#it wasn't accomplishing what i wanted

[allsassnoclass]

hazel!! i hope you had a lovely beginning of christmas and that you don't get loaded with birds over the next 10 days lol. i'd like to ask you via emoji these questions: ✍🎵🤯💪-megs 💙

@igarbagecannoteven hi megs! the bird situation is getting dire, the french hens keep terrorizing the turtledoves. i hope your christmas is goin well!

✍ How many words have you posted this year? How many words did you write? okay so this total is going to chance on the 31 because i'll still post my song fic for the fest (and i'm still delusional hoping to get the three prompts left over from the follower celebration done by then as well) but on ao3 the current total for the year is 120,031. i posted 23,433 words for ask box prompts (more than i thought this year tbh!), so the grand total (so far) is 143,464! as for writing, there's no way to tell because i just add words to different wips willy nilly. i have no clue which ones i worked on this year or how much i added to each one, but i would say it's at least 20,000 written and unposted words.

🎵 What was the #1 song you had playing while writing? What fic was it for? yknow i'm going to guess "The Weather" by Lawrence. I listened to that song a lot at the beginning of the year, and I'm writing a fic for it, so it's probably that one. i don't listen to music all that much while writing anymore tbh. it's starting to get more distracting than focusing, and if the vibes of the music don't fit the fic then i have no chance of making substantial progress.

🤯 What’s the coolest thing you learned researching for a fic? okay i talked very briefly about ballet companies and peanuts gang statues to annie here but near the beginning of the year i did a lot of research into michael's wedding for a wip, which was kind of interesting! oh also! on december 20, 2013 same-sex marriage was legally recognized in Utah after Kitchen vs. Herbert ruled that barring same-sex marriage violates the US Constitution.

💪 What ship gave you the most brainrot this year? i mean. mashton has been giving a lot of brainrot since 2020. you kinda need to have brainrot from a ship to write a 50k fic for it. they're my main lads, i am a very dedicated sailor on that ship. but i will say! this year various ships between the cobra kai teens made me feel like i was going insane, specifically sam and tory. i don't even know what to say about them i started thinking about it again and got worked up.

Fic writer 2022 wrapped

[beaulesbian]

Shanks always said that if the path to what you want seems too easy, then you're on the wrong path.

[callofthecorvus]

Connected Timelines Ramble: Backing off my previous 'Geno has an ex' headcanon, what if Dust happened to be that ex? I can see them bonding over shared trauma: surviving a genocided timeline and losing their brothers.

So when Dust eventually came clean about his past, that he genocided his own timeline [and others under Nightmare], even if he felt guilty and wanted to change, the heartbreak and betrayal Geno would have felt was devastating.

Even if it was originally done to stop Chara, the fact that he continued to genocide other timelines was despicable in Geno's eyes. Dust became the very same person he hated, and all Geno could see when looking at Dust was her. He broke it off instantly and Dust respected his decision and never contacted him again.

Given that Nightmare and Dream have now been at peace for decades, they're often invited to the same get togethers. They've never told anyone else about their previous relationship, so they act all awkward around each other and nobody knows why.

[eff-plays]

I've seen people say this is proof that EA is at fault for all of this nonsense surrounding Veilguard, and honestly, I'm willing to believe it is, because EA sucks ass and I hate them, and I believe BioWare can very much produce better writing when freed from corporate meddling*.

But I also don't think this should be used to protect the writing from criticism? Cuz like ... so you agree? You agree the writing was bad, in this product you sold people, for money? And you're shifting the blame onto the publisher? You agree it's bad writing that has your name on it but it's none of your faults specifically?

Even if I believe that, it's still ... You agree, right? You agree that the stuff people are saying is bad is bad? But you're saying it sucks so bad that they complain about it because it's not your fault?

Do y'all understand my dilemma here? Obviously don't harrass the writers personally or send them death threats, but that's just basic human decency to me. If you as the writer realize that something with your name on it is bad through no fault of your own, surely the solution isn't to complain that people are pointing out the bad thing you're aware of is bad? Surely you should go "Yeah that was bad. I agree with you all. I wanted to fix it but couldn't."

And you might say "well they're probably under NDAs so they can't say anything negative" but they ARE?? This right here is them implying the bad shit isn't their fault but the result of them "losing that fight" (with the execs)?

Do you get it? They agree that it's bad, but also saying it's not their fault it's bad, so stop complaining because it's very difficult for them. Broskis people paid for the game. And they are critiquing the shit you agree is bad. No need to get all wounded animal on the audience.

*Though I should note that indie devs still have a profit incentive, particularly the bigger ones, so even if we lived in a world without EA but with capitalism it's very likely BioWare itself would try to be more and more commercial with each new game, EA just sped up the process exponentially. El problema es el capitalismo etc.

[owlbelly]

massively accomplished friend from grad school is adding another accomplishment to her very very busy & full life, i am beyond happy for her (she's a wonderful person!) but i also just have to keep whispering to myself "some people are not disabled"

[kindahoping4forever]

my ultimate wish for this next era is they finally let Ryan go like they did Andy. I'm so sick of not getting the content we deserve. All the gatekeeping of tour diaries and now the crumbs of concert footage in that "documentary" yesterday. he was working for months on that? that's why we didn't get tour diaries? all that footage just goes in his vault now? Please.

Hello! I'm sorry to hear you felt disappointed by yesterday's special. However, I feel compelled to comment on a few objective points in your ask.

- "Live & Backstage in Amsterdam" was directed by James Tonkin, the same director (and production team, Hangman) they worked with on "The Feeling of Falling Upwards" (and the unreleased "Live in Brixton" special). Ryan was credited as director of the documentary footage and as a contributing editor (1 of 3) but the live footage and overall final program was not his work.

- Regardless of the particular creatives involved here (or in any given project for that matter), the fact remains that any directors, producers, photographers, etc are all hired hands operating with full input and specific direction from the band. The band chose to make this a hybrid concert film/documentary. The band chose to condense the setlist the way they did. The band chose this format over the traditional tour diaries. What happens to the unused footage will be determined by the band. Ryan is a friend but he is first and foremost an employee and the band owns that footage. (Likewise, the MYT diaries are not sitting on Andy Deluca's hard drive because he's "gatekeeping" or too lazy to edit it. If the band wanted them released, they'd be released.) All this to say, of course you don't have to agree with the decisions but it's important to clarify who your complaint is with.

- This concept of the band or their collaborators "gatekeeping" and fans not getting what we "deserve" is, to be blunt, entitled and immature. Being a fan does not make an artist indebted to you. They make music, if you feel so inclined, you listen. That's it. That's the extent of the contract. Anything beyond that is optional for both parties. Any content an artist chooses to release is not out of obligation or generosity, it's part business strategy, part artistic vision. Artists do not owe you anything. This band does not owe you anything.

[will80sbyers]

I want to be one of those people that does things with diligence every single day and instead I was given the scatter brain genes and have to stop what I'm doing for months until I get the divine inspiration and hyper focus on it again and I can't force myself to continue it if I don't feel the mood like for example I have to continue 911, Bel Air a few fanfictions I've started that I loved but my brain can't fucking continue idk why and also like 20 books and I started a new one yesterday called The Atlas Six that I'm continuing only because it's in audiobook form but I can't even listen to those some days I just hate this so much... also just things I want to do in general like the podcast which I just have to record and edit but I don't. Or more personal things that I won't share here... Idk my brain just freezes and I can't do it or when I'm lucky I have rare sprints of doing things constantly Vs. months of nothing and no energy whatsoever in general

[curiosityschild]

youtube shorts needs to be stricken from the face of the earth it is one thirty am!!!! A! M! this happens every single time I have absolutely no control

[thesmokinpossum]

when you get in a crazy screaming match with some rabid misogynistic freak who was harassing women on the subway and who responds by insulting your physical appearance and telling you to kill yourself but then exits the train at the next station

[thekimspoblog]

Demon trying to feed on my insecurities: "You're a bad driver"

Me: "Of course I am. I hate driving. Going 80 mph surrounded by tons of metal is nerve-wrecking. I try to do it as little as possible. Of course I'm bad at it"

Demon: "You're a bad writer"

Me: "Well that part's simply not true. I never claimed I was the greatest author of my generation, but when I put pen to paper I know what I want to communicate and I usually do it well. If someone isn't impressed with my work, that's unfortunate but they're entitled to their opinion"

Demon: "You're a bad leader"

Me: "Well I don't know about that! I mean there was that one time when... Ok look just because people don't see me as an authority figure doesn't mean... 😠 You know you can be a real asshole, demon!"

[ratinthevoid]

why can't i do anything

[taffywabbit]

i have now had multiple people tell me they decided to give slarpg a shot after seeing the fanart i posted yesterday, and i'm rubbing my devious little paws together because this was my plan all along

ebehehehee i hope you have a splendid 10-15 hour emotional experience. you fools

[astralpenguin]

on the one hand i appreciate that banking apps and websites have enough layers of security that it's vanishingly unlikely that anyone other than me can access my data or my money but on the other hand the multiple layers of security just makes it more difficult for me to access my own data and my own money

[ladysophiebeckett]

ppl on here and on twitter got really weird about the ear flicking scene. kind of disregarding that shiv was acting like a 6 yr old and then that he retaliated also like a 6 yr old. we actually have no idea what their dynamic was like before the events of the show and i think this was a peek into that. shiv is a little mean to him and he’s a little mean back but his type of mean is very weird (barnacle??) and that weirdness itself might have been intriguing to shiv at some point. her own little meow meow who makes really weird comparisons and references to things she’s never heard of or cared about. 

[coolandspicy]

Tumblr Catboy Polls: SEMI FINALS!

Round 2 is done, time to roll up your sleeves and get serious.

Zacharie (OFF) VS Miya Chinen (SK8 the infinity)

Niko (OneShot) VS Nico the Catboy (Adventure Time)

[galwaygremlin]

STORYTIME

i went to autozone today and i left there with my ass DRENCHED in anxious sweat BUT i got everything i went there for (including two things i had to ask for) AND i made two scary left hand turns (instead of making like a million rights to avoid the left) AND still had enough energy to try and fix the truck (i need to do it in daylight but i wasn’t too drained to even try) when i got back

so i think we're entering my self confidence restoration era

which, finally

i wanted to say forget it and leave about ten times while i was finding the correct air filter and waiting in line and paying BUT i stayed calm and did what i went there to do. even when it included "‘inconveniencing’ other people" and "potentially looking stupid" and "spending money" (all things i hate doing in public)