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this is sending me bc I have this interaction with @mxrcusflint from this morning

⏳&🔏for canon divergent secret relationship pleeeeaaasssssseeee

hiiiiiii bestie <3 thanks so much for sending this in!!! WIP Wednesday game here, come play with me!

Snippet from canon divergent fic:

Jake’s eyes flit across his face, softening briefly as they search his expression. Bradley holds himself still under the scrutiny and desperately hopes that whatever he’s looking for, he doesn’t find. A sad curl works its way onto Jake’s mouth and Bradley's whole body sags – it’s useless to try to hide from him. He parts his lips to say something, anything, but the words die on his lips. He closes his mouth again without saying anything he needs to. Jake nods at him like he’s disappointed. He should be used to that by now, but the resignation in his face still stings. “You give ‘em hell,” Jake rasps, barely heard over the roar of the world around them. It’s as much an encouragement as it is a warning.

🔏 - have you experienced writer’s block on this fic? Is it over or are you still trying to unlock it?

YOU KNOW I HAVE!! This fic is very Action-y, which I don't think I'm very good at writing. I have trouble making action scenes interesting beyond "this happened and then this happened." I've drafted almost all of the fic, but I want to let it breathe for a while so I can go back with a clear head and add some details. Hopefully that will get it feeling a bit more interesting to me than it does right now...

⏳ - spend some time on the fic, this could be editing, or writing, or making a mood board (or social media post 🫣)

hello hello!! wrote a few hundred words to just get a scene out for this

🐌 what aspect of this fic feels like it's slooooow?

@seekstrivefind Hihi Star! This is an unedited little snippet from my single dad Bradley x Fire fighter Jake AU:

Bradley Bradshaw knew it was gonna be a shit day when his alarm doesn't go off, but he instead wakes to the soft cries of Cordelia. Falling out of bed, he lets out a grunt of pain, breathing through it as he forces himself to move. Shoving himself up to his feet, he pulls her up, cradling his daughter to his chest, murmuring soothing gibberish as he desperately tries to get himself to wake up. Only to freeze as he opens his eyes to see he's got less than half hour to get himself and Cordy ready to drop Cordy off at uncle Ice's house before he's meant to meet his mom at her school. Where he's supposed to be helping out in her classroom with career day. Fuck.

hmmmmmmmm i could go very dirty with these LMAOOOOOO! lettuce go with heavy. not too dirty! pulled right from the new moon sequel i'm working on, currently rocking with 11.6k and still a bit to go YAY!!!

xoxo other star

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13. what's something you learned recently?

hmm this is a great question! something i started doing recently is makeup related- i am a bit of a makeup junkie because i love colors lol. and i must be covered in them at all times. recently, i have been getting into what the kids call... underpainting, i believe? which is applying your cream products that are NOT skin tone related underneath your foundation/skin tint/whatever, which you blend out on top of them, and then you top that with powder products. which probably sounds like a whole lot of nothing to you if you're not a makeup person lol, but trust me when i say as a person who learned most of what i know about makeup innately from beauty gurus in like, 2016, it's very very different to the way i already know how to do things and the first couple times i tried it i looked insane akdhfjshgjg. i think i am getting the hang of it tho! if done right, it's much smoother and more even/blended application of products. next stop on the makeup skillz bandwagon: tight-lining without stabbing my eyes out lol

8. what's your favorite month and why?

ohhh this is TOUGH but i think i have to say that it's a toss-up between may or july for me. may, because it's still cool enough out (where i live) to afford a cool jacket/ripped tights game, which i live by, and also, spring showers !!! which i love. but irl, may is like the busiest month of my life- it's my partner and i's anniversary, it's everybody i know's birthday, it's my sister and brother in law's anniversary- too much happening. very stressful lol. but great weather! i do also love july because it's the dead middle of summer, which is overall my favorite season. yes it's sticky and hot, but the days are long, and there's so much to do outside, and i usually do a lot of walking/hiking/going to the beach/attending events/going to my town's yearly airshow around this time. all things i adore !!! plus, i am NOT a fall girlie. i unfortunately vibe the least with fall of all the seasons, and i like july for having that nostalgic late-summer-feeling and yet also being far enough away from fall that i am not yet thinking about the Orange that is going to invade my life soon lol.

Hi Star and you know what you’re very right. I should have a tag for sandwiches for how often they’re on my mind

I'm working on it, AND I am sleepy. multi-tasking queen ✨ the words could be filling me up a little more quickly, but it's okay we are staying strong