#jestershark

[lich-witch]

"when you get this, put 5 songs you actually listen to, then publish. send this ask to 10 of your favorites!"

Tagged by @bethne

"Somewhere a Judge" by Hop Along

"Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales" by Car Seat Headrest

"Low Flying Jets" by Heatmiser

"Human Touch" by Pond

"Onions" by The Mountain Goats

uhhhhhhhh. i don't know that many people um. @cytherean-sunset @duel1971 @rox-and-prose @jestershark

not that you need it or anything but you hereby have my permission to ignore this if you find it mildly annoying. also if you're reading this and i didn't tag you but you wanna do it then you're welcome to treat this as me tagging you regardless of how well i know you

[sixohsixoheightfourtwo]

15 people 15 questions

tagged in this meme a few weeks ago by @isaksbestpillow!! here we go

1. are you named after anyone?

My first name is the name of a specific figure from UK history! someone a lot of uk people have heard of, but it's unusual to actually have this as a name. I get some incredulity and some people who politely ask where i'm from. I have to say i'm not 100% sure what answer they're expecting.

My tumblr url is a B-52s song which seemed somehow relevant back in uhhh 2013 or whenever it was.

2. when was the last time you cried?

I thinkkkk possibly when i was doing my taxes back in january. These days I tend to cry from stress and anger and frustration but it's really bad for me because once I start I find it VERY hard to stop, it makes my emotions spiral, I get more and more upset, so I really have to squash it down. For me crying is not cathartic, it just ruins the day.

3. do you have kids?

No - BUT - I have a lot of much younger cousins - and I babysit them & help with childcare fairly often so I am quite used to kids. Fortunately my cousins think i'm super fun

4. what sports do you play/have you played?

I am extremely noncompetitive! I was terrible at team sports at school and also had terrible hand-eye coordination. I have been at times an OK swimmer and I played a lot of table tennis in my last couple of years of school with the other four or five people who'd been deemed too useless for netball etc. As an adult I do youtube yoga, I periodically do app-based running stuff like Zombies Run or Nike Run Club. Ideally I'd like to go every day on like a 5 mile walk in an interesting location with a reasonable amount of ascent and descent but in a city it's hard to orchestrate that. Also I put my little cousins on my shoulders and get them to direct me where to go so they can learn the difference between left and right

5. do you use sarcasm?

I think I actually don't! Maybe a little bit sometimes. I tend to me more uhhh. pedantic and literal. tend to deconstruct .

6. what’s the first thing you notice about people?

uhhhhh probably skin texture . or haircut . or I look at their clothes. i don't know . sounds creepy. sorry.

7. what’s your eye color??

I think if you average it out it's brownish / greenish . think filippo berio bottle . maybe a bit browner / greyer than that. I tried to take a picture but it only confused me. Also when you look close enough at someone's eyes you might get flecks of like eight different colours.

8. scary movies or happy endings?

I do watch and enjoy scary movies and I have learned that I have a higher tolerance for them than some people BUT if I must pick between the two - I am team happy ending.

9. any talents ?

Little bit doublejointed! Can play a little bit of ukulele. Good memory. Good cook. Can make cocktails .

10. where were you born?

London, UK

11. what are your hobbies?

cooking, language learning, walking. Tumblr . opening new browser tabs . I'm getting some wine qualifications which is partly work related partly hobby.

12. do you have any pets?

no but my sister & her partner just got a dog and I do feel I am now an auntie

13. how tall are you?

167 cm I think? i think that's 5 ft 6? normal amount.

14. favourite subject in school?

probably languages ........... honestly I don't remember. unfortunately I had a thirst for knowledge and enjoyed most subjects.

15. dream job?

What I do now (print media production work, magazine production work) is pretty good for me

I'm going to do what @isaksbestpillow did and tag the last 15 people in my notes, that seems fun. no obligation obviously! @rociopath @fizzbuzzbananagram @magicmarker @autisticmisabel @starburger @the-omnishambles @itsmapes @youvegotaluckyface @misterhaderach @jestershark @lanninglurksnomore @sirquacklesdefoof @tracybaconnnn @321claratin @alien-ally

[ialpiriel]

watched carrie (1976) tonight with @duel1971 and @jestershark and man. i just wanna give her a little treat. treat that kid better. thats my new daughter.

[justasmalltownorb]

@jestershark

stellar graffiti near my apartment

[lich-witch]

@jestershark thank you. i'm teaching him how to be cool like me.

[modpix-blog]

Well done steak kid??? You like chewing on rubber?

yes

[yahargul]

jestershark replied to your post: whenever i see someone go ‘i’m starting to read...

Do you have a recommended translation??

there’s not a completed alternative, unfortunately, i think partially due to the e** translators throwing a fit about anyone else taking on this work, but i have a few links here that cover pretty much all of the book although you might have to hop between different translators but it’s worth it, especially if you want to read the nsfw chapters with as minimal discomfort as possible (that is to say, the original author is really not blameless in how these scenes play out, but the e** translator bias makes the scenes 10x worse)

[anneapocalypse]

2 and 6 for the drop, 5 for the whole drop/fall/Landing?

Cut for spoilers and for length!

2. Which scene was your favorite to write in The Drop?

God, it’s been a long time. I don’t know if I could pick one favorite scene–there are a lot that I enjoyed, and it was so long ago it’s hard to remember which was my favorite at the time. I know I really enjoyed writing both shaving scenes, the one on one match with Tex, and maybe most of all the scene where Sigma lets Maine see the truth about how the fragments were created.

6. Which scenes did you cut, and which were added in The Drop?

Haha oh man, I had to go back to an old pre-scrivener file to find my cuts for The Drop. There’s over 6K in there but not all of it is straight cuts, some of it is stuff I rewrote and just archived the original versions to have them.

There’s one particular scene I cut from early in the fic with Maine and Connie, where they’re talking (well, mostly Connie’s talking) about terraforming and glassing. It was neat and I did like it, but I cut it for several reasons: 1) It pulled in some worldbuilding that is not from Halo but from Robinson’s Mars trilogy (regarding the colonization of Mars) and though I don’t think it’s incompatible with Halo canon, there was really no reason to have it in this fic and it was kind of apropos of nothing; 2) the final bit of dialogue was a little too philosophical for Maine and didn’t really fit the characterization I was building for him overall; and 3) there just wasn’t any good place for that scene, even if I’d fixed 1 and 2, and it didn’t add much to the story.

I also cut a brief bit of dialogue where Carolina and Maine are talking about the Insurrectionists and how it’s odd they think about them more than the Covenant. I cut it because it was a little too on-the-nose and too early in the timeline for Carolina to be voicing that kind of concern about their mission.

I wrote a ton of sexy bits for that fic and just cut the stuff I didn’t need, which was a lot. I cut a lot of bits and pieces I wrote when I was first playing with the idea of the idea of the trilogy and I hadn’t solidified my Maine voice yet.

As for what I added, it’s been so long that I don’t remember much of when I wrote what’s in the final draft. I do know that a few chapters got heavy re-writes, most notably any chapter involving combat.

5. Did you make an outline for the whole trilogy? Did you stick to it?

Oh my god, I would’ve died without outlines. I would’ve have written a single damn chapter without outlines.

That said, my outlines change constantly. If after The Landing is posted in its entirety I showed you my first outline for the trilogy you would laugh. There are things you don’t figure out (at least I don’t) until you’re deep in the story, character insights you have along the way, beats you realize you want to hit, and things change. That’s how it goes. And I’ve learned over the course of this Process that if ever I get stuck writing, I probably need to go back and re-outline.

[parziivale]

FANBRUARY CONTINUES with @closertohomewebcomic‘s / @jestershark‘s Sam!

[modpix-blog]

@jestershark

fuck it im posting it anyway Digital love silly shark sunday🤭💓💞

[ialpiriel]

jestershark replied to your post: every time someones liek “if you have a farm youll...

As a tried and true city gay I cannot relate

being up w the sun is so NICE i feel like a real human being when im allowed to set my own schedule and it means i can go to bed early and get up early

[sickslickman]

jestershark:

I'm kinkshaming

rUDE

[aprilthoughts-gov]

@closertohomewebcomic @jestershark

Can't wait to see what's going on with this!

[modpix-blog]

@jestershark @adeadlemonliving

Carmine and Kieran my beloveds

Theyre the siblings ever

[sharkdrawers]

Here are the first 3 pages of my patron-only comic "8.7 light years away and 10 years earlier" - it's a gay comic about many things but mostly about hooking up with your high school ex. 

you can read updates to it over here: https://patreon.com/jestershark 

eventually it will also be a pdf

[vulpixisananimal]

When you turn your siblings into octolings

@adeadlemonliving @jestershark