cmdonovann

this post was originally posted to my tumblr on May 1st of 2023. i'm posting it here as well to archive it, basically. also, i like showing off my quantum break stuff :3

so, first of all, wow, it was WAY more effort than i thought to just POST SOMETHING EVERY DAY. i put a lot of pressure on myself to only post The Good Stuff to this blog, and boy golly is my standard of “good stuff” higher than it ought to be! so this has been great practice for me in “finished is better than perfect.”

second of all, i wanna put together a quick rundown of everything i did this month!

Announcement post
April 1st: My Bleeding Clock (My Immortal AU) fanfic for April Fool’s Day
April 2nd: Playlist to go with My Bleeding Clock
April 3rd: Sketch of 2010!Beth
April 4th: Sketch of Jack and Beth
April 5th: Reblogged my old post about last year’s anniversary zine, as well as a new little sketch to celebrate the 7th anniversary of the game’s release
April 6th: Doodle of Beth in a skirt (with pockets!)
April 7th: I literally just posted a passage I like from the QB:ZS novel
April 8th: Started posting old art… completed set of the halo series here!
April 9th: More old art (Jack/Paul this time)
April 10th: More old art, LNEHH edition
April 11th: More old art, Will Joyce edition
April 12th: Some Jack/Paul art to celebrate me and my husband’s anniversary :3c
April 13th: QUANTUM BREAK HOMESTUCK AU!!!
April 14th: Surprise! it’s even more old Jack/Paul art!
April 15th: Wow! I can’t believe it’s more Jack/Paul art!
April 16th: Apparently I was busy this day because I just reblogged LNEHH, lol
April 17th: Quantum Break characters, but as Skyrim characters
April 18th: Some blinkie gifs I made using blinkies.cafe
April 19th: A sweater I made using the linocut stamps from last year’s anniversary zine
April 20th: Another blinkie gif, hehe
April 21st: Meta post about color palettes and color usage in Quantum Break
April 22nd: A little QB divider I made for my fansite (WIP)
April 23rd: Some terrible glitter gifs, also for the WIP fansite
April 24th: Minecraft skins of a bunch of QB characters!
April 25th: I was also apparently busy this day, cuz all I did was make a stupid phone background for myself XD
April 26th: Took a swing at pixel art
April 27th: A promo for the Quantum Break Discord Server I run!
April 28th: Wrote another chapter of My Bleeding Clock…
April 29th: Art of Jack and Paul :3
April 30th: Started a new longfic: The Symmetry of Fear!

holy shit. that’s a lot. i am retroactively impressed with my past self for doing all this, lmao. nice.

third of all! i wanna note that i started several projects this month that i have yet to finish. of course i’m not confining my quantum break posting to one month of the year (impossible) but i will take my time finishing the… uh… three fics and two meta essays i have unfinished, as well as the fansite i am working on. i want these to be GOOD, so i’m not going to rush them. i’m glad this month gave me to juice to finally get these projects started, though!

and lastly… why did i even do this project/event in the first place?

well… good question. i imagine i’m not the only one who has been Going Through It for a while now, and i just… really needed a big project to focus on for a while. and quantum break is like, one of the only things that i never get tired of thinking about, so… are you seeing my logic here?
all that said, i do genuinely want to work on putting more love out into the world. and i love quantum break! i want other people to love it too! (or at least, i want other people to look at my passion for it and be like “i dont go here but you keep doing your funky little thing my man,” you know what i mean?)

so, big thanks to everyone who has encouraged me this month, whether it be in reblog tags, in the quantum break discord server, or elsewhere. also, big thanks to my husband, who i would not have married if not for our mutual obsession with quantum break, and who is always down to listen to me talk about my various theories and fic ideas. and finally, a big thanks to remedy, for making this dumb game that i love so so so much.