Do It.

Heeyyyy

Not an ask about your character lore like usual, but do you have any tips or references on drawing hands?

here take these:D

Bob Belcher phone case I was inspired by this I also did not kiss the case when it arrived

its so fucked what harry potter did to wands because i can never trust it when i see art of wizards using wands nowadays but they can be so fucking cool. a good wand should be used like a handgun i think. staffs are for big impressive spells but wand users should be dual wielding those things doing some like dante shit spinning around in the air and everything

Preach that shit 🙏🙏🙏

Remember that every day is an opportunity to be a better fanfiction writer than you were yesterday. That being said...

...improvement isn't only in the big things like writing a 10k story in one sitting or responding positively to negative comments on your work. Progress is in the seemingly small but actually big things too;

You finally learned how to correctly spell that word you frequently use.

2. You found a differently word you can use in place of the verb you've abused

3. You wrote a whole ass paragraph for your draft without feeling insecure about it because you're finally understanding that drafts are meant to be messy.

4. It's taking you months to complete the next chapter of your story. At first you felt bad about it every second of your day but now you actually haven't felt bad for a whole hour. Slowly you're understanding that art takes time and you deserve to be patient and kind with yourself.

5. You took the step to read/listen to a random post about how to write better. Maybe you haven't put that advice into practice yet but hey, you clicked on it and listened/read till the end

6. You managed to read one of your own posted stories, I'll feelings about it or no

7. You now celebrate every vote/kudos/like you get on your story because you know that a real human being is behind it, loving your work, shoddy as you think it might be.

8. Today you woke up caring a little less about how your stories aren't that popular in the fandom. Finally you're learning to write for you and to just dwell on enjoying the writing process instead of focusing on how the world will receive your story when you post

9. You read comments on your story which suggest you take your story in a certain different direction, but you successfully ignore those suggestions and courageously stick to the story you want to tell.

10. You ended the day still resisting the urge to have AI write your story for you.

Congratulations to you, most improved writer, even if only one of the items on this list resonates with you👏👍🤝

You're still growing and improving after all.

It’s here, guys.

The inspiration for this story belongs to @smz-s-mz Sans and Papyrus(and Lesser Dog) belong to Toby Fox Aliza belongs to sourapplestudios

TW: Description of severe injury, mentions of cannibalism

(Horrortale Flowey isn’t in this because I had no idea how to write him in and he leaves before Aliza goes to Waterfall anyway)

Enjoy! :)

O.O.C moment within Delta Academia, my (unposted) fanfiction combining aspects of Deltarune into My Hero Academia.

Kris is weird, wish I could get this drawn as well.

Note that OOC doesn't need to be funny, can be used to just get someone interested in a story to see where the hell that even occurs.

(BUt I mean c'mon were here for the funny-)

So, I enjoy stuff that is Out Of Context from within fanfiction. So I request people quote their favorites!

Make it a post or just say it in the comments! Double points for sharing the fic title.

I’ll start.

Toshinori nodded. “The Room of Enlightenment.” Tsukauchi shuddered. “That’s not what I would have called it. I would have called it the room of I-think-that’s-probably-a-war-crime.”

From “Fear No Evil” by katydid

I GOT BAKU AND TODO!!!

THE SQUAD KEEPS GROWING BOYS

My figures came in!

Now to put them next to my other and….

He ll yeah

the stats spiral

That's what I call it when I start obsessing over the numbers I get on fics or posts. When I refresh AO3 every five or ten minutes to see if I've got more hits or kudos. When I keep my tumblr activity page open in a tab to see new notes as soon as they come in.

It's not fun. Not really. Even when I sometimes tell myself it is.

You see, it starts out exciting! I've put a thing out there and now I get to see the reactions to it! I'm like a kid on their birthday who can't wait to see their presents. What are people going to say? Will they like it? Will they talk to me about it?

I'm lucky enough that I do get notes on tumblr posts and I do get comments and kudos when I post on AO3. But depending on how excited I am about the thing that I made and depending on how uncertain I am of whether it's any good, I want to get a lot more attention than I end up getting.

I know that that's a normal feeling. I know it's even a rational one! I've put a lot of effort into making something, or I've made something that I think my community will like, and not hearing back like I'd hoped can sometimes feel like rejection. It can be a huge disappointment that makes me doubt myself, my abilities, my connection to my community.

That's why I say it's not fun. Because even though 'engagement' can give me a really high high, it can also give me a really low low.

When I finally realize I'm in one of those lows (and it sometimes takes me a while to realize that I am), that's when I know that I need to step away.

When it's really bad, I just stop posting until I'm in a better mental space. For me, I now recognize that those feelings are often coming from me wanting a connection of some kind. The need for attention is coming from a feeling of loneliness or isolation, and so I need to counteract that by reaching out to people I know and care about to have a chat or a meal or just some time spent doing something communal.

When I can catch it early, then I force myself to close the activity tab here on tumblr and hide whatever stats are making me spiral on AO3. I've learned to recognize that I'm looking to those metrics as a way to feel important or special or cared for in some way and that I need to figure out where I'm feeling insecure in my life and how to get some reassurance - because strangers on the internet won't be able to give me what I need.

If you're currently spiraling, first of all lemme give you a hug ❤️ I hope you can take some time and figure out what it is that you want those stats to tell you about yourself or what it is that you think those stats will give you that you're not getting from somewhere else.

And if you haven't heard it lately, I'm glad that you're in this world - no matter what kind of numbers you have on your posts.