#its bringing people joy!

[reading-writing-dying]

Thinking about it and I'm pretty sure writing and posting fanfiction is one of the healthiest things I've done for myself in the last year

[ironwoman359]

SO turns out the OP of the repost of this tiktok was a terf too so here's the video on its own without any weird gender comments and terf baggage.

And here's the collector's tiktok while we're at it, check her out if you want to see more of the cool stuff she has in her room.

[shanastoryteller]

so I'm working on the outline for the "sam hunts in college" au because I have no self control/am cursed and like

a huge chunk of the support structure of this fic is the constant comparison of dean and jess and what each means to sam. and it's obvious and visceral and constant since she's not a dead concept but a living person stealing dean's fries

and it was supposed to be gen but at this point it's like. this is way more creepy and uncomfortable if they don't want to fuck actually

[rhiangalaxy]

Plant baby sy gives me so much life. Thank you for drawing everything that you do, it brightens my day. I'd be really stoked if you continued drawing more of the plant baby au. I am curious to know about the upcoming abyss situation. Will sy dive into the abyss after Binghe?

Thank you so much! Glad you're enjoying this little au of mine :D Regarding the Abyss, the Immortal Alliance Conference is actually part of the next big installment to plant baby sy that I plan on working on! (It could end up being multiple parts so bear with me as it may take awhile ╮(╯▽╰)╭) So while I can't answer any major spoilers as to if anyone extra enters the Abyss just yet, here's a lil' doodle of some of the characters for the introductory piece of the conference :>

[ID: A Scum Villain doodle. All characters drawn in chibi style. Depicts Plant!Yuan standing and smiling brightly with his eyes closed between Gongyi Xiao and Luo Binghe, all during their late disciple days. His demonic butterfly rests on his ponytail. GYX to the left of SY also smiles brightly with one closed hand raised up slightly. To the right of SY, LBH looks towards SY with a flushed :3 face, and another demonic butterfly on his ponytail as well. End ID]

[ifr1t]

The reason why some people hate Deadpool & Wolverine so much is because they went into it expecting an X-Men movie and not a Deadpool one

[the-grays-of-ink]

Me? Having a phase? No . . .

I have most definitely not been having a phase

[ratatatastic]

I love katie so dearly do you understand that

[epicfirestormer]

Guess who's playing Steamworld Heist 2 and isn't being normal about it

[infiniteorangethethird]

[gently holding the hands of those who mourn the loss of their dream futures after they realized they are aro] you're still allowed to do all those things you wanted. You can still find yourself a lifelong partner, you can still dedicate yourself to another person, you can still share your life with someone you deeply care about. You're allowed to date and you're allowed to be in relationships with people and you can still form those deep bonds without romantic attraction. You don't need romantic attraction to do all those fun couple-y things alloro people do. You're allowed to parttake in that fun if that's what you want to do.

You can still have your dream future. You just need someone who's willing to have it with you.

[whistler-king]

that little farm where every wish comes true by HangmanBradshaw

“You’re unbe-leaf-able.” “You’re a sap.” “And you look radish-ing.”

[lesbiansforeddiediaz]

Chris loves Eddie. Chris might be mad and not sure how to deal with how he feels right now (due to being 14 and also his grandparents very specifically not helping him) but he loves his father and misses him. Being separated from his father and not given any tools to actually work through his grief and confusion and anger is not just something that is hurting Eddie, it's bad for Chris too.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

idk why, but your art is the image my browser uses for tumblr, which means I get to look at it all the time~

Tumblr said “you need a silly little guy to wave at you” and boy howdy is that silly guy waving.

[greenerteacups]

Hello GT, I absolutely love Lionheart!

I published my first fic and have been dealing with some criticism; it’s not anythjng super hateful, but it’s not anything meant to make me improve either. I’ve been feeling sort of down because of it. My question is: have you ever dealt with hate or criticism before? What is your attitude towards it?

I find your work and answers on here super insightful and inspiring! I hope you have a nice day ❤️

Fuck em. Like, seriously, just fuck em. There's a time and place for writers to take critique and be strict with themselves; it's necessary for any artist to grow. That place is with a chosen group of creatives whose work you admire and whose judgment you trust. A rando on the Internet, while they may in fact be the next Marcel Proust, probably isn't. And I was raised to believe that while it's appropriate and kind to pay compliments to strangers when they're performing — just as you'd smile at a busker on the sidewalk, and or compliment a chalk artist — it's not appropriate to criticize them when what they do isn't to your tastes. They're providing you with their art for free. No one forced you to read it; no one forced you to listen. If you don't like it, it costs $0 to shut the fuck up.

Also — that thing I said about artists taking critique? That assumes that you're doing this out of a desire to improve your writing, which, while noble, is not actually a thing you need to do if you're a hobby writer. I like trying to improve; it makes me feel good. But at the end of the day, I do this for fun. I do this because in my real job, I am ruthless and self-critical and try really fucking hard to do well, and you need parts of your life that Aren't Like that. You need parts of your life where you're not worrying about whether you're Doing It Right. And living without that anxiety of critique is, paradoxically, the only way you'll find the artistic courage to take risks and develop new skills. Everyone is a little bit rough around the edges to begin with. (Not saying you're a beginner — you merely said "publish," and I certainly wrote a lot of things before I started publishing! But every artist is always trying to develop new skills and techniques; in the grand scope of things, we're all beginners.) Giving someone blunt critique when they're in the beginning phases of their journey as an artist is about as helpful as screaming at your six-year-old kid because he can't swim the butterfly.

And the thing is, these people will bluster and say "well, I'm just being honest, I'm just trying to be helpful," but like: mmmmmmno, you're not! You're not. And it's disingenuous to say so. Because if you were actually trying to be helpful, you would introduce yourself, offer your skills as an editor/beta reader, and start building the relationship of trust that grounds any meaningful co-creative partnership. People do not just accept random critique that comes flying at them from the blue nowhere. And issuing it in that form is the best way to make them hostile, defensive, and unreceptive to it. Delivering harsh feedback without a context of care and support is almost sure to fail as a method of actually changing behavior, and either (1) you know that, and are doing it anyway — presumably because you want people to know how Terribly Clever and Better At Writing you are, or (2) you sincerely have never thought about the effect that context and word choice have on how other people receive your meaning.

Which tells me you are the last fucking person on the planet I want writing advice from.

[abirddogmoment]

not to be dramatic but it makes my heart soar to watch my dog enjoy something i put effort into providing for her

[weirdmageddon]

how do people even find partners. i dont want a bullshit answer, like really

[pomegranateplumes]

How dare he be so pretty >:(

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