations with my irl friends into Trigun every couple days. One friend actively reading it for the first time will say a thing and oh!! We (the group chat) never discussed that, but we do have thoughts! Someone will ask a question about Stampede and everyone not into Trigun will have to mute for the next 15 mins.

It helps, I'm sure, that there's 3 diferent canons to compare and contrast on every point. But it's just been so nice having a fandom with so much to it that you don't have to grasp at straws or focus just on fanworks (which I love too!) to keep talking about it. <3

[chipmunkweirdo]

(A typical morning at the Seville residence.)

SIMON: Why are you leaving the dishwasher hanging open?

ALVIN: So I remember to unload and reload it after I finish the laundry.

SIMON: Seems…unnecessary.

ALVIN: I know how my brain works. I can utilize its strengths and weaknesses to my advantage. Don’t mess with my system!

SIMON: Okay….Okay.

THEODORE: When did we get a dishwasher? I always do the dishes by hand like a chump!

SIMON: (sighs) Last year, Theo. We got it last year.

THEODORE: Whooooah.

DAVE: Alvin, if you aren’t using it, close the dishwasher up, PLEASE.

ALVIN: I can’t! It’s my system!

[lesbian-space-fish]

i simply think that they.

[dyketennant]

what’s an app/method you guys use to track which shows/movies you’re watching or want to watch that actually works

[echthr0s]

I'm not gonna lie, at this point the main reason I keep playing Control is because I want to find Dr Darling (and find more of those in-game videos of him in the meantime) 🖤

[bigskydreaming]

Okay, anon with the ask about incest/darkfic and other person who asked about possible impact of fandom perception of incest beyond just triggering survivors, I'm working on both those responses right now and hope to get at least one of them up today....most likely the response to the ask. The other one's taking forever because I'm also using it to compile a masterlist of every other post I've ever written on this topic, basically, and spoiler alert, that's apparently tens of thousands of words over the years, with barely a hundred notes between all of them combined, lmfao.

Let no one ever accuse me of 'milking this topic' for internet clout, because if so, I apparently am terrible at it.

Anyway, its also been taking so long because its been crazy at home all month with the trying to move out of here finally in the midst of them starting construction on this building and also having no idea what the fuck they're doing with their plans to relocate us despite all of this having been in the works all year long and was already supposed to have happened at least five different times by now but that is completely unrelated and not at all a subject I'm sore about.

[syn0vial]

is joshua weissman the cocomelon of cooking youtubers or something

[bobzora]

yeah femc has some really solid romance routes but i just cannot be assed to care too much because there are some crazy level yuri goings on in this game

[machinavocis]

threw together some 3d-render-screenshot-mockups literally just to prove to myself that Progress Has Been Made.

[icewindandboringhorror]

me everytime I am preparing a meal with multiple elements I have to balance so they all finish cooking at the same time: Wow this is just like the 2009 hit Nintendo Wii game 'Food Network: Cook Or Be Cooked'

[finalrestingplace]

Yard work’ll do that to ya

[honeyvenommusic]

this week has been a weird shithell but wow if I didn’t just crack a song that I made a year ago or more in a deep depression hole that will makes no sense to anyone but me but damn is it compelling last night.