#thank you so so much again !

[papayaayaart]

A short animation of Shane (Stardew Valley)

Thank you so much for 400 notes on my Shane and Aggie sketches!! I dug up this very short animation I did in Nov 2023 and decided to colour and share it as thanks for the sweet messages! 💜

I was expecting around 10 interactions MAX when I posted it, so I actually cried tears of joy at all the sweet comments :,)

As extra thanks, I've provided a version of this mp4 video (without the watermark and text box) up to purchase for just £2 minimum on my Ko-Fi for anybody who's interested!

I will definitely be posting more Shane content!! Mostly for me but also for the fellow Shane supporters!! Tysm again!

Below is just a still, high quality png of my favourite frame from the short animation ⬇️

[starshinesim]

made a quick sim to preview @magbay's upcoming eyeliners!! thank you so so much for letting me preview them!! (ㅅ´ ˘ `)☆

[chaos-monkeyy]

To any of my fic-writer friends & followers who also struggle with writing slumps and dry spells and writing anxiety (so, all of us I would guess) - I just wanted to share something that was not my idea but has been working so incredibly well for me recently.

End of last year I hit a massive writing block. (...Again.) Partly fatigue, but also just... the ideas were there in my head, some of them were half-there in docs, but I couldn't manage to write or continue any of it. It was all too much, and I couldn't do it, and then I felt miserable about not doing the thing I love. Then a very good friend (who I'm not sure if they would want to be named in the post or not so I will err on the side of caution) shared their writing goal with me at the start of January.

The goal: write one sentence every day.

Just one sentence. It doesn't have to be for anything in particular, it doesn't necessarily have to be for a WIP or even for fic. It doesn't have to be good, or serve any purpose, or be shown to anyone right away or ever.

I've written something every day since. Every. Single. Day, for 27 days straight. Twenty-seven! I don't feel burnt out. I've stopped stressing about what I "have" to write or what I "have" to finish. I am enjoying writing again. Most days, I end up writing more than one sentence because even though I'm tired and brainfried, once I start it keeps flowing; sometimes it's a little more than one sentence, sometimes it's a lot more. I've started new WIPs, which may or may not continue, and that's fine. I've continued old WIPs because I actually want to, and even finished + posted a few things as well. I've written a dumb two line rhyme about having sore feet on the day I could not bring myself to write fic at all.

I guess if I'm trying to say anything specific here, it's: find yourself a goal that helps, don't set one that will just make you feel daunted or even worse for not being able to meet it after all. It might look very different for you, and that's okay!

But for me, it's the difference between feeling good after throwing down a simple sentence or two, because I accomplished my daily writing goal, vs. being constantly down on myself for not doing a nebulous "more", and then just not writing at all.

[gayhabit]

a recent commission i completed for @mimemirage​ of parsley! thank you so much again for commissioning me, i had so much fun drawing him! 🌞 🌻 🧡

[crabussy]

hi !! it's okay if none of these may be helpful for you, but some reminders that help us in situations like this are that you have always done your best to lead with kindness and compassion, and that's the most important thing!! :0 this person is definitely trying to get a rise out of you, which is their responsibility to own and work through, not yours <3 it's also not your responsibility to make everybody happy, or to keep everybody safe, and you are not causing harm by existing or by keeping a lovely little corner of the internet <3 it was really shitty of them to send that, but i promise it does not reflect on you, your identity, or who you are as a person!! :0

tldr; nobody causes harm by existing <3 the most we can do is try to offer as much kindness as we can, which is what you do!! i hope that you're doing alright and definitely recommend taking some time for self-care and grounding + sometimes a break from the internet to take care of myself super helps me after a trigger like this !!!

you rock!! let me know if you'd like any cat photos too <3333 :0 i've got an elderly little lady kitty and she's very sweetie if that would help :') <3 lots of love!! -🫖

thank you so so much, this means more than you know and it really helped me, and I’d absolutely love to see some photos of your little old lady

[damn-daemon]

I intended to write this for you a while ago, but things have been crazy busy, sorry.

I first started reading fanfictions when I was about 13 and I came across your work (AVWH) a couple years later in 2016 (when I was in High School) and that was a big deal for me because I remember being completely amazed by your writing (and still am): it was fluid, compelling, felt real, and made me  feel so completely immersed that I would easily spend 30 min or more reading in the same position, with my eyes glued on your story.

You're also became a big inspiration to me when it comes to writing/publishing an original material. I've published one OUAT story years ago, it was just a couple chapters and not really well written (I was still beginning to learn english then) but I remember only feeling confident enough to do it, to finally publish it, because you said something then about how you also overthink about your writing now and then, the struggles you have with it but you still do it anyway. That was really important for me to hear! Now a days I'm currently writing articles on movies and stuff, but I look forward to going back on writing fanfictions and publishing my original work out there :)

So yeah, thank you for putting so much dedication on your work considering that you do it all for free while also having other things to worry about such as a job and life itself (which isn't easy at all). Also, thank you for doing it during the pandemic, God knows that reading your stories was one of the things that helped me keep my head sane those days.

I wish you the best! 💜

P.S: I loved your last update!

This was so wonderful to read. I think I've read over it a few times at this point. It just gives me such a wonderful, light-hearted feeling. I definitely teared up the first time I saw this. And you've been around so long, so there is something so profound about hearing this from you. Words cannot describe how happy and at ease this all makes me.

It still blows my mind, the concept that my story really has been around for a while. It still feels like something I came up with yesterday (also I won't lie - I did feel a little old when you mentioned when you started haha). The idea that you have journeyed with this and inspired to do your own work because of something I said...I don't know, it's just equal parts crazy and wonderful to me. I never thought my story would be anything when I started out, and seeing and hearing this from you just helps reassure me that this has all been worth it.

So thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for all the kind words you have said to me. And please, don't feel the need to apologize for not saying it sooner. Life is life, and so many things go unsaid. I am simply grateful you took the time to say something at all. Thank you.

I wish you all the luck on your current and future writing endeavors. Kick some butt out there!

[falloutdope]

Hey, uh sorry to bother you? Well, I just wanna let you know you're my inspiration to take up drawing and I really really really love your works, I'm feeling nostalgic so I went to your tumblr and see your works again and to be honest I'm falling in love more and more with your artwork... Fuck I'm sorry if it's sounds weird

First, you don't bother at all. Pease, never feel sorry to say such nice things!! ❤️ you made my day today so thank you so so much 🥺

I feel so flattered I really have no words.

Drawing is the way I chose to express myself, to share with everyone my ideas and, hopefully, make them smile; and I'm immensely grateful to have had something to do with, even in the slightest, motivating you to do it too. Thank you again for letting me know that

I hope you find the joy I found during the process and that it makes you happy the way it makes me, that's my honest wish 💫

[child-of-the-cosmos]

BIRTHDAY???? BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COZY!!! HOPE YOU’VE BEEN HAVING AN INCREDIBLE DAY!! YOU ARE SO SO SO TALENTED INCREDIBLE AND AMAZING AND DESERVE NOTHING BUT THE BEST!!! I RUN TOWARDS YOU AT FULL SPEED WITH CAKE AND GIFTS AND BLANKETS!! I ALSO DO HAVE SOME STUFF PLANNED, SO BE ON THE LOOK OUT!! HEHE HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

HOLD ON HOLD ON- I'M NOT CRYING HOLD ON-

DUHSTY- OSKSKKKSKSKSKS THANK YOU!!

MY DAY HAS JUST KINDA STARTED, BUT YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE IT- AND I AM RUNING AT YOU FULL SPEED AND HUGGING YOU. AHHHHHH JUST, THANK YOU!!! I AM PUTTING YOUR GIFTS ON A PEDESTAL, AND WRAPPING MYSELF VERY SNUGGLY IN THE BLANKETS. AND YOU. JUST KNOW HOW ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC AND INCREDIBLY TALENTED YOU ARE AS WELL. I AM SHARING THE CAKE WITH YOU MY BELOVED MOOT.

AND DUHSTY- 👀👀👀 PSST PST HEY. WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED???? DUHSTY- COME HERE, PSST I HAVE QUESTIONS---- DUHSTY-

[canisalbus]

✦ Freshly ordained ✦

[rusticfurnace]

GHOSTSOAP // "you sweet fucker" MINICOMIC!!!

[solroskajan]

:D

[waveoftheocean]

vashwood comm for @bohemienne6!!

[junosmindpalace]

you don’t like to kiss satoru when he wears his blindfold.

you understand why he wears it, and you don’t have any problem with it besides how distanced you feel from him when he tries to be intimate with it on. so while you never ask him to take off his blindfold, you simply refuse to engage him when he wears it. 

guilt eats at you for even feeling this way in the first place—after all, satoru’s health came before your own menial, selfish wants. still, you couldn’t help the uneasiness that came as a result of trying to be affectionate with him while half his face was completely blocked off from you. 

and satoru doesn’t like this. he’s not immensely clingy, or at least not often enough to call him clingy, but he does like to have you near him, tuck you into his side and steal a slow kiss or two from you on occasion. especially when he’s feeling stressed or annoyed does he seek out your soothing touch, which tended to be pretty often from how demanding the higher ups are of him. 

you’ll still lend a listening ear, lean in real close and scan his face as if trying to see those bright blue eyes of his through the dark mask he often wears, perhaps even wrap your arms around him and card your fingers through his hair held up by the fabric around his head. and most of the time simply being near you, touching you in one way or another is enough to soothe his aching muscles and tense mind. but when he leans in to press his lips against yours and you dodge, he immediately realizes that it’s not enough.

“you’re mean.” he pouts, and though you can’t see his eyebrows crease in distress, you can certainly imagine it, and you laugh.

“when we’re at home.” you reassure him, rubbing your hands up and down his arms. 

he speculated for some time that you rejected him because of the setting, that it was unprofessional or perhaps embarrassing. but you had no problem angling his head toward you and stealing a kiss from his lips on the rare occasion he decided to wear his glasses to work, and so he eventually managed to piece together that the blindfold was the problem.

satoru’s frown only deepens, because he wants a kiss from you now. why should he have to wait to kiss his own partner? 

“just a small one. a quick one.” he tries to bargain, holding your elbows, but you only shake your head with an amused smile. 

“later.” you promise, and before he can press further, your students start to approach and your attentions are required elsewhere.

you uphold your promise, cupping his face and kissing him with so much love behind closed doors, as if you were anticipating the moment as much as he was—when his blindfold is off. but he’s still troubled by the fact that you refuse to kiss him with it on. it’s a part of him. do you think he’s ugly with it on? that’s got to be it.

he continues to whine and chase after your lips when the two of you are at work, but you only chuckle and angle his face away, and eventually it really strikes a nerve with him, frustrated over not knowing why you were so adamant on avoiding his kiss when he wore his blindfold. you haven’t tried to initiate, or even reciprocate his advances, even once! 

he brings up this concern one day when you two are at home, when your bodies are messily intertwined on the living room couch, satoru’s chin propped up on your chest and your hand cupping his face as you cuddled and giggled about whatever sort of conversation you were making that night. in the security of your shared home, and in your comforting embrace, does satoru allow himself to wind down, letting his cursed energy seep out, and using it as an incentive to relax a slight bit. 

you say something and he laughs, and upon seeing his smile and endearing eyes crinkle happily, you lean in to close the space between your lips.

he immediately reciprocates the kiss, the hold he has around your waist tightening. but then he remembers being in a similar scenario hours prior, and you refusing to meet his lips then. he pulls away gently as the dejection bubbles up in his stomach again, and his smile slightly drops.

“why don’t you kiss me when i wear my blindfold?”

the question, coupled with the blunt and slightly miserable tone satoru asks it with, catches you off guard, and his knit brows makes your breath hitch.

this was the thing about satoru without his blindfold. every piece of him—every vulnerable expression, every crease on his face, every emotion of his—was on display for you to bask in. rubbing your thumb over his cheek is welcome. there isn’t any fabric to bump into and make you feel like you’re being pushed out, make you feel like your affection is being suppressed.

satoru without his blindfold was open, intimate—whole. but when he wrapped the fabric around his eyes, it felt like he was also hiding a part of himself you adored. not the overwhelming strength he held in those enchanting cerulean eyes of his, but the love and affection they glimmered with when he was with you, a glimmer you’re sure was reciprocated in your own eyes as well. a part of him that displayed his adoration for you, for the things he loved most, clear as day. 

“it’s silly, satoru.” you tell him reluctantly, gently playing with his hair. his sad smile makes you feel guilty, gnaws at your heart. but the part of you that feels shut away with that blindfold overtakes an insecurity deep inside. “i don’t want to concern you with it.”

“you gotta tell me what’s up, sweets. think i’m ugly?” he tries to tease, and you roll your eyes.

“just feel distant from you, ‘s all.” 

voicing it aloud makes you feel just as small and silly as you told him it is. perhaps you were overthinking things too much. 

you’re afraid to explain any further, because you don’t even know if you can without sounding even more insecure than you feel, but satoru immediately understands, and all the tension he’s built over the situation melts away in an instant, and he chuckles.

“like my eyes on you, huh?” he wiggled his brows, and you scoff, moving your hands down to his neck. he leans in a little closer, speaks a little softer. “they’re always on you.” 

your heart flutters as satoru kisses over the side of your jaw, giggling at the slight tickling sensation. he mimics your smile from against your jawline when he hears you laugh. 

he thinks he understands. if he wasn’t able to see those gorgeous eyes of your as they crease when you laugh, or gaze up at him in awe when he pulls away from a kiss only you could make so sweet, he thinks he’d also feel shut out, robbed of that small but intimate and beautiful part of you that leaves him breathless. he had a responsibility as the strongest to keep himself in line, but he also had a responsibility to you. he committed himself to that responsibility ages ago when you first met. 

satoru stares up at you from the crook of your neck, and it’s as if there’s hearts in his eyes, a sight that never fails to fluster you when you realize that it’s all directed toward you, a result of you. it reminds you just why you were so insecure in the first place. why would you want to kiss him when he wore his blindfold when you were deprived of this sight while doing so?

“just try to kiss me with my blindfold.” he mumbles, and it sounds insensitive after what you told him, but it’s exactly why he wants to prove that not a single ounce of love for you is hidden away when he wears it.

you frown, but still reach to grab the black band from when he threw it on the coffee table hours ago. you wrap it around his eyes for him, feeling slightly saddened by the sight already, but his lovesick smile never falters.

as soon as your hands lower from behind his head, he’s gently pushing his lips against yours, and it feels every bit of kind and loving and special as it did when you kissed him without it. his lips move slowly, yet passionately, with yours, and for the first time, your hands move to cup his face in reciprocation. the touch elates satoru like nothing else in the world, and you can’t believe you ever expected anything different.

when he finally pulls away, you could swear you see those bright blue eyes of his staring at you with that dizzying gaze that makes you feel light and loved. the blindfold makes you feel a lot more exposed than he is though, and you can’t help but blush and bring your hands over your face to try and even the playing field.

he laughs at this reaction and tries to pry your hands away from your face. “so? anything different?” he grins, feeling proud knowing he accomplished his goal from your reaction, and you laugh. 

“i still prefer it off.”

“that’s fine,” he hums, lowering the band so it hangs loosely around his neck with one hand, bringing your hands down away from your face with the other. “i prefer it off, too.” 

and from then on you become a little more comfortable kissing satoru with his blindfold on, and he’s over the moon at you now indulging him when he’d pull you into a random empty classroom and lean in close.

but he doesn’t see the harm in compromise, however, so he’ll indulge you too. and when he’s feeling particularly eager, he’ll wrap an arm around your waist, quickly tug his blindfold down to his neck, and capture your lips in a breathless kiss. 

whether he does this in an empty classroom or to say hello or goodbye before heading off on a mission with his students, you get to see those mesmerizing eyes of his shine with all the affection and love he holds for you. 

besides, you can't help but admit that it’s even more satisfying when he does it in front of others, tugging the blindfold off simply for your sake, showing off to everyone else the state you reduce him too. 

so perhaps you’ve grown to like kissing satoru when he wears his blindfold.  

[hansoeii]

Lokius commission for @uf-oh's fanfiction "i look up at the gaps of sunlight (i miss you more than anything)" ⭐

[judilyart]

finished portrait commission for the lovely @starfleet-captain 🧡🌿

[orbbo]

Hey for fannon swap could we please get warden Grian? :D

Poor guy has to get custom sweaters.

((Thank you all for the request!! I wasn't expecting to get so many but I tried to do my best to do them all justice. I'm no longer taking fannon swap requests now. I'd love to do more general hermitcraft/life smp requests in the future. ))