seeking, yearning, reaching hands
9/4 2:10pm
i've been working on my neocities website and wanted to compile a bunch of places where one can find decor. this is not an extensive list, but rather a bunch of places where you can start finding resources.
please note that various pages could strain the eyes, including flashing lights or colors. pages called 'blinkies' usually have flashing colors throughout. [* = prominent flashing lights]
decor
effects for mouse cursors, text, and sites - https://www.mf2fm.com/rv/
assorted decor, images, and more - https://shishka.neocities.org/shishka/toybox
* random gifs from the internet archive - https://gifcities.org
https://pinkukingdom.neocities.org/toybox
http://whimsical.heartette.net/material [has tos you need to follow]
https://cinni.net/?z=/toybox/ [love this website so much]
* assorted early internet graphics - https://www.glitter-graphics.com
https://graphic.neocities.org
https://strawberry-gashes.gensoukai.net/v2/
archived images - https://web.archive.org/web/20100211160439/http://neskaya.net/pixels.php
* https://kawaiiness.net/home.php [potential eye strain]
https://www.asterism-m.com/item/ [japanese site]
https://pixelsafari.neocities.org
https://foollovers.com/mat/index.html [japanese site. has tos]
* https://gothiclolita.neocities.org/materials
https://sozai.pooftie.me [pastels. very low contrast, hard to read warning]
https://scripted.neocities.org
https://arunyi.art/#goodies
https://nonkiru.art/resources
* https://animatedglittergraphics-n-more.tumblr.com / @animatedglittergraphics-n-more
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eQx_UiPvEvI4ZZECoPOuRrLhIE_6XbBy [content guide here... 4k+ gifs and graphics by @topadie]
* https://cutewebgraphics.tumblr.com/directory / @cutewebgraphics
https://pngfarm.tumblr.com / @pngfarm
https://lostsozai.tumblr.com / @lostsozai
decor directories
https://directory.cinni.net/sozai/
https://pixelsafari.neocities.org/links/directory/
https://www.tumblr.com/gender444/680981849679511552/favorite-sozaiblog-materials-sites-fool-lovers
definitions
(for those who don't know and/or are just getting into website creation)
webmaster: person who coded/created the website
favicons: small icons or graphics, usually 16x16 pixels.
pixels: graphics either custom-made or found. i've seen this term used for favicons, adoptables, and other graphics.
emoticons: old term for emojis. typically custom emoji expressions
* blinkies: thin flashing or sparkling banners, usually with text, an image, and flashing lights. collectible.
toybox: collections of favicons, stamps, blinkies, buttons, and more. all up to the webmaster's discretion and preferences
* glitters: glittering or shimmering text or images
stamps: collectible rectangular images, usually 99x56px
buttons: images that are hyperlinked to other websites. often custom-made for one particular webmaster or site.
avatars: typically 100x100 pixel images
other websites
beginner's guide to html and css - https://webguide.neocities.org
dnd style character generator - https://harlekine.neocities.org
templates/themes - https://neothemes.neocities.org
photo editor - https://photomosh.com
rainbow text maker - https://www.glitter-graphics.com/generators/rainbow.php
various other resources - https://scripted.neocities.org
learn more about websites & neocities - https://sadgrl.online
assorted resources - https://www.tumblr.com/punkwasp/725206601551773696/neocitiesindie-webmastery-resources
get started with website creation - https://www.tumblr.com/oddmerit/685644129978499072/note-cause-im-getting-sick-and-tired-of-terfs
all types of resources - https://punkwasp.leprd.space/resources/
* = prominent flashing lights/colors
i suggest not linking back (aka hotlinking) to the resources on the website. instead upload it yourself onto either neocities or an image hosting site and include credit. this way, if the person hosting the image deletes their page or loses the image somehow, your website will still be fine. (i didn't do this and had to find everything all over again... )
i have found that the best websites to use as companions to neocities are w3schools, pinterest, tumblr, and any image hosting site. w3schools for coding tutorials. pinterest for inspiration or for graphics. tumblr for any type of decor and advice. to edit my code and have a live preview, i use codepen.io.
since you read through all this, maybe take a look at my neocities site and follow me! <3
(under construction as of May 2024)
I have been writing online since 2016. As a result, I have quite the few short stories listed below! They're all from different parts in my writing journey and I hope you enjoy.
If you'd like to read what I currently put out, please consider supporting me on Patreon (X)
Cinderella Doesn't Believe in Fairy Tales
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3
Part 4 / Part 5 /Part 6
Part 7 / Part 8 / Part 9
Destiny Universe
You Are the Demon King
The Hero and Hope (part 1) (part 2)
Being Villagers
Heroes and Villains
Therapist for Villains
Juniper and Discus
Self Destruct Villain (flash fiction)
Dandelion (A Villain Story)
You Help Kill Heroes
You are the Shark Hero
Mist into a Tempest
The Civilian and the Reluctant Hero
No Heroes Here
The Spoiler (humor, flash fiction)
You are Legacy
Hero in Title
Dark Lord's Former Coworker
One Minute
The Fae:
You Become Powerful
Your Friend Takes Your Name
Larkin and Yvette
Debt Must Be Repaid (humor flash fiction)
Going to the Hill
The Fae are Free
When They Don't Know (submitted to elsewhereuniversity)
The Chosen One
The Chosen One's Parents
Fate and Mercy and Dead Girls
Amulet to Save Her
Hero's Apprentice (Flash fiction)
The Aftermath of the Chosen One
Wizards Stole My Brother
You are the Chosen One's Knight
The Chosen One is a History Major
You are the Most Powerful Magic User
Time Restarts and She Remembers
Better the Witch than the Kid
Witches
It Was in a Name
The Good Witch of Hawthorne
Berthe the Green Witch
Cursed Mold (flash fiction)
Love isn't Enough
I Can't Believe it's not Proper Adjudication
Devil Deals
The Devil You Know
The Ritual
They Summoned Her on Halloween (flash fiction)
Fairytale Retellings
Ariel and Ursula (age appropriate)
The Gods
Zeus' Son
Faith in Technology
Sci-Fi
Six Red Bulls and Persistence
The Sound of Silence
Emmaline and the Apartment
Humans are Vengeful
Humans Know War (that's why we have diplomacy)
Criminals Forced to Live on as AI (flash fiction)
Misc Fantasy
Wind-Speaker
Wind-Speaker and Her Wife
You Will Become
The Sirens and Leona (flash fiction)
Eldritch Princess (flash fiction)
Princess Maria and the Dragon
Princess Maria is Kidnapped
Immortals are Afraid of Change
Fiona the Dragon
A Violently Won War
Meta Stories
An Abstract Concept
Narrative Town
Narrative Town: Uncle Ralph
Princess Phaedra Breaks
You are a Horror Movie Villain
Ghost Stories
Malevolent Spirits
Your House is Haunted by an Anime Pillow
Don't Open the Door
Grandma's House
Who Is? (flash fiction)
A Face (flash fiction)
Misc.
You Choose Your Fate in Hell
Time Paradox (flash fiction)
You are an Assassin
Multiple Dimension Serial Killer (flash fiction)
An Exercise in Mary Sue
She Comes Back from the Hospital (tw eating disorder)
Roses and Evil (mental health flash fiction)
Big Brother
A Conversation About Anger
Punching Depression
Two Sides (flash fiction)
Immortal Serial Killer in Prison
Theater Romance (flash fiction)
The Lady and the Knight (flash fiction)
Different (flash fiction)
Congratulations! “God’s Favorite” has been added to “Messed Up Short Stories I’m Going To Think About Periodically For Years”
(God's Favorite)
Yay!!!!! Hooray!!!!!! *camera shifts and I add a tally to a whiteboard which presumably has always been here and was just out of view the whole time*
Say what you will about the rise and fall of Young Justice but they really did pop off with their iteration of Batman.
They did right by my man Bruce Wayne—he was seriously not to be fucked with.
Like, the third season really did me in. This bitch had plans with plans, was willing to absolutely verbally annihilate the League at the drop of a hat, and pretty much told everyone to kiss his ass while he fucked off to save the world with nothing but his team of former protégés and his own goddamn brain power.
And you know what? It. Fucking. Worked. (Basically.)
Because he’s Batman.
He was brilliant to watch in the first season—he was an excellent mentor, a total badass in the field, and he was a good father figure to Robin. (He was actually surprisingly gentle with him, like he wanted to guide Robin instead of boss him around, which I really appreciated).
Such a king. Rest in peace Young Justice Batman.
the first rule of shipping is get aromantic with it. the second rule is that gender and sexuality are what i want them to be. the third rule is have fun and be yourself
i wish more people knew about the goes wrong show. there's bad timing. inconvenient set design. battling egos between actors. people being cast woefully against type. one actress is always looking at the camera for some reason. one guy can never open containers and another guy can never open doors. the look of utter defeat on an actor's face when they realize what they're going to have to do to continue the scene. a christmas episode where santa gets drunk and belligerent. good actors playing bad actors playing characters. what could be more perfect?
out of curiousity, do you have a concept of what the marks of the last word look like? i find the description of the marks of the many below and of the wither mark really fascinating (also because. theoretically. they’re kind of up to interpretation like for example “three parallel lines” doesn’t specify whether they are vertical or horizontal *) and i was wondering if you had a similar visualisation of what val bears on her skin. (or also like, just a vibe)
* a second question has now occurred to me. do the descriptions only sound ambiguous to us, with no knowledge of prayer mark conventions, or could they actually be drawn differently based on the same description also in-universe? and if so, would every interpretation work, or is there a correct way and shrue should really just have been more precise in describing it?
No, zero idea! I did initially have the concept (which I think we partly recorded and maybe even left in a line or two nodding towards) that Val's marks 'flower' into evidence of the lies she tells - so they change shape as she's speaking and then become photographs or records or film-tape that peel from her in big sloughs of dead skin.
But poetic though that may be, you then have a character who's just sort of dropping giant distracting wads of dandruff in every single scene, which is sort of dramatically inhibiting.
girl help i can't keep track of the posts i have on my likes so i'm throwing them here
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