#opinions needed

[yiiiikesmish]

uhh hey. so i need advice. i read this amazing fanfic a few days ago and it hadn't been updated in a while so i left a comment (i'll post the screenshot down below) being like i love this do you think you'll write more? (it hasn't been updated since like april or so) the response left me a little shocked and felt a little mean and i guess looking at what i wrote i could've written a more detailed comment on why i loved the story so much before asking for more but i guess i got too excited and didn't really think.

please give me your thoughts! especially all those of you who are writers please let me know how you would feel if you saw this comment!!

tags (writers i'm moots with/on tag lists with i'm so sorry if this is bad etiquette but please i need advice bc i feel awful and ik i was wrong i just need to know if i am severely in the wrong and this is an accurate response or the response was a little too much if that makes sense)

@daydreamgoddess14 @cevansbrat0007 @amathslutsguidetofandom @ronearoundblindly @anika-ann @mercurial-chuckles

[dokidokidraft]

(sorta nsfw)

Challenging Zenitsu to No Nut November only for him to come back a week into it begging for help bc he just can’t take it anymore. Fic material?

@kimyoudraft ur opinion shall be the final tiebreaker hurry up and comment/reblog so ik what u think

[lancemolly2024]

Contributions would be appreciated cause im hella curious

[some1s-sista]

James still has to finish the copper piping but I couldn’t help myself from decorating!

I still have some green eucalyptus wreaths to hang, an actual shower curtain, not just a liner, and some final touches. But it’s close.

Would you like to use the bath house? Or is it weird that it’s separate from the guest house?

I’m thinking of painting the cabinet a light green as well. Break up all that white.

[canoftea]

Hey chat, should I write Tabieita

Little palette cleanser from all the angst I’ve been writing

(Looks at the three purely fluff oneshots made in between)

Need a palette cleanser

[blusical]

Hey Hockey fans! I wanna do a bit of research for an infopost I'm considering making. So here's a genuine question because I've been thinking about it for a while: When a player, especially one you've admired for a while, is revealed to be someone problematic (bigoted, abusive, or just a questionable history in general), how do you approach that (Especially when it comes to fanart, fanfic and just... generally posting about them?). Approaches can range from anything from ceasing about posting them (outside of occasional reblogs) or continuing to post them but adding a disclaimer. Additionally, what advice would you give to new hockey fans regarding such players? Hell, I'm actually interested in some advice as well, considering my own habit of posting problematic players (something I admittedly feel slightly conflicted about, especially as a young hockey fan who's still learning about the sport and it's culture).

Tagging for reach: @catboygretzky @hard4softthings @saucerfulofsins @sergeifyodorov @tapejob

[sunsdrop]

Advice?

Large cup of coffee or EXTRA large cup of coffee?

[clairelsonao3]

Any Writers tried BookTok?

As some of you know, at some point in the New Year, I plan to self-publish a romance ebook. Over the next few months, I hope to start putting some more infrastructure in place to promote it for when the time comes to send out arcs, etc. I already have friends and supporters on Tumblr and A03, which is a great start. But of course, everyone says BookTok is the place to be, especially for romance writers. But I'm hesitating for a few reasons, which are:

Will I get canceled? To make a long story short, the book deals with topics that are not only dark but could be seen as controversial -- and are liable to be attacked by people who don't care that the book is the exact opposite of what they think it is and simply like canceling things based on certain phrases in titles, blurbs or loglines. Tumblr and Ao3, with a few unfortunate exceptions, have been mostly, blissfully free of these people, but BookTok strikes me as someplace that might have a lot of them. Idk, maybe I'm wrong. And if someone does try to cancel me, will I be able to handle it by simply refusing to engage?

I don't want to and can't really show my face for mostly professional reasons. (I like my face just fine, just not for TikTok!) I can use my own voice and, like, my hands or, something, but face is a no-go. Will I be severely hurting my chances of getting any eyeballs on my posts?

Is the culture toxic or likely to harm my mental health? No amount of promotion is worth something that's going to traumatize or hurt me (see above about cancellation). And if my work and/or my characters are hurt, I'm hurt. I've encountered toxicity on social media before and have largely stepped away from it, with Tumblr being the main exception because the community here is so wonderful.

Will it be too much of a time commitment? I know they suggest posting once a day, which seems like a lot, especially if it involves creating and editing original posts. And really anything that's going to take more than, say, 20 minutes out of my day (unless of course I really enjoy it, like I do Tumblr) is too much of a time commitment, in my opinion.

So, that said, I would love to hear from anyone who has experience with BookTok, especially writers of romance and ESPECIALLY writers of "dark," edgy, and/or controversial romance. Should I just try it for, say, a few weeks and see how I like it? (I have never used TikTok before, ever, so it would mostly just be getting a feel for it). Is that even possible?

Thank you for any opinions, anecdotes, or nuggets of wisdom anyone can offer!

[sphinx-myth]

While i hate present holidays. The fucking signs i get

Last year i got a glass ball with a cat in (before i knew i was gonna become a witch and polythiest) and shadow work and witchcraft and tarot for free.

This year imma have a new amethyst crystal ball. The holder is 3 bastets. That was not the statue i intended to recieve for her but im seeing a pattern. I also got witchcraft and demonology. I got the mooncycle too. My fucking birthstone. Unfortunately the world seems to love giving me white sage which i cant use as far as i know.

Ive been seeing lady hecate more. Bastet and lady hecate. I grew up loving egyptian history..

I also got and apollo and i think a diana statue, a book on cloud spotting. A goblet. Bastet and artemis have goblets already. This ones green. I got a few ither witchy things too. I dont hide the fact i love mythology and am a witch BUT MY MOTHER DIDNT KNOW ABOUT ME NEEDING A STATUE FOR BASTET (AND IM GETTING ONE OF GAIA) AND I PLANNED TO GET A AMETHYST CRYSTAL BALL AND A HOLDER .

The books were in a giant list and she had so many to choose from. Owls. The last kingdom ect. SHE CHOSE THE CLOUDSPOTTING AND DEMINOLOGY and 1 other normal book.

I hate her usually but she really does know me too well. And its a second year i get a gift of witchcraft and cats.. both bastet and hecate revieved altars this year (so did many other greek ones and 2 norse like the twins).

Should i take this as a sign atp guys..

(Oh also did a poem on ra,gaia and i think 1 other earlier this year + grew up loving nature)

[totallycirclek]

I’m just not sure anymore and I want your opinions

[ehwesson]

LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WITH ALOT OF OPINIONS TO GIVE!

Hi everyone, I am trying to fix up my Kofi and gauge what content I give away for free. If you are interested in sharing your opinion with me, I would greatly appreciate it!

Link To Survey

[therainroguedoodles]

I'm experimenting and need opinions!

For my drops series, I currently just have a post for them with their profile written out, like so:

However, I decided to try and use a wiki-style format for their profile, so each post would look like this (the main doodle and then the profile image):

[atari-phantom]

GENUINE QUESTION FOR YOU ALL.

Help me settle this debate I'm having with a friend.

[sofancydancy]

I need opinions, please...Should the splatter remain? Or keep it clean? I am doing the entire Caravaggio image, but I'm not trying to post it all until the end... The main reason I wanted the splatter is because I wanted to play around with the idea that this could be Astarion after climbing from his grave. Any thoughts, please? lol

[morphyandlaya]

Am I crazy or does this look like Astarion if he were a fucking Fae (and not traumatized)?

Not the human man, like the little image at the top, which is apparently from a D&D book. saw this on YouTube, lost my shit. I am needing a second opinion. 

Reminder: 

[juniperandjustice]

Okay, please tell me if this is too much, too weird, not smart, or otherwise problematic. This was my idea of a romantic way to tell him how I feel about him, but maybe it would be better to wait until I find a moment when I can just say, "I love you"?

Is this stupid?

He's been super busy lately so I'm not seeing him much and that makes it more difficult to find a chance to let him know in person, plus I'm such a scaredy-cat, I just freeze up and can't, I'm just afraid he's not ready to hear it or it will make him uncomfortable around me.

Maybe it's wisest to wait for now. I just don't know.

But then we never know what will happen in the future and what if I don't get a chance to tell him? (I hate to think about that or give it any energy.)

I just believe that thing about telling people that you love them while you can.

I am very neurodivergent and unusual and would find this incredibly touching and romantic from the right person, but other people might find it creepy or too bizarre or think I'm too much of a coward to tell them to their face, so I need outside opinions, please.

Also, I made the mistletoe ornament out of sculpey. I wanted to get real mistletoe, but it wouldn't arrive on time.