#the drafts for the first 4 chapters

[athena-xox]

kys in a I have concert band at 6:30 and a full day of school + choir + rehearsals + I have to run and it’s currently 1:45 and I have insomnia

[moongothic]

Crocodile's inability to truly get people to follow him is so interesting though, because in that way he's like the polar opposite of Luffy, who has the ability to draw people in and get them to follow him instead

And like it's not surprising Crocodile can't get anyone to be truly loyal to him (Daz Bones aside), since his primary method to get people to do as they're told is through (threats of) violence and money (if he has any). Like yes, that will get people to do as they're told, but you can't buy loyalty, you can't beat people into trusting you. And so, when shit hits the fan, who the fuck would stay for you, when you're like that

Of course, Crocodile is like that due to his trust issues, and god only knows what caused those trust issues. It's possible he was always like that, or past trauma caused him to become like that-- if it's the latter though, even if he was like more trusting of others once in the past, people still didn't stick with him in the end. The trust was one-sided

I think this also reflects in a really interesting way in Cross Guild actually, 'cause like. Despite being scared shitless, not even Buggy is willing to keep on taking Crocodile's shit. Even that clown has his limits before he starts a mutiny against Crocodile

And while Buggy hasn't really done anything to "earn" his current position in the world (like he hasn't Proven Himself in Combat, he's just Faked It Until He Made It), because he has treaten his underlings with basic kindness and respect, even if he's been lying through his teeth the whole time, that has been enough for Buggy to gain his followers' trust. And that's why Buggy's able to rile up people to follow him. While Crocodile can't.

Unironically makes me wonder what Daz sees in Crocodile that makes him want to follow Croc to literal hell and back

And I wonder what it really would take for Croc to be able to inspire people to follow him and be loyal to him, if it's even possible

[angellurgy2]

i miss when i could post writing and have interactions w other writers, its so much harder to progress when I have no one to discuss ideas/topics/technique with :/

[dont-offend-the-bees]

YAY the messy unreadable first draft of Lonely Bones ch3 is done!! All I have to do is edit so it'll be ready in *checks word count* .... three weeks.

[eddsworld-the-masquerade]

miscellaneous, mostly doodles i did while suffering an art block lol

[crimescrimson]

The Tower Interior in Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (2015)

[moonlightheretic]

Unfortunate body, Unfortunate soul.

Elle had witnessed abominations, darkspawn, giants, and all sorts of creatures ready to mangle her within their jaws, but this admittedly, was a first.

The ground beneath her shook, Red Lyrium dust plumed from above, and the foul-smelling liquid slapped against the tile at her feet. A horrific screeching and throttling noise signaled from somewhere else. It almost sounded like gears turning and twisting. She glanced down at her crossbow.

Arrows weren’t going to save her today. She was prepared to face anomalies with a heartbeat, flesh and blood. Not Red Lyrium Spirits inhabiting skeletons.

It dove for her, a wild thing, a wrathful soul swelling as it flew, and time dilated and snagged within her reach. Like a meandering run through a woven fabric, she tugged the thread through, time rippling on either side, gathering along the edges of her prolonged moment. For all she needed was just a couple more to save herself.

Elle lifted her hand, snapping her fingers a hair’s distance from slow chattering teeth. Time’s normal stream snatched into order with alarming speed as bones disintegrated within a burst of flame. An immolation so quick, the spirit had no chance to escape, trapped within the flare.

She should have brought her staff she thought, as she chided her grave mistake.

They surged in like a swell of a hurricane, and the small tunnel choked on their fury. For this chamber was not designed with an army of souls in mind. A rageful afterthought plunging through archway and door alike, their wrath sundered the walls and the bones of this place groaned. Snapping jaws, like gulping fish, bone over bone, body over body, they clamored to enter all at once.

Elle sucked in a gasp of stale air and pushed out a phlegethon, incinerating the horde that strangled the doorway. But more replaced the charred remains, another surge screamed and seethed.

She realized she wouldn’t be leaving the way she entered. In fact, she would be lucky to leave this place in one piece, if at all.

Elle called upon the very stone, pulling it around her fist, a stony glove that cloaked up to her very elbow and she launched it at the masses, cleaving into their unfortunate skulls. But this place seemed to have an endless supply of dead soldiers at the ready.

[zonatcannibalism]

Guess who just wrote down 3.5k in one sitting and finished the climax of their book

[cavewolf]

it looks like things are moving faster for deltarune ch3-4 (gets scared)

[kyeterna]

Even though she hated this city, she held this place close to heart. Was it because she thought it was pretty? She looked up at the sky. Her mind travelled far as she daydreamed. This rush of nostalgia washed over her. What if it could be, what it could be.

[highcaliberstupidity]

By the Bullet - Chapter 2

[dallonwrites]

flashback is far too long but i had fun writing it. i was just being myself and being real

[the-arson-author-gamer]

Ok, when my assignment grind ends (3 relatively major ones due within the next 6-8 days) I'll need something to work on during my spare.

[aria0fgold]

I'm doing it yall... I'm getting back to writing again! I'm preparing to write a fanfic that isn't any of the 3 ongoing fics I already have, I'm so sorry.

[gendervapor14]

too tired to write, too tired to edit, too tired to read, but not too tired to draw!! saw some anime screenshot redraws going around and that got me thinking of this iconic scene:

which i combined with a little moment the sorabelle fic to create…

a new disastrous wip!! nothing like having a stack of wip illustrations to go with your wip stories, right??

haha! ha. right? this is normal. everything is normal. everything is fiiiinneee

[senselessalchemist]

My horrible bastard brain: haha what if you tried to make the line "time for your medicine" poignant

Me: bet

Me, 80k worth of words later: this was a mistake (tm)