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Andi, Cleo, and all the Arcana in between

@dreams-of-the-arcana

Blog for my OCs and fan writing. 18+ blog. PFP from @mineshaft-birdie Header by: @JoeyHazell-Art
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momolady

I need a travel laptop.

I've been working with an amazing PC for the last few years. It was one of the best purchases of my life, no doubt about it. But I've noticed I cannot be two places at once, and that's starting to take a toll on me and my work. (Especially in trying to finish Ozren. Editing has not bee going well at all.) I want to invest in a new laptop that I can travel with and can go between my house, my folk's house, etc. Any suggestions for one would be great, any help on that hand woudl be awesome too. I can't offer much right now, but my ko-fi shop is open and I have lots of wares to sell including stickers, prints, ebooks and the like. I also have subscriptions on my ko-fi if patreon ain't your thing. For now, I am researching and saving up my cash so I can afford a laptop. Thank you so much for listening, and I shall be off to finish all the wips I guess.

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yeoldenews

A Guide to Historically Accurate Regency-Era Names

I recently received a message from a historical romance writer asking if I knew any good resources for finding historically accurate Regency-era names for their characters.

Not knowing any off the top of my head, I dug around online a bit and found there really isn’t much out there. The vast majority of search results were Buzzfeed-style listicles which range from accurate-adjacent to really, really, really bad.

I did find a few blog posts with fairly decent name lists, but noticed that even these have very little indication as to each name’s relative popularity as those statistical breakdowns really don't exist.

I began writing up a response with this information, but then I (being a research addict who was currently snowed in after a blizzard) thought hey - if there aren’t any good resources out there why not make one myself?

As I lacked any compiled data to work from, I had to do my own data wrangling on this project. Due to this fact, I limited the scope to what I thought would be the most useful for writers who focus on this era, namely - people of a marriageable age living in the wealthiest areas of London.

So with this in mind - I went through period records and compiled the names of 25,000 couples who were married in the City of Westminster (which includes Mayfair, St. James and Hyde Park) between 1804 to 1821.

So let’s see what all that data tells us…

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got told at lunch "you feel like Tumblr Incarnate" and i had to tell them i've been here for 13 years and counting. i was here three years before dashcon happened. i saw the mishapocalypse. i survived the gigapause. i've been here longer than the shoelaces post. i've been here since it was hipsters versus fandom and i played both sides extensively by overdoing the sepia filters on everything and making my own flashing galaxy gif edits for my fandom posts. i'm every tumblr. it's all in me

Oh ancient one what wisdom do you hold?

  • 99% of callout posts are bullshit and just petty personal drama someone is escalating to get even on a grudge. do not engage with these, do not freelance as a cop
  • DNIs do not work. accept this. internalize that people you don't like will see your posts and engage with them. this is unavoidable and the sooner you make peace with it the freer your mind will be. block the freaks and don't sweat the small stuff
  • building a tight knit circle of fellow weirdos who vibe with your particular quirks and taste is infinitely more rewarding and sustainable than chasing the biggest numbers
  • don't respond to bad-faith arguments or bad takes; just block people, blacklist tags, filter post content, and move on. don't feed the trolls (or the bigots)
  • don't hate-follow
  • don't tag your hate (ex. if you're posting about how much you hate a ship, don't tag it as that ship, etc.)
  • don't feel obligated to keep following someone who posts stuff that upsets/depresses/angers/bores you just because you know them really well, or because you're mutuals, or because you used to like what they post. following is nothing personal and neither is unfollowing
  • op doesn't know you; avoid parasocial relationships
  • don't pick fights or reblog posts just to disagree/argue
  • spread joy and positivity in your circles
  • disable anonymous asks
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clownoverrat

"please learn about my disorder so you understand why I react the way I do" and "my disorder is not an excuse to be an asshole" should co-exist and people should understand the difference

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clownoverrat

"please learn about my disorder so you understand why I react the way I do" and "my disorder is not an excuse to be an asshole" should co-exist and people should understand the difference

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Emma: If I made the rules in the palace-

Emma *points at Leon* : you're getting therapy.

Emma *points at Chevalier* : you're getting therapy.

Emma *points at Nokto* : you're getting therapy.

Emma*points at Clavis* : you're getting therapy.

Emma *points at Licht* :AND ESPECIALL YOU. YOU ARE GETTING THERAPY.

*Emma looking at Gilbert and Luke*......

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When he was on the way back to the mansion after party and saw her alone in the shop and was making a new suit for him as a birthday gift 💝

Say, Comte in a new suit and has a new hairstyle different from his usual self? 🫶🫶🫶

If you still remember the new suit, I made Comte wore them 🥰🫶

With his new hairstyle 🥺

HE IS SO PRETTY OH MY GOD

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tlirsgender

Large man character who knows like 129 ways to kill someone with his bare hands: *is good with kids*

Me, every time, without fail: ohh my god the large man character who knows like 129 ways to kill someone with his bare hands is good with kids.........

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