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[moonchild9350]

Still Life and Nude Surprises

Summary: you need to prep for an art show and sign up for a class for extra practice. the model you’re assigned however turns out to be someone you know very well.

Pairing: best friend!Felix x fab!reader

Genre: friends to lovers au, fluff, smut-18+MDNI

Word Count: 4.8k

Warnings: nude modeling, mutual masturbation, dirty talk, mention of overstimulation, clit play, unprotected sex (don't), creampie, implied multiple rounds

Notes: another fic from when I was feral sorry not sorry lol this was fun to write though and it’s Felix so…. lol

If you enjoyed please consider a like, reblog, or comment as it keeps me motivated ♡

Divider by @cafekitsune

Please do not copy, translate, modify, use, or repost this work elsewhere without my permission. ©moonchild9350 (2024)

"Hold still!"

You chastised the blonde who was at the moment wiggling around in his seat, his eyes focused on his computer screen as he blasted god knows what on the latest game he acquired.

"Y/n! Lemme just finish this round, then I'll do anything you say," he responded as he showed off his biggest pouty face.

You sighed, not being able to say no to that face. Felix smiled and went back to his game, his fingers tap tapping on the keyboard.

Felix is your best friend, he has been since you were neighbors as a kid. You've done everything together, from attending dances as each others dates, sleepovers as kids, endure heartbreaks, and even live within the same building as adults.

You couldn't live without him, your relationship going beyond your wildest dreams.

Now, you were trying to sketch your best friend as you were trying to improve your still life skills, preparing for an art show that you had signed up for. Everything was going well until he received a text from a gamer buddy, wanting to go for a round on a new game he recently started.

You set your sketch pad down and watched your friend as he scrunched his face in concentration, his tongue sticking out the corner of his mouth as he shot down enemy after enemy. It was pretty humorous to watch, as everytime he missed his target he'd scream "noooo!" before concentrating once more.

You knew it was a lost cause, understanding once he started gaming, it would be hours until he would stop. You gathered up your stuff, packing it into your bag.

You got up and walked over to Felix, ruffling up his hair, obscuring his view of the computer screen.

"Y/n!" he exclaimed as he blew his hair out of his face, the strands framing his face haphazardly as a result.

"I'm gonna go home, it's getting late. I"ll see you later ok?"

Felix took a chance and looked away from the screen to you, "I'm sorry, I'm a horrible model."

You chuckled and slapped his arm, the boy yelping at the sting. "No you're not, you just get distracted easily."

You continued to laugh as you walked to his door, listening to Felix mutter under his breath something along the lines of "that's not true."

Closing his door, you walked the few doors down to your apartment, dropping your bag on the hallway table. You really did want to practice your skills as the show was getting closer day by day and you were banking on using Felix to start.

You grabbed your laptop and plopped on the couch, propping your feet on the table in front of you. Opening up the search engine, you began to look for classes that you could attend to help you practice.

You came across a particularly promising site, the company offering a variety of classes from group sessions to private ones. You clicked on the private session info bar, as the prospect of it just being you and the model seemed appealing.

You noticed they offered private nude modeling sessions as well, your eyebrow raising in interest. This would be the perfect opportunity to study the human body and to improve your skills on drawing it.

The company had a few sessions open over the next few days which would be perfect as you were free. You clicked on the time slot for tomorrow's private session, your mind running over the pros and cons.

You've never sketched anyone nude, the prospect seeming a little embarrassing to you, but how would you get better if you didn't step out of your comfort zone? Plus, these models were trained for this, and it was with a reputable company.

The cost of the class wasn't much either, definitely within your budget. You filled in your information, whatever they asked for. Once done, your hand hovered over the book button, as you considered what to do.

"Fuck it," you said, bringing your finger down to press book.

A confirmation page popped up saying your session was successfully booked and they'd see you tomorrow. You let out a breath and closed your laptop.

This was really going to happen. You wondered if you'd have a male or female model, noticing there was no option to choose. Shaking your head, you decided not to think about the session until the time came, opting to go in with a fresh and unbiased mind.

You went about the rest of your night, prepping everything you would need for tomorrow. Settling into bed you pulled the covers up to your chin.

You were ready for tomorrow and whatever it were to bring.

--

It was a beautiful day, the sun shining, the weather warm but not too hot. The walk to the art studio wasn't too far away, the building being within walking distance.

You were giddy with excitement, your anxieties gone about the details of the session. You texted Felix to let him know you would be occupied today and would be over later on. He didn't mind as he apparently had something to do as well.

You approached a chic building, the outer walls appearing old yet charming to fit the town. You opened the door and walked in, met with the scent only an art studio can provide, from the scents of paints to fresh canvases. The scent of coffee drifted in the air as well, as there was a fresh pot that seemed to have been brewed in the corner of the reception area.

You approached the front desk, greeting the worker behind it.

"Hi, my name is y/n, I'm booked for a private session at 10:30?"

The lady looked in a book on the desk, her manicured fingers running down the page to the appointed time. She tapped her fingers on the page, finding your name as expected.

"We have you all set, would you like to pay now?"

You nodded and pulled out your card. She took care of the payment and then smiled.

"Have a seat, someone will be with you shortly to take you to the studio."

"Thank you," you said, walking towards a comfy looking chair in the corner.

You sat down, cradling your bag to your side. The atmosphere was quiet, the occasional sound of chatter meeting your ears. You watched as people walked to and from, their focus on getting to their destination.

Not long after sitting down, a young woman appeared calling your name. You hurriedly grabbed your bag and walked towards her.

"Ready?" she asked with a smile.

"Absolutely," you responded as you followed the lady down the hall.

She stopped at a door, the placard reading studio eight. It was more secluded than the other studios, the room being near the back of the hall. The lady opened the door and stepped in, you following right behind her.

As you crossed the threshold, you took in the surroundings of the room. It wasn't too small but not too big. The walls were covered with sketches and paintings, portraying various body types. Each painting was beautiful, the artist capturing the details of the human body in intricate detail.

There was a ceiling to floor mirror along one wall, the whole room visible in its reflection. In the center of the room, there was a chair next to a series of boxes, linen draped over it to make a makeshift bed. You eyed the stool next to an easel, which you assumed is where you would be sitting.

"So, this is where your session will take place. You have this space for four hours. If you need assistance of any sort, just press this button here and one of the staff members will assist you."

You followed her hand as she pointed to a blue button next to the door. You nodded and faced the lady again, waiting for her to continue.

"You have opted for a nude model for your session correct?"

"Yes, I have," you replied, feeling your cheeks flush at her question.

"They will enter after I leave. If at any point you feel uncomfortable, you can ask them to robe again, they will not mind. I think that's all. Any questions?"

You shook your head no, as everything was pretty straight forward.

"Great! Go ahead and get settled, your model will be in shortly!"

You thanked the lady and walked over to the easel. Setting your bag down, you began to pull out your sketch book and various pencils, setting them up accordingly. You sat on the stool, crossing your legs as you waited for your model to arrive.

It didn't take long until a different door than you came in opened, a person stepping in within the room. It was a flurry of movement as they walked into the room with their head down.

"Sorry, I'm a little late," the person said in a deep voice.

Wait...you knew that voice. Shocked, your head snapped up to look more closely at the person. You couldn't believe it, that person was...

"Y/n?!"

"Felix?!"

Your model was Felix? Your best friend? What the fuck?!

You were confused and shocked. Felix seemed to be as well as he stared at you with his mouth wide open.

You eyed your friend who was prepped in a white robe, the material seeming soft and cozy on his skin. His long hair was in a ponytail, framed away from his face, his numerous freckles on display.

"What are you doing here?" you asked in disbelief.

"I could ask you the same thing," Felix responded as he came closer to you.

"I uh...I signed up for a class to work on my skills since you know..." you said, your voice trailing off at the end.

The atmosphere was tense, neither one of you knowing what to do. You never expected to see your best friend here, especially since he never mentioned he modeled for an art studio...nude at that.

Felix nodded at your response, "I work here as a side gig...make some extra cash you know?"

You nodded, accepting his answer.

"Why did you never tell me you did this?" you inquired, curiosity getting the best of you.

Felix fiddled with the strap of his robe, his gaze anywhere but yours. After a moment he cleared his throat.

"Well, I thought you'd find it weird. I mean I'm naked in front of people and they draw me in the nude. How would I bring that up with you?"

He had a point. That would definitely make for an interesting conversation. Now the question becomes do you go on with the session? Sketch your best friend nude? You could make him keep the robe on.

"Do you...do you still want to proceed with this?" Felix asked, his hands gesturing toward the makeshift bed in the center of the room.

"I'm ok if you are," you said shrugging.

Felix cleared his throat, surprised at your answer. Recovering quickly, he said, "Of course."

You nodded and watched as he padded toward the bed, stopping in front of it for a moment. His hands went to the strap of his robe, his fingers fiddling with the knot before he stopped.

"You ok with sketching me nude?"

"Yes Lix, I've seen you naked before."

You really have and with years of being best friends, it was bound to happen.

Felix nodded before he grasped the strap again, this time untying the knot.

You watched as the knot fell away, the straps now dangling at his side. He brought his hands up, to grab the soft material and slide it off his shoulders. With a flurry of movement, he let the robe fall, the fabric pooling at his feet.

You gasped, your eyes glued to your best friend as he stood in the center of the room, his back to you. Taking the chance, your eyes roamed his back, taking in his muscular frame, down to his lithe waist, which you've always admired. You smirked at seeing his ass wanting to reach out and smack it.

Felix took a deep breath and slowly turned around to face you. You watched with bated breath as he now stood facing you, his eyes on yours.

Your eyes drifted down his torso, eyeing his nipples, the pinkish-brown buds perky in the cold room. You eyed him further down, down, down until you came to his pelvis, a happy trail of hair leading down to his cock.

You subconsciously licked your lips, your eyes glued to his soft cock lying amongst a smattering of hair, his balls hanging nice and delicate. You couldn't help but admire his cock, wondering how it would feel in your hands, how it would feel...

"Earth to y/n! My eyes are up here pervert!" Felix exclaimed while snapping his fingers to get your attention.

You snapped your eyes up to his face, feeling your cheeks flush in embarrassment. You definitely were just checking out your best friend, the feeling in your panties a little more wet than when you came in.

You cleared your throat and gestured toward the bed, "Umm, wanna get started?"

Felix nodded, "How do you want me?"

"You can just lounge on the bed for now."

Felix nodded again and sat on the bed, swinging his legs up to rest on the linens. You walked over to your best friend and stopped in front of him, your hands reached out. You hesitated for a moment, looking into his eyes asking silent permission to touch him.

"Go ahead, position me how you want," Felix chuckled.

You took his hand in yours and draped it across his face, his fingers dangling delicately on the side of his cheeks. You angled his head to look toward where you would be sitting. You looked at his legs, taking a breath before propping one of his legs up.

Once finished, you quickly took a step back, eyeing your work. Satisfied, you sat down on your stool and grabbed your sketch book.

You picked up a pencil and began to sketch, easily getting lost in your work. You looked up at Felix every now and then, to get some details solidified in your head before you translated it onto paper.

It was silent in the room, neither one of you speaking. It was not as awkward as you thought it would be, but rather comforting.

Time passed and you got more of your sketch done, the outline being nearly complete.

Felix was staring at you, watching your hands dance across the page, sketching his frame. He couldn't take his eyes off of you, admiring how you got lost in your work, that not even your best friend posing naked for you can distract you.

He loved how you let out a small smile when you got a detail just right or how you scrunched up your face and bit your lip when something did not seem right.

You were beautiful, that he couldn't deny and you were even more beautiful in this moment, sitting on a stool in an art studio underneath the dim lights.

Felix started to feel warm, despite laying right under the air conditioner, the feeling spreading down his belly and settling at his cock. He could feel the blood slowly fill out his cock, the appendage slightly harder than before, laying haphazardly against his pelvis.

He willed himself to breath, to cool down, not wanting you to see the effect you have on him. He could never live that down. He tried to look everywhere but your face, especially when your head was down. But to no avail, the feeling increased, his cock twitching slightly in response.

You looked up at your friend to get another look at his torso for shading the area on your sketch, but froze at what you saw. Felix seemed to be in turmoil, his breath shaky, his eyes darting everywhere around the room.

Your eyes traveled to his cock, noticing how it seemed to have hardened some since you last took a look at him. You thought you would feel embarrassed, however, you felt quite the opposite.

You lingered on his cock a little longer, a a pleasurable shock traveling down your body and straight to your core. You pressed your thighs together in response, feeling your slick slowly seep into your panties.

You cleared your throat and went back to your sketch, not wanting Felix to catch you staring, not let him know that you were aware he was hard while you sketched him.

Felix was turned on, that was the brunt of it. He tried to stop his reaction to you, but he just couldn't do it. He felt his cock hardened until it stood fully at attention, the tip pressing up against his pelvis.

It was torture laying there, only a few feet away from you, his cock so hard it was starting to hurt. He wanted to touch himself, relieve the ache, and maybe just maybe you could help him out too.

He watched as you lifted your head up once more, gasping at the state of him.

You were in shock, noticing now that Felix's cock was fully hard, the member seeming angry and red at the lack of attention it received. You could see something shiny glistening on the hairs littering his pelvis. You watched as a drop of pre-cum oozed from his tip, the liquid dripping down his shaft until it reached the hairs, getting caught in the thickness.

Looking at Felix's face, you could tell he was miserable, as he breathing was shallow and he was clenching and unclenching his hands. You knew he wanted to touch himself to relieve himself of the ache he was feeling.

"Felix?" you questioned, your eyes reaching his. "Do you wanna touch yourself?"

Felix's eyes widened at the question, disbelief written on his face.

"I'm..I'm sorry y/n, I just couldn't help it," he stuttered, lowering his eyes in embarrassment.

"It's ok," you responded with a smile. "You can touch yourself, make yourself feel good. I'll continue to sketch."

Felix stared at you for a moment more before he took his other hand that was at his side and placed it on his chest.

You watched as he gripped his aching cock and gave it a squeeze as he moaned lowly. He shifted his hand upwards, his thumb pressing on his slit before gathering up some of the leaking pre-cum.

He began to stroke his cock, steady but slowly, his fist reaching the base just to travel back up and circle around the head. Felix kept eye contact with you, your sketching forgotten, as you took to watching your best friend pleasure himself.

He increased the speed of his wrist movement, wet sounds from the aid of his precum filling the room. With each moan he let out, you felt your pussy clench over nothing. You were soaking wet, your panties stuck to your skin by now, your clit throbbing to be touched.

"Y/n," Felix said, his voice raspy as he continued to stroke his cock. "Can you touch yourself? Pleasure yourself for me?"

You looked into Felix's pleading eyes, watching as he licked his lips and swallowed. You didn't give a moments thought at your friend's request, instead ridding yourself of your leggings.

You stood before Felix, your fingers going to the band of your panties. You watched Felix's eyes drag to the piece of cloth, his eyes widening at the wet patch present on your panties, the material sticking to your skin, leaving nothing to the imagination as the outline of your lips could be seen.

You slowly slid your panties down your legs and set them aside. Felix let out a groan at the sight of your pussy, his cock twitching in his hand.

You sat back down on the stool and spread your legs, your wet folds separating to show him your entrance. He kept his eyes glued to your pussy as you brought a finger to your clit, flicking the bud and the rubbing it gently.

You sighed out as you dipped a finger lower into your hole, gathering your slick that was pooling there before bringing it back to your clit. You circled it gently, applying the slightest pressure, a jolt of pleasure causing your pussy to clench.

Time passed as you both sat there, eyes on each other as you pleasured yourself, the room filled with wet sounds and the mix of both of your moans.

You matched Felix's pace as he stroked his cock, harder and faster, his hips bucking up into his hands. You let out a whimper as you felt the tightening within your belly, the coil tightening, filling your core with warmth.

"Felix, m'close," you moaned as your fingers slipped and slid around your clit, your pussy getting wetter by the minute.

"Yeah? Cum for me? Will you cum for me like a good girl?" Felix cooed. "I'm close too, fuck."

Your breathing increased as the coil expanded in your belly, the feeling getting larger and larger until you tipped over the edge, your walls spasming, clenching down rhythmically as you rode out your high.

You didn't stop rubbing your clit, watching as Felix let out a groan as he bucked his hips, spurts of cum landing on his belly creating a painting with its pearly white sheen.

You pulled your hand away, the feeling of overstimulation settling in. You looked at your best friend, both of you breathing hard as you came down from your highs.

You chuckled as you noticed Felix was pretty much in the same position you put him in, his resolve at staying true to his role admirable.

"You um...you can keep sketching if you'd like," Felix said, his voice soft with uncertainty.

"We literally just got off together and you want me to continue sketching?" you asked incredulously as you cocked your eyebrow.

Felix cleared his throat, his body slighly shifting on the makeshift bed causing his softened cock to jiggle.

"Well...yeah, you paid and all..."

You stared at your best friend in disbelief. You hated that he had a point, you did pay a pretty sum to be here today. But here you were, nude from the waist down, your nether region a mess. You sighed and picked up your pencil, moving your hand to start sketching again.

There was silence once more as you got into the zone, focusing on shading in your sketch. You began to hum to yourself, adjusting yourself sligthly on the stool.

Felix returned to staring at you, watching you get lost in your work. He tried not to remember that you were naked waist down, your pussy seconds away from being on display if you decided to open your legs.

The thought caused arousal to seep through his body once more. He cursed silently as he felt his cock twitch. Why does he have to be turned on by you? He's never had this reaction before for any other client.

Maybe it was because they were strangers, people he didn't know, while you were his best friend, his life line.

He couldn't help it as his thoughts wandered, wondering how you would feel wrapped around him. He wondered how you would sound as he pounded into you, making you feel better than any of your little flings ever could.

He peeked down to look at his lower half as he silently groaned noticing his cock was fully hardened, resting against his belly once more.

You looked up to gather reference and noticed Felix's cock was hard, more of his precum leaking out and onto his belly. You squeezed your thighs together at the sight as your tongue darted out and licked your lips.

"Fuck this," you said, tossing your sketch book to the side.

You stood up and walked towards Felix, lifting your shirt up and over your head in the process. You unclasped your bra and let it fall to the floor, your tits spilling out and on view for your friend.

Felix scrambled up quickly and grabbed you by the arm, pulling you toward him until you stood right in front of his face. He grasped your waist and smashed his lips to yours, letting out a moan as your lips moved with his.

Your hand reached down to grasp his cock, giving it a squeeze. Felix moaned against your lips, his fingers digging into the flesh of your hips.

"Can I fuck you y/n?" Felix asked with hope in his eyes.

You've both come this far, why stop now you thought.

"Sure," you agreed as more arousal gushed out of your pussy and onto your thighs at the thought of his cock filling you up.

Felix helped maneuver you onto the makeshift bed as he hovered above you. He spread your legs and pushed them upwards, giving him a clear view of your wet pussy, your slick coating your folds and dripping down your ass.

He brought his thumb down to press against your swollen clit that was peeking through your folds. You let out a whine at the sensation, your pussy clenching around nothing.

"I've waited for this moment for a long time y/n," Felix said, his eyes lifting up to your face.

"Me too," you confessed, your heart swelling at the thought that you both have liked each other probably for years.

He really was your person, your everything, and you would love nothing more than to give yourself fully to him.

Felix smiled down at you before swiping his finger over your clit again, watching as you wiggled your hips at his touch.

"I'm gonna give you my cock now," he grunted, grasping the appendage at the base.

He rubbed his cock through your folds, collecting your slick before pressing against your entrance, his eyes glued to how his head disappeared within your hole.

You mewled as he withdrew his cock just to press into your entrance again as he fucked you with just the tip.

"Felix, please," you whimpered, holding your legs open even more.

"Want my cock hm?" Felix asked, his eyes on yours. He watched as your mouth hung open, soft moans falling out as he teased you, spreading your folds open with just his head.

He was faring no better as he felt a shutter run through him, every time he sunk his tip within your warmth.

"Fuck me," you commanded, your eyes snapping open and staring Felix down.

You reached for his cock, your hand wrapping around the shaft. You wiggled your hips attempting to take more of his cock, ignoring how Felix was laughing at you.

"Ok, ok, don't get your panties in a twist," Felix chuckled. "Oh wait, you lost those hours ago, so desperate for my cock y/n."

Without any other warning, he slammed his hips into yours with a groan, sinking his length within your walls until bottomed out.

"Fuck, so warm and tight," he grunted as he began to thrust his hips into yours, withdrawing his cock just until he was all the way out and pushing back in.

You pussy clenched around him, the feeling of his cock stretching you out causing waves of pleasure to settle in your pelvis.

Felix grasped your legs, pushing them further to your chest as he pummeled his hips to yours, his heavy balls slapping against your ass with each thrust. He couldn't believe how tight you were, how your walls molded around his cock perfectly, like you were made for him.

His moans mingled with yours, as you both chased your highs. Felix licked his fingers and brought them back down to your clit, the digits slipping and sliding along the nub, causing shocks of pleasure to wreck your frame.

"Shit, I'm close, gonna cum. Can I come inside?" Felix panted, his thrusts becoming more erratic.

"Please, need your cum!" you whimpered as your pussy contracted at the thought of his cum within you.

Felix slammed his hips into yours once more before stilling, ropes of his cum flooding your walls.

"That's it, take my cum," Felix cooed as he continued to finger your clit.

You let out a loud moan as you came, your arousal seeping out of your pussy, coating Felix's cock as he thrusted his hips into yours a few more times to help you ride out your high.

Felix peered down at you, his eyes searching yours as you panted, your hands running down your body. He slowly withdrew his softening cock, his eyes glued to how his cum leaked out of your pussy, a smile gracing his face.

He leaned down to press a kiss on your lips once more as he whispered "I love you."

You carded your fingers through his hair, eagerly returning the kiss.

"And I love you Felix," you cooed.

You both laid there a little longer, exchanging soft kisses, neither one of you in a rush to move.

After a while, Felix perked up, mischief in his eyes.

"Wanna keep sketching? You still have another hour."

You smirked at the suggestion, knowing exactly where it will lead, and that was definitely ok with you.

"Sure thing, let's go for another round," you teased with a grin.

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[thanaticas]

hiii to keep things pretty low-stress & consistent i'm opening up portrait/headshot commissions for now, i mostly like to draw ocs/ttrpg or video game characters, but i will do some fanarts on a case by case basis, just ask. :-) commissions are my only income right now & i appreciate all support and boosts, ty <3

no set amount of slots rn i'll just close up when i feel like i've got enough to work through, will keep my description updated so just watch out for that!

contact me here on tumblr (or discord if you have mine/you can ask for my discord if need be) or via email: thanaticacommissions@hotmail.com

further info/rules under the cut:

$50 usd payment due after a sketch is approved, either via paypal invoice or through ko-fi, just let me know whichever works for you.

extra charge for characters without reference - i'm happy to work off descriptions etc but it'll cost extra for the effort & additional check-ins.

only 1 character per portrait, not doing any kind of group or ship art at this time, no discounts for multiple portraits in a single order.

nothing extremely suggestive or ns-fw, but blood/body horror/gore etc is absolutely welcome; fanart depends on what media it's for as i may reject things i particularly dislike lol sorry but it doesn't hurt to ask :-)

human/oid only, no animals or furry/anthro, no robot/mech designs

backgrounds are kept simple unless you want to work out something more complex for additional charge

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[wings-of-ink]

Hello, my friends!

Just wanted to pop in with some info and updates.

*The "Cursed Birthday" won the 2k follower celebration poll. Sorry dads! I don't have an ETA for that just yet. I may write it here and there until the end of the year as the motivation strikes. I think the easiest way to tell the tale would be from Oswin's POV or even a shifting POV between him and Da (Kip). I'll decide for sure once I begin to write it. Also playing with the idea of doing this in Twine to make it playable. That way you could put your MC's specifics in for maximum emotional damage.

*I will still write things about the dads though, so all my Papa and Da fans out there won't be left in the dark forever.

*I will be "patching" Chapter 5 in the near future. I redid Zahn's scene (again) which gave me such a headache on release day. I formatted the beginnings in a much more streamlined way and fixed some bugs. When I have more time to sit and go through error reports, and make more corrections to typos, grammar, and code - then I will put the patch through.

*All chapters will be getting a scrub for issues in the text in the coming months. I will do my best to find them, but self-editing is very difficult (there's good reason that professional editors exist). In the future, I may need to ask for testers/editors.

*ASKS will be changing a bit. I do not know the full extent of how because it's a trial by fire. The rules will be updated as I come across things. But, here's why:

Spoiler prevention - as much as it is possible, I want to limit spoiling content for both new and existing readers. Not just for the plot points that are developing, but also for our mystery suitor who will have a lot of unraveling in the coming chapters. I will probably make a specific tag for answers that may contain spoilers, but some of the issue is the information in the Ask itself, which I can't hide. I may opt to compile these in a big post like once a month or so. This way, if anyone does not want to see anything spoilery, it's easier to avoid.

Time management - reaction asks specifically will remain limited and they will honestly have to be a lower priority depending on the condition of my inbox. I am very sorry for this, but these can take an inordinate amount of time. I write this IF in my downtime from work and personal life, and I also use those moments to manage Tumblr. I need to balance those so I can work toward releasing more of the IF.

Patreon - I still plan to give Patreon a go probably starting January. This will help me fund things for the game, such as art, and help me justify spending even more of my time writing chapters and extras. But like everything else, I will need to allot time to work on these things.

Personal Development - I'm taking a coding class! I can work on it at my leisure and it won't take a ton of time during the week, but it will take me out of my Tumblr time a little bit I think. Fingies crossed, I will learn a lot that will help me code a better game for you!

*Inbox - I have several Asks awaiting responses about chapter 5. As noted above, I am holding these due to spoilers to give readers a chance to catch up. (I may opt to compile these in one large post.)

Anyway, that's all for now (it's at least all I currently remember, lol).

Take care, all!

~Lunan ^_^

[glitterliver07]

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ABILITIES

I apologize if anything seems unbalanced. I don't do these types of things often if at all, and if there are any suggestions please leave them in the comments or rbs!

A more tanky (150 HP, 200 SHIELD), ranged Phighter who can specialize. Able to dish out gradual damage that starts out as small, but quickly becomes heavy.

Gameplay wise she'd kind of be like using one of the heavier splatlings in splatoon? Which is kinda what she's based off of (if you don't know how the splatlings in splatoon work is you basically hold the fire button to charge them n stuff, the more you charge the longer and faster theyll fire for basically). ill elaborate more in a bit lol

Good range and firepower along with (decent) health, but has reduced mobility. Could work well on point based game modes like escort and conquer?

PASSIVE

I don't have names for some of these things. you will have to bear with me.

With every successful elimination (assists don't count, only elim), Confetti will gain extra charge for her M1. It can stack, but resets after 3 eliminations. This extra charge does not save when she stops firing.

M1 / PRIMARY 'CONFETTI BARRAGE'

Hold M1 to charge, the longer it charges for, the more it is charged, the longer the firing will go on for, and the longer it will become. Letting go of M1 will release the charge. While firing, slow and bound will be applied.

Long windup depending on how much you wanna go for. Best to use it if its on point or in a good spot.

M2 / SECONDARY 'JOY BURST'

Cooldown // 8 seconds

Can be done mid-fire or once charged enough, all charge will be emptied out at once, basically a whole burst of damage to whoever was unlucky enough to be in front. The amount of charge that was there or was remaining dictates how far this burst will go and how much damage it is.

basically just let it go all at once.

Q ABILITY '

Cooldown // 9 seconds

Halt your fire and save the charge that is left/been so far acquired. Become less slow than you would while firing, but isn't exactly the standard speed that is had when not firing.

E ABILITY

Cooldown // 5 seconds

Using a little bit of firepower, swing the Gatling gun into an enemy. Landing the hit will land a stun. There's really not much to say about this one besides the fact it does have a wind up.

PHINISHER // NON-STOPPING

"Coming through!"

Charge up for less time than usual and come in firing. Range is higher, and kind of fires in the same way as the actual confetti cannon gear does, kind of in a spray like pattern but it's rapid and constant. Gains a speed boost, able to move freely during firing.

Again, i don't write abilities that much stuff like this, so if theres anything that can be improved, please be nice about it and leave it in the reblogs or comments if you like.

Alright silly little info about her lol

For older enjoyers of my blog, it was known confetti used to have a baker occupation. This was because I knew the gear from Bake a Cake, but after finding out sling was already a baker I changed Confetti's profession to a bartender.

It kind of fits her better. Confetti's a very relaxed and playful individual, but can quickly give attitude if needed, while still remaining cheerful.

Imagine if she was the bartender for when Hyperlaser and Katana go drinking LMAOO

I can see her work uniform being a skin for her if she was a phighter. thatd be really funny.

Coming from Playground, Confetti knows how to defend herself. A thing with her, she prefers to stay in Crossroads. She used to have the bar in Playground, but due to the violence within she decided it ultimately wasn't the best idea if she wanted to pursue the career and decided to move her bar to Crossroads. She thinks it been easier.

From this point below the cut, I'm just going to ramble about confetti. confetti means a lot as an oc to me, as silly as it sounds.

Confetti was my very first phighting oc (i think), and made when I was just barely learning of the game and it's community, lore and mechanics. Confetti was made during the last days of my junior year of highschool, before senior year. I've nearly had little old fetti for a year, and she's been awesome to have as silly as it sounds. She kind of marks the time when I joined a fandom that genuinely left as much of an impact on me, almost as much as ULTRAKILL did. Hell, Phighting overthrew my ULTRAKILL obsession which I definitely wasn't expecting. and honestly I'm glad. It's inspired me a lot.

And confetti. confetti made me want to create more fandom ocs which I hadn't much as I had stopped after some point. But once I made confetti, she gave me a little push to have fun. I'm happy with that.

And again, as silly as it sounds for a phighting oc of all things to make me this happy, it did.

and some silly fetti doodles for your amusement!

[explodingchantry]

hi sorry to come into your inbox for this but i just need. to gripe. every new bit of info we get about the new DA game is making me more and more preemptively tired lol. mostly the way it's looking like eeevery bit of lore that's been revealed has something to do with such and such book. or this comic over here. or this podcast from two years ago. or THIS podcast that is happening now that's a ~discord exclusive~. or this youtube series. or this random VA talk show. etc etc ad nauseam. i am so tired of videogames coming with HOMEWORK you're expected to do just to know what's going on

Please never apologise for sending messages!!

I think its honestly REALLY funny how bioware just doesn't know what it wants. On one hand they say that the new game is fine for newcomers, the way they did for dai, and use this as an excuse for how dumbed down some of the writing is - but then in the other hand the majority of the characters and plot beats have origins hidden behind pay walls.

It was already bad enough when, to understand each game properly you had to have paid for the previous one's dlc (want to know anders' past as a warden? Buy awakening! Want to know wtf is up with Morrigan and the eluvians? Buy witch hunt! Want to know who tf corypheus is and what hawke and varric even have to do with him? Buy legacy! Want to understand ANYTHING about veilguard? Play the descent AND trespasser, our epilogue that we hid behind a paywall!!!!!) and you know at least the dlcs were pretty good on their own so I could forgive it a little bit.

But there's so much extra media now omg I haven't touched a single one of the comics because I'm not rly into American comics, I've read almost all the books and some of them are genuinely fucking mid. And at least back in the day the books were more... Bonuses? You DONT need to read the stolen throne to understand anything on the games, but it's INTERESTING. it explores characters you mightve been curious about. I love that ! Or the last flight is really interesting, just, to see how the 4th blight was beaten, to get to know those legendary heroes, and know why griffons went extinct. A bit annoying because you do need to read it to also understand how the hell they're coming back - but it still feels a bit more like a bonus than a necessity.

But then we have asunder, which also in general just kinda sucks as a book, that is really really needed to understand the mage rebellion, Fiona, Cole, and the cure for tranquility. The characters will explain a lot of those things to you in game, but it leaves you with the certain feeling that you're missing something. It's a huge advertisement for asunder.

Similarly wicked eyes and wicked hearts is hollow if you haven't read the masked empire which is also my least favorite book because it's so damn fucking boring I literally never managed to finish it, but it's mostly because I hate Trick Weekes' writing lmfao. Gaider was wildly misogynistic but my god at least he was entertaining as a writer whenever he didn't butcher female characters.

That's two major plot beats in inquisition that require reading one of the books. And ofc it's major villain and another major plot beat that require having played the previous game's dlc to properly understand.

And since then we've had so much more. I don't know. It's just complicated because I *like* book characters showing up and the books having importance in the sense that, I like reading and I'm a lore nerd lol. But I think there's a lot of frustration to be had as to the sheer quantity of extra media you need to consume if you want to be invested in the story. Because you could say "well just don't buy them then" but I LIKE dragon age, it's story, and plot, but omg some of the books and comics are also so hard to find and so EXPENSIVE. I think tevinter nights costs like 20£ if you want it on paperback rather than Kindle, and don't get me started on the dozens of comics.

At least the podcasts and discord only content isn't nearly as offensive, imo, because they're free. But also there's another issue with all of this extra content - it's that it doesn't get fucking translated. Not often, anyway. Not in as many languages as the games do. That means there are many, many many many players and fans who are just not allowed to learn more about their favorite game series because they don't speak English, because theyre not rich enough to buy 10 books and 20 comics. It feels a bit wrong

[theharmonious13]

297 - Night Service for Insomniacs

Y'know what? I'm vibing with the idea of Yanagi providing service for Monomoko, underrated duo all of a sudden

Monomoko finding Yanagi strange makes sense lol

I love Monomoko using any pronouns, makes me feel better for referring to them as a they rather than she/her like the rest of the fandom

Trying to win Monomoko's favour this way was almost a 4D chess move

I like the way Yanagi says 'indeed' in this episode

"Are you trapped?" Omg that actually struck a cord with Monomoko, silence if deafening yooooooo

298 - Crisis Report

Monomoko has sympathy now aaaaaaaaa

Not being able to teleport out of the killing game/science place definitely is a telltale sign of being trapped...

Dr Kan better not find out or I will cry

"You're like me, we're like them." Monomoko pop off

299 - Extreme Measures

Where are they?

OMG HE'S HONOURING KAMIMURA BY CLEANING THE CRIME SCENE

Hasegawa sounds so done with life

Ojima you're so sweet but one moment too late, everyone had SO much time to attempt cleaning crew version 2 😭

Ken is asking ALOT of good questions, it's all just really unfortunate timing

300 - Extra Credit

Class Time, Yooooooo

Can Wada rejoin the student council now that Okazaki is gone? If not Wada will be the peak student... if he doesn't fall asleep in class haha

Watari and the 100 Pencils ✨ - would make for an awesome story lmao

"Yes. Shut Up." I need that Hama line for the soundboard I don't have 😂♥️

I should've known the lesson wouldn't be something traditional, Yokai is very neat and up Hama's alley

Anyways did somebody say YOKAI WATCH-

I just realised this episode will mostly be Hama info dumping, between him and Hasegawa (not in canon) talking nonstop I'm having a great time listening to Tetro all of a sudden (I love both of their voices A HECK TON, they're both unique to me and pleasing to listen to in a way I can't describe/understand)

"But honestly, I kinda think we oughta beat the shit out of them anyway" Hama what happened to your moral compass bro? 😭😂

Poison the river LOL

We're getting the vice versa scene now that Watari got scolded for stealing pencils, Watari scolding Hama for thinking about poisoning the Kappa river 😂

Bro if I were in the cast I'd go to everything I was invited to as well, maybe that's why I got Wada on the personality quiz

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"We even have a teacher" Watari

"Hi" Hama

God to think these two used to be lower in my ranks 😂😂😂

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The Watari begging begins <3

Wada is traumatised by Okazaki... poor baby :/

It's kinda good no other students showed up to class so Hama and Watari could talk to Wada/let him be vulnerable without judgement

Bro this is making me remember when I used to have crying breakdowns in high school/work to do with grief I NEED TO STOP RELATING TO WADA SO BAD

301 - 73.4

Poor Wada... he sounds really rundown

Eating issues are somewhat relatable to me... this episode hits hard despite not being able to relates to Wada's exact situation

Tsuno's death is that impactful... I'm thankful Yanagi apologised to Wada before mentioning her to make a point

I can't even imagine hating food... this is rough

Does the number 73.4 relate to anything specific? I tried a quick google and couldn't find anything relevant

"I want Tsuno to be proud of me." WADA STOP BEING RELATABLE TO ME GDI

Student Spotlight: Watari Nishino

Damn the sass war has already begun 5 seconds into Watari entering the room LOL

I love how easily Watari gets bored

THE EDITING OF WATARI'S SPRITE MOVING AROUND 😂

I love her cackle, she's learning theatrics from Okazaki haha

Love Watari answering Monomoko like she'a in a courtroom lol

Watari knows about the pizza question omg lmao

"I'm fine" Watari don't lie to yourself 😭

She can't even say Okazaki's name... oh the pain, this voice acting is so cruel

I love her attitude of wanting to have someone she can have fun with, and not be thinking paranoidly about the killing game 24/7

Oh my god she blames herself from splitting up from Harada and then not stopping Okazaki's madness somehow... this interviews going to be rough I'm only a fifth of the way through

WHO ASKED THE MARRIAGE QUESTION WHAT?

Guys I'm screenshotting everything Watari says about Mai I love this rarepair so much

I love/find Watari's unintentional commentary about stereotypical gender roles and how she personally would navigate them interesting, idk it itches a weird part of my brain in a good way

I now wonder how many siblings Watari has, until now I had just assumed there were two only, the brother that Watari mentioned pushing into the pool for fun and the sister who whines about Watari using her computer during her introduction video

Poor Watari is so overworked...

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I'm writing Sibling notes here for me:

Seita - Oldest Brother

Nagisa - Younger Sister

Oto and Kai - Younger Toddlers

Unborn Baby

Watari really is being a caregiver/mother jeez...

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The one change question was answered so quickly with being an only child... man I feel bad Watari's childhood was taken away from her too early

Omg if Wada can be apart of Ojima's family please let Watari be apart of Hama's

Really high expectations from her family too? Oh my lord this lore drop keeps getting worse and worse

There was the Tsuno pamper day in canon, we need that for Watari OR myself/the fandom needs to make fanart of Watari going on that life of an average teenage girl package that she's always dreamed of pursuing (going on phone in bed, going to the mall/hanging out with friends, painting nails)

Watari gets to ship people? Yayyyyyyy

Know I'm also screenshotting every single thing Watari says about the romance question

Bro she's accidentally alluding to TSUNO, TSUNO COULD'VE BROUGHT OUT HAMA'S SWEETER SIDE WE WERE SO ROBBED IN CANON

Wait she's trying to set Hama up? LOL

"Hayashi is taken in my heart." Slay queen 😭♥️

Hama x Mai being a bromance sends me lmao

Hiroaki has a major boy crush on Hama? 👀

Watari a Wama shipper, no wonder Von was gunning for requests of them hard this week lmao

Hasegawa x Kamimura in every sense of the word, thanks Watari lol

Hiroaki x Ojima, or Hiroaki x Yanagi - man she's wasting no time with speculating on sexualities lmao

"Tamba will get cooties if she dates a boy" LOL

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Watari pitches her romantic crush fanfic

Monomoko: What?

Absolutely sent me 😂😂😂

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The thinking about murdering question was a really good one for literally any student, thank you so much to whoever submitted that one

She understands Sasaki's reason for killing, we stan two queens

OOOOOO WHOEVER ASKED THE FOX REINCARNATION IS EVIL AND I LOVE IT

Aww Watari... such complex feelings about Okazaki

This whole episode was an emotional rollercoaster, I'm extremely grateful that Watari got 1) An interview and 2) The literal best time for her to be interviewed

302 - Bruise

SHE WAS TEN WHEN SHE GOT KIDNAPPED!?

THAT WAS SO LUCKY THAT THE ESCAPE TIMING LINED UP, HOW DID SHE SURVIVE?

Ojima looking up to Mai just like me fr

"I didn't want my whole life to be about what he did." ...I need to plaster this quote on my wall holy shit Tetro and so many of its characters are deeply relatable/inspiring to me...

UNCLE!? THREE!? OJIMA HONEY COME HERE AND GET A MILLION HUGS WTF

Not being believed was also incredibly fucked

HE'S ONLY BEEN A YEAR FREE???

Not feeling like you belong in your body is something I occasionally relate to... gdi Tetro

I think this has become one of my absolute favourite episodes

303 - Oyasumi

(The Title is) Like Wada's outfit! Goodnight everyone! (jk jk)

Guys I'm gonna say what all the YouTube comments are saying inhales IS THAT CHIBA'S BOOK!? It's a perfect metaphor for her life before and during the killing game

Also obligatory I love Hama's voice to an unhealthy degree and celebrate whenever he gets to talk alot mention

Okay it mentions climbing it HAS to be the book there's literally no way it isn't, suppose it doesn't take a genius to figure that one out though, hah

NOOOOOOOOOOOO I WANT TO HEAR THE END OF THE STORY

Block off the dining room? Can't you take Wada back to his? Or yours? You're strong Hama lol

Also my head canon is that Wada fell asleep in Hama's lap for shipping purposes

304 - Communication Attempt

Lord I'm not ready for this (I'm assuming it'll go badly), I'm writing this comment before I see how long the video is

Quite short... see how we go

Wait omg Yanagi was literally overthinking it, Mai just wanted him not to be a self sacrificing idiot

It's mainly a dynamic struggle to do with independence and emotional attachment styles (even platonically) in a way... I find it very relatable and I love it

Mai softly apologising to Yanagi too ♥️

Hayashigeki jinxing it with "I want to go home" and "We'll make it" 😩

I love how satisfying the pay off of this episode is

I'm a sucker for self inserting, but I often reference irl how I'm a duality of things, I'm cold but I'm kind for example... I love how we see emotion vs logic between quite often between the two of them all the time

I've been relating to Tetro way too much since it started I really love the serious episodes and can't stress that enough

Please I'm begging you let them go on the Azumino trip together

"I'm glad you're hear" MAIIIIIIIIII (I love moments like that also ship is shipping we are so back)

305 - Refuge Post Mortem

KAMIMURA DRAWS!? God he's already my favourite character but this update makes me happy

Hasegawa amused at their height dynamic aww 🥺

Hasegawa having this moment to talk about Kamimura in this context (after his passing) is so heart wrenching to me, especially to Hama who is now learning about Kamimura after he was gone

Hasegawa being proud of Kamimura 🥺😭

The malice and begrudgement in his voice when talking about Okazaki... I absolutely love it

Ken has actual depression now, stop being so relatable king 😩

306 - Corrective Approach

Can we kill Dr Kan somehow? Lol

I don't want Monomoko to die 😩

So did Monomoko get to leave or not? Lmao

[slowdrippingnoise]

Hi from a fellow foreteller/MoM degenerate cult insanity fan, can you ramble about them bc i wanna hear it your posts have allured me LMAO

Hi! thank you! :D tbh I feel inadequate because my insanity these days is pretty MoM-centric, to the detriment of my ability to remember anything else. I latch on to one character at a time and don't let go lol. horrible little bastard with cult leader tendencies and an escapism fixation. <3

I did start with a Luxu fixation though… you know the whole "Xigbar is Luxu!" "Cool! Who the hell is Luxu?" experience at the end of kh3. then I got hooked on the "oh that is absolutely awful for you" of it all. I'll skip ahead of myself and say I love the way the theme of posession/corruption concentrates around him- the MoM's hatred for(/dynamic with?) Darkness pushing him to corrupt his apprentices, which Luxu carries on to "corrupt"/replace his vessels, while he's supposed to be holding a Darkness inside himself or at least luring one in,, parasites making parasites making parasites. very nasty I love it. as usual, surprisingly dark for silly kids games lmao (I say "silly kids games" with great affection. I'm a silly kids games person) (I keep leaving out Xehanort, he's a very important part of this chain too. I still need to watch DR/refresh my memory of the main series in general. MoM get a job stay away from him!)

I'm a big fan of like. idk. overbearing intimacy. and the MoM and Luxu have that. he kinda rides the line with Ava, he puts a lot on her but that is what the foretellers are there for. (different brands of parentification lmao) it's a very cult leader-y thing- grand designs and a life-or-death struggle for the fate of life itself! but when you zoom in, it's extremely driven by this one guy's own personal damage and whims and emotional needs, to hell with everyone else. I like the way his chessmaster archetype is made more out of creating a couple clever "cheats" for himself, then just lying a lot and surrounding himself with impressionable young people who he can push around easily, again very culty. fr he makes me want to try to learn more about Heaven's Gate, I never absorbed much info about them but I feel like he's somewhere between that and a Jonestown situation. "the world is broken and evil so I need to rapture all of us", yknow. but it's half control and half self-preservation.

the fact that I like to ramp up the cult stuff probably does take me farther away from where canon's going though lmao. like it's not quite this heavy fr I just enjoy this part.

I guess I do post most of what I think about, so I don't have too much to say? any future thoughts you'll probably see though I love talking about this :)

the ~possibilities~ of kh4 live in my head rent free. I need to see Luxu and the MoM interacting I need to see our good buddy Xigbar acting genuinely uncomfortable and adolescent now that the timeline of his life is collapsing in on itself. the snake has found its own tail and is chewing it like crazy. I need to see Ava where tf is Ava what has she been up to. I wanna see Sora and Streli hanging out. training together maybe (party member Streli??) I wanna see Sora tell the MoM his plan is nuts.

extra material- MoM personality moodboard: clay puppington philip whittebane ghetsis pokemon cyrus pokemon enrico pucci L ron hubbard jim jones the pale king lusamine pokemon marika eldenring walt disney. he's so many

[fernsnailz]

also if it's not bothering i'd like to ask you if you have any tips on how to make a zine/fanzine? i've been wanting to for a while but i am unsure how to and it feels kind of intimidating

yeah no worries! the good news is that personal zines are pretty easy to make because you can put basically anything into one and make it any length/size you want. they also come in a lot of different forms - you can make one that's just a digital pdf, post some loose pngs online, draw it out on some sheets of paper that you staple or fold together, have it printed at a professional printing service, or create an entirely new method that works for the zine you're making. it's up to you and depends on what resources you have or what zine you want to make - which is always the first step! start with an idea or general theme you want to make your zine about, which can be quite literally anything. is it a fanzine about some characters you like? a personal comic? a various collection of your art, writing, or other creations? again, can be literally anything.

i can help most with digital zines because that's what i've made and participated in so far. really the biggest hurdle with any zine is just making the stuff that goes in it - i was very ambitious to make dance in fire over 30 pages, especially since it was my first solo zine. i say start small, zines can be as few as four pages if you want. if you do want to make a longer zine, something i did that i highly recommend is finding old sketches or unfinished/unposted art that you can use as a starting point for some pages. or just keep them in an unfinished state! sketch pages are always a welcome addition imo.

another thing i recommend if you're making a long zine (though is entirely optional) is keeping a tracker with the pages you want to make or have already been completed. this is part of what my tracker spreadsheet looked like for dance in fire - just a way for me to log when things are done, what things needed to be changed, any info i wanted to keep written down. this was a HUGE help for me personally since i was dealing with a lot of pages of just. stuff.

with digital zines, you don't necessarily have to make every page the same size, but i suggest sticking to one page size to keep everything cohesive. for dance in fire, every page is about 7x10in (with a little bit extra added for print bleed). once everything is done, there's a couple of different ways to combine everything into one pdf. sometimes you can export multiple canvases as a single pdf depending on the drawing program you're using - my version of clip studio can't do that, so i uploaded 37 individual pngs of the pages to an online pdf converter and just downloaded that lmao

last thing to figure out is where to host your zine - if you have a pdf, there's a few online file hosting platforms you can share them on. i used itch.io which is mostly for indie games and creators, some other people i know use github. these are good places to host your zine if you want to sell it, but you can probably also do that on ko-fi or patreon if you wanted? idk i don't have experience with those

that's all i got for now! there's some tricky stuff to figure out if you're printing a digital zine, but i'm still in the process of figuring that out myself so that might have to be a guide for another time lol

[obsoleteozymandias]

hello!! i'd like to request a twisted wonderland matchup if ur still doing them! if not that's totally cool :) feel free to ignore this!!

here's my info!!

i use any pronouns and i'm aroace irl, but i still like fictional characters LOL. my mbti is intp, and my "big three" zodiacs are pisces sun, aries moon, and sagittarius rising.

personality: for how i'd describe myself, i'd definitely say i try my best to be optimistic about things. whenever i ask people if my personality is the sun or the moon, they usually say i'm the sun LOL. i've been told that i have a relaxing voice and that i have a comforting presence. from my perspective, i'm decently quiet and shy and i get pretty nervous talking to new people irl, but once the conversation gets going, i can talk to anyone just fine. i tend to be agreeable, and i think i'm pretty easy to talk to. my friends say i'm a sweet person , but that i also seem to get lost in my thoughts a lot or daydream often. i've also been told by many people that i'm pretty funny, and my humor tends to rely on a mix of my vocabulary and the latest trends. i'm playful and silly by nature, often teasing my friends and goofing around, but i'm also capable of providing genuine advice and comfort to people if they need me to. i like a lot of playful banter in my life. i've also been told that i'm trustworthy and reliable whenever i work with other people. additionally, i'm more detail-oriented, mainly because i like to go in-depth and consider things with logic if i can. but, at the same time, i can be a bit impatient and impulsive if i really want something, but not so much that i do anything too reckless, if that makes sense LOL.

likes: psychology (so much so that i want to pursue a career in it), astrology, history, playing video games (mainly roblox, cookie run kingdom, the persona series, and twst), sweet stuff and candy, watching the sunrise, sleeping / taking naps, cats, listening to music

dislikes: bugs (i'm terrified of them ☹️ just the thought of touching them makes me shudder with fear), dirty rooms, injustice, canned green beans (i gagged last time i ate them 😭), singing in front of other people, dancing (only bcuz i'm really bad at it and it's embarrassing, LOL), overly arrogant people or people who think they're "above" me

hobbies: i spend a lot of my free time on my phone and in my room. i don't go to new places often, but i love to play games with my friends and chat on the phone. occasionally, i'll try out a new makeup look that i find online since i'm somewhat into beauty stuff. i usually spend a couple hours a day on tiktok (my attention span is cooked 🙁), but lately i've been trying to get back into drawing or painting!! i want to utilize a bit more of my creativity instead of just sitting around all day LOL. additionally, i'm a bit of a clean freak, so if a room in my house is getting a bit dusty, i'll dedicate a few hours to cleaning it up and reorganizing.

extra: im super sorry if this ended up being rlly long 😭 tysm for ur time!!

Extra info means extra points to write about no need to apologize!

== Twisted Wonderland ==>

I match you up with…

Rook Hunt

Pre-relationship:

Rook sees your inner beauty, as he does with most people, right away. The instant he meets you he’s going on about how lovely you look, and how your shyness hides away a vivid personality. 

How does he know these things? Pure instinct. But it’s a refined and usually correct instinct, so make of that what you will. 

He flutters around you day in and day out, asking you questions and testing you reactions to anything and everything. He’s a bit overwhelming at first, but once you really get to know him, he’s a reliable friend and always there to pick you up when you’re feeling down. 

He’s also taken by your interest in psychology. He himself is very observant and notices quite a lot about others that they don’t even know, and so the study of how the mind works fasniates him. If you tell him a factoid or two about psychology, and how you think it applies to one of your classmates or peers, he’ll be thrilled and praise you for your intelligence. 

Once you get close, he’ll often bring out the playful and silly side of you, absolutely taken with your smile and the sound of your laughter. Perhaps it’s then when he realizes that he’s fallen for you.

Confession: 

Rook is a romantic, sure, but he’s also knowledgable about your tastes and preferences. If you’d want a beautiful confession by moonlight, him singing a ballad beneath your window, then you’d get that. If you’d want a small and intimate confession, him gazing into your eyes lovingly, you’d get that. Whatever it was, two things would be certain: it would be terribly romantic, and it would be perfect. 

Relationship:

Whatever hobbies you have, Rook will absolutely be a part of them now. You want to draw? He’ll be your model, or watch you as you create! Playing video games? He’ll be your player 2! Whatever it is, he enjoys it, so long as he gets to be by your side. 

He hides his emotions fairly well from others around him, but when he’s around you, he tends to let you in on some of the smaller or more negative things he feels. It’s here that he appreciates the part of you that gives good advice. 

In turn, he’s always a willing confidant, and absolutely will tell you if you need to take a break from being the school’s therapist. 

He won’t just tell you: he’ll scoop you up and run away with you if needed, laughing like a madman and cuddling you so you wouldn’t be able to escape.

One thing is certain: whatever challenges or trials you face in life, Rook will be there to help you through them. 

[night-bunnie]

Is there a posibilaty that you would start writing again? (Just would like to know i love your writing style, love to you)

I still write!! Writing is the biggest passion I have and I don't think I'd ever stop writing, even if the industry became as commercialized as I am so terrified of it becoming, I will be here writing because it's not really a choice for me, it's a lifeline

However, dramatics aside, I understand you likely mean fanfiction and I honestly have no idea? I have some growing icky feelings surrounding the hyperconsumerism of fandom, but I'm actively researching and working through those feelings right now

That being said, if you're interested in my writing specifically, I am working on two projects that will have paid and free options.

The first is a Zombie Apocalypse fiction named Sweet Of Flesh, which is mostly just me trying to desperately figure out the political landscape we currently live in and cope with it. It has two storylines, Haven's End and Red Widow. Haven's End, the free story, is a quirky little found family story featuring mostly Sapphic relationships. Red Widow is a bit more political horror exploring the actual universe behind the stories and will be paid. This universe will have more plotlines, too, including one focused on my home city of St Louis.

These will be posted first and I'm shooting for an April release. I do need a beta reader, I've just been at the work stage so far with this story specifically

And then the other universe is why I had to delete An Academic Achievement. It's an Urban Fantasy universe called Dark Divinity with it's own two plotlines, Desire and Denial and Petals Lost. Petals Lost is the free plotline, following Sophia, Bella, and Esmiette during a year of university and the drama and romance they encounter during it. Desire and Denial is the paid storyline and is a bit more expansive but mostly follows Jasmine and Cordelia, best friends with mirrored relationship angst, who are dealing with societal pressures on top of the general woes of being young women.

I'm shooting for April with this one, too, but I'm not honestly holding my breath.

But! I have plenty to talk about for both universes and plenty of random writing to show you guys if you're interested! I also will have art and other things to post for them, soon. (thezombieuniversemayormaynothavetweets)

This does not get into the insane amount of books I've been working on. Those are all in various stages of development, though. Feel free to ask me about any of them and I will gladly share quotes, excerpts, details, whatever. I have two thrillers, a horror novel, a romantasy, a high fantasy, and then a SciFi story I'm about to lock in and try to smash out.

I've also been working on a multi-format horror webseries that will be posted across multiple platforms. Sweet Of Flesh may also get a chat-game style video series on Youtube if it does well.

Basically, I am still very busy writing. I've already written 200k words this year, 50k of it was fanfiction that I even posted for a bit lol. I write more than I breathe at this rate

Shoot me an ask and I'll gladly tell you about anything I'm writing! I will also let you all know when the Patreon is up and being posted to, as it will also be posting extra content for my youtube channel that I've been slowly working on as well!

(Info about the stories under the cut)

Haven's End will follow Sloane Phillips, a former pro-wrestler now navigating the zombie apocalypse completely alone. It's when she ends up dehydrated and with a broken arm that she finds Evie Isaacs and Meridia James on a rooftop. Meridia is nearly fatally wounded from being impaled by some kind of receiver antenna and Evie is her best friend, diligently trying to save her. Sloane easily saves them and she's thrust right back into the societal politics the zombies were supposed to have eaten... And as she starts to romance Evie, who is entirely and unfairly her type, Evie's mother, Emily Isaacs, comes right out of the bullpen to buck heads up against Sloane, who she has decided to hate for seemingly no reason. The only explanation Sloane ever manages to receive is that she's too similar to Emily's late wife, Esther, but Emily is hiding something, something fundamental to the situation they all sit in. Sloane really should have just left Evie and Meridia alone...

Red Widow is the other side of the story, following Esther Isaacs as she navigates the hellish landscape her own late wife, Emily, is partially responsible for terraforming. She can't remember the last two years, suffering a condition that doesn't even actually exist; Retrograde Amnesia. Or is it? Is her amnesia the condition? Or just a symptom? On top of this, she's become some sort of... local legend, known for being some sort of inhuman vigilante, saving the people from the new and multiplying evils of their world. Well, none of that matters as she reunites with two of her inferiors from her time in the military and CIA, and they drag her into the complex interpersonal relationships they have. Nadia, a former miliary captain who got her job way too young, and Damian, a former highly specialized CIA agent who also got his job way too young, are socially incompetent. Both of them were built by Esther to be weapons, not people, and now they're struggling to be either. Not to mention, Nadia brought along a young woman who Esther cannot determine whether she is there of her own free will or not. Whatever, her main goal is to get to Georgia and locate her daughter, Evie. She's confident she's still alive, even if it's already been two years since all of this started...

Desire and Denial is about Jasmine Dewgold and Cordelia Glorios, two angels living in Zephyr Arcadia. Zephyr Arcadia is the only of the twelve realms were all four races have found peace. The four races being Angels, Demons, Fae, and Shifters. The rest of the realms are still wartorn and unsafe. Sure, Angel Supremacy as an idea is on the rise and more and more conflicts are breaking out between Angels and Demons like the other realms. Lycanthropy and Sanguinism are nearing Plague level epidemics, and hate crimes happen... well daily. But that's fine, it's all fine. At least... thats what Jasmine and Cordelia have to tell themselves everyday to survive. Jasmine has an friends with benefits situation with her childhood friend, Desidaero Lolicia. He's a well known A-List actor and a demon, an incubus to make it worse. Angels and Demons aren't supposed to be together, couples are regularly persecuted, even murdered for it. But she's desperately in love and Daero is desperate for them to be together. He's almost unfair in his pursuit of her and he's made it clear it will be endless, that he's made his choice and it's her. All she needs to do is get over the fear that society has instilled in her. Cordelia has the opposite issue. She's madly in love with Dylan Quinn, a shifter lioness who was adopted by Cordelia's father's best friend, Astrid Quinn. Dylan and her adopted sister, Beatrix, were infected with Lycanthropy young and now Dylan's condition has her avoiding relationships entirely. It's an open secret that Dylan is in love with Cordelia, maybe obsessed with her, but she still won't give in. She won't be with Cordelia, out of fear for Cordelia's well being. Cordelia is frustrated with the other woman, and maybe she's started to stop buying it. There has to be another reason, right?

Well, their little sisters are faring better in romance, it seems, anyway. Sophia Dewgold did not come to college to fuck around. She's got a lot to live up to with her older sister, Jasmine, being an academic legend. Jasmine graduated as Valedictorian with two majors, ran the debate club, and left her mark on the University with a court system for infractions still being used TO THIS DAY. So, during her second year, when she meets Morana Stark, a prolific member of an all girls Fraternity, Alpha Delta Phi, (that utilized loopholes in the universities rules in order to become an all girl fraternity) and campus darling, she's uninterested. Morana doesn't care about academics, she just likes to fuck and to party and that is entirely antithetical to Sophia's plans. However, Morana gets some kind of fixation on Sophia and now it seems she's stuck with her... she is rather charming though. Bella, however, is there to fuck around. She doesn't even want to go to college, but her father convinced her and her older sister, Cordelia, seems to think it's a requirement for any fulfilled life. Bella doesn't really want a career, though, she just wants to find a nice girl and become a stay at home wife. A trophy wife, even, she doesn't care. She's had a long term crush on Delilah Moss, who's close friends with Cordelia and Jasmine, and maybe a bit too old for her. But Delilah's never paid much (or any.) attention to her. Um... until her second year of university where she's suddenly doing nothing but paying attention to Bella?? And then there's Esmiette, Daero's niece who's been in his custody since she was 14. She's a succubus, it's her first year of college, she's just out of a horrible high school experience, and she doesn't have much hope for university either. She did, but her first week left her traumatized beyond belief. So now she has a... well, she's made a plan. And before she throws herself from the tallest building in the city, she plans to have one crazy year of college. Which is how she somehow ends up in a love triangle between Vivienne Devereaux and Estella Mason. Both are Angels, which is forbidden enough to make Esmiette excited, but they're also older than her. Vivienne is in her last year of college and Estella is three years graduated. Worse? Estella is the former chapter president of Alpha Delta Phi and Vivienne is the current, with Estella being her mento figure. Worse still? Estella is Desidaero's sworn enemy and Vivienne is Delilah's, Delilah being the closest thing she had to an aunt. But they're both wealthy and they're both classy and they're both very hot. Oh it's set up to be a fun year, whether any of them like it or not.

[shiningnightstars]

INTRO

Hello! We are the Worm Collective, and this is the host and body, Star, speaking! For the sake of this post, I will be referring to us as a singular. (IRL friends - if you are seeing this post and seeing this information, please don't ask about it and don't tell anyone else about it! If I feel ready to tell you, then I will tell you. Thank youu <2)

More info + DNI below the cut!

- I am a minor, and I am aroace and have two queerplatonic partners! My partners are @eepymallowmarsh and @the-nintendo-dsi (malice).

- I am a system of about 50 or so other people, though I'm usually the one in front!

- I am xenogender! What xenogender specifically? Well. That's for you to know and me to find out.

- yes you read that last point correctly.

- I am an artist! If you want to commission me, feel free to DM me and ask! Just keep in mind that I'm a minor, of course. (I also can only do commissions for Discord Nitro or other various video game currencies (i.e. robux for Roblox, zophan canisters for Pokéfarm, etc))

- As a system, I prefer to be referred to as a singular by other people unless you are specifically referring to the entire system. I mostly use we/us/our when referring to the whole system myself, and the others in the system usually use we/us/our when referring to the system or the body or any of my family or friends or any I own, etc.

- Ask me to tag anything you need tagged, or if you need plain text or alt text tell me as well and I can add that!

If I think of anything else I'll add it lol

HYPERFIXATIONS

(* means big hyperfixation right now)

Undertale/Deltarune (@greyro-undertale-enjoyer) [Fav: Papyrus] *

Bug Fables (sideblog: @star-shaped-bug) [Fav: Leif]

Splatoon (3) [Fav: Frye]

Entomology (sideblog: @star-shaped-bug) [Fav: Beetles!!!] *

Animator VS Animation [Fav: Purple] *

OCs (mine and friends) [Fav: All of them]

In Stars and Time/START AGAIN: A Prologue [Fav: Isabeau]

Murder Drones [Fav: N]

Ride the Cyclone [Fav: Ricky]

Gravity Falls [Fav: Dipper]

Project Sekai [Fav: Saki] **

Cookie Run: Kingdom [Fav: Eternal Sugar & Hollyberry] **

Hermitcraft [Watching Grian since S6]

Third life series [Fav: Dersert Duo/Ranchers]

OneShot [Fav: The World Machine]

these are highly likely to not be updated often due to me forgetting

DNI

I'm not really too strict on my DNI, however — DNI if:

Syscourse (if you're anti-endo but are at LEAST chill about it and not pushy then you're fine)

Pedophilic/"Minor Attracted Person" (not interested. go away and get actual, genuine help.)

Transphobic, homophobic, misogynistic, TERFs, aphobic, xenophobic/racist, ableist, etc.

Don't like interacting with minors

Mean to my partners

Call people crybabies, view crying as a negative thing for everybody to be ashamed of, harass people for crying, etc.

Bored and wanna be mean to someone (I'll just block you and delete whatever you said. It's pointless lol)

You don't pass my vibe check (aka I block you)

If you are on my DNI, then just block and move on! Thank you! Also if you get blocked by me, you do NOT reserve the right to know why I blocked you. Please just move on.

TAGS

#starling sings - star speaking tag

#my art - my art

#other's art - other people's art

#important - things I deem important knowledge

#favorites - my favorite posts

#favorites favorites favorites - my favorite favorite favorite posts

#my qpp - posts about Mallow

#my qpp 2 - posts about Malice

#[___] tag - other headmate speaking tag

#oc: [___] - tag for my OCs

I have so many tags this section will likely be updated the most.

EXTRAS

I ran the blog @mini-games! I have a lot more followers on that blog so if you followed me and don't know why cause you forgot, then it's possible that's why.

Tag me in anything related to bugs please! Whether you tag my main (this blog) or my bug sideblog is up to you. It is my goal to be the bug enjoying mutual.

Talk to me about my OCs. Btw. If you are bored and are curious.

Also feel free to send me any photos of your pets!!! I love animals and I love seeing them!!! Let me see your animals!!!!!

Have a great day/night/timezone! o/

credit for the dividers: @enchanthings

[bellakenobi]

Tutorial - Extracting the assets from Shining Nikki for conversion for Sims games (or anything, really)

Finally! In advance I'm sorry for any errors since english isn't my first language (and even writing in my actual language is difficult for me so)

And first, a shoutout to The VG Resource forums, where I found initially info about this topic 😊 I'm just compilating all the knowledge I found there + the stuff I figured out in a single text, because boy I really wanted to find a guide like that when I first thought about converting SN stuff lol (and because there's a lot of creators more seasoned than me that could do a really good job with these assets 👀)

What this tutorial will teach you:

How to find and extract meshes and textures (when there's any) for later use, and some tips about how stuff are mapped etc on Shining Nikki.

What this tutorial will not teach you:

How to fully convert these assets for something usable for any sims game (because honestly neither I know how to do that stuff properly lol). It is assumed that you already know how to do that. If you don't know but has interest in learning about CC making (specially for TS3), I'd suggest you take a look at the TS3 Tutorial Hub, the MTS tutorials and This Post by Plumdrops if you're interested in hair conversion. Also take a look on my TS3 tutorials tag, that's where I reblog tutorials that I think might be useful :)

What you'll need:

An Android emulator (I recomend Nox)

A HEX editor (I recomend HxD)

Python and This Script for mass editing

AssetStudio

A 3D Modeling Software for later use. I use Blender 2.93 for major editing, and (begrudingly) Milkshape for hair (mostly because of the extra data tool).

Download everything you don't have and install it before starting this tutorial.

Now, before we continue, a little advice:

I wrote this tutorial assuming that people who would benefit from it will not put the finished work derivative from these assets behind a paywall or in any sort of monetization. These assets belong to Paper Games. So please don't be an ass and put your Shining Nikki conversions/edits/whatever behind a paywall.

The tutorial starts after the cut (and it's a long one).

Step 1:

Launch Nox, then open Play Store and log in with a Google account (if you don't have one, create it). Now download Shining Nikki from there.

After downloading the game, launch it. It will download a part of the game files. After that, log in on the game, or create a new account in any server (the server is only important if you want to actually play the game. For extracting it doesn't really matter since the game already has the assets for the upcoming events and chapters. It also doesn't matter if you actually own an item in game, you can extract the meshes and textures even if you don't have it in game). If you're creating a new account, the game will lead you through the presentation of it etc (unfortunately there's no way to skip it).

After that, click on that little arrow button on the main screen. There, you can download the actual clothing assets. Wait for the download to finish (at the date I'm writing this tutorial, it is around 13GB). When finished, close the game (not the emulator).

Step 2:

Now we're going to copy the assets to our computer. Click on Tools, then on Amaze File Manager. Navigate to Android > data > com.papergames.nn4.en > files > DownloadedBundle > art > character. This is the folder where (I believe) most of the assets are stored.

Now, where the stuff is located respectively:

Meshes are on the meshes > splitmeshs folder

Textures are on the textures > cloth folder

Tip: Want to really data dump everything? Just select the folders you want and copy to your PC! 😉

Click on the three dots on the side of the wished folder, then in copy. Then click on the three lines on the left upper corner to open the menu, and then click on Download. Now just pull the header of the app to show the Paste option and click on it. It might take a while to copy completely (the cloth folder might take longer since it's bigger, so be patient).

If you're confused, just follow the guide below:

The copied folder will be located at C:\Users\{your username}\Nox_share\Download

Step 3:

Now that we got the files, we need to make them readable by AssetStudio.

For this, we need to open the desired .asset file on a hex editor, and then delete the first 8 bytes of the file, and then save.

You can see it is a pain to do that manually to a lot of files right? This is why I asked my boyfriend to create a script to mass edit them. (I only manually edit when I'm grabbing the textures I want, because afaik the script won't work with .tga and the .png files, more about that forward this tutorial)

How to use the script:

Make sure Python is already installed, grab the nikki-fix-headers.py file and place it on the folder where you copied the folder from the game (mine is still the Nox_Share Download folder).

It should look like this, the meshs folder and the script.

Let's open the Command Prompt. Hit Windows + R to open the Run dialog box, then type in cmd and hit Enter.

Now follow the instructions pictured below:

The folder with the edited files will be at the same location:

Now, we finally can open it all on AssetStudio and see whats inside 👀

Step 4:

Open AssetStudio. Now click on File > Load Folder and select the folder where your edited meshes are (mine is "splitmeshs-fixed"). Wait the program load everything. Click on Filter Type > Mesh, and the on the Asset List tab, click twice on the Name to sort everything by the right order, and now we can see the meshes!

To extract any asset, just select and right-click the desired groups, click in Export selected assets and select a folder where you wish to save it.

Stuff you need to know about the meshes:

Step 4-A: Everything is separated by groups.

Of course you'll have to export everything to have a complete piece. Only a few pieces has a single group. When exporting, you have to select every group with the same name (read below), and the result will be .obj files of each group that you have to put together in a 3D application.

Step 4-B: The names are weird.

They're a code that indicates the set, the piece, the group.

Items that doesn't belong to a set won't have the "S...something", instead they'll have another letter with numbers, but the part/piece type and group logic is the same.

As for the parts, here are the ones I figured out so far:

D = Dress

H = Hair

AEA = Earrings

ANE = Necklace

BS = Shoes

ABA = Handheld accessory

AHE and AHC = Headpieces/hats/hairpins

AFA = Face accessory (as glasses, eyepatches, masks)

(maybe I'll update here in the future with the ones I remember)

Step 4-C: The "missing pearls" issue.

Often you'll find a group that seems empty, and it has a weird name like this:

I figured out that it's referent to pearls that a piece might contain (as in a pearl necklace, or a little pearl in a earring, pearls decorating a dress, etc). The group seems empty, but when you import it to Blender, you can see that it actually has some vertices, and they're located where the aforementioned pearls would be. I think that Unity (SN engine) uses this to generate/place the pearls from a master mesh, but I honestly have no idea of how the game does that. So you'll probably have to model a sphere to place where the pearls were located, I don't know 🤷‍♀️ (And if you know how to turn the vertices into spheres (???) please let me know!)

Step 5:

Now that you already extracted a mesh, we're gonna extract the textures (when any). Copy the textures > cloth folder to your PC like you did with the splitmeshs folder.

Open it, and in the search box, type the name of the desired item like this. If the item has textures, it will show in the results.

Grab all the files and open them in HxD (I usually just open HxD and drag the files I want to edit there), and edit them like I teached above. Then you can open them (or load the cloth folder) on AssetStudio, and export them like you did with the meshes.

Stuff you need to know about the textures, UV map, etc:

Step 5-A: The UV mapping is a hot mess (at least for us used to how things works in sims games).

See this half edited hoodie and the UV map for a idea:

So for any Sims game, you'll have to remap everything 🙃 Also, stencil-like textures all have their own separated file.

As for hair, they all use the same texture and mapping! BUT sometimes they are arranged like this...

Here's the example of a very messed one (it even has some WTF poly). Most of them aren't that messy, but be prepared to find stuff like this.

Shining Nikki just repeat the texture so it end up covering everything, for Sims you'll need to remap, and the easiest way is by selecting "blocks" of hair strands, ticking the magnet button to make your seletion snap to what is already placed (if you have familiarity with blender, you know what I'm saying). Oh, some clothes are also mapped with the same logic.

Regarding the hair texture, I couldn't locate where they are, but here is a pack with all of them ripped and ready to use. You can also grab the textures from any SN hair I already converted :)

The only items with a fine UV map are the accessories, at least for TS3 that the accessory has a UV map independent from the body.

"But I typed the ID for the set and piece and couldn't find anything!"

A good thing to do is to search with only the set ID and edit all the files with it, because some items (especially accessories) share the same texture file. But if even then you can't find anything, it means that there's no texture for this particular item/group because Shining Nikki use material shaders* to render different materials like metal, crystal, some fancy fabrics, etc. So you'll have to bake or paint a texture for it.

*I believe that those shaders are located on the other cloth folder in the game files. This one is way bigger than the other one and once I copied it to see what it was, AssetStudio took ages to load everything, almost used all my 16GB of RAM, and then there was only code that the illiterate me didn't know what it was 🤷‍♀️

So that was it! I hope I explained everything, although it is a little confusing.

If you have any questions, you can comment on this post or send me a PM!

[yesimwriting]

Hey girl I'm about to have my first batch of finals this year what are your tips for surviving? I feel so confused on the best ways to prepare 😭😭 thanks 🙏

omg as a self proclaimed academic weapon whose current projected GPA range for the end of semester is 3.9 - 4.0 and who went to a college prep high school i feel like i have finals/midterms down to a science

I have some general finals steps and then some even more general advise where I expand on the tips below the cut. I got kind of carried away😭 pls let me know if you need me to expand on anything

Step 1. List out everything that's due (all projects, essays, and exams) in order of when they're do. If multiple things are due the same day, order them from the assignment you're least confident in to the assignment you're most confident in.

Step 2. Personalize your schedule. Half the battle of finals is a mental game bc it's easy to see all the things you have to do and freeze bc it feels like nothing's going to get done or that you'll be working every second of the day until finals end. If you break your assignments into blocks/chunks, you'll still be able to take small breaks and feel less overwhelmed.

So like if you have 3 essays and 2 tests within two to three days of each other, tell yourself you'll write 2 essays and study for one test on the first day or that you'll write one essay everyday and study on the last two days. If that makes sense lol.

this doesn't mean to over schedule your life!! i don't write out time stamps for every break, i just like to do assignments a day or two in advance so that I can take breaks if that makes sense.

Step 3. Do your projects/essays first. I've always been someone that likes doing projects before studying for tests. Because projects/essays are something that have tangible ends,, you'll feel a lot more productive/better getting those out of the way. The exception to this is if you have a big test coming that's before your essays/project, study first lol.

Step 4. Make study guides. Ik it's annoying, but you're more likely to study more if you have a cheat sheet you can just look over. More on this in general advise.

-- This is just general advice. ---

Tip 1. Study guides are life savers. It's one thing to have all of your notes, but typing/writing everything you need so that it's in one place makes it so much easier to take advantage of small moments. I do best on tests when I make my study guide in advanced and then just reread it a bunch the night before and then right before the test.

If it's a harder topic with more information and you think you need more time with the info, I still think a study guide is a great way to just have something that you can look at whenever you have a a few minutes. You're more likely to study more when you have something that you can just pull out and read a few times than if you just have miscellaneous notes you have to waste time looking for/gathering.

Tip 2. Plan/accept study breaks. Sometimes you just need to do something else. It feels like you're wasting time, but if you're super tired/overwhelmed, you're definitely not working efficiently, so if your body is telling you to walk around for a little or scroll on your phone for fifteen minutes or do something else to mentally get away, accept it.

Tip 3. Don't fall for the 11:59 trap. This might just be bc I'm a night person so I do a lot of homework late at night, but I think knowing something is due at midnight adds some extra stress. It makes it harder to take breaks and gets more overwhelming bc the deadline is right there.

I like to make the day before the 11:59 deadline my personal deadline. Ofc there are exceptions to this, like if the assignment is smaller,, like a discussion post or just answering some homework questions, and you know it won't take up your entire day and you'll have time, it's okay to leave it. Especially if you have larger assignments or other things to study for.

Tip 4. Do the harder assignments first. This may be personal preference, but I always do the more draining assignments first. This doesn't always mean the longest/objectively the hardest. Sometimes it's just getting your least favorite/worst subject out of the way so that you can check it off your list.

Tip 5. Personal reward system. This is why it's good to have hobbies! it's not a good idea to make needs rewards, like food/water and bathroom breaks,, please don't do that!!

but the amount of times i've told myself that if i finish/get to a certain point in an assignment i can go onto tumblr and read a fic is insane 😭

small rewards like that that are just fun are super helpful,, so if you have any hobbies that are like reading, scrolling on your phone, watching a certain show, etc,, you can use that to motivate you as long as you can quantify it.

Like don't say you can scroll on your phone as a reward unless you're done for the day, say you can scroll on your phone for X amount of time so that it doesn't take up the entire day,, if that makes sense lol

that's why i tend to like other rewards better, because phones aren't set up to have a natural, satisfying end. But if you tell yourself that you can watch an episode of a TV show or read a specific fic or read a chapter of a book,, you'll feel better when it's over. That's more of a personal opinion though.

sorry for how long this is 😭i hope it helps

[wearethekingdom]

okay so I know we’ve caught up a bit but honestly, I feel like I don’t know much about how things have been with you lately and I feel bad low key :( because I’d really like to know about your life! so, what’s new with you? Doesn’t have to be anything big, but just, how’s life been lately? Are you on summer break? (I don’t know how things work outside of America </3) Have you seen any new movies or read any books or played any video games lately? This is an invitation to info dump about literally anything that interested you lately too btw :3

Omg hey bro so how you fix the problem is by messaging me /lh like if you just wanna talk about your and my life then you can message me asking and stuff, I have a friend on here and we literally just chat about our lives for like 4 hours at a time

ummmm so I went to sleep away camp or whatever ygs call it in the US for 3 weeks, its an Irish spoken one so you know I ate that up, volunteered for the youth club camp and lost a child at a theme park while doing so (we found him, he was fine) and got some horse riding back in cuz I missed out on like 5 weeks of training lol

With movies I haven't watched a whole lot cuz I've literally had like. No time. I'm seeing the Kneecap movie tomorrow with my bf which I'm very excited about and I'm gonna see I Saw The TV Glow on Monday with some friends even though it's showing kind of late at the cinema (7:45pm), tbh I'm going in completely blind with but people say it's good so I'm simply just going to watch it. I've also rewatched alot of matt damon movies because why wouldn't I? I'm still his number one fan, currently watching The Martian as we speak which I've never actually watched before, kind of disturbing but it's okay because again, it's matt damon!

What I said all those months ago about my partner will need to fight for me when it comes to matt damon? I still hold to it. Guess who my bf looks like 😐 you will never guess its totally unpredictable 😐

I have readdd The Twelfth Day of July by Joan Lingard, it's a book about this guy and girl and the guy is a cath and the girl is a protestant and how they hate eachother and its really good, I love it a lot. I also read all of Diane Olivers short stories while at irish camp, they're really good and I totally reccomend her stuff, I think you would like some of her more scary short stories, a lot of her stuff is unpublished though cuz she was died at age 22 and she really needs more recognition, like when I looked up her most famous story I couldn't even find her other stuff at all.

Games I played Alan Wake about this guy (who is an author) who goes on holiday to this island and his wife goes missing so Alan has to investigate it while this story that he doesn't even remember writing becomes a reality, there's a second one I just haven't played it yet. I played The Quarry about a group of young adult camp counsellors who have to stay one day extra before they get to go home but there's creepy stuff on the property that wants to kill them and it's so good my fave character is my profile picture, we love Dylan Lenivy.

THENNN I played A Way Out with my brother set in the same prison as Shawshank Redemption, these 2 criminals set a plan to escape prison and get their revenge on the guy who murdered one of the mens brothers and well the other one kind of gives away the whole story so I won't go into detail on that one but it's depressing, it's a little disturbing and you get attached to Leo and Vincent the main guys.

Ive just been chilling this last month before school starts again and hanging out with my friends, I was going to go to NI for a while but there's protests and people setting streets on fire so I'm not going anywhere near there for now.

But yeah that's my life, you should totally reblog this with your telling of your life I would love to hear about it!!!

[akatsuki-shin]

Wuthering Waves: 1st Day Review

Platform: PC/Laptop

Server: Asia

UID: 701132966 (let's be friends!)

Progress: Left Jinzhou City + Reached the Rearguards' Base

It's just going to be a simple review of what I like and what I don't like from my first day playing this game. Obviously, everything's going to be pretty subjective, so no need to be salty if I happen to dislike something you like.

= WHAT I LIKE =

Graphic and animation look pretty neat; I think HSR still looks better but I quite enjoy this one

Love the characters + NPC + enemy designs; I'm not saying it's super grand, but I find them easy on the eyes

As usual, I'm playing with JP dub because I love the voice actors and they don't disappoint so far

Found some mini-games and they're quite fun (e.g. Lion Dance flipping challenge, gliding/grappling challenge, raced against an old man in a dungeon)

Likewise, exploration mechanism feels pretty fun for the time being

Also love the music and sound works

Unexpectedly, I don't feel as dizzy as I thought I would be with the camera works so that's a good point, I guess

I can't yet say whether I like the equipment/upgrade/grinding mechanism because I'm still very early in the game. I'll observe this some more until I progress further.

= WHAT I DON'T LIKE =

Story hasn't shown anything interesting so far, I can't find anything that gets me hooked (this is an important aspect for me because I'm a story-heavy player); actually it's pretty much info dump up until this point

Subjectively-speaking, I prefer games with lots of handsome guys and obviously this game hasn't provided many of them since everyone you've met until this point is 90% female characters (I honestly won't last long if they keep throwing girls my way, so hopefully there will be more guys in the next update lol)

I'm not quite used to this kind of battle system; there are too many mechanisms and I can't read the tutorial/tips while fighting at the same time (I end up just hitting and dodging while spamming attacks and skills)

Exiting means automatically logging out unless you Alt+F4; who the hell think of this dumb idea

You can't use PlayStation Controller on PC unless you install DS4Windows or similar external software/driver, which is pretty dumb in my opinion because it means extra hassle

There's also no built-in Inverted Camera for the camera rotation; people ended up using some self-made codes on reddit or set it up manually using DS4Windows setting (like me), which is a lot of hassles

Voice-over is sometimes delayed, which is kinda annoying

I'm located in Indonesia and play in the Asia server instead of SEA. The ping was changing between yellow and red while I was playing but I didn't experience any lag whatsoever. There was one occasion in the first mini boss battle (under Jue's statue) where I lost connection for a few seconds, but that was all.

Anyway, will continue playing for now. Hopefully I will find stuffs that gets me hooked on this game for the long run.

[worldsmostcasualmpregfan]

I know nothing about football but I'd still like to hear about the au :3

see bc i complain and then i don't even know where to start LOL

ok so ig i'll start with the title From the Sidelines and a little description i have, to pique interest heh

Arthur is Camelot FC's star striker and captain. Merlin is the kitman. Life is hardly ever fair.

anyway . i suppose that's. a little misleading. that being said i think this grew into something waaaaay larger than i originally planned @.@ like it was supposed to be a fun little addition to the surprisingly small amt of footballer arthur fics we have but now this fic has double daddy issues (balinor my beloved...), coming out, sports injuries, shitty coaches (aredick die by my sword) and never making the national team. HUH??? i just wanted merthur to fuck on the pitch... (joke) (just in time for fuck him on the field friday)

also there's side stories. like one is when the players get handcuffed tgt for 24hrs but they've got an uneven amt for it and merlin gets roped in

and then there's the valentine's day arwen special that i somehow accidentally made into a statement about arthur's attitude toward his sexuality?? and feelings for merlin??? through his anxiety about his date with gwen????

“All good?” Merlin asks. “Never better,” Arthur replies, then pivots and walks directly into his closet. He stares at his barren shoe rack before he feels hands on his shoulders, and Merlin is turning him around and guiding him back out. “Wrong way,” he hears him say. “Right.” This time, Arthur marches out his room then down the hall to the front door. “I’ll be back.”

i'm allowed to give this info bc i don't know if i'll ever actually post the extras. i dont' even know when i'm gonna finish the main story sjkdfhgjkf

oh yeah another side story takes place in 2007 (that might be the title for it idk) and it's about uther buying camelot fc for arthur's tenth birthday LOL dont question the legaltiy of arthur playing for his father's club. i dont know and i dont care. this is fiction SIMILARLY dont say shit abt arthur being a striker and captain. it's happened before. it's literally fine. dont even worry about it

there's like. ik i rly only talked about the side stories but u have to realize just how much has already gone into this fic and i wouldn't even say i'm halfway done. i don't think i've written out a single match which is also funny bc i've been keeping up with the prem and actually think i can do it now. i just keep dragging my feet abt it lol

i think the hardest part for me is when im gonna have to seriously injure arthur. i didnt want to but i think it's an important way for his and merlin's relationship to progress and also would explain merlin's attitude toward him in january. its less abt injuring him and more abt him having to sit out of games not for like. lineup stats/compatibility reasons

oh my god typing this all out made me realize we haven't met like. half of the guys on the team yet. i was sitting here like "i need to rewatch eps with all the knights bc i dont trust myself to write percy and elyan accurately" but now i just realized i dont even know if mordred is on the like. squad yet or if he's still with the u18s (after a brief check with my info page he is. i'm gonna be sick)

like i said there is a LOT of info on this . sorry this was so long i just needed to ramble a bit and it also made me realize some info i still need to include so yayyy :3 thank you nonny if u have anything u wanna know in specific like fr anything PLEASE ask. i'd love it so much if u asked. u saved my life <3