#not feeling very creative atm lol

[storfulsten]

Do you think BF would ever be able to convince Whitty to wear one of those cat-ears headband things?

mm well don't see why not lol

have a vaguely related-but-not-really doodle I guess bc why not ha

[seventeendeer]

I do tons of creative stuff that I'm really proud of and love to death, but I never have any good creative tips to share with anyone bc my workflow is literally just "wait until the moment the idea of working on the thing makes you sooooo happys and then do it perfectly on the first try! and if it's not perfect on the first try, give up and do something else :)" like idk maybe I'm built wrong. or maybe it's everyone else in the world who's built wrong. anyway pro tip for making cool stuff all the time for all the artists and writers and whatnot out there: follow every stupid whim that comes over you, don't fuck up ever, and make sure to give up when things don't go your way 👍 it just works

[enchantedephiphany]

Yeah... I probably don't have the mental/emotional fortitude to be any kind of activist, even online. I get easily passionate about things like Freedom, Justice, but in the real world, not just Ideal Land, where everything is nicely clear-cut into good and evil, everything is messy. And people are nasty and resentful and fight even in their own group and I take on all that negative emotion and I have enough of that on my own. No strength enough even for myself in minor things so... not an asset. Same old story.

Best if I'm not involved bc I WILL go crazy esp if overtired from doing almost nothing. So.

Can't deal w conflict. I want to help even if it's just online but even that is too much for me lol. I absorb all the positive emotions which is good but negative as well and I. Can't take it

Yes I probably would die right away in any sort of actual conflict; if it came to having to survive on my own I'd also die. And my Ideals would probably fall away if someone so much as threatened me if I were in any sort of prison/torture situation so. Yes I I'm coward and an idiot and have no right right say anything to anyone. Stay in my own lane (until maybe the country crashes but I'll not be able to handle any sort of hard situation if the trump thing gets real bad... ) and not get involved which means shrinking down into almost nothing (which is me anyway, compared to the heroes in countries with actual awful circumstances who . Don't back down)

[billygaysanguine]

Monster high AU notes! Like all my AUs, though i may branch out later, the focus is mainly on Scapegrace, Thrasher and Clarabelle. Placing this all under a cut bc it gets LONG lol. Also their ages for this are all 16👍

First i designed Dipterabelle Brundle, daughter of the Brundlefly (for those unfamiliar with MH, the students are all son-of-monster or daughter-of-monster, rather than THE monsters themselves). First two were drawn freehand with pen and the digitalized Dipterabelle was made using Frankie Stein as a base. The fly motif is pretty obvious, but I also wanted to include those mad scientist-esque boots and the red ties as a nod to Seth Brundle himself. Also a fun fact, her hands have an asymmetrical number of fingers (four on the right, three on the left) after the model of the fully transformed Brundlefly. (Also, note: just like the Brundlefly, she eats by vomiting acid on her food until it melts and then slurps it all up with her proboscis. Isn't that awesome)

My first concept of Scapegrace and Thrasher (i have not come up with fun MH names for them yet but i am open to ideas!). Scapegrace is the son of a dullahan and he has to hold his head on (LOSER!!) and Thrasher was originally just a regular zombie but I changed my mind later (see below).

Now my recently refined MH!Scapegrace and MH!Thrasher. Scapegrace is still a Dullahan but I cleaned up his outfit, modeled him more after a victorian era coachman, and came up with a reason his head is falling off- he has a bowtie he's supposed to wear, but as a rebellious teen he refuses to do that (also why he wears his coat unbuttoned) so he has nothing to hold his head up.

Thrasher is the son of the Fear Gorta/the Hungry Man. This is because I found that more interesting to work with than a plain zombie (also there's already a surplus of zombies in Monster High so i wanted to get creative). His skin is falling off in places, but underneath is only a skeleton, because he is literally "all skin and bones" (because the Fear Gorta is an emaciated figure, and all skin and bones is a way to say someone is skinny, get it? I'm very smart). He also never gets his own lunch at the cafeteria, instead he walks around asking for people's leftovers. He always hovers around Scapegrace's table because even though Scapegrace likes to Have food, he can't eat it (due to his head not being attached) so Thrasher gets it all.

That's all ATM. Im also working on their MH bios as well like freaky flaws and fav subjects etc. Feel free 2 ask questions!!

[intermundia]

So the fact that I have writer’s block is not a secret lol my ao3 last updated advertises the fact openly, and I’m trying to solve it. There are many reasons for it, mostly related to depression and addiction and other life-sapping problems that I am dealing with, but I know that the problem is also with the story itself. The muses have gone silent on War Drums in a very serious and unprecedented way.

I’ve just been bashing my head against the wall trying to figure out why it feels like that story that is the heart of my creative drive atm is dead in a way that I can’t force back into life. I’ve reluctantly come to the conclusion that the fact that the entire book was extensively and lovingly planned a couple years ago with architectural precision from the outside is actually the problem.

It was extremely fun back then to plan the book, chapter by chapter, planet by planet. That’s why I know we’re 15/45 of the way through that story, and each chapter represents about 3.125% of the total narrative. The character arcs follow beats timed according to percentage of the way through, like at 37% and 62% of the way through there are important conflicts that evolve their relationship, etc. It's solid and settled.

This is a problem because it’s no longer a mystery to write, and so not as fun to write, you know? It’s filling out a form that was outlined in the past, the mere execution of an idea that already exists fully formed in planning documents. I try to find energy to write from excitement about obikin’s relationship evolving, but I already know exactly when and how it happens, and so it just feels rote.

I remember how it felt to write Lex Talionis, and I KNOW that I can successfully write a 187k complete book. The difference with LT was that I felt the shape of that book and vaguely sensed plot points that I needed to happen, but my subconscious did the planning and writing it was more like discovering it. I need that energy back for War Drums if I'm going to finish.

Of course I really really really don’t want to throw away that much planning. It’s comforting to have the entire story on rails, and I can trust the pacing to that outlining structure. BUT I’ve spent the summer slowly coming to the realization though that it simply will never happen, and what I need to do is toss the outline in the bin, reread the beginning, see what threads are there, and dive off into the unknown.

So I don’t know how War Drums is going to end anymore. Or I knew how one version ended, it was satisfying, and maybe after I finish the version I am about to write, I will share the old dense outline. I’m going to make it fresh by making it new, and hopefully that means more story will come this fall. It’s a creative project unlike anything I’ve ever tried before, so we’ll see, but I feel intrigue and a hint of inspiration, so I need to chase it.

[jods-tablet]

Your writing is so beautiful! I’m curious about how you developed your skills? Are you an English major? Do you have any favorite books/works that inspire you? Did you write fanfiction before or is this your first time? Sorry if those are too many questions; I’m just at awe <3

Hello! You are too kind! 💞

I think writing is something I’ve always been interested in and force myself to make time for. The only way to build skills with writing is to… write & read a lot and “write what you know” though universal and oft repeated is very very good advice. Though, maybe I would say “write what you love,” or “write about your problems instead of going to proper therapy.” 😅 Do not follow the latter advice!!!!!

I’m a ballerina as my most-of-the-time “job” but I studied both dance and journalism at university. Journalism, freelance dance stuff, and other rando writing projects help make ends meet lol. That’s to say I don’t get to do super creative things with writing very often so I definitely enjoy having an outlet through fanfic!

This is my first time writing fanfiction (and making it public!) I think everyone had a diary with self-indulgent AU concepts as a kid. Or maybe that’s just me. Outing myself as freaky as if that isn’t the case 🫣

I think I have too many favourite books to list but I’ll start with a few outside of my normal posting areas (aka: TLT, Masquerade Series):

Ulysses by James Joyce. I cannot tell you how ragged and worn my copies are. Telling that I have a home copy and also a travel copy that looks like I gnawed on it.

The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Ok maybe I post about this one. It’s really just so good. Everyone in this book sucks in the best way. Heavy inspiration for my Catholic School slasher fic, but not in the way some may think. 😘

The Iliad / The Odyssey (Homer) translated by Emily Wilson and The Aeneid (Virgil) translated by Scott McGill & Susannah Wright

The Swift Dark Tide by Katia Ariel. Holy shit. Memoir & nonfiction & one of the best “new” books I have read in recent memory.

Dante’s Inferno translated by Mary Jo Bang. Another well abused book staring me in the face atm! Her Paradiso & Purgatorio translations are also very good! But nothing beats Inferno to me.

Fan-works that I cannot get enough of and that inspire me to keep writing every day:

Thatorchia by @snowleek / snowleeksoup on Ao3. Current obsession. Griddlehark long fic in a shitty apartment complex, focusing on their shared childhood trauma. Really makes me reflect on grief as love’s persistence; hatred as an impression/relief of devotion. Peep me in the comments going crazy every single chapter.

GHAZAL WHERE I’M BEGGING YOU TO TOUCH ME by igneousbitch on Ao3. Also Griddlehark. I have a theme. What would you do when you get everything you have ever wanted? Harrow and Gideon unfortunately sabotage themselves for some of this. Poetic and beautiful and I’m usually not a fan of first person fics but this is… truly gorgeous. Truly.

The World Is Crumbling, But Tonight I Will Make Dinner by Robbies_Restroom on Ao3. Stolen Generation horrors but Griddlehark. Really enjoy the masterful use of prose here- everything feels very purposeful and hope-filled in an otherwise hopeless and traumatizing situation.

I hope this is enough for now hehehehee I feel so honoured that people like my work & encourage you to read others works too!!!! Fan culture is only as loving and rich as we make it!!!!

[returntosunder]

I'm very new asking people stuff. So I'm sorry. If it sounds weird to tell you an idea, I had. Inc blueberry and dream. Yeah, to my character. They're an entity of human-like stature, but there's not anything but they naked eye. They can be a blank slate until somebody chooses what they want on them. An entity of multiple choices, a blank slate. Only really paired with a black sweater. M, g's, they have no eyes, they have no mouth. No facial features at all. No hair, no ears. They can be whatever a person wants. They can be a monster, human and anti enough. An imaginable power but they don't see themselves as that. They just like to chill until somebody decides how they look. Sorry, if this is kind of stupid, I just love the concept of an entity that's there for somebody else to choose its path for it.

No worries about the first time asking, i don't bite lol

Im sorry, im not sure if you are asking for me to draw this or if this is just a story u wanted to tell?

If this is an art request lmk in the comments or dm, I'll be happy to draw it if that's what u wanted (tho I'm a lil backed up atm on some drawings so it might take a bit)

And if it's just a ramble, It's a lil hard to read it cause I have dyslexia and the text is a lil jumbled sorry.

If I'm understanding this right (correct me if I get anything wrong), your character is essentially a blank slate that can be manipulated into whatever someone wants, Like a customizable character? It's an interesting concept of them changing into whatever someone wants them to look like, would be a really cool story to tell! Especially if in one moment they look like a completely different character to one person, then suddenly change when another person is with them.

It's not a stupid idea at all! It genuinely sounds really cool. I love hearing these kinda things, everyone is so creative, and it always fun when people want to share their own ideas and stories with others!

I feel honored when someone is comfortable enough with sharing their ideas with me! I may have a hard time understanding some things (so if i misunderstood anything just lmk), i still love hearing about it!

[soliddarrity]

Get to know your mutuals: tag game

Omg thanks for tagging me @vuesfluides & @thisonesatellite (TWO people tagging me in this?? I feel so special 🥺💖) BOTH of you said you love uninterrupted alone time btw, you are my kind of people for sure 🥹✨️

Answering questions is one of my favorite activities so let's go lesbians!!!!!!! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

What's the origin of your blog title: I used to have a bad habit of deleting my tumblr blog every few years and could also never settle on a name when I made a new account; 'solidarity' (plus a couple letters lol) is the best name I've landed on since then that doesn't make me feel unbearably antsy and like I want to change it (it's solid! It's right there in the name! 😂); it implies an ongoing commitment to myself and others and I really like that :) (vuesfluides did you notice we basically have opposite reasons for our blog names?? Yours about change and mine kind of about staying the same?? Because I did and omg I love it 😄)

OTPs + Shipname: Stuckyyyy 😫💓 (well. I say Stucky. But I am *very* open to the entire Polycule, aka Nat Bucky Sam Steve and maybe/sometimes Clint. And you could convince to include more. I'm listening!!! 👀)

Favorite Color: I am such a rainbow person idk if I can choose. All of the colors forever 😎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷

Favorite game: Can I say this one? 🙂

Song stuck in your head: TRUST! by Rebecca Black ("...Make me feel like I'm a man! [TRUST!] Ooh la la; got me goin' like Gaga Ga 🙄")

Weirdest habit/trait: Just one?? 😬😂😫🫠 uhhhhh well. I pop all the time. Like if the letter P was a word all by itself? The objective is generally to make it sound as loud as possible. If you met me in real life, within a week of knowing me you would probably start doing it back to me like we are having some kind of conversation via Weird Noises. Everyone I know eventually does it back and it Delights Me 😂

Hobbies: my #1 hobby is definitely reading fanfiction 😆. I'm a pole dancer as well, and I draw/paint. I would love to start doing more fanart. I'm currently trying to revive my writing via Stucky fanfic...it's going kinda rough atm but we'll get there!

Something you're good at: cleaning! I love to clean and organize things when I'm in the mood.

Something you're bad at: doing math in my head.

Something you love: Laughing 😂 and most things I post about here on tumblr really

Something you could talk about for hours off the cuff: Writing. Good writing, bad writing, what makes a story interesting to me, breakdowns of different stories I've watched or read and what I liked or didn't like or how they could have been slightly better...

Something you hate: Abuse of power 😡 But for something more lighthearted, I really, really REALLY don't like velvet. If you're wearing velvet, do not come near me 😫😭 and NEVER hand me a peach, it feels the same to me 😅

Something you collect: Crystals! 💎✨️

Something you forget: I used to have the world map memorized along with all the capital cities and uhhh what a power move I should really rememorize that, it was such a confidence boost

Favorite movie / show: The Lord of the Rings because I am so so basic 😄 but nah for real the message of it is so......there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for.

Favorite food: much like colors, idk if I can pick one. You ever had homemade greek salad with freshly cracked black pepper and hand squeezed lemon juice?? Boba tea. Pad thai?? What about cheesy sourdough bread 😫🙌 I made a green smoothie last week that felt like it healed me from the inside out. How does one choose???

Favorite animal: ohhh I can't choose that either. They are all my babies 🥹💓 that bird out the window? My baby. Feral alleycat? I gave birth to that thing. The local racoon? My firstborn son!!

What were you like as a child? My best self tbh. I was super sweet and SUPER creative. I loved everybody like it was the easiest thing in the world. I was an annoying little shit though too; used to steal peoples glasses and watches and pinch people for sport 🤣

If you could change any detail about your life right now, what would it be: I desparately wish I had like...a group of wise elders I could go to for my problems. Not a therapist. A group of wise old people who Get Me and we Vibe and have Shared Interests to bridge the gap and give us an excuse to casually hang out and talk about life and get to know each other. I think also just more irl community in general would be awesome.

If you could travel in time, who would you like to meet: Oh, I would go WAY back in time to some ancient civilization like Mesopotamia or something and just take it in, whoever I met. I'm certain it would be FASCINATING regardless of who I ran into there! (thisonesatellite I wrote that before reading yours btw....maybe we could go to Ancient Mesopotamia together & bring back some really cool rocks??? Hmu if you ever find a time machine 🙌)

@thisonesatellite I was gonna tag you in this but you got me first 😆 gonna taaag @rumade @thisstormbringsstrangeloyalties @pixelrewind @rogueemmy @frostedthoughts @wholenessblooming @sweetferns and @bellewhistle

@fenrir-chained Here's the tag game I mentioned! Feel free to ignore it but I would love to see your answers if you dooo! 🤗💫💖

If you don't want to do it, no pressure! But I'd love to hear your answers if you do! :)

[meowdei]

option 2 u know the details

# FAILBOY DAZAI OSAMU

Okay so I haven’t watched bsd since the pandemic and I didn’t even make it that far in the first place so there’s not too much for me to go off here besides what I know from you LOL so bear with me:

As far as writers go I think dazai is pretty into dark content especially yandere and maybe pseudocest. He writes a lot of au’s and comes up with a lot creative lore of his own but he’s pretty fond of just sticking to regular good old canon compliant fics too. He’s pretty versatile like that. But I think the best part is that he is insanely good at writing long, and very chilling dark content fics and it’s excellently planned out and paced and he knows it, too, so he’s insanely cocky about his writing 💀 and I also feel like he’s the type of guy who reads a lot of novels and is low key pretentious about it like “that fic was such a wannabe [ insert book ] but obviously they missed the main focal point that the author was trying to make, which is why their fic is so stale and….” And anyone who dm’s him on discord is like bruh . Be quiet you freak LOL. The only thing is that his smut is not bad at all, but not his strongest suit so that’s the only thing he’s a bit self conscious of as a writer.

But he has EXCELLENT characterization of you. He makes banger hc’s and posts them and reblogs them with a drabble underneath and they do numbers without making it to the main tags bc he just says the juiciest and also objectively correct stuff and it makes everyone feral. But he also reads the tags and clenches his fist like “yeah you guys can agree bc I’m always right but . Don’t agree too hard that’s MY girlfriend” LOLLLL. His masterlist isn’t even “[ Fandom ] Masterlist” it’s “Carina Masterlist” and it’s his only masterlist atm because he only fixates on one character at a time per fandom if he’s a fanfic writer and you’re the only one for god knows how long it’s been so he’s never even made a general fandom masterlist. It’s just you LMAO.

He’s vehemently no sharing. Absolutely doesn’t follow any blogs that are Carina selfshippers, absolutely does not let them follow him either LOL he softblocks or hardblocks depending on his mood. He has mad beef with Fyodor LMAO HE VAGUES HIM ALL THE TIME and the best part is Fyodor is maybe the second most, if not just as popular Carina blog, too, but Fyodor writes the actual smut a bit better and makes BANGER FUNNY SHIT-POSTS and it makes Dazai soooo mad bc I don’t see him as being quiet as funny as Fyodor HAHA. And even better is Fyodor hardly ever acknowledges his vague posts but on a rare occasion he makes one that absolutely GAGS Dazai so he has a full blown meltdown on discord to whoever will listen. It’s so funny.

I think he’s always answering hate asks too. He finds them mainly amusing I don’t think he’s the type to really care that much about what ppl say bc again . He’s objectively very very very talented at writing and he knows it—to an infuriating extent, in fact. He knows that his worldbuilding and prose are very impressive and that even the areas he’s weaker in than others, are better than most fics in the tags so in terms of writers, he’s kind of the fandom’s gold mine. The hate asks mainly come for his personality but he just responds like “yeah? And this personality is exactly her type so go cry about it” and he’s borderline delusional 💀

He gets a decent amount of comms, I think. I think he’s a little less creative about the aesthetical visions of the comms and they’re very pretty bc he comms very expensive and talented artists, but his poses and ideas for any backgrounds and props aren’t the most creative—and then someone reblogs Fyodor’s very clever and creative comm with well thought out outfits, scenery, and poses and it makes him SO MAD���️ lollll. His theme is hideous, too. It’s not even simple or lacking, it’s just straight up bad . He clearly tries to make a good theme because you can tell the attempt was there but …… his eye for aesthetics is just so bad like SO SO SO BAD his pictures are old and outdated and low key cringe and they don’t even rly match in color schemes and his ability to organize things and make them pretty and orderly and also just easy to navigate is terrible. So his blog is hideous. But luckily his layout for fics is just title, warnings, and authors note with a divider so it’s simple and basic enough that it’s not an ugly fic that people swipe past LOL. He doesn’t even bother with making a fic header but occasionally if it’s a super long fic that’s near and dear to his heart he will just get a manga panel of you and crop it and add it 💀 he gets hate asks from Fyodor about his boring comms and ugly aesthetics and then he sends Fyodor hate asks about terrible characterization and “it’s so clear you get your opinions from minors on tik tok and reddit” LOLLLLL. He’s pretty unproblematic for the most part like he makes some highly opinionated posts here and there but he doesn’t lurk other blogs nor does he send anon hate out of pettiness but he does send to Fyodor. That’s his exception. He sends Fyodor so much hate and vice versa but they both know it’s each other so if they answer the asks it’s always them passively aggressively just communicating with each other and low key the whole fandom knows it too HAHA

ANYWAY that’s all I have for now if I think of any random extra tidbits will just message you with them bc blogger dazai actually makes me snort so much he’s soooo chronically online it hurts

TY FOR JOINING MY EVENT and for helping my plan it you are my soulmate 🤞

[legionofpotatoes]

All other criticisms of modern Star Wars aside, the thing that gets me the most is how every single story is being written to fit into some Avengers-level grand finale that just isn't laying a solid enough foundation to make it worth the wait. Regardless of whether the individual stories are good or bad, what makes them fall so short, imo, is that there's usually no real payoff within their own runtimes (unless you count cheap callbacks or loose promises of More, which you shouldn't)

Like, I already knew halfway through Ahsoka that we were in for a cliffhanger and it's just like...alright, guess we'll see how this ends in about 5 years? Even Mando, which had a great first season and was poised to stand on its own two feet and ride off on a rootin' tootin' bounty huntin' adventure, has ultimately become yet another dusty path on the road to the current Big Plot with an indeterminate due date. That's not deliciously addictive media, it's a dry-ass carrot on a spindly little stick, lol

Of course, this is a problem that many franchises are happily getting cozy with lately because everybody wants to have their own Infinity War / Endgame moment, but I guess it seems a bit more egregious with Star Wars because, ironically, it used to work best because it had less overall focus. Like, sure, we had concurrent movies, animated series, and games, but they were always happy to do their own things and tell their own stories with definitive conclusions. Now it all has to funnel into the Big New Plot and, man, I honestly just can't bring myself to care when it feels like an endless waiting game

I definitely need to get around to watching Visions at some point because, every time it pops up, it sounds like the lifeblood that Star Wars sorely needs atm

Yeah the setup-and-payoff a-to-b type dramatic clarity that seemed so entrenched into the very bones of cinematic grammar - up to around the emergence of streaming, wink wink nudge nudge - is sorely missed in star wars atm. sure maybe downsized writers rooms fidgeting with limited series formats instead of doing actual seasonal TV has something to do with it, but even that is probably such a small piece of the larger issue that spins all this longform storytelling bullshit ferry wheel around.

Another part is certainly chasing the MCU business model of it all like you said. Carrot on a stick is verbatim how I've often described these things myself, the endless promise of another promise of another promise instead of forming a complete thought with a beginning and an end. servicing the plot before story at all costs. another part still is reverence towards the aesthetic trappings of the source material instead of its themes, trying to nail the exact texture of tatooine's huts and dial in the perfect balance of lightsaber choreography and pay homage to a thousand iconic shots before articulating something true in the text.

And like it's an endless laundry list, this confluence of capital-I Issues both industry-scale and creatively-driven that seem to be flaying the skin off the bones of whatever star wars even "is" nowadays. no one can answer that in the context of billions of dollars made off toys and storylines centering around this one moment in fictional history about sons and fathers and empires and rebellions. so they just keep twisting in the wind filling in any gaps within that period. I don't know nonnie, it's all so bleak. ahsoka and obi wan and even mando tbh. as charming as season 1 was, it truly felt like it coasted on its incredible restraint to avoid muddying its aesthetic with cameos, and lucked into effective storytelling as a result of that utterly unintentional alchemy. that's obviously well and truly gone now as its true optics have reared head.

what star wars is by itself is such a pointless discussion, right? andor argues it's a perfectly functional heightened universe that can support incredibly nuanced and dramatically charged stories of grassroots rebellion and the bureaucratic strain of fascist regimes. visions argues it's a world beholden to the force, an endlessly mutable and elegant metaphor that can support infinite monomyths and fairy tales. both are equally fantastic at executing on their takes, despite being in diametrically opposite extremes of interpreting the source. so it's not really about that at all, why the other stuff sucks this bad.

they're just bad at the craft of it, that's really it. whether it's auteur worship or business decisions rotting that fish down, it still rots all the same. maybe the new writers' guild contracts can shift the winds a little, because I was so securely done with star wars and then the aforementioned 2 shows came and affected me. so, so profoundly that I'm back on the hook again. like a lil sucker!

[varganardi]

Heyy!

So, university has started again and the first three weeks of it has been... Overwhelming.

I'm finally out of my creative block, and have had the motivation for creative writing and working on my book/the project for school

Buuut...

Now I'm just really overwhelmed instead lmao 🥲

I feel like I'm on an emotional rollercoaster and I don't feel like myself rn.

Balancing between schoolwork, socializing with friends and posting on social medias is just a crappy combination at the moment

Especially since my interactions have been very low on this account lately :/ Idk if it's the algorhitms or my posts getting lost amongst others but it's making me really anxious atm I'm NOT saying this to sound petty or complain about popularity - it's merely my anxiety talking and discouraging me from posting because of it.

I can't really say I'll be taking a break - because I know damn well I might as well be back in two days once I'm less stressed

I'm usually good at explaining my feeling but I can barely do that right now, so I'm sorry if this makes no sense.

It's just a lot rn and I'm overthinking things.

So yea

If I'm inactive or missing out on my lovely mutuals posts/tags, that's why.

(If you saw the other post I made earlier about this - sorry lol, was gonna edit it but messed up 😭)

Love you all - ☕💟

[blushblushbear]

cashew headcanons please im so so gay for him

TIME FOR DIS NUT aka our darling little bookworm

cut cause I went on for a bit and none of it is important OOPS

okay first off since he's a college boy let's start with the fact that he has zero alcohol tolerance

like none

he'll have 2 sips of a light beer or a half a shot of malibu and he's red in the face sweating and swaying like 'oh wow, I'm really feeling it haha'

Same with coffee

anything past a normal strength cup he's VIBRATING

he doesn't have a heart condition like Nimh but give him a shot of espresso and he'll think he does

is constantly waiting for someone to ask him for book recommendations

and when they do he is sponge bob's eager face BOY IS OVER THE MOON

also he doesn't just read good books

he'll literally read anything

he ADORES trashy novels

especially if they're spicy *eyebrow wiggle*

he recognizes they aren't good but they are so wild and out of pocket like

WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S SECRETLY HIS EX'S BROTHER AND ALSO HIS STEP MOM'S LOVER AND DATING HIS EVIL SECRET HALF COUSIN WHOSE TRYING TO KILL THEIR UNCLE AND HIS DAD BUT CAUGHT FEELINGS AND IS NOW PLOTTING TO TAKE HIM HOSTAGE ////WHAT?!////

he'd love shows like gossip girl and pretty little liars if they were BOOKS instead

except OOPS they are actually and he'd love to infodump about that little fact to me if I let him (at least I think they both are?? I know pretty little liars is-- THAT PLOT IS /NUTS/)

honestly he loves when things are written well but he also loves when plots are NUTS

the only kind of nuts he can have

well... second kind

he'd be a secret college slut (respectfully and also def not actually a secret) if he wasn't head over heels for you

now he's just in your dms/texts constantly

his family is just as quiet and mousey as he is

everyone is just as nerdy

though his dad doesn't read as much-- he's more tv and movies and games nerd

he gets his love of books from his mom's side

he'd KILL to be a librarian

or work at a bookstore

English major vibes

but not just vibes that actually is his major lol

has def had a crush on 3 different librarians growing up and 1 creative writing teacher

can't math for shit

his favorite parts of campus friends taking him on nights out is him getting to read in little corners he can find and the 3am breakfasts at the local diner

I've talked about this before but him Nimh and Poe are in a book club together

he thinks Nimh is the coolest cause he's a PA for a publisher

can read a harry potter length book series in an afternoon (also hates terfs <3 )

his favorite genres are romance of any kind but he does have a special fondness for the trashier romances, fantasy, and he does love a mystery but mostly cause he can never see the twists coming

the smartest idiot you'll ever meet

or maybe he's the dumbest smart guy???

either way he is both very clever and very simple all at once

also very well meaning

incapable of wrong

only of oops

(a lot of oops actually, he's kinda clumsy)

once went a whole day without eating cause someone recommended a new series and he LIKED IT VERY MUCH

I wish for the life of me I could remember ANY book series atm

I know of a few by like--- vaguely what they're about but I can't remember their names

he could though

he will spend whole dates telling you the plot of a book series in great detail

loves pets

not great with them

also low key allergic to a few

big rip cause he loves cuddles

cries over a cat at a distance while sniffing

also really likes birds

met a few birds as a squirrel and now he knows Poe who was a bird so like--

birds are buds of his

can't say no to something cute

cute eraser, cute pen, cute notebook, cute cookie, cute you

just can't refuse cute

would totally rock a cottage core vibe if he could manage to keep a plant alive

he lost his ficus Marcel and he's still low key getting over it

uses a wallet sized photo of you as a book mark

def has you or a pic of you and him as a lock screen

the home screen is a pic of a page of a book

is very good at those 'name the book this opening line is from' challenge

good omens, both the book and the show, WRECKED HIM

actually good omens was his fav book to screen adaption thus far

he has a few others but he's more excited about good omens

wants to be friends with Aziraphale

I could ramble on forever but I think I'll end it here

loves that hack where you put cheese on ramen

[molar-bear-sims]

hello (again)! 💖

i feel very rusty with this, so you'll have to excuse the awkwardness, but hello! welcome! my name's eleanor and i'm a victim of the simblr resurgence 🙋😔

i blame the wonderfully creative ball of sunshine that is @vool-zam for this entirely because after years of barely touching my game, her presence on my dash not only inspired me to open it up again, but create a whole new save and blog too. she just seems to be having fun with ts4 again and i want to do the same! so thank you sam!! 🥰

anyway, long story short: i used to be @littlemissnellie, and whilst i'm proud of my valiant attempts at sim stories on that blog, on this one i'm just going to be heading back to my roots and posting some fun, legacy gameplay screenshots. because 1. i don't think my academically exhausted brain can handle much more atm lol, and 2. back when i was doing that with my beloved daleys (rip 🪦), right at the start of my blog, before i got caught up in the 'serious, aesthetic-y' side of simblr, that was the most fun i had posting on here. and i'd like to get back into that again!

so yeah, fresh start on a fresh blog - let's see how it goes! i'm so out of the loop with everything though so please recommend me some fun blogs to follow for inspo. and leave me some tips on how to make my blog look a bit prettier, because i seem to have forgotten everything 🥴

[scarefox]

Signed up to watch a 2h speech / presentation I need to attend... BUT it is online via zoom so I don't have to go outside and can sit on my couch in a blanket and drink coffe!

It's about new AI laws and legally save AI software... I need to know this as graphics designer 😔

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lol started with a AI animated avatar / deepfake of himself that totally looked AI because the hand movements didn't match what he said.

Oh no, he is a Zuckerberg fanboy.

This is going to be fun. (probably will get pissed along the way tho)

But they have some lawyers there to answer questions. Yay Christian Solmecke is there too (popular german media lawyer on yt)

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so far: unlike human made work, AI generated artwork or designs are not copyrighted (in germany) AND if the AI piece is based on an existing human made work and it's still visible in the AI piece you need to get the copyright from the original owner / creator (includes designs, logos, images, text and music)

Copyright owner can opt-out and sue if it's still gets used for AI training / generation (american laws aren't finished yet but also will go into that direction)

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They test different AI software to give out a little comic scenario. And oh boy as a graphic designer with knowledge about typography the text is triggering me so hard. It's so bad. SEE alone typography is an area that can't be made by a machine because even tho it is based on design laws it's still an intuitive human-eye based way of design. There is a difference between mathematical-centered and optical-centered.

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Man they are all so horny for AI and reduction of jobs and costs.... But no matter how good an AI could generate an image or video... it will never give you the raw files where you can do individual changes afterwards.

Besides that I still think humanity isn't ready yet for the power and options AI is giving us. (at least one of the very high quality AI builders isn't selling it atm because they are afraid that it will get misused for fake news and stuff, so they try to find a way to prevent that before they bring it on the market)

So many creative jobs and professions that will die out just for us to get 100% digital made "creative" content and advertisements :/ (so far even the most high quality AI still has some small uncanny vibe). Like even actors will be replaced in the future... all they need to do is allow companies to use their face / body.... there is literally a Black Mirror episode about that.

Reminds me of that one AI kpop idol project I have seen last year on tiktok.... absolutely creepy and wrong. I know some of us are simping over anime, game or vocaloid characters but... man idk, do yall want to simp over uncanny digital kpop idols who don't even exist nor actually work for their skills and talent? 💀 Being into an idol is not just about the visuals and songs, it's about their personality and individuality.... for me at least.... (but of course the kpop industry is one of the first trying this). I do like Taemin for example beacuse he's breaking out of the industry norms. AI dude could never be on his level.

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"Amazing. In a company in the US a CEO told us that with the use of an AI they could remove 700 jobs and save so much money!"

.... yeah cool. Maybe we should remove ALL jobs on this earth and let AI do it, so we humans don't do anything at all anymore. Oh wait, no, of course we still have to do hard repetitive labor like some work drones because it's cheaper than to build and maintain actual robots for these jobs.

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BRUH of course the event is mainly to sell an AI class from the hosting company. For the cheap price of 4900€ FOR THE LAST TIME because the next class will be over 6000€

I feel like AI bros always hype each other up to blow it all up artificially. Just like NFT and the mobile game market.

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DID HE JUST SAY that there aren't enough graphic designer and programmer on the market and that they will profit from the support of AI?? (it's actually oversaturated and therefore jobs are hard to get) AI bros really live in a secluded bubble hu? Of course none of these dudes in this event are from the creative industry but lawyers and CEOs

[brezelzeit]

OC info post! **completely nonpolitical, the time period this character is from and what he's associated with I do not endorse, but this should go without saying (ironically tho this character sorta ends up working against the bad things associated with that anyway tho lol)** Name: Tobias Schnur Born: September 28th, 1895, near Freiburg am Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Occupation: Gestapo officer (rank: Kriminalrat (Major)) Height: 5'8" Gender: Male Physical description: Average build but slightly chubby, upturned nose, small beady eyes, soft in the face and belly, balding receding hairline on the sides, small silver vintage style wire frame round glasses Hair: Dark brown Eyes: Blue Clothing: Black suit, black fedora, red, black, and white striped tie, and occasionally a leather trench coat, although he does wear other suits and coats from time to time

Personality traits: Shy, quiet, calm, submissive, analytical, loyal, rational, anxious (he is calm but it's mostly a cover for this, fortunately he and/or others take care of this mood for him often), cynical, intimidating (to those he interrogates), mischievous, withdrawn, detached, sweet, caring, distrusting, skeptical, polite, warm, careful, melancholic, insecure, nervous, awkward, helpful, curious, inquisitive, easily embarrassed, thoughtful, sensitive, laid-back, hardworking, sarcastic, disciplined, cowardly, independent, capable, creative, romantic, friendly, playful, modest, cooperative, controlled, composed, inhibited, good mannered, inviting, seductive, passive, pessimistic, uncomfortable, intuitive, a wallflower Orientation: Gay MBTI profile: ISTJ Enneagram profile: 6w5 Likes: being alone with his thoughts, his boyfriend Dieter, daydreaming, creating, reading books, nature, keeping to himself, peace and quiet time, routine; doing things the way he is used to, feeling calm, self-care, his dog Schmutzig, playing accordion, detective work, sleeping, his patience Dislikes: the fact he can be very needy, his insecurities, being unhappy and unhappy people, immature and selfish behavior in others, overprotective behavior, feeling like he is unattractive, not knowing how to solve certain problems, people with attachment issues, his anxiety problems, being sickly, seeing those actually enjoy torture (he has to do it for work but he almost never takes sadistic pleasure in it, unless it's a very rare case that he has a personal conviction/attachment towards- he finds the behavior of some other Gestapo men insanely cruel), being bullied (both the memories from his past as a child and other Gestapo being a jerk to him for not being as cruel), loud noise, people yelling

Hobbies: playing accordion, reading, drawing, cooking, shopping for clothes, golf, soccer, swimming, going to the movie theater, listening to radio shows, collecting stamps Socio-economic status: lower middle class, leaning poor, born and raised on a farm in the off-skirts of a city Afflictions: has an illness- brought about due to a bad reaction to mustard gas in WWI. He tends to sweat profusely, get stomach aches, fatigue, nausea, randomly, although not everyday. Parents' names: Arnold and Beate Schnur. Favorite food: Cheese spaetzle with bacon or ham and onions and asparagus Speech patterns: pauses a lot and tends to interject "hehe" randomly into conversation. Has a breathy, soft, nasal voice; sort of high pitched, can get whispery at times. Here's a post about my main character/main ww2 OC Tobias "Tobi" Schnur! Most of these pics are older art I don't like as much now that I've improved a bit more, but it's all I have that's finished and on hand of him atm. Above is a bunch of basic facts about him!!! He's sort of inspired by/based on Toht from Indiana Jones in looks and clothing and mannerisms, but personality wise is a much better person and a bit more sympathetic. And more human, more 3D. And a heeeeccckkkk of a lot fruitier heheehhehe

[zephania-star]

intro post !!!

hi! i'm zeph (a.k.a. zephie//zephania star), i'm 20 and a brit (unfortunately my irish heritage is not strong enough to count as fully irish lol :< UPDATE TURNS OUT I AM ACTUALLY HALF IRISH!!!)

my pronouns are she/they/them, and now also star/astra/starfae !!! i'm a genderfluid/demigirl, (i vibe with both those labels) and a panromantic demisexual :3

these are the fandoms i most like to dip in and out of:

transformers!!!

waterparks (the band)

httyd

b99

psych

the dragon prince

the mentalist

bones (tv)

probably some others i cannot think of atm (will add later haha)

i love to draw, write, read, (i'm an english nerd, sue me - literally studying english lit & creative writing hahaha) and i cannot survive a single day without listening to music :D

more info under the cut ->

i also really really really love space. please send me space stuff. it is my main special interest at the moment - yes, i am autistic !!! there are many other Things Wrong With Me (main things being DBPD and OCD just so y'all are aware hehe) chronically ill and disabled girlies rise !!! (ACTUALLY NO DON'T STAY LYING DOWN BABES!!! <3

feel free to send me asks or just chat to me! i'm very friendly :3 ask me about space, about my interests, music, OR MY BLORBOS !!! i am also always happy to talk about writing, whether that be yours or mine !!! i write both original stuff and fanfic ;)

i don't really have a DNI but if you piss me off best believe i will be using that block button :))) obviously this works both ways ;)))

i do vent a lot. sometimes in writing (poems, stories) sometimes in drawings, sometimes more explicitly. i am in recovery. i have support, so PLEASE don't worry about me, i am FINE i am just DRAMATIC (it's the tortured poet within me) -- if this is not something u want to see, block me !!! it's okay, no hard feelings - your mental health is important <3

so yeah, that's all for now! have fun on my blog and stay safe online babies love u <3

am i the (gloom) boy you dreamed of?

(( my ramblings are always tagged "zeph just stfu", and friend tags are "[name] shenanigans" <3 ))