4/26/25 : Due to the scrapping of GenAI, I have decided to lock my works now and in the future. Only registered AO3 users will be able to read the works below. I apologize to any guests who enjoyed my work in the past. Unfortunately it is the only step I can take to protect my works from infringement.
Current fandoms:
Linked Universe
DPxDC
Transformers
Art:
Art will be under the tag mrow art OR mrow post until further notice.
Linked Universe:
True Courage: COMPLETED
A Wind-Centric fic that tells how Wind finds his way back to the Chain after getting separated in a shift. The only problem? He's stuck in the middle of nowhere in Wild's world a mere five years after the Calamity. How will he make it back to them in one piece?
Pls mind the tags on individual chapters for different triggers. Also, I feel the need to mention that this is OC-centric as well.
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Lost and Found :
A Wild-centric oneshot related to True Courage that details the steps Wild is taking to find the Chain scattered throughout Hyrule. This also gives some context. HOWEVER, it is recommended that one reads this AFTER CHAPTER 36 of TRUE COURAGE to avoid spoilers to the plot.
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A Team Bonding Exercise:
Oneshot. VERY FUN AND FLUFFY. Also one of my first pieces! Legend gets put on "babysitting" duty while Time, Twilight, and Wars run to town to get supplies. Legend takes full advantage of his leadership position to goof off with his brothers.
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A Question For the Chosen:
Oneshot. This made me cry when I wrote it. Flora and Sky are besties and I WILL die on this hill. Flora has something she needs to say to Fi and Sky. ITS SWEET.
Danny Phantom x DC:
Lotus Corniculatus : WIP
Multi-chaptered. Chaotic, there will be angst and arson in heaps. Stay tuned.
"Danny wanted one week. Just one. That didn’t end up a complete disaster. He was so close, so close, to being able to fully relax. "
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Danny Fenton was finally getting a break. That is until Jack and Maddie Fenton packed up the GAV to investigate strange "energy surges" occurring in and around Gotham. Now, forced to come along, will Danny and Jazz be able to find the source of the disturbances and stop it in time before Batman catches wind of Team Phantom being in town?
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Ivy + Danny Prompt Fill :
Oneshot. Inspired the fic above! From the prompt made by @/stealingyourbones; ""Danny gifts Ivy an extinct flower as a thank you gift."
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Brothers in Arms: Meeting
Captain Marvel and DPxDC mashup! Done with a friend @/somecrappyclone. Unsure if I'm going to continue. Will decide for suresies after Lotus is completed.
IT'S CALLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COMPASSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT EMPATHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE WORD YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS COMPASSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
con of turning spitfire into 5 books: i’m back in the editing pit
pro of turning spitfire into 5 books: all the stuff around caed and allene’s wedding that got rushed in the first pass can be so much messier now (+ many more pros)
i have been Not talking about this bc idk. i feel bad that i am back in the editing mines Again and not writing the Next part of the story (i am still writing a Lot) buuuuut doing this is going to make so many more things possible for spitfire. including potentially audiobooks.
5 books between 130-170k each is just a much easier sell than 1 270k word book and 3 130-170k word books. and also it’s just better. book 1 has a much clearer identity now and just… everything works better imo.
and before you ask yes i do feel ridiculous for doing this.
i have basically avoided talking about spitfire publicly for a while because i felt bad/embarrassed about rehashing/re-editing it after releasing rekindled but doing that is just making me feel worse instead of better about this when i made this decision for the over all health of the story.
i miss talking about spitfire publicly. being in the editing mines for so long has meant that i’ve basically lost my entire beta reading group bc i can’t ask my friends to reread the same story but different for the fifth time in a row and that has been so difficult for me and my motivation.
A crew in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Oakland spotted a pigeon ‘in distress’ after a vehicle fire
Heartwarming footage of California firefighters treating perhaps their smallest patient on record has captivated the internet.
A crew in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Oakland spotted a pigeon “in distress” earlier this week after a vehicle fire, and jumped into action to assist.
“The crew reported the pigeon came up to them seeking help. The pigeon seemed to have suffered some smoke inhalation from the vehicle fire,” said Oakland Firefighters Local 55 union in a post on social media.
As captured in footage posted online, a firefighter administered oxygen with a mask placed over the small bird’s face as it stood in the road. It flew away after “clearing out its lungs”.
so ive worked in childcare for a bit now. during the pandemic, the place i worked started a day program for kids whose parents needed to return to work. turns out the school district uses memorization and cueing, and when combined with online learning that read all the instructions to them, overwhelmingly the kids aged 5-9 just... couldnt read.
i brought in a bunch of my books from childhood, and we started having one-on-one reading lessons with the littles. then i went out and bought about fifty more books secondhand. first step was covering the pictures so the kids couldnt guess what the words said and had to actually TRY reading them first. second step was making a list of new words for each kid so we could learn about those words, what they meant, and if the kids were old enough, some of the etymology behind them (because if you can recognize latin root words, it's easier to make connections for pronunciation later on eg. unicorn -> universe).
the kids HATED this. reading was previously the easiest class and now it was really, really hard. but reading class had also previously been the most boring class; their books were ten pictures with a single sentence on the opposite page. we got through it by taking turns reading books the kids picked out from my collection- they would read one sentence or paragraph, then i would read the whole page complete with funny voices, then it would be their turn again, etc. it turns out that if kids are motivated to hear the rest of a good story or a lot of information about a topic they love, they're more willing to struggle.
the kids improved so rapidly that i honestly almost cried a few times from how proud i was. one little girl (kindergarten aged) went from being unable to sound out the whole alphabet to reading goodnight moon by herself in two months :'>
all this, though, was NOT my job. my job was to keep the kids on task during their online schooling and prevent them from killing each other or starving. i am not a teacher. the school system was failing these kids to the degree that outside individual reading lessons were necessary, and school systems across the US are still doing this!
if you are a parent or teacher or childcare worker, PLEASE check to see what your kid is being taught. ask to see examples of lesson materials. raise concerns about the importance of phonics over any other reading strategy. join the pta, go to school board meetings, send emails- just make sure your kid is actually learning to read.
So I do 3D modeling and printing as a hobby, and a few weeks ago I designed wheel guards meant to prevent office chairs from running over cables and clothes... or your pet's tail.
I got the idea from cowcatchers old locomotives used to have.
Anyways, yesterday I uploaded the model to Thingiverse, and just hours after uploading it, the Community Relationship Manager of the whole website left a comment suggesting I enter the model into a competition that's currently being held on the site.
So I did... and now it's in third place not even a day later. First place is $500, but the competition still has a month to go.
Then the Community Manager contacted me again, telling me they want to feature my model in an upcoming design promotion.
Just, what is happening? I mostly made this thing for myself in, like, an hour, and now it's suddenly super popular? This is all a little bit overwhelming 😵💫
Other models I worked on for weeks didn't get nearly as popular. I swear, it's impossible to predict what people will like.
Anyways, if you want to print the wheel guards yourself, you can get the model here or here.
I also made a quiet version you can stick furniture felt pads on.
i will say that it seems the devs finally figured out how to achieve a cohesive color palette with this art style so it doesn't look so muddy and incoherent, so that's a plus 👍
reading a good interesting book after a horrible reading slump and suddenly you can feel the sun shining again and the sky is more beautiful than ever and birds are all singing songs to you
inability to correctly perceive 3d objects is in fact far more dangerous when someone is driving a car next to you then when they're like, sending emails to you.
Advanced guide to getting in the loop. Supplementary to "Civilization Essentials." If a movie is on this list, then it has one of these: -Po
Not all these movies are necessarily good, but the ones that gave me small pop culture epiphanies. It made me realize that 30%-40% of the jokes from modern sitcoms are references/parodies- and these movies are their source material.
^^ This is also true for socializing. So many people I thought were naturally funny were just doing movie bits.
[I actually do have a job, I am just a big fan of lists and graphs and flow charts etc.]
Happy disability pride month to everyone with ptsd, happy disability pride month to everyone with complex ptsd, happy disability pride month to everyone who questions if their problems are big enough to count as a disability, happy disability pride month to anyone who questions if their problems count as a physical or mental disability, happy pride month to everyone who has a disability that causes people to stare, and to those whose disabilities are hidden, happy disability pride month to everyone who deals with any kind of disability physical or mental, you’re all badass and I want you to remember that this month okay
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