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yeokii · 1 year

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# types of tropes w enha !!

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₊﹒warnings! non-idol!enha, gn!reader (but I kinda wrote it with she/her pronouns in mind so if you see she/her pronouns im v sorry pls ignore), profanity, mentions of alcohol (only in jake's), mentions of skinship, mentions of stalker behaviour (its a joke, nothing serious tho) mentions of being high (ITS A JOKE), mentions of blood in Riki's one, spelling and grammar errors!!

₊﹒note! yen and Kayla my fave bff helped me w the tropes!! ngl got carried away with junwons one

₊﹒requested by this anon !!

# lee heeseung ⎯ coworkers to lovers

IT JUST FITS HIM SO WELL

heeseung would def catch feelings first when you asked him to help organise the files

HE ALWAYS AND I MEAN ALWAYS takes up the offer whenever you need help with something.

you want a drink? bro will bring you the whole menu

literally will do anything to show that he's into you.

bro just loves being near you.

but this one time where he dropped you home when it started raining heavily, you started to question ur feelings for him.

and so the mutual pining begins 😞

yall both would be mad blushing whenever you both interact w each other.

both of your friends would be so mad because they know you both like each other

like why aren't yall kissing already??

you kinda did know that heeseung did like you back but the man was oblivious

so you asked him out 😁

SUSHI DATE FTW!!

and you both hung out in his car after the date finished and this man did not want to take you home.

it was painful pls 😭

fastfoward to when you both start dating and he come to your house and picks you up so you can both go to work at the same time.

he would bring your daily coffee orders aswell

he would even teach you how to play league of legends help 😭

skinship is a must!!

give it a few months and he would know you more than you know yourself

PLS HES SO CUTE SOMEONE GIVE THIS MAN AN AWARD

"baby, let me take you on a date after you finish work."

"I swear to god, it better not be a ramen date again."

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# park jongseong ⎯ brother's best friend

no cuz its so jongseong of him to fall in love with his best friend's sibling

he would know you since he was like 3 and he prolly always saw you as his best friend's annoying little sibling 😭

but you were literally completely in love with this man

if you could kiss the ground he walked on, you would.

PLSSS HE WOULDN'T EVEN TALK TO U

just a few glances here and there

but when you started to grow up, you kinda ignored him aswell cuz you started to get a life 💀

BUT U STILL KINDA LIKED JAY THOO

it wasn't very visible as it was before b4

but this hurt jays ego like why aren't you foaming in the mouth whenever you see him???

BYE SOMEONE PLS HUMBLE HIM

so when you both were at a party

YOU LOOKED ETHEREAL

and it bugged him why were you hanging out with other people??

this man really thought you had no social life plss

you looked so pretty and he didn't even look at anyone else, it was just you.

this man fell in love with you gn.

and then from there, he saw you as a romantic aspect or wtv.

IT WAS SO FUNNY BECAUSE NOW HES THE ONE FOAMING AT HIS MOUTH WHENEVER HE SEES YOU

you kinda noticed that he liked you because he believed actions > words

he started picking you and dropping you off to school when your brother couldn't

he would even bring one of your favourite snacks along the way too

he would text you and talk to you more often

so one night while you and ur bsf had a sleepover

jay also had one w ur brother

AND BROOOO HE WAS SO JEALOUS U COULD SEE HIS EYES TURNING RED

jay vamp era frfr

he was being very passive aggressive to ur bsf

SO U CONFRONTED HIM 😁

and bro just straight up said "I like you"

followed by "I don't like when they talk to you"

so ur just there 🧍‍♀️

like helppp it was so awkward

after the confession, he asked you on a date and ofc you said yes

IT WAS SO CUTE TOO

but a few months in the relationship, you both are getting comfy with each other

its either a full on classy restaurant date or staying at home and watching Disney+

theres no in between

and ofc your brother is okay with this as he gets used to it

he loves to act like he doesn't care for you but you know he loves you

"no I'm not blushing!"

"jay you so are! I didn't know you liked backhugs!"

"SHUT UP"

# sim jaeyun ⎯ exes to lovers

it would def be you who broke up w him

I js don't see Jake calling off a relationship

and it would prolly be over the summer when you thought you and the aussie boy (😝😝😝) didn't click anymore.

mans would be sooo devastated like wdym ya'll don't click anymore???

he would spend more time thinking abt why you thought the relationship didn't work than actually being sad

mans really tried to move on but he srsly couldn't do it.

he was so comfortable with you, he couldn't do that with anyone else.

all his friends witnessed him going through the five stages of greif

it was sad actually 😭

he would still have you as his lock screen like he never even bothered to change it

so probably after 8 months of going through crappy dates and drinking his heart away (he got drunk on apple juice) he decided he wanted you back

so he reached out to you

found out you work at a cafe through his 'sources' (jungwon)

and when you see him he's like "whatttt? you work here????"

its giving stalker behaviour

do better jake 😕👎

and now that he KNOWS you work here

he comes there everyday at 4 right when you're shift begins

bro is the master at small talk

and that is when the small talk with you goes on for an hour and you realise its been an hour since your shift is finished.

he offers a ride back home

and you agreed since you didn't want to walk home alone

you didn't really see the problem with exes being friends and you told him abt it too but

NO NO NO

this man did not work this hard for ya'll to just be friends again

so he waited until your shift finished and decided to bring you your fav flowers

and he asked you if you wanted to go out

and he brought you to a picnic

and you're like "Jake??? its night???"

"you always wanted to have a picnic with me so I thought why not?"

plsss you were shocked that he remembered you wanting to have a picnic with him but you both never had the time.

he even brought your fav sandwiches and drinks it was so cute

and when he dropped you back home he confessed everything and he told you he wanted to get back together

after thinking abt it for a few days

you decided you wanted to get back tgt

so you showed up at his house with flowers in your hand (it was rlly cute plss 😭😭😭)

and when you both get back together

he really tried to make the relationship even more stronger an always assured you to talk to him if you had any problem

its cute because this man is never gonna let u go

like whenever ya'll walk tgt, he's gonna be holding your hand

you're making something in the kitchen? he's backlogging you

you wanna pee? this man's gonna follow you into the bathroom

jake's so cute plss😭😭

jungwon swears he's the reason you both got back tgt

"please you looked so funny when you fell on your butt!"

"remember the time where I dumped you?"

# park sunghoon ⎯ first love

I feel like this boy would not fall in love that easily which is why he hadn't had his first love

sure he had his first likes, loads of partners, but never love

and then baam

you came in 😎

he felt like it was one of those tv series where everything was in slow motion and like the spotlight was just on you

he just felt like it was just you and him in the ice skating rink

like bro's brain just flew through the window

and ofc his kdrama moment had to end because u fell on ur ass trying to skate.

and bro let me tell you

this man procreated the loudest snort alive to mankind

and ofc you glared at him

which made him run to you, helping you up

"hi, I'm sunghoon."

"ok"

he thought he would cry right there.

he apologised and asked to make it up by trying to take you out for ice cream.

ofc you couldn't say no

and you both got to know each other well

this man was scared because he thought he wouldn't se you again

so what did he do?

this man used every pickup line known to mankind

NO NO NO

he did not ask your number

INSTEAD he turned into the rizzlord

oh was it a sight to see

NO CAUSE YOU KNEW HE WANTED YOUR PHONE NUMBER

he was js really nervous

so u asked his phone and saved ur phone number

"maybe I could like yk teach you how to skate next time?"

"wtv you say hoon."

# kim sunoo ⎯ best friends to lovers

oh god the mutual pinning..

YOU BOTH LIKE EACH OTHER

WHY ARENT YALL SUCKING EACH OTHERS FACES RN?

riki asked calmly

and I wholeheartedly agree

you thought sunoo was js your bsf

which explains why he always looks out for you

waiting for you at the school gate everyday even if you're like 30 minutes late

or always getting you fav drink

or always covering for you if you got into trouble

LIKE NAHHHHH

be so fr rn

riki could not stand it

bro was about to grow white hairs

this man was the literal definition of a third wheel

everytime riki tried to talk abt you two

you always dismissed it

AND SUNOO WAS BUTTHURT

like were you that blind?

you were js scared you were gonna get rejected and all these years of friendship would go to waste

and ngl sunoo felt the same

so ofc your matchmaker riki pulled sunoo aside and asked him how he felt abt you

and pls sunoo loves you more than himself

he literally only trusts you

and you were the same for him

#goals

so riki used his amazing megamind brain and asked yall to talk abt your feelings

and it took a while to open up after riki left and by the end of it you both had shared your first kiss with each other 😁

NGL IT WAS REALLY CUTE

you both were red

and now since y'all are in a relationship

riki hated it more

"BOOO get a room."

ur dates were so cute

either it was hot choco dates or ''lets go play in the snow' dates

you always enjoyed it

because you are with sunoo (I physically cringed)

"maybe I should call u the sun cuz u brighten up every room u walk into."

"r u high?"

# yang jungwon ⎯ academic rivals

his jaw dropped when he saw the results

HELLO A 95???

man hasn't got anything below a 97

and there you were

waving ur results sheet at him with a clear 96

bro wanted to slap that smirk right off your face

so he asked the teacher to check his paper again

bye the teacher did not give two fucks

so he checked it himself

he was actually supposed to get a 94 but lets keep that to ourselves 😁

he js waited until the next exam to rot around and by that this man took a mental screenshot of every page in the book

a 94???

GOODBYE.

if there was a dissapear button in life

he would press 65 times

and what did you get

a 97.

happiest day of your life ngl

this man had a whole fit

HE COULD NOT BELIVE IT

the teacher actually had enough of you

and gave you both detention

all you had to clean the classroom

'bonding time' she said

'it'll be fun' she said

so when you started to clean the room

all you both could give each other were side eyes and silent curses

it was painful actually

you both divided the room saying this was his side and that was your side

but there were tiny moments were you were staring at him, admiring his side profile

THAT WAS SO UNLIKE U

U WERE SUPPOSED TO HATE HIM

but why did he look so ethereal when he was sweeping the floors

GET A GRIP.

so there was this moment were you both close to each other and you tripped on your untied shoelaces and landed ontop of him

he landed on his ass

so romantic I know.

and you both stared at each other for a long time (5 seconds)

before he pushed you off him

"EW."

he stood up and went back to sweeping and you were still on the floor

you stood and started cleaning again

but what you didn't realise was that he kept staring at you

occasionally having eye contact

after that day, you both became softer to each other

YOUR TEACHER HAD HER JAW DROPPED WHEN HE SAW YOU BOTH NOT FIGTHING WHEN JUNGWON GOT A 94 AND YOU GOT A 96

like hello???

where the hair ripping and shitty insults??

your friend were in school because you stopped talking bt how much you hate him and so were his friends

scary really

both of your friends thought that you both were planning some big revenge or something

but then they caught you smiling at him while walked past you??

they called an exorcist immediately

THIS IS NOT OK??

you both didn't whine and ask the teacher to change when you both were paired up for a project

you both had a fun time and you actually had a good convo

you both called truce

and you both started to not hate each other

and one day while you both talked you had a moment of silence when you just said 'fuck it' and went in and kissed him

GET A ROOM

and the next day in school

you both walked holding hands

everyone was so confused because um what the actual fuck?

"can't believe I used to hate this pretty face."

"ew jungwon"

"shut up before we go back to being enemies"

# nishimura riki ⎯ hates everyone but you

when he heard about love, all he could say was 'bs'

like be so fr

BUT THAT WAS UNTIL YOU ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL

he swore he could hear wedding bells

everything abt you was so perfect

like he never had an ideal type but god damn bro

might as well have one rn

he like froze for a sec

crazy ik

tbh you didn't acknowledge his existence for a few days

until you saw him playing basketball w his friends

and his basketball met w ur face

bye ur nose did not stop bleeding

man came rushing to u when he realised it was u

he took you to the nurse and when you were all ok

he sheepishly grinned at you and apologised for hitting you w his basketball

you were quick to forgive him and you started to become friends since that day

everyone was in shock because you were the first person he'd ever talked other than his friends

and you were so confused because everyone kept telling this was so unlikely of him

he had never tied someones shoelaces when they were untied

or he had never lent someone his jacket

even to his friends

the privilege was showing

like u were so confused because he doesn't do this with other people

he prolly be like 😐 but when you're there hes like 😁

soo you asked him

"idk I like you"

HELLO???

"oh uhm haha same."

BYE YALL ARE SO AWKARD

it took a few weeks for him to grow some balls and ask you to be his s/o

and this man needed to always be on your side

he's gaming? ur on his lap.

he's playing basketball? ur playing with him.

UR LIKE EVERYWHERE

its so cute

makes me sick

"BABY WHERE R U GOING?"

"riki I need to pee."

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levihan-drabbles · 2 years

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3rd Levihan Week! June 4th - June 15th

Hello, Levihan stans! The admins are back with another installment of the Levihan drabble week (the first event we ever held ;)) Starting right off, I want to mention that the drabble week is open to all kinds of content creators and not just writers. We just stick with the name of drabble week because that was what we started with. The levihan week will run from 4th June to 15th 2022. Read on for the theme for each day and a FAQ at the end!

Saturday June 4th - Trope Fest Sunday 5th June - The Zoe Household Tuesday 7th June - Levihan : Around the world Thursday 9th June - Levihan : Randomized Saturday 11th June - A trip down memory lane Monday 13th June - Levihan letters Wednesday 15th June - Free spot

Saturday 4th June - Trope Fest create fics & arts based on popular fanfiction tropes! here is a list of popular fanfiction tropes to choose from! 1. Enemies to lovers 2. Royalty AU 3. Hurt/Comfort 4. Forbidden Love 5. Unrequited Love 6. Childhood Friends 7. Love triangles 8. Arranged Marriage and etc! (You don't have to stick to this list, as long as its a fanfiction trope, go ahead!) Sunday 5th June - The Zoe Household create fics & arts revolving around your interpretation of Hange's backstory! If Isayama can't give us Hange's backstory, we make it ourselves. Tuesday 7th June - Levihan : Around the world multicultural levihan! create fics & arts in a setting with aspects from your own culture. Bring our favorite abnormals to your own country! Thursday 9th June - Levihan : Randomized It wouldn't be a drabble week from us without our traditional oddly specific prompts! write or draw Levihan in stupid prompts we handpick for you! This time, we have chosen 5 prompts for you. Please choose any one to your liking. 1. Levi and Hange are a pair of ghosts haunting a house, and every day they try to outcompete each other in scaring whoever comes in. 2. Hange making a video 'proving' that Levi is the Illuminati, complete with The X-Files theme. 3. Levi and Hange reading mean tweets/comments about themselves 4. Hange tossing snowballs at Levi's window, not knowing the window is open and has no screen. 5. Our deity was kind, benevolent, and perfect in every way. They protected us.” The priest looks to Levi who stands before him, holding a weapon stained with divine blood. Then he asks, “Why did you kill them?”

Saturday 11th June - A trip down memory lane revisit your first levihan fic or art and redraw or rewrite it (a small section of it if not the full thing!) Just how vastly has your writing style/art skills changed? Monday 13th June - Levihan letters draw or write something based on your favourite levihan fic or levihan art! Wednesday 15th June - Free spot Free day! create whatever you want! — FAQ 1. Is NSFW allowed? Ans. Yes! Just tag your work properly! If its a NSFW art, put it under a read more or warning. 2. Is there any word limit? Do I have to write only drabbles for this week?

Ans. Nope! There is no word limit! Everything from a 200-word drabble to a 15k one-shot is welcome!

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Ans. Yes, please do so! When you post your work, please tag our account (@levihan-drabbles) or use the hashtag #levihanweek22 so we can find it and reblog it! We also have a year-end project where we compile all the works we ever received in the drabble weeks in a portfolio!

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Ans. That’s completely fine! We want you to have fun, not feel pressured. You can post your work at your own pace, and take more days if you wish to. Just make sure to mention which day in your work so we can organize it accordingly! If you have any other questions, please feel free to send them in our ask box or message us privately! We will reach you asap!

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figurativepieceoftrash · 2 years

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further Pandon't archive filing - what are your favourite kinds of aus? what kinds of fics do you look for?

Ooh okay so. I usually only read crackfics and angst, but heavy angst and dark fics are definitely my favorites.

In the bnha fandom specifically my favorite tags/tropes are dfo, villain izuku, traitor [insert anyone in class 1a], dadmight, roleswap, and bad end.

Anything with family or relationship drama is VERY good, especially if said family or relationship drama occurs across the dividing line of protagonist and antagonist. Friends to enemies and lovers to enemies are also great, especially if there's lingering feelings of affection between the two that they feel they need to overcome/come to terms with.

Stories that are fatalistic or existential really pique my interest, especially if the protagonist has to grapple with either or both concepts. The realization that nothing is okay and never will be okay as well as the immidiate fallout of said realization are always very fun in literature.

Corruption arcs are my absolute bread and butter, I'd live and die for them. Hero to villain, loss of faith, and grapling with urges/instincts beyond one's control are very good. Bonus points if there's psychological horror involved.

Transition from one state of being to another is another favorite, especially if said transformation is an ascension to godhood or sudden acquisition of power. It's very fun to see characters forced to wield responsibility they aren't qualified for, especially when they didn’t ask for it. Bonus points if the person who gave them the power wants them to use it in a way they don't personally approve of.

Body horror is also really good, especially if it's got some psychological elements for flavor. Existential horror is also pretty fun because of the dread that usually comes along with it. All three together and I'm never putting the fic down.

Obsession is a very fun theme to play around with, as are control and order vs chaos. Any narrative that strips control from a character and forces them to live with it until they snap and turn the tables is a lot of fun! Free will is basically the same thing, but fics that play around with it absolutely own me.

The child soldier trope is also a personal favorite of mine, especially when it makes a protagonist jaded or causes them to lose faith in a system they previously revered and trusted. Blind faith is also nice in the case that it results in a divide between those who approve and disapprove. Fics that actually explore these aspects of the trope are top notch in my book.

Deception is great, especially if the person being deceived forms a strong connection to the deceiver. I want big, dramatic fallout! Guilt or a disturbing lack thereof! Regret!

Gray morality is also amazing, I don't think any story should ever have a clear, unquestionable right and wrong side. I love it when the lesser of two evils still does very evil things but under the guise of the greater good. The protagonist can either recognize these faults and fight to change them, or resign themselves in support at the expense of their moral fiber. Both are good.

My favorite kind of romantic fics have like. Really fucked up romances. Lots of conflict, be it via subtle manipulation and power imbalances, unhealthy codependency, mutual hatred that is only slightly overpowered by love, one-sided interest that is used by the uniterested party, or star-crossed lovers who meet a tragic end in some form. Fluffy romances are the only way to go irl, but I'm reading to be entertained. It's gotta have drama.

Speaking of which, manipulation in general is very fun! Love me some mind games and strategic ploys! Self destructive characters are also really good, love it when fics give someone a problem and have them destroy themselves over it, whether intentionally or subconsciously.

Anyways that was a lot, and don't get me wrong, there's even more, but I'm gonna stop now to spare you the extra word count.

#asktag #pandachair #sorry this is... a lot #I promise I'm normal irl I just like reading fucked up shit for some reason

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jlf23tumble · 5 years

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Fic rec anon here, and I'm blanking in the moment! I know you have a lot of recs and I love them all. Maybe your favourite AUs? Broadly speaking? Seeing some of them might help jog me into more specific categories ! xx

Gotcha, sort of like my prison rec list, only I like to think of it more in terms of what would I have on my phone to read when I’m bored and traveling, lol. Obvs, this sort of list is super hard, but having it focused on AUs kinda helps? At any rate, this isn’t a deep dive, it’s just my top level, so hopefully it’ll spark you. These are in no particular order, so come back if you want more!

Tuxedo Dress-Up, by Blake (honestly, ANYTHING in this fandom by Blake, I file this one under hot and hilarious, but every line is just swooooon). Louis is an aspiring song writer by day, a makeup artist for drag queens by night, and masquerading as a full-time real estate agent for his third most famous (and first most handsome) client Harry Styles.Or, five times they fail to fuck in a closet, and one time they get it right.

Once Upon a Dream, by objectlesson (again, ANYTHING by Phoenix, and most of it is canon, but where to even start with her AUs, jesus god, I struggled to rec just one, so I went with the AU she gifted me, ilu!!!!). “M’not gonna half-ass our fake relationship,” Louis almost snaps, voice sharp with a defensive edge, like Harry wandered too close to a bruise with needy fingers. “Now kiss me again. We’re gonna make every shitty tourist here wish they had stayed in the Midwest. We’re gonna burn Disneyland down with our gay.” Or, a fake dating AU where everyone is lying and they happen to be at the Happiest Place on Earth.

knock knock, i love you, by @thelovejandles aka beautlouis (another one of my fave authors in this fandom, proof that wips DO finish, and they’re absolutely worth it). Harry and Louis get kicked out of a statistics exam for passing a knock knock joke note, and subsequently fall in love. Harry's a virgin, there's a cat, a hot cocoa date, a lot of sex, even more knock knock jokes, and everything is lovely and happy.

Tied Down, by @ham-palpert (the twists and turns here, my goddd, just masterful) The most interesting case in Liam and Niall's careers falls directly into their laps, courtesy of an epic fuck-up of one Harry Styles, partner to the almost-infamous drug dealer Louis Tomlinson. The investigation yields an unexpected yet satisfactory outcome for Liam and Niall. For Harry and Louis, however, things are far more complicated.

Alien Roadtrip! by @helloamhere (needs ao3 account; I love desert roadtrips, and this captures that vibe perfectly, plus it’s hilarious). For the first time in his life, Louis doesn’t know where he’s going. Harry doesn’t mind. Or, a roadtrip with desert feelings, too much snack food, and empty motels. Harry is definitely absolutely not an alien. That would be ridiculous.

Harry Styles Cooks..., by @magicalrocketships aka sunsetsmog (aka the very best wip on earth, I weep with joy whenever I get the notif). In which Louis Tomlinson can’t cook, there’s a very special shower curtain, and Harry Styles used to be a baker. Or Louis owns all of Harry Styles’ cookbooks, and he never intends to cook a single thing out of any of them.

just call me inspiration, by @hereforlou (in which I *am* Liam Payne, porn editor!) The truth is Louis knows he’s going to hell, if there is such a thing, but it isn’t because he writes erotic fiction for a living. If anything, it’s because his muse, the reason he’s inspired to write about people shagging in increasingly creative ways everyday, is the sweetest, loveliest, most genuine (and completely oblivious) future children-book illustrator in the world.

Buried Like Treasure, by @becomeawendybird aka quickedween (marcel marcel marcel!!!). Prince Harry Styles is very private. He chooses to keep himself out of the public eye but feels lonely and isolated while surrounded by people in his hectic royal life. When he finishes his dissertation, he decides to take a solo holiday to one of the royal family's properties in the Swiss Alps. Semi-retired thief Louis Tomlinson has been pulled in for one last job: steal a painting from an uninhabited mansion. Neither one of them expects a natural disaster.

into another serotonin overflow, by @mercutionotromeo (this story packs a LOT into a little, it helped inspire my sideblog with smaller fic recs, actually). Harry's the yearbook photographer who's been assigned to take pictures of Louis, the new captain of the football team. Harry's got a massive, obvious crush on Louis and somehow, Louis feels the same way.

Turning Page, by @daisyharry aka purpledaisy (pretty much every on-set picture I see of Harry these days just makes me tag it for this fic). “You wanna buy Harry a drink?” Louis lets his eyes drip back to Harry, to his wide eyes and the way his shoulders curve down. He really is pretty – Louis will be the first one to admit it and the last one to ever say it out loud. Louis almost smirks and his lips twitch as he tilts his head, “Not particularly, no.” An AU where Harry Styles tries to get lost in a place he’s never been. Louis Tomlinson has been perfecting the art of being lost for years. What they don’t expect to find is each other.

hush. by wankerville (this story is achingly evocative of just about every shitty small American town, but my god is it beautiful, the sweetness of how it ends). “I don't like you like that, Harry.” “See,” Harry starts, Louis can hear the smile in his voice, “that's where I think you're lying.” Or an AU where small towns suck, louis is losing it, and harry’s just too perfect.

Three French Hems, by @gloriaandrews and @100percentsassy (I wish I could pick just ONE of my top three from these two, but alas...do persimmons smell like come? discuss). In which Louis is a designer at Burberry and Harry spends December wearing Lanvin… and Lanvin… and Lanvin.

Thought the Song Was Sung, by @gloriaandrews and @100percentsassy (see above, pretty much, and how happy I am that the tweets still show up! with Dame Julie Andrews even!!). Louis never auditioned for the X-Factor. Years later, Harry's just another gay ex-boybander who lives alone with his cat... until Niall decides to take matters into his own hands and set up a profile for Harry on a dating website.

Wild and Unruly, by @gloriaandrews and @100percentsassy (Iconic, even the abstract is iconic, everything still holds up. oh for cute, etc. etc.). Harry is a cowboy sitting on the biggest oil reservoir in Wyoming, and Louis is the paralegal assigned to pressure him into selling his land.

Are You Gonna Be My Girl? by loadedgunn (another one that inspired my sideblog dedicated to short fics! So much greatness packed in, Jesus, it’s in my top five for sure). Louis reenacts his first time, and Harry wants to be his good girl.

“burn this flame” by @rainbowninja aka rainbowninja167 (anytime I reread this, I smile...filed under hot and hilarious). When Harry gets invited to play in a celebrity charity match with Louis Tomlinson, Manchester United's star player, he's determined to impress him with brilliant football skills. The only flaw in Harry's otherwise foolproof plan? He has absolutely no football skills, brilliant or otherwise.

Challenging Nature: A Look into Male Lactation, by @jaerie (hands down, one of my fave kinks, handled fantastically well...and this isn’t the author’s only one!). Even taking into account all the bizarre things Harry has subjected himself to in the past for the sake of an article, Harry has received his strangest assignment yet. It comes up as a random misunderstanding in a meeting and builds into a conversation — can men breastfeed? Internet searches reveal documented cases of male lactation popping up at different times throughout history, but are any of them true? Can a man will himself into lactating? Harry has two months to make it happen.

like how your hands feel me up and down, by ballsdeepinjesus (this author wrote a lot of my faves back in the day, I have so many ~thoughts about the amazing writers in this particular era). “It’s -- you’re tight,” Louis chokes. “It’s tight, I mean. It’s. Yes.” His hand is curved around his hip now, squeezing lightly. “Tight’s good, right?” Harry murmurs, batting his eyelashes. He almost can’t believe himself. “Very good,” Louis grunts. Or louis works in a halloween shop and harry needs a costume.

baby look what you've done to me, by ballsdeepinjesus (see above; even the username kills me). The next day kind of turns everything upside down, though. Louis gets another lingerie catalogue addressed to Harry. He’s about to toss it when he sees a personalized note stuck to the front; it thanks Harry for his previous purchases and offers him a complimentary six-month subscription to their magazine free of charge. Or louis moves into harry's old flat. harry gets a lot of mail.

Take Our Bodies Higher, by @littlelouishiccups (I’m something of a connoisseur of the phone sex trope, so the way this author flips it and makes *Harry* the operator plus what ensues? chef’s kiss!). Harry wasn’t often caught off guard at his job anymore. He called different men Sir, Master, or Daddy for work almost every week, but he’d never been told he was a good boy in a voice quite like that. In which Harry is a phone sex operator and Louis dials a wrong number.

Make a Dime Go One Hundred, by @screwstyles (I’d rec this for their jobs alone, but everything in it, just wow). “Do you think you could trust anyone enough to have full control over you?” he asks into the night, hoping his sentence won’t break their bubble. It doesn’t, if the way Harry’s eyes meet his is any indication.“What do you mean?” Harry’s voice is barely above a whisper, rough from the singing they had done earlier. Louis wants to keep this memory forever.“You know, if someone wanted to, uhm,” he coughs, “to tie you up, or blindfold you.” Or a friends to lovers AU where Harry volunteers to help Louis experiment with bondage. Things don’t go exactly to plan.

it ain't trickin' if ya got it, by sarcasticfluentry (needs ao3 account; I often stare at the wall and wonder what another installment in this universe would be, fuckkkkk, it’s so good, I only wish the social media was still in it). 28-year-old blockbuster actor Louis Tomlinson rushes home to give his 20-year-old model boyfriend Harry a good seeing-to after a particularly provocative Instagram post and, in his excitement, alerts the entire world. Featuring daddy kink, anal beads, and feelings.

If You Asked Me if I Love Him (I'd Lie), by allyasavedtheday (needs an ao3 account; it’s a sequel, but I reread it over and over vs. the first piece). Or the one where Harry and Louis eloped but neglected to mention it to anyone. Meanwhile Lottie is getting married and the only way for them to not steal her thunder is by pretending they're just friends for the weekend. Featuring Harry and Louis as terrible liars who don't know the meaning of the word platonic and some Tomlinsons and Styleses who definitely don't believe them.

Damn, I could go on, but I’ll stop! My sideblog dedicated to short fics is @marathonficbreak, and it has some smaller ones, if this is too intimidating, lmao...hope some of them are new for you, enjoy!

#fic rec #long post #i do have deeper dives but this is a nice representation of my fave AUs #one direction

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frangipanidownunder · 5 years

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Strawberries or blueberries? Favorite childhood book? If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? Favorite X-Files fan fiction trope? Piece of writing you are most proud of?

I love them both, but sweet summer strawberries hold a special place in my heart.

My favourite childhood book was a series, The Famous Five books. I loved their adventures and they seemed so cool. George was my favourite but I also loved Timmy the dog.

I would go to Barcelona, New York, San Francisco and New Zealand. Plus a few other places on layovers along the way!

I am a sucker for fuck or die - I know, I know, it’s bad. I also love friends to lovers and one bed.

Ooh, in XF fanfiction? Maybe Under a Wide Sky. It was written without planning and became a wild AU ride of epic proportions - 1950s and contemporary Australia, MSR UST, time travel, missing sheep, CSM, Skinner and TLG and a dog named Missy!

In original fic, it’s a toss up between my Hope Prize award-winning story called Run and my contemporary romance manuscript Que Sera Sera because they gave me a platform in the Australian literary landscape.

Thanks for the ask, lovely anon.

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seadwelliz · 5 years

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Kinda wanted to rant about some of my thoughts on, uh, relationships in fiction. Mostly about why a quality canon pairing is so rare to come by. Sooo here we go?

There was a time when I blamed bleak and boring canon relationships (you know, the ones you look at with an “ugh did they REALLY need a romance in this story”) on heteronormativity. However, when I started browsing through some fantasy books with lgbt+ protagonists, I discovered all the same faults within them.

By the “all the same faults” I don’t mean heteronormative abusive clichés adopted by mlm/wlw fiction - dozens of people before me have elaborated on that topic much better than I would have, besides, those books I read (or tried to) were by no means your typical yaoi manga. In fact, most of them could’ve been filed under Tumblr Approved Certified 1000% Healthy Relationships, which, alas, didn’t save them from being Boring As Hell and/or Completely Unbelievable. In some cases, the overall writing was decent, and I could’ve enjoyed the plot if not for an extremely poor-written romance. In other cases the authors managed to write amazing, believable and thrilling non-romantic interactions between characters, utterly failing the romantic ones.

At some point I understood that being able to depict an emotionally fulfilling relationship between characters had little to do with said characters’ gender. It’s more about (most probably unintentional) writing laziness.

Let’s take a generic romantic plot. Two characters meet and have some bonding moments which result in both of them liking each other, both of them Definitely Not Liking Each Other (they lie, we all know they lie), or one of them liking the other (presumably unrequited; chances are the other one was also interested right away but was damn silent about that). Bonus points if the main reason for getting attention is the good looks and/or being an oh-so-special snowflake, totally not like the others. So, the characters got their mutual interest. And - that’s it. Really. Everything else that happens between the destined lovers has one single excuse: they are romantically interested in each other, ergo this is True Love. Character A will rush in to save Character B regardless of the consequences despite having known Character B for, like, a couple of days. Character M will be willing to abandon all their values and purposes for Character N’s pretty eyes. Character development? What character development, let’s have some awkward lovey-dovey moments. Not enough tension? Enter The Horrible Ex, enter jealousy aimed at a lamppost that was lucky to receive a warm lingering gaze from the object of crush (they should be looking at meee!). Never underestimate the power of Damsel In Distress trope: even if the damsel in question is not, in fact, female, the trope will a) give the other party a strong purpose; b) release the author from burden of writing sappy interactions for the next part of plot; c) plenty of opportunity for dramatic longing and a bittersweet reunion. Tl;dr: boooriiinggg.

(Side note: I’ve got nothing against saving-each-other situations, in fact, it’s one of the strongest dynamics ever, perfect for forging bonds between characters. I’m talking about using the trope excessively and on an otherwise weak character dynamics).

Now let’s take a generic fan-favourite non-canon ship. Well, not the “take two hottest guys in the canon and make them make out” one or the “take the hottest character and the most relatable character” one, but the one with actual interactions, perhaps a semi-canon with heavily dropped hints or just a really strong well-written bond. Also, healthiness of the ship is irrelevant here. Usually those pairings are based on a friendship, a partnership of some sort, or a rivalry. The characters have come a long way, they’ve endured lots of things together (or, perhaps, inflicted lots of things on each other). The point is - they didn’t have that magical excuse of being star-crossed lovers, or (in some cases) the luxury of showing it on-screen. That’s why everything that happens between them has to have much more solid reasons, thus feeling more real, thus building the tension and the closeness without all of the romance-ish superficial means.

So, the difference is rather clear. Now for another issue: minor characters’ canon pairings which can turn out surprisingly well, much better than the main characters’ love story. What’s their secret?

There are two main ingredients for their success. Number one: well-written secondary characters tend to have distinct or even borderline eccentric traits to leave an impression despite having less screen time than the main character. Matching two quirky personalities can be fun and look good. Number two: due to their - again - not having too much screen time, their relationship development consists of several colorful bonding moments, and then - ta-da! - they are together (or mercilessly torn apart by cruel fate). No excessive brooding and moping around, no fillers - just the essence of it.

So... is it even possible to write a decent love story for your main characters?

It sure is, though there are far more examples of the opposite.

Here is an unusual tip: try leaving love out of equation for time being, at least for the first part of the story. Imagine your characters as friends, or as enemies-to-friends, whatever suits best. Does the story still look good? Do the characters have reasons to be together besides being lovestruck - like respect, trust, common goals or, vice versa, contrary goals? Is their bond strong enough without sexual tension? If not, it would be better to reconsider some things in their relationship.

Love takes time. That doesn’t mean any good love story is a slowburn - hell, given right personalities and/or circumstances, the characters may bang the first day they get to know each other, or one of them can get a crush-from-the-first-sight (mutual crush-from-the-first-sight? rather unlikely). The trick is to remember neither of those are straight paths to Eternal Love. In the first case the characters would need time and bonding events to decide they mean to each other more than a one-night pleasure or friends with benefits. In the second case the fallen-in-love character may experience disillusionment after realizing that the object of their crush is, in fact, a real person much unlike the idealized image they’ve built earlier. Afterwards it’s again up to time and bonding events to help decide whether this real and far-from-perfect person can be an object - and subject - to a stronger, more mature feeling than a fleeting crush.

Hope that helps!

#shipping #writing tips #seadwelliz rants

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mgnemesi · 6 years

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OKAY BUT… REVERSE TIMELINE STUCKY? aka Today’s episode of Nemerambles

Hit by the proverbial lightning bolt this morning. Cool idea, hard to find a “trope name” for it. Let’s go with Reverse Timeline for the time being.

More after the cut ‘cuz this is gonna get LONG.

Basically: Steve’s born sometimes in the… Let’s make it late 80s. So he’s 20-something during the first Avengers movie. He was born skinny, smol, with a laundry list of ailments that was basically a death sentence. He’s picked for Project Rebirth not long before the Battle of New York, and he’s the First Avenger in the sense that he’s Fury’s first pick for the Team, the first to be recruited, and the de-facto leader.

Project Rebirth is based on a study made by a German scientist that came to the US thanks to operation Paperclip. It’s basically a synthetic serum, first thought of during WW2, that “perfects” a human being, eliminating every imperfection and elevating them to an almost God-like status. There’s rumours of the procedure working exactly ONCE during WWII, and of that first subject's blood being used for decades to further the studies. However, there’s no proof or records on another Super Soldier. Steve is the first and only subject to be recognised by the Government. The rest is conspiration theories. Fairy tales.

Steve is given a shield right in time for the Battle of New York, a beautiful, scratched relic that dates back to WWII. It’s made with the rarest metal on earth - vibranium - and the only sure information about it is that Howard Stark himself made it, probably for his war buddy Sg. Barnes back in the day. Steve LOVES the shield, and he uses it incredibly well, better than anybody who ever tested it. It becomes his weapon of choice, and he brings it with him to fight the Chitauri. Long story short, soon into the battle the Avengers seem to be losing; so the government launches a nuke over NY to eliminate the threat themsleves. Captain America decides to sacrifice himself for the greater good. He DOES save the city (and the world); he is thought dead and is mourned by all. But the Tesseract actually saved his life, sending him backwards in time.

To WWII.

Steve wakes up somewhere in Europe. Somewhere damp, echoing, smelly. He’s chained to a table, chilled to the touch and with needle-pricks in the crooks of his elbow. This is right after he makes the jump in time, so he’s shell-shocked, reeling, deeply wounded and exhausted. He realises he’s been captured by Nazis, and a scientist named Zola (”hey,” he thinks, “isn’t that the name of the guy who invented the Serum they gave me???”) starts making experiments on him, drawing his blood, testing his endurance, pumping him full of chemicals and so on. Days into this Hell, Steve is found and saved by the most raucous, diverse, ballsy elite team in the history of EVER(the Howlies) lead by one Sergeant James Barnes, whom Steve is immediately smitten with. The group manage to bring Steve to safety. However, Zola had gotten enough of Steve’s blood to replicate the serum and use it on Johann Schmidt, turning him into the monstrous madman later known as Red Skull, and effectively turning the tables in favour of the Nazis, who now fight with renewed fervour under the lead of the crazy man.

Feeling guilty, Steve joins the Howlies and fights in secret against Schmidt’s private army (known as “Hydra”) trying really hard not to leave any trace of himself in history records. Quickly, he becomes Howard’s favourite source of amusement, and gets the scientist to make him a shield tailored to his specifics. You know. THE shield. HIS shield. The one he was given (will be given??) in 2012. He becomes Peggy’s confidant, the source of Colonel Phillips’s migraines… and also Bucky’s lover. And this is a hilarious get-together story, because Steve, bless his modern boy idiocy, is kinda convinced that Bucky couldn’t love him back because… he’s from the 40s, you know. No other reason than that. Just the period he was born in. Luckily, Bucky only rolls his eyes at Steve’s level of stupid and silences him with a kiss. Time passes, and The Howlies score victory after victory…until that fateful mission in the Alps, where Steve falls off a train, leaving Bucky to mourn and lead the suicide mission that eradicates Hydra once and for all.

Steve, however, DOES NOT DIE. The Tesseract, or Tony, or Dr Strange, or Vision… someone or something intervenes and brings him back to his own time. He doesn’t adjust quickly to his return, if at all. He’s been “dead” for a few weeks in his proper timeline; but he also spent something like two years in the past. Two of the most wonderful, intense, painful and beautiful years of his life. Overcome with nostalgia, Steve looks up the Howlies, reconnects with the few that are still alive, reads the biographies of the ones who are not, looks up their files in the SHIELD database, goes to visit Peggy in the hospice…

…and then SOMETHING pings on his radar because, WAIT. Something doesn’t add up. Looking closely at the files, it’s easy to see that Zola DID have a test subject that he used and abused for decades. Someone he used Steve’s blood on, turning him into a super soldier, yeah; but also into an unwilling, unfortunate prisoner, someone that’s been treated with less dignity than an animal for his whole life. Overcome with guilt (AGAIN), Steve starts investigating and finds a suspicious pod stored in an abandoned warehouse. Not knowing what he’ll find, Steve drags the pod to the Tower, and asks the Stanner (Stark+Banner Science Bros FTW) to help him open it. The scientists poke and prod the capsule until it opens with a hiss of smoke… …and out spills Bucky. Naked, wet, frozen, with no left arm, but BREATHING, beautifully, incredibly, impossibly alive. It turns out that Hydra had searched for the Red Skull’s body after Bucky’s suicidal stunt, but had found the Sergeant’s instead. His body was “deeply damaged”, Zola wrote in his notes, but “salvageable”. So Zola injected the serum he had left in Bucky’s body, and basically used him as a bargain chip to be included in Operation Paperclip. He was brought to the US, completely free, pardoned, and was given founds for his research. Not that anybody knew he had Sg. Bucky Barnes prisoner, mind you. For the longest time, he was believed dead, and the shield he’d used for his last few missions had been stored by Howard and Peggy as far away from their eyes as they could, since it did nothing but bring them bad memories of their dead friends. Tony volunteers to make Bucky an arm (unless he already has one), Bruce helps with his trauma (despite not being THAT kind of Doctor…) and Steve is over the moon with joy because he has his Bucky back. (This is Steve though, so he feels guilty about being overjoyed, and then sad that he can’t enjoy the miracle, and then angry, and then Bucky rolls his eyes and kisses him speechless, like he did a lifetime and 70 years before…)

#stucky #stucky prompt #stucky au #captain america #steve rogers #bucky barnes #neme rambles #feel free to write fic #fic non fic

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kiingmango · 7 years

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11 questions meme

rules:

1. always post the rules. 2. answer the questions given by the person who tagged you. 3. write 11 questions of your own and tag 11 (or however many) people to answer them.

I was tagged by @notbrogues @thisbirdhadflown and @embersofimagination thank you! (under a cut because this will be looong)

notbrogues questions:

1. Describe your least favorite character

Okay so if I’m being completely honest, my least favorite characters all really come down to just plain irritating behavior. Daisy in Bones has a sort of insensitivity to her that bothers me, and Sophie in the BFG due to her almost blunt treatment of the BFG.

2. A go-to comfort meal/snack/treat

Noodles and Rice because I’m the most Korean to ever Korean

3. Describe a perfect vacation, with no limit on funds or how long you can stay there.

Honestly I would probably take a vacation in Europe, touring all the sites there and traveling between Germany and France and England with only a car (Is this how people travel between countries though? I feel as if Ive been misinformed)

4. Do you listen to podcasts? If so, what are you favourites?

I have to say that I do not listen to Podcasts. I actually don’t understand what a Podcast is exactly?

5. One widely accepted fanon headcanon that you just don’t agree with?

The name of Eggsy’s younger sister. When i first came in I thought it was canon but now I’m kind of eh about it. What if they change her name in the second movie?

6. One story/movie/song/album/piece of art that resonated with you and that you will never be able to forget?

Really for me I have read multiple first-hand account stories of people experiencing an array of different situations. that I won’t forget that I probably couldn’t choose one. (I find it hard to emotionally connect with music, and I’m not really a big art person)

7. If you have a day off, no responsibilities or pressing matters to attend to: what are you doing for the rest of the day?

I’m probably playing some soft music, reading for a while with a comfy blanket. Alternatively, I’m hanging out with my family

8. Favourite past trend that you are most nostalgic for?

When everyone had DS’s (I’m pretty sure this is a trend..?) IDK I miss when I could whip out my DS and play Mario Kart and then switch to message my friend to come battle me. Technically, I could do that on my phone but my DS was pink and I had a cute carrier for it

9. What’s a hobby/skill you’ve always wanted to learn?

How to defend myself. Like i can throw a basic punch, and fight off someone if I need to but I’ve always wanted to learn how to box, or do karate or something super cool. (Idk don’t ask me I’m strange)

10. Where do you see yourself in ten years?

Done with school, and maybe with a family. I’ve gotten quite a few of my life goals done and now I’m ready to settle with someone :)

11. What was your first fandom? First OTP? First NOTP? Any memorable experiences from those early days?

My first ever fandom was Avatar the Last Airbender. My first ever OTP was Katara and Zuko, and my first ever NOTP was in the Avengers fandom, being Cap and Natasha. I just could only ever see them as friends, or in a brother/sister way

thisbirdhadflown’s questions:

1. We all did embarrassing things as teenagers. Share a story!

So there was a lot of fake piercings in sixth grade that I made from key chains and a nail file.

2. What is a headcanon for one of your OTPs?

Im going to go with Hartwin on this one. For them it’s a lot of lover’s squabbles about not wanting to do the dishes, folding laundry, and then kisses and smiles and deciding they would do it together.

3. One book that had a huge influence on you?

I read this book called Wonder by RJ Palacio that I found helped me when I was younger to understand people who were different from me, and it opened some doors for me to understanding people’s disabilities and what they needed.

4. Who is one misunderstood character?

Probably Natasha Romanoff. I feel like because people who watch the movies have such little information on her background that she’s easily misinterpreted.

5. What are your pet peeves?

Lying. I mean, sometimes lying is necessary, but most of the time if you’re lying to me I’ll be very annoyed.

6. One thing you wish you knew as a child/teen that you know now?

That I can wear what I want and it doesn’t matter what other people think. I struggle with it even today, but back then it was a lot of loose t-shirts and pants. Now, I feel more comfortable wearing dresses and crop tops.

7. Would you like to be famous? In what way?

I’m comfortable not being famous, and really I have little desire to. But if I was famous I would have to say I would want to be famous as a movie producer, or script writer.

8. Best part about getting older?

I’d have to say independence.

9. One thing you really enjoy and one thing you really dislike about fandom?

So I am going to base my answer off Kingsman since that’s my main fandom right now. I really enjoy the talent and creativity, and the people in it are all friendly and so welcoming! I really love how simple things like how OTP’s spend their down time can bring people together. I also love how little drama this fandom has. However I dislike the occasional anon hate that we get, and of course like in every fandom we have the “we don’t have enough of this but I’m not going to do it so YOU have to do it”

10. What makes and breaks a fic for you?

I think it’s the flow of the writing, I really can’t read choppy writing. It makes my brain go “huh? why?”

embersofimagination’s questions:

1. Do you prefer tea, coffee, or neither?

Neither. I’m more of a juice person really. Although occasionally I’ll have some fancy coffee with my mom

2. Do you go through “phases” with fandoms? Where you are all about one fandom for days, weeks, months, etc. then go onto the next or do you have one primary fandom you don’t stray far from?

I feel that I’m actively in multiple fandoms, but I switch my focus. If something is happening with Sherlock that’s where all my attention will be. I’m pretty much knee

3. Are you an extrovert or an introvert?

A bit of both. I can really only handle one or two people at a time, but I will go out with more. I always come home from those days absolutely exhausted so then I spend a few days by myself. I love talking however, so yeah. A bit of both

4. Do you have otps? If so, name three.

Ah yes, I have many. Hartwin, Merwin, and Stony (from marvel)

5. Why do ship what you ship? Ex: they look pretty together, they compliment each other’s character, just for the lolz?

I ship Hartwin and Merwin for the same reason. Not only does Eggsy look good with both of them (ugh Merhartwin is swoon worthy also) but there’s so much to play with! Physical Hurt comfort? Emotional hurt comfort? fake/pretend relationship? Domestic fics???? #Blessed

6. What is one thing you learned/know that you wish more people knew about?

How to cook honestly. I get a lot of “I burn water” and sometimes people can literally not cook anything. But a lot of the times people just never had anyone to teach them how

7. Are you a morning person or night owl?

Night Owl. Which in turn makes me hate mornings haha

8. Do you like tropes or trope subversion?

I think I enjoy both. I love a twist at the end but I also love when a scene plays out like I wanted it to.

9. What inspires you?

Other people inspire me. I think it’s the idea that other people believe in me and want me to succeed just as much that pushes me. Of course, I try my best to return the favor, and it’s that mutual system of support inspires me.

10. Do you have an aesthetic? If so, what is it?

I think it would probably be rainy days and warm kitchens. Also, copper pots. (Oh god I love copper bottom pots)

11. Favorite season (if you have one)?

Autumn! Sweaters make me so happy <3

Thank you guys for tagging me! I had fun answering your questions! Now here are my 11 questions :)

Favorite Character? Why?

What’s the weather like where you live?

Do you have a major goal in life you haven’t completed yet?

Do you have something from your childhood that you miss?

Favorite memory from school?

Any strange phobias?

Are you a hugger or a no touch kind of person?

Describe something that made you happy this week

Do you get motion sick/carsick/airsick?

Is there a special skill you have that most people can’t do?

What’s a phrase you say a lot?

I'm gonna tag people in the next post!

#ask meme #notbrogues #thisbirdhadflown #embersofimagination #personal

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