#it's one of my favorite playlists currently

[sylvia-und-sybille]

💯 [100] How many words does your WIP currently have? How many words do you hope it’ll have when it’s done? 2.3K+ now, and whatever happens, that happens.

⌛️ [Hourglass] How long have you been working on this WIP? 3 days.

📚 [Books] Is this WIP part of a series or standalone? AU location (starts as) and aged-up characters.

🎀 [Bow] How many named characters are in this WIP? How many do get a POV? OTP only. Even as 3rd person's point of view there's little of point of view at all (as thoughts or just about a person alone.)

💖 [Heart] What is your favorite moment in this WIP? OTP talk & do things together.

🎶 [Notes] Do you have any other WIP related things, like moodboards, character portraits, playlists or similar? It can happen in 0.001% of cases (if, then fanfictions only.)

📖 [Open Book] What form do you want this WIP to take when it’s done? Posted, printed, published, etc? Posted only.

🐀 [Rat] Name three reasons why this WIP is great at being insert genre here. (You can send a genre, or let the recipient pick one.) Romance, as it's about a lot of love (as in every fanfiction about them.)

🐁[Mouse] Name three reasons why this WIP is horrible at being insert genre here. (You can send a genre, or let the recipient pick one.) Humour. Unfortunately, no funny moments.

🔎 [Magnifier] Is there a phrase/word you know you use too often? Will you change it in editing? So (for years.) If exaggerate, the answer is, so what? So to be it. | Whenever possible, I try to find other way to glue parts of looong sentences and not to break them into shorter ones. The writer of the original version had looong sentences as well and paragraphs can seem almost endless in many cases.

🍖 [Meat] How many fictional people were harmed in the making of this WIP? EVERY SINGLE of my fanfictions & original stories has happy end (unless past when I wanted to write about harm done to or defeat of a bad or unpleasant character.) In the case of latest WIP fanfiction: deep sadness of both, character 2: wish to cry before relief, no harm.

🌈 [Rainbow] If at the beginning of your WIP the characters knew about the end, would they kill you to stop you from writing it? They would look forward to a plot twist (mostly character 2, as character 1 had an idea.)

‍🎨 [Palette] If your WIP was a color, which color would it be? Rainbow, as they deserve.

🍩 [Donut] What’s the weirdest thing someone eats in your WIP? What’s the best thing? No food or drinks are mentioned (yet?)

🔒 [Lock] Would you let your family, friends, or other people you know in real life read your WIP? No, and I almost don't know people in real life. Yes, I'm so called "live under a rock."

🖋️ [Pen] Describe your WIP in a single, terrible sentence. At first, the two are icebergs, but very, very soon, nothing is under water . . . (They talk about character 1 as having an iceberg, so . . .) . . . positive plot twist, philosophical discussion, something else unexpected (positive again.) (Note: something else is before plot twist, though. | I've had to search for answers to at least understand how such description can be possible.)

❌ [Cross] What would your WIP get cancelled on Twitter for? What does it mean even? If as not accepted, one of important parts is gender non-conformity. Those who are against girls & women who don't look feminine can be highly displeased. BUT what can I say, the version the fanfiction is based on has scenes with character 2 in man's shirt. So yes, haters can hate as long as they want.

UPDATE a day after: I've had an idea (chapter 2, not one-shot as it was planned initially) which is the reason to "get cancelled on Twitter," but I don't care. The idea supposed to be a part of some future fanfiction (no matter which, but based on the modern version of the story,) but the wish to add this to the current one was too strong, so it will be here :D The first chapter discussed above has two plot twists, but this idea is an enormous plot twist. Second plot twist & new one will result in (in my opinion, at least) it's too good to be true | unrealistic, but I don't care. I want this to exist, so it will.

Random WIP Ask Game

��� [100] How many words does your WIP currently have? How many words do you hope it'll have when it's done?

⌛️ [Hourglass] How long have you been working on this WIP?

📚 [Books] Is this WIP part of a series or standalone?

🎀 [Bow] How many named characters are in this WIP? How many do get a POV?

💖 [Heart] What is your favorite moment in this WIP?

🎶 [Notes] Do you have any other WIP related things, like moodboards, character portraits, playlists or similar?

📖 [Open Book] What form do you want this WIP to take when it's done? Posted, printed, published, etc?

🐀 [Rat] Name three reasons why this WIP is great at being insert genre here. (You can send a genre, or let the recipient pick one.)

🐁[Mouse] Name three reasons why this WIP is horrible at being insert genre here. (You can send a genre, or let the recipient pick one.)

🔎 [Magnifier] Is there a phrase/word you know you use too often? Will you change it in editing?

🍖 [Meat] How many fictional people were harmed in the making of this WIP?

🌈 [Rainbow] If at the beginning of your WIP the characters knew about the end, would they kill you to stop you from writing it?

‍🎨 [Palette] If your WIP was a color, which color would it be?

🍩 [Donut] What's the weirdest thing someone eats in your WIP? What's the best thing?

🔒 [Lock] Would you let your family, friends, or other people you know in real life read your WIP?

🖋️ [Pen] Describe your WIP in a single, terrible sentence.

❌ [Cross] What would your WIP get cancelled on Twitter for?

[yourfellowhuman07]

Hello, my fellow Entrapdak shippers!

I am happy to say it is once again time for Entrapdak Positivity Month, a fandom event created by the always lovely @maireadralph, who works tirelessly to put on all the major events, zines, and is currently running the Entrapdak Community here on Tumblr.

Now, like last year, I have decided to make another Ask Game for those who don't plan on drawing or writing anything but still wish to participate in the event this year.

The game is simple, just open your Ask Box and reblog this post so fellow shippers can ask you one of the questions I have written for this year. I will also link the Ask Game from last year if anyone wants to answer those (I know I'm willing).

Now without further ado, the questions:

What were Entrapta and Hordak’s first impressions of each other?

Who fell first, and who fell harder?

When and what made them realize their feelings for each other?

Who proposed first and how did they do it?

What’s the first Human/Our World AU that comes to mind when it involves Entrapdak?

What is the worst take on Entrapdak you’ve ever seen/heard?

What part(s) of their relationship made you fall in love with the ship?

How long have you been shipping them for?

Which of Hordak’s various designs throughout the series is your favorite (Season 1/2, Season 3/4, Season 5, or the flashback design in the finale)?

What is one thing they don’t like about each other that they can look past?

What is an interest/hobby they each have that you have no evidence for, but you know in your heart they love?

What is a weird crack headcanon you think about for fun?

What would happen if Entrapta joined the Horde before she was offered to join the Alliance?

What does Hordak wear now that he is out of the Galactic Horde?

What kinds of movies/TV shows/books do you think they like?

If you have/hypothetically had a playlist for them as individuals and/or as a couple, what is/would be on it?

For my writers and imaginers, what is an old story idea you had about or involving Entrapdak that you abandoned?

What was Hordak’s reaction when he met Wrong Hordak?

In your mind, what happened to Entrapta’s parents?

What was (x character)’s reaction to finding out Entrapdak was a thing?

How long did it take for Entrapta and Hordak to get into a relationship after season 5?

Who’s the most likely to tell the other about their feelings first?

How do you think Entrapta’s hair works (Robotics, Genetics, Magic, etc.)?

 What type of music would they listen to?

Who’s bringing the stray animal they found on the street home?

What do they find the most attractive about each other (besides their mutual intelligence)?

 What, in your mind, is Hordak’s punishment, and how does he feel about it?

 Could you tell me about any potential kids they might have?

 What’s something random you wanted to talk about regarding Entrapdak?

Your own SFW question?

And for those who would like to use it, Last Year's Ask Game:

[krussyarts]

Lyrics from this song~

original sketch under cut

Here's the original sketch because LOOK AT IT it's so beautiful

[joinmyfrogcult101]

last song: criminal by fiona apple (fiona the woman you are)

favorite color: i adore navy blue and dark red

last movie: the perks of being a wallflower PLEASE WATCH IT

last book: did a reread of girl in pieces (now i’m rereading a brief history of time by stephen hawking)

last tv show: gravity falls with my sister

sweet/savory/spicy: rice

relationship status: taken (9 months as of the 26th!!)

last video game: mariokart

last thing googled: cable for electric guitar -> macbook (i found one :D)

current obsession: making playlists and astrophysics

things i’m looking forward to: seeing my friend tomorrow, band rehearsal/show coming up, watching a film after this

dude idk that many people on here

@thursdaygirl-11 @howtocrashout28

Get To Know You Better Challenge Reblog:

Thanks for the tag, @cheetochild989!

I don't normally do things like this because I like to be mysterious but I have some people that I'm curious to learn about. So. I'll do some.

Last Song: Not Sorry For Loving You (From Epic!)

Favorite Color: >:) Guess

Last Book: We going fanfiction for this one:

Welcome Home Brother by OptimisticallyCynical

Last Movie: The Dark Tower (Highly Recommend)

Last TV Show: 2012TMNT (SHOCK AND AWE!!!)

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: Sweets. Mmmmmm

Relationship Status: It's complicated 👍

Last Video Game Played: Wii Sports Resort (obsessed with tennis)

Last Thing I Googled: "is it unhealthy to tranq someone consistently"

...It's safest for everyone if you don't ask questions.

Current Obsession: (You guys will NEVER guess.)

Things I'm Looking Forward To: Finally finishing What Was Lost (so close!!) and TMNT MOVIE NIGHT WITH A LONGTIME FRIEND!!

No pressure tags:

@teks-emporium @puma-or-cougar @tmntforeverinmyheart @greenlovescats @fluffyslug @juhamato

@sleepingdragon11 @ceciturtle @theintrovertedghost @truths33k3r4 @daboyau

@poetique823 @apriltellorocks @craacked-splatters @happydragondragon

+ Anyone and everyone else who wants to join! Feel free!

[sherrymagic]

Spell your url with song titles and tag as many people as there are letters

thanks @pondsphuwin for the tag, always happy to do these games!! ♡♡♡♡

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Colors - Halsey

tagging @srnileforme @spicypussywave @kess-in-the-perthchimzone @writerwithoutsound (only if you'd like to do this/haven't done this before of course! ♡)

[honeysuckle-venom]

🎶✨️when u get this u have to put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool)🎶✨️

Thank you so much for sending this! I love music asks!

I'm not going to send this to people bc I don't want people to feel pressured and also I don't have it in me to pick people rn, but I WILL turn this into a tag game! So! If you see this and want to do it, consider yourself tagged by me and feel free to say I tagged you to do this!

To pick these songs I went to my "currently listening" playlist and just shuffled it

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

underrated genre of character playlist entry: songs a character would relate to because they do not understand their situation, themself, or the song itself well enough to realize it is not accurate (and might well straight up be a callout for people like them). which song is your blorbo's fight club

[dormiloncito]

🎶✨️when you get this, put 5 songs you actually listen to, then publish. Send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶✨️

Fufi, hi!!! ☺️🫂🫂🫂

I chose these songs from my "on repeat" playlist 😋

Latin Simone (Qué pasa contigo) - Gorillaz

SleepMode - BONES

The Man Who Sold The World - Midge Ure

Life Imitates Life ‐ Quannnic

Monolith - Twin Tribes

[despite-everything]

tbh the thing i love more than packing before a trip is the tech prep i do. i add more music and new playlists to my ipod, i download a new book or two onto my kindle, i fully charge my portable battery, etc. it can be a process but i'm always so grateful i did it in the end

[hiddenbeks]

song shuffle tag

tagged by @tethris to shuffle my playlist and share the first 10 songs! thank you mars 💜

tagging @hibernationsuit @winterseeker @riikugan @disasteralien @katsigian @trebondialanna if u wanna do this!

winter (the wind can be still) - concernedape

wash my dreams away - borislav slavov

paniikki - paperi t, chisu

idemo do mene - filip baloš

a tear in the veil - borislav slavov

stockholm syndrome - muse

frozen pines - lord huron

nightsong - borislav slavov

through the fire and flames - dragonforce

divine bloodlines - trevor morris, trey toy, ari mason

[egg2k16]

I love the phenomenon where you find a new song from a new artist, n then u listen to the album the song's from, n u'll like it, n then listen to the other albums have, and still, even years later u'll still think the first song u found is the best one from the album n even from the artist's entire discography

[vmures]

On the topic of things that don't stop being awesome even as you age: putting on a playlist of songs you like to sing along with/jam out to for any reason whatsoever (you had a shit day, you're in a particular mood, you need a boost, you just want some music).

We don't think anything of doing that as kids or teens. Hell, it's generally expected that we'll listen to our music too loud and annoy the shit out of our parents. But a lot of people treat it as cringe to do the older you get. But the endorphins and power of music don't stop just because you got older. So pick out new faves and old faves, turn the volume up, and let yourself have fun with it.

Sing your heart out. Dance with wild abandon. Rage along with Rage Against the Machine. Feel your eyes well up as you belt along with "This is Me." Let yourself be transported to another place in time by the memory of the first time you heard a song.

[samwisethewitch]

Homemaking, gardening, and self-sufficiency resources that won't radicalize you into a hate group

It seems like self-sufficiency and homemaking skills are blowing up right now. With the COVID-19 pandemic and the current economic crisis, a lot of folks, especially young people, are looking to develop skills that will help them be a little bit less dependent on our consumerist economy. And I think that's generally a good thing. I think more of us should know how to cook a meal from scratch, grow our own vegetables, and mend our own clothes. Those are good skills to have.

Unfortunately, these "self-sufficiency" skills are often used as a recruiting tactic by white supremacists, TERFs, and other hate groups. They become a way to reconnect to or relive the "good old days," a romanticized (false) past before modern society and civil rights. And for a lot of people, these skills are inseparably connected to their politics and may even be used as a tool to indoctrinate new people.

In the spirit of building safe communities, here's a complete list of the safe resources I've found for learning homemaking, gardening, and related skills. Safe for me means queer- and trans-friendly, inclusive of different races and cultures, does not contain Christian preaching, and does not contain white supremacist or TERF dog whistles.

Homemaking/Housekeeping/Caring for your home:

Making It by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen [book] (The big crunchy household DIY book; includes every level of self-sufficiency from making your own toothpaste and laundry soap to setting up raised beds to butchering a chicken. Authors are explicitly left-leaning.)

Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair by Mercury Stardust [book] (A guide to simple home repair tasks, written with rentals in mind; very compassionate and accessible language.)

How To Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis [book] (The book about cleaning and housework for people who get overwhelmed by cleaning and housework, based on the premise that messiness is not a moral failing; disability and neurodivergence friendly; genuinely changed how I approach cleaning tasks.)

Gardening

Rebel Gardening by Alessandro Vitale [book] (Really great introduction to urban gardening; explicitly discusses renter-friendly garden designs in small spaces; lots of DIY solutions using recycled materials; note that the author lives in England, so check if plants are invasive in your area before putting them in the ground.)

Country/Rural Living:

Woodsqueer by Gretchen Legler [book] (Memoir of a lesbian who lives and works on a rural farm in Maine with her wife; does a good job of showing what it's like to be queer in a rural space; CW for mentions of domestic violence, infidelity/cheating, and internalized homophobia)

"Debunking the Off-Grid Fantasy" by Maggie Mae Fish [video essay] (Deconstructs the off-grid lifestyle and the myth of self-reliance)

Sewing/Mending:

Annika Victoria [YouTube channel] (No longer active, but their videos are still a great resource for anyone learning to sew; check out the beginner project playlist to start. This is where I learned a lot of what I know about sewing.)

Make, Sew, and Mend by Bernadette Banner [book] (A very thorough written introduction to hand-sewing, written by a clothing historian; lots of fun garment history facts; explicitly inclusive of BIPOC, queer, and trans sewists.)

Sustainability/Land Stewardship

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer [book] (Most of you have probably already read this one or had it recommended to you, but it really is that good; excellent example of how traditional animist beliefs -- in this case, indigenous American beliefs -- can exist in healthy symbiosis with science; more philosophy than how-to, but a great foundational resource.)

Wild Witchcraft by Rebecca Beyer [book] (This one is for my fellow witches; one of my favorite witchcraft books, and an excellent example of a place-based practice deeply rooted in the land.)

Avoiding the "Crunchy to Alt Right Pipeline"

Note: the "crunchy to alt-right pipeline" is a term used to describe how white supremacists and other far right groups use "crunchy" spaces (i.e., spaces dedicated to farming, homemaking, alternative medicine, simple living/slow living, etc.) to recruit and indoctrinate people into their movements. Knowing how this recruitment works can help you recognize it when you do encounter it and avoid being influenced by it.

"The Crunchy-to-Alt-Right Pipeline" by Kathleen Belew [magazine article] (Good, short introduction to this issue and its history.)

Sisters in Hate by Seyward Darby (I feel like I need to give a content warning: this book contains explicit descriptions of racism, white supremacy, and Neo Nazis, and it's a very difficult read, but it really is a great, in-depth breakdown of the role women play in the alt-right; also explicitly addresses the crunchy to alt-right pipeline.)

These are just the resources I've personally found helpful, so if anyone else has any they want to add, please, please do!

[anartistlostinthecosmos]

current fixation: making ship playlists for my own ocs that literally only I and like two of my friends care about

some personal favorites -

MALACHITE (Alistair/Ichiro Kato x Nadine/Mayu Kato) - An arranged marriage couple who eventually fall in love. Their playlist is headlined with "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" by the Shirelles because they spend a lot of their early years seeming so close to being lovers yet never making it past the sunrise.

A few more important songs -

"What You Won't Do For Love" by Bobby Caldwell - I chose this song for them because Nadine is, in the beginning and out of the two the most focused on cultivating some love or relationship with Alistair, even if not romantic.

"Two Lovers" by Mary Wells - This song represents how Alistair, a successful businessman who grew up without a father is very cold at times. There's an anger beneath his surface that we see reflected even at Nadine early on in their relationship. However, there's a sweet side of them that wants to be a good friend and a good husband to her. She regularly notes how he can be so rigid and irritable at times and yet so sweet and loving at others. As time passes, he moves away from his angry nature as he makes peace with some of his traumas, but this song best exemplifies their relationship at first, where it feels like she has two lovers in one man.

"Mayonaka No Door/Stay With Me" by Miki Matsubara - I mainly picked this song because the pair realizes soon on that the only people that they can truly be themselves with are each other. They make their own terms for how to live together and realize how much they care for and need each other. They comfort one another and build their own peace. (this is a very loose interpretation compared to some of the others I have here but it works to me)

"Lean On Me" by Bill Withers - Nadine is a very forgiving individual who tries her best to give people second chances. As a result, she's quickly tired. Alistair is very quick to defend her and let her depend on him because while she's very strong and can defend herself, it's not always easy for her to do so given the time period (1910s).

RUBELLITE (Rouge/Asmoth Allard x Colette de Valois) - A pair of business partners who finally get together after years of pining. Their relationship is best explained with the first five songs -

"Let's Get Married" by Jagged Edge - This song is partly there as a gag and partly serious because the tone of the song makes me laugh but it is really fitting for this couple. One of them, Rouge, was always very eager at the idea of getting married to his partner, Colette, and suggested it practically the moment they got together.

"Mona Lisa" by Nat King Cole - He always wanted to see past Colette's cold, untouchable surface. Always wanted to understand her, almost like how one wants to understand a painting when one can't ask the painter. He's a half-demon and she is a half-angel, which sets them apart further in his eyes because a part of him worries that he'll never understand her because they're too different. "Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa? Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?" - Is she really as cold as she seems or is there more behind her calculated surface?

"This Is For The Lover In You" by Shalamar - They always brought out the softer and warmer parts of each other, the lover in each other. It's also again a reference to the marriage thing, "This ring means I'll always be true" It also represents the trust they give each other and the promises they make to one another.

"Somethin' Stupid" by Frank & Nancy Sinatra - This song best represents their relationship before they get together. He loves her and tells her this often, but often is met with her rejection. She doesn't entirely believe him, and can't admit that she feels the same because she doesn't want to be hurt. Specifically this bit: "The time is right, your perfume fills my head, the stars get red, and oh, the night's so blue" really aligns with how Rouge is love-drunk on her and always finds himself professing how he feels even though the result is yet to change.

"My Cherie Amour" by Stevie Wonder - This song mainly felt fitting because their main story takes place in France. I also felt the loving and doting voice of the song fits one of the characters and how he feels about his partner. In the song, the narrator hasn't met the girl he sings about. Part of the reason I chose this song is because it represents Colette's coldness and how it seems like she knows so much of him yet he hardly knows her at all. They spend a lot of time together and she knows him better than anybody else, yet he can't say the same for her for a long time. Example bit: "My Cherie amour, lovely as a summer day, my Cherie amour, distant as the Milky Way"

ok I'm done thanks if you actually read that rambling