A Normal Human @not-a-space-alien - Tumblr Blog

About me/this blog

Hi! Call me Nasa. All the cool kids are using pinned posts now. Here's my old about page.

If we are strangers to each other, please do not ask me to share your fundraiser. I will not share fundraisers from people I do not know.

Due to my own personal triggers, if you follow me from a blog that centers heavily on eating disorders, I will block you.

I'm 33. This blog is mostly sfw, but does occasionally contain adult-oriented content. If you are a minor following me, I expect you to block the "nsfw" tag so these posts are blocked, and to not interact with them. This blog also will occasionally contain graphic depictions of violence and blood.

I’m okay with anything I post being reblogged unless it’s tagged with “please don’t reblog” or some variation thereof.

If you don't want me to answer an ask publicly, please say so as I will usually do so. I am also open to private DMs. Anons are usually on and usually it's fine to ask me anything as long as it's genuine/in good faith, just put warnings ahead of anything explicit, suggestive, or potentially disturbing so my followers can be warned if I answer publicly. Ask box may be closed during times of high volume of spam messages, in which case you can use the submission feature instead.

I will tag things if you ask me to, as long as it's not too difficult to do so. I already tag commonly blocked things like nsfw, gore, and blood. I have also been asked to tag spiders, trypophobia, blood, and weed so I will do my best to remember.

I usually prefer to just dump all of my interests on one blog rather than side blogs, but I (sometimes) run @good-omens-classic @women-of-good-omens and @thisbutgoodomens. I own @audiomens which is an archive. @thistleposting is also my blog.

I'm a human. Read the URL.

My writing:

My AO3 page

Published works: Professionally edited and polished

Magnanimous Moonrise & Savage Sunset definitive edition: available in ebook and paperback.

Transmission Received: A short story in The Whumpboratory

Bonnie and Guy: A novella in the 12MOW series!

Sanctuary: A short story in High Stakes and Bloody Business

$500/lb: A short story in It Comes From the Sea (free)

Coming Soon: Desperate Daybreak, the sequel to MMSS

Coming Soon: "The Gamble" and "It Can Still Play Card Games," two short stories in Cosmic Consequences

Coming Soon: Whirlpool Galaxy Tours, a short story in Wish You Were Here

Coming Soon: Chase, a short story in DOOMSCROLL

I write as a hobby. Most of my current writing is original works. Some of them have illustrations/visuals, but you are free to imagine the characters differently if you like. I welcome fanart, fanfiction, roleplaying asks, and collaborative worldbuilding, for anyone who feels so inclined. Just tag me so I can see! :)

Magnanimous Moonrise & Savage Sunset - A story about a vampire and a vampire hunter, told from dualing perspectives. (caution: graphic) (The tag for posts about this story is #MMSS) (This story is complete and has been polished into a published novel available through @thewhumpyprintingpress, link here.)

Desperate Daybreak - The direct sequel to Magnanimous Moonrise & Savage Sunset. (The tag for posts about this story is still #MMSS) (complete)

Watch Your Step - An entomologist finds an injured fairy while out in the field. (The tag for posts about this story is #Watch Your Step) (In progress)

The Castle - In which a powerful vampire kidnaps a vampire hunter. (On hiatus)

Two Sides of the Same Coin (A Baldur's Gate 3 fanfiction) (complete)

Most recent story updates:

5/8/26 Tinytopia Chapter 17: Bacchanal

3/7/26 Desperate Daybreak Chapter 29

10/20/25 The Castle chapter 6: Jaws

2/15/25 Two Sides of the Same Coin Chapter 11

Click the readmore for more info about my writing, recent updates list, and what I'm currently working on!

#pinned #MMSS #watch your step #my writing

written-in-the-stars135

One day I'll whump Valen, but today I wanted to draw him being cute

Valen by @not-a-space-alien

#aaaiieiee he's so cute thank you :D #mmss

draconym

It's nuts how common it is to not allow children to be angry, even (especially) in households where adults are angry all the time. As a child I knew my own anger was unacceptable--not just expressing it outwardly but feeling it at all. So now as an adult my immediate reaction to my own anger is often to feel guilt instead of like. Noticing when someone is being rude or unfair or my boundaries are being violated or whatever. fucked up.

jackawful

to this day "who is allowed to be angry" has been an incredible benchmark for teasing out who, in abusive situations with mutual accusations and DARVO happening, is being abusive and who is being abused. one of my favorite resources about this, the Creative Interventions Toolkit, phrases the question "who sets the weather?" in the relationship and I think about it so so often when I think about my own childhood. I was parentified in a way that set me up for future abusive relationships, because I had to soothe my parents' anger while not being allowed to feel angry myself. I am extremely grateful to everyone outside myself - friends, therapists, partners - who's gotten angry on my behalf about how I'm treated or let me know something I'd been excusing or blaming myself for was actually Not Okay. I guess the good news here is that it's possible to learn how to access anger again in a healthy way, it just takes support, like doing physical therapy for a muscle that didn't develop quite right.

draconym

I relate so strongly to this.

This is not to say that feeling anger is abusive; it's human to feel anger. But if you've ever felt like your anger was "unjustified" or were afraid to express it outwardly because you expected it to be dismissed ... ask yourself how you would react if the roles were reversed. I find that a lot of folks who were The Grown Up in a relationship with their parents hold themselves to much different standards than they hold other people.

I've seen plenty of situations that involve two or more people hurting each other and not admitting any fault because they want to protect their own egos. But. Notice when you think you're not entitled to be upset about something. When someone tells you you shouldn't be upset. There's a difference between taking your anger out on other people and just. Being allowed to feel angry.

cherryhatter-deactivated2015072

KICK THE CAN!

Let’s play the biggest game of kick the can on the internet.

To kick the can, reblog it. I wanna see how long this can go on for.

visibun

the oldest reblogs for this post that i can find are from january 2nd of 2013. this can has been getting kicked around tumblr for almost 13½ years now

Finally got through reading all of desperate daybreak and MMSS and omg

I. Have no words. Im so happy for these characters omg

Im torn between thoughtful silence, pondering how to carry on after reading it, or frothing at the mouth.

Thank you for writing it! I shall treasure the many rereads to come

Aaaaah you're so nice! I'm glad you enjoy 😊😊😊

Don't forget to pick up a physical copy or ebook with extra scenes and professional editing 😀

#mmss #anon

possumsarenice

Shout everyone else taking the vow of silence today

#saw it in theaters yesterday #I'M DOING MY PART #tadc

butch-king-frankenstein

Putting the term "male gaze" on top of the fridge until everyone remembers that it refers to a cinematographic trend and not the act of looking at things while being a man

assaultmystic-archive

reaching up to get it off of the fridge and the big tshirt im wearing as pyjamas rides up and the reader sees my panties

I think the gender politics of the drow were originally supposed to be wish fulfillment for straight men who liked domineering women, but I feel like these days it's mostly wish fulfillment for people who want to see tormented, pathetic men

#dnd #drow

syntax-forest

It's that time of year again.

vanhelsingapologist

“not all men.” you’re right. count strahd von zarovich would never do this to me. he’d do something worse.

storm-of-the-swarm

Having a really long-term hyperfixation that has since faded is terrifying yes but it's also so embarrassing. Hi I used to think about Scrimblo Splungus 25/7. Yeah, for 2 years straight. Nah, I don't think about them anymore except for with a vague sense of melancholy as I recall how they used to make me feel. Anyways this new one, Blimpkins McGee? I'm gonna think about them forever and the cycle will NOT repeat in 2 years. Trust me guys.

#me about gomens 😐