Pen
@alightbuthappypen.bsky.social
CQL/The Untamed. Wangxian. Art and occasionally fic. A discourse and current events free space: I curate my online experience ruthlessly. alightbuthappypen on tumblr and dreamwidth too.
While I work on a current exchange thing how about reposting this past exchange thing, still possibly the most fun I've had on a piece of fanart (the exchange theme was 'close quarters', and the prompt was 'tied together') #wangxian
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
While I work on a current exchange thing how about reposting this past exchange thing, still possibly the most fun I've had on a piece of fanart (the exchange theme was 'close quarters', and the prompt was 'tied together') #wangxian
Periodically remember this moment of total naivety, 16 April 2020, 20 episodes into cql "probably not going to be fannish about this one fellas, I think it'll be fine"
November 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Periodically remember this moment of total naivety, 16 April 2020, 20 episodes into cql "probably not going to be fannish about this one fellas, I think it'll be fine"
It's been a while since my neighbour (not that one, the other one) has played his music obnoxiously loud but today, the day I am truly hanging onto sanity by my fingernails, is his day
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It's been a while since my neighbour (not that one, the other one) has played his music obnoxiously loud but today, the day I am truly hanging onto sanity by my fingernails, is his day
Reposted by Pen
#TheUntamed/ #CQL behind-the-scenes footage I have never seen before!
Cao Yuchen (Jin Zixuan) gets scared because of a bug, Xuan Lu (Jiang Yanli) protects him!🤣
I'd like to think it would happen in canon, too! Shi-jie so protective! 😁💜💛
#cdrama
Cao Yuchen (Jin Zixuan) gets scared because of a bug, Xuan Lu (Jiang Yanli) protects him!🤣
I'd like to think it would happen in canon, too! Shi-jie so protective! 😁💜💛
#cdrama
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#TheUntamed/ #CQL behind-the-scenes footage I have never seen before!
Cao Yuchen (Jin Zixuan) gets scared because of a bug, Xuan Lu (Jiang Yanli) protects him!🤣
I'd like to think it would happen in canon, too! Shi-jie so protective! 😁💜💛
#cdrama
Cao Yuchen (Jin Zixuan) gets scared because of a bug, Xuan Lu (Jiang Yanli) protects him!🤣
I'd like to think it would happen in canon, too! Shi-jie so protective! 😁💜💛
#cdrama
Reposted by Pen
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November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Sick of art commission scammers hassling your favorite fic authors? Want a fun art challenge to start out the new year? Need some encouragement to add comments to your fave fics? Join Fanart Frenzy!
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#cql #theuntamed #burialmounds
#weiwuxian / #WeiYing
#lansizhui / #lanyuan / #wenyuan
#lanwangji / #LanZhan
#weiwuxian / #WeiYing
#lansizhui / #lanyuan / #wenyuan
#lanwangji / #LanZhan
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I have about 3000 pressing deadlines, both work and personal, so it's become absolutely essential to my brain that I pick up non-urgent tasks I've been putting off for months RIGHT NOW. THIS VERY SECOND
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I have about 3000 pressing deadlines, both work and personal, so it's become absolutely essential to my brain that I pick up non-urgent tasks I've been putting off for months RIGHT NOW. THIS VERY SECOND
Reposted by Pen
✨Seeing Wei Wuxian smiling because of him was all Lan Wangji ever needed.✨
#wangxian #cql #theuntamed #mdzs
#wangxian #cql #theuntamed #mdzs
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
✨Seeing Wei Wuxian smiling because of him was all Lan Wangji ever needed.✨
#wangxian #cql #theuntamed #mdzs
#wangxian #cql #theuntamed #mdzs
I did ultimately invest in a vpn. I'm in Denmark most of the time now, and keep getting jumpscared by the computer clock saying it's an hour later than it actually is
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I did ultimately invest in a vpn. I'm in Denmark most of the time now, and keep getting jumpscared by the computer clock saying it's an hour later than it actually is
Staying up late drinking wine and binging the Girl Bands Forever documentary which I'm really enjoying, but lord, the Work on show 😬 melanie blatt the only one (of that generation) with a normal looking face
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Staying up late drinking wine and binging the Girl Bands Forever documentary which I'm really enjoying, but lord, the Work on show 😬 melanie blatt the only one (of that generation) with a normal looking face
Reposted by Pen
Drop something BLUE. 🩵💙
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Drop something BLUE. 🩵💙
I always forget to turn the vpn on when checking bsky, and it's not like I'm *only* here for nsfw but frankly it was a significant factor, and "oh just get a vpn to have on all the time" but I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. I'm a fucking adult, who also doesn't want my government ID attached to my fandom name
November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I always forget to turn the vpn on when checking bsky, and it's not like I'm *only* here for nsfw but frankly it was a significant factor, and "oh just get a vpn to have on all the time" but I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. I'm a fucking adult, who also doesn't want my government ID attached to my fandom name
Some mornings you just Know it has to be a mental health day. Hopefully losing one day of work now will prevent the far more disruptive full nervous breakdown in the near future
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Some mornings you just Know it has to be a mental health day. Hopefully losing one day of work now will prevent the far more disruptive full nervous breakdown in the near future
Feeling really low today for several very specific reasons that I can't in any way fix. Wait, I know what can fix this: wine
November 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Feeling really low today for several very specific reasons that I can't in any way fix. Wait, I know what can fix this: wine
THEY. ARE. IN. LOVE.
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
THEY. ARE. IN. LOVE.
Sorry am I meant to just like, move on from this?
Good #XiaoZhanAppreciationTuesday night ✨❤️.
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Sorry am I meant to just like, move on from this?
Work is so, so hard lately. Every day I log on with dread and log off completely drained. I don't know when or if it will ever get better. It makes creating very hard, but all you can do is push through, ie. try to figure out the plot of this stupid fic during the ad breaks for bake off
October 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Work is so, so hard lately. Every day I log on with dread and log off completely drained. I don't know when or if it will ever get better. It makes creating very hard, but all you can do is push through, ie. try to figure out the plot of this stupid fic during the ad breaks for bake off
And it WILL I promise I'm just working on some stuff no one cares about first
October 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
And it WILL I promise I'm just working on some stuff no one cares about first
If the exchange fic wasn't an exchange fic I would be less worried about the way I can't pull it together. I'm going to try and bullet-point out some scenes to figure out what the heck needs to happen but ugh. Ugh
October 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
If the exchange fic wasn't an exchange fic I would be less worried about the way I can't pull it together. I'm going to try and bullet-point out some scenes to figure out what the heck needs to happen but ugh. Ugh
Very much in the 'solid concept, zero idea how to corral it into max 10k words' stage of the exchange fic
October 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Very much in the 'solid concept, zero idea how to corral it into max 10k words' stage of the exchange fic
Ok, I've finished work. I've opened a very nice bottle of wine. Later I will write. It's FINE
October 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ok, I've finished work. I've opened a very nice bottle of wine. Later I will write. It's FINE
Me: I'm not free Mondays but other days are fine
Them: how about Monday 27th?
Look I know we're all fighting for our lives here but please read my one-sentence email properly, it will take two seconds of your day
Them: how about Monday 27th?
Look I know we're all fighting for our lives here but please read my one-sentence email properly, it will take two seconds of your day
October 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Me: I'm not free Mondays but other days are fine
Them: how about Monday 27th?
Look I know we're all fighting for our lives here but please read my one-sentence email properly, it will take two seconds of your day
Them: how about Monday 27th?
Look I know we're all fighting for our lives here but please read my one-sentence email properly, it will take two seconds of your day
You aren't your work, I tell myself. But then what am I WTF AM I
October 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
You aren't your work, I tell myself. But then what am I WTF AM I
Chapter 2 of my silly low stakes #wangxian cloud recesses era friends-with-benefits-to-lovers archiveofourown.org/works/719485...
Every Step A Circle - Chapter 2 - alightbuthappypen (dairyme) - 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
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October 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Chapter 2 of my silly low stakes #wangxian cloud recesses era friends-with-benefits-to-lovers archiveofourown.org/works/719485...
Really keenly feeling the loss of a fandom friend this past week; I don't think there was bad blood or anything, just that they moved on to something else and I guess wanted to cut ties? Sometimes people do
October 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Really keenly feeling the loss of a fandom friend this past week; I don't think there was bad blood or anything, just that they moved on to something else and I guess wanted to cut ties? Sometimes people do