#tagging some moots

[fangbangerghoul]

Music Shuffle Game

I was tagged by @thedissonantverses thank you soooo much!!! I love love love loooove music tag games!

(sorry for being so incredibly late posting this)

Put your ‘on shuffle’ playlist on and list the first 10 songs (or your most used playlist if you don't have spotify)

Dark Signs - Sleep Token

Over This! - Slayyyter

HISS - Megan Thee Stallion

Sensation - Crosses

I Don't Wanna Be Me - Type O Negative

Talk To Me Nice - Tinashe

Diamond Eyes - Deftones

luther - Kendrick Lamar & SZA

BEVERLY HILLS - Doechii

God Did Me Wrong - GRLwood

This is pretty good shuffle tbh. I might be a little biased, but these are all bangers in my book. I used my Youtube's 'Supermix' and put it on shuffle, and it was pretty accurate for my usual listening. I was going to use my Writing 2025 Playlist, but I tried to keep it open to everything.

If you see any artists you also like let me know! Hopefully this will also introduce some artists to other mutuals. I love sharing music very very much.

Tagging, with no pressure, some mutuals I know who might enjoy music tag games: @staticpallour @toxiclizardwrites @atonalginger @lyriumrain @lucaanis @lisa-and-shadow @blightedcrow @bearlytolerant @ellstersmash @skeleinor @therealgchu @fangbanger3000

[chinzhilla]

right... renter.

+bonus: yeah, it's him

[donghyuckkies]

jaebeom - python

[stellewriites]

missed wip wednesday two weeks in a row but i was tagged by the lovely @dragonnarrative-writes so here’s a lil smth

cw: non con

he ducked down to kiss you again.

"promise i won't touch ye," he whispered into your mouth hoarsely. "won't go no further yet. 's no' proper, ah know."

his hips shifted against yours; a jerky, unsubtle grind and he whimpered when you tried to buck him off, feet skittering for traction on the blanketed truck bed.

"still in mah jeans 'n' ahm already close," he confessed under his breath with a bashful giggle, sucking on your neck when you turned your face away from his sloppy tongue.

"johnny," you panted. "stop-"

npt: @3amfanfiction @pricegouge @syoddeye @soapcloth @xoxunhinged @tempfrangit @captainjamster @sai-int

[gomzdrawfr]

some thank you ko-fi donation doodles hehe

[chai-en-kaadhale]

will never stop thinking about how when we finished the novel singnshong essentially looked us all in the eye and said "you. yes you. you kin kim dokja. you are a kim dokja kinnie. you may consider it cringe now that it isn't 2020 anymore. you may disagree, say you're someone else or even no one, at all. you're wrong. look into the mirror, fool. you are kim dokja"

[ricky-olson]

THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA REWATCH: The Terror of Tal’Dorei - Part 1 Oi! Tavern Keep! Another round for Vox Machina; the greatest band of mercenaries in all the realm.

[shyaringan]

idk if this will mean anything to anybody or will reach the right audience But in the off chance it does-

I used to post art all the time, my username was @reegis and I used to draw a ton of mechanisms fanart??

I was (and still am ngl) having a lot of health issues and logged out because i was overwhelmed and really needed a break that I assumed would only be temporary. its a Very long story but tldr- was logged out, new phone, email accounts didnt transfer over like id thought they would, absolutely no clue what email id used for the blog, tumblr Shockingly not helpful about it.

I only recently started drawing again, and got an overwhelming amount of encouragement from my friends to start posting instead of just keeping to myself.

probably none of that makes sense to anybody!

but if you happen to recognize that username hi! i miss you and im sorry for disappearing

[squeefishy]

I don't really ever post my art but I promised myself I would start this year so uh here's my pearl design (sorry for the bad picture)

more doodles + reference + buttons to push under the cut

I kind of just found my reference for the pearl on the left on Pinterest, so I don't know who the original creator is, but here's the link:

i might color the pearls digitally and actually render them so that they look nice, but it really depends on how much school kicks my ass....

and as promised here are the buttons!

and here are some random doodles I made of pearl while I was trying to figure out how I wanted to draw her... (they're kind of rough)

if you're still reading this far down thank you so much you're awesome!!!

[diamondcitydarlin]

"All hail to the Realm of Raj!"

AMC's Interview with the Vampire 01x07

[watchersleuth]

I didn't think I'd use this blog to make a post like this, but I'm seeing more and more comments and posts criticizing Watcher for their recent decision to layoff their production staff, and I want to try to explain some things. I also have experience working in film and television production so I hope that's helpful in this case.

For background, on March 17, 2025 people discovered via LinkedIn that Katie LeBlanc had ended her employment with Watcher. This, of course, caused some alarm.

I'm not in the habit of sharing things posted in the Wiscord, but Shane did let everyone know an important detail that I think is getting overlooked

I want to point out the part where he said that they were taking some "full-time positions and converting them to freelance"

Note: Almost every US television show that you watch from a major network runs on a freelance model

Yes, that one that you're thinking of right now. Also that one. Most exceptions to this would be a show like a news program or talk show that runs year-round and doesn't only film for a few months out of the year. When a crew member is freelance and one job ends, they use their networking connections to find another job. That's the way it's been done for over a hundred years in Hollywood.

This isn't ideal for everyone, for many reasons. And of course it would be preferable to live in a society where we valued creative work and people could get steady employment and benefits from being in this, or any artistic, field.

That's why Watcher hired folks on full-time as soon as they could. Remember in the 2022 Making Watcher when Steven talked about how they doubled their staff from 10 to 21 and how they were reinvesting into their own company? That was by design to try to give as many creative folks a shot at a regular full-time gig and I'm so proud of them for that!

Knowing this, I would bet that Watcher didn't WANT to convert anyone to freelance positions. People need to stop talking about the layoffs like this is something they wanted to do. They told us last year that they were launching the streamer to stay afloat, because YouTube isn't as beneficial as it used to be for creators.

Not to sound parasocial, but if you think that any of the Watcher Founders wanted to layoff the staff that they've worked with for years - people that have been with them since Worth It and Unsolved - then you don't know them at all.

Even if you think that they laid off everyone just for fun, consider that now when Watcher wants to film a new season of say Puppet History they will need to ask their previous staff if their schedule aligns with their filming time so they can be hired on to work the shoot. If not, they will have to advertise or go word of mouth, to find crew. That's more time and resources spent to staff a shoot than pulling from their regular crew.

TLDR; There's no controversy behind this news. This is normal for many media companies and is what Watcher had to do to remain in business.

It's not ideal, and I wish the streamer would have been so successful that they could've went the other direction like they planned all along - to bring on new hosts and make the diverse shows they've wanted to since 2019.

If you want to help Watcher:

-Subscribe to Watcher TV if you can. They've been running constant promo deals for the past year so if you do get an annual subscription make sure you use the discount code. The banner is always on top of the site.

-Subscribe to their main and podcast channels on YouTube

-Watch the videos as they get uploaded to YouTube, even if you're already a Watcher TV subscriber. Try to watch within the first day or two of uploading to push it up the algorithm. Make sure you "like" it and leave a positive/friendly/funny comment too! YT is looking for engagement and watch time, so the likes and comments help. And so does watching the video all the way through. (Bonus: Watcher has been using audience comments from videos on their social posts and it's fun to see what they choose!)

-If you're short on time or don't want to rewatch a video you already saw on the streamer you can always put it on a separate tab on your browser and mute it. Let the new videos or your favorite playlist stream in the background while you surf the web!

-Share their videos with friends, family, co-workers, etc. The more people that watch them the better! The Watcher channel is one of the more diverse that I've seen on YouTube so there's something for everyone.

-Make posts about what you enjoy about their shows and you'll find more friends that way.

Thanks for everyone who read this far. Comments are open if anyone wants to ask general production questions and I'll try to answer. Probably can't speak for Watcher specifically but maybe I'll know the answer from a Making Watcher video I can point you to.

And if you read all of this and still feel like you want to choose chaos (ie. harassing Watcher via their social media posts with accusations about the economy that they can't control) then I would urge you to direct that energy at your elected officials no matter what country you're in, find a fandom you enjoy engaging with instead, and maybe go touch some grass.

[casualavocados]

Wetlanders call it "the Waste." It is the Three-Fold Land. A shaping stone to make us, a testing ground to prove our worth, and a punishment for the sin. What sin? Nobody remembers, it was so long ago.

Ayoola Smart as AVIENDHA in THE WHEEL OF TIME 2.05 | Damane

[vancruejovi]

When you’ve been chill with a mutual for a while and then they drop some random ass lore. Like wdym you’re French?? Since when??

[terezamylove]

I may not have a phd in assyriology yet, but I'm already a professor in the arts of fujoshery

[khihi]

if you dislike rpf and think a normal response to someone just having fun with rpf is to steal their hard work and paste it on a more public platform where the real people in question are more likely to see it then i don't think there's much help for you, i think you're probably just addicted to performative morality and are more of an asshole than you realise

[jasperthejester]

me: finally accepting theres a good chance im autistic and starting to work up the courage to ask my parents to see if i could get a diagnoses but being scared to

my mom: do you ever think you have adhd? if you want to do a screening for add next time your at the doctors you can

me: