Everything In This Life Is Temporary. Except That Fandom Hyperfixation From When You Were 14. That Thang

H.I.V.E.mber 2024!

Alright, it's H.I.V.E.mber time! This year some things are shifting around- this event will span from November to December this year, and counts anything from headcanons to fanart to fanfics; it's all fair game! This is just for people to have fun, there's no pressure to complete it. Bonus prompts are included to switch out for other prompts or to give people something more meta to work with. Just make sure to tag anything for the event with #HIVEmber2024 ! Now go forth and have fun!

Ship bingo: marilliam, Lucy/nigel?

I already answered for Marilliam in a previous ask, but in summary: Scary Woman both loves and hates her Scruffy Chaos Man (he's annoying) (she loves him anyways)

Lucy/Nigel:

I'll confess I've never thought a lot about them before, but I think there's actually a lot of potential there! Lots in common to discuss with the weight of family reputations to maintain. And to me they seem to be on similar energy levels- I can see them spending most of their time quietly doing their own thing in the same room together.

send me a made-up fic title and i'll tell you what i would write to go with it

So I started Star Trek Prodigy this weekend

(@itsmyfandomandilikeit you were right and it's great! I'm having a blast)

Pokemon (Shinsaku Anime) || Brassius Episode 10 

Trying to curb burnout and real bad depression by learning a new medium, so I got a mini sketchbook and will fill it with dinosaur sketches in gouache.

Here's a Sinosauropteryx taking a little nap on the forest floor on a bed of moss and using his long tail as a pillow.

There are a lot of issues with this but that's what practice is for, yeah? Gonna stick with it. Painting a Brachiosaurus later.

Also this one’s been haunting me recently : ) Totally different vibes though

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If you see this you are OBLIGATED to reblog w/ the song currently stuck in your head :)

By the way, if you're coming up on graduating soon, whether from middle school or high school or college, there's a very good chance you're stressed and, if you're anything like me, potentially pretty scared about how it's going to go once you're out of the world you know.

So let me offer some words of reassurance:

Growing up is great. I know it's scary and sometimes it sucks, but big picture, I genuinely think growing up is great.

(I say this as someone who had a p Not Fun Time when I was younger, so btw, that's both my bias and also proof that you do NOT have to have had a good childhood/adolescence to enjoy growing up.)

Leaving middle school? Fantastic. One of the greatest blessings of life is no longer being in middle school. At least 95% of adults will agree with me on this. (translation: ages 11-14 in the US)

Leaving high school? A bigger jump, and adulthood has a lot of stuff to figure out, but honestly really nice! The vast majority of adults would also agree with me that "No longer being in high school" is one of the great blessings of life! You just get so much more autonomy, both in not having to go to school/do homework and as a newly legal adult. Also, most jobs are both easier and more bullshit than high school, and college is at least way less strict/gives you so much more autonomy/treats you like an adult (translation: ages 14-18 in the US)

(And because I know some of you are like me and definitely wondering: No, you do not have to ask to go to the bathroom or to leave the class in college, and yes, it is glorious.)

Leaving college? A good thing! Next stage in your journey! Yeah, if your college experience didn't suck, you probably have some things you're really gonna be sad to lose, but that's not inherently a bad thing! And if your college experience did suck, then the prize is no longer being in college! And whatever the case, just like for high school, I promise that the vast majority of jobs are both less easier and more bs than being in school (translation: tertiary education, ages = adult, yes this explicitly includes community college and trade school)

Seriously. It might be hard, but there's a very, very good chance things will be easier than you fear. You've got this.

Do you like My Hero Academia?

I actually haven’t watched it! I know the bare minimum from watching a few clips and fanart here and there, but it just never really caught my interest. With a few exceptions, “special school” narratives don’t usually appeal to me. I do enjoy superhero fiction though. Seems like a cool show/manga, just not for me right now!