Fiore | She/her | 23 | for the love of everything good I cannot manage to change neither the header nor profile picture of this blog | forever obsessed with the Simon Snow series and AFTG | trying my best | Simon Snow's wings and tail lover
Thank you so much for the tag @fiend-for-culture !💕
Last song: "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by Marianne Faithfull (discovered thanks to the movie Thelma & Louise).
Currently watching: BOOTS for the seventh time in a row, with The Grand Budapest Hotel, some 9-1-1 and Psych sprinkled in between.
Currently reading: Maree di Mezzanotte (Midnight Tides) with my brother (I'm almost at the halfway point of the series🥹); Blue Lily, Lily Blue (I've been stuck on this one for a year at this point, I want to keep going but I'm also scared to) and searching for an audiobook to listen to while I work. And fics of course. Thank you to all the fic writers out there, you truly make our lives better.
Current obsession: BOOTS. I'm stuck, I've read books I really liked, watched other shows and movies in between but I'm still stuck here. Every time I finish the last episode I just play the first one immediately.
Currently working on: getting ready for two sewing classes in September, one as a student and one as a teacher (for the first time, I'm a bit scared but also really exited!) and trying to figure out if it's doable/how to set up a crochet class for beginners. Oh and trying to learn how to knit! (My knitting machine is looking at me disapprovingly, I will get to you as well, I swear)
Currently wearing: my glasses, my usual ring/earrings/necklace I wear everyday, a yellow flowy dress I only wear at home and flip flops.
Last Google search: The Magnus Protocol Transcripts
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what is your eye color. what is your favorite color. what is the color that appears most frequently in your wardrobe. what color is your favorite blanket. what color is your water bottle.
“Something delicate released in my chest, like a gold ring dropping into a bowl of milk”
— Kaveh Akbar, Martyr! (2024), p. 93.
we’re reading Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! in my Literature of/in Diaspora class. This is a response i made in the first part of the book, when Cyrus and Zee are working for a gross old white man & are high on fen ta nyl when Cyrus gets injured. plus some other symbols in there:) it’s a good book, i’m really liking it.
So I’m still in full art block, but seeing so many talented people participating in Carry On Countdown, so many wonderful fanfictions and fanarts really ignited me
So thank you to everyone who created anything for this event or for Carry On in general, this series will forever live rent free inside me
And so here is yet another rendition of one of my favorite scenes from the first book! And to a new year still full of these two ✨
tagging @brandnewcountrystar, @raeny-day, @toc-the-scrambled, @bachusekart, @seducingavampire, @run-for-chamo-miles, @sillyunicorn, @best--dress aaaand anyone who wants to do this bc it's fun
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Picrew tag game!- Create yourself now vs how you looked when you were a kid
Link
I was tagged by @cutebisexualmess for this but the chain was too long so I'm restarting!
If only that little girl could see me now (she'd probably think I was cool tbh)
uhm tagging: @b3achfagz (ik you dont do tag games so u can just ignore this but i though u might find it cool) @cassiecryptic @viktheviking1 @depressedgremlinbitch @ramencat12 @inkyslimee @the-horrifying-digital-circus @patipati @cute--thing @musicalsiphonophore @tastetherainbow290 @disenchantedwarlock @bookishcatcafe and anyone else who sees this and thinks it looks cool!!
i wasn’t tagged but it looked awesome so i had to do it… i tag: @uglyduckling339 @sapphicshart @needlekind @oya-oya-okay @three-green-waterbottles @heymrspatel @bionicle-ramblings @stvnszlr @wasyago and @r0ttingsystem (no pressure tho obvs — i’m not even mutuals with some of u, hope this isn’t a bother!) plus ANYONE else who wants in! (i love seeing ppl’s picrews on my notifs :))
Thank you for the taggg i loved this picrew sm 😭 even tho my hair colour isnt here again oops
I dont know how to compare my past self to my present self tbh. Hairstyle? I have short hair all the time for 4 years now or something, though i had short hair for a while when i was in elementary school too, so
Braids though! I liked braiding my hair so so much.
this doesn’t look too much like me (no aspen is complete without freckles) but it looks enough like me :3 this is like me now and me in like…. 4th grade? so i was 9.
I like to think she'd be proud of me, my anxietys better and I finally got rid of that toxic friend after 7 years!!! I used to read so much, I always had a book, a new one every other day lol, I read soo damn fast. Now I just read fanfic instead of physical books lol
@kutie106 @theblueshark @cosyfroggo @historyfan9784 @losairr @chocolate-chexburger @leaderofthechildrenofthecreature @sam-yow @noelgallagh3r @silly-activites and open tags so anyone who wants to :)
^ I feel the same way about my past self. She may have been a rascal and stupid at times but she was a good kid and tried her best(I still do but I’m a lot more burnt out and I’m not as happy)
I used to think little me was a happy, well behaved kid... but then I remembered little me was actually severely depressed and had huge mood issues so personally I think I had a glow up lol
Younger me is kind of a mix of me at all ages? But mostly based on me after i moved to a different country and was not doing at my best mentally :/. I think she’d be happy i’m ok now though :)
@procrastination-legion @chips-and-salsa852 @anxious-impala @pokaadot @historical-redwood-tree @soup-of-madness @shinsoukokushipper132 @luca-is-a-pengu @ivanstoothpick @the-jason-todd-impreganator + anyone who sees this!
yknow i dont think ive ever used a picrew thats actyally got the placement of my moles right so this is a first😋
it's a little weird knowing tgat a younger version of yourself wouldve idolised everything about the you of today.
(yes i do wear waistcoats/suits/fancy stuff like that way too often, yes im surprised that this picrew actua lly has those as options, yes im ALSO surprised that it's weirdly accurate????)
@anything-for-my-moons n @asphodelevans bc im curious abt you two specifically<3 (dear anyone, please tag along!!! id love to see what yours would look like💗)
Yayyyy internet interaction!!! Thanks for the tag!!!
Last song:
Phoenix by Stray kids
Currently watching:
Uhhhh do YouTube video essays count?
Last movie:
Whiplash
Currently reading:
I Prefer Peter by Mia Battaglia
Sweet/Spicy/Savory:
Sweet ALL THE WAYYY
Relationship status:
Very single and very happy
Last thing I googled:
How to write a cover letter
Currently working on:
Homework lol. But fanfic wise, I'm working on a MerMay prompt that I havent been able to stop thinking about. It's a Stray Kids/Minsung fluffy gift-giving fic
To Live (1993 Chinese movie, started watching in my Chinese class.)
Currently Reading:
I hope fanfics count because I've really only been reading fics recently.
"Again" by Drich, "The Longest Battle" by Can_Opener and hero_of_the_wolf, "Shadowed" by Gia_D and notfreyja, and "Father of Time 2: The Ganondorf War" by MrsMusica
I love Zelda fics I love I love I love. (I'm also planning to reread "This Is An Adjuration" by notfreyja.)
Sweet/Spicy/Savory:
Savory!!!!!
Relationship Status:
SINGLE FOREVER!!!!! *Throws aroace flag colors all over the place.*
Last thing I googled:
20*1000000
I forgot basic math 😭
Currently working on:
Homework.
But! I'm also working on putting together cohesive timelines for my roleplay blogs so people on the outside can actually follow what's going on!
currently reading; Peerless, The Summer Hikaru Died, Toilet Bound Hanako-kun
Sweat/spicy/savory; savory
Current relationship status; hopeless romantic 😔 (but at the same time in 2 platonic polycules)
Last thing I googled; Skinzun >:))))))))
Currently working on; art (WuLian week), my fan fic, 2 original stories, (still very early in the process on those, might start posting abt in October 4 OCtober)
"His gaze went unbidden to where Kevin’s newest postcard should be hanging on the wall. Only the thumbtack remained. There was nothing left of Renee’s picture, and only ash where his sand dollar and wristband ought to be."
It’s a super quick and messy sketch but I couldn’t really get myself to do more than this. Still, I felt it appropriate to do the last variation </3
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Massive thanks to @thewholelemon and @alexalexinii for today's tags, and everyone else who tagged me for the past few weeks! (I wasn't planning on a WW, but my blog is in dire need of Snowbaz content.)
I covered Baz's face because the hair and collar are the stars of this post.
I experimented with watercolors for the first time since... idk middle school? Things were going great until midway, I freaked out and broke every watercolor rule from the tutorial I was watching. And if that wasn't enough, I thought the exact-o-knife would fix my mistake.
Long story short, Baz has a gaping hole in his face, BUT I have many options to salvage this work and his hair. His hair is wall hanging worthy. I'd hang his hair. Well, I'd hang the rest of him on my wall too. Who wouldn't wanna hang a masterpiece and stare at it all day? Especially with a collar. And his chest. Merlin. Sorry...
Tags, plans, books, and me doing everything else except finishing my WIPS below!!!
COAR
All I can say it that it feels like I've won the lottery and that I AM working on it >:)
1997–2068
Wasn't planning on dropping words, but everyone reminded me about Simon's birthday and I remember writing something that involved his birthday months ago:
The sun casts light upon your headstone through the trees. I smile, brushing my fingers along the warm, etched letters of your name.
“Happy Birthday, my love.”
Wow, what the fuck, Jyae? Okay, the next few paragraphs is a wittle sad, so be careful <3 It's just me plotting how to make both my life and Baz's absolutely miserable with 0 comfort. Feel free to skip. The most important part of this post was Baz's hair from above^^
I like the idea of Simon losing his memories all the way back to the beginning of eighth year. I like the idea of Simon forgetting all the moments he spent time with Baz as allies, friends, lovers, and husbands. I like the idea of Simon not recognizing Baz because he aged. I like the idea of Simon fighting to go back to Watford because that's the place he calls home. I like the idea of Simon desperately looking for Baz, despite Baz being right there in front of him, and Baz can't do anything about it.
I want Simon to believe he's the Chosen One again and repeat the events he went through his eighth year. His last year at Watford. His last year full stop. I want Simon to talk about "Baz" in front of the real and older Baz. How he's still missing and the thing with his mother and how he seduced Agatha. "Baz" comes back, and Simon recounts his experiences with him. Things like following him in the Catacombs again, starting a truce, and telling him that "Baz" is the prettiest person who has ever floated like a butterfly while fighting a dragon. We'll have moments where Simon gets to tell older Baz things Simon never got to say and stuff Baz would've never known at Watford.
And then something about Baz realizing that even though Simon lost his memories, Baz was still the center of Simon's life, and that he always loved Baz, even if he never again said it. Or something like that lol idk :D
Simon's Pride Cream Pie
Not sure what possessed me to write a few words underneath this post, in 3rd person too, but I think I'll actually make it into a full fic. Like, why not? I'm already a foot in.
See how we went from Simon dying to cream pies? Yeah, that was on purpose.
Books
Books I Finished This Month:
Wolfsong by TJ Klune
The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic
The Raven King by Nora Sakavic
Books I'm Currently Reading:
The King's Men by Nora Sakavic (97%)
Vicious by V. E. Schwab (43%)
Books I intend to read this month:
Captive Prince by C. S. Pacat
I started it, but with how I said nothing about it , you can tell I haven't gotten that far lol BUT FOR TOXIC™️ PRIDE MONTH, I SHALL FINISH
I don't think I've devoured this many books at the same time EVER. If you tore me apart, I'd ooze nothing but words. If you put your ear against my head, you'll hear nothing but the clash of racquets and exy balls bouncing.
Thank you all who have stuck around as I scream into the void. While I may not be posting about them as much, I'm still thinking about them as always, seeing where they would fit in the current world I'm immersed in—Baz in an exy uniform or Simon as a wolf or Baz and Simon hate fucking—you get the idea. They're a constant in my life and that'll never change. Being able to tag you all is proof of that <3
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My bind of @facewithoutheart's fic This Will All Go Down In Flames
❤️🔥
This was my first time binding a fic and many mistakes were made but I'm really happy with how it turned out!
Some details:
I listened to @facewithoutheart's playlist for this fic almost the entire time I worked on this (and I watched 9-1-1 which was also @facewithoutheart's influence)
Cover created in Procreate using the studio pen
Font used for author's name on cover is Pilot Light
Book cloth made of out Heat n Bond, tissue paper, and Essex Cotton/Linen blend black fabric
Title design on front cover and stars on back cover made using Cricut holographic heat transfer vinyl in red
Flames on front cover and text on back cover made using Cricut iron on foil in red, spine in gold
Headband made out of excess Cricut holographic vinyl ironed onto excess fabric
End papers made out of 65lb black card stock and Cricut gold foil, font is Viktorie
Chapter title font: PF Fuel in Decay
Paragraph font: Minion Pro in Book
Twitter font: Roboto
Text message font: DINOsaur in Book
News article font: Times New Roman
Paper used was Hammermill 20lb paper in Cream
I used InDesign, InCopy, Illustrator, Photoshop (because I am a masochist)
The most EXTRA thing I did was the end papers. I wanted to use the same font I used on the back cover but based on the way the Cricut Design Space works, it wasn't as simple as just turning the font into an SVG so I hand traced each letter 🙃 (worth it)
You can check out my WIP posts here, here, and here.
Thank you everyone who weighed in each week and who helped me with formatting! Thanks for coming on this journey with me! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
