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so hey guys, I'm doing NaNoWriMo this year! if you want, come be writing buddies with me! https://nanowrimo.org/participants/aj-strong
and check out my latest project, which I'm hoping will be my first published novel (if I'm able to publish it for people to read for free somewhere uwu), The Lovely Disaster Sideshow! It's a mystery, horror, adventure, historical, weird mishmash that takes place in a Victorian Era circus!
Here's the cover, and below the cut are some bullet-point details about the main characters!! Let me know what you think so far, and... well, get ready for me to do very little else throughout November XD
ABIGAIL HUGHES AND EULALIA "LALI" HUGHES
Mother and daughter protagonists
Abigail (late 20s) is missing a hand and Lali (6 years old) is unable to speak due to trauma (Abigail’s missing hand and Lali’s trauma are both from the accident which killed Abigail’s husband)
They fill the jobs of whatever needs done within the circus after joining; cooking, mending, running errands
Abigail occasionally performs with Bharata after he teaches her tricks on how to live without one hand
Lali enjoys working with Estelle and Cedar particularly, but the entire circus is protective of her as their youngest member
Native English
RINGMASTER
The circus ringleader, the master of ceremonies who runs shows and hires new workers
A friendly fellow (late 30s-early 40s) who welcomes anyone into the circus, regardless of disabilities or age, as long as they can work in some way or another
Creative in describing the sideshows to attract the attention of the public
In reality a cold, calculating bigot who is bitter toward, resentful of, and disgusted by the ‘freaks’ he employs in the circus
Native English
GWYNN
“The Eyeless Albino” visual oddity (pure white hair, no eyes)
A young man (early 20s) who is completely albino and was born without any eyes
He is entirely blind and relies on other people (most often Bharata and Siobhan) to help him around, though he’s learned to navigate most of the circus by sound as long as he has landmarks to go by; new areas confuse him until he learns the layout
His skin burns incredibly easily, meaning he often carries a parasol to block sun rays even when it’s cloudy
(His parasol also double functions as a makeshift cane)
Welsh and a little English
SIOBHAN
“A Marvelous Mouth” sword swallower and fire breather
A young woman (early 30s) who is a former prostitute, leading the Ringmaster to capitalize on her relaxed gag reflex to make her into a sword swallower (and, occasionally when the shows need that extra oomph, fire breather)
Quite heavily tattooed, at least for the time period, she sports many tattoos on her arms, legs, back, and hands, as well as one on her neck; this causes many people to view her as a degenerate and adds to her ‘freakishness’ for the circus
Irish
CAIN AND ABEL
“Two-For-One Twins” visual oddity (conjoined twins)
Two young men (mid 20s) joined at the hip, they’re unable to be separated and sometimes have issues with moving around; they have separate bodies (two arms each, two legs each, separate torsos, separate heads, etc.) but their bodies are fused at the hip and doctors have all told them separation is too risky
They get along fairly well, with the occasional sibling fights, though they feel isolated even from the rest of the circus, stemming from only having had each other for most of their lives, especially given that they were the most recent additions before Abigail and Lali
Native English
ESTELLE
“Silent Angel” trapeze artist
A young woman (early 20s) who is almost entirely deaf and can only hear (barely) if someone is shouting right next to her ear, she cannot speak very well and prefers to communicate in other ways
She can’t read or write, but she’s made up her own variety of gestures (basically an individual sign language) to speak with the other circus performers, and she can read lips quite well
Short, petite, and kind… and will simply walk away from anyone who treats her or her friends cruelly
Spends hours teaching Lali her individual sign language, so that Lali can communicate even though she’s too traumatized to speak verbally
French and English
BHARATA
“One-Armed Wonder” knife thrower
A young man (late 20s) who has only one arm, and is perceived by many others as very clumsy; every household he’s worked for has set him up to fail by assigning him tasks that simply can’t be done with just one arm, leading him to find a belonging in the circus
Wanting to prove everyone wrong, he trained to do something that others thought couldn’t be done with only one arm: knife throwing… and is very good at it
He’s sympathetic toward Abigail and tries to teach her every single tip he has about how to live without one arm/hand
Indian
CEDAR
“Crystal Ball” fortune teller/palm reader/astrologist
A young nonbinary person (mid 20s) who was ostracized from society when they refused to answer to ‘she’, who ran away from home after their parents tried to beat them into conforming
No physical disability aside from dysphoria (which is obviously helped when they’re around supportive people who respect what they want to be called), and very supportive themself of the people in the circus who do have disabilities
Rather easygoing in terms of interacting with other people, they tend to simply go with the flow, but they’re also incredibly perceptive which is what makes them such a good fortune teller; while they do study palmistry, astrology, and tarot, they also employ the use of cold reading techniques (“might as well take advantage of all the gifts I have, including observation, right?”)
Native English
SALEM
“The Lizard Man” visual oddity (has X-linked ichthyosis resulting in scale-like skin)
A man (late 30s) who was cast out from society because of his strange appearance, stemming from his medical condition; people have been ‘terrified’ of his looks before, not to mention fearing that whatever he has is ‘contagious’ (despite him knowing from experience that he’s not)
Soft-spoken and gentle in general, but if one hits the right buttons he’s very capable of getting violent, particularly in defense of his friends
He has anywhere from 1-3 animals (that he’s nursing back to health) in his tent at any one time, even though he’s allergic to anything with fur… he has a soft spot for reptiles, though he adores all animals
Native English
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#scaredycat
#critteredit#criticalroleedit#candelaobscuraedit#critical role#candela obscura#travis willingham#brennan lee mulligan#spenser starke#*#cr#travis#brennan#spenser#.gif#this new post editor is CRAZY yall....#so excited to be in my ttrpg phase again btw :)#sorry its grainy </3 travis and brennan were in the dark cos they havent been intro'ed this was genuinely only 6 mins in LMAO#i forgot travis is such a scaredy cat i missed u bitches fr <3
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not to get sentimental over an anime i just got into but its genuinely so refreshing watching dunmesh. there's no incest, the underage characters aren't sexualized, and most if not all the fan service is of senshi and laios or even chilchuck. this is the bare minimum of making a good anime but it's got me really happy
#this isn't even mentioning impeccable world building#or amazing yet simplistic character designs#and the characters interactions#every relationship feels natural and real despite the fantasy setting#the party knowing jack shit about each other cause it's really only been a work relationship til now#the rewatchability is also great#i rewatched the first 3 episodes with my friend and i was just as excited and shocked as i was the first time#this show (and manga which i have yet to buy) is so fucking good and genuinely makes me incredibly happy#dungeon meshi#dunmesh#delicious in dungeon#toad croaks#positivity#rant
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The Scala concert in 2020 being a turning point for Louis when it comes to his confidence in performances
#louis tomlinson#dailytomlinson#tomlinsonedits#hledit#hlcreators#hljournal#1dsource#all of those voices#gif*#the last gif really doesnt make it justice to how excited he looks and sounds#but he goes on for so long#its impossible to put it in one gif#you have to hear him to get it#my favorite segment in the whole doc <3#feels the most genuine too#like you see him very stressful at the beginning and then he does a 180º and seems so overjoyed#ugh. obsessed#if you were at the scala concert. bless you.
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explodes. I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH AHSHHDHSJABDBF
I'm gonna miss them :(( I can't believe it's over whaaa! I've been listening to rolling with difficulty since the very beginning and it seems like it started just yesterday, absolutely wild to me that we've reached the finale!
I'm excited to see what awaits us in the next campaign!
#rwd#rolling with difficulty#dani rwd#vr la rwd#vhas rwd#kyana rwd#I KNOW THERES GONNA BE ONE SHOTS AND STUFF AND DONT GET ME WRONG IM EXCITED FOR THOSE#its not the same as coming home every friday evening and listening to their shenanigans#ALSO IM SO EXCITED FOR THE NEXT CAMPAIGN#im just. im gonna miss my favourite little planescape explorers :((#also yes i know there are so many inaccuracies in this#IM SORRY OKAY#they keep changing and i. genuinely just cant keep up#anyway#my beloved little guys <3#my art
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in honor of me finally watching season 2 of the bad batch (and once again losing my mind over these two) i decided to redraw this old comic of mine!
(originally based off of this post by @simplysummers!)
#AND APPARENTLY MY WISH CAME TRUE because i will genuinely be impressed/baffled if we don’t get any omega + crosshair interactions in s3#i’m literally so excited for it#also. not to toot my own horn but. i’m literally so proud of the improvement between the two versions omg#i won’t lie there are some things i like better in the old one (mainly some of the expressions)#but i’m still very happy with the new one overall :]#also if any of you actually remember the old version you deserve a veteran’s discount <3#star wars#tbb#the bad batch#tbb crosshair#crosshair tbb#tbb omega#omega tbb#crosshair and omega#the bad batch crosshair#the bad batch omega#long post#kam’s art#my post
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“Ah, yes. Me, my girlfriend and her emotional support intellect devourer”
Hey, my first meme illustration!
Anahira has a tendency to befriend creatures and become fiercely protective and attached to them.
PLEASE DO NOT EDIT/CROP/REPOST ANYWHERE WITHOUT PERMISSION
#illustration#spoilers#fanart#dnd#astarion#bg3#baldur's gate 3#bg3 tav#us is my baby#I was so sad in act 1 when they disappeared and got genuinely excited and emotional when they reappeared
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Guess whose no longer the same gender she was before you started Dorleyposting
YESSSSSSS AHHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
#asks#GENUINELY SO EXCITED TO HEAR THIS#GOT YOUUUUU >:)#but on the real so happy for youuuu<3 you have such a wonderful journey ahead
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an excerpt of the kon & cass genderisms fic im very excited about but still nowhere near done with:
The idea of Kon looking like a girl is kind of absurd, when Cass first thinks of the word. It brings to mind Steph, first and foremost. Brenda, too, though. And others.
But some of Brenda’s friends were tall, or broad-shouldered. Some of them dressed like Kon. The thought brings with it a pang, as always; Cass wishes she’d gotten to know them better, before…
Before.
But anyway. Not the point. The point is, Cass has seen Barbara call people without skirts or breasts girls or women, sometimes, too. So maybe Kon looking like a girl isn’t as weird as he seems to think it is.
She hums, cocking her head to the side. “What is a girl?”
“Huh?”
Next to her, Kon blinks. He frowns up at the stars, then rolls over and props himself up on one arm, and reaches over to playfully poke her nose.
“Well, I dunno exactly. You were Bat-girl, weren’t you? Shouldn’t you know?”
But that isn’t because of any… kinship with the word. No… what’s the word? Affinity. No particular affinity. Or is it connection? Something like that. Regardless, Cass shakes her head. “Barbara’s name. I just kept it.”
“Oh.” Kon frowns slightly. “I dunno, either, honestly. I mean, TV will tell you a girl is someone who likes girly stuff, but that’s stupid, ‘cuz plenty of girls don’t like girly stuff, and I mean, I do like so-called girly stuff, I guess, like knitting or baking, and I’m not a girl. So…” He shrugs, rolling back over onto his back. A moment later, though, he picks his head up and peers at her. “Are you—is this—I mean, are you trying to tell me you’re not a girl?”
The way he holds himself makes it seem like that’s some kind of a big deal. Cass just shrugs. “Dunno.”
“Oh,” Kon says, again, more softly this time. “Hey, I mean—nothing wrong with that either. It’s cool.”
Cass shrugs again. “It’s just a word. To me, anyway.” It’s her turn to frown in thought. “What makes a boy a boy?” She lightly nudges his side. He’s warm against the slight night chill, and she scoots in a little closer with a hum. “You were Super-boy. Tell me.”
Kon blows out a breath. “Hoo, man. Now ain’t that just a fine pickle and a half?”
Cass wrinkles her nose. “What do pickles have to do with it?” She likes pickles. Ma Kent has a jar of crisp ones in the pantry, homemade from cucumbers grown in the garden out back. Cass likes the way they crunch between her teeth and splatter vinegar-juice on her tongue.
“Nothing. It’s… actually, I have no idea why that’s something people say.” Kon lets out a wry snort. “I came pre-programmed with slang and idioms, y’know.”
“I know,” Cass says, and pats his arm. “Pregnable.”
Kon lets out a bark of bright laughter. It reminds her of the stars. He seems so very at home here, under the night sky. The starlight matches the gentle glow of his eyes. When he isn’t wearing his glasses, it’s easy to see the inhuman blue.
“Aw, man,” Kon says, still grinning. “You remember that? I forgot I said that way back then.”
“It was…” Cass tilts her head. “New to me. Memorable, for that reason.” She grins mischievously. “A pregnable boy.”
Kon laughs again. Cass snuggles up to his side and throws her arm across his ribs. She likes to feel the rise and fall of his chest as he breathes.
#rimi writes#kon#cass#koncass#<- not romo just deeply affectionate friendship#they are two touch-starved little fellas#so they are all over each other <3#the thing about cass and gender is that like... so much of it is tied to language and social custom#two things cass only very recently started to understand#so her perspective on a lot of it is just so. Whatever. it feels removed from her#whereas kon has so so so many issues about how he's perceived by others because for him privacy didn't even exist for the first few years#and the constant scrutiny of child stardom got into his head#and putting them both together about gender and presentation and figuring it out. its SOOOO juicy. to me at least#genuinely am sooo excited about this fic. i just have to write the other 2/3 of it
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Why are you making a fuss about it? I'm just happy for you.
#the eighth sense#seo ji an#seo jian#the eighth sense aeri#i had to make these it was a need not a want. look at her face!!#she's So Cute#SO cute. queen just one chance <3#rowan gifs#t8s#genuinely loved her reaction too. just absolute pure excitement n goodnatured teasing ;u; besties...
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helloooo day 154 :)
#171#dallon weekes#idkhow#WAAUHGG. IDKHOW TONIGHT YOU GUYS …….#for maya. but STILL IJHDHDHFMSUHDNFKGLDNGM#high key ive been excited to post this image#:3 <3 HE IS SO !??!!!!!!!!!!!?????????!?????!?!!!!!??#genuinely how is he real. what the fuck is this
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My best friend Fandom has once again returned and asked me to post to Tumblr for her! Once again, I have permission to post this video and all edits were done by Fandom (http.redshoes on Instagram)
These memes are all based on Cryptid Sightings by @naffeclipse
She has a lot to say this time around!
A message from Fandom:
"Hello Naff!! And hello everyone :D
It’s me, your girl, your local meme and edit maker, Fandom (aka http.redshoes on Insta 😎)
I’ve come back to make another meme comp for you guys! I wanted to make this earlier, but:
1. I was busy saving/collecting ATSV content on Instagram like Pokémon to getting noticed twice by Jack in the Box ☺️
2. I had to create an Ao3 account (understandably ofc AI theft sucks) and was um. You know… being silly in the comment section 👀 (please don’t mind me if you ever stumble upon them - I react and appreciate the stuff I enjoy in weird ways 💔)
3. Was waiting for my friend here to finish reading so I didn’t spoil anything in the memes! We both loved the series so much and man. The Naff do be eclipsing fr in releasing chapters left and right biggest round of applause for one of my favorite authors here 👏👏👏
Naff, you did such a great job writing this fanfic. I’m going to repeat myself from the comment section BUT you need to give yourself a pat on the back, relax, take a break - just reward yourself. You deserve it all and I hope that you take care of yourself for all the hard work you’ve done 💞💞💞
I’ve also included the lovely artist themselves, @themeeplord , again in one of my meme comps.
It’s only one meme but dang they always draw Eclipse to be getting that gain 💪💪💪 (bc of how muscular he is haha.) Mad respect to all of the drawings they create - they’re always a banger to see.
(Most of the memes surround the last episode + epilogue so if you haven’t read those chapters LOOK ‼️ AWAY ‼️ Don’t get spoiled 🤯)
(P.S. for the imagine scenario that’s not a meme, this is what they’re saying in the audio:
“[Amused] You can hear their heartbeats? Come on, that’s a little far fetched.”
“[Soft chuckling] I can hear yours too… Your heart’s beating pretty fast.”
I’d like to think this would take place around the beginning of “The Episode Bedeviling Bodies,” where the Hunter is still trying to understand their dear friend and what they’re capable of. I thought it was fitting ngl and included it in the comp.
There were uh, more memes I wanted to include, but I’m running low on storage space atm. I’ll get back to making more after I’m done clearing that out ^^’)
(P.P.S. Okay I don’t have Tumblr obviously but 🕴️ apparently you guys really liked the SJ memes I made??? Because my friend’s been receiving notifs of it still??? Thank you so much you guys!! I didn’t really expect people to enjoy them that much 😭💘💘💘)
Now without further ado, enjoy the meme comp! >:D " -Fandom
#river says...#bestie posting#cryptid sighting#crytid sightings spoilers#many more memes for everyone to enjoy :)#now that I've caught up to CS i can actually look at these memes hdjssjn#real talk though#crytid sightings is genuinely such a beautiful fic and one of my favorite stories of all time#naff has such an incredible writing style and is such a good storyteller#i really recommend reading CS even if you're not into fnaf#it's such a rollercoaster#the fluff is so sweet and the angst is so heartbreaking#but everything just works#I'm so grateful to have found Naff and her work#she's such a lovely person and an extremely talented author#I am so excited to see what she writes next#especially since the end of CS had me so emotional#i will never get over this fic#sorry for the long rambling tags but i had to gush a little bdjdjsj#hope you guys enjoy the memes <3
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where there is darkness: chapter 16
pairing: dean/cas tags: historical au, angst with a happy ending, slow burn, h/c
Preview:
Castiel’s been in love before. At least, he thinks he has.
But it was nothing like this.
Falling into Dean is as simple as breathing. Kissing Dean on top of the lighthouse as the light rotates their shadows across the landing: uncomplicated. Letting Dean guide him to the bunk room, their clothes scattering to the ground, Castiel bracketing Dean’s hips with his legs as he steals Dean’s harsh breaths with hungry kisses is pure instinct.
Castiel savors the way that Dean’s hips rise with each thrust of his hand. It’s new, like a beautiful sunrise he’s never seen; but familiar, like he’s known it his whole life.
Seagulls call their morning song as Dean and Castiel lie spent, sticky and exhausted, side by side. Half of Castiel’s body hangs off the mattress and his hip aches where Dean’s weight is sprawled across it. He doesn’t mind in the slightest.
Their hands are joined. Castiel isn’t sure when it happened; perhaps they’ve been that way for hours. Dean’s thumb absentmindedly strokes the line of Castiel’s knuckles. Castiel turns his face to bury into Dean’s neck, inhaling aftershave and the sea’s brine.
“You okay?” Dean asks, quietly, his lips brushing the shell of Castiel’s ear.
“Yes.” And Castiel means it.
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#destiel#destiel fic#wtidspn#particularly excited about this chapter tbh#<3 thanks so much for sticking with this wip guys. it's a genuine joy to write and share
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based off of this concept! this fic will feature (besides the obvious romance + smut all my ghost fics feature) a plot centered on dealing with grief, ptsd, his reluctant return to civilian life, a look into his friendship/bond with soap + more! a lot of deeper content and more plot heavy and ghost-centric than any of my other projects, but i am very happy to start working on this <3 the fic will span from his first meeting with you all the way to him starting a family with you, and how he still deals with his trauma and baggage from his time in the army + the effects it has. this fic is all about the healing journey & how it's not a linear progress; there will be days where you feel yourself getting better, and there will be incredibly hard days.
please enjoy this sneak peek of the opening scene & let me know your thoughts 🤍 very excited to give my cod girlies some content
“Tell me a joke,”
His words come out in pants — anxious, soft, desperate. There’s something in our brains that tells our bodies to hold on ‘til the end of the line. Ghost doesn’t want to tell him a joke. He wants to say keep holding on.
“C’mon, mate.” He’s trying to crack a smile, but his breathing is getting more erratic. Ghost looks into his eyes, sees that he’s pleading with him. Ghost’s hand is pressed against Soap’s, but there’s so much blood — just a gunshot, just a flesh wound, still too much fucking blood — that it’s hard to hang on. His hand almost slips a few times, but Ghost is nothing if not stubborn.
It’s important to keep pressure on the wound. He told this to Soap, ignoring the severity of the situation when the pack of gauze he pressed against Soap’s abdomen immediately turned red and damp with his comrade’s — his friend’s — blood.
Now, he repeats it like a mantra. At this rate, Soap’s not going to have any more blood to try to keep inside of him.
“Now's not the time for jokes.” Ghost mutters, but he pauses when Soap takes his other hand and puts it over his.
“No more army humor for a friend? Don’t be selfish.”
“You’ll get your damn joke when we get out of this bloody mess.”
Soap laughs, but immediately stops, wincing in pain. “‘Bloody’, I see what you did there.”
“We need to get you out of here—”
“You know I can’t move.”
“I’ll carry you.” Ghost pretends like they didn’t already attempt this, like moving Soap didn’t put him in an excruciating amount of pain.
There’s something in our brains that tells our heart we have to keep attempting to achieve the impossible. We won’t be able to move on otherwise.
Soap doesn’t remind him what a failure that idea was. Soap doesn’t tell him to just leave him behind, because he’s already tried that, and the look of disgust that flashed through Ghost’s eyes told him enough. No fucking way.
“I’m glad we got to be on the same team—”
“Don’t get sentimental. Save that shit for someone else.” Ghost continues to apply pressure to his wound, but his brain — worthless piece of shit, it is — tells him that it’ll be all for naught. He’s lost too much blood already. It’s not a trick of the light when Ghost realizes that Soap’s skin is turning a sickly pallor. Ghost thinks he tastes blood in his mouth, and he releases the grip his teeth has on his tongue. What he should have told Soap was I’m glad we got to be on the same team, too.
“Didn’t quite get a chance to grow better than you, did I, Lt.?”
Simon wakes up, breathing heavily, eyes adjusting easily to the darkness of his bedroom. The bed’s too soft, his pillow’s too soft, the cotton feels foreign underneath his sweaty skin. He shuts his eyes once more, willing the dream to come back to his mind before it slips away from his consciousness, like most dreams have a tendency to do. Even if this dream features a dying Soap, it’s still a chance to see his friend’s face again.
The dream doesn’t come back to him; he’s slipped from his grasp once again.
The dream will come back to him, like it always does. Sometimes the dream shifts; the scenery is different, or the words Ghost wants to say get caught up in his throat, or sometimes, he does manage to spit it out. It’s getting to the point where he can’t determine what’s memory and what’s wishful thinking. All he’s certain of is that he lets his mask slip; lets the last thing his friend sees be the face of the man who’s with him ‘til the end of the line.
You’re the best of us all, Johnny.
#obviously some creative liberties were taken with soap's death#pay attention to the changes between 'ghost' and 'simon' and his reluctance to call him johnny unless it's a v sentimental moment <3#ghost x reader#simon riley x reader#oooh I'm genuinely so excited for this
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Doodles for you all
#i didn't like that fabby had the same shaped glasses as phoenix so i thought halfmoons would be fun :3#also that last juniper one im SO SAD abt because the sketch was sm better but because my sketchbook is a monster he would have smudged#by a monster i mean (goes and weighs it) 826 grams.#that is more than i thought#then again#my last one his somewhere over a kilo? so uh. yeah#my one for art was like 4 and a half by the time I was done with it so yeah#ANYWAYS juniper you fucko#AND PRISM!!!!!!! oh i love her so#it's a little hard to tell because the strap on her goggles is in the way HOWEVER i do give her a nose bump#the goggle strap tends to sit on it when i draw it but auuu i love her#me realising im an artist and i can draw her HAPPY as MUCH as I WANT with her ROBOTS which SHE LOVES#also the reason i do all my drawings traditionally is becahse my desk is currently a mess and I don't want to fix ny set up for digital#but i can do artfight this year for the first time ever so I have fucking PLANS!!!!!!!!!!!!#im genuinely kinna excited <- had a singular oc which is my fursona#well ok in my defense i DO have an ieytd oc in the works but i have 0 ideas for a design but it is a funny concept#time for me to shut up#ieytd#i expect you to die#[agent moose's art]#john juniper#roxana prism#robutler#the fabricator
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Oh, wait, wait, ok, I can tell tumblr my news now.
I was accepted into the JET Program and will be moving to Japan for one year starting in late summer to teach English. : )
I don't know how many other applicants have ever had either of my specific application 'angles'. I think they were both pretty weird, but also very, very me, and I'm pleasantly surprised that they seemed to have worked, going off both by the acceptance and the very positive and warm reactions I got during the interview I had. These were:
Science/scicomm/museum background + implying mutual interest in and love of like insects and sea life could be an avenue of intercultural connection and exchange
India and Japan have always struck me as weirdly similar in ways nobody seems to discuss, especially in both being simultaneously hurtling into modernity and deeply traditional/conservative in many ways and places
So. Is this a silly idea considering most people in this program are fresh college grads, and people my age are expected to maybe be getting more settled rather than hopping continents? Is this a scary idea, considering I'll have to uproot all my shit and go exist in a foreign country whose language I really don't know beyond miniscule smatterings? I mean, hmm, yes on both counts, but I'm very excited. On count one, I'd only get older in the future and demonstrably *don't* already have a settled life and career here to disrupt (lol), and on count two...guys, I'm so so tired of letting fear and inertia make my life decisions.
Time to pack up and store most of my shit and end my lease and. Yeah. Also I haven't actually been to India in five years and will probably try to visit my relatives there in the coming months since idk if i'd had an opportunity for a prolonged visit in the future during the one year (at least) in jp. I'll also be probably selling, trading, or giving away a lot more of my hobby shit (that was sort of an ongoing project already but since I'll be unable to use most of it for a year plus it's another reason to do so), so uh, if you've ever wished I would sell any of my dolls now might be time to commit BJD Hobby Taboo and ask me lol. And, obviously, I'll be studying more Japanese, because mine is incredibly へたくそ at the moment. So much to do. But I'm really excited. And thank you to all of y'all that have been encouraging to me about anything related to this matter <3
#i don't know where they'll put me but i asked for ibaraki prefecture#during my research i became really endeared by the idea of The Prefecture Everyone Thinks is Ugly and Boring lol#seems like a good combo of 'not too far from urban things + cost of living + genuinely there ARE nice natural and cultural things there'#they could put me anywhere though lol#already one of my fandom friends from there wants to meet up ;; im so flattered#im obviously not going there to do doll and fandom bullshit but that stuff will be a nice bonus in off time#i have very little idea on what to expect specifically re japanese attitudes to south asian people and am interested to find out#and maybe be a bunch of kids' first exposure to both americans and south asians and like immigrants as a concept : 3#keeping my expectations tempered though. It Could Suck#but it'll suck in a novel way and truly i thrive on novelty even though often i take the easy and familiar path to try to protect myself#just. aaAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaa scary but exciting im so excited
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