Shadow Tales

Welcome to a collection of snippets from my online experience. This used to be just a writing thing. It's now only a little bit more than just a writing thing.

[captain-lovelace-deactivated202]

I’ve made posts like this before but I think time loop stories are some of the most concentrated essences of the nature of a story having a narrative function. A time loop story takes the fact that any story can be reread, rewatched, relistened to forever without ever changing the end, and makes that a literal function of the story, the infinite repeatability becoming the driving factor. And then the story says “but what if the infinite repeating cycles did change? What if it was possible to get it right, to break the loop, to free yourself from the narrative? What if the universe (the reader, the author) wants you to get it right, no matter the cost?”

[shrugofgod]

I can’t draw, but here are some dream smp animatic scenes that live rent free in my brain

- wide shot of the smoking crater right after L’manburg is blown up, before someone sweeps a map of the area over top of the scene. a hand scribbles out plans for a renovated city on stilts. tubbo smiles and lifts up the altered map to the window to visualize it, and it fades into New L’manburg.

- flickering through scenes of tommy holding his discs, with the discs in the centre of the frame. first blocks, then mellohi, then cat. cat splits down the top and fades into the ‘your tubbo’ compass with the crack forming the needle. 

- ghostbur is handing out blue, and accidentally breaks whatever packaging it has. blue dye spills out and covers his hands. for a moment, it flickers red.

- tubbo in New L’manburg, chatting with the citizens. he walks out through the walls dream built down the prime path, enjoying the sights. eventually he sits down to watch the walls be torn down, only to suddenly look sad. zooming out, we can see he’s sitting alone on the bench. 

- related to the last one, the citizens of New L’manburg watching the walls be taken down. niki watches them disappear through the windows. eret leans down and picks up the pieces of obsidian to use later. fundy runs outside to watch with philza— before we focus on ranboo, who sees the walls building higher than before.

- fundy writing his spy diary and tucking in a picture of wilbur looking unhinged as he wonders which side is correct. the picture starts moving and transforms into wilbur and fundy hanging out happily as a family. fundy slams the book shut.

- so many more

[laurasimonsdaughter]

Day 24093 This is my house. I won’t allow anyone to harm it. There should have been no more intruders after the last one. I do not want these people here. They will leave-

Day 24095 They are siblings. They are loud. Always singing and talking and stomping. As if they must be louder than anything else.

Day 24106 There are bolts on the door now. Bolts and hideous, gaudy new locks. How dare they-

Night 24112 I was going to fill the night with terrors. But he woke up screaming before I began. She came running from the other room. They sleep right across the hall from each other, with the doors on a crack. …they are young, are they not, to be living on their own. Was I ever so young?

Day 24129 She has fixed the squeak in the door at the top of the stairs. It never squeaked when I still lived.

Day 24121 The noise of the doorbell scares them. But they get so many deliveries. It is a good bell. It has worked all these years- I can see one of the men coming now with his packages, trudging up to the door. …perhaps if I knock before he is here, they will come and look before he can sound the bell.

Day 24114 He is planting flowers in boxes on my windowsills. I always wished I could have some flowers.

Night 24137 She is afraid of the dark. I could see it in her eyes when she got out of bed. …I lit the lamps for her.

Day 24142 They have moved the couch to the sun spot a little to the right of the window. That is where I used to have my armchair. It is the only sensible place for it.

Day 24163 Sometimes the noises of the world are suddenly too much for him. He winces and tries not to sway his head. This is my house. …I can keep it calm and quiet for a while.

Day 24178 She just got a phone call and now they are both laughing. Laughter is a good sound, isn’t it. They said this house has been good luck…

Night 24205 They are singing in our kitchen. He found my cookbook in the gap at the back of the kitchen cabinet and now they are trying to cook. They wanted to start with the soufflé. They don’t even know how to make béchamel! I turned the page to the casserole instead.

Day 24236 This is my house. These are my boarders. I won’t allow anyone to harm them.

[anachronistic-cat]

I’m crying. This just hit all my emotions

[modernsuperhero]

i love this so much!!!!!!

Local Ghost Adopts Children

[burningbee]

I figure out I had ADHD last year, but I didn’t seek an official diagnosis and medication until this year. I’m 30 years old, my school days are long behind me. I slipped through the cracks because I have predominately inattentive type and I was a quiet little girl. Having ADHD does not mean you have to be hyperactive and loud, it means you have a processing problem in your brain that doesn’t allow you to regulate your focus or emotions. 

Mental health even now is still taboo to talk about. People are more open now than ever about it however and that gives me hope. 

This is a profoundly personal comic and it only reflects my own experience with ADHD. It is on a spectrum with a wide range of personalities. But if my story connects with someone else and helps them, that would mean the world to me.

[zubi-arts]

i’ve done literally nothing in this game except collect garbage to give to my two favorite boys

[truebluemeandyou]

Do’s and Don'ts of Designing for Accessibility

Anxiety

Autistic Spectrum

Dyslexia

Physical or Motor Disabilities

Low Vision

Screen Readers

Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Find the PDFs for Do’s and Don’ts of Designing for Accessibility here.

[redandpointy]

I wish you would write a fic where...

Send me an anymous (or not) summary of the fic you wish I would write. (maybe I will write a tidbit)

[kaidansalenkos-remade]

Untitled Goose Game - Two Player Update

[kyraneko]

*SCREAMING*

[doodleforfood]

Happy International Dog Day! 

Here are four of my favorite dog-related comics I’ve made so far

[lightheartedsuggestion]

What’s going to make you happy right now? Is it some cake? Is it a nap? Is it calling your mom? Is it going on a drive and blasting music? Is it taking a bath? Is it reading a book?

Check in with yourself because you deserve that happiness, whatever it is.

[thecatwhowalksbyherself-deactiv]

I use this with my hospice patients a lot. Because "is there anything I can do to help?" rarely gets a response. But, "I'll be here till 6:30 and would like to do one thing to make your room more comfortable before I head out" frequently does get an answer. Often something they deem "too small to bug anyone with" like closing the blinds so there's no reflection on the tv, or repositioning their socks because the heels have wandered into the front and are uncomfortable, or they want ice cream before dinner today, or getting an extra blanket.

I also use this on myself. What's one thing I could do to make my environment more comfortable right now? Does it cure my mental illness? Hell no! Does it make me feel more in control of my feelings and the world around me? You betcha!

[foxes-in-love]

[gardenoffish]

I’m sorry but Bruce Wayne and Harleen quinzel being in the same med school and they’re friends but no one (not even themselves) are sure how they get along

[gardenoffish]

Batman being forced to solve a case with Harley Quinn : You’re my punishment for dropping out of med school

Harley Quinn making the connection between this edgy goth man bat and the edgy goth med student who she suffered all nighters with:

[gardenoffish]

It’s even funnier the thought of them becoming unlikely friends again and teaming up for missions.

Super man: why is a convicted criminal just sitting in your living room?

Harley, sipping her tea: I was actually invited you jealous whore

[hardtochews]

bruce: ...it’s movie night. or at least it was going to be until your uncle zod decided to bring down the wrath of krypton, clark. get him a new hobby that doesn’t involve leveling cities

[gardenoffish]

Harley: hey Brucie!

The rest of justice league that are only allowed to refer to him as Batman:

[gan-man]

..may this joke land with y’all the same way it did for my sister and I lol

[rondoel]

SANDERS SIDES | KING AU

The King Returns - notes

King Creativity

BACKSTORY

Show your fangs

Dethrone [part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4]

A diary

Happy Ending

Padre

—

RETURN OF THE KING

Begining

Bow to Your King [part 1] [part 2] [part 3]

Shadow Virgil

Silence (writing)

Creative minister

Stay to chat

Virgil and baby Patton

Dusty Log

Lost in thought (writing)

Something to think about (writing)

Be more careful (writing)

—

[lightpositivity]

Sometimes you don’t start your day until 2pm. Sometimes you have to put on a pair of jeans and a nice shirt instead of sweatpants in order to feel good about yourself. Sometimes it’s really fucking hard to get up and take a shower or brush your teeth. Sometimes it’s really fucking hard to take care of yourself and it’s okay. That is okay. Simple things aren’t always easy and simple things being hard doesn’t make you weak, you are doing the best you can and some days there are things you just can’t do and that’s okay. You are healing. You are trying. Do what you need to do to feel good.

[perfectly-timed-pics-of-ts]

[prettyinaccurate]