#messages from the inbox

[primamchorus]

💖 thank you for leaving such nice and thoughtful tags on my first ffxivwrite this year! I really appreciate how you mentioned the setting of Burakh's home in his fathers' bonsai nursery as a character in itself; i didn't originally intend for it to shake out that way, but your comment made me reread my own piece and come away enjoying that extra aspect. I was definitely torn between not describing the environment enough, versus describing it in a way that makes sense for the POV of a character like Vira, who isn't learned but enjoys their friendship with Burakh (and Burakh as a person). I haven't written for myself in a very long time and your tags have really spurred me to keep writing. Thank you so much for your kindness and appreciation 💖

This is so sweet! Thank you for such a kind message!

I'm glad that my tags allowed you to reread your work and see it with an extra perspective to appreciate it more! I'm really happy to see that they also lit a creative fire for you. ♥

I also totally get it with writing a lot of descriptors that it feels like the characters are a bit overshadowed, but I think you did a pretty good job lacing the characters and the setting together. :> I was very taken with it.

I look forward to the next piece you end up putting out there!

[starcurtain]

I know everyone sees Itto as Genshin's comedic relief, but I'm telling you all, Alhaitham is actually the funniest character in Genshin Impact.

According to the fandom, he's hot, he's famous, he's the one in charge of the house...

But according to the people of Sumeru? Dude became grand sage and not a single NPC around the city had a thing to say about that. Sachin's son got his ass beat and he didn't even know who Alhaitham was; it was just "some guy in green." People on the streets are said to not even notice Alhaitham, let alone be able to identify him by appearance. The only time we ever hear NPCs directly commenting on Alhaitham, it's Siraj's collective who hate Alhaitham's guts. Dori refuses to work with him. Random Eremites call him a lunatic within two minutes of meeting him.

Alhaitham's reputation in Sumeru is "Who? Ah, that guy? I heard he's weird," and then everyone moves on.

Meanwhile, Kaveh is literally famous enough to have an epithet ("the Light of Kshahrewar"), is the lead architect on entire city redesigns, and was trusted before Alhaitham's take over to do work on the Akademiya itself. He built the most famous landmark in the rainforest outside of the Divine Tree. He's well-known enough that people bank on his reputation to start scams; people send their children to take courses with him in the belief that it will bless them with successful future careers. He's known for philanthropic endeavors to help the poor and disadvantaged. He won the Interdarshan Championship. This is the Sumeru equivalent of winning an Olympic gold medal!!

Kaveh is the Taylor Swift to Alhaitham's Travis Kelce. They might have independent success, but in every measurement of public sentiment, Kaveh vastly outshines Alhaitham, and the fandom should really take a step back and think about how hilarious this makes everything about their situation in canon.

For the few in Sumeru who are actually paying attention, sure, Alhaitham is the (former) acting grand sage who makes a pretty penny and owns the house Kaveh lives in. For the average majority of Sumeru's citizens who are way more likely to know Kaveh? Alhaitham is literally just "that guy who is shacked up with the Light of Kshahrewar."

Kaveh's efforts to keep where he lives a secret just makes him come across like one of those reclusive types of artists who value their privacy. Half the public in Sumeru probably think he just prefers to keep himself and his lover out of the limelight. Kaveh was so busy pretending not to be poor, he forgot that every ounce of pretending he does just helps him keep his own celebrity status. The harder he attempts to act secretive about where he lives and with whom, the more it comes across as "Please respect this famous person's privacy and stop asking about the details of his relationship."

And Alhaitham, for whom being "that guy who is shacked up with the Light of Kshahrewar" is THE life goal? Everything is going according to keikaku. Kaveh has convinced the entirety of Sumeru that he and Alhaitham are in a relationship, all without Alhaitham having to lift a finger. The more determined Alhaitham gets to fly under the radar, the more it looks like he's Kaveh's kept man. If you aren't living with him because you're broke, then why are you living with him, Kaveh? There's simply no way for Alhaitham to lose.

It's just... so funny.

[notherpuppet]

Alastor is a complex character!

Despite being one of the few characters in Hazbin with confirmed identities (his ethnic background and sexual orientation), those identities are in of themselves, complex experiences.

There’s seemingly nothing about the character that is Black or White.

I think that’s why he is such a compelling character! Also, it’s probably one reason why he is such an attractive conduit for folks’ creative expression.

His identities are not necessarily why many people may gravitate towards him, but they do offer a chance for people to investigate him and explore a character—as unique as he is—into avenues they may not have considered before.

I can commiserate with feeling defensive of a character who shares an identity with you—ESPECIALLY an underrepresented one. Discourse is natural and completely fine! (And very educational sometimes in my experience)

But I don’t think it’s fruitful to police a fandom in these matters. Some folks come to my inbox (I delete the really rude ones) or comment sections with a very cop-like attitude to a space that’s supposed to be creative and/or fun *airhorn*

That’s my take as just some guy on the internet 🤓🛜 have a good dayyyyy

[kekstala]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone 🎄❤️

I hope you guys all had a good and lovely time with either your family or loved ones ❤️

Ate some cookies, or slurped some hot chocolate- just enjoying the holidays seasons a bit ☕️🍪

…or smooched someone who knows 👀

Anyway here’s some mistletoe shenanigans and of course Drayton lol

Love ya guys ❤️

[catfindr]

[is-skizzleman-on-hermitcraft]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LETS GO

[peachfruitcake]

From late November

[wukyma]

Now that I know that Polites loves animals... May you can draw him with my two bunnies, two dogs and six cats? 👉👈🥺

AA couldn't fit them all in the picture but here u go! Adorable guys

(drawing animals is out of my comfort zone can you tell? Also "i know what you are" ahh dog. LOVE the energy)

[n4rval]

HI I love your profile pic hsdhfjhg... big hand... liddle face... very good and cute. brings a smile to me in these trying times ;w;

(picture for future reference on this post)

hi freak i missed you!! 👋🎊

the trying times are sure A Trial. this is why i have commited to the duty of becoming the gaster girl from tumblr who only ever draws and writes for this one character

[yukipri]

Eyyy I Live!

I know I've been super quiet on here for a while, but I'm still around! Currently working on cleaning up the chapter for a long overdue Override update which should hopefully go up in a bit~

[redbootsindoriath]

Oh look what day it is again!

Happy Hobbit Day to all who celebrate! Here's a rushed doodle to assure you guys that I am in fact still out there somewhere on earth.

[pseudophan]

the phookbook blog got shadowbanned for sending too many dms my life is literally so hard

[corviiids]

hi!!! all the fic updates/uploads recently have me bouncing off the walls i am so appreciative of all of them!!!! i just hope the procrastination doesn’t have terrible consequences, for your sake

I have this for you!

your dialogue is always so so entertaining i had to do something with it at least once!!! look i know it says slightly manic in the fic but i couldn’t help myself. idk maybe it is only slightly manic. he’s normal. a secret third thing. i’ll leave that judgement in your hands! :D

DUDE. dude. you genuinely have no idea what this did for me. this is exactly precisely the morale boost i needed because i in fact right now at this moment am trying to teach myself all of family law in one night. it's going bad. those are the terrible consequences you referred to

in all sincerity thank you so so much, for this fucking hilarious and incredible drawing (holy shit) but ALSO for your extremely kind words and i am so happy if you've been having fun with my fic :D but ALSO. for this drawing. im in tears. this is the perfect comic. ren startling in the background. goro's manic face. this is the correct level of mania. im feeling it right now. i will never be able to express my gratitude to you

(context this is a scene from my akeshu australian law school au yes you read that correctly)

[gomzdrawfr]

Love that cat-coded Rudy doodle you shared! It matches perfectly with an animal shifter au my friend and I muse over for fun, wherein Rudy and Ale are BOTH cat shifters and the Los Vaqueros base becomes Head Bonk Central with them in charge.

omg sorry i just saw this

HELLO THIS IS SO CUTE?? head bonk central ajsjksdkhdsa I would love to read any snippets if you have! :D

had a running joke with a few people back then that Alejandro is Colonel Meow

please accept this ridiculous alerudy doodle atm (they're old doodles forgive the quality) becuz someone said they looked like bobble head toys

[hellishgayliath]

It’s been a while since I completed a drawing so I figured something cutesy with a simple colour palette would be easy

A day out ends up on the rainy side of things but they still find comfort in each others presence 💙

[allgremlinart]

Hello

I'm Amira from Gaza 🍉, responsible for my family since my father passed away. Despite becoming a university lecturer and app developer, the recent war destroyed everything 😥.

I urgently need to leave Gaza to care for my sick mother and continue my aspirations.

Any help or sharing of a support link would be deeply appreciated.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/amiras-story-between-hope-and-resilience-a-call-for-soli

Thank you sincerely 🙏🙏

Amira

€11,535 raised of €20,000 as of July 1st

If you follow me you've seen me reblog Amira's fundraiser before - she still needs a little under €10,000 to reach her goal!

This is a vetted fundraiser (here and here) so please don't hesitate to donate and reblog!