#the only reason i post it is bc. i don't know actually

[explosionshark]

Writing wank/musing under the cut. Boring for anyone who is not me, I'm sure

At the risk of sounding like a dick, I think I have a tendency to like. Lose perspective on my own talent as a writer. Like, I wouldn't consider myself totally unconfident or modest. I'm aware that I'm pretty good and I have a skill set that's fairly developed. But I also think I know where the ceiling is for my skill level and I focus on that a lot

And that's not to put anyone down and it's not to say it's a surprise really because I have been doing this for like over half my life at this point I SHOULD be good at it but STILL given my tendency to obsess over the things I don't do very strongly, it's kind of nice to remember that there's a reason I succeed at this sometimes lmao

I'll read things by other authors that impress me or even sometimes make me a little wistful or envious that I don't have the ability to do That Particular Thing and that's where I focus up. It's easy enough to get stuck there too bc I am a discerning reader and I tend to only click through on fics I'm fairly sure I'm going to like anyway. So, intentionally or not, the work I end up comparing myself against is usually pretty high quality. Stuff that other authors are approaching thoughtfully and with intention, which is also how I try to approach my own work, even when it's not that serious

Like it's not that I get negative feedback like EVER. I'm lucky, most of the comments I receive are really nice. But y'know when my friends say something nice, no matter how sincerely, I think subconsciously I write it off a little as "oh sure of course my friends would say that, they love me" but I think what I'm learning is that sometimes that praise is less subjective than I tend to assume

Anyway the point is I have been reading fic a little more outside my usual parameters recently and. Again I'm sorry I know I sound like a total asshole, but Jesus Christ, it's putting things in perspective. Like, I'm actually like pretty good at this, I think. The stuff I'm seeing out there. The things people will just Post.

[stealingpotatoes]

hands you all this cal to announce i’ve FINALLY finished fallen order (by which i mean i finally picked it up again after those couple hours i played a few months ago and then finished the whole game in 2 days lol)

[soggy-fishsticks]

guys ive been drawing so much lately I've been starting to actually hate it 🙁

[crossbackpoke-check]

Why I Am Not Coming In To Work Today [abridged], Jess Zimmerman

part one | part two

[swordspider-fr]

okay want to preface this that the new ancient breed I genuinely like so much more than the other recently released ones (the sandshark guys + the moth alien ones, edit: completely forgot about grass snakes bc they were so mid to me). The design feels very cohesive/strong to me AND weird in a way we haven't super had yet with the headshape (BALD!!!) + limbshape (those huge+few claws <3). like this isn't just Tundra2 but bigger or coatl2 but it's more snake-y.

HOWEVER............ they literally coulda been moderns. like pllllsssssss no more ancients with the 2-wing 4-leg format bc I'm just gonna look at them and wish they are moderns so I could dress them. Like design coulda been vastly improved IMO if they got isopoded-up and just slapped 4 more legs on that thing, imagine legs on the tail section that woulda be great. think they also coulda made it fatter bc we haven't got a fat breed in so damn long but that's also my bias.

[across-stars]

(he's autistic to me)

[cosmogyros]

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[aro-aizawa]

going to lose my mind. i've had three people comment on my dead fic asking to post it to youtube.

HI MAYBE LOOK AT THE COMMENT DIRECTLY ABOVE WHERE I SAY IN BIG BOLD LETTERS NOT TO POST MY FIC TO YOUTUBE

[steelhazes]

i will never understand it when new players - and emphasis on new players - decide to story skip, and the further the story skip is, i firmly believe the worse it gets. it's not just shooting yourself in the foot lorewise. that doesn't really have an impact on gameplay, if at all. but when you decide to do combat content with other people, how tf do you parse all of the mechanics thrown at you when you skipped the entire learning process it takes to be able to get at the point when you can do so relatively easily??? how do you find fun when you die over and over to a boss and you have no clue as to what's going on or what killed you???

[bluesey-182]

the vet today really tried to talk me into paying $600 for the same service they provided for my mom and her dog a few months ago for under $100

[ceramicbeetle]

truly i’m so beyond insane about the Bill and Ted Musical song “Don't Surrender” that Bill sings when he thinks Ted got killed by the castle guard. i'm being so normal and okay about it tho i promise

[blizzardfluffykpop]

why the fuck do i miss pigeons

[airenyah]

yesterday on the phone my mom told me that taemin's new thing had come out and i was like "yeah. i couldn't tell from all the posts @newyearknwwme was putting on my dash. i was close to blacklisting taemin."

my mother then gasped dramatically and said i could blacklist whatever kpop star i wanted but not taemin, just not taemin. i am forbidden from blacklisting taemin

[gu6chan]

99% just my autism speaking here but something ive been noticing lately that im sorta kinda 😶 about is when ppl are like "I think you'll like this" but not bc they ACTUALLY think you'll like it, rather they just got into it and want you to also get into it so "I think you'll like this" is a nice personal hook. i love chill stuff as much as any other person ofc but given i don't divulge that EVER, what makes you think my berserk reading, made in abyss watching, drakengard playing ass would like YURU CAMP????

[altruistic-meme]

i feel like such an outlier in the fandom because there has genuinely never been a doubt in my mind that Wilmon is endgame. never. ive seen all of the panic and worry and have just been confused that people would believe anything else. like idk. maybe yall picked up on stuff that I didn't. maybe I'm just missing all the signs. but I've never had that fear.

maybe they won't be endgame and I'll be shocked and hurt because I got truly blindsided. but there has never been a moment where I've seriously wavered in the thought that they'll be together in the end.