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Mermaid Kokomi
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Look at that woman (breaking my heart) | Part 11
Summary: For one and a half years Lewis and y/n managed to keep their relationship a secret, until it blew up in their faces. Now, they're trying their hardest to pick up the pieces...
Warnings: age gap (reader is 27), major angst, fluff inbetween, my first time doing smau
Pairing: Lewis Hamilton x fem Vettel!Reader
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user 2: obsessed with everyone booing the FIA š©šš»
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user 2: @/user 1 āi know im technically not allowed to be biased tonight but wellā¦you know the rumorsā GAGGED
user 3: @/user 2 the way you could HEAR people GASP
user 3: god heās stunning
A few weeks later.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the Formula 1 testing week. The cars will be back on track in a few moments."; David Croft declares, looking over at Martin Brundle:" There is so much to look forward to and I am so thankful that Nico Rosberg is going to join us as well in a couple of minutes.ā
Martin nods at the screen:ā And looks like Hamilton has just got into his car. I cannot lie to you, I am so excited to finally be able to look over some official data. After all those rumors of potential leaks were flooding the internet.ā
āRed suits him amazingly.ā, his colleague adds, making him laugh. āLooks like someone else is also amazed by him in-.ā
āGood morning, guys!ā, a voice cuts him off:ā Can you see me?ā The two men both turn their heads to the screen, catching sight of a grinning Nico. āYes, hi!ā, David says:ā Itās so good to see you! How are you?ā
āIām doing good.ā, The blonde answers:ā But I fear, I interrupted you, Martin.ā He chuckles. āNo, you didn't. I just wanted to point out that Y/N Vettel is in Hamilton's garage this morning as well.ā The image on the screen changes to the outside of Hamilton's garage, where Y/N is standing next to a couple of engineers. Sheās wearing the signature red Ferrari jacket, while looking around the site.
āThe last few months mustāve been tough.ā
āWell, Nico. You know both personally. Whatās your opinion?ā
The blonde man sighs:ā Well, itās important to remember that this isnāt really any of our business. Plus Y/N has a great relationship with her brother, and his opinion means everything to her. We all know how highly he speaks about him, so I believe if anything heās happy sheās with a guy like Lewis. If theyāre both happy, Iām happy. Everyone else should think the same about them.ā
#f1 fanfic#f1 social media au#f1 x reader#lewis hamilton#lewis hamilton imagine#lewis hamilton x reader#f1#imagine#f1 texts#fanfic#sebastian vettel
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Hi! Love your work, you are incredibly talented! I especially liked the Shuggy piece, I think Iāve read it like 5 times lol. If youāre still taking requests, I think Jinbe with 11 and/or 39 would be pretty cool. Thanks so much for the fun reads!
Hiii!!!! I'm so so so glad that you enjoy my work.vmy shuggy x reader is also a fave of mine so I'm happy to see others enjoy it ā”. Also thanks for the jinbe request! my man doesn't receive enough love! I'm a bit in my feelings so I went with prompt 39 š¤§
39 - comfort sex
cw: fem!reader, mention of jinbe having 2 cocks, size kink, husband jinbe because jinbe is so husband core, unprotected sex,
Husband Duties | Jinbe ā”
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you're feeling down after a fight so your husband helps you feel better
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Married life has always suited Jinbe. He thrives when he has someone to take care of. He's reading when you, his beloved wife, swing open the door and lay down on the bed next to him.
āI'm so tiredā, you whine, pushing your face into the pillows. Jinbe puts his book down, turning to give you all his attention. You're exhausted from the most recent fight. You're mostly injury-free, but all your muscles are sore.
āDo you need anything, my love?ā he asks, hand trailing over your back. You nod, tucking yourself against him. The fight was particularly rough; you fucked up severely, almost getting yourself killed and causing Jinbe to leave his post to save you. You're usually a solid fighter; your husband or one of your crew having to rescue you is a rare occurrence. Your pride is wounded, and you're wallowing in insecurity.
āMy back hurts a little,ā you say. Jinbe doesn't need you to elaborate. He helps you to undress and adjusts the way that he's sitting so that he can press his hands into your shoulders. He works hard to distress you. Your husband's strong hands drain your body of all the stress it's harbouring until there's nothing less but raw emotions. Tears fall silently down your cheeks as you release all the pent-up frustration. Despite your cries being silent, Jinbe notices immediately.
āWhat's wrong, my Dear?ā he asks, turning you over. āWhat can I do to make it better?ā Your heart clenches at your husband's concern for you, but there's a much more distracting ache in your body you'd rather deal with first. Despite your distress, massages were often used as foreplay for the two of you, and you can't help the way your mind has wandered.
āIt's just all my stress depleting, which means you did a good job with your massage. There is something you can do for me thoughā
āAnd what's that?ā he asks, already having an inkling about what you're going to say next.
āThat massage got me all worked up. I want you to touch me.ā
When you first started dating, your straightforwardness had flustered Jinbe, but now it just makes him hard. Your mouth is dirtier than his, and he's obsessed with it. He nods, returning to his massage. He moves his hands down to your thighs, rubbing at the skin there. He's so close to your pussy that it makes you squirm. He chuckles at your movement, causing you to groan. āplease don't tease me; I'm so wet.ā
Jinbe can't say no to his little wife. He moves his massage between your legs, rubbing at your clit. He pushes a finger into your soaked hole, and you moan out at the feeling. Your husband is huge. He has to work you up to his cock. It's been a few years since you married, yet you still struggle to take him. He adds another finger, curling and scissoring them inside you. You need him so badly. He eagerly fingers you open. He whispers praises as your pussy pulses around his thick fingers.
You cum on his fingers, legs clamping shut around his hand. He works you through it, keeping his fingers moving as his gaze remains locked on your face. You can feel the love in his gaze as your chest heaves in exhaustion. Your orgasm does little to quell your weary mind, and in desperate need of further distraction, you claw at his arms.
āPlease, Jinbe, I need your cockā, You say. He nods, fully undressing himself to match you. You feel your mouth watering at the site of his cocks. Being a shark fishman, he has two. Though you've only been able to successfully take both twice in your relationship, one of those times being on your wedding night. He knows you wouldn't be able to take both right now, so he settles on flipping you onto your hands and knees and lining up one of his cocks with your hole. He slowly pushes in, working himself inside you with shallow thrusts. He gently covers your mouth with his hand to stop your moans from waking up the rest of the crew.
Jinbe finally bottoms out and pauses inside you, relishing in how you feel around him, also giving you time to adjust. He drapes himself over, and you whimper at the realisation of how big he really is. Your husband is so sweet to you that it's easy to forget he's a former warlord of the sea. It isn't until he's got you trapped beneath him that you remember how powerful he is. While scary to others, it makes you feel safe and secure to know you have him lingering around you at all times.
ā What happened earlier wasn't your fault, sweetheart. You don't have to be so worked up over it,ā he says as he starts to move his hips. Of course, he saw through your white lie. Jinbe is both patient and observant; nothing gets past him. āYou're so strong.ā His voice is as sure as ever as he squashes your worries with each heavy thrust. He reaches around you to press against your lower stomach. ācan you feel me in there?ā he asks. The sensation of him pressing against his own cock through your tummy is weird, but it feels so good. You're all but screaming into Jinbe's hand when a well-angled thrust sends you head-first into your orgasm. It crashes over you in waves, making your whole body tremble. Jinbe can't keep himself together anymore and cums too, filling you up with his seed.
āThank youā, you whine as he rolls off of you and grabs tissues from the bedside table to clean you up.
āDo you feel better now?ā he asks, laying down beside you and pulling you on top of him to rest. You nod, too exhausted to give him a response. All fucked out and cuddled up in your husband's arms, you fall asleep in minutes. Jinbe smiles, knowing he'll be there to chase away all the nasty thoughts clouding your beautiful mind.
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thank you so much for reading! comments and reblogs are appreciated ā”ā”ā”ā”
#EVERYONE LOOK AT MY BIG BLUE HUSBAND#I LOVE HIM#one piece x reader#one piece smut#fem!reader#jinbe x reader#jinbe smut
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Luffy's siblings headcanons (that means Ace, Sabo and Uta. Will leave the Shuggy to another post)
CW/TW: mentions of eating disorders, self-loathing and classism
Ace
Is autistic and has ADHD. Absolutely no idea of social clues or rules in general. Very sensitive to rejection and olphative stim. Loves running around and uses his devil fruit powers for visual stim. Has very frequent violent meltdowns, suffered with ableism violence because of it in both childhood and adulthood. Sarcasm king, though he doesn't actually get it himself. Never makes eye contact. Masks a lot.
Has bipolar disorder. It started after Sabo's death and only gotten worse through the years as he refused to get help. Somedays he'll just not leave his bed and wonder why he exists. However, other days, he is as sparkling as a flame and can't stop running around. Even in depressed days, as very few of them are completely debilitating, he tries to keep up his smile, but it's possible to see there's something wrong.
He is very tall and has very defined muscles, although they are not big (he's kind of thin). Both portuguese and multiracial brazillian ascendence, he has dark skin and freckles all over his body. Has lots of scars, although most of them aren't visible.
Trans and gay. Found out the trans thing after he met Sabo and Luffy and started feeling gender envy. They said they didn't feel like boys, but Ace explained he envied the fact that everyone would think of them as boys just by looking at them. Transitioned when he left Fusha Island, as he felt really scared before to come out to other people. Never had a sexuality question, he likes guys and that's it. Dating Yamato on distance.
Eats almost as much as Luffy, which is quite an accomplishment, and most of it goes to his muscles. If you look just at his torso, you'll get pretty concerned about his health, but his muscles prove that he's just really thin naturally.
Fave colors are orange and red. He puts them in every single piece of stuff he's ever owned.
Doesn't swear around strangers, but does a lot around family and friends. He is, in fact, known between them for being very rude sometimes.
Loves to hug. Hugs literally all the people he sees. He's quite touch starved.
Calls the Straw Hat pirates and the revolutionaries every week. Now, he knows everything about the revolutionary members and their personal stuff (Sabo is quite a gossip girl).
Regularly visits Wano to see Otama. She loves him and is always wanting to talk to him about literally every single detail about her day-to-day life, and he'll always listen to her.
Likes bubblegum pop music (Kate Perry fan) and also really sad japanese songs like "My R" or "Hated by life itself".
Although he doesn't change much on his clothes publically, he absolutely LOVES trying gnc styles in private. Specially likes corsets and make up. As a kid, he pretended he didn't have any interest on it so others could see him as a boy, but he's always liked it (one of the few times being seen as a girl made him happy).
Very scared of abandonment. He hates the thought of being alone, and after Marineford, it intensified as he remembered the feeling of being completely alone while being taken to his execution.
Sings very well, but doesn't show it normally. Very scared of what people might think. He plays some guitar and has composed a few songs, but nobody can know.
Although he is very ashamed of wearing make up, he sometimes shows it to Marco, as he got caught one day trying it and Marco insisted on him not giving up on it cuz hes actually pretty good at it.
Will sometimes shout out loud just cause he can. He likes the sound and the feeling of it and also jump scaring people.
Very protective of lil siblings, can and will bite you (and burn you) if you mess with them.
Sabo
Is autistic and has short term memory loss issues. "Fuck social rules". Hates any kind of touch, it feels icky. Is always moving so he can stim with literally anything he got on his hands, be it a paper clip or a gun. Only drinks milk and only eats plain bread. Masked a lot in childhood, stopped after losing his memory. Has those big bug autism eyes. Eye contact very intense. Has very frequent shutdowns.
Due to the whole "being hit by a canon ball in the head" thing, he is blind and deaf in the left side. Has a big burn scar that covers almost all of the left side on his face/scalp. He also got brain damage, which paralized his left side (he constantly uses his pipe as a cane) and also worsened his thought line, as he is now uncapable of thinking beyond the short term consequences of his actions. He also has hallucinations during hard moments.
Very tall and thin, due to always forgeting to eat (short term memory loss + autism consequence). Has albinism, his hair is very light, almost white, and eyes are a very clear tone of blue. Got big dark circles due to not sleeping well at all.
Nonbinary boy and asexual. They always thought that the whole gender thing was dumb, and even more after meeting Ace and Luffy. After they lost their memory, when they got their gender asked, they'd just answer "no". Found out they were asexual after started a relationship with Koala, as she asked if they wanted to have sex and they said "no, why would I want that? Isn't that a thing people just do to have children?"
Everyone needs to remind him when to eat, or else he'll starve. Absolutely can't feel when his stomach is craving for food. One of the reasons they are so thin, beyond genetics.
Favorite colors are blue and purple. When he introduces himself, it's basically "I'm Sabo. I use he/they. I'm a revolutionary. My favorite colors are blue and purple."
The one who swears the most in the army. Also screams a lot, and they even don't realize it.
Some of the hallucinations include his abusive household. These times, he goes to Dragon for comfort.
Keeps contact with Robin every week. Whenever he calls the straw hats, he asks Luffy to bring her so they can gossip. He now knows everything the straw hats do. He and Luffy bully Ace for being the only one of them that isn't asexual.
Loves goth and punk music, if in modern scenario, would always be with phones on their ear.
Uses punk-style clothes and has lots of piercings through his body (amazing idea from @where-does-the-heart-lie), got some tattoos too.
Is very scared of the dark. He just is. Always needs a little lamp with him so he doesn't stay the whole night awake.
Knew how to play piano as a kid due to his parents. Now, he hates it. Only played ONCE because of a disguise, and everyone who was there still begs for him to play again because he was really good at it, but he refuses.
Will let Koala try some experimental make-up on them, but nobody can touch their hair.
Always waving back and forth so they can keep stimming all the time.
Has killed and will kill for the people he loves. Do not try him.
Uta
Got ADD and BPD. Can't pay attention to shit to save her life, does not give a fuck about rules. Got very complicated familial relationships, and often feels guilty for her swings, even when others reassure her that it's ok. Variates very quicky between mania and depression and often deals with suicidal ideation. These times, she looks for comfort in her family.
Is kind of small, as she is both very thin and and short. Is black and has her hair in locs, dyed half red and half white. Actually wears purple contacts for her shows.
Transfem and bisexual. Found out transness in childhood and sexuality in teen years. Many of her songs are for queer awareness and acceptance. Basically the main reason xenopronouns and xenogender are known globally, as she herself uses she/they/purple/red/cute/song/art.
Has troubles with eating disorders. It was worse when she started her carrier, but it still affects her a lot, one of the reasons she is so small. Can eat more when she is with her family, but it's still way too small. However, she did stop vomit-inducing herself, which is something she reminds and praises herself for everyday.
Their favorite color is purple, but loves pink, too.
Red never swears in public as it might affect reds image, but, in private, does it a lot. And also yells.
Purple has lots of plushies and toys from purples childhood that purple keeps. They help purple on calming down, specially before and after shows.
Is in absolute schock after cute found out cutes dad was in a relationship with Buggy, Crocodile and Mihawk. But at least cute got a friend, Perona, with all of that. They gossip basically everyday and both agree their dads' situation is weird as fuck.
Although song is an idol, song likes all type of music. Songs whole playlist is more than 200 hours long.
Art only likes the clothes art wears in shows, so art keeps wearing them everyday (only changes them for pajamas to sleep).
Gets scared very easily by daily stuff (if you whisper "boo" at her ear she will faint) but can watch all horror movies ever and not feel a thing.
Liked sewing as a kid, but due to losing practice they're now ashamed of it cuz they think it looks bad. Will only repair a few pajamas.
The kind of child to experiment make up on everyone. LITERALLY EVERYONE. And do their hair as a bonus.
Due to being scared when purple first entered the music industry, purple started skin picking as an unhealthy stim, but is now unlearning it and trying to see which healthy stims purple likes the most.
Killed a guy once cuz he talked shit about her bro (Luffy). Don't say anything about him, for your own good.
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fic rec friday 3
hi!! welcome to fic rec friday. every week, i pick five fics i have bookmarked and rec them with a little review. check them out!
Memories Made by zjass06
"Hi! I'm Will! You're my new neighbour!" the blonde boy beams; Nico frowns in turn, peering curiously at this Will. "My ma' says not to talk to strangers," Nico replies as he sits himself upon the grass. Will plops himself down next to the dark haired boy, who giggles so purely it makes his smile contagious. "I'm not a stranger, I'm your neighbour! You live next to me now and we can be friends!" Or A few snippets of Nicoās life and how his friendship develops with Will, all within a much treasured treehouse.
childhood friends to lovers will ALWAYS be elite. to me. and the centrality of this treehouse in this fic is so fucking cute bc they absolutely are the type of nerds to have a treehouse they use well into their late teens lol
2. Mafia by @buoyantsaturn
Nico is the most terrifying mob boss in New York, and Will is his live-in doctor. A Mafia Au
MY FAVE SOLANGELO SERIES TBH. like is it toxic a little bit? yeah. did the second one make me squeamish? yeah. in the 6/7 years since its been posted, have i read it literally DOZENS of times?? you betcha. idk man theres something about the danger of it all. the insane mob boss and the doctor hes whipped for. SO SO much fun and so so so romantic
3. you stormed into the battlefield (of my heart) by fedyaism
āDoctor Solace,ā he says, āwould you be willing to tend to a foe?ā Will blinks. (He had practically expected everything but this.) āIām sorry?ā āI need you to heal an enemy for me. Can you do that?ā Grace asks in a tone that lets Will know that he wasnāt really asking. āAnā¦ an enemy, sir?ā āYes. I will send him to you.ā āOf course, General.ā (What else could he say?)
this ends ambiguously but i am Choosing to believe they find each other again and live happily ever after for ever and ever bc im a weenie. its just...man fuck the military and i got no fondness for war BUT this isnt real and ergo i can sigh dreamily at love that is inherently kind of tragic and all the more desperately beautiful for you, yknow??
4. It's a Process by @oh-hush-its-perfect
When Nico comes out to Hazel, she really isn't sure how to react. Of course, she loves her brother to pieces, but something is holding her back. It takes a while to get over old beliefs. It takes a while to become accepting. It takes Hazel a while indeed. A.K.A. Nico is gay and Hazel can't wrap her head around it.
contrary to what the summary may lead you to believe, hazel is NOT at all homophobic in this fic. in fact her number one goal at all times is to be supportive, even as she struggles, and you know what? thats more important i think. her love for her brother is so transparently obvious in this one, she spends like 8k words doing everything she can to make SURE she is loving and accepting!!! hazel i love you. also the campfire scene had me giggling fr
5. three times everyone thought they hated each other by lizamarri
and the one time everyone realized they didn't ~ ft. capture the flag, big three kids sparring, will healing nico and being sassy about it, and more. enjoy!
NOTHING hits as hard as flirt fighting. truly nothing. also 3+1s are my weakness i stg, theres just something about outside pov and the sheer clarity of how much they love each other and love driving each other up the wall lmfao
thank you for joining me this friday!! happy reading!!
#is it easy going thru the entirety of the nico/will tag starting in 2014??#no.#but are there some SHINING GEMS in there??#absolUTEly omg#pjo#percy jackson and the olympians#hoo#heroes of olympus#pjo hoo toa#solangelo#will/nico#nico/will#nico di angelo/will solace#hazel levesque#hazel & nico#nico & hazel#nico di angelo & hazel levesque#fluff#angst#hurt/comfort#banter#fic rec#FRF#fic rec friday#longpost
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Saw you're family tree post and i love how fleshed how they are! Though i saw you say that that Angela had her own godparent, could you perhaps elaborate on that?
HIIII IM SO GLAD U ASKED... this is one of my fave hcs and im happy i could talk abt it
when she was younger, angela was not in a good headspace mentally, she was extremely depressed to put it lightly, she was also really anxious and when she was 10 she recieved cirrus swiftsky as a godparent, the best i could describe him was like a grandfather to her and looked sort-of fancy, he had a mustache and everything, this wasnt his first rodeo with a kid, hes been doing this for a good few fairy years
angela, altough she used escapism often by reading kids books, she wasnt very "imaginitive" as she describes herself, so her wishes werent anything extreme, and if anything just mostly talked to cirrus about things that were bothering to her, and he wasnt expecting to become a defacto therapist to this kid, he gave her life advice he vaugely remembered while studying to be a godparent (they take mandatory childrens psychology lessons) and gestured her over to try journaling for her thoughts
he often disguised himself as a orange butterfly when outdoors with her (to school, to the park etc), and at home would usually be their pet ferret, who was called tom by her parents
they lasted longer then the usual godparent-godkid duo, 2 years infact, however she was expected to leave him when she was 14 as she was still concidered not yet fully happy, she had accidently blurted it out when her brother walked in on her and she panicked, thus wiping their memories
godparents, if taken away before their kid has been properly reverted to being happy, arent allowed to visit them again, and godkids wont be given another one unless they are in desperate need of them, like if something else drastic happened, even if they are still miserable, this is a big countroversy in the godparenting industry (which i could go on about tbh)
angela, who used cirrus as an anchor, was EXTREMELY distraught, and if anything made her feel worse by the fact she couldnt remember why (codependancy problems, where have i heard that before!) and after afew weeks of refusing to leave her room she decided to go to the library as a way to slowly start getting back to it and she had picked up a psychology book, and thats where she started her psychology interest, along with vaugely remembering her doing jounraling, so she continued and it spiraled into how she is today
though she had picked up psychology books for older people, so she convinced herself she was more "mature" for her age, and even today she hasnt gotten the hang of how 10 year olds should actually work ("lets leave her untill shes ready to come to us" go talk to ur daughter?)
her parents - heather and felix campbell - werent horrible at all, just in the dark about what her kid was doing since she didnt like to share anything she liked with them at all, if anything they were slightly more "loose" if that makes sense, but because she was just anxious she worried that theyd get mad which they often didnt, if that makes sense
she never really had any friends in her life, as she decided she'd focus on that after shes done with her studies, she wasnt really a social outcast, if anything a little socially awkward, shes only had 1 friend during high school and her social life kicked off more in collage, everyone had respected her but she was more of a "i wont talk unless you talk" type of deal, on top of her grades because it gave her something to do in her free time (and she just enjoyed writing essays in general), and she had gotten much much better where she was now! only problem was that she was still anxious about presenting projects
when she was with postpartum depression after hazel was born she couldnt help but feel like she was missing a puzzle piece, yknow how it feels when you know youve forgotten something, but you dont know what? thats how she felt, thankfully she had gotten treatment quickly
hazel does get her more anxious side from her, angela is a good parent and has taught her children to communicate with eachother unlike how she did with hiding it, though she (unknowingly) struggles with properly understanding her 10 year old and being so focused on her work she cant sit down and 'think outside the box' as shes said
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2024 retrospective and 2025 goals
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hi :)

i'm really happy with everything i achieved in 2024. it was my first year illustrating full time, meaning no school and no salaried job on the side (believe me i tried to get one) and i'm happy to report i did not die! fuck yes. i even illustrated for 7 (i think) art books, designed merch for 2 and organised my first collab fanbook.

from top left clockwise: michael deforge, anna haifisch, Michel EsselbrĆ¼gge, CLAMP, saul bass, jon whitcomb, rene gruau, paul rand, molly fairhurst
at the beginning of 2024 i made this moodboard for influences i wanted to incorporate into my work more, they are pretty much the same faves ive had for years but i just wanted to have them in front of me and start deliberately choosing elements to ape.
i'd say i basically want to incorporate more 2D cartoon graphic elements combined with detailed, realistic, delicately rendered characters, more theatric background design and props... features like borders etc. the thing about a moodboard is unless you print it out and put it up by your desk it will sort of slide to the back of your mind which is what i think happened w mine LOL. cuz looking at this now im like well i didnt really hit all these ideas but i did inch closer.

the first pic here is sth i drew immediately after making the board and i like it but it does feel like a slightly clumsy attempt at mashing stuff together... i wouldn't say that it shows i dont understand whats appealing about the work i was referencing (even though thats how it looks), its more like the picture goes in an unexpected direction while making it LOL. but that's part of the fun. whereas in my mind the 2nd pic spiritually embodies the ideas of the ppl i'm trying to copy. even tho visually it's still a ways off. its probably my favourite thing i drew all year? :) though that's hard to say bcus i'm so pleased w so many other pieces especially those u can see on my summary pic!!!
i have a few more artists i wanna add to my board and then i will definitely print it this time so i can look at it every day instead of just twice a year LOL.

another thing im really pleased about is the number of comics i drew in 2024. i have this odd relationship with comics where i do draw them and have for years and im more or less decent at them but i act like drawing them mortally wounds me. like im so dramatic... i do partially believe the only way ill ever be able to complete a longform comic is through abusing stimulants but you know ill also never find out if i keep crawling off to die after inking a page. i see a lot of illustrators suffering when approaching comics from the illustration mindset of making beautiful pictures instead of the comics mindset of making finished pictures, but u know, im extremely slapdash as an illustrator and im also proud enough to believe im a guy that can do both, so its really time i act like it... basically just shut up and draw. i want to apply this especially to perspective drawing/panel backgrounds, which im, like, fine at. honestly fine at. i do think i trip myself up because i want to be the next dostoevsky or beyonce or whatever, i want to be great, but have to remember the most anyone can do is aspire to express something from your inner world. everything else is secondary.
one thing i learned the hard way is how hard it is to have work life balance when you work from your bedroom and 'monestise your hobby'... you know, the thing everyone has been warning each other about for years. turns out its real. its super confusing when so many elements of your work bleed into your social life, physical health, leisure time etc -- like i go online for fun, and also to promote myself. so wheres the distinction? i watch movies for entertainment but also for research... ive definitely felt like ive been working around the clock or my job has consumed my life at points. but i think being stricter with my work hours is the way forward. it truly is shaytan at the wheel when u answer an email at 3AM... no more of this!

and tied into this is being realistic about what i can achieve in a day and not feeling ashamed or that i need to do more... i get stuck in this silly loop that's like... 'i believe everyone should work 4 hours a day, but because other people are stuck working 40 hours a week i should also be making myself do that' and then i work myself into a flare up and wreck my work ethic and enjoyment. u can laugh... i know it doesnt make sense. well i wont do it any more. because i CANT... because i will DIE... some days i work 4 hours. some days i work 6. some days i work half an hour... it doesnt matter as long as stuff gets done.. and it does.
also want to talk about my chronic pain and hypermobility... after a year of lifting weights i am stunned to let u know ive actually improved. unfortunately i dont look anything like the rock and i still cant do a real push up but im stronger and have more stamina and suffer from way less zaps and aches and numbness, which was unthinkable before. i only really noticed after taking a trip and doing different activities (painting walls) that i can physically do a lot more than i usually do at home. but also my house is fucking cold so its hard to do anything for anyone. hoping for warmer days and big muscles to come.

some of my other art goals are to work more on paper whenever i can. i used to have a huge stack of newsprint on my drawing board underneath my ipad and id doodle and test ideas on that paper before drawing it digitally. i wanna do that again. many people find its easier to 'think' on paper and im the same. whenever i have an idea i wanna go 'what would this look like on paper?' and then find out.
i want to be thinking about composition and storytelling more in my illustrations, as in, think cinematic, movie posters, communicating big ideas. even if that idea is only as big as 'this blue looks great with this orange'... i want to make more stuff that looks like promotional material for my stories. of course behind every movie poster is 100,000 thumbnails and sketches and half-finished ideas. i want to remember that and not be hard on myself for drawing girl in profile #997.
i want to draw more autobio comics, just to be drawing more comics and also to look back on and know what i was doing that day. nothing fancy. a lot of people are doing that gentle comics habit this year and i fear my competitive nature may get me into it too.
i have more books i wanna create which ive talked about at length in my last diary entry and for now i think that's enough goals thank you very much. thank you for reading this far and for all your support. happy new year! love you x

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OG Tom Hiddleston anon here. As I said way back when I originally sent in my asks, it's been 12 years since I watched that man go through the exact same thing. TWELVE YEARS anon. Idk how old you are and maybe I'm way off but I have a feeling you're early 20s like I was back then. Fandom has always been like this but since the invention of social media especially it has always been exactly like this you're experiencing now. There are still to this day people that are following Tom as closely as everyone here follows Joe. There are new fans, fans that drop in and out and people that never left. Blogs come and go but there is always at least one exactly like this. My fave to chuckle at back in the day was called 'thetownbicycle'. Which was where everyone flocked when he was sighted with his first fuck buddy after his peak fame moment. When everyone got the ick and needed to vent about it. Point is Joseph's fandom is not different, weird, unhealthy or strange compared to any other fandom out there. They are the same. Right now in the Eddie fandom, your fandom, I can guarantee there is a page where people are overanalysing every little snippet we have on S5 to try and work out what the plans are for Eddie. They are remembering the names of costume designers, make up artists, script writers, extra actors, PAs, craft services people, people that interviewed the Duffers one time. Following all these people on Instagram and X and reading their comments on unrelated posts to try and find tidbits on Eddie. The obsession is there for every actor, every character, nearly every piece of media out there. We are all the same. Trust me.
This too shall pass. But there will always be a gossip blog with a bunch of faithful anons in the trenches digging up dirt and we are fine. Thank you.
I LOVE YOU HIDDLESTON NONNY.
It must be nice to see him come out on the other side so happy. It's all we can hope for Joe.
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@kaydeefalls is the loveliest ever for tagging me in this meme, bc it's an absolute fave, so ty ty!
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
494, which definitely excludes some early career stuff I do not share. Yes, it's a lot, but hey, that's hyperfixation for you!
2. Whatās your total AO3 word count?
3,646,862, which means 4mil is the next big target, and knowing me, I'll get there.
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Currently, my WIP folder touches the following fandoms: The Old Guard, Avatar the Last Airbender, XMFC, Interview with the Vampire, Roswell New Mexico (I very much want to write more Roy/Jamie, but just kicking around ideas rn).
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
ready for my close up, mr. dameron (Poe/Finn), aka @swingsetindecember baited me with gogurt and I wrote a fic, and the gogurt is unique, but the baiting is not (see: my entire Mag7 oeuvre)
how to fall in love with a fairytale (Poe/Finn), aka, I got into the Star Wars fandom at the right time
what a tale my thoughts could tell (Joe/Nicky), aka, I got into the Old Guard fandom at the right time and mind-reading does well
Your Hand In Mine (Poe/Finn), aka, see above
hallelujah, you're still mine (Joe/Nicky), also above
The next couple are still Old Guard/Star Wars, but this year a few newbies have crept into the top page, including Ted Lasso and IWTV, which is very exciting to me!
5. Do you respond to comments?
Yes, always, I am a slut for positive reinforcement and I want to give thanks for that.
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Every once in a while I like to write something that guts me to write and makes me cry. Anyway, The Time Traveling Pilot technically has a bittersweet and happy ending, except it's also super angsty? Love the ouroboros of it all!
7. Whatās the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
....take your pick. With minimal exceptions, I'm a happy ending girlie by trade.
8. Do you get hate on fics?
I had a run in Roswell New Mexico where I had to turn off guests because I was getting some really random, but vicious comments and I knew why, but it was still exhausting.
9. Do you write smut?
I've noticed as I get older, I've stopped as much, mostly because the tone doesn't seem to match what I'm doing. Don't get me wrong, I'll still include it, but it's usually more in passing than focused.
10. Do you write crossovers?
Hell yes, and I miss them, I need to write more.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I know!
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Yes, and my biggest piece of advice for any writer is to have an open policy for transformative works on your AO3, because that's how you get awesome translations and podfics!
13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?
Yes, and I love this too, and would love to do more of it. Honestly, sometimes I think that's the only way I'll ever finish the original novel ideas I have.
14. What is your all time favorite ship?
I feel like I don't have all-time faves, but I will say that there are some ships that stick with me even after years and I'll go back to them. Right now, I'd say those two that have longevity are Ronan/Adam, and Kirk/McCoy. Obviously then there are current obsessions like Armand/Daniel and Sokka/Zuko, but those first two just stick.
15. Whatās a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
There's only one. Literally, only ONE. I will probably never finish even though there's only a chapter left. It's a modern day Pride & Prejudice AU. It is literally the only fic I've ever abandoned after I started posting (pretty sure it's still on ff.net) and honestly, the only reason I'm not going back to it is because my style has changed too much.
16. What are your writing strengths?
Engaging plot, or so I like to think. I feel like I tend to have fun unique takes on things.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Not describing shit enough. I do a lot of vague things on purpose sometimes because it fits the mood, and sometimes because I'm just too lazy about my prose.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language during a fic?
So I used to. And then I realized that it's too much work to scroll or highlight, so now I'll just write in italics and denote the language in the prose after.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog or Charmed - I can't remember which came first, but my username comes from the Mary Sues I wrote in both of those fandoms, bc I decided that I might as well own it. And here we are.
20. Favorite fic youāve written?
It's always a flip-flop between my Webgott (Love Like The Sea) and this one, Baby, I'm Howling For You (my McDanno supernatural big bang). The latter is probably winning right now because I re-read it the other day and I miss world-building like that, so I'm dying to get back to it.
TAGGING TIME! I'm hitting up @myrmidryad @inell @atthelamppost @graygiantess and anyone else who wants to ramble about fics!
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You don't know what you've unleashed El <3 Sappiness in 100 words or less each under the cut!
In general: After being on the outside looking in with Tumblr for a long time, I finally joined somewhere around the midpoint this year. I was kind of active for a month before major events in both my family and long-standing hobbies made me disappear. The me from even a few months beforehand probably would have never come backā¦but I did, and I couldnāt be more grateful for it. Itās just really fun to be on here, in a way I havenāt experienced for a whileāso, if you're reading this, whether we actively talk or not? Youāve contributed to that. Thank you.
Drea @shes-a-voodoo-child: I knew you first as a brilliant writer, but little did I know that you were also a gracious member of fandom/Tumblr, even to someone like me who blundered into a cold call (thank you for not immediately blocking my empty blog, haha!) Nowadays, though, I know you first and foremost as someone Iām glad to call my friendāeven if I must admit I still look up to you with stars in my eyes. I only wish I had more interesting things to talk about with you, because I really enjoy whenever we chat things like music or wrestling!
El @spaghettisaurusrex: Honestly, at first I thought you were too cool for meāyou teach swordfighting, for Godās sake! But youāre also an incredibly chill, incredibly nice person, who Iām always glad to see in my notifs on Tumblr or Discord. And, of course, thank you so, so much for writing and talking the fairy tale AU with me; it was a fraught journey on my part, but it also turned out one of my fave pieces Iāve ever done. We should write together again next time!
Izzy @limbreaper: So much to say, so little (self-imposed) space to say it. I never thought Iād have a friend like you, honestly, especially considering everythingās that happened. Forever grateful that youāre in my life (if only for now), and I hope you have as much fun talking to me as I do talking to youāand if we drift apart one day, though hopefully later rather than soonerā¦I wonāt forget your kindness sending that message to a stranger. It really did mean a lot. Hopefully thereāll be authentic PH food options where you are some day.
Jackie @tekkers: Iāve admired your GIFs/ZSJ content from even before I was active on tumblr (yeah, I was a tag delver), so to find out that the person running the blog is a really cool person on top of everything? Chefās fucking kiss. Thank you for listening to me for a couple of hours that one time and offering to finagle with Highspots TV for me. Also, you have great taste in music! We should start swapping recs again (though I donāt know if Iāll ever give you something that I loved as much as Emotionalism!)
K @onlyposersfallinlove: We donāt talk as much as we might be able to, but I hope you know that Iām thinking of you and hoping for you always. Whether your goals be in the spheres of fandom or private life, you deserve to achieve them, because you have the right to be happy. May whenever you read this be wonderfulāat least just that day.
Kerri @sublightsleeper: Youāre a thief in the night, except you both bring the day when you pop up and also are not a thief in the slightest (unless you want to be, because thief classes are cool). Either way: youāre a very nice, creative person and talented writer, and I always smile when you take the time to say hello!
Pastel @zsjbrightensday: It takes a lot of bravery to post a creative work to any sort of publicāand now youāve done it twice, with even more on the way! Iām really, really glad that you feel safe enough to do so, and I am excited for whatever is next in your WIP list! Also, youāre just a very nice person and I always am happy to get asks from you.
Poke @theaerialassassin: I hope you liked your present! Joking self-aggrandizing aside, you are a great friend and a great person to exchange ideas with and be around. I hope that school and life treats you well, and that you know that, whenever or wherever doubts may creep in, you know you have people to turn to (including both those around you physically and the people in your phone, if youāre so inclined). Youāre there for us, too, after all.
Rosa @rosabellebelieve: As Iāve told you recently, Iām so very glad you were active in the notes of Dreaās posts and were receptive to the virtual post-its I left on your desk, haha! Youāre wonderful to talk to, and though I wish once more when DMing you that I had more interesting things to say because I just enjoy when we converse, I know that whenever we do itās a great time. Thank you for being my friend!
Syb @fang-revives: How does your garden grow?āwell, itās almost winter, as you said. But Iām always glad to see your gardening pics cross my dash! I hope that the last of this yearās tomatoes were good, and that when the world wakes up in a few months for spring your plants will be the most verdant verdure this side of the US-Canadian border. Also KENTA is cool I guess (I kid; he definitely is. Have I sent you the KENTA/Marufuji hour long match my friend compressed to sub-8 MB?)
Vera @scissormedaddyass: On top of being super duper cool, youāre a very level-headed person and I deeply appreciate that. Youāre also a great writer and justā¦so fun to talk to/participate in fandom with (letās go sailing the internetās seven seas, haha). Very glad I met you. I hope your walks remain pleasant and that the yar-harr fandom youāre a part of isnāt too sad about what happened. ;)
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Oh? :D why ARE they here? gimme the explanation *takes out notebook* I'm Listening =] (AND AGGGGHHH I LOVE SERAPHIM! Their story is so interesting and I honestly wanted to see what they were gonna do after they were in the coding area with Gaster)
OH YEAHHHHH
HELL YEAHHHH
EAAAAAbhdhjkdjbk/vdsjbk/cascbjkbjkdv s/
BE aware CUZ THIS mightā¦ MIGHTā¦ be a little longā¦
You asked 4 this, so Iām free of charge. And I tend to lose track of theeee uhhhā¦ words when there is a lot of textā¦. so Iām going to TRY to keep it understandable... :D
Ok so FIRST!
(these are in no order, just how uh Iām writing about them) THE OG (UNDERTALE) [kinda also no]
SO Iām not going to go on about how great the game that Toby fox made is, because we all know it is! And I feel a bit nervous to try and explain what we all already know, plus Iām not too good with words or meaningsā¦ and Iām not sure Iād be able to write just how much I love this silly game.
Uhhā¦ BUT BUT!!!
But I also LOVE LOVE!!!! The stuff people do with the āafterā game. What I mean by that is those silly comics or artwork of life on the surface, like I feel like it can be taken to so many places!!! Like character studies or just a mundane routine that they adopt when they move.
AS ASSSS!!!! Like what do the characters think of the new change of scenery? What jobs do they get? DO they struggle with the change? Are people rude to them? Do they still carry a burden??? DO THEY GET PAST THEIR TRAUMA???? Or does it become worse? Do they ever get a happy ending? Are we seeing their journey to getting used to all of it? WHAT THE ABSOLUTE MOTHER FUCKING FUCK IS FLOWEY GOING TO DO?????? SO MANY POSSIBILITIEEES!!!!! One that I loved a few years back was Growth Spurt by potoo brigham (on Tumblr), where we follow Asriel trough what can be best described as an awkward phase. (tho I havenāt read it in a while)
Or other can be Unexpected guests by undertalethingems (on Tumblr), that APPART FROM THE MAIN STORYLINE BEING THAT THE GASTER BLASTERS NOW GOT A FULL BLOWN BODY it also explores some of the topics I put at the beginningā¦ (mind you, I havenāt read it in a long time so Iām sorry) (I realized Iām kinda bad at keeping up with comics I likeā¦ L)
And I also talked about the art, in general Undertale fanart is just SO beautiful to look at, and that (unsurprisingly) also happens when people draw the monster in the surface, like I dunnoā¦ Toriel and Frisk taking a train home when the sun is setting and that stuffā¦
In general, I just love the ideas it can bring to the table, and how artists can like grab a piece of cannon (or fanon I dunno) and mold it to a story they want to tell with character that they love.
OK NEXT
The edge (Underfell)
Kinda short (doesnāt mean I donāt like it, itās just more simple!)
I loved Underfell when I first came into contact with the fandom, it became my fave au of ALL time (probably because it wasā¦ wellā¦edgy lol), and I loved pretty much everything it had to do with the au, if you had a thumbnail on Youtube with Underfell little me would have clicked that mf within the millisecond.
But of course, it was all mostly fanon, as I donāt really think in the 2016 or 2017 canon was too popular?
AT least not on Youtubeā¦
little story.
I had a phase going on when I wasā¦ I dunno, 15? 16 maybe? That I thought everything Undertale related was cringe (As you can see that was just a phase), and I was repelled by it, not sure why but it was what it was.
But many months after (I donāt really remember the specifics) I came back to the fandom, because the 4 u page just kept showing me Undertale and I decided to watch a few videos for the sake of nostalgiaā¦ then few months later I created my personal tumblr to see sOME of the artā¦ then I followed a few peopleā¦ then twitterā¦ and before I knew it I had already jumped into the UNDERTALE bandwagon again.
But one of the AUs that made me stay for sure was Underfell (shocking I know), because I had found Fella/Vicās (twitter and tumblr) posts and drawings, and I loved all of it. The canon is just so fun to find out about, I love to just scroll down and just read the comics or the pictures.
I really love the characters, just the little differences with the OG cast makes them super COOL.
VERY COOL!!!
I really love sans! Heās actually very very ummmā¦. Heās unflusterable.
Like, how many pf you knew that Fell sans does own a spike collar, but itās FOR the pet rock, and how when papyrus found it assumes it was sansā and was confused but ready to support sans in whatever weird shit he was into.
Like I LOVE THATā¦ Or or or how papyrus HATES Asgore with all his might, but stands him BECUASE of Undyne.
I gained a full appreciation for canon stuff since then. (fanon is ok!)
Plus, the fact that the au even exist is because someone asked Vic to draw āevil Torielā just makes it better.
(PLUS PLUS have you seen the designs????? oR THE ALT OUTFITS!! THE ART!!??! They are AH! Justā¦ justā¦ cheffās kiss) THIRDah
WHAT IN THE ABSOLUTE FUCK (Horrortale + a little story)
Funny thing, Iām not a fan of any type of horror, ironic yeah?
But surprisingly enough, I enjoy Horrortale enough that I can just go about it with ALMOST no problems. The art is beautifully horrifying in the best ways, Sour Apple studiousā art style does everything right at the time of conveying just how horrifying Alizaās journey is, like I remember that one animation they posted like a few years back where Itās just an animated screenshot of one of the pages from the comic. BUT MAN did I get scared. In general I think Horrortale conveys everything so well, from the sheer horror that the general story and topics bring, or maybe even the corruption of our favorite characters.
Like we have The Queen Undyne, she went from the hero of the story to a dictator who got corrupted because of gigantic amounts of pressure. Like the KING died, the Queen is nowhere to be seen, the human massacred a lot of monsters (the same human that Undyne considered a friend even), and all hope that the 6 human souls brought is gone, and to make matter worse the CORE has stopped working.
Itās a terrifying experience to go through, I donāt think I would have been able to handle that trauma. And the worst thing is, that Undyne being able to live through that trauma is what made her the person that she became in the present Horrortale.
Like you would NEVER see Undyne threaten to kill someone for a candy, of course itās limited food down in the underground, but the Undertale Undyne would have done her best to help others.
Or Papyrus, who is pretty much the only monster who still holds a semblance of a moral, but that doesnāt mean heās naĆÆve in the context of Horrortale. Papyrus was tricked (in a way) to eat humans, for bad and good intentions. And that messes someone up, because I donāt think he doesnāt know.
And Itās not just that, every character that we see is just twisted in horrible ways that the situation has pushed them trough.
Horrortale takes a few years after Undertale, Aliza comes like 7 years after (8 now?) the player came and left everything to rot, and consider that monsters have been feeding of the little flesh that they can get, even the snow has become uneatable. Children are dying, magic is just not what it used to be (for fucks sake Grillby is the BEST fucking example of the undergroundsā situation).
Now you might wonder that even after all that, why do I like Horrortale so much?ā¦ When I was a little lad (if I wanted berries and cream, mummy made me do the little lad dance), I was a FNAF fan, and one day I was watching āFNAF FUNNY AND CUTEā video (I distinctly remember one where the animatronics where in a sort of band that was playing a silly tune and the other was that the animatronics jumping into a box, and the foxy one couldnāt get through the box because it was metal) and I was enjoying myself.
Then in a moment of distraction Youtube auto played into another video, not FNAF tho, Undertale. And I DISTICTLY remember it (my memory is very weird, I donāt remember almost nothing but THAT I almost have a photographic memory of), it was a fan made video of the AU Horrortale. It was a fanās interpretation of what could have happened to sansā head, how did the situation play. And I believe it was before Sour apple studios released the āpast arcā and we knew how exactly did Undyne break sansā head.
I have researched a bit and it seems itās called āHorrortale the lawā I donāt remember the exact video, but Iām pretty sure it was a dub in my languageā¦ I think it was like 7 years ago?
Shortly after, I got into the fandom.
In any case, I was left pretty confused, as I didnāt know who the characters where or anything, but itās left a bit mark on me. And thatās why my appreciation to Horrortale will always remain strongā¦ even if I canāt really stand horror storiesā¦
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Angst, angst for everyone (Gztale) [the point where I canāt put my feelings into words]
Gztale, ah yes, little meās roman empire. I kid you not, I CONSTANTLY thought of Gztale, I was OBSESSED with it. And sometimes I still do.
Gztale, tarts with our favorite non-cannon buddy, GASTAH. With our favorite non- cannon theory, DADSTAH. He takes some Determination from the already fallen human souls (I believe they were two at the beginning) and make some pills. And like ANY GOOD SCIENTIST he tests them on his kin. Heās like ātake these son, theyāll make you STRONK, like vitaminā¦ but with human essence in themā¦ BUT THAT JUST MEANS ITāLL BE STRONGER!!!
NO DONāT CRY!!! TO SHOW YOU THEY WORK!!!
I YOUR FATHER, A GROWN ASS MAN, WILL FIGHT YOU (my who knows how old sonā¦ maybe 12?) TO SHOW YOU THEY REALLY WORK AND THAT IāM NOT BEING ABUSIVE!!!!ā
Fatherly love yāknow?
The comic mAINLY focuses on Sans going through, yāknowā¦ the usual stuff you feel after your dad experimented on you and physically abused you to see if his experiment worked.
PLUS!!! (I donāt think I saw this anywhere, so take it with a pinch of salt) I believe Gaster also gave pap some of those pills too? AND PAPYRUS WENT TROUGH AN ACCIDENT AND EVERYTHING JUSTā¦. BWAAAAAA!!!!!!!
AND EVERYTHING went TO THE DEEPEST SHIT.
CUZ PAPāS IS ALREADY COOL AS FUCK, GIVE HIM DT!! AND HEāS COOLER!!!
And If you ARE FAMILIAR with Gztale, or at least saw some pics, you know that Papyrus isā¦kind of an antagonistic force!!! WHYYY?? People ask in the back. WELL You go and find the comic NOW, Itās very VERY COOL.
Ok so now, I will admit, I never got to finish the comic for reasons I forgot, but Iām sure one could have been that the guy who was dubbing the chapters stopped for who know what and the second could be because my brain was SRTUGGLING to grasp the plot accordingly.
But of course, I re-read the entire thing just now to do this because my 12 to 13-year-old selfāsā mind is not the best example of a sharp memory, and I tell you I would have loved it SO MUCH.
LIKEā¦ SO MUCH!!! In any case I always loved theā¦. uhmā¦ essence? I couldnāt really say, just every time I see Gztale I justā¦ :D, yāknow?
And I really REALLY wish I could explain why, like I did with the others, but itās such a raw emotion that I canāt possibly put it into wordsā¦ Or maybe better? I dunno.
In any case, the creator golzybladedee (tiktok, twitter and Instagram) deleted the comic because they created Gztale in a not to happy time of their life and it brought them distressā¦ BUT NOW if you go to twitter youāll see that golzyblade has handed over the āownershipā of the AU to Nixensibrat (twitter), so we MIGHT see some uhhh Gztale in the futureā¦
YEA!!!
YEHI!!!! WOOO
YIPEEE
KILLER QUEEN!!! (killer! Sans) So this oneās a little obvious, cuz we all love Killer sans. HEāS SUCH a VERSITILE CHARACTER, like Iāve seen comics back to back, where in one killer is a little shit whoās going to do the thing he was SPECIFICALLY told NOT to do, and the other is JUST PAIN, PAIN COATED IN LAYERS OF PAIN.
And I love him for it. Like, he has so much potential in every spectrum!!!! I personally enjoy when people make him sympathetic. Like yes, he kills people, but not necessarily because he wants to kill people. Does he have a bloodthirst? Yes. Is he interested in giving into the bloodthirst? Not necessarily! like, Killer sans usually kills because Nightmare orders him to do so, if Nightmare hadnāt found him killer would probably stay in his AU rotting away. PLUS, if Dream had been the one to find Killer first, Killer would be as loyal to him as he is with Nightmare!
Killer is so out of it, that the moment a gooey version of him appeared and was like āBe my servant, the pay will be tortureā he was like āsir I will now be by your side for no reason at allā. Witch also gives him a bit of (forgot the word I was thinking of, itās likeā¦ SAD). Like ALL OF HIM could be better, HE COULD HAVE A BETTER OUTCOME!!! LIKE HE COULD HAVE ALREADY CAME BACK TO HIS AU????
Like itās crazy to think about what happened to him, if it werenāt for Nightmare he would probably be in a better state now, probably not being in stage 0 (just sans) But like, better mentally at least. Like Core could have taken him to the OT, and he would have a better time there than alone rotting somewhere in an empty space, where his only company are the usual hallucinations and the NOT so usual people. also, his AU is still there, like itās a sans-less AU, because once le left the world was left without its greatest source of DT, so naturally the next biggest DT person would have been Flowey. I believe that SOMEHERE in rahafwabas (tumblr) there is something explaining that. And that Flowey reset the world and that everythingās normal again, except Papyrus is looking for his missing brother.
In general Killer (with everything, including stages and all) IS SUPER INTRESTING. Like I could stay here writing how much I love each stage and all BUTā¦ Butā¦
Iām struggliN as it is with 11 faves.
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Ok maybe a bitā¦ In any case we all know the second stage, the āIām sponsored by targetā stage, itās the most common, mainly because Nightmare keeps him in that stage as it is the most manageable while also being the most servant.
Like weāve seen Nightmare change Killer from stage 1 (the target in heart form) to stage two, BeCAUSE that is the one he likes the most. Even then, stage two isnāt entirely serviceable (is that the word??? Like uhā¦ he takes orders?), sometimes we can see that stage 2 has a little white pupil, that is a sign of āthe sans we knowā. Stage 1 Is (as I said) the target in shape of a heart (Dunno how to explain better),that is the most chill stage, like is ALMOST sans, but itās also the more prone to hallucinating stuff. Stage 3 is KILLER GO APE SHIT (which is still great potential for angst, like Killer doesnāt remember when he goes ape shit, and even then, he is pretty tired after that and immediately goes back to two. And he can only tell he went ape shit because of the surroundings, itās like he wakes up, sees mess and is like āaw shitā) Stage 4 weāve never seen, but itās probably APE SHIT multiplied by (imagine funny number). And I love them for thatā¦ BEFORE I pass onto the next(s) one(s)ā¦ A little smth smthā¦ that liquid is his eye melting. Like you know the amalgamates right? Kinda like that.
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I messed up my painting (Error! Sansā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ and Ink! Sans) [we talk a little about shipsā¦ JUSTā¦ a wee bit] Ok Iām putting these togetherā¦ it will make sense in a bitā¦ OK SO WHO ELSE SEARCHED FOR INK OR ERROR SANS AND GOT ERRORINK??? ORā¦ LITTERALY ANY AU AND GOT (you guessed it) ERRORINK???? Well, it MIGHT not be a universal experience, but it was for me I suppose. SO for the longest time, I just assumed Error and Ink were justā¦ Errorink (wow I deserve a noble price for that AWESOME WRITING).
In any caseā¦ Uh I never really cared for that ship, I mean people can do pretty cool stuff. But still, it was JUST there. But if you remember from the Underfell thingy, I found my appreciation for cannon stories. And this WORKS SO WELL WITH THESE TWO ESPECIFICALLY!!! Like I FUCKING WATCHED A 3 HOUR LONG VIDEO ON GENOāS AND ERRORāS uhm.. lives? Deaths? UHHH JUST PASTS???!!! And I love it so much, you should check it outā¦ Ifā¦ if you know spaniSH.
EspaƱol y esas cosas, con la Ʊ y todo eso.
[Todo detras de Error Sans y Geno Sans (+teoria) by Mat002] Now we complicate ourselves a bit
we now talk about Error: Error sans, much like Killer, Is SUCH a complex character. And heās kinda doing it my accident??? As CrayonQueen (twitter and Tumblr) has said, Error is a mess, heās a big man baby! As his name suggests heās an error (wow), and everyone who has had an error on their computer will know that those fuckers are everything but easy. AAAND thatās what you need to understand Error, heās unpredictable. In any given situation heāll act completely different depending onā¦ who knows what??? People usually portray him as this grumpy old man, which itās not bad! But heās more of a Grumpy baby, who is mad because you peeled his banana and HE WANTED IT WITH THE SKIN!!! AND IT WAS THE LAST FUCKING BANANA!!!!
SO NOW HIS DAY IS RUINED!!!! AND YOU DID THIS BECAUSE YOU HATE HIMMMM!!!! AAAAAGHAHGSCAHJCDGJVVDJVDB<VDOIP!!!!!!!!! Yāknow?
And I love him for that. Like heās a cutesy guy sometimes, and sometimes heās an ass. ā¦manbaby.
Plus, the whole Geno backstory just makes Errorās more (AGAIN THE WORD I FORGOR!!!! But itās kinda like miserable??? Like LIKE um YOU GET ME???). Because CQ told us that Aftertale had 3 possible endings, Miserable, Bittersweet, Good. We can assume that the one we got in Aftertale was the happy oneā¦
So that makes Error the miserable one, the worst ending.
And you know itās just sadā¦ Error is just the result of someoneās worst ending.
DW tho! Some Geno out there still got their happy ending!
And of course we also have Fatal! Error who IS A WHOLE āNOTHER THING!!!!
You from the future messed with a you from the past and made an even worse you, kind of scenario.
Now INK:
Ink is a little straight forward, but also no.
Like Ink is all about Creating, but not necessarily in parallel to Error, while also sorta yes. Inkās backstory goes like this.
Heās from an AU that was never finished, the creator gave up on it. The only one who got any semblance of emotions was (ironically) Ink sans, but of course, he couldnāt bear to be alone. So he erased himself, it provided a HUGE problem for him, as he was emotionless, he had nothing to live for. But the creations, the creators, all of that was what gave him meaning. And this rings incredibly close to meā¦
I have it since I was probably 14 or so.
I have an AUā¦ not the silly post-it sans OC with a cool bro OC. I have an AU that was based of of a LOT of stuff in you might see in this long ass post, it started as a sans solo AU (because of course it was), and It evolved with me as I also grew up.
Iāve been working on and off of it for years.
And you might not see it honestly, because I feel so wrong about it, like the story is just bits and pieces I saw in bed just before sleeping. I barely tied those together. And the designs areā¦ WELLā¦ designing clothes is pretty hard.
And I almost gave up on itā¦
But I really want to continue, I want to yāknowā¦? And umā¦ Inkās story kind of put that into perspective for meā¦ ā¦
ANYWAYS! UMā¦ it got gloomyā¦ IN ANY CASE! Inkās story hits very close to home for me, as I explained a few moments before. But also, I just feel it makes sense for a character like him, I meanā¦ He LIVES for the creations, and not only because he āprotects themā and more likeā¦ All we (as creators) do is what keeps him alive. Like Inkās immortal right? Well kinda, heās almost immortal. The moment the creations stop the paints that give him a perspective into life will also vanish. He might not die entirely, but heāll just be an empty shell, alone in a white space. So It kinda rings hard for me that heās literally feeding from our stuff, heās here because of u and me. And wellā¦ APART from that heās also just an interesting character. Ink is a shell that he himself fills with temporary feelings, this kinda makes him a bit dense in some situations and might act a little out of place. BUT he doesnāt mean wrong!!! I have seen a lot of like āevilā ink, and I feel that the idea can be interesting, but also, I think that a lot of people read āNEUTRAL inkā and assume that must mean heās just a little mean?
Maybe unintentionally so, usually itās portrayed as a thing thatās out of his control but that heās also not bothered by it and does nothing to change. And I donāt really think he would act like that? Ink is a little forgetful, but he does write stuff to try and remember! Ink struggles to understand situations, but he is trying (I think)!
He likes to play pranks but I donāt think he intends them to be mean! And heās just a cool characterā¦ Plus heās as much of a fan of AUās as we are. (in a way, kinda)
And all that good stuff.
And I feel like comyet (tumblr) really did make a memorable silly.
ā¦ thanks for making himā¦
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UMMM NEXT IS AAAAA mirror (Anx! sans) [be awareā¦ this gets a BIT personal]
So this oneās not too much like the others, I meanā¦ I dunnoā¦ you get me.
SO this one might be shorter, cuz it goes into me a bit?
Okā¦
So in 2022 (I THINK), I was ready for life! Until I wasnāt. soā¦ yāknow I went to get help!
I have severe social anxiety.
Yeih.
And itās stopped me from doing a lot of stuffā¦
And it wasnāt too peppy. Until I found THIS GUY!!!! I was scrolling through Tumblr and I found hheisaās account here, and would you look at thatā¦ they have a Sans (my personal favorite thing [kinda] since I was a child) with what I have! (kinda, almost!) So he helped me a lot! In a way, this might be cheesy, but I felt pretty alone butā¦ then heās there and I felt that maybe I wasnāt. and you know, thatās about it.
Hheisa hasnāt posted much of him, but I still love whenever he pops out in my FYP.
Um thatās it.
OH and because of a comic I found out that sucking on ice is pretty good for uh, not good times.
Hheisa I hope you never see this, cuz itās embarrassing as FUCK. But thank youā¦ your silly helped me get through some stuff.
ā¦. AND NOW
A BIT OF A PROBLEM (bitty au) [self-indulgence] So if youāve been a long time in the fandom youāve probably seen at least ONE SOMETHING with bitties!!! It is very self-indulgent too, but it doesnāt need to be. Like m pretty sure some of you know Poetax right?
They have a string of comics about UT, UF and US sansā and papyrusā with their respective bitties, and as weird as it is to have a miniature version of yourself on your shoulder, they make it work yaknow??? Fucken-Crybaby left the Au for reasons Iām unaware of, but left it open for people to still use the bitties.
ok so! In any case! Bitty bones AU (or I donāt know the official name) is an AU where your favorite characters are miniature versions of themselves!
And these fuckers are tiny! Like stupid tiny. Like you do a ācall meā sign and try to make it as big as you can, and thatās about as big as bitties get. this one!
But of course this isnāt a rule, you can make bitties as smol or as big as you want.
And you can adopt them!
With such an interesting prompt the AU got very popular, because you could: Give your favorite AU a mini version of whoever you wanted, you could be self-indulgent and draw yourself (or an OC) with a bitty! It was very cool! Yāknow??? It was your tiny silly! There are uh, like BASE bitties, like for example a Sansy bitty is always hungry, seepy, is funny, and lazy. Or like a Fell who is like an angry cat. He will fucking destroy your stuff, is going to bite, is prone to fighting other bitties and stuff!
And thereās also Papyrus bitties and Grilbitties (love that name)!
And there was even a chart of how some bitties reacted to others! But you were allowed to make your own! Letās say you had an OC of who knows what, and if you wanted to make it a bitty to just play with the idea, you can! Like if you wanted a Toriel bitty you could make yours! And thatās about it! I hold this AU very dearly, is very cute and even if bitties arenāt as popular as they once were, I still think they are neat.
And the stuff you could do with them! You can just do a homey story with bitties, just hanging out. Very cute story where you (or whoever you want) adopts a bitty and you now have to learn to live together with antics and all that good stuff! Or you can try and make all the stuff of: HOW MORALLY OK IS IT TO HAVE THAT THING??? ARE THEY OK BEING SMOL? HOW ARE THEY MADEE????
And if you are into bitties like I am youāve probably seen some of these!
Even some mixed I believe?
Ok uhhh next!!!
OH HELL YES!!! I LOVE TOUCANS!!! (Seraphim! Sans) (GOF FUCKING DAMNIT WEāRE ALMOST AMOST DONE!!!)
Ok so Seraphim sans comes from this cool comic known as āthe thoughtā.
It comes from sansā thought. āWhat if one day, the human doesnāt reset? What is one day we just cease to exist?ā So he acts, he attacks the human when they leave the ruins.
He takes the humanās soul, and takes it to Asgore. So theyāre going to break the barrier to just have an ending. But Asgore, doesnāt really want to, he wants to wait, as he has killed so many humansā¦ KIDS for that matter. And heās afraid, humans were always stronger than monsters, and there are millions of more humans then monsters. But sans is like āDude, I didnāt just break a promise to just sit aroundā so he makes a not so thought out decision. Heās going to do it himself.
And of course he turns intoā¦ TOUCAN.
And shenanigans happenā¦
I highly recommend looking for the comic made by tratserenoyreve (on tumblr). Or look for the comic dub by Starbot Dubs (yes, they are the ones from CPAU too).
I ABSOLUTELY love HOW the author brings this story. Like come ONNNNN!!!!!
Ok so, one of my favorite things is how the characters are portrayed! Like the human souls, they are faceless here, nameless, but they still have that little bit of personality and I love that even when they are literally faceless, they arenāt completely gone! And even so, the story has a bit of a bittersweet ending. BUT FIRST WE TALK ABOUT THE STORY! So after sans does the stupid, everyoneās justā¦ confused and hurt on what to do? The human souls are permanently attached to sans, who didnāt really stop to think about the AFTER. And they want to extract the souls from him. But now here comes the interesting part, they are all there, like Sans can communicate with ALL 8 kids, and heās not necessarily sure of how to feel? Heād just expected to have unlimited power and thatās it, but the human souls are here to stay. So, papyrus has to take sans home, the King, Undyne, Papyrus and the former Queen decide to keep the broken barrier a secret. Until they can safely get the human souls back, of course. So that means that theyāll have to wait until Alphys has messed with the DT extractor as it wasnāt BUILT for 7 human souls. The days go by, and Alphys has finished it.
Sans gets into the lab and kinda opens up about what he knows to Alphys, why he acted so rushed? Why of everything. And it seems itās a good start to a new beginning, but things arenāt to well. The DT extractor begins to hurt Sansā soul, and the kids are freaking out, so Integrity tries to help by teleporting. That of course leads to them getting lost in between the files, the space between. And they find the code to the game, and get exited! That means they can mess with it and make everyone live; they can make Friskā¦ well Frisk! Instead of a shell we use to play. But they encounterā¦ (drum roll) OUR FAVORITE SILLY!!! GASTER!!!!! And of course, he tell them that this is bigger than they could ever imagine, and the fact that they stopped āitāsā game could mean the erasure of the world.
(As in, imagine you are playing Undertale, sans kills you JUST before the ruins and your game is a permanent GAME OVER)
SO shit goes down.
Iām not going to explain the WHOLE thing cuz you HAVE TO read it!
And then Sans and the kids are left with a choice, Reset or continue. Reset means everything goes back to the loop, continuing means the possible end to their world. And It ends in a tie 4 to 4. And itās all left to Frisk to decide.
They choose both, they ask if they can copy the game and hide it somewhere where the OG copy is the one thatāll continue in the endless loop, the one that is hiding is just them continuing to live.
AND I AAAAARGGGGGGGG!!!jvdhkbjvdsbhdvsjāvds
I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!!
I re-watched the comic dub to refresh my memory a bit, and to understand the parts that I didnāt when I was younger (because English bad).
And I cannot express HOW much I loved all of it! Itās a great story with great moments.
And I REALLY REALLY recommend it!
Just love the use of how they manage to at least save ONE COPY of themselves. Like somewhere thereās the other copy going through the loop again and again and again.
And I just canāt begin to explain the feeling that that gives me! Love it with all my heart. Now WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK!!!! THIS IS EVEN WORSE?!?!?! (Underworld)
Simple enough. Not fan of horror, but I found underworldās designs and fell INLOVE with them. Not much to say, just that it has the potential of a hundred suns and that is it. LIKE LOOK IT UP AND YOUāLL SEE???
Personal favorite is Undyne and Toriel.
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Ok so hereās the kicker, I said they were 11, right?
But Iāve put Error and Ink togetherā¦ so they count as one, right? Because I forgot one. (I actually forgor two but let me have my moment) SURPRISE (YOU GUESS BEFORE I SAY THE NAME!) So Iām pretty sure this AU isnāt known as much, as the others.
Like Iām sure there ARE people who like it.
But itās died down a HOLE lot, the fandom grew and from the AUās that have managed to survive it, I feel this oneās been left behind. I mean thereās still fanart, but like itās not popping up like others. The aesthetics are MY ABSOLUTE favorite, because thereās not too much of a change in story. I mean there IS, and itās pretty cool. But what sells me is the aesthetics, just the whole vibe!!! And Iām sure that if you like dark fairy vibes, youāll like this one.
Ya ready???
YA READYYYY?????? I donāt think you are ready!!!!
AAAAAHHHHHH
Itās Masktale.
Did you guess it?
(end of my thing) ā¦
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And thereās also Quantumtale because they are cute kids with stupidly strong powers, and Gaster is a cute guy and I love it.
But I haven't researched a ton of the last two sorry.
but im tired sO
(Weāre officially done.)
and uh thanks for asking :,)
#JESUS FUCKING CHRIST#anyways#undertale#underfell#horrortale#gztale#killer sans#error sans#ink sans#anx sans#bittybones#seraphim sans#underworld#masktale#quantumtale#we're fucking done here.#with 20 pages and 5671 words. I think?#MAn I really feel stupid after posting this#imma try not to delete
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The Close
On Friday 12 March 2004, I made an account on fanfiction.net and used the nickname kittykittyhunter for the very first time.
ff.net was the first place where I āexistedā online. I uploaded a fanfic the same day I joined ā a poem about Dark Magician Girl from Yu-Gi-Oh! ā but later deleted it out of embarrassment. Over the years, I went on to upload and delete a fair few works for similar reasons: a sense of awkwardness over my earnestness, recognising too many gaping holes in my writing and justā¦ pruning my account when I failed to finish multi-chap stories. I made some wonderful friends through the site, one of whom remains a precious presence in my life.
Now, my ff.net is an archive my stories for The Prince of Tennis (the ones featuring the Echizen family, anuway). Iām happy with it staying like that. Then, sometime in 2006, I joined deviantART:
dA taught me a lot about writing. Suddenly, I was exposed to extremely talented and versatile writers; I understood what it meant to be part of writing communities and give meaningful feedback. (I utilised these skills during writing workshops at university several years later ā by that point, it was natural for me to pinpoint, celebrate and help to refine aspects of a piece.) Only one of my deviations is still visible; I placed the others in storage mostly, once again, due to feeling embarrassed by my earnestness and skill level. Nevertheless, I am proud of what I achieved on the site ā I received through two Daily Deviations, features that were largely coveted in the writing community (I know that I wanted one for years!), and the attention that those works got gave me the confidence to think that yes, perhaps I was a decent writer, perhaps it was not a mistake to think that I might publish books someday. I certainly fell short on some fronts on dA... however, I think it may be time to forgive myself and perhaps, one day, I can make amends. The most important habit that deviantART inspired in me was this:
A few people I looked up to had a saying: āComments over faves.ā Written feedback meant much, much more than simply pressing the little star-shaped 'Favourite' button ā and thatās something I carried across to tumblr, to some extent. I use replies pretty liberally here, talking to people who may not want to hear from a complete stranger. Even so, I definitely want to get better at tagging the artwork I reblog ā I know thereās nothing like reading an explosion of feelings under your work. Once again, I met some incredible friends through deviantART. Iāve had the wonderful privilege of being able to meet some of my online friends in real life. Itās a very special feeling to be able to embrace someone youāve lovingly sent texts, emails and letters to.
Then, on Sunday 30 January 2011, my friend succeeded in persuading me to make a tumblr account. I suppose that I didnāt really know what to expect from tumblr; however, I fell for the site quickly and now, I canāt imagine having an online presence on any other social media platform, even with the various issues tumblr has had during recent months. I accidentally deleted my original blog in 2020. I lost approximately 36,000 posts. I oscillated between feeling distraught and relieved; I despaired at losing a lot of memories and work but, at the same time, was grateful that this meant I wouldnāt subject myself to the laborious task of going through the entirety of my archive and re-tagging my posts for uniformity. I can be ridiculously pedantic about things like that ā so it was good that the option was taken from me. I still havenāt quite connected with the writing communities on tumblr ā but I know that there are a lot of skilled writers here. There are a few authors I deeply admire; I would love to get to know them.
Bizarrely, I joined AO3 on Thursday 12 March 2020 ā exactly 16 years after Iād joined ff.net. AO3ā¦ I had a lot of plans for this site (including a fanfic list as long as my arm) but, somehow, I could never really warm to the layoutā¦ Iām a real elitist and have issues with using/joining sites that are āuglyā. And, while Iāve received some comments on AO3, it is largely a pretty quiet and passive experience ā readers come and go and leave a fly-by kudos and, as a writer, thatās not so satisfying. I'm not inspired to upload work there. I might still post the occasional fic (though Iād prefer to spend my time writing original works, sometimes, the allure of fanfiction is pretty powerful), but it wonāt be through AO3 ā and it wonāt be under the moniker of kittykittyhunter. Itās been 20 years. 20 years of brilliant memories and friendships ā 20 years where Iāve learnt a lot about myself, others and the world at large. But Iāve been thinking about it a lot and Iāve decided that it is time to retire kittykittyhunter. Ultimately, I think want people to associate KKH with the writing that Iāve shared online up until now, so this blog, too, will be an archive of my poetry and prose. It feels strange. Surreal. Iāve associated myself with the name kittykittyhunter for so long that it seems as though Iām losing something momentous ā like the process of reinventing myself, this time, will be far more arduous than it has been in the past. I donāt know what kind of reception I will get. Yet, over the years, Iāve also come to align myself with the phoenix ā one who reemerges, again and again, stronger and brighter. My blog icon comes from the Yu-Gi-Oh! card āA Feather of the Phoenixā. Isn't it funny that these things are so cyclical? I pray that a good path is meant for me. Thank you to everyone who has been with me up until now: your love and generosity has meant the world.
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Iām so glad to have a friend who enjoys One Piece! How did you get into it? Do you have a favourite character? One you canāt stand? A favourite arc? Any fic recs?
I WAS FUCKING WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS ASK. NOT EVERYONE KNOWS IT BUT ONE PIECE IS THE SERIES OF MY LIFE. I CAN'T IMAGINE AN EXISTENCE WITHOUT IT!
probably the longest post I have ever made incoming:
I got into it in April 2003 (I was 11 at that time). Watching anime on TV was the only way for me and my brothers, there was no computer and internet around. We were hooked since episode 1 and never missed an episode, we would watch all the re-runs and be hyped about every epic moment and cry our eyes out at every tragedy or happy moment. Laughing our asses off at the jokes (Skypiea and Thriller Bark are imo the funniest!) And since then I'm a huge fan, though there were several years I lost touch. I picked up the series again a few months ago and stopped at the beginning of the Wano arc (due to low energy, yk how it is with taking care of the family etc).
And OMG I have so many faves!!! Nami!!! Her arc inspired me so much I took her name as my nickname. For a lot of rl friends, I'm just Nami, sometimes my teachers were confused and asked me if it's my middle name fklsdhfsjdÅÆlkasd!!! She is so caring! Big sis vibes!
Zoro! He is so cool! Do I need to explain this? (also I find his relationship with women really interesting, the guy is so traumatized! And also he would literally die for you!) Devil Child Nico Robin. She is smart, powerful as hell and MORBID and her sense for cute things is just immaculate. The episode when she got to be part of the Strawhats is still one of my favorites. Maybe I'm mistaken but she is the only one that invited herself and not because Luffy told her so. I... okay, I will stop because otherwise, I will write a whole ass essay about her and why she is THE QUEEN of all queens!
The future king of the pirates Monkey D. Luffy! Period.
Trafalgar [redacted] Law.
*GRABS YOUR CHEEKS*
*PULLS YOU VERY CLOSE, OUR NOSES TOUCH*
You will understand once you watch more.
PERONA. I don't know why but I fell in love with her so hard I want for her to be real so I can propose to her! (but I also ship her with Zoro)
And here is a list of others I like: the whole strawhat crew (Jimbei ofc included), Sir Crocodile, Bartolomeo the Cannibal (I couldn't get enough of him, he is so silly), Donquixote Rosinante, Smoker, Tashigi (I ship her with Zoro too, wtf is with me to ship Zoro with so many characters!), Bon (Mr. 2), Boa Hancock, Bepo. I'm sure there are more, but I will stop here haha. I hate Donquixote Doflamingo, the Cipher Pol agents, Big Mom (she...I... she is a monster, like...wow), Buggy the Clown (imo the most pathetic anime guy in history, but the comedy around him is good), most of the Marines (what a bunch of assholes, really, it's a mirror to our world) and ugh, I'm sure there are more, but I can't remember XD! Fave arcs: Arlong Park, Loguetown, Alabasta Saga, Sky Island Saga, Enies Lobby, Thriller Bark, Summit War Saga And here begins the controversy, ofc I'm not including the Wano arc because I haven't seen it whole yet...But I'm not able to enjoy the after-time-skip arcs. Great animation moments, the story is amazing too, but the pacing is just so bad. So many fillers within the episodes too, Dressrosa was a torture to watch. So if I just judge it by story everything is great! Maybe reading the manga would be the better choice. But I didn't want to miss the great animation.
I haven't read any fics yet but I have a few in my marked for later list:
What I enjoy the most are artists that create nice little stories and AUs! I'm going to make a separate post and tag you, the list is too long!
#one piece my beloved#one piece is something one needs to experience it can't be described shortly why it's so f good#it has also the best female cast in whole shonen imo#also Oda said TRANS LIFES MATTER#I can recall only OP and MHA with trans representation and the good thing is it doesn't serve to a general imaginary#favourite#ask
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RECENT ECOMMERCE NEWS (INCLUDING ETSY), DECEMBER 2023
As often happens, holiday sales got in the way of me getting this ecommerce news update published in a timely fashion, so please accept my apologies as you read the latest of the most important pieces in ecommerce over the past several weeks, including news from Etsy and other marketplaces, website builders, payment processing and shipping.
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Happy Holidays to everyone celebrating or getting time off!
TOP NEWS & ARTICLES
If you are in the US: the IRS has once again delayed [Washington Post; gift link] the $600 threshold for receiving a 1099-K from online marketplaces and payment processors. The threshold will remain at $20,000 for the 2023 tax year, and will only drop to $5,000 for 2024. You can read the IRS announcement here.
Etsy laid off 11% of its staff (225 people) in mid-December, due to stagnant sales on the site and an impending restructuring. Itās not yet clear what effect this will have on sellers in the long run. Further reading:
Etsy press release
CNBC coverage
Guardian coverage
Stock dropping, from Reuters
ICYMI, my coverage of the Etsy third quarter report, where I predicted they would need to make some changes in 2024. I was only a few weeks off. (or, perhaps more changes are comingā¦)
ETSY NEWS
Sellers in Thailand, Ukraine, Japan, India, Chile, Argentina, and Peru can now use Etsy Payments, and must enroll by January 31, 2024 or else their shops will be suspended. (This is standard each time Etsy Payments is introduced in a new country.)
Anyone struggling to upload multiple documents to verify their identification or tax information on Etsy might benefit from this trick: combine all the documents into one file.
Following up on the broken domestic pricing tool: Etsy is now refunding sellers for any sales that go through with the wrong price. (Iāve received several reports of this now.)
Etsy has been adding items to shoppers carts, usually items that were faved or even just viewed. Theyāve also been adding coupon codes to shopsā backends, although I havenāt seen any reports of the codes being used. See threads here, and here, and here. So check your āSales and Discountsā page just in case.
Etsyās bot takedowns continue; one shop got a counterfeit strike for using their own name in their listing. No one at Etsy will look at the facts and see how ridiculous this error is, so the listing remains deactivated for no good reason. [UPDATE: shortly after I published this, Etsy finally admitted the error and restored the listing.] Other legitimate shops continue to get listings taken down as well, and the Temu bot may be responsible for some of them. If any of your images show up on other sites, you are at risk of this problem, so make sure to pursue copyright infringement claims for photo theft elsewhere.
But somehow, Etsy bots canāt take down the stuff that should be removed, namely deep-fake porn of celebrities. Forbes found a whole bunch [soft paywall]. One of the most notable things about this is that Etsy didnāt remove the listings that a lawyer contacted them about until 6 days later, when Forbes contacted Etsy about the story. I wrote more here.
If you were thinking of signing up to use Square through your Etsy shop, now is the time, as they have a 6-month no fee offer for new users. Read carefully - there are lots of conditions! Then sign up using this link to get the offer.
Sellers in the US can now purchase UPS labels through Etsy.
MIssing Etsy Check or Karen Check, and want a new place to look up Etsy buyerās previous reviews? Koalanda has a free tool that will check customer review records from the beginning of 2022, which is a great way to do market research as well as look up current buyers before agreeing to do custom work etc. Beware it may be missing a few records; it doesnāt show feedback I left in 2022, for example.
Etsy quietly sent Israeli and Palestinian sellers a message letting them know that some October fees would be waived, and the rest will not be due until December. Oddly, during the third quarter earnings call CEO Josh Silverman said that all October fees would be covered, which cost Etsy around 1 million in lost income. They were told Star Seller badges from October will automatically roll over for November only; it's unclear if that was extended into December.
Etsyās colour for 2024 is āberryā, which they consider more āgrown-upā than the shade of pink that trended most of the year. ā[S]earches for hot pink decor items declined by 58%ā in the past 3 months. Charms, denim and statement bathrooms are in, while gallery walls are already falling out of favour. Read the full trends report to find out what people are searching for and how to prepare for early 2024 occasions such as Valentineās Day.
Interesting piece on Etsyās continued expansion into India.
Etsy Support continues to get worse, with one seller told that flaws in Etsy tracking integration could only be fixed if the buyer confirms via Etsy Messages that the order was received. This turned out to be incorrect, and Etsy later fixed the orders.
Etsy signed the European Union's Digital Fairness Pledge, which is about buyer rights and consumer protections. More details on the pledge here.
If you didnāt see them, here are Etsyās holiday ads for the US and the UK [YouTube videos].
ECOMMERCE NEWS, IDEAS, TRENDS (minus social media)
General
Michaelsā new handmade site Makerplace is out of beta, and is getting media attention. [soft paywall; Forbes] The marketplace allows buyers to return products to Michaels stores. They are definitely aiming for makers disenchanted with Etsy. āOur research found that nearly three in four makers believe thereās a void in the online marketplace landscape today, and that existing platforms come with pain points like high upfront costs, increasing fees for product listings and competition with an overflow of mass-produced goods.ā
Artisans Cooperative is holding their first board election January 22 to February 2, 2024. Candidates may submit applications to run from December 25 to January 12.
Lots of retail companies are blaming Temu and Shein for lower sales recently. Etsy and The Gap are both quoted. [Soft paywall; Modern Retail] The former is losing money with this approach. āTemu makes a loss of around 30-35 percent on each US order, and an average of 40 percent on orders globally.ā Temu is also cutting into dollar store sales, and is currently suing Shein for āintimidation tacticsā against businesses that sell through Temu. Meanwhile, Shein has filed for their US IPO.
While the cost of ecommerce returns has grown, some companies are allowing buyers to keep lower-priced items, instead of spending more than the price to have them shipped back.
Amazon
Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfillment fees are increasing next February, following most other carriers.
Venmo will no longer be a payment option on Amazon, as of January 10.
Amazon only places other ads at the bottom of Apple's pages, instead of higher up, after Apple asked the marketplace to remove other ads altogether.
Zulily is the latest entity to accuse Amazon of illegal anti-competitive behaviour. One difference this time is that Zulily announced the business is closing just a week before. āIn its complaint, Zulily said Amazon punished sellers who used both platforms, leading those merchants to raise their prices on Zulilyās website, take some products off Zulily or stop selling on Zulily altogether. In some cases, the sellers never contacted Zulily, the company alleged.In the span of one year, Zulily lost half of its sellers who sold on both Amazon and Zulily, according to the complaint."
Meanwhile, the FTC antitrust suit against Amazon probably wonāt go to trial until mid-2026. Hereās more on the claims in that case. āAmazon executives acknowledged that these policies, which included requiring Amazon sellers to have the lowest prices online or risk consequences, had a āpunitive aspect.ā One executive pointed out that many sellers ālive in constant fearā of being penalized by Amazon for not following the ever-changing pricing policy.ā As well, āsponsored ads were often irrelevant to the initial search and caused āharm to consumers" and the overall experience on the site."
Like some other companies, Amazon sells many of its returned orders off in bulk for discount companies to resell. In Toronto, that included the original buyersā private info.
eBay
eBayās new Payment Terms of Use introduced several changes, including potentially longer holds for new sellers, and an admission they make interest on payment money and wonāt give that to sellers.
eBay had a slow third quarter, and didnāt predict the fourth Q would be any better.
US sellers of patches, stickers, decals, greeting cards and seeds can now use eBayās āstandard envelope serviceā, for āitems weighing up to 3 oz. and a quarter inch thickā.
There may be changes to eBay search early in 2024.
I canāt wait to see how badly this goes for some: eBay releases AI tool for seller social media posts.
Poshmark
Poshmark no longer operates in the UK, Australia and India, and plans on focusing on their markets in the US and Canada.
Shopify
Shopifyās āmarketplaceā that has operated through the Shop app for a few years has now opened on the web. āShopify would be the second-largest e-commerce retailer in the U.S. if all its merchants were treated as oneā, but it doesnāt appear the website builder really wants to operate like that.
There are lots of SEO guides for Shopify, but this one gets into a bit more technical detail, and includes optimizing your blog pages through Shopify, Google Shopping, and international page versions (Hreflang).
Businesses using Shopify for their website pulled in $4.1 billion in sales on Black Friday 2023.
Squarespace
Squarespace got caught adding a setting that says individual site owners allow AI crawlers to use the siteās content - and they didnāt bother telling their customers.
Walmart
Third-party sellers on Walmart can now use Shippo for labels, through a new integration.
Walmartās third quarter results beat expectations, but the stock dropped on short-term predictions of weaker sales based on the end of quarter performance.
All Other Marketplaces
Some vintage sellers are moving to District.net, either joining other communities or starting their own.
Bonanza moved to compulsory labels for most US-based sellers, and even though the company promised the lowest rates available, some sellers were not happy.
Jane closed in mid-November, surprising businesses that sold on the site, who are apparently owed around $10 million. Lawsuits are possible.
Spoonflower is changing how several things on the site work, including swatches, limits on new listings, and delisting āunpopularā items.
All Other Website Builders
WooCommerce is now woo.com, which includes all of the companyās features, including the WordPress platform the payments system etc.
Payment Processing
Businesses in the UK can now take payments through Square on their iPhones.
US businesses using PayPal will no longer have seller protection for āItem Not Received" claims filed by buyers as chargeback claims with their card issuers, starting January 16, 2024.
Buy Now Pay Later is still a thing, with Walmart Canada adding it as an option through Klarna, and Amazon Business choosing Affirm.
Shipping
Shipping label company Shippo has a new insurance that covers porch pirate thefts, but they donāt cover a lot of other things, including āMarring, chipping, denting, scratchingā. The Canadian version doesnāt cover many common goods, including jewellery, antiques, art, glass, and ceramics.
Amazonās deal with USPS has flooded some small town and rural post offices in the US. [Washington Post; gift link] āMail is getting backed up, sometimes for days, leaving local residents waiting for checks, credit card statements, health insurance documents and tax rebates. Routes meant to take eight or nine hours are stretching to 10 or 12. At least five carriers have quit, and the post office has banned scheduled sick days for the rest of the year, carriers say.ā Delays are also reported around San Antonio, Texas.
Wish is launching its own shipping service, which can be used for orders not made on Wish. Currently it will only be available for packages shipping from China to select countries.
UPDATED Dec. 22, 2023
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Some more random Q/Aās from Ask.fm
Do you believe the decision to overturn Roe V Wade was unconstitutional?
If a state can punish someone for crossing state lines to get an abortion, then it's 100% unconstitutional.
Do you think I'm too old to be on social media? I'm 37 years old. D,:
Should older people just be into non-computer things like bingo and playing cards? It makes no sense.
Donuts with or without filling? I personally donāt like filling
Filling makes me feel either guilty or gross usually, maybe both. Maybe small amounts of the right kind of filling would be good.
Is walking around the woods naked illegal?
If a tree falls and no one is around to hear it, it still does make a noise.
who would go out with elliot page
He seems like the type of guy that could help a woman to feel safe when out in public and such.. I wouldn't want to run into him!
Has anyone watched Monk?
I never saw it, but I've wondered how many people can spot Buffalo Bill in that one.
WTF . . . people nearby? I can't see anybody but me . . . can you?
I'm within a few yards of you. Don't worry, you're not alone.
How can I make friends on this app?
This is an anti-friend app.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Assuming there will be a sequel, I'll plan on watching it. It would be nice to have Alec Baldwin back, but we'd probably have heard about it if he were to by now.
Meat eater or veg?
Slightly carnivorous.
Whatās your biggest first world problem?
Better Call Saul is almost completely done with, marking the end of a very long era, if you count Breaking Bad, which I do. There is supposedly not a great chance of another spin-off.
might delete my ask. yāall are starting to creep me out.
Disabling anon questions didn't even help?
Mixed drinks or straight
Straight if the booze is high quality.
u wanna see my house?
You can post a pic of it if you want.
Which is more mentally frustrating school or a Job?
It's like comparing apples and... asparagus.
Drama vs Comedy
Usually drama, but that could be because there's too much shitty comedy.
Your favorite game is going VR. What game is that, and how will it be?
Lets see...
glances at current faves
Royal Match in VR would be pointless. I'll go back to an old classic like Duke Nukem 3D, polish the graphics and add some modern culture to it, then we're rocking and rolling with kickass fun.
Scream vs Halloween šŖšŖšŖšŖšŖšŖšŖšŖ
The latter is real horror, the former being more satire, if I'm not mistaken. I think I'd prefer actual horror IF well made, over so-called comedy horror.
what was the inspiration for your username?
Laziness, because mine is pretty shitty.
š„ What's the best comedy movie you've ever seen? š¤£
for clean comedy: Happy Gilmore
adult: Cheap thrills, Happiness
6/26 whatās your favorite Jurassic Park Movie?
n/a not into that franchise.
letās go buy a gun
š·āāļø What do you do for a living? š©āš³
I'm a janitor at an abortion clinic.
Do you own a car?
Not right now. Not long after the pandemic started to take full swing, I thought fuck it, I should only spend money on what actually brings me joy, and not all of what makes me look good to society.
Can you search for people by area?
No. One of the only good (and great) things to be added to this site over the years is that all answers to a question can be found on one page. The so called developers of this site/app are brain dead, lazy pieces of shit.
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Hi! I wondered if you might post something about the top T&S dances casual fans might not know about (deep cuts, lol). As a newer fan, when I came upon "Into the Mystic" I was so excited and felt like I found something really special. I wonder what your faves and/or specific performances of those more 'hidden' performances might be. Thanks as always for helping us enjoy the T&S fandom. : )
Oh, Iām really going to struggle with this, lol. Because I was a fan for so long and because I was an obsessive fan, none of their programs seem like they might be unknown, to me. I mean, you say Into the Mystic and while I am genuinely happy that you were so excited to discover it, it wouldnāt occur to me to list it as something that would be unknown. (This is not intended to diminish you at all - I have had many of those discoveries myself, as have anyone who is new to or you know, not obsessive about, a subject. Those discoveries are awesome and exciting and should always be celebrated.). When I stop and think about it, Mystic was only skated during Stars on Ice and a show in China (IIRC) so I suppose it would be rather one of those ādeep diveā performances. At the time, it was known as being the program that VM choreographed in Scottās kitchen, so it has itās own fandom fame lol.
Probably the more obscure programs, to me, are the ones that VM were ārequiredā to skate to, because of an expectation in a show that they were performing in; because of that, there are often few to no recorded versions of the program, and I often donāt think much about them, as a VM skate, because they were not something VM themselves chose to skate to. And yet, they are rarely ones I tend to remember as there isnāt a lot of āconnectionā to it - they didnāt choose the music, choreography will be recycled in bits and pieces from other programs, and there often isnāt an āofficialā recording (television or streamed) and if we were lucky there is still fan recordings.
Instrument of Peace, in Shall We Dance On Ice 2010, skating to a live performance by The Canadian Tenors, fan camera. (There are television-filmed versions of this and the next, but particularly this one was interrupted by shots of the singers, so the fan cam is the way to go.)
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The debut of their short dance, with filler where the Golden Waltz would be, at Shall We Dance on Ice 2010, fan camera.
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Let It Snow, Winter Dreams on Ice. A wee local show, after Tessaās surgery in 2010.
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Good Kisser, Skate Niagara 2015, fan camera (while it was a VM-planned program and it was officially shown on camera for CSOI, the smaller venue and the close up camera and just that extra rawness of a brand new program make this my favourite version).
Ballet program, Festa on Ice 2008.
Valse Triste, Stars, Stripes and and Skates 2006 - another competition program debut during a show.
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Prince, Stars on Ice 2017; they shifted their competition SD into an exhibition piece and it was seen only during CSOI; the competitive season would have had this as an exhibition, but with Gord Downieās death, VM created Long Time Running instead.
Shine, Shine my Star, Moscow show in 2014, directly following the Sochi Olympics (they didnāt even go home and they seemed so tired lol).
And finally my ultimate favourite obscure: Whatās Love Got to Do With It, Skate Niagara 2016. It was a āweāre in competitive shapeā masterpiece - showcasing plenty of new tricks and musical nuance and difficulty while emphasizing their improved showmanship after a couple of years of exhibition work. And of course, its own fandom-famous back story of locking eyes, knowing they had to skate to this while in a pub in Scotland, and a hint of the making-of this program in a CBC story, plus a the dopamine hit of them announcing their Comeback right before this debut.
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Chills for me, every time.
#ask#from ages ago#just things I thought of off the top of my head#this was fun#some of them I hadnāt thought of in years#none of these videos are mine- double click the video to go directly to YT
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