if the sound you make when people ask 'how's the writing going' is funny enough, you don't have to answer
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@draeonic.bsky.social
she/her, neuroqueer, french, 40's and back from the fandom dead (AoT & One Piece mostly) | Ao3: factorielle nsfw will happen
I'm finding out way too much for someone who fucks around so little
romanticize your life! be whimsical! sleep in silk pajamas, string fairy lights through your plants, tear down flock cameras, scatter nails in ICE hotel parking lots, drink your morning coffee out of teacup rose china with a splash of good vanilla, LIVE 💕
yesterday i tried to Better Myself by ordering half broccoli instead of all fries. I spent half the night staring at the ceiling of my hotel room thinking "this has to be appendicitis", and today was taken by a bout of diarrhea so fast i thought i was going to have a Problem on the highway.
sometimes a soulmate is a fandom friend who lives halfway across the world but gets you on a deeper level than anyone else could
Old(er) men #reijean by @leaoverthehills.bsky.social ❤️❤️ For this specific AU, Reiner’s body was allowed to regenerate after the curse was lifted, which resulted in him growing a little taller than Jean. It annoyed Jean immensely. Until it didn’t.
nyan nyan ewebody my nyan is nyan kirsnyan nya to meow you ₍^. .^₎Ⳋ
why does my brain insist on making me dream that I've decided to go back to my old workplace, which is in every possible way worse than the current one
I wanted to do Wall of Awful work + cat! Reiner at the hotel today but it took me twice as long to get here as it should have and 😴
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
nature.com
The problem with people is, there's a god shaped hole in our heads where we want Something Important to live, and we insist on filling it with *something*, which might be god or king or astrology or jumped-up autocorrect.
Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com
This is refreshing. I think the whole “no spoilers!” thing is a little silly, because if a story can be ruined by telling its ending, or some other plot point, it’s not a great story. I want a story that makes me miss the characters when it’s over.
what if marcel failed to talk reiner up enough to get the armored and how do i make it reijean
me this morning: I will resist the siren call of the bakery and eat an apple instead me this afternoon: banana bread in the oven, crepe batter almost ready
The smallest possible amount of work when you don't feel like it -- a sentence or two, five minutes' writing, asking a searching question about your protagonist -- is worthy, and can be the slow trickle that stops pipes from freezing solid.
it's been a while since we last did this, so please quote this post & say something encouraging to other writers!
Part 2. Blushing Zoro is the funniest kind. #onepiecefic #onepiecefanfic #zosan #onepiecefancomic #onepiece
my productivity got interrupted by a phone call and now I'm just staring blankly at the screen who invented human speech anyway
YOU DON'T "CONSUME" ART MOTHERFUCKER. YOU EXPERIENCE IT. YOU FEEL IT. YOU ENGAGE WITH IT. YOU WRESTLE WITH IT. YOU LIVE IT. ART ISN'T A LITTLE MORSEL YOU GOBBLE UP.
I did three whole personal life admin things this morning and honestly I deserve the rest of the day off for this
European artists! The EU commission is opening a feedback on the use of AI in the cultural and creative fields. Their vision is clearly pro-use of AI, but we clearly have an opportunity to push back: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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