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[cottonwoolsocks]

Writing Masterlist

a chronological masterlist of all the fics i have written on this blog, so you can easily find them all in one place! AO3 Link

Multiple works in the same series are indented, and organised in chronological order. More information on each work is displayed on the individual post for the work (click the link).

Title/AO3 Link: summary. (total word count) [x = tumblr link] tumblr - chapter - links - for - multichapter - fics

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Sense of Control: Logan’s drink gets spiked at a party, and the others are nowhere to be found. (2261) x

Drifting: They were drifting, an infinite mass of water in every direction, their little raft the only thing keeping them afloat. (276) x

Blueberry: The Sides are stranded on a desert island, and Logan is scratched by a poisonous plant. (4193) x one - two - three - four - five - six - seven.

Waterlogged: Logan’s fear of the ocean manifests itself in a nightmare. Virgil is there to help. (2091) x

Remus is Better At Pictionary: Roman doesn't take his loss at Pictionary all too well. (Especially when it's on account of Remus.) (428) x

Numb: Logan was numb. He prided himself on it. (610) x

Hiding Spot: Patton chooses a hiding spot. Logan chooses the same one. Virgil is exasperated. Roman makes an entrance, but not in the way you’d expect. (592) x

All The Kingdom For You: There are some battles even Roman can’t win.“It was only supposed to be a game.” (1283) x

Nobody Knows You Now (When You're Dying In LA): Roman had to pay for the love that they gave, atone for their adoration, because if he stopped providing, they would stop giving, and he would be left alone and worthless and unnecessary. He had to prove he was worthy. (1644) x

Roman’s Berry Jam: Janus is the next Side to be given their own Crofter’s Brand jam. No Side is more fitting. At least, that’s what Roman keeps telling himself. Or; Remus makes his brother a present to try and cheer him up. (2969) x

Jump In, The Water’s Fine: A beach trip on which Roman forgets the drinking water, Patton gets an injury, Virgil wants ice-cream, and Logan blames himself for everything that goes wrong. (8025) x

[thecollectibles]

Layered cliffs under clear sky by qing ying

[bidet-of-evil]

there are two wolves inside me. one wants to write and the other wants to nap. they’re both in a cage called My Job.

[emmaklee]

Nishimoto Ryota

a piece of wood carved to fit perfectly into a zippered plastic bag

[insectapologist]

obsessed with this exchange in the replies

[satanfemme]

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[the-zenith-calls]

My favorite scenes in the LotR books are the ones where Legolas has vital information and just decides it's not important to share.

Like when Gandalf spent literal PAGES trying to figure out why the vibes were off in Moria and Legolas chimes in with just "it's a balrog :) that shit's evil :) we're so fucked :)" like what do you MEAN you knew already and just didn't tell him??

Or at the beginning of Two Towers when Aragorn thinks there's something nearby so he puts his ear to the ground to listen, and then like 10 minutes later is like "hmmm i hear horses" and Legolas is just like "mm yep. there are 105 blond bitches with spears" like you just let your friend put his face in the dirt and you can SEE them??

Legolas please gain a sense of urgency

[knives-in-the-dishwater]

It's because legolas hasn't spent enough time with non-elves to remember that they don't know what he knows.

gandalf is scratching his head in moria, and legolas is thinking "oh man, the wizard noticed something off *besides* the obvious balrog that we all are aware of??"

"I wonder what aragorn is listening for? must be hard to hear, what with all of the horses. How many horses are there, actually? 1... 2... 3..."

[taavicleric]

"What do your elvish eyes see?" is Aragorn saying, as politely as possible, "Because the REST OF US are at a significant disadvantage, Prince Dipshit."

[oreramar]

Every time I'm forced by circumstance to hand-sew something, I remember a fairytale I once read. There are lead-up shenanigans as the humble protagonist helps small animals and meets the princess and all that, but in the climax, the princess rigs a contest for her hand by setting her own task: sew her a dress in a single night.

The noble suitors, who have never sewn a thing in their lives, sabotage themselves by their own ambitions: they choose difficult fabrics to work with and cut huge, elaborate patterns and select gems and pearls and beads to sew onto it, and snip such long bits of thread that they lose time detangling their stitches, and ultimately resort to pinning bits together as they run out of time, so that their offerings initially look beautiful and flashy, but when the princess tries them on they stick her with pin ends and fall apart as she moves.

The humble protagonist uses a very simple pattern without embellishments and sews using short lengths of thread (snipped off and threaded for him by little birds of course) which don't tangle and therefore save time. His dress is plain by contrast, but holds together and the princess is able to move freely in it, and so he wins the contest and her hand.

I particularly think about the bit about threading the needle with shorter lengths of thread, needing to tie off more often but avoiding tangles and thereby saving time.

I then ignore that piece of wisdom passed down through who knows how many years and proceed to cut the longest damn length of thread I can manage because I hate tying off beginning or ending knots and I will not subject myself to more of that even if it does mean more tangles along the way.

[almyranpine]

really good tiktok

Transcript:

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[scorchroots]

I've never loved anyone as much as I love Ursula Le Guin

[noxexistant]

thinking about the bed, 1892 by henri de toulouse-lautrec featured on the wikipedia page for “blanket”

[megacarapa]

ok so this is another long shot but a few years ago there was a twitter post (in japanese i think?) that had measurememts for how to make this book stand thing out of cardboard that you could use to double up books and use up more space on shelves

back then i made a bunch of these but by now i lost the pic and dont know how to find the original post anymore

if it comes down to it i can just take one apart and get the measurements from there but i would be very grateful if anyone happens to have the original post or something similar??

[megacarapa]

don't mind how long it's been since i made this post, anyway i realized that i don't even need to take one apart to get the measurements when i can literally just unfold it and refold it /FACEPALM

so anyway here is the diagram for anyone else who is interested!!

this requires pretty big carboard pieces, if you have a really big box or something you can make it from one piece, but if you don't, you can also just make each of the pieces individually and then tape them together

and then in the end you put it together like this!!

and then when you make a bunch you can put them all next to each other and stack your books like crazy

EVERYONE START GETTING MORE USE OUT OF YOUR SPACE NOW!!!!

[ryebreadgf]

[ryebreadgf]

[thepromiscuousfinger]

[milfyspamton]

anyone remember what these things are called like little cartoony expressive doohickies i think they have a real name but i can’t remember

[milfyspamton]

im not fucking crazy.

[milfyspamton]

if i have one more person say sparkles on this post im gonna blow i swear to god

[evengirlierballs]

They're squeans I'm pretty sure! If they pop like that anyway. But the term for this kind of "symbol to refer to the general vibe of something in art" is called "Emanata" because it emanates from a person or object.

[creepymutelilbugger]

what the fuck. comics are magic

[probuccalfat]

dead serious normalize having an average boring ass life where you have enough to meet your needs we do not need to be remarkable we just need to be alive

[gallifreying-your-posts]

"we do not need to be remarkable we just need to be alive"

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

not all art needs to be profound. art can just be silly. art can just be an expression of a feeling you can’t name. art can just be for funsies.

[funpression]

sometimes you dont eat fruit for awhile and then you eat some fruit and you're like oh fuck its fruit