#incentive for me to actually do the thing

[s-talking]

⌘ 𝓞𝓞𝓒:

B O O !

got you, didn't i? lmao

so i'm back & honestly never-minding the reason why i was gone ( since it's the very same one as mentioned in my january post ), i will instead talk about changes happening on my blog. first of all, the art! my ancient divider has been finally re-drawn & brand new icons added, why, just look at them! especially that beautiful, beautiful cursed smile

he can totally be your angle

or yuor devil xDDDD * wheezes *

second of all, posts! i've actually been drafting inspirational aesthetics as well as replying to responses whenever i was able, so yes, writing with you guys has never really left my mind despite the rather lengthy absence. i will be posting them all bit by bit & also, on similar note, for the sake of my creative spark i will be dropping all the starters i've written but have not been replied to for months ( by dash-active muns ). those who are on hiatus or not really role-playing, however, are fine.

if you happen to be someone that the starter-drop includes but still wish to reply, please do reach out to me. i may consider continuing that particular post depending on whether i remember my plot for it or not.

third of all, following! i've just went through a little spring cleaning & cleaned-up blogs that have been completely inactive for many years, archived, or didn't share any incentive for us to write / generally interact for months on end ( even when i was pretty active myself ). if you are reading this, that means i will be either posting a reply or reaching out very soon ♥

also, if you have unfollowed me due to inactivity as of late, don't feel bad. it's all good. i understand that blogs on perpetual semi-hiatus are not everyone's cup of tea, so if at any point you change your mind & wish to follow back, feel free. just know that my spots of inactivity are sadly out of my hands & not due to disinterest or something similar. again, refer to the january post if you don't know the reason.

& last but not least, i just wanna say thank you to those that messaged me during my break & left me such kind, supportive messages ( including the birthday ones! ) you have no idea how much it means to me, especially during this time. i honestly, from the bottom of my heart, cherish them. as to those who are either new or didn't much chance to connect, know that i'm always excited to start new things or pick up those we already have. i can't express how much i adore writing with others & make all sorts of stories, let them be dark or light-hearted.

so either way, thanks for the wait ♥

[starlightwayfinder]

I hope Missing-Link has parties and group chats and ways to send people gifts and heal each other in battles…

[darlingsart]

Hi everyone! 💕

I made a Patreon if anyone's interested in supporting me a bit more:

Patreon.com/Darlingsart

My patreon will run more or less like this blog, but with a few extra goodies! Over there, I'll be posting a few more sketches/doodle pages, WIPS, voting polls on what I should draw next, and some speed draws!

I'll still be posting all of my art on here like I always do! Patreon will just be like a little tipping jar so if you enjoy my art and my fics (and if you're able to!), feel free to subscribe to help me out. If not, I still appreciate all of the love! 🥰

[sailforvalinor]

That’s it—if I’m not married, in a serious relationship, or otherwise made a significant place for myself within the society in which I live by the time I’m 25, I’m moving to the UK

[yujeong]

For the micro story ask, how about number 7 (silent fury) for Pete? With your choice of other character/s <3

Ohhh, that's a good one, my friend, thank you so much ❤️ ----------------------- "Hey, P'Pete." "Hm?" "You used to do boxing, right?" "Ah... yes, why?" "What was your nickname?" "My... what?" "The name you'd been given as a fighter. Like how P'Porsche was called The Phoenix." "Well-" "Silent Fury." "Bro, you're not funny." "What? It suits him, doesn't it?" "It sounds stupid and you know it." "It does sound a little stupid, Vegas." "I only meant to emphasize your strengths, Pete." "You did a bad job." "Shut up, Macau." "Phi never answered the question. What was it?" "I... didn't have one." "You didn't? But why?" "No point for a fighter who's bad at his job." "Pete-" "No, I refuse to accept it. We're giving you one right now... Don't laugh, Phi, I'm being serious!" "Fine, Macau. Do whatever you want. But it can't be Silent Fury." "It suits you-" "Hia won't participate in the brainstorming. Only me and P'Pete." "Okay, that's it. No dinner for you." "Will I not get dinner either, Vegas?" "It depends, Pete. Are you going to behave?" "Ugh, never mind, I'm out of here. You started being gross again." "Food will be ready in an hour!" "You better have finished until then!" "No promises."

[teaandinanity]

It continues to give me the warm fuzzies that basically every person at work has said they'll miss me. And it's not really utility, even if I'm useful; I am not in a critical position. There are many people who can do the things I do, even if the majority are less experienced. I'm not management, or a lynchpin, just a long-time worker bee.

But people like me, and I just handled a Crisis Situation well enough that the AD took the time to personally thank me, and my manager was like 'not only am I willing to be a reference you can use my personal phone number if that's easier' and even some of the newest additions said they're going to miss me on desk, and I just.

I love my job and my coworkers and it's really nice that the people there know it and love me back.

[merevide]

hiiiii i have returned from the depths of the underworld (self imposed hiatus) (3 week break that felt like 3 years)

[floatingonapaintedsky]

This isn't actually prevalent and ultimately a non-issue but I was looking through the comments of their older videos and I always feel like it's a bit silly when I see the occasional stray commenter say that &team would be significantly more successful if they were based primarily out of Korea and got int'l recognition when Japan is the world's second largest music industry.

Like any issues with how much more successful they could be has less to do with the country they're primarily based in and more to do with Hybe Japan being kind of incompetent.

[mabelsguidetolife]

when it comes to life i keep wondering: what’s the payoff to all this pain???? is there a light at the end of the tunnel or is it just an endless, lonely dark slog all the way to the finish line????

[starrynyxa]

lowkey i keep looking at my own art fight attacks and being like 'damn. this is really good'

[burinazar]

just read about Roko's Basilisk and feel comfortably, dopily ensconced against the infohazard it presumably is by being too dumb to properly understand what it's getting at. "you heard about the potential scary future robot so now it can get you! ""ah, not if i'm dumb as a rock :}"

[inquirenorth]

[rubys-domain]

is it just me or... are the reputation rewards for fontaine underwhelming as hell?

[imeminemp3]

oh i got 3 compliments on my nails at social anxiety group tonight🥺🥺

[cosmic-kiwi]

There's a difference between journalism and activism -- journalism gathers, vets, and spreads information. Activism does something about it.

They're both obviously important; they're just not the same thing and it doesn't do anybody any good to think they are. Look at the rise of 'activist journalists' -- it's a nightmare because it makes it hard to trust the information coming out of these people and the institutions that hired them.

(Or think of all the old 'SPREAD THIS LIKE WILDFIRE' posts that used to be on this site; half the time they were missing important context or were just outright lies.)

Journalism, at its very core, is supposed to be unbiased and objective.

Unless you actually make an effort to keep these things distinct in your mind, by trying to be both an activist and a journalist at the same time often one ends up becoming neither.

i do think there is a degree to which certain kinds of Instagram activists have convinced themselves that traumatising themselves in solidarity is a useful form of activism. "I'm having nightmares and crying so much I want to be sick because of all these videos of dying children but I can't look away while people are getting hurt" I mean don't you think you'd be able to help more if you weren't having nightmares and crying all the time?? don't you think this is a one-way trip to burnout? don't you think maybe increasing the amount of trauma going around is counterproductive? I dunno bro there's something to be said for bearing witness but there comes a point where you gotta look hard at yourself and go "am I helping, or am I just making myself suffer so I don't feel guilty for not suffering while somebody else is experiencing bad shit"