Cherries and Fics

I'm Cherry! And I write things Very Slowly! - She/They - 29 - Simp For Fictional Characters - 18+ Only Pls - MDNI - 🍉

[cheeriecherrymain]

Quiet Update (for anyone who still lurks)

All my fics are on hiatus until further notice. (the writing bug has left me for the time being, and i'm focusing on other non-literature arts)

I got married! My partner (known as Plum) and I are very happy, and we're doing our best to live our best lives.

My baby sister is a wholeass toddler now, and she's very cute, and she is currently learning the art of sarcasm. (much to our mom's dismay)

My brother procreated, which is weird to think about, but I have a three month old nephew now and I love him to bits. (he's still a little bit squished up, but he's got the curliest dark hair ive ever seen and he's adorable)

I want kids. Plum wants kids. So one of these days, we might have kids!

anyways, i won't really be active here for the foreseeable future. but just know that i'll always be so grateful to all the people who have ever interacted with my fics, and with me! your kind words and encouragements and quiet support have been monumental, and i hope that one day i'll start writing again! when the bug bites me once more!

(my blog isn't going anywhere, so don't worry!)

Love, Cherry <3

[kiiingsnake]

you should post your millipede

HOW DID YUO FIND OUT ABOUT MY MILLIPEDE

anyways here it is

[kiiingsnake]

here’s the pattern it’s free

he was about $100 in supplies but i also used specialty yarns so he doesn’t Need to cost that much. he’s six and a half feet long. my entire family loves him

[the-real-seebs]

man imagine being the person who just goes around to every blog sending them "you should post your millipede" and then one day this happens.

[apolladay]

Are you able to sleep through the whole night (if you're getting more than six hours of sleep)?

Yes (explain HOW in the tags pls)

No (do people actually sleep thru the night? thought that was a myth)

Bald/Nuance answer

Voting ended onApr 13, 2025

[mapsontheweb]

The Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River superimposed on a map of Europe

[tinsnip]

…OH.

[mazarinedrake]

I googled it once and the only reason why the Great Lakes aren’t called inland seas is because they are entirely freshwater, not salt.

By any other metric they’d be seas. Superior especially (the big one in the upper left) behaves like a small ocean, and has claimed at least 250 ships and over 1000 people. Gordon Lightfoot wrote a frankly chilling song about her that I’ll include here:

[salamencerobot]

Lake Michigan has never fully frozen. Leading to some absolutely terrifying images

Layers of ice created, shattered, and built up like this.

[tigirl-and-co]

Hey, here’s a picture of that lighthouse in 2015, when we had a polar vortex

[dappercyborg]

I love the Great Lakes, you know how all boats look like shit, like just rusty hulks, you don’t get that on the Great Lakes because it’s fresh water, like the shipwrecks are incredibly well preserved

[chaeronaea]

[reputayswift]

Is there a word for that like, “bright darkness” you get in winter?? When it’s been snowing or it’s supposed to snow past sunset and the sky isn’t Dark Enough. One of my favorite things

[reputayswift]

Thanks to @raindropwindow and a handful of articles, it’s called snow albedo, skyglow, snowglow, or just light scattering! It’s the result of moon- or artificial light reflecting off ground snow, low clouds, or ice crystals.

[ailurinae]

that nsfw snow…

[batwynn]

Spin this wheel and tell me if you got something you need/want.

Did you need/want it?

Yes please

No thanks

Eh, couldn’t hurt

Well NOW I need it

Please do not give this to me

Voting ended onFeb 20, 2025

[nedaabd12-deactivated20250828]

Help me 💔🩸

We are a family against whom war has devastated us from all directions. I ask you to stand by us and help us so that we can protect ourselves and restore our lives. Look how our life was before

Now how has our life become

[nedaabd-1]

✅️Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #327 )✅️

[crunchlite]

I’m gonna tag people just to hopefully spread this around more and find someone who can donate since I cannot.

@writingmysanity @averagecrastinator @louanavale @cheeriecherrymain @apuwu @alverdekote @keigokoutarou @antivan-dragon @random-thot-generator @fanficwriterlover

[i-am-a-fish]

hey, i don't know if you're cozy right now, but if you aren't cozy, please, please get cozy. snuggle up. do whatever you have to do. please I'm begging

[aropride]

when i was 17 and in the eating disorder trenches i saw people online talking abt how the fat liberation movement & unlearning fatphobia helped them recover and i did NOT like hearing that i was SO mad about it i was like well having an eating disorder doesnt mean im fatphobic!!! This is ableist etc etc. And then i learned abt the fat liberation movement and started unlearning fatphobia and guess what . it does help

[aropride]

it’s a lot less tempting to try to lose weight by harming urself if u stop seeing being skinny as being important or innately desirable . likewise you stop caring as much abt gaining weight if u stop seeing weight gain as an inherently morally wrong thing that makes you ugly and lazy. And like even if youve never in your life externalized that to another person and you dont consciously agree with it. Still worth thinking abt imo

[aropride]

inb4 "are u saying eating disorders make u inherently fatphobic" im saying we exist in the context of all in which we live and what came before us. which includes how fatphobia is so deeply normalized in society. and that societal cruelty towards people who arent stick thin (for women & those seen as women, mostly) or muscular (for men & those seen as men, mostly) is bound to affect anyone and everyone. and that for Me Personally it helped to see fat people who were happy and proud in their bodies and realizing it didn't have to be the end of the world

[vampantheon]

artist in denial of being depressed: omg this 2 month long art block has been crazy... sorry i haven't updated any of my fics in a long while! it's just been super difficult to daydream! so weird that i've lost a little bit of passion for my current comfort character and ocs... this couldn't possibly have any implications or alternative explanations

[midnightssea]

tiktok is a cesspool in many ways but then sometimes you see one that really hits

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

“Why didn’t we ever learn about this in scho—”

WE DID. We did learn about it. If you were playing MASH in the back row everyday that’s on you.

[magnetoisright]

This is true for like, 95% of all the things they do that with. "We never learned about this bad thing the US did" fucker, we spent two days on that specific atrocity. You had a test on it.

[goblinparty]

[captions]

first speaker: -is not entirely your fault, because in the us school system we learn maps like with with alaska being down here, but geographically al-

second speaker: no. no we're not doing this. if you thought alaska was an island that is your fault. that is not the map's fault, that is not your teacher's fault, that is your fault. we are not excusing this. what? huh? huh? you're giving the europeans ammo agains- what do you mean?? [mocking the first speaker in a higher voice] "it's not- no it makes sense that you though alaska was an island" [regular voice] no it doesn't! no it doesn't, don't excuse that! no, it doesn't.

[blossyossyossy]

Now that it's the hottest part of the year for the Northern Hemisphere, do you have a fucked up tan line?

Yes

No but I do have a tan line

I live in the Southern Hemisphere but have a fucked up tan line

I live in the Southern Hemisphere and have a normal tan line

Northern Hemisphere, no tan line

Southern Hemisphere, no tan line

Other option?

Voting ended onJul 17, 2024

[cheeriecherrymain]

BEAUTIFUL PERSON AWARD!👑 Once you are given this award, you're supposed to paste it in the asks of 8 people you adore! Absolutely no pressure, but. It's sweet to know someone thinks you're beautiful inside and out.

Hi Cherry!! I love you so much and hope things have been going well for you and your family. You're always on my mind, and sending you lots of love!!!❤❤❤❤

I'm sorry if you got this twice, but when I first sent it, the page just kept loading. :(

aaaAAAHHHHH I'm sorry I'm late to replying QAQ!!! I saw this pop up in my inbox while I was attempting to burp my sister, and the second I opened it in a new tab, she threw up on me 😂

But this is so so so sweet, such a nice thing to have pop up out of the blue <3 Life has been busy this last year, and it's probably gonna be busy for the foreseeable future; I'm not really online too much nowadays, and fanfic/making fanart has been low on my list of priorities.

But having such a kind message appear honestly warms my heart 🥺 The fact that there are people who still think of me, and my writing, and even my family, is just! I have no words XD my insides are all mushy and happy!

Thank you so much for taking a little bit of time to send this to me, and check in and say hi <3 I hope life is being kind to you as well, and that good things are coming your way!

[midwinterhunt]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

[narrettwist]

Homie gonna share this

[altair-ibn-la-booty]

My son saw a bug on the ceiling for the first time

[kleeklutch]

[serenityfails]

[punk-pangolins]

what is the closest description to your Gender™

nitrogen and post-it notes

dead wasps and dirty bones

rose quartz and lemongrass

crackers and hammerhead sharks

viscera in a baby crib

a puddle of soup in an empty mall

radioactive sourdough

a perfectly functioning ps2

blue fuzzy dice that smell like pie

a fancy bathtub in a flower field

squid ink and nutmeg

a body bag full of tea

Voting ended onMar 19, 2024

no "other/see results" option bc JUST CHOOSE ONE

YOU TOO, GENDER-CONFORMERS,

EVERYONE!

[lastoneout]

I know this is a tiny part of the wider problems born of diet culture, fatphobia, classicism, and racism but like god the idea that "healthy" food must inherently taste bad has completely ruined us as a society.

[lastoneout]

Every time you feel bad for having coffee with cream and sugar or ranch on your salad or putting extra butter and salt on your veggies I want you to imagine the spirit of John Harvey Kellogg in front of you and then I want you to kill him with a real gun and eat your delicious food in peace.