#lovely asks from lovely people

[dystopicjumpsuit]

DJ! This is Carol (@clonethirstingisreal) but I have to ask from my main.

I just saw your tags on the reblog of the wild-karrde post about lack of interaction. And what you said in your tags made me cry. I hate that you are feeling this way. I totally understand if you need a hiatus, everyone needs a break. But that you are doubting your writing ability and thinking that maybe you just suck…omg NO!!

Please don't think that. I know I'm just one person and in the grand scheme of things that means nothing, but I'm sure I'm not the only one! I hate that people aren't interacting more, and I wish I knew how to make it better for you wonderful authors. But please don't think you suck. Please!!

I enjoy your writing so much. And I'm looking in my notebook, and I see I haven't reblogged a lot from you since late November except for the Boil multi-part fic. I hope I haven't been missing your posts…I kind of get buried in fics to be read sometimes, but I hate the thought of neglecting any of your fics.

I just don't want you to think you suck!! Your stuff is so fucking good!!! Your Sev multi-part gives me life (among others, of course, that's just the one that popped into my head immediately.)

Again, I understand if you need a break, burnout is no fun. But if you do, I really hope you come back refreshed and feeling better about yourself!! Big hugs and forehead kisses, my friend!

Thank you for the incredibly kind words, Carol! Please know that you are doing so much to encourage writers, and I appreciate you more than I can say. You make the fandom a better, more fun, kinder, and more welcoming place every single day.

I definitely don't think you are neglecting me! I know you have an enormous TBR list, and I'm honored to be on it. I've said before that my fics aren't going anywhere, so there's no rush to read them. I don't want people to feel pressured or obligated to read my stories, and I didn't mean to make anyone feel bad with my tags on that reblog. I'm sorry about that 🤍

In talking to other creators, I've found that many of us noticed a big drop in engagement in October, and it never recovered. My operating theory is that people got overwhelmed/buried in content during all of the fandom events like Fictober and Kinktober, and then they got busy during the holidays and didn't have time to interact. I'm hoping things will improve, now that the holiday season is over.

For me, I think part of my burned-out feelings are just coming from being so close to the end of SBN; there are only three chapters left to publish, and it feels really overwhelming to know that I don't have another longfic anywhere close to ready. Maybe it's a sign that I need to take a step back for a while, recharge, and re-evaluate.

In the meantime, I want you and all of my readers to know that I love and value you so much! Thank you for being amazing.

[rosesakura]

Not anonymous but 3 things I wanna know about you:

1) what is your prime writing time?

2) what song do you have on repeat right now?

3) what made you smile today?

P.S. I love you

hello my love

anytime after midnight. like I'm a fucking gremlin. and it is SO ANNOYING that I cannot get anything done except at night.

right now taylor swift's i can do it with a broken heart is on repeat in my head, but on spotify, i have night drive by red velvet and empty box by ateez on repeat and basically just switch between those two

you did <3 also I've been feeling lonely and like my best friend hates me or is not interested in me anymore and today she sent me two instagram reels so that made me feel a bit more secure :)

hehe i love asks, thank you for this one <3

[sergeant-spoons]

Hi there! I hope to not take any of your time but May I please be in one of your taglist? Just read IDOC and would love to hear from you more. Thank you so much!🫶

Hello my dear!! I just saw your comments on AO3 (I believe that was you, at least?) and I can't thank you enough for your kind words about IDOC! I will absolutely add you to my taglist for my longer works right now. I've sort of drifted away from writing one shots, but I'm still updating my longer fics here and there. Hoping to get back into it more this year - my ultimate goal is to finish all of them to completion. In fact, your ask has inspired me to go and write another chapter of one of my Band of Brothers fics tonight. ❤️

Thank you again!

[shivanessa]

I wholeheartedly support your Ville Valo spam! I had a very intense HIM phase in my teenage years and I still love their music 💙 and seeing Ville pop up on my dash made my day 💙💙

Saaame! Muse!!! *hugs you and swirls you around 💜💜💜

While drawing Manga (blast from the past!), I rediscovered HIM and listen to it all day. Oh, boi, I was such a fan back then. And you know what? The music still smashes!

VV forever! 😊💜🫶

[fly-chicken]

A Pragmatic and surprisingly comforting perspective about the Trump 2nd Presidency from the ACLU

***Apologies if this is how you found out the 2024 election results***

Blacked out part is my name.

I’m not going to let this make me give up. It’s disheartening, and today I will wallow, probably tomorrow too

AND

I will continue to do my part in my community to spread the activism and promote change for the world I want to live in. I want to change the world AND help with the dishes.

And I won’t let an orange pit stain be what stops me from trying to be better.

A link to donate to the ACLU if able and inclined. I know I am

[mimimar]

(open pages for better image quality)

the moment I heard elphaba's delivery of "there's a girl i know..." in i'm not that girl i knew i had to draw this comic, i strongly recommend listening to it while you read for the full experience!

this comic is a companion to this piece (which was inspired by glinda's delivery of the same line in the i'm not that girl reprise).

pages 1-4 are from elphie's pov, pages 5-8 are from glinda's.

prints of individual pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

flower meanings in order of appearance:

[cosicas-cuquis]

Happy Valentine's Day 💖💖

[druid-for-hire]

[image id: a four-page comic. it is titled "immortality” after the poem by clare harner (more popularly known as “do not stand at my grave and weep”). the first page shows paleontologists digging up fossils at a dig. it reads, “do not stand at my grave and weep. i am not there. i do not sleep.” page two features several prehistoric creatures living in the wild. not featured but notable, each have modern descendants: horses, cetaceans, horsetail plants, and crocodilians. it reads, “i am a thousand winds that blow. i am the diamond glints on snow. i am the sunlight on ripened grain. i am the gentle autumn rain.” the third page shows archaeopteryx in the treetops and the skies, then a modern museum-goer reading the placard on a fossil display. it reads, “when you awaken in the morning’s hush, i am the swift uplifting rush, of quiet birds in circled flight. i am the soft stars that shine at night. do not stand at my grave and cry.” the fourth page shows a chicken in a field. it reads, “i am not there. i did not die” / end id]

a comic i made in about 15 hours for my school’s comic anthology. the theme was “evolution”

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Hey now, Let her cook!

[illusioncanthurtme--art]

pls pls heard me out...FIDDLESTAN! <3

ok, i got this ask ten days ago, and I've been thinking about it ever since. Because I got two other asks asking for fiddauthor, and I dON'T KNOW HOW TO LET THEM DOWN LIGHTLY BECAUSE I'M A FIDDLESTAN BITCH THROUGH AND THROUGH 😭😭😭😭 I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!!!!

Don't get me wrong, fiddauthor is great and makes sense and everything. But listen. Billford and fiddauthor are multidimensional ships, they are good! But FIDDLESTAN!?!? that shit is the WHAT-THE-HECK-A-HEDRON!!!!!!! Even though it's literally 100% speculation, the implications are FUCKING CRAZY!!!!!!!!! I jumped between three ships so far during this gravity falls thing, each time thinking one is better than the other. I've decided that FIDDLESTAN IS KING!!!!!! I'm sorry. I could rant about them forever. I've been listening to nothing but extended versions of disco music for the past week. (YES THEY HAD A CRAZY ROMANTIC FLING IN VEGAS NO I WILL NOT ELABORATE!!!! (yes i will. I will elaborate at some point. it will be like ten pages or text. or I will draw it. idk.))

Here is a sketchbook doodle from like a week ago. I'm gonna post another fiddlestan thing in a few moments, but my style changes like I'm a completely different artist every week without warning, so I'm gonna leave this by itself!

He comes into YOUR house, he steals YOUR identity, and he fucks YOUR research partner!!! Fuck you!!!!!!!!!!

[dystopicjumpsuit]

Wrecker is giving you a hug and peck on the cheek in case you need it.

NIKAAA the scream/laugh/sob I let out!!! This is amazing! And yes, I absolutely did need it 🩵

Thank you so much! Would it be okay if I use this for my PFP? I love it!

Also I would share my sandwich with Wrecker, because I love him that much.

[rosesakura]

🎧 I’m curious!!!

woo we got day6! the song is "didn't know" and it's from their newest album and I love it. since it's korean, i looked up the translation of the lyrics but these are from the last few lines of the chorus

"The confession that I turned over as a joke The last greeting that you said to be happy I didn't know it was love at that time"

[u3pxx]

Kim Kitsuragi, Apollo Justice, and Chilchuck Tims are all part of a subcategory of men you very clearly have an attachment to. Short men with queer tendencies who are very, very tired from having to be the only one with their act together. Men who just want to Do Their Job but the curse of a dynamic plot haunts them and their desire to just be normal. They’re all part of the same triple Venn diagram.

i remember getting this in my askbox and laughing so hard while reading it because of how it was worded very as-a-matter-of-factly and also: i was read very thoroughly DFGHDJ thank you mystery anon for sending this bc YEA... YEA .. YEA. WHAT ABOUT IT......

bc of this ask i wrote like, things to put in their venn diagram a while ago so take this venn diagram i concocted when it was like 2 am and i was having trouble sleeping FDGHJD

[blackynsupremacy]

black girls,

make the content you want.

i’m serious.

idc if you think it’s gonna flop.

idc if you think you’re a terrible writer or artist.

idc if you believe that character/celebrity/athlete/whoever likes black girls or not. (who cares what the fandom says anyway!)

idc if you’re the first and only one to start that _____ x black reader tag.

make the content you want to see!

do it for you most importantly! (you will inspire others ofc)

in conclusion, you won’t get it if you won’t make it.

[unlimited-nobu-works]

my group chats on private MMO servers

[basicallyahedgehog]

hiya :)

16, 37, and 54 for the ask game, please!

Hi hi!

16: Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?

Oh boy. I don’t know??? My music taste is extremely varied and eclectic. I’m constantly forgetting about artists I love and then hearing a song and then hyperfixating on them for a while. One of my longest loves is Coldplay. My dad introduced me to their music when I was quite little and they were the first (and only) big concert I’ve been to. But I don’t know if they are my favourite…

37: Do you believe in luck?

I do. Absolutely. I do believe that there is some extent to which we can make our own luck - or at least contribute to it. Not quite pure karma but that idea that if you put good things into the world good things will come back. But I’ve also had so many things happen in my life that come down to pure luck. Right time, right place.

I would categorise so many of my fandom experiences as luck - I contributed a little bit of courage to post that fic or join a discord, but the relationships I have formed and the joy I have gotten have absolutely nothing to do with any great virtue on my part, and more to do with being in a conversation at the right time ti connect with the right people who have changed my entire life.

54: What’s the last thing you purchased?

I bought dinner last night. My mum and her best friend and the four of us “daughters” had dinner together and then watched the barbie movie.

Before that, it was coffee 😂

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