#personal ruination

[childotkw]

Self-rec time! What are your favorite five fics that you've written and why? After replying to this ask, feel free pass on to five other writers to spread the love. 💗

Oh god, this is like picking a favourite child 😅😅 but I'll rank them from most to least

1. Consuming Shadows

This was my first big story back, after I stopped writing for about six years. I was just testing the waters, having fun, and I wanted to play around with a ship I had only really just started consuming content for. It very quickly reignited my passion for writing, and it's blown up in such a way that I had never anticipated. I love the plot, I love the characters, I love Hadrian's progression from snarky but emotionally distant figure to a genuinely warm and loving friend, I love how well I managed to keep the threads of storylines and foreshadowing together, and I love the slow development of Hadrian and Tom's relationship in a way that's believable and does them both justice. The fact that so many people have resonated with it over the years has really left a mark on me, and I'll never forget all the things this story gave me.

2. you belong to me (i belong to you)

This one really was just my 'haha this is for the lolz' story. It was never meant to be popular or as big as it is. I was just fumbling around, wanting to write a cool time travel story, and then I came up with the Twist and it was no longer a joke 😂 I love the dynamics in it, I love Harry's general vibe, I love Orion and his chaos gremlin schtick. I'm still amazed that I came up with the plot twist (like, seriously, I don't think I can ever replicate that). And the fact that this story grew so popular and that so many people have enjoyed what started as my funny lil project overwhelms me in the best way.

3. The Lone Wolf Dies (But The Pack Survives)

In a lot of ways, this was a love letter to Regulus. I'd never really given him much thought as a character, but I fell in love with my interpretation of him. He's incredibly complex, and the future potential of the story really makes me excited.

4. ruination

Again, it's more the potential of this story that makes me love it. I wasn't super comfortable writing for asoiaf, and the fandom makes me...uneasy in a lot of ways. But I greatly enjoy all the ways this story could go. Lucerys intrigues me, and my interpretation of his character is especially fun to think about. I want to explore the slow but fundamental shift in a character, something that leads to them becoming almost unrecognisable. I love fantasy, and getting to play around in such an immersive world makes me giddy.

5. i don't owe you my forgiveness

It's only one chapter at the moment, but I really really really love the concept of soulmate rejection and the bitterness that is sown by Tom's hasty actions. The inherent power imbalance - originally in Tom's favour and then very dangerously in Harry's - is one dynamic I can't wait to sink my teeth into.

[menlove]

I've seen breakup album polls but songs specifically...

[fellhellion]

Something something both A and N engage in self alienation (from one's nature/past) to cope with trauma

[magmaticparatdise]

Mira and her buddy Fate :DD

[botticellisflora]

DAISY HEAD as GENYA SAFIN in Shadow & Bone (2021-)

[mecharose]

writing spicy scenes in third person got me like

[dougielombax]

Okay let’s keep a track of trends that are ruining modern gaming!

Some of these will inevitably overlap:

1. Live service bullshit. Make it go away!

2. monetization (including season passes, microtransactions, etc).

3. EXTORTIONATE pricing! (A game should NOT cost £70.00! Development costs aside!).

4. porting disasters (idk how this happens),

5. Limited-time content.

6. Early access a few days before release!

7. Locking essential features behind paid DLC!

8. Sequels removing features. This one is admittedly subjective. It’s worse if they bring them back in DLC! Oh dear!

9. Development budgets spiralling out of control!

10. CRUNCH! (It don’t work!) and overall shitty working conditions and environments for developers.

11. ALWAYS ONLINE! (No! Me no likey! Piracy concerns be damned!) This shit should’ve stopped YEARS ago! As in like 2014!

12. A lack of basic and expected features at launch.

13. MASSIVE LAYOFFS!!!! (This one is inexcusable!)

14. Launching games before they’re ready. Pushing them out despite needing more development time.

So the next time some middle aged mediocrity with a podcast or armchair critic/nitpicking idiot tells you that progressivism and wokeness are somehow ruining gaming.

Prove them wrong.

They’re doing exactly what the greedy idiot CEOS want.

Blaming completely the wrong things for otherwise understandable frustrations

[sniffanimal]

I reported a coworker for misconduct but I'm also a union man so I'm working to get him a union representative in his disciplinary meetings bc that's his right

[bam-monsterhospital]

the biggest problem with the warden class in eso is the animal companion ultimate.

the bear.

in a skill line full of morrowind-specific animals. loADED with buggies and classic morrowind staples like cliff racers and netches, zos decided a goddamn boring-ass mamalian normal-world dnd basic BEAR would be a good idea.

not a scrib warrior. not a nix ox.  not even one of those gone-out-of-their-way-to-completely-redesign-to-be-buggy hunger daedra, no.

a fucking bear.

fuck the bear.

[kxllerblond]

GOD i know i ramble about clark being the background character or reoccurring guest character for most muses he encounters and i love that but also oh my god can we talk about how he's a tool character too? and how sexy of a plot accessory he can be?

he's the rich and powerful contact you stumble upon. who takes interest in you for one reason or another, to your fortune or misfortune. he won't solve all your problems even though he could and that is infuriating but he does all these 'small' things you ask and sometimes free of charge. he gets you intel, he gives you funds, gets you weapons, gets you In's you would have never hoped to get otherwise. he gets to be your key for your locked doors or your weapon to bludgeon your enemies except he can look at you afterward when the dust settles and ask if it was all worth it or if you're happy now and that's such a demon thing to do tbh

[revvethasmythh]

like if I'm upset about anything in shadow and bone, it's that they wriggled their way out of saying "I am become a blade." like I HAVE been robbed of something in this case, actually

[mixingpumpkins]

Eight of Wands & Ruination

Ready for a reset? One’s on the way if it hasn’t started for you already. Don’t expect it to be comfortable — rapid, impactful changes often come out of the blue and may feel like an upsetting setback. Trust that things are aligning in your favor and that what is being dissembled is making room for something better to grow in its place. Take what time you need to heal, but don’t hesitate to acknowledge any changes in course that you may be facing now. Keep your feet on the ground and your mind sharp so you can shift with the new things in store for you. ✨🦇

yesterday’s reading | my tarot reading tag

[canisonicscrewyou]

nobody touch me I’m starting to make a religious trauma inspired thoschei playlist for reasons.

[seiwas]

@soumies

something’s got to give ; john price

pairing john price x f!reader  word count 2.9k  synopsis a relationship bound to fail from the start. content contains creampie, slight breeding kink, age gap (reader is ~21/price is mid30s), slight angst, hurt/no comfort

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[shufflecat21]

The SPEED at which I “nope” out of a piece of fanfiction the minute that first person perspective kicks in should catch me a Guinness world record

[noctuary-of-one]

15.01.23

I am certain now I have ruined myself alongside ruining everything I touched.

- one