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[phoechii]

Happy New Year and happy birthday to my beloved Ace! 

Every New Years day for the past 3-4 years I take a nice long bath and this year I’m sharing that tradition with the birthday boy 🧡

One of my resolutions is to use more of my nice art supplies so instead of digitalizing this like i normally do, I decided to keep going and finish it with my nice supplies. I’m not trying to be perfect with my art anymore, just wanna enjoy the process again. I had a lot of fun working on this and I’m really happy with it <33

[subbmissivesuccubus]

Happy new year ya'll! Here's hoping 2025 is kinder to us all. As a gift, here is part 2 of this little drabble~ Enjoy more boob obsessed bf <3

~~~~~

"Good mornin'" You groaned, stretching your arms above your head, arching your back as you strained your muscles, loosening them up from a long nights sleep.

"Morning." your boyfriend responded back, his eyes trailed to your blanket covered chest as your stretching made them pop out more. He atleast had the decency to give you a kiss before he lifted the blanket up to dive underneath it.

You grunted as you felt him latch onto a nipple, having slept topless considering the 'rule' of 'no clothes in bed' just so he could have access to your breasts whenever he'd like. You thought he would be bored of it by now- That perhaps after all this time, he'd just like your boobs instead of wanting to be latched onto it for every second of every day but you were quite wrong.

Your man was just as obsessed with your titties now as he was the first time he took your top off.

You grabbed onto your phone and started flipped through your apps and emails, reading and responding to anything that needed your attention while you man continued to suckle. He was gentle with you, not in the mood to be a complete degenerate as he softly suckled on your perked up nipple, your other breast being caught between his fingers but he just had a hold on you.

"It's the weekend." you reminded, jumping as he gave your bud a nibble, "What do you wanna do?"

He hummed as you pushed the blanket over his head, revealing him to you and the calm expression on his face as he nursed. His eyes were closed, long eyelashes tickling your skin as he suckled, tongue running in slow circles over your perked up bud. You had to knock him on the forehead to get his attention, the man letting out a 'tch' as he looked at you with a frown.

"Give me that look and I'll put a shirt on. Don't try me."

"...I'm sorry." he whined, wrapping his arms around you before snuggling his face into your chest and rubbing against the plush fat of your breasts, "Wanna just have a lazy day in? We can order takeout and do some chores."

"That sounds nice. Let's do that then."

You started to pushed yourself up, your torso almost an inch off the bed before your boyfriend pushed you back down, your tits jiggling from impact before settling down.

He huffed as he started to kiss your other breast, making his way up to your neglected nipple.

"I'm not finished."

He opened his mouth and latched on.

~~~~~

"...You've been washing them for like five minutes now."

"Well, I need to make sure the girls are clean, don't I?"

You rolled your eyes as your boyfriend continued to wash your breasts, soap suds overflowing between his fingers. Your tits kept bouncing out of his hold thanks to the slippery nature of the soap, a fact that he couldn't get enough of.

You huffed as your tits settled down with a bounce as he once again lost control of the movement but your man simply grabbing a hold on them again, "If you wash them so much, I'll end up with dry skin. Is that what you want?"

"I'll just rub moisturizer on them then. I do that all the time anyway."

True. Once your shared bath was over, you knew he was going to take extra time to rub lotion onto every inch of your tits.

"Well, I'm bored so-" you grabbed onto the shower head and before he could protest, you turned it on and splashed water onto yourself, forcing the soap to wash off of your body.

"...You're no fun." your boyfriend pouted even as he continued to grope your tits, making sure allllll the soap was washed off of you. You huffed, turning around and making him break his hold on you but not that he was complaining now that he had a direct view of your chest.

"We have plans, remember? We can't be wasting our time here."

"The museum isn't closing anytime soon. Don't rush me." he complained, bringing his hands up to grab at your tits again. You sighed as he started kneading at them, getting a bit of revenge as you splashed his face with water, laughing as he sputtered.

But even then, he didn't let go of you.

~~~~~

When your boyfriend gifted you that really pretty top, you felt nothing but gratitude. It was in a color that suited you wonderfully and in a style that was classy yet modern. It was only when you put it on for the first time that that you noticed certain...

"...I can't believe you got me clothes that people use to breastfeed." you huffed for the umpteenth time, arms crossed over your chest as your boyfriend parked the car.

"You're the one who complains that it's too risky for me to enjoy your boobs because we have to take your top off." he countered, turning off the engine before he faced you, "This fixes that problem."

"In what World- hey- hey! cut it out!" you snapped, slapping his hand as he reached for your chest.

"Whaaaat?" he whined, taking his hand back and holding it like it was broken, "I just want a suck!"

"We're in public!"

"We're in the basement and nobody else is here. Besides, this is exactly why I got you this top!"

Moving faster than you could react, your boyfriend got his hands up to your chest before he deftly unbuttoned the latch on the side of the blouse. He pulled it aside easily, exposing your right breast.

"See? Works perfectly." he said, his free hand unbuckling his seat belt before he leaned forward, mouth open and ready. In a second, he pulled down the cup of your bra and exposed your nipple, groaning as he swiftly took it in his mouth.

You clicked your tongue in annoyance as you looked around, very conscious that anyone could walk into the basement as see this grown ass man suckling on your nipple. He was silent as he suckled, cheeks hollowing and releasing as your bud hardened in his mouth.

"You're ridiculous." you chastised. Well, regardless of how stupid he was, he did have a point. If you weren't wearing this blouse, he'd probably have gotten you topless and it meant there was really no saving you if someone did walk in. Atleast now, you could just pull the fabric back in place and-

...There's no way you were defending this, right?

~~~~~

"I'm sorry, okay? I really am."

"Yeah, well, sorry isn't going to cut it this time."

You pouted, deflating on the couch as your boyfriend continued to be upset with you. He sat with a deep frown on his face, his phone in his hand as he angrily scrolled across whatever mind-numbing social media app he was on, using it as a way to give you the silent treatment.

You were out with some friends a few hours ago and unfortunately, you hadn't kept track of your phone battery. Once your phone died, you didn't worry too much as you had your friends with you, one of whom was the designated driver so after a long night of drinking and dancing, you were dropped back home-

Only to realize your boyfriend was worried sick about you due to the hours of no communication. He was just about to leave the house, keys in hand to perhaps drive around and try to find you when you came back home, his worry morphing to anger.

"You could have used a friends phone to just text me but noooo. Forgot to let me know you weren't dead in a ditch somewhere."

"I'm sorry, I-" you huffed, understanding why he was upset, "It didn't cross my mind."

"Exactly. That's the problem."

With a loud scoff, he turned his back to you and scuttled farther away from you on the couch. You sighed, tossing your head back as your mind raced in it's slightly drunken haze, trying to come up with something to make him atleast talk to you if not forgive you.

The answer came to you quite quickly all things considered. You started to inch closer to him, making sure he wasn't going to talk away as you poked him on the shoulder to get his attention. He didn't do anything to acknowledge you, continuing to browse on his phone.

"...Will sucking my tits make you forgive me?"

After a beat he said: "I do that all the time anyway but I'll survive without it. Don't underestimate how mad I am."

"...I will let you suck on them for a whole day without complaining."

"...Whenever I want?" he asked and you snorted at how easy he was.

"Sure."

"Even in public?"

"Within reason."

"...One week."

"Two days."

"Five days."

"Three days. Take it or leave it."

"Three days but when we're at home, you have to be topless."

"Fine."

With that, he pounced on you, the argument already forgotten. You let out an 'oof' as you back contacted with the plush cushion of the couch, looking down to see your man snuggling into your chest. He had a dopey smile on his face as he shook his head left and right, smothering himself in your softness for a bit before he started to pull up your blouse.

'Well,' you thought to yourself, raising your hand up to allow him to take the top off of your body, 'atleast now I know an easy way to get through an argument.'

"but baby, I'm serious." he said as he unhooked your bra, tossing aside the offending garment, "Never do that again. I was really worried."

"I know. I'm sorry." you said, running a hand through his hair before gently grasping his cheek. He sighed into your touch, nuzzling against your palm a bit before moving up a bit to kiss you. You wrapped your arms around him, lips dancing together perfectly. You laid a peck on his nose once he pulled away, a smile on his face.

But of course, he quickly moved back down, kissing down your body before he settled down against his favorite part of you, giving your tits a greedy squeeze, he pushed them together so he could lick both of your nipples at once, a dark look in his eyes as you both realized just what you had signed yourself up for.

It was gonna be a long (and fun) three days.

~~~~~

Gojo Satoru, Haibara, Shanks, Sanji, Luffy, Ace, Kaeya, Kaveh, Childe, Cyno, Itto, Uzui, Sanemi, Eren, Jean, Rafayel etc. etc.

[bywons]

🌷 2025 SEASON GREETINGS

dear srunation,

happy new year ! as we know, the 2024 season just got to an end, and i hope the last year has been truly kind to you, and you could explore all your joys and true self ! as even if you didn't, you're not alone ( me too ), a new year has just begun, with 365 days of new opportunities, chances and new ways to love yourself and your life.

last year has taught me a lot of things— whether in my studies, in my relationships or whether about myself where i needed to reflect upon. it hasn't been a great year to me, but im determined to 2025 a great one !

to all my dearest followers, thank you so so much for being with me and supporting bywons. i have been so irregular this year, but tysm for forgiving me for it and showering nothing but immense love and support on my works. i am always glad to share my works with you guys, even more when i read all your feedbacks knowing you love it and it made you smile, nothing more could make me happier.

to @atrirose, my best friend my beautiful lovely gf, you're the best person i met this year ! it would've been impossible to reach where i am right now without you and your love by my side. im so so so thankful for us getting closer and that we can share everything and be straightforward with each other. mwah mwah, you're my safe space the best ily ^^ to @junislqve, my babie my psychoz darling, i don't say it often but i love you much juni babie :( we got so close to each other just by texting. i love talking to you so so much, everytime your name pops up in my screen it really makes my day ! you're such a kind, funny and awesome person, i hope junru stays forever :3

to carrots ( @junislqve @hhmnya @hyeinette @jlheon @lcvclywon ) my fav girlies my babies my GOATS !!! guys holy shat i literally miss you guys all the time i cherish you all to infinity my prettiest girls omg :( carrots is fr my home, somewhere where i can be free and be myself, somewhere im the happiest without any care. i really dont rmb how carrots formed, but im so so grateful it did. juni, we talk the most and i love love love you so much. anna, my fellow 07z, we really do have to catch up soon i miss our disc convos !!!! my silly queen goose you're so funny so sweet and special to me. vivi, my another silly goose i miss you !!!! come back to me asap, i miss being silly and fun with you, nothing is ever boring with vivibear, you're truly the sunshine of carrots i will smooch you omg. peng, we don't talk much nowadays but im always grateful to you for being so sweet and kind to me, mwah ily !!!! yuya, omg we haven't talked to each other in ages, but gosh i always think about you how you're doing and stuff, i hope you're alright my queen !

to @flwrstqr & @tzyunaes my cutest girls omg, im so flipping happy we got closer. ygs are so so fun and sweet istg everytime i talk to you ygs i squeal out of happiness. i adore 2jenn the most omg labhliest girl i lobh you guys so muchhhh !!!!

to all my moots, i will always cherish you deep inside my heart, your presence makes a big difference to this world and rmb your smile is the prettiest ! i love you guys so so much, you cutie bears!

to end it, i want you guys to promise to be kind to yourself and the people around you, always ! never put yourself down and have faith in whatever you do ! its a hard thing to do, but consider yourself the luckiest to be alive in the moment right now, to be able to breathe and to eat food which you like and buy clothes that you want, that can be the highest privilege to some, so enjoy and cherish whatever you have, the universe will always be kinder to you.

happy new year 💝

some moots i love & would like to get closer to this year ! @soov @okwonyo @pshbites @isoobie @boyfhee @yeokii @cupidhoons @aewon & more .. TT

[electricea]

it's 2025!! (here, anyway) and while i won't be around to linger (gotta go to my aunt's for lunch tomorrow) i did want to wish you all the happiest of new years, i genuinely hope that 2025 is an amazing year to you and one that brings you much happiness and good luck and i especially hope that it's a much kinder year to all of us than 2024 was. i'm grateful not only for every year with you guys, but every month, week, day, minute, second, millisecond - thanks for sticking with me all this time, whether you're brand new or you've been here for ages - it doesn't go unnoticed or unappreciated and tumblr and rp still very much feels like a big part of my life, it feels like a community, like an online home for me and although i may not always be the most active, i'm always thinking of here and of you guys and of rp and always feeling endlessly grateful for you all. 2025 will have officially made it 13 years on this website and i intend to stick around for another 13, until this website burns to the ground. <3 you all - hope your 2025 is off to an amazing start and that you have the happiest of new years. 🥳🎆 🎉🍾

[chuuyasporkie]

hello, my beautiful beloveds!! ❤️ a very happy (early) new year to everyone!!! here comes 2025, with its many surprises and opportunities. i am wishing you all well with this new year, and i hope everyone is doing well!!! that said, i am sad to say that i was unable to update transcendence this month. chapter 19 has proven to be a worthy opponent (it’s being a little shit and i am this close to throwing my laptop at the wall ☺️) so i’m afraid you’ll have to give me just a little more time. however, i am here to share some snippets of the chapter that i HAVE written with you, with the hope of making you smile and also as an apology!!! you may find them under the “keep reading” sign !!!! <3

(ft. the traitor trio being hilarious, verlaine being verlaine (aka the love of my life), kyouka and akutagawa being adorable, and tecchou and jounou bickering like an old married couple.)

anyway!!! im leaving this here and hope it brings you a bit of joy. please enjoy, please smile, please be happy, etc etc. i am also aware that i have 20 something unanswered comments on the latest chapter. i promise i will be getting to you before the year ends—i am a drowned wet cat begging forgiveness at your doorstep, at this point. this year has had NO mercy.

i will also take a moment to yap. this year has been full of challenges and many struggles, on a personal level and then on a global level. it has been a hard year, both emotionally and physically. but ao3 and fandom (bsd, in this case) always brings with it escape and happiness, no matter how momentary. i would just like to express my love and gratitude for each of you this year. i am honoured to be blessed with such beautiful readers, that are now some of my best friends if i may be so frank, and i know the majority are on ao3 so they may not even get to read this, but i would still like to say thank you. transcendence has been my saving grace this year, and so have you all. thank you so much, really, for everything, and i hope you guys get everything you’ve ever wanted this year. may 2025 be kinder to us, in all the ways that count. consider this a token of my friendship, love, and gratitude. thank you ❤️ i will now stop yapping!!! <3

[tacoma-narrows]

2024 Art Summary!

That time of year again! Overall, I'm pretty happy with my picks for this year, I think there's a lot of good variety in the pieces here in terms of both characters and visuals.

As much as I really liked a lot of my pieces I made this year, I do sort of feel like my art has stagnated a little bit, and I want to try and fix that this coming year. A lot of my favorite pieces here like the ones for February, May, June and October were more experimental or outside of what I usually do in one way or another. This coming year I want to actually try to commit to shading more of my art, as well as maybe working on more stylized, less abstract backgrounds and scenes and stuff like that. We'll see how the year unfolds.

I also have all my previous art summaries and some more discussion about those below the cut as well if you'd like to give them a look

Again, happy belated new years everyone! Let's hope 2025 is kinder to us all <3

Here are all of my previous art summaries going back to my first one in 2017:

It's kind of crazy to me to think about how I've been drawing these silly little characters for 7 years now. And to think how I still have some of those characters from those first months of 2017. Despite saying that I feel like my art has stagnated a bit this past year, even I can't deny how far my art has come over the past years. Doing a few redraws of older pieces earlier this year especially helped to put that into perspective. Thank you to those of you who have stuck around with me and my art for so long. I know of a couple people here, as well as on Instagram, who have been following/mutuals with me since the 2017 Amino days and I really am so grateful for the support from both those who have been with me that long, and who I've come to know in the time since then <33

[ingo-ingoing-ingone]

Another year come and gone!

It's been two years since I began my submas hyperfixation! I am still so, so glad I did, and I owe pretty much everything to this fandom!

I have to say, though, from March of 2023 to now has been... a rough year for me, overall. It's been REALLY hard for various reasons, and I thank both my friends and followers for your help and support. I apologize things have been so slow in coming out! I just need more time than I used to, is all. Most of the bad stuff was not related to any fandom at all, thankfully! Some of it was, but that's the risk of being in a fandom.

I am hoping that the March 2024-2025 period is kinder to me.

I did do a lot of cool submas stuff, though. My longfic surpassed 100k words. A zine I was in was released! My first one! And I got into another zine as well! I flew across the USA to meet up with friends and go to a con! I met Emmet's english anime VA! I got to meet other incredible people in cosplay! I got to do so much, and I am so, so grateful for that.

So cheers to another year of submas :)

Tomorrow, the 29th of March, marks 2 years also since I posted my very first submas fic, Closing Doors. While this year I have no new oneshot to post, I will be posting the next chapter of ABYS! I have a lot of things in the works, but burnout and mental health has gotten in the way. I hope y'all understand <3

I'll be posting it from a con too lol, where I will be cosplaying as Emmet! The 2 year anniversary of the first time I cosplayed Emmet! (Not to the day, the con switches what months it's held in every year)

Happy two years, everyone, and here's to many more <3

Here's last year's post :)

[asp1990]

Day 4: Friday January 3rd, 2025 [Tokyo]

Breakfast: Coffee and a ham&cheese sandwhich

Lunch: McDonalds terriyaki chicken burger, fries & melon Fanta

Dinner: Sub-par kimchi noodles & share plates

Steps: 11, 038

We had such a great day today! Despite waking up with incredibly stiff and sore feet, we pushed through and decided to take it a bit easier, but still explore. Morgan found a sit-in coffee shop down the road so we had a lovely slow start to the day that was soundtracked by smooth jazz. We both had a slow-drip coffee and a ham and cheese toastie for breakfast and I managed to half-order in Japanese. We saw the QR code for the English menu after ordering - d’oh!

We headed in to Asakusa on the train at 11am. It took about 30 minutes and was quiet as it was after peak hour. It was about 7º and I was very glad to see that my new thermals worked a treat. We got off at Skytree Station to visit the top of our second sky-high tourist attraction, the Tokyo Skytree. We collected another Eki stamp and were then immediately bombarded by more shopping! Floors of it! We visited a Pokemon store to get a souvenir for our niece and then queued up for tickets. The next available time slot was 2:30pm so we had an hour to kill. We walked through a giant merch store called ‘Entertainment Store’ that had a bananas amount of merch from a million different franchises - there was no rhyme or reason to the displays. Nothing really stood out to us, but I did try my first ‘gashapon’ - a vending machine that dispenses toys in plastic balls, akin to Kinder Surprises in Australia. They are everywhere.

We walked past a McDonalds and decided it would be a quick and easy lunch before our booking. We were keen to try the Japanese menu so I ordered the Cheese Cheese Terriyaki Chicken Burger & Morgan ordered the Shrimp Filet-O. Both were… fine. The fries tasted the same and the drinks we ordered were way too sweet. I felt crook after this meal, so I don’t think we’ll be having anymore Maccas. We ate our lunch outside so we could see the tower and it was so intimidatingly large that it gave us tingles. It felt like our necks were almost back on a 90º angle in order to see the top.

At 2pm we lined up for the elevators and it quickly filled up behind us. The line seemed congested, but it moved in blocks as they piled people into the lifts. We moved so quickly and so high up that our ears popped multiple times which was weird. They also had a window in the roof so you could see how we were moving and it looked like something out of a sci-fi. The views from level 340 were sensational but it was a bit cloudy, so we couldn’t see Mt Fuji. Hopefully we get to see it next week when we head out that way. We collected the venue stamps (of course!), got a free souvenir picture and then took the elevator up to level 450 to see even further over Tokyo! There were less crowds higher up and it was a much more pleasant experience.

We left the Skytree at 3:30pm and caught the train to Asakusa to visit the Senso-Ji Temple. We were apprehensive about visiting as it was only an hour until sunset, but it ended up being an incredible time to visit.

As soon as we arrived in the district it was buzzing. There were food stalls set up, people everywhere and hoards heading towards the shrine. Again, it looked packed but moved quickly. The temple was HUGE and the architecture was beautiful. We bought some charms from vendors (matching ‘relationship good luck’ for ourselves and ‘healthy birth’ for our friends Emmet & Amelia who are pregnant) and lined up to show our respects. We threw money into the shrine, made a wish and then headed into the gardens. We bought a ‘goshuin’ to put in our stamp books. A goshuin is a hand-drawn seal given to visitors at shrines as proof of their visit. They cost ¥500 each and were such a lovely souvenir. I am very glad to have received one and hope we have the opportunity to collect more at shrines in Kyoto. We then paid ¥100 to get our fortunes told which was a cute New Year’s tradition. We walked around the gardens and bought some street food before walking around the surrounding streets of Asakusa which were alive with people eating, drinking and shopping. A very stereotypical ‘Japanese street’ that Morgan was very enamoured with.

We found an Izakaya for dinner and ordered a few things to share. The food was all average, but the hot sake was welcome as it was about 5º after the sun went down. We shared edamame, kimchi noodles, beef & rice and a cheesy Korean pancake.

After dinner we visited Don Quixote and Uniqlo again - we bought some cool patches for our feet to help with fatigue and Morgan wanted to get thermals after me bragging about how good mine were.

After a 15 minute walk and 30 minute train, we made a final stop at the Konbini for snacks and morning coffee and headed home to rest. This was an absolutely phenomenal day. We are having such a good trip so far!

[lunacornfan2k25]

Hi! It's Mystery Anon again!

I'm so sorry for the lack of engagement in your recent fics. I hope it wouldn't be disheartening.

I'm currently too shy to reveal who I am but your latest chapter of Zor's Revenge left me on the edge of my seat. The way Zor carefully curated the enviroment but Phoenix still managed to find a way around them is so good! (Currently too shy to comment on your fics. 😅)

Happy New Year! Here's to hoping 2025 would be far kinder to you!

I'll be hiding in my corner for now. But I hope your day will be good and this brought a smile on your face.

With love,

Mystery Anon!

Hi again!!!

Thank you so much for your ask! I enjoyed the challenge of Zor trying their best to trap Phoenix, and Phoenix finding ways to go behind Zors back that seemed plausible. That’s the reason why it took me the whole year to finish it /hj

I actually deleted the post you’re referencing (Tbh I didn’t even think anyone had seen it). To be frank I just needed to express some frustrations before about a pattern I had seen. I have 2 amazing comments now!

If you don’t mind an explanation on your ask, as I’ve written the celebrity crush series, there had been a small community that had grown around the story. I’ve known that since ieytd 3 had released, the entire fandom has diminished as people lost interest and moved onto other things since there’s nothing to look forward to so far. While I know that most of what I’ve written this year is not appealing to most of the people left in the fandom (aka smut), the overall lack of interaction I’ve received on my writing since October is just the strongest reminder I’ve gotten that that community has shrunk too.

And I sincerely miss it.

Happy new year anon!!! I hope 2025 is kinder to us all!

[stingslikeabee]

🌺 send this to ten muns you think are wonderful 🌺

unscripted asks . always accepting

I saved this for my first official 2025 post (that is not from the queue, I mean) because I wanted to kick-off this new year on a positive vibe and I am very, very honored you gave me this little slice of sunshine and affection. <3

I wanted to say that I'm always happy to see you around, Muddy - between you and James, I think you both have been a part of my roleplaying experience since I joined tumblr for such purposes and while many have come and gone, there is something special about seeing a familiar face going on about the journey with us.

I know 2024 was very challenging for you due to a number of personal things (and I can honestly say the same) - but I like to believe that being able to find the spark to keep writing our blorbos (canon or not), creating and building beautiful stories in our down time is something to be proud of.

I love that we have both persisted in a fandom space despite what others may say about our age or professions; and please know that I'm always delighted to see how much you've flourished and expanded over the years with your beautiful blogs. You're someone I have always looked up to as a roleplayer and a friend, and someone precious to have in my little corner of awesome individuals I've met online.

I know we'll always have a place in each other's DMs, inboxes and blogs and that is such a special type of comfort - I hope you know I'm always going to be here for your efforts, for this new year and many more. Happy new year, sweetie - hope it's a kinder one!

[fuukablogs]

happy 2025!!

hello blog!! i know it's a bit of a late post since we are almost at February already, but i wanted to come on here and share some of my honest new years resolutions!

WORK OUT MORE

i personally feel like i'm terrible at fitness and my body doesn't love that! i personally feel insecure about my tummy and I want to do what I can to work on improving my physical health! I've started going to a spin cycle class once a week, but I'd like to do more exercise too. I'm interested in swimming weekly too, and maybe daily stretches? i think I will take things one step at a time :)

2. STUDY BETTER

again, a stereotypical one :( i used to always pride myself in having good grades, but recently I've noticed that when I'm attaining the standard I'm used to, I feel super demotivated, which causes me to do worse. i want to work on this and get better! i have my second preliminary exam tomorrow which I studied hard for this month, so hopefully it goes well and I get my motivation back!!

3. START AN INSTAGRAM

this year i want to learn for myself that I don't need to be embarrassed by what others think of me. i always see cute Instagram pages talking about lifestyles I want to have, so I started a tumblr account so I could sit behind a screen and type :( don't get me wrong, I love tumblr! but I also want to get the real me out there. i currently have a private account that I'll still keep, but I want to show the world me sometimes, and I want to feel more proud of myself and the person I'm growing to become.

4. START MORE PHYSICAL HOBBIES

this one sounds a little confusing at first, but what I mean is that I know I spend way too much time on my computer or phone. a lot of my hobbies that I used to do frequently, like art and playing piano, have honestly been bumped away because of how much time I spend online. :( I feel like I want to spend more time reconnecting with these hobbies, so I'm going to set some personal hobby goals, like learning certain songs on piano! There's also lots of different physical hobbies I'd love to start this year too, but again, we will see how it goes!

5. BE KINDER

this one can be hard for anyone to admit, but I feel cruel sometimes. i feel like I tend to avoid people in school hallways, or don't compromise for others sometimes. again, it can be quite difficult to do, but I want to smile at people more, feel less ashamed for things, because I believe it will make me happier as a person!

that's it for now, sorry again for the lack of posts! hope u all have a fantastic new year :3

[jesi-jess]

🎉Start of a New Year Update🎉

Though most of this post was meant for toyhouse and updates there I still want to post stuff here since my blog has been so silent besides of the posts I talked a bit about it. Can easily find more through my bulletins on toyhouse if interested why I've been so quiet beyond here. Either way here is the post!

Happy new years everyone, here's to hoping 2025 is much kinder to us all! 🎉🎉🎉 I know I could really use it ffff. Thankfully this update has good news!

Gonna get the most important part out of the way. I know I said I've been struggling with severe shoulder/arm pain and dealing with some other stuff. Well The tests I was all doing ended up thankfully showing I was fine, though there are still some unclear causes for issues and we are turning to look into a stomach doctor but we are having a lot of trouble getting an appointment, though for now things are better.

I've also started seeing physio this week for my arm along with having medication finally after I saw a doctor on it. I was told I most likely have Shoulder Bursitis, so a sack in my shoulder became infected and caused my entire shoulder to become inflamed. With the pills + now physio I've been feeling a lot better and yesterday I was finally able to move my arm much more than I have in a few months. I need to work to keep moving it around by doing hourly stretches and trying to be active more to avoid a frozen shoulder. I actually cried today cause it was so shocking how much I was finally able to move my arm with not as much pain, it's really been a lot for me and I am just relieved the pain has lessened.

This doesn't mean though I can just jump back into drawing sadly, there is still plenty of time. I am feeling pain or tightness in my shoulder + hand and I am set for 3 weeks minimum with the physio and if all goes well the inflammation should be gone by then. I'll need to keep being more admanet on just doing stretches and helping my body since I spend a lot of time on the PC. I say this with a word of caution to other artists out there, please make sure to take breaks and do stretches with your body. Your hands, wrists, arm, and shoulder all need breaks and love from what we do or you will just end up in a shit state the longer you go. Don't forget your back and to stand up and walk around for your hips and legs too! I know plenty say this but don't be a dumbass and not listen like I did, or thought oh I can do it a bit and will be fine. No daily, DO IT DAILY! I don't want anyone to experience the shit I did, it was horrible.

With this, I know I still have my commissions/art on hold for the most part because of this, but either after next week or the 3rd week of physio I plan to continue drawing and do my commissions. I am terribly sorry for the wait on the animated icons, I never thought it would get this bad when I opened them before. After this though due to the unknowing of my overall health I will not be doing commissions anymore and just focus on adopts to save me from making others wait. This is best for myself and others since I never liked making anyone wait. If any of my commissioners ever want to reach out about their commission, please don't be afraid to dm me! The work progress will always be kept up to day though, but I will be taking this slow either way. I still can't give a solid deadline for them all but the goal is before march. I want to thank everyone for the support and kind words during all this time.

Now in regard to the pokethemed batch, there will be no changes to it since it was mostly stars + cozy theme and fits anytime. The hot chocolate ice cream raffle might be a bit out of place but that's okay. I'll be working on it between the commission and either have it done in February or March as well! I'll be working between pokemon and one off adopts after.

That's pretty much all there is left to say! I do hope everyone has a wonderful new year, don't forget I also have a public discord where I will be posting all my stuff too and also is open for everyone to talk and post as well! 🫡💖💖💖 https://discord.gg/tEQtXMkpe7

[leasnewsletter]

3/1-2025

Dear whomsoever this may, or may not concern.

I am having a lot of vivid dreams at the moment, for better, or for worse. I don’t remember last night’s, but I know it happened.

after finishing fallout in one sitting, I started the in vogue documentary and I am really enjoying it. Surprisingly, I’ve been watching a lot of documentaries on this holiday. Elizabeth Taylor, Natalie Wood, Aaron and Nick Carter, Britanny Murphy… you name it, I saw it.

I constantly think of things I need to tweet; how extremely dissatisfied I am that Kimberly and Canaan didn’t last on sex lives of college girls. How I only realise now - after having read it thrice - that the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo was inspired by Elizabeth Taylor. How Florence Pugh has been snubbed by the BAFTAs by not even being LONGLISTED for we live in time. ROBBED. Truly one of the bravest, boldest, and most moving performances of the year. Learned that out of all the designers, Calvin Klein used to be a SNACK. And also how I one day want that Stella McCartney ‘rock royalty’ tee.

Who do I say all these things to now? You. That’s right. You.

Today was another day of nothing much; I tried to make yummy ramen, failed. I did my dance workouts (I live in a first floor flat in London, so can’t do them there, so I make use of ground floor when I’m in Denmark). Made toasties for dinner for my mother and I, and greatly overestimated how many toasties we could eat.

Today I have a day where I am doubting my abilities, combined with an inability to figure out how I could possibly ever make it to where I want to go. And I can’t quite shake it, no matter what my Pinterest board says.

Can someone please for the love of god tell me, if ClubChalamet has made a statement regarding pregnancy rumours to make me feel better!!!

This was a meh entry, combined with my refusal to proofread it.

All we can do is wake up tomorrow and be kinder, gentler and more hopeful. It’ll all be okay in the light of tomorrow.

Lots of love,

Your sad cowgirl,

Lea.

[cairviecorvi]

Blein vie noa! Hoping 2025 is kinder to us all 💜 My loved ones know who they are, and how much I treasure them, I hope they're having a good send off for this year <3

[chaoticlava101]

hi lav,

i definitely recommend the west wing! such a good show. bobs burgers is also something i cycle through lol

i haven’t read Life for Sale (and now it’s definitely going on my list) but i have read Crush and it absolutely rearranged my neurons too… my all time favorite book from those that i’ve read in the past few years is A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza. it’s…. everything to me. i’ve already reread it a few times since and it’s made me cry every time without fail. HIGHLY recommend it to everyone that i talk to about books lol

i’ve been in a little bit of a reading slump after absolutely devouring books during the first half of the year, but i’m currently making my way through The Unclaimed (nonfiction about the unclaimed bodies in LA and what it says about society) and The Familiar (leigh bardugo’s new historical fiction). both are fantastic so far! do you have a genre you tend to gravitate towards? or that you don’t generally enjoy as much?

happy saturday!!

-i

A place for us has been on my list for soooo long I promise myself I’m going to get it to it and then I don’t 🫠

I read almost every genre. As long as it’s gripping enough and makes my brain itch I’ll read it. I read wayyyy tooo much at the beginning of the year and then barely got through 3 books 🫡

I’ll add The Unclaimed on my TBR that sounds so interesting and The Familiar has been sitting on there for some time now too. Hopefully 2025 is kinder and gives me more time to get through them all 🙂‍↕️

Are there any shows or movies or books you’re looking forward to?

Hope you have a great time during the holidays!!!

[mikemortgage]

How an everyday oilsands byproduct has become an industry threat

From the lack of available pipeline capacity to the potential adoption of electric cars, there is no shortage of threats facing the Canadian oilsands. But the latest menace lies in a seemingly innocuous and highly common element: sulphur.

Long a byproduct of the heavy oil industry, sulphur is so common that it’s become a part of the general landscape at mining sites such as Syncrude Canada Ltd.’s Mildred Lake facility (now majority owned by Suncor Energy Inc.), where massive blocks of sulphur byproduct are stacked several storeys high, kind of like a yellow-stained low-rise apartment complex.

Global regulators are trying to stem sulphur-dioxide emissions, which will potentially shrink the market for heavy crude, but new marine regulations targeting the sulphur content used in shipping fuel could soon force Canadian oilsands companies to stomach an even steeper discount.

Oilsands crude headed for price shock in 2020 due to new fuel standards

Canadian oil demand, prices to take a hit on fuel shipping rule change

“This is a very straightforward issue,” said Allan Fogwill, president of the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI). “What we’re facing is a devaluation of oilsands assets in the marketplace.”

Fogwill and the industry’s concern is a result of new International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations that aim to dramatically lower sulphur content levels in bunker fuels that propel marine vessels to 0.5 per cent from 3.5 per cent. The changes come into effect January 2020.

The new regulations could force more oil companies to strip higher volumes of crude out of their product, adding more cost to an already capital-intensive process. In the absence of new technologies that would further refine Canadian crude domestically, analysts say exporters may face a widening discount for their product.

CERI released a report at the end of July that found as many as 574,000 barrels per day of oilsands production, or roughly 20 per cent of unconventional oil projects, would not be economic under a scenario where sulphur levels are lowered to the new IMO standards.

The report estimated the discount for Western Canada Select (WCS) compared with West Texas Intermediate (WTI), an international benchmark, could widen to as much as US$33 per barrel by 2025, compared to a recent average discount of around US$15 per barrel.

The additional discount would only intensify a pricing gap that has plagued the oilsands industry because of its inability in recent years to build major pipeline projects such as Enbridge Inc.’s Northern Gateway and TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL.

But Canadian operators are in a bit of a bind. The bitumen lodged deep beneath northern Alberta is one of the most sulphurous oil resources on the planet. High sulphur concentrations give bitumen its nasty-sounding “heavy sour” title, in contrast to the “light sweet” crude produced in, say, the U.S. Midwest.

Bitumen from the oilsands is the most sulphurous in the world.

The result could be that more companies will try to strip sulphur out of their product, turning sour crude sweet. But that process isn’t cheap.

“It’s a big part of what our upgrading process does,” said Will Gibson, a spokesperson for Syncrude, which is among the Canadian operations that produce a lighter “synthetic” crude.

The end product from that process is significantly different than its sour counterparts. Syncrude Sweet Premium oil was selling for around US$64 per barrel Thursday, compared to roughly US$37 for WCS, a heavy blend.

For every barrel of bitumen treated in upgraders, about half is separated out to make diesel and gasoline, while the other “heavy” half is used to make thicker, cheaper products such as bunker fuel and fuel oil. Meanwhile, diesel or gasoline product might account for 80 per cent of every barrel of lighter crudes.

Separating that heavier portion of the oil barrel, or stripping away the remaining sulphur and other detritus, requires an intense amount of energy, which raises both costs and emissions for producers.

Installing a coker unit to remove sulphur could cost oilsands producers up to $XXX

For refiners, installing coker units on site to remove sulphur can cost anywhere between US$800 million and US$2 billion, said Jihad Traya, a consultant at global firm HSB Solomon Associates LLC. That cost is steep, especially since refiners remain unsure how big the discount on heavy crude will be after 2020.

Canadian firms already upgrade about 1.1 million barrels per day domestically into synthetic crudes, or roughly half the oilsands’ total production. The other heavier crudes are refined at foreign facilities, almost exclusively in the U.S.

Very few Canadian companies that depend on U.S. coker units to upgrade their product have begun investing in new technologies to reduce sulphur concentrations, Traya said.

Large integrated firms such as Royal Dutch Shell PLC or Suncor and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. are fairly well prepared to absorb the IMO’s changes. But smaller companies focused on upstream production have instead opted to either accept the discount, or hope that more foreign refiners will make the investments themselves.

“They hope that someone else will take the risk,” Traya said.

But the push to reduce sulphur content levels — and by extension, sulphur-dioxide emissions — is unlikely to go away.

“There’s nowhere to go but down with sulphur,” said Neil Camarta, founder of Calgary-based Field Upgrading Ltd., which is developing a technology to strip sulphur out of heavy oil at a low cost.

Field Upgrading currently operates a micro facility that churns out 10 bpd of low-sulphur product, with plans to expand that amount to 2,500 bpd. The company is currently seeking financing for the expansion. Camarta said the pilot project was built with the explicit intention of meeting lower thresholds for sulphur contents in marine fuels.

“I think this (issue) will come back to haunt the oilsands around 2020,” he said.

An appetite for lower sulphur emissions will become especially prominent as sulphur levels in crude resources continue to rise around the globe. The Paris-based International Energy Agency has repeatedly warned that sulphur levels are reaching higher and higher levels as producers use up the lightest and easiest-to-access crudes.

That trend has regulators focusing on downstream consumers. According to the IMO, marine vessels are responsible for around 13 per cent of sulphur-dioxide emissions under current fuel standards. The latest tightening could dramatically reduce that level, as long as shippers comply with the international standards.

According to the International Maritime Organization, marine vessels are responsible for approximately 13 per cent of sulphur-dioxide emissions under current fuel standards.

Daan van Wieringen, a researcher at Netherlands-based Tauw Group, said sulphur-dioxide levels in some European bitumen sources are higher than commonly realized. He studied various European bitumen blends as part of a white paper in which he argued for tighter sulphur regulations.

“The concentration of H2S (hydrogen sulphide) is sometimes so high that there is an immediate danger to life and health,” Wieringen said.

Sulphur-dioxide emissions can cause respiratory ailments, according to the World Health Organization and others, and can even be deadly in high concentrations.

There is neither a clear consensus about how much the IMO regulations will cost producers, nor how much of that cost will specifically be shouldered by upstream companies.

“There will be a discount applied to higher sulphur products to the refiner that will be passed along to upstream barrels,” said Nicholas Lupick, an analyst at AltaCorp Capital Inc. in Calgary. “But what’s yet to be determined is the exact cost. To say that increased cost will be borne 100 per cent by one piece of the supply chain simply isn’t true.”

Part of the challenge in forecasting the potential impact is uncertainty over whether shippers will simply opt to install scrubbers that effectively clean a ship’s exhaust before letting it out. The technology would allow shippers to continue burning higher sulphur-content fuels.

Companies such as Norway’s Frontline Ltd. and Miami-based cruise-ship operator Carnival Corp. have already opted to install scrubbers in their fleets.

In the absence of that, refiners that want to accept a more sulphur-heavy feedstock will have to install coker units to strip away excess sulphur.

Either way, the impact on the oil market could be temporary. IHS Markit analyst Kevin Birn said a steep discount for sulphurous crude would only spur refiners to more quickly recalibrate their facilities and take on heavier blends, which, in turn, would mop up any excess supply.

“We don’t think this will be a permanent thing,” he said.

Analysts also point out that any discount on Canadian heavy oil could be lessened if midstream firms manage to expand major pipeline routes in coming years, such as Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement project or Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd.’s Trans Mountain expansion, now owned by Ottawa.

There is also growing demand for the petroleum coke — another product of the cheapest and heaviest portion of the barrel — in India to fuel its numerous power facilities, which could help offset any waning demand in heavier marine fuels.

CERI’s Fogwill said the technology required to decrease sulphur levels is already available, but requires potentially steep investments at a time when major oilsands players are more focused on delivering cash to their remaining shareholders.

But some companies may simply have to accept a discount and hope new pipelines ease their market woes.

“It’s not like they don’t have options,” Fogwill said. “But as with anything, these options will cost money.”

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