{ Previously… }

Happy New Year and Happy Year of the Dragon!!!

This is such a great community, and I've continued to love it as the years go by. (been here a long time, lmao //sweats)

Just wanna say thank you for hanging in there with me despite my infrequent posting, and thank you for your stories and interactions in general!

Here's hoping this year is better and that I can reach out to more folks than I have before!

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Hm…?

The child pokes their head out from the bush, watching the other two Pokémon approach them. In their mouth, a large Hercules Beetle gently wriggles about.

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{ @askvekpa @ask-the-shiny-pokemons }

Starflower

Yeah, I love my dads. Small Dad’s at home while Big Dad’s at work.

Sometimes Big Dad’s gone for a while, but sometimes they’ll bring me snacks when they come back, or they’ll come home for lunch. Small Dad sometimes works at home but sometimes they’ll go into the city to work, so I’ll go to grandmas house so she can look after me.

I like to visit Big Dads’ job with Small Dad, it’s kinda like camping, but no bears…

{ @askadelcatty }

Did some adopts for extra cash between asks and com sketching

They are $10 each. PayPal only.

#4 is currently on hold

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…Uh.

“Big” isn’t food, he’s my friend…

“Small Dad” says you don’t eat friends…

He’s a “Die-nasty Herculease” Beetle. Small Dad got him for me.

His name is “Big”, because he’s big…

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{ @bakfoo @sometimesplusheevee }

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Hm…?

The child pokes their head out from the bush, watching the other two Pokémon approach them. In their mouth, a large Hercules Beetle gently wriggles about.

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{ @askvekpa @ask-the-shiny-pokemons }

Hey fam 👋

As I’m sure you might’ve noticed by now, my activity here has slowed to an occasional tumbleweed in the empty desert. 😅 I hate to admit it, but my muse for askblogging hasn’t been around for the past few months; which is a little embarrassing considering I was in the middle of rolling some minor plot out on some blogs lmao.

Rest assured, I haven’t abandoned askblogging altogether, I just haven’t been in the mood for it for a while. Needless to say, the brainworms have been throughly occupied by FFXIV and its grip is still quite firm on my throat.

I’ll still poke my head in here every now and then to catch up a little, but when I post and update on any of my blogs you’ll be sure to see it. For now, if you really need to reach me, you can have my Main & FFXIV Twitter:

Main: https://x.com/veiledvulpes?s=21

FFXIV: https://x.com/blorbooflight?s=21

https://x.com/blorbooflight?s=21

Alternatively, if you have my discord (mutuals only please), you’re always welcome to send a message. Be warned that I’m quite timid and I’m very bad with small talk though. 😅

Until then, take care! 🙌

Ive recently been using ask hints for the first time this year and honestly I find them extremely useful but also very hard to come up with if the blog is either plotless or me pulling shit outta my ass 97% of the time (which is often) 🤣 I used to just go with whatever would come into the inbox, which can sometimes be fun to play around with, but I understand some people have Choice Paralysis when it comes to picking characters or asking certain questions even with the ask hints there. It helps to bold certain hints if you really want something pointed out!

I don’t usually send asks myself or have others send them, but only a very few number of people know the plots of my blogs lmao.

I wanna know some behind the scenes things!!

Ok! In replacement of taking munday questions, I have a few for fellow blogs. I'm always curious on how other people handle own their blogs behind the scenes and what types of responses they get. So here's a few questions I'd love answers for! Feel free to either respond as much or as little as you want through reblog, or reply. I don't mind.

Do you have your friends send questions to your blog with meta knowledge? (Alternatively, do you just send them yourself?) What do these questions normally highlight?

(Like, do you ask your friends to send asks specifically pointing out details that the general audience might miss. Or to point out specific nuances of your characters feelings over what they're going through. etc etc be specific if you feel the need to)

When people don't use the ask hints (if provided) when sending asks, do you still find that those asks that are still useful to you? Alternatively, if you don't have ask hints, have the asks being sent satisfy you enough to reveal what you want about your characters?

If you provide ask hints, how well do they work? Are the majority of the asks you get based off the ask hints? Do most of the hints you provide get used, or are there some that still never get covered?

Feel free to also include anything else that you feel useful to know! Add context, or maybe a different approach. I know this seems particularly plot-based blog focused but I'm all for hearing the responses of non-plot ones. It'll help with perspective! I did always feel a little.. lonely in knowing how other people feel about their blogs going, if it was going how they wanted or what challenges they face. It really helps to uncover the veil to understand the person behind the blog! Thank you, if you take the time to answer these, or even just read and consider.

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Star??? Starflower! Where are you?

Great…I turn my back for half a second…

I’m sure they’re nearby, they couldn’t have gone too far…

[ Someone seems to be searching for Starflower… ]