#literaryalexis

[hinatassmile]

do you even semishira

[evercelle]

Ever, what are your thoughts about matsuhana? Both as a ship and as individuals.

MATSUKAWA: badass middleblocker (his recent manga cameo was !!!!) with ideal eyebrows, clever, actually really difficult for me to draw, 10/10

HANAMAKI: kamen rider nerd apparently capable of breaking the fourth wall, appreciates one of mankind’s finest desserts, less difficult to draw, 10/10

MATSUHANA: I like it!! Though admittedly I haven’t read a lot of matsuhana stuff where they’re not a sidepairing in an primarily iwaoi story, sadly… and when they’re a sidepairing they’re usually portrayed in the standard memedreamteam, uh, trope? Rec me your fav matsuhana fanworks and I’ll have a more informed opinion lol

[milcs]

have you ever considered drawing (or already drawn) female kageyama and hinata as well because i've fallen in love with their cameo on your fem!tsukki art actually i've fallen in love with all of your kagehina art but that's beside the point you lovely person

I havent but you’ll see them soon~

I’m glad you like my art :-) thank you 

[sapphyrelily]

@literaryalexis uhhh. 11.3k, thereabouts?

[lairofhopeandfantasy]

Ok I'm getting personal as a smooth af stalker. 5 and 49?

okaaaay xD

5: What does your latest text message from someone else say? A: the last i received was: Nom Nom delicious (they told me about the food they are getting)

49: Ever had a rumour spread about you?A: Yeah they were some rumors and they werent nice...

[dinchies]

[I hope I didn't send an ask the moment you posted that you were taking requests. I just opened tumblr and your post was there.] I'd like to see your own original character design. If you are exclusively drawing fanart, a suggestion might be an original volleyball idiot design for haikyuu. Thank you in advance!

i have ocs!! there are two guys i made after i was in Seoul, so their style is somewhat influenced by kpop, and their story is very kdrama-ish (but gay)

that’s Daehee, he’s part fairy. he is a weird guy, and he likes wearing bright clothes (he doesn’t see the point of clothes or outfits with no color). his backstory is very tragic but he’s a kind guy, and very hardworking.

that’s his boyfriend to be. he doesn’t have a name yet. he’s two or three years older than Daehee, and is in an abusive relationship with one of the higher-ups in the company he works in. he like wearing black, with the exception of gray. he’s an introvert and doesn’t have many friends, doesn’t like noisy places. people who don’t know him might think he’s a snob. also has a traic background story, but it’s different than Daehee’s.

here’s a draw of them kissing i really like

fluffshnuff

and of course i have some more designs of nameless characters lying around but they are too old to post here

[esselley]

For the Writer Ask: 12, 17, 27! I hope you're well! Can't wait to read "Wasteland" and "Heart of the Jungle"--they're in my queue!

Ahhh :))) they’re waiting for you~ I hope you’re doing good too

Thank you very much anon

12. favorite place to writeI think probably in bed in my room, but any place peaceful where I can be alone and quiet is always appreciated

17. favorite AU to writeHunger! I love the setting, I’m big into fairytale-esque medieval stuff. I dearly love all my kids, though, there’s something uniquely wonderful about each one. (Movie Star/Meta AU is also… just so fun.)

27.best review you ever got

One of the very first reviews I ever got (almost exactly a year ago, oh my goodness). I never expected to become such good friends with @celesoran​ at the time, but this was the nicest and most encouraging thing anyone had ever told me, and from a stranger no less. 

For the first time, I felt like I had made all the right decisions when it came to what I wanted to do with my life, which was, and still is: write.

28. worst review you ever got

This is hard, because I’ve never felt irritated by a genuine review. I really appreciate any/all reviews, whether its a wall of text or just a “

I completely love people getting excited about, say, Hunger, asking about future possible events or potential circumstances, that’s fun! But when the review is like “Have you ever thought about writing a fic where *insert totally unrelated idea here*”, I usually just don’t respond. I’m really open to people flinging out AU ideas in my ask box (obviously, I love this) but I find it pretty awkward/rude to show up in the comments section of a fic trying to sell the author a separate idea for them to write. Comments sections are for appreciation, not solicitation.

More “asks for fic writers”!

Crossed out are answered already!

[felinum]

I have found a theme of yours while looking for a minimalistic theme with a font size actually big enough not to make my eyes hurt [bakovia], and I can't thank you enough for the pretty theme you spent your time on to make. I'm still nervous using your theme since it does not belong to me (it's probably just me overworrying) - it amazes me that people who can write codes exist and then they share it with us random tumblr users for free. I wish you a good day 💛

Thank you for this sweet message! It makes me really happy when ppl like and use my themes, especially when I get positive feedback ♡ You have a great day too!

[starcaged]

tagged by @literaryalexis ٩(◕‿◕｡)۶ thank you!!!!

5 things you’ll find in my bag: 

a bunch of colorful pens (only one of which works at any given time)

roughly 6 different pads of sticky notes (extremely beaten up)

my keys usually

a folded up newspaper (how long has that been there)

a mini stapler that has served me faithfully throughout all 4 years of college and miraculously never runs out of staples

5 things you’ll find in my bedroom:

my bed heaped with 10 blankets and 4 pillows (each of which have their unique qualities - heavy, fuzzy, satin, etc)

too man mugs, spoons, or bottles which certainly need to be taken out

old round mirror that looks like a portal to a fantasy dimension

books/magazines

cute light fixtures (paper star string lights, lava lamp, rainbow glowing balls lmao, mushroom night light)

5 things I’ve always wanted to do:

be a reclusive author living on top of a hill in a house surrounded by twisted old trees with a wrought iron gate

improve my art to the point that i draw every day and actually feel good about it

lay on a blanket in the grass beneath a peach tree in springtime reading a book

travel a lot/try new foods

be able to finish something i’ve started writing (has literally never happened a single time in my life)

5 things i’m currently into:

haikyuu!! for life

laying on benches in the campus quad and watching the clouds (and squirrels) 

kpop ;;;;;;

these belgian butter almond cookies i got hooked on

trying to do a daily gratitude journal again <33

5 things on my to-do list:

moving 3 times in August (save me)

staying hydrated!!!!

coconut oil on the leggsgss my skin is so dry

Tuesday group meetings

i need to eat healthier!

tagging: @3ddoctor, @sawamura-daichis-thighs, @ac3tinium, @awesomeempress (if any of you want to do this <333)

[digiditto]

@literaryalexis replied to your post:  @digidayo i’m writing that au

wwhat, oh my gosh!! no pressure but would you be cool with sharing it with me when/if you do? ;;v;; I’LL ART IT IN EXCHANGE IF YOU WANT??!

[hinatassmile]

👉 and ☁ please! Thank you 😊

Send me an emoji and I’ll draw my response!~

[evercelle]

literaryalexis replied to your post “Hello YOUR ART IS AWESOME AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH������ so I was wondering...”

Ever I just had a train hit me in the feels ������������ god what is thiiiiis

my friend... “trainwrecked right in the feels” also accurately describes my emotions whenever I think about Oikawa and Seijoh in general so I totally get you (´ω｀。)

[ao3feed-kage-hina]

orange epiphany

read this story on AO3 at http://ift.tt/2tCszpX

by literaryalexis

Kageyama discovers why he is obsessed with a certain shade of orange.

Words: 724, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Haikyuu!!

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Kageyama Tobio, Hinata Shouyou

Relationships: Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio

Additional Tags: Pre-Relationship, kageyama realises he is smitten, Drabble, inspired by libby's art

read it on AO3 at http://ift.tt/2tCszpX

[sapphyrelily]

@literaryalexis Aahh thank you?!? That's so kind of you to say ;~; Honestly it was out of hand at 7k, I didn't expect to do so much world building for this AU in one fic hahaha

[ao3feed-haikyuu]

orange epiphany

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2tCszpX

by literaryalexis

Kageyama discovers why he is obsessed with a certain shade of orange.

Words: 724, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Haikyuu!!

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Kageyama Tobio, Hinata Shouyou

Relationships: Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio

Additional Tags: Pre-Relationship, kageyama realises he is smitten, Drabble, inspired by libby's art

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2tCszpX

[esselley]

Have you ever received a hate comment? If yes, and you don't mind me asking, what was it about? I wonder how other writers cope with negative comments.

I’ve never received a hateful comment on my work directly – knowing how the internet is, I count myself pretty fortunate in that regard (knock on wood).

The most negative experience I’ve had was during my time spent writing for a budding, tiny fandom, during which I started out writing one pairing, but then wrote some stories for a couple other pairings (kinda rarepairs) later on. 

After I wrote a couple of those fics, a friend found one of those confessional blogs… Fandom Secrets or whatever, and the tag for our fandom had just been spammed with “confessions” about my writing. It was like a guilt/intimidation train, with me in the headlights. How I’d abandoned the fandom, how my new fics weren’t any good, how I should get back to writing the original pairing because no one cared about the new stuff… so I wrote my pièce de résistance for that main pairing, posted pics of each “confession” on my blog and roasted them for not having the guts to say their shit to my face, and then left the fandom entirely. Shady, manipulative assholes make me lose my chill real fast.

That being said, hate comments can go right in the garbage for myself and anyone else who receives them, because in a majority of cases, nothing usually warrants the hate – there are just worthless people out there who want to make other people feel worthless, too, and it’s a fucking waste of everyone’s time.  

Popular or unknown, writer or artist, small or big fandom, having people deposit hateful words on something you created for nothing but your own happiness, because you love it, is flat out shit. You are the person making something of your own creation. They are the person who got mad enough over some OOC-ness (or whatever) to type “this sux go die” on someone’s efforts to create and improve. Again: FUCK THAT NOISE! Those people are losers and probably smell like sweaty socks 24/7. Put them out of your sparkly, inventive mind. 

I also want to distinguish between the different types of “non-positive” comment, because there’s a big difference between hateful and negative. I thought about this, and think maybe I would separate it into 4 categories:

Con-Crit (commentary meant to educate and encourage improvement)

Criticism (commentary discussing positives and negatives in a work)

Negative (commentary that focuses mainly on flaws/things the reader disliked; usually more personal than analytical)

Hate (unconstructive bashing)

Con-crit is usually the most acceptable option, with hate being the least (like, just don’t! do it!) but I want to say off the bat that unless a fanfic writer has asked for con-crit/criticism, or discussion about what readers didn’t like – IMO, none of the negative types above are necessary to leave on a work. This doesn’t apply to published work, because those are authors with publicists, editors, and most of all, experience in putting their work out under the public eye. They also get paid to do so.

Fic writers and fan artists have no one checking their work but themselves, and are uncompensated save for (sometimes) getting positive feedback. A lot of us have no experience in publishing or exhibiting professionally. So unless someone is looking for critique, it is okay to just… skip telling someone that you thought they could be better. Chances are, they’re already worried about it. They most likely know that – and they’re trying to get better already. People aren’t submitting their work to Tumblr or AO3 or DeviantArt to be critiqued, they’re just posting to contribute to a fandom, to make friends, because they see other people doing so. Because it’s community, and it’s fun.

If you really feel like you want to let a writer or artist know about something, don’t just drop the comment and leave – ask if they would mind talking about their work and some points of improvement, so they aren’t blindsided. Message them somewhere private, instead of posting about their shortcomings in a public comment/reply. Especially for newer/less well known writers or artists. It takes some people a lot of courage to post something publicly. The need to create and share can help overcome those anxieties somewhat. But seeing a notification or comment pop up when you don’t receive a whole lot of feedback, only to find out it’s someone telling you “Hey, here are some things I think you need to work on,” can be really discouraging.  

And some of the fics people like to point and laugh at, or leave mean comments on because of things that do not hurt or inconvenience the reader in any way (other then maybe having to hit the back button) are the exact kind of fics I proudly posted on FF.net when I was 10 or 11. If someone had slammed me with a bunch of hate back then, maybe it would have tanked my confidence enough to cause me to stop writing – for a short period of time, or to this day. 

Who the hell knows? Who knows what other nameless fic writers out there could have improved, but didn’t, because of some stupid anon telling them their very first fic sucked? 

So if someone is enough of a fuckface to try that shit with you, my friends, you’ve got two roads: delete the comment, or slice and dice their sorry ass into next week – I support you in both efforts (just know that the first option is usually better, unless you like to FIGHT, in which case, go for the second). But just know that, while there is no real way to avoid those kinds of comments getting under your skin, you are better than the one who left it. 

You don’t owe them the dignity of a response, but you do keep writing, because while they are using their keyboard to shout into the void, you are using yours to further your creativity and art, and that will not be lost.