2024 - Blog Posts

another jyushi

dont tag as ship

happy jyushimatsu month

surely this has been done before

i dont think ive finished anything digital in the past 2 months but these guys are invading my brain..

another clown lol

today was my birthday 🥳

stuff i forgot to post ft Trollsona, Samarie funger that i didn't save..., and an oc n Sranrats character

jesus christ holding a baby lamb but its me holding pompompurin

Dusting off my graphic design knowledge out of nothing more than spite.

Use this. Spread it. I give you permission to repost it, send it to others, whatever. If you see any information that may need to be changed, let me know. I want to make this infographic as accurate as possible.

As 2024 about to come to a close

Here is my PlayStation status

Imagine getting so worked up over someone talking about aro/ace erasure. “I’m sick of your stupid drama” four words for you, block and move on. You WILL be okay. They are not torturing your family right in front of you.

I think you will be okay if even ONE aroace person wishes that others wouldn’t erase the rep that we BARELY even get in the first place. Stop acting pathetic and just BLOCK if it makes you act this way.

Also, on that note, what the hell? “May every (fictional) character suffer forever in a straight abusive incestuous hellscape with an age gap,” are you really that mad about this person’s post that you’re wishing characters that don’t even exist to be in a situation like that? Grow up and get a fucking life, actually, because again, you’re acting pathetic.

If you’re so tired of discourse, then fucking ignore it instead of engaging in it, because, if you didn’t know, engaging will land you in even MORE discourse!! That’s how stuff like this works!!!

Ok i already talked about this before but I’m gonna again.

Whenever people ship aroace characters IT. IS. ERASING. REP.

“But they could be gray-“ disrespectfully stfu. You wouldn’t do that with a gay character.

You wouldn’t say “But they could be bi!!!” To a gay character so you could ship them with the opposite gender. That would get you cancelled in five seconds flat. So why is it okay to essentially do the same thing with an aroace character? (And btw dont go “ermmm that does happe-“ I’M WELL AWARE IT DOES but this happens so much more to aroace characters without any consequences.)

If the aroace character DOES have a partner then sure. If the aroace character DOES show interest in dating then sure. If the aroace character is CONFIRMED grayromantic/sexual THEN SURE. BUT if it is NOT confirmed and they show ZERO interest in romance/sex then STOP. SHIPPING. THEMMMM!!!!!!

It is NOT that hard. Aroace characters don’t belong to you. It is so fucking infuriating to see people take the only rep we have and completely disregard it. Again, you wouldn’t do that with a gay character would you? You wouldn’t do that with a lesbian character either!!! So stop doing it with aroaces!!!

There is so many other characters for you to ship together. Just let us aroaces have our rep and stop disregarding it. The world will not end if you do, I promise.

A K C, Great Day, 2024

I deleted this post from my blog, yet other people reblogged and liked it and it spread like wildfire cause Blue Scuti beat tetris. HOW TF DID THIS POST BLOW UP??? Welcome to the internet, I suppose

2024 is already great

-The old Mickey Mouse enters public domain

-Some kid beat NES Tetris by getting a killscreen at level 157, the first person to ever beat the game

WE JUST STARTED THIS NEW YEAR AND ITS ALREADY POPPING OUT BANGERS-

Feliz año nuevo desde argentina

happy new year from argentina

van kleiss watching rex drink his bottle of expensive wine for the holidays

Six: What happened to Rex because he is on the floor vomiting?

van kleiss glances surreptitiously

six looks at him

six: what did you do lettuce 4718 years

van kleiss: nothing

six: and why is my little one on the floor vomiting?

van kleiss: I warned him not to take that and he took it to counter me

white knight seeing the situation

white knight: six, leave it alone, van kleiss is calmly reconsidering

white knight raised six by the arms and took him to watch the fireworks

rex on the ground continues vomiting van kleiss crouched down

van kleiss: I warned you but you didn't listen to me just like your mother, you had to be a manzanita

FIC WRITING REVIEW 2024

Thank you @loki-is-my-kink-awakening for coming up with this!

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some qualitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either. Artists and gif makers, please also join in with any quantitative or qualitative stats or facts you want to share about your year.

(I just did mostly the same thing as last year. Thank you @evenfallreads for tagging me again)

Since I hit 100 posted works on New Year's Eve 2024, I hit 200 works on June 30th and (with two works that will still go up later today) 300 works on New Year's Eve 2024. That number includes 50 podfics that I posted since starting with Voiceteam in May.

Words and Fics

578,447 words published in 2024

675,494 words written in 2024

206 works worked on

189 completed works

most productive month: July with 78,528 words written

monthly words average: 56,329 words written

Top 5 Pairings

James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton - 42 (I didn't plan this to happen, but I am very happy about it)

Clint Barton/Matt Murdock - 24

Matt Murdock/Franklin "Foggy" Nelson - 23

Clint Barton/Original Character - 10

Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier - 7

Top 5 by Comments

Learning to Live again -58

Feel my Signs and Watch my Words (AUgust Writing Challenge 2024) - 42

Flowers on Your Skin (HawkTober 2024) - 28

Building a Relationship - 15

Springtime Fluff - 14

Top 5 by Kudos

The Sound and Color of Flowers - 210

Every last Piece - 202

Of Pain and Paper Bracelets - 195

I've Meant it all - 192

Accidental Striptease - 169

Top 5 by Hits

Learning to Live again - 2988

Building a Relationship - 2900

Now I wear my scars just like Tattoos - 2153

Of Pain and Paper Bracelets - 2098

Accidental Striptease - 1780

Fandom Events in 2024

For this part, I'm only adding in Bingos and Events with a hard deadline that I was able to get a bingo/blackout for, because otherwise this list would never end.

Bingos

[11/25] Bucky Barnes Bingo Round 5 - Bingo

[10/25] WinterHawk Bingo Round 5 - Bingo

July Break Bingo(s) - DNF

[9/9] Any Fandom LGBTQ Bingo - Black out

[8/25] WinterIron Bingo - Bingo

[9/9] Writers Pride Month Bingo - Black out

[4/25] both Kill-A-Character Bingos - DNF (will probably continue writing for this anyway)

Writing Challenge's

[14/14] Flufftober Spring Edition 2024

[14/14] April Showers bring M-AU Flowers

[31/31] AU-gust Writing Challenge 2024

[16/30] Tropetember 2024

[31/31] HawkTober 2024

[2/7] Trick-AU-Treat 2024

[7/30] Comfy-Vember 2024

[31/31] Whumpcember 2024

Writing Reflection

After getting into writing last year I went mildly to totally insane this year. I wrote more than I even thought possible, already upped my writing goal in January after writing like 30k on WIPs alone in two weeks, only to then end up hitting my yearly writing goal in September anyway.

I got into Podfic this year and it has brought me a lot of joy to work on recording and editing, as well as to participate in even more challenges and exchanges than I did last year.

Once again, I met a lot of lovely people and had a great time writing and simply enjoying fandom with people I like to consider friends by now.

There were many ups and downs, but I'm glad to say that, over all, this year was a good one for me.

I hope you had a good year as well and wish everyone a good start into the New Year. 💜

Tagging: @stripedscribe @ravenmold @cnwolf-brainrot @mutuallyprime @flowerparrish and everyone else who sees this and would like to participate!

2024 Witches' Calendar

For all my witches out there, here's a handy list of the 2024 dates for the solstices, quarter days, full and new moons, and special events. I've listed my sources at the bottom.

Dates and times for all events are calculated for Eastern Standard Time, USA, Northern Hemisphere. Adjust for your location as needed and check the DarkSky Placefinder to see what special events will be visible in your area. Enjoy!

Solstices, Harvests, and Quarter Days

February 1-2 - Imbolc / Candlemas

March 19 - Spring Equinox / Ostara

April 30-May 1 - Beltane / May Day

June 20 - Summer Solstice / Midsummer / Litha

August 1 - Lughnasadh / Lammas / Summer Harvest

September 22 - Autumn Equinox / Mabon / Fall Harvest

October 31 - Samhain / Halloween / Final Harvest

December 21 - Winter Solstice / Yule

Full Moons

January 25 - Wolf Moon ♌

February 24 - Snow Moon ♍

March 25 - Worm Moon ♎

April 23 - Pink Moon ♏

May 23 - Flower Moon ♐

June 21 - Strawberry Moon ♑

July 21 - Thunder Moon (aka Buck Moon) ♑

August 19 - Sturgeon Moon* ♒

September 17 - Harvest Moon* ♓

October 17 - Hunter's Moon (aka Blood Moon)* ♈

November 15 - Frost Moon (or Beaver Moon)* ♉

December 15 - Cold Moon ♊

*- Supermoon

Fun Fact: The title of Harvest Moon is given to either the September or October full moon, whichever falls closest to the autumn equinox. Once again this year, that month will be September.

New Moons

January 11 ♑

February 9 ♒

March 10 ♓

April 8 ♈

May 7 ♉

June 6 ♊

July 5 ♋

August 4 ♌

September 2 ♍

October 2 ♎

November 1 ♏

December 1 ♐

December 30 (black moon) ♑

Special Celestial Events

January 3-4 - Quadrantids meteor shower peak

March 25 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

April 8 - Total solar eclipse

April 22-23 - Lyrids meteor shower peak

May 6-7 - Eta Aquarids meteor shower peak

August 11-13 - Perseids meteor shower peak

August 19 - Sturgeon Supermoon / Seasonal Blue Moon

September 17 - Harvest Supermoon / Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

October 2 - "Ring of Fire" solar eclipse

October 17 - Hunter's Supermoon

October 21-22 - Orionids meteor shower peak

November 15 - Frost Supermoon

November 16-17 - Leonids meteor shower peak

December 13-14 - Geminids meteor shower peak

December 30 - Black Moon

(Check the DarkSky Placefinder to see what will be visible in your area!)

Mercury Retrogrades (in case you need them)

April 1 - April 24

August 4 - August 27

November 25 - December 15

Happy Witching!

SOURCES & FURTHER READING:

Bree's Lunar Calendar Series

Bree's Secular Celebrations Series

Moon Info - Full Moon Dates for 2024

Calendar-12 - 2024 Moon Phases

Full Moonology - 2024 Full Moon Calendar

AstroStyle - All the 2024 Full Moons

Your Zodiac Sign - Astrology Calendar 2024

Old Farmer's Almanac - Mercury Retrograde Dates 2023-2024

Lonely Planet - Best Star-gazing Events of 2024

Sea and Sky - Astronomy Calendar of Celestial Events 2024

DarkSky International - Dark Sky Placefinder for Stargazing

Pagan Grimoire - Wheel of the Year: The 8 Festivals in the Wiccan Calendar (2024 Edition)

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EDIT: Mercury is stationed direct on Jan 1st, 2024. The source I used which stated it was in retrograde until the 18th had a typo.

EDIT: Fixed the zodiac signs for the full moons using a new source.

Happy new years my sweethearts, may your favourite fandoms gain new life and your spirituality whatever it may be, be fulfilled