#like-the-direction

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…omggggg, NICEST COMMENT THANK YOU SO MUCH. I honestly don’t know how to respond to that, I’m jut sitting here with an embarrassed (but pleased) grin on my face. And I didn’t even know there was such a thing as Fanfic Writer Appreciation Day, otherwise I’d be saying pretty much exactly the same thing back at you. But wow, your sheriarty fics give me life, no lie. 

Rules: Answer 30 questions then tag 20 some blogs you would like to know better

1. Nickame: I used to be nicknamed ‘Bette’ which i still love but i don’t get called nicknames anymore. sad

2. Gender: Female/It’s A Mystery

3. Star Sign: Leo, baby !!

4. Height: 165-ish cm

5. Time: Right now, 15:44

6. Birthday: August 13th, ‘96

7. Favourite Band(s): ah geez. there are so many but yeah; Florence + the machine, Queen, ABBA, Spandau Ballet, Daft Punk, Hot Chip, Kraftwerk, the show goes on and on

8. Favourite Solo Artist(s): Gaga, The Weeknd, RuPaul, Frank Ocean, Marina & The Diamonds, Lorde, Ben Folds, Annie Lennox, Tom Jones, Donna Summer, Olivia Newton-John, oh god so many more

9. Song Stuck In My Head: i almost always have a song stuck in my head except for today apparently !!

10. Last Movie Watched: In theaters, Black Panther(me too!!). at home, Archipelago(fulfilling a long standing promise to watch this kinda boring movie bc Tom Hiddleston is in it. it’s .. i mean, go see it for yourself)

11. Last Show I Watched: RPDR All Stars 3 (finale. i have thoughts about this, i applaud the winning queen but i was kinda banking my money on a different horse if you know whaddamean)

12. When Did I Create My Blog: i was in the 8th grade, 2010... i had just watched X-Men First Class twice in theaters and found tumblr bc i wanted to ship Cherik. yes, really

13. What Do You Post: things from fandom that i find funny. rn it’s Thor Ragnarok mostly, i think. the rule is, if a post can either make me laugh or baffle me, it goes on here. also if it has an important PSA. but generally my blog is a de-stress space for me.

14. Last Thing I Googled: i think it’s googling where in denmark i can purchase the wet n wild mega cushion foundation. my search was unfruitful

15. Do You Have Any Other Blogs: i have an art/writing blog(active), a weeb blog(dead), a moby dick portfolio(sleeping) and a nail blog(active)

16. Do You Get Asks: not so much anymore. which i think is great, bc i think the messaging system is way better for contacting me, so i get all my asks and IM’s from friends through there

17. Why Did You Choose Your URL: in 2008 i started watching thatguywiththeglasses and i was such a huge fan(and still like his stuff today). i wanted so badly to be a critic(although i didn’t, like, film or write any reviews). and i thought about how would i brand myself, and i couldn’t come up with anything better for my name. and for some reason i haven’t changed my url in nearly a decade. i also use it for so many other platforms 

18. Following: 86, but not that many are actively posting

19. Followers: 831. and it’s pretty much been stuck around that number for two years i think lmao

20. Favourite Colour(s): Greens and purples ! also if gold and silver where colors

21. Average Hours of Sleep: my perfect window of sleep is precisely 7 1/2 hours. i can almost never sleep past that. 

22. Lucky Number: 13 has been mine since i was a kid, it’s literally just my birthday. also bc most people think of it as an unlucky number, and i was an edgy little brat

23. Instruments: i played the violin for 3 years. i’m too lazy to pick it up again even though i’d like to

24. What Am I Wearing: mom-made Finnish-style sweater, h&m jeans that are a little too big and therefore comfy, winter socks, mismatched earrings(you’ll never catch me in matching earrings)

25. How Many Blankets Do I Sleep With: one big duvet, a thin fleece blanket to wrap my second pillow in

26. Dream Job: if we’re talking a realistic dream job, teaching(my goal is highschool english but rn i’m teaching middle school arts & crafts which i am really enjoying doing atm). if we’re talking dream dream job, i’d like to just. live in a windmill maybe. or a lighthouse. i know it’s not a job but if it’s a job then it’s not really a dream for me yaknow

27. Dream Trip: i went to Nantucket and New Bedford last autumn and i would really love to return and see more of the area bc i was only there for two days. i’d also love to come back to Japan and see more of the islands and experience more of the cuisine, bc i loved it so much.

28. Favourite Food: i can always eat some variation of mac n cheese. i’m the least picky person alive. also i could eat BBQ/sour cream+onion crisps every single day if i didn’t know better

29. Nationality: Danish to the bone

30. Favourite Song Now: it varies from moment to moment. agh and it’s too hard to choose !! i’m not gonna get into it. all songs are my favorite songs.

art heals. and in these few weeks, where a lot of things have gone badly for me personally as well as in a more, i guess you could say international scope, i was reminded to do something i enjoy by @like-the-direction . that, of course, is drawing jak stuff. it’s been a while since i put any new jak stuff on here, too, so it’s well timed !

I would read the crap out of that Sheriarty senses collection. If you don't want to do short oneshots, you could have an overarching story while still focusing on one sense per chapter/section? Idk I just really want to read this now!

I wanted to use all nine senses, the five we all know + the four secondary ones (pain, temperature, proprioception and balance) because i was reasing about it and i also knows something about the chemistry/biology so i don’t think i will be able to think of a plot... 

wow thank you for sending me this! i love me some self-indulgent art positivity :-* i can’t list things in an order, cause there are lots of things i’ve done that i like and i can’t say for sure which is the definitive best. i’ll just go with the ones from my blog i’m thinking of rn <3

in art:

- this erol entry for the sexy calendar. i loved playing with the color and light, not to mention the angle which could have gone sooo badly, but i’m actually really satisfied with it ~ 

- these drawings of ishmael and queequeg(particularly the last one). now, i’m a big fan of the ishmael/queequeg dynamic and reading moby dick was a really good decision i made this year(it’s really endearing and at times hilarious, but unfortunately veeery long and dragged out a lot of the time). drawing these two pieces inspired me to suddenly write A LOT of fanfic about the island of kokovoko and queequeg and the tattoos and other adorable things. they also have that reserved place in my heart bc i spent a long time drawing them(the squiggles…. patterns are my enemy) and i used a program+computer that was way better for drawing purposes - unfortunately i won’t be doing that again any time soon(art school’s out for the year, for ever..). bottom line is i loved drawing them, and they helped me develop the designs i had in mind for the characters(though that can change spontaneously, given how i can’t COMMIT). good times.

- AND THIS COMIC I DREW IN A HURRY ABOUT AHAB AND STARBUCK SORRY BUT I LOVE IT SO MUCH ;: i mean ofc i’m not sorry, but i know it looks a bit ~ hmmm ~ to have 2 moby dick things in a row, but I LOVED DRAWING IT i can’t deny that

- this thing i made for @like-the-direction which i probably shouldn’t talk too much about at this point in time, but that i can say that i loved drawing(in the Good Photoshop Program™, shame) bc it is more/or/less taken from a scenario in my amigo’s unpublished fic that is the best erol fic i have ever read and i am so glad she wrote it. the art i made reminds me that it really did happen and if i feel down i can remember that it exists and is a wonderful, complicated theory on erol and his childhood

- GOD I CAN’T CHOOSE JUST ONE LAST erh so let’s cheat and say that it’s split between the three times i’ve drawn razer and phoenix together. the one with their mom, then the one with them throwing shade and the one where they’re just happy dorks. i love drawing them together. idk why. their designs suit each other so nicely, i can’t say much else

- HONORABLE MENTIONS(hah, nothing honorable about it): everything i’ve drawn with jinx in it because jinx is the shit and is never not fun to draw

in writing:

- now, the thing here is that i’ve only published a limited amount of all the things i write. mainly because i leave things to collect dust deep inside my mac and also bc i like to finish and polish my work before publishing, especially when it comes to writing(and that requires effort. and i’m a lazy couch potato). so i don’t get much out there, is all i’m saying! 

the work that i’ve published and taken most pride in, has always been my Tamer Animals series. it’s 5 chapters of adult-themed Razerol stuff and unbelievably long at almost 25K, considering i don’t write things longer than 5K most of the time. 

while writing my response to this, i decided to publish the whole thing on my AO3 account, since it had only been uploaded to ffnet before now. all 5 chapters are here!

i was tagged by lovely @like-the-direction (link to her entry here, at like-the-direction) thank you so much ~ this is fun bc it reminds me of just how many WIPs i have lying around that are just collecting dust >u^ so this might prompt me to give them a do-over ~someday lol

“The rules: Go to page 7 of your WIP, go to the seventh line, share seven sentences, and tag 7 more writer-bloggers to continue the challenge.”

i’ll bend the rules a little though bc i don’t have 7 pages of every WIP and even when i do, it tends to fall into the ‘rated R’ portion of my fics. for now, i shall keep this PG-13. these will all be fics from different fandoms(mostly Jak and Daxter) that are not parts of series i have posted before. also, the way i count sentences might be... different? wrong? i’m probably just posting snippets, so

also; how many WIPs were i allowed to post again? eh i’ll just give it four. 

WIP#1: Tintin comics(Hergé), entitled something like “Alcazarpolis Esta Noche”:

He was trying his hardest not to bother with even thinking about what it was, to begin with, that made him anxious about the past, because he thought he could lessen the weight that way. Simultaneously, he was hoping that Alcazar himself had forgiven and forgotten.

So Tintin pushed the handle all the way down, compelling his being to give it up and act like his own, usual self once he had stepped all the way inside that hut.

Inside, it was not much different from the outside, which was mostly the fault of the grass floor and humid air. Of course, the primitive cabin did have things, which did not grow as ready-made as they were in the jungle, like the real wooden desk, the lamps and beds filling the space. And speaking of that, Alcazar was hunched over that table, working on plans and whatnot, before his head rose at the sound of Tintin’s steps nearing the work-station.

Tintin made the briefest of eye-contact with Alacazar, before the man broke into a wolfish grin and hastily stood up from his chair to greet him in a welcoming manner.

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WIP#2: Jak and Daxter series, entitled “I Lied”:

Erol took two tight handfuls of Razer’s shirt, dragging him up close, nosetips touching. Their breaths mingled, but neither had parted their lips for that impending kiss.

Their eyes were too close for them to look into the other’s, but Razer focused his best to gaze into an ochre orb, its eyelid half-way down. He followed the flat black bead in the center, and he was sure it was looking right at his as well.

Razer took Erol’s fists in his, loosening them, an attempt at disarming him. In seconds, his palms were relaxed and feeling warmer wrapped up in Razer’s. Erol’s audible, stressed breathing had abated, too. So the bad weather was clearing up.

Razer lowered his eyebrows, confused. “I thought, you said you didn’t want me to touch you.”

The reddened, yellow eye glistened after a blink. “I lied.”

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WIP#3: Jak and Daxter series, entitled “Just A Little Fun Crime”

“Since I’m still working, I’ll just ask, straight up; what were you really doing, speeding? Is it some sort of attention-seeking?” Erol rested his elbow on the edge of the table, supporting his jaw with his fist.

Razer resumed his smirking. “I actually sent you a kind thought in those moments, running fast like that. I wanted to have fun, like I always do. Don’t know why you came to mind, though.” He relaxed even more, leaning his head just slightly to the side. “I was hoping to get picked up by the cops and frisked. You being the one to do it, that was just the cherry on top.”

Erol leaned closer, humming a satisfied note. “So it was attention-seeking.”

Razer mimicked, leaning forward. Without the table, they would have been close enough to touch. “It worked perfectly.”

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WIP#4: Star Trek(of the newer J.J. Abrams movies), entitled “Bones Diner”(a Diner!AU, unsurprisingly):

Tuesday caught Leonard like a leg in a beartrap from the very first hour he was awake. He had awoken with the memory in his mind of a dream, something both disturbing and fuzzy beyond comfort.

In the dream, Leonard was walking along a deserted highway, not knowing where to go. Out of nowhere, a Harley burst into the frame, and sitting on that Harley was the pie-guy. He was dressed like a James Dean impersonator, and he stopped right in front of Leonard.

“Ride with me to the pie in the sky?” He had said, smiling with his diamond-shaming teeth. Leonard was reluctant in the dream, and kept walking ahead. The man kept riding his Harley up and down the road, as if to impress Leonard, and just when he was fading away in the smeared red sunset, he woke up.

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I was tagged by @mosylufanfic (thanks :D)

The rules: Go to page 7 of your WIP, go to the seventh line, share seven sentences, and tag 7 more writer-bloggers to continue the challenge.

My most recent WIP(s) fell under 7 pages so far, so I went with a slightly older one, which I do plan to get back to, hopefully within the month. So, for anyone who might be wondering whether I will ever post another chapter of ‘First Rule of Time Travel’...

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“What schedule is that?” Rule 1 of being kidnapped by a crazy supervillain: ask leading questions to get them monologuing, as equal parts stall tactic and information gathering. The longer they talked, the better.

But Cold only shook his head. “That’s on a need-to-know basis, I’m afraid. The most successful operations are run with every participant knowing only their own piece of the puzzle."

“So what’s my piece?”

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