foxglove

@foxglovefantasy.bsky.social

30+ Writer and artist in One Piece fandom. Darkfic and dead dove enthusiast, whumpmaster. Multishipper with a focus on zosanzo. Firm believer in creative freedom and expression and don't like, don't read. foxglovefantasy on tumblr, foxglove on ao3

Thinking after the fact that it must be kinda wild to be subscribed to an author for one fandom's works where they've been basically dead for months and then getting an email for their other pseud featuring something called a L/uchasaurus and no other note about it.

I finally feel the faintest stirring of wanting to write again, but now that the brain is willing, the grind of trying to stay alive is wearing me down. A dramatic way to say full time employment is exhausting, and it's disheartening to still be broke anyway by the end of it.

I'm not dead, if anyone is wondering. I've been missing, yes. Burnt myself out. Lost my passion. Needed some time. Still need some time. I do appreciate the lovely comments I've gotten on ao3 in the meantime. Everyone has been quite kind about the hiatus.

Periodic reminder that "no archive warnings apply" is not the same as "creator chose not to use archive warnings" and the latter may include some of the archive warnings including mcd. OwO

Ugh. The kind of day where I'm like "I'm going to go home and write the deadest dove to cope" but I'm so tired I sit down and write... 250 words of an intro to the deadest dove fic. RIP dd fic, maybe you'll exist one day.

"loving what you make is a failsafe for when the engagement never comes" is a fantastically worded sentiment. Learning to love what you do won't make you immune to sadness, but it will give you more enjoyment every step of the way. And that is super useful to cling to when times are tough.

angel💀@sabattons.com · last yr.

to me, “you should create for yourself” and “you deserve to be acknowledged for what you make” are two statements that should coexist. chasing engagement will rot your soul, while being neglected will see your passion wither. loving what you make is a failsafe for when the engagement never comes.