Everyone deserves redemption

I dont usually draw John Marston and i felt guilty coz im Bias towards Arthur hehe!

so here we go, i made special drawing just for him.

1. three songs that come up when you put your phone on shuffle

2. three last songs you listened to

3. three songs you were recently obsessed with

4. three songs that you know thanks to your parents

5. three songs you wish you could forget (because listening to them hurts)

6. three songs you wish you could erase from history (because they’re terrible)

7. three songs you didn’t expect to like but eventually loved

8. three songs that remind you most of summer and vacation

9. three songs that get you in the Christmas Mood

10. three favourite Halloween/spooky songs

11. three favourite songs from movie or TV series soundtrack

12. three favourite songs from video games

13. three songs you want at your funeral

14. three songs you want at your wedding

15. three songs you want to dance with your love to

16. three favourite songs for sex

17. three songs that remind you of your crush

18. three songs that remind you of your best friend

19. three songs that are your guilty pleasure

20. three songs that remind you of the person who sends this one

21. three songs of your childhood

22. three songs you listen to when you’re sad

23. three songs that never fail to get you pumped up

24. three favourite old songs

25. three favourite songs of 2017

26. three favourite non-English songs

27. three songs that you sing while drunk

28. three best songs to get drunk or high to

29. three songs that influenced you most (some songs change or save lives)

  Recently I’ve been going back and forth on whether or not I should continue drawing art for fanfictions. Because of my internal struggle I decided to write out all of the positives that come with drawing fanfiction art as a reminder to myself, and maybe even convince some of you artists out there to consider it in the process. 

 1.) They deserve it 

     Fanfiction writers create some amazing stories, sometimes they even create characters or worlds. These things take some serious time and skill! They spend their personal time to create free stories for your enjoyment. Creating art for them is a great kindness to fanfiction writers who have given you ten times that kindness back. 

 I don’t really give reviews of fanfictions. Mainly because I never know how to explain what I like about a fanfiction without giving them a ten page paper or ending up sounding like a pterodactyl. Drawing art is a great way to show your appreciation without screaming in their faces! 

 2.) It is great practice 

     Very rarely do I have something that allows me to draw demonic dolls, blushing demons, a man whose slowly breaking apart and going to space, ghost gangsters, robots with electricity sparking from them, a boy with a bloody knee blaming it on parkour, desperate hugs, two men fighting off ice cold oceans waves, the list goes on and on! Fanfiction provides some great scenarios for art, that let me branch out and try new things. It’s a great challenge! 

 3.) It gives them a reason to keep writing 

   Do you enjoy this fanfiction writers work? Want to keep them excited about writing so that way you can see more great, high quality, work? Well boy oh boy do I have the solution for you! Fanfiction art!

 Fanfiction art, at least to me, is a big way to show you care. Writers put time and effort into their pieces and you have given back something that also has time and effort put into it. Seeing that kind of support can really encourage a fanfiction writer! With fanfiction art you are showing that you deeply care about their work, that you are inspired by what they’ve done. If that’s not a big thumbs up, I don’t know what is! 

 4.) Positive response

 I’ve seen some fanfiction writers response to my art and let me tell you, it’s positively heart warming. The writers who I have drawn for have been so excited with the art! I don’t know about you but seeing someone who deserves something get it is super satisfying. Of all the reactions to my art, fanfiction writers reactions have been the ones I remember the most. There responses kept me smiling for days on end, it’s truly moving. 

There are not enough words to express the feeling I get when I see that someone enjoyed my writing enough to create art about it. It’s the ultimate compliment and should never be taken for granted. It’s inspiring and it’s refreshing to see your characters and your story through someone else’s eyes. Sometimes these pieces influence your writing and influence the creation of new scenes.

Cry (no really; actual tears from my eyes–THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS).

Internally freak out. Externally freak out (usually involves a lot of bouncing in chair.)

Show someone. Usually husband. Often cat. You know that picture of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith where he’s like “LOOK AT MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE?” – I’m like that. Only “LOOK AT WHAT SOME BEAUTIFUL PERSON HAS DONE.”

Reblog art usually accompanied by excessive use of caps lock and/or exclamation points. (!!!)

Have exceedingly warm happy feeling for days, renewed up every time art is remembered.

Save on computer; look at art every time sad, discouraged, in need of inspiration.

This is the longest response I’ve written by far. I made myself cry writing it, but I’m quite happy with it. Do NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN’T FINISHED CHAPTER SIX. Huge spoilers.                                                                                       

So I received a request for some headcanons about Abigail singing and this is what I came up with. It’s kind of a oneshot/HC list. I followed her entire life so there WILL be spoilers. 

* As a child, she had dreams of becoming a singer. She remembered seeing a beautiful woman perform an aria on an outdoor stage and was absolutely entranced. She was enthralled by the way that woman commanded the stage and was able to bring such emotion to the crowd. She remembered hearing later that this was meant to be the advertisement of sorts for a set of shows. She had no mother and no father to fawn over her - just a shitty orphanage. So, she snuck into the show each night by pretending to be a cleaning girl. The nights spent watching this woman were some of the best nights of her life. 

* Abigail was discovered by the performer herself on the last night. She was about to go to her hotel and prepare for the next city. Since Abigail was just a street girl in the city, she expected her to be rude or snobby. Instead, the woman had stooped to her level and introduced herself. Abigail was stunned. It was like meeting a princess. She remembers telling the woman how beautiful her voice was and how gorgeous she was before blurting out that she wanted to be a singer, too. Abigail wanted to have the crowds love her and give her praise - something she never had. 

* The woman smiled kindly, but there was an air of sadness to it. Abigail wanted to run away with her troop. Maybe this woman could be like a big sister? Maybe she could teach her how to sing! She was willing to be an apprentice, heck even a servant girl if needed. She didn’t want this night to end. She even tried to hatch a plan to sneak into their wagons.                                                             

I've seen this going around and it looks fun lol I tried my best. (Sorry for the bad quality too)

It’s okay to take a break. - We all need time to recharge, and your fans will still be there when you get back!

It’s okay to go from fandom to fandom. - Nobody is going to criticize you for following your muse, and if they do, then you know who not to associate with in the future!

It’s okay to have a niche. - If smut is where it’s at, then write smut. If you’re all about the fluff, then schmoop away. If angst is what does it for you, then invest in tissues. Nobody has the right to tell you that you should be doing something else if that isn’t what interests you!

It’s okay to be critical of your own work. - Just don’t allow yourself to become so self-deprecating that you freeze!

It’s okay to ask for help. - If you’re unsure of a trope, concept, fact or universe, reach out to your circle of friends. Chances are, they’ll be more than happy to help you because they want to see you succeed!

It’s okay to ignore criticism. - Constructive criticism is only constructive if it helps you. If someone says something that doesn’t assist or improve you in any way, then please feel free to ignore whatever nugget they are imparting, because chances are good they don’t have the best of intentions for you!

It’s okay to stop writing all together. - Your fans will miss you (and chances are good you have way more than you realize,) but sometimes, you just gotta do you!

It’s okay to write with whatever method works for you. - Long writing marathons where you bang out 12,000 words in one day? Great! Linear, dry style that means you occassionally get stuck because you can’t figure out this scene, but it’s all worth it in the end? Rad! Piecemeal work that you thread together at the end? Fabulous! As long as it works for you, there is no wrong way to write!