#reblogs of these are welcome btw

[enter-the-phantom]

Enter Writes A Blog - Oct 4, 2023

In Which I Get A New Job (Sort Of) and Meet the Dance Commander; Nearly Die of Queer Joy

A few life updates bc I’ve just been too tired to post regularly recently! Gonna start doing these since I’ve always admired people who keep little journals. Enjoy.

I got a new seasonal job a few weeks ago at a local theatre and costume shop, which sounds like it would be perfect for me but is…definitely not. The pay is abysmal, it’s $9 an hour with no benefits, and the job itself is so mind-numbingly monotonous that I’m actually depressed. There’s a lot going on and I don’t think I’m going to make it—I need a challenge and I can’t shut my brain off for eight hours a day with nothing to do. Not being able to think creatively and solve puzzles is really messing with my head. Plus the hours are really bad for me, getting up that early and getting home in the evening is really draining for someone with my circadian rhythm. It’s just not for me. As bad as I feel about it (bc I do like my coworkers!), I’m going to quit sometime in the coming weeks and focus on building up my Etsy and working on my art offerings. It won’t make money but it also won’t make me so depressed I can do nothing but sleep on my days off. I just can’t handle traditional work, it’s not good for my brain and my mental health and it’s affecting me physically too. I can’t risk another colitis scare and the stress just isn’t worth it.

On to better news that, if you know me, is gonna have you jumping for me bc everyone I’ve told is freaked.

If you know me you know by now that Electric Six is my soul band and means the world to me. You know what I’ve been through and how happy they make me. Finally got to see them in person on Friday night and it was a spiritual experience. I ended up not only against the stage, but the closest one to The Man himself. Nearly got hit with the mic stand boner multiple times. Eye contact happened. Moments happened. They were magical. He is magical. As I said to @mosshugs, there is truly nothing like the joy an aroace person feels for their squish. It’s the purest form of love there is and my god, do I love that man. Multiply it with the love a performer has for their muse and I’ve been emotional all week.

Every E6 experience I’ve ever had involved lovely strangers who became friends and this was no exception. We just all come together to watch a bunch of goofy guys play goofy songs and do goofy dances together. Met the most lovely family of Crazies with daughters me and my sister’s age, we hung out with them all night, kept an eye on each other and just in general had a great time making new friends! My new local friend is super sweet and we have a lot in common, so that’s really neat! Hoping to talk to her more if I don’t get super nervous about it bc she’s really cool. Also she was providing the strongest moral support when she saw just how close I was to Dick Valentine. Mad props for recognising I was having several moments. When he knelt down on that speaker and started rambling about Lyme Disease she had my back quite literally. Such a real one. Also sent me all her photos and vids bc I was too busy ascending to even remember my phone.

But my god, do I love the Crazies. Herb S Flavorings (who was a treat as always to watch) flicked us a pick, missed, it hit someone else and dropped to the floor. Everyone immediately stepped back and helped find it. Setlist got passed down to me by not one but two other people who saw just how much this concert meant to me and thought I should have it I guess? Also met up with some guys from the Facebook group as I was leaving who wanted to meet “the E6 artist” and demanded to know if I got the prints delivered—I love this dumb little fandom. Also The Flashy Jacket™ was a hit!

And of course the part ya’ll we’re waiting for—I got to meet my hero, Dick Valentine himself. Spotted him coming down from the green room to get his customary post-show amaretto sour and I asked if we could talk when he had a minute (mostly just wanted to deliver the art prints) and he was so immediately friendly and approachable. He had a few people coming up to say hi, and what really struck me was how careful he was to make sure I knew he hadn’t forgotten I wanted to talk to him. I’m sure he had no idea how much that truly meant to me—it’s such a little thing, just to have someone give you a reassuring look that you haven’t been forgotten or ignored and they’re going to make time—but for some people they never get that and it truly means the world. To get it from someone who does not know me, but who has gotten me through so much, was really incredible. I started tearing up and apologising for being emotional and he was so reassuring, reiterating that it had been a long night and it was okay to be emotional and he was glad he and his silly little band had done so much for me. Art was delivered, he loved it—and apparently John (and Da Ve??? I’m in on a secret I guess) are going to be back for the Detroit show or at least there, so he promised to deliver them then. My extra print of his was signed, and so was my setlist! Also I got a hug and some very cute photos. Just truly the sweetest, most down-to-earth gem of a man with the most shockingly calming presence. We all knew he was pretty special, all the guys are, but in person he’s really something else. Thank you again, Dick/Tyler (bc we love the persona but the man himself is just a good guy) and if you ever see this, I promise I’m not crazy and I’m not attempting to clone you in my basement—you just genuinely are my hero. Please don’t push yourself too hard on this tour; we all love you and want you to take care of yourself. ❤️

Anyway. If you read the end of this welcome back to our regularly scheduled nonsense on this blog. I’ll be doing a lot of social media stuff once I quit my job so I can get serious about building up my platforms and working on art and design stuff, so stay on the lookout for that! LOTS of art coming soon. Selfship and fandom friends, I have some amazing new stuff coming out, including some cool commission options you’ve never seen before. Also going to attempt this TikTok thing I guess.

Glad to be back and I missed you all! I hope my mental health will be better once I can focus on working creatively, the way I need to. Love you all! ❤️

[zylphiacrowley]

I just thought of a fun(?) idea.

reblog and put in the tags something positive that sort of defines or stands out about prev's gpose style.

[moonwoodhollow]

Casting Call: Eternithaus - a casual gameplay

As I want to finally start playing the game again next year, and I mean play instead of building, I'm in need of a few sims! Eternithaus is supposed to be a casual gameplay that has no real goal so far, except for having a bit of drama mixed with a slice of life.

Most of the gameplay is going to happen at Eternithaus which is a build I shared earlier this year and love very dearly so the idea is that I finally populate it. 2 apartments are already rented out to:

Aimee Jordan - 28 years old, make-up artist in Del Sol Valley, single and looking for love (she's pan)

Ailing Zhao: 49 years old, art director, single, not actively looking... but she's interested in men around her age

What I'm missing for Eternithaus directly are 2-4 sims for the actual apartments. 2 sims for each apartment max.

There are also 2 empty community spaces on the ground floor of the building. If you have an idea for a shop and a sim who works there or owns the shop, then you're welcome to create them + tell me a bit about them!

Next to Eternithaus is a modern art gallery with a restaurant and a pool with a bar, so if you have sims who would fit in there (as a mixer/gallerist/museum shop worker or whatever), then send them in as well!

The sims can be any age and any gender. You're welcome to use cc, but please don't be too excessive. I'm a maxis mix girl, so you're welcome to use a bit of alpha cc but no alpha hair, please.

If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask!

There's no strict deadline, as I will be busy until the end of January. So I'm tentatively thinking of the 31st January 2025.

Tagging @auspexsims, @cloudellesims, @chere-indolente, @slusul, @jokiyo because you already mentioned you'd be interested!

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

i spend all day thinking of the news that there was a pogrom in amsterdam on the eve of the anniversary of kristallnacht. i watch goyim excuse it because a few jewish people there were bigoted. i watch other jews emphasise that bigotry is never excusable, but neither is targeted violence. i watch other goyim use fake translations to lie to try to excuse it more. some sources say it was premeditated anyway. i think of nana - my great grandmother who fled after a pogrom - and how the family always mentions in hushed voices the trauma she carried for the rest of her life. i put my phone down and i begin preparing for shabbos. i thank Hashem for wine. for bread. for shabbos. i watch my candles glow as i look at the kiddush cup that’s almost entirely tarnished with age from being passed down i don’t know how many generations. my hebrew name bears the names of my father and grandfather. i chose it myself to carry them with me because they didn’t live long enough to see my bat mitzvah. my rabbi said the name fits me because it means “Gd brings comfort”. i’ve said my prayers. i don’t feel the comfort at all

[kaneki-week]

Kaneki Week, an event celebrating all things Ken Kaneki, is approaching!! Kaneki Week will run from the 16th to 22nd of December 2024. For those interested, please check the prompt list above and guide given below!

Guide:

1) Please tag this account (@kaneki-week) or use the tag #kanekiweek24 when posting work intended for this event!

2) Tagged submissions will be reblogged from this account from the beginning of the official Kaneki Week to February 1st 2025. Submissions later than this will not be archived here.

3) The prompt list is merely suggestions. If you want to follow your own prompts or inspirations, you are fully welcome to do so! And don’t be pressured to post something for every single day of the week - if that is unrealistic for you, that’s okay, you’re still welcome to participate!

4) You can create whatever art you wish for this event - whether it be writing of any kind, fanart, edits, crafts, a dish that reminds you of Kaneki, literally anything. Generative AI submissions will not be accepted.

5) Please include a line break before any nsfw submissions.

[yuriyuruandyuraart]

Hi? Gosh how do I even start with this :'D

I know it's been ages since I've last popped up on here. I've been debating when to post this for a while, but I kept adding to my draft more and more and now it's the end of JULY omgg I felt so guilty disappearing with zero updates but then thought my birthday would be the best day to finally address this considering it'll feel less random? idk but Ive always celebrated my bday with you guys and I'd feel so bad answering your kind asks without me at least explaining why I was gone for months.

Truth be told, I was dealing with a lot of stuff irl. health issues and sudden declining grades that left me stumped and drained for months now- along with technical issues like having to replace some parts of my computer that took a while for me to find to even draw digitally, which I didn't have the time for anyway with how tired and weary I felt every day.

I'm frankly shaken up by a lot of shit rn and I don't know how to be active online with this burden on my chest- Especially as it's been a while since I've even looked at utmv related content and my motivation dwindled. I swear I'd hype myself up to post or reblog something- but I'd see just how much I've missed or the overwhelming amount of posts I'd need to go through and I'd feel so swamped with exhaustion and most importantly guilt, for not clearing the air up sooner to reassure you guys that I'm, y'know, alive, and not dead in a ditch somewhere. And I'd procrastinate cause typing it all out is hard and I'd give up halfway every time and it's just not fair to you all!

I thought I was handling it well when I started going out and socializing more, instead of staying cooped up at home on my computer all day. and in the first draft of this post I made months ago I was gonna detail some of the fun plans I had, for my life and for this blog :D but relaxing my strict study schedule and letting go a bit of my tight routine, thinking it was better than wringing myself dry to keep it up, backfired horribly, to say the least.

I know right?? so silly to be hung up on stupid shit like studies of all things! but this is a very important thing for me considering my career plans and the competitivity encouraged by everyone I'm surrounded by, the pressure of keeping up adding to my already stressful days. I had to fix myself up first and I couldn't handle the strain nor interact with people and thinking of jobs and exams sapped my energy so much it's frankly embarrassing. writing this feels so cheesy too and it frustrates me to know I could've come back a month earlier if it weren't for that, but I also know putting all of this into words then would just sound like incoherent venting (not that this is very different tbf) and I wasn't in the right headspace to address my absence, or anything really- I didn't want everyone to see me return when I couldn't muster up a genuinely positive message, let alone talk to anyone with a shadow of my usual cheer

I feel like a complete mess and It drives me up the wall how depressed I've gotten. I debated deleting this blog so many times 'cause the fear of disappointing my audience and my friends, for lack of a more fitting sentiment, made me feel even shittier. I'm constantly thinking if this wall of text is worth posting, or if it's better not to burden you all with all my sappy troubles as if it's the end of the world. Trust me, I'll be fine. I'm not trying to dramatize this situation, but I don't think I'm up to pretending I'm all sunshine and enthusiasm you're all accustomed to.

So sorry for worrying you all! I'll try to catch up, deliver some missed birthday gifts, and answer some asks while I'm at it! Again, I can't state how much I appreciate your support throughout the years. It's frankly a miracle I kept any of you around with how much I keep popping and leaving at random with no warning. I definitely can't promise for my stay to be without a hitch, and if you don't mind an inconsistent schedule you're free to stay of course, but I'm afraid I can't sustain the pace I had when I first started this blog. I'll keep posting art, but lower my activity in the fandom sphere to reduce the strain on my mental health. so fewer rants and walls of text, more art, and less stress overall. Love you all and thanks for waiting for this long <3

[plushie-sentai]

Where’s my popsicle Eiji. I need it. To survive. Also my iPhone.

Thank u to @blueminuet for the 3d print file!!

[crispycreambacon]

It's the little blue guy himself!

[fiveminuterice]

controversial take i think but i don’t like when artists say “don’t like without reblogging” on their posts or say they’ll block people who like their art without reblogging. i say this as an artist, if you feel upset often enough by people who like without reblogging then that’s not on them that’s on you. and i say this is gently as possible. you are not owed engagement.

[hamsamwich23]

💌SILLY SONA/OC💌

🖊️General Information 🖊️

Samuel [Redacted], aka "Sammy"

Age 23, Libra

Transmasc nonbinary, he/they/it/xe

Queer-asexual, polyamorous

Sammy is a well known mail-delivery demon-ish being in the middle of a near-miss apocalyptic setting! A weirdcore and liminal space inspired earth cursed by an unknown magic force that keeps on changing and changing as time goes on.

After a recent disaster wiped out 80% of the not-quite-so "human" population, certain jobs became harder to fill as willing people became more scarce due to the dangers. Luckily, Sammy's abilities made him perfect for the role as one of the most needed jobs during this time...mail delivery.

Sammy was cursed with divine speed around their high school years. As one could guess, this power granted him the blessing of abnormal speed, which could be greatly utilized in their everyday life. However, their abilities would cause them pain and exhaustion after usage and make their already existing issues worse, especially if it was overdone or pushed past their limit. Sammy had to find their own way to balance things out so they could use their speed abilities as easily as possible.

Their inhuman speed makes getting in and out of weird and potentially dangerous areas a lot less risky. Earth is unpredictable, having someone who can swiftly bounce back deliver messages all around ends up working out extremely well. Sammy also works under MJ/Judgment as a personal messenger, allowing them to meet and deliver to a variety of different beings.

Outside of its job, Sammy lives alone in a basic but cozy house. It lives as comfortably as it can, in this peculiar world.

✨Regretevator(Au) Specific information✨

-(Takes place in my funky little counteract!timeline)-

Taking apart a cult and destroying a fuckass tree to assist your dream parasite client with an already pretty bad criminal record definitely isn't easy in the slightest. MJ realized that she would need more hands on deck, aside from the already involved NPCs. Perhaps Someone who could blend in with those funny little "players" who would fill up the elevator and go through whatever challenges it offered. Someone who could use those opportunities to get information and send messages discreetly without any suspicion arising.

Sammy was asked to fill this role. To which, he happily accepted. And thus. He ended up on the Regretevator, working under Judgment once again.

Sammy is counted as an NPC, though they are one that blends in with the players. Once they get on through their specific floors, they'll go along with the players until either they lose all HP, or they suddenly stop playing along at certain floors. They can be a fifth NPC regardless of whether they're blending in with the players or hanging out in the elevator. Like MJ, they can stand up on the railing.

Sammy's abilities make it easy to get into certain places that are normally closed off and/or dangerous to get into (ex: Eternal Limbo, STATs floor, some more rare floors, ECT). Which comes in handy when MJ needs news (or anything really) to be delivered. Especially information..

They tend to get on and off at more rare floors with non-elevator boarding NPCs (or no NPCs) and/or floors that are mostly just for show (put examples here). While they're enjoying their position on the elevator, the time for action draws near...

The floors they get off/on from are: Ballpit, Dog Party, Fishy Aquarium, Glorp n Go, HC ice cream, Minefield,SharkCo mall, ECT.

👾Silly facts!👾

Sammy is a pretty big horror nerd with a special love for horror games, their favorite games are ones that Involve psychological horror

Aside from video games, Sammy has a hobby/side gig as a writer. He's currently working on a few fiction story ideas in his spare time after work..

Adores animals and creatures of all kinds, but has unexplainable arachnophobia. He'll ask you to take the spiders outside...he doesn't want to kill them but he doesn't want them in the house either.

Sammy has Audhd and ocd!

Sammy took a year of culinary before graduating high school. Though nowadays he finds himself cooking/baking basic recipes. He's rather content with this though

Unironically prefers Minecraft over fortnite "I'm not playing Fortnite with you Folly"/j

The kind of fool to wear shorts in the winter, though, luckily, he'll wear leggings with the shorts...most of the time...

Plushie horder. He has more plushies in his room than he knows what to do with, though it isn't to the point where they're actively taking up all of the space in his room. He just can't fit them all on his bed

Sammy has at least five tattoos. Three are childhood pets (two dogs one cat. Located on shoulders and lower arm), A lemon shark (located above their wrist) and a golden open eyeball, the same as MJs, located on the back of their neck.

🦈Appearance🦈

Sammy's appearance/ref as made in Roblox!! WOOAAAAH. The eyes on xir jacket were an idea Folly gave xem. They have silly buttons on their bag and they're pretty silly...

Ft the Christmas fit....

Ok that's it time to explode and hope.for the best

[serenescribe]

Poll: Help me pick my next TWST longfic! [FINISHED]

Hello everyone!

As most of you may know, I am quite the avid longfic writer. However, university's been slowing me down a lot, so I've been unable to write as quickly as before. So why not poll some of my fic ideas and let you all decide?

I'll include some brief, rambling summaries of the options below the cut! The poll will run for seven days, and the winner will be the longfic I focus on next! (That isn't to say I won't write other things since inspiration is fickle and some of these are semi-completed, but for the most case, my priority will be whatever wins!)

[Summaries under the cut!]

i. Bad Things Happen Bingo: Locked in a Freezer Epel-focused! I originally started working on this in April but shelved it because I was more focused on writing Diasomnia. That and I also did not look forward to writing Rook... Still, the benefit of this option is that It's already 2/3 finished, with the first two chapters done, so it would be done a lot faster. I'd feel pretty keen on finishing it sooner if there was interest expressed.

ii. Bad Things Happen Bingo: Barely Conscious Silver-focused! A bad end AU of the Fairy Gala remix event... and that's about all I can say about it. Compared to the other options, it wouldn't be as long, so I could see it being done faster. It would not have a definitive conclusion, being a bad end of an event, but if you like Silver suffering, this is the one for you!

iii. Bad Things Happen Bingo: On the Run Sebek-focused, along with the first years! I originally wanted to write this for Halloween this year, but quickly shelved that idea due to realising how much Uni sapped my energy. This is one of the two options here that would be rated Mature, along with warnings of Major Character Death. It was meant to be a Halloween fic, after all.

iv. Bad Things Happen Bingo: This Is For Your Own Good Silver and Lilia-focused. What can I say about this AU without revealing too much...? This is the other option that would be rated Mature. It gets truly fucked up and dark in the latter half, and bad things truly does happen. It would also be one of the longest fics in the BTHB series, as I'm envisioning two very long chapters. All the same, this is arguably the idea I'm most excited to write. So if that means anything to you (trust in my tastes, perhaps?) you might want to consider voting for this!

v. Bad Things Happen Bingo: Hope Is Scary Silver-focused, though Lilia comes in later. This is arguably the least developed of all the ideas here, however it was a really good idea that Olive thought up and gave me permission to write. A lot of Silver suffering in this one! And being alone. The prompt is literally about losing all hope and not wanting to hope again in case it gets dashed.

vi. Reverse Containment Breach AU: Starchild Lilia and Silver-focused. This is based on Olive's Reverse Containment Breach AU, of which I'd previously written a ficlet for here with Malleus and Sebek. Think something SCP-esque with an organisation studying strange subjects. Head Researcher Lilia Vanrouge stumbles upon a boy who fell from space one night, and that's when everything slowly goes off the rails. I actually finished about 1/3 of this? So it's partially started.

vii. PMMM AU: Lilia Longfic Lilia and Silver-focused. What it says on the tin. Mica and I's PMMM AU, which isn't 1:1 with canon but Lilia takes the role of Homura, and Silver as Madoka. Time loops and general suffering and angst. If you know how Madoka plays out, you know how this one's going to go.

[the-kipsabian]

[hexusproductions]

This is kind of a niche subject for a crossover but if Optimus Prime got hit with a Black Mercy do you think he'd dream of the war being over, because that's what he's been fighting for all this time, or would he dream of the war continuing on forever, because being a leader is the only thing he knows how to be?

[sn0wbat]

in-universe birthdays for my main vampire ocs!! 🦇🎉

[lemonlimebitcoin]

me when im NORMAL: >doesn't think about vriska at all

me when BRAIN CHEMICALS INCORRECT: wow vriska is pretty cool I like her