#athena rambles

[athena-xiii]

LAHAN MY SILLY LITTLE MATH MAN WELCOME TO THE OPENING CREDITS !!!

Guys you don’t understand I love him. I wanna shake him so hard his glasses fall off

[ah-athena-andherthoughts]

The Julio nose

(lowkey inspired by @kseniayahz octavian piece)

[fatherfigure-femme]

francis lawrence is so good at doomed yaoi now he just needs to clock in for a few shifts at the yuri factory

[verathena14]

dont fuck with me. i WILL turn your favorite ship t4t. dont even fucking try me bro.

[lazerinth]

I just think it’s a little hot how KC is experienced and Zane is kind of a loser whose never been in a relationship hnghhh

[oathena11-writes]

DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN NANOWRIMO

Time to talk about something I haven’t really talked about before.

Nanowrimo. You know the challenge to write 50k in a month? That starts in November, and usually people start coming out of hibernation to start planning for that now.

And to plan, they often find their way to the forums to find others who are gearing up and thinking about turning October into Preptober.

Only… the forums are closed this year. Why is that?

Well… https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSYcdosGLoPFI_Dc--vuC9Bl4-OUFGcmHgBRt2aHSRVWBPc6su4AMFY5iDgZGyC379Zm8C7zhBd2zuf/pub

NaNoWriMo 2023 controversy summary

Wait sorry that’s a long document though as someone who has been keeping up with this since late October 2023 and knows a lot about what’s going on, this is the most accurate summary I know of offhand.

So… short version? NaNo has been crumbling for a while, between dismissing people’s dislike of the 2019 redesign, not handling conflict well in general, leaving MLs feeling unsupported and unappreciated, and allowing a culture to grow in which a forum mod became the sole moderator of a fast moving teen forum.

This forum mod was accused of grooming. Several people compiled evidence to show why they believed that. The staff at NaNo did nothing. They claimed an investigation happened but no action was taken for months.

I read through a thread where many concerns were discussed and barely listened to. I watched many members of the community went from hopeful and believing in the organization to angry and disheartened over the course of several months after being treated like children, being told things would happen that never did change.

Then things came to a boiling point in November, and the Board got involved. They shut down the forums and started investigating. We had hope. Then they started treating us the same way the staff had.

There are currently no known MLs as all were removed before April, as they need to be vetted and go through some training, only there’s no word on when that is going to happen.

There were barely any proper events during April and July, and some events NaNo advertised were hosted by their sponsors.

There’s a lot more that I could get into, but I think the more I try to explain the more likely I am to get it wrong and there is enough misinformation about this controversy out there.

For now, the latest is this post on zen desk about AI.

Yeah… I have no faith left. Do not even look at NaNo’s official site. They don’t deserve to think they’re getting people to participate. Especially since all they want is money these days.

If you’re looking for a substitute word tracker, I highly recommend trackbear.app. It’s still in beta, but I’ve been using it all year, and I enjoy it. There’s a goals option that includes the graph and par line we all enjoyed with NaNo, and there’s leaderboards to have fun with your friends.

[shadowsndaisies]

Your Top Gun series is the besttttt. Just devoured the whole Athena verse and I’m in love!!! Can’t wait for what’s coming next!

ahh thank you!! there's something magical about the top gun movies, that i've always really appreciated, and i am so pleased that people really seem to be enjoying the story i've spun around it!

as for what's next... well i've got quite a few things planned out at the moment, so i hope it continues to please!

[laz-exe]

Random thoughts about my self indulgent ship because I can;

Damon and Laz playing Minecraft together would look something like this; Laz yearns for the mines and leaves Damon to make the house, she comes back and is… supportive of his little flower shack of a house, then she has him go to gather materials for her, and she uses Pinterest to create a cosy cottage home for them instead.

She keeps Damon’s little attempted house nearby because she thinks it’s cute.

They would definitely be the type to play Minecraft just for the experience, they don’t care much for the achievements or farming for resources. They would simply have a house, make a lil bee keeping area with flowers, and start a farm with chimkems.

If DG joined in it would go drastically different, because he’s such a shit disturber and would one hundred percent cause minor inconveniences for them.