In The New YearMay All The Goodness And HopeAre Flying To YouHappy New Year !

In the New Year May all the goodness and hope Are flying to you – Happy New Year !

You ever just realized how lucky you are that you did that weird thing that led to you being friends with the people you are friends with?

Here is an unbuilt cottage.

Your materials are close at hand, there beneath the whispering pines.

Memory, soft as clay.

Unwritten moments.

All your lovely attributes, just as they are, here at the turning of the year.

Can you feel it?

The shift?

Only an idea,

yet already a home.

Happy New Year. 💚

Most progress I have achieved in life started with meeting myself exactly where I was, with accepting my limits and looking on my past choices with kindness.

It is difficult to build when we spend energy mourning our materials.

First, love this version of you.

HI SO I asked you guys if you’d be interested in hearing about my world and I got a few (very enthusiastic) affirmative answers so!! first of all thank you for the interest, it genuinely means the world to me to hear people be interested in stuff I make. :)

to start with, here’s some background and a little overview of the project!

so a few years ago now, I came up with a fun little idea for a character: a young witch’s apprentice, going on a journey to grow her power and become a witch herself. I decided to create a story for her, and over time it’s grown and changed into something much more involved (and more fun too, I think). I’m calling it Candlewick.

the narrative itself is slow going. I don’t have much to show for it yet, because it hasn’t been my focus for a while. I’ve been more focused on building the setting in which the narrative is set— Nasir. I decided that I wanted to build it myself from the ground up, and while it’s far from complete, I’ve done a lot of work on it, and that’s what I’m eager to share with you!

Nasir is the main backdrop of the story; a continent (one of three on the planet) with biomes ranging from suboceanic coral cities to cold mountainside villages that touch the clouds. and from humans and dryads to rabbitfolk and moon faeries, every living being is connected to each other and the world by magical ties to the Spirits known as Threads.

I want to tell a feel-good story, and a large portion of that, I hope, will shine through in the worldbuilding itself. the goal I’ve had in mind thus far is to create not only something that feels fresh and new, but also to create… well, a kind world. a gentle world. I want to invoke a feeling of magic, of childlike wonder, of safety. I want delving into this world to feel like I, the creator, am giving you, the reader, a big ol bear hug and saying “I know it’s hard. please, rest here a while.” from the physical world to the societies and characters, I hope to make folks feel good.

so yeah! that’s what you guys are getting into! it’s been a fun journey and I’m happy to have more people wanting to come along for the ride. I’m always open to suggestions once I start posting actual content, too; much of what I have down is due in no small part to ideas and inspiration from friends!

okay I’m done, lol. thanks for reading and have a good day/afternoon/night! :3

Longtime Firefox advocate here. @ms-demeanor has extremely solid add-on recommendations, including a few I've never heard of but will be trying out immediately (particularly auto tab discard; I'm a tab hoarder and my poor computer's memory suffers dearly for it). Dear readers, Ublock Origin is a MUST.

I would also like to suggest Unpaywall if you're an academic-type. I know we all love sci-hub but this is quicker and cleaner in most cases!

And yes, while Firefox on iOS does not have add-on support (yet), it's still better than Safari or Chrome! If you make your Mozilla account and log in on all your devices you can even pass tabs between them. Terribly convenient.

i know that in pokemon id have my bisharp be my partner pokemon because its the combination of my two favorite types but i think everyone would fucking hate me for it. i go to meet my friends for a pint and theyre like "oh hey cyrus havent seen ya in ages how are y- oh. you brought ornstein with you." and i just have this weird fucked up human shaped fusion of bladed weaponry and 80s straight to video cartoon movie bad guy standing behind me and if i dont keep it distracted by letting it play clash of clans on my phone it will start hunting the bar goers for sport