seeking to improve myself

Writing dumps are here, and I'm always down to chat. The avatar is made by the excellent checkmater, and the header is courtesy of snackles. I have a discord server; let me know if you want to join.

[dedicatedseeker]

Respite

A/N: Hey, everyone. It’s been a while since I last updated, and I failed in my goal to post something last month, but I do have plans for two posts this month. One of them is this oneshot inspired by a gift as I get back in the groove of things. I also have news that I hope you’ll find exciting, so be sure to check out the end note. Blake is trans in this fic. Enjoy! AO3

As she started changing, Blake stared into the closet and smirked as an idea came to her. Well, that was one way to get Weiss's attention.

[blakedarkqueen]

Would you look at the date! Happy birthday @weisscoldglare :3

[musings-from-mars]

Monochrome meeting at their first pride? 👀

Blake ran past the alley at first, but put on the brakes when she saw her. Or at least, she saw the end of her white ponytail, peeking out from around a stack of boxes. Blake chuckled at how poor of a job this girl was doing at hiding from her, and peeked around the boxes and smiled. "Hey."

Weiss was crouching and hiding her face in her bi flag t-shirt. "Nooo…"

Blake just rolled her eyes and took Weiss' hand. "Don't worry, I won't tell your dumb family that I saw you here. Now come on, you're missing out."

100-word Drabbles

[reiding-and-writing]

Reblog if you're a fanfic writer and you wanna know what your followers' favorite story of yours is ❤

[beeskneesschnees]

checkmate in v8 finale

Were you completely struck by Weiss using Gambol Shroud?

Did your inner monos heart surface and cheered? Are you craving for more mono content and want to meet like-minded souls? I have just the thing for you! Join us in our brand new Monochrome discord server, and let’s have fun!

Checkmating discord server

[ao3commentoftheday]

fandom end of year asks

favourite fandom you joined this year

favourite fic of the year 

favourite fanart of the year

favourite fanvid of the year

favourite mood board of the year

favourite playlist of the year

favourite podfic of the year

favourite author of the year

favourite creator of the year

favourite blog of the year

favourite OC you met this year

longest fic you read this year

shortest fic you read this year

best fixit you read this year

favourite headcanon of the year

best BTS (behind the scenes) moment of the year

WIP you hope gets updated next year

fandom you plan to join next year

fic you plan to read next year

favourite character of the year

favourite ship of the year

tags you used most this year

tags you searched most this year

best episode you watched this year

best movie you watched this year

best song you listened to this year

best fandom moment of the year

best fandom meme of the year

fandom “first” you accomplished this year

fandom resolution for next year

[dedicatedseeker]

Server Invite and Banner Background Contest

To the artists/editors/anyone interested, the monochrome Discord server (which you can ask to join) is now at level 2 (!!!), which means that there are now more perks, including the ability to have a server banner. I’ve decided to hold a contest for the server invite background and banner background. The top 3 winners can choose to have any emojis automatically accepted, bypassing the usual voting requirement (nothing explicit). If interested, read on for the rules:

-The contest will run until October 15. I want to provide enough time for content creation but not too long or else nothing will get done.

-I’ll allow 1 entry per person, but it can be edited before the deadline any time; you can also make your own emoji art in case you win.

-The winners will be chosen by public voting via a specific emoji in the server. In the event of ties, mods’ votes carry a little more weight.

-The channel where the entries are going to be posted will be read only because I don’t want it getting clogged up with chatter. For public discussion of entries, go to a general channel. Anyone who wants to submit something must DM me with your submission before it gets publicly posted.

-No NSFW. Fluff/pg encouraged. There’s no specific color scheme in mind, but I would like for it to be colored. A background would be nice but does not have to be a complicated one. Consider colors that won’t clash with Discord. It’s recommended to avoid a seasonal background.

-If you have any questions and/or comments, feel free to send a message to a mod publicly or privately. Thanks in advance should you choose to participate! Looking forward to seeing what people come up with.

Thanks to @weisscoldglare for helping me run things and @checkmatingweek2021 for being awesome! :)

[texanredrose]

Inspired by this post

Look, I barely understand how twitter works, I just thought it would be funny to edit.

[checkmatingweek2021]

CHECKMATING WEEK PROMPTS!

Aliza u are far more powerful than me this looks 💖

Thank you all for your patience while mods sort everything out, but now we finally have dates and prompts for Checkmating Week!

Checkmating Week will be from the 5th of October to the 12th of October!

Two prompts are given per day, so that participants can choose between prompts, complete both, merge two, or skip days if they wish! The prompts are as follows:

Day 1 - Enemies to lovers/Secret library time.

Day 2 - Tea and Coffee/Royalty AU.

Day 3 - Hurt-Comfort/Atlas Ball.

Day 4 - Hanahaki/Childhood friends.

Day 5 - Nightmares/First kiss.

Day 6 - Wings/In the rain.

Day 7 - Rebellion/Chessboard.

Day 8 - Free day!

Rules:

No NSFW. Heavy gore and sexual content is not permitted. Some of us are minors, guys. Light gore is allowed, but please remember to tag these posts accordingly.

Bullying will not be tolerated. Hate speech is wrong, and we don't want it near Checkmating week at all. Bigots begone.

Posting early and late is allowed. However, we will not be reblogging until the day of the post. We will continue reblogging until 2 weeks after Checkmating Week finishes.

Please tag all posts so we can find them in the tags (#checkmatingweek2021) and include the blog so we can see your posts! (@checkmatingweek2021)

Asks can be sent directly to the blog, or to the mods (@greenbeany and @aliza---e). We will attempt to answer every question you guys have.

You may submit posts in basically any form. Art, edits, fics, text posts, cosplay, anything PG is allowed!

Side ships are allowed as long as Checkmating is the main focus of the submission!

Thank you for reading! We can't wait to see all submissions!

[naejigo]

I have the perfect AU for Monochrome.

Genre: Dark Academia

Ratings: anything but I'd say explicit

Blake Belladonna

A mysterious Faunus who doesn't particularly keep anyone close or far away from her. Is into literature and strangely, blades. Doesn't cause trouble, is always at the library, and most people don't really know who her family is because she come from a different kingdom.

Her family is plenty wealthy from the southern kingdom.

Her clothing aesthetic:

Weiss Schnee

A quiet heiress who is incredibly intelligent and hard working. Is musically gifted. Everyone wants to be close to her for various purposes and none of them are good. Is a good student, every teacher likes her, loves staying at the academy's west wing where there is a piano and because nobody is usually there, everybody knows her family, the Schnee.

The Schnee owns the dust economy tightly, is the most influential company in the northern kingdom.

Her clothing aesthetic:

Fanfiction trope: enemies to lovers

AO3 Tags: "I hate you. I hate you so much. Kiss me. Please.", rough making out session against the bookshelf in the corner of the library, right after they spit insults to each other's face, a long game of push and pull, and denial, full of spitefulness, so much angst you will scream, cause; overwhelmed, add some spicy scene, Weiss's skirt stays on during all of that, Blake growls, snarls, hisses, and many more unspeakably sexy noise, it's about the pining, it's so painful you almost can't keep going, one of them break into the other's dorm room at night, it was Blake, and they cuddled, begrudgingly they said, we know they enjoyed it.

It's just really hot, with a dark aesthetic, the 1930s vibe, less focus on real-world drama, more about the pining, and the hatred so great they make each other feel everything.

[checkmatingweek2021]

Hehe like the new banner?? Thank u Mod Aliza :D

Good morning, afternoon or night to all you checkmate fans! Today we bring you the next stage of Checkmating Week, and once again we want to hear from YOU!

THE PROMPT POLL HAS ARRIVED

ANYWAY for this poll we ask you to choose the seven prompts that you want to see in Checkmating Week. Mods have tried to make sure to include all the suggestions given to us, and more of our favourites. However, in order to curate an original week, we have not included any repeats from the last years.

This poll will be running until the 25th of August, so please vote fast!

OH, AND ONE FINAL UPDATE?

We have chosen to host Checkmating Week in early October, due to popular demand. We have searched to make sure that this doesn't overlap with other ship weeks, but have no specific week set in stone yet. If possible, please inform mods of any other ship weeks happening in early October, so we can avoid them.

See? It's that easy?? Just check for other ship weeks on your dates?? Are you trying to overwhelm mod cherry??

[redballpointart]

Weiss for @dedicatedseeker !

Commissions are still open! 

[checkmatingweek2021]

Welcome to Checkmating Week!! Thank you for showing interest in this week, that we have been working to put together to continue to celebrate the ship between Weiss and Blake of RWBY.

Our interest poll is ongoing, which you can find by clicking here!

The interest check will be going until the 12th of August. In the meantime, all questions can be posted to our askbox, which will be answered by one of the mods (you can tell which of us it is because I'm a horrible person and Aliza is a joy to talk to, if the tags don't tell you.)

[the-river-of-light]

I heard it's gay to pose like this

[ID in alt text]

[dedicatedseeker]

Elderburn with very specific outfits I commissioned from @redballpointart for my buddy @texanredrose birthday. I hope you love this as much as I do!

[dedicatedseeker]

It’s been over a week since shy anon has sent an ask, but I did get it and am thinking about you and the prompt!! I’m slow, so apologies for that!

[screnwriter-old-deactivated2021]

a shit ton of kisses + writing prompts

two characters haven't seen each other for a while, one keeps rambling about something insignificant and the other one kisses them because ''shut up you're rambling just kiss me''

lover has fallen asleep and the character places a lil cute kiss on their forehead

hand kisses!!!! let me invite you for a dance!!!!! let's end it with a kiss on the cheek!!!!

two characters look at each other. silence. then. BOOM BANG LIPS CRASHING CAN'T RESIST YOU ANYMORE BAM BOOM THERE'S A WALL LET'S PIN YOU AGAINST IT

we're dancing and somehow my lips end up on yours

you kissed me and i thought we hated each other but you're pulling me closer and suddenly the world is spinning and i don't want you to stop

gentle kisses on a lover's knuckles after tending to their wounds

i'm supposed to be mad at you but you're holding my face and smiling and i just can't resist it when you're pouting like that

i know we're not together but i might die today so i'm going to kiss you just in case there is no later

you kissed me and i wasn't prepared but it feels really good so i'm going to wrap my hands around you and pull you even closer

the antagonist took you hostage, and i'm a mess, i've been beaten, badly injured trying to get them to release you, i can barely stand and i'm bleeding, but it doesn't matter, you're safe, and you're back in my arms, and i don't care about anything but getting to feel your lips on mine once more

we have a shit ton of stuff to do today but you're bored and want kisses and my attempt at resisting fails and we end up making out on the floor

you insist it's time to get out of bed but i'm going to pull you back with a kiss and somehow five more minutes turns into an hour

i have to leave, you can't come with me, and this goodbye kiss, it's going to last longer than any of our other kisses because i can't bear the thought of not having you near

i'm fighting every urge not to kiss you but i can't do it any longer

we're with family and can't kiss but let's sneak into your old room for a minute

you're late for your flight but can't resist jumping out of the car give me one last kiss before leaving

wrapping arms around your lover, kissing their cheek, before resting your head on their forehead

it's our anniversary and i don't want you to see what i've planned so i'm going to lead you into the kitchen blindfolded but i'm going to place a kiss on your head because you're confused about what's happening and it's adorable

so you've got one character, with their back pressed against the door, fighting the urge to kiss the character on the other side of the door, but the tension is unbearable, the character mutters ''fuck it'' and flings the door open, runs back in to kiss the other character

we're at the grocery store and someone keeps staring and whispering to their friends about me, and i can tell it's making you upset, which is cute, so i'm going to reassure you that i love you, by smiling, and kissing your head

forehead kisses x

you're upset one night, and i need you to know that i'm here for you, and i'm kissing your forehead to show i'm here for you

we haven't seen each other in two months and i'm at the airport to pick you up, then i see you, and i sprint over to you, and jump into your arms, with such force i almost knock you off your feet

it's your birthday and i've got loads of surprises planned but first i'm going to wake you up with soft kisses all over

i don't think i'm good enough for you, put you grab my face, look deep into my eyes, and suddenly i can't help but to kiss you

you're sick, and we can't kiss, and it's ,fkn, torture

i know we're at your parents house, but your mother isn't looking so i'm going to sneak a quick kiss on your cheek and pretend nothing happened when she looks back at us

good night kisses <3

i had a really good time on our date tonight, and you're asking for a good night kiss, and it was only meant to be on the cheek, but then i pull back, our eyes meet, and there's a gravitational pull pulling us closer and closer...

you think mistletoe kisses are lame but i bring you under one and suddenly you're all for it?

i've never been kissed before so you volunteer but i decline, we're best friends and it would be weird, but a couple hours later i lay awake in my bed and i can't stop thinking about what it would be like to kiss you and suddenly i regret what i said

we are enemies, and we hate each other, but somehow, i end up with a knife against my throat, and for a second, our eyes meet, and it's only the two of us, and from this point on forward, everything changes, and i find myself longing after your lips