Played in an absolutely fantastic game of Hometown Holiday by @kidnickgames this past Tuesday and it was just simply everything i wanted it to be. I GM-ed and the initial love interest I created was named Yule Snowden, owner and operator of the Holly Day Inn (the groans i got for this in the groupchat, delicious). Then for players we had lovable single father Harry Pryne and his kid Pearl, Definitely-Not-Santa-Clause Nikki C., tired video game developer Shelly J. Plankton from The Big City, and Everyone’s Best Friend, Pepper S. Haker. Everything went so well, all of the meet-cutes were so cliche and fantastic: Yule spilling water on Shelly’s shirt and trying to dab it off, then a minute later tripping over Harry’s luggage and -gasp- falling into his arms, and then oh no! something went wrong with the oven and who could Yule call but their childhood friend and handyman Nikki. also Pepper was there! Always. Because Pepper is Always There :), you know, your best friend Pepper? You may not remember exactly when you became friends with them, but theyre always there when you need them! What a good friend. When we had our first doubles roll while everyone was baking and decorating cookies together it ended up introducing another love interest: Mr. Kris, who was also a video game developer from the Big City, but! he worked for the rivals of Shelly’s company. And while him and Shelly didn’t end up having to share a bed, they did end up sharing a bathroom. there just werent any other rooms available! ;3c All in all its a really fantastic game, the system is simple but very fun, with each character having three stats that they can add to their 2d6 rolls. As I mentioned above, if they roll doubles then they all roll on the complication table, which only happened a few times during our game but was fantastic each time. Theres also slight PVP mechanics, as all the PCs are vying to kiss the Love Interest by the end of the game. Of course, we ended up with two Love Interests, which worked out well as in the end Shelly and Mr. Kris got to share a lovely chaste kiss in the lobby while Yule and Nikki kissed at the Holly Day Inn’s Christmas Eve Donation Dance, and Harry and Pepper ended up rekindling their high school romance under the mistletoe. It was extremely fun and just a hilarious time, since we’re all familiar with the good-bad holiday movie cliches we were able to just yes-and eachother into oblivion, i dont think ive ever laughed so much during a game. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good 2-3 hour holiday one shot this week!

did another challenge meme, this time with Wave! i really thought i had this in the bag NSDKFJ then i looked at the reference and died the blank meme

hi daisy, ur so nice and lovely, and i adore your writing, i rlly look up to u, so i want to know if u have any tips/advice for me getting into writing fanfic and posting it. i feel really embarrased about getting into this but ik that this is something i wanna do and that embarasment im feeling is just bc i dont now ppl irl who read fanfic or anything so ya anyway sorry !! what im trying to say is im struggling to get started, and am discoraged by the fact that i may not get good feedback on my writing, so any tips and/or advice , i would appreciate it sm !!! <33

(also you probably wont recognise me but im just on anon for comfort bc im so bad at social interaction nsdkfj </3 /lh)

babe ofc i recognize you only one person sends me messages with tone tags but you don't have to come forward i won't expose you 😌

i'm glad you enjoy my writing, and I'm glad that you enjoy my presence here too!! i'd love to give you advice, because you're not wrong, it's difficult to get started!!

the hardest thing to get over at first is the stigma around fanfiction!! it's really not something that's very outwardly common, of course tumblr is a safe space but people outside of it can be assholes! please just remember, fanfiction is not only a great way to start writing, but it's an excellent way to improve your writing, and grow with it!! you work with predetermined and pre-exposed characters and a defined setting, and of course you're taking creative liberties with the confines of the scenario and with their character, but you're able to cast away some of the burden of major character building to focus on the little things!! you're able to work with characters that you love, and it helps you fine-tune the more advanced areas of your writing because you don't need to focus on the worldbuilding! ignore what people have to say about it, i swear to god people will criticize fanfiction for being cringey and delusional and then watch porn and imagine themselves in the scenario.. like.. babe that's the same thing.. just ignore them!!

the advice that i usually give when people are scared of not getting feedback is to make sure that you're liking what you're writing! if you write something because you think other people will like it, and then it doesn't get as big as you wanted it to, you'll be discouraged. but if you write something that you think you will like, even if it doesn't get as big as you wanted it to, you'll still have it for you!!! just remember, growth doesn't have to be linear (don't get discouraged if you rack up 80 notes one day and only 30 the next, it doesn't mean you won't ever get 80+ again), and don't ever discredit your work just because not a lot of people are seeing it at first! you still wrote it, whether it was 200 words or 20,000, you wrote that and no one can take that away from you just because they don't see it

i will say though, tumblr has a difficult feedback system. the ratio of likes to reblogs can be absolutely atrocious at times (41:0 and 289:3 might be my worst), and it hurts sometimes that people don't seem to want Your Thing on Their Blog, y'know? But i guarantee you once you get a good reblog/review/piece of feedback, it's like meth. those reviews are literally good enough to break you out of that funk!! i hope you get lots of those :D

it's hard work, writing on tumblr. if not for the act of writing itself, but for the act of putting yourself out there and not knowing what you'll receive. it's a brave thing to do, and i hope it goes well for you!! if you are who i think you are i'll definitely keep an eye on your blog and make sure to check out whatever you end up posting!

IM ONE OF YOUR MUTUALS <3 IM NOT EVEN SHY IM JUST INSANE AND I LIKE BEING MYSTERIOUS THATS WHY IM ON ANON.. imagine me in like a really cool cloak with a hood and my face in shadows..

FNSKJNS I ALREADY LOVE YOU OKAY okay okay can i get a hint i feel like i've an idea for who this is but i dont wanna crack the code just yet msdfs

I drew so many doods this afternoon it’s such a nice feeling :’D

Cirrus: @peachysquids Jello: @jello-slosher

SHIT I THINK I SAID DRUNK INSTEAD OF DRINK I MEAN BEVERAGE NOT GETTING TIPSY NSDKFJS

*weird glasses movement intensifies*

OKAY MAAM

Was the witchy exclus server deleted or was I booted for inactivity (sorry about that I was nervous nsdkfjs)

its not deleted !!!! dm me and ill see whats happened !

hiii 💗 I missed you but no worries at all, these asks are getting so long so I totally get not being in the right mindset to reply to them each and every day!! esp when we don’t get any sunshine 💔 but yeah talk about fate with our cats NJSNSJ honestly I think that’s still my favourite thing, very iconic of us <3

you know what? that’s fair, I wouldn’t wanna travel with me either so no hard feelings there. and omg well at least no one tried denying me boarding so there’s that ndjsjs 💀 oh, I went to berlin once with my class as well and I didn’t really like it either tbh but maybe I should give it another chance at some point, guess people must be on to something since it seems to be generally well liked 😬 and omg what kinda special diet are we talking about 👀

no I did not end up doing the smaller ornaments rip <3 guess we’ll try again next year with those. also seriously, who tf thinks it’s a good idea to sell these without the string attached already like... do I look like I got time or patience for this 😭 and look at you getting some decoration up though!! ✨ (glad you seem to have so much to choose from ndjsjs)

honestly I’m not even sure if my trial ran out by now? when I signed up for the trial I already had to give them my credit card information so guess they won’t inform me once my trial is over 🥴 but yeah I was planning on keeping it for a bit, figured maybe it’ll be easier to get into it if I don’t feel pressured by the 7 days I got but let’s see how it goes!! so far I only know how to change the background but maybe I’ll get there eventually

and omg you sound like one of my friends with the shipping never making it on time ndjsjs except she can’t blame only international shipping cause it was the same when I still lived in germany. if I’m cursed when it comes to flying she’s cursed when it comes to sending me mail. my birthday’s at the end of october and she sent me a package mid october which I never got up until it just randomly showed up at the bottom of my stairs on.... new years eve 🤡 but yeah don’t let it stop you, I’m sure it’ll make everyone happy no matter when they end up getting your mail 🥺💗

I still haven’t done any cards but maybe... I will tomorrow, fingers crossed 😩

omg i know im the one who yeeted but i missed you too🥺 they rly are long scream. and i love that<33

rip to miss berlin sorry to that city💔 i think i was just being petty at that time bc id rather gone to vienna and my crush went to a different city as well which...u know. priorities😌 the ppl we stayed with were like a niche sort of vegetarians?? like..i dont think ive seen a single normal vegetable or carb that week😭 and on top of that im the pickiest eater so its already a struggle🥰 at least p much every country has nutella i owe her my life

ur valid! do u perhaps have a sibling you could delegate that task too? i managed to get my brother to do most of the shitty tasks this year sdjkjsn im actually getting a lil impatient for christmas dinner because we have most the food in the house now and mom keeps telling me i cant eat the smoked salmon but she’s calling to me😔 how is ur christmas gonna look like? do u have special foods or traditions?👀 or did we go over this already i forgot💀 if we did dont mind me nsdkfjs

OMG u had to give them ur credit card info?? girl thats so scary to me😭 im glad i can survive in my country without needing a credit card bc those are😳😳 i had to get a temporary one once for a 1d concert in belgium and it aged me 10 years. the things i do for them</3 but yes to you keeping it and having more time to learn!!! i can feel that progress coming!!

SCREAM me as your friend sending smth within the country and still being late🤝 i still have a birthday card to send to someone when her bday was in august so your friend isnt even that bad DJKNSDJL miss santa....if our reveal goes well and doesnt end up in a blocking either could i send u a card too?🥺 you've been so kind😔 it’ll be late but ur used to that already🥰❤️

asdfjkasd i wish i could party with the newbies in janus tonight but i have to attend to the Hearts party because it's acceptance time gooDBYE