#halfway point

You guys are keeping me so busy!

A reminder once again: tagging the blog is the best way to ensure I see, reblog, and tally your work. I've had a few slip through the cracks, I'm sure, but with the uptick in participants this year, I don't have a lot of extra time to scroll through all the variants of the June of Doom hashtags.

The AO3 Collection currently sits at 371 works in 170 fandoms (surpassing 2024's 335 works)!

So far, the most popular alternate prompts are Obsession and Bedridden with 9 works each.

It's hard to say overall which prompt is "most popular" because a lot of people do the first few days and don't finish. That's why I have the exit poll to ask you guys what you liked. The stats are good but skewed because of that. Naturally, Day 1 has the most entries so far. Other than that, you guys really liked the Protective prompt on Day 8! And "I won't leave you" on Day 4!

I've also closed the Holi-DOOM Bingo form. It looks like most of you want a 4x4 card. I'll be printing out the responses today and, at some point this week, going through them to see what prompts were most requested!

I MAY do a test run for Holi-DOOM where you guys submit your own works to the blog instead of tagging me and relying on me to find time to reblog it. I'm admittedly stretched thin, being a one-man show, but I know Sicktember has people submit their own works to their blog and might give it a try. If it goes well, maybe it gets implemented next summer. We'll see! I'll still be here regardless!

Thank you guys so much for making this event so successful and the community around it so inclusive and supportive. I bet most people don't expect that from a whump challenge, and if that's what makes this one unique, we've won!

What am I supposed to feel about this lol.

chapter 5

"Can you quote Wordsworth?"

"No, unfortunately. Though I did enjoy Wordsworth at school."

"Oh, thank god!" She huffed, leaning back, "I want to go back in time and stab him before he has the chance to write." She took another swing of champagne.

Zoom into your current location

Right click

Choose "measure distance"

Find the current location of your best friend

Left click

You now have the shortest possible straight line path between the two of you, taking into account the curvature of the Earth. At the bottom of the screen it'll tell you the exact distance in miles (and kilometers) to two decimal places. The line is dashed like a tape measure, and the more you zoom into it the more precise the numbers get

Divide the total distance by two

Zoom onto the middle of the line

Click and drag to adjust until you find the new measurement

You now have the exact geographic midpoint between you two.

Sometime in the future, meet your friend in the middle.

Someway, somehow, make it work. Make plans to travel to the halfway point and meet up.

The exact midpoint may not be feasible, so adjust your destination accordingly. If it's on private property, or in the middle of an ocean, a forest, a desert, a mountain, etc., then zoom out and look for the closest accessible town, find a nice restaurant there, and share a meal. If you've come this far, you've probably been on the road for hours and could use a break.

Equal distance doesn't necessarily mean equal travel time, so if you want it to be as equitable as possible, use your GPS to find the route between your two locations and meet up at that midpoint instead.

We are halfway through Lent, my sweets! Don’t give up! Keep praying, fasting and giving out alms! Because in two weeks time, is the most important of weeks leading up to Easter; Holy Week!

We’re halfway through the month now, and I hope you’re having fun with the prompts!

As a reminder, the prompts for March are:

Moodboard:

Non-Smut: Stone, strength, silence

Smut: Passion, pearls, parted lips

Random: “I can resist everything except temptation” (Quote: Oscar Wilde)

Please remember to tag your works #A Monthly Rumbelling, and @a-monthly-rumbelling​. :-)