#write fanfic or draw fanart if it didn't make you happy

[honeycreammilkshake]

Lmao gojo stans already creating this agenda of sukuna being an "incel". Must be triggering them that Gege said through Gojo to fucking forget about Gojo already, he won't come back, while leaving the door open for sukuna which he was more loved and remembered unironically

i do not understand all of their hate tbh. gojo made it clear that he had faith in the next generation. it wasn't his mission to change the world: it was theirs. he got a good ending through his death! now he doesn't have to struggle with the fallout or with the new generation's problems. he was the catalyst for this change, not the sole cause of it, and i hate that people mischaracterize him so bad just to put him at the center of everything. he's a fine enough character without having to be the reason behind every little thing.

i also believe that sukuna, by himself, without yuuji, makes for a pretty boring character as well. in fact, he's been more of a plot device than an actual character ever since gaining so much more power, but his interactions with yuuji really put the focus on his actual character back. arguably, sukuna works better as a character on his own more so than gojo does, imo, but he's still not as great without someone there to oppose him like yuuji does. they provide the perfect contrast. that's why they're good characters.

yet the fandom majority only cares about gojo vs sukuna, saying that gojo losing was the worst part of this story and bad writing. which, i'm sorry, is just completely short-sighted because treating gojo like the strongest is what dehumanized him and made him into nothing more than a tool. just like what happened to sukuna. yet fans want to be that their fav is never even hurt in the slightest, and i'm sorry but gojo getting no challenges, never losing, is just the worst for his character. he's pretty shallow without something there to make him weak or to give him a hard time. he's at his best when he's at his worst, in my opinion. that's where the truly great parts of his character come out. his death was a positive thing, but for him and all the others. he isn't needed past that.

and as for all this venting that he never was properly mourned... nobody was given a proper send-off really. since the very beginning of this series it's been minor character death after major character death, over and over, without really any sort of grieving for them. the part with gojo's letters was his send off to me, and his words to yuuji were confirmation that he was inspiration for the next generation, not the sole fighter in this battle. everyone wants him to be the strongest on his own, but his death proved that the real strongest are the people who fight alongside each other.

you'd be ruining the whole point of the story if you made everything about gojo. and the same for sukuna: even if he's a good character on his own, it's yuuji who really brought out both the best and worst in him and vise versa. sad that the manga didn't expand on the complex and fascinating relationships that could have made it even greater (*cough cough* whatever was going in with kenjaku being yuuji's mom....)

[ideaforfanficsorsomethingidgaf]

Little Oblivious Shooting Star Au

Although, this au is different. Stanford Pines shook Bill's hand and became his right-hand man and lover. Typical Evil Ford and all that, Weirdmageddon unleashes upon the whole Earth, devastation, chaos, and more. But this time, he still has some semblance of humanity in him.

Ford and Mabel, one of the very few survivors, were fighting. They always do this. Ford think it's a game and plays with her. Although, something happens. Ford did threw her a little too hard.

There was a sickening crack.

Blood was everywhere. He killed her. He cried and hated himself. After mourning, he had an idea. To revive Mabel. Now, revival wasn't something easy and believe it or not, it took him a century or more, trial and error with every ritual, potion, spell, curse, anything that had any semblance of bringing back the dead or revival.

All throughout, you know those cryogenic chambers where the Shape-shifter was now trapped in? Ford put Mabel's body in it to protect it against time. Any rare free time he'd have, he would stand infront of the chambers and place his hand on the glass. Looking at her serene and peaceful expression, she looked like as if she were asleep.

He would cry right there and then.

Soon enough, he finally was able to conduct the ritual and Mabel was alive again. But everything comes with a price. Mabel can't remember a thing. I got this inspiration from the fact that the brain and nervous system decays first soon as you as die because it requires oxygen, a constant supply of it.

Ford was a bit devastated but happy that he got Mabel back. Though, this gives him a higher advantage.

Being Bill's right-hand man and lover has given him many perks, including a mansion on top of a hill and large space of forestry. Ford used that to his advantage, uses Mabel's amnesia to his advantage.

Ford becomes overprotective of Mabel and spoils her every chance he gets. He keeps her sheltered away from the ruined Earth. He treats her as if she was his daughter as the line between daughter and niece blurred. He became so obsessed with protecting her, loving her, caring her, and even spoiling her.

Since she woke up and couldn't remember anything except for the basics like eating, writing, reading, and function like a human being, it was easy to somewhat manipulate her into staying in the mansion. In her time with him, she knows it's normal behavior, she knows it's a normal environment, that staying in the mansion and never going outside is normal because that's what he taught her.

He also twists stories about the outside world into a hellscape, manipulating her and scaring her. Think about the Rapunzel and Mother Gothel situation but this time, it's actually successful.

Ford still works for Bill Cipher and Mabel is always worried for him everytime he leaves because he did tell her the devastating earth stories from before. Mabel always cried and tells to not leave because she doesn't want him to get hurt.

Everytime he leaves, she's devastated and always begs for him to stay and it's always a bittersweet moment whenever he comes back. You know, at this point, he is so scared for her, so overprotective of her, with the help of the other henchmaniacs, he secretly conducts a ritual that makes Mabel immortal.

Mabel doesn't feel a thing. She doesn't know she's immortal, she didn't even know that she could die in the first place.

She will never know. She's oblivious to it.

Little Oblivious Shooting Star.

(I can't draw and rarely write fanfics so if you guys wanna add hcs, oneshots, fanarts, or anything, just use the tag #Little Oblivious Shooting Star Au or #L.O.S.S Au and tag me because I love seeing your guys' work, whether it'd be Tumblr, TikTok, Instagram, or even YouTube.)

[epickiya722]

also btw, because I've seen you post a lot about annoying posts you find in tags and because I've seen a stupid amount of discourse while looking for Normal Izuocha Fanart (multishipper moment): can we all like stop spiting and complaining about imaginary wlm ship oppression and. make art. and stuff ? like if you're so happy your ship is canon slash implied canon make edits, make fanarts, make fanfics, make literally anything (same goes for bkdk shippers but this side got this problem WAYYY less lmao). like. I keep hearing about shippers being so happy or whatever and. you guys don't look happy. you look spiteful. go look at your blorbos holding hand and blushing instead of shaking the panels at the other shippers and whining about how you won, because you're just making people dislike you and your fandom. AND ALSO I WANT TO SEE IZUOCHA ART WHEN I GO IN THE TAG NOT PEOPLE WHINING PLEASE

THANK YOU!!!

You cannot be that happy with your ship if you're going around antagonizing people about their ship and obsessing over the ship you supposedly hate.

Instead of using all that energy and time being an asshole, why not invest in making art? Writing fics? Write ship headcanons? Support the artists and writers who do those things by reblogging and commenting how great their work is?

Anything but be a whiny jerk?

Those same people will be like "how come I can't find good fics for my ship", "how come I can't find mutuals to talk to", "how come my ship isn't more popular"?

Your ship doesn't need to be canon, implied or even popular to be enjoyed, first of all. Second, maybe look in the mirror and you'll see the problem.

You're not oppressed. There are plenty of creative works that people put their heart into but you're not taking the time to appreciate it because you're too busy harassing shippers.

And even if you feel like you "can't find anything good", then make it!

Y'all know I'm a hardcore shipper for Miruko and Burnin. It's not a popular ship, canon or implied. But that didn't stop me from shipping it. That didn't prompt me to do around in inboxes and send hateful messages. No, what I did was (unapologetically) write posts and fics for them.

"But I can't write, I can't draw". Then if you're not going to practice, support the ones that can. Instead of, again, being an ass towards others.

Talking about being "oppressed". If you're going to boast about your M/F is guaranteed to be "canon", then why are you going around acting like isn't?

How come you're attacking other shippers? How come you're not supporting the writers and artists for your ship?

How are you "oppressed" in any way?

It even rubs me the wrong way those kind of people will even use the word "oppressed" as if it holds any value to being a shipper, of all things. They desperately are trying to make themselves look like the victims.

[artist-heart83]

What a crazy year, I’m a right?

Unlike the previous year, when I didn't feel I did that much, this year was a lot different than I expected.

So let's do a little recap about this year, shall we?

My main purpose for this year was making oc's content! Focusing on doing some new designs and giving a fresh look to some of them, buuuut... I have this Minecraft project that I was waiting to do too, then trying to bring my Mario fankids, etc, etc.

Internally, it was a fight between all my creations, and someone needed to win, unfortunately... it wasn't either of them, but an unexpected challenger appeared in the "ring", and ended up winning without fighting lmaoo.

Little comic to visualize the events:

Like I said, this was meant to be temporary, I didn't have plans to do so much stuff for the fandom... right?

I wanna say, in terms of art, this year was very productive! Experiment with concepts and designs for characters, being in the smg4 fandom really pushed me out of my comfort zone, I had fun drawing some characters, they're so fun to draw <3

Also, important mention that currently nobody of you guys knows, I was in charge of designing a silly guide for my university, such pain, but I ended up loving how it looked. Vouch to my teacher to let me do that work.

Also, an important highlight about the experience of a digital artist (me) suffering from power outages since FUCKING SEPTEMBER, which decide to join an October challenge :D

Another good thing, apart from getting back to drawing, was getting back to writing fan fiction!

Been 2 sweet years of writer's block and I got the motivation to write about gay people, still a bit ashamed it was smut, but take it or leave it.

I have more fics that I can't wait to show! Not only about New Gen, but a bit of some rarepairs that I love deeply, and Marware of course.

Entering a completely new fandom, after so many years of not doing that... was strange. But you know what? I never felt so welcome in a fandom before.

A lot of the people here have a big place in my heart for being so nice to me and loving my artwork and my fanfics. Also, I started interacting a bit more, not only here but on Discord too! Which have been fun, I have met so many people and the nicest (shout out to @briandraws for that)

But one thing for sure I wasn't expecting, was people loving my fankids.

Listen, my main thing in fandoms is doing fankids, and after seeing that it was allowed, and I wouldn't be attacked for that, I ended up doing it.

18 FANKIDS AND I REALLY HOPE IT ENDED THERE.

Also, shout out to @blu193 for being the number 1 fan of them, have to open a special folder for fanart because she did a few of some of them which I really appreciate

This year, really surprised me, in all the ways possible. Like, if you tell me at the beginning of the year, that I would fixate on SMG4 when I decided to focus on oc’s, I would laugh.

And if you tell me: “You finally find a fandom place where you feel welcomed and loved”, I wouldn’t believe you either.

And I still can't believe it, I didn’t expect to feel so comfortable, find new friends, and be able to do tons of fanarts and fics.

I'm already nervous for tagging two people, so unfortunately no tag list, but... huge thanks to everyone in the smg34 and smg4 grounds servers, and a lot of my moots from here, you made this year amazing to me <3

Happy New Year everyone!

[zeroducks-2]

2/16/20/22/25 violence ask game GO

Help I realized now how many are there lmfao alright here we go

2. a compelling argument for why your fave would never top or bottom

Actually I don't really have it? I mean I do have a preference when it comes to blorbo roles in bed but it's not that strict. I don't think Dick would ever top WITH SLADE though, and my compelling argument is that he prefers bottoming and Slade wouldn't fucking let him top lmao

But then again this IS the choose violence ask game, so I am gonna choose violence:

I'm fed the fuck up with the whole "if you have strict sex roles for your blorbos you are a reactionary fascist enforcer of gender stereotypes whatever, or anyway the heteronormative society brainwashed you, especially if the 'shorter man bottoms' and the 'bigger man tops'". Like shut the trap man. First of all cause my sexual preferences are not up for political scrutiny because they are just that - sexual preferences when it comes to fiction - and second because this is the exact kind of piece of shit virtue signaling antis do, injecting moral and political bullshit in what people do for harmless fun in their free time. And third because acting like in real life people didn't have strict preferences for topping or bottoming makes me think you never interacted with real life people.

Like yeah lots of folks are versatile in bed. There are also lots of folks who are strictly tops, and lots of folks who are strictly bottoms. Go out and talk to people, you will find out incredible things I promise.

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

The whole "batfamily" being a happy wholesome family with all of them being supportive loving siblings UwU and living all together in Wayne Manor each one with their cute little personalized room that Alfred cleans every morning after breakfast. These folks do not communicate with each other and have never lived together. They lack the basics foundation to be a big happy family. Yes they love each other, yes some of them are closer to each other than others, and yes there are moments of tenderness, but why the hell would anyone push this Hamtaro-esque "everyone lives in a wholesome house of happiness🌻✨" bs is completely beyond me.

It makes no sense and it's just so utterly divorced from the actual state of canon, and from just everything that defines these characters as individuals and as a group.

20. part of canon you found tedious or boring

Well the DC canon is so vast there's actually lots of canon I found boring. I guess when it comes to blorbos, I was not able to stomach the entirety of the Ric Grayson storyline. Like honestly it was most of all boring as fuck.

22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

EOBARD BEING IN LOVE WITH BARRY.

25. common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing

"You guys don't write about/draw/create meta about female characters because you're sexist"

I've explained why this is utter bullshit many times but to be honest, with DC it is especially annoying. There is a HUGE fandom for female DC characters, even for those that have not appeared officially in comics for more than a decade. DC has some of the most beloved, celebrated (and famous!) female characters IN THE WORLD (Batgirl, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Catwoman, Harley Quinn), and if there aren't decent titles dedicated to them you need to blame DC, not the fans. Also sometimes there are decent titles with their fanbase of art and fanfics and metas, and yall complaining just because you're addicted to virtue signaling.

"Ah but Zero! I like X female character that appeared a total of 10 times 25 years ago, and all I can find are Jason Todd fanarts!" Let me stop you right there my friend, and ask you whose fault is it that X female character hasn't appeared in 25 years, which means no one fucking knows who she is so they don't draw fanarts and write fanfictions. DC comics executives, or the fandom? You think I'm happy that post reboot they acted like Cassandra and Stephanie didn't even exist? You think I'm happy that Barbara's struggle and journey to learn to live with her disability and become the backbone of the superhero society was thrown in the trash? You think I'm happy that Pat Trayce is relegated to ONE ridiculous cameo in Deathstroke 2016? Or that no one has seen Jenni Ognats since the fucking 90s? IS ALL OF THIS THE FANDOM'S FAULT, OR DCs' ??? (I'm done)

AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE PEOPLE WHO GO "bUt zErO iT'S miSogynisTiC to bReaK uP a HeT CaNoN shiP to pUSh tHe faNoN gAy cOUpLe" You don't belong in fandom and you clearly have no idea how it works. And if you DO know how it works, you're either a psyop or a hardcore homophobe, or both, and you don't belong in fandom and you should fuck off faster than light. (okay I am actually done now)

Ask game here!

[soaps-mohawk]

Hello again, slipping back into your asks!

I rlly hope your doing okay!! Elections are rough asf... (I'm in Aus but even I'M scared. I heard they're trying to put in anti-abortion laws here too??) Totally didn't cry bc of how scared I am.

I won't get into politics much bc Ik you don't want much of that on your page I believe, but hope you and everyone else is staying safe <3

Great to see CRCB back, my fav fanfic of all time!! And I now know how stressful writing can be bc trying to do a monthly prompt writing thing, jesus like 1k words a day how do people do it?! Spoilers for whoever hasn't read it yet, but omg bringing 'mega to the beach?! I ADORE it. More fanart incoming when I finally get around to drawing again I hope

Anyway, stay safe and remember how amazing you are!!

The whole world is insane right now I feel like. Nothing feels real, or maybe I've made it to the depression stage of grief over what happened. This timeline is weird and I'd like off it thanks.

But I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter 🥹 that makes me happy to hear. It takes a lot to write that much and with work getting crazy earlier than expected idk when I'll have the energy to write. Taking it day by day kind of thing right now but I think that's all we can really do.

I can't wait to see what you draw when you do!! Definitely no pressure though I don't blame anyone for laying down and doing nothing ever, least of all right now 💚 but thank you again for such lovely words. They really have brightened my day a bit 💚

[cartoon-buffoon]

Little play by play of this morning.

"Oh boy, I sure do love waking up, time to check Tumblr to see if any of my favorite artists have posted."

*opens app*

"Oh! Would you look at that 3 notifications in my inbox, one is somebody liking one of my random rants I made. Where's the other 2 though?"

*notices it's in the messages tab*

"oh...huh.... Well I'm either gonna get insulted, get told to kill myself, or it's a bot, one of the three is gonna be there so let's see which"

*Opens it and just sees the ominous message "puts gift under his pillow"*

"uhh... What?"

*opens it and immediately gets hit with GODDAMN FANART OF MY SONA!*

Okay dropping the bit yet in all seriousness I was super scared to open my messages because like, my time on newgrounds and reddit has changed me. Everytime I get a DM I get super anxious because my natural social anxiety + my time on other websites have made it so that whenever I get a DM I'm expecting someone to call me a slur for expressing an opinion or idea or maybe just get hate speech because I'm a furry, queer, or whatever other dumb reason people wish to hate me for.

I've faced so much negativity online seeing something like this is honestly insane to me AND MAKES ME SO HAPPY SHWJEIWVS Like someone took time out of their day to MAKE SOMETHING FOR ME!? I'm a random loser rambling online!! Now this actually isn't my first time getting fanart, like I've received a BEAUTIFUL drawing from somebody due to a angsty Boris X Bendy fanfic of mine I made in a depressive episode. I'm still VERY GRATEFUL I GOT THAT, but this is just different because this is art of my own OC and persona. I'm receiving something not because of my writings but because somebody thought "ayo this Toon guy kinda cool" and I'm forever grateful for this art and thanks for making this for me.

Adding it again because why not? Seriously, look at it and look at Toon! He has little buck teeth which I actually experimented giving him buckteeth yet it didn't look good so I decided to do something different for his mouth. Yet here it looks great and adorable on him!!!

Oh and of course the person who made me this goes by "SkitSwap", I don't know how to @ people so.... Uhh.. here's a screenshot of their blog, credits and of course my thanks to them!

[windsweptinred]

Shipper tag game

Thank you for the tag @marvagon, you glorious human 💖💖💖.

What ship were you completely obsessed with as a teenager, but now you don't care about anymore?

None. I may not be as passionate about them as I once was. But I still hold all my past ships near and dear to my heart. I'll even occasionally nip into their tags on A03 and have a dip into newer fics.

What ship would you consider your first one?

Daiken/Kensuke from Digimon 02. I remember watching it on Saturday morning and wondering if anyone else was seeing what I was seeing. That led me to discover Fanfiction.net. And the rest is history...

Your first fanfic was about which couple?

My very first full length fic was Corinthiel, posted here on Tumblr. My first fic posted on AO3 was Dreamling, and I wrote both last year. I am a very, very, very late comer to fanfic 😅. I'm honestly much more at home drawing fanart then writing. But will occasionally give into temptation, when an idea obbsessively hounds me to the point of insanity.

Do you remember the first couple you saw fan art of?

I genuinely can't. 😅 I remember it was probably on deviantart.

Have you ever gotten into ship discourse?

I try desperately to stay out of ship discourse. To me people's ships are their joy... And I've got no interest in being a theif of joy. If there's something I want to see more of in the fandom, like a rare pair I'm fond of, I just try and create content and hope someone else joins in (@bobbole loves you 💚🤍😅) . If it's not for me, I just keep scrolling on by.

Did you use to have any NOTP or have one currently?

Again, no. I've always been happy to pick and mix my ships. I have my favorites ofcourse. But I've never outright refused to dip my toe into any ship. Maybe if it ventured into an area I personally deemed problematic. But mostly, I'm happy to try anything once.

Who were the last couple in the last fanfic you read?

I'm currently reading Remy Lebeau x Logan fanfic from Xmen. 😅 What sent me in that direction, I do not know. But I've found some amazing new fics in and amongst revisiting some old favourites.

Currently, do you have any OTPs?

I can proudly say until recently I've never had an OTP. Being a multishipper makes that kind of hard. But I don't know, I may be in too deep with Corinthiel. I'm not sure I could picture Danny and the Second Corinthian with anyone else but each other now. (Curse you @ibrithir-was-here. See what you have wraught! 😆). Them and Charmes (Charon x Hermes) from Hades. Because why would you split up the professional associates like that?! (Again very much your fault @mashumaru 😆) , Damn, I guess I've got OTPs now. If there's an established, happy couple in canon, most of the time I'll respect that and leave them be. So I guess that kind of counts too.

Is there any couple that, to this day, that you are extremely mad about not getting into?

Again no. If the juggernaut ship of a fandom doesn't really tickle my fancy, I'll sometimes stare forlornly at it. And sigh like a sad bohemian poet. But that's all content envy and I know it. 😆

Is there any ship you used to dislike but now you think they're kind of interesting?

🤔 I didn't dislike it, but I never really ventured near Corintheus until I started shipping Corinthiel. That made me backtrack and consider Morpheus and the original Corinthian's relationship from an entirely different perspective.

Do you have any ship that, in the past, would have been considered normal but now you would be cancelled over?

No I don't think so. As far as know they're all still alive, well and for the most part, living in peace and harmony in their respective fandoms.

What is your favorite crack ship?

Bookend, Destiny and his Book. The old book and chain. Living their best, grumpy old married couple, life together. @jazzy-a 🤜🤛🤣.

What is the couple you read the most fanfics about?

Most recently was Dreamling. I'm a bit of fandom butterfly at the moment, fluttering between multiple fandoms, waiting for the next all consuming passion to strike me down. I read, and reread ANYTHING Corinthiel 😅. But of all time?..... I couldn't say. I revisit so many of my ships so often.

What do most of your ships have in common?

Two bastards in love will always be my favourite. I'd love to boldly claim it's all about two morally dubious rogues, being despicable in the kinkiest ways together. 😅 But I know it's more about two people, often misunderstood and maligned... Finding a deep sense of belonging with each other. But I'm an eclectic sort and I've got a lot ships that don't fit that category I still love dearly.

What do you absolutely hate in a ship?

Absolutely nothing outright. I'll sometimes go off a ship a little once it reaches that point where fanon locks in too tight around it. But I think that's a very me problem, as I crave variation/new experiences/ideas. I'll still love the ship, I'll just know that's just my time to move onto something new and come back and visit every so often.

I'm tagging @martybaker @thelostkelpie @missingrache @thirrith @zigzag-wanderer @lucienne-thee-librarian and @tickldpnk8 and anyone mentioned above. If you want to have a go. 😁

[speakfriendaandenter]

hi!! so this is probably weird, BUT. when i was like 12, your Cars fanart was like,, what made me write my first gay fanfic??? it was terrible. like, just the worst. but i was so obsessed w your humanized lightning mcqueen that i even redrew it myself and i still have that drawing today. my friends make fun of me bc my first introduction to gay fic and fanart was fuckin Cars and it was literally bc of you. i suddenly remembered your art tonight and decided to find it and saw that you did an updated 2017 version of it too and i just want u to know that u made quite the impression on me and i hope ur doing well lmao

Hey there! I'm sorry, I only just saw this, I was off tumblr for a bit so I hope you didn't send this too long ago. Oh my GOSH tho this made me so happy to hear, it made my whole day!! I would'a been in high school back then and I got the same flack from my friends, which... fair lmao. I love that something so silly made such an impression on you, thanks so much for telling me! ALSO??? I'd love to see that drawing if it's still floating around anywhere!

[rgbcn]

Heyy

I love ur work I rlly do

One thing I want to know is that what made u think to start posting ur fanfics or ur art both of them are awesome..

Also I wanted to ask are there any authors u suggest and um some1 maybe who has little audience and deserves their work to he shown I support new writers..

Thank you so much! It makes me happy to know you enjoy my work!

To be honest all started when I discovered fanfiction existed, I didn't know that was a thing, I had 35 years old and was the first time I heard about fanfics. I started reading, became obsessed, created a tumblr account, the fandom was so active, so alive!!! Everyone was contributing, reacting, it was so wonderful, I felt I also wanted to contribute somehow, and I did a drawing here, another there, people freaked out, even if I cringe with my old fanart now, and everything went too fast, I had so much fun that I started drawing almost daily and posting here, IG etc. that was 2015. I remember my first drawing posted here was a Mayim portrait I did because I needed to calm down because my father in law was in the hospital for a heart attack (he is fine now), and that calmed me, drawing, I was like in a 10 years pause of drawing anything, when it was a passion I had before. So everything scaled from there. People requested me drawings, I enjoyed drawing for fanfic authors. Some people took advantage of me tho... but aside of that it was super fun. Also we got the Shamy break up so the fandom was exploding with everything! I remember working 9-5 job, going to training (I was in a roller skating team that competed internationally) and finishing at almost midnight and THEN was when I drew portraits. I finished at 3-4am and tried to sleep. or read some fics. I was too obsessed.

When the proposal happened, and it was hiatus, I read some fics, nobody told the version I was thinking of, so I wrote mine. And that was the starting of writing.

And now I want to do comics or fanficomics, tell my stories in drawings. and I hope there's still people who would like to see those,, because everything had changed so much in the fandom... but I'm glad there's still people around enjoying my drawings and fics!!!

And I've started to see some Shamy fanart around here that I've been enjoying so so much, so keep an eye to my reblogs! I thought the fandom was quite dead in terms of fanart, at least the ones I knew from years ago that drew tbbt fanart stopped doing it, I didn't see a lot of stuff on instagram, here I was a little disconnected due motherhood so forgive me if there were artists active and I didn't see them.

So happy to see new (for me) artists posting more tbbt and Shamy fanart!

I might have talked a little too much, but oh well, posting it anyway.

Hugs!

[faery-the-diamond]

Hello! I'm a new follower here, and I really love your MGW AU! This AU is a refreshing and amazing one, and I really admire all the thought and love you put in it!

That being said, I can really see the improvement of your AU's Narinder between comics "A rare book" and "Blue sky". There are little details that were changed, but it just pulls the whole design together, you know? Like, for example, that tuft of hair on top of his head that you didn't put there before, and the eyes. Something about the eyes feels different.

I also love Nerita so much! I think her backstory and her observation skills are a really good touch to her character as a whole because since she was stuck in between dimensions for a long time, of course she would notice why the situation between Lambert and Narinder is not what it seems, because observing was all she could do in her time spent there. I also love how her design is very neat and how it really shows how optimistic her character is. With the use of colors yellow and pink, it makes her really stand out, as well as with the use of the colors green and red as clothes so it won't make her yellow skintone harsh for the eyes. I wish I knew how to draw so I may bestow you with fanart, but you wouldn't mind if I gave you some fanwork in the form of writing, right? (What do you call writing that is for another person's work? You can't call it fanfic...)

Anyway, I hope you can continue drawing more of your AU because I am now obsessed. Congrats, you gave me a new hyperfixation.

(>♡<)

Bye-bye!

Aw, thank you so much for the kind words!

And welcome XD

Also, sure, I'll be happy if you do and I'd love to see what you'd write.

[sarnai4]

A Quest

I hereby propose a quest for all Dagur fans. It begins with watching every episode of Rob/Dob and then RTTE. During this time, you pay an unhealthy amount of attention to every Dagur scene, probably memorizing a few too many lines along the way that you will inevitably think throughout daily life, thinking them only so that no one gives you weird looks.

Next, once all canon material is consumed, you look up his voice actor, David Faustino, and watch Married...With Children. Doing so will let you know how little Dagur would actually sound in the fanfics when he is a child. You will also have a very happy moment since the Bud Bundy character has a scene with knife early on and you'll only be able to imagine him in Viking attire and with red hair since this is clearly Dagur in real life form.

The Faustino exploration doesn't end there because phase 3 involves thinking about what Dagur would do in real life, including what music he would enjoy. After listening to David's "I Told Ya," you'll be able to hear Dagur rapping which is just as odd yet fun as it sounds.

You're getting closer to the end of your journey, so you begin reading and writing Dagur fanfics that explore his psyche and relationships. You probably also begin making some posts here on Tumblr to bring more love his way. Yes, you're overthinking just about everything you've ever seen or heard that involves him, but this can be practice for writing essays and creating debates backed with evidence.

Afterwards, you begin making fanart that is surprisingly more difficult to do than expected, but the time is worth it. Even if trying to figure out how to draw him in different stages of his life make you a little deranged too, the finished result still makes you pretty happy.

The last step...finding a Dagur in your life. Probably don't do this since I didn't specify good or bad and the latter would be very dangerous. If you can find a good one, well done. I'm both happy for and jealous of you. I'm stuck at phase 5, so please share your secrets.

[inked-pigeon-feet]

Day 1 - TDP to Me

I love this show with all my heart. I picked it up after I had watched Voltron I think around sometime Nov 2018 and loved the first season. Then the second and third season came out and loved it even more. I remember drawing the characters on my school worksheets and practically talking my friend's ear off about the show and how she just really needs to watch it. Come to learn she didn't have a Netflix subscription at the time :( but I did rope my siblings into the show :D hi @ive-completely-given-up!! At the time this show came out I was in my fantasy craze. Reading Wings of Fire, Eragon, even some werewolf book I can't even remember the title of. It was all I would read. I hadn't read much, just here and there. I think that's what drew me into The Dragon Prince. The show felt like a storybook that was being read to me with witty and charming characters, interactions with one another that felt natural and even relatable and awesome fight scenes. The world building is amazing! C'mon it's got sick dragons and very unique elves, they've got horns! Same going for the representation. I cherish those first 3 seasons as I really don't know who I'd be without having watched TDP. I started to draw again, this time more people of color and pushing myself out of my comfort zone with my art. My style of art changed with the show's influence. I even started to write for myself, especially during the pandemic. This show got me through that, along with multiple arc 1 re-watches at the time. The scenery and animation also drew me in as I am a sucker for animated shows and movies. I appreciate everything that goes into making anything animated and will always be down to watch a cartoon. Also I love how mature this show is, the lessons within the episodes within the story, the darker each season has become; almost growing along with me. I genuinely wish I could watch this show for the first time again, nothing (at least I don't think) will ever compare to this show and its fantastic writing. I think it has actually changed me and the way I view stories/storytelling. My fantasy standards have gotten a lot pickier.

The fandom is possibly the greatest fandom I've ever been in. I know I mostly just re-blog stuff, leaving silly comments in the tags, and only now have started to make my own posts but this is such a good fandom imo. Of course drama and sock puppet accounts are inevitable but I hardly see it/block the people who start it (I love you block button <3). But the interaction, the fanart, the fanfics, the metas, the bingo cards, the predictions, everything make this fandom just a nice place to be. as well as seeing people just as insane as you :) The Dragon Prince is a show that delves into the complexities of choices. The consequences and action, the selfishness or the selflessness, the thread that tangles lives up, for better or for worse. Characters becoming who they want to be and who they may have despised. The messiness of anger and sadness, the earnestness of love and happiness. It is about love and loss, grief and joy, family and bonds, sisters and brothers. It is about the journeys that we take and the people we affect in our lives and the effects of our words and actions. Its wanting to make the world a better place not for yourself but for the future as well. It is about fighting even when it is tiring, it is hope that refuses to diminish. It is the wanting to live and thrive that make this show spectacular. I love this show in it's entirety with my whole heart. I'll be sad when this show ends, whether it's this season or the next 3, and I can't recommend it enough to friends and family. I love you, The Dragon Prince.

[recurring-polynya]

Writing/Art Update 10.29.24

It is Tuesday and I am doing my Tuesday update, miracle of miracles!

So, on one hand, I actually did the things I said I was going to do last week! "Getting ready" took a little longer than I expected it to--I didn't finish my re-read until yesterday, but I did finish it, and I have written (drumroll): 1,300 words.

Do not mistake me: I am very excited about my 1,300 words. I finished a scene that had been sitting there, half done, for two years. I had that one and another scene that I wasn't really sure what to do with, because they were both kind of short, but I thought up a third scene I could write and group the three of them together into a chapter, and I did that. I now have 4 drafted chapters and ideas for the next two.

On the less-good hand, I wish I felt better about any of this. Unfortunately, reading the beginning of this fanfic reminded me that the early bits of it were Good, Actually, and I know in my heart that I'm not going to be on that level. ("I’m still me, just a slightly better me. I have a good job and one nice haori and bankai, but the part of me that cares about you hasn’t changed at all."<-how am I supposed to live up to that???) SIGH. Anyway, I'm in this sort of tug of war between trying to think up scenes that are better than the scenes I have in my outline, and just going for it, because sometimes you just gotta write some crap in order to get your head around whatever's going on.

My big complaint with it right now is just that it's boring at a point when I need the story to escalate. It's also turning into a parade of the Best Of Polynya's OCs, which is not a thing I want to do, but at this point, I'm pulling in the greater Kuchiki ecosystem, and it's either that or make up new OCs, which is worse. The nerd squad is back, too, and at least I am happy to spend some time with them again. All I can do is soldier on and hope that it shapes up eventually. They usually do.

I did a few more silly doodles for the Bleach Pilot comic from Celebrate Bleach week. I'm actually extremely happy with how they came out, and when I always complain that I think my art would look better if I left it in a more scribbly style rather than trying to render it, this is what I'm talking about.

Even though it is time-consuming, I'm really glad I've been interested in drawing again lately. I've been doing some stuff for my art club, too, but I do have another fanart that I'd like to do while it's seasonally appropriate.

Guess that's it for now. I have a lot going on over the next week, but I think it's not to ambitious to try to beat this week's wordcount.

[tranz-regent]

Didn't know you write? Anyways 🥤🧃🍄❄️🍦🎨🧩

i do write! here iz a fic im very happy with :3

🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love

Lessons Learned

🧃 ⇢ share some personal lore you never posted about before

i am profezzionally diagnozed with ptsd. funn

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

i think victoria teachez sveta to do makeup and sveta ztartz doing rlly cool colorful ztuff

❄️ ⇢ what's your dream theme/plot for a fic, and who would write it best?

anyone write zome bugprince. pleazeee

🍦 ⇢ name three good things about a character you hate

heartbreaker: 1. died 2. perizhed. 3. expired

🎨 ⇢ link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it

i dont think anyone elze in wormblr iz into emh zo you guyz dont have the context but thiz iz THE steph fanart of all time. ever. itz zo good itz the perfect vibez the perfect zong lyricz. i love steph and i love thiz drawing

🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?

no paragraph breakz, wierd wayz of zhowing talking, no capitalization

[ooops-i-arted]

It's the last day of June but I have one more post in me for @jedijune but it's a little different. The goal of Jedi June is to appreciate the Jedi, but this time I'm appreciating them in a more meta sense.

I saw Attack of the Clones in 2002 as a wee lil preteen and as soon as I laid eyes on the Jedi, I instantly wanted to be one. I wanted a cool lightsaber and space adventures like many a kid, of course. But I was also hitting those awkward teenage years and all that comes with it and I had no words for it, but I knew I was experiencing it different than my peers. I only heard "gay/queer" as an insult or an opportunity to be bullied or even murdered. I wouldn't hear "asexual" until after college. But I knew that more than anything I wanted to imagine being a Jedi because then I would never have to get married. (Also: they had girls. My sister and I watched the AotC VHS over and over and over again and memorized every single frame that had Aayla and Shaak Ti and Bultar Swan and Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee. Even though you had to be a thin, pretty girl, girls still got to be Jedi.)

And on top of all of that, I was supposed to be too old for toys but I still wanted to make stories. So I took my happy ass and my allowance money to Borders and bought this:

This, here, is Baby's First Fanfiction and Fanart. I wouldn't fall in love with LotR until January 2003. So this is where I got my start as a writer and artist of characters. (I drew all the time since I could hold a pencil, but mostly dinosaurs and animals.) I loved writing and drawing before, but it was the Jedi that first catapulted me into what I've become as a fan artist and fanfic writer now.

So for fun I dug out Baby's First Jedi OCs and decided to draw them with twenty-one more years of art skills:

For a little background, 2002 Preteen Me had a Very Grand Plan of writing a novel, submitting it to Lucasfilm, and getting it published. It would be about Derran Kanis, My Most Wonderful Jedi OC and her life and her adventures, and the very last scene would be choosing her Padawan, whose final line would be "Yoda, my name is." (Preteen Me was confident that since we don't actually see Yoda in action this wouldn't break George Lucas' rule of not revealing Yoda's species or background. The focus would be all on My Wonderful Jedi OC anyway.)

A little Yoda is a lot easier to draw now after all the practice with Grogu! Should I call Favroni and tell them it was my idea first? XD

I was obsessed with the Jedi Apprentice series most of all, so of course there had to be more characters for them to get into Shenanigans with for both generations.

Leronna was Derran's friend, a wise and serious Jedi Master. Derran was the Qui-Gon of the relationship and more of a risk-taker, while Leronna was more solemn to balance her out.

Their other friend was Mukdon, because I thought a Hutt Jedi would be really cool and unique. To contrast Hutt stereotypes, he was rather un-confident and a worrywart.

Of course Yoda needed a friend to get into trouble with, so he had Leronna's Padawan Te-Mon Zeyon. Te-Mon was the serious and play it safe one to contrast Yoda being more reckless (I figured he couldn't be that wise and solemn yet but that cheerfully mischievous side had been there the whole time.) Now that I look at him, I think I accidentally designed a Light Side version of Kylo Ren's TFA outfit.

Last of all my redraws was Tama Ci, a posthumous character and Leronna's first Padawan. Losing her to an illness made Leronna reluctant to take another Padawan and contributed to Te-Mon being more cautious, since he didn't want to risk himself and force his Master to face another loss. I don't remember for sure but I strongly suspect her design was influenced by Aayla Secura, since she's my sister's favorite Jedi and we often tracked down any content or merch of her together.

No I will not post any of the fanfiction... it's baaaaaad. It was written by a preteen and it shows. (No offense to any of you in that age range - just that as an adult, I've learned a lot more since then.) But like favorite dolls you take off the shelf and play with now and then, all these characters hold a special place in my heart. Derran, as my first and most dearest - the core of my first grand plan for a long fic - is very special to me and my oldest "active" OC, now existing as a character in SWTOR.

The Jedi were escapism and a refuge for me as a kid, just like Din Djarin and his friends are for me now. So that's what I really appreciate most. That even as a preteen/teenager, in all those awkward years, I still had a place to mentally escape and pretend I was a badass space monk who never had to get married and could live in a cool building with a huge library.