#reblogging this but only bc I posted it at like 11pm

[wolfchans]

Oof binnie day is going to be posted late

[jesskasb]

EXTREMELY LONG POST AHEAD YOUVE BEEN WARNED. DO YOU LOVE THE COLOR OF MY WORDS?

i've been so scared of posting my opinions about recent media because i want to maintain some kind of unproblematic agreeable image out here. i don't want to say i enjoyed something for fear that enjoying it means i am morally required to reblog or discuss every critique others have to make sure people know i am aware that it is not perfect. i suppose this comes from this increased ideology that people who like things need to do so critically at all times, and they need to demonstrate that or they're a bad person; which is stupid, obviously, but i have somehow internalized that because i wanted to make the small of audience of this blog to know im not stupid or "problematic" or whatever. which is another stupid thing to want because this blog is supposed to be for ME and not other people, and ive always tried to uphold that mentality by posting whatever i wanted and always saying my thoughts in the tags. but obviously, my feelings have had something else to say about it and ive been holding back opinions and expressing my enthusiasm for things because of how that enthusiasm may be perceived and misinterpreted, even though im aware that everything ever will be misinterpreted by somebody eventually and that is out of your control and its ok. this dissonance between what my logic tells me and how i actually feel has been bothering me a lot. even now im like oh i should put this under a read more so it doesnt bother people! while logically i know i want to post this as is because its some meaningful introspection for ME and thats what matters, truly. it's why i have this app in the first place. so i can express myself through text in eays i can't in real life for one reason or another.

either way it seems i've fallen into the social media trap of making everything content and palatable to as many people as possible, making things relatable and clever so others will enjoy it and i will be known as someone to be liked. all for the fleeting dopamine of a like and a reblog or a follow.

and then, because these feelings frustrate me and i have been in denial about them, i have also fallen into the trap of the "let people enjoy things" mentality. that scares me because it just goes to show how easy it is for someone to slowly get on the side of perpetuating a lack of media literacy or even shit like proshipping and stuff, when actually my feelings are not related to that at all but rather a dissonance between wanting to be palatable for everyone and wanting to talk about my interests when the reality is that there is not really anyone stopping me from saying whatever i want except for myself. im the only one who cares about this and the only one that is bothered. i've always looked down on a "what will they say" mentality and i hate that i've become so used to the way ive been thinking that i started ignoring the fact that i shared the mentality.

ok im just repeating myself now. point is. i want to work on getting back the mentality of posting for myself and being honest with my opinions not because i want to start discussions or get clout for being opinionated but rather because i truly enjoy analyzing things and expressing my thoughts. so. in an effort to do just so ive decided to unpack some of the media that have really reinforced the need to conform.

• let's start with the biggest elephant in the room: oppenheimer. i know! i know. no fucking wonder. "but hear me out!!!!" (headass need to justify everything i say and do so i wont be perceived incorrectly). i went to watch it with my stepdad at 11pm after the rest of our family went out to have boba tea without us bc we were resting, even though we LOVE boba and they couldve simply asked if we wanted to go. so the whole outing to the movies was spontaneous revenge and i loved that. it was a great bonding experience. in the parking lot we found two 20 dollar bills on the floor and the way we both dived to pick them up was hilarious. he was faster than me. we got some shitty churros and no popcorn and into the movie we went. now, the movie itself, i honestly did not like it and didnt have a good time, i was trying soo hard not to fall asleep. i was sleep deprived, tired, and honestly science and politics arent my thing at all. and that is obviously beside the fact that the whole plot was hard to follow because they tried so hard to make the audience sympathize with oppenheimer and frame it as if he really knew no better than to participate in the war and making the choice to kill thousands of japanese civilizatians. i was trying not to chew my arm off at the theater. ugh.

i will say i found the use of audiovisual distortion to represent dissociation and high stress brilliant. obviously its not the first media to do this but i think it made amazing use of the audio of a theater and the nature of film. i saw that post about how "if i cant see a movie in the comfort of my house and i have to go see it at the theater to get the full experience then its not very good" and i honestly think thats bogus. in fact im glad and i agree that something that can only be experienced in a theater full of people with good audio and a giant screen has value. chris nolan may be pretentious about it and fuck him but its like. the nature of a thater itself is not stupid and streaming it is different. theaters are about getting together with fellow humans and seeing something live and valuing the fleetingness of not being able to replicate that same exact experience again. whether its a musical or a play or a film youll never see the exact same thing with the exact same audience. and theres beauty in that.

• barbie was fun. it was different and refreshing from the usual stuff in mainstream theaters and i can really respect it for that. i cant believe mattel allowed that depiction of their own company to be in there but yeah theyre winning in the end. really good marketing. when the girl called out barbie for doing irreparable damage to the feminist movement i thought that was very based... im really biased because when i was younger, as a little hispanic poc girl who was chubby and kind of weird, i was just so bitter about everything that barbie was. because she wasnt me. she wasnt like me. she was like everything everyone said was pretty and that idea of pretty wasnt me. and i hated it. i wouldnt play with my blonde white barbies and i was obsessed with the one tan barbie with curly haired i had. she was a ballerina in a blue leotard and a tutu. i took off the tutu because i thought it was too feminine and i wasnt too feminine and i wanted her to be like me. but i still knew i could never be a ballerina because i was chubby and not athletic. it was the closest a barbie doll would ever get to being me though, and i was satisfied. i ended up relating more to my entire collection of g3 ponies than barbies.

going back to the movie; i think the message is important even if it wasnt handled perfectly. its a step in the right direction. we've been talking about this for YEARS and it has finally made its way to be told directly in an extremely mainstream movie. thats good! im glad! and i had fun laughing my ass off at the funny parts with my friends. i was ready to watch it alone after a hangout with my friends but some of them decided to join me and i love it. im very happy ive found people who want to go out with me and include me and like being around me and respect me. its been a while. i coughed a lot during the movie and my friend said "...do you need a cough drop, alex" at the end of the movie and i was so embarrassed and it was funny. my car keys fell in between the seats and it was scary but the employees were really nice about it. when magic ring ken appeared i yelled COCKRING KEN! and it sent my friends and a stranger next to me into hysterics. i had a great time and i wont forget it.

• good omens. neil gaiman has been a figure of great dissonance for me. i genuinely like his books and posts but im also aware that saying you like his work comes with all this other stuff that people assume is true, especially on tumblr, because he can also be really annoying. i dont support EVERYTHING he does of course but i love good omens and at the same time i was scared of what people would assume about me for sharing posts of season 2 and being excited about it. loved the first season of good omens and i was criminally deranged about it back in 2019. i liked the new season a lot! (SPOIILERS AHEAD SKIP TO AFTER THE Picture IF YOU WANT TO AVOID THEM) i missed the characters a lot and michael sheen and david tennant are just such stellar actors and you can really tell how much they like aziraphale and crowley. and gosh i just love when everyone involved in a production is as passionate about it as fans are. i will say michael and beelzebubs thing felt really fanservicey and i wasnt the target audience for their relationship. heres some more thoughts i want to share

besides that i mean fuck i would watch aziraphale and crowley talk about the weather for an hour. their banter is amazing. i also love the final episode drama. i just love mythology and exploring how all the fantastic bullshit fits into the real world. its why i like percy jackson so much, and i think gaiman really succeeds at urban fantasies (or magical realism?? not sure) extremely well. im not familiar with the work of terry pratchett but someone whose opinion i value likes his books so i wanna check em out one day. i had a good time with good omens and im excited for season 3. got a lot of theories but im lucky i have a friend to talk that to about so i wont keep you here much longer.

• the witcher. im SO passionate about the witcher show you guys have no idea i got my entire family to watch it and im able to connect all the dots and shit i love the world building i love the characters i LOVE LOVE JASKIER. but i hate the writing. i hate that i havent read the books and im progressing incredibly slowly through wild hunt so i feel like a poser and not a true fan. i hate that its so mainstream and i hate the way that i hate that. my feelings about this are not as dissonant and strong as the past three media i listed but i feel like it was the first straw. i just have this need to justify liking it and saying oh its not a good show but i like it haha sorry. IM NOT SORRY! I ENJOY IT A LOT, FLAWS AND ALL! AND I THINK ITS GOOD BECAUSE I AM STILL WATCHING! but i will stop watching after this season i refuse . liam hemsworth makes me puke while henry cavill is not only attractive but he genuinely cares about geralt and the witcher series and i dont want to watch something where the lead is just a replacement for someone who wanted better conditions and treatment and didnt receive it. fuck

• young royals. i just shat on it heavily back when it started trending on tumblr bc i thought it was some stupid teen drug show that had some shallow romance but honestly i think it was the internalized homophobia talking idk i gave it a shot and im LIVING for the drama and the cringe that comes with being a teenager and i love the setting and i love that everyone is so flawed and human and real.

• alice oseman's work. i actually dont know much about her as a person and author but i also shat on heartstopper when it became mainstream because the tv show annoyed me. i tried it, but the first episode left me feeling uncomfortable and icked so i quit and have been hating on it since without even giving the graphic novels a glance. i read the synopsis of her novel solitaire and a review compared it to catcher in the rye and i thought that was so fucking stupid. catcher in the rye, really? the creator of HEARTSTOPPER, making something that can even be of the same tone as catcher in the rye? bah, impossible. when i picked up i was born for this, i thought itd be a shitty and fluffy fan/celebrity book but i was just so desperate for trans rep. and then i pulled an all nighter to read it and i realized it was GOOD and had a lot of layers that impressed me. i had underestimated alice oseman's writing skills by SO much and i dont like thar i was so cynical. i started reading solitaire and man. it is dark. and evidently inspired by catcher in the rye. i am not done with it yet but from what i read so far.... holden, you have some competition.

solitaire is told from the pov of the sister of one of the heartstopper voice. through this book i learned that actually the heartstopper boy has a LOT of serious issues. i wonder if the graphic novels handle it better than the tv show. i hope they do! if they dont, then , well, i can say with confidence that i enjoy her books even if heartstopper isnt my thing.

ok i think thats all. if you read all that, post picture of an animal. i dont know. like and subscribe! i am growing as a person and i think thats beautiful. whatever. rolls my eyes and walks away

[reinemichele]

Okay, I was going to make this post the day it happened, but I was already really distraught & felt like typing it all out would just like push me over the edge, and I still had to survive NYE fireworks. I decided to at least wait until after the 1st, but then Life Things kept happening, so I didn't get around to it until now.

My righteous anger has mostly simmered down, so but I think it'll probably still get long, so this'll be another read more post. TW for mentions of animal death, emotional abuse, and declawing

To be 100% super duper crystal clear: I am entirely against declawing; it's unethical and cruel and inhumane. This will become abundantly clear as the post goes on, but I just have seen too many pointless disc hoarse posts filled with people who gleefully, willfully misinterpret posts for any reason to harass people. I'm not going to leave myself open to people who'd send me death threats without even reading the full post. As it is, I'm turning reblogs off bc I don't want my post about my cat dying to be reblogged, but if I need to I can turn anon/asks in general off.

So. At 11PM on the 29th of Dec my cat gets hurt, we get to the vet by 12:30, and by 3AM he died. We got home by 4:30AM and none of us could sleep. We were all still awake at 10AM, and dreading the fact that it was a 3-day weekend and we'd have to face all of it trapped with our thoughts without having our normal day-to-day routines to buffer the first 3 days.

We know a lot of energy vampire type people. Liars, manipulators, people who'd come over to our house just to steal something for funsies, abusers. One of my mom's sisters was an accessory to murder. The same one stole my mom's SSN to open credit cards with. I have more examples, but my family tree bullshit could be its own post. A lot of them are in our family and there's some my mom basically has to keep in contact with due to her job.

So, it's 10AM, and my mom is dreading the 2-5 energy-draining people who consistently text her all day long, no matter what's going on or how busy she is. She can be with a patient who's actively in the process of dying, and they'll just text her "?" repeatedly when she doesn't respond.

She decides to tell these people about our cat dying the night before, in hopes that they'll give her space. Unfortunately, abusers like these people love to violate unsaid boundaries like this, so nothing less than blocking numbers/turning off her phone would work. But it's a step towards being able to say "no" that I've been trying to help her with, so we're going to be proud of her for it.

I don't want to use this person's name because as shitty as they are, they deserve privacy, so I'm going to use her initial.

V . responds . "Oh. My sister is trying to rehome her cat, maybe you can take it?"

So let's go over the timeline again. 11PM on the 29th -> 10AM on the 30th. In less than 12 hours since our cat died, V is trying to shove her sister's cat at us. Please don't try to give her the benefit of the doubt or say she was trying to help us feel better. There's not a single thing this person does that comes without ulterior motives; I've known her since 2015. She goes to strangers' funerals so she can brag about it later. She doesn't feed her own cat wet food, not because she can't afford it, but because she'd rather buy cheap dry food at the dollar store and spend the entire rest of her money on herself, like going on cruises/vacations while I petsit her cat. (And use our own wet food for her cat because it's cruel and fucked up and genuinely a detriment to a cat's health to only feed them dry food). This suggestion was nothing short of an impulsive launch at an opportunity to make her life more convenient, by finding a new home for her sister's cat, so her sister would stop complaining or asking her to take the cat.

My family has always had pets, and I'm the youngest in our house, so by the time I was born, a lot of our pets were already getting old and sick (12-15 for dogs, 20-25 for cats). The first pet that died in my lifetime was our dog Killer, when I was 4. My dad had already died, so I didn't need any lies about going to live on a farm or something. And of course it's always sad, but we've always felt like the best thing you can do to ease that pain is take in a new pet and provide them with a home. You get mutual love and happiness from each other, and day by day it gets easier. But, like, you take in that new pet after maybe a month or so. Not a fucking day.

Before continuing, for some extra context, 2 of our cats already had been from V.

The first one, Joey, she only had for a few months before becoming convinced he was peeing all over the house (hint: it was her 20 yr old cat who had chronic kidney/urinary tract problems from being fed nothing but DRY FOOD FOR 20 YRS @%^#&*^*&@#) and offering him to my mom's sister, who ended up dying a few months after that. (We don't know why or how; coroner declined performing an autopsy.)

We call V and tell her what happened, because we don't know what to do with Joey. Her reaction is like, "Oh... hmm. Huh. That's really a shame. Let me know if you find someone who can take him."

As in, "NOT IT!"

They hang up and my mom stares blankly at her phone screen. I say we should just take him home instead of leaving him in the empty apartment and stressing about finding him a new owner.

Flash forward to December of 2020. V calls my mom crying, saying that her (now ex-)husband thinks their other cat, Smokey, peed on his expensive speakers and is threatening to divorce V unless they find a new home for Smokey. V says all the local shelters are full and when she looked into people who'll temporarily house cats for owners, they charge $200 per day. She says she needs to find Smokey a new home like, now. My mom says we'll help her find someone but V is like, her husband has Smokey locked in a cat carrier and says she won't be let out until they find her a new home, that kind of now. We're like, jesus fucking christ, silently. I mute my mom's phone and say "tell her we'll take her". I'm sure she would've said that anyway, but like, instinctual response to hearing the thing about the cat carrier.

(Btw, he divorced V the next year anyway. I wanted her to be away from him, because he's so abusive and mean. But it's so fucked up that he forced her to get rid of her cat with the threat/ultimatum of divorce, only to follow through with the threat anyway. He could've just divorced her and let her keep her cat!!! She had to deal with the heartbreak of a divorce without the comfort of a cat she spent 9 years with!!! He moved out of state, but every time I think about this, I wish I could go and break his kneecaps.)

The problem to that is that Smokey . is declawed . So she has to be separate from our other cats 24/7 for her own safety. None of our cats are very aggressive or get into "real" fights with each other, but they're still cats, with sharp teeth and claws, with predator instincts, who act on those instincts when they can tell another cat is weaker, whose instinct during a fight with another cat is to swipe at their stomach to disembowel them. That's not something you want to take a chance on. So Smokey is exclusively in my mom's bedroom. Over time, we've started to let her out for 20-30 minutes at a time with supervision, but that's the extent of what we can give her without putting her in danger, and it can't be done while doing chores like taking the trash out or doing the dishes. All because V declawed her fucking cats. (Not Joey, but only because he wasn't with her for very long.)

Okay, with that context established, let's go back to V texting us on Dec 30th.

Of course, we could rehome her to someone who didn't have other pets, but she spent 9 years with V, and has now spent 4 years with us. She's a 13 year old all-grey short-hair cat with a bald patch on her belly and on her front legs and below her ears, so it'd probably take a very long time to find someone who'd pick her over a cute kitten, and even longer stuck in a shelter if they had room. And if we had chosen not to be her permanent home, we would've been keeping her at arms' length the entire time, trying not to get attached.

How would that be fair to Smokey? She deserves a life where she spends as many days possible feeling wanted and loved and safe. That's what I set out to do, and I think I've achieved it as much as I possibly could, around her being declawed. I do love her and want her. And I do keep her safe, obviously. I spend as much time as I can with her; we cuddle, we play, we watch birds, I share food with her (when it's safe for cats, obv). With V she was always hiding under the bed and never meowed, just came out to eat. With us, she never hides, purrs non-stop, and is very very vocal. She gets wet food and treats, she sits in the middle of the bed like she owns the place. She gets to be a cat.

I leave my room to go check on my mom. She relays me the text. I say . "What the fuck is wrong with her? It hasn't even been a day."

I ask, "Is V's sister's cat declawed?"

We, like, talk about what a transparently selfish and inconsiderate person V is. I tell my mom I'm gonna try to sleep, but then I stop in the middle of the room.

It's a balancing act to watch out for 1 declawed cat with our other cats, so it would take more mental energy to strategize life around 2 declawed cats, especially with how often I'm asked to petsit. You have to factor in how much time you can spend out petsitting (I usually spend 5 hours there at a time), time you can spend with the Have Claws group of pets (including a dog), and time you can spend with the No Claws pet.

Despite the... misconceptions about cats being detached and aloof, they want (and need) to spend time with you. They want to cuddle, they want to hang out in the same room, they want to hear your voice, they want to play, they want to snooze in the presence of someone they feel safe around; they love you. Same as with dogs.

My mom says she'll find out.

I get some sleep, then I wake up. My mom tells me that no, V's sister's cat is not declawed; she can't find anyone in the state to do it. That's why she wants to rehome the cat.

",,,, How could anyone say that without being ashamed?"

My mom shrugs. "I don't know. I told her, 'wow, we're sitting here miserable because we wish we had our cat back, and your sister wants to get rid of hers because she can't mutilate it' I don't think she liked that because she stopped texting me back."

We laughed.

Silence is telling, you know? V's 20 year old cat died last year, and my mom and I spent months hoping to god that she wouldn't get a new cat, because we didn't want her to declaw it. She swore up and down she regretted doing it to her other cats and would never do it again, but she's also a liar. So after she did get a new cat, my mom and I have checked to see if she still has claws every time we go over. So far she does... but probably because V can't find anyone to do it either.

But then it stopped being so funny when I realized it was probably only a matter of time before one or both of them crossed state lines to look for a vet who'd do it. We can't exactly steal V's cat, but if we take in her sister's cat, we can save it from happening.

I don't really have a good way to finish this. We'd rather take in a cat off the street or from a shelter than have Three cats that came from the same asshole, but if V's sister does declaw her cat, we'll feel responsible for it happening, even if we know it's not our fault.

I just wanted to post about how fucking insane it is to try to pawn off your (sibling's) cat less than 24 hours after someone's cat died. She's almost 70 and has no mental illnesses; she knows better. She's just an asshole.

[journeys-debut]

EP 2 - THE AMERICAN GO

Group orders!!!

I'm writing this at to 11pm bc I just discovered a group order. For Seok Matthew photocards. Based in America????

(We'll talk about my discovery of *photocards later!)

Now, I'm marginally familiar w/ group orders, bc remember, I hail from the land of Thai Drama.

From what I understood / have seen, a person who, like, has an addy in Thailand can do a group order and then send out to the ppl in the country base. I have seen these all the time for Thai merch, but have NEVER seen one for America. Maybe I should look harder and stop spending so much shipping money from GMMTV. (Lmaooo.)

ANYWAYS.

So I follow this fansite, as in, notifs on. (**FANSITES? ANOTHER THING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT??)

Anyway, so they're reblogging a bunch of group orders in diff countries for their merch.

AND THEN BOOM: one for America???

And I look into it, I'm like aww, the slogans (again another blog post, bc? ***Slogans? Why do they exist? What are their origins? What do we use them for?) Either way I want one for the Kpop experience, but more importantly, I want to have the opportunity to purchase one irl.

For the same reason I haven't gone on Mecari to buy an adorable Matthew photocard--I want my first photocard, my first slogan--(or any "first" of an item that can be purchased at an event or traded)--I want my first experience w/ those to be irl.

****(Again I'm not only going be a Kpop girlie saving money bc she's only spending on one group but ALSO a Kpop girlie saving money bc she wants to experience things irl before succumbing to purchasing all her merch digitally.)

ANYWAY the GO. I'm shook bc there's one in America?

Immediately I deep dive and it takes me to this site and I register. I look into the GO's main account and all of the rules, etc and do my eyes deceive me THERE ARE ZB1 BDAY CAFES IN AMERICA???

I'm thinking to myself, why are these not being heavily promoted? I would take my butt to Texas.

anywayyy, so i'm SHOOK

Not only that ZB1 DOES have american cafes happening, (I'm trying to start like a north american event fanbase, when i get to like a level 5 kpop girlie, so i'll hit you up them to help with promotions).

Right, so not only SHOOK that zb1 DOES have fan cafes in america BUT ALSO group orders??? Again, ive never seen an AMERICAN one, so I'm looking at all the previous slogans that were group orders and they HAVE:

- FREEBIES (a new kpop word for me and i'm using it wrong in this instance bc these are not free)

- little knicknacks form the birthday cafe that kitten (fansite) threw that I wanted to go to. but didn't not bc I said to myself "no you can not take off work to to go to korea. i promise matthew will probably come to kcon la, and also you live in north america. he is a native, so he will come back; ZB1 will tour. save money for kcon la."

but there IS A GROUP ORDER FOR THE ITEMS so I look and i'm v picky. i don't need anything cafe themed (as in, items that match the theme of the cafe they held), bc remember? I didn't experience, i don't need it. matthew themed items tho? im in. almost got the stamp stickers, bc how cute would those fan letters be?? and then i remembered you need an international stamp and THEN realized it was not stamps, but actually just tape???

I REALLY fought myself not to get the photocards (pcs), bc they're not official pcs, so it's really only meaningful to me to have them if i gotten them at the cafe for the experience

They also had Matthew playing cards???? ADORABLE.

So I was like let's geit itttt. But I'm being super careful w/ my budget to prep for (a july event that i can not tell you about until later) and kcon la in august. meaning your girl can't spend money asap until next pay day.

But I don't want to miss out, so I submit the GO form. and then hop over and leave a little twitter msg. a little DM.

and boooooo, for very unfair reasons, i am being hatecrimed and bullied from getting--

i'm totalllly joking. for completely valid absolutey fair reasons, i'm gonna miss the group order this time.

but this gives me enough time to prepare for the NEXT group order.

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--> I saved this post as a draft so I could go call my KPOP friend to ask her about GOs,

but BEFORE I COULD:

ZB1 ANNOUNCED THEIR DEBUT ALBUM

(a can of worms bc album??? Cafe??? But MOST IMPORTANTLY:

GROUP ORDERS. This is FINALLY my chance to group order!!! In fact, I found out about the album THROUGH the GO Post!

And YES I do want my first album to be something I go buy. Especially bc there are enough K-pop stores around that I wonder if they’ll be getting the album (stay tuned for a blog post where I call every store.)

But joining in on GO gives me the chance to specifically grab an album with a Mathew PC (I think?) and then I’ll buy a second one irl for the experience and in case there’s something tied to getting more than one (again it’s own blog post is needed here, bc fan signs? Fan calls? PCs????

WHAT IS GOING ON???)

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K-POP B/LOG:

Photocards - They're collectible cards of either selfies or photos of idols that aren't released online. The first group to introduce photocards was Girls' Generation. They would only include a single card per album. With that, you'd only know which photocard you receive after you open it.

**Fansites - Fansites are extremely dedicated fans that attend domestic & international events to take HD photos and fancams of an idol. They often invest more time in the idols than in their personal lives.

***Slogans -A “slogan” can mean one of two things: a thin towel sold by the company with the group's name and design on it, which is the “official slogan,” or a banner (paper or cloth) made and distributed by fans at concerts or other events

**** A lie. A lied through my teeth here. Please see next post for context.

More ways to follow the Journey!

[dreaming-about-fanfictions]

helloo i am sorry if i’m bothering you <3

but i am kind of new and i have a deep passion about writing i did write somethings in the past but it didn’t get the attention that i wanted so you have any tips on have to get more attention?

thank you so much (if you don’t want to you can just ignore this message <3)

Hi, love! You're not bothering me, don't worry! I'm always open to answer asks like this! 🧡

I did answer a similar question before - you can find it here, maybe this helps a bit.

There are some general tips that in my experience help a lot. The first things that come to mind are create a masterlist, use tags, format your posts, add summaries & warnings, reply to comments & reblogs, post wip updates, etc.

I also believe it helps reading other fics & reaching out to other writers. But-BUT please only do that when you genuinely want to talk to them and actually like their stories. It's noticeable if you only do it to get reblogs or followers. Same goes for answering asks or comments btw. Don't talk to your readers bc you feel you have to in order to get attention. Do it because it's fun and you want to.

Write what you love. I know this sounds like such a cheesy tip but there is some truth to it. Keep writing what you enjoy and not what you think people will like. Like, for example, don't write smut only bc you think people will like it but you actually hate writing smut. I have stories on here that I wrote bc I thought that's what people wanted to read and on average, they didn't perform as well as the ones I actually wanted to write. Of course, it helps to look at "trends" but I think it's important to still enjoy writing it & making it your own in a way.

I also like to try out new things. Last week, I asked for blurb requests and a lot of people wanted pure fluff stories for Morpheus. I was hesitant at first bc I couldn't imagine writing for his character in only that context but then I tried it and I loved it. I completely fell in love with those blurbs & I can't wait to get to the remaining ones.

In the end, just try to have fun on here. (I know, easier said than done.) Comments & asks are pure fuel for a writers soul, I totally get that. Believe me, I do. It's one of the reasons why I always come back to writing fanfiction - the interaction in many fandoms is just so 🤌 But in my experience, with time comments and more attention will come. 🧡

Oh btw, there are specific times when your posts have a higher chance of being seen. I have absolutely no idea if that's the same for everyone (probably not) but for me I found that posting on the weekends always works well and posting between 11pm & 6am (my timezone: gmt+1).

I don't know if this helped, I feel like I rambled a lot lol In the end, these are all just tips and you might have to play around with them a bit to see what works for you. If you have any more questions, please feel free to send me a dm or an ask 🧡

[yonglixx]

ask game!

rules: answer these 30 questions and then tag 20 (there’s no way I’ve got enough people to tag for that) people you’d like to get to know better.

tagged by: @unkillable-queers  thank you love <3

Gender:  she/her

Star sign: Aquarius 

Height: 5′2"

Time: it’s 11pm right now

Birthday: Feb 16

Favorite Bands: Queen, twent one pilots, Fleetwood Mac, etc.

Favorite Solo Artists:  Léon, The Weeknd, Nina Simon, Labrinth, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Pop Smoke, Etta James, etc. 

Song stuck in my head: I don’t have “a song” right now. im  just kinda revisting my Bollywood playlist right now :)

Last movie I watched: The last movie i watched was “Alien Resurrection 1997” 

Last show I watched: You guessed it...Prison Break! I just have to rewatch it every few years becasue its very specail to me:))

When did I create this blog: Do i even wanna answer this like i have been here ever since i could remeber. 

What I post: lots of movies/shows, people(based on my current fixation, which also applies to the shows/movies i reblog), quotes, photography, etc. lets just say i don’t post whatever content you probably followed me for but i thank you nevertheless <3 

other blogs:  i can’t multitask like that and this applies to everything else in my life. I don’t know how people have multiple blogs dedictaed to diff interests like thats witch craft 

last thing I googled: “contrasting themes in music” for my music class hw ugh 

do i get asks: i used to but since i am not as active as before, i only get them once in a blue moon but thats what makes them special haha 

why I chose my url: I have had this url since i created my blog and it honeslty is bc of what it says ( i just need constant reminder that i can’t controll everyting, even tho i am not very religious) it helps)

following: i think like 500

followers: 1,250+ 

average hours of sleep: that dependes but def not enough 

lucky number: none but i normally like even numbers..

instruments: none 

what I'm wearing: shorts, oversized t-shirt, and my robe (working on hw) 

dream trip: I would love to go to Rome so i can visit the Vatican City. 

favorite food: Italian food !!!

nationality: Ethiopian 

Last book I read: oh boy its been a minute but other than my acadamic texts, the last book i read was Coraline (i think)

top 3 fictional worlds I’d like to live in: Wakanda, Area X, and Asgard:)

Favorite color: Black 🖤 

Im gonna tag a few people but don’t feel pressured to do it unless you want to:) 

@ineffablefeather, @colettes, @teamstevesass, @wesley-why-cant-i-stay, @emmacharlottewatson, @nessyaff, @tylenolannister, @ladyjeanne , @gallifreyanheartss, @gardens-of-secrets-blog, @house-tully, @alionex

[yntcdtyler]

so here’s my lover secret session’s story... 02/08/2019 london 🏹🇬🇧

i got my dm on twitter on july 16th at 5:15pm and i looked at it thinking someone was trying to boo boo the fool me and it was really gonna say something like “stream ME!” so i opened it not thinking much of it and my heart literally SANK when i saw it was actually REAL. i got the phone call 4 days after from a girl called sara who was from Taylor Nation, she told me everything and i was literally in the storage room in work crying.

so it’s finally august 2nd.. i got up at 5am cause i literally had 4 different trains and 2 ubers to catch, when i finally got to my hotel it was around 11am, i checked in and got ready and went to the meeting point. i was literally the first one there so i panicked thinking i was at the wrong place but more people started to show up and immediately everyone formed little friendship groups who they seemed to have stayed with the whole day which was insane. i met lisa and emma which i’d recognised from twitter because we’d been following each other for so long and then georgia, evie & shiv all came over and we all just bonded and instantly became friends and realised we we’re the brits of the group, there were SO many international fans and it was amazing seeing people come from all over the world! our group was first on the bus and i’m not sure why but we were literally all crying like wtf was going on?? we drove past a few ambulances thinking ‘that’s gonna be our ride home after tonight’ cause at this point i’m like dying and then we finally got to THE HOUSE.

we all go inside, the ME! playlist was on, there was a huge moose head on the wall which we all became really intrigued by, a huge mirror to see ourselves ugly crying, there was food & drinks and little m&m’s with ‘lover’ and hearts on them and i have no idea what was going on in my mind at this point, like i didn’t know what to expect.

so then we all go to the living room we’re there was a bunch of cushions on the floor and a chair and speakers in front of us and i KNEW what was about to go down lads, it’s about to happen, we’re about to hear lover and i just wasn’t ready and i was sat THERE in front of the chair and a few minutes later... SHE COMES OUT FROM BEHIND THIS DOOR LOOKING LIKE LIKE AN ACTUAL GODDESS THAT JUST STEPPED OUT OF HEAVEN AND I DEAD ASS DIED RIGHT THERE THINKING ABOUT THAT AMBULANCE I SAW EARLIER ON CAUSE SHE JUST WASNT REAL. so she’s like “welcome to the lover secret sessions” and the noise that came out me was actually not human at all. she played half the album the first and kept apologising for ranting and going off topic which was so funny, she’s so adorable i was literally in awe. then was like “we’re gonna take a break so you can all go the bathroom, have a drink and stretch your legs” and then mentions she’s made us treats and everyone’s like OMG and she’s literally like “it’s just rice crispy treats i dyed in heart shapes” and it was just the funniest thing bc she’s just so sarcastic but they were the cutest things and just knowing she spent time making them was honestly insane. like i ate a rice crispy heart treat..made by taylor swift? sounds fake. so then as she’s passing them around, she’s goes into the garden and starts talking to everyone and thanking people’s parents and let everyone on her trampoline and just shouts “THESE ARE MY KIDS” with a glass of wine in her hand and it was such a taylor swift moment. it was just surreal like wtf? imagine bouncing on taylor swifts trampoline? i would’ve went on it but i wasn’t about to break my neck before listening to the rest of the album x

okay so we go back in to listen to the rest of the album and throughout the whole album listening part, i just kept crying and she kept looking at me and smiling and singing and i was just bloody in shock. there was one point during a song we’re me and georgia we’re holding onto each other crying and she just looks at us and tilts her head and gives us the most warming smile. right there we both died together it was unreal. but the album HOLY SHIT every song was INSANE. i found it so hard to pick a favourite so i have 3, this album is literally her BEST, and this coming from a speak now stan🤝 i was just the happiest i’ve ever been, it just seemed like a dream. seeing her sat there in front of me so happy and in such a good place, feeling so proud of this album and these songs just made my heart feel so full. what i was feeling in that moment is unexplainable. just pure happiness like i knew life doesn’t get any better than this... right it’s time for the meet and greets and everyone goes back in to the other room whilst they got ready and people started queuing then to go in and meet her, she spent so much time with every single person and seeing everyone’s faces coming out that room was so magical. the event was supposed to be over at 11pm and it’s literally 1:30am when it was my time to meet her. she’d literally been meeting people for HOURS and is 2 and half hours past the end time and she didn’t even mind. everyone was so eager to go inside that me and the girls decided to wait till the end.

so evie had just come out and now it’s my turn. i almost fainted, i was so dizzy and nervous and WHEN I TELL U I WAS PETRIFIED TO GO INSIDE, I ACTUALLY MEAN IT BECAUSE I WAS STOOD OUTSIDE THE DOOR REFUSING TO GO IN FOR ABOUT A MINUTE CAUSE I COULD JUST SEE HER STOOD THERE AND I WASN’T READY BECAUSE LIKE I’VE DREAMT ABOUT THIS MOMENT SINCE FOREVER. emma and lisa we’re stood there laughing trying to force me inside as well as a girl from TN. took me a good minute but i finally walked in, i walk over to her trying not to cry AGAIN and she’s stood there smiling at me and she says to me “it’s tyler isn’t it?” and i was like JDJSKDJD “yeah 😭😭😭😭” cause i didn’t think she knew who i was and i was just randomly picked by TN??? she then pulled me in for the biggest hug and i just felt like this is it, i’m gonna bloody pass out. I TOLD HER THAT WAITING IN THAT QUEUE TO MEET HER WAS LIKE WAITING FOR THE ELECTRIC CHAIR and i was like why tf did i just say that omg but she laughed and was like “omg hahaha it’s like waiting for the electric chair that’s so funny” then i gave her the lover necklace i’d gotten made for her so we had matching and she kept saying how much she loved and how beautiful it was. then said “i love your necklace” with a little smirk because i was wearing her ‘TS’ initial necklace and my heart just went HDAJHDJDDH. then she asked did i enjoy the day and i was like of course??? it was so amazing i couldn’t stop crying and she was like “aw i had so much fun, i love doing these” and then she asked how i’d gotten here and i told her that i had to take 4 trains and she looked so shocked and thanked me for doing that and asked if i was travelling afterwards and i told her i had a hotel and she goes “omg good, PLEASE don’t talk to any strangers” and i’m just like YEAH OF COURSE ANYTHING FOR U MISS SWIFT :’)))) i hugged her about 3 more times and i asked her about tour, and how she found me and she said she’d found me on tumblr and literally said “its tylovestaylor right?” and i was just like WHAT. THE. ACTUAL. FUCK. IM SCARED. cause i barely use tumblr because i’m the only one who reblogs myself??? and i’d gotten my dm on twitter so my mind was like wtf is going on right now?? i told her i changed my url and she said she’d follow me 🥺 then says “so do you wanna like... take a picture together or something?” YEAH OF COURSE, IM A BIT OF A MESS RN BUT ABSOLUTELY. she asks what i wanted to do for the photo like stand, sit, go near the piano? and i told her to choose because my mind was just all over the place and she says to me “i think one sitting down with our legs crossed over acting all (then does some pose) and stuff” i just couldn’t believe what was actually happening. we sit down next to each other and she grabs my hand and i’m just holding her and the photographer takes the photo and she tells me to have a look to see if i like it and i said i looked so bad and she goes “ITS SO CUTE, YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL AND PHOTOGENIC” then the photographer told me i was really photogenic and tay goes “SEE SHE EVEN SAID IT” did taylor swift..who invented photos and beauty... just call me beautiful and photogenic? surely not. so we took one more pic and she said she loved it so i loved it😭😭😭 we got up and hugged again and i just kept saying i love you and she told me i was beautiful and i was like SO ARE U???? and then i told her that i still don’t believe she’s real and she laughed. we hugged again i told her i loved her as i was walking out she shouts “please get home safely” and i said “have a safe flight wherever you’re going next” at the same time and she laughed and was like “OMG THANKYOU?” and i walked out and the emotions i was going through oh my god. i’d just met my favourite person in the entire world? like never in a million years did i think i’d ever meet her let alone get handpicked for secret sessions. i was in so much shock like it wasn’t real. that never happened? i’m still in shock now and literally crying writing this. she was so lovely and welcoming and spoke to me like she’d known me forever.

AND AFTER ALL THAT, SHE DECIDES SHE WANTS ME LITERALLY DEAD AND LIKES MY POST ON HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. RIGHT AFTER I’D MET HER.

i couldn’t get over how beautiful she is, inside and out like i already knew that but seeing her in real life is so different, she’s literally flawless and so cute and delicate and i’ll literally die for this woman. thankyou so much, from the bottom of my heart @taylorswift for choosing me out of 100m+ fans, i’ll never understand why i was chosen but i can’t explain how grateful i am. it was by far the best day i’ve ever had in my 18 years of being alive, nothing will ever come close to that moment. i cant wait for everyone else to hear this album, i miss you and your hugs already and i forgot to tell you because my mind was blank but i’m insanely proud of you and will support you forever. promise.

[princesskittie]

Sorry, if this sounds a little bit ignorant, which isn't my intention, but you seem like you have a lot of time. You are almost always reblogging new stuff, working on new pics, etc. I'm a student, too & I don't have nearly that much time to spend it on tumblr, bc of my study & work schedules. How do you manage school, studying and your social media life at once? Doesn't social media take as much time like a small part-time job, where you work for like 2 or 3 hours a week/end? I'm confused lmao

OOP PREPARE FOR A LONG EXPLANATION-

ever heard of tumblr queue? literally everything in my feed is queued, all the ‘new’ pics i post are usually taken days or weeks ago (the only ones that i post on the day i take are usually during the weekends)

starting with my college schedule, my classes start at 8am and last until 3:30pm. i have 2-3 tuitions a week that are about 2 hours long, they usually start from 6pm onward until 10pm or later.

also, in all honesty, my sleep schedule is messed up :’3 i usually sleep around 2-3am (occasionally 4am these past few days because of exams and projects) and i wake up at 6:30am for college.

so really, the only time i’m able to work on pictures is when im done for the day, around 11pm-12am. on weekends i usually spend my Saturdays catching up on requests early in the morning so i can work later in the afternoons.

im not saying i hate this online ‘job’, in fact i LOVE it- and that’s why i spend up to 1-2hrs a day on making content or just being online to catch up with friends and clients.

so basically, i do not have a lot of time at all, im constantly just burning midnight oil trying to manage what i have to do and what i love to do! hope this explains enough :3

[coldandhotsoba]

ask game

i was tagged by @kingdomheartstrash

Whats the smell of your shampoo? -Rose right now

What’s your Aesthetic?

all jokes aside, i look like someone who got dragged in from the nearest trashcan

Whats your favorite time of day and why?

11pm.. im my most productive then, and thats when everyones asleep, and its super quiet and peaceful. 

What do you like most about the beach?

I hate sand, but i love the smell of the ocean and i like the waves. Not huge ones, but some decent side ones. 

What do yo worry about constantly? everything. literally everything. I try to shove most of it away, but when in doubt, im stressing or worrying about something.  School, writing, school, taxes, rent, food, job. everything. 

What is a song you’ve cried to before?

Grey Room by Damien Rice, someone passed away, and got the news when listening to this song. So always connected. I love the song a lot, but can’t help with that connection now. 

What are some relaxing tips for your followers?

Uh baths. Baths,are my go to. Feeling sick? Bath. Stressed? Bath. Cant breathe through your nose? Bath. Muscles r too tense? Bath. idk thats what i do to unwind. 

What are some things that make you tear up?

Art, fanart, gifts, people being nice to each other, idk alot of stuff will have me tear up.  to quote someone, “They would be happy if you gave them a toothpick” hard to fight, bc its true. People just trusting to share with me something, they’ve made, or want to create, or just an idea, its like the greatest compliment ever. never fails to make me tear up. 

What is your favorite from each sense?

 Sight: candy shops.. i like the colors

smell: High tide

Taste: hot sauce

Sound: waves crashing

What is an alternative reality you’d like to live in?

oof, it depends.. Super heroes, but only if i have like a decent power, if not, imma die immediately from like falling rubble or something.  If not that, something with really high technology

What are some troubles you face on a daily basis?

oh gosh, um, anxiety for sure, especially when i post something or say something, makes me 8000% more freaked. 

What is one scene from a book that makes you really sad

oof i feel bad but im going to steal what @kingdomheartstrash said. The book theif by markus Zusak was the only book that caused me to outright sob. Most of the time i can keep it in, but i was crying so hard with that one. I had to take a break. 

Say something to your followers:

sorry for all the massive reblog spamming. also, feel free to talk to me! hang in there!

imma tag: @ochaco-in-heelys @soybean-official @coffee-lynx @domineeringscarves @nansequitting @a-proper-hero

[liriel-mei-qin]

Ikemen Revolution related asks

Here’s 30 questions that have something to do with Ikemen Revolution and it’s characters!

**I was tagged by @sakurairin-otome. Thank you so much. ❤😘

**Well...the reblogged post was so long that i decided to create another one with the questions and my anwers. Here is the original post link. 

1. Red or black?

Is this about the fave army on ikerev or to choose a color? I don’t understand, so i will answer both questions. My fave army is Red Army. And my favorite color is black. 

2. If you could have any animal as a pet what would it be?

Besides dogs and cats that i love and i already have, i’d like to have a horse. 

3. Do you have any younger siblings?

No, i’m only child.

4. Whats your favorite dessert?

Chocolate cake

5. Is there something you hide from most people?

Hmm...yes. But i will not say what is it. 🤭  

6. Do you eat candy often?

Everyday. I have a sweet tooth.

7. Would you say you have a ‘rival’?

Yeah...but i like and admire her.

8. Is there someone you look up to?

Yes. 😅

9. Do you like going to the doctors?

Yes. I guess i’m used to, bc since i was a children i always had health issues. 

10. Do you drink, if so whats your favorite drink?

I don’t know if this drink exist outside Brazil. But I like drink Caipirinha made with strawberry and sake.

11. Are you a cat or dog person?

Both. I can’t choose and never will choose between them bc i love both equally.

12. How early or late do you sleep usually?

I usually sleep around 10 or 11pm, bc i wake up very early: 6am everyday.

13. Are you seen as the mom friend?

Yes. Maybe bc i’m the older among my friends.

14. Are you the same age as your group of friends or not?

Haha....i already answer that...😂I’m the older.

15.Do you have older siblings and what do you not like about them?

No. I’m only child.

16. Are you a good cook?

Yes. My cook is good. But i admit that i’m very lazy to do it.

17. Would you call yourself an introvert or extrovert?

Introvert. 

18. Are you scared of ghosts?

A little.

19. How do you feel about tomatoes?

I like tomatoes.

20. Do you have long or short hair?

At the moment it is medium. I’m let it grow up. 

21. Are you good at keeping secrets?

Yes.

22. Have you ever had a roommate?

No.

23. Would you want to live secluded away from people?

Yes.

24. Do you like rainy days?

I love it! 

25. What color are your eyes?

It’s green, but sometimes it change color and it’s a little yellow. Yeah..it’s strange. I think i’m not from this world. lol 😆

26. Do you wear glasses?

Yes.

27. How often do you misplace important items?

Not so often. It’s difficult. 

28. Would you call yourself sarcastic?

Hmm...yeah. I guess i’m little sarcastic and ironic. But it depends on the person I'm talking to. If i have intimacy with them.

29. Do you also have the ability to change forms depending on the time of day?

Yes. 

30.  Create your own question! 

Well i will repeat the previous question which was: “Who’s your fave IkeRev suitor?” 

And my answer is: I can’t choose between Lancelot and Sirius. 😍 Let’s say it’s a tie. I love both. 

And now i tag:  @julias1993, @redheadkittys, @madchoices, @lxvescramble, @otomeduck, @otome-addicts-notsoanonymous, @datemasamunemaiwaifu, @otome-comments, @juminly, @mcotome, @thereluctantherosrose, @resshiiram

[phanscenes-blog]

i got tagged by @helloawkwardcutie so thank you aaa

nicknames: dont really have any

gender: female

star sign: scorpio

height: 5’3 i think idk im short

sexuality: hella gay

time: 18:11 (6:11pm)

birthday: november 20th

favorite band: always has, and probably always will be, paramore

favorite solo artist: i love @emmablackery so much

song stuck in head: doctor who theme bc watching it rn

last movie seen: oh god idk i think it was sing (im such a child)

movie i want to see: definitely wonder but i still need to watch guardians of the galaxy 2 and wonder woman (im so behind)

last tv show i watched: like i said im watching doctor who right now

why did you create your blog? bc i just recently got fully into the phandom and i had some fanfic ideas so i decided to write them up and share them with the world (phanscenes)

what do you post/reblog? dnp, gay and any really important things

last thing you googled: my wattpad so i could link it omfg

other blogs: nope, this is my first

why URL? literally bc my fanfics describe the scenes that occur before and after dan and phils videos

i follow: 364, mainly phan accs

followers: 130 omfg thanks ive only been on here like just over a month

average hours of sleep: 8, but i always need more

lucky number: 6, idk why it just always has been

instrument: i used to play the drums so woo and piano as long as i have the key notes on 

what are you wearing? white paramore hard times shirt, grey harry potter hoodie and black leggings

dream trip? canada bc gay and equality

dream job? gender therapist bc trans* people deserve help and support

favorite food: chicken tikka, i couldnt live without it honestly

favorite song rn? tell me you love me by demi lovato or burned out by dodie

top 3 universes? i dont know what this means aaaa

last book i read: @emmablackery‘s book feel good 101, which im still reading bc i want it to last (also i dont have the time)

i tag (this is random):

@dailyphan @snowdangel @festivephilly @phanfiction @danhowellscreenshots @philscurls @philfreckles

plus anyone else can just do it :)

[needmemberwolfboi]

Q+A for getting your pet dressed or some nm prizes from member only adventures

i feel like i probably should have made this before. three cheers for my lack of hindsight for this. dressing pets are first.

i have this under a keep reading because otherwise it would be really long and annoying (which i’m assuming no one wants to deal with), but lmk if it doesn’t work for you, if you need clarification, etc.

nm pets, their patterns, and clothes are here (animal jam wikia; click on the pet’s page to see their available patterns and clothes)

Q: are you scamming?

A: no. i have no reason to and i don’t want to.

(screenshot of my gems/diamonds taken three minutes ago. i went on a shopping spree between now and the photo i took yesterday)

HOWEVER, my computer is having issues with connecting. if i suddenly leave, either a) my computer had a plug-in issue and forced me out of aj or b) my mom started talking to me (i put down or close whatever i’m doing when she’s talking so she doesn’t start yelling about respect). if this happens, i apologize in advance and will do my best to give you back your pet ASAP.

if aj glitches, i will let you know immediately. sometimes when i’m trying to trade, my den inventory says i have no den items. when my den inventory says i have no den items, i either a) don’t offer on the trade b) offer just clothes/pets or c) refresh the page to have it work again. i haven’t seen it with either of the other two tabs, but i will let you know immediately if something happens.

Q: if you’re not scamming, then why are you doing this?

A: i was a nm until 11:10pm on october 31 (for me, aj switches days at 11pm. i wanted some members only halloween items but didn’t get my paypal set up on my computer until 11pm).

i’ve wanted my pets dressed for a really long time (esp. my various chickens and that feathery mask/torso combo with the staff) but i didn’t trust some random member saying they’ll dress my pet and i didn’t know what it would cost them/what they would ask for in return.

also, screw capitalism, especially in the way aj practices it.

Q: what do you want for dressing my pet?

A: nothing. i don’t need gems and dressed pets look really cool.

Q: even for “rare” clothes?

A: yes even for the clothes that are only available in the pets only party.

Q: what if i want a dressed (bee/kangaroo/rooster/giraffe) but don’t have one?

A: i bought a pet giraffe in the diamond shop, so i can now make them for 400 gems each. lmk if you want one. i have some (as in, maybe five) pet bees on my side accounts and a couple (maybe three) kangaroos and roosters on my main, but i am hesitant to trade them (esp. the roosters). i’m gonna ask for one/two nm adventure item(s) for a pet bee (depends on the item[s]), two or three adventure items for a pet kangaroo (again, depends on what items), and i’ll have to see your offer for a rooster

i will take any nm adventure prize(s) except for: maple leaf lamp, labyrinth chest, giant cob of corn, which way sign, portal crystal, trial tiger tile, rooster streamer, rooster rug, square hedge, circular hedge, daisy pinwheel, anything from graham’s workshop [those trade well], candy heart strand, three heart topiary, heart windows, chocolate heart fountain, giant valentine, giant heart chocolate, giant heart valentine, friendship tea set, valentine bag, snow fence, lucky horseshoe window, lucky pillow, bodran drum, clover strand, lucky cookies, giant chocolate peck, candy shop sofa, frankenstein mask, candy flower patch, candy streamer, or any tiki statue

(yes i really did just look up the adventure items for nm adventures and no i don’t know if i regret it)

Q: are you going to scam me out of my rare pet(s)?

A: hell no. they’re your pet(s) not mine. the only things that would be mine are the clothes you want me to put on your pet and the joy i’ll get from giving you your pet back with the clothes you want on it.

also, if you look me up on aj (xxj3tst4rxx) and click on the pet tab, you can see i already have some (mantis, grasshopper, two squirrels, and a firefly). i’m still split on whether or not i actually like the other rare pets enough to trade for one, and whether i like the rare pets i have or if i used them to be “rare” enough to be traded by members.

Q: is there a limit to how many pets you’ll dress up?

A: if you want one of my bees/kangaroos/roosters, yes and that limit is one bee or one kangaroo or one rooster. otherwise, no, but trades are limited to 20 items in one offer.

Q: anything else i need to know?

A: i can’t offer on the pet you’re using, so please don’t have a pet you want dressed attached to you when you come to me to get your pet dressed. please have something else on trade (seriously a necklace works) so i can trade you back. i can’t change the color of your pet. some accessories have a set color scheme (ex. the propellor hat for pet squirrels is only in pink, blue, and yellow). it takes me about 30 seconds to dress a pet (from clicking on the pet stop to “yes i want to buy these clothes) if there is no lag.

Q: how should i contact you if i want you to dress my pet?

A: you can reblog or comment on this post with your aj username, how many pets you want dressed, if you want me to make you a giraffe (pls tell me the main/secondary color, pattern, eyes, horns, hair, and name if you have a preference), if you want to offer on one of my bees/roosters/kangaroos, and what you would like on your pet.

this is the same link i have at the top for nm pets.

sending me a jam a gram with a different background from the default one (”i’m thankful for you!” with a monkey holding a pumpkin) works as well. i’d prefer if the background was one of the choices from the bottom of the list (they have a photo of an animal and say “[adjective] as a [the animal pictured]”) but do not require that.

ok now for adventures. note: i know the thing you get at the end of an adventure is called a reward in aj, but in here i’m using prize because idgaf

Q: are you scamming?

A: again, no; i have no reason to. i know how it feels to want a nm prize from a members only adventure (bc some of them are really cool) and how hard it is to get one without trading your left arm.

i also really hate aj’s capitalism.

Q: what will it cost me to get the item(s) i want?

A: admittedly, i haven’t done most of the adventures, so i can’t say exactly how long and how much effort it takes from me/what it will cost :( i’m thinking no more than an “okay” RIM (ex. viking hat, glove) or a nm adventure prize expect for those listed above for one prize from a normal adventure and no more than two “okay” RIMs for one from hard adventures.

however, because i haven’t yet tried all the adventures, i’m not sure how hard an adventure will be for me. the cost of an item from an adventure will depend on how hard the adventure is for me.

i have completed the hive on normal mode and am 100% ok with a necklace for one prize (glowing mushroom patch, fire drum, lava crystal).

Q: is there a limit on how many prizes you’ll get for one person?

A: yes. i haven’t done most of the adventures so i have no idea how hard they’ll be for me. the limits are TBA at this point

Q: are you doing this for nm only?

A: yes because nm can’t get the prizes without trading. if you are a member and would like to help or get a certain prize from a certain members only adventure, feel free to join the adventure with me! i’d like it if you would help (as i haven’t done most of the adventures), but i won’t require that.

Q: i’m going to be a member soon. can i still ask for a prize or prizes?

A: sorry :( if you’re going to become a member, you’ll have to get the prize or prizes on your own

Q: can you get me a prize from the hidden falls?

A: the hidden falls is available to all nm wolves, arctic wolves, and tigers. there are four chests with unique prizes in this adventure (three arctic wolf only passages with members only prizes and one hidden chest for all players with a nm prize [cavern mushrooms]). because this adventure is for nm and the only hidden chest’s prize is for nm, i’m going to have to say no :(

Q: what about underwater adventures?

A: i’ll do the same for underwater adventures. i haven’t yet tried any of the underwater adventures, but i’m thinking the same cost for one underwater adventure prize as a regular adventure. again, because i haven’t tried all the adventures, i’m not sure how hard these adventures will be and the cost of an item will depend on how hard the adventure is for me.��please note that all underwater adventure prizes are underwater only.

Q: how should i contact you if i want a prize/some prizes?

A: you can reblog or comment on this post with your aj username, what prize(s) you want, and how many of each you want. i’d appreciate it if you said what adventure the prize is from. if the prize is members only, i will tell you before i do the adventure.

sending me a jam a gram with a different background from the default one (”i’m thankful for you!” with a monkey holding a pumpkin) works as well. i’d prefer if the background was one of the ones with user-made drawings, but will not require that.

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tagged by @charmkvark who is a bomb-ass mutal despite us never talking. We should do that. Thanks for tagging me!!! :D

1. nickname? “TsunTsun” is the only one I can think of really? lmao

2. star sign? cancer

3. height? 5′2″ and you can fight me about it.

4. time right now? 2:11pm

5. favorite music artist(s)? Uhhh I like Franz Ferdinand a lot

6. song stuck in your head? I don’t have one rn sorry ^^;

7. last movie watched? Might’ve been..Mad Max Fury Road? I watched it over break.

8. last tv show watched? One Piece!

9. what are you wearing right now? PJsssssss! Fuck yeah

10. when did you create this blog? Ahhh jesus christ idk. I went and looked it up haha. May 2012. Christ I’ve been here a while, huh?

11. what kind of stuff do you post? Uhhh I don’t post my own shit a lot except for screaming but I reblog a lot of voltron bullshit, DGM, literary facts and jokes and YO DO I LOVE BAD JOKES.

12. do you have any other blogs? Nope :v

13. do you get asks regularly? Lol no

14. why did you chose your URL? bc I’m a loser and that’s what I used for everything at the time. It’s characters from an old Jet Set Radio webcomic that I’ll never be able to find again.

15. gender? Gal

16. hogwarts house?  Slytherin. Again, I’ll fight you about it. XP

17. pokemon team? Instinct

18. favorite color? Green...? Or Blue maybe? Idk bruh.

19. average hours of sleep? 10

20. lucky number? I’d like to say it’s 8 but it’s not I just pretend it is when I pick things and then I lose and am sad. So. Not 8, at least.

21. favorite characters? Ah fuck bruh don’t do that to me. UGH. Chrono from Chrono Crusade, Miranda, Lavi, Kanda and Allen from DGM, Keith, Lance and Pidge from Voltron, Gon and Killua from HxH, Cassandra from The Librarians, John, Dave and Karkat from Homestuck (patron troll respect yo), John, Dave and Molly from John Dies At The End. The Angels from the Matthew Swift series bc they’re little shits and I can respect that, Shin from Gokusen, Fai from Tsubasa, yeah fuck it I’m done now that’s not all of them but enough is enough

22. how many blankets do you sleep with? 1 blanket and it’s the fuckin best. A bunch of sheets and comforters though

23. dream job? Copy Editor working with fiction authors :)

24. following? 1,626 /laughs

Imma tag @alteanengines bc forreal you’re the only one I talk to tbh Can I just tag “all my followers” and just include everyone?

[ayazumi]

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