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ClaireG 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈
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Continuous pirates c/ Our Flag Means Death

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All right I just did a check and filtered for 'happy ending' only in OFMD fics, and it did bring up tonnes that are only tagged with 'angst with a happy ending' or other variations, so it does seem to be working the right way in practice (just as an example):
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Yep, turns out sharks and mermaids are definitely compatible in the end- the diving boys really won at science this Halloween 😌 #OFMDNSFW #OFMDfanart
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A true crime against all of us 😭 (/pos /pos/ pos)

I'm beta reading this story and I am enjoying knowing in advance that everyone is about to get just as murdered as me 😌
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Maybe some things, maybe a LOT of things are absolutely shit, but I got to have brunch with @wardrobespierre.bsky.social and his delightful husband and my delightful husband this morning, including this TOP tier strawberry matcha latte, and then I got my ears repierced, and a few things are good ❤️❤️
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Saluting you from inside my graveyard of attempted and abandoned crafts 😂🫡 Sometimes one sticks, though, so I reckon it’s always worth trying. You never know! 13 years in I’m just finishing a blanket for my upcoming new niece and it’s making me so happy 😍
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Front: onedrive.live.com?redeem=aHR0c...

Back: onedrive.live.com?redeem=aHR0c...

C/ @korps.bsky.social and the amazing archive of BTS, which includes the auction items!
October 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ed's on a mission to drive Stede absolutely insane with these overalls and he's certainly succeeding at it 😌

Our 1950s Italian writing retreat mystery is not going to be part of the Big Bang anymore but we continue to cook hard and look forward to sharing it with you! #wipwednesday #OFMDnsfw
October 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Here's the news, I'm leaving*. I'm a fisherman now**.

*Stepping down from the Fic Club team
**Finishing this fucking PhD before it kills me

Okay but in all seriousness- I announced this morning that I'm leaving the Fic Club team because of <gestures at all the flames> my insane life 👇
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Also adding in a couple of the episode shots where it didn't stand out as steps unless you knew to expect them there- I think it's had a real optical illusion effect for lots of people because of that! Like you CAN see that the door is lower than the deck if you know to look for it, but if not...
October 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
October 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
October 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We are having a very 'the wall' conversation at the moment and figured we'd throw it open to wider input!

So, poll time, and I wish I could do an actual poll here, but: did you previously realise there were two steps down to Stede's cabin on the Revenge in OFMD, or is this news to you?
October 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Morning bump for these goofs! I really desperately needed the dopamine of people enjoying my writing again so I am enormously grateful to everyone who’s read them so far 😭❤️
October 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Most of the Hold Guy bits in this story are at least based on things the real hold guy said in his spiel, so thanks to him for that, and also sorry for making it weird 😂

I am still struggling massively so getting this done is a big win- I also have a completed Kinktober fic for tomorrow (!)
October 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Sometimes you're struggling to write all the things you're supposed to, and then have to you call your insurance company, and you get the least hinged hold situation, and it demands to be written immediately.

Lots in common with Yours in Every Way, but not epistolary and a different vibe!

🔗👇
October 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
3.5 years, exactly 100 works, 2.2 million words...

9 of those are podfics
2 were exclusively as an artist instead of author
8 are fics of fics
20 involved collaboration (many of those as above)
1 was for Deadloch
1 was for Blow the Man Down
11 are over 60K words (5 over 100K)

It's been a ride 😂
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 AM
You know it resets every day and you have to vote all over again, right? They eliminate the bottom 5 every day, RIP emu and friends 🥲
October 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Co-signed by our household, Bec and Smallest Kid once again in complete agreement here- he's been advocating passionately for the same all afternoon! Please enjoy a few seconds of these rescued tawny frogmouths (Woody and Milly, iirc) noshing their dinner at Discover Deadly here last month.
October 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
No, but... what if lie detector test, but more stupid and less clothed, possibly? And also (even more?) horny? 🧐
October 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I make my own stamps ALL the time for various purposes- work smarter not harder etc 😂 I used these for the New Unicorn frames. I'll also search up and download any brush that can help (ropes! Snake scales! Grass!). There are lots of tutorials out there if you search how to make a stamp in Procreate.
October 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Love a little bit of extra luminance and I like the Procreate light pen for that, but wanted mine to have more taper and stabilisation to really get into the corners, so squidged those settings as usual.
October 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
For adding colours I'll usually use the fill function then add detail on top- I like both the soft airbrush (you guessed it with more stabilisation) and the acrylic painting brush (both Procreate standard) for those purposes.
October 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Sometimes I need a brush with NO taper and no pressure sensitivity that's going to give me the same width/ depth of line, for outlining backgrounds or objects. I use the Procreate standard Calligraphy brush Monoline, but with added stability and reduced taper (you can edit any brush by tapping it).
October 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
That comes from BigPearLiu on Instagram, but I use it so often that I moved a copy to my inks. I use this one for hair and clothing folds and other strongly tapered lines, and I don't think I needed to change much. This is a paid-for set- many good brushes in there!

bigpearliu.gumroad.com/l/brushes
October 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Second is the Procreate classic Studio Pen- I use the original non-stabilised one for stuff that needs corners and quick turns (like handwriting, which doesn't work with stabilised ones), and the stabilised one for lineart. It gives a good 100% solid smooth line with a taper. For the eyebrow brush 👇
October 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM