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Things I say or do on the daily:

And now you know a little about me 😊

This has been a PSA 😉

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Been rewatching Avatar and still have so much love for these characters. I enjoy thinking of Iroh meeting Zuko’s dragon, sometime after The Search. It would be a nice way of bringing the symbolism of the dragons in their story come full circle.

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i went into uni after work to make myself do homework & instead i drew my original wife

devinellekurtz

Katara’s Childhood // Katara’s story is really powerful. I wanted to show both the devastating loss she experienced as well as the hope as her father sets out, beginning a long chain of events that eventually include her and her brother bringing freedom and hope to so many people.

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debustee

❗️Commission of Dany from a very wonderful person as a Christmas gift to the sweetest @/rhaenysdagger on X💙

I'm so happy when loving and caring people find each other!

debustee

Rhaenys and Aegon if they had a chance to grow up (children of Elia & Rhaegar)💙

It's a sketch, so it's a little messy, I'm studying to do them coloured😌

myrthena

Rani studies which were very cathartic! 🪷💧🧚‍♀️

ninjasmudge

can anyone hear me. bulma and goku have exactly the same taste.

i really think arguing is how theyd bond, (my poly agenda, they have to get on even if theyre not together just bc of the amount of time they both spend with goku and bulma lmao) vegeta doesnt seem to really yell at people unless he knows them, otherwise he just ignores them, and i really think part of chichis love language is harmless but loud arguments, she'll die on any hill

#dbz #dbz fanart #bulma x vegeta #vegebul

sanshofox

I decided to make a partner piece for the Brienne art nouveau picture. I tried to keep the symmetry as high as possible, I know that Jaime is smaller than Brienne so he is a bit smaller in this pic than her, but not too small to break the symmetry.

I included additional flowers with the general meaning of “Forgive me” “I am sorry” “Don’t forget me”…

The sword he holds is the one he knighted her with ;)

The second pic is both of them in one view. I switched the color palettes for them, symbolizing the exchange in values and experiences, that they’re part of each other now. Brienne got Lannister like colors whereas Jaime got a few of the Tarth colors and some of the North. I like that the swords are almost on the same height, giving them somewhat the look of merging, underlining my symbolism here. both available for art prints (only): https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/sansho/

orangepanic

Go read an old fic.

There’s such recency bias in fandom. As an author you post something, get a few reactions, and then it goes off into the bin. As a reader you check the tags, see what’s new, and move on. But a lot of old stuff is really good. It’s just sitting there, gathering dust, waiting for someone to take a peek.

So go on. Treat yourself.

Read an old fic.

luulapants

I’d argue there’s a bias against like… middle-aged fics in particular. A lot of people sort by kudos or bookmarks, but that’s going to be strongly biased toward older fics, which have had more time to accumulate them. Then there’s people that sort by date and read the newest. But there’s so much good material in that middle area.

A friend taught me her trick for smaller fandoms, which is to sort by kudos and use the published date filters to go through the fandom in 6-month increments. Within a 6-month time span, you’re not really going to get the kudos-over-time bias. Basically, you end up reading the best fics of each 6-month period until you start hitting fics below your quality threshold, wherever that is. You’ll find so much good material that way that would never have crossed your line of sight otherwise.

gothiccharmschool

This is a clever idea, and I’m reblogging it so I remember to do it.

word-wytch

I think there's something that needs to be said about encouraging readers to leave feedback.

For me it's not about "tell me my writing is amazing and stroke my ego"

It's more about "please engage with me so that I can experience your joy secondhand and foster a connection with you"

I understand that not everyone wants this in their reading experience, some people are shy and a million other reasons why maybe someone wouldn't want to engage and that's perfectly fine!

But what I'm trying to steer away from is being a passive content creator with passive consumers. What I want to steer toward is fostering a community that is essential to fandom. I want to see your reactions because it makes me feel like I'm a part of something.

On encouraging reblogs —

I understand that not everyone is comfortable reblogging, especially explicit content. This is ok!

But just consider that the only reason you were able to enjoy a fic or fanart is because someone else shared it, and by not sharing it yourself you are potentially robbing someone else of the opportunity to enjoy it as much as you did.

As OPs our reach only goes so far and this website relies on reblogs in order for anything to truly get seen by a wider audience.

So that's really it! That's why I encourage these two things at the end of every story I post. Not because I'm trying to be demanding and "make people feel bad" if they don't do it.

I know most other social media sites encourage mindless content consumption and that's just the way of the world nowadays, but I am from a time when community was at the heart of fandom and I just don't want to lose that.

aimmyarrowshigh

But what I'm trying to steer away from is being a passive content creator with passive consumers. What I want to steer toward is fostering a community that is essential to fandom. I want to see your reactions because it makes me feel like I'm a part of something.