Drawing I Did While Watching Vurelly's Stream, Wanted To Draw An Unhinged Looking Sun Myself :)!

today's fic writer energy is

Summary:

Everybody knows that the underbelly of the city are the ones that call the shots. From the police to the mayor himself, everybody is in somebodies pocket. And when those who rule from the shadows have not only the money but strength to keep everyone in an iron fist, there's none who would try to disrupt the status quo.

That is, until a certain attack dog of Eclipse takes the wrong job.

Cathal soon has to rely on two rookie detectives to uncover what he has gotten himself into while trying to keep up appearances with a certain mob boss.

Wanted to share with you guys one trick I found on Twitter to prevent people from copy-pasting the text of your fics on AO3 (and presumably them feeding your fic into AI)

Make a custom work skin on your fic. To do this, in the menu go to Skins. Click on My Work Skins, or if you don’t have any, click Create Work Skins (not a site skin, a work skin!). In the big text box you will want to paste this text:

#workskin * {user-select: none; -webkit-user-select: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none;}

once you have this you can save it and apply it to your fics. This should block people from being able to select the text of your fic. (Unfortunately there are work arounds for this but think of it as a deterrent!! People will have to actively block skins in order to work around this)

Helluva Boss - UNPOPULAR OPINION

In Ep7 S1 we can see Stolas hiding behind the menu and Blitzø clearly interpreted that gesture as he was ashamed to be seen in public with him. (Also I saw few videos about Stolas being a “jerk” to him and they all put that clip in between)(yes, Stolas has been a jerk in the past but anyway I don’t think this is the case)

I think he was just embarrassed to be under the spotlight (growing up he was never a protagonist so it’s normal he stayed the quiet, shy owl he was as a kid)

Doesn’t look ashamed here to be seen with Blitzø by the whole Lust Ring

Wanted to get back into drawing and decided fuck it, why not from a future scene for Entanglement

For all you Messmer writers/artists fighting with his Shakespearean speech: this guide is straightforward and has multiple parts if you click around. Here’s a small chart with terms of address, examples of word order/basic questions, and some verbs.

Here’s a simple explanation of “-eth” and “-est” verb endings.

Ranni and several other characters also speak this way or in a similar fashion. Something to note is that “you” was used by lower-ranking people to address those of a higher rank/status, and “thou/thee” by higher-ranking people to address those of a lower rank/status. Alternatively, nobles used “you” amongst themselves, which adds some flavor to dialogue.

A lot of Shakespearean dialogue is meant to showcase how performative and ridiculous the nobility or upper-classes were during his time (and still is nothing changed lmao). There are tons of Shakespearean dictionaries as well; a lot of words we use today meant something entirely different then, or had different contextual interpretations. It’s meant to sound flowery and has a particular cadence that I recommend listening to as well. Find a good reading on YouTube and really listen to how the words fit against each other. No, you don’t have to write in metered verse (sweats in iambic pentameter) or rhymed prose, but it helps develop dialogue that flows and feels more natural when you can imagine how it sounds as you write.

Here’s a glossary. Have fun with it, don’t let it roll you. Weak foe ahead.

this is a little bit like inventing a calculator, but the calculator is proprietary so everyone in the world has to go to your building to use the one really big calculator. the lines are massive so you have to spend millions building a disney fast pass system and all the while you’re freaking out because you’re spending $700,000 a day in electricity and water to cool down the calculator radiating heat like the sun because 800 million people are using it to write work emails and draw boobs

Guys, gals, enbies, people who are posting on AO3 do not care about the things you don't like about their fics. Seriously, you don't need to tell us and, in fact, we're basically pleading with you to not tell us.

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Legit do not comment your negative shit because we do not care.

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People should make more doomed by narratives siblings relationship.

Like with lovers you can just sever it and not have it related to you ever again but with siblings how could you?

You grow up with them you raise them or they raised you you both know how unforgiving the world is to both of you? You would die for them but will hate them for doing the same and yet none of you would regret it and both of you know it. They could be the person you loath the most and miss the most cause you still remember how they sneaked a candy into your hands. You can sever the tie but you can never look away at what you've lost, at whom you've lost because fate doesn't allow you to be together, eating dinners in quiet peace, if only there's another life, another time, where i can make you another plate of pancakes i would im sorry im sorry im sorry —