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“Welcome Folks! Tonight, we have a FABULOUS new rumour i heard through the grapevine!~♪”
This is a blog dedicated to my Cookie Run: Kingdom Au I have on Hoyolab and Youtube called “Ash and Flour”, or A&F for short! I’m still sorting out the plot, so things are often prone to change, but I mostly enjoy drawing my redesigns for them. Beyond this post, some things be narrated by Black Sapphire Cookie as his fourth-wall-breaking gimmick is a large part of how I present things in my W.I.P.s.
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I watermark almost everything with my YouTube handle, which is why all art on all my blogs is labled @CtrlAltEnd
This blog is run by @theworldisbutastage (we also have an oc side blog, @theworldisbutastage-ocblog ). you can call me Frin, Sif, or Sapph. Unless you’re one of my friends from Hoyolab, then you can call me whatever the fuck you want because bestie privileges.
I’ve gotten DMs and comments asking (these were bots and I’m putting this here so I KNOW future comments are bots because a living being would be able to reference this), but no, I do not do commissions on any of my blogs at this time and will keep deleting comments from the bots asking, but I do take requests for fun though if you, a real person, want to send an ask in!
Au posts will be tagged #Ash&FlourAU and in-character commentary is tagged #Sappphire Commentary.
The content I’ll be posting will mostly consist of:
- old art
- new art
- w.i.p.s. (Works in progress)
- random shitposts and doodles
- occasional roleplay if it strikes my fancy
- StrawPage asks (new and reposts of lore-relevant old ones)
Heres the Strawpage
https://askblacksapphire.straw.page
askblacksapphire's strawpage
And also here’s a Spotify playlist based of A&F Black Sapphire, because I’m kinda fixating on him atm when it comes to the Au so he’s the only one with a dedicated playlist. I’ll probably update this with playlists for the others if I make any. I just love this angry theatre kid.
Not done yet (as I’d had to pause this for a while for a collab), but obsessed with this frame currently because he looks like such a gremlin.
Also because of this project one of my friends associates Abnormality Dancing Girl (the song this is for) with Black Sapphire and I’m like so smug about that. Like yes bestie lemme rewrite your worldview around my blorbo rq.
I looked back at my pieces and the common denominator appears to be that my eyes, despite varying shapes, are on all on the bigger side, and I don’t shy away from making my characters rounder instead of twigs. I think that might be “the ways”?? Idk. I’m not sure what it is I do to provoke such reactions, but that’s the best I’ve got.
Not done yet (as I’d had to pause this for a while for a collab), but obsessed with this frame currently because he looks like such a gremlin.
Also because of this project one of my friends associates Abnormality Dancing Girl (the song this is for) with Black Sapphire and I’m like so smug about that. Like yes bestie lemme rewrite your worldview around my blorbo rq.
Not done yet (as I’d had to pause this for a while for a collab), but obsessed with this frame currently because he looks like such a gremlin.
Also because of this project one of my friends associates Abnormality Dancing Girl (the song this is for) with Black Sapphire and I’m like so smug about that. Like yes bestie lemme rewrite your worldview around my blorbo rq.
Let’s play: “guess which artstyle this dumbass stole this time!”
It’s a game where, with my habit of absorbing the artstyle of whatever I’m into at the time or at the very least borrowing elements (though there was one time my level up was completely unrelated to the media’s artstyle), you try to guess which one I’m using now based on a few shots from my current project!
You do not have to participate, I’m just bored and want to see if it’s close enough for anyone to get it despite being applied to a character from an entirely different franchise. As while I can do it with certain canon characters, that doesn’t really say much because I actively have their sprite as ref.
The eye in that one frame is directly referenced from Loopert, whilst everything else is just vaguely stylized with aspects I referenced from Siffrin sprites. As it was more direct, that’s why I included it as a hint.
Tdlr; eyeball was hint bc my references are Siffrin and loop sprites and that eyeball was plagiarized from it /silly :3
Let’s play: “guess which artstyle this dumbass stole this time!”
It’s a game where, with my habit of absorbing the artstyle of whatever I’m into at the time or at the very least borrowing elements (though there was one time my level up was completely unrelated to the media’s artstyle), you try to guess which one I’m using now based on a few shots from my current project!
You do not have to participate, I’m just bored and want to see if it’s close enough for anyone to get it despite being applied to a character from an entirely different franchise. As while I can do it with certain canon characters, that doesn’t really say much because I actively have their sprite as ref.
Let’s play: “guess which artstyle this dumbass stole this time!”
It’s a game where, with my habit of absorbing the artstyle of whatever I’m into at the time or at the very least borrowing elements (though there was one time my level up was completely unrelated to the media’s artstyle), you try to guess which one I’m using now based on a few shots from my current project!
You do not have to participate, I’m just bored and want to see if it’s close enough for anyone to get it despite being applied to a character from an entirely different franchise. As while I can do it with certain canon characters, that doesn’t really say much because I actively have their sprite as ref.
the ADHD writer's guide to actually finishing a draft (no, seriously) 📝
okay, tumblr, writers... we need to TALK about how to actually finish a damn draft when your executive functioning decided to pack its bags and leave for a permanent vacation in the bahamas.
i'm not here to give you that basic "just set a timer!" advice that makes me want to throw my laptop into the sun. we all know those productivity hacks that work for neurotypicals make us want to scream into the void. (been there, screamed that.)
so here's the ACTUAL guide from someone who's written three novels while her brain was actively trying to sabotage her the entire time.
FIRST: accept that linear writing is a capitalist construct designed to torture us.
i'm serious. whoever decided writers should start at chapter 1 and proceed neatly to THE END clearly didn't have dopamine playing hide-and-seek in their prefrontal cortex.
write whatever scene has your brain chemicals SINGING today. that climactic fight scene that's six chapters away? the tender moment between your characters that happens in the middle? WRITE IT NOW while your brain is actually interested. i have finished entire novels by writing them in chunks and stitching them together like the beautiful frankenstein's monster they are.
SECOND: the 10-minute lie (that actually works???)
tell yourself you're only going to write for 10 minutes. that's it. no pressure. your adhd brain can handle anything for 10 minutes, right? the secret is that once you start, momentum becomes your best friend. sometimes you'll actually stop at 10 minutes (congrats, you still wrote something!) but often you'll look up and realize it's been two hours and you've written 2,000 words. and yes i've seen this a lot, like everywhere, where they tell you "set a timer for 5, and by the time you realize it's 2 hours" i've seen this many times before, and it actually works. at first i thought it didn't but boy, i was wrong.
THIRD: use your hyperfixation powers for good, not evil.
we all know that adhd comes with the superpower of becoming obsessed with random things for unpredictable amounts of time. WEAPONIZE THIS. create artificial urgency around your project. tell people about your deadline. make elaborate aesthetic pinterest boards. create a spotify playlist that you only listen to while writing this specific project. trick your brain into making your WIP the shiny new hyperfixation.
FOURTH: body-doubling saved my writing career and it can save yours too.
find another writer friend (or any friend who needs to do focused work) and sit together - virtually or physically - while you both work. something about having another human witnessing your work process bypasses the executive dysfunction. i swear it's actual magic. discord writing sprints, zoom sessions with cameras off but mics on - whatever works.
FIFTH: embrace the chaos of your natural writing cycle.
some days you'll write 5,000 words in a frenzy at 3am. other days you'll stare at the document for an hour and write "the." BOTH ARE VALID WRITING DAYS. the only consistency we need is returning to the document, not some arbitrary daily word count.
SIXTH: create external accountability that doesn't make you want to die.
deadlines from publishers? great. deadlines you set for yourself? your brain laughs and says "or what?" find the sweet spot - maybe it's a writing buddy you check in with, maybe it's a public progress tracker, maybe it's promising your sister you'll take her to dinner when you finish a chapter.
SEVENTH: the frankendraft approach.
your first draft DOES NOT need to be good, coherent, or even make sense. it just needs to exist. leave yourself notes like [FIGURE OUT HOW SHE GETS FROM THE CASTLE TO THE BEACH LATER] and keep moving. your adhd brain will thank you for not getting stuck in research rabbit holes for six hours.
EIGHTH: find your optimal writing environment through shameless trial and error.
maybe you need complete silence. maybe you need to be in a coffee shop with specific ambient noise. maybe you need to write standing up. maybe you need to dictate your novel while pacing around your apartment. there is no wrong way to get the words out.
i personally write best when i'm slightly uncomfortable (weird, i know) so i often end up writing while sitting on my kitchen floor with my laptop balanced on a chair. whatever works, bestie. a finished messy draft is infinitely more valuable than the perfect novel still trapped in your head. your adhd brain is simultaneously your greatest challenge and your greatest asset as a writer. the connections you make, the unique perspectives, the creativity - all of that comes from the same place as the struggles.
you've got this. now go write something, even if it's just for 10 minutes. i believe in you. ✨ -rin t.
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I shall continue typing directly into ao3 it fun makes me appreciate what I'm writing and less about perfection when I know it won't be saved till I post
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