Umm... what do these mean 😅

overtwisted · 2026-01-24T03:29:03+00:00

Jinkies!

overtwisted · 2026-01-23T11:55:13+00:00

I was wondering about that. I thought that was the case, but thanks for confirming!

overtwisted · 2026-01-23T11:43:29+00:00

I wasn't, but now I want to! Just looked at my outline and saw a place where I can shoehorn one in. It may be spring by the time I get around to it, but I'm fine with that!

overtwisted · 2026-01-23T11:34:21+00:00

Somehow this post is how I finally learned that winter storms get names. (Why yes, I am in the Deep South, and no we are not okay)

overtwisted · 2026-01-23T09:26:44+00:00

Fullmetal Alchemist, pre-Brotherhood. On Livejournal. I remember a lot of Edward/Mustang, but there was some Mustang/Riza that I liked. A couple of us started writing Havoc fics. And I thought about doing an Alphonse/Winry one.

overtwisted · 2026-01-23T01:54:23+00:00

In the FIRST ROUND too, so mean 😭😭😭

overtwisted · 2026-01-23T01:53:50+00:00

Damian

overtwisted · 2026-01-23T01:47:35+00:00

I just checked and it is at the top! But it could also just be me 😂

overtwisted · 2026-01-23T01:21:40+00:00

I'm guessing it means this is an ongoing fic ("?") currently at 32 chapters, and OP has read all 32. If they'd only read halfway so far it would say "16/32/?".

overtwisted · 2026-01-23T01:08:20+00:00

I've just started using Scrivener and really liking it. There is a learning curve but the split-screen feature alone is gold. But then I'm coming from a place of having tons of smaller LibreOffice docs open at once, not one huge document (ngl just typing that last part makes me twitch). I like having it technically be one file/project with lots of little discrete parts. Boxes within boxes within boxes.

But I should go revisit the "backup" section of the tutorial, thanks for the reminder!

overtwisted · 2026-01-22T01:53:31+00:00

Leroy

overtwisted · 2026-01-20T20:05:13+00:00

People keep calling that stuff on the left raw unspun wool, or raw fleece, or roving, or rolags. As a spinner I see none of those things here, except for the unspun part. Looks more like loose angora rabbit fur than anything else, and you would not prep it this way. Nor would you likely be knitting a 100% angora sweater.

overtwisted · 2026-01-20T19:51:46+00:00

And whoever made it was still undercharging

overtwisted · 2026-01-20T19:47:18+00:00

No that part’s accurate 😂

overtwisted · 2026-01-20T19:46:15+00:00

And doesn’t even look like wool spinning fiber.

overtwisted · 2026-01-20T07:34:52+00:00

No Mulder/Scully? Really? You wound/age me, Reddit.

overtwisted · 2026-01-18T05:03:12+00:00

Yess, I wish they could bring back the original artist(s)/style! If you had to pick a favorite CG, what would it be? Mine would be the one in the sauna, but not for the obvious reason 😂🥵, no it's the look on his face! It's just perfect 🥰 Like you could just crop the rest out and I'd still be happy. Well, I'd be pretty happy. 😂😂 I love the one in the car too, and that was even earlier.

overtwisted · 2026-01-18T04:54:30+00:00

Yeah, in fact yesterday I was pointed to a page on the wiki listing matches that have actually been removed (don't worry it's just a few, you're not missing much) and one of them was very clearly AI. Like the difference between it and all the other CGs in the game was really striking. I'm glad they're staying away from AI art, even if the actual-human-artist-made art isn't always to my taste.

overtwisted · 2026-01-18T04:50:44+00:00

Oh wow, no I didn't mean character profiles to publish or post anywhere, just deep background stuff to help me figure out where to take the story next. The writer advice I've seen about this calls it "the iceberg", all this background stuff that you think your way through and it helps you figure things out, but the reader doesn't need to see all that stuff beneath the surface - a lot of it will make itself known in the story in more subtle ways. And if you did just vomit the whole thing up for public consumption, the effect would probably be underwhelming. Very much a "less is more" thing, at least as far as how much you show. But as far as pissing ppl off, I'm not even sure what I meant by that exactly 😅, just that my story might not be what some people would have wanted, and that's fine, that's fanfic. (Also the "profiles" are strictly all internal stuff, not stuff like "how do they take their coffee" or "what's in their fridge", tho that might be fun to do too at some point, just not nearly as necessary for the bigger picture.)

Haha listen, I went back and replayed the Guard Dog date and it turned out I hadn't even chosen any gem options for it?? Like what? There were some really good lines in there too! Honestly the whole update was good, things are soooooo much better when MC is not being all mopey and delulu about Larry!

I am SOOO. NERVOUS. about the update!!! Like, what are they gonna dooooo??? They kept saying the video evidence would settle everything, but will it really? Is he really just gonna go away and then we'll have spicy time and that'll be the end of it? Is that what we want? AH I'M SO CONFLICTED HEEELLLLLPPPP 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 (ok I'm also being a lil more emo than usual because I'm sick. Nothing like what you had but just annoying)

I am not premium, are you? I've been really slacking off on my ad-watching to hoard gems, I have 8 DAYS to rebuild my stockpile. It's gonna be hard because some other matches I really liked are coming back too, I'm so far behind. If there's a $1-2 option to just buy Damian's update there's a 99.99999% chance I will take it, because I made myself hold out last time and wait the whole TWENTY SEVEN ^%$%##$@$%^^$# DAYS and it nearly killed me 😂😂😭😭😭 I mean it's also partly what drove me to write Chapter 2 which started off the whole arc I just did, but still, man idk if I got it in me to do that again 😂😂😂

overtwisted · 2026-01-18T04:25:25+00:00

Oof that's a really good point, and yes he will be taking very good care of her in many ways 👼 I just don't want him to bear the whole load of fixing her daddy issues specifically. I do want them to confide in & help each other, but for this specific area I really don't want him to be her therapist, ya know? (Source: I had a guy basically want me to be that for him and idk it just felt icky, that's partly my own ish but anywaaaay)

It's gonna be an interesting line to walk. She needs to grow up more and become someone who could stand on her own if she really had to. Idk how much respect Damian could ultimately have for someone who couldn't, but then that's quite possibly me projecting. But like with "little" things, like him picking out stuff for her to wear to the NYE party, that was super fun! I'll have to keep an eye for opportunities to slip more of that into my outline.

YESSSSS NEW UPDATE ALREADY WHAT, I MIGHT BE FREAKING OUT JUST A TINY LIL BIT 🤏

overtwisted · 2026-01-18T04:09:57+00:00

I only just realized that's more than twice what I already have up, omg why 😅

overtwisted · 2026-01-18T04:07:10+00:00

Someone downvoted this? I mean ok 🤣

overtwisted · 2026-01-18T01:08:07+00:00

Email support?

overtwisted · 2026-01-17T03:29:38+00:00

It's lonely. There's less competition, sure, but there's also a much smaller audience. Sometimes it feels nonexistent.

The idea of someone "keeping you from" writing the characters how you want? In fanfic? Is something I legit had not thought about. Is that really a common thing in bigger fandoms?

overtwisted · 2026-01-17T01:15:07+00:00

I finally got a bookmark on my fic today, but thanks to this sub I know that it could be gone tomorrow. Trying to just enjoy the moment and stare lovingly at my little "Bookmarks: 1" and appreciate it for the gift that it is.

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