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storytelling makes me squeemish

[jamswhams]

Welcome! I'm jam (їжак) :)

out here yapping so -> Art is at #yizhart

ocs, studies, etc., mostly fanart oc tag is #joecs

Find me as jamswhams on bsky, twt, instagram, and cara

I use krita for digital art

I like a lot of stuff man idk what i'll post but ive had bsd lmk and crk as big phases since starting this blog (in that order)

I talk abt my ocs from time to time

Feel free to send doodle requests, no guarantee I'll get to them in a timely manner tho!

[noelledeltarune]

i hope i am not just an online presence to you all but also someone who has a really bad headache

[spoonbenders-archive]

in the end, all ship pairings can be categorized as either squidbob, patbob, squidward x squilliam, or mr krabs x mrs puff. thats just the way things are. if it builds off of a trope theres a spongebob pairing to match it. if you don't understand this then we can't hire you to oversee the production at this lithium ion battery plant

[jamswhams]

I subscribe to the school of thought that shmilks hair corresponds to his state of mind, but this applies to fount and sage.... I'm taking them into account... his hair is wavier when he's at rest and gets straighter and more solid when he's tense thus shadow milks whole deal, when he's especially emotional it starts to loosen and curl bc he's not holding it in

[jamswhams]

I've become too powerful in crk, there's no point to me drawing on either of these legacy costume banners..... 60k cubes in the bank...

[flyin-shark]

I feel cheated. no one on Reddit told me that tumblr is a serotonin factory. Keep liking and reblogging my posts please thanks

[felixcloud6288]

Just don't fly too close to the sun.

[flyin-shark]

Throw me to the sun and I’ll get it pregnant

[strangehorse]

he understands the website your honour

[jamswhams]

The fact this update had some incredible banger and baller lore drops and NOBODY WAS FUCKING TALKING ABT THEM and instead were busy getting on some drama idek is so sad scoop is genuinely an amazing update w super fun characters, great pacing, info drops, the music and aesthetic are peak, like fuck off crk community...

[jamswhams]

No I'm miffed do ppl think the beasts were sealed just for funsies like they can't be killed normally. One can still be partially immortal and a weak little bitch boy (shmilk) ik they are dead rn that's bc they do not have physical bodies but as we know their original doughs are still under the tree and have been dead for a while and that didn't stop them coming back the first time. I'm not saying it bc I think that's where the story is going ppl are just calling shmilk a tank for surviving being hit by a giant flying airship and also stabbed by a sword wider than him and I'm like guys the beasts are lowk baked to Not Die

[jamswhams]

All the talk abt aromantocism lately is making me itch to flesh out my fav ocs more and share but I'm soooo lazy and tireeeduh

[caffeinewitchcraft]

I have a mute character in the story I’m writing and one of my beta readers suggested I use italics when they sign so that I don’t have to keep peppering “they signed” or “their hands flashed” throughout the piece.

But like…I always read italics in a different tone like they’re thoughts. It seems quieter than using normal quotations which makes what they say look less significant on the page than other character’s dialogue.

I really don’t think my audience needs me to use completely different punctuation around a mute character. There’s no need to act like they’re speaking a different language since their muteness isn’t a focal point in the story.

So really this reader’s comment has done the complete opposite of what they intended. Now I’m actively taking out as many of my “hands flashed” notations as possible and just writing in normal body language because, clearly, the other characters understand them and my audience doesn’t need to be coddled.

[fanarchoslashivist]

As an HOH reader and writer I can affirm that once the signing has been established it can just be treated like “said”.

You can add little things for emphasis though, like how fast or flippant a sign is given, also a lot of our “punctuation” is in facial expressions, so wild looks is kind of normal. Also messing up signs and just.. pushing them aside. Like, you mess up a fingerspell and just take both hands and shove the air in front of you to your side, people who sign eventually end up doing this for other things, like a “forget it” motion. It’s like a “wave it off” gesture.

Body language for someone who signs is a lot more animated than someone who speaks, as we use our upper body a lot in our conversations, so the act of “signing” is more than just hand signals.

[caffeinewitchcraft]

Yes….yes GOOD this is the good stuff right here. I’m going to incorporate some of these ASAP ESPECIALLY the pushing the air but to clear it of your mistakes

[jupitertears3]

fuck i just remembered i’m fundamentally unlovable

[jamswhams]

I hate when ppl expect me to come to a conclusion or guess something correctly. and I can track down the exact moment that dread and fear set in as a kid but it's all so stupid, I'm stupid, I want it all to stop

[cryptidkey]

PM Dazai doodles

[jamswhams]

Thinking abt ad lib who wears contacts most of the time but needs glasses and nobody knows that. Ad lib w ocd also that keeps coming up. Oh my kitty is snoring so cute... so cute...

[jamswhams]

The opening to anywhere else by the jungle giants always makes me a little happy when I hear it

[jamswhams]

well now ive gone and let myself slip into square underweight territory :/

[jamswhams]

thats my freak son