#the quality is rubbish haha

[fanfic-lover-girl]

Reflections on Luna's Intro Chapters

Luna has to be my fav HP girl. I couldn't care less if the other HP girls died (especially Ginny and Hermione) but I just find Luna so adorable and entertaining. Just some book 5 snippets I find interesting.

“What are you talking about?” said Ginny, who had squeezed past Neville to peer into the compartment behind him. “There’s room in this one, there’s only Loony Lovegood in here —”

I can't believe there are people so desperate for HP femlash that they pair poor Luna with a bitch like Ginny. I can see where the appeal comes from but no, just no. Why are the female friendships in HP so shallow and nondescript??

She closed the door again, rather pink in the face, and departed. Harry slumped back in his seat and groaned. He would have liked Cho to discover him sitting with a group of very cool people laughing their heads off at a joke he had just told; he would not have chosen to be sitting with Neville and Loony Lovegood, clutching a toad and dripping in Stinksap.

Neville deserves better friends. Neville is so Harry's pity friend. I will never forgive Horrid Harry comparing sweet Neville to Peter Pettigrew.

“She didn’t enjoy it very much,” Luna informed him. “She doesn’t think you treated her very well, because you wouldn’t dance with her. I don’t think I’d have minded,” she added thoughtfully, “I don’t like dancing very much.”

I don't ship Runa but Luna and Ron are so cute together. I wouldn't have minded this ship over Romione. At least Luna would not be prone to physically assaulting Ron and underestimating his talents. But I prefer Runa as a sibling relationship.

“Anything good in there?” asked Ron as Harry closed the magazine. “Of course not,” said Hermione scathingly, before Harry could answer, “The Quibbler’s rubbish, everyone knows that.” “Excuse me,” said Luna; her voice had suddenly lost its dreamy quality. “My father’s the editor.” “I — oh,” said Hermione, looking embarrassed. “Well . . . it’s got some interesting . . . I mean, it’s quite . . .” “I’ll have it back, thank you,” said Luna coldly, and leaning forward she snatched it out of Harry’s hands. Rifling through it to page fifty-seven, she turned it resolutely upside down again and disappeared behind it, just as the compartment door opened for the third time.

I love how Hermione is the only person Luna is cold towards. That's my girl!

“Yeah,” said Harry, “but you, unlike me, are a git, so get out and leave us alone.” Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Neville laughed. Malfoy’s lip curled.

Druna crumbs! Luna is the only person who did not laugh. Maybe because she is the only one with good enough humor to recognize a lame joke. You can do better than that Harry!

“Did everyone see that Grubbly-Plank woman?” asked Ginny. “What’s she doing back here? Hagrid can’t have left, can he?” “I’ll be quite glad if he has,” said Luna. “He isn’t a very good teacher, is he?” “Yes, he is!” said Harry, Ron, and Ginny angrily. Harry glared at Hermione; she cleared her throat and quickly said, “Erm . . . yes . . . he’s very good.” “Well, we think he’s a bit of a joke in Ravenclaw,” said Luna, unfazed. “You’ve got a rubbish sense of humor then,” Ron snapped, as the wheels below them creaked into motion. Luna did not seem perturbed by Ron’s rudeness; on the contrary, she simply watched him for a while as though he were a mildly interesting television program.

Oh Luna, I love you! Nice to see everyone outside the golden trio + Ginny are not brain dead Hagrid stans. What idiots.

Oh yes, another instance of Harry intimating Hermione to agree with him about Hagrid. It's so amusing how Hermione can lash out against Ron but Harry can subdue her so easily. Karma for how she treats Ron. It's so sweet! Pro Harmione! Gives me 'Taming the Shrew' vibes. People complain about Draco mistreating Hermione in Dramione when Harmione is right there in canon lol! Harry putting girlboss Hermione in her place haha!

Runa is so cute!

Ron, get yourself out of Hagrid's ass. At least Ron shows more common sense about Hagrid than dim wit Harry.

[secretagentspydetectiveninja]

okay that's it. i've been playing more legend of zegend sword skord and i am now convinced that it is, in fact, one of the best games of all time. yes this land should be called grooseland

i'm honestly having ridiculous amounts of fun with this game! i haven't had any trouble whatsoever with the motion controls, despite playing on the tiny wii u gamepad (which explains the rubbish quality photos -- i'm trying to handle my phone while still holding the wiimote and nunchuk...) and also despite being rubbish at zelda games in general, so i honestly don't know what people are complaining about. ANYWAYS

dialogue in this game is absolutely ENDING ME. why are all the characters so good, even side characters???

HAHA SWEET REVENGE! (i wanted to say "protect zelda" so badly but the urge to be spiteful and smug overpowered me...)

that's, uh... very pleasant, thank you. (this guy will give me nightmares. i love him.)

now i will spare you the million pictures of groose i took, including almost every line of dialogue, but just know that it was all iconic and he's the best character ever and i love him

anyway then i did an anime highschool matchmaking sidequest to calm down after almost dying to the imprisoned, and it was ridiculous (positive)

i mean, he really is... in my playthrough he's already got a girlfriend (peatrice) and i'm also 99% certain that zelda's into him too aND HE HAS TWO HANDS DAMMIT HE'S NOT CHEATING ON ANYONE

what is this drama??? it's so funny but also cursed. lowkey thinking i should have just given the love letter to the weirdo in the loo instead and avoided all this secondhand embarrassment lmao

tumblr won't let me add any more photos but link also learnt to play the harp today, which was pretty cool. all in all i'm LOVING this game far more than i expected i would. the lanayru mining facility was my favourite part so far -- the timeshift stones are so fun! and how ancient are those robots that come to life in the past? isn't skyward sword the first game in the timeline, thousands of years before the rest? just how old are these robots?! it's blowing my mind! aside from that, the music is incredible too. just... no i'm going to stop talking now because i won't shut up otherwise, i have too many thoughts

[galactic-pirates]

4, 31, and 35 for the wip asks, please! :) (If I've already sent in my request ignore this one - my brain is not co-operating today.)

4) Last sentence written?

I debated about this question because I haven’t written anything in a month, and what I was working on then is a redraft of an original novel and I’m not confident enough to share that. So I think I will skip (sorry) and instead use the random number to pick another question to answer for you. Which is….

26) Google docs, word doc, or neither?

You are around my age I think? So does this question amuse you a bit too? I predate those options. Well maybe not Word but we didn’t have it until I was in high school. I started off with good old pen and paper. My grandparents had a computer (a BBC-B) and they let me play frogger on it sometimes but not work. My mums first computer was a Windows 3.1 which predates the taskbar start menu and all of that. That had a program on it called ���Microsoft Works” which from google to shore up my failing memory looks like it was word/excel/publisher etc. all in one. So that was my first foray into digital.

But I digress because yes of course I went on to wordpad, and then I got Word 2003 (still haven’t upgraded btw) but then when I got an iPad which has no stinking USB socket, I couldn’t carry around my stick with my word files anymore to work on everywhere so then I jumped to google docs.

Buuuuuut I have recently jumped to… something else. The problem with google docs is it is rubbish at large files (lags horribly), it doesn’t have a decent dark mode, it doesn’t have any integral backup options for changes, and I just don’t think it is really intended for 80k novels. I used it for years but it was really starting to frustrate me. It’s free which is why I tried to stick with it but I have moved to use NovelPad. By the name it’s designed for novels. It is web based but with a good offline mode, backs up every minute automatically, you can split everything into scenes, the revision feature is my favourite (no more juggling multiple documents) and the dark mode is so good. It’s also not overly complicated like Scrivener (which I could never get on with). The only bad thing is it’s a subscription. But as serious as I want to take my writing and with all the quality of life it offers I decided for me it was worth it.

31) Are you doing this instead of actually working on your wip?

No… well I suppose technically all ‘free’ time could be used for writing. But it’s 7:30am and I am going out this morning to buy a new mattress. I have had mine for 25 years and I am now waking up with backache everyday (no springs poking through but I can feel them grinding). But yeah I am terrible if I have appointments for not being able to focus (even more than I usually can’t haha).

35) Are you more likely to make grammatical errors or spelling errors?

Hmm. There are some words I just can’t spell (like guarantee thank you auto correct), and there are some words I spell so badly that spellcheck can’t fix it and I have to go “google you are my only hope”. But for the most part I can spell. It’s more automatic than thinking about it, I think if you used me to spell out words I would probably be worse haha. So maybe grammatical? I’m not too sure what comes under the heading of grammar. I don’t do any of the big things (I think/hope) but comma splicing probably, passive voice definitely etc. I don’t get that many wavy underlines either way to be honest.

Thanks for the ask ❤️

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[notmcr]

Now turn away 'Cause I'm awful just to see 'Cause all my hair's abandoned all my body All my agony

[tsauergrass]

drarry & wedding cake?! your writing is EVERYTHING OH MY GOD!

This has been sitting in my inbox for so long...sometimes inspiration strikes you out of nowhere a long, long while later 😭 Nonetheless I hope you enjoy it!

(I also realized today is Draco’s birthday, haha. Happy Birthday Draco!)

*

Finally the wedding was to happen. But first there was the preparation: the location to be booked, the flowers to be arranged, the guest list to be finalized and the invitations to be sent—all of which Draco tackled, in meticulous detail.

Perhaps too meticulous.

First the length of the invitations was off by half an inch, so Draco sent the whole batch back and demanded a remake. Then there was the arrangement of flowers: the florist offered twenty different combinations in addition to the forty in the template, all of which Draco rejected. Then the remade invitations arrived, and were sent back again with a scathing letter because the shade of the golden lining was wrong, wasn’t this a simple thing, a single color, I would have thought it was easy enough for you Neanderthals to handle—! Then the color of the napkins clashed with the tableware, then the list of music chosen was tasteless, then the appetizer he’d sampled was utterly rubbish and the menu was rubbish and the dishes were all rubbish—

Ron and Hermione watched with growing horror in their eyes. Harry, in turn, watched it all with amusement. The last straw was the wedding cake, which had already been sampled thrice, each time ending with the poor girl in the hideous apron tearing up at Draco’s merciless criticizes. This time, too: the chocolate was too sweet and the cream was loose and slimy and the sponge cake was so dense it would not crack if a brick hit it in the face. Honestly, how one still had business with cakes of this quality was truly out of his depth—

“Blimey,” said Ron, as the girl scurried away sniffling. “Go easy on her, mate.”

Draco scoffed. “She represents the brand in its whole entity. I expect—”

“It’s not even that bad,” Ron said, dipping a finger into the slice of cake on the plate and placing it into his mouth. He looked up. “What is it with all your—chocolate, and cream…too slimy, too—”

“I don’t expect you to understand,” Draco huffed, crossing his arms. “It requires excellent taste.”

“All the details! That don’t even matter!” Ron exclaimed, exasperated, “If I didn’t know you I’d think you were trying to postpone the wedding!”

A stun, and Draco flushed furiously down his neck.

“How dare you!” He screeched, spluttered, “How dare you even suggest—such a thing, I would never—!”

And stormed off, slamming the door behind him.

The room was left silent.

Harry turned and looked accusingly at Ron, who stared, gob-smacked, at the direction in which Draco left. Hermione smacked him from behind his head and Ron jumped. “Hey!”

“Why did you have to go and say that?”

“That’s not what I meant! He knows that that’s not—”

Ron looked guiltily at Harry. Harry sighed.

*

When Harry pushed the door to their bedroom open, half an hour later, Draco was burrowed in the corner of their bed underneath the thick duvet. Gently, Harry walked in.

“Hey,” he said.

Draco turned. Face still buried in blankets, he sniffed. “Are you here to call for a divorce?”

“We’re not even married yet,” Harry said.

“You’re here to call off the wedding, then. You won’t even let a man wallow in peace and dignity at the brink of his loss, his utter—”

“Slow down,” Harry said, sitting down on the edge of the bed. He raised the plate in his hands. “I’m just here to bring you chocolate-coated almonds.” Then, tentatively, “These are your favorite.”

Draco looked suspiciously at the plate. Moments later, he reached for it from underneath the burrow of duvets; the duvet crumpled and fell around him, the rubble of a palace. He took one chocolate almond and placed it into his mouth, chewing quietly.

Then another. Harry watched; slowly, he reached out and covered Draco’s hand, resting on the bed, underneath his. Then he pulled Draco close. Then he pulled Draco into his lap and held him by his waist, his arms locked loosely around Draco’s body, warm and thin and boney. Draco curled up quietly in his arms. He chewed on the chocolate almonds, one by one, his gaze faraway; finally, when he finished, he set the plate on the nightstand. Turning, he placed a hand to Harry’s chest.

“I’m not trying to postpone the wedding,” he said quietly.

Softly, Harry said, “I know.”

“It’s just—I used to know…what I want. What I wanted. I had it all pictured out, when I was a kid, thinking about all the…details. The place, how it was going to…be.” The words were pushed out, with difficulty. Draco looked away; then his gaze returned. “It’s been long. I just want to make sure everything’s…”

“Oh, darling.”

“I didn’t mean to—fixate. To fuss.”

“You can fuss all you want,” Harry said. “It’s your wedding, too.”

“But you,” Draco said. His fingers twitched at Harry’s collarbone. He looked away. “Don’t you feel…don’t you think that I’m—that I’m—”

He couldn’t find the word, was frustrated by it. Harry kissed his chin.

“I like watching you fuss,” he murmured into the hollow of Draco’s neck. “You take care of everything.”

Draco flushed, his skin warm and ruddy.

“You can have whatever you want,” Harry continued. “Whatever hideous cake it is. You can have two cakes, even. Let’s torture the bakers. Three layers each, with different flavors and fillings and the most ridiculous decoration the world has ever seen—”

Draco laughed, abashed. Harry grinned and kissed him again.

“Just. Maybe go easy on the people, love?”

Draco sighed, loose and warm in Harry’s arms.

*

They had one cake, in the end, on their wedding day. It was triple-layered: the chocolate deep and rich; the cream light and smooth; the fruit sweet and fresh. Draco grinned, satisfied and happy. Harry watched him and smiled, too. It was the best cake he’d ever eaten.

[the-starless-sky]

BAE x cozmez / “DESIRE” voice drama part 2

Part 1 | Part 2 (here!)

Names K: Yatonokami Kanata N: Yatonokami Nayuta S: Sugasano Allen F: Anne Faulkner Y: Yeon Hajun I: Suiseki Iori Mx: Mobs

Nothing much to say except Allen is an actual angel 🤗💕

S: I'm home.

F: How's it? Did you find your metal?

S: I didn't.

F: Sigh. Geez.

S: Don't tell me Kanata really took it...?

F: That's what I've been telling you! What's up with your trustfulness!?

S: You've seen their stage the other day, right!? Someone who could compose such a song wouldn't ever steal!

F: So you understood Kanata so much you can assert that?

S: No, I don't!

F: What the hell, seriously! Aah, geez! We're going!

S: Where to...!?

F: Of course to cozmez's house!

S: But we don't know their address-

F: I've found their approximates. Don't underestimate my connections.

S: Oh... you're amazing, Anne.

F: Stop your gratitude and start preparing! Who do you think I'm doing this for!?

S: Y-yeah...! What about Hajun?

F: He went out. "It has nothing to do with me", he said.

S: That's so like him...

F: Seriously. He's heartless. If something happens to Hajun, I'll never help him.

S: You think Hajun will ever ask for someone's help?

F: Haha. Don't think so.

S: Right?

***

F: What's with this smell...? This place's more awful than I thought...

S: Well... 'cause it's the slums.

F: It's no use complaining. Anyways, we have to find where they are.

M1: God damn it. So noisy...

F: Ah!

M2: What the hell? This ain't a place for sight-seeing. If you don't wanna get hurt, get out, now.

S: We're only looking for someone. We've no intention to bother you guys.

M1: You wake us up from our sleep - you're already bothering us.

M2: Yeah. Leave the nuisance money. All the cash you have on you, and that pretty big sis there.

F: If we said 'no'... what are you gonna do about it?

M: Of course we'd just steal them then.

S: This is bad...

F: Geez, it's because stupid Allen stupidly got his metal stolen that we're in this stupid situation! What are you gonna do now, stupid!?

S: Stop saying 'stupid'! 'Til when are you gonna be angry!?

F: Of course I'm still angry, stupid!

S: You said it again, huh!? Phantoms are, in the end, just some kind of production, right!? It'll be fine if we put our all in the main dish, the music!

F: Then, what? If the taste is good, you think it's okay to serve high class french food on paper plates!?

S: Y-yeah! The most important part is the good taste of the dish!

F: Stop screwing around! If there's no production, then we can't draw out the good quality of the main dish!

S: No, the main dish is the most important!

F: Production!

S: Main dish!

F: Production!

S: Main dish!

M1: Umm... uh...

S&F: What!?

M2: No... it's nothing...

F: Hey, wait, you all!

M1&M2: Y-yes!

F: What do you guys think?

M1&M2: Well... uhm... uh...

S: Which!?

M1: ...Oh, that's right, weren't you guys looking for someone? How's that going?

M2: That's right, what are you looking for?

F: Oh, come to think of it, yeah, we were doing that. What's up, are you guys gonna help us?

M1: Yeah... if you'd get out of here.

S: Oh... I see. We're looking for these twins... the ones in this picture.

***

K: Hey... Nayuta.

N: Hm?

K: Are you still angry?

N: Huh? No, I'm not angry.

(voices from outside)

S: It's here, right?

F: I don't know. Anyways, just go.

S: But, what if we got the wrong place?

N: Huh? What's up?

F: Geez, you're so irritating!

N: Is something up?

K: Ssh! It's BAE...! How did they locate us?

N: Haah!? What are we gonna do!?

F: I know that you're in there! Return the metal to us, fast!

S: Oi! I told you, we still don't know if they actually stole it!

F: Shut up! Allen, you do something too! It's your metal, isn't it!?

N: Hey, Kanata? Isn't it better to just give it back?

K: There's no way I can give them back obediently just because they told me to!

F: Then what do you think we should do!?

S: We could talk it out!

N: Seriously, Kanata...! Sigh.

K: Anyways, we'll talk after we lose them.

N: 'Kay, got it.

F: Oi! What if you answer us!? Geez!! Do you want us to barge in!?

S: Wai-! Please, come out!

K: You guys are still here? Beat it!

N: If you really want it back, here, we'll return it!

(Nayuta throws an empty can towards Anne)

F: What the hell's this...? Ain't it just an empty can!?

K: A phantometal's a waste in y'all's hands.

N: Bring that home and just play house~

K&N: See ya!

F: Those guys...!!

***

K: Haa... haa... if we go through this back street, they won't catch up to us.

N: Yeah. There's not even that much people from around here who knows this route.

Y: Heeh...? I'm surprised. Slums' rats are very big, aren't they?

K: W-who are you!?

Y: I wonder who? At the very least, I'm not on your side, that's for sure.

N: You... aren't you 48...!?

K: Shit...! Why are you here!?

Y: Allen and the others barged into your house. Of course, you'd try to lose them by going through complicated routes. If so, then the only places where you both will appear is here... or the other alleyway. There is a tall wall there. If you want to shake them off easily, then... it's a simple deduction.

K: So you ambushed us... you dirty bastard...!

Y: Could you please look at the mirror and say those words once again? In both meanings... no matter how I see it, you guys are the dirty ones.

K: Bastard...!

Y: I thought that our two members are sharper than that, too... Ah, speak of the devil. You guys are late. Was playing tag fun?

F: Hajun...! Why are you here...!?

S: You came to help us...!

Y: Help? Please sleep-talk after you go to sleep. I came here for the sake of the stage battle. Don't misunderstand.

F: Haha... seriously, you're not honest at all.

Y: Well then. I don't want to be in a place with such bad air. Let's finish our business now.

K: What?

Y: Hm? You can't understand if we don't say it?

K: You don't have proof that I stole the metal, do you?

Y: Haha, hahaha!

K: What's so funny!?

Y: I don't even need proof... why would someone who didn't take it feel the need to run away?

K: That's...!

Y: Stop making excuses. For speaking without thinking, you expose your faults way too fast. If you return it now, I won't press further. Even though I do believe I'm being too kind.

S: Don't tell me, you really...

N: Kanata...

K: Say it. What's wrong with that!?

Y: Oh?

K: To begin with, naive kids[1] like you guys have no right to stand on Paradox Live's stage.

N: People who've lived all their lives in lukewarm water, all fulfilled like you guys doing hip hop? Hah, don't make me laugh. Who'll nod to people with that kinda upbringing!?

Y: To steal phantometals from fakes like us... what an admirable way to fight!

K: I have something to protect... something to get hold of. It's a waste of time to duck it out with you guys-

Y: In short, you have no confidence, do you? You can't see an image of yourself winning against us fair and square... that's why you stole! What miserable way of thinking. Did you pile up your past achievements that way, too? Haha. I thought you were at least mediocre... but you're actually lower than rats.

N: You're wrong! There's no way that's true!

Y: I'm wrong? Hoo...

N: Kanata... the songs Kanata made are the best! Your make-believe songs are nothing! We took the metal just to teach that red hair the harshness of society, just as how we were done in by the likes of you...!

Y: That's just an excuse for yourself, isn't it? Kanata stole the metal because he wants an insurance. Why does he need an insurance? that's because he doesn't believe in you! Am I wrong?

K: That's not...!

Y: How pitiful... Kanata who doesn't have crews he could trust... and you, who weren't even trusted by your only sibling...

N: N-no...

K: Don't lecture us about siblings! You don't even know the feelings we held our microphones with up until now...! And you're telling us we don't believe in each other!? Stop messing around!!

F: T-there's no way we know anything about how you guys went by up until now!

K: We don't even know our parents' faces!! We were made a walking wallet by garbage adults, and got screwed over!!

Y: Even so, it doesn't excuse your act of stealing the metal.

K: We have to win...!! We were treated like trash, and the one thing that made people finally recognize us was hip hop...! I don't care about teams or titles! I'll win the Paradox Live, shut all of the people who've made fun of us, and raise up!

S: If so, then!! We're also the same!

K: There's no way you guys are the same...!! Don't talk rubbish!!

S: It might be true that we were brought up on different environment! But, we were also betrayed, thrown away, and finally arrived at hip hop!

K: The weight is different, red hair!!

S: It's no different!! Hip hop is equal! It has nothing to do with who composes it! Put the things that pained you... the things that that you don't want to face into your lyrics and make it your weapon! Express it to mow down the person you were up until now! There's no difference!

K: ...!!

S: That's how I... how we've been expressing ourselves up until now, right? Us... and you both...!

F: Allen...

N: K-Kanata...

K: ...

S: Even without my metal, I intended to fight with my music. But hearing the exchange earlier made me want to do it with phantoms, too. As the same hip hop heads, I want to fight cozmez head on. I want you guys to crash your whack sound[2], your feelings, all of it into us! We also want to do that to you guys.

K: T-that part of you is what I called naive! Is every rich guy's head filled with flower gardens[3] or something?

S: Kanata... this is my request to you. Please let me fight you as we both go all out, with the hip hop we each think is the best. Exactly because we're all people who can do nothing else but to hold our microphones... that's why, please.

K: ...

N: Sigh. Hey, isn't it time to let go already?

Y: What are you going to do now?

K: Shit!

(Kanata throws Allen's phantometal back to him)

S: Kanata...!

Y: My, my.

K: Bring it on. I'll fight you, SUZAKU. Prepare yourself 'cuz I'm gonna destroy that super irritating face on stage.

N: Well, you won't have any chances of winning against us without that metal, after all.

F: Why are thieves like you guys looking down on us like that!?

K: What? You have a problem?

F: Of course I do!

Y: Anne.

F: What!?

Y: We've finished our business. Let's go home. Unfortunately, I don't have a hobby of staying too long in a dumpster-like place. Oh, sorry! This is your residence, isn't it?

N: Hah. Then go home, now. Because when we see guys like you, we really can't help but to want to send you flyin'.

Y: Aah, scary, scary. Well then, shall we go?

K: We're going home too, Nayuta.

N: Sigh. Yeah.

S: Kanata!

K: Ha?

S: I can't wait to fight you on stage!

K: Shut up, go die.

S: Haha... see you!

F: Hey, we're gonna leave you!

S: Sorry, sorry!

***

F: Aah, seriously. I was worried about what'll happen for a second. To think that Allen's hip hop mania actually had an effect on Kanata...

Y: I really cannot handle Allen's idiocy anymore, though.

F: Seriously. Seems like he'll even die for hip hop.

S: I would - if it's after I take the top!

F: Haha. Ah, Allen. I think you forgot 'cause you're an idiot, but I'm gonna get you to give me your gratitude in full, okay?

Y: That's true. At the very least, we should get Allen to clean up the house for three months.

S: O-Oi, Hajun! Before, you said you came for the sake of the stage battle!

Y: It didn't change the fact that in the end, I helped you. Physical exhaustion, plus mental strain due to having to go to the slum... and...

S: I got it!! I just have to do it, right?

F: Yeah, yeah! You just have to do it. Anyways, I'm glad that we got the metal back~!

Y: That's true.

F: We're gonna go all out to defeat those two, 'kay? With our song, we'll beat them to a pulp.

S: Yeah. Let's fight with our full strength!

***

K: That bastard SUZAKU... he said he can't wait for it? Looking down on me like that...

N: Kanata.

K: What?

N: You look kinda refreshed.

K: Wh... what are you talking about? I'm so irritated I can't take it anymore.

N: Hmm... I see. Haha.

K: Ah, Nayuta, you laughed just now, didn't you!?

N: It's better this way, it's more like us!

K: Shut up. Sigh...

N: You don't have to do something like that. After all, it's us!

K: You're right.

N: Yeah, with our lyrics, our track, and our staging... let's win against them.

K: Nayuta.

N: Hmm?

K: Thank you.

N: Yeah.

K: BAE, wait for us.

N: On top of the stage...

K&N: We'll show you hell.

***

I: It all ended well, huh? Haha, even though I expected an interesting development...

Notes

[1] Ama-chan = naive, spoiled child.

[2] Whack = bad as in 'cool'. I think?

[3] As in, full of good things and optimism.

I-I’m glad that ends well. My love for shounen protagonist Allen keeps growing by day...!! 😚

[garmmy]

Hi! I love your drawings and it inspired me to continue drawing after getting depressed with my style. If you don’t mind I would like to ask you what type of sketchbook do you use and how do you scan your drawings?

hello, thank you for the kind message!! and i hope you’re feeling better about your art :>

i’ll put my reply below the cut:

i don’t really use expensive sketchbooks, because i draw a lot of rubbish and feel like i’d waste an expensive one..majority of the pencil drawings you see on my blog are on $1 memopads or scrap printer paper from documents i don’t need anymore, i just hoard paper that people are going to discard haha

i’m not sure how to answer the scanner question, because i’m aware that different scanners..scan differently? but either way the important part imo is adjusting the levels after scanning:

- this is how my drawings usually look after scanning.

- after that, i adjust the levels to bring out the lines and get rid of (most of) the paper texture. after that, i just manually clean up the remaining paper texture/scanner dirt using a white brush. while i mentioned previously that i also draw on scrap paper (or thin paper you’ve already drawn the other side of), this makes cleaning up sketches super annoying to get rid of because the printed content on the other side is visible, lol. if you feel you’re gonna want to clean up your scanned art a lot, it might be worth to get better quality, thicker paper sketchbooks instead so the other side won’t show.

- then if i want to, i use colourise to change the colour of the sketch, to help give it a warmer (or whatever colour you want) feeling. after that it’s just setting the layer to multiply and colouring below.

hope this helps, even a little!

[burningthemidnightoil122]

Tips for Self-Care:

Hello All,  I am new to Tumblr, I just thought I would give a message to all that would like it during this isolation period, as I know it is hard for some. First of all, I hope everyone is well, I am sending my love out to you all. Although I know that all of these tips won't all suit you, I am hoping that at least one will stick with you to help you during this time and if anybody needs to talk to somebody, feel free to give me a message. I think the first step to self-care is showing self-compassion. Imagine yourself when you were a small child. Would you criticise them or instead uplift them and show compassion? I find myself rather critical of my past mistakes and show regret, wishing I could change them, but alas I cannot. What I can do instead, however, is to acknowledge that life is an experience. We cannot get it all perfect all of the time, if we did, we would learn nothing. Happiness is not a destination, but instead, a journey. It is also important to note that it is completely okay for you not to feel okay. All your emotions are valid. By experiencing these emotions we learn how to cope with them in healthy ways for the next time. One must not be under the impression that life is viewed through rose-tinted glasses however, I do find that the darkest moments make the bright ones so much more vivid.

Things you can to promote self-care:

- Take a relaxing bath or shower. Use all the good ones that you've been saving for a special occasion because this IS a special occasion. You are taking care of yourself, which is one of the most important things you can do. After all, you cannot help others if you, do not take care of yourself. Put on some calming music, sing-along, light some candles maybe?

- Make a morning and evening routine, write it down and try to stick to it.

- Make a gratitude book to write all the things you appreciate in life. I tend to like doing this whilst I'm drinking my morning coffee in the garden.

- Plan your day out. Not having anything to do drives me insane. I like to make a checklist of all the things I want to do today. I sometimes feel overwhelmed about all the things I should be doing but I like to make small tasks that can be easily checked off. Also, make sure you put lots of breaks in there to listen to music or watch a film etc...

- Sing & or dance. Put on your favourite music and dance and sing like nobody's watching. If you feel sky turn the music up or draw the blinds and close the door. It for sure makes you feel better after. Even if you’re rubbish at both, share a compassionate laugh with yourself and try again next time.

-Write a manifestation list. I like to write all the things I want to happen in the future changing it to the present (instead of, ‘I will,’ instead, ‘I am’...) as the universe will hear and deliver via the Law of Attraction so long as you put in the work too. This helps to remind me of my goals. Each time I imagine myself a step closer to where I want to be. 

- Tidy your room. After all, a tidy room is a tidy room right? Haha - Unplug from electronics for an hour, spend some quality times with friends and family. 

- Meditate and ground yourself. This helps me feel more connected with the earth and all my worries are muted, putting everything into perspective. It may be difficult at first, but with practice, you will get better with it.

- Practice mindful breathing.

- Do some yoga. This helps me feel both physically, mentally and spiritually replenished.

- Go on a run or walk.

- Watch something that makes you laugh. This may be Tik Tok, YouTube or your favourite movie. Give it a shot. 

- Drink some water, stay hydrated. 

- Make yourself a nutritious meal. 

- Wear your favourite outfit that will make you feel a million dollars. 

- FaceTime your best friend. You may not feel like it but after you speak to them you will tend to feel much better. 

- Help others, this never fails to uplift my mood. 

- Bake your favourite treat and listen to some tunes 

- Detox from toxic social media accounts and instead follow some uplifting ones e.g. ones that promote body positivity or mental health awareness etc...

- Do something creative. This may be some art, playing an instrument, writing something, the list is endless. 

-Tell yourself that this will be a good day, even if things don’t go to plan, practice compassion. Tomorrow’s a new day.

Be kind Xx

[emsylcatac]

11, 17, 22!! 😁

Thank you for the ask!! :D

11 · Favourite episode?It is very (very!!) hard. So I’ll try to chose one per season, let’s see:

Season 1: I might go with Animan there: we had good Adrien/Nino friendship interactions, the whole scene in the zoo where they tried to set each other up was hilarious, beginning of DJWifi… And some top-quality Ladynoir as well!

Season 2: This one is way harder because I think S2 might be my favorite season, there was a lot of good episodes. But I’ll go with both episodes from the final that I adored!

Season 3: I’d say Chat Blanc but considering it’s kind of a timeline erasure, I’d rather choose an episode where most characters remember the story. I actually really enjoyed Reflekdoll, such a fun episode!

(Honestly it’s hard picking up favourites so I maybe would say something else on another day).

17 · What would be your akumatised form?I would be the icing-sugarer, the akuma that dusts sugar over salters headHonestly I get super annoyed when I see people not caring about the environment and throwing their rubbishes on the ground or denying climate change’s existence for instance, so I guess I would be some kind of ‘Mother Earth’ or some dumb name like that haha

22 · Biggest plot twist/most unexpected moment?I was not prepared for that moment in DarkOwl when they de-transform in front of each other. Now it seems kind of trivial with everything that has happened since but it was pretty big at the time & not spoiled before so that was nice.

Send me a ML ask question :)

[frangipanidownunder]

First, I'd like to applaud you for such a gracious and thoughtful response to grim deprecation anon. I loved how you were able to transform the sting of criticism into insight. Do you have any advice about how to combat perfectionism? I have dozens of pieces of writing that I have abandoned because they're not what I want them to be. I don't delete them because I want to figure out how to fix them, but when I go back, I usually get re-discouraged by the flaws and abandon them again.

Hey lovely. Thank you! I remember reading somewhere that you’re first, internal response/thought process to something is based on the way you’ve been brought up, your childhood experience and the way you actually respond in words/actions is how you’ve grown/developed. So, my initial response to any criticism is to be defensive and think ‘but...’ but I’ve trained myself to take a step back and view the information as objectively as I can before answering.

Anyway, there is no easy fix to combating perfectionism. It will hurt. You will have let go of your idea of what being perfect is and means. Is there even such a thing? It’s a social construct, a perception, a subjective view of something.

I’m super happy you haven’t deleted any of your work. There is always something you can take from an abandoned piece, even if it’s only a line of dialogue or the central idea. And can I also add at this point that nobody gets to write exactly how they imagine their story in their mind. It’s a quirk of the craft: we think we know what we’re going to say, and then it all comes out completely differently. That’s normal. The trick is to be able to assess what it is you do have and work with it.

The best way to improve your writing is to write more and to read. Work out why fics you like are successful - plot, prose, dialogue, structure,  characterisation. There’s usually something that stands out in quality writing. Don’t compare your style to others - that’s a surefire way to get discouraged. Your voice is unique and that’s why we see so many interpretations of the same story. 

Your perception of ‘flaws’ are probably totally different to how others would view them. You are more susceptible to seeing everything that’s ‘wrong’ with your work as opposed to the things that are ‘right’. You have to learn to trust your judgement. I know that I get this kind of buzz inside when I think I’ve nailed a piece. The writing flows and it’s more of an instinctual thing than an objective thing. Then you have to expose your work to readers and they might not get the same buzz, haha!

When you’re writing the first draft, you do it for you. You get the story out. You do the rough stuff, the badly constructed sentences and the over-the-top descriptions, the terrible dialogue tags and the copious adverbs. After that’s out, you do the cut and polish for the reader. It’s a real craft to get the redrafting down pat. It’s a hard slog. I’m rubbish at it, plus I’m lazy. My short/one-shot fanfic is generally left pretty much unrevised - I thrash out the words, then publish and be damned. But I try much harder with my longer stories and my original fic, rewriting and trimming and killing my darlings.

There is no way round the hard graft of revision. You have to shift from writer to reader (and you should trust the reader because they get it, they really do). Fanfic readers are generally a forgiving lot. We know we’re getting stuff for free so there is support, encouragement and thirst. You won’t please everyone but you won’t know who loves your stuff until you let go of the idea of perfection and publish. I promise you won’t expire. Nobody will bite you. You may even get some fans! And if you do publish, please tag me!

Best of luck, darling. Thanks for swinging by and sorry for the long-winded answer.

[divagio]

femme!kaiba sketch from my sketchbook

[arbeaone]

ShellsuitZombie Magazine Issue 2 Published on July 26, 2011

[ View larger version here ] Text from the article can be read below. (There may be some errors.)

I, BOLLO

One spectacularly sunny lunchtime, ShellsuitZombie managed to hunt down a rare Gorilla only common to Clerkenwell London. Dave Brown, most famous for his role as Bollo in The Mighty Boosh, spends most of his time as a designer and photographer producing (alongside Boosh work like 2008s spectacularly successful 'The Mighty Book of Boosh') beautiful printed staff for clients like Universal and the BBC, as well as of course the odd performance to tens of thousands on arena tours around the country. It's safe to say we were feeling pretty smug about trapping him in a pub in Clerkenwell (which happens to be just below his studio) for a pint and a chat about Design, the future of Boosh, Noel's new book and photographing Julian Barratt and villagers in Ghana.

SSZ: So Dave/Bollo, what would you consider to be your main job?

Dave: I guess I consider myself to be a creative, the Boosh started as something I did with my mates as a laugh and it blew up into something huge. I've always had to juggle the worlds of and Design, quite often for me they overlap, obviously when you're out on tour it's all consuming but even then I've been known to be sat in my hotel room on a squeezing the odd freelance job in.

So you've always been freelance?

I couldn't be full time, in the early days I needed the freedom to be able to drop everything and get involved in a Boosh project at the drop of a hat, so freelance was perfect, then just before the first live Boosh tour in 2006 I did something I'd always wanted to do and set up my own agency, aptly named Ape, with a mind to be more of a collective of creatives rather then just a sole trader It allows me to get all the amazing creatives I've had the pleasure of meeting and working with over the years involved as and when I can on all kinds of creative projects.

It's been pretty full on since to be honest, so full on in fact that I haven't even had time to launch the website! It always gets pushed to the bottom of the to do list when I'm busy and then when I find the time to get back to it I've gone off everything I've done and start again. There's a holding page up at the moment that says 'Gorillas can use up to 52 different tools.They're currently using those tools to build this site'. Well they're obviously rubbish at using them because it's taking them bloody ages to finish!

Would you say Boosh has helped the rest of your career?

I guess so, although you could also say it's got in the way. I am doing a lot of books now as a result of the Boosh book but many of my clients haven't a clue who I am. I've done work for Feame Cotton, Ben Brooks, James Rhodes, Nick Cave and recently comedian Tim Key as a result of the book and Boosh work in general. BBC books actually just rang and asked me if I'd be interested in designing this years Top Gear guide to Christmas book! They've approached me because they said they loved the Boosh book and would like my take on things. Will be great if that's true but I'm not counting my chickens just yet. I recently did an interview with Radio 4 where I went on a massive rant about Jeremy Clarkson's stonewashed pumpkin arse not fitting into my Morris Minor so if they get wind of that it could be off ! (Ed.- Since doing this interview Dave has stepped away from the Top Gear job due to, shall we say, creative differences)

It sounds like books are your bread and butter. How do you go about designing a successful book like ‘TMBOB’?

I don't have a process, I approach everything from an idea, every brief is obviously different and I design to that, so it's a bit worrying when people say 'I love the Boosh book, can you do that for me?' - I interpret that as can you adopt a similar way of approaching the brief rather than making it look exactly like the Book of Boosh. The Boosh book was designed around the characters really, the style and feel of each page born from an idea in the writing and from the vibrancy and diversity of the show, a 4 column grid with a consistent type style was obviously never going to work!

The Boosh book sold incredibly well, largely due to the popularity of the show, but we were also very keen to not just make it a standard off the shelf spin off shitty annual like most TV show books. Like all Boosh product, we're very hands on, mostly doing it ourselves and we dedicate time and effort to make sure the final product is worthy of the show. That's pretty unique to be honest I think this attention to detail and quality control is what makes our fans so insanely loyal. We haven't done anything new in ages but the books and DVD's are still selling, purely down to the quality of the design of course!

Surely not everyone just wants you for your Boosh?

No, like I said, I have a fair few clients that don't know I'm in the Boosh, in fact, awhile ago when I was still freelancing, one client left me in charge of their studio before getting on a flight to New York, on the flight they watched a Boosh ep and saw me playing Joey Moose in the first series. They were like 'Is that the guy we just... what the fuck?'

Bollo has played to some huge crowds...

Yeah the last tour we did was insane, Wembley Arena, multiple nights at Brixton, selling out the 02 two nights on the trot, it's been a crazy time and I'm so lucky to have had those experiences, it is hard after a touring sitting back at a computer designing but I get my kicks out of the creative and I still keep a toe in show business with a bit of directing, writing and the odd gig here and there. To be honest it's hard trying to keep it all up and sometimes I wish I just had one job to do. Design isn't exactly a part time job is it! and I've also just had a baby girl, so lets just say I'm pretty tired and exhausted at the moment, I'm smiling though, honest.

What are you up to at the moment?

At the moment I'm working on a book with Noel called The Scribblings of a Madcap Shambleton, not Boosh related, it's basically a book about Noel’s art and writing and I'm design and compiling it. There's also a lot of my photography in it. It's a visual bombardment of Noel's mind really, paintings, sketchbooks, scribbling, it's looking amazing. He's pretty prolific, such a huge body of work. He's been painting for years, unlike some famous freaks who get a set of colouring pencils for Christmas and decide through boredom that they're now an artist. Noel can actually paint his tits off and does so every moment he gets and has done for years so at the moment I'm trying to get 530 pages down to 320! What's really interesting about the work when you see it all together is that you can see how he writes to inspire his painting and he paints to inspire his writing, I know I'm biased but I love his stuff if you haven't seen it think Basquiat, Haring, DeBuffet, Magritte, Hockney, Aubrey Beardsley...

So are there any plans in the pipeline for the Boosh?

Well everyone's working on separate things at the moment Noel is busy doing his own show 'Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy' and Julian is doing a Russian play at the Young Vic 'Government Inspector'. Those two have pretty much become Howard and Vince.

The last thing we were working on was the album. I was told when I last heard it about 3 months ago that it was 90% done and it sounded immense then so no idea what's going on! It has all the tracks from the show reworked, longer and better as well as new ones written for characters, I reckon they all stand up in their own right, even if you'd never seen the Boosh I still reckon you could get into it, the new Crack Fox track is incredible! It's a great album, people should have it in their ear holes right now.

People always ask if The Boosh have split up, I guess it’s inevitable when nothing new has happened in a while but we haven't and stuff will again, Noel and Julian do things when they're ready, they've produced so much material over the years, they're just having a break at the mo. There's still loads of stuff on the table that's never seen the light of day, but they'll do it when they're ready and when they do it will be great. They just need to find out where that table is...

Is the passion still there?

Yeah of course, always will be, for them and for me. You always come back stronger after a holiday, just maybe a little sunburnt, haha.

So I hear you're involved in some charity work. Fancy talking about that for a bit?

Yes, I love talking about it! I have just become an ambassador for afrikids.org, A freaking ambassador! Afrikids is a charity focusing on child rights in Northern Africa - They've been an absolute joy to work with, I've done some fundraising for them as Bollo, I've rebranded them, not as Bollo, and I even got the opportunity to spend some time in Ghana last year seeing their projects firsthand. I was filming and taking stills for their library, it was an incredible experience - it sounds clichéd and worthy saying it was life changing but it was. The Upper East region of Ghana is an amazing place, the people are beautiful, many of them have next to nothing and yet they're so welcoming, so happy, so positive and an absolute joy to photograph. From a portraiture point of view it was incredible. You expect a certain amount of shyness or self awareness from someone when you stick a big camera in their face but everyone there was so natural and un-effected. They would just look right down the lens without a hint of embarrassment or effect. I couldn't stop taking pictures. I need to go back, there's a chance I will be involved in an ambulance convoy driving donated medical vehicles and equipment from Southampton to Bolgatanga in Northern Ghana next year, imagine the photographic opportunity there! There's a book in that... If I could do anything I'd be travelling the world taking pictures

How does that compare to shooting backstage on tour?

Worlds apart in terms of there being more more booze, hairspray and ... erm ... humous but actually not that different from a photographic point of view, it’s still about getting yourself in the right place, sensing when to be anonymous and when to get in amongst it. I'm lucky with the Boosh obviously because I'm an insider, it means everyone acts as if there wasn't a camera around, except Rich of course who turns into a complete psycho, nutjob, showoff whenever any recording equipment appears. He's a shy introvert mouse normally!

The trouble with me taking all the backstage Boosh shots is that I'm never in any of them, but then when we get photographers out on tour to shoot us I always feel for them because they usually get nothing! Especially when they're big personalities and act all crazy and hyper like that's what we react to! I always smile to myself and think 'you're not going to get anything here mate, especially from Julian' He rarely gives me anything photographically let alone a strange cool cat called Moses in his silly hat and mad trainers wondering why in every shot he has of Julian he's talking or eating!

I can imagine him being a pain in the arse

Not at all, well, maybe just a little every now and then but aren't we all? He's also the most truthful loyal down the line no shit guy you'll ever meet, he's also fucking hilarious and one of the best comic actors out there.

How did you meet?

Me, Noel and Nige (Boosh animator and co creator of Noels new show) went to see Julian do standup at uni - he was fucking amazing. Noel had wanted to go in for an award which Julian had won the year before, the daily telegraph open mic award, so thats why we saw him ... I think ... but then they met in Edinburgh and both got signed to the same management company and started writing together. Then they did three years in Edinburgh before the radio and TV shows. Being there from the off means I have photography all the way back to the source, I plan to do an exhibition and book some day of the lot, maybe next year, I think it’s 10 years since the first series? I may be wrong, my mind is mash, too much humous on tour.

OK We have some questions from ShensuitZombie readers. Graeme asks: Where are you keeping the severed head of the honey monster*?

* After a Sugar Puffs advert used a similar crimping style to the Boosh, Bollo exacted his revenge on the brand’s iconic beast live on tour.

Ha, I don't know where that is. It's probably behind a bin backstage somewhere in a Scottish theatre. The last gig on our last tour was in Aberdeen, I don't know whose fucking idea that was. It was a great gig and the people were amazing but we it did feel a bit of anti climax, although the journey back to London was ridiculous, it felt like it was half an hour! The honey monster head, I don't know, it's probably in Peter Kay's bed, discuss.

Holly asks: Do you find yourself grunting and acting like a primate after being onstage?

It's the most powerful thing to be in that costume, and acting it - especially in real life situations, I've found that out when I've been doing charity work, fundraising in banks and stuff, getting in lifts and acting nonchalant amongst business men and women. Some people react well and have a laugh, embrace it, others desperately try to ignore the fact that they're standing in a lift with Gorilla, others have massive heart attacks and die at my primate feet. It's weird for kids because they either run up and cuddle you or freeze, have meltdowns and are forever scared.

A friend recently did a film with John Landis [Director of American Werewolf in London and Thriller] who is apparently obsessed with monkey impersonators. He has a room in his house dedicated to all the monkey actors of the world and reckons he can tell who is in any monkey suit in any film anywhere. So he asked my mate for a signed photo of Bollo and I had to send him a strange signed shot like those ones you see in New York dry cleaners. Still, now I know I'm in John Landis's monkey room I sleep better at night.

John asks: In the Bollo Cadburys ad parody is it you in the suit*?

** If you don’t know what this is referring to, look here: tinyurl.com/bollocadburys

Of course it is, how very dare you suggest otherwise...

Which is your favourite episode?

Milky Joe is awesome, I love Nanageddon and Old Gregg and in series 3 it's got to be Eels. It’s tough to pick a favourite, I genuinely piss myself at most of them even when I watch them back now.

Is anything ad-libbed?

Yeah, have you met Rich? Ever tried to get him to say the same line twice! It's always where the best stuff comes from, harder in TV land but on tour it’s encouraged and is always where the gold comes from, also keeps you alive, when you're doing 6 shows a week for four or so months you need to keep it fresh.

In fact, there was one thing that Bollo had to do in the live show, rolling a big prop offstage. One day the caster caught and I stacked it, incidentally ripping my leg open in the process. It got the biggest laugh of the night so I carried on doing it for the rest of the tour!

Thanks Dave, it's been sweet.

No worries, nice to meet you.

And with that, like an ape in the woods, he was gone. 

Check out Dave's site - www.apeinc.co.uk

Dave took hundreds of photos of Ghanaians on his recent trip with Afrikids, a charity for whom he is ambassador.

[imagine-darksiders]

Sorry for the rubbish quality I'm in the back of a car lmao. Uh there's a... I didn't realise when I wrote it but there's quite a bit of gratuitous monster tongue in Algeo pt 2 haha :S

[sae-bae-ran]

( part 1 🌺 ) Hello there! ❤️ First of all, I must tell you that I just love this idea of the dating game hc, and your writing is so wonderful that I can't ever get enough of it, really ❤️ So, what to say about myself... One of my favourite hobbies is reading, my room is basically a small library on its own haha; I also love to travel and explore new countries...

( part 2 🌺 ) … I think there’s always something new to discover and learn about other cultures and traditions! Mh, what else to say… I love to spend my free time watching some tv show on netflix or reading a book with an hot tea and some music in background, better if is a piano playing! …             

( part 3 🌺 ) …  I just love the sound of piano, I can’t even explain why ahah. Well, I don’t know what else to say, so I hope it’s okay? And I’m sorry if my english is a little rubbish, I don’t really speak english haha And I’m also sorry this ask turned out so long! Please forgive me! Hope you have a lovely day! ❤️

Hi! ^^ Thank you for the compliment, lovely! I’m glad you love the idea of this game. ^^

Masterlist 📜 || Ko-fi ☕ 

You’re going on a date with … Saeran!

There’s something about planning a date with you that gets Saeran really excited. From the type of date he wants to take you on to picking out the place, he makes sure everything is gonna be lovely.

So it’s no surprise that he’s taken care of pretty much everything when it comes to your first ever picnic.

He’s picked out a quiet area in your local park. There’s an unspoken rule that couples go there for exactly this kind of date, so the place is perfect for spending some quality time together with no one and nothing to disturb you.

Saeran has prepared many of your favorite dishes and has even brought a picnic blanket in your favorite color. To top it all off, he’s also brought your favorite book. After you’re done eating, he lies down, his head on your lap, and asks you to read to him. There’s nothing quite like the way your soft voice blends in with the quiet songs of the birds chirping hidden in the crowns of the trees around you. It’s so magical that he can’t stop smiling.

Your date ends with him walking you home. He leaves you stunned at your door with the mark of a passionate kiss on your lips and a red rose in your hand.

[quilavastudy]

How do you get over nerves in uni presentations? Help OMG lol

Heyyy! So this is a hard thing to do, tbh. Because if you’re like me, I think that at least for now I’m always gonna be nervous before giving a big presentation. I’m sure there’s some people who just swagger in, but I think it is a normal thing to be nervous. A bit of nerves can be good! 

But of course, if your nerves get the better of you it can make things a struggle. I’m not the most experienced person in giving presentations, but some tips I have are:

- the main thing is to PRACTICE! The better you know your presentation, the more confident you will be. Be sure to practise in front of your friends first too, as well as just to yourself.

- things like breathing exercises can help calm you down if you get a big jolt of nerves before the thing. Also, if you’re anything like me then don’t drink coffee on the day - I love coffee but it tends to make me more jittery/anxious if I’m nervous.

- smile. This sounds cheesy but I think smiling is supposed to relax you, so when you walk up there give everyone a big smile, and try to smile a bit throughout (but not in a weird way haha)

- think to yourself, what’s the worst that could happen? You stutter a bit? You forget where you were? big deal, who cares. Everyone’s been there, no one’s gonna be like omg s/he’s shit because they stuttered.

- try to think that the audience/assessors aren’t analysing you as much as you are. You’ll probably be up there feeling really self conscious, over-thinking every little word and body movement you do, but for the people watching they’re likely not doing that. Especially if you’re one of many people presenting that day, they might even be bored and switching off a bit

- remember how great you are! Don’t get into the mindset of ‘I can’t do it, I’ll be rubbish’. Think about your good qualities and achievements and big yourself up a bit beforehand. 

I hope that helps! x