Serenity

20 || she/her || Minors DNI

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I don’t know what to caption this tbh

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Is she at the clurb or out of space?

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YEHAW BABY

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I think I ate with this one tbh

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Morning light 08.02.2025

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Springtime 07.02.2025

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neocities guide - why you should build your own html website

do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!

what is neocities?

neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."

why should I make my own website?

web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.

what would I even put on a website?

the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site

getting started: neocities/html guide

sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles

fun stuff to add to your site

want your site to be cool? here's some fun stuff that i've found blinkies-cafe | fantastic blinkie maker! (run by @transbro & @graphics-cafe) gificities | internet archive of 90s/00s web gifs internet bumper stickers | web bumper stickers momg | gif gallery 99 gif shop | 3d gifs 123 guestbook | add a guestbook for people to leave messages cbox | add a live chat box moon phases | track the phases of the moon gifypet | a little clickable page pet adopt a shroom | mushroom page pet tamaNOTchi | virtual pet crossword puzzle | daily crossword imood | track your mood neko | cute cat that chases your mouse pollcode | custom poll maker website hit counter | track how many visitors you have

web revival manifestos & communities

also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience

in conclusion

i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities

EDIT: part 2!!

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Cheri Cheri Lady 02.02.2025

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An angel? 30.01.2025

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Happy lunar new years Love

In the honor of a new year I've decided to create an actual new years resolution list, but since I hate lists and will probs never fall through with the damn thing I choose a bingo format instead.

It's been a good year for me I suppose. With lots of new experiences in my personal and my work life though I can't say if this trend will continue onto the next one. I've got a younger cousin now, he's about 2 months old and I'm twenty and isn't that a funny thing to think about? It's strange to think that I'm not the only one in the house now and that I've got a little guy around.

Now that I've hit the beginning of my twenties I feel a sense of unease beacsue I'm too old just say 'fuck it, let's roll', like, I'm at the age where im supposed to look for a job and focus on my academics and be a responsible daughter but I'm just not all that. My friends are getting married and running businesses and what am I doing with my life?

So here's to hope for a better year, where I can hopefully be a little better than who I was before.

With love,

Josephine.

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4 star banner leaks for the 1.2 patch

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All dews of fireworks, whim balloons and chests

Have fun exploring babes

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I had too much fun making this after taking a lot of screenshots with the creepy type filter from the game LOL I wanted to make a ps2 style game case cover

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Your creation brings me new joy and delight, never dim your light

[tatakaeeren]

Maomao and Jinshi | The Apothecary Diaries S2 opening

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always been struck by the intelligence that apothecary diaries treats its characters with. everyone in some way is shown to be so smart in a way that feels so human. maomao was taught formally by her father, lady gyokuyou and other concubines are perceptive and educated as they would be and would have to become to be in their position, and jinshi, while not as perceptive is just as perceptive as he needs to be to survive in the palace, similar to the concubines but in the nuance of his position and gender. it can't be understated how much it doesn't rely on shallow girl-bossery, the women are smart- gyokuyou and maomao just get each other and maomao's sisters are both talented and effortlessly navigate complicated political and personal relationships as we see later on, both their own and maomao's.

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Sometimes authors forget that people are multi faceted and that they have lives outside of the main character, so it’s always a treat to see stories that treat all their characters with respect and nuance to their choices and circumstances.