Lees Rambles - Blog Posts

It's funny to me how I used to post art and be incredibly anxious to know if anyone liked it, but now I post if I remember to and feel like it in the moment, as well as not care about the amount of likes or comments. If I see a comment on time, I'll likely reply, but I'm not hoping or waiting for it like I used to.

It's very freeing, ngl

Top ten hatchetfield song? (You better not just put NPMD songs)

but i love npmd :(((

FINE

nerdy prudes must die

inevitable

high school is killing me

hatchet town

dirty girl

show me your hands

not your seed

just for once

feast or famine

show stopping number

there u go

been doing a lot of art recently for my new obsession (disventure camp) be prepared for an art dump 🗣️🗣️

the funniest thing thats happened to me last year was when i was super stressed from a lot of stuff that was happening and just started sobbing, and my friend tried to comfort me by. by showing me a picture of jay walker. i seriously used to talk so much about him that my friend’s first reaction to seeing me sad was to show me a screenshot of him. and the worst part of the whole thing is that it fucking worked and i stopped crying. what is the power that this little lego man holds over me and how do i release myself from it

YES

YESSSSSS

YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

for all the iTunes users out there, NPMD has officially been released on Apple Music!!!

writing is such an interesting experience for me, because i’ll be writing a fic and absolutely tearing myself apart at every single word i write - telling myself that i have no talent and i’m an awful writer and i should just delete everything and quit because it’s really just a waste of time - and then once in a while ill see someone like an old one shot or fic of mine, and ill open it up for the first time in months and be surprised because, wait a second, this isn’t actually bad. in fact, some of them are genuinely really good! and its such a strange experience, but such a pleasant one, whenever it happens.

i love writing. it might be difficult sometimes, and i might hate what im writing and spend ages comparing myself to others, but at the end of the day i made something. and i’m pretty proud of that. :D

have a lovely day!

-lee :)

What’s your favorite book series? Also, what’s your favorite fanfic of something you like?

favorite book series at the moment? probably leviathan - it’s a really cool trilogy and id recommend it a million times over. i also love keeper of the lost cities, children of blood and bone, and the entire grishaverse.

favorite fanfic is so so so hard but im gonna go with one of my all time favorites - bending but never breaking by @/writing-hat. its a fantastic ninjago fic and it completely cemented me as a 1. extreme jay lover, 2. extreme skybound lover and 3. eternal member of the fandom. before you go looking for it though, it is REALLY REALLY dark. read all the tws on hat’s intro page and on the fic itself before starting to make sure you know just how dark it gets. please stay safe!

thanks for asking this! i love getting asked questions:)

have a lovely day!

-lee :D

Hi what’s your favorite color

Yellow! Also green, but mainly yellow because it's sunshiny and makes me happy :)

hi! do you like some good old fashioned lautski? do you enjoy the occasional fic about a nerdy prude in the apotheosis?

well then you should check out the In The Tiny Town of Hatchetfield fanzine! artists and writers across the hatchetfield community have contributed to this, and it’s a fun, cool project packed to the brim with amazing fan content! i had such an amazing time participating in this, and the release date is almost here - october 31st! the best part, it’s a charity zine so all proceeds will go into multiple charities!

for more information when it finally comes out, check out @inthetinytownofhatchetfield!

thanks so much and can’t wait!

have a lovely day,

lee :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO REIGEN ARATAKA! 🥳🥳🥳

i love you reigen you’ll always be the number 2 tumblr sexyman in my heart

i hereby accept my title with honor and joy

godDAMN my friend is the best he's the only person I know who's listened to every single one of my show recommendations

like I brought up offhandedly how much i loved NPMD/the hatchetfield musicals once. within the week he'd watched two out of three. I mentioned once how much trouble i was having trying to get another friend to watch Mob Psycho with me. Literally 25 minutes later i got a text from him telling me he'd watched the first episode and loved it.

Like it's almost crazy because almost no one else I know is this willing to go along with my nonsense. I cant help but feel like I owe him a blood sacrifice or something because of how much this has affected me.

Do you take commissions

i mean if I like an idea enough i'll draw/write it for free, but it has to be something I actually wanna do. I don't do commissions, just requests lol. however if you do have a request don't be afraid to send me it! there's just one thing i need you guys to respect and it's that I have a right to turn down a request if I don't want to do it. as long as you get that, please send away!

ive never had more of a craving to eat the inedible then when looking at dnd dice. im staring at a d20 rn and seriously contemplating trying to eat it. yes, it’s plastic. no, i don’t care.

waking up in the middle of the night with the most amazing awesome au/story you’ve ever thought of (you will never ever write it)

Hey I saw your Skybound AU post! If Jay is the ultimate target of Nahdakhan, does that mean that Nya is the one to be captured and tortured by him? If not, how does Jay’s treatment on Misfortune’s keep change? Is Nahdakhan still going to try and get him to make his third wish?

Hi!

So for my au, nya is the one who gets captured/ tortured. I wrote a little about it a while ago in this post if you wanna see that. Obviously, this changes a LOT about the story, which is why I've only posted small scenes or ideas for this fic. I'm doing my best to try and piece the new story together in a way that makes sense, and I'm low-key struggling rn because I've always been bad at this ;-;

Hmmmm, I haven't written about this au in a while. Once I finish chapter two of my other ninjago fic (Press B for Bad Habits, which is taking FOREVER IM SO SORRY @nonsense-at-2am), ill work on another scene idea for it...

But yeah, nya is the one originally captured and tortured. Of course, jay isn't any better off in his new role - in fact, he might be worse off than his original role, especially near the end of the season. Poor guys, im really not gonna be giving them a break. Someone give them hot chocolate and a blanket so they can recover from my evil plans for now, because from here on out they're jumping on the angst train.

Anyway, hope this answers your question! If you have any more, feel free to ask me - I love hearing your thoughts <3

Have a lovely day!

-Lee :)

i’d like to thank richie lipschitz for getting me into attack on titan

you were right dude, it is superior to star wars in every possible way

writing fanfiction in the waiting room of the dentist’s office is crazy, couldn’t be me

Hehehe my first ishimondo week fic has 69 hits rn

Hey everyone!

So, Ishimondo week is nearly upon us, and I've been working hard on planning my fics + finishing the first one (which took WAY longer than I expected, and also might have ended up being 9k? Oops). However, I have a question for all of you lovely people.

Accents in writing. I know that they get pretty widely mixed reviews - from what I can tell most people either love them or hate them. Now, I myself usually don't mind them. A lot of times, it helps me to better picture the characters and their way of speaking. However, I was talking to a few of my friends about it, and they all HATE it when a fic author writes in the accents. See, this is a little problem for me because while writing Mondo's dialog, I usually write out his accent. Despite this, I don't want to keep that in my fics if the majority of people hate it. Therefore, I thought I'd put up a poll to see people's opinions on this matter.

By the way, don't worry about whether or not it will take a lot of time and effort to change the dialogue, because it really won't be that difficult! It'll probably only take me around 5-10 minutes to do so if that's the poll's decision.

(P.S., here's an excerpt from my fic which shows an example of writing out an accent - or at least, how I do it: "I’d been meanin’ ta drop that shit for a while when he offered to help me with it last year, an’ the rest is history.")

So, without further ado,

Thank you all so much, have a lovely day, and see you guys for Ishimondo week!

-Lee :)

What music do you listen to?

Hmm, pretty much just a mix of stuff I like!

Some artists I enjoy:

mindless self indulgence

Will wood

Cavetown

Kate bush

Chappell roan

The fnf soundtrack lol

Musicals (nerdy prudes must die, legally blonde, six, ride the cyclone, etc)

And the rest is any songs I find and enjoy, whether from recommendations or just hearing them somewhere!

ive gotten a lot of mixed reviews on my music taste - usually people either love it or hate it lol

Anyway I hope this answers your question and have a lovely day!

-Lee :)

Ok first of all I love those situation ideas, theyre so interesting.

Like... Can you imagine how jay would feel coming back to the original timeline and knowing that all of his other friends have seen him like that, at his very lowest? It would probably cause him to (intentionally or unconsciously) distance himself from the others as a way of coping and not having to think about it. Sure, it would make the eventual confrontation easier since he wouldn't have to explain what happened, but with the way he views himself - as a burden, as broken, etc - I don't think he'd exactly let the others help him with healing, out of a combination of shame and fear.

And the second idea is also so awesome! Ever since I first read that scene that's been something I wondered about. I doubt the others would take it well, for obvious reasons. And with a combination of that rage, as well as everyone being pretty well healed from previous fights, I'd say nadakhan would be in for a lot of trouble...

Yeah, this fic is absolutely amazing. I don't have many theories, but I do have a lot of thoughts - specifically about @writing-hat 's oc ava because I fucking love her. I really hope we see more of her in later chapters, because she's just so awesome! The way hat integrated her into the story was so totally seamless - if I hadn't watched the show no one would be able to convince me that she wasn't an actual (and incredibly well written) character.

And here's a situation of my own to think about! What if when the other ninja return to the original timeline with jay and nya, they didn't recall anything... At first. As time goes on, memories of things that never happened start popping up in their minds, and they slowly start to unravel the story of what exactly happened, why they can't remember it, and most importantly, why jay and not seem so traumatized by it.

Anyway yeah, those are my thoughts I guess. Anyone feel free to reply with your own thoughts / theories / situations!

Hi I noticed you're also stuck with the bbnb brainrot :3

Just wondering but do you have any theories or scenarios you think might happen? If so 🤲

(I can put a few of my own in a seperate ask if you want?)

Also I love your art! <3<3<3

Bbnb ask! So minors skedaddle 

Yep that fic did something to my brain It’s stuck for about 10 months now. Something about the tragedy and how things can be so much worse than death. The lore and comfort dragged me through the horror. Like If it wasn’t for ch7 I would not have made it. The way It made me care and subtle things that ground it in reality makes it hurt that much more.

I like just like my angst sue me

I Can’t share theories because I beta read and though they’re good at withholding their secrets. I am a perspective reader.

I pointed out something they wrote had a behavior that was off on something I specialize in. But it was intentional and they explained their lore to me.

There is quite a lot under the surface. The misfortunes keep lore they make for example, is quite extensive.

I have at least one theory I won’t share. The way @writing-hat answered me makes me think I’m right.

As far as theorizing how things work I do have an in depth document I asked hat to make explaining Jay’s lighting power. Originally intended for Shark’s Dttiys. It’s been a good reference point for drawing.

Ch 15 spoiler (It was a lighting ability thing that disrupted Cole’s form when Jay walked through him. Part of why it was such a big thing)

Jay’s lighting supposedly helped Mend his bones in scrap n tap. AND with that THERE IS DEFINITELY NO consequences *shutters

I won’t tell you what I think is likely, But I like thinking of different scenarios..

what would bbnb situation might be if the ninja hadn’t lost memory?

Also a situation where he gets ninja back and Jay says what he was actually going to say, instead of “ruthless Djinn”, everyone freaks out long enough to realize they’re walking into a trap Jay isn’t recaptured and things play out almost canon compliant.

I’d love to hear your thoughts/theories!

Word count is at 1500 rn lets fucking go

progress: like almost 2/3 of the way through

im very sleepy I never do all nighters

its 2 am rn but I cant sleep bc I physically NEED to finish this one shot for ishimondo week or I'll never get the time.

Im very tired but at least I have Mondo oowada in times of distress

have a good night or whatever

-Lee :)

its 2 am rn but I cant sleep bc I physically NEED to finish this one shot for ishimondo week or I'll never get the time.

Im very tired but at least I have Mondo oowada in times of distress

have a good night or whatever

-Lee :)

Its summer I'm tired I want to bake something sugary

Help me please

just started rereading bbnb for like the fifteenth time (first time in months tho) and jesus the story gets dark faster than griffin turner ( i adore tournament of elements can you tell)

@writing-hat i love your fic sm - and damn i have never had such a strong urge to fucking DECK nadakhan than i have while reading it. i want to hit him with a chair 😀

Pico!

i love this funky lil guy sm don’t even talk to me

sorry for not posting in a while! last week of school is a whirlwind rn lol

anyway, hope you enjoy this art and have a lovely day!

-lee :)

(sorry for shit quality btw, dunno whats up with that)

hey all!

just taking a quick break from writing to have dinner, and I wanted you guys to know that i'm like 3/8 done with chapter 2 of Press B. let me give you a progress report:

I have all of the story beats planned out know everything that will happen.

I have written 1 1/2 out of 4 of the scenes i've separated this chapter into (for writing purposes - it's easier for me to work when I split it up into big chunks and work on one at a time lol)

by the end of the day I plan to be 6/8 done - finish the scene that's in progress, and start writing the last two.

I'm really tired and hungry but boy have the creative juices been flowing. Nothing gets me writing like 1. worrying about keeping you guys waiting 2. rewarding myself with dinner and 3. needing to get this chapter out of the way to work on ishimondo week 2k24.

Anyway, Happy Pride Month, stay safe, happy and hydrated at all times! I hope you're looking forward to chapter 2.

Have a lovely day!

-Lee :)

(P.S. when this chapter does come out, apologies if anything seems out of character. make sure to tell me and i'll do my best to fix it! after all, this is the first time i've written in a certain someone's POV...)

Hi!

I don't think I've ever mentioned it, but I'm a pretty big fan of Danganronpa (specifically THH). I love ishimondo more than life itself (its right up there with jaya from ninjago for me), and when I first saw that @ishimondoevents was holding Ishimondo Week 2024 I knew I had to participate!

I'll do my best to keep you all updated! I hope that when the week comes around you'll enjoy what I have to offer.

Im really tired and supposed to be studying rn so that's all for now.

Have a lovely day!

-Lee :)

(ps sorry for the awful quality idk what the fuck is up with that lol)

my bitchass writer’s block was just brutally murdered by my extreme boredom and now im frantically typing out dialogue for ch. 2 of Press B at a table in Burger King lets fucking go

(yes i have an essay that’s only half finished thats due tonight, idc. the only thing that matters rn is shitting these ideas out of my head and into my notes app before they dry up)