hello everyone! i’m sorry for posting very infrequently these past few months, there were lots of medical emergencies in my house so i didn’t have the time to do any personal work. and, because of these medical emergencies, i am opening up commissions again! if you like my work, please consider contacting me for a commission here or through email at [email protected], and if anyone would like to help any further, here’s my ko-fi.
i tried to make these as cheap as possible, but even if you can’t afford this right now, please, please, please reblog to help spread the word! everything helps!
you can check my commissions page on my blog for more in-depth information than shown here, but feel free to send me an ask if you still have any questions. thanks for sticking with me and thank you again for all the support!
image ID: a screenshot of a bank account. the available checking has an amount of $0.26, and the savings has $21.00
my grandma has been in and out of the hospital, my uncle is still recovering from his heart attack and open heart surgery, and the state of florida still hasn’t approved him for ssdi or ssi. him and the landlord have applied for rental assistance as well but never got the checks and the landlord is fed up.
he borrowed another 3,000 from a family friend to stave off the landlord, but they’re left with hardly any money to get medicine or pay copays. my uncle has had a fever for 3 days that he’s had to ignore because he can’t afford the gas to even get to the doctor.
i’m not going to set a goal, because i have no idea when this nightmare will end. even a dollar will go a long way with helping them get by. we can’t wait for the government to help.
its important to me as a detrans woman to be vocal about it. its important to me as a detrans woman who initially only had radfems to talk to about detransition, because i couldnt find a single trans inclusive detrans person for over a year, to make sure other people know they have options.
radfems arent your aly if you’re questioning your gender. they dont have your best interest at heart. they dont care about helping you explore who you are, theyre only interested in sucking you in to be another transmisogynistic pawn for their violent ideology.
if you’re trans/nonbinary now, but are wondering if it isnt right for you, know that you have options. you can talk to me. there are people who have not done a 180 into bigotry who are here to support you.
please reblog, do not just like, this post.
i dont have a large platform. i want this to get spread. i want to remove terfs from the forefront of detrans/reidentification awareness & support. they cannot continue to be the first contact for questioning people.
i am begging you, yes you personally, to please reblog this, and comment or reply in the tags if you’re a safe, trans-inclusive detransitioned or reidentified person to approach.
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with giving something a try and deciding “ah, this isn’t right for me after all.”
If you’re European, in a couple of weeks you will be denied any and all access to fandom contents on Tumblr and everywhere else on the internet. Here’s why.
On June, 20th the JURI of European Parliament approved of the articles 11 and 13 of the new Copyright Law. These articles are also known as the “Link Tax” and the “Censorship Machines” articles.
Articles 13 in particular forces every internet platform to filter all the contents we upload online, ending once and for all the fandom culture. Which means you won’t be able to upload any type of fandom works like fan arts, fan fictions, gif sets from your favourite films and series, edits, because it’s all copyrighted material. And you won’t also be able to share, enjoy or download other’s contents, because the use of links will be completely restricted.
But not everything’s lost yet. There’s another round of voting scheduled for the early days of July.
What you can do now to save our internet, is to share these informations with all of your family members and friends, and to ask to your MEP (the members of the European Parliament from your country) to vote NO at the next round, to vote against articles 11 and 13.
Here you can find more news and all the details to contact your MEP:
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I’m an artist, a big fan of everything actually. Back in 2017 I drew some pieces on DeviantArt of Betty Boop and I received a nice comment saying: “Hi there.Please sign this petition of releasing a future Betty Boop movie for those who are fans of her. www.change.org/p/syco-entertai…“ At first I was excited, but then I looked at his profile and gallery and I noticed right away he was a tracer, I knew his likes weren’t that much but I had to spread the truth to everybody as soon as I saw him stealing art. He goes by the name Rapper1996.
Then one day I was looking for some songs on youtube, and I met this one https://soundcloud.com/haraldkindseth/betty-boop (real author) Believe it or not, this thief even made an account on youtube and uploaded this as his. He received a lot of views and on his profile he has his DA page showing up.
I get it, he likes Betty Boop, but there are MANY different ways to love her. This is not ok for me. Help me reblogging this so more people can see it.
You might remember me from such fandoms as… wow, there are A Lot, aren’t there? Birblr, Hozier fandom, MCU…. I used to write fanfic, and blog about fannish or pagan stuff, and all that jazz.
The well has kinda run dry the past couple years. That pandemic you might have heard of is at least one reason why.
There’s good news and bad news. The good news is I’m still alive, employed, watching some Star Trek, following some YouTubers, listening to music, getting back into druidry as a spiritual path after a long hiatus. I’m still working with an excellent therapist and feel like my depression, anxiety, and ADHD are all pretty well managed now.
The bad news is I’m losing a lot of income due to taking unpaid leave from work on account of bad reactions to some of my medications. I have Type II diabetes, and so far, my doctor hasn’t liked my numbers, and my digestive system has so far not liked any medication she’s prescribed for it.
For the first time in a while, I am looking at not being able to make rent and still have money for other expenses. I could really use some donations. You can PayPal me at mtoddweb 113 at gmail dot com.
There was one other thing which I posted about briefly here but didn’t say much about, and feel I should share. My bird friend of 21 years, Rembrandt the cockatiel, passed away back in October. I believe he was around 23 years old. He had been failing a bit, showing signs of arthritis, and then one evening it was over. I miss him very much still, but am open to welcoming another bird or pair of birds into my home. I don’t say that to make people feel bad, just because it’s been ages since I posted anything personal.
Thanks for reading this, and if you can’t donate, don’t feel bad, please reblob me if you can.
What do I mean by those things? Let’s start with #1. The Death of the Author is a type of literary criticism, the extreme cliff notes version of which is that art exists outside of the creator’s life, personal background, and even intentions. I’m using it slightly differently than Barthes intended, but that’s okay, because the author is dead and I’m interpreting his work through my own lens.
In fandom, the author is dead. In fact, the author was never alive in the first place, not really. The author has only ever been the idea of a person, because unlike published fiction, the only thing we know about a fanfic author is that which they choose to tell us about themselves.
Why is that important?
Because it might not be true. Hell, that happens in real life with published authors, who have SSN’s on file with their publishers, who pay taxes on the works they create and have researchable pasts. If the author of A Million Little Pieces could fake everything, why can’t I? Why can’t you? Why can’t the writer of your favorite fic in the whole wide world?
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: “you can only write about [sensitive subject] if [sensitive subject] has happened to you personally, otherwise you’re a disgusting monster that deserves to die!!” Or maybe “you can only write [x racial or ethnic group] characters if you’re [x racial or ethnic group] otherwise you’re racist/fetishizing/colonizing!”
You can play this game with any sensitive subject you can come up with. I’ve seen them all before, on a sliding scale of slightly chastising to literal death threats.
Now, I could tell you that I’m a white-passing Latina whose grandmother was an anchor baby. I could tell you that I speak only English because my family never taught me to speak Spanish, something which I’ve been told is common in the Cuban community, though I only know my own lived experience. I could tell you that I’m mostly neurotypical. I could tell you that I’m covered in surgical scars. I could tell you lots of things.
Are any of these true? Maybe! I could tell you that my brother has severe mental development problems, so uncommon that they’ve never been properly diagnosed, and that he will live the rest of his life in a group home with 24-hour care. Is that true? Am I allowed to write about families struggling with America’s piss-poor services for the handicapped now?
Am I allowed to write about being Cuban? After all, I did just say that I’m Cuban. But is it true? Can I instead write a character that’s Panamanian? Maybe I really am Panamanian, not Cuban. Maybe I’m both. Maybe I’m neither. Maybe I’m really French Canadian. Should we require people to post regular selfies? I can’t count the number of times I’ve had someone come up to me speaking Arabic, and I’ve been told that I look Syrian. What’s stopping me from making a blog that claims that I am Syrian? Can you even really tell someone’s race and ethnicity from a photo?
Am I allowed to write about being a teenager? Am I allowed to write about being a college student? Am I allowed to write about being an “adulty” adult? Can I write a character who’s 40? 50? 60? How old am I?
All of this is to say: you can’t base what someone is or is not “allowed” to write about on a background that may or may not be real. No matter how good your intentions. And I get it - this usually comes from a place of well-meaning. You’re trying to protect marginalized groups by stopping privileged people from trampling all over experiences that they haven’t suffered. I get that. It’s a very noble thought. But you can’t require a background check for every fic that you don’t like.
If you say “you can only write about rape if you’re a rape victim,” then one of three things will happen:
Real survivors will have to supply intimate details of their own violations to prevent harassment
Real survivors will refuse to engage and will then have to deal with death threats and people telling them to kill themselves for daring to write about their own experiences
People who aren’t survivors will say “yeah sure this happened to me” just to get people to shut up
Has that helped anyone? I mean really - anyone??
So now let’s get to point #2: is your baby in the bathwater?
If your intention is to protect marginalized people from being trampled upon, stop and assess if your boot is the one that’s now stamping on their face. Find your baby! Is your baby in the bathwater? Which is to say: find the goal that you’re advocating for. Now assess. Are you making the problem worse for the people you’re trying to protect? Does that rape victim really feel better, now that you’ve harassed and stalked them in the name of making rape victims feel safe?
Let’s say you read a fic that contains explicit sex between a 16 year old and a 17 year old. Is this okay? Would it be okay if the writer was 15? 16? 17? Should teenagers be barred from writing about their own lives, and should teenagers be banned from exploring sexuality in a fictional bubble, instead of hookup culture? Is it okay for a 20 year old to write about their experiences as a teenager? Is it okay for a 20 year old to write about being raped at a party as a teenager? Is it okay for a 30 year old? How about a 40 year old? Is it okay so long as it isn’t titillating? Is it okay if taking control of the narrative allows the writer to re-conceptualize their trauma as something they have control over? Is it okay if their therapist told them that writing is a safe creative outlet?
Is your author dead?
Is your baby in the bathwater?
Now let’s take a hardline approach: no fanfiction with characters who are under 18 years old. None. Is the 16 year old who really loves Harry Potter and wants to read/write about characters their own age better off? Should they be banned from writing? Should they be forced to exclusively read and write (adult) experiences that they haven’t lived? Will they write about teens anyway? Should they have to share it in secret? Should 16 year olds be ashamed of themselves? Should we just throw in with the evangelicals and say that the only answer is abstinence, both real and fictional?
Let’s say that no rape is allowed in fiction, at all. None. What happens to all the hurt/comfort fics where a character is raped and then receives the support and love that they deserve, slowly heal, and by the end have found themselves again? Are you helping rape victims by banning these stories? Are you helping rape victims by stripping their agency away, by telling them that their wants and their consent doesn’t matter?
Is your baby in the bathwater?
Fandom is currently being split in two: on one side, the people who want to make fandom a “safer” place by any means necessary, even if that means throwing out all of the marginalized groups they say they want to protect - and on the other, people who are saying “if you throw out that bathwater, you’re throwing the baby out too.”
The whole point of fandom is to be able to explore all kinds of ideas from the safety and comfort of a computer screen. You can read/write things that fascinate you, disgust you, titillate you, or make your heart feel warm. This is true of all fiction. People who want to read about rape and incest and extreme violence and torture can go pick up a copy of Game of Thrones from the bookstore whenever they want. Sanitizing fandom just means holding a community of people who are primarily not male, not straight, not cis, or some combination of those three, to higher and stricter standards than straight white cis male authors and creators all over the world.
There is nothing you can find on AO3 that you can’t find in a bookstore. Any teenager can go check out Lolita, or ASOIAF, or Flowers in the Attic, or Stephen King’s It, or Speak, or hundreds of other books that have adult themes or gratuitous violence or graphic sex. The difference is that AO3 has warnings and tags and allows people to interact only with the types of work that they want to, and allows people to curate their experiences.
Are these themes eligible to be explored, but only in the setting of something produced/published? Books, movies, television, studio art, music - all of these fields have huge barriers to entry, and they’re largely controlled by wealthy cishet white men. Is it better to say that only those who have the right connections to “make it” in these industries should be allowed to explore violence or sexuality or any other so-called “adult” theme?
Does banning women from writing MLM erotica make fan culture a better place?
Does banning queer people from writing about queer experiences make fan culture a better place?
Is M/M fic okay, but only if the author is male? What if he’s a trans man? What if they’re NB? Who should get to draw those lines? Should TERFs get a vote? What if the author is a woman who feels more comfortable writing from a male character’s perspective because she’s grown up with male stories her whole life, or because she identifies more with male characters? What about all the trans men who discovered themselves, in part, by writing fanfiction, and realized that their desires to write male characters stemmed from something they hadn’t yet realized about themselves?
How can we ever be sure that the author is who they say they are?
Who is allowed to write these stories? How do we enforce it?
Is it better for none of these stories to ever exist at all?
OP chiming in! I’m not going to dig too far back in the replies to this post, but I wanted to address this one because it’s putting words in my mouth that I didn’t write, and that I certainly don’t endorse.
“Is the implication not “anyone can write whatever they want and no one can say a word against them?” Because that’s what I’m seeing here”
Nope, it sure isn’t! To reiterate, this entire post is, specifically, about how it’s inappropriate to demand personal information from strangers on the internet in order to assess their creative works through the lens of their own personal experiences. I say nothing in this post about whether or not you, a reader, are allowed to criticize writing. Crit in fandom is an entirely different conversation that I deliberately didn’t touch on at all.
This is very specifically about people who harass creators on the internet, demanding that creators disclose personal information about their own lives. And, on the flip side, people being offended, aggressive, and abusive to creators who refuse to disclose this info.
The one I see by far the most often is survivor status - there are a LOT of people on tumblr who feel entitled to know whether or not a creator has been raped, and demand details of that rape in order to satisfy their curiosity. That’s horrifying, and damaging to rape victims, and it’s no one’s actual business. I’ve seen that attitude towards every marginalized group I touched on in the post (except for my comment on social services - that was me being glib).
Wanting to read POC characters written by POC writers is great! Demanding that an author posts photos of themselves to prove their race (when there are many reasons why someone might not want to do that) is not. Wanting to read male characters written by men is totally understandable! Demanding that someone disclose their gender, or post photos of themselves to “prove” it, is not.
No one is saying that you have to mindlessly consume fan content regardless of your personal feelings/comfort, least of all me.
All right, I’m pretty much done engaging with this because it’s obviously a waste of time, but this series of replies does a great job of pointing out why attempting to ban strangers on the internet from writing doesn’t actually help anyone. And I just couldn’t stop thinking about this comment:
“Welp, as an extremely specific example, no MLM man would write his characters immediately having anal sex right after dinner with no mention of douching. Don’t get that connection? You haven’t ever talked to an MLM person about sex or done research.”
I know where shit comes from, so this is a weird sort of gotcha, but thanks.
Here is exactly the reason why trying to gatekeep who is allowed to write something (for free, on the internet) is a waste of time. You do know that people of all genders and sexualities have anal sex, right? That’s not a sex act reserved exclusively for MLM, or for queer people. Somewhere out there, there’s a straight woman being fucked in the ass by her straight boyfriend right now. Somewhere out there, there’s a straight man being pegged by his straight girlfriend right now.
There are plenty of MLM who have never had anal sex before, either because they’re young, or inexperienced, or just don’t have any interest in the act. By this logic, is a straight woman who has regular anal sex more qualified to write MLM than a gay man who is a virgin? I mean, the next logical step is to just say that no one who hasn’t done a particular sex act should be allowed to write that sex act, and then you circle right back around to asking authors invasive questions about their personal lives that you are not entitled to know. If you read a sex scene that makes you roll your eyes at the inaccuracies (I think we’ve all been there) you can just close the tab and move on with your day. I do it all the time.
How do you imagine you could “ban” people you assume are “women” from writing? Would there be a test? Photographic proof? Digging into the minutia about particular sex acts/sensations/whatever to “prove” that the person writing really is a man is exactly how the TERFs get in. Do you want TERFs? Because this is how you get TERFs.
(As an aside - I’ve read plenty of sex written about characters who have vaginas, and the vast majority of it doesn’t have them jumping out of bed to pee immediately after sex, even though that’s standard UTI care. I don’t assume the author has never had sex before with someone who has a vagina or as someone who has a vagina, I assume that they’re glossing over the non-sexy parts because fanfic is highly romanticized, and not intended to be a how-to guide on how to have safe sex. Also, not every MLM gives themselves an enema before having sex. Some do, I’m sure, but that’s not some kind of universal.)
“Now, I’m obviously not sliding into DMs to ask every MLM author about their credentials because I really don’t have to. I’ve already made the assumption based on how they’re portraying their characters.”
Fantastic! That’s exactly the point! Engage with what is written, form your opinions based on that, and then move on without interrogating the author about their life. I’m glad to see that we’re in agreement on something here.
To circle back around also to the subject of people who are still experimenting with their genders - you may think that young trans men and NB folks who are trying to figure themselves out are totally justifiable collateral damage in pursuit of pure, accurate, free works written on the internet, but here’s where we’re going to have to agree to disagree. Any attempt to “ban” folks who appear to be women from writing MLM is going to hurt people who are experimenting with their gender, and I think that the potential harm (restricting young trans people from freedom of expression) far outweighs the potential good (you’re saved from reading inaccurate free porn on the internet).
Love how someone managed to perfectly encapsulate everything this post was actually about. Wow, yikes. Great example, though!
ALLof@littlesystems‘s response, but specifically reiterating this: “Any attempt to “ban” folks who appear to be women from writing MLM is going to hurt people who are experimenting with their gender, and I think that the potential harm (restricting young trans people from freedom of expression) far outweighs the potential good (you’re saved from reading inaccurate free porn on the internet).”
baby. bathwater.
I have to say that anal sex bit gave me pause, as well. I’ve heard so many older gays caution against douching too frequently that I can only assume that user is young themselves. Would explain their know-it-all attitude. As far as female-written fic and stuff goes, I’ve talked to plenty of my (cis) gay male friends about what they like/dislike and from my anecdotal evidence they don’t tend to care so much about the intricacies of diets and scheduled douching, etc. because gay sex–hell, ANY sex–in fiction is often meant as escapist fantasy. Even for straight people it’s rarely all-encompassing or accurate. (Disclaimer: there are certainly some types of stories where accuracy is better to have, and too much inaccuracy can definitely take some out of the moment (like, yeah, not using lube at all for anal is universally seen as pretty egregious). But douching? Nah, people who have anal don’t always douche, and if they’re worried about cleanliness they can even use a condom). Not to mention it just doesn’t make sense to write every character as an expert on any sex act just because you might have been around the block a few times and know exactly what to do perfectly every time with every partner. There can be beauty in awkward first times, too. The peeing/UTI thing is a good comparison–rarely is this mentioned in fiction. Or washing hands/thoroughly sterilizing sex toys before use. Safe and clean sex is great and important in real life and if you want to include those things in your work that’s cool, but otherwise the reader is usually capable of giving some benefit of doubt, especially when it comes to things like PWP smut.
I hesitate to engage because y’all know this kind of thing makes me furious, especially given That Viral Post of mine and the kind of anon hate I occasionally get for it.
But yes, exactly. TMI to follow:
I think back to a time when I was in college, reading and occasionally writing fic. Who would have been better positioned to accurately write anal sex: my cis male gay friend who had never had and didn’t want to have anal sex? (Though he eventually changed his mind on that, or so his eventual husband assured me, lol.) Or me, a cis female bi and/or straight person, depending on the day you asked, who had both had anal sex herself and also pegged her boyfriend?
This kind of gatekeeping is both ridiculous and harmful. If gay men want m/m fanfiction to include their own voices they are more than welcome to come write it and promote it and we’ll be happy to enjoy it. But for the most part, they don’t. For the most part they just want women to stop doing things they enjoy. In particular sexual things.
I want to shout this from the rooftops from three-rings
But for the most part, they don’t. For the most part they just want women to stop doing things they enjoy. In particular sexual things.
Louder for the people in the back. The constant call for women to stop enjoying sexy things in fandom is just another form of misogyny. If the portrayal in the free smut you opened on AO3 disgusts you, you are free to use the back button and not engage. You are even free to tell all your friends not to read that fic because it was terrible (or for even more fun, go read it and quietly make fun of it in a closed discord where the author can’t see you). What you are not free to do is harass the author, threaten them, or demand they stop engaging in a harmless hobby that brings them joy.
Also. There are many experiences of anal sex and vaginal sex and every kind of sex and very often people are writing from their own experiences or experiences of people close to them, so maybe hop off your judgy high horse about what is “realistic” or not. It’s. Free. Porn.
since people are asking, here’s a list of places you can donate to help the australian bushfires. donating literally $1 means you have done more than our prime minister. (* = can donate internationally; for the other ones you might have to google it)
I hate to have to do this again but I need help paying my rent again. For those who may not know my troubles started with my unlawful release from my last job due to disability discrimination.
I have had no luck in landing a job since then. I’ve been to so many interviews I can’t even remember them all but the second they hear about my physical capabilities (or lack thereof) I get the usual “we have found someone else for this position” call. I can’t lie to them because they’d find out I’m disabled sooner rather than later. As of October 2019 ( was deemed too sick to even work part time.
Recently I found out that what I thought was Rheumatoid Arthritis turned out to be Lupus; a pretty devastating discovery.
Naturally I really need to pay my bills and rent so I applied for SSI. They got back to me telling me my files etc on my “RA” are outdated so they’re going to consider me “not disabled”. I’m going to appeal this of course. I have an appointment set up to get retested for proof of my disease but that process is going to take a longass time.
Thankfully due to the proper treatment for the right disease, I’ve recovered enough to be able to possibly look for part time work come 2020. I could not be happier.
Until then though, I need to keep my head above water, which is why I’m asking for help for one (hopefully) final time.
I’ve had to remove ko-fi as a donation source because paypal likes to hold that money and make up reasons as to why they can’t release it to me. According to them my new bank isn’t good enough for them since it’s mostly online.
My rent is 1095.00. Any little bit donated helps a lot. Thank you for all your support in 2019. I hope to never have to repeat this year again. I don’t think I’d survive it.
Hey gamers I forgot that November isn’t the last month of the year. I completely forgot about friggin DECEMBER in my stress. So this month is hopefully the last month I will need help. I cannot thank you all enough for helping me out this year. I’ll be back looking for work when I get home from seeing my family in the midwest. Until then I just need to survive one more month. I love you all and thank you.
Okay, here’s a deal: you’re donating some money directly to one of the organization from this thread and show me payment confirmation, then I’ll do a vector graphic for you.
If you like my style and want to have a small thing created special for you, it’s the best occasion because Ukraine really needs money right now.
I mostly do Supernatural fanarts, but I think it won’t be a problem to do other fandom too. Just not nsfw or problematic stuff (like incest). Please, dm me first.
Donate at least 5$ to get an icon (3 slots) Donate at least 10$ to get full character or two half-body characters (2 slots) Donate at least 20$ to get full picture with background
i absolutely H A T E to do this, especially at a time like this, and i truly wouldn’t do this if i had any other choice, but i am quite desperate at this point :(
for understandable and valid, if unfortunate, reasons, i haven’t been able to work properly for almost a year now. over the past few months as well, my ONE SINGLE freelance client has been touch-and-go, and in fact asked me not to do any work in february and april, meaning i had two months where i had literally no earned money. no income has come in, but bills still keep rolling in as per usual, and it is rough goings.
i know we’re all out here basically passing around the same hard-earned 10 dollars, but if anyone can spare anything, any help would be greatly appreciated. i know im not the only one with bills to pay and meds and essentials to buy, so it absolutely feels selfish and shameful to be begging on the internet for change, and i would honestly rather be on the giving than asking end. so im very, VERY sorry to have to be asking for help like this, but i really am in a hard spot right now.
for anyone who can/would like to help, paypal is the best way to do it. if you’re unable to or would rather not give anything, that’s totally fine, although i would request a reblog of this post please in case it reaches someone who can help.
thank you from the bottom of my heart for any help that can be extended my way, monetary or otherwise.
i absolutely H A T E to do this, especially at a time like this, and i truly wouldn’t do this if i had any other choice, but i am quite desperate at this point :(
for understandable and valid, if unfortunate, reasons, i haven’t been able to work properly for almost a year now. over the past few months as well, my ONE SINGLE freelance client has been touch-and-go, and in fact asked me not to do any work in february and april, meaning i had two months where i had literally no earned money. no income has come in, but bills still keep rolling in as per usual, and it is rough goings.
i know we’re all out here basically passing around the same hard-earned 10 dollars, but if anyone can spare anything, any help would be greatly appreciated. i know im not the only one with bills to pay and meds and essentials to buy, so it absolutely feels selfish and shameful to be begging on the internet for change, and i would honestly rather be on the giving than asking end. so im very, VERY sorry to have to be asking for help like this, but i really am in a hard spot right now.
for anyone who can/would like to help, paypal is the best way to do it. if you’re unable to or would rather not give anything, that’s totally fine, although i would request a reblog of this post please in case it reaches someone who can help.
thank you from the bottom of my heart for any help that can be extended my way, monetary or otherwise.
I’m so thankful for each and every one of you guys, so I decided to do a little celebration to celebrate my love and appreciate for y’all!! There are three options: ships,blurbs, and moodboards, and you can send in your requests/asks for any of these from now until 12:00 AM CST on May 28
Ships:
Send in any information about yourself that you think is important: looks, hobbies, likes, dislikes, random fun facts, whatever you want
Specify if you would like to be shipped with a Star Wars character, Oscar Isaac character, or Pedro Pascal character (if you don’t specify I’ll just choose from all three categories :))
Blurbs:
Send in the number of the prompt and the list it’s from, along with the name of any of the characters I write for, and I’ll write a little blurb! (between 400 and 700 words)
Send me any information, and I’ll make a little moodboard for you! Tell me your favorite color, favorite character, an idea or dream you have, a hobby, literally anything, and I’ll use that to make the moodboard
Feel free to be as descriptive or non descriptive as you want
