Six Sentence Sunday

Hi lovelies. I kinda overshared when I started writing this post so I'm sticking it below the cut in case that's just not something you have the ability or desire to engage with right now.

Here is a little excerpt from Monsters. I am such a sucker for friends to lovers, these sweet boys are so precious to me. They're about 14 in this scene.

The rest below the cut.

Such a heartfelt SSS. Having followed your incredible work in the fandom for a few years, Artsyunderstudy you are basically like a celebrity to me!

Thank you for sharing about your mental health stuff. It’s very relatable and it sucks you’re having a rough time. It’s hard not to pressure yourself to work more than you have the energy for- I’ve realised this especially since starting my fics for corb 24. I wanted so badly to be able to post chapters on a regular basis. I’m having to train myself to accept that I need rest from work and hobbies alike. It’s very frustrating but will hopefully mean I’m less burnt out this year 🤞😬

Reminder to everyone- Be kind to yourself and know you’re appreciated 💙

Six Sentence Sunday Monday

thanks for tagging me @youarenevertooold @confused-bi-queer @orange-peony @prettygoododds @that-disabled-princess @thewholelemon @artsyunderstudy @bookish-bogwitch @ileadacharmedlife @run-for-chamo-miles @roomwithanopenfire and @j-nipper-95. phew, that's a lot of people!

okay, yes, it's technically tuesday, but i wanted to share and didn't get time to write anything yesterday, but sat down and got out 1600 words tonight, yay!

here's a new POV for my wip, Helenus. ramble under the cut about him because he's very overlooked in most media avoid the Trojan war, and i am incapable of shutting the hell up about my interests once i get going.

but i'll pop the six sentences here for convenience's sake. they're from a flashback to when Astyanax, the main character, was born.

“Apollo has a bit of a micromanagement problem” 😂😂😂

bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

reblog to let people know it's ok to bother you with questions and statements

something magic

Jon and Tim’s argument in episode 65 is very good and well written but also the sass is hilarious to me. Especially the part where Tim just starts complaining about everyone else in the archives

Tim: Elias doesn’t care!

Elias looking at his nails: Yeah of course I don’t.

Tim: Martin just wants a tea party!

Martin with a full tea party set up looking utterly offended: HOW dare you speak to me like that!

Tim: And Sasha…

Not-Sasha sitting in a blood circle with her head turned 180 degrees around: What did I do?!

Six Sentence Sunday

Thank you to @artsyunderstudy, @bookishbroadwayandblind, @leithillustration, @thewholelemon, and @valeffelees for the tags today! 💙

I'm back so soon, but I wrote more words that I liked, and I thought maybe other people might like them too, and I figured that sharing some might help me keep going with this fic.

The deadline is looming and I'm still only in the setup part of the story. Short one-shot writers: How the fuck do you do it?

I already feel like I've done less research than I'd like, and am ignoring a lot of questions I'd usually want answered, in order to just get to the point already. It feels a bit like going down a hill on a bicycle. I'll get to the bottom, I'm just not sure what state I'll be in when that happens.

In any case, I have exactly six sentences to share! (It was going to be 5, but then I figured I may as well throw in an extra one, as a treat)

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so obviously Baz and Shep would have slightly different ways of describing Simon...

Baz being dramatic? Perish the thought... What does Shep have to say?

Keeping it real, as always.

I hope y'all have a good week. To quote my dad, (who was quoting Steven Spielberg), "don't let 'em torture you Gertie"

No pressure tags incoming in 3...2...1...

@alexalexinii @aristocratic-otter @best--dress @blackberrysummerblog @bookish-bogwitch

@carryonsimoncarryonbaz @cutestkilla @drowninginships @hushed-chorus @iamamythologicalcreature

@ileadacharmedlife @ivelovedhimthroughworse @katatsumuli @larkral @martsonmars

@melodysmash @messofthejess @monbons @moodandmist @mooncello

@noblecorgi @prettygoododds @raenestee @rimeswithpurple @run-for-chamo-miles

@scribble-tier @shrekgogurt @simonsnowsfreckles @supercutedinosaurs @that-disabled-princess

@theimpossibledemon @wellbelesbian @whatevertheweather @you-remind-me-of-the-babe

Me.

write weird shit. Write indulgent au fanfiction and self insert fics. Write creepy horror scenes and random character crossover dialogue. Write in a different genre. Write that sex scene that you know won’t make the cut. Write about sentient furniture turning into werewolves that try to date your MC. Write whump or hero/villain fic. Write your kink. Write your worst nightmare. Write your delusions of power and fantasies of control. Write whatever the fuck you feel like. Write whatever comes to mind. You don’t have to share it with anyone (but you can). Your writing impulses don’t define your morality anymore than your reading preferences, and actually going outside your comfort zone will improve your writing skills (making a horrifying villain sympathetic requires good characterization). Even if it doesn’t improve your skills, that’s still something you created out of nothing. It’s still valuable. Don’t let purity culture kill your creativity. That’s how culture stagnates. That’s how writing stops being fun.

Tell the universe your truth.

...That's it. Just do that. That's the thing it wants most to hear from you.

I'm not going to pretend that everything will get better for you when you do that. There are no guarantees. But you will have done an important thing: maybe the most important thing.

And you'll also have done what gods do: you'll have made something out of nothing. ...Which is fun. :)

I hope fanfiction writers know that I think of them like celebrities

I literally scream a little bit whenever one of them interacts with a comment i made on one of their posts like they are literally famous in my mind

thank you fanfiction writers you are literally sometimes the only thing keeping me alive 

Carry On Countdown, Day 1: Creature

(Quotes from "Wayward Son" and "Any Way the Wind Blows" by @rainbowrowell)

My first ever @carryon-countdown! I immediately saw this image in my mind when I read the prompt for day 1.

SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS (below the cut)

Rereading Wayward Son and this art hits SO HARD. Simon is carrying around the embodiment of his trauma on his back. And exactly like with trauma, he wants to get rid of his wings and tail, he doesn’t want other people to see them, he feels different and wrong and even his friends don’t know how to help him cope aside from covering them up for him, pretending nothing has changed. It’s so heartbreaking and poignant and I’m so HAPPY Simon, Baz and Penny are given books 2 and 3 to explore and (start to) come to terms with their trauma. Simon might not explicitly accept his wings, but he does learn to be gentle with them and how to give them space and that he doesn’t always have to hide them- especially from the people who love him. Baz treats them kindly (minus the tail pulling but we all know Simon was pretty into that) and accepts Simon as a whole, complete with his trauma/dragon parts in the same way that Simon accepts him as a man and a vampire.

Thanks for the Friday tag @youarenevertooold! I'm not even going to pretend it's Sunday either. This is my fandom experience and I get to choose when I post my WIPs 🥰

I have written over 10k this week. Maybe 12k. I have never written so many words in my life. Ruthari has a chokehold on me. Season seven has a chokehold on me. Here's something from each of my WIPs!

From a 5+1 fic of Runaan trying to find peace:

From my fic where Runaan learns to crochet for Ethari:

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From that smutfic where Ethari has his way with Runaan:

I love that we’re all equally terrible at posting on a schedule. WE SHALL NOT BE TAMED!!

Beloved is still impossible for me to draw but take this Lord Golden swirling his apricot brandy while Bad Reputation by Joan Jett blasts in the background anyway

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You just don’t get this quality posting on other social media platforms