#you're doin great

[vortship]

@squeaking-madness​ continued from here

Hal winced, then only narrowly resisted the urge to giggle as his head hit the cabinet. Had she managed to startle him? Really, she was willing to say anything to start up a conversation with... whatever this guy’s name was again. He’d said he’d known Zim since they were kids... however many billions of years ago that must have been. A childhood friend. Perfect for probing for info on whatever the bloop Zim’s deal was. 

He also supposedly conquered Blorch, that place was just begging to be turned into a parking structure anyway. She bent over to pick up a few of the items that had fallen, a stuffed bee and several bags of fun dip. Hal pocketed one of them before leaning idly against the counter.

“So you and Zim, huh? You guys are friends?” she changed the topic as she tore open one of her swiped fun dip packages, “I thought ‘Invaders need nooo onnnne!’” she spoke in her best impression of her deranged boss, which she only called him sarcastically, “Did you guys like, hang out? Wait, do Irkens even hang out?”

[enigmatic-mystery-777]

Do not compare your chapter 1 to someone else’s chapter 20. 

Celebrate all your achievements, no matter how small. If that means you got out of bed, put a wash on, make yourself proper food, went outside or washed the pots. Realise it is something to celebrate. 

Take everything a day at a time and you will get there. 

[keepmovinjunior]

Do you have any tips on how to get engagement, if I may ask? I don't have much trouble with it in PokeIRL, but I always struggle to get any sort of engagement in the RPC, despite doing my best to engage back as much as I can.

hi! thank you for asking, i'll try and summarize my thoughts...

i personally think you are doing a great job of engaging with people here and i think your ideas around the roleplay characters i've seen (ninetales) are really intriguing and great, i love the exploration of the voice of life concept. you asking people questions (like you just asked me) also is very much appreciated because i think when people feel like their opinions are valued, it really makes a world of difference in how welcome they feel in a community (at least that's the case for me! it feels good to get questions).

first and foremost, i think just like. valuing people's portrayals by reading their ideas is the most important thing (and truly actually reading them; i always have a good time reading people's abouts, headcanons, metas, etc.). think about what makes a roleplay community great: it's having a lot of people around that are really passionate about the characters they write. people who think a lot about the character, want to develop that character, share their thoughts and characterizations through their writing, etc. it's just so exciting to me when i come across a blog of a character in the disney canon and i see that the person is spending so much time thinking about them and writing them. i want to encourage that always, so i take the time to engage with their thoughts by commenting on things they post that intrigue me - and letting them know what thoughts came into my head when i read theirs. this is really cool and is a win win, because it oftentimes leads to really cool discussions, and you can also get more ideas for yourself that way. it also makes the other person feel seen and can help them develop, too. if you think about an interest you have, what makes it feel good to you? for me, it's when people talk to me about it and ask me questions about it or add their own thoughts about my interest (interest here being character). i also find engaging with people's characters in this manner makes this place a more fun place to be and it's even fun for me to do, too. and imo, people do benefit from hearing other people's thoughts on their own.

some other things i've tried to do in the rpc and seem to help my blog's engagement:

posting open starters, like little open ended dialogue things, for my mutuals to respond to with their characters. sometimes when i'm not in the mood to write my drafts but i want to engage with people, i do shorter things like this. off the cuff stuff is fun and can give people opportunity to interact with you if they also don't have time or have been stuck on how to do so, etc.

i like to ramble a bit about headcanons i have, or just thoughts / jokes i think about regarding my character, on the dash. i think that can lead to people knowing who you are a bit more as a writer and that's always fun to see from other people, too. it shows that they love the character they write

liking stuff that my mutuals post that i read and think is funny, smart, or that i just want to support. when i get likes on my posts it feels good, even if it's just brief and minor - it feels like people enjoy my content, and that can make someone happy. i know some people like keeping their likes neat, though, and in that case, commenting is also great (and probably even better because it's sharing thoughts!), which leads me into my next point

commenting on things my mutuals post. i love hearing other people's thoughts. some of the comments i have on my posts gave me some of my best ideas and funniest interactions

i see that you reblog a lot of peoples promos which is great! that's super helpful and important. i try to do the same, it can be hard getting a blog out there, so getting blogs visible is always appreciated. when i reblog someones promo, i usually add comments in the tags, too. this is always fun for me to see when someone reblogs my stuff too. if i think the promo is pretty i say so in the tags, i say why if i can put my finger on why... if i'm excited about the character i say so in the tags. if i love the portrayal or am intrigued by it, i also say that in the tags. that's just me, though, but i know i love when people do that to my posts when they reblog it.

i make my blog a bit more personal by trying to reblog memes that go around. if i see a meme my mutual has reblogged that i find interesting, i participate in something called 'reblog karma' - where i send in a few prompts to that mutual i saw the meme from, and then reblog it myself. usually, people will repay that favor and it just makes engagement go up.

last but not least, don't be afraid to reach out to people via IM to plot or even just say you're excited to see them around. i do this pretty often when i feel it's genuine and i find that that can also help people feel more comfortable around engaging with you!

[cosmik-homo]

I do hope its clear that when I say missy2 is enamoured by the idea of bein Better at this Mental Health stuff than the doctor and like actually being surprisingly interested in Taking Care of her and stuff. It is also like. Its still a pain and control thing. Like he v much if he found her havin a nightmare would stand there mesmerized for a Good While befor doin anything. He has not been going under the moniker 'The bdsmerrrr' for 2000 years for nothing.

[rosegardenofeden]

Look Stormlight continues to whip ass, I'm not even 100 pages into Book 5 and already our plural protagonist has figured out how to physically manifest her headmates to stab people

[bumblingbabooshka]

T'Pring

[green-alien-turdz]

i made the vent drawing of ypu burning urself with the cig my wallpaper lol its preddy

I really don't like soundin judgey, but that's kinda weird, dude ngl. I guess I'm the one who put it onto the internet, so you're free to do whatever you want. You really didn't need to tell me this though, man.

[willowser]

☕️ for the ask game ! <3

how do you comfort each other on a bad day ?

on a bad day, hmm 🥺🥺 i — like to lay down and mope when i'm having a bad day LOL but i don't like being left on my own, so i like to think that bakugou compromises by dragging me out to the couch, at least, and has me sit with him LOL i think he takes care of me in the sense that he lets me be as touchy-feely as i want and he gets up and brings me water or something — but he doesn't baby me, which i appreciate. if i'm glum about something, he comforts me by just being there, but he won't let me act miserable LOL and i will, given the opportunity.

for him — i really think that he needs time to decompress, alone, whenever he's had a bad day. he doesn't want to talk about it right away because it's just rehashing the same shit that upset him to begin with, and that'll just make it worse in the moment. i think he has to go take a shower first or go for a jog or go in his lil office room to do shit on his own, with the door closed — and that's okay ! bc i'm comfortable entertaining myself while he does what he needs to do. and then when he's finally settled down a bit, he'll come out from wherever he's shut himself away to and i'll just continue on like normal, like everything's fine, and then out of the blue, totally unpromoted, he'll just be like, "y'know this shit they've got us doin' right now is fucked." and then i'm like mhm mhm 😌😌 tell me, tell me ��😌

🩷 self-ship game ✨️

[whispersofdeceit]

meanwhile, while I'm definitely on the side of let the parents choose if they let others hold their baby(if not, respect that!)

I do know it's an okay thing to expose your child to minor things, if they're not immunocompromised! It helps strengthen their immune system, especially if they were able to get their shots and everything. It helps out even more, then.

It's why I hardly get sick as an adult.

[quasibell353]

Whoaaaaa. I legit thought this was a picture and couldn't figure out why someone had taken a picture of their bathroom. I was looking for a caption like "I finally have the energy to clean again!"

But it's a *painting*!? That's so cool and amazing and holy cow! Great job, op!

a study i did because i realized idk how to draw environments at all LMAO

[echthr0s]

@perfectpiety Riverdale is extremely pop culture referential and genre-savvy if nothing else; it is definitely purposeful

[sillimancer]

the fact that I am not hugging an enormous dog right now. criminal.

[splatoon-but-real]

i can't believe you're a chirpy chips hater... umu

i'm... not? i just don't like their style. they're cool honestly, but i don't like the vibe of their music (bar no quarters, that one's a banger and i have it downloaded).

i suppose i'm not exactly a fan of very bubbly and upbeat stuff like most of what they put out, but that doesn't mean i hate them.

[charlottemadison42]

I know this sequence is juxtaposed with the Blitz, but it makes me think of Eden.

I mean, arguably our ineffable boys *still* don’t know anything, fair. They are walnuts and we love them for it.

But back in Eden, they really, truly didn’t know anything -- and they found each other, and they trusted each other, and they huddled up just a little closer, because it felt like it made everything better.

#yeah they're insane for this

GOOD OMENS SEASON 2

[little-eye-guy]

really enjoying rorr, the art is fantastic. and of course the gameplay, and all the new enemies n such...

[hemipenal-system]

trans girls open this

aww you're a good girl huh? a cute little puppy girl? yes you are! and don't let anyone tell you you're not! look at you doin your best!

you wanna bark? cmon you know you do. bark. do it now. bark for me

that's a good girl. ok listen.

you're doin great. im proud of you. you have a fierce ass bark and you're gonna make the world your bitch.

even if you don't think you're cute. you are. you're allowed to be wrong sometimes. dogs make mistakes from time to time. you're cute

get a drink. unclench your shoulders. eat something (even if it's not the healthiest thing ever)

you're loved. who wouldn't love a cute little puppy like you?