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Hey guys, happy world book day :D

(Me who reads Gunshow and brinky fanfiction)

FANFICTION COUNTS OK-

#I'm totally gonna read that new armory family fanfic later “jealous sparks”#Perhaps continue re-reading CRT's and magazines in order (got up to the last chapter of deisel club if anyone is wondering)#Uuuuuuh maybe the sonic IDW comics? I need to catch up 😭#Ngl I used to dislike reading as a kid because I found it boring as well as hating reading out loud in class on the spot #like at least let me read it first before I say it out loud and embarrass myself spunding like a robot...ugh #and I struggled to read and spell quite a bit... still kinda do 💀#Just kinda felt forced to read at school so I didn't feel very motivated #plus I was more invested in animation and visual media in general #I've gotten a lot better at reading now and I even enjoy it yippeeeee #all I needed was the right topic to keep me hooked #Like the first book I ever cared to read and finish was that DanTDM graphic novel when I was a kid #I actually brought it on world book day when those mini book shop caravans appeared #I WAS SO EXCITED AT THE TIME and I still have it to this day :)#Who knew hyperfixations would motivate me to read 👀#take notes schools 👁#world book day #Also fanfiction boosted my motivation for reading even more #Not just for ship fanfics but for straight up fan episodes too like omg #I love fandoms!! so many people are creative maaannn #Brinky #Gunshow

LOW RES FOR THE WINNNNNNN

#the last face of “holup Yo's backing me up now like legitimately and not just in an effort to get on my good side oh this is rare”#Look I can and will rag on Yo as much as I like for all of time #That man is a clown and I stand by it #(and yet somehow my freaking brain found a way to give him an actually serious scene in my dang fic—#like what the heck man I thought we were on the same side about this [it's like. I accidentally set it up perfectly as well.#I love and hate my brain sometimes] anyway that's not for like two more chapters so don't worry about it [read Pink Ears White Rat])#(two days in a row of shouting out my own fic may read a little try-hard but also I re-hyped myself up for it recently so lemme be hype)#(by re-hyped I don't mean I had lost interest but that I had run into a bit of a roadblock in terms of “what am I even doing”#and now I've figured out what the hell I'm doing [hence also the outlining mentioned yesterday—though what do you MEAN I have to wait like #eight or more chapters on my end to drag Gen back into this??? And not even for very long #I have to separate them again like as soon as S3 hits and Chrome drags Ukyo off to search for oil. And you KNOW I am not passing up #that sweet sweet Exploration Trio time. I am hyped but I do also miss my purple menace T—T])#(okay I guess this is just a “let's tease the future of PEWR” post now actually lemme also say a while ago I had an idea for a scene #of the sort that is simply pure bliss as a writer. Like OK let me just tie multiple different running plotlines and tension points up #all together in a nice little bow right here and let that act as a turning point for character mindset and a relationship #and introduce new tension because of those shifts all in one scene. Dude Kinrukyo is so happening I am determined #like not to be spoilers. But Kinrukyo is happening ten billion percent. Sub plot and slow burn but it's happening.)#(also also separate note Hyoga's going to keep getting worse at least until end of season 2; then we're giving Ukyo therapy)#(he's going to need a lot of therapy. Congrats on the new job Gen! [/hj it'll be a team effort])#saionji ukyo #ukyo saionji #dr stone ukyo #dcst ukyo #ukyo dr stone #ukyo dcst #dcst brainrot #dr stone screenshots #dcst screenshots #dcst #dr stone

sighs forever. for one million billion years

#saimaki #been thinking a lot lately about how they see kaito and pushing back against Blind Hero Worship allegations #they see something so free and inspiring in him‚ it makes them jealous that they can't be that way sometimes #but they also love having it in their lives because they've never known someone like him before #like i've said‚ they don't literally think he's perfect. they understand he can be impulsive and ridiculous #and when maki says “useless” here it's harsh but it also goes in line with the stuff she says about him being all talk‚ or unreliable #which i think is not a super inaccurate read on kaito. not that he's actually useless‚ but he talks a big game for a reason #it's an established character trait of his‚ but maki & shuichi learn to appreciate the thoughts behind his words & actions #rather than just eye-rolling at the Hero Front #they come to understand that him just being there for them and believing in them literally saved their lives #he doesn't need to be their hero‚ it was enough that he was their friend‚ that's why they loved him #but it's so funny that even since the very beginning maki and shuichi were so on the same page about him #admiring how relaxed and carefree he is while they're so anxious and stressed all the time #of course we know kaito is not actually as carefree as he seems on the surface. but i think it brings them a lot of relief to know him #anyway. saimaki birds of a feather etc etc #i love all their one-on-ones #it's also so funny that maki says she didn't ask to hear shuichi's story‚ but they have this conversation in the first place #because she's the one who started asking him questions about why he's training lol. if she hadn't he would've been #content to let them sit in silence the whole time #but in the end once he opens up she pushes him away‚ closes off after kind of pouring her heart out a little herself #thinking over her humanity in front of him‚ even though she doesn't even know him #she is very much still used to running away‚ fleeing the scene #re: saimaki #re: maki

Like it's one thing to understand intellectually that trauma changes you and there's no end point at which you have beaten it and undone the damage, where you've managed to go back to roughly who you were before it happened to try again but wiser this time. I knew that.

But it's another thing to not realize you've been doing that and pretending you haven't been, and I guess it took some heavy handed themes delivered in pastel neon by a really pretty girl for me to finally realize it.

#I have literally had the goal to trust people more and have more emotions like I did before the most recent big trauma #I can't remember a lot of them because they began before I was conscious but my friends fucking off did a huge number on me #And I have been trying to re become the person they wronged because that person didn't deserve what happened #They didn't deserve to be changed into this wary and closed off person I am now and it's been a nice thought that if I work at it #I could be them again #But it took this sparkly pastel Netflix special (ugh) to make me stop and realize #It's already done. I am already changed.#You could say I broke into a million pieces and I can't go back even.#And I've been trying to do that so much that I have not looked at what I am now full in the face #The previous me wasn't better. They just had qualities I admire. I'm idealizing them because they kind of died.#And it's really easy to glorify a dead person and gloss over their faults #I am not them. I am something different now and even though I still think I would like to be more emotionally available in general #Trying to use my old self as a blueprint has been preventing me from taking full stock of who I am now.#It makes me continuously see myself as a someone who just can't seem to get it right instead of someone who's just. Becoming.#Like anyone and everyone else.#'I should have let the jagged edges meet the light instead' like.... Yeah.#Yeah those are me now and being unable to fully acquaint myself with me is a kind of weight #And 24 hours later I genuinely can feel some of that starting to peel away #Anyway if you read all these tags I salute you #I think it's time to stop looking at the things I don't like about myself as damage I plan to repair #It's just something different #This version of me doesn't trust easily and is emotionally closed off. So what? I have known and loved many people like that.#And I never expected them to be anything else let alone anything more or better.#It's a thing I want to work on because it can help me grow. Not because I desperately need to feel like I did at 27.#That one broke and I'm what came after and that's okay #What does this one have to offer?

i kind of want to make a videoessay about what old webcomics mean to me someday. but that'd take a load more confidence in myself so i doubt i ever will.

#i need a better rambles tag #i could write a normal essay but i know no one'd read it. don't think people pay attention to the shit i say anyways hah #but they're so interesting. kind of a part of me at this point #reading them is like looking through a window into a different time with different people but people who're fundamentally just like us #so many have been forgotten by the internet #by the world #etc #i've met very few people who know of the ones i'm fascinated by in person and neither remained in the space-#which i guess is a consequence of aging but at the same time. hey #artist guy who knew john allison in his sgr days #comics store employee who recognized my homemade sluggy freelance keychain #it's like #i feel so alone but really i'm not #i guess. something like that.#there's also this unabashed amateurishness to a lot of them that i find really wonderful #you didn't need polished art you had no one to pander to if they were there people would read them because what the hell else would they re #d?#like all you needed to make 'em was a shitty scanner or mspaint. and really that's still *all you need*#but i feel the pockets where that's all you need are disappearing #getting pushed out by shit like webtoon trying to fucking gentrify webcomics #anyways #go read something on comicfury. find a neocities page you've never heard of. get out that damn ballpoint pen and printer paper and fucking #draw. just draw. draw and write for yourself and no one else.#it doesn't need to be good you just need to make it #if there's a damn spark nourish that shit #make that stupid gag a day comic strip you wanted to make as a kid. write about kids with superpowers.#or make a soap opera comic.#let cerebus syndrome happen and ride the fucking wave.#just make some shit #this has been stupid. anyways.

Run, Run Lost Boy by @aossi

A pirate's heart only has one mistress, ye know: she's blue, she's cruel and she's all we crave.

#hevie #disney descendants #Harry x Evie #Evie x Harry Hook #eviarry #Some of my fav parts - though not limited too #of #Run Run Lost Boy #by #Aossi #it's amaaaaaazing~*#I love it #I've re-read it... a lot... lets say a lot...#and leave it at that XD #descendants 2 #Descendants #eviarry gifs #aye young harry is played by peter pan... the irony #XD

find the word challenge

rules: share snippets of your work containing each of the words the previous poster selected for you (optional addition: if you can't find the word in your WIPs, or you simply don't have any WIPs, you can just write a sentence around the word)

thanks @the-likesofus for the tag!! very excited to see how many of these words I've used...

my words are: quiet, hold, cover, first, together, and small. unsurprisingly, my fake dating au (currently sitting at almost 30k words like it has been for the past few months...) has all of these words multiple times lol <3

quiet

Buck’s phone rings, and he pulls it out of his pocket, his hands shaking when he reads Bobby’s contact name. He answers before he can even register it. “Pops?” His voice is quiet and terrified.

hold

Hearing footsteps from his spot on the couch, Buck tenses as Nathan comes up the stairs. It’s been so long, but Buck can still recognize the man’s footfalls. He lets out a breath he’d been subconsciously holding when Nathan finally appears and moves towards one of the armchairs across from him instead of the couch.

cover

“Jurassic Park!” Chris yells, and Buck has to cover his ears against the sound, the kid’s excitement causing him to be louder than usual. “Please, Dad, I know it’s kind of scary, but they just put it back on Netflix, and I’ve seen it before! Plus, I’m ten now, I won’t have nightmares!”

first

“I don’t want you to get hurt again,” Eddie says, meeting Buck’s gaze. His eyes are soft and despite his words, they shine with support, and Buck thinks—not for the first time—how lucky he is to have a best friend like Eddie.

together

Nathan’s study abroad had been nearly over when Buck brought up the idea of him going to Los Angeles to fight fires and help people. Nate had just nodded before taking Buck’s hand and kissing him, saying he’d buy the plane tickets in the morning. Buck had assumed they’d be going back together to be together.

small

Eddie glares at Chim when he insists on playing with the station’s small Hildy gadget that they keep in the kitchen. They mostly use it to play music, but Chimney takes the opportunity to ask her a bunch of questions throughout the day and only stops when Eddie threatens to run her over with a fire truck after Chimney starts asking her questions about the 118 themselves.

words for people I tag: home, care, love, make, and dream

no pressure tagging @mooshkat @jacksadventuresinwriting @ty-in-bedlam @lilbuddie <3

#so many of these were JUICYYYY #but i said lets be mysterious for once #and then i actually succeeded in not giving yall the juiciest tidbits? for once?#the snippet for 'hold' is so rough but like. we'll get there #i've decided to re-read all of my fake dating fic because OOOH BOY did I forget the vibes of the last chapter i've written #it is SPICY yall (not in the smut way)#asdgdsh tbh i feel evil giving you pieces of buck/nathan (an omc) and barely any buddie >:)#also jurassic park my beloved!!#it is my go-to when it comes to a movie to put in a fic tbh....like #it's my favorite and i am convinced chris would love it once buck convinced eddie to let them watch it together <3 #omg new headcanon just dropped buck and chris read jurassic park 'together' when chris is a teenager #not together together but like at the same time #when chris finally puts his foot down and says no more bedtime stories buck gets sad and so they come up with a new thing #aka buckley-diaz book club and i am SO writing that fic #holy shit i'm so excited it's gonna be so cuuuute #anywayyy i was looking through all my uses of 'cover' and didn't have to read past the jurassic park mention soooo love that lol #seriously though i cannot wait to edit this fic after i finish re-writing the earlier chapter i've been working on #i forgot how much i love editing my own work since i have most recently been working on a lot of lil projects that require little revision #but it's so fun! i truly am an editor at heart hehe <3 #i am going to 1) try to read it like I would someone else's work (which is impossible but like. we can try)#2) stop thinking about the big picture and focus on line edits and perfecting what i've already edited and had betaed #3) read it and edit like a motherfucking poet #this fic is gonna be so gorgeous i stg #she's got good bones now she just needs a decorator #and yk the last 60-ish percent of it lol #mine #wip #find the word challenge #tag game

Also, please do not listen to how people talk about cover letters on this site. Cover letters are important, and in many industries you can be damn sure they'll be read. And no, they're not 'fanfic about working in your office', or just re-stating the resume contents in a fancier guise. If you treat them like that, then of course they're not doing much for you. That makes you sound like a syncophantic windbag, and it's not doing anything else to help.

I was trained in the dark arts of the cover letter by my mother, who is a hiring manager. And her training has paid off: I've been consistently told my cover letters are excellent. Let me pass on the wisdom.

The job of a cover letter is to give a prospective employer strictly more information than is on the resume. This is where you take the resume contents and put them into context. You look at the job requirements (you are looking at the job requirements before applying, right?) and look at your resume and ask the question (in your head) "why would a person think this candidate would be good for this job?" and your cover letter is the answer to that question. If you don't answer that question, the hiring manager is going to have to do it themselves, and you have way more information to work with than they do.

This is especially important if you're moving from one industry to another, because then the relevant connections aren't obvious. It's also very important if you're overqualified, because then you can use the letter to say "I know it looks like this job would be too entry-level for me, but I'm interested to pursue it for reasons x, y, and z". You can also use this space to explain away something that might otherwise be disqualifying, like job-hopping or a long break in employment. The tone to strike here is always matter-of-fact and constrained to topic - don't go into detail about health stuff or personal tragedy, just tell them what they need to hear: that this period of your resume was affected by [bad thing] but that it's now in the past and you're looking forward to the next chapter. Remember, one of the things they're trying to learn is whether you'd be content in this role, or whether you'd be miserable and leave after 2 months, which would force them to do all the work of hiring again. You're trying to establish that you will fit right in and not cause problems. Knowing what drew you to this job in particular (and don't just say 'money', that's true for everyone) helps with that.

And the other mistake? Everyone writes cover letters that are too long. One page is fine. Two is the absolute maximum, and that's if you have a lot of specific things to say. It's a waste of your time and theirs to pad it out with fluff. Of my two most recent successful cover letters (i.e. jobs for which I was interviewed) one was 390 words and the other was 550. That's the length of this post. How long did it take me to write this post? About 15 minutes to write, 5 to proof and edit. That's how long you should be spending on a cover letter, maximum.