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whysamwhy123 · 3 months

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HALLEJUAH!! I REMEMBERED HOW TO ACTUALLY FINISH WRITING SOMETHING FOR A CHANGE!!

Of course, it's not any of the fics I wanted to finish. I went back to what is essentially my bread-and-butter now and wrote a short-ish, random OrangeHook fluff. But considering how much writing's been a struggle as of late, I'm just glad that I successfully finished something. I was back in one of those stretches where I couldn't seem to write much of anything. And this fic isn't about their age difference or Hook being a cuddlebug, so...progress?

Unless I decide I completely hate it (which is always a possibility) expect something to drop on Valentine's Day, tis the season, after all.

#What is wrong with you Sam you should not be allowed to write #Small victories you know?#Will I ever get sick of OrangeHook?? Apparently not #Can't even remember the last time they interacted on screen but that ain't stopping my brain LOL #On a more serious note - I really do hope that I can get back into the swing of things and make some real progress #On the bigger fics I want to work on #I want to finish the messy angst OrangeHook fic at some point even if it's unlikely to appeal to anyone #Annnnnd deep down in my cold dead heart I still wanna make an honest attempt at that DG Dead Dove fic #Even though that would be even more unappealing + a huge undertaking because that bitch would be loooooooooong #Also I had a slightly less angsty OrangeHook idea recently about them having their first fight and I wanna write that too for some reason #And there's still a part of me that really wants to continue Business/Pleasure because I have soooo many ideas for that AU #But that would require me to get over my inability to write smut #And I don't know how to do that (would appreciate any advice on that if you've got some...)#But at the same time I don't wanna beat myself up for not being able to write much - if anything - most days #This is a hobby after all - it's supposed to be fun #There ain't no deadline and it's not like I'm letting anybody down #Just gotta do at my own place #And write whatever absolute trash I want to write 😈#My tags are always so obsessive like SHUT THE FUCK UP SAM #But if you've actually read all these - hey. Thanks. Love ya 😘

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bottombaron · 6 months

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oh ok so its the usual no-homo bullshit you always hear, good to know.

#wwdits #what we do in the shadows #guillermo de la cruz #nandor the relentless #nandermo #look im a reasonable guy #i dont get worked up easily and ive been around writers rooms and understand the pressures of writing a big show like wwdits #hell i even liked season 4 #but this has got to be one of the most offensive bs ive read that wasnt from 2015 #‘its only a small (but vocal) amount of people that actually want to see them together’#‘their love isnt ~s*xual~ they dont need to kiss its more ~profound~ than that’#‘you don’t REALLY want to see them together! (thats gross!)’#also ‘the power dynamic is ~problematic~’??? are you kidding me???#jfc its like someone literally got this out of the queerbating handbook from 2010 #and like yeah i know wwdits isnt queerbating but its queerness feels more performative when it treats an actual central relationship #like its a gross kinkything only a few freaks on the internet want #instead of a legitimate plausible story that deserves exploration #nandermo should be a triumph - a victory for the characters and something the writers should be pleased with writing #not…this.#like it’s some problem pressured reluctantly upon them that needs to be carefully defused #this has left a bad taste in my mouth

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mipexch · 9 months

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comic about v2 and the goal they'll never fully reach alongside a dissatisfying conclusion. intimate rivalry and all (alternative ending comic. V1 dies instead of V2 during 4-4. V2 is narrating. V1 is dead.)

#high of victory drops to an overwhelming crushing feeling of what comes next now that youre done #if it wasnt clear v2 is trying very hard to put v1 back together after it kills them. very very poorly. weight of your actions hits #v2 #v1 #ultrakill #v4v #heavy implied at the very least. see as you will #i realize now that the writing is very disconnected and so are the drawings but bear with me here. do you see my vision #theres something going on between these two that is beautiful but also extremely codependent #at least on v2s end #tried to do those two descriptive pages in a way where it went like. 2 - 3 small details about v1. and then something very specific. some-#-thing theyd only know if they paid close attention to how the other acted or looked #took me a few days to put together and im pretty happy with it i think #feel free to dub or do whatever as long as you gimme credit where credits due #there are many ways to interpret v2 and this is one of them #gen art

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lovereadandwrite · 5 months

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LOVER BOY WINS AGAIN

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sudoscience · 3 months

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Me: Oh, hey, Kieran wants to trade with me. I can finally give him Ogerpon!

The game:

Are you kidding me...

#at least the dlc lets me wear a cowboy hat. i will take some solace in this small victory #pkmn #the hidden treasure of area zero #sv spoilers #kieran pokemon #you can't trade him a shiny either #not sure why you'd want to #but you can't #okay. i DO know why you'd want to actually #because the game wouldn't let you give him ogerpon or terapagos but you still wanted to be nice to him #at least. that's why i attempted it

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winepresswrath · 2 months

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immediately after learning that jiang cheng was assigned karomi i yelled "i just keep winning. i don't stop winning" at my girlfriend and did a little dance.

#how do i know who karomi is? no fewer than two small cousins and a sister in law are obsessed #so as you see my victory has political implications for the whole family #for real tho i'd give him the angry penguin and not just because my gf loves the angry penguin

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dorkicon · 9 months

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bitching abt my job again

tags contain frank mentions of transphobia and homophobia

#this happened like. i dont know. a month ago or something but i still keep playing it in my mind #for those unawares: theres been a fucking community outrage over the pride display at the library i work at #and have been working/volunteering at for 5 years #only it never went up. it never went up. bc the mayor came in as a quote unquote private citizen and demanded it taken down #despite the fact that patrons are required to fill out complaint sheets and even then it isnt ensured a display will be taken down #so obviously its a misuse of power that hes spinning into him being a concerned citizen #and i made a whole post bitching abt it and im doing so again (hi) bc i didnt like how our director responded to it #and yeah. so there was a board meeting after that right. well i set up for them as i usually do and let me tell you. that was the first #--time more than like 6 people came to spectate. it was insane.#and i guarantee that this months meeting wont have half as many people that fucking crammed themselves in there to complain abt gay ppl #bc of course they dont give a shit about the library #they just care about how scary the queers are #and yeah it was a shit show. i learned we have a far right organization in our town #and i was sat right in front of her husband the whole time #(standing actually. i was standing between him and my moms chair and he was sighing and grumbling the whole time bc he couldnt muster the #--balls to ask the 5 foot 2 fag in front of him to please move lol. small victories right)#when i say her i mean the leader of the freaks. idk. chairman? anyway she had a whole speech about how like queers are bad and cutting #the penises off little babies or whatever and she pulled up this passage from a book that was part of the display #its some book by the youtuber rowan ellis-- here and queer i think was the title. it was cataloged in our ya section and contained passages #talking about like having safe sex and what dildoes are and all that kind of shit. just really clinical descriptions imo. im not familiar w #--the youtuber really but im assuming they wrote it as informational bc shocker: teens be having sex. unsafe sex. especially queer teens #sourse: i was one of tgose #and...think for a moment. remember when you were a teen. youd rather fucking DIE than listen to your parents give you the sex talk #and chances are if youre gay your parents arent even going to know WHAT gay sex is (hugging without shirts on) so youre going to look #--elsewhere #bc if youre a hormonal fucking teen youre going to figure it out one way or another! especially if youre from (cough) a podunk shitwater #--town like mine that ran on abstinence by way of sex education #i think teens deserve to have access to that sort of information through trusted means. and i do mean het teens too #but no these fucking morons put on airs like everyones waiting till marriage--no! not my becky sue! as if they werent fucking around in #--holy shit i reached taglimit. i didnt ecen know there was one. hold on

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wiltking · 11 months

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was feeling a little bummed out about my workout progress because i got a little caught up in comparing myself to others (the mind killer), but lately ive noticed my sleeves getting caught on my forearms when i roll them up or down like they never have before and that. is so small, but such a huge boost to my motivation because that is something i can feel for myself. and even if i never manage to bulk up or visibly look like a person who works out, i know how far ive come more than anyone else ever will and i can feel proud of that. i can remember that im doing this for my sake alone and feel at peace knowing that thats a worthy effort.

#🥲 i didnt know my body was capable of looking and feeling this way #and idk as someone who has been underweight my whole life because of health stuff it means a lot. to Me #small victories are victories all the same #and when i had to stop T i never imagined id be able to work out like this and now i have more upper body muscle than i ever did on T #slow and steady perseverence can really take you places

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sol-draws-sometimes · 4 months

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STOP IT I DON’T WANT TO THINK ABOUT MY TWIN DYING

WHAT’S UP WITH PODCASTS AND TWINS STOP IT 🔪🔪🔪🔪

#sol talks #it me!#my post #sv pod #small victories podcast #VM #vox machina #cr #cr c1 #critical role #vex and vax #THIS IS ABOUT SMALL VICTORIES BUT THIS APPLIES TO CRITICAL ROLE #and lowkey dndads if something happens in those 3 eps #death #<- idk how to tag this for filtering purposes #uuuh just send an ask or pm or something if you want a specific tag #Tell my why most twin in media are dogshit water and podcasts are so far 3 for 3(I know CR is technically twitch but sshhhhhh)#well lark and sparrow are meh in S1 but they were kids BUT S2 THEY’RE MORE FLESHED OUT

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hyaciiintho · 6 months

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🌸｡*ﾟ+. Me @ me every time I say “small starter call! These will be just a few sentences probably haha”: Why the fuck you lyin’?? Why you fuckin’ lying??? Mmmmm oh my god. Stop. Fuckin’ LYIN’! 🎶

#MUN SPEAKING 🌸 ᴬ ʷᵉᵃᵛᵉʳ ᵒᶠ ᵗᵃˡᵉˢ; ᴾᵃⁱⁿᵗᵉʳ ᵒᶠ ˢᵗᵃʳˢ #ANYWAYS… I think that’s the last of them :’D so if I missed you please let me know #or if you want one you know what to do 💙 I can’t ever stick to “these are gonna be short!” jfjdjdhsbne #I JUST KEEP WRITING AND I HATE IT but they’re at least like… a couple paragraphs and not 10 y’know?? Small victories!#I gotta get to work so have a good night/day y’all! ✨ more replies coming tonight!

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13eyond13 · 11 months

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Sometimes I still think about how sweet it was when that anon checked on me last year when I was posting overly dark jokes. Thank you whoever you were, that was kind

#i am so much better now but last year was a bad one for me #there was a time in the fall where i literally couldn't get out of bed just because it felt pointless #anyway my mom also forced me to make a doctors appointment and luckily my doctor is super kind and got me on a good medication #but it also was just from stuff like losing my job struggling in school and going through the hurricane etc #im just so glad that i was pushed through that by concerned folks because im enjoying life much better now and that wasnt that long ago #anyway if you're struggling badly right now pls know its not hopeless #reach out for the help youre given and try to see yourself as worth it to fight for #take it little steps at a time #celebrate the small victories like having a shower or taking a walk or answering a call #the best thing for me other than the doctor was just finding ways to be around other people more #instead of feeling defeated i had to think of ways i could fix the loneliness that was affecting me so much #i had to get proactive like i started volunteering and started a book club etc #also i just made myself be very honest with the friends i already had about my struggles and it helps with feeling closer to them #and less alone in it all #because its not that uncommon to have those kinds of struggles and it helps other people open up about their own or just know how you are #the hardest things to do were the most rewarding things in the end #volunteering gave me a reason to get out of the house meeting new people and trying new things and feeling good about myself and #i had to remind myself that i was able to offer things of value and that other people like having me around actually #like the book club is something my friend group looks forward to so much and made new friends through and i started that!#even though i was nervous about it and didnt know if theyd like it at all #other people need you just as much as you need them and thats the truth bby #p

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mihrsuri · 7 months

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I don’t know what to say actually, because it’s so boring and in so many ways still the same but I’m alive and I did make a ‘okay edgelord I get it I deserve to die alone and homeless and that’s what will happen because I’m a fuckdoll I still need to order groceries’ joke to myself about my brain. So there’s that. *

Sometimes that’s all I can do, honestly. (Also very deliberately work on not using it to refer to myself. Because Depersonalisation Not Cool Gender/Non Gender/Many Gender Reasons)

*A lot of what I usually do and what works for me personally is making my brain a separate entity that isn’t actually me because like, it’s A Fucking Garbage Fire In There.

Mostly I want to cry a lot and also cling to people but uh, yeah. Turns out May Be Disabled Enough To Not Work Actually.

#small victories are nice #that last one is so hard for me still I don’t even know #(I have a right wing politician in my brain and it only applies to me)#(I can say I have actually worked for most of my life until age 26(ish)#but it shouldn’t matter you know

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calciumcryptid · 2 months

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Sometimes I think about Olawale Smith, and just-

Imagine for a second that you are eighteen and your parents have died. You have two younger brothers, so you decide to give up your future to ensure they have a good future by taking care of them and taking over your parents' dying business. You do this and one of your younger brothers obtains a scholarship to become a doctor (except fancy because this is also a superhero universe), and he rarely speaks to you unless it is a national holiday. Your youngest brother has decided to trade his life to become a superhero and has obtained a scholarship to the top school in another country. He remains in contact with you, but only through cryptic messages.

At some point, after he has not responded for the longest period, you turn on the television to see him on the news as one of the heroes who participated in a tower raid on one of the most powerful families in the country he has a student visa too. Later, your youngest brother says he is going to visit you for a break and brings home the vigilante who everyone in the universe has followed the trials of extensively and has a confirmed body count of at least two and introduces her as his girlfriend. They have formed a moonlight hero team too which consists of your youngest brother, his girlfriend, his girlfriend's best friend, your youngest brother's childhood best friend, and her pseudo-boyfriend.

During the same visit, you find out your brother is trying to give you all the money he saved from his internships and work studies because he became a hero to ensure you would have a good life and you try to tell him it is not his responsibility but then he tells you it wasn't your responsibility to take care of him (not aware your youngest brothers best friend's pseudo-boyfriend killed his parents and left his siblings behind) so to accept the help. You finally confront the responsibility you saddled yourself with and sell your family's dying business to move to a new country to live your life for the first time.

#you know what at least i give him a boyfriend #small victories #said boyfriend accidentally makes his youngest brother and one of his peers siblings-in-law but you know...#floretverse #floretverse: staris

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fizzlehead · 1 year

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i am happy for those of you that enjoyed the episode last night i guess like yes girl find joy where you can but for me it did have the same exact problems that this whole season has had so far which is that it was boring and none of the characters felt anything like the characters i’ve grown to care about

#sincerely one of the most frustrating things abt this season for me is all of the wasted potential in terms of like. characters they could #bring back since this season doesn’t hinge on anything that’s already happened. and they’ve done NOTHING with that potential.#and it’s so boring and dull and uninteresting and all of the characters just feel like random people who i don’t know or care about.#and it sucks. but glad that you guys are finding things to enjoy im just too much of a world class hater to look on the bright side #at LEAST they gave us dr curdle jr last night. small victories #taylor xoxo

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we-re-always-alright · 8 months

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absolutely SEETHING reading comments about pizza and delivery in the city (Chicago) on tumblr dot com I cannot handle it

#I literally ordered pizza from my fav place today and it got here in 40 minutes #it’s in River north and I’m on the west side so I don’t mind #BUT DUDE YOU LIVE IN SOUTH LOOP/PRINTER’S ROW #a: most drivers are from the burbs or Indiana so don’t know the city #b: you are ordering from chain restaurants in Chicago (a notorious pizza city)#c: this is not related/related but you suggested POTBELLYS as a place to get ‘good food’ in Chicago #all your food recs are insane and limited to the most expensive part of the city #also it’s now personal because they said Chicago is a ‘trash city for pizza’#ALSO NEWSFLASH: MORE PEOPLE DONT LIVE IN THE LOOP #there are more people because of tourists but not residents #west loop is 54k #the whole loop is 54k #south loop is 54k #literally how the population maps are drawn for aldermen and districts #this city is MASSIVE and a VERY small percentage (less than a %) live in the loop #I have like nearly pinpointed where they live based on food clues because they make me so mad #‘good pizza is within walking distance of me’ I bet it’s fucking Aurelio’s which is notoriously bad #and I bet it’s not just ANY Aurelio’s but the one on Michigan Ave and Roosevelt Rd #you are literally 500ft from Flo and Santos and people choose Aurelio’s #victory tavern!!!! it’s right there!!!#I’m fucking fuming #99% of the city: lives outside of the loop #people living the loop: but EvErYoNe LiVeS hErE #also they’ve lived here…10 years???? but not very enmeshed in the city outside of the loop #which is a shame #not to pull street cred but like #my family has been here since the 1800s #my relatives helped build this city #I have a LOT of civic pride #thoughts? thoughts

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poptartmochi · 8 months

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i would be so powerful if I could just make myself see a doctor about anxiety

#alas.. there is also anxiety about seeing the doctor about the anxiety 🍻#anyways i am so. peeved ig? I'm so drained from work and i want to do something fun but literally there's like this very detached sense #of guilt about not being able to help our asshole customers 1000% that is killing my desire to do anything #some evil voice in the back of my head that's even like.. you think you deserve to ear after that? kys #which. what the fuck!! they were the rude ones and you KNOW they're sitting at home either a) not thinking about it or b) feeling smug abou #one-upping an overworked retail employee... 😐 nicki get UP! 😭😭😭 anyways circling back around to the original topic of the post #im so 🕴️🕴️ because what will happen when i see them again 😞 and i keep having nightmares about them and work. it's just so 😑#and our other customers have given us very kind feedback + brought us donuts + complimented me on my professionalism lately but it literall #feels like white noise in comparison to these two smarmy fucks.. it should be the other way around 🤨🤨#but i have the bnuuy's brain </3 alas. on a more positive note! despite the 🌪️ of the mind‚ i took relative care of myself today and put my #clothes away finally + tidied up my room 🏋🏻‍♀️ despite the dread we eke out some small victories in the day! this is how i must survive #🤼‍♀️🤼‍♀️🤼‍♀️#anyways if y'all are following along with my work logs‚ i hope things are faring better for you! things will get better for us all in time #🫂🍻💃🏻!!#sriracha.txt #negative cw

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