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thanks for mentioning me Luna!!!! also ik a few writers who writes excellent stuff: @chocosvt, @leejihoonownsmyheart, @puppetwritings (inactive :( but i love them), @haechanblr, @infinitum-imaginaerum, @minigum, @woozisnoots (ps check them out, they're awesome writers!)

Graffiti | Jaehyun | 06

05 | 06 | 07

A strained groan fell from his throat as he stirred, stretching his stiffened back muscles from a rock-like sleep—the first one he’d had in as long as he could remember. No sleeping with one eye open, no fears lingering in the back of his mind, no waking up a hundred times in the midst of his sleep; just solid, motionless, deep rest. The blinds were cracked just enough that the natural sunlight was illuminating a majority of your living room, but it was a soothing blocked light that didn’t hurt his desensitized eyes.

It took a moment for him to pick up on the wafting coffee scent that filled your apartment and he wondered if you had a coffee pot set on a timer or if he had actually slept through you getting up and rummaging around in next to silence. You could have harmed him, if you wanted, a thought that quickly crossed his mind as he considered checking if you were up. Maybe it was best to clear that thought, first, even if he had spent so much time watching his back. The fact of the matter was that you didn’t.

He stretched a bit more before picking himself up from your pull-out, intending to greet you for a cup of coffee before returning to sit for a bit on the comfort of it. He lifted his arms high above his head to stretch a little bit more before plucking his jeans off the floor to slip them on and then wandered around the end-table to the kitchen, but you were nowhere to be found.  The pot of coffee was eyeing him—it looked like there was already a cup or so taken out of it, so he quietly looked through the cabinets before coming across a mug to pour himself a cup, hoping it was for him too.

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so. FUN FACT

tumblr is apparently rolling out a beta for a new post editor that essentially makes it so there are no longer post “types” (text post, audio post, photo post, etc.), and instead all types of content are better integrated into a single post. pretty neat, right?

…until you read the fine print.

The maximum number of total content blocks allowed in a single post is 250.

i emailed support and asked whether each paragraph counts as a content block. i received this reply:

SO. each paragraph counts as a content block, and i’m only allowed 250 content blocks in one post. the solution provided was to reformat my fics by using shift+enter after every paragraph instead of simply enter. which is already unnecessarily annoying in of itself, but then you come to the second hurdle: 

The maximum character length of a single text block is 4096 characters.

so–what?? besides spending my time writing thousands upon thousands of words, i’m expected to copy-paste it and then reformat everything, counting every single one of those words to make sure they fit within the restrictions? or i’m supposed to chop my fics up into multiple parts, even when i don’t want to? how exactly are writers supposed to write on this platform?? as you all know, my style tends to run pretty dialogue-heavy, so i start new paragraphs (and, thus, content blocks!!!) pretty damn often. i did a quick check, and let it snow, at almost 19k, is 550 paragraphs. with this new system, i would be forced to upload it in three (3!!!!!) posts! even my shortest chapter of ego, at 8.8k, is 350 paragraphs, and i’d have to split it in two.

this is honestly a formatting nightmare as a writer, and this is a decision that is liable to drive content creators away from the site and change fandom culture as a whole. 

please. if you enjoy reading content on this site and want to continue enjoying content on this site, please don’t let tumblr make things harder for writers! since the tumblr team is supposedly eager to hear what everyone thinks, it would really help if you could message support and share your concern about the issue–maybe we can stop this disaster before it starts.

I know a lot of writeblrs will be affected by the post editor, so if you have the option to participate in the Beta, please reach out to the support team and give your feedback!

If you click on the question mark besides the [BETA] and the “Let us know” it’ll take you straight to the feedback form.

It’s really easy!

They’re actively looking for feedback and opinions, so if enough of us talk about how it’s not working, maybe we can get them to change it!

THeyre actually going to ever listen to us instead of forcing us to find a way to xkit our way around something? *cynical*

I definitely understand your cynicism, but I feel like flooding them with our feedback might have a better chance than complaining about it in our posts!

XKit is amazing and is an absolute godsend, but not everyone uses it. People are going to be limited by the new updates regardless of whatever fix XKit can provide and this hurts the creators on the platform.

The staff won’t know that it’s a problem if we only complain about it on our blogs. But maybe, just maybe, they’ll realize that it’s a problem if a ton of people give them feedback using the official form saying that it’s not working for them.

I don’t know about you, but I’d rather take the small chance over a 0 chance.

I’ve reported a couple things I didn’t like about the Beta and I did get some sort of personalized-ish response from the staff.

I don’t know if they’re listening, but it’s a lot harder to ignore people screaming in your ear compared to people complaining about it under their breaths.

If any part of this beta upsets you, don’t get complacent.

Send your feedback to Tumblr through the Help Center. Tell them why you’re unhappy. It’s not too late.

Here’s hoping! @support

I don’t have the Beta options but I am signal boosting this like heck.

I have also gone into the Help section and sent a Feedback comment on how this limit will be a problem for me and many others.

Taeyong was a lightweight; everyone knew it, everyone made fun of it, everyone gave him shit for it. But being the sweetheart Taeyong was, he took it in stride, even when he went out with his friends and they constantly told him to slow down, joked about how he’d be blackout drunk in no time, that he probably should drink some water and eat some greasy fried foods. He mostly only went out with his friends to escape the monotony of home, of staring at the bleak white walls of his room or office, to look away from the equally bleak white pages he scribbled over in the middle of the night, the middle of the day, or really any time inspiration struck him. Even though the old man within him craved to be in the quiet, away from the bumping club music and sweaty bodies swaying around him, it was nice to spend some time lounging with some buddies and joke about things other than his alcohol intolerance.

Admittedly, he got uncomfortable any time the relationship conversation came up. Taeyong couldn’t say he was actively looking for a relationship—he actually quite enjoyed his zero commitment alone time—but sometimes he craved the affection for another more extensively than peer support. Even though his friends joked around being playfully affectionate (and he did so right back) he knew there was nothing that could fill the void of that genuine affection. His buddies often tried to use his quickly built courage to try and talk to some people around the club, but he seldom went for it. Would it be apt to call Taeyong picky? Maybe. In all the time he spent being single, he really had time to hone in on exactly what he was looking for, and while that took a little more delving into personalities to really bring to light, he tended to be a pretty good people-reader as well.

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I’m trying to update Graffiti and Umbra more frequently (I realize it was 10 months between Graffiti 3 and 4 and even longer?? between umbra 4 and 5), just because I’m ready to have them be done. Is anyone enjoying reading those stories anymore? I’m just wondering. I don’t want to agonize too much about it if nobody cares lol.

viastro’s year in review <3

ミ★ tagged by: @brinnalaine thank you for the tag !! i’m probably not going to answer all the questions cause i don’t wanna go feral but HAJFHKS

before i start doing my review, i’d like to wish everyone a happy new year ! i hope 2021 is filled with nothing but good health, safety, and happiness for you all <3  

i’d also like to thank everyone for all the support you’ve given me this year. this morning i woke up to 1600 followers and i honestly feel so grateful for the love i’ve received on the content i have created in such a short amount of time. it genuinely means the world to me and i always love hearing feedback from you guys, so thank you for sticking with me on my journey as a writer ! there will be a lot more works coming from me in 2021 :D

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hi everyone!! it’s gina (your local wonshuaseok and sunkyuric full time screamer) and i’m here today to present you with a wrap up my festivities this year!

what is it you may ask? well i decided that this year i should do something of a recap of everything that i’ve done on this platform for this year, and new people and fandoms i’ve encountered that i want to share with you all!!

but before i do that, i want to say thank you to everyone that has been with me since the day i started this account cause it’s actually almost been two years that i’ve been writing on here!! it’s crazy that time has been going by so fast on here and i appreciate the insane amount of people that are here with me like as i’m writing this, it’s 2.4k??? 

THATS CRAZY I’VE NEVER HIT THAT HIGH ANYWHERE HUTOEHTUOEAFEA like even when i wrote on wattpad before coming onto here i was at 1.9k there but wow thank you so much for all the notes and comments, asks and reblogs that you all send in. 

but i can be sentimental again on the two year anniversary of this blog heheh i’ll go ahead and start the wrap that you can read it all under the cut if anything since i know it’s going to be long hehe

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