#support these great writers!

[mylastmoleculeofserotonin]

Can we talk about how the birthday gifts that Kipo and Wolf got each other were an amazing writing choice? Not only do the gifts match the aesthetics of the one who found them, but they also show how the two of them are beginning to value each other’s perspectives on life. When Kipo was looking for a gift for Wolf, she found something that was small enough that it wouldn’t be a burden for Wolf to keep and would still help her fight and survive, while also being cute, showing that Kipo has now truly appreciates Wolf’s pragmatism even though she doesn’t adopt those views herself and is still as determined as ever to making the world around her brighter and happier. Meanwhile, Wolf found Kipo a gift that really has no survival purposes, and though it was mostly destroyed, still chose to salvage a piece of it simply because Kipo liked it, reflecting how Wolf has begun to value Kipo’s ability to see the best in everything, but not yet having embraced it to the extent where she sees it as not worth spending too much energy to do so.

[thetriggeredhappy]

Hello! I really liked the recent chapter you posted. I'm excited to see more :]

Do you mind elaborating on Spy's jewishness? It's a very fun headcanon and I'd like to learn what you think about it ^_^

sure! first of all 🍉🍉🍉 to be clear

sniper and spy are the only two who i’ve explicitly stated as jewish within the text, i think, and likely the only two for whom it’s going to come up super frequently, but i also do think that tony’s wife theresa is jewish, as is collin’s wife lily, and i don’t think any singular one of them is the classic Monolith To Represent An Entire Culture Singularly.

i imagine spy was somewhat heavier on tradition for himself, more orthodox, follows kosher, that sort of thing, and that if his family were still physically present enough to be part of his life they would be absolutely flabbergasted that he married an irish catholic woman and even more flabbergasted at how chill she is about it. i imagine spy is a pretty private guy but went out of his way to stay in contact with the judeo-french community in boston. this would’ve been around, like, ~1940 or so? the O’Connell family i always believed to be closer to South End, which was historically a cultural hub in the city. him being part of espionage efforts as a teen throughout the 20s means that he had a pretty unusual immigrant experience for that reason, but i thought it was more interesting to sort of keep spy more grounded in reality compared to the team fortressing of the rest of the peripheral landscape. some of the older boys who remember when spy was around remember how hard spy and ma worked to celebrate the holidays for both catholic traditions and french jewish traditions, and archie for example has tried to pass that on to his own kids as well.

sniper meanwhile i have grounded as kind of the ‘my family is jewish but um y’know not in the way that people hate’ brand ‘palatable immigrant or different culture trying not to take up space in a place that is not necessarily friendly to outsiders’ story. his mum and dad were the only jewish people in their relatively small community by the time sniper was a young boy and they really did try to keep up traditions, but it’s hard when you have no outside support to help reinforce that stuff. sniper has a (relatable) internal sense of being both an outsider to the predominant culture while also not feeling confident enough in it being ‘his culture’ to make any claims for himself. i imagine that if he could meet some of spy’s old buddies in boston and connect a little more with the diaspora he would be able to start feeling more of that pride and connection, but as it is he’s caught between dodging antisemitism and denying a culture that does matter to him but in a way that’s difficult to verbalize and not often asked about.

i think spy and sniper might bicker about it at times in later chapters, next chapter in particular. scout’s ma is definitely going to make at least one more comment about scout getting married to a nice jewish boy though. that trope in media about east coasters is just too much of a staple to pass up.

[warper-in-training]

Some of ya'll need to start parcticing don't like, don't read the hell.

I'm sick of this fandom, ya'll harrass writers and artists away from this fandom over dark shit you can't stomach and ignore. all you did was ruining this fandom. I will publicly say that I'm anti-harrassment, and supprtive of problematic elements in fiction. the game's main story contains elements of incest, noncon, dubcon, interspecies ships, abuse, grooming, etc and some of ya'll are crying over someone HEADCANONING smth cause of their TRAUMA.

the fuck ya'll are attacking them for? they even mentioned they have trauma of what they wrote. don't like it? DON'T READ. I personaly don't like evil Michael hcs.

does that mean I get to attack the author? NO. me being uncomfortable or triggered cause of it has nothing to do with THEM. its MY problem.

writing & hcing grooming, problematic shit, etc does NOT mean someone does it irl. nor supports it. some of ya'll tend to find a small, not so well known person in the community to harrass. hell, i even I bet ya'll harrassed @/devildomwriter over their raph x belph post. ya'll made posts about @/boxbusiness on that confesson blog too so i donr except much.

I'm dissapointed at what this community has become. leave artists alone. leave people alone.

[marlynnofmany]

Me: *posts the weekly story early on Patreon* *and compilations of February Fiction Fight* *and a collection of just the robot stories*

Me: "Am I offering enough cool stuff? Probably. Maybe I should draw something new."

Me: *preps a post for the $10+ tiers with the script of a play than only a handful of people have ever seen, involving multiple sci-fi elements, geekery, and sass*

Me: "Quality content! Too bad there aren't more people in the higher tiers to appreciate it. I could probably dig up those props to take a picture if anyone wanted to see. Or didn't believe that I actually have them."

👉 👉 👉 https://www.patreon.com/MarlynnOfMany

[the-real-satan-the-devil-of-hell]

🎉HUGE PROGRESS🎉

With WGA, SAG-AFTRA

And Writers Strike.

r/vfx

But it's not over yet.

Still membership needs to vote. And SAG-AFTRA has to come to agreement too. Which may take awhile. But progress has been made

🖕Fuck Greedy Corporations🖕

Like to charge, Reblog to cast.

Let's complete this.

[random-remzy]

YOU! RIGHT THERE!

It's 3 AM and you just opened your textbook?

oh you have a test tomorrow?

Okay, well. Listen closely my dear. What you're gonna do, is close your eyes, take a deep breath, close your textbook, go into your kitchen.

And then you're gonna grab a ceramic mug,

Place it on the stove. Turn on the stove,

Boil some water in a kettle.

Put 1 tsp cocoa powder (the baking one [pure cocoa powder], not hot chocolate, that's later)

1 tsp granulated sugar,

And 2 tsp water into the ceramic mug.

Turn the stove on to the highest heat and stir with a chopstick until everything's disolved.

It should look like syrup (You can add more water if you feel like it's too thick)

Take it off the stove and turn it off (safety y'know)

Stir to release some of the heat.

Now you take 1 tsp instant coffee into the mug (yes with the hot chocolate syrup)

Then another tsp of sugar (cause you can never have too much sugar)

Then add 1 tsp of hot chocolate powder (whatever you have works as long as its disolvable in water.

DISCLAIMER! The second tsp of sugar and the hot cocoa is optional, if you dont want it too sweet, that's also fine.

Now pour in the hot water you boiled earlier, fill the mug about 1/3 of the way, or at most, halfway.

Stir so it disolves, with the chopstick from earlier.

Grab some milk and pour milk until you have your desired amount of beverage.

Adjust the recipe depending on the size of your cup/mug. (My cup was big so i used double the recipe.) ALSO, Make sure you make the syrup in a stovetop safe container (like ceramic)

Sit down, open your textbook, pray (or a different pre-game ritual if you dont pray) and get started. You got this.

Once the test is over, you can doze off, sleep, do literally whatever you want. You got this :) <3

[street-corner-felines]

Zero Day (2002)

[marymekpop]

⟢ highlight of the hour: flex x cop [11/16] ⟣

trust in us

[not-poignant]

Reading Fae tales is life changing!! Are you okay with people commissioning artists to draw your OCs?

Yes! I'm totally okay with it!!

The only thing I'd say as a tiny little caveat is this: If you're going to pay someone else real money that helps people pay bills for art from something you've read, and you haven't done that for the author, maaaybe consider doing the same for the author as well? (Ignore this obviously if you've subscribed or ever used my Ko-Fi account).

I do feel some kind of way when people love something, and then give money to someone else about that thing, but not the person who created the original thing. And that's just my feelings on the matter, and not a requirement or anything, but these stories don't get to exist without folks like yourself, so it's just something I keep in mind.

I hope you get some really awesome art though, and it's awesome that you're wanting to support creative folks! :D

[the-golden-comet]

I wish there was a way to give multiple likes on my mutuals’s posts. Sometimes their stroke of genius is so profound that one like is not enough. So, I reblog, and comment.

But when their posts show up again on my feed, and I see that I already gave them a like, I scream: “NO. LET ME LIKE IT AGAIN. THIS IS A BANGER.”

[quinnxsocials]

Hi everyone it’s Quinn! I’m just here to talk and say how grateful I am to have so much love on my return into writing, this has been the best thing I’ve ever experienced. Feeling your love, appreciation, and support makes me wanna keep doing this for you. When I see you guys supporting me and my little short books it makes me so happy. One like goes a long way. Thank you! Thank you all! I plan on continuing to write for as long as I can because you guys deserve it. I love you all. I see you and I appreciate you. Xoxo, Quinn❣️

[gravitationallychallengedrabbits]

Not to be a bitch but like... damn is reading comprehension on the floor.

[the-lights-are-loud]

Found Family

I forget about how much life I have lived.

How much I’ve known

How much I’ve loved

How much I’ve learned

Until I must teach.

It started with 1

A coincidence, a consequence

Giving feedback and reassurance.

Slowly, I gained more and more

Small hands asking for something I love to give

I learned more

I love more

And I teach just as much as I’m taught

Helping me from my darkness

And letting me help you as well

Soon enough, I had this

All of you

My support system

My found family.

And for that

I’m glad I have you all.

[tantumuna]

what's crazy to me is multiple times i've received encouragement to start drawing again, even when i mention that the only reason i've considered drawing again is as a desperate ploy for attention

but whenever i talk about my writing i either get ignored or told to "write for yourself"

like just tell me you don't value writing as an art form. it'll be easier than having to dance through whatever the fuck this is

[thisismeracing]

Since when did we start charging money on patreon for fanfics 😭😭😭😭 is this for real😭

hi, love. I haven't seen that many people doing the Patreon thing when it comes to fanfic, but it's pretty common for people who draw for example to set up a Patreon. I believe that everyone who does, just like myself, needs the money. I wouldn't be doing it if i didn't need to. I figured the Patreon setup was the best idea since it's not really that common for people to tip writers, we've been struggling with getting reblogs and comments, so you can imagine.

Right now, I'm applying and doing tests to get an internship, which still won't be enough because I'm also trying to apply for a master's. So, yeah, I'm really thankful for everyone who tipped me on ko-fi and subscribed to my Patreon, last month my savings were over, and the Patreon money was what helped me pay for some medical stuff I needed (Idk if you saw the whole mick schumacher's sick club, but yeah — huge thank you for everyone who subscribed/donated btw).

We often see fic writers as little robots who don't eat, drink, or sleep. We request stuff, and expect an instant reply, and when we get the content we don't even go back to the page to tell the writer our thoughts. We don't reblog, nor leave comments, but still, we expect them to keep writing and keep sharing everything as if it didn't take hours, sometimes days to come up with a 1k piece polished to what we think readers will like best. I hope I don't sound rude, I'm just trying to make a point because I'm tired of seeing writers deactivating, tired of seeing my friends getting writer's block and then people still demanding things.

On top of that, I'm still posting a lot here, from smau to blubs and long fic requests (and I won't even talk about how some pieces aren't even getting a hundred notes, which always makes me wonder if I'm doing something wrong, if my writing is bad, or if there's anything that I could do to make the reader's experience more enjoyable), and it takes a lot of time, it's even harder to balance the two profiles now, but still, I keep sharing some of my work for free. so please, please, don't make me feel bad about needing money. thanks ❤️.

[raininyourblackeyes]

My cousin, a published writer, a well-known poet in my country and a literature professor, for whom I've always been no.1 support ever since her first attempts at writing in high school, told me that I must stop writing as a hobby because that's her thing and since I'm writing fantasy mostly my writing could never have any important artistic value anyways.