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AO3 IS DOWN. MY LOVE MY ROTTON SOLDIER MY GOOD TIME BOY. THEYRE GONE

id like to devote this post to ao3. You’ve always been a constant in my life and I love you. Let’s hear it for ao3.

id like to devote this post to ao3. You’ve always been a constant in my life and I love you. Let’s hear it for ao3.

Still collecting the full alphabet of the “live, laugh, love” variants if anyone has some good examples.

Bonus if they can fit the “We can’t ___, _____, ____ our way out of this.”

No offense but where are the male porn bots

Google Docs

Understanding Gen Z

Job Search Habits of Gen Z Our team is researching information about how Gen Z finds a job and what they are looking for in a career and we

Hey guys!! I'm in my last semester of college, and I'm in a marketing class. We're doing a project about job searching and Gen Z. If you are between 17-25 years old, please take our survey! (And please feel free to pass onto others, boosts v appreciated :) )

It takes about 10 minutes and after completing, you will be entered to win a $25 Amazon gift card. Thank you so much!!

The urge to bother my mutuals

Why are flys always rubbing their hands together like is malicious or is like mmm this is a good meal WHICH IS IT????

my dad made this joke then begged me to post it blame him for this not me

To me this band has an early panic at the disco feel. It makes me nostalgic in a really nice way. 8.5/10

Hi if your feeling generous this holiday season please give my cousin’s band a listen. I know it would mean the world to him since he’s been working on this album for the last year and a half. Happy holidays ❄️ merry Christmas 🎄😊

guess who made one of those ask game things :] yknow cause why not

you know the drill

Okay, but like—imagine with me here:

It’s Mabel and Dipper’s 21st birthday, and as a celebration Stan and Ford take them to a interdiemensional bar that just ABOSOLUTELY HUGE and it’s a bar that exists inbetween universes, so in the bar that night of Dipper’s birthday—

There’s a ton fuck of Dippers there.

Turns out, they rented the entire place out.

There’s a bunch of them from different AUs—Monster Falls, Transcendence AU, Fight Falls, Reverse Falls, Zero Gravity, even a few of the Dipper’s from the fanfics the fandom makes. Some of them are monster hunters, leaders of the criminal underworld, interdiemensional backpackers, professors—and they’re all just drinking.

To the surprise, shock, confusion and horror of the Canon Pines, they’re all talking about Bill and complaining about their Pines families.

Like—

“But why is Bill so hot though?”

“I dunno man, ask Mr. I-Was-A-Triangle.”

“But why was he a triangle in your universe?”

“Beggars can’t be choosers y’know.”

“Maybe it’s the freedom and chaotic appeal. Beats our families.”

“Oh yeah, they’re pieces of shit. Like all the times Ford looked down on me—“

“When Stan used me for a money schemes—“

“And all the times Mabel just left us for fucking dead.”

“Yeah, what were we thinking? That asshole literally almost threw the entire Multiverse into chaos, just for another day of summer, that little—“

“I, for one, enjoy the chaos.”

“Yeah, yeah, we get it, you insane maniacal bitch. You like Weirdmageddon. Stop with the torture stories dude. I’m trying to drink my problems away here, not gain more.”

“Let’s just be glad we all left those losers for Bill!”

“And Wirt!”

“And whoever the fuck Wirt is! Here’s to fucking our families over!”

“And pulling our heads out of our asses!”

“Cheer—“

“What in the actual fuck?”

All the Dippers just turn to see the Canons and they’re all like—

“Well if isn’t the straight, bitchy loser of the group!”

“Ugh, and he’s still hanging with them.”

“LETS ALL POINT AND LAUGH AT HIM!” (And yes, that was probably Alcor).

The Canon Pines get called out for their bullshit, Dipper gets explained the messy batshit the fandom calls Billdip (and Pinescone/Cipher Pinescone) and meanwhile, in another room of the bar—

There’s just the Bills and Wirts from the Dippers’ universes.

Most of the Wirts are having civil conversations and making small talk and comparing universes.

The Bills, on the other hand, are literally congratulating and patting themselves on the back for being so hot and amazing and getting Pine Tree (and Music Note/Pilgrim, in some cases). Like—

“Ah yes, we’re so amazing.”

“And hot.”

“And we have great personalities.”

“And Pine Tree is ours.”

“And Music Note.”

“Ah, we’re so great.”

“Here’s to our beautiful, legendary asses.”

“Cheers!”

Saw this on Facebook, but not on Tumblr and I just need it on my blog.

FULL CREDIT to Violet Wilson (@ViWiWrites), Twitter

Sometimes I think about how many people I met in food service who smoke. I think about growing up in an upper-middle class neighborhood, and how it was drilled into me that smoking is addictive and bad for your health. I think most people, in America at least, are well aware of that. Whenever I would decline a cigarette, on the rare occasion it was offered, saying I dont smoke the reply is always "good, don't start."

I think about the long shifts, working on your feet all day, with breaks scheduled down to the minute. Every second of your day controlled by the clock, regardless of how tired you might be. However, in food service, there is one exception. The smoke break. Most managers respect the smoke break. The old school ones do, at least. The newer crop less so. Food service is fast paced, highly stressful work, and nicotine, in addition to all of its addictive and damaging properties, is a relaxant. If a burger flipper or barista says they need to step outside for a smoke, you let them do it, and you dont begrudge them for it.

It's such a strange bit of kindness. One that we know is terribly harmful in many respects, but performed anyway. I think about all of the interconnected systems, of health, of education, of exploitation, that leads a person to knowingly trade in years of their life for five minutes of peace. I wonder how many people in my upper middle class neighborhood would propose simply banning the smoke breaks. I wonder how many people I know would just break.

Reblog if I can go on your page and write stupid things in your ask box whenever I'd like to.

Wanna be nosy… here’s your chance.

0:Height 1:Virgin? 2:Shoe size 3:Do you smoke? 4:Do you drink? 5:Do you take drugs? 6:Age you get mistaken for 7:Have tattoos? 8:Want any tattoos? 9:Got any piercings? 10:Want any piercings? 11:Best friend? 12:Relationship status 13:Biggest turn ons 14:Biggest turn offs 15:Favorite movie 16:I’ll love you if 17:Someone you miss 18:Most traumatic experience 19:A fact about your personality 20:What I hate most about myself 21:What I love most about myself 22:What I want to be when I get older 23:My relationship with my sibling(s) 24:My relationship with my parent(s) 25:My idea of a perfect date 26:My biggest pet peeves 27:A description of the girl/boy I like 28:A description of the person I dislike the most 29:A reason I’ve lied to a friend 30:What I hate the most about work/school 31:What your last text message says 32:What words upset me the most 33:What words make me feel the best about myself 34:What I find attractive in women 35:What I find attractive in men 36:Where I would like to live 37:One of my insecurities 38:My childhood career choice 39:My favorite ice cream flavor 40:Who wish I could be 41:Where I want to be right now 42:The last thing I ate 43:Sexiest person that comes to my mind immediately 44:A random fact about anything

Happy Easter my dudes, Reblog for a visit from the Easter Ferret

Another drawing of someone on a minecraft realm’s character. I’ll be honest arms are difficult, but I think I did ok.

I recently finished a piece based on my character for a dnd campaign, Vina Lindir, a wood elf rogue, they recently got a pet headless bone lizard, Thew (shortened from Matthew), who needs to be added to this piece,

Just finished a piece for someone I know on a minecraft realm, had a bit of an artists block before that so this gave me a great prompt to work off,

New meme formats

Updated Hermitcraft guide for Season 9! Now with mossy bdubs and eboy Cubfan, but more importantly, Pearl and Gem

Season 9 starts March 5th!

WEBSITES FOR WRITERS {masterpost}

E.A. Deverell - FREE worksheets (characters, world building, narrator, etc.) and paid courses;

Hiveword - Helps to research any topic to write about (has other resources, too);

BetaBooks - Share your draft with your beta reader (can be more than one), and see where they stopped reading, their comments, etc.;

Charlotte Dillon - Research links;

Writing realistic injuries - The title is pretty self-explanatory: while writing about an injury, take a look at this useful website;

One Stop for Writers - You guys… this website has literally everything we need: a) Description thesaurus collection, b) Character builder, c) Story maps, d) Scene maps & timelines, e) World building surveys, f) Worksheets, f) Tutorials, and much more! Although it has a paid plan ($90/year | $50/6 months | $9/month), you can still get a 2-week FREE trial;

One Stop for Writers Roadmap - It has many tips for you, divided into three different topics: a) How to plan a story, b) How to write a story, c) How to revise a story. The best thing about this? It’s FREE!

Story Structure Database - The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points;

National Centre for Writing - FREE worksheets and writing courses. Has also paid courses;

Penguin Random House - Has some writing contests and great opportunities;

Crime Reads - Get inspired before writing a crime scene;

The Creative Academy for Writers - “Writers helping writers along every step of the path to publication.” It’s FREE and has ZOOM writing rooms;

Reedsy - “A trusted place to learn how to successfully publish your book” It has many tips, and tools (generators), contests, prompts lists, etc. FREE;

QueryTracker - Find agents for your books (personally, I’ve never used this before, but I thought I should feature it here);

Pacemaker - Track your goals (example: Write 50K words - then, everytime you write, you track the number of the words, and it will make a graphic for you with your progress). It’s FREE but has a paid plan;

Save the Cat! - The blog of the most known storytelling method. You can find posts, sheets, a software (student discount - 70%), and other things;

I hope this is helpful for you!

(Also, check my blog if you want to!)

So I was talking the other day about my time in the hospital and I was joking about it because how else do you cope with something so overwhelming.

“Hah yeah it’s been a while not that I miss it, the cameras, the restraints,” I think for a moment “ it’s been a year” I say quietly. My smile fades “It’s been a year” I know I wasn’t there as long as the others and I know I’ve since had a better experience in another hospital and I know that I lied my way out. But it’s been a year.

And I didn’t think I’d make it another year.

Hey all! The Kofi goal for my holidays tables is complete, and here they are. What do you guys think the next goal should be? Put a suggestion in my inbox if you have any ideas. Shoutout to @sagenfrom7-11 for fulfilling this goal!

#a very serious show about zombies

What's this productivity tonight

Unheard of

Anyway I really like the way this sketch came out and they just look so done with everything and everyone. M̶o̶o̶d̶

Lately I've had problems sleeping I've found that I can't actually even feel tired until past 5am which suck bc by the time I'm awake which is like 5-7pm I can't really socialize and it kinda sucks so idk maybe I'll actually do something productive I guess

Bad mental health tings (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞

So here’s a fun story about me. I’ve stopped going to school and I really should be in school. For context I was in the psych ward until a few weeks ago and then my mandatory therapy decided I should not be in school because it was having an impact on my health and my parents agreed

Fair enough but now I’m a bit stuck bc it is now a very real possibility that I walk out of year 11 with no exams and that’s actually terrifying so today I started drawing and I didn’t stop until I was done. And that’s why this piece exists.

My commissions are open!

For digital art

I use a bit of a mix and match system (examples below)

Size of piece

Bust £3

Half body £5

Full body £10

Sketch

Sketch (unshaded) £2

Shaded sketch +£4

Line art

Line art +£5

Shaded line art +£7

Colour

Flat colour +£5

Shaded colour+ £7

Black and white free

Extra characters are 50% of the cost of one character

Background

Free one colour or gradient background

Simple background (1-3 elements) + £2

Complex background (up to 10 elements) +£7

For example

2 full body characters (£15) with shaded colours (£10.50) and a simple background (£2) would cost £27.50

Emotes

Single emote (character/OC) £2

Five emotes £8

Can add backgrounds

Simple or gradient background is free

More complex ( pattern etc) £1

Flag is free

Custom flag is £1

Thumbnails/ banners

£3-£10 depending on how complex

For traditional art

Realistic pieces (black and white) and abstract styles will cost between £40-£60 + shipping they will be on canvas and in any medium you want.

Will draw:

Fan art

OCs

Icons

People

Mild nsfw (nudity etc)

Mild gore

Ship art ( as long as the characters are fictional and age appropriate)

Will not draw

extreme nsfw

Extreme gore

Mechas

Furries

Complex armour

Some other things:

Payment will be through PayPal

50% will be paid after an approved plan for the piece and 50% will be paid when the price is completed. I will send a copy with a larger watermark ( think diagonal lines ) over the piece and when I am paid fully I will send a copy without the large watermark

Each piece will have a watermark which will not be removed

I will do the finished product to you on your preferred socials

Commissions should be done in a week unless something comes up

If you would like an OC / pose / scenario to be drawn please provide a reference or description.

Commercial use of the piece is 3x the original price ( I will remove the watermark)

If I can use the finished piece in my portfolio I will give a 10% discount

Dm me for more information and any questions:)

Socials

Tumblr : smoldemon12

Twitter:TheStrangeOne

Insta : strange_humanxx

I will be adding some of my portfolio to my tumblr and Instagram

Top Left would be a flat colour (£5)lined (£5) bust (£3) with simple background (£2) example £15 total

Bottom left and right would both be full body (£10) shaded colour (£7) line art (£5) which would be £22 each.

What even is life insurance. Like a totem of undying from minecraft

What is a magic system?

When writing speculative fiction, one of the writer’s most important jobs is to establish the new rules for their world. In many branches of speculative fiction, especially fantasy and even horror, this is magic, though it can also be technology and alternate scientific rules for science fiction. Whatever alternate fact(s) or reality you utilize to make your fictional world possible, that qualifies as a “magic system.” Your magic system is most often defined by what it can’t do rather than by what it can.

Why do I need a magic system?

When writing speculative fiction, it’s usually assumed that something about your world is different than ours. That can be a small tweak or it can be a complete dismantle-and-reassembly of physics as we understand it. Whatever system you choose to implement, it needs to have internally consistent rules. If, throughout the course of your book, magics begin to contradict each other, then it will disturb your readers suspension of disbelief. You don’t want your awesome magic to yank your readers from the believability of the story. But…most important of all…you have to establish some sort of rules and limits in order to prevent yourself from pulling a deus ex machina. No one likes a poorly executed deus ex machina. Few people like a well executed one (is there such a thing?). If you have rules, limits, cost, built into the magic or technology of your world, then you establish something that is not only nuanced and interesting, but believable.

But…but…it’s magic!!!

Why write speculative fiction if I have to create and follow all of these tedious rules?! The real world has rules enough.

It’s true. But following your own rules and following real worlds aren’t the same thing. Lots of you have probably heard the little saying, “Give your world a Flux Capacitor.” If you think about it, Back to the Future’s Flux Capacitor doesn’t make a lot of sense. It’s not explained. But we accept it because it’s magic. And when Doc says, “Here’s this thing. It makes time travel possible.” We accept it because it’s a simple alteration. He doesn’t try to use it to do more than what is initially established. It never breaks that rule. It’s not used to get Marty out of an impossible situation, defying any previous understanding of the technology. That’s why it works.

So where you do start?

First, you need to probably choose what type of magic you will use. Will be elements based? Or energy based? Spirit? Physical? Time and Space? What things is your magic summoning/manipulating/drawing from?

Now you’ll want to focus on the parts that make your magic yours. Sure, elemental magic has been used half a zillion times, but it can still be interesting if you do something new with it. The best way to do something new is to alter its limits, change the cost, give it a new spin that makes your regular ol’ fire magic something intriguing.

You can do a little bit of research into ancient forms of magic, into other literary uses of magic. See what those before you have done and use it as an inspiration.

If you’re having trouble knowing where to start, I’m here to provide you some thoughts concerning the skeletal-assembly of your magic system! Use these prompts as you see fit!

What does magic use/alter/manipulate?

visible energies

gravity

laws of physics

light

thought

water, only, in all of its forms

fabric of space

elementary particles

items of specific color or texture

perception

plant life

the dead

blood

magnetic forces

demons

vibrations

earth

emotions

Who possesses magic?

scholars

children

random lucky people

anyone

everyone

the elderly

anyone who’s ever petted a dog

specific animals

deities

How is it acquired?

at birth

intense study and training

gifted

through random action

through a ritual

as one ages

stolen

From where is power drawn?

internal mana

heat energy

alignment of the stars

physical contact with _____ (the earth, another life force, a drawing or rune)

kinetic or potential energy

the moon(s)

other realms

movement of tectonic plates

spiritual energy of those nearby

consumption of specific foods/drinks/elements

Check out the rest of the Brainstorming Series! Magic Systems, Part Two New Species New Worlds Cultures Civilizations Map Making Politics and Government Belief Systems & Religion Guilds, Factions, & Groups War & Conflict Science & Technology Wildlife & Ecosystems History & Lore