#just me doing my one gifset every 500 years thing

[cornflowershade]

“If I don’t get to date, no one gets to date either!” (Solution: date each other.)

Idk if this has been giffed before, but Sound’s facial reaction just sends me haha. *Is Win alright? Please untie me* -> they're still tied up. fyi.

+ bonus

[inacatastrophicmind]

i just finished reading all that's left is hurt and what a brilliant story. all the pain and heartbreak you put me through was so worth it, so thank you for all the hard work you put into the story.

so i've got a small question because i really want to write my own destiel fic, and i hope my question doesn't come as mean, and i was wondering, how do you deal with your fics not being popular enough? your fic is amazing and it has less that 10k hits, so like, how do you find the motivation to put so much work when you see that you're not getting many hits? i know it's not the most important thing when it comes to writting, but knowing that what i write will probably flop kind of fills me with dread, so how do you find the motivation to keep writting even when your fic is not as popular and you might've hoped it to be?

i would really like to know your thoughts on this (and i really hope i didn't offend you)

First of all, you didn't offend me, anon, so don't worry. And second of all, I'm glad you enjoyed my fic :')

Okay, so to your questions. I would be lying if I said that I don't sometimes get disappointed when I see any of my stories aren't as popular as I hoped them to be. When I started writing Destiel fics and publishing them, I was always so jealous of those other fics that got so damn popular and people talked about them, because I wanted to create a story that made people talk about it, I wanted my story to be one of those that you see everyone recommend on Tumblr, a story that people think about 24/7, a story that inspires people to create fanart. Hell, I still want that, because as a writer, I want my stories to impact people in some way, just like my favorite Destiel fics have also impacted me in a way.

But as I've gotten older, I've realized that my stories impact people. Maybe it's not the kind of stuff that makes people create posts, or gifsets, or fanart, it's not a fic that everyone recognizes by name alone, but it impacts them to leave kudos, to leave some comments and to subscribe to my story because they're invested in it and want to know how it ends. And yeah, maybe it's just only 10 people or maybe it's 500 people instead of thousands of people as it happens with a lot of other stories, but even if it's just 1 single person who it's moved by my story, it's still fucking awesome. Something I created got an impact on someone. Someone, out there, enjoyed what I did.

And yeah, maybe sometimes you spend so much time and do a lot of hard work to write something and it can be heartbreaking to see that your craft doesn't connect with people. Sometimes life is like that, unfortunately. You put all your heart and work into something and it is still not enough. But I can tell you that it will be enough for at least one person, and I've learnt that even when it's only one person who comments on your story, who praises it, it's more than enough. There was one story that I wrote that I only showed to one person, and every comment he gave me about it was a boost of serotonin for me.

So yeah, writing is scary and hard. You pour so much of your heart into that craft, so it can be heartbreaking to see that barely anyone reads it or likes it, but I promise you that writing also can feel amazing. I still love writing about Dean and Cas after 10 years doing so. I still love the process, even if sometimes it can be scary. But I love writing so damn much. I feel free when I write. So if you also feel that way, I highly encourage you to write your fic and post it. It might be scary and difficult sometimes, but I promise you that the moment you see just one person leaving you a comment, even if it just consists on exclamation points, you'll find yourself smiling and you'll know that maybe you're not the most popular author, but you're still good enough.

[tarnussy]

Bit of a DIY year in review from your resident Stormveil dweller here. Soon-to-be Elden Lord for the first time.

No Steam review from me with that questionable toxic relationship line everyone is getting, but here is my year in review regardless. I am only posting this for myself mainly.

I have also shown these at some point this year (with less hours), so no changes in characters, just my self-insert Tarnished and Godrick. I nearly opened this game every day with a few exceptions since I first played it in February (honorable mention to being utterly smitten with it since release, even though I couldn't play it at the time for a whole year).

My main and first gameplay is the one with over 500 hours, and yes, I still have not finished my first playthrough. I am on Elden Beast though, and I know I want to gif parts of it because I'm doing a DIY Age of Grafting with everyone essentially being dead except Godrick (plus Rannald sitting underground forever, good for her).

I also don't know what outfit to wear for the final cutscene that would make sense for the ending I'm doing, I have a lot of contenders. Plus I am in no rush, I play this game to be immersed in it, to collect my little plants and to loot the same areas over and over while taking my little grafted silly guy with me - and Godrick's summon made this game 500x better, even though it was already my favourite before that.

I have multiple playthroughs because I like to be able to access every single area and boss in case I decide to make a gifset or post, without having to spend hours to fight my way across the map to a boss I wanna gif but already fought. Therefore, Rivers of Blood my beloved, it is a gifmaker's / virtual photographer's best friend if you want to clear out an area fast for footage. Makes me sad how I feel anxious even to include it in posts bc I know how hard people tend to go off on players who use it, even if you play offline.

Other favourites are: Meteoric Ore blade, Crystal sword, Lordsworn Straight sword, St. Trina's sword, Eleonora's poleblade. None of these were tainted by gamerbros (unlike RoB and Moonveil), I went in absolutely blind when it came to weapons and I used what I genuinely liked and like to this day. My fav kind of magic is gravity magic.

One thing I am sad about is the gameplay timer, and the fact that it stops at 999 hours played. That will probably be the only thing that will stop me from continuing my very first playthrough on my main character. I must track the playtime at all times. We'll see.

Oh I guess it won't hurt if I mention that ER is my first Souls game, and it was nowhere near as hard and scary as people tend to tell that to new players. It was fine, save for late game areas. But I guess it also helped that I came to open world fantasy games from survival horror games, so getting my ass kicked was just normal. Now of course I'm so used to the keyboard settings on this game that I can't even go back to other games like TW3 at the moment because my brain just can't comprehend it. I constantly want to double jump with the horse in other games.

Yeah I could go on for hours just talking about what comes to mind, but that is enough I believe. Favourite game. Thank you Godrick for terrorizing my Souls-virgin ass with your cutscene when I had no context or idea about anything at all. Seeing your cutscene and fight made me say it out loud that I'll never play this game and that I didn't see the appeal. Biggest clown shit I've ever said in my life, look at me now 🤡 I'm running out of face paint.

[snowstark]

taking prompts!

hello! we’re now nearing the end of the year! 2021 was kinda Crazy™️ but spending time on this blog brightened difficult times <3 i’ve been doing a lot of experimenting with fandom (my unofficial official part-time job) — writing fics, making moodboards, creating gifsets. they’ve all brought me so much joy, and so have all of you. i’ve been so lucky to meet so many talented people in this fandom, and i’m shocked & proud that i’ve reached a 1.7k follower milestone!

to show my appreciation for all of you, i spent a few hours going through the fandom’s works and finding some of my personal favourite creations from mutuals/friends that i think deserve a lot of love! ♥️ all of these works and their creators are listed under the cut, so go show them some love!

lastly, i wanted to celebrate the end of 2021, the beginning of a new year, and my follower milestone by either: writing a ~500 word ficlet, making a moodboard, or making a gifset for anyone who’d like one! you can also send me a ⭐️ and i’ll surprise you!

i’ll also take prompts from any of the following prompt lists (again, ~500 words): enemies to lovers with fake dating / enemies to lovers flirting / hero x villain dialogue / suggestive sentence starters [nff] / spicy enemies to lovers [nff] / bodyguard prompts / villain dialogue. just specify which list your prompt is from!

if you’ve been here on my blog for a while, you probably know the type of stuff i like to write. i’m open to a lot of ships and pairings — you can find more information about here. the only things i ask that you don’t prompt from me are: angst, mental health related topics, nff littlespace, underaged, extreme depictions of non-con, bottom!tony x top!peter (power bottom is okay) and mpreg/having kids! if anything else comes up and i find that i can’t create for it, i’ll let you know! if you’re curious about my past works, check out my masterlist!

thank you and i hope you all have a fantastic end to this year, and a great beginning to the new one! ♥️

a - f

@authoressofdarkness: angel series @carelessannie: take a drink with me @css1992: guilty pleasure @darker-soft-starker: lanterns burning, flickered in the mind (only you) @fearlesstarker: bodyguard!tony

g - m

@goindownshipping: stony and stars @honeybunpeter: spying!tony @im-a-goner-foryou: lily’s entire masterlist idc @itfeelssogoodmrstark: sim!tony edit @moodyships: bad habit @lemonpeter: tender @longlivestarker: so good for me, babydoll @muse-of-gods: first date

n - z

@peterrparrkerr: human pet series @pretty-well-funded: condition (i.e. bare concrete room) @professional-benaddict: depression @questionablewritings: the itsy bitsy spider @shippingaddictbaby: itsy bitsy spider, why play the hero? @sinditia: the sky’s the beginning + any and all mafia fics @starkentrprises: push red (every time you phone me) @starkerforlife6969: Hey Baby, Slip between my Beta-Pleats and get to know my Alpha-Helix? @starkerhead: favour from a stranger @starkerhuh: lab partners @starkeristheendgame: gilead's prized lamb @starkerscoop: three of a kind @starker-sorbet: modern royalty au @starker1975: give yourself a try @thegreenmetblue: sim!peter + all little!peter moodboards @the-mad-starker: untitled royalty fic @vaguekiwi: on the edge of virtue @winterironspiderling: disorder @winterthal: tony saving peter gifset @90minsofscreentime: this beautiful piece of art!!

[jameszmaguire]

4, 23, 40

CJ coming through to feed my sudden appetite to be chatty about gifmaking, I appreciate you so, thank you for indulging me <33

4. A set that flopped but deserved better

It's interesting, because I just went through my gifmaking tag and just. Seeing my own interests of the past five years reflected back at me through time lovingly spent on making gifsets of them. I feel warmth for myself here tonight. And there's a lot of sets that would be nice to have more notes, but a lot of them I make knowing there's not much of a target audience on here anyway, and thus am not expecting them to crack 500 or even 100. However. I maintain that my gifset of Mako and Raleigh from Pacific Rim just looking at each other while trying to kick each others ass deserves better. Fun fact: this was actually made literal years before it was posted, waaaaaay back when I had just learned to gif, and the fact I still deemed it postable is a minor miracle tbh.

23. What is the thing you gif when you don’t have anything else you want to gif?

Usually Umbrella Academy and just specifically any Five acting moments I enjoy, mostly because I have the caps for the show ready and stored away. Getting the frames and chossing moments and getting them to fit into a specific frame count is always my least favourite part of gifmaking, so the fact that TUA has a lot less of that hurdle makes it very compelling to be as a destressing gifmaking go-to. Also Derry Girls, but the Discourse that happened around S3 as well as just a more hit or miss quality of episodes than I was used to, plus just the steadily declining engagement us gifmakers get really makes me focus on what I want to gif in any given moment, giffing for me rather than anyone else.

40. Why do you make gifs?

This is a good one, I love you for sending me this. I just love how gifmaking makes me engage with a piece of media. It leads to me looking at it more clearly, more precisely. I start to pick up patterns in the filmmaking, I can appreciate the acting better, and I get to keep a bit of it moving on my blog, so I don't have to go back to it every time I want to see a specific moment. It relaxes me and is the perfect activity to do when watching a video essay or something similar in the background. To me, it really is a way to appreciate and interact with a piece of media that I love on a different level where I get to pull it apart a little bit and try to figure out how it works, how it stands in relation to itself, to other media. Sometimes, I get to gif things for other people and try to make them smile, so it's a very beloved activity for me.

Gifmaking asks?

[fireandiceland]

-End of the year review-

Thank you for the tag @kitaychan! I was already thinking about making an end of the year/new year post but now this is the perfect opportunity :D

1. What fandoms did you create for?

I only created stuff for Hetalia this year :)

2. How many works did you make this year? Fics (posted on ao3 or tumblr or wherever), edits, gifsets, moodboards, playlists, fanart, vids, meta?

I recently collected all the drabbles from my nsfw account in a google doc and that alone is overwhelming.. I posted 8 fics on ao3, a total of 21 drabbles on tumblr (on this blog and @fireandspiceland), I made 2 playlists on spotify (but didn't make posts for them) and 2 moodboards! Oh and I cosplayed as Norway and Kugelmugel (but I only posted one edit of me as Nor).

3. What are you most proud of?

There's a lot of things I'm proud of! I'll try to name a few:

I actually kept up with writing for more than 6 months now :D I tend to start hobbies but not keep up with them on long term, so this is kinda big for me.

I went out of my comfort zone a LOT this year. Posting the things I write, joining discord servers and actually talking to the people there, and making friends both there and here on tumblr! You might think I'm an outgoing person, but I always put off posting my fics out of fear of critisism and it's not that easy for me to make the first step and ask someone for their discord or message them.

I started creating my own universe with it's own laws for my fic How'd I ever get so lost? It's my first 'big' project with multiple chapters that are telling one connected story and there's some world building involved that I invested a lot of thought into.

4. Any stats you wanna tell us about?

Here's some numbers I guess! I only had this blog for 8 month, I recently reached 200 followers, and my most popular work on ao3 is about to have 500 hits. ^-^

5. What inspired you this year? Any specific works or creators?

Almost everything I created last year was inspired by a song from one of the playlists I made or by other people's art or AUs.. I also had some very inspiring and interesting talks with mutuals and then there's the requests I get! The sheer amount of content that there is in this fandom and that people keep creating is firing my own imagination and without it I wouldn't be able to create the things I did and do. Tagging everone would go beyond the scope, but my biggest inspirations this year were..

@breitzbachbea who is always ready to support my with her historical knowledge and do some brainstorming on discord <3 from our talks I learned a lot about topics I never knew I would be interested in!

@plz-let-me-nap and her SuFin blog! Our talks inspired some great AU's (that I still haven't made posts about) and simping for the nordics is a lot more fun as a group activity <3

@kitaychan with her amazing writing style and stories that leave you begging for the next chapter. Her thoughtful comments had/have a big influence on How'd I ever get so lost? <3

@modernday-jay who introduced me to mint chocolate (my beloved) <3 and is always giving me food for thought with his posts and his characterisation of Allen.

@ironicorange with his stalker Alfred AU and @neon-spirals with his Arthur and his tentacle boyfriend AU. I just had to mention these two because I love these AU's and it's amazing to be able to contribute something to them <3

6. What’s a piece you didn’t expect to make? Why?

Every single drabble on @fireandspiceland! If half a year ago you told me I would be fullfilling requests for nsfw drabbles, I would have thought you were insane.

7. What are you excited to work on next year?

Well it's this year now, but I'm looking forward to continuing the demon Arthur AU! I have lots of ideas for it and can't wait to flesh them out more. What I also want to do is get more into the teenage dirtbag AU and the bible camp AU. I love both of them dearly and I think there's lots of dynamics between the characters to explore in the future.

Tag some people!

Many people are already tagged above, but I also would like to tag @amber-isnt-a-precious-stone @starflight-blog @j-ellyfish @koolkat9 @cocasoula who are very dear mutuals who I love seeing around and interacting with.

[kalemakar]

Hi guys! I hit a small milestone of 500 followers and I wanted to celebrate! I can’t believe that y’all would follow me but I’m happy y’all are here and I am so grateful for each and every one of you. I have met so many wonderful, talented and nice people on here and tumblr really did become one of my safe spaces because of you guys. So without further ado here’s my little celebration!

this is just for my followers as this is a follower celebration 

please keep in mind that i’m in my most stressful year of high school so this celebration may last a really long time so bear with me!

I’ll have a list of movies and shows y’all can pick from but if you have something else in mind and you think i watched it you can request it just have a backup show or movie from my list!

send me a 🎁 with a few fandoms/characters you like and i will make a surprise gifset for you

send me a 💖 with whatever specific giffing request you’d like (like idk a character with a specific quote or song lyrics or like colorful or overlays go wild tell me what you want)

send me ✨ and I will tell you my top five favorite gifsets of yours and why! (with a reblog bc yes)

shows and movies: marvel (most shows and movies), wonder woman, 911, 911 lone star, merlin, the witcher, julie and the phantoms, avatar: the last airbender, the legend of korra, the old guard, the umbrella academy, how to get away with murder, schitt’s creek, b99 (been a long time), enola holmes, new girl, stranger things

aight here’s the part where i’m sappy to some of my wonderful mutuals:

@embeddedinmybrain tasfia ma’am you’re amazing and i’m so happy your in my life even tho we don’t talk that much anymore

@strandtk thai you’re a saint with me thank you so much for listening to me about anything (from 911 to heavier topics, youre always there so thank you) and i enjoying talking to you so much <3333 

@arthurpendragonns maria you’re an angel and i’m so glad i get to be friends with such an amazing person. talking to you is a highlight of my days and im glad youre in my life <3 i hope we continue to talk because i really do enjoy our convos 

@earthlingeliott my wife, thank you for being there ik we dont talk much bc life but you’re such a delight to talk to and you put up with my dramatics so thank you babe 

@agathaharknss valentina! ma’am i feel like i can come to you for anything and while our conversations are not great in number, i love texting you. youre an inspiration with all your lovely gifs and I cant wait to interact with you more 

@katnisseverden fizzy ily and imy and youre such a kind big sister presence in my life 

@suburbanenigma carmen ilyyy youre always in my notifs and i enjoy seeing you on my dash! youre so funny and sweet! 

@lesbeanfatou clara ily and thank you so much for talking to me even tho i have long buffers between our texts. youre a lovely person!!

@danispowell heyyy aurore i love screaming with you about 911 and lonestar and oure my giffing pal because you helped me sm 

@sailors-moon vicky i loved talking to you about 911 and lonestar our talks were iconic and i cant wait to talk to you even more 

@tsjernobyl thank you so much emma for creating mega links for me and youre so energetic and fun and i love seeing you on my dash <3

@annabeth182 girl youre here bc i love u ok britney youre literally one of the best friends i have currently and thats not an exaggeration. talking to you makes me feel safe in numerous ways. i feel like i can talk to you anything, whether the topic is heavy or light like our marvel convos. youre wonderful and ily

mutuals i admire from afar because you guys are so talented with your creations and seem so nice: 

@miriammaisel @officereyes @onceandfuturehimbo @chris-evans @merlinsprat @jakeperalta @laracovinskys @deckerschloe @elenasyd @madisonreyes @timothyolyphant @julie-molinas  @tkstrrand @reyescarlos and so many other people (that I can’t remember because I did this part on my phone)!

[namtanlovesfilm]

Hey axelle! I hope you're doing well. The reason I'm writing you today is cause I had some ideas bouncing in my head and would really appreciate if you had some advice with regards to it seeing as you are indeed our queen. I have a small little blog and sometimes I make some content on it however many a times I get really discouraged if my gifsets don't do that well or seeing some other creator post a similar gifset and seeing it bode real well with the audience. One more thing that discourages me is some of the creators are so dedicated and so consistent and so amazing at their work that I feel like I cannot even make a dent in the community with my small posts. I know it's all stupid and we're all just having fun but I would still like some advice if you have on how to deal with this stupid shit.. Ignore me if it sounds like I'm just ramble-ranting here. Anyways hope you have a nice day and thanks in advanve x

hi anon! oof... I felt this message in my soul! everything you've described, I've felt myself at some point too. and I don't think you & I are the exception at all tbh. for some advice... frankly it took me SO long to let go of the metrics. basically I had been a small ass blog for so long, and then over the course of a month I more than doubled my following count and knew growth that I'd never experienced before, which frankly got to my head. I was OBSESSED with metrics, so much so that even the period when my blog was thriving the most (during why r u, 2gether & my engineer airing back to back) I was CONVINCED that a post getting 500 notes was flopping. like WHAT lmao?? now if I get 500 notes I'm overjoyed :') so anyways just saying that all this stuff, notes, people being more successful than you... frankly none of it matters. I know it might not resonate with you but this is NOT a race. you're making stuff bc you want to, and YES I'm the first to understand than it not getting the reception you wanted SUCKS. I go through it every time I make a post nowadays. that being said, even if you're posting less than others, you're still important to the fandom. we're each a brick that makes up the foundation of this fandom, no matter how successful we are, how many things we create... but if you really want to gain a bigger following, you've got the solution in your hands anon. I have never grown more than when I was posting a minimum of 15 gifsets a week (yes I was insane lol) and giffing every bl series that were coming out, so if you wanna grow it WILL take a lot of time and effort to do so. also nurture the connections you have with other blogs bc reblogs are key to the success of a post. but keep in mind that today I'm giffing only the shows I care about, I'm posting about 5 gifsets a week, people don't reblog me as much, but I'm way more fulfilled & mentally stable than when my blog was thriving. so what I'm saying bc this is getting long is, if you wanna grow, productivity & consistency are key, as well as connections. BUT being big on tumblr is really not the end all be all of life. I'm not shitting on it bc my blog has allowed me to have so many great interactions with people over the years, and THAT I would never take back. but the extreme insecurity, the hours spent working on gifsets rather than spending time with my family & friends, the drama... THAT, I don't regret leaving behind. so good luck with your blog anon, and continue making content that you enjoy making and are proud of. I hope someday people realize your value to this fandom and you achieve the success you desire <3

xxx

[alexturne]

i just unearthed my very old blog, probably the first one i ever made.. i made it 9 or 10 years ago??? i'll go through it and see what i find...

alright i see the date... december 2010.... thats a long time ive been on here...

its mostly about mcr and i had the biggest hugest crush on frank

but like can you blame me

i used to have that last one as my icon.. guess i have a thing for side profile black and white photos of my favourite bandpeople.....

these are all my edits i used to make on my little cracked copy of photoshop..

i made this edit EIGHT years ago... when i knew how to use photoshop... i only made two edits of oli and i never cared that much about bmth but i liked the photo and sempiternal is the only album of theirs ive heard.

some of them i actually quite like but them of them are ROUGH i made gifs too

i had quite a lot of notes on some of them too so thats nice i guess! what a weird trip down memory lane...

i remember really liking doing stuff like this..

this one was my most popular one i think

tumblr was such a different place back then.. like the way people consumed content was different and how they showed their appreciation and the way people made edits and gifs and all that.. it was just different...

oh my goooood i forgot about this

mcr folks will remember frerard... the first ship i ever followed... and the glorious moment during an innocent gig in 2007 we all remember all too well..

when gerard and frank kissed and started randomly making out on stage.. like... that was a time in history we will never get back

this was literally the first gif i ever made.. that was 10 years ago.. that was back when there was a 500 kb limit

i remember when they raised it to 1 mb and it was the best day ever.. and now we're so fucking spoiled we get 10 mb!!!

i was obsessed with mcr back then, its quite fun to look through..

omg i just remembered the song leviathan by frank iero's band leathermouth and its so fucking filthy and i loooooove it

i had a tag for things that made me sad just called :( and it was literally filled with gifsets of sad moments from doctor who. mostly donna and ten crying so there's that

theres so much starwars on there as well

and greg james from radio 1 BECAUSE I WAS OBSESSED with him.. i listened to his show every day after school even though it wasn't even in my country... i just really liked him

what a fun look back into my own mind from 10 years ago.. things have changed but not that much😂

[riosnecktattoo]

end of year fandom faves- fave gifset you reblogged/fave gifset you created (if applies)/fave fic you read/fave fic you wrote (if applies)/fave edit you reblogged/fave edit you created (if applies)/fave ask you received/fave comment you received on your post or work/fave moment in fandom

Oooo thanks for this anon 😊

what a yearrrrrr!

Fave Gifset you reblogged

oooo gosh um @bethrio‘s Neck Tattoo set comes to mind instantly cause !!!!!! HELP *the swallowing one*

Fave Gifset You Created

I think my Rio + Details/Titles set

Fave Fic You Read

This is impossible I have 500 faves every time I’m like THAT ONE I go BUT ALSO.....so I feel like this list of fics is full of my absolute faves and the best I can do

Fave Fic You Wrote

Do No Harm

Fave Edit You Reblogged

These @mrslackles edits make me feel things MUHNY & POP IT

Fave Edit You Created

I am partial to Fisherman Rio

Fave Ask You Received

Been lucky to have so many lovely asks i have no ideaaa. When the show aired I loved the discussion/plot/theory-asks about the show, that was such a fun time, I did no work one Monday cause I was answering asks (Especially after 3x03 when everyone was flippin out haha) 

I’m always super touched when people send asks about my writing/my fics 💕

(Also love asks that inspire weird edits)

Fave Comment You Received On Your Post Or Work

So many lovely comments that have made me squeal, everyone’s so kind and supportive. Whenever someone says they’ve reread something I ascend. Honestly just to all of you who have left comments, please know I truly treasure them and you!

Lil shoutout to the babe @riosnosestud making this Heart & Soul set cause I really freaked the fuck out i’m still like ??!!!!! MY HEART (luv you Gina)

Fave Moment In Fandom

SO many but I never used to live-watch the show before S3 (means watching at 3am here) but I did for S3 and watching that premiere live with everyone, all that excitement was so palpable. I remember everyone freaking out like “Where’s Turner going!?” and the Rio reveal. That was such a fun night.

In general also I never really used to interact much with others until the start of the year. I was just the weird tagger for a long time lol and now I’m like FRIENDS! LOOK AT ALL MY FRIENDS! so yeah. I love it here.

[tinasturner]

i was tagged by @spockinaa - thank youuuu 💖💖💖

rules: answer 30 questions and tag 20 (ish) blogs you would like to know better.

name/nickname: melissa/mel gender: taylor swift singing ‘she is the best thing that’s ever been mine’ star sign: cancer height: 5′6 and a half time: 10 pm birthday: july 15 favorite bands: chloe x halle, destiny’s child, everyone behind the crown scores, mouth culture, nirvana, abba, paramore, little mix, boygenius, haim, the aces, twice, exo, red velvet, crazy ex girlfriend cast, julie and the phantoms counts favorite solo artists: taylor swift, ariana grande, beyonce, charli xcx, tove lo, sza, yola, pheobe bridgers, mitski, megan thee stallion, doja cat, kehlani, victoria monet, dua lipa, halsey, carly rae jepsen, zayn, iamdoechii, flo milli, troye sivan, rina sawayama, normani, snail mail, vérité, caroline polachek, hozier, marina, fiona apple, tinashe, kacey musgraves song stuck in my head: story of us by tinashe last movie: it was the old guard :*))) but my last new watch was young adult last show: i started call my agent a few days ago and i like it a lot ! the last show i finished was trust and oh my god ??? i liked it more than i thought i would (that goes for primo too) when did i create this blog: around 2016 (it’s not my first either lol) what do i post: uh pretty people pretty gifsets and random text posts  last thing googled: henry golding because i forgot the name of one of his movies other blogs: @al-kaysani is my tog blog (god i love that url sm) do i get asks: from mutuals mostly  why i chose my url: i love these two women so very much !!!!! following: a little over 500 followers: not enough for hate anons thank god (but not enough for crush anons 😔) average hours of sleep: around seven?  lucky number: 3 instruments: trying to learn guitar and piano but i played recorder (like any elementary schooler in 2009) and saxaphone for two years what am i wearing: blue jeans and a yellow sweater (my arthur fit) dream job: political analyst ?? possibly lawyer ?? creative of some sort ?? idk this question caught me at a bad time dream trip: florence, italy favorite food: my family makes this food close to eggplant lasagna - individually fried eggplant slices with ground beef and tomatoes and a ridiculous amount of oregano, topped with cheese, baked and served on top of white rice with more cheese. it’s an amazing (if greasy) mess and we only eat it four times a year but i love it so much nationality: american (my family is congolese) favorite song: every few months i get obsessed with a new song off of tinashe’s songs for you and this time it’s touch & go !  last book read: the last book i finished was red, white and royal blue (which is to blame for me looking up law schools and getting lsat ads on youtube smh). i started the body by bill bryson today and i’ve also been reading bone by fae myenne ng for the past few weeks (usually i read one book at a time but i’ve been all over the place lately) top three fictional universes i’d like to live in: this is hard because there are plenty of fictional characters i’d love to meet but have no wish to suffer alongside. that said, 1) the old guard universe just so that i could meet the characters but at some point when everyone’s reunited and happy,  2) marvel universe but ONLY in asgard BEFORE ragnarok but valkyrie and bruce are there and 3) riverdale universe - idek what i’d do there i just want a front-row seat to all of that wonderful nonsense

tagging some people: @ditzy-daydreamer1 , @pureheroines , @invisiblesstring , @peterlosingwcndy , @miriammaisel , @moonlightandromache , @arisitions , @likeaheartbeat , @nicolodigenovas , @lgbtangel , @spacelabrathor , @mylover , @lizzie-mcguires and anyone else who wants to do this <333

[flyingupward-a]

Hello good folks of Tumblr !

A bit of an update on me: I have recently found out that, due to various circumstances including COVID and the unique status I have as a student, I will be unable to receive any scholarships or grants to help pay for my college this year. Due to this, I have set up a ko-fi page.

I know so many people are struggling right now, so if all you can manage is a signal boost, I totally understand. However, if you can donate anything at all, every little bit means less debt I have to accrue and the better chance I have to actually be able to go.

I want to offer some things in return. I am not the best at Photoshop or anything, and my professional skills are extremely limited when it comes to commissions, but I’m going to try anyway! When it comes to graphics things, this will mostly mean doing a lot of legwork things like making screen caps and base icons. I sort of Frankenstein my psds so I would feel uncomfortable selling formatted icons since all the work is not my own. However, I can do caps and base icons for days!

Details under the cut

I would be happy to do the following graphics things. I’m flexible when it comes to prices as, as I said, every little bit helps:

Screen caps ( all prices based on caps for one character ):

1 episode of screen caps: $2

1 short ( 10 or less episodes ) season of screen caps: $10

1 medium ( 10-16 episodes ) season of screen caps: $15

1 long ( 16+ episodes ) season of screen caps: $20

Base Icons ( all prices based on icons for one character ):

100 base icons: $2

500 base icons: $8

1000 base icons: $15

Gifset commissions:

Gifset without words: 25 cents a gif

Gifset with words: 50 cents a gif

More artsy things I’m willing to do:

A monologue of your choice from any play, movie, or TV Show, performed, dedicated to you, and uploaded to YouTube: $20

A cover of a song you like, sung by me, dedicated to you, and uploaded to YouTube: $20

Need a voice actor for something? Buy me a ko-fi and let’s talk about what I can do for you!

If you’re willing to just donate, that would be great. If you’d like to set up a commission, you can send me an ask on here or contact me at stellascomissions@gmail.com. Just include your screen name in your donation. Like I said, any help is appreciated.

Thanks so much,

~Stella.

[rnmbb]

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a big bang?

A Big Bang/Mini-Bang is a writing challenge that prompts authors and artists to work together to create a story and work of art that go together. In this case, our fandom is the Roswell New Mexico tv show, and our goal is 5000 words or more!

How do I sign up?

When sign-ups start, there will be a Google Form link posted for you to sign-up as an Author or an Artist or Beta

What if I need to drop out?

Yes! Sometimes life gets in the way or a story just doesn’t happen, and we understand that! However, there is a cutoff point, and if you do not let the mods know before this date, you can be banned from the next round. Even if it is after this cutoff date that you need to drop out please let us know so that we can discuss options. We can’t help if we don’t know there is a problem! Dropping all contact with mods after the cutoff date is grounds for an automatic ban, as we can’t help at that point. Please get in contact with us, so that we can arrange for art if needed!

I need help/support!

Once you sign-up, you will be sent a link to the Discord Server for the Big Bang. Feel free to talk about your story here with other authors, ask questions, look for a beta, ask for advice, freak out, or any general story discussions.

Membership is open to all who want to join the big bang or are thinking about it! Watch the blog for the link post

I don’t want to join a discord server/have never used discord before 

We are making this a mandatory requirement this year. Communication is critical for the big bang to be successful, and a discord server is the best way for mods to ensure they can communicate with all participants. If you’re new to discord, the mods will help you with an introduction and navigation resources to the server. 

Writing Requirements

What type of requirements are there for a fic?

Your fic must be at least 5,000 words long and, preferably, beta-read before the posting date. It must focus on or revolve around the characters from the TV show Roswell, New Mexico. You are not required to write a certain ship or a ship at all. Your fic also has to be completed at the time of posting. All chapters must be posted on the day of posting. 

I've already been writing an RNM story - can I use that?

The purpose of this Bang is to unveil a brand-new, completed piece on your posting date, however we are okay with you finishing your piece as long as you have not posted more than 2,000 words and do not post any more until your posting date. Since this Bang has a minimum word count of 5,000 words we are asking that no more than 2,000 words be posted prior to signing up, so that at least 80% of the fic is new.

Can I write a sequel to a previous story?

Yes, but the sequel needs to be able to stand on its own. Please make sure to link to the first story so readers can read that as well.

I want to gift my big bang to someone, can I? 

Big Bangs are not gift stories or exchanges, so your big bang must stand as itself. 

What genres are allowed?

All genres are allowed as well as crossovers, as long as Roswell New Mexico characters are the main characters of the story.

I've got two ideas in my head - can I write both?

Yes, you can, as long as you think you'll be able to finish both stories by the deadline (if you submit two stories we will do our best to make sure there is a good amount of time in between the posting of each fic).

Can I write the story with someone else?

Yes, you may co-author your big bang if you want to. The word minimum however for co-authored works is 7,000.

What an artist summary? 

An artist summary is written by authors to give a summary of the fic in a holistic manner. It will include all the main ships, main plot twists, trigger warnings, and any relevant tags for the artist to make an educated choice on making art for the work. The artist summaries are anonymous and only 500 words or less. 

What should my outline look like?

A fic outline is an overview of your story. You will need to list major scenes of the story all the way from the beginning to the resolution. The outline needs to show how you plan on finish the story so the mods and artists can anticipate the story.

Can I have an extension?

We will be granting extensions on a case-by-case basis for rough drafts as long as your final fic or art is in by the due date. We would hope, however, that you use the checkpoints and all your available writing time to its fullest.

If you think at any time you need an extension (whether fic or art) contact the mods right away so we can begin working it out with you.

What do I do if I am not sure I will finish my story but still want to try?

If, by the time rough drafts are due, you aren't sure if you will be done with your story and don't want to risk having an artist claim it only to have to drop out you can switch to the Unofficial track. This will mean your story won't be put in the claims post but if you can finish it by the time final drafts are due we will arrange an artist for you and you will post with everyone else.

Artist Requirements

What are the requirements for art?

Each story an artist claims is required to have at least one art of quality for each story they claim. If an artist decides to claim 3 stories, they will be required to create one piece of art for each story, so at minimum, 3 pieces of art. 

You’re creating something for a work that is at least 5k/10k in length, so we want the art to match that effort! Here are the suggested guidelines:

Traditional/Digital art: Cleaned lineart, on unlined paper, that is at least 500x500 pixels is the minimum. Additional sketchier/rougher pieces are welcomed so long as one piece of art is at the cleaned lineart stage!

Manips: Clean renders and non-blurry images that do not contain watermarks should be used for photo manipulation. 

Banners or Icons or Wallpaper: 5 icons, of at least 100x100 pixels. 3 banners. 1 wallpaper. More is of course always welcomed!

Picspam or Gifsets: At least 6 images, but more images, or multiple sets are welcome!

Vids: At least two minutes long, or a full song!

Fanmixes: At least 10 songs and include cover art (this can be a manip!).

What is an Art Claim? 

Art claims is the process through which artists and authors are paired for the big bang. Artists will have 3 days to review summary information provided by all the authors participating in the event. The claims process is anonymous, which means the artists have no idea who wrote which fic. On claims day, artists submit their top 5 choices and are matched with their first available fic. When matches are confirmed, the mods will email each team to introduce partners to each other. 

How do I make a claim?

On claims day, artists will receive a form to submit their choices. 

What happens if the number of authors doesn't match up with the number of artists or mixers?

We will do several rounds of claiming so that EVERY fic has an artist. In the event that fics outnumber artists, we will allow artists to make a second claim. If it's the other way, we may open up the fics so that more than one artist is assigned to the same fic. Either way, everyone who wants to participate will get to participate.

Can I post my art to my blog or another site to show my friends in advance?

No, we ask that you don't preview your art to anyone before the assigned posting date. You are allowed to show it to a few friends or an art beta, to get advice or feedback before the posting date, but please don't post it for the general public until your assigned posting date.

Where can I upload my graphics?

You are free to post your graphics on your platform of choice, as long as there is a link to the art in the fic.

How will I get my graphics to my author?

We will provide you with contact information once you are committed to an author. From there you can contact them to find out more about their interests, or simply send them the links to your final mix/gifsets/art.

We would like to encourage you to be in contact with them and to share what you make for them.

Schedule

What's a check-in?

Check-ins are something to give you a feel on where a typical author should be at in their writing process. There are multiple points of communication with the mods team to share your progress, ask questions, and share any comments you need to.

ALL CHECK-INS ARE MANDATORY! This is the best way for mods to track the progress of works and ensure works will be posted on time.

Why do artists get a check-in?

The artist check-in will be mandatory. This is mostly to make sure that artists have been in contact with their authors and that they are on track. It will help us determine which stories will need pinch hitters earlier.

Posting Requirements

What types of requirements are there for me to post my fic?

You must include a header with all the regular information (title, rating, wordcount, pairing, etc.) on it. This includes warnings. Not all of our readers like the same thing, so you are required to warn them. Besides that, you must include any secondary fandom you're writing in.

Do I post my story to this community or do the mods post it?

Anywhere you wish, so long as it is also in the RNM Big Bang AO3 Collection. Posting it there is how we will count your work as completed*.

*Artists will not be required to post to AO3, though it is highly encouraged. (AO3 isn’t great for hosting some types of art, like picspam or gif sets, we understand that!) If you are not posting your art to AO3, you must make sure the link to where you art is posted is provided to the author and linked within the author notes or story.

Can I post it to my blog a few days early to show my friends?

No, the first time you show your fic for this big bang must be on your reveal day. If you post in advance please lock the post for your eyes only.

If you have any other questions, please reach out to the mods team!

[jaemtens]

Hi! I was tagged to show my giffing process by @ljuyeon​, @songmingki​, @gotseventeens​, and @kyeomshine​ – thanks!! I am going to demo through screenshots and written explanations underneath the cut because I don’t have a screen recording software and my computer is running out of hard drive space. I will be showing how I made the gif above from Seventeen’s Snap Shoot MV. I am definitely not an expert so if anyone has any suggestions on how to improve anything let me know.

Importing the Video

I have recently started using Avisynth for some of my gifs. I used to exclusively import, crop, and resize through Photoshop, but that really limited me when I was trying to use higher quality video files (.tp from Rosebay, .ts from kpopexciting and other sites, .mkv, etc.). Some of the older Avisynth tutorials that I used are here. I know that some gifmakers have updated the original packages from that link to batch this process more efficiently, but I personally don’t use Avisynth if I’m trying to gif quickly. For instance, my original Snap Shoot gifset was made entirely with Photoshop in like 5 minutes.

Anyways, I’m just going to drag and drop the video file into one of the .bat files and let Avisynth run through its scripts.

Avisynth will first prompt you to input the timestamp with which you want to work. (For .ts and .tp files, I use VLC Media Player to open the file and identify the times I want to gif). After entering the timestamp, Avisynth will fetch the video clip and open the resizer in your default. I generally use the following settings, but I also am still tinkering around. Honestly, I have not found that the slower versions of qtgmc really do much more to help the quality of the video despite taking five years to render the new avi. I will use 30 fps if I am trying to make longer gifs, but here I am using 60 fps.

Import the code in the box into the avs script that also opened separately. If you are using qtgmc, make sure to un-comment the complementparity function at the top. You can also further trim the clip using video > trim selection editor > set selection start/endpoint, which I have done here. After that’s all set up, save, close the window, and watch videodub as it generates the cropped and processed .avi file. Once videodub has finished, it will export the file to the “temp” folder, so I just move it over to my main giffing folder to make everything easier on my end.

Of course, if I don’t use avisynth, I will just import using Photoshops “Import Video Frames to Layers” function and attempt to find my timepoint manually, which can be a chore in extremely long videos (If you are determined to use Photoshop for importing longer videos, it might be helpful to use HandBrake or another software to cut the video size down to the part you actually want to gif. HandBrake can also apply basic sharpening to the video, but it takes foreverrrrr). Be careful because importing 500 frames of a 1080p video can eat up about 10 GB of temporary hard drive space and really slow Photoshop down. Also, if you directly import to Photoshop, the absolute first thing you will want to do is clean up your layers on the right panel. If you start applying resizing and crop manipulations without deleting layers (even if you delete the frames on the bottom!), Photoshop will apply it to every frame, which will take longer and also eat up more of your hard drive space. Finally, I find that is better to resize then crop in Photoshop because the cropping process basically regenerates every single layer from scratch for some reason, which eats up way more space if your video is still 1900 pixels wide. Can you tell that I should really delete some shit off my computer.

Sharpening and Processing

Once I have everything imported and resized, I just clip off any frames that I might not want and delete the layers. Afterwards, I will select the first frame and Convert to Video Timeline (see the red arrow in the top screenshot). If you don’t want to lose the last frame during the sharpening process, just duplicate it before converting to a video timeline.

Now I just select all the layers and go to Filter > Convert for Smart Filters. This will allow me to use Photoshop’s sharpening and Topaz as well. I am going to show all of my usual settings, but I do vary them depending on the video.

Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen – I will use Motion Blur for Avisynth videos but Lens Blur for Photoshop imports. Lens Blur oversharpens Avisynth videos but Motion Blur can really help with videos with lots of sudden movements.

Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur – This can help fight against oversharpening.

Filter > Topaz Labs > Topaz Clean – Of the two Topazes, this one is the one that does the least. I would not mess with the Edge box unless you know what you’re doing lol.

Filter > Topaz Labs > Topaz Denoise – This one helps a lot cleaning up anything that sharpening either screwed up or missed. Basically, it smooths out the frames, which can really help make faces look smoother… however, it can also smooth out details like tousled hair and noses. Just be careful about the Strength slider. I generally stick between 0.04 and 0.10.

Now I will just go back to the same three bar menu as before and select Convert Frames > Flatten Frames Into Clips. If you have used Topaz, this part will take a little while because Topaz is kinda slow. Smart Sharpen and Gaussian Blur on their own are not as powerful, but can finish up much faster. Personally, unless I am trying to gif super quickly, I will use Topaz. It might help to close Photoshop and reopen before flattening the frames because this will help Photoshop clear its cache before you ask it to do this computationally expensive process. It can also help to close programs like Spotify and your Internet Browser, because they eat up a lot of Memory. Once the flattening process is done, go back to the same menu and select Convert Frames > Make Frames from Clips. Click on the three square dots on the very bottom left to view the frames animation. Delete the first frame, which should be dead.

Coloring and Watermarks

The first thing I do here is make sure that everything is selected correctly. You want to select all frames on the bottom with the first frame highlighted as such so that any manipulations you make apply to all frames (this is mostly important for applying text, shapes, etc.). You also want to scroll up and select the top frames.

Everybody colors their gifs differently. I personally go for warmer colors, but my coloring style has also changed a lot over time. I color all of my gifs individually and basically never reuse .psd files, so all of these settings will adjust depending on the gif.

Levels – I generally only increase the blacks on the left from 0 to anywhere usually between 10 and 30. This will help make the gif darker. A good thing to look for is an increase in the intensity histogram – if your histogram here is more right-skewed, you will want to limit this change.

Curves – I use curves to brighten the gif if needed. Generally I move the upper-right-most dot slightly to the left. If you move it too far to the left, you will get super bright shiny spots, which can be kinda jarring. I also apply an inflection point in the middle of the plot to help darken natural skin tones more. I generally do not apply more inflection points, but I will mess around with Curves depending on the lighting in the gif.

Exposure – I am not changing this setting here, but if you have a gif with a dark background, this is a great way to make it a uniform black (by making the offset value slightly negative, i.e. -0.0020). Beware that if anybody has dark hair because this will also make their hair blend in with the background! One of the benefits of having a black background is that it dramatically reduces the size of your gifs, but it is not always possible to achieve that.

Vibrance – I generally always increase vibrance and/or saturation depending on how whitewashed the video is. Because this particular scene is not so bad, I only applied a light increase to Vibrance. For some videos – for instance, these old Seventeen videos – you may need to drastically increase both parameters to make everybody look less ghost-like.

Hue/Saturation – I usually don’t mess with Hue/Saturation, but if you’re looking to remove a particular color (like blues on a stage), this is how you would do that. Just select the dropdown menu that says “Master,” change to your color, and reduce the saturation. I know some gifmakers live and die by hue/saturation, but I personally prefer color balance and selective color.

Color Balance – Color Balance is for gif-wide corrections to the color scheme. I usually skew more toward the yellow, magentas, and cyans, as shown here.

Selective Color – I’ve recently started using selective color a lot more. It’s a really powerful tool that basically works like Color Balance but for each color channel. This is where you can make your yellows look less “yellow,” etc. Generally, I always mess around with the Neutral tones, the White tones, and sometimes Yellow/Red. Beware that in the Neutral tones, even minor changes in the percentages can drastically shift the color.

Occasionally I will apply a Brightness layer if I feel that the gif is still too dark.

The best way to learn how to color is just to mess with all the settings and to practice. It takes a lot of time and patience and I am definitely not very good. If you like a particular gifmaker’s coloring, shoot them an ask and see if they have any tips. I do not use all these adjustments all the time and obviously some of my gifs look like trash. Just try your best! Honestly, only other gifmakers are really going to notice if you’re coloring is weird lol.

The last things I do are change the gif pacing and apply a watermark or other text. To change the speed of the gif, click on the arrow underneath the frame’s picture and select or input your speed. For 60 fps, I stick to 0.03. For 30 fps, I will either do 0.04 (for faster gifs) or 0.06 (for slower gifs). I do not go above 0.06 because it will look really slow.

Lastly, I apply a text layer and position it in the corner. I select the text and go to Layer > Layer Style > Stroke, and apply an outline to the watermark. I will then right-click on the layer, selecting Blending Options, and alter the opacity to make it see-through. There are lots of different ways to do watermarks, so feel free to do whatever you want or not apply one at all.

After that I just save the .psd, save the gif, and post to Tumblr! I had to cut down on some frames because of the size of the gif, but that’s okay. Here’s a comparison between the gif I made with all of these steps versus a very basic one without any sharpening or corrections.

To keep the game going, I will tag @leechani​, @adorablehoshi​, @xuboowoo​, @01degree​, @dokyuml​, and @01juyeon​! Other people have used a screen recording program so that you don’t have to write an essay like I did as;dflkjas;fdka. Also, don’t feel pressured to do this if you don’t want to!

[prince-dongju]

Thank You!!

I can’t believe it’s real! 500 followers!! From the time I started four years ago until now, I never thought my blog would grow so much! Thank you to everyone for your kind words of encouragement when I was having a bad day or just keeping me company. I’m so happy to have met each and every one of you. I am so grateful for everyone who has interacted with any of my posts or reblogged any of my (sometimes shitty) gifsets. And to all my mutuals, thank you so much for being so kind throughout my time here. I’d like to say a few things to you guys under the cut. Once again, thank you! I love you all.  

@ebarbs95 

I don’t remember our first conversation, but it probably had something to do with Ayno lol. It’s been a while since we first started talking, but it’s been so much fun! Thank you for keeping me entertained late at night and letting me yell about my weird dreams to you! Ily :) 

@dreamboyunho

Cami… oh Cami. It hasn’t been long since I met you, but you’ve already hurt me so much. Jk, I may appreciate the torture a little bit… You’re so kind and understanding. Thank you for being you! 

@sufferhyuns

I’ve always really looked up to you as a gifmaker and a Snuper stan. Ofc my dumbass accidentally sent you a post and luckily you didn’t think I was annoying. Sarah, I wish you luck and happiness with whatever life throws at you, and I’m so grateful for all the times you’ve been there to give me another opinion on different matters. Thank you so much :) 

@smol-joong

Anett! How is college treating you? I miss you and I hope everything is going well. Thank you for sending me love whenever I need it the most. Your messages are the sweetest and I really love receiving them. I miss our talks about Hongjoong and Seventeen. When you get a break, we’ll have to catch up ;) 

@preciousmp4

Oh my gosh, Tori you’re amazing. You’re so funny and cool. I really look up to you a lot. I’m always worried i’m annoying you, but I just think you’re really neat. Your gifs are amazing and you always have the best tags. Thank you for gracing my dash with all the amazing content! 

@answergf

Nik. I love you. I also think it’s so funny how our first conversation stemmed from a discourse on the idea of Seonghwa having a reverse Mohawk. Thank you for always being there when I need someone to talk about Ateez with. You’re so sweet and you always have me cracking up! 

@softwonwoo​

Jian :) It’s been a while since we have talked and I hope you’re doing well. Thank you for putting Wonwoo content on my dash, I really appreciate the time you put into making your beautiful gifs. I may have fallen away from Seventeen a bit, but I’ll always remember how kind you are and how fun our conversations are. 

@seungwooki

I remember when I first started following you. I was drawn to your fun personality and I’m so glad I clicked that follow button! Your tags are so entertaining and you have always been so sweet to me. I love you Kiki! I hope you stay healthy and happy forever :) 

@hearttoshu

Hi Jess. It’s been a while. I know college has been pretty busy for you. How are you doing? Seeing your gifs on my dash always makes me smile. Your love for Joshua and Wooseok is so beautiful. You’re so talented and amazing. I was so lonely here until I began talking to you. You really helped me to feel comfortable on this website and I am so grateful for that. Thank you for everything!

@shikyus

Andreea! I miss you. I wish you all the happiness in the world. I hope you find yourself surrounded by good people and good vibes all the time. You’ve shown me such kindness and love and I will never forget about it. Thank you for telling me that pisces are alright all that time ago and for discussing Treasure Box with me. I love you! 

@park-seonghwa

We may not interact too much, but I think you’re so amazing. Your gifs were really what inspired me to start giffing. While I may not be at your caliber of giffing, I hope to be as good as you one day. You’re such an inspiration to me and you always have a kind word to say about others. Thank you for all you do for the Ateez side of tumblr and keep up the good work Nat! :) 

I’d like to give a special shout out to: @eboy-hendery @heoneyology @kihxyn @nazifaanjum @uwunnie @def-sol @justanothermultistan @jonghostation (I hope you’re doing well Adelle! @nakamoto-papoyaki @kthwolf @jae-hyunie @caticorn61 @celestial-yunho​ @unclejuho​

Although I haven’t interacted with you all a lot/ for a while, I really appreciate you! 

[ragnarssons]

Do you honestly think bellarke has a chance or are we just grasping for straws

This season? I don’t know, I think ep4 is always too early to tell. You know, because usually, Clarke and Bellamy end up being separated and blablabla we don’t know for how long and blablabla. I do think Jo!Clarke will propel the separation if there is any this year. Or maybe Jo!Clarke will be the separation itself, not a physical one, but a mental one this time. Idk. As for whether or not it’ll happen this season… uh, I really can’t tell, because early s5 I thought it had every chance of happening because of the calls, the “She Is”, the “Hostage taker and his girlfriend”, their reunion and all, which all hard romantic undertones to it. We still have these scenes now, but again it depends on how much they’ll share together this season. Ask me again around ep7 I’d say? LolAs for the show itself, yes I think Bellarke will happen. I think it’s in the text, and it even is in what Jroth and cie tell us, even tho they keep hiding it under the same phrases over and over again. The fact that they barely dared to adress it during a long time after s3 is an indication to me itself. I do see too much of usually romantic tropes condensed in Bellarke- forreal, I watch a couple on screen and I always think “Bellarke did that too!” like, it’s crazy, all of it is here! The fandom can see it, the casuals can see it, reviewers can see it and everyone pointed it out at the end of s5. We’re really in the second half of the show, starting walking toward the end of the show itself- like if we theorize it’ll go up to s10 we’re starting the end here! But I do think the show will be either seven or eight seasons long- if s7 is meant to be the last, my guess is that they’ll announce it at Comic Con this Summer, by the way.

The important thing to remember is that we are not grasping for straws no matter what: even if Bellarke doesn’t happen because at the end Jroth decided not to make it happen. The romantic undertones are HERE: again, it’s shown by the fact that Bellarke share TONS of romantic tropes we see among other couples on television or in cinema. You could literally parallel Bellarke with every romantic relationships on tv right now, or within the show @bellaarke does some interesting gifsets about it for example. Seeing the cinematography of the show, how they implant Clarke’s face during the BE scenes on s5 or Bellamy’s during the Clarke/random dance scene aren’t just random things! These are delibarated decisions: they made Bob pose there, they blocked the scene, and had him make faces, they filmed him from afar, called it a break, re-did the scene, re-blocked it, re-shot it, over and over again. As I said that’s HOURS of work. It could have had been edited in 500 different ways not implying some kind of romantic longing and/or “sad jealousy” from Bellamy- and yet they did it this way. In the story itself, which is about redemption and hope and acceptance, Bellarke DOES make sense. Bellarke would be everything as endgame, and maybe that’s why they’re keeping it for the very end: for when the characters are finally at peace, either with their past, with their experiences and who they’ve become. That doesn’t mean it won’t possibly end in tragedy. I’m just saying that storytelling-wise, it would be a waste not to have Bellarke be the epithome of acceptance and peace, and love in terms of romantic relationships. Really, if this ship would be to become canon, it would be one of the most epic of television: I said it. The years of slowburn are really well done, the relationship was built very carefully and apart from s5 where I had a lot of complaints, it was always there, above the storyline, above dramatic OOC decisions. I do feel like for this season, they listened to us. Bellarke and the characters themselves will talk more, and delve more into their trauma: tbh, that’s all I want right now and I’m glad the season is shaping like it’s happening, for good! This whole idea of starting a new book, a new story, start “fresh” somewhere far from their past sins, is the idea opportunity to have them have a clean slate. Hence why I think s5 is so stagnant, because it wasn’t necessary: they kinda should have had s4 ending with them leaving in space, and s5 start with the Sanctum storyline. S5 was unnecessary and yeah, I’ll say that in my death bed still. I disgressed a lot. But end of the story is, yes, I think Bellarke has every chance of becoming canon. This season? It’s too soon to tell. Bellamy is still in a relationship and Clarke isn’t herself. The way I see things, it could go very quickly, because the feelings are there, like at the tip of their tongues. Or it could go slowly because they keep circling each other and it’s the basis of a slowburn. I did feel like at some point of s5 that it was the end, but the way they’re crafting Bellarke so far, has set things back up to normal. They’re still them, and the writers are being very careful with their relationship, which is very nice.