#cory rambles

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11 yo me would have been a Hufflepuff probably...

15 yo me might have been a Gryffindor possibly...

But 22 yo me is definitely so much a Ravenclaw... like a lot of my why might still be Gryffindor or Hufflepuff but there is so much more ravenclaw in me.

Plus i like their aesthetic so much better.... like i like red but it probably clashes with my hair, yellow makes me feel really weird, green is pretty but only certain shades will work for me i think.

the expectation that every time someone wants to like something on this site, they should first have to go to someone's blog and CHECK IF IT'S OKAY is frankly absurd.

i understand getting upset at someone who u have in ur dni like. messaging u, sending u asks, or following u, bc those are all things that require going on someone's blog and are blatant breaches of that dni but like. liking a post?? why do u care so much?!!

i hate so many ppl who r into "yanderes" bc it's like. when i go to play a yandere game my thought process is "you know what i need right now? to play a game where a fictional man locks me up in his house, potentially drugs me, and threatens to brutally murder everyone i've ever loved if i ever attempt to leave him/becomes so obsessed with me he stalks me and murders anyone who gets in his way of being with me" and some ppl will have "yandere" f/os that they water down to the point where it's like. a possessive boyfriend who doesn't want you to have any male friends bc they're a "threat".

I NEED TO PUT Y'ALL ON SOMETHING

MEET ELLIPSUS.

IF U WANT AN ALL-AROUND FANTASTIC, COMPLETELY FREE, WEB-BASED GDOCS ALTERNATIVE. USE ELLIPSUS.

SERIOUSLY, IT IS BETTER THAN GOOGLE DOCS IN LITERALLY EVERY WAY.

PROS:

-DRAFTS FEATURE CAN BE USED TO STORE NECESSARY INFORMATION SUCH AS EXCERPTS U PLAN ON PUTTING LATER ON IN WHATEVER UR WRITING, CHARACTER NAMES AND BACKSTORIES, ETC. EVEN IF U AREN'T USING THEM FOR COLLABORATION PURPOSES. I HAVE A DRAFT TO PUT ALL MY AO3 TAGS IN FOR EVERY FIC I WRITE

-THERE'S A TIMER BUILT-IN. WANT TO START CREATING A HABIT OF WRITING FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME EACH DAY? OPEN UP ELLIPSUS, CREATE A NEW DOC, START THE TIMER, AND GO.

-FOCUS MODE. OH MY GOD FOCUS MODE. I USE IT EVERY TIME I PROOFREAD ANYTHING. GETS RID OF THE WHOLE MENU, LEAVING YOU JUST THE TEXT. ICONIC

-THERE'S SO MANY THEMES. LIGHT, DARK, ULTRA DARK (MY PERSONAL FAVORITE), SEPIA, NATURE, THERE'S EVEN PRIDE THEMES CURRENTLY (LIGHT AND DARK). LIFESAVER FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE SENSORY ISSUES AND HATE WHEN SHIT IS TOO BRIGHT

-WAY BETTER DEFAULT FONT THAN GOOGLE DOCS. I'M SORRY I AM FRANKLY SICK OF ACTING LIKE ARIEL IS NOT ONE OF THE WORST FONTS EVER. ELLIPSUS USES THE GENUINELY GORGEOUS "LITERATA" AS ITS DEFAULT FONT

-COLLABORATION! U CAN COLLABORATE! U CAN SHARE DOCUMENTS, U CAN COLLABORATE IN REAL-TIME JUST LIKE IN GOOGLE DOCS, EVERYTHING.

-GUYS. GUYS THERE'S AN EXPORT TO AO3 OPTION. U CAN CONNECT UR AO3, AND WHEN U'RE FINISHED WRITING, CLICK THAT "EXPORT TO AO3" BUTTON, AND ELLIPSUS WILL COPY UR ENTIRE WORK IN HTML AND OPEN AO3 IN ANOTHER TAB. A FUCKING LIFESAVER

-THERE'S A FOLDER SYSTEM. U CAN CREATE FOLDERS, AND THEN SUB-FOLDERS WITHIN THOSE FOLDERS. GENUINELY AMAZING FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO WRITE A LOT BUT HATE HAVING A CLUTTERED WORKSPACE. I LITERALLY HAVE 140 WORKS ON ELLIPSUS BUT YOU KNOW WHAT MY DASHBOARD SHOWS? MY 8 FOLDERS.

-IT AUTOMATICALLY SHOWS YOUR WORD COUNT. U DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO SEE IT EXCEPT SCROLL UP. AMAZING.

-AUTOMATICALLY CREATES AN OUTLINE WHEN U PUT HEADINGS ON YOUR DOCUMENT, ALLOWING FOR EASY NAVIGATION BETWEEN SECTIONS.

-NO GENERATIVE AI. EVER. NO AI SCRAPING, NO AI ASSISTANT SHOVED IN YOUR FACE, NOTHING.

CONS:

-IT'S WEB-BASED, SO NO APP ON MOBILE (ALTHOUGH IT DOES RUN INCREDIBLY WELL ON MOBILE) AND NO DESKTOP APPLICATION. THAT'S IT. THAT'S LITERALLY THE ONLY CON.