make it up as I go

Friendly-neighbourhood weird person. Hi there! :) Lots of different fandoms (Discworld, Epic the Musical, Good Omens, ATLA, Sherlock, etc), lots of baking, writing, random crafting projects... you get the gist. This blog is supportive of all people regardless of gender, sexuality, race, etc, so act like it. All my own arts and crafts things are also on my side blog, ArkodianArt.

[arkodian]

I wanted to get into embroidery last year and of course the first project that popped into my head was a massive one. So here's the masterpost for the Discworld jacket I'm currently working on. The plan is to have at least one motif for every book and cover the whole thing. Wish me luck.

This is a work in progress, so I'll update this post when I finish new stuff.

Feel free to suggest things that should be on there. I've still got a list I'm working through, but any ideas are appreciated. 😊❤

[arkodianart]

I've been working on Great A'Tuin on and off since July 2022. My rough estimate is that it took me 150 hours total. That's the low end btw. I think it was totally worth it, though! ❤

Next up: the luggage and Errol.

[arkodianart]

At least this one only took me two months. Progress! Meet my version of the Death of Rats.

[arkodianart]

[arkodian]

These have been done since August, but I forgot to update the jacket post. Oops.

[iv0s-problem-corner]

Alright, so no gunntech (I haven't gotten to working on it), but I have a fanart for the very beautiful series 'What goes around(comes around)' by @arkodian, so enjoy!

[arkodian]

Omg thank you so much!!! I'm so sorry I only saw this now; I forgot my Tumblr password for a hot minute there.

This looks so magical and I love it! ❤️

[arkodian]

Hey your discworld is unbelievably beautiful!! The colour work is amazing, I’ve never seen anything like it!!

Thank you so much! ❤️

I'm really proud of how far I've come with embroidery and have lots of plans for future Discworld jacket pieces. ^^ (finding the time to make them is a different matter)

[dduane]

Peter Morwood

I am so sorry to have to tell you all about this. None of you, I suspect, will ever have any idea how sorry.

I am in utter shock and terrible pain to have to inform everyone that our friend, my dear husband and creative partner of nearly forty years, Peter Morwood, passed away suddenly early this morning after a brief illness that as late as yesterday (when his doctor saw him) had seemed to be on the mend.

I'm not in any position to say much more about this situation now, as you'll understand my current mental state is not up to the task. (I keep expecting to wake up from a bad dream, but it shows no sign of breaking.) I will let people know more about this in coming days.

There will be a postmortem shortly to determine the exact cause of his death. I'll share what details of this are appropriate as they become clear.

Meanwhile in the short term I'm very much going to need assistance with the expenses that in the days that follow will inevitably surround what's happened. For those people who want to assist, please feel free to use the Ko-Fi account here, and simply tag the associated messages, etc, "P expenses". ETA: Please choose the Stripe payment option at Ko-Fi rather than PayPal, as PP seems to be having some kind of obscure difficulties at the moment. I have disconnected PayPal until this is resolved.

My love will wait for me, I know, however long it takes. He's never minded waiting. (the saddest smile) My job now is to make sure he's not forgotten while I go on.

Meanwhile, can I just say to all of of you: I thank you all ahead of time for all the support and fondness for Peter that I know so many of you will express. He'd blush over it, I know. (He always did.) Please forgive me for being unable to do much in the way of answering messages, just now, in the wake of having to get to grips with this sudden and awful change in my world.

But also let me say, so urgently: Hug your loved ones now, while you can. Eventually a day will come when, expected or not, your opportunities end.

Thanks, friends.

--DD

[mintykiwi]

[mintykiwi]

EVERY YEAR

[pigeoncomics]

Pigeon Comic 44 - Under Pressure

Stay coo’, pigeon army.

[justgot1]

This feels very … timely

[ao3org]

Comment Rate Limits for Logged-In AO3 Users

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[ao3org]

Rate limiting for logged-in comments on #AO3 is now in place. If you get a "Retry later" error when leaving or editing multiple comments over a short period of time, please wait about 15 minutes and try again.

[the-pen-pot]

While I get that this is necessary - it makes replying to comments on my fics PAINFUL. I can reply to maybe five comments before I hit the rate limit.

Is there no way to make rate limit exceptions for authors commenting on their own work?

I had thought it might be a problem, but I hadn't realised it was going to be THIS BAD.

[arkodian]

Agreed. I tried to answer comments this morning and it showed me the "try later" message after just 5 as well. I hadn't heard about the new rules yet. The experience was incredibly frustrating, especially because I had typed up one really long answer.

It's still frustrating now. I want to interact with my readers. That's half the fun of writing: the community we build. I get that spam comments are awful, but for me personally, this is worse.

An author exception would be a great solution for a start. Not sure how feasible it is, but... please don't keep it like this.

Until then: sorry to all my readers. I'll try to answer at least some, but I can't check my phone every 15 minutes; it's just not possible.

[the-pen-pot]

@arkodian I so feel your frustration. I've been sitting here for ages, trying to get comments replied to for King & Court before I update tomorrow. I've been at it for about 90 minutes now (including time in rate limit jail - which appears to last approximately 15 minutes, give or take)

Anti spam measures are, of course, incredibly important, but they should not have such a frustrating impact on users who are using the archive as it's intended. I'm not spamming anyone. I'm trying to reply to comments and build a community with my audience. It should be a happy experience. Instead I'm ready to chew through walls.

However, I have found that if you get the "retry later" and immediately hit the back button, sometimes your comment reply is still in the comment field, so you don't lose your whole reply. Sometimes.

[arkodian]

@the-pen-pot Thanks for the tip! Mine sadly weren't saved, but maybe it'll help someone else.

I've had some family drama to deal with and haven't answered comments since October. This has suddenly become an issue. I was curious and calculated how long it would take me to answer all comments if I take the 15 minutes rate limit jail into account. Without adding the time it takes me to actually type them out, it'd be over 60 hours.

...

Save me. 🙈

[ao3org]

Comment Rate Limits for Logged-In AO3 Users

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[ao3org]

Rate limiting for logged-in comments on #AO3 is now in place. If you get a "Retry later" error when leaving or editing multiple comments over a short period of time, please wait about 15 minutes and try again.

[the-pen-pot]

While I get that this is necessary - it makes replying to comments on my fics PAINFUL. I can reply to maybe five comments before I hit the rate limit.

Is there no way to make rate limit exceptions for authors commenting on their own work?

I had thought it might be a problem, but I hadn't realised it was going to be THIS BAD.

[arkodian]

Agreed. I tried to answer comments this morning and it showed me the "try later" message after just 5 as well. I hadn't heard about the new rules yet. The experience was incredibly frustrating, especially because I had typed up one really long answer.

It's still frustrating now. I want to interact with my readers. That's half the fun of writing: the community we build. I get that spam comments are awful, but for me personally, this is worse.

An author exception would be a great solution for a start. Not sure how feasible it is, but... please don't keep it like this.

Until then: sorry to all my readers. I'll try to answer at least some, but I can't check my phone every 15 minutes; it's just not possible.

[promisetoloveyouforevermore]

this goes so hard

[cookie-sheet-toboggan]

i love it thanks

[punk-jaskier]

I can’t stop thinking about how “ABBA but shredding” is apparently just Queen, which is the best news ever tbh.

[ghostoftheyear]

no but what’s so great about this is the guy isn’t playing extra licks over the top of the track, which is what I was expecting. no he’s just playing the instrumentation on the track and showing how clever and well-arranged it already was. ABBA is fuckin good, fite me (and so is this guy)

[jadeandquartzes]

[ID: A tiktok with the words “"ABBA doesn’t shred” over the video. In the video, a person sips a drink and then plays a verse/chorus of Mamma Mia on the electric guitar, emphasizing the backing riffs.]

[teaboot]

Good to know what Hob Gadling is up to these days

[arkodianart]

For everyone wanting to know what the embroidery jacket as a whole looks like because it's been a while: this is it. As you can see, it's getting crowded - but not nearly crowded enough to stop. My estimate is that it'll take me at least a few more years to finish this project. Possibly a decade if I really do want to fill every single as of yet empty space.

[vaspider]

*fistbump* Discword embroidered jacket gang!

I designed this back piece (& translated the Yiddish) & my wife babysat the embroidery machine for me.

Of course, knowing Yiddish better now, I might write

פונעם חורצת די ווערטער קען מען נישט נעמען.

But this still works

[arkodian]

Reblogging for the Discworld embroidery jacket gang! Yay!

I think I saw your design too and might have been inspired by it, but when I tried to find it, Tumblr didn't let me. It's so amazing! ♥️

[arkodian]

I was wondering where I could find your work 'What Goes Around (Comes Around)'. It was recommended by a Tiktok video.

Hi!

You need to be signed into AO3 to see my fics. I sadly had to make that decision for a number of reasons: 1. AI can't easily be trained on my stories. 2. The weird bots are less likely to bother me in the comment section. 3. Those fake AO3 apps are less likely to get access to my stuff.

It was heartbreaking, but I decided an account is free anyway. My username is the same on there, so you should find the fics easily once you sign in. This is the link: What Goes Around (Comes Around) - series

If you absolutely do not want to join AO3 for whatever reason, you can still access my AO3-profile and there's a link to a Discord server. I've put PDFs there.

[jollyfurydragonballer]

[siriosa]

so soothing. cancel my appts. gonna be watching a bubble freeze in real time for the foreseeable

[erraticprocrastinator]

Not sure about anyone else but I re-read all my favourite AO3 comments when I’ve had a rough day so if you’ve ever taken the time to write a deep, funny, or just kind comment, thank-you.

[charlataninred]

Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

[meraarts]

Might I add:

The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed

The woman who raised the changeling alongside her biological child

The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship

[eater-of-hopes-and-dreams]

The adventures of a space roomba

Cinderella finding Araura (and falling in love)

I don’t know a snappy description but the my nemesis cynthia story certainly lives in my head

[blitzlowin]

hilariously, these are almost all in my fic tag. so, a compiled list from the notes (and some extras):

The God of Arepo (graphic novel 1 / 2 / 3) (ebook)

The Monster of Sentan

The Witch’s Cat

Raise Both Children

Stabby the Roomba (honorable mention)

Cinderella Marries the Prince (comic)

My Arch Nemesis Cynthia

Pirates and Mermaid

Eindred and the Witch

The Demon King

The Cornerwitch

Grandmother Beetroot

Apocalypse Daycare Worker

Grandmother Accidentally Summons a Demon

New Year Saga

A Story About Changelings

Ranger in the King’s Forest

The Difference Between a Hare and a Rabbit

Goblin Men (Canines)

[charlataninred]

I am in love with you /p

[incognitoprompts]

What about the queen who lives in the tower with her child so she wouldn’t grow up hidden away alone for however many years? Love that one too

[elidyce]

@incognitoprompts Here’s the queen with three cursed children story for you.

Also, here’s the wizard who lets people choose how they will die, in ‘The Martyrdom Of St Grainne’.

(attempts to look modest)

[arkodian]

When I read it, the cynthia link was broken/led to a weird different site. Careful with that one.

I looked it up and found it: My Arch Nemesis Cynthia

[charlataninred]

Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

[meraarts]

Might I add:

The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed

The woman who raised the changeling alongside her biological child

The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship

[eater-of-hopes-and-dreams]

The adventures of a space roomba

Cinderella finding Araura (and falling in love)

I don’t know a snappy description but the my nemesis cynthia story certainly lives in my head

[blitzlowin]

hilariously, these are almost all in my fic tag. so, a compiled list from the notes (and some extras):

The God of Arepo (graphic novel 1 / 2 / 3) (ebook)

The Monster of Sentan

The Witch’s Cat

Raise Both Children

Stabby the Roomba (honorable mention)

Cinderella Marries the Prince (comic)

My Arch Nemesis Cynthia

Pirates and Mermaid

Eindred and the Witch

The Demon King

The Cornerwitch

Grandmother Beetroot

Apocalypse Daycare Worker

Grandmother Accidentally Summons a Demon

New Year Saga

A Story About Changelings

Ranger in the King’s Forest

The Difference Between a Hare and a Rabbit

Goblin Men (Canines)

[charlataninred]

I am in love with you /p

[incognitoprompts]

What about the queen who lives in the tower with her child so she wouldn’t grow up hidden away alone for however many years? Love that one too

[elidyce]

@incognitoprompts Here’s the queen with three cursed children story for you.

Also, here’s the wizard who lets people choose how they will die, in ‘The Martyrdom Of St Grainne’.

(attempts to look modest)

[arkodian]

When I read it, the cynthia link was broken/led to a weird different site. Careful with that one.

I looked it up and found it: My Arch Nemesis Cynthia

[cam-stopped-eating-candles]

The Odyssey but Penelope has been slowly killing off suitors one by one via poisoning and staged accidents >>>

[cam-stopped-eating-candles]

“And then, upon announcing to me that he could no longer stand to live with his love unrequited, hurled himself into the sea… that was the last thing he said to me, the last person to see him before his death... I was helplessly unable to stop this tragedy…”

“You pushed him off a cliff, my lady?”

“Yes I pushed him off a cliff”

[1000cavalry]

Odysseus: so how many suitors are we dealing with?

Telemachus: well there were 108 at the start but they’ve been reduced to 74

Odysseus: oh some of them left? We are still outnumbered

Eurymeus: actually it’s now only 43. Penelope took out a lot more while you were gone Telemachus

Odysseus: Penelope has been killing them?

Eurymaus: well there has been a lot of… suspicious accidents

Telemachus: My favourite was the guy who fell down three flights of stairs and got impaled on two swords in the process

[kindred-spirit-93]

@dootznbootz come get yall juice :D

[dootznbootz]

Look, she's of naiad descent. It's not her fault some people can't swim.

[emmikay]

Odysseus, tears in his eyes: That's my girl!

[my-darling-boy]

I was having writers block and so I took a break and soon enough it was 3 in the morning and I had impulsively sewn together a tiny mouse you’re welcome

[my-darling-boy]

For those of you who asked, I have made a sewing tutorial on how to make your very own Peaches the Mouse!

[my-darling-boy]

I see people reblogging this with “to buy” but this pattern is free??? Someone even asked me “why don’t you charge money for it, it took you forever to put the document together” and I said “Not a lot of people have money and if they have some fabric scraps and a couple of buttons lying around they can make themselves a little mouse friend for free and that might make them happy and that makes me happier than receiving money???” Make yourself a liddol creacher! Heals the Soul!

[my-darling-boy]

Peaches wants to let you all know he has seen all your mouse creations and he’s very happy you’ve used his pattern to make such lovely friends!

A lot of people have been asking for my PayPal and Ko-fi, so I’ve put them here for those who asked, but please don’t feel pressured to give to them!

Thank you for all the kind feedback! ♡