#story time in the tags

[simsmedievally]

At the recreation center, Elyas bumped into a childhood friend, Stacius Harris. They were inseparable as children, but as teenagers, having to transition into the harsh world of adulthood, they had lost contact. Elyas had met Sarah, and knowing he had to do what was expected of him he married her. But he felt he needed to tell her that he... didn't experience romantic feelings for her that way.

There was only one person he'd ever felt that way for. And seeing him again, all those childhood feelings came rushing back to him. Sarah said she would be for him no matter what, even when he told her that he preferred men, so he knew she wouldn't fault him for this.

But he couldn't help but feel the guilt weighing on him. Not only was he betraying Sarah, who he loved like a best friend, but he was taught these feelings were wrong. A moral failing. He could suffer serious consequences were he to act on them, even if Sarah accepted him despite it.

To put it simply, he was in a bind.

[fandomsandfairytales]

Happy Birthday, Max Way! 🥳

The cookie was delicious, albeit more sugary than I remembered that type of cookie being. 😂

@thegreenleavesofspring look, I celebrated Max's birthday! I was going to draw a motorcycle on the card but there wasn't a lot of space and it would've been fairly complicated. I really liked including the star, though.

[iguessitsjustme]

I'm bored so two truths and a lie time - hair edition why the fuck not

Is it strange to do a two truths and a lie about my hair? No idea. I'm gonna do it anyway.

[fandomsandfairytales]

YESSSS THIS CAME UP ON MY DASH AGAIN

This is SO COOL THANK YOU

Update: A couple things I discovered in checking out the code/script—

Two people left feedback 2 and 3 weeks ago (that is, 2-3 weeks before 5/2/24) saying the script wasn't working, even with deleting and reinstalling it. So I'm going to try it, but it may not be usable, we'll see!

A user figured out that there's a bug where if you're posting or editing a fic of your own, the script will add some random text to the bottom of the fic text entry box. However! There is a fix—another user put detailed instructions on what to change in the code so that that bug no longer happens: check out that fix here.

Update #2: The script works for me, yay!!!

It's super helpful to be able to just...take notes either as I read or when going back and skimming through. Also, it tells me how many characters I've used up in the box, so I don't have to make one whole comment and then divide it up into chunks, which is often what I end up doing XD I've used it for comments on one or two fics so far, and I love it.

In the spirit of encouraging people to comment on fanfics while also making it easier to do so, I feel obliged to share a browser extension for ao3 that has quite literally revolutionized the comment game for me.

I present to you: the floating ao3 comment box!

From what I've seen, a big problem for many people is that once you reach the comments at the bottom of a fic, your memory of it miraculously disappears. Anything you wanted to say is stuck ten paragraphs ago, and you barely remember what you thought while reading. This fixes that!

I'll give a little explanation on the features and how it works, but if you want to skip all that, here's the link.

The extension is visible as a small blue box in the upper left corner.

(Side note: The green colouring is not from the extension, that's me.)

If you click on it, you open a comment box window at the bottom of your screen but not at the bottom of the fic. I opened my own fic for demonstrative purposes.

The website also gives explanations on how exactly it functions, but I'll summarize regardless.

insert selection -> if you highlight a sentence in the fic it will be added in italics to the comment box

add to comment box -> once you're done writing your comment, you click this button and the entire thing will automatically copied to the ao3 comment box

delete -> self explanatory

on mulitchapter fics, you will be given the option to either add the comment to just the current chapter or the entire fic

The best part? You can simply close the window the same way you opened it and your progress will automatically be saved. So you can open it, comment on a paragraph, and then close it and keep reading without having the box in your face.

Comments are what keep writers going, and as both a writer and a reader, I think it's such an easy way of showing support and enthusiasm.

[crowkip]

yeehaw, baby!

[aluminumneedles]

I'm knitting in the corner at a party

and guys my age stop by to tell me I remind them of their aunt, of their grandmother. This is a compliment and I take it as such. They confess to having tried crochet once, and I smile. They get back in line for the bathroom.

I'm knitting in the corner at a party and a queer woman sits on the floor next to me, arranges her skirt, and smiles up at me. (I try not to blush.) She asks me all the questions on her mind about my craft and I answer them, hands still moving. We swap yarn sources. She doesn't stay, but she knows where to find me.

I'm knitting in the corner at a party and everyone knows where to find me when they need a minute, when socializing is too much and the music is too loud and they need to catch their breath. They pretend to be checking in on me, which is sweet, but I can see the relief in their eyes the moment they stop performing for a house full of people. They sit down and tell me things and all the while they never take their eyes off my hands.

The party has wound down and I'm still knitting and the hosts, two guys in their twenties, thank me for "helping to curate the vibe." I had no idea that's what I was doing. I leave the party having forgotten to drink anything and without that woman's number but with many rows added to my top-down raglan sweater. I call it a night, and a good one.

[hugs-and-stabbies]

The self-awareness on this guy 😞 someone pls send him an "are you bi?" quiz STAT

[fandomsandfairytales]

Y'ALL MY COPY OF TCOR GOT HERE THREE DAYS EARLY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I'M SO EXCITED TO READ IT

[muppetfreak]

Mr. Riordan, it is truly a pleasure getting to experience your second draft.

[pidgydraws]

💋 first aid 💋

[fandomsandfairytales]

IT'S ME

hyperfixation sucks I think just a little too hard about a guy who isn't even real and I could start crying any second

[scissorcraft]

bam! post-canon mirabelle design! i'm slowly working through the family :3!!

[aalghul]

once again thinking about jason as duke’s robin. he’s ~4 years younger than jason, and that puts him at 8-12 during Jason’s time as robin. that’s prime time to get attached to your local kid vigilante before your own life goes downhill.

and if we try to keep duke’s meeting with bruce in zero year + duke’s age (so he can remember the meeting and hold that conversation with bruce), he has to be around 8. if he starts following batman through the news at that time because of the mess that just happened, the robin he sees is probably jason. I’ve literally connected the dots

[hypnoticmoth]

Some sketches of Vox’s life after he lost everything, as he tries to get his life back together (and eventually his fellow Vees)

The sorta context is here ~

[fandomsandfairytales]

#This is me and Hwestalas and Cary Way #SotS-adjacent

LOLLL. Me with the Sons of the Star overall (and Annaáuchiwee) XD @hwestalas I'm quite happy to freak out about Cary Way with you.

My dream as a writer isn’t to get published and make a lot of money, it’s to have a fanbase devoted enough that I can post a story about a background character that had four lines or drop a piece of obscure lore and they go crazy over it

[asteraws]

my clown college grad project from december last year 🎪