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My first thought was that I die inside the slow cooker. So I guess both?

If you die while making food in a slow cooker, whoever finds your body will have a nice warm meal waiting for them.

HOLD UP HOW WAS I NOT AWARE OF THIS

I recorded a podfic of Gym101 by @lexosaurus for VoiceTeam Mystery Box challenge DO THE WEIRD STUFF. I decided it is perfect to exercise to, so I read it during a workout ^^

Cover Art by @notbatman-52

Link: [Podfic] Gym 101 (by lexosaurus)

Rating: T

Length: ~15min

Summary:

Danny figured that revealing his identity to Valerie would result in her never wanting to speak to him again. Instead, she forces him to go to the gym with her.

Thank you!!! I'm so excited for this!

I feel like with your pointers I can actually build an exercise routine for once :D

I'll definitely be posting what exercises I end up doing with the finished pod. Who knows, maybe I'll inspire some listeners to follow along.

So, I want to podfic your Gym101 fanfic (this is me asking your permission to do it) for a VoiceTeam challenge, but I also want to get swole for Dash this 2025.

Here's my idea: I read your fic while doing exercises. I will need to experiment a bit to find out which exercises I can do while recording. So far I was thinking:

squats - obviously following Valerie's instructions, I don't have a weight bar though

active bar hang

plank - I'll see how much can I actually record doing that...

maybe some stretches for when I get too out of breath

I'd love any suggestions and pointers for exercises I can do while podficing. Guide me

PS: Your presence alone made me want to redo my pull-ups new years resolution 💪💪💪

Oh that's an awesome idea. I'm all for it. And now I'll need to write another chapter for it lmao!

As far as programming goes, I think anything that you can do that you can stick to are the best. Like for me, I fucking hate doing most stereotypical core exercises like planks and crunches and those 10 minute ab videos, so I've been mixing abs and core into my other weightlifting exercises instead of having it as its own dedicated thing.

But if you wanted some more concrete pointers, I would say in general like outside of just recording for the podfic, building a program around hitting every major muscle is going to be key for preventing muscle imbalances, and thus compound exercises are going to be your friend. Squats are a great one because they hit glutes, quads, and hamstrings, which are three major muscle groups on the lower body. And to hit calves, you can superset them with calf raises or something. Bada-bing-bada-boom, with 2 exercises you've pretty much got your lower body taken care of.

For upper body, things like push ups hit the chest, biceps, and triceps. Since you mentioned you have a bar, doing active bar hangs, scapular pulls, and negatives (all progressions of the pull-up) hit a bunch of muscles in the back, plus you're engaging your core for stabilization. If you have any heavy objects laying around your house, you can do farmers walks around a room which are another awesome thing for core work and all around general body strength (hits a ton of muscles all over the upper and lower body, and holding the heavy objects at different heights can engage more of the shoulders too).

Even though I'm in my weightlifting era rn, I'm a huge fan of calisthenics in general and do a lot of them for like functional strength and mobility. Definitely recommend you look into that if you're tryna workout from home this year!

Oh, and make sure you warm up before you exercise! There are lots of great dynamic stretching vids on Youtube.

Have fun and keep me updated on how it all goes!

Start the New Year with some comments!

For the last few years, the comment first rule has been suspended on New Year's Eve and New Year's day. Let's continue this tradition!

You can submit any type of fanwork from any and all fandoms. There were so many amazing gift exchanges and events in the last few weeks, some works are bound to get lost in the tags. Give them (and any other works) another chance for attention by submitting them to Comment Exchange.

Let's start the New Year with some comments!

We have gotten quite a few new followers lately, so here's a quick explanation what a tumblr holiday means for Comment Exchange. On all days from this list, you can submit any fanwork without having to comment on something else first. All other rules still apply. The comment first rule is suspended as long as it's December 31st or January 1st anywhere in the world.

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We would like to read out some comments that were left because of Comment Exchange after the interview, so if anyone would like to offer one (or more) of their comments for us to read out, please send them in. The comments can be old or new, and we won't read out your username, just the text of the comment.

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reblog if it's okay for your mutuals to message you and create an actual friendship, not just interactions

Sam is characterized as a very strong environmentalist. And as a part of this, they have her follow a ridiculous made up dietary restriction: “ultra-recyclo-vegetarianism”

Which sounds like it’s meant to be all extreme, right? Something ridiculously strict.

Except that it just… isn’t??

For the most part it’s basically just the same as vegetarianism, and in the edge cases, it’s actually less restrictive than being vegetarian.

Because the rule is “don’t eat anything with a face” and for the most part, only animals are gonna have faces. I guess you could make the argument that like something like a venus fly trap has a face, but I don’t think any commonly eaten plants would count as having one unless you really stretch the definition. And unless animal products like milk are grouped in with the animal they’re from, they’re all gonna be permitted too because none of them have faces. So it’s unlikely to meaningfully ban anything that wasn’t already covered by vegetarianism.

But then on the animal side of things, it leaves some allowances that baseline vegetarianism doesn’t. Sure, most animals have faces, but not all, and some of the faceless ones are occasionally eaten (e.g. jellyfish). Heck, depending on how it defines what counts as a face, some decently common food animals like oysters could be permitted.

…though of course this assumes there aren’t other rules beyond that part (e.g. if there’s something about using “scrap” bits to justify including “recycle” in the name)

The percentage is probably also different for different age groups - since the number of quirked people rises with each generation it makes sense that percentage of quirkless people in middle/high school aged children is lover than in adults. So even if we get 5% in Japan it could be 1% for underage ppl. And in a show mainly focused on children and prominent quirked hero/villain characters it makes sense we wouldn't see many other quirkless ones.

I think that Iceland and other low-quirked-percentage countries that exist would become popular destinations for quirkless immigrants (especially if we take fanon hedcannons for bad treatment of quirkless people). And this would lower the percentage even more - indywiduals leaving on their own, parents sending their quirkless children to study abroad, or whole families leaving. Which could result in those countries having their quirkless populations bigger for longer.

Constantly thinking about that one bnha headcanon that the “20% of the population is quirkless” statistic is based on world demographics, and actual quirkless population varies a lot by country. Since quirks first appeared in China and other Asian countries, quirked populations would be highest in those areas, with populations declining the further out you get. So, the actual quirkless population of Japan might be as low or lower than 5%, whereas the quirkless population of the UK, or Iceland might be closer to an even 50%.

This partially explains why Midoriya was the only quirkless person we saw for so long.

Fandom: Danny Phantom Length: 27min Summary: And what if, when Danny transforms on the dissection table, they do believe him?

I posted a new podfic - this time it's a oneshot Last Chance by @liketolaugh-writes

It's my first time recording a oneshot, it feels a bit strange (in a good way) to finish it so fast. I hope I was able to capture the feel of the story well <3

trying to decide if i'd rather be a tortoise or a turtle. on the one hand I prefer dry land, on the other hand turtles can breathe out of their cloacae so. it's tricky

Don't talk to me or my crack ship

@schnee-gheist @cosmicreaper692 @maypersonne

Blorbo Poll

Rules: make a poll with five of your all-time favourite characters and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favourite.

Tagged by @powersuitup. Probably very predictable picks for anyone who knows me but whatevs.

NP tagging @tweetthang96, @coolnerdyrn, @kayliemalinza, @raaorqtpbpdy, and @thephilosophersapprentice.

I'm a circle I guess. I think this test doesn't capture the fact that I don't ineract with people that much If I don't have the energy to be positive snd sometimes forget you are supposed to talk when you're having a conversation.

I've never met someone who actively disliked me though (apart from one guy who had a problem with my partner), but I feel like I wouldn't even notice that.

Alr slay

Link here if you wanna take it

Tags ig: @nuncscioquidsitamor-14 @fizzywashere87 @did-i-mention-the-shirt @turtles-hurtles-with-gurtles

It takes place before Danny gets control over his powers, so he keeps turning intangible and dropping stuff. He then gets flustrated and it happens even more. And while he is struggling with that Sam tries to swap ingredients to vegan alternatives without Tucker noticing.

you know the blind, deaf, and mute challenge? well i accidentally typed "blind, dead, and mute" into the youtube search bar and now all i can think about is Danny doing the challenge with his two friends, Tucker and Sam, as blind and mute, while he transforms into Phantom as the "dead" and they try to bake a cake

Hope this clears things up for you

Concept I saw a while ago: when danny goes ghost, he physically leaves his body so like there's just a dead teenager that Danny, Tucker, and Sam have to hide

I'd love to have more passion to finish my thesis. But a microphone would be cool too

@sheepheadfred @powderblue2 @imtylered @maypersonne

what do the 4 people who always like my posts want for christmas

i imagine danny floats when he sleeps. it was especially bad in the first few months after the accident, but he still floats a little even years later.

A TV network gets the show “Survival: Ghost Zone” on the air with…less than willing participants.

I will not confirm this.

@maypersonne

Making a chain cause why not!? Hdisiwisjs

Put your name/nickname in the Character Headcanon Generator and see what you get!

Link!

Erm...so-

@starsinthenigth @mxnaceo @duckp0t + Anyone who wants to do it! (No pressure)

Valerie: So he is your dog!

Phantom: Well, yea. But...

Valerie: I knew you were lying!

Phantom: He wasn't mine when...

Valerie: *shooting intensifies*

At some point Cujo would end up in Danny's school bag by accident and go to casper high with him. Shenanigans ensue as the trio tries to cover his presence from classmates and teachers. Imagine Valerie found out.

Valerie: So, It's your dog? But it's also Phantom's dog?

Danny: *sweating* We have shared custody?

You know what really sucks? I think Danny should have kept Cujo! It would have been so cool to see the trio fighting alongside Cujo to defeat ghosts! 

If only Danny had been a patient... he could have trained Cujo to become a hunting dog. Cujo would have been useful if trained for blood (ectoplasm) tracking: to help the trio find ghosts, to bark as an alert , and is also capable of attacking or restraining.

Also it would have been so cute and heartwarming to see the trio and cujo to have their moments!!!

lol, I can totally picture Sam taking Cujo for a joy ride to Starbucks. Sam picks up her pumpkin spice latte while Cujo enjoys his pup cup. They go hiking and engage in other fun activities together.

Meanwhile, Cujo assists Tucker in retrieving tools as he works on a new ghost invention. Of course, Cujo also manages to create a mess and annoy Tucker—it's all in good fun!

And let’s not forget Danny, who, as Cujo’s owner, diligently takes care of him by walking, feeding, training, and so on. Their bond is loving and loyal

I agree

Sometimes I just need for the fic to completely devastate me. Give me all the emotions!

No pressure tags <3 @maypersonne @beskad @meridiangrimm @android-levi

which ao3 tag are you?

Podfic of Double Discovery is now finished!

All ten chapters of Double Discovery by @dp-marvel94 are now available to listen!

Fandom: Danny Phantom

Total Length: 3h 47min

Summary: After accidentally shooting Phantom with an anti-possession gun, Maddie finds she has a lot to learn about both Danny Phantom and Danny Fenton. Eventual Reveal Story.

Biggest thanks to dp-marvel94 for letting me do this <3 I loved every second of making this podfic ^^

Chapter 9 of Double Discovery (by @dp-marvel94) podfic is ready to listen!

Just one chapter to go, final update on Wednesday!

Trick or treat?

*dresed as a witch on her day off*

Chapter 8 of Podfic of Double Discovery by @dp-marvel94 is up!

This was such a great chapter, I'm so glad I got to podfic it ^^

Orange is for sure the hardest part of the speedrun, not sure if it makes it better or not.

ive just been born into the world what are some good games for beginners

Chapter 7 of Double Discovery (by @dp-marvel94 ) is here! I had so much fun voicing it ^^

I haven't read all your tumblr prompts (or stories) yet, but for now the one with danny deciding to tell his parents because of dani keeps haunting my mind.

I'd love to see some sibling relations and shenanigans between danny and dani and jazz.

I think reveal would be interesting with danny knowing its not just his secret. I think it would make him more confident but also protective and between his parents, Jazz and Dani it would be a fun dynamic.

The reveal aftermath could go both ways (if it gets that far). I'm a bit partial to bad reveal bc I'd love to see them on the run/hiding/roadtrip situation with humour and angst mixed so i dont know what hits me next :> But good reveal would be cool too, with dani trying to fit in into the family and society at large.

What should I write next?

I took a writing hiatus after finishing my Invisobang fic but now I'm ready to get back to writing! So I am curious about what stories people are interested in seeing continued. An on-going series, a one-shot, one of my Tumblr prompts? I won't promise to fulfill any specific requests, but I have a lot of ideas and hearing people's favorites would really help me narrow it down.

Chapter 6 of Double Discovery (by @dp-marvel94) podfic is out!