That is a very very good idea. I think I’ll do that, next time I’m on a downward trajectory. Make a collage.
Thanks, Nonnie! *hugs*
I would like you to imagine a small crowd of people following you around just to aggressively complement your writing. Because it’s so good. So good. And this is probably the truth, except that the people can’t physically be there because geography.
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Hi!! I wanted to let you know that Sansûkh is the most awesome fic I ever read. Your work is brilliant and inspired me to write again. I just finished my first fic after ten years without writing. And I thank you because you are great and I want to write like you someday. Your characters are realistic and every time I close my eyes I can see your scenes playing in my head. Thank you for being the most awesome writer and the most kind person ever. Thank you for sharing your stories with us <3
dear god
*hugs* THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU wait a mo – *finds a box and a megaphone* THANK YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH YOU ARE SO INCREDIBLY KIND AND I AM SO TOTALLY BOWLED OVER
I CANNOT EVEN DESCRIBE HOW MUCH
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J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings
Happy Birthday, Tolkien!
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@determamfidd thought of you and your wonderful fic!!
OH MY GOD THAT IS GOLDEN AHAHAHA
(and thanks for thinking of me, you absolute gem!)
Another reason why your writing is so good … so many people are 200% invested in you characters? Including all of the minor ones and OCs. Like, you have so much art and writing and caring. People care so much about you writing-babies! They’re cosplaying your OCs! Because you are. Just. That. Awesome! *puts flowers at your feet in awe*
i cannot compute, I am breaking down a bit here AUGH I AM AT WORK, I AM A BLUBBERY MESS AT WORK
*hugs tight* thank you, dear. Thank you and bless you. I am always just so grateful, and I can never thank everyone enough for giving all these new characters a chance. Seriously. SERIOUSLY.
The true sin of your fic is that LotR isn’t in public domain. Seriously, if you could publish this I would go fucking broke with all the money I would be spending on hardcovers, special auditions, autograph copies, audiobooks etc
holy shit. HOLY SHIT.
I am speechless. I am honestly… wow. thank you. Thank you so SO much.
(I have 0 problems with people printing it out for their own use, btw – that’s all good!)
*mumbling* the legolasgimliao3feed on tumblr is quite a frustrating thing.
Best part of Sansukh = the character development. So much growth. Your characters are so realistic! Like, better than a lot of real book characters!!! No Batman going by on angst alone. Everyone is so 3-dimensional and real. Viscerally real.
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*deep breath*
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Fake it ‘til you make it is honestly some of the best advice I’ve ever been given in terms of mental illness.
It’s one thing to feel in your bones that you’re an absolute failure that doesn’t deserve life or love and acting like it, and a whole different thing to not.
For one, telling yourself one morning “I’m gonna pretend to be happy today” or “I’m gonna pretend to be proud of myself today” will almost always end with you having a pretty decent day. (Doesn’t last longer than a day, believe you me, and one small bad thing can shatter that illusion like a cement block through glass)
Second, it starts to trick your brain into thinking certain ways. Usually. Just like you can keep telling yourself you don’t matter until you believe it, you can keep telling yourself you matter until you believe it.
And if you don’t? If you honest to god think you don’t matter, that your life and what you do has no meaning in this world, well, what’s the harm in acting like it does to others? Best case, you convince them that you’re some self-confident godbeing. Worst case (but also funniest case), you convince them to despise you for being so proud of yourself, never knowing that you in fact can’t stand yourself as much as they do.
Fake it til you make it, dudes. Be a hotshot in your own head if you gotta. Reblog your stuff ten billion times and scream like a little kid when the smallest of good things happen. Makes the black dog in your head cower and back off. Be confident even if you don’t believe it.
Honestly this is the best advice ever. About a year ago, I decided to just fake self confidence really really hard, and the results? People started to assume I was more confident and outgoing (in particular my boss but also my parents), things became easier to do because fake-confident-me wouldn’t have a hard time doing anything. It doesn’t work all the time, but seriously this helps.
In particular, I hated how I looked. I despised my appearance, I’d never take a selfie, I’d avoid mirrors, wear a full face of makeup every day, wear boring clothes that would fade into the background, which of course all came back to thinking I wasn’t worthwhile. Fake-confident-me wouldn’t have any of that. Sure, I still do some of those things, like wear makeup all the time, and there are still moments where I can’t stand my body. But man oh man, fake-confident-me has made being real-me a hell of a lot easier.
I’ve met people that I last saw years ago and often times I’ll get comments like ‘you’re so different’ or ‘you look so much better’ and I will always tell them to fake it tell they make it. Fake it guys. Fake it so goddamn hard that it slowly becomes real
Aw Yiss 