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Hey does anyone know how to make writing feel less like pulling teeth thanks
#I’ve been trying to just get out a SINGLE short piece for Comfyvember and I can’t even do THAT#let alone finish the next joker and ace chapter or work on my novel#I really don’t know what to do anymore I used to love this so much (and I do!) but it’s like the programming is broken
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Painting practice with Wangxian
#wangxian#lan wangji#wei ying#wei wuxian#mdzs#I worked without reference for half of this soooo#they might be off model#I adore them#I’ve been dying to draw them since I read the novels in feb
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2024 reads / storygraph
The Sword of Kaigen
standalone fantasy set in a rural mountain village at the edge of an empire that still holds traditional values, with families of powerful water/ice magic warriors
follows a powerful young heir who begins to question his beliefs about the empire when a new boy comes to his village from the city
and his mother, a housewife who has tried to forget her youth as a warrior and vigilante in the city since she moved back home to a loveless marriage
when there’s a violent attack on their village that they’re unprepared for, everything changes, and she has to embrace her old skills to protect her family and people
#The Sword of Kaigen#aroaessidhe 2024 reads#I’ve been meaning to read this for years and I finally got around to it! a really unique fantasy novel#I had always assumed this was ur average pre-industrial high fantasy and then was immediately hit with video games/tv in the first chapter#lmao. But overall (aside from the broader worldbuilding/politics) it is closer to the average ‘historical’ fantasy narrative -#so I can see why I got that impression#Some really compelling characters and interesting narrative structure that went in some unexpected directions.#It really focuses in on one village and how devastating a single battle in a war can be to their people - and how much work the recovery is#I feel like most sff is more concerned with a single person and/or the whole war so this felt unique. did also mean that the pacing was odd#- it's a slow start; then there’s a battle that must be hundreds of pages. The last section of the book feels a little too drawn out#and brings up random hanging plot elements that don’t really go anywhere. But I think overall this works for the story.#also one thing I didn’t love - cool complex interesting female character MC sure but also there’s weird moments like:#the first scene we see her is all the housewives comparing their attractiveness; she keeps referring to herself as an old woman (when she’s#and oh so meek and useless etc. And some of this feels like it’s part of the broader portrayal of the misogynist society#but some of it felt clunky or unintentional?#And then especially the end - when she and her shitty husband finally confront each other as equals and he apologises#she basically immediately forgives him and is like oh I was equally at fault because I am a meek woman who didn’t try either#like him realising he was wrong (and her realising he had a reason for being the way he was) doesn’t negate the fact that he treated her li#she acts like it was her fault for not trying too - when we have numerous examples of him berating her if she spoke up about anything?#like im glad he’s learning. but also that doesn’t mean she needs to suddenly forgive and love him wtf#that's the only real thing that annoyed me though.#also btw that 5yo seems kinda fucked up. are you guys gonna do anything about that
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Hello!! I’m kinda late with it, but I just wanna tell you that my bestie and I are sending you the goodest vibes! ❤️❤️❤️ Cause you see, we went to see the movie on the day of the premiere and we have been shitting on it more and more mercilessly ever since, both of ours anger and grief increasing upon realizing more and more clearly just how utterly SHITE this excuse for a movie was.
And so we were both surprised at finding out just how MANY people on the internet were actually enamoured with it, and praising it like a masterpiece. It felt like being stuck in some fucking simulation, so I was like hold up, there’s this awesome person whose opinions I respect, let’s check there! (Cause my bestie is more of a casual fan, not really on the scene in Deadpool fandom.) So yeah, we went to your blog and were both delighted at your insight, reading all you’ve said about it and laughing in my bed. And as much as it still sucks to have experienced all of that, and that this crap will stay on DP’s record, it was really comforting to see someone so well-spoken feeling the same way and expressing it with eloquence, very satisfying to read. Honest to god, I felt some kind of relief upon being reassured that I’m not just a hater, it was actually ✨That Bad✨
So thank you!! And stay strong!!
oh trust, I feel entirely similar but - I don’t feel surprised about it because it’s kind of marvel tradition at this point for a film to be nearly entirely incoherent but still a crowd pleaser - I thought we’d grown past this and that people were finally getting wise after all the lukewarm responses to recent mcu entries but I guess deadpool is just the silver bullet that can blindside anybody - I think there’s kind of an expectation attached to deadpool in that it’s Not Going To Be Good. but at least it’s going to be fun. but - you know - shrugs - I’m kind of tired about how OFTEN I’m asked by pieces of media these days to just… switch my brain off? like um? sorry if I want to use my brain? thats what its here for? I have this fucking organ in between my ears that wants to be challenged and enriched and there just isn’t enough in this world that is doing that for me. and I know I’m not going to find that in a marvel movie. but it’s just such a bummer how often people tell me to just switch off my brain and how much I want to fucking !! use my brain though !! just give me some fucking brain food or I might freaking vegetate. I’m gonna go brain dead, lads. I’m gonna go brain dead !! I can’t keep switching off my brain. she’s here to work. she wants to work !!!
#sci speaks#lately I’ve been avoiding watching television and movies because I just don’t enjoy it. it feels so passive.#it’s why I like the older comics and I like reading books. lots of older sci fi novels that work your brain.#my brain is so so frustrated by how little it’s being challenged#im so tired of media telling me not to think too hard.#what the fuck. the only reason I do anything is because I want to think about it.#that is what we have brains for.#please god. I’m begging people. demand more from your media.#you need food for thought or else your brain will waste away.#a brain is muscle like any other. it needs to be exercised.#it needs to work!!
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(Other includes: Javert planning to become a farmer, Valjean attempting to shake Javert’s hand only for Javert to have a meltdown over that too, the way Valjean hears Javert is at the door and cringes in annoyance because he doesn’t want to deal with him, etc etc)
#incomplete list…#polls only let you include ten options but there are way more#Les mis#lm 1.6.2#I’ve been off tumblr working on thesis but I had to crawl back for one of the funniest chapters in the book#every conversation between Valjean and javert is peak comedy#javert is the real comic relief of this novel sometimes
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This should come as no surprise as I haven’t been posting much recently, but I’ve decided to go on hiatus until late October/start of November! I’ll be back to post about NaNoWriMo as I plan to participate! I don’t have another Tumblr so I’m kinda just disappearing off the app but I hope you’re all doing well and that autumn treats you well! <3
#I’ve been finding it hard to write AND post here since I haven’t had much energy and things are starting back up this week so I’ll be so bus#but I will hopefully work on liminal bird dogs while I’m on hiatus! maybe even will finish the first draft of the screenplay#fingers crossed hehe. but I will be looking forward to nano!! I have a NOVEL for that! been writing only scripts for some time now ahhh#love you all!! <3
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I FINISHED THE ALTERNATE BAD END ROUTE!!! I STILL GOTTA FINISH THE OTHER BAD END(it’s basically the same thing just a little different!) AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE I MENTIONED EARLIER!! I did also get TWO(technically three) cg’s planned out too for the bad end!! Gotta say, probably one of the most gruesome things I’ve EVER written before LMAOOO the word count is at 2904 rn!!
Also! I know I had planned for the demo to be a day and a half but I think I’m just going to make it a day and then heading into work the next day! This is basically my first project(I had barely had any ideas for pacing when it came to Mine so I wasn’t sure where to start) and so I don’t want to overwhelm myself! Speaking of days I haven’t really planned out how many days I wanted there to be, there will definitely be more then five days(I can’t make a short story to save my life) I’ll get to a rough outline of events and routes after I finish writing/release the first day!
#☕️-cafe sweet#yandere visual novel#male yandere#yandere#visual novel#yandere boyfriend#yandere vn#I think tomorrow I want to work on the title page#I had started it before but I’m not really happy with it#think I’ll just go with something a little more simple#I also gotta do sprites#maybe I’ll start with Sanka’s tomorrow as well!#I’ve been waiting to finish the script so I can gauge what kind of expressions I want to make so far#I’ll def add some more sprites in the future though!#and then I think gui will come in another update#cause I wanna change the basics but I don’t have any solid ideas yet!
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Heavy breathing. 6 days to go. You are NOT ready for the Big Bang going boom.
#I post on Friday and Saturday. and will be reblogging just about EVERYTHING. lmao.#I will have a tag you can block if you don’t want me flooding your dash lol:#Sonic Big Bang 24#that’s the tag I’ll be using#use accordingly!! I heavily encourage you all to read and spread the works around#I cannot wait to post my own written work. you’re all gonna get so much concept art and memes and bonus stuff from me#as well as a new character. :3#you’ll get a development post for the project and then I’ll steadily post all the art#there WILL be a master post and it will be pinned. please read my fic though I worked so hard on it and my artists have been WONDERFULZ#it’s. long. I’ve been brainstorming and working for 6 months but only really wrote for 2 and a half but#it’s longer than a novel. so
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Yall it's gotten to the point where I've had to make a second document for Lighthouse because the first Google doc was too long and taking too much time to load what the fuck 😭😭😭
#no seriously is this thing gonna end as long as the fucking novel ive been working on SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL#because what the actual fuck#i was planning on this going all the way through till 2018#I AM STILL. IN. 2009. KILL ME.#my friends are right. im a madman#gerrymichael has done this to me. I’ve gone insane over them#the magnus archives#tma#michael shelley#gerry keay#gerrymichael#ao3 fanfic#tma fanfic#writer#fire up the lighthouse
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😇- What's their best trait?
👿- What's their worst trait?
for Tuesday and Chuu
“Miss Chuu’s best trait? Mmm… You said this is an interview for your retelling of the Warriors of Light and their journey, right? I’d say it’s her unshakeable resolve. She decides she’s going to do something, and she doesn’t give up until it’s done. Ah… I’m not allowed to speak more on Miss Chuu without her presence, my apologies, mister Levraut.”
“You broke into my house,”
“Your lovely wife let me in actually,”
“To wake me up from my nap and interrogate me on my assistant,”
“Interview, Mademoiselle, not interrogate. Though I am sorry for waking you, your eyes were open so I assumed-”
“Ah-ta-ta. You wanted to know Two’s best trait right? Adaptability. Any environment, any obstacle… he’s got brains enough to figure the way through most anything. And failing that? He knows a top notch engineer in Magitek to kit him with the right tools to overcome his few shortcomings. Hey wait did you fucking call me a mad gazelle, you lop-eared scab?!”
“Thank you for your time, both of you. I have just one more question before I consider this interview complete and I let you both go back to your.. erm, busy schedules. What would you say is each others weakest trait?”
“I knew it! This IS an interrogation! Two, don’t-”
“Ah, that would be Miss Chuu’s paranoia, mister Levraut. Most of her other traits net positive gain,”
“Watch your mouth, Two.”
“That is.. ah, her paranoid trait has served to pull her out of many situations she would have landed in had they not afforded her foresight and caution to approach most situations.”
“Two’s worst trait is how I just can’t seem to keep mad at him when he finds and exploits loopholes in whatever rules I’ve set for him. And last week I asked him to bring me lunch, and he was nowhere to be seen for nearly six bells.”
“… Miss Chuu, if I may, you were in Azys La, and you called me via Linkpearl to bring you specifically egg sandwiches from the Bismark, even utilizing the Aethernet it takes time… and when I arrived at your last marked location you were nowhere to be found.”
[Duo Oc Ask Meme !]
#I’ve been rotating this ALL day but I think this is relatively acceptable#id misunderstood the assignment right at first but my husband is v smart and cleared it up for me ahdbfcjdjcjddna#if I wrote non-dialogue with this it would take me a lot longer and way more words because I’d get caught up in the. all of it.#I have another one from this to chew on still but I’m trying to figure out the best pair up for the question cbdbfbdndns#And I also have a big lore question I’m still working on 🫣🫢 I took some screens for it today and I’m resisting doing a bunch of fiddly edits#because if I did I’d have to ask my friend to borrow one of the written alphabets he made up#and then I’d have to learn to write it and I just can’t make myself do that actually I’m just a wee frog#ffxiv Chuu#ffxiv Tuesday#ffxiv levraut#ffxiv Gears Duo#ffxiv Viera#ffxiv elezen#Levraut Manseauguel#Chuusday Gears#Tuesday Gears#please appreciate their faces in the last panel I was trying very hard to convey a particular vibe#and I only just realized I forgot to fix Chuu’s skirt#poor Lev is just trying to compile information for his novel about the adventure’s of the Warriors of Light and how they saved the world#as we know it like 15 times or something.#spawn speece#writing this was silly and fun ;v;’#ty for the ask 🫣💖 I hope I got this right in the end of it all#also sorry for the Christmas Colors my mental jury is out on if I enjoy it or not-#I gave Tuesday Blue finally in situations where it’s Chuu and Tue so it’s not green on green.#🤦 can you tell I played Mario Odyssey repeatedly#ask game
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reading a spin-off novel based on outer banks because of course i am and while i can’t say it’s “good” i can say that it really has its moments. and that it understands the characters and relationships in the series better than the writers of the series did after season 1
#this author just GETS the insane family dynamics set up by this show#and honestly a novel is probably a better format to explore some of those themes with the characters’ internal monologues and whatnot#don’t get me wrong there’s a romantic subplot that is just. genuinely difficult to read lol.#but i’ve been pleasantly surprised#it’s pre-season 1 so it’s pretty character-driven rather than having to be tied to the main plot which imo works in its favor#outer banks
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hate this damned novel
#work giving me carpal tunnel now every time I draw it hurts and I’ve been avoiding it#aidey’s art#orv#don’t think anyone will even see this post but to be safe: I have not finished reading the novel pls do not spoil <3
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Fun fact about me I still have not seen Rise of Skywalker because I heard how bad it was and I loved The Last Jedi so much that I just can’t be assed to ruin that experience for myself.
#listen I don’t always agree with Jenny Nicholson but we have the exact same opinions on TLJ#except I like Poe and really enjoyed DJ#no I am not a Reylo#I’ve been listening to a lot of old Jenny vids at work and it made me want to watch TLJ again#AND SO I DID#and I still love it#but I have weird Star Wars opinions#like thanks to the novel Revenge of the Sith was my favorite Star Wars movie because the novel is so fucking good#that it makes the movie better
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it (1986), by stephen king
#first post test post! attempting to sort out some stuff so i can start it book club (bit club. so funny.) in june!#hopefully my tags work ripppp i’ve been copy pasting the same code for every blog for years so#but yes! it is happening i’m so excited! i can’t wait for people to read this book with me it’s sooo fun and i also hope it’ll introduce#more people to this version of the characters and story that i truly love more than any of the adaptations have been able to convey. even#1990! this novel really is my weird special little book#bitclub2024#it 1986#stephen king#excepts
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Epoxied this pin to a new badge reel for work, the Rogue Squadron badge reel I bought @ Phoenix Comicon in 2015 is on its last legs
#it’s fitting because I’ve been promoted to department team lead 😌😌😌#if I talk for too long about Rebel x-wing/etc. pilots I will cryyyyyyyy#I am also just so much more interested in the politics and crunchy admin and drama of the Rebellion/Empire/New Republic/FO#yeah I guess the Jedi and their magic are fun#but also. remember the time Admiral Daala tore a light fixture off the wall during a meeting of Imperial Remnant leaders#smashed it hard enough against the conference table that it left a dent#and then proceeded to kill almost everyone else in the room? I’m here for THAT#it’s also really cool to clench gloved hands together so tightly the leather squeaks like what happens so often in EU novels#personal#rant in tags#also filing with#work adventures
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Some attempts at a design for Selena :3. The second image is inspired by the wedding in Haunted Castle, but I changed Simon’s outfit cause idk I just can’t picture him being comfortable in a suit.
The last two of these are way more headcanon-y lol. They’re under a cut mostly in case my headcanons and story ideas change d(^^ ). One of them was inspired by a Kikuo song I was listening to while drawing lol, the song “Let’s Go to Heaven”.
#castlevania#castlevania games#selena belmont#castlevania selena#castlevania ii#castlevania 2#castlevania simon’s quest#simon’s quest#castlevania ii: simon's quest#haunted castle#simon belmont#akumajou dracula#akumajo dracula#art post#my art#I remember seeing someone make a post somewhere about how it was weird that#a lot of the cut items from the first Castlevania were things like high heels and a love letter and stuff#I wonder if Simon’s wife/girlfriend was supposed to be a character at one point in it and she got cut for some reason#idk it’s interesting to me that she’s only ever appeared in like deliberately noncanon content ya know?#like Haunted Castle was even called not a Castlevania game by its own lead director#the two novels with Simon girlfriends in them were never intended to be canon just fun side stuff#especially the ones that were choose your own adventure books lol I love the art style in one of those#anyway I’ve been trying to think of ways to write her lately but its so easy to end up accidentally falling into annoying tropes alas 💀💀💀#especially ones the series has already used before oof#currently my idea so far is since Simon himself is kinda the chosen one hero guy trope in CV1#and ends up subverting that trope by genuinely failing a ton getting hated by the public and possibly dying at the end#maybe Selena might work as initially the damsel in distress and call to action trope and subverts that later????#I also have always thought she ends up the Mysterious Woman somehow hmmmm#it’s a hard headcanon to incorporate without just pulling a Dracula X chronicles and oh no she’s a vampire aaaaa but that’s been done 💀#I am also aware that not everything you write has to be 100% completely new and original and perfect but aaaaaaa
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