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man i miss haru. that boy worked retail AND suppressed a huge part of his identity that both tied to and alienated him from his inner family and community but refused to let it die AND went sent to jail for it AND he’s gay. truly an incredible character i desperately hope he appears in the live action
#atla#natla#atla haru#haru atla#avatar the last airbender#also tumblr made my text REALLY BIG and i can’t fix it on mobile so everyone has to read my big and loud thoughts until i fix it#anyways i turn to him in these trying times where spring and summer are just around the corner#bc peak season for my workplace is coming up. and FAST#i’m that mf in the car praying. haru save me haru#also if they don’t put haru in the live action bc they already used his storyline for the shamylan movie i will be so pissed#i will however understand if the problem is they can’t find an actor who’s prettyboy enough to play him. that’s reasonable#also they better make him canonly gay. he is already but even more so.
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Hiihihiiiiiii
Since I'm going through all the non-plot stuff first, to clear out the inbox. From now on, I'll be adding a new line of links onto Story-Related Itty Bitty posts!
So like. "Moving Away" and "Argument" will eventually have additional links so that you can easily reference the previous update.
I'd much rather people refer to the Masterpost but like, this should make things easier, hopefully???
#i originally figured that the masterpost should be like. more than enough#but then i realized that mobile-only users can't. exactly have multiple tabs open when using tumblr#so this new link are for them!!!!#im also like. down for recommendations to help make reading itty bitties easier#down for suggestions on what other mini-stories deserve links or not n stuff#i want itty bitties to be as easily readable as possible but its also hard bcs of the passage of time n all that.
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Legally Blonde au with Steve as Elle Woods I love it but there are so many reasons I don't think Eddie would be in law school you know where he COULD be??
He could be the 'guilty' person Steve's team is trying to defend.
In a world where Chrissy was killed but no supernatural shit involved just a tragic run of the mill murder, and because of Eddie's stellar luck he's the one who finds her body. But when he calls the police, they took one look at the scene (Sweet innocent cheerleader, Satanic drug dealer covered in her blood because he'd been checking for a pulse damn it), they deemed it an open and shut case and arrested Eddie on the spot. His case hadn't even been allowed to go to trial first because everyone was so convinced he'd done it.
Then professor Holloway, in an effort to trip Steve up assigns him and a few other students he thinks don't deserve to be there (Steve's too thick, Nancy and Robin "just don't have the right outlook"=They're women) Eddie's case. And at first Steve is the only one who believes him. Robin is doubtful and tired of being accused of being too naive and Nancy points out the evidence against him would suggest otherwise, but Steve just... believes him.
So they take the case, and they're able to win after a long trial involving incompetent police officers, a town so full of contempt for a guy they'll very clearly lie to keep him locked up, a psycho boyfriend who'd fanboyed a little too much over some small town serial killer from the 50s and Steve falling in love with his client (Nancy says it's unprofessional, Robin argues its romantic). But they win, all thanks to Steve calling out there's no way Jason could have been at the pool that day because thered been a storm warning and outdoor pools aren't open on those days (or something else jock-ish).
Anyways afterwards, Eddie moves out of Hawkins cause Fuck that place and just so happens to move closer to Steve's school, Steve graduates (probably not top of his class, he still had Nancy Wheeler to compete with) and the two of them live happily ever after.
#i paused my recorded lecture to write this lmao thank god it wasnt in person idk how i would've contained myself#sorry its long but im not putting a read more thing bc that deletes bits of it for some reason#tumblr mobile has been sooo glitchy atm maybe instead of fucking with the layout staff should be focused on that huh#stranger things#steve harrington#eddie munson#nancy wheeler#robin buckley#fruity four#steddie#steve x eddie#eddie x steve#au#show: stranger things#ch: steve harrington#ch: eddie munson#ch: nancy wheeler#ch: robin#ship: steddie#ship: steve/eddie#dynamic: robin/steve/eddie/nancy
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honestly shook to the core by the number of posts i have seen today where people have just been shitting on fanfic authors all over the place. what is it about this week that is just full of such hate and negativity?? and can i perhaps stop seeing it now???
#many of the posts were asks sent to a blogger that i stumbled upon out in the wild ('try these posts' section on mobile)#but i've also seen several on my dash as well and i just#idk#shit sucks#but it has honestly been hitting me hard today and idk if maybe im just in a certain headspace#where i cannot read that kind of post#or if it's simply bc of the sheer fucking VOLUME i have seen considering it's only 10am here#maybe can we drop this trend cus?? wtf guys??#initial reaction is to make a post about it that's more... idk. saying 'hey leave me alone if you think this way'#but idk how recent a lot of the posts were cus i wasn't checking posted dates#and i really am just not in the mood to invite that kind of behavior to my doorstep#so slightly more vague post it is#anyway i am going to try and back away from tumblr for a few hours now. maybe the day.#shh ac
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how do i turn off this awful new feature on tumblr mobile (android user, US) where you're shown a random reblog comment sometimes below a post???
#this is making me Unable to use this app or Think#i dont know if its related to my ADD or which disability honestly but ive always had this Thing where#i cant fucking READ if theres something lower on the page with color or notably different/distracting#i will literally just Skip to that and read it and try to force myself back & its So hard#i only got back into reading heavily bc reading fanfic on my phone allows me to not see the next text until im reading it –#i read from the bottom of the screen slowly scrolling up and revealing more text as i go#this taught me that for books i can do similar with a physical piece of paper/card or something like that#but tumblr is different?? bc the content varies wildly and i cant slowly scroll up each item like that#so i bring up most of the post and see the Extra text and the lil green reblog thing and my eyes Fly to it first#skhfksjc#feeling Insane and also Deranged#real hashtag disabled hours🤪🤪✨ im Losing My Mind.#tumblr update#mobile update#personal#adhd#.txt#maria is literally just rambling. hi
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Disability in Fiction: But vs. And
With it being Disability Pride Month, I wanted to talk for a minute about approaches to disability and chronic pain/illness. And I want to start by challenging the idea that showing a disabled character as a whole person means deemphasizing the disability, that "sick" should be avoided as a descriptor because it's a bad way to look at us.
My favorite series with a chronically ill mc is Word of Honor, so sorry not sorry that's fixing to get mentioned a lot on this blog. It's just a master class in chronic illness/pain and how to approach it sensitively but objectively.
There's a lot that goes into it, but to keep on topic, we'll start with Gu Xiang and how much I adore the fact that her name for Zhou Zishu is Sick Man. It's beautiful because it's not pejorative at all. She's seen how good his kung fu is, she knows he's an extremely skilled fighter who can (for the most part) take care of himself. He's just a Sick Man.
One of the most conflicting, confusing, and infuriating parts of being disabled or chronically ill is how much well-intentioned people fall over themselves to reassure you that your illness/disability Doesn't Define You. That you're ill/disabled but it's okay...
...when quite often, you are in large part defined by your condition. If you take away my psychotic disorder, I cease to be me. Being on antipsychotics does set certain parameters for me that have nothing to do with my bipolar i itself, like my ability to consume alcohol without incident. I'm a lot less fun at parties, and it's hard for me to enjoy parties where everyone is drinking and drinking is 60% or more of the objective. It defines my social life.
My best friend is a i too, and we bonded over "omg, so you know about the white noise, you know about the chatter, you know about half a dozen That Things nobody else understands even if we do find words to explain" It defines the connections I make, it defines who I can most easily relate to. It defines my entire inner world, for that matter.
If you take away my ME/CFS, my need for mobility aids, my fatigue, my pain, I cease to be me. My entire passion for whump is driven by my pain and my need for a space where talking about it doesn't make me a burden, where talking about it might be helpful instead of inconvenient to the people I talk to. The fact that so much of what I do requires advanced planning defines how I do what I do. My need for treatment defines my schedule. And that is okay.
When I go to the club and I'm on the dance floor, I'm on the dance floor with my cane, not in spite of it. My weird one-armed dancing has just become part of how I roll. Part of my greater weird one-armed life. And that is okay.
If someone were to describe me as Sick, I'm not fixing to argue with them, because I am. My bipolar I shaped my young life, and my ME/CFS fundamentally altered what adult life looks like for me now. Sick is not a bad word. Not if it's used objectively. It is if it's used pejoratively--but let's be honest, here, the goal overall should be not to use any descriptions of unalterable aspects of people pejoratively.
I am not disabled but it’s okay, I'm disabled and it's okay.
As long as there's a taboo surrounding objective descriptions of chronic illness and disability, there's an implied taboo surrounding the chronically ill and disabled. What I'd rather see is more Gu Xiangs in our fictional worlds. Characters capable of accepting others as Sick and skilled and capable.
#whump#whump community#whump tropes#writing#writing tropes#writeblr#writing trope#writing tools#fiction writing#creative writing#disability pride month#sorry it's long#tumblr needs to give a read more option on mobile#this is so aggravating bc i know posts with readmores get more traffic
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was thinking about my black sails au and. this is what pierre and charles look like by the end btw
#real photoshops will be coming once i. you know. get my shit together#also keeping this reblog-locked bc i hate tumblrs read more feature on mobile#anyway! warning this includes charles with a buzzcut and pierre with a mildly scraggly beard#when i finally make flintierre a reality its over for yall.#bs au
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okay i cracked it - i cannot use the read more feature on mobile, nor can i edit any posts with said feature on mobile without breaking it and getting rid of it and basically just ruining it
#I FINALLY GOT THE POLL FEATURE THOUGH WHO CHEERED#even updating the phone; i think tumblr mobile just fucked the read more feature which is weird bc it worked fine?#maybe i AM the problem hrm ..
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I've mentioned this before, but just in case, I think I should mention that 99% of my posts are on mobile. I'm not sure how big of a deal that is considering Tumblr Mobile has improved vastly since I first started RPing, but I figured it'd be important to tell people just in case.
#ooc tag#《 i remember back when i had to paste html codes to add icons to posts on mobile 》#《 i had to save my icons to my drafts 10 at a time and hope i copied the correct string of code 》#《 it took so long for Tumblr to finally allow people to add photos to text posts on mobile 》#《 but I'm glad it happened eventually because it makes everything so much easier on me 》#《 i have a desktop computer but i find it easier to do things on my phone 》#《 i feel like i should use desktop more bc i feel bad when i don't cut posts 》#《 though idek if i could cut posts now even if i did use desktop 》#《 like new xkit messed with the post trimmer and I'm still not used to it 》#《 i don't feel like it's safe to put stuff under a read more anymore 》#《 because I've had incidents where my partner's reply was absorbed into my readmore 》#《 the post was still cut but my partner's reply was under my readmore instead of the rest of my reply 》#《 i feel like it has to be on my end because it's happened twice with two different rp partners 》#《 but then again I've also seen readmores that work on other threads 》
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etiquette for copying tags
you can and should copy tags onto the body of the post if you think they’re cool! the only rule for doing this is you should @ the person you got the tags from to give credit. this is polite! do this!!
but I’m persnickety so here are some lesser rules, which are not essential but which I think you should also follow bc they make the site experience nicer
1. if you can, copy-paste the tags directly, don’t screenshot. this makes the tags accessible for everyone using e-readers! I say “if you can” bc I’m given to understand this is basically impossible on tumblr mobile. rip everyone using the mobile app, braver than any us marine
2. the format™ for tags is to have a # in front of every line. sometimes you will copy-paste the tags and they won’t look that way, for mysterious reasons knowable only to software devs. you should tidy them up so they do, bc if there’s nothing clearly demarcating the start of a tag, it’s all just a weird river of words. it’s like removing all the periods from a paragraph.
3. it’s common practice to just paste the whole thing as a block of text, but in my opinion it’s nice sometimes to break it up into paragraphs, especially if it’s a lot of tags. improves readability, you know? more pleasant than reading a massive block of text
4. it is good and right to add image descriptions to screenshotted tags if you encounter them in the wild, to make the post accessible for everyone using e-readers. good samaritan behavior, we love you
5. don’t screenshot and then add an image description in the same reblog?? just paste the tags in directly?? why would you take up twice the space you need to and make everyone read the thing twice??? if you have the capacity to show the tags as text, then you...have the capacity to show the tags as text??? clown behavior, this baffles me
6. ‘prev tags’ has been outlawed by tumblr staff
#finx rambles#these are my personal opinions btw there is no tumblr style guide#but I have been on the hellsite lo these many ages and so these opinions are grounded in years of observation and study#tumblr stuff
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hi love,
How did you induce pure consciousness xx
i know u guys love big stories -i love those things too- but im sorry i don’t have any
but i can try to make it seem bigger 4 u.
it was a sunny day
it was a normal day
at least i thought it was…
i make a brunch w my mom and then we go buy some groceries
did i mention it was a sunny day..
there was so much sweat blood and tears(i was on my period)
then we got home
i dayreamed while i study russian and math(tears again)
than i watched my fav show(supernatural)
and finally dinner time w my family 🎉🎉🎉🎉
i got dishes and go straight to my room
usually we have some tea after dinner
but i had cramps so i just go to bed w a pill
when i realized the pill worked i tried to sleep and get some rest
but i couldn’t so i thought i can do pinteresting🎀
i add some pins to my silly little boards(therapy)
then i saw a pin/tumblr post(wait im gonna try to find that)
after reading this pin, i remembered the posts i was readin on tumblr (b4dprincess’s posts)
then i opened tumblr and continued to read those
when i was done w reading i was like 👍 ok this is it
its my reality how hard can it be?
i put my phone down and take one deep breath
(oh noooo theres only 10gif/image allowed on mobile, i was havin fun aaaaa)
life saving emojiiiss
😮💨
and thats it
i did nothing but taking that one deep breath (physically)
i focused on everything but my body
i think about the dates i will have w him
i think about my house, neighborhood
i daydreamed my pets
the clothes
friends and the more i think about these things i was feeling closer
some point i felt like im levitating and drowning at the same time, this is the part i got scared but be cool abt it
affirmations ive said while being cool:
i am detached from any realities
i am here and there, everywhere and nowhere
i am everything and nothing
i am, i am, i am
i am nothing but my soul
i am beyond of any physical world
i am i am
i induced my pure consciousness within seconds
i am
i am
i am
i said ‘i am’ till i felt nothing
for a second i thought i didn’t make it but again be cool abt it (bc: dont let them know ur next move)
i felt ready and opened my eyes and finally i was there and just as i imagined i felt everything and nothing at the same time
it felt forever and not even a second at the same time
guys
it-was-awesome 👏🏻
(for the clarification: i didn’t mock w anything with all those gifs)
its just im trying to tell you, i mean u want a recipe but there isnt any
there’s nothing literally nothing to do for enterin your void
well theres one thing: relax.
just relax, you got this, stop overcomplicating it. its inside of you not in the space, not in the underground not in the air not in the fuckn atmosphere its within you, so you dont have to worry about anything because its there. its always there and it will always be there
stop searching for some magic key. because you are the key. you are the void you’re searching for.
i know, having a lot with your life and everything is hard and you have goals to achieve, moments to live
well good news
you can change this and you should because you deserve better
only you can change this
(i talk a lot and most of them are nonsense but i am right abt one thing, and that is, you deserve better. so act like it)
loves, siena.
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Hi!!!!!!!!
You’re like the szai person on tumblr, and even tho I’ve been playing proseka for like two years, I still don’t read a lot of the stories………
So as the certified szai tumblr person, since you kinda own the tag, would you like to explain to me why szai is such a popular ship? I really didn’t read much of anything…
Have fun!!
let me be brief (1/350) (no bc its actually gonna be a long ramble. apolocheese.) (also sorry if formatting is awful im a mobile user and I literally just type whatever)
FOR REAL THOUGH. PLEASE JUST DO ME A FAVOR AND READ MMJ MAINSTORY...... not only its a good source of szai cocaina you get to experience the entire mmj mainstory. i was normal before mmj mainstory and i was less normaler after mmj mainstory.
it simply went even more downhill when i read tenshi no clover. genuinely the one event story that first made me cry (second one was ice drop event but thats a bit biased)
okay now lets get to the main meat of it. szai.
admittedly i was kind of normaler early on but one of my tipping point was Chasing the radiance event especially chapter 7. please read/watch it. please. this specific chapter sent me into my trip of insanity when it comes to szai. it also opened my eye to specific scenes in their side stories/mmj mainsto that i skimmed early on especially bc im a jp only player so fan tls may not be super accurate back then 💔
to start off, airi was a girl that was often made fun of for being tomboyish, and seeing idols for the first time made her feel a glimmer of hope that maybe she can also bring hope to other people. she finally manages to reach her goal and became an idol after several of failed auditions (very deserved especially after her hard work) while shizuku became an idol purely out of luck from the idol grand prix context her friends convinced her to join 😭😭 From the start their relationship feels a little bit doomed with how jealousy is kind of unavoidable from airis side. but against all odds, you get to see airi go to shizuku and cheering her up by giving shizuku her towel and telling her to wipe those tears especially with such a pretty face like hers (MACHINE CLANG CLANG RACK SFX) they are so crazy for this. especially when you realize that shizuku kept the towel until now. (the towel is her area upgrade item)
from this point, airi thought nothing much of shizuku yet other than her being her new rival (and that shes rly pretty) but shizuku sees airi as her main reason to keep going in this idol stuff at that time, and that was enough.
(okay purely for this next part im forgetting a bit so do remember it may not be fully accurate 🙏)
after training minori for awhile, szai went thru a mini divorce arc where airi was telling minori that being an idol isnt all fun and games and that minori should consider quitting, continuing on with how she flopped in the industry bc she was more popular as a reality show figure. but shizuku disagreed and kept saying how airi was an idol through and through and that she shouldn't have quit, but that just tipped airi off and she shouted at shizuku, unloading all her pent up jealousy that she had for awhile now. iconic as hell scene in the most angsty way possible.
u can easily tell this wasn't received well by shizuku. at all. airi you done fucked up. shizuku left her idol group the next day.
(addendum i forgot to add. shizuku truly believed that airi was the first and if not, the only person who sees shizuku as shizuku hinomori herself, without all the idol filter that people plastered on her. so when airi admitted that she was jealous w shizuku getting everything good in the industry, that basically broke shizuku. (color of myself is a nice one to read when it comes to this 🙏 also the i am we are event is a crazy good conclusion to shizukus current arc))
at this point airi realizes just how much shizuku was influenced by her past actions without her fully knowing about it. girl you done fucked up.
this scene is still one of the biggest and strongest kryptonite for szai fans. especially with what happens after.
after confronting shizuku about her choice knowing full well its airis fault, airi, angry at herself, goes immediately to cheerful*days training place (she knows the place since theyve kinda shared the spot iirc) while the rest of mmj follows. she started threatening arisa and almost threw punches but she held back and told the rest of cheerful*days that shizuku is more of an idol than everyone in the room (i may be hallucinating this one. do lmk)
they finally leave the place, and both apologies to each other. at the same time, they both admitted that they were each others idol
and then shizuku goes to tackle hug airi. what the queer
that only concludes the mainstory section btw. upon realizing it may be too much of a recap instead of actual explanation ill be brief w the rest of it (keep in mind i dont read EVERY szai story, just ones i was made aware of bc im playing on jp and story content is a bit harder to see/consume)
Main szai crazies for szai fans
1. chasing the radiance ch7. airi yet talks again about how shizukus hands are slender and elegant while hers are short and chubby (she compared her hands to a manju) and shizuku was mad at her about this and went on a long tangent about how airis gentle hands were the ones who pushes minori and shizuku forward when they think they couldn't.
this is probably the fifth time ive read this story and it still gets me. i hate these fruitsssss. please read the full chapter ive linked it near the start this chapter is so special to me.
2. my ideal idol (airi 5, jp only event for now)
Bro i Dont Even Know What Else To Say. Just Look At This Card
but if we're being serious . lets talk about this one specific card and the story shall we.
this card was a blast to the past; pre-mmj szai again.
we start off with present mmj getting ready for their turn in the joint performance with a new junior idol group that they were paired with. airi was a bit nervous and shizuku noticed it. so she offered to do something that would hopefully lessen the nervousness for both of them. shizuku softly puts her head on airis back and whispered several word of encouragements. shizuku reminisces to the past.
pre-mmj szai. shizuku was very nervous as she was waiting for her first performance ever as an idol. airi was also there, and it was going to be her first too. airi shows up to say hi to shizuku but she noticed that shizuku was really nervous and at the verge of crying. airi knew she had to do something and told shizuku to turn around, shizuku did. shizuku lets out a little surprised yelp as she feels airis hands and head pressing against her back. she could hear airi muttering some encouragement but we never get to hear what the words were, only that shizuku thought about how warm airis hands were. (i need to be euthanized)
back to the present, shizuku says that she hopes that this gesture can somehow "repay" for what airi did to her back then. i think im losing it. sorry
OKAY IM DONE IM DONE ITS ALMOST 1 AM MY BRAIN IS NOT GOING TO WORK ANYMORE IF I KEEP TYPING..... my brain can handle so little. anyways i hope this wall of text ramble can convince u to read mmj mainsto and consume more mmj stories........ i admit its not perfect or whatsoever bc i haven't read the mmj mainstory for awhile and i have a wee memory issue thats paired with my deafness so. yeah. enjoy. haha.
#project sekai#shizuai#oh my fcukign god#im not smart ive never been a talker#so this was mostly a ramble instead of actuak “why szai is popular”#helpepppp helpppp hbelppppp#sorry if u expected anything different i genuinely dunno how to properly write it 😭😭#ALSO a hot take i have is that airi shouldn't be strictly fem presenting bc of her fes story#I WANT MY MASC KITTY!!! WHERE IS SHE
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long ramble, progress update, & potential release timeframe below:
hii! i got a lot of coding done and i think im finally satisfied with how the game looks (for now…)
here are some screenshots of what some of it will look like on mobile!
the friendship and romance levels shown in the relationship menu are just random as is the blurb for Aesop’s thoughts, they’re just for the example! (also characters thoughts are hidden by default, you click to reveal, then hide, them)
the stat bars were giving me hell but i finally figured them out with the the help of some forums and tumblr posts
i liked how in when twilight strikes by evertidings, the menu buttons (i.e. profile, stats, relationships) are listed at the top of the page so i took inspiration from that! and the many IFs that have a splash (?) screen at the beginning with the title
compared to when i started using twine (i think august 2023 was the first time i gave it a try), i’ve learned so much and there’s still so much to learn as well, i think coding has become my favorite part (making things looks pretty hehe)(with the help of amazing templates & ppl smarter than me, they do the heavy lifting fr)
with all the coding done (appearance wise) it’s lock in time for the revised prologue and chapter 1
the prologue has undergone a fair bit of change with the help of feedback & i’ve (hopefully) better established the setting and story.
some things that have changed besides wording and sentence structure, etc.: being able to choose what you did as a job (ex. working at the family inn) and meeting a new character (more like an old friend?)(no spoilers:))
some things i’ve been considering (SLIGHT SPOILER FOR CH.1 MAYBE): merging the revised prologue and chapter 1 into just the prologue bc chapter 1 differs a bit from the other chapters, but then the prologue would maybe be too strange timeframe wise? it’s a time skip after the events of the prologue (is that considered a spoiler, i don’t think so but???) that connects to the next chapters so maybe it’d just be better as its own chapter? or dropping the revised prologue by itself along with the updated ui/appearance then chapter 1 sometime after, or dropping the revised prologue and chapter 1 together, idk these are all just ideas i’ve been thinking about maybe i’ll do a poll
if you have anything you’d like to see, for example a specific job your MC worked, certain personality traits, or something like that, feel free to let me know & i’ll take them into consideration! i think now is the best time to add things bc it’s early development days & it’ll be easier to do so now than later
i’ve also decided to lean a little more into the supernatural aspect which i’m excited for (one specific thing really, i can’t wait to get to it🤭) the story’s world itself is fairly grounded in reality (as in the supernatural is unknown to most) but i’m looking forward to exploring it more
what you’re probably reading this for: depending on how i end up going about the prologue-chapter 1 merge decision & whether anything is added from requests/feedback, i’m aiming for a june release, july at the latest (fingers crossed). now that the appearance and function coding is complete (besides stat/choice tracking & other story related things), finishing the writing and coding it in is all that’s left
my schedule has done a 180 & some things are less than ideal at moment but it should all (hopefully) go smoothly from here! should anything change, i’ll let you all know
anyways, that’s all i have to say for now! ty for being patient & for reading this mess, i appreciate you all :)
#✻ — e talks#✻ — coding ramble#✻ — progress update#(albeit a messy one)#the fall of house black#the fall of house black if#tfohb if#if wip#interactive fiction
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A Few Ways to Improve Your Writing (on Tumblr) from Somebody Who Has No Business Writing
*Specifically for writing fanfiction, though some of the tips are universal.
- Indenting. I usually only indent on mobile bc for some reason, it just throws them the fuck away on my laptop. To indent, I usually just do five "spaces." It just looks nicer (imo) and can help with readability.
Example:
This is a paragraph. In this specific paragraph, I'm showing you what an indention is. It's those five empty spaces at the beginning.
- Dialogue changes. When a character speaks, that's a new paragraph. When a different character speaks next, that's a new paragraph no matter how short the speech is. It's always a great storytelling device. You don't even have to label who is speaking every time if you properly use context clues in the rest of your story!
Example:
"I am speaking," said the man. He is a guy and he's totally speaking.
"Fuck you, Todd."
"Whoa." Todd was not expecting that.
- POV. It's easier said than done, but try to keep your story in the same point of view the whole time, or at least clarify when the POV is changing.
Example: Wrong
You smile at Dee. She's your best friend and has been since elementary school. You ask Dee to borrow a pencil and she happily obliges, passing her the pencil. She says thanks to Dee and the two best friends continue writing. (Confusing, especially for someone who isn't a native English speaker.)
Example: Right
You smile at Dee. She's your best friend and has been since elementary school. You ask Dee to borrow a pencil and she happily obliges, passing you the pencil. You say thanks to Dee and the two best friends continue writing. (Coherent and Cambria, baby.)
Additionally, to show an intentional change in POV, just announce it!
Example:
Dee's POV-
This bitch will not stop asking me for pencils.
Your POV-
Oh, fuck. I forgot my pencil again...
- Complete words. This may be a personal thing, but around the time that Stranger Things 4 came out, I noticed a TON of people just not using the first few letters of the first word of their sentences?? It's another one of those things that's unintentionally inaccessible for people who don't speak English as a first language.
Example: Wrong
"'m not tired yet," she said.
Example: Right
"I'm not tired yet," she said.
- If it's a reader insert, please do not describe Y/N. Pls don't mention hair texture, but a vague style is usually fine. Pls don't mention body size unless it's specified. Don't mention skin tone. Pleaseeee, don't take away from someone else's ability to see themselves in your work that's specifically meant for the reader to see themselves in. Lots of communities don't ever get to see themselves in media, don't take fanfiction from them too.
- Use bold/italics. Both of these things can breathe a whole new life into what emotion you're trying to convey.
Example: No bold/italics
"I told you not to go there. Now we're both screwed."
Example: with bold/italics
"I told you not to go there. Now we're both screwed."
- Reread periodically. When writing a story for a few days, take a moment to go back and reread everything you've put down so far. You'd be surprised by how many little details and storytelling devices you'd forgotten about between writing sessions.
- Hit "Save Draft" literally every 15 minutes or any time you set your phone down if you write on mobile. Speaks for itself.
- AI will fuck you over. Don't be a fuckin' loser.
- Your ideas are NOT bad. Don't water down your vision in hopes that more people will read it. There really is something for everybody. You're doing yourself and your audience a disservice by changing your storyline to be more "mellow" or "relatable." It can be big, it can be dramatic, it can be weird, it can be angst or fluff or smut or literally anything bc YOU made it! No matter what, there will be people who love it with all their flesh and bones and people who scroll past after the first few sentences. It's all about chemistry or something idfk.
(Drop more tips in the comments/tags/reblogs for the new writers of Tumblr ((and me)) to learn and grow!)
#writing#writers of tumblr#writing tips#beginner writer#novice writer#author#fanfiction#fanfic#stories#writing fanfictions#writing fanfic#fanfiction tips#fanfic tips#hellfirecvnt
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Zest's AO3 Reading List
Just a personal list for online safekeeping :) bcs my chrome mobile currently has order 66 unclosed tabs
In AO3 I read longfics so some in this list are probably over 50k+ words roughly? Idk I read so much
To authors whose works are on this list: pls comment to be tagged! You deserve all the crediiitttssss!!!!! 🫶🏻💝
My account isn't that big to reach many people in regards of sharing, but I hope you (author) don't mind me tagging you! I want to, if I could find the authors here on Tumblr, so I can deliver my utmost appreciation and rESpEcT for creating such fabulous stories many could enjoy including me. All of you are making me gush over your plot and your OC quirks and your headcanons and I love wasting my time like this lolol
To all fanfic writers out there: stay creative 💓 all of you are doing an amazing job for serving stories like these to the majority of fans down to the smallest niche area 💓💓
I'm not good with pep talk but there u go
Nor am I good with writing hypeup gushing rants, my best effort is to actually scream like a really long high pitched AAAAAA so if you catch me tapping vote/like on your story you bet I'm positively exactly doing that and went into gibberish in my own head but I now am learning to do written version 🥺🫵🏻
Readers! Always support the authors! Leave a like/kudos at the very least! Write something in the comment section no matter how short or long that is, or reblog and share, it'll make authors happy for interacting with you!! 💝
Anything on Tumblr that I read I'll add if I spot the ao3 link as well 👍🏻 I'll always update this list as I read more and more
Tags: 💐general 🌱teen 🌳mature 🍁explicit 🧸domestic/found fam/clone shenanigans 🌸typical romantic 💄smut but light/tame 🔥explicit smut ⛑���typical violence 🌧️angst or hurt/comfort
Reader Fics
More Than Empty Servitude 🌳🧸🌸⛑️🌧️ by k8s_space (Rex)
Living Legacy 🌳🧸🌸⛑️🌧️ by ashxv (Anakin & Obi-Wan & Rex, endgame unknown yet)
By Any Other Name 🍁🧸🔥⛑️🌧️ by @rowansparrow (Rex, Fives, Echo)
What Blooms in Thunder 🍁🧸🔥⛑️🌧️ by @rowansparrow (Rex)
The Headless Guardsman 🌳🌸⛑️ by AmberOwl24 (Fox) @eclec-tech
Tambor's Monster 💐🌱🌸🌧️ by AmberOwl24 (Echo POV) @eclec-tech
OC Fics
Rex
In Command 🍁🧸🔥⛑️🌧️ by Wild_Karrde (Jedi OFC Senna Aven)
Side By Side 🍁🧸⛑️🌧️🌸 by Jamie_writes99 (Bounty Hunter OFC Lenna Stale)
When We Bleed, We Bleed The Same 🌳����⛑️🌸 by @inkstainedhandswithrings (Force User OFC Nevaeh Requa)
An Arrangement Meant (not) to Be Broken 🌳🧸💄 by @merlyn-bane @pyromanicdaydreamer (Nurse OFC Riis Beranna)
Fives
Halo 🍁🔥🌸⛑️🌧️ by @rowansparrow (Nautolan OMC Quill Cawthon)
caught in your gravitational pull 💐🧸🌸 by @pyromanicdaydreamer (Waitress OFC Kala)
Echo
When I Watch The World Burn 🌱🧸⛑️🌧️ by halfwaydown (Bounty Hunter OFC Senua Hallack)
Call the Twi'lek Midwife 🌳🧸🌸💄🌧️ by ficsnooneaskedfor (Midwife OFC Citali)
And For You, I'd Break A Thousand Times 🍁🔥🧸🌸 by Mermaid_of_the_Woods (Uni Student OFC Elawyn Hawk)
Jesse
I Like These Odds 💐🧸🌸 by @pyromanicdaydreamer (Athlete OC Siala Jerikko)
Fox
After A Fashion 🍁🔥🧸🌸🌧️ by @aggy72 (Fashion Designer OFC Sylvi Arak)
hold my heart in your hands 💐🧸🌸 by @pyromanicdaydreamer (Senator Aide OMC Isaac)
Cal Kestis
The Force Betrayed 🌱🧸⛑️🌧️ by arthurmangoes (Jedi OFC Sakana Angedis)
Multi
Seeing Red 🌳🧸🔥⛑️ by @hellfiresky (Rex & Fives)
Like A Ride That Cannot Be Stopped 💐🧸🌸 by @merlyn-bane @pyromanicdaydreamer (Rex, Fives, Echo, Jesse, Hardcase)
Who We Are When It Matters The Most 🌱🧸🌸⛑️ by @merlyn-bane @pyromanicdaydreamer (de-chipping AU)
Canon Fics
loopdeeloop 🌱💐🧸⛑️🌧️ by stationary_cycle (Fox and Fives stuck on a time loop to stop O66)
As we Bend and Break through Time 🌱🧸⛑️🌧️ by MapleWren (Time Travel Cal Kestis, TCW)
The GARNet 🌳🧸 by WobblyCat (clone troopers on social media)
Like Fire in Our Bones 🌱🧸🌧️ by acuteneurosis (Time Travel Leia Organa, TCW) @this-acuteneurosis
Order 65 🌱🧸⛑️ by ChaoticGoodThiefling (Post Order 66) @beskarthief
The Presence: A Spooky Bad Batch Tale 💐🧸 by AmberOwl24 (TBB halloween) @eclec-tech
See My Youth In You 💐🧸 by @merlyn-bane @pyromanicdaydreamer (Knight Obi-Wan & Padawan Anakin)
the ghost in the walls (is just a really stupid cat) 💐🧸 by @pyromanicdaydreamer (Codywan, 212th)
#ao3#ao3 fanfic#z3st reads#star wars#clone wars#star wars the clone wars#sw the clone wars#star wars au#clone wars fanfiction#star wars fanfiction#fic rec#arc trooper fives#arc trooper echo#arc trooper jesse#the bad batch fanfiction#tbb#cal kestis#captain rex#anakin skywalker#obi wan kenobi#commander fox#clone trooper#the bad batch
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sometimes if you *make* a post (or save a draft) on desktop you can't edit it on mobile
if you make a post on mobile, you should be able to edit it on mobile though
Tumblr mobile took away my edit post ability and that's so fucked. I use my phone for everything lol my kids don't let me sit still for long for laptop use on a regular basis. Lmao GIVE IT BACK or someone tell me where it went if it's still here and I'm just dumb. Like even on my drafts in mobile. Like damn
#learned this the hard way from an ao3feed blog#the posting was automated so i guess it read it as desktop and i could not edit the posts#then it became even odder bc i could edit *sometimes* but other times i'd get sn error message#i realized it was probably that any post that had a like or reblog before i got to it to edit would become un-editable#if everything is in mobile though it theoretically should be fine and in that case idk#but if you're trying to edit like an ask from before the default posting format switched or#something that's been in drafts or an older post - those might be counting as 'desktop published'#also check if you're in the browser and not the app and are maybe not signed in in the browser#bc tumblr is weird with links and for example some of your masterpost links only go to the browser version of a post#like they will take you out of the app to a browser page to see the post and have a 'log in to see more' at the bottom#tumblr .... sighhhhhh#(one time i was on my own blog and i was getting frustrated i couldn't edit a typo on my post)#(turns out i was was looking at it on the 'visitor' url rather than navigating to 'posts' from the dashboard.tumblr url)
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