COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN!

hi everyponyyy i'm gonna be opening VGen commissions in a simple style like this for both humans and ponies! there's no specific amount slots but i don't see myself taking more than 3-5 orders at once.

for more info & TOS please visit my VGen:

the process of commissioning me itself is only through VGen but you can also message me on here or send me an e-mail ([email protected]) if you have any questions!

(1/4) It's incredibly funny imagining the skin stealers son from John's twin's pov. Like... This incredibly shady guy shows up with the kings entourage and immediately seeks you out to deliver you an illegal letter supposedly from your brother. You poke around and find out that he IS a messenger, but he's also a member of the late wake and is on the kings own council. He wants to meet your mom. Massive amounts of shady.

There were five parts to this and I can't post the rest because SPOILERS but I need you to know how hard I laughed. A+ five-part John's Twin POV fanfic, I'm saving them in my inbox forever.

Year in fic review 2023

Total number of completed stories: 4, I finished Spare Parts in 2022, just finished posting in 2023.

Total word count: About 50 k (published, god knows how many words of unfinished WIPS and abandoned one-shots)

Fandoms written in: BBC Sherlock, I'm a one-trick pony these days ;-)

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d expected?

Hm, I suppose less? And not the things I expected. I started writing a lot of long, plotty fics but apparently, it wasn't the year for long and plotty fics. I suppose I didn't have the brain space for long and plotty.

What’s your own favorite story of the year?

Probably Nothing Gold Can Stay, because I had this idea months and months ago, of John having a bit of a crisis before his wedding. I had this one piece of a core of a fic, the whole nucleus where John tells Sherlock nobody ever sticks with him, ever. And then I had three different fragments of fics trying to make it work, and every one had something amazing in it, but I just couldn't make it gel. And then I thought of the famous The thing you wanted to say, say it now, and the scene on the bench in TSOT, and bam, I had a fic. It came out in stops and starts of 200-word chunks, while John laboured with whether and how and when to trust enough, to have faith enough to actually say how he feels. I'm really proud of how it came out in the end, and I'm very happy you guys responded to it the way you did.

Did you take any writing risks this year?

I don't know about risks, but I wrote 31 ficlets in pretty much a month, which came out to 26000 words, and that was no mean feat. And I actually still like most of them. Gave me a bit of writers' burn-out, I won't lie, but what a ride!

Do you have any fanfic goals for the new year?

I want to finish my Christmas fic. I would like to re-visit the Nothing Gold boys because I think there's meat on these bones and I always wanted to do a series of shorter fics that hang together. So maybe I can do something with that. But last year was so stressful at work and I don't see this year going any better (we have three big conferences this summer, so it's probably going to be So Much Worse). So, I'll be grateful for what I can accomplish, and accept that it might not be everything I want.

Most popular story of the year?

Nothing Gold Can Stay for sure.

Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion:

Hm, I got a lot of lovely feedback this year, so I generally feel loved and appreciated by fandom. My May ficlets especially got a lot of responses here on tumblr, and I loved that dynamic interchange between writing and reading and commeting, especially with the others who did the challenge.

If I had to pick one underappreciated story, my Spare Parts 'verse January 29th fic The Stars Walk Backward didn't get a lot of eyeballs, but it's understandable given that it's a one-shot in a 'verse that not that many people are famliar with in the first place. It's a bit of a stepchild of a 'verse, but I love it, and I love this story for its unabashed sentimentality. It's very sweet and very calm and has a lot of 'we're back together and I don't want to fuck this up again' energy. I love re-visiting this fic if I need a quick pick-me-up, so. You know.

Most fun story to write:

Most of the ficlets were fun to write, and Tipping Point was somehow the opposite of Nothing Gold Can Stay in that it came out in a big rush over four days, like a writing tsunami. But my Christmas fic is also super fun to write, I just hope I can sustain the fun and actually finish it.

Most unintentionally telling story:

Probably Nothing Gold Can Stay, I suppose. Grief is really complicated, and it's difficult to come to terms with the fact that you can sort of stumble into pockets of it, and that you sometimes grieve things that are technically still there but have changed a lot. Essentially, the story is about a John who has to stop running away from his grief and turn around and face it, and a Sherlock who sees that if he wants to truly get John back, he has to face it with him.

Biggest disappointment:

With myself for being unable to finish the many, many, many fics I've stared but didn't remotely finish. But also gracious to myself for letting life happen.

Biggest surprise:

Not surprise but gratitude for the love and support of this fandom. You guys are awesome. I'm so grateful whenever someone tells me that something I wrote made them Feel Something(TM). It's the greatest compliment a writer can receive, and I feel truly blessed that I heard this a fair bit this year. I write because it makes me happy, and if people reading my fics experience something similar, then that makes me even happier. So thank you, fandom.

These are the two soul quizzes I like the most that I’ve found.

I decided to design a character based off of the two soul colors I thought I would get.

Then after I got the results, I drew the character holding the soul colors I got.

So uh…..

What’s your soul colors? (If you want you can draw a character, oc, or self insert with the ones you thought you would get vs the ones you got.)

…

did patho and dbubs happen to know eachother before patho had the accident that took his eye/entire left(?) side?

(may or may not be getting inspiration and motivation to try and write a quick one-shot about them ehehe)

ooh good question, they actually didn’t? in a similar vein, they didn’t know each other before dbubs got possessed by the jungle, either. i haven’t thought much about it before but that’s kinda interesting, how they didn’t get to know each other before they’d already been changed fundamentally by their experiences in hels. it’s a little tragic, actually.

at what point is an intro post necessary?

OH WELL HERE IT IS!

my name on here is skate, im a minor, im a girl, i use she/her pronouns and i have no idea what im doing!!

im in highschool so im a busy girl and i will complain about school

some fun facts about me are: i play 6 instruments and sing, i like reading, my favourite season is winter, i speak a fair amount of french and italian and i can crochet.

im also mentally funky so just prepare yourself for that!

most of my posts are about osemanverse but i love taylor swift and will not shut up about her. i am in a pitch perfect phase at the moment so expect some of that too and mostly i post whatever else pops into my head at the time.

my asks are open and i love answering literally anything and if you ask a question ill probably fall in love with you or smth

my tags are 'skate has words' for my writing 'skate answers' for answering asks and 'skate rants!' for rants obviouslyyyy

also my messages are open and, yes, i am extremely awkward, i would LOVE to be friends !!

im very infrequent on here and will sometimes forget tumblr exists for weeks so im never ignoring you im just stupid and i have memory issues

if youre gonna be mean to pretty much anyone i dont really want you here.

especially if youre gonna be racist, homophobic, transphobic, an ableist or just generally an asshole.

anyway have a good day !! :)

I've had a hell of a past 30-ish hours, so decided to treat myself with egg.

👀👀👀

😩😩😩

Omg! Are you the one who made Sweet No Death?????

I LOVE THAT GAME!

It was surprisingly deep and thought-provoking! And the character designs? Oh I loved them! Especially Lambchop and RUUUUUUUUBY (i love her name! Shes the cutest! Poor girl tho)

Yes, I am!! Thank you so much!! I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed it!! ♡♡♡

(Not to peddle myself but if you like SND you might like some of my other games too!! They're all on my itch.io https://arcadekitten.itch.io/ and free to play! ♡ )

BOOM

🫢

Hello?

HELLO???

HELLOO??????

Oh my god this is INCREDIBLE IM IN LOVE

ARE YOU KIDDING ME YOURE SO TALENTED

YOU DONT UNDERSTAND I LOVE THEM ALREADY AND WANT THEM IN THE GAME RIGHT FUCKING NOW I DEMAND IT

I DEMAND A STORY WITH THEM

I NEED MORE

MORE OF THEM

MORE CHARACTERS

MOREEE😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

I've had this account for a long time, and I love it a lot, and I really really appreciate my mutuals and long time followers here. I get such joy from the familiar faces in my notifications, and I don't want to leave, so I'm not going to. That said, this account is currently really bad for my mental health. I'm exposed here to a lot of anger and political content and discourse and current events and bigotry (mostly from people fighting said bigotry but still) and it's just really getting to me. The antisemitism in particular has been really rough for months, and I feel like I've reached a bit of a breaking point. So I'm going to try taking a break for a little while. I'm going to hang out on C's account, which is a much happier and softer place with pretty much all potentially upsetting content filtered. If you're interested in following us there you can, but it's a super different vibe from this account; it's pretty much entirely pink and green aesthetics and some cottage core type stuff. It's literally just pretty pictures that make us happy and occasional encouraging text posts. I might sometimes start posting personal posts there if I stay there long enough but I also might not. So if that sounds like your jam feel free to follow but no pressure, and I probably won't follow back even most mutuals from here there bc it's a very specific account with a specific purpose. Anyway. The point is. Taking a break from this account, not leaving permanently, in the meantime we can be found @cherry-alive

Prayer

I finished the God Key.

My heart is screaming, thank you for the anguish. I love the complexity of the characters and their relationships.

*evil laughter*

12 hours until my VTuber debut! I hope you can make it!

That porn-wrting post reminded me that, actually, the first time I wrote smut fic, I slapped a bow on it and presented it to a fandom stranger as a birthday gift (because I'd seen their request for that type of fic for a specific character). Which, in retrospect, I did with a lot of confidence and no apologetic waffling. I was just like, hey, here you go! I like your fic so I thought I'd say hi! Happy birthday and enjoy the porn!

And then we became good friends for a long time. So that's one way to introduce yourself.

15 QUESTIONS FOR 15 FRIENDS

Thank you for the tag @awordwasthebeginning💜

ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?: No.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?: 4 months ago.

DO YOU HAVE KIDS?: No.

WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED?: Tennis atm.

DO YOU USE SARCASM?: Yes.

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?: Hair and eyes.

WHAT'S YOUR EYE COLOUR?: Brown.

SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?: I like both, but watch more happy endings.

ANY TALENTS?: Naturally? I heal external wounds very fast, but my immune system is shit and I get sick so easily.

WHERE WERE YOU BORN?: Mexico.

WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES?: Writing, running, video games, crafting, bird rehabbing.

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?: Too many: 10 birds (rescues), 2 dogs (huskies), and 1 cat (distribution system). I love noise, chaos, and big personalities.

HOW TALL ARE YOU?: 1.67m

FAVOURITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL?: Science and history.

DREAM JOB?: Animal caretaker with infinite money.

This was fun! I don't think I have 15 friends so I'll tag in case they'd like to participate: @bedofthistles, @hotpotatoburn, @a-winters-child, @theargopriestess, @incorrect-quotes-of-moonacre, @bowscale, @raksha-seeoneepack, @it-will-choke-on-me