Diamond Fan

An Su and Diamond Fan/Fic Writer

[darooart]

[corgigem]

Pretty much best iteration of this I’ve seen yet lmao

[harinezumiko]

Too Hot To Live Woop

Out here scraping the bottom of the pride barrel and asking for help where help does not want to be found, but desperation be like that, so… Asking for help from strangers too!

There’s a very real chance that our power is going to be shut off, and in this heat, that might kill us or our cats. I’ve already had heat exhaustion this summer. Mercifully, we have an window AC to keep one room under 75… but I can’t keep the house under 80 with the main house AC on full blast. Of course, the bill is probably insane because of this, and I’m seeking help elsewhere too, but that help may take time. My wife and I are disabled and I’m looking into services about what to do since the cooling centers aren’t yet open and the forecast is. Uh. 

Unlivable. Also our car doesn’t have a working AC. We have animals to worry about too. Literally anything helps, I’m HOPING I can get word on Monday, but with my luck and PGE being… PGE… I’m going to wake up in an oven. 

Here are ways to yeet help at me, and any signal boosting would be incredible. I can’t even get through to a human at PGE to find out what the total would be, but we woke up with no power the other day and the COVID forbearance is running out for utilities, so… It’s entirely likely that they would just not restore power if we had another blackout. It wouldn’t be the first time. My trex arms are still wrecked from carpal tunnel but I will try to do doodle requests soon. T_T 

Paypal.me - kikimakesthings

Cashapp - $KikiMakesThings

Venmo - @Megami

And ye olde Ko-Fi too!

[harinezumiko]

This is… somehow… only four days old? Time is fake. I don’t honestly feel real. That explains why I’m not bounced back from the last 108+ heat.

I am deeply grateful of the traction it’s gotten! And… honestly still deeply afraid. I have not gotten things sorted this week yet and am alternating between panic brain and ?? Resignation? Not acceptance, certainly. I am still very sure we’re doomed and the headway I have made is… negligible. One of the people I reached out to retraumatized me about several other past issues (my bad, time  and panic made me forget what kind of person my ex was and why we broke up) but that still eats time. 

…Also we got infested with ants, which is the main thing I have tried to focus on. I am not winning the war against those either but I don’t have a second bed.

I’m going to try to get my brain working to make a gofundme. I don’t know what else to do. My bank takes time on large deposits, which we don’t have, but it would be ten days for anything over $5k to clear. Which, again, I don’t have. But time moves very quickly and for no reason. I have a lot of feelings that I can’t articulate or face right now.

Someone in the tags thought the calendar was in Celsius–lucky us, no! The second set of numbers are the night lows. These are just Fahrenheit. 

[harinezumiko]

As promised, there is a Gofundme now!

Here it is, for anyone willing to reblog again! I went a bit more into our tale of woe on there, ants notwithstanding, but… yeah. I’m completely wiped from writing it; it feels like I said far too much and far too little, but I am way beyond my typing threshold today.

Gofundme made me crop out 50% of the best boys in the world so full picture of Sneeb and Shini.

[corgigem]

I know covid has hit a lot of people hard, but it’s really hit a friend with a brick to the face. They really do want to get out of their situation and state that costs tax just to breathe (and let’s be real since it’s on fire half the year it’s pricey to do even that) but really needs some help. Whatever ya’ll can give would be phenomenal. She does art as well (check her main for prices and ref) and if you can’t afford anything maybe just share? Please?

[thetorivic]

Cat meme but Bluey

[corgigem]

Bandit puts up with so much but also really loves it XD

[mindie-arts]

Bluey scenes redraw practice 😭💙✨

Well hello hello it’s been a while 😭 I’ve been pretty busy but here’s a thing I’ve been working on

[harinezumiko]

I have some regrets related to my decisions but I DON’T REGRET DRAWING THIS… I need real pain meds omg.

But! @corgigem‘s delightful Gemsona, Crocidolite, arrived in game and I immediately had to draw her. What an absolute treat. I don’t draw spooky characters, and honestly, she’s very sweet, but this boogeyman reaper was just too good to resist! 

For people trapped in The Lore, I already drew her adorable pearl, Butterfly, with my Chocolate bby… The symmetry tool really is my savior, wow. 

[corgigem]

Hope ya’ll like my Crocidolite that @harinezumiko drew. She used to be pretty badass at battle but got tired of war and basically now goes to battlefields after the fact to collect the shards for (what she thinks) is recycling and funeral reasons. Just wants to pay respects to those gems. She’s very sweet though but the mask and hood help regulate her temperature.

[corgigem]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Finally got a new chapter out. Sorry that it's short, but Yelena gets to spend sometime with her current favorite human and unwind a little in her free time. I am hoping to get a chapter out for 3% this week. Thanks for being patient with me folks!

[corgigem]

For the like 3 followers I have for my Aus and fics, I do promise I haven’t abandoned them. Just been a hectic month ish and am hoping to work on them next weekend =)

[crappylineofbestfit]

first attempt at this was "too specific" so I'm trying again bc i Must Be Included. tell me if you have...

taken furniture on public transport

owned 5+ pets at one time

studied an ancient language

dropped out of university

moved house over 5 times in the last 5 years

fired a gun (this one's for the americans)

grew up seperately from your siblings

never broken a bone

none of the above

multiple (let me know in the tags!!!)

Voting ended onMay 5, 2023

[corgigem]

so...many.

[k4pp4-8]

There's no such thing as a straight pearl

[corgigem]

I really do love these two.

[palezma]

Okay but... What if Connie gets into her college's fencing team and Pearl is there to cheer her at EVERY game but also has a not-so-slight rivalry with her coach.

[palezma]

Pearl: where is the sword I gave her? how is she supposed to fight with this. It has no edge

Coach: as per the rules of our sport, all the swords have to be dull

Pearl *under her breath*: the sword is not the only dull thing, I see

[corgigem]

Okay but Pearl would actually probably do that. She went to anything Steven did, and even to the improve group she’d always request Steven. After putting so much time and effort into Connie; growing to love her you can’t tell me she wouldn’t. Steven is off on his road trip needing space and cheering on Connie also helps Pearl focus on someone and something else. It’s healthy for her to focus and get involved in more human things. And even if Connie would whisper it’s embarrassing you know she would love the positive attention and seeing Pearl. If anything I bet Connie continually would win because she wants to look good in front of Pearl and make her proud.

[vsemily]

Not Safe For Work

[deluxeloy]

Remember, NSFW is not an abbreviation for nude that somehow has more syllables. It's shorthand for "If my boss happened to look over my shoulder when this was on my screen, would there be consequences?"

This is subjective, and depends on the boss and the job, of course. But many, many images that contain zero nudity are still very much NSFW (and sometimes, images with nudity aren't!) Consider this.

[headspace-hotel]

Okay, I'll bite. This has always completely confused me. What kind of job is there where you don't get in trouble for doing something on your computer that obviously isn't work?

"NSFW doesn't mean pornographic" tells me nothing. What kind of situation am I trying to tag for and how are so many people in that single consistent situation despite the apparent diversity of jobs and work environments.

[ejacutastic]

ime it's more that there's levels of getting in trouble that correlate to amount of social taboo. ie if you're on regular facebook at work, it's likely to be regarded less severely than something that could be regarded as sexual in any capacity by a boss/manager. nude classical art won't likely be considered in that category, while an image of a non-nude person holding their huge bulge would. it does correlate to pornographic-ness, in a sense, but not inherently to nudity like the second commenter mentioned and not inherently to an artist's intent like I presume op was saying.

it's also definitely historically centered around office jobs, but with phones I feel like it's broadened somewhat now. it's definitely dependent on individual interpretations in a lot of ways, but it still like...at its core just an attempt at filtering out what could get you Extra in trouble.

[headspace-hotel]

So are we trying to tag stuff that is like...distinctly non-G-rated in some way? Like Inappropriate For General Audiences in that arbitrary people might be likely to find it offensive?

I admit that I know next to nothing about office jobs and what they...are.

[ejacutastic]

not really based on offensiveness. it's more of a how likely to be interpreted as sexually centered in any way mostly ime. like other things can cause offense including political memes, etc, but it's less universally recognized as taboo and is something Karen in accounting might just swallow her feelings about or be told to swallow her feelings about if it comes up. it really just comes down to social taboo and the implied rules in the workplace which are inherently relatively nebulous like most social rules.

[headspace-hotel]

This is what I'm confused about though. It doesn't make sense to ask people to tag something that is totally subjective and has no consistent definition.

[corgigem]

I’ll bite. If you have to be worried that you might come across something that could be NSFW at work then just...don’t go on that site while at work? “But I should be allowed to!” No. Your argument is you could potentially get in trouble at work for it. Then don’t risk it. Never mind even in office jobs a lot of places have a blanket rule you can’t be on your phone anyway, most places let it slide but have it specifically so if a boss wants they can dictate you’re in trouble for what they might see. In today’s society anyone could make a complaint about what is on your phone even if it’s absolutely G rated. The long and short of it is; if you think YOU’LL get in trouble if you come across it at work YOU are responsible for being the one to load it. No one else made you log into that website or stop on a picture. No website, just like in real life, will ever be 100% SFW. That’s a risk you take in existing.

[harinezumiko]

Drew Tiger Iron and foolishly saved over the fullsize before I could try the braid omg… Welp So much for the no hoodie version TAT

But! The braid was doable, and I’m delighted with how she turned out. Tiger is such an unrepentant sweetheart and deserved zero of her tragic backstory but all of the catharsis and new life at the Spire. 

…I don’t appear to have posted some other art of her here wtf, adding her and @corgigem‘s Smokey Quartz, her long-separated Kinderbuddy! 

Commissions remain open~

[corgigem]

friendo does really good art. Drew my Smokey really well with her kinderbuddy Tiger Iron.

[maryheart22]

Some more SU and TOH crossover doodles. May do more idk tho ^^

[corgigem]

aww I love these shows and I feel like they’d all really get along well.

[harinezumiko]

Makin’ me comms sheet and sticking it out there! Money is bad but I keep being afraid to put this out. Q_Q Here y’all!

The easiest way to plot with me is Discord, and payment methods are somewhat flexible, but include Paypal/Kofi/Cashapp. I’ll have the digital bases done hopefully this week, but until then, there are some of the smaller ones. Agates and squishy quartzes not included woop. 

There are of course many refs in the my draws tag too!

[corgigem]

*cackles* guess who is gonna be getting art for the AU? >8D For real, Harine does a really good job and communicates well, I highly recommend the artist.

[corgigem]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapter 14! Yellow has a scene she has to solve. This was my absolute favorite to write so far. I hope everyone else enjoys!

[corgigem]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

And chapter 12 of my Yellow Diamond AU is out =) Yelena goes on a date!

[harinezumiko]

Signal Boosty / Help Request

Heyyy so… Xfinity cut us off again…

I just tapped us out to pay a few days ago to keep it on, but I guess they’re gonna be like this about the rest of the balance. So… If anyone can help at all, that would be amazing, and I’m trying to be able to do comms again. I just can’t reliably discuss commissions until I’ve got wireless at home.

Signal boost/donos would help immensely!

Paypal.me - kikimakesthings

Cashapp - $KikiMakesThings

Venmo - @Megami 

And ye olde Ko-Fi too!

I’m going to queue this up a few times and try to get something done in the interim.

[corgigem]

really good artist needs help. She does do Gemsona art if you have one (or other humanoids). Help if you can, or share if you can’t please.