Midori Flower

The universe expressing itself as a tumblr blog for a little while

[ayilings]

it’s always been her

[s1ck0]

Juliette Brocal

[lirionegros]

[lirionegros]

Fake merch PRIDE MONTH

[d3monicas]

DEATH NOTE ⚔

[homunculus-argument]

More testing of the lighting-shading thing I've been trying out. I think I'm starting to figure out how to make it work. The green secondary light is a bit too loud and clumsy here, but I couldn't be arsed to start again from scratch to make it better before I figured out whether the thing I wanted to try would work at all in the first place. And lo and behold: It does work!

[aphfrukweek]

Prompts

From July 14th to July 20th

Day 1 - Magic/Fantasy | Hurt/Comfort

Day 2 - 2P | Cat France/Wizzard England

Day 3 - Forced Proximity | Magical Strike

Day 4 - Nyotalia/Fruri (fruk yuri) | National identity (animals/flowers/symbols/costumes)

Day 5 - Pirate AU | FACE Family

Day 6 - Historical | Medieval AU | 100 Years War

Day 7 - Free

Rules

Tag your post with @aphfrukweek . Feel free to add #frukweek2025 or #frukweek in your tags.

You can use one of the theme or all of them if you like.

Late submissions are accepted, you are under no obligation to post for all the days.

Don’t post your submission before the time. (according to your timezone).

NSFW, gore, and other triggering subjects are allowed as long as it is tagged properly (for NSFW posts, use the mature / sexual community label) and isn’t directly shown on the post. Use read more line or external link to your art / fic / creation.

No ship hate, discrimination, racism, homophobia or any other kind of hate.

@nsfhetalia @hetaliahappenings

[no-sharks-on-the-sun]

[no-sharks-on-the-sun]

they killed him for this

[poetrylesbian]

obviously dietary requirements aren't a joke but my grandma sometimes runs errands for her church and i asked her what she's up to today and she said extremely seriously "ive got to track down the body of the gluten free christ, julia"

[ritavonbees]

this totally scans for a swear intensifier btw. what in the gluten free christ is going on here, Julia

[overthinkingao3]

We write for ourselves, but we post for others.

(this came out of a conversation in the comments on a previous post about an author threatening to stop updating a fic because of lack of engagement)

So there’s this idea that fic writers should write for themselves and not care too much about stats or engagement,

and i totally get the sentiment behind that. if writing becomes entirely about stats and external validation, something important does get lost - creative freedom and joy, conviction in your own writing

but i also think:

“i write for myself, but i post for others.”

because posting fic is not only self-expression. it’s social. ao3 is called an archive, but emotionally it often functions as a community space.

people post for connection, for participation, for others to bear witness to their pain and trauma and grief,

and i don’t think most people are asking to be admired so much as acknowledged. there’s something deeply human about wanting another person to encounter something that mattered to you and go:

“ok, yeah, I see what you were trying to say. I see you.”

especially because fanfic is often people processing very real feelings through fictional characters at a safe distance, one step removed,

and then uploading that deeply personal thing into a shared archive and hoping somebody else might connect with it.

And i think that’s why it hurts so much when you summon up the courage and post a fic into the void and you get nothing back,

and then it’s like,

does anyone see me? does anyone even care?

[pearly-stargirl]

welp. Happy fucking pride month to you too VIVINOS

[polpol333]

Tw*tter didn't appreciate my joke but I hope you guys will

[deathgroupie]

half man ending in the late 2010s is crazy because you know for a fact people in universe are immediately making and posting shit like this

[odyver]

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive

under 18, AI is a net negative

18-29, AI is a net positive

18-29, AI is a net negative

30-45, AI is a net positive

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive

46-60, AI is a net negative

over 60, AI is a net postive

over 60, AI is a net negative

Voting ended onJun 11

[odyver]

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)

Rarely (once every couple of years)

Never :(

Voting ended onJun 11

[odyver]

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined

under 18, less inclined

18-29, more inclined

18-29, less inclined

30-45, more inclined

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined

46-60, less inclined

over 60, more inclined

over 60, less inclined

Voting ended onJun 11

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

🫶

[shadow-of-calamity]

Holy smokes, I'm proud of this one.

[haleyusesherwords]

[epicscizor]

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