#so so slowly

[gendervapor14]

bell-mère olpa essay is in the queue but my queue is chonky so it won't be out until like saturday evening. which gives me some time to maybe rewatch episode 7 and tweak it a little but. wooo it's. longer than i was expecting.

anyway a few of us one piece fic writers have noticed what we're affectionately dubbing, "opla osmosis", where one piece fics in general seem to have attracted a bit more attention (more kudos) due to opla drawing in some more fans (old and new). SO. i'm going to do something unprecedented. i have the next two days off. i'm going to use that time to work on an outline for the corabelle lives AU, and publish the first chapter. usually i write ALL of my multichaps before posting, but i think due to the nature of this story (essentially an arlong park fix-it) it might get some traction with all the opla hype? i think people will actually like this story. so i'll give it a shot and try posting a chapter soon without having the whole story finished. RISKY i know but it's fine it's good to try new things and poke your nose outside your comfort zone sometimes.

either way it'll be far more normal than the last corabelle story i posted. that was a COMPLETE flop. i'm not upset i literally tagged it "sad porn" i would run too

[synthaphone]

creatures are being born. slowly

[lailuhhh]

Uh oh besties, we back on that teen wolf obsession

[riacte]

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

[ghirahimbo]

starting a compilation of my favorite "no thank you" buttons from when they want you to subscribe so bad

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Expertise can't help you here.

[cryptocism]

It would have taken another immortal to keep up with him.

so i haven't read the books but i did read the Devil's Minion chapter and this part made me laugh out loud:

[uncanny-tranny]

I think so many people are so deeply alienated from themselves that they have no clue how to exercise their free will and autonomy. For some, this alienation runs so deep that they are afraid of their own autonomy and humanity. It is completely understandable why one would have those feelings, but it can be worrisome.

I want to help others who feel this way, so here are small things I have done to exercise my free will:

Add "guilty pleasure" songs to playlists and actually listen to them (I have a ton of late 1990s-early 2000s music I listen to now proudly that I never listened to in the past out of shame)

Getting the décor item, bath set, bed spread, ect. in the patterns you like, even if it's "childish" (I got a dinosaur-themed wastebasket from the kids' décor section and I adore it)

Taking a new route to get to a place you go to often

Eat dessert first

Celebrate well, and often

Collect things that are "odd" or don't seem like an "acceptable" thing to collect (somebody on my "for you" page collects dandelion crayola crayons and it was so cool!!!!!!)

Incorporate one new piece in an outfit you wear frequently (e.g., a new chain, a necklace, ribbons, bracelets, ect.). Challenge yourself to add onto the outfits if you feel up for it.

Sing along to songs without worrying that you sound "good" or your intonation is completely accurate

Read a book from a genre you weren't allowed to read as a kid (comics, thrillers, mysteries, anything!)

Walk without having a specific destination or goal

Pick up a new craft without expecting yourself to master it or to ever be "good" enough. Get your hands messy.

I don't want to shame anybody for not feeling as though they have free will or that they are exempt from exercising it. However, I wanted to give ideas so that you might read this list and find your own ways to express your intrinsic autonomy and will. You deserve to be a person, to feel alive, not just living. That is what our lives are for.

[pangur-and-grim]

Grim and Belphegor had an illegal meeting, so I'm allowing them to legally meet

[elliscousland]

ellis in origins: wants to be a badass, wishes he knew how ellis in inquisition: is a badass, wishes he didn't have to be

[geluckgk]

Rendog : I am quite worried about my husband. He seems a lot more stressed these days

Cleo : have you considered dementia ?

Rendog : Yeah, I'm considering a lot of things

Cleo : he is like, the oldest hermit soo

Ren and Scar: true

Doc : Yeah, and why, ok , what does it says about all of you ? Picking on the eldearly ?

Cleo : it tells me that I'm a bully and I think it's really funny

[chloesimaginationthings]

Death looms over Vanny's shoulder in FNAF..

[pineapple-frenzy]

Book 2 au with Zuko and Katara Lee and Huamei

Katara is separated from her friends, and so she's left to travel the earth kingdom on her own. She stumbles across Zuko, who is similarly travelling on his own. They decide that pairing up and travelling together would be best

[mumblesplash]

like it's MY fault my love language is acts of service and all i know how to do is kill

[blackkatdraws2]

[Toon x Mobster] A tender moment.

[Animation timelapse here!]

[AUDIO USED:] Chet Baker - Almost Blue Sound Effects edited by me!

[townofcrosshollow]

Shocked how many people think you can just turn on a computer and leave it on for weeks or months or years and never turn it off and it'll be fine. Computers need their sleep, and sleep mode does not count