#i’ve been more active on discord than on here but i’m still around

[littlebabynothingz]

hit my first lowest gw since i was about 15-16. This is crazy!!!

[csuitebitches]

Going From a Fixed Mindset to a Growth Mindset

Lesson #1: growth is not linear. You will not improve drastically overnight. As I’ve stressed this before, things take time and consistency and concentration.

A fixed mindset is basically a belief that the person you’re born as - your intelligence and talent - are fixed. They cannot be changed, no matter what.

Science has shown that this is not true. It’s 100% possible to get smarter over time and with dedicated effort.

This is what a growth mindset is - believing that you can be better over time, and that your current level of intelligence and talent is temporary.

People with fixed mindsets are insecure, and it shows. Fear of failure; taking constructive criticism to heart; feelings of jealousy when someone they know is doing well… we’ve all known a person like this, and been this person ourselves at some point in our life.

Growth mindset is therefore the opposite but the effects are as grounding; it can help battling anxiety, depression, burnout issues, behavioural issues and so on.

I understand that a lot of you don’t have people in your life with a similar mentality of personal growth. I’m therefore reopening my Discord. My followers can meet, connect and help each other out.

Now, how does one transition from a fixed to a growth mindset?

Here are some things I think could help:

1. Detaching yourself from the definition of failure

If you’ve already decided the outcome of a certain situation without even trying, then you’re still stuck in a fixed mindset. Things like “there’s no point in me applying for that job because I don’t have the skills and I won’t get it anyway” - applying for that job wouldn’t hurt, even if you don’t get it. Stop limiting your opportunities that you never know could actually work out. A growth mindset person will always try to make most of the opportunities they have.

2. Not getting attached to any outcomes

Don’t get attached to favourable or unfavourable outcomes. When something goes well, have gratitude in your heart but don’t let it get to your ego. Life is about constantly learning. Don’t get attached to compliments and don’t get disheartened by criticism.

3. Actively working on yourself

You can learn a language at any age. You can start learning how to dance or sing or ride a horse at any age, if you’re doing it for the pleasure of learning (getting into competitive stages could be challenging if you’re not young). Someone who works on themselves has a growth mindset.

4. Stop self depreciating yourself

If I see one more IG bio that says “I’m so boring uwu” I will literally throw hands. Stop talking shit about yourself. Classic fixed mindset case. It’s childish and people pleasing behaviour.

5. Stop the comparison game

Stop resenting the people around for the good work they do in their life/ if their life is easy. We all have our challenges, whether we show them publicly or not. The more you work on your inner peace and inner self, the less you’ll feel the need to compare yourself to someone else. Jealousy is a disease and a sign of a fixed mindset.

6. Appreciate and thank yourself for being you.

If you’re nice to your mum, siblings, friends when they need your support… you can be nice to yourself too. Growth mindset does not come from berating yourself.

7. Recognise mistakes and take accountability

Admitting that you’re wrong is never easy. However, I’ll always have respect for someone who can admit that they messed up, rather than someone who will make up stories to justify their antics.

8. Provide yourself with at least 3 productive self-care hours a week

Self care here doesn’t mean skin care or hair care. I mean brain care. You feed your brain good things that it needs to stay calm and ever-growing.

These could include: brain games, mediation, a hobby, watching an educational documentary, doing a short online course, reading… anything that’s good for your brain.

9. Stop being a chameleon

Have you ever met those sort of people who will do anything to fit in? It could adopting that group’s mannerisms, thought processes, opinions… now, to an extent, that is normal and subtle. However, when it starts going too far to a point where you can’t be yourself anymore, thats a problem. In my opinion, that’s an example of not being able to practice your growth mindset publicly.

Privately, you may be growth oriented - but it needs to reflect in your words and actions. If you’re holding yourself back in doing certain things because you’re afraid of what other friends will think of you, you need better friends. Embrace people who have a growth mentality.

10. Using social media for better purposes

I made a separate Instagram account where I only follow educational stuff - think history, geography, arts and architecture, science, tech, business - and absolutely no people. It’s my way of using social media to ensure I learn more. Social media may be the devil, but you can be smart and alter it to your purposes, to give you that kick that you need to educate yourself.

[zebulontheplanet]

I get a lot of curious people wondering what my day to day life is like. Wondering why it differs from a low support needs person. I would like to preface by saying that my support needs themselves although are medium support needs, my needs fluctuate depending on my catatonia, mental health, physical health, etc. My support needs are complex. Please keep in mind that my support needs are on the low end of medium support needs. I will be answering some questions as well at the end.

Everyday looks different. Most days I’m trapped in bed for the majority of the day, some days I’m able to get up and walk around or go places. But, Here’s what a more typical day looks like for me at the moment.

I wake up, and lay in bed for a few hours, I usually scroll through tumblr, TikTok, or discord. I eventually remember to take my medication, and I take it in bed. I am almost completely independent with medication. I eventually get a pain reminder and eventually get up to use the bathroom and try and start my day if I’m not experiencing catatonia at that moment. I usually experience catatonia in the afternoon because I need to start tasks and so I freeze up so getting up to use the bathroom or start my day is very hard and usually takes me hours.

I then come back to bed and lay back down for a few hours. Later into the afternoon, I eventually wonder downstairs and bother my mother. She eventually makes me food if I ask or helps me make it. If I don’t have the spoons to ask or make food then I simply don’t eat. After eating, or not eating and just bugging my mother for a bit, I wonder back upstairs and back into bed. I usually lay in bed for the rest of the day scrolling through TikTok or tumblr, or discord. I talk to friends and my boyfriend throughout the day.

Later in the evening, I eventually get up again if I’m not experiencing catatonia again and don’t need prompting to get up, and walk back downstairs to bother my sisters or my parents. I eat dinner that my family cooks usually. I eventually get bored after dinner and go back to bed and spend the rest of my night there.

Some days are easier than others. Some days I take a walk with my family, some days I go out to the store with my family, some days all I do is lay in bed staring blankly at a wall. It really depends. This is just how my life looks more recently.

Some questions:

Who makes phone calls for you?: for now? I make my own phone calls with prompting and help making a script. However, due to recently starting to lose my voice more and more, that might have to change.

Who cooks meals for you? Do you make your own meals?: For now, my mother or my father makes about 99% of my meals. I can make simple things with prompting and help but usually don’t waste my energy doing it.

Do you have a job? What do you do with your day?: Most of my days are spent in bed or with family. I don’t work.

Can you bathe yourself?: This is actually something I’ve been consistently working on. The short answer? Yes. I can bathe myself. I just need again, prompting. Need lots of prompting. Grooming? That’s a different story.

What things can’t you do?: I can’t do most ADLs independently, I need help with virtually everything in some way. So cooking, cleaning, calling places, etc. I also need help with bathing and general grooming (brushing teeth, hair, clipping nails, etc)

How often do you use AAC?: As of lately? I talk maybe 10? 20%? of the time. I use aac in the house and outside the house. Outside the house I use aac a good 99% of the time, the other 1% I just do simple yes or no questions. Unless with friends then it’s a bit more of a conversation. In the house I either use aac, a mixture of very small conversation and sentences, or yes or no answers. My speech is very unreliable. Some days are good and I can talk a bit more than usual, and some days I can talk virtually nothing at all. Everyday though, I still struggle with speech in some way.

What activities do you do? What do you do for fun?: virtually nothing. I’m working on getting hobbies but I really struggle with hobbies due to catatonia and executive dysfunction. Hobbies have just never been my thing. I usually read, or write. I love writing.

I hope this helps give some insight and any questions or comments are welcome. I know there’s more I’m leaving out, but this has been what a general day in my life looks like lately. It’s hard. My support needs are getting more, and I’m needing more support. However, I’m taking it one day at a time.

[sparrowrye]

Announcements 📣

So there it is my little devils. 76 chapters and 7 months later, we have finished!

I have some unique shoutouts but stick around because there’s more info at the bottom!

@feral-fox-crypt / @wendigonamecaller - for being my first author friend! I know I’m not active on the discord but I’m still glad we made it together!

@jgabriel1920 - for your amazing villain OCs. Blackwater was by far my favorite villain I’ve ever written and creating lore for Judah/John was fun! Thanks for our plot development chats too :)

@soggyfern - for kickstarting the creative juices and brainstorming my next story with me!

@liz776 and @flamingoblubber - for your constant reblogs of my work. You’ve helped spread the word about my story!

@martinys-world, @papas-ghoulette, and @vvollerie - for your wonderful, steadfast comments!

@mcntsee @blubugg13 @serenity-songbird @az--zy @direbatattack and among the others who've already been @'d in this post - for your OCs who helped flesh out the story. I enjoyed the challenge of writing a character I didn't come up with!

Of course, can’t forget my anonymous 🥩 who was there to submit in depth thoughts about my work early on, giving me the courage and inspiration to keep going. Hope you enjoyed your meal :P

And most importantly, to the ~65 individuals who liked each of my posts. And especially to the ~16 who watched and waited for the climax parts to come out in real time. Without your likes, I would feel alone. Thank you for the support!

****and if I missed you, please message me! But I'm pretty sure I got everyone

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Now, sappy stuff aside.

I’m not done writing delicious Alastor works, BUT I do plan on making them significantly shorter than Demi Demon. I love novels but man, that was tough. I’m trying to focus more on longer chapters in fewer amounts. I’ve got work, my masters, friends, a side project, and my own WIP I’m trying to finish too!

At some point this week, you will get another announcement revealing the title, vibe, and summary of my next story. It’s currently being hammered and plotted so I’m going to wait to finalize everything before I let you know. My only hint: take a look at the results of all my polls

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Lastly, I’m going to put this in a different post so people can always access it:

I. Want. Your. Opinion.

Specifically on Demi Demon.

I want to become a published author and I believe fanfiction is a way to play around and develop experience/skill for writing and storytelling. So I’m asking all of you to return the favor and submit an anonymous form where you’ll tell me your thoughts (good and bad) on Demi Demon.

When the post is up you can access it HERE

Also, keep checking my pinned post. I make small little changes every now and then :P

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Again, I’m so SO grateful for all of you. Your support, no matter how big or small, has truly helped me finish this novel. I was going through a lot these past months and your support helped me through some dark times. So thank you!!

Enjoy the peace as we transition stories because I’ll be back to make you love and cry all over again!

~ Sparrow

[blxckcatwritesx]

it’s been years since I’ve found a new writing partner like this but does anybody else want to cook up two or more cute ships together that we love and mutually obsess over 🙏🏼

I’m not just talking writing, but also the headcanons, memes, plotting, text threads, doing little character or ship building memes we steal from tumblr over on discord. having their main verse we write in but then also? any AU or other setting we think of concurrently? gimme them in whatever original setting we think of, then a celebrity AU, supernatural one, or whatever other setting we think of 😭

looking for a writing bestie here too because I will 100% want to be your friend too 🫶🏼 idk I feel like this might be representative of old tumblr but if anybody else wants this PLS hmu and I’ll come running to you. I won’t ghost so I’d prefer if you didn’t either 🥲 if something doesn’t work I’m always happy to revisit the drawing board. until September I can guarantee high activity mostly, but work may require different things on a given day and I’m always understanding of what real life entails for you. if nothing else I’m around ooc and for talking about the bbs 🩷

if anybody is still reading here’s some more boring info below to consider and if you’re still interested PLS interact with this. Also so sorry for all the colors lmao tbh they were just to entertain myself as I write this long ass thing

21+ preferred (I’m 23F), 3rd person, and on discord 🩷. I write all pairing types and given I have SO many fxf and mxf pairings rn I’d love at least one mxm pairings at this time 🖤 the other pairings I’m open to ANY

Also if you have a wanted opposite I’d love to grab them for you. I get it. I won’t think you’re face chasing. I just rewatched Venom and it’s down bad for Tom Hardy hours bc he’s a cutie 🥲 other than him at the moment tbh I don’t usually have wanted opposites personally. Rn is a bit of a rare occasion (will love you if you use him but I don’t mind at all either way. pls let me know tho if you’re willing bc I might be too anxious to ask 💀). I never mind if my writing partners do have wanted opps though and if I’m thinking of a new muse I’m especially all ears. however I only like to grab wanted opposites (and visa versa ofc) IF we can still love all our ships and it doesn’t have that weird transactional/doubles feel. I want to collaborate and love all our pairings and I always do get obsessed with them all 🫶🏼

dark theme AND nsfw friendly but I’d rather discuss that in private!!

that’s all folks 👋🏼

[alaskan-wallflower]

⋆⁺₊⋆INTRO⋆⁺₊⋆

About me!

☆ Hi! I’m Alaska! I also go by Allie or Skye :)

☆ I’m a bisexual demigirl in DEEP questioning about my gender lol

☆ EST

☆ Person with albinism (This does mean that I will sometimes make spelling errors because I cannot see my keyboard/screen well. If something is amiss please let me know, just don’t be rude.)

☆ Artist/Writer/Musician

☆ I have a lot of side blogs!

Other blogs

☾ @albinism-awareness - I take any and all questions about my albinism and am MORE than happy to help people portray character with albinism in the right way!

☾ @chaotic-creationsss - Here’s where I will most likely be talking about my AUs! Masterlist is on that blog

☾ @alaskan-aurora - Here is where I will put all my art! Outsiders stuff AND other random things I will do!

☾ @breaking-it-down - for those who are still concerned about the allegations revolving around The Outsiders Musical and Brody Grant, I compiled everything here.

Other information!

☼ Please DNI if you post NSFW

☼ I am not much of a shipper…sorry :/

☼ I hyperfixate a lot on science! Specifically anatomy, so sometimes I ramble about science and the human body!

☼ Anybody can DM me, but please keep in mind I am sixteen.

☼ This is a safe space for everybody!

☼ I take personalized anons! A few have been taken, however.

Anons:

🎞️ ♋️🩰👹🎃🎊🍀

DNI

｡𖦹° Racists, homophobes, antisemites, the works

｡𖦹° If you post NSFW/run an 18+ blog. I am a minor. Please understand that.

｡𖦹° This is a safe space for everybody! If you make this environment anything but, please just DNI.

Frequently Used Tags

𖥔 #alaska’s yapping - Used when I’m discussing my real life stuff, not pertaining to fandom

𖥔 #alaska’s bitching - Used when I’m venting (in a silly way)

𖥔 #misc - Also used for things not pertaining to fandom, however this is also used for asks not pertaining to fandom

𖥔 #alaska’s art - Pretty self explanatory.

𖥔 #alaska’s wips - Used when I post my works in progress for either writing or drawing

𖥔 #friends!! - Used when talking to my mutuals/whenever my mutuals ask a question

𖥔 #alaska’s rambling- Used when I go on my little science rambles

𖥔 #favs- usually either for art refs or things/messages i’ve gotten that i can look back on when i’m sad

𖥔 #me core 🤩- Used when I reblog relatable posts

AUS

I have a lot of AUs!

.ೃ࿔ The Wretched Masterlist

.ೃ࿔ Wings AU Masterlist

.ೃ࿔ Sizeshifter AU Masterlist

.ೃ࿔ Pokémon AU Masterlist

OUTRO

That’s pretty much it! If you ever want to DM me, or you need a friend to talk to, please feel free to reach out! Feel free to shoot me an ask too! I’m not scary, I promise! I love interacting with you guys, so please never feel afraid or intimidated by me.

I also have a Discord server! PLEASE feel free to join! (I deleted my old one, I promise I’ll be more active this time!)

Anyway, that’s it! Alaska out! ✌🏻

[magica-witch-project]

Whew, it’s dusty in here. Been a while, huh? A full year since I’ve even posted on this thing. I’ve been busy, sure, but it’s still a shame what has happened to this place. Guess it’s time to clean this place up and get it running again. It won’t be easy, of course, especially with my writing skills as rusty as they are, but I want to try. My new years’ resolution for 2024 is to bring this place back to where it used to be, and here’s my plan for doing so:

1. Completely clear out the inbox and open it back up. Not muscle through the prompts like I had been- I mean actually clear them out. Most of what is in there has been there since about 2018 and chances are a lot of those users have forgotten they even sent anything in. I want to open it back up so that active users can have their wishes granted! Know your prompt is in there and have been waiting all this time? Send it in again and it’ll re-enter the queue, probably closer to the front than it ever was. No worries!

2. Update the FAQ and “How To Wish” guides. I want them to be easier to read and understand. I would also like to add a clear section about common wishes we get around here and how to keep them fresh and interesting. Just so we don’t end up with the old issue of getting a dozen prompts wishing for the same thing again.

3. Promote the discord server again once interest has renewed in the project. It has been largely inactive these days but I know there are users who would love to see it make a return. I may update the server some to make it more functional than it is, but honestly it’s been fine all these years so changes will likely be minimal.

4. Get back to a regular upload schedule. I know we haven’t had one since… well, probably 2018 before I graduated high school. But now that I’m a grown woman with a work schedule and no more classes to attend, I just have to make myself more disciplined and take time out of my weekend to write a little. It may be shaky for the first couple weeks, but I would like to get to the point where I am updating twice a week. No promises, but that is the goal! If I can do more I will, but we will have to see.

Some changes to the above may be made, as in i may keep a couple old prompts to help promote this blog again before new work comes in, but otherwise that’s the goal. Happy new year, everyone! Let’s clean this place up and make it as great as it once was. With all the love in my heart,

Mod Mami 💛

[sluggybasson107]

Life chat

Hey! Um I’ve been absent for a long time and haven’t really posted about it. Although I think I’m ready to talk about it now? I think this is just a ramble about where my minds been at for some time.

Tw for chronic pain/illness, depression

As someone who deals with two chronic illnesses, it’s been hard to make content and talk online. My pain makes real life tasks such as work and chatting consume all of my energy. Even though I think about Digimon more than ever, it’s harder to find energy to go on tumblr/discord and talk about it.

In the past, the Digimon community has been an escape for me. A place where I don’t have chronic pain and depression. Unfortunately, these two issues have been strong enough to affect my activity in the online sphere, which makes me really sad. I had plans to do a redesign series for Tri (I love the movies, but I can admit the designs can be lacking near the end), an animatic for one of my favorite characters, and memes of the tamers and frontiers kids…but I just feel so worn out.

Right, so the main reason why I haven’t been here is unfortunately depression. Its gotten tough the past year and a half. I’m in therapy and have the Finch app to try combating this, but I’ve still had really rough periods that last around a month. My friends are aware and I’m currently doing better than a couple months ago, but I can’t help but feel absolutely exhausted from trying to do daily tasks.

Combine this with my chronic pain and I’ve just been a mess lol. I’ve had a couple of moments where I’ve snapped at irl friends from my frustrations and anger at my own limitations, which gave me lots of social anxiety with interacting and talking. I’m scared of being sad and negative all the time and dragging others down. I’m at a period where I want to reach out to others again and talk, but I’m scared.

I’m usually someone who thrives on social interactions and is great at reaching out to others online and irl to meet people, so it’s really weird for me to feel scared talking to others. I think my anxiety is now even worse online because I haven’t been supporting people here on tumblr and discord because I’ve been overwhelmed with the backlog of stuff I’ve missed. I feel so guilty. I’ve gotten notified about new chapters of my absolute FAVORITE fics, yet I can’t open a tab and give it a try.

I don’t know, I’m just kind of lost and trying to find balance in stormy waters. If I repetitively back online then disappear, that’s why.

I hope you’re doing well. I care about you all so I’m sorry if I came off as distant and upset. Thank you for reading my silly post 💛

[girlvinland]

Okay, looking for some input on something!

For quite a while I’ve wanted to make a dedicated Fromsoft RP/creative server, and finally getting around to working on that. There’s something I’m conflicted on though concerning RP logistics (and I’m probably overthinking it tbh).

A long time ago I ran a Pkmn RP server, and I’m pretty sure that was before you could create threads on Discord. I haven’t really been active in any pure RP servers in a while, so I’m not sure if having channels or threads for individual RP threads is more common these days. I’m curious on which people do or would prefer, and input is more than welcome even if this isn’t something you’d be interested in joining. I’m more trying to see what makes sense from a logistical standpoint. I’m putting a poll here, but also including some more info under a cut beneath that.

Also, feel free to let me know if this is something you’d be interested in/interested in helping with! I’ve had some people show interest, but I also know I might need someone to help with moderation tasks if this doesn’t flop, since I work full-time. It could totally flop, but still want to try anyway.

More info below!

Here’s how it would look with either option. The left side is making an individual RP within a game category, the right side is making an individual RP a thread within a game channel. Hope that makes sense.

I wrote out some pros/cons for both.

Using channels

Pros:

- don’t get hidden, but can still be muted for those who don’t care

- more features in settings

- people are probably more familiar with just using channels

Cons:

- leads to a ton of sidebar clutter. Members might have to scroll to find their thread(s)

- setting it up more annoying because requires a mod to do it with current server settings. Same with making it private

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Using thread feature

Pros:

- people can “opt in” to viewing, so less sidebar clutter

- private threads can be easily created (good for nsfw)

- members can create threads without having to ask a mod to do it

Cons:

- threads get hidden after a period of inactivity (longest time you can set is a week). Can still find them by searching, but might be annoying for some

- less features available settings-wise (like ability to add a description)

Sorry for the long post, but thanks for reading and voting!

[thoselethalarts]

𝒮𝓉𝒶𝒽𝓁𝒾 ℋ𝑒𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓇 - 𝒫𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝒮𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎

(SR) Ceremony Robes (Part 1): “Would You Be So Kind?”

(Mr. S’s Mystery Shop: Exterior)

Stahli: Thank you again, sir! Stahli: Okay, I think this should be enough materials… at least I hope it’s enough materials. Stahli: I can’t believe such a thing should happen, and so close to such an important event too…! I’ll need to work fast if I’m to get this done in time-

(Bump!)

Malleus: Hm?

Stahli: Ach-! Herr Malleus! Schönen abend, good evening. My apologies, I did not see you there!

Malleus: Good evening to you too, Heimer. Worry not, I’m not injured in any way. Malleus: Lovely evening though, is it not? I was just thinking of taking a nighttime stroll through campus to enjoy it.

Stahli: It is! Quite lovely, actually. I wish I could take a stroll and appreciate it too, but sadly I’m too busy to do so right now.

Malleus: Oh? Pray tell, what seems to be plaguing you? Malleus: Those bags in your hands are full of fabric and sewing materials… are you planning on some tailoring this evening?

Stahli: Something like that. Actually, there’s a bit of a story there…

(Flashback to earlier that day…)

(Pomefiore Dorm: Stahli’s Room)

Stahli: My fortune reading this morning… it was so full of bad luck and misfortune. Stahli: Unexpected people will come into our lives, people that should not be there. And there will be discord, like a blazing fire, erupting through the upcoming ceremony because of them. Stahli: Even the days leading up to it will be full of bad luck and misfortune. Things will not go as planned, and unexpected disasters will cause abrupt change in previously regular daily activities. Stahli: Well, my mother always told me, “The best way to combat poor luck is with good preparation.” I must do what I can to lessen the blow while I have the time to do so! Stahli: I could do a good luck ceremony, maybe burn some incense… Well, I suppose step one should be actually checking on my robes and making sure they’re alright.

(Stahli rifles through his closet to retrieve his robes)

Stahli: They don’t seem to have anything wrong with them on first glance. A little wrinkly perhaps, but I see no tears or any little holes that have been chewed through them by moths. Stahli: (Sniff sniff…) They smell a little musty from being in my closet, but that’s nothing a little airing out can’t fix. Stahli: Now that I think about it, it’s been a while since I’ve actually worn these… I think I’ll try them on, just to make sure they still fit.

(Stahli shuffles around as he tries on the different pieces of his Ceremony Robes)

Stahli: Yay~! The top still fits! I must’ve been worrying over nothing then~ Stahli: Now for the pants… O-Oh. They’re… a little hard to get on, actually. Stahli: My big butt must’ve grown more this year than I thought it did, I can’t usually tell because I’m always wearing my uniform skirt… Stahli: I think I can still make this fit though… I just need to pull them up a little more-

(Riiip!)

Stahli: Ach! Was war das? …Oh no!! One of my pant seams has ripped entirely up the side…! Stahli: Donnerwetter, poor luck indeed! I should have known better than to test the fates. Now what am I going to do…?

(Flash forward to the present…)

Malleus: I see… your robes were damaged while you were trying them on, and now you need to repair them. Malleus: Not only that, but you must also mend them to be slightly larger than they were before, so they may fit you more effectively.

Stahli: That’s correct. I thought I should collect these materials from the Mystery Shop before it got too late, so that is why I’m here. Stahli: I have everything I need to get started… almost.

Malleus: Almost? What are you missing?

Stahli: Well, the knowledge to do so! I’ve actually never done any sewing before in my life, save for mending a small hole in my jeans where I did not want one to be. Stahli: I need access to a sewing machine as well, and I don’t think Pomefiore has one. Stahli: I’m a little worried I’ll be able to get this done in time, to be honest. I only have about a week until I need these robes repaired and ready. If I try sewing them by hand, I fear I won’t have them done in time.

Malleus: Hm… Perhaps it was a stroke of good fortune that you stumbled into me this evening then. I happen to know a bit of mending, myself.

Stahli: R-Really?!

Malleus: Indeed. Spinning and tailoring are crafts well-taught in the Briar Valley, and the knowledge of which is passed down through generations to preserve it. Malleus: The imagery of the spinning wheel is associated with the Fairy of Thorns, so taking forth the craft is highly esteemed. Malleus: Fabric and clothing created in the Briar Valley is among the highest quality one could hope to obtain, as well, because of this.

Stahli: Oh, that is true! I didn’t think about that. What fascinating history~ Stahli: Herr Malleus, would you be so kind as to teach me some of your mending abilities?

Malleus: Oh? You’re asking me?

Stahli: If it’s not an inconvenience to you, of course! Stahli: Getting the chance to know a little more about the world-famous Malleus is such an honor to have~ Perhaps we could even be friends!

Malleus: Heh… hahahaha! You have such a bold spirit, Heimer. You dare to ask me for my assistance when most dare not to even look my way. Do you not fear being smote by lightning where you stand?

Stahli: Why would I ever be worried of that? I assume I can trust my fellow student, even if he is the next mighty king of his home nation! Stahli: Besides, death is not something I fear. It hasn’t been a worry of mine since I first glimpsed the Other Side~

Malleus: Hm~ I like your spirit, Heimer. It’s so rare to meet someone so pure and bravehearted. Malleus: Very well. I suppose I could teach you a little of what I know. It’s refreshing to have someone so willing to spend time with me of their own accord. Malleus: If you find yourself in Diasomnia tomorrow evening, call for me and I will teach you what you desire. Consider this my formal invitation to you.

Stahli: That sounds perfect! I’ll look forward to meeting with you soon~!

/ To be Continued…

[araedi]

I promised an update on my life/activity and stuff, so here it is! I’ll stuff it all under the cut but the tldr is I’m still here just on a super slow. I’m always down for chats and interactions as long as you’re cool with that!

I’m quite private about myself online so gonna keep this brief (lol watch me do anything but), but I feel like I keep circling back to apologising every few months for not being here enough then punishing myself over it when I’m not magically active again. It’s ultimately a hobby but I still feel bad that people writing with me could be feeling let down/ignored, so I wanted to drop this rather than keep on cycling the same apology until it feels hollow.

Life’s a Lot right now: I’m currently juggling two part time jobs, pretty much full household responsibilities for three people, night-school with essays, and an emotionally intensive placement as part of my training which also involves paperwork. Home life is also less than ideal (won’t go into details). On top of this, I have chronic health problems alongside chronic pain so most days I’m just crabby and exhausted; my mental health could be better but rn it just feels like I’m treading water to get to a place where I’ll have fewer commitments.

Ultimately rp and writing/creative stuff in general is part of how I unwind so I’ll always be around because this outlet is so rewarding, but as it stands I’m just so mentally and pysically drained that when I do have the time I’d rather just switch my brain off and play a bit of a game and have a sliver of social life than try to force out writing which is gonna be sub-par. I’ve been feeling kinda down about my writing for a bit and just feel like I’m giving the same post over and over, which also isn’t helpful!

As for my activity and where y’all fit: I’m still around and intend to be; still responding to DM’s on Discord or IM’s on here (unreliable though they are -_-) just being ridiculously slow with replies and popping reblogs or replies out just as and when. I’m not the type to up and quit, hell I’ve been on this blog for years so I’m going nowhere, just on the go-slow with the odd spurt of like 3-5 replies.

Of course I 100% understand if this weird unpredictable activity doesn’t fit for you: we all have different needs and expectations with this hobby and if me only showing up now and again isn’t gonna work that’s totally ok and you don’t have to follow or write with me: it’s been a blast knowing you!

If you’re chill to stick around and deal with my slowness, please know I WILL get to replies, even if it’s at glacial pace. I’ll post a shot of my tracker/a list up in the future so I can be 100% on what I owe and know you can always check in with me/hold me accountable for stuff. Please know you can ALWAYS drop stuff in my ask boxes, whether it’s memes or questions for muses or just crack. It always puts a smile on my face <3 if I received it I’ll reply to it, so barring just a few memes I have nothing else waiting!

This all being said I would LOVE to build up more long term/in-depth character relationships and sustained interactions over multiple threads. I love getting to know my rp partners beyond the muses – it’s just that right now it’ll take six times as long to get anywhere. My door’s open for any chats r.e. any muses here or on the multi.

If you need my disco handle just ask/reply here or whatever and I can send it; if you need to get in touch for any reason and can’t seem to get through to me, just send a ping to the bestie Benevolentgodloki c:

If you read all this and are ok with sticking around know that you have my undying love lmao; I know it isn’t easy trying to build anything with someone who only posts once in a blue moon so your patience is appreciated and I’ll always appreciate having people to come back to on here <33

[tjemegames]

HSR: 2.5.1 AS, 2.5.1 PF, & 2.5.2 MoC Recaps

Hello there, the time for yapping is here once again! Since only the same eight or so people tend to read these, I don't think we need a wall of disclaimers this time around. Going forward you should really only expect to see them when I’ve implemented formatting changes or have something important to mention that pertains to the entirety of the recap post.

2.4 turned me into a slightly casual gamer: dedicated subsections for my casual gaming activities have been added to minimize some of the reintroduction redundancy that was happening in the last recap.

As always, apologies for the image distortion: long photos and Tumblr do not mix well.

You know the drill, lengthy rambling about my endgame experience is under the cut!

2.5.1 Apocalyptic Shadow

Gamer's Instigation is probably my favorite endgame title out of all the ones we've had so far (let's go, gamers!) I'm a big fan of AS, as we know, and this cycle's challenge did not disappoint. I got my twelve stars within a total of four challenge waves!

I tried my hardest to avoid resetting in my first run of stage IV, but even after doing stage III and rereading the enemy details I still needed to feel out Phantylia's mechanics to get a better grasp on the best way to defeat her efficiently. Aventurine's battle was rather cut and dry, so his side only took one attempt.

Aventurines battle was also quite fun. Imagine if his normal boss mechanics allowed for a cumulative dice score across your teammates (the energy buff would probably have to be RNG-based or default to the teammate that contributed the most points in order to counterbalance that), but it would make for a much more enjoyable time when fighting him. It’s been months and I'm still salty about the White Night Chronicles MoC XII—there simply was no reason for that to have been as difficult as it was for me back then. I just…

Anyway, here are the builds I used for IV-I:

Phantylia's battle wasn’t hard, it just required a bit more focus and planning to complete. I did my run with a sustain because I misunderstood the HP situation for defeating the flowers; I interpreted it as the flowers would restore Phantylia’s HP after popping, rather than restoring my team’s HP. In hindsight I shouldn’t have understood it that way because that’s not how the flowers work in her Echo of War, but for some reason that didn’t click at the time. Either way, I got it done with relative ease which is all I’m really asking for these days.

These are the builds I used in IV-II:

Pretend you didn't see Aventurine's sphere—there simply was no better choice. It is what it is, and I will not be addressing it further.

The first 800 jades down (whoop whoop!) I desperately needed them because Feixiao bankrupted me on her way to my roster. It’s my penance for betraying Danny boy.

AS Casual Gaming

AS is way too fun for me not to drop back into it over the course of the patch. I tend to get inspired by runs that I’ve seen on Discord and end up motivated enough to try for better clears and/or test out different teams. This is where I’ll be dropping my ramblings about those attempts. Unfortunately, due to image limitations, I won’t be able to include any build showcases in this section. I did consider making a secondary post specifically for this reason but ultimately decided that it wasn’t a big enough deal to be necessary (if I’m wrong about that, please do let me know. I’m down to yap for as long as y’all are down to listen.)

Chasing a better clear with my original team lineup:

Popped back into the game about four hours after my first round of attempts to start the process of trying for a better clear. The last time I was score chasing in AS I kept a close track of my reset count since it was over the course of a few days, and I kept switching back and forth between my phone and pc. This time I stuck to one day and one device so the detailing is a bit less extensive.

Even though I’ve used DHIL in basically every endgame cycle, I still manage to fumble his gameplay from time to time, my first round of tries being a prime example of that. With that in mind, I figured that taking on Phantylia’s side would be my best shot at increasing my overall score. I set my sights on a 100 point increase and went to town.

First three resets: +66 points, bringing me up to 7260

Next two resets: +4 more points, bringing me up to 7264

Final five resets: no points, DHIL managed to die twice—don’t ask me how that happened because I genuinely do not know

70 points of improvement on the second side. I don’t know if 100 overall points is within reach, but I’ll refocus my efforts on Aventurine’s battle and see what, if anything, can be done there.

First and only three resets: no points, I was hoping that there was a work around with the weakness-locked dice but there wasn’t

Barring making my entire team even faster to get more turns, which I don’t have the relics to do at the moment, this appears to be the end of the line for this clear.

Not a bad set of attempts overall. I was able to get my score up to a grand total of 7264 points within thirteen resets. That’s 138 more points than last AS—didn’t see that happening if I’m being completely honest, some of my builds have actually gotten worse since then. Either way, I’m happy enough with this score to forgo attempting a sustainless clear. Let’s be so for real, my account is not currently in the place to even humor sustainless clears. I’ll file that thought away for later down the line.

Getting Jingliu's Revenge:

Remember a little earlier when I said I was still salty about my experience with White Night Chronicles? Well, since I wasn't having the best of days, I decided to head back into AS so I could feel vindication in the form of beating up Aventurine.

Now, you may be thinking, "TJ, you've already gotten your revenge on Aventurine with Boothill like three times since then." To which I would say yes. However, pew-pew gaming him to death just isn't enough to quell the insatiable beast that is my pettiness for this situation. That being said, I called upon my slightly benched, 35% crit rate having Jingliu to finally enact my revenge; the fact that it's been over five months and I still haven't been able to get Jingliu to 50% crate is actually so painful. I had a whole arc where I was farming wind set Pela and did not manage to get a single replacement piece for Jingliu that entire time. I hate that I love this game.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand. I regeared Jingliu, rallied the troops (Bronya, RM, & Natasha), and set out for battle:

Victory is MINE! 3608 points is pretty damn solid—my Boothill team only managed to get 73 more points during their run. I feel like I can finally move on from this without any lingering resentment or regrets (yippee!)

Closing Thoughts

That just about wraps up AS for this patch. I was wrong with my guess of having to beat up Yanqing this cycle (a well-deserved break after the 2.5 continuance) but I do hope to see him in this mode sometime in the future. I’m looking forward to seeing what all they manage to incorporate into AS after this patch because the new boss mechanics were both refreshing and interesting. I’m someone who actively likes this mode, so I can only imagine how much of an impact the new features had on those who don’t typically care for it. I hope that they continue to mix up more battles like this in the future.

2.5.1 Pure Fiction

No video for Volubility since I couldn't get past eleven stars: I recorded one but it's not worth posting since I didn't even come close to a full clear. I don't want to waste my time editing and making a thumbnail for content I'm not proud of. Additionally, since I wasn't able to finish and I've since done MoC in between my myriad of PF attempts, I lost the ability to save my build showcases for the aforementioned recording, meaning that I would've been missing an entire section of my video. Truly unfortunate, but it is what it is.

I genuinely had such a bad time trying to do this. I spent far more time than I would've liked trying to twelve star and it sucked just about every bit of enjoyment that it could've out of me. I thought I would have a better chance at beating it after a couple weeks away and doing some character upgrades but apparently it just wasn't in the cards this patch. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Closing Thoughts

720/800 jades is painful but I have no choice other than to accept it and move on. If I somehow manage a miracle before the 2.6.1 reset, I'll be sure to pop in here to provide an update. Otherwise, that's all from me on PF.

2.5.2 Memory of Chaos

No video for Scalegorge Tidalflow either. I did manage to get all twelve stars, but my mental health is currently kicking my ass, so I just don't have it in me to bother with it (or this post really) before the patch ends.

Quick summary off the dome since I didn't write any notes when I did my run; Boothill continues to pay his dues. Feixiao is fun to play with—I might need to pull Robin or build Moze though because I don’t have a proper third slot for her team. I thought I could clear floor XII quicker than seven cycles, but a few rounds of casual gaming did not yield better results. No showcases because I forgot to make them before giving PF another try and I'm drained.

Closing Thoughts

MoC was fine. The exo-toughness mechanic is interesting, and I hope I get a chance to explore it more when I'm feeling better. All 800 jades have been added to the savings for DHIL's cone.

Alrighty friends, that's it for this post. Sorry about the quality drop; my brain is being a nuisance and I'd prefer to put this out now while I have some motivation left to do it—there’s no guarantee that I would've finished it at all if I decided to delay it further. Not my best yap but it’ll do for archiving purposes.

I hope everyone enjoyed the 2.5 endgame cycle (to the best of their ability)! I'll be back in about six weeks when it's time for the next one of these.

[inexchangeforyoursoul]

Figured I'd drop this short DabiHawks thing I wrote for the discord anniversary?

Here is the Ao3 link, too.

✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦

Touya, as people insist, cannot believe his ears. Did he hear that right, or is he just that out of his mind after a second coma lasting almost an entire decade?

“Hawks? Really?”

But no, even the name card is echoing the same thing in perfect confidence.

It sounds like a sick joke.

The two of them are left alone for the briefing; Touya takes a look at the hero who has never been as much of a phony as he is now. The man has remarkably intact skin for someone that received at least two ugly facial injuries in the past, and has eye bags for days. He looks up from his phone with slight confusion to spare a look at Touya.

“What?”

“Why the fuck are you still using that name?”

The president — the fucking PRESIDENT of the SAFETY COMMISSION — shrugs, as he ought to.

“Because I have no other.”

An intact nerve twitches painfully under Touya’s eye as it tries to stretch his skin. Hawks was all about the wings… but this guy has not a single feather. He’s not even active as a hero; even if he still has a license, it’s for decoration only. He’s just a salaryman with a pointy stick strapped to his back.

“Your name is Takami Keigo.”

He is as incredulous as he's pissed and flabbergasted.

They should know.

“Ah… You remembered,” comes the answer balancing between total indifference and being impressed after a moment of surprise, which only eggs the freshly hatched rehab villain on.

“They say it’s been over eight years,” Touya hisses.

“Yeah. Your memory is quite remarkable,” laughs ‘Hawks’ as if there weren't a colossal elephant in the sickly green and white room.

Touya’s already had to stomach a meeting with his parents, and this cuck… his blatant replacement, never got referred to as anything else, but Touya just assumed they were saving face. However, the blackbird kid had just run into this idiot outside the room and wanted to force some small talk before realizing that ‘Hawks’ had been busy. He wasn’t here on business, and yet…

Of all people, he really should know.

Touya feels his handful of arm hairs churn as nonexistent flames are lit on his skin.

Him not disclosing it to just anyone is one thing, but this…

“Are you telling me that no one has ever cared to ask your fucking name?”

Do they really not know?

The fake hero’s face remains frozen in a perpetual smile. His reaction is hidden in his nonreaction; Touya knows the question hit a sore spot.

Upon ingesting the disturbance, the blonde’s voice spills venom.

“Why, have you?”

It’s Touya’s turn to have a budding smirk of ‘gotcha’ freeze onto his face.

Satisfied with his comeback, ‘Hawks’ turns to the clipboard in front of him.

“Anyway, have you decided what kind of odd jobs to take? With how limited your ability to move around is, I made sure not to include anything more taxing than paperwork and the like. Honestly, the worst kind of punishment.”

Instead of answering, Touya blurts out the summary of his own questions:

“What the fuck is wrong with you?”

Nothing about this guy adds up.

Nothing.

“Nothing for you to care about,” ‘Hawks’ says with a twirl of a pen, echoing his thoughts. He then crosses a box a few lines in as if he had developed future sight and could see a list of things yet unsaid.

“You use an alias as overglorified state personnel,” Touya continues with no regard to anyone’s expectations. The world outside is too hazy for him to be doing this, anyhow. “Your work is the epitome of white collar bureaucracy bullshit, yet you carry yourself and that thing around as if there was no bigger dick in a ten mile radius. What even are you?”

“Nothing, Dabi,” the man says with unusual finality and emphasis, either completely forgetting or ignoring that he’s saying a taboo word. His face is dead serious as he finally looks at the captive, and the pen in his hand squeaks in pain. “I’m nothing. I’ve always been nothing to anyone, and always will be. Now answer the question or go back to your cell. I still have a stack of paperwork to get through.”

There is something deeply unsettling in the emptiness staring right into Touya’s soul.

Every remaining hair on his body rises in unison as a nonexistent chill sweeps across the stuffy room.

That doesn’t sound right.

“What about Twice?”

That doesn’t sound right at all.

‘Hawks’ sighs and, surprisingly enough, deflates. Touya almost expects him to admit to being in the wrong.

“I was too eager to praise your memory, it seems… Didn't you ‘hear everything,’ trademark, that had happened before barging in?” he drawls. There’s just a tiny change in the way he carries himself, but nothing in the other’s voice indicates guilt. “If you had, you’d actually know that I was nothing more than a pity project. Really, if even someone like him cannot muster an ounce of genuine care for me, who else?”

Once again, Touya cannot believe his ears.

“People lie.”

People lie a lot.

He does it all the time.

Hawks does it all the time.

Jin did, too.

“Why take everything he’s ever said at face value?”

He had multiple personalities, for fuck’s sake, and one of them was as rude as Dabi.

‘Hawks’ straightens himself with a suppressed sigh. “Look. You wanted Hawks, and that’s exactly what you got. Too little, too late to be arguing about this anyway, don’t you think?”

Touya thins his eyes as much as he can, considering the faceless monster sitting across the table.

“True.”

It’s a moment’s decision, but Touya goes with the flow and continues a split second later, even if his tongue finds finishing the sentence one of the hardest things he’s ever done.

“Hi. My name is… Todoroki Touya.”

The blonde freezes up, staring at him. He lifts a brow in confusion. “What is this about?”

“I’m introducing myself. What’s your name, dipshit?”

“This is pointless,” ‘Hawks’ sighs after another pause upon realizing the other’s intentions. He pinches his brows. “We don’t even get along. At all.”

He almost sounds like he’s whining.

Exasperated.

Defeated.

Tired.

Thankfully, quirk suppressors have become way smaller, because Touya wouldn’t appreciate not being able to cross his arms at all. Granted, the cuffs don’t make it easy, either.

“I won’t answer your question unless you answer mine.”

The other squints back at him, long and hard.

“I will make a bingo card to see when you give up on me,” ‘Hawks’ says then from behind his palm; equally stupid and childish.

Touya rolls his eyes.

“That’s beside the point. What will it be?”

The other shakes his head and turns back to his mostly empty file. “Don’t say later that I didn’t warn you. Call me whatever you like. Now answer the damn question already.”

Touya may not have gotten what he wanted, but… it’s a start.

“Put me in charge of bedtime stories, Keigo.”

A specific sort of smile appears on the blonde’s face, one that tells of a small, but smug victory.

“Knew it.”

[orangeshinigami]

Mutuals only / Slow replies & low activity blog. Multiship / Multiverse / OC & Crossover friendly! Mun is 21+ so mature themes may be present, everything will be tagged accordingly though. Est. Nov. 2023.

Discord available upon request for plotting & rping purposes.

( Header credit: RIDLEEY / Icons credit: THE-CURSED-ICONS & LOCKEDTOWERS / icon border credit: TOSKASRPH & as of Jan. 2024 I started using a border made by POOHSOURCES )

Update March, 2024: Icon border / post divider / banners credit - CROWDITS

GUIDELINES / ABOUT

HEADCANONS !!

MAINS: @adversitybloomed (ship exclusive) / @lockedtowers & @cautionsissued / @glacialdeath / @toomanydamnmuses

Mobile friendly guidelines under the cut.

Hi there! First of all, thank you so much for taking the time to read these!!

You can call me Bibis, I’m 26 years old and roleplaying has been one of my hobbies for over ten years, I’ve been a part of the Bleach fandom for about that same amount of time too. However, I still haven’t finished reading the manga (I’m always working and when I finally have some free time I have no energy to do anything guys, help). But I’ll eventually finish it, I swear… Or I’ll at least watch the anime bc I’m super hyped about this revival. ANYWAYS, yes, this is just a heads up that I do know some things about the last arc of the manga but not everything. But don’t worry, depending on what we choose to write, I’ll do my reasearch!! &lt;3

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Ichigo or Bleach obviously, also no icons / headers and stuff used here were made by me unless otherwise stated.

I work 44 hours a week (sometimes more) and I’m still finishing my university course, so my activity will be low, especially from monday to friday. Please understand that I might take a long time to reply – this doesn’t mean I’m not interested in writing with you / don’t like your character or anything, I’m really just super busy most of the time.

No godmodding please. You control your character and I control mine, thank you very much.

Plotting!! I love plotting SO MUCH and can get super excited over it and come up with 5415114 AU’s, hahaha. Seriously, if you have an idea about how our characters could interact or want to build a whole new AU for them, PLEASE do not hesitate to hmu!! 

Feel free to turn memes / asks into threads, just make sure to make a new post for it rather than just reblogging the answered ask.

My discord is available to mutuals upon request, we can plot or even rp through there too!! Given my busy schedule, it’s easier for me to be active and reply to stuff there.

Shipping can be super fun, but only if there is chemistry. So there has to be a lot of plotting and our characters need to interact a few times for me to consider shipping them!! Instant shipping / pre-established romantic relationships are not really my cup of tea. I won’t write romantic ships with minors, btw, please don’t insist. 

My main verse is set when Ichigo is around 18 years old and finishing up high school!! But if you wanna interact with older Ichigo, or have a plotting idea that would work best with the older version of him, do let me know!! Like I said before, I truly love plotting, so don’t be afraid to throw your ideas at me, I’ll most likely be just as excited as you are to discuss them.

Since I’m well over the age of 18, you might see NSFW themes (such as violence, drugs, sex) on this blog from time to time. I have no triggers and I may be a little forgetful when tagging that sort of thing. Please if you see anything that’s triggering to you that you believe I didn’t properly tag, send me a message and I’ll fix it right away. I want this to be a safe and fun enviroment not only for me but for my writing partners as well!!

That’s about it!! I’m super friendly ooc, I promise. So send me memes and questions whenever!! I’ll be happy to answer all of them. :]

[kyluxtrashpit]

So I’m having another… let’s call it an internet crisis. A thing that typically happens when I have Big Problems I can’t do fuck all about which means now it’s time to get Really Upset about problems that are comparatively small but do affect my daily routine (sorry again for no cut, I still can’t remember how to do it on mobile and I fucking hate hate hate the desktop post editor as much as someone can hate a piece of code)

It’s… getting harder to use tumblr. This isn’t about the sidebar, I don’t actually hate the sidebar cause we used to have a sidebar on the other side and I’ve missed it every since it left, but it’s about other things. A lot of things, but I won’t get into them all right now. For me, the new post editor is just. Really fucking difficult to use. If you’re just doing an unformatted, unplanned ramble (like this) or a little shitpost, it’s fine, especially if you’re on mobile (somehow the shitty mobile editor is now less shitty than the desktop editor, how tf did that happen), but if you’ve got multiple paragraphs and literally any formatting is needed? Well, you’re fucked, quite frankly, it is the most dense and convoluted post editor I’ve seen in like roughly 2 decades spent online. I’ve never seen anything more counterintuitive and difficult to use

And I’m sitting here with all these twitter posts I want to move. Some are little and would be easy. Others are a lot longer and more complicated and would shove me into that formatting hell I despise so much (and given how much feedback and unanswered asks to wip I’ve sent with no improvements, I’ve given up hope of it ever being made better). Like god I really, really want to save those posts but is it even worth it to do it here? But where else would I do it?

And the secondary layer too is… there’s no fucking posts here. No engagement on posts either most of the time. 90% of my posts come from my archive cause the kylux and Kylo (plus a few others I check less regularly) tags have very few daily posts and there’s hardly anything on my dash anymore. My original posts maybe get 10 notes on average, and these posts are ones that sometimes got near triple digit rts alone on twitter. Just seems there’s exceptionally few people here to enjoy them

And I’m still on twitter. It’s slowly dwindling but it’s still slightly more active than here. I’m on pillowfort and bsky too and they are truly dead (unless you’re a furry, good on the furries for populating every site in existence). There’s just. Nothing anymore. Maybe my fandoms are just dead but it feels like the meme about passing around the same $20 among friends cause capitalism is destroying us except with posts and likes

Idk. I feel like I don’t have an online home anymore. 90% of my socializing is online and 100% of my creativity is expressed through fandom and. I don’t know where to do that anymore. I have friends I chat with on discord and I love them but it’s… it’s not the same as a whole community, you know? And now that our homes are falling apart with every sign pointing towards imminent foreclosure like. What do I do. I know I’ve been through site losses before but. It feels different. Something new and shiny always came along before the end. I fear that’s not coming and we’ll all just be lost

Idk. I don’t have a conclusion. Twitter is doomed. I hate how the new owners are running on tumblr and I’m still posting here more out of a desperate desire to remember what community felt like than any real actual want to do so. The new sites have nothing going on. Idk. I feel lost. And maybe it’s the 15 other problems I have going on right now and hormones and shit but. I just don’t know what to do and I’m scared of what the future looks like for online communities and how alone I’ll be if I lost them (even though in reality I already have lost them aside from a small handful of people)

[mydaroga]

A few words about the Meta the Beatles (18+) discord server, in case you were curious but weren’t sure if it’s for you!

I started it (with help, and always open to suggestion) because I wanted there to be a place to have discussions about Beatles topics that didn’t get bogged down in the poor mechanics and cloudy manners of Tumblr: it’s hard to have ongoing discussions, and most people I talk to seem to be unsure if it’s even allowed, half the time. I’ve avoided saying too much here earlier, because I wanted to make sure I had it set up and it was running and stuff, but I also created it so there would be a place you don’t have to already be part of a group to join. It’s open to everyone, and the only reason it’s been difficult to get in (if it has) is because 1) people didn’t know about it and 2) I was being relatively quiet about it until, like I said, I had it set up and it was working.   

It’s open to everyone, like I said, but it’s possibly not for everyone, just on the basis of different people fandoming in different ways. This is supposed to be a place you can do the things you can’t do on tumblr, like, have conversations and debate and (gasp!) disagree and still have a nice day. 

The way it’s set up now is: we have scheduled book, film, and record discussions that overlap depending on how much time it takes. Generally it’s one record a week, one movie every two weeks or so, and books vary with length. Right now we’re reading Doggett’s You Never Give Me Your Money, watching the George Harrison documentary, and listening to the White Album. But I’m sure the records will come around again. Then there are other channels for various non-schedule Beatles discussion. It tends to be more on the historical/musical/discussion side of things rather than fanworks, though lots of us are creators and there is fic and vid discussion. I’d say it’s lighter on photos and shipping and that sort of thing, not that those aren’t allowed (everything’s allowed) it’s just that, I think, it’s filling a gap that Tumblr wasn’t, and Tumblr has shipping pretty well cornered.

It’s pretty small though, with a handful of active members, and discussion is quality but not constant. So if you’re looking for a low key but thoughtful experience, this might do the trick!

And if anyone reading this feels left out, I am sorry. I did try to reach out to everyone in my circle in posts and PMs and I’m sure things got missed, but it wasn’t intentional.