I'm Blake! she/They, Autistic, adult. Find my stories on ao3 at archiveofourown.org/users/Heart_Aflame! My asks are always open if you wanna share something or send a fic prompt!
some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.
I couldn’t remember the word “doorknob” ten minutes ago.
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The strongest guy in the Magnus Archives is that one guy who was so obsessed with his dog that he just walked right out of the Spiral because it was her dinnertime
This is one of my favorite episodes. Fears can’t hurt you if you’re chill enough. The guy who walked in a spiral for four hours and then just left because he remembered he had somewhere to be is, to me, the avatar of the entities’ fear
strongest people in the magnus archives:
guy who kept the coffin of the buried in his living room and used it as a coffee table
walked out of the spiral because his dog needed dinner
the plumber who was so inattentive that the stranger put on a whole spectacle for him and he straight-up missed it all
the guy whose primary concern with the evil taxidermists was whether or not they were money laundering (they weren’t)
AND he didn’t even realize evil taxidermy was at play for the longest time because he came in like “I love and respect autistic people, of course I’m not judging eye contact”
It is so annoying when authors try to make their characters seem tough by making them sleep deprived and then just having them “power through it” with no side effects besides feeling REALLY tired. Your characters had five hours of sleep over three days, they’re not just “tired”. They’re forgetting shit. They’re passing out at random moments. They’re probably hallucinating. And they are certainly not going to win a fight when their reaction time is somewhere between “next Tuesday” and “never”.
Dudes shouldn’t have to prove themselves by having spartan greyscale homes with dollar store rubber shower curtains and a mattress on the floor. Do you know what life is like with linen
Being a dude raised with a certain level of socially enforced traditional femininity has imbued my ass with great wisdom and powers
Sleeping naked is fine but pajamas protect your sheets better from your body’s natural sweat and oil and dead skin and junk so if you wear clean jimjams to bed your skin won’t break out as bad and your sheets will stay cleaner longer
On the topic of sheets, dirty bedsheets don’t ventilate as well as clean bedsheets so washing them regularly (once every 1-2 weeks) will keep you warmer in the cold season and cooler in the hot season
If you can get your hands on linen sheets- new, second-hand, pass-down, whatever- they’re incredibly sturdy, get softer and softer over time, and will last longer than your lifetime. They also wick sweat so you don’t wake up wet if you’re a night-sweat guy and are, again, pretty great for your skin
Getting a proper bedframe extends the life of your mattress, will keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer, offers additional storage space, and is easier on your back.
A boxspring under your mattress will make it softer, too
You can get mattress protectors that zip over your mattress to keep it clean and bedbug-resistant, too
Your entire house will feel bougie and cozier if it smells good. Consider a reed infuser, or a plug-in wax melt. Trust me on this it turns a shitty studio apartment into a 4/5 hotel
Stick some plants around. If you can’t sustain them, get fake ones. New ones are kind of expensive at home decor places but dollar stores and thrift shops have some pretty decent options usually. The human brain responds well to seeing plants around, you get depressed without plants. Stick one in your bathroom for that ritzy feel
I know you’re tempted to go all black but dark colours will make your spaces feel smaller and bleak. Again, try thrifting a shower curtain in an interesting pattern, it brightens shit up
Wash your face. You don’t have to do anything crazy you can just scrub some water on with your hands if you want but it feels really really good.
Keep DIFFERENT SHOWER SCRUBERS for your FACE and your ASS this one is NOT OPTIONAL I will fucking find you
Three in one shampoos are fine but it’s just shampoo mixed with conditioner. Having shampoo and conditioner separate lets your hair get moisturized before the final rinse and your hair will feel silkier. Scrub your scalp a lil too bro you get sweaty during the day. Shampoo for the whole head, when conditioning focus on the ends and let it sit a sec.
You don’t HAVE to do a bunch of fashion research but in general sticking to clothes you Like The look Of, not just “whatever was on sale at target”, and spending some time planning out your appearance will make you feel better about yourself.
What haircuts look best for your face shape? What glasses make your cheekbones stand out, or make your head look taller, or whatever? What are your options for facial hair? What’s your body shape, and how do you estimate flatter it? You don’t gotta, but it’s fun. It can be so so fun
If you can see your veins, green means warmer skin tones and blue means cooler skin tones. This can help determine what colours look best on you. Your skin may also come off as cooler or warmer-toned in neutral light, too, if you can’t shortcut
Stop buying white light bulbs for your house. It feels cold and depressing and washes you out so when you look in the mirror you feel sick. Stop it. Get warm-tone or yellow lights and feel warm and cozy. I want this for you
There’s nothing illegal about using a lil concealer if you wanna cover up discolored spots.
Skin products with salicylic acid kill off zits and junk. Like not 100% but definitely a game changer
Nobody in the world has naturally bleach-white teeth, that’s a marketing lie, but you DO still have to brush regularly and toothpaste comes in a bunch of flavors now not just nasty mint. I personally am fond of strawberry
This was a post for dudes but it’s actually for everybody now so if you weren’t raised with girl rules have at er
these gormless fools….I will be baking them into a pie tonight
having two adorable kittens who are brother and sister inclines my cuteness aggression towards wanting to do some Hansel and Gretel shit to them. Might entice them with a poisoned apple later
Sometimes the rats in my brain come together and start yelling “YEARNING” and in trying to appease them I ask “FOR WHAT” but they are too small so all they can say is “YEARNING” which is a very big word for such a tiny creature, even collectively
Guy on metro had a shitty little dog who spent 20 minutes untying his laces and waiting patiently with his nose 3 millimeters away for them to be re-tied before wreaking havoc again. Over and over. Owner did not care. Dogs name was Quentin.
i wish we couldve seen more of greg and vidalia’s relationship bc they are SO funny. in my ideal world they have like the worst mixed family situation ever
Also i’m a firm believer sour cream as a kid was just as bad if not Worse than onion bc 1. vidalia is Abnormally unfazed by whatever onion has going on so she must have already been used to it SOMEHOW and 2. bro climbed a whole fucking ferris wheel at like a year old and he was just chilling there
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