Snowflake22133

You make a hmo joke and then remember the 14 and 15 year old sitting there and like "wait a damn minute"-

Lowkey forgot two people I was friends with were that young cause I usually hang out with people in my age group. I didn't say anything TOO freaky thankfully (just a "hmo on (character name)"), but lowkey a bit of a shock when I remembered. Like ick, I don't want people that young hearing about how I wanna date this fictional guy! I'm just happy the conversation ended quickly, we started talking about something else.

We are all just souls put here to

live life to the fullest.

Yet we live life so full of struggles

and hardships.

We shouldn’t spent majority of

our lives “earning” enjoyment.

Is these actually back handed compliments or am I just not nice.

I personally don’t see how this can be a backhanded compliment. if anything, your commenters just love your work so much that they want more. I see these comments as genuine positive ones. no malice. (note that these comments are different from comments that just say something along the lines of “update when” or “more” without anything else, because while I’m personally still fine with these comments, I can understand why other writers may see these as entitled, overwhelming, rude or a pressure.)

some people don’t deserve fanfics, much less for free.

also even if authors didn’t tag any specific warnings but they used the “creator chose not to use archive warnings” tag, then that is your warning.

Happy Birthday, Technoblade! Thank you for everything

(ʘ‿ʘ✿) “what you say ‘bout me”

happy birthday...

* New student, very small. Grace said it was pebble. Pebble is small Earth rock. Pebble likes name.

* He found out Eridians have no gender rules.

* Students brought him mineral sample. After he stopped crying he said he loves show-and-tell game. Human naming conventions oddly literal.

* I told him Earthsun grew bright.

* I took him up atop atmosphere bypass elevator to look at stars.

* He woke up from nap and found me still with him. I did not wait on his chest; he says I am heavy like “elephant” and he “couldn’t breathe.” I laid my arm over him instead, kept him close, feeling safe. He said “cuddle” was warm.

* Before class he heard younglings singing.

* He has plants in house from sprouts on ship. Plant grew “bud.”

* Engineers got seawater temperature right. He took off shoes and stood in water, sighing. He didn’t care about pants getting damp. Cried until shirt was also damp. Humans very endlessly wet.

* He missed “Doritos.”

* Adrian helped food scientists make taumoeba dried paste. Made it crunchy after heating. We fused it into triangle form. Told him it was Tauritos. That made him laugh-cry. Laugh-cry is rare and precious.

* He remembered Eridians have no gender rules.

* We made him celebration outfit. Used metals he calls pretty. He can see frequencies named “colorful” and “shiny.” These make humans happiest.

* I gave him hug when he wasn’t expecting it. Easier to hug close now with exosuit. Hug when Grace sitting down so he does not fall over.

• hydrate it by drinking lots of water

• eat dark chocolate and blueberries and walnuts and salmon and other foods high in antioxidants!!

• play little brain games on your phone; I like wordconenct! anything that makes you think!

• read books. It’s simple but necessary. Even better - join a book club, or read with a friend, so you can have discussions after. This will improve your reading comprehension.

• do puzzles - it doesnt have to be sudoku, I love playing Beat Saber on the Oculus Rift because it makes my brain have to match colorful patterns to physical movements very quickly!

• learn a new dance - even a tik tok trendy dance. Learning new dance moves are proven to strengthen synapses!!

• go bird watching, or foraging, or anything outdoors that requires you to explore pattern recognition and visual searching

• watch a movie with the intent of analysis - this is best done with a cinephile friend!! talk about tropes and symbolism and character growth

• cross stitch, or sew, or do anything that requires matching nimble hand movements to patterns

• play or learn an instrument!

• develop a consistent sleep schedule (or as close to consistent as you can get!)

• when eating, try to identify the ingredients and flavors you’re perceiving!