ShaylaPlumFairy

For Christmas, I made paper dolls inspired by The Nutcracker - as a story, a ballet, and our favorite movie! (Click here to go straight to the google drive folder for Clara.) But who remembers this old status? ;) Now, it's official! Meet Clara's new friend, Alice! (Click here to go straight to the google drive folder for Clara.) Two sets of the models have the exact same skin tone, so they can trade all their outfits: Hoffmann!Clara (blonde) and Liddell!Alice (brunette) are palest, and are inspired by their book descriptions (and the real Alice Liddell!) Petipa!Clara (redhead) and Carroll!Alice (blonde) have a more peachy tone, and resemble their animated movie portrayals. However, these models can't share clothes yet; however, the articles of clothing that don't show their skintone will work with any doll. Dumas!Clara is black, but she sadly has no Alice counterpart. I decided to make the third model for Clara black because of Alexandre Dumas's own race, as he was the son of the

I haven't been active here for a while, but that's only part of the reason why I'm "leaving" this site. To be clear, I am not deactivating my account or putting all my deviations in storage; however, I will not upload anything new, give llamas/badges, or reply to comments. I may check in (about once or twice a month) on my friends and certain tags, but that's about it. This is a choice I've debated since April 2021 at least, and was cemented when I finally changed my username to differ from my other social media handles. Multiple concerns led me to this decision. I've had this account for years, and there are old works and comments that embarrass me. While I have control over my gallery, it'd be impossible for me to go and edit every comment I've ever made on every deviation I've seen; it no longer represents who I am and who I strive to be. If I get published someday, I could get into serious legal trouble if people track down and make connections between my works and the fandoms

Okay, so I’m setting this up pretty late (like, the end of day one,) but I’m trying to make my announcement/plan for doing Camp NaNoWriMo. It’s been really difficult for me to write with the general state of the world right now, but writing makes me happy. I put a lot of pressure on myself, my writing, my stories, so I forget how happy it does make me. Sitting down and turning on my laptop is always the most difficult part, but once I get started, I get going. I just need to set a time, everyday, to sit down and write for an hour or two. There will be some new factors playing into NaNoWriMo this time around: I recently got a part-time job at the local library, so I’ll have to balance that out since I’ve usually only done NaNoWriMo when I have no other commitments. I have three, six-hour long shifts each week, and my hours will range from 9:30 am to 9 pm, so it’s quite reasonable. I also want to try going to bed before 2 am, and waking up at 9:30 am. That’ll just help me be more