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A Nerd of Doodles

@doodlenerd / doodlenerd.tumblr.com

I like lots of things, legend of zelda, hermitcraft, drawings/doodles, all the things! Reblogs welcome!

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Original Post Rules (from @fallen-knight): "WIP Tag Game: Rules: In a new post, list the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs." Weeeeee first time doing a game like this! If I'm very happy to talk about my WIPs, even if it's been a while since I worked on them. Chatting about them is always a great motivator for actually working on things for me anyways :P MCYT: Ethos Lab AU: An au that I have posted a decent portion of on AO3, under the name "Rosethornrandomness" Hyrule Hermits: an art-based au where I'm re-imagining the hermitcraft members, and possibly friends/other MCYTers, into the races from the Legend of Zelda series. You can find some of my old designs either on my blog from a while ago, under the "#hyrule hermits" tag or check out my side blog @hyrulehermitcollection RP AU: Evil wither: what if the wholesome sweet character fell to her curse? MY ORIGINAL WORLD Tobias and the conqueror: a finished story that I'm working on expanding and editing. I think one of these I posted on fiction.net some time ago but I don't remember which one and most of them aren't published anywhere other than that. Three girls two potions and a cat: Writers block hit me three years ago but if you're curious please ask about it! The Mythos Mother: Story time with grandma! aka expanding the mythology of my oc world. The Fox and the Dragon: they go on a revenge quest I think that covers pretty much all of my bigger wips! As I said before, if you read this and think that any of these sound interesting, feel free to shoot me a DM or ask in the replies! As for people I could tag, Idk who all remembers that I exist or if they've still got wips but here goes: @redeemed-wren @mawofthemagnetar @hyodinary @memoryoflife @a-plethora-of-peters @sondronism @digdeepergravedigger09

Realizing the writing doesn't have to be done alone and is often more fun and more engaging when you're doing it with friends is a life changing experience.

I don't mean co-writing either. I mean having a friend or two who you talk through plot ideas with, who you bounce ideas off of, who you trust to tell you if something doesn't work.

Nothing is created in a vacuum and nothing can be created alone. Sharing drafts and ideas is a vital part of the creative process and it's a really fun part too.

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genuinely convinced that there is no higher tier of storytelling than multiple POVs in a minecraft smp series.

like. that is the most hilariously unserious thing to say but I am dead serious about it -- you get the same story overall, but depending on who you watch you get an entirely different tale. Editing, scoring, choices in which lines to cut or include, the simple matter of whether or not someone is present for an event or conversation... Everyone is telling their own story as the protagonist. You functionally have as many "main characters" as you have POVs.

I'm remembering Third Life, and how the Red Army seemed so villainous and powerful from the perspective of the Desert or the Flower Kingdom. But then if you watch Ren and Martyn they're the beleaguered outpost of civility, being assailed by threats without and betrayal within. From Scar's POV he's derping around and having a blast being the maniac snake oil salesman who wants your pants. From Martyn's POV Scar is a dangerous lunatic with a barbarian glint in his eye.

And both stories are true.

I'm not usually a huge fan of unreliable narrators in fiction, because it always feels a bit... gimmicky? when it comes from an author who DOES know the truth of the situation, but for one reason or another doesn't want the narrator and/or the audience to cotton on to what's happening.

But with mcyt stories, every player is an unreliable narrator -- even if it's just to the extent of them not knowing for sure why people do or say what they do and say. Things can be misunderstood or misinterpreted. Context can be missed.

Then add in someone who wants to tell a story with a specifically tinted lens and deliberately plays their character and edits their videos to fit that narrative... and it's even better. Because whatever they do still has to fit, somehow, into the context of how other people understand them. Like one of those optical illusions where it's a rabbit from one angle and a duck from another.

You literally can't do this with (almost) any other kind of media, or at least it's not usually worth the effort. I remember a YA series of (awful) books I read decades ago that had the same story but each book was from a different person's perspective. You CAN do that. TV shows do that sometimes, show the same events from different characters' POVs. But generally speaking, it's so much effort for not enough payout and no one really bothers with it. Also, when you have the same person/team doing all the different perspectives, it's still gonna be a bit samey.

mcyt storytelling with multiple POVs is an incredibly flexible and unique medium, and this may be my favorite aspect of it.

It's Improvisational Rashomon!

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the worst is wanting to create and create and create but being trapped in a body that is so so so so tired

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this is a poem

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lord-of-wolves

i couldn’t not draw this

ok…!

babe are you okay, your reblogging the subway rat poem again

babe are you okay,

your reblogging the subway

rat poem again

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

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The other night husband and I were watching a documentary about the yeti where they were doing DNA analysis of samples of supposed yeti fur, and every one of them came back as bears.

Anyway, the next night we watched a thing about some pig man who is supposed to live in Vermont. People said it had claws and a pig nose but walked upright like a man. Now, I happen to know that sideshows used to shave bears and present them as pig men. So every piece of evidence they gave of this monster sounds to me like a bear with mange.

So now the running joke in our house is that everything is bears. Aliens? Bears. Loch Ness monster? Bear. Every cryptozoological mystery is just a very crafty bear.

Bears. They’re everywhere. Be wary. Anyone or anything could be a bear.

As the OP of this post, I’m going to threaten that if this gets to one million notes by the 10 year anniversary on 1 June 2026, one year from today, I will get a lower back tattoo of the loch ness bear monster.

Y'all know what to do Tumblr.

Ways I Show a Character is Emotionally Burned Out (Before They Even Realize It Themselves)

I love writing characters who think they’re fine but are actually walking emotional house fires with bad coping mechanisms.

  • They stop doing the things they used to love and don’t even notice. Their guitar gathers dust. Their favorite podcast becomes background noise. Their hobbies feel like homework now.
  • They pick the path of least resistance every time, even when it hurts them. No, they don’t want to go to that thing. No, they don’t want to talk to that person. But whatever’s easier. That’s the motto now.
  • They’re tired but can’t sleep. Or they sleep but wake up more tired. Classic burnout move: lying in bed with their brain racing like a toddler on espresso.
  • They give other people emotional advice they refuse to take themselves. “You have to set boundaries!” they say—while ignoring 8 texts from someone they should’ve cut off three emotional breakdowns ago.
  • They cry at something stupidly small. Like spilling soup. Or a dog in a commercial. Or losing their pen. The soup is never just soup.
  • They say “I’m just tired” like it’s a personality trait now. And not like… emotionally drained to the bone but afraid to admit it out loud.
  • They ghost people they love, not out of malice, but because even replying feels like too much. Social battery? Absolutely obliterated. Texting back feels like filing taxes.
  • They stop reacting to big things. Catastrophes get a blank stare. Disasters feel like “just another Tuesday.” The well of feeling is running dry.
  • They avoid being alone with their own thoughts. Constant noise. TV always on. Music blasting. Because silence = reckoning, and reckoning is terrifying.
  • They start hoping something will force them to stop. An accident. A missed deadline. Someone else finally telling them, “You need a break.” Because asking for help? Unthinkable.

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Also From Microsoft’s own FAQ: "Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers. 🤡

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There's a way to remove it~

Go into the power shell

then paste in:

reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot /v "TurnOffWindowsCopilot" /t REG_DWORD /f /d 1

like this

Then restart. Also here is how to turn off the awful search suggestions:

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