🌻 Joyfully Sea 🌊

Call me Sea! they/them | Pinoy | Early 30s - Tired library worker & storyteller flailing under a mountain of WIPs & coping poorly. Here, queer, part-time GM, full-time himeji

[joyfuladorable]

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‼️Important Posts & Tags:

🌻Sona Reference Sheet

🐢TMNT Fanworks Masterpost

+🚙SAINW Roadtrip AU Masterpost

++🏒Rise Casey Sr Lore Masterpost

+++🧡Mikey-centric Fic Rec List

🐇Oresama Teacher Fanworks Masterpost

🕊️Legendlark Podcast Fanworks Masterpost

#joyfuladorart | #joyfully writes | #My Vid | #Informative Information

📚Book Recommendations:

Elemental Logic series by Laurie J. Marks

Delicious in Dungeon (manga) by Ryoko Kui

Moomin book series by Tove Jansson

Wayfarer series by Becky Chambers

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

Hakumei & Mikochi (manga) by Takuto Kashiki

Witch Hat Atelier (manga) by Kamome Shirahama

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Our Dreams at Dusk (manga) by Yuki Kamatani

💖Forever Interests: Pokemon, Kingdom Hearts, Digimon, D&D, Legend of Zelda, TMNT, Oresama Teacher

👀Current Fixation(s): TMNT (specifically 03 & IDW & Rise Casey & Mirage), Cowboy Bebop, Abbott Elementary

[estro-boi]

we gotta get back to torrent distribution, i just watched someone eat eight grand in bandwidth charges because they ran a direct-download piracy site with local file hosting through cloudflare. torrents were invented literally for this exact reason

[estro-boi]

torrents work like this

i have a file or folder on my pc that i want to share with other people. let's call it gayshit.mp3

unfortunately gayshit.mp3 is 750mb and im not paying for discord nitro so i need another way to send it

i put it into qbittorrent and it makes a torrent file. this is essentially a very small file that points to gayshit.mp3 so other computers can find it. kinda like a treasure map

i send this tiny file to my friend, who loads it into qbittorrent. their computer takes a moment to find mine over the vast expanse of cyberspace and then (as long as my pc is running and the file is still where it should be), it gets copied from my hard drive to theirs

this is the cool part: if somebody else loads that tiny file, they can download it from both of us. if i'm offline but my friend is on, the third person can still get it. this also means that if two people have separate halves of the file, they can download the other half from each other. as long as some combination of people have the pieces between them, they can all have the whole thing.

crucially this does not require a server!!! you can just upload the file to a few people and as long as they keep it, it's still accessible. as long as somebody, somewhere is still connected, it's available forever. the only way it goes away is if everybody disconnects from it.

please learn to torrent

[macleod]

How to Use Torrents (with Pictures) - wikiHow

An expert guide to get started using torrentsTorrents are one of the most popular forms of file sharing on the internet, accounting for over

always use qbittorrent, do not use bittorrent or utorrent.

[joyfuladorable]

Out of Context—Tag Game

Rules: Share a line from your story with zero context.

Tagged by @punctuated-equilibrium-t33la! I have soooo many wips, so I'll choose a few from different iterations:

Hope Unfaltering, but the Body Wavers (A post-Battle Nexus IDW fic)

“Slash, buddy.” It hurts to sit up, to smile and talk, but Mikey does it anyway. “Welcome home, dude.”

Clarity (An 03 Angel-centric fic)

“Hey, Angel!” Casey bends down to meet her eyes, hands on his knees like she’s a child.  His face suddenly feels very punchable.

Duped (An 07 Mikey-centric fic)

Then, he takes two long strides and leaps for the window.

My friends call me Casey (A Rise Casey-centric fic)

Taking charity from someone?  Especially someone from a life she abandoned in the name of the Shredder?

*in the tone of the 'I crush the alien' meme* IIIII tag my buddies: @deadpool1763492 @forestwhisper3 aaand @halogalopaghost

[joyfuladorable]

HAPPY PRIDE TO ALL THE QUEER RISE CAPRIL ENJOYERS

Transparent images of the screenshots I edited if anyone wants to use 'em:

[wand3ring-s0ul]

This animatic was made as fanart to the creators of the “SAINW: Roadtrip AU”, @deadpool3763492 @joyfuladorable @toonzxy

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Btw if you haven’t read it GO READ IT NOW!!! It’s so good!!!

[joyfuladorable]

I had fun with this on twt so I’ll ask it here too:

Who is your favorite TMNT character? (from any iteration; doesn’t have to be a turtle) What media (show, movie, etc) from their era do you think they would like, and who would be their favorite character from that piece of media?

For me, my fave is 03 Mikey! I think he’d loooooove Sailor Moon and relate immensely to Usagi/Serena!

[livingfictionsystem]

A lot of pop psychology gets thrown around and since I already have a headache, here's preventing you lot from making it worse.

Love-bombing: A manipulation tactic of increasing affection and grand gestures before or after doing something abusive, specifically to weasel one's way out of consequences.

What it is not: A streak of affection and generosity towards friends/loved ones.

Trauma-bonding: Knowingly traumatizing someone to take advantage of their vulnerable state, to then act like the "hero" or the one who cheers them up.

What it is not: Bonding over similar traumas.

Gaslighting: *Knowingly* convincing someone they cannot trust their own perception of a situation in pursuit of one's own narrative.

What it is not: Misaligned perception of events.

Narcissist: Someone afflicted with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, a traumagenic cluster B disorder, that struggles with self-obsession, paranoia, craving validity from the public, delusions of grandeur, and social disconnection.

It is not: Your rubbish ex that cheated on you.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

-Xanthe

[kunaigirl]

Me: "Damn people are REALLY BAD at knowing when to tag their eyestrain art/images...either that or they just don't care about photosenitive epileptic people like me. I feel really sad now." Person: "But Allison, what if they just don't know or understand what qualifies as eyestrain and what doesn't?" Me: "You know what? That could be a factor...While it is always better to be safe rather than sorry (so YES people should always tag eyestrain even if they're unsure if it "counts" or not) maybe you've got a point?"

Anyways! HERE'S YOUR HANDY GUIDE TO WHAT CAN COUNT AS EYESTRAIN! I'm pulling this straight from the Artfight rules page about what needs to be labeled and filtered as eyestrain because it's VERY helpful and VERY accurate! I also know not everybody has an AF account and might not always have access to this handy guide, and this is an important resource; That's why I'm sharing it here! (under the cut)

PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY!!! THIS IS ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OTHERS!!!

Full eyestrain AF page link

"But Allison! How were you able to screenshot that example if you're so sensitive to eyestrain?"

I dimmed the HELL out of my computer screen and looked away while taking the screenshot and did the same when putting it into this post, that's how lol. BUT YEAH ANYWAYS!!! Once again:

PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY!!! THIS IS ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OTHERS!!!

[hagiomoto]

The Sameer Project needs you!

Please consider increasing your contribution to The Sameer Project. They have several campaigns on Chuffed that support different areas across Gaza. I encourage you to choose any campaign and contribute regularly, increasing your donation whenever you are able to.

The Sameer Project Official: Instagram | Linktree

We are a donations based aid initiative for Gaza led by Palestinians,

[hagiomoto]

Please increase your donation if possible because Israel just attacked a community kitchen in Gaza killing three volunteers but I'm not sure which community kitchen they attacked but increase your donation anyway. This is a dire time.

[digitaldeathx-deactivated202605]

self-awareness check, list five things you like that aren't media pieces in the tags now ‼️

[amevello-blue]

*UPDATE* 2026 TMNT Fanfic Reader's Choice Awards

>>FAQ<< >>QUICK RULE GUIDE<<

Do you read TMNT fanfic? Do you want to encourage more discussion around fanfic? Do you want to yell from the rooftops how good this one fanfic you read is?

Then do it more--

But also if you would like, you can nominate some fanfics!

The rules are included in the survey. The survey will be open until the 1st of June! Then voting will begin!

TMNT Reader's Choice Awards Nominations 22-26

For the TMNT Fanfic Reader's Choice Awards 2026. All nominations must: Have updated between January 1, 2022 and present day Must be a fanfic

All nominations will be put into a big chart of fanfics regardless of votes or nominations! Also fanfics will win digital ribbons that can be put on profiles or on AO3 pages. Hooray!

**UPDATE** May 19, 2025

We've heard you on the time restrictions! That will now be updated. Any fanfics between January 1, 2022 and present day now qualify! Also, some categories have changed, or been added!

All nominated fics will still be kept but you are allowed to submit again with older fics if you like. This will be a one-time thing, since it's been such a long time since there's been any sort of fic awards. We plan to do this yearly (hopefully again in February), so this is a chance for fics that aren't yet 5+ years old but are in that sweet spot of 2022-2024 to shine.

Sorry about all the messiness, we're figuring things out as we go! Like I said, next year should be a little more organized now that we're settling everything.

Categories can now be found in the quick rule post, linked above! It also includes some more in-depth rules so you can know ahead of time what counts and what can get you disqualified. Some categories have changed, so be sure to double check!

[joyfuladorable]

A whole bunch of Mirage and redraw doodles cuz I read all of Mirage recently and enjoyed it quite a lot! (Unsurprisingly, Shadow is my fave)

[joyfuladorable]

A whole bunch of Mirage and redraw doodles cuz I read all of Mirage recently and enjoyed it quite a lot! (Unsurprisingly, Shadow is my fave)

[shadowen]

This is an anti-despair checkpoint! You must share something you're looking forward to before scrolling on.

[joyfuladorable]

Happy 31st Birthday to me! Still silly, still whimsical, still Me!!

[moved-please-leave-me-alone]

Alright your Discord avatar and tumblr avatar are locked in a closet for 7 minutes ala 7 Minutes In Heaven. What happens

[joyfuladorable]

[igayorhm]

It's so weird to me that blocking has turned into such a serious thing only reserved for if someone did something wrong. I witnessed some discourse a few months ago around some content creator blocking someone and it blew up. They were harassed for "blocking someone for no reason". And I was like ??? cause there was a reason. They simply didn't want to see the blocked person's posts.

Blocking does not have to be some big gesture. I block people for being assholes but I'm also willing to block someone for giving a dumb take about my fav character. I've blocked people because I was tired of seeing their posts in a tag I'm browsing. I've blocked people who had opinions I agreed with but they were an ass about it. I've blocked people simply because I didn't like their personality or the vibe they gave off.

It's not that deep. You don't have to save blocking for "bad" people. If it brings you peace then do it. I promise you that you'll enjoy your internet experience much more if you block instead of engaging with the thing that's upsetting you.