#((and one of the writers tried to fall on the same exact thing as if their love square is some pure untouchable thing. It's not.))

[sorbetisfruity]

i love your works your such a great writer!! can i request a reader with a caffeine addiction and is always drinking energy drinks or coffee?? with the characters deuce spade and riddle rosehearts (or anyone you want to im fine with anyone!! just not the staff)

remember to take breaks!! you also dont have to do this request if you dont want to <3

*reads this as I’m on my second monster of the day*

AHHH I LOVE RIDDLE SO MUCH!!

He’s definitely in my top 5 characterssss<3

I did this in a hc sort of format!! So, I’m sorry if you didn’t want that!!

Also, I’m adding Idia because he’s my bbg and I’ve been DYINGGGG to write for him!!

And this just seemed like the perfect one for him whshjsbsb

♡-Riddle Rosehearts-♡

- I feel like Riddle is definitely the type to tell you to stop drinking so much coffee/so many energy drinks because it’s incredibly unhealthy.

- I mean, with his upbringing being super strict, I doubt he was ever allowed near coffee, let alone energy drinks!!

- His mother would have a heart attack if she EVER saw him drinking an energy drink.

- Water or Tea, those were his options growing up.

- He, of course, tries to offer you some healthier options than those energy drinks you buy in copious amounts.

- Like tea that has caffeine in it, or, perhaps, water!!

- It’s concerning to him how little water you drink..

- But no matter what he does, you always go back to the energy drinks!!

- Overall, he’d definitely disapprove of how many you drink.

- It wouldn’t be a problem if it was once-in-a-while, but when he watches you finish your third one of the day?

- Yeah, he’s definitely concerned!!

- He just doesn’t know how to make you stop!! He can’t find a substitute you like:(((

- Oh Great Sevens, what is he going to do with you?!

♤-Deuce Spade-♤

- Freaking out. Worrying. Scared for your health.

- This poor guy please take pity on him

- Dude thought eggs bought at the store would still turn into chicks. He’s gullible, and freaking the fuck out when he sees you down your 4th cup of coffee of the day.

- Definitely searches up “What happens if you drink too many energy drinks?”

- And then proceeds to freak out and panic when he finds out they can cause heart failure

- Or, even worse, he asks Ace what’ll happen. And Ace just lovessss to fuck with him.

- So he tells him you’ll die and that just makes him freak out even more.

- Definitely thinks you’re gonna have a heart attack and is just WAITING for it to happen.

- Nervously stares at you as you continue to drink your second energy drink of the day.

- In your defense, you’re tired. That crow won’t leave you alone and all of your friends certainly don’t help.

- But that definitely doesn’t mean he isn’t waiting for you to have a heart attack.

- Like I said, just stares at you as your drink your coffee/energy drink.

“…what??”

“N-Nothing!!!”

- Bros panicking PLEASE reassure him you’re not gonna fall over and die at any second.

- He’s very happy when you tell him you’ll try to calm it down, just for him:))

🌀-Idia Shroud-🌀

- Idia is your #1 supplier.

- He definitely lives off of energy drinks, and definitely prefers energy drinks over coffee.

- Gets excited when his favorite brand of energy drink comes out with a new flavor.

- And, if you’re close enough to him, will have you come over and try the new flavor with him.

- Though, he definitely wouldn’t mind if you two just called and tried it instead.

- No matter how close you are to him, he’ll always be nervous about having you in his room.

- But yeah, he does the exact same thing, so he definitely doesn’t try to get you to give your bad habit up.

- He doesn’t wanna be a hypocrite!!

- #1 supplier, #1 supporter.

- He seems like the type to make into a competition.

“You’ve drank how many today? 5? Guess how many I’ve drank. 10. 10! Take that normie.”

“You’ve tried ALL the flavors? Okay, which one’s your favorite? That one?? Ugh, you’re so basic. Major L.”

- Casual energy drink trash talk while you guys are playing some type of RPG together.

- Ortho is his delivery guy.

- Legit has Ortho grab a case of whatever energy drink you want, and run it over to Ramshackle for you.

- Or, he has you come and pick it up at Ignihyde.

- Either way bro is NOT coming out of his room.

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I hope you enjoyed it!! This was my first request EVERR!! So I was super excited to do it!!

I’ve got some other requests in my inbox, so don’t worry I’ll be getting to those!!

It’s summer break, so I’ve got tons of free time! So request away!!

I write for other fandoms, so check those out on my pinned post just in case you wanna request something for a different fandom!!

#twst #twisted wonderland #twst imagines #twst x reader #disney twst #twst wonderland #twst headcanons #twst mc #riddle rosehearts #twst riddle #riddle x reader #twisted wonderland riddle #deuce spade #twst deuce #deuce x reader #twisted wonderland deuce #idia shroud #twst idia shroud #idia x reader #twisted wonderland idia #twst hcs #headcanons #imagines

[iloveyou-writers]

Hi! I'm sorry this ended up longer than I intended to. I really needed to let it out, and I hope you can share some wisdom with me.

I am feeling hopeless about my writing today. Lately I've been fighting with thoughts about how I'm not getting better, and some jealousy completely pushed me to the edge.

For the past couple of months, I've been working on one of the biggest fanfic projects of mine. Normally I don't read on a fandom if I'm actively working for it, exactly because then I compare my writing to others', but since this is taking more time than my other stuff, I allowed myself to take a look today. I immediately found a story that I haven't seen before, and I was exited the whole time! It was great, and have me so much joy.

At first I was full of admiration towards the writer, and inspired to continue woekint on my own story. It was one of the best things I've ever read, and I immediately sat down to write a comment. Then something clicked. My story can't compare to this. The topics are so much different, but the way they write the characters, dialogues, everything, it's so much better.

I tried to tell myself I'm going to get better, but I just hate that despite having great ideas, the finished work will never live up to stories such as the one I read today. Because even though I know I've gotten better in the many years I've been writing, I never had any work I'm proud of, or one that fit the idea I started with. That what makes me feel the most hopeless.

This broke my heart, so I don't want to ignore it, even though I'm "technically" retired from tumblr.

I do want to offer my utmost respect to you for giving yourself boundaries due to knowing yourself well enough to acknowledge that you have an issue with envy.

It is so healthy that you try to work with what you know your attitude tends to be and that you set a boundary for yourself not to read fanfic while you're writing. It isn't that you're not allowed to ever read it, but while you're writing in the fandom. That's great. That's wonderful. I'm proud of you for that.

It can be really easy to fall into the hole of "I'm never going to be good enough." You read something and you can be so amazed by others. I'll bet, though, that if you wrote the exact story you just read, you would likely feel differently about it. Why? Because we artists are HARD on ourselves. It really is true when they say that artists are our own worst critics. We judge every word, every movement our characters make. Why? Because we know the story we're trying to tell. We know what we envisioned when we started typing.

To us, we're comparing our writing to what we wanted it to be.

Readers? Yeah, they can have expectations or hopes for writing, but they ultimately didn't know what we were envisioning while we wrote it. They only know what they read. So they see it with fresh eyes and they see it for what it is, not for what it was supposed to be.

So it's really easy for readers to see the amazing aspects of a writer's work when a writer might only see what they did wrong or what they had to change in order to make the story work.

It's still the same incredible piece. It's still wonderful and I'll bet you're a much better writer than you feel like you are. 💗🫂

Maybe take a step back. Maybe take a few days off, so that the feeling of being "worse" isn't so fresh. Maybe do something else or work on a totally different story. Busy your mind so it isn't focused on what you feel you're not doing right.

No one's perfect. I guarantee the writer that made the story you read is nitpicking the things they wish they didn't have to change or that they feel they could have worded better.

So cut yourself slack. Remember to love your writing, to love where you're at. Writing is a journey. It isn't about getting to the destination. It's about enjoying the ride there. :) You'll get there, just remember to appreciate your writing for what it is now. And one day, you'll be where you want to be. Just keep working at it and loving yourself and your work.

Thank you for reaching out and I really, really hope you find comfort in this response.

Happy writing, my dear nonnie. 💗 I'm wishing nothing but happiness and pride in your work.

~Hannah

#writers of tumblr #asks #advice #positivity #anonymous

[ariaste]

Hello hello! If it’s all right with you, I would like to vent for a moment: Back in the day, I used to be really into BBC Sherlock. I know it was bad, but it was “Be Gay (solve) Crimes” and I couldn’t resit. One of my favorite parts of the fandom was reading fan metas. I enjoyed reading your ridiculously long meta! I am not very clever and I enjoy reading people noticing things that I can’t. It’s fun watching people passionately pick up clues and put them together.

I don’t think I’m the only one getting superwholock flashbacks lately. Sherlock also tried an unreliable narrator in S4 and it was an absolute shit show. People thought thought the finale was fake, it was so bad. TBH, the entire show was a dumpster fire that thought it was more clever than it was. Moffat was a good writer for single episodes for DW, but a garbage show runner. And they called us crazy for picking up what they were putting down.

But Good Omens gives me a spark of hope. It is unashamedly queer, fun, drinks its respecting women juice, and, unlike moffatiss, I think Neil and the crew may actually be clever enough to pull something big off. I adore the Discworld series and Sir Terry, and I have faith Neil will to do right by him.

Good Omens is restoring my faith in nerdy queer fiction and reminding me why I love fandom so much. Please keep up the crackhead theories. I love them 💕

Thank you, that's very kind!

(Ended up writing a very long reply about the response to my essay and also about queerness in media. Idk why i am writing such long posts these days SORRY LOL. Anyway I'm putting it all beneath the cut so I can tag it without clogging people's dash or the tag pages)

It does make me sigh a little when I see people scornfully comparing my long essay to The Johnlock Conspiracy or saying that they're having Sherlock flashbacks, because the both the contexts of the shows and the methodology of the theorizing are VERY different. To my mind, a more direct comparison of methodology would be the Gravity Falls fandom's "Stan Has A Secret Twin" theory. Writers and showrunners DO like being sneaky and clever from time to time, and many of them are much better at it than Moffat is.

But whether or not my theory is right or not is... kind of irrelevant to me? I wasn't out to force anyone to agree with me, AND writing it was a really fun way to spend a weekend, AND I'm proud of the work I did and the story I told, AND it felt good to have a satisfying workout at the Brain Gym. So even if I'm proven utterly and completely wrong, I won't feel like I wasted my time. :)

Good Omens is a great show, and I am SO HAPPY to see it (and other shows!) embracing queerness, sharing the fans' enthusiasm for the story, and honoring and respecting the fans' love rather than punishing them for it. As more and more time goes on, I think we're going to see more and more shows like that, because some of the people who grew up reading tumblr discourse are going to be showrunners themselves one day, and they'll have learned serious lessons about what it feels like when the audience is met with love rather than disgust and disdain. In fact, we're ALREADY seeing more shows like that than we had 10 years ago! There is so much canonical queerness on-screen these days that the me of 10-15 years ago is ASTONISHED and feels wealthy beyond counting. Of course, there is so much further to go, but man... when i was a kid, we had to walk uphill in the snow both ways just to see two dudes making sustained emotional eye contact, and we were grateful for it. (Jokes but also.... kind of real tho)

We've seen the exact same thing happen in scifi/fantasy publishing in the last seven or eight years, too! (Went off on a long tangent about Queerness In Media from an insider perspective, continuing below a cut so I don't clutter everyone's dash)

Even as recently as 2013--ten years ago--you might not have even been able to get your book published if it was openly gay. Hell, you might not have been able to get an agent to represent it, even. It would have been labeled "unmarketable" and passed over; if it DID get published, the queerness would have been camouflaged and downplayed and hidden in the marketing as much as possible--you wouldn't have known by looking at the cover that it was queer, you wouldn't have been able to tell by reading the back cover that it was queer. In literally 2016, seven years ago, a few months before I got my first book deal, I remember having a conversation with a friend and being very very worried that if I wrote books as queer as I wanted them to be, I would be "pigeonholed" as "ONLY writing Gay Books", that I would be passed over for any of the publisher's marketing budget and publicity efforts, that I would be sidelined and ignored... In 2016, I thought I was facing a choice of writing stories with more "mainstream appeal" OR writing the books I wanted to write and potentially undermining the rest of my career.

That didn't happen, thankfully, because in the next couple years there was this incredible explosion of queer scifi/fantasy. You see, ten to fifteen years ago, a truly stunning percentage of my colleagues -- writers, editors, publicists -- were writing and reading fanfic, and they carried their tastes and story-hungers with them as they grew up and got Real Adult Jobs at publishing companies. And suddenly, as if out of nowhere, a lot of us came of age all at once and there was this absolutely enormous wave of queer SFF that in my opinion has brought us into a new golden age of the genre: The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, The Chorus of Dragons series by Jenn Lyons, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker Chan, Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, The Tensorate series by Neon Yang, Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki, The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders, the Birdverse books by RB Lemberg, The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickenson, The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri, Reforged by Seth Haddon, The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson, Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell, The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin -- and these only the ones I could remember off the top of my head in 30 seconds, and I have a flavor of ADHD that makes my brain go blank when people ask me to think of specific examples of things! It is harder for me to think of a SFF book published in the last 7 years that ISN'T queer.

And then almost exactly a year ago, my book A Taste of Gold and Iron came out with THIS COVER:

Which. Is not so much a step forward in openly queer SFF as it is a fucking gauntlet thrown down in challenge. I cannot impress upon you strongly enough how much I would not have gotten this cover 10 years ago, and that's if the book was even accepted for publication in the first place. This cover SCREAMS gay fantasy romance. There is no attempt to hide it or camouflage it. It is advertising exactly what it is, right up front.

I got the absolute privilege and honor of having this cover--and I do consider it an incredible honor--because of the work that all my colleagues put in with their own work. Each queer book that got published wedged the door a little wider for the next one, and then a little wider still for the next one, until finally someone could get their foot in the door and squeeze across the threshold, which opened it a little wider again. So when I look at this image, I don't just see a beautiful cover that I am delighted to have on my books--I see an entire history of slow, steady progress by so many incredible writers who risked damaging their careers just to drag us to a point where a book as gay as this one could get a cover as gay as that one and STILL get the full and enthusiastic support of both the publisher and the audience. And the most incredible honor and the most humbling privilege out of all of this is the fact that the success of this book meant that the door was wedged open another little bit, that I got to contribute in this small way to the efforts of everyone who came before me, so that ones who come after us will find the door flung wide -- or that there's no door left at all to block the way, because we've collectively torn it down.

So yes, @eyona, I think that having your faith restored little by little is a very good thing, and I am delighted that Good Omens is doing that for all of us. And what's even better is that even if Good Omens doesn't play out exactly how we want it to, that's... kind of okay? Because there is always the next one, and at the very very least, Good Omens is wedging the door open further so that the next one can have an easier time of it. We don't have to walk uphill in the snow both ways just to get a moment of emotionally charged eye contact anymore. We don't have to starve anymore, not like we used to back in the bad old days. And that alone is a wonderful thing. :D

#good omens #a taste of gold and iron #publishing #queer media

[hello-nichya-here]

The dude who tried (and sometimes succeeded) in trying to win over women that were married/about to be married not once, not twice, but FIVE FUCKING TIMES!

I'm sorry but TED DID WHAT?!

Yup, you read it right. Ted Mosby, the guy that the writers were constantly trying to push as the perfect, most romantic lead in the whole world, apparently has a very serious homewrecking kink.

The first time was in season one, with Ted going to a matchmaker, and finding out that the only woman he'd be a good match with already went out with a guy that was slightly less ideal (according to the computer) and is engaged to him. Ted then finds out she's a doctor, goes to her place of work, and tries to convince her he is her soulmate, not her fiance - who she'll be marrying VERY soon.

Ted doesn't know this woman. Literally the only information he has is "She went on a matchmaker and her profile was a lot like his." That's it. That is all the excuse he needs to try to sabotage someone's wedding. This is also one of the few times in which we are supposed to be laughing at him, instead of wanting him to get the girl. Well, I think that was the intention, but God knows I stopped expecting common sense from this show a LONG time ago.

The second time homewrecking Ted is seen is during season 3. He decides to "live like Barney" (because OBVIOUSLY Ted would neeeever decide to do something like this on his own, please ignore the previous exemple, and the next three) and hooks up with a married woman during a party, and feels exactly zero shame or guilt over it until Marshall talks some sense into him. This is the LAST time in which we'll see that kind of behavior from Ted be treated as explicitly wrong by the show - even though his actions will only get worse.

Homewrecking Ted comes back in season 6, when he falls for Zoey, a married woman. A married woman he is constantly spending time with even though EVERYONE is warning him that this isn't going to end well as they all can see that what they have isn't just friendship. All except Zoey's husband, who thinks Ted is a great guy - in fact, when Zoey leaves him, the poor guy comes to the bastard for comfort, because he thought Ted was his friend.

Ted is 100% in the wrong, but the show thinks that his search for "The One" justifies everything plus they technically didn't become an item before Zoey made up her mind about who she wanted, so it's totally okay that she left her husband for him - after all, she could have maybe possibly been the woman of Ted's dreams, so who cares if she was the love of someone else's, her husband's, life.

The fourth time is at the end of season seven, when he falls back in love with his ex, Victoria, even though she will be getting married soon. The two of them almost hook up, but decide against it... for a little while. On the wedding day, Victoria wants to leave her fiance at the altar, and Ted is tempted to be with her, but he decides to do the right thing and take her to the church where the wedding will happen... and then changes his mind while driving, because once again, who cares about the other completely innocent dude when Ted needs to find "The One" - he is the ONLY person who deserves someone who loves him, right?

The show tries to remedy that by having Ted demand Victoria leave her would-be-husband a letter explaining why she wouldn't marry him because that's what Stella did with him. Guess what? That doesn't mean shit, he's still doing something horrible. A "I stole your future wife, man, sorry. But I made her write you a letter" doesn't fix a goddamn thing.

Oh, but the groom left too! Because turns out Victoria was NOT the right woman for him! That totally excuses Ted's behavior right? OF COURSE NOT! He didn't even know that when he decided to be with Victoria. As far as he knew, that dude was going to be left utterly heartbroken in the exact same way he himself once was - and he still thought he was justified in what he was doing.

And now we reach the big one. Season 8. Ted and Victory break up because, this whole time, during the years in which Ted has been pulling this kind of bullshit, he was actually NOT thinking that the doctor, or Zoey, or Victoria were "The One", as his true love was Robin all along, and SHE is the one he knew he'd always come back to - THEN WHY THE FUCK DID HE TRY, AND SOMETIMES SUCCEED, IN RUINING OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES?

And how does he handle the fact that the supposed love of his life is actually not interested in him, wants to marry someone else, and that someone else happens to be a friend of his that has REPEATEDLY asked Ted for his blessing to pursue Robin?

Well, you see, he sulks about how Robin should leave Barney for him. Because, you know, he loves her more, saw her first, dated her first, is the better man, found a locket she had buried years ago, dramaticly held her hand while it was raining and whatever excuse the writers can come up with to pretend Ted is only trying to sabotage his friend's wedding because "It's true love!" and not at all because he is a selfish, entitled asshole who has a habit of doing that.

In fact, on the morning of her wedding, Ted STILL wants to profess his supposed love for Robin, only to get shut down again AS SHE OBVIOUSLY MADE HER CHOICE VERY CLEAR A LONG TIME AGO.

Oh, but the writers want more drama and have her suddenly get cold feet and ask Ted why shouldn't she be with the guy who loves her so much. And what does Ted, the guy who has been sulking about losing her for months and stabbed Barney in the back by telling his bride he loves her and wants her to give him another chance, say as a response?

"The truth is I don't love you like that anymore. And you don't love me, you love Barney"

Yeah, we know that, asshole. We've known that for a while. And apparently so did you this entire time, YET YOU STILL TRIED TO STEAL HER FROM BARNEY MERE HOURS AGO! WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS?

Simple: because Ted is in love with the idea of love, and will project romantic feelings onto anything that breathes and has a pulse, and will go to absurd lengths to win over the (temporary) object of his affection, even if it means destroying people's lives - and in fact, that drastic consequence often doesn't even register as a factor in his mind.

And what do the writers of How I Met Your Mother do with this obvious character flaw? They use it to claim Ted is a true romantic, a SYMPATHETIC lead, the nicest of all nice guys, and eventually reward him by letting him have BOTH the actual perfect woman for him (Tracy) and also the woman that could not have been more wrong for him, yet that he was obsessed with for TWENTY FIVE YEARS, aka Robin.

Fuck this show.

#asks #anti ted x robin #anti ted mosby #robin deserved better #barney deserved better #swarkles

[t-nd-rfoot]

CWJBHN aka All That Jake Wants

Can we just be happy now? - Jake Scott, Josie Dunne

Summary Jake tries to help you see that you guys can be more than childhood best friends, even if it scares you

Pairing Jake Seresin x childhood best friend!reader

Theme fluff, slight angst in between

Warnings relationship/commitment anxieties, military relationship

Word Count 1.5k

Note Really wanted to try writing something from his POV, so this took awhile to figure out!!! I've been in love with this song since it came out. MAJOR coincidence that the artist's name just so happened to be Jake, but I thought this song fit him really well. And since the song this fic is based on is a duet, I'm thinking of releasing a version from reader's POV, so let me know in the comments if you'd want to read it!

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“Quit it.”

“Quit what?”

“That.”

Jake couldn’t help it. He wasn’t even doing anything except looking at you from the passenger seat. But with the way you stole glances back at him—that playful look in your eyes as you tried and failed to hide your smile, he knew you didn’t mind at all.

“What do you mean? I’m just a mere passenger observing his surroundings, and I just so happen to be surrounded by…”

Ahead of him was a nearly clear sky, with few clouds above still from the afternoon rain. He looked to his right and and saw nothing but sea and sky. And as he turned to his left, he saw…

“…you.”

As cheesy as it sounded, he wasn’t entirely wrong; there really wasn’t much around you guys. But he knew what he meant. And by the way he saw you blush again, he knew you knew it, too. He cleared his throat to clear the lingering tension. “Where are you taking me, anyway?”

“Seriously? You don’t recognize this place?” you mused.

Finally taking his eyes off of you, he looked around and realized your destination. The light drizzle stopped just as you pulled over at the edge of a cliff, the exact cliff you had taken him so many times the last time he visited and stayed with you all those years ago after his first deployment.

It was about a month or so after he returned to the States. He blocked out two whole weeks to visit you in your new city—LA, of all places, so different from your mid-sized town in Texas, but he always knew since you were kids that you were meant for bigger things. This cliff was apparently your favorite place in the area, since you rushed him here instead of to your apartment where he could settle down, and the two of you spent hours on hours catching up. His two-week visit turned into one month, and hardly a day and an adventure passed by that you guys didn’t end up here.

And here you both were again nearly a decade later. Things picked up exactly where they left off, except this trip meant something more. He’s gone too long without you, and he was set on changing that. And with how the last couple of months went, things were almost falling into place.

Almost.

“You really didn’t think you’d leave again without one last hurrah, ‘Res?” you teased. His high school nickname never sounded sweeter, he thought.

The two of you had gotten out to stretch your legs. He took off his jacket to wipe down the remaining droplets on the hood of the car, making a place for the two of you to lean on as you admired the ocean view—a view he could honestly care less about when you were right there beside him. But still, he looked around trying to remember every detail he could.

“Man, I sure am gonna miss this,” he sighed.

“You’re going to get views like this everyday, even better ones. I’m kinda jealous.”

He scooted closer to you till your arms touched. “Yeah, but it’s not gonna be the same.”

“How so?” you asked, leaning into him.

He laced his fingers through yours, playing with it for awhile as you waited for an answer. He looked in your eyes before turning back to the ocean. “For one, I won’t have my burger fix while enjoying the view—”

Laughter immediately flew from your lips as you let go of his hand to elbow him in the side. He flashed his pearly whites at his own corny joke, always taking pride in being the only person to get that kind of laughter out of you. “If only there was a McDonald’s in the sky.”

“A fly-thru,” you played along, “Give it a few fifty years or so. You’ll be their very first customer.”

“Hell yeah, bring back taste to plane food.”

That one moment of normalcy ended as your laughs did. He doesn’t know how, but his hands found yours once again. “But seriously, Y/N, I don’t think I could look at that again without thinking about you,” he said, gesturing to the view in front of you.

“Jake…” you sighed and shied away from him. He lifted himself from the car and stood in front of you, one hand caressing your cheek, the other tucking your hair behind your ear.

This whole trip, he’s dropped little compliments and gestures implying something more. It started out light and playful; he didn’t want to overwhelm you right away. At times, you even reciprocated it. But time was running out; all he needed to know was that you felt something too.

“I know I should have said something sooner. But that’s what I’m doing now, and I’m not going to let another ten or twenty years go by without finally letting you know how I feel,” he confessed softly. He tucked his hand under your chin. “I’ll understand if this isn’t something you want, but give me one good reason why this wouldn’t work.”

The silence spoke for itself the longer you took trying to come up with an answer. He closed the distance between you even more, and when he wasn’t met with any resistance, he rested his forehead on yours. But he could still sense the tension in you.

“If we do this, you leave in two days. Then you’ll be gone for what, six, seven months? Maybe even longer? I don’t know if I can handle that,” you whispered.

“We’ve gone without each other for much longer,” he said.

“But that was different—this is different.” Tears welled up in your eyes. “I don’t wanna lose you, Jake.”

His heart ached to see you like this. Worry washed over him as he wiped away the tears that had fallen from your eyes. “You’re not gonna lose me, darlin’, I promise.”

“You don’t know that,” you argued back, “what if long distance doesn’t work? What if we do this and realize that we’re better off not being together? Things aren’t going to go back to normal. And you know my track record with relationships, Jake. I don’t wanna give you a reason to resent me if this goes badly. Or worse, something could happen to you out there and I’d never see you again.”

It was that last thing that drew a sharp breath in him. No matter how good he knew he was at his job, the realities of it was something he couldn’t escape. To subject you to that…

No.

He couldn’t afford to think about that right now.

His mission right now was to be with you, no matter how little time he got, and he’d be damned if he didn’t get to make the most of it.

If there was anything he learned about being a navy pilot, it’s to take your shot when you see it. He’s prepared if he misses, but it was better to take a missed shot than none at all, right? Now that both of you laid out your feelings on the table, there was no point in turning back.

He wrapped his arms around and pulled you against him, closing whatever little distance there was left between you. He placed his a kiss on your forehead, his lips soft enough to comfort you, but the kiss itself firm enough to assure you. You buried your head further into his chest as he stroked your hair.

He could have stayed with you like that forever, but the sun had almost started to set; the clock seemed to tick faster and faster.

He had to set things right.

Pulling away, he looked down at you, your eyes still glassy with uncertainty. “Look. I’m not gonna pretend that anything you said is impossible. But isn’t that all the more reason to try? To see if we can beat the odds? It’s not even an ‘if’ for me, Y/N. I know we can. With everything we’ve gone through together, how could we not?”

He watched as you struggled to form a reply, so he continued.

“If it’s the future that’s scaring you, then let’s not think about that now, if that’s what you want,” he assured you, still holding you gently. “We have 48 hours left together, and I don’t want to waste it. That’s 48 hours to just be…”

He wracked his brain, struggling to find the right words.

“That’s 48 hours to be happy. Can we—can we do that? Just be happy, right here, right now?”

His eyes pleaded for an answer. “Well, ‘Res,” you nodded softly as you wrapped your arms around his neck, “when you put it that way, how can I say no?”

Finally.

Relief didn’t even have time to wash over Jake’s face as he kissed you the moment those words left your mouth. He’s dreamt of this moment for years, but none of those dreams measured up to the real thing. It’s like he knew you both fit like puzzle pieces, your bodies molded together the deeper you kissed.

And that’s how both of you stayed, never letting go of each other as you watched the sun set over the horizon.

It was 48 hours well spent. Tears were inevitably shed as time ran out, but Jake was all smiles even as he departed. Sure, he was more than sad to go, but at least he knew this time—and for the rest of time—that his happiness didn’t have to end.

Disclaimer I do not own Top Gun: Maverick or any of its characters. I do not own CWJBHN by Jake Scott and Josie Dunne. Please do not copy my work or translate without my permission.

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[nogenrealldrama]

Hi! Love the excerpts of your work that you've shared here. Do you have any advice for someone just starting to dip their toes into writing? Fanfic, or just generally? Thanks! :)

First of all thank you for reading and I'm so, so happy you liked my snippets :D

Second of all: Ummm giant disclaimer that I have almost nothing actually published to my name, so altogether I also consider myself a new writer. But I love to rant about writing anyway so here goes:

Don't listen too much to writing advice. When I first tried writing, I would spend way too much time on writing advice blogs. Many of them aren't that good, to be quite honest. And even for the good ones, there is such a thing as right advice given at the wrong time, or at the wrong place in your writing journey. If you're an overthinker, reading too much advice can make you start worrying about small things, and/or not have the confidence to try something wild but important on your own. Frankly, all it really comes down to is: 1) Having a vision, 2) Writing the vision down, 3) Noticing the ways your writing falls short of the vision, and 4) Tweaking things until they reach the level of imperfection you can personally live with. For me, writing advice is best searched for to apply to the specific issues I have in Steps 3 and 4. I apply any advice only in so far as it helps me get closer to the vision in my head. putting the rest under a cut because it got long - sorry!

2. Be uncompromising about writing things that bring you joy.

Kind of similar to #1, but it's doubly important when you're really just starting out. Or when you've been writing a while but always find it hard to begin. Double that importance again when what you're writing is fanfiction, because then you really have no genre definitions or deadlines or publishers or any other actual reason to compromise your vision. You already have some amazing ideas, and for each idea there is probably a feeling or a vibe or a message that you want to capture. Give yourself time to get lost in that feeling, to really indulge in it. And then write it down in its full glory, even the parts that might make you cringe a little from how dramatic or vulnerable they are. If there is a way to make your story more indulgent, do it. Because it will keep you writing. And if you really think it's too much, you can always edit stuff out before publication. You know, after you've actually written the story down. The thing that made me start writing in the first place was a giant longfic/possibly trilogy Canon Divergence rarepair plot idea that is still not finished, and on paper that's pretty much the last thing one should start their writing journey with. But if I stopped myself from writing that in favour of forcing out some oneshots, I never would've written anything at all. Give yourself permission to write exactly and only the ideas that make you excited to write.

3. Bonus advice that might or might not be useful to you, but it was ground-breaking in helping me write the way I want to write - in this excellent post, @little-hermit-crab56 makes a point that dialogue is a dance. I'd take it further/in a slightly different direction and say that storytelling as a whole is a dance. Juts like a dance, dialogue feels most dynamic when you allow it to go back and forth a little, to have short breaks and pauses here and there. I think the same can apply to an action sequence, or a bit of internal monologue, or an emotional trajectory of a whole scene. Just like a dance, it's less about the exact movements (e.g. describing precisely what happens in an action scene) and more about the rhythm of the back and forth (e.g. describing just enough to let the reader know that the protagonist is winning, but then - oh no! - the villain has the upper hand, but then the protagonist gets lucky and they're winning again). I swear that with enough skill to set up the right back-and-forth, even a character tying their shoelaces for a page and a half will feel dynamic. You can alter that rhythm, make it faster or slower, more dominated by "ups" or "downs", but even a little contrast can elevate a plot beat or an emotion more than I had initially thought possible. Of course, there is no need to simplify the "ups" to being good and "downs" to being bad - the back and the forth can both be morally grey or both similarly convenient/inconvenient to the protagonist. They just need to be meaningfully different. You can zoom this out even more and apply the back-and-forth to character arcs, or dynamics between characters, or entire plots. (The three act plot structure is, IMO, simply a choreography for a satisfying back-and-forth). In a longer work, you can have many "dancers" doing their own back-and-forth simultaneously, at multiple levels of the story structure. In a oneshot, you can have one or several backs-and-forths distilled to the most dramatic steps of the dance. In my experience, the whole thing gets quite addictive once you start seeing it.

#ah the irony of writing advice that advises you to disregard writing advice #ah the way how every time a writer gives this advice they must make a joke about how ironic it is #ah the way that writers make fun of other writers through the ever-escalating layers of excessively self-aware irony #i'll shut up now #I'm so sorry this ask got so long and lecture-like #hope some of it is helpful #asks #writing #writeblr #writing tips #writing advice #fanfiction

[flakytartart]

Cleanup AU for Trigger Happy Havoc because I'm unwell and love fictional reality checks and angst:

Everything is the same, except that remaining students are responsible for cleaning up crime scenes + executions. This rule* is introduced casually in the Gym after Sayaka's body is found (I forgot the exact scene but it's right before Spears of Gungnir). Monokuma says it's a students job to take care of their surroundings or something, but really it's just to fill them with despair. Bodies are to be left in the gym and will be collected by Monokuma.

*Technically students don't have to clean up crime scenes but if they don't they will remain intact. Face your peers or be reminded of them daily.

I'm not a writer + intimately aware of how each student thinks/acts so please don't bite my head off! She/they pronouns for Chihiro.

"Welp! Looks like you have 2 students to clean up after!" Everyone is too shocked and scared to approach Mukuro's body. Mondo drapes his jacket over her to stop everyone from gawking.

Half way through the 1st investigation, Yasuhiro (leaving the sleuthing to the professionals) and Leon (wanting to forget about...everything) hang out and eventually wind up back in the Gym. Wildly uncomfortable with being in front of yet another corpse, Leon starts to bag the strawberry blondes body before roping Yasuhiro in to help. Hiro leaves him to mop up the blood, stating that the prolonged exposure and smell is making him feel sick. Leon is left with his thoughts, staring at a bloody mop and wondering if he should've refused to participate in the killing game like 'Junko' did. Kyoko later tells him she'd like to be present at each clean up and would appreciate it if he didn't start one without first notifying her.

Sakura starts cleaning after Leon's body is crudely released from the pole and most students file out of the batting cage room. Mondo, attempting to uphold his manly appearance, helps her. Kyoko and Chihiro watch from a distance. Mondo questions how Leon could have such little self-control, attacking a (semi-)helpless girl like that. Sakura replies, saying that he was probably caught up in the moment.

Makoto dreads going back to his room and sits in the dining hall for a while before deciding that he should face his problems head on. He's a tiny bit relieved to find Kyoko and Hifumi waiting outside his door, offering to clean the crime scene in his bathroom. Makoto sits in his bedroom and waits, Hifumi does most of the actual cleaning (preferring to do anything than confront "what's left of beautiful Miss Maizono..."), and Kyoko carefully removes/cleans the murder weapon before bagging her body. The boys carry the bag to the gym for pickup and bid her one final farewell. That night, Makoto finds it almost impossible to fall asleep.

When Kyoko gives the okay, Sakura and Hifumi start clean up on Chihiro. Early on, Mondo forcibly replaces Hifumi, saying that he's "givin' me the creeps" and deems him unfit to properly handle the scene. Kiyotaka and Asahina stick around to give their partners (bro, for Taka) moral support but instead sit together and grieve. Despite her secret already being exposed, Mondo tries his best to give Chihiro respect by handling her fragile figure delicately, placing it gently in the body bag and fixing her outfit as best he could before zipping up the bag. Sakura notices Mondo's uneasiness and offers to take her down to the Gym herself. He reluctantly agrees.

There's nothing to clean up after Mondo's execution. Everyone horrified but extremely confused, unsure where he...went? Kiyotaka is crying his eyes out, unable to cope with his partners loss. Asahina (with Sakura standing nearby) attempts to calm him down while the other students check out the butter machine thing. Kyoko picks up the tub of butter and reads it's ingredients thoroughly, disgusted with her and her classmates situation. She hands it off to Byakuya, who reads it and unceremoniously tosses it to Yasuhiro, who either: a. freaks out and drops it, spilling all of it's contents, and it just. Being there for the rest of the time (funny but in a fucked up way) or b. is creeped out and gives it to Hina, who - with Taka - stores it in the kitchens fridge. Kiyotaka needs to be pulled away from the execution stage in the former and regularly checks up on 'Mondo' in the latter.

Other things that I can't properly hash out at the moment:

Celestia doing the bare minimum to help clean up after Hifumi (something minor like picking up and wiping his glasses), showing the smallest, tiniest bit of affection and possible remorse for killing someone who was nothing but good to her. Maybe scolding him under his breath for revealing her real name.

I want a scenario for Kiyotaka's cleanup but I feel like nobody would care??? That's probably just me being spiteful that the game yada yada'd his death but I seriously don't think anyone outside maybe Sakura, Asahina, maybe Makoto, and Hagakure would help. And I don't even think the last dude would even want to, it would just be because he was roped in to help. I hate reusing Sakura and Aoi for for the Chishimondo group but in my mind they're seriously the only ones that give a damn about them (outside of Leon)

There could be a clean up for Celestia, but I don't know who would step up to do it. It would actually be pretty easy clean up wise since there'd probably be less blood than other deaths. Sort of same problem as Kiyotaka, as Hifumi isn't there to care :(

On a realistic note, I don't think anyone would be able to move Sakura's body, she looks quite heavy. They wouldn't want to keep her there in that room, but I'm not sure how they'd go about it. Also I don't know if Hina would have the guts to help? She's a real peach but cleaning up your partners suicide sounds like an emotionally draining and impossible task.

Mukuro's body gets put into a body bag...again. Kyoko investigates it long and hard before the boys carry her away. The group actually has a pretty damn hard time with this one because her body is in such a gruesome state after the explosion. :( Toko could've helped since there was no blood on the body, but because of the explosion she was in no shape to help carry bodies down multiple flights of stairs.

Since this clean up thing is one of the few changes to canon in this au, the morgue freezer room still exists and has each student in a slot.

I don't think Junko would have a cleanup, but idk maybe if you want to get emotional/melancholy they could wipe up her blood for the last time out of like ermm weird classmate affection idk

I CAN'T THINK RN SO THIS IS ALL I HAVE i'll probably rb with more or add it on later idk. Would love to hear what others think would happen 😗✌️

I would love to do this for SDR2 but with the entire thing being a simulation I think it wouldn't make sense for dead bodies to remain (DRV3 has a similar problem I think? I didn't finish it yet but have been spoiled about what's really going on). Idc I'd still love to hear things for those characters, it's fun to imagine!

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[dappledpaintbrush]

Are you the one who wrote 'A Jester's Lament'?

What inspired you to write it? (41 chapters!)

Oh no no no, I’d HATE to be that weirdo who wrote 400 pages worth of mario fanfiction! haughty laughter is then interrupted by 500 drawings of Lament Dimentio falling out of my pocket

Tbh what inspired me was. Myself? Weirdly enough? I mean of course SPM being my biggest interest was absolutely part of the reason why it’s so long and why I wrote it to begin with. But what specifically sparked the story of AJL was the fact there was an extremely specific type of Dimentio redemption story I was looking for. Of course, I’m not saying AJL is the first of its kind or something because it most definitely is not lmao😭😭 But there were just some things I preferred in an AU that tries to redeem Dimentio, and after searching for a while for, again, that extremely specific story, I thought, “DUDE JUST MAKE IT YOURSELF💀💀💀💀” and so I did. And a lot of people just ???? happened to like it??? :

Even though story length was one of my specific wants, I highly doubt I could’ve completed 41 chapters without the immense support I received. I genuinely cannot thank you guys enough. Seriously, if you like a fic, I highly highly reccomend commenting. You have no idea how much that means to writers 🤍

I’m putting this under a read more so I don’t clog people’s feed, but if anybody’s curious, some of my specific wants were:

- Length. I needed this fic to be almost unbearably long. I needed people to say GODDD DAAMMMNN when they looked at the word count.

- Dimentio somehow getting more unredeemable before he got redeemed (idk if I fully accomplished that, but I tried) (it’s hard to get worse than the complete annihilation of life) (I just tried not to purposefully write him in a likable way early on in the story)

- Dimentio dying the same amount of times he killed Luigi in the game

- Dimentio in general getting shit absolutely rocked

- Luigi not being a doormat, ESPECIALLY SINCE DIMENTIO ABUSED HIM

- DIMENTIO. BEING. IN. CHARACTER. THIS IS NOT JUST SOME SILLY GOOFY CLOWN!!! HE IS EVIL!!! HE TRIED TO KILL EVERY SINGLE ENTITY THAT HAS EVER EXISTED, DEAD AND ALIVE. HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE TERRIFYING AND SCARY!!! yes he’s naturally charming, write him as such, BUT NEVER FORGET THE THREAT HE IS!!!!

- Dimentio having a backstory that’s emo enough to explain the person he became but not emo enough to be his main source of redemption via pity if that makes sense. I think I achieved this? But of course that’s subjective, and looking back there were better ways to go about it. Basically what I tried to do is give him a good childhood with loving parents- minus the “accident” of course- and have Dimentio himself clarify in Chapter 15:

Basically: the loss of his family and the shit he went through definitely played a role. However, instead of a Blumiere-like “My loved one(s) died, now all worlds are without meaning and deserve to be destroyed,” Dimentio’s grief triggered a very deadly greed that did not revolve around the ones he lost. Blumiere’s motivation for destruction, including himself, was purely the loss of Timpani. Dimentio’s motivation for destruction, excluding himself, was, well, himself. For once, Dimentio wanted to earn, not lose. Making Dimentio have an understandable backstory but be “less sympathetic” than his counterpart, Blumiere, was important to me during the creation of AJL. But this gets extremely complicated because something like hmm uh idk erm MASS MURDER is impossible to truly make sympathetic. Regardless of intention, Dimentio and Blumiere did the exact same thing. Regardless of intention, Dimentio and Blumiere were both selfish. You can’t exactly destroy life itself in a non-selfish way. Both characters are equally unredeemable (or… equally redeemable, technically). Strip their actions down for their bones, and all you’ll see is two characters that tried to ERASE EXISTENCE. Sure, you can FEEL more sympathy for one than compared to the other, but feelings are subjective. Facts are objective. And the fact is, Dimentio and Blumiere attempted mass murder. You see why this is difficult to explain and even more difficult to write? I have a headache. God speed everybody

- More shit I’m probably forgetting

- Picture of a cat I found

#lament au #this ask made me so happy #I’ve been wanting to go in depth about this for so long

[bigskydreaming]

Totally random thought, but you know how no fandom has such a thing as completely normalized tags, BUT many fandoms or parts of a fandom have popular tags for finding fics on Ao3 with specific tropes?

Like for instance, I remember a few years back that a lot of the fic writers in the pro-Scott corner of Teen Wolf fandom tried to idk, kinda start a trend of using tags like ‘Scott-centric’ or ‘Scott McCall as Primary Character’ when posting fics on Ao3, because we wanted to make it easier for Scott fans to find fics that were specifically ABOUT him, given that there’s usually no way to differentiate between those kinds of fics and fics that have him tagged as being in it.....but he’s just a completely background character in a S/tydia or S/terek fic who has maybe a few lines....which of course is just....not what most Scott fans are looking for when they use Scott McCall in the search filters to try and find something about him to read.

And so anyone who follows us on tumblr, where we talked about this, know to search for ‘Scott-centric’ or ‘Scott McCall as Primary Character’ and they’ll definitely find any fics written by various pro-Scott mutuals....but tumblr isn’t the entirety of any fandom, lol, and there’s plenty of other fics on Ao3 that do fit that tag but wouldn’t necessarily think to use that tag in specific for people to search for.....and even if they DID try to make a distinct tag to advertise that Scott is the main character of their fic, there’s no guarantee that what they come up with would be similar enough phrasing to get sorted into the an common parent tag.

Because something I was thinking about recently is the fact that like......I SUCK at coming up with tags when posting a fic on Ao3. Its easily my least favorite part of the posting process because uh....as any longtime follower knows, I may be creative but ORGANIZED? Not a strength of mine, lol. I can write a 5K one shot no problem, but then tell me now I have to come up with tags that are actually helpful in guiding people who might be interested in it to find it, and I’m like.....Kalen.exe has stopped working.

And I do know I’m not the only one who struggles with tags....both coming up with ones to help people find their fic, or coming up with tags to search for to narrow down their options when looking to read a fic that falls within specific parameters.

The problem of course is getting specific tags to catch on in a way that’s actually opt-in and helpful to both writers and readers.

For example.....fics where Dick Grayson is depicted as being an asshole to Jason Todd when they were younger? Obviously on my no-fly list. Not what I’m ever looking to read, and not something I’d ever write. So of course I always filter out ‘Dick Grayson is a bad brother’ the same way I filter out ‘Scott McCall is a Bad Friend’....but its not like this is guaranteed to catch all or even most fics that contain these tropes. Because while there are writers who dislike these characters enough to highlight that they think they’re jerks, there’s plenty who also write the characters that way but almost as an afterthought or due to popular fanon trends.....while they themselves don’t actually think about the character in question enough that it even occurs to them to include tags that are specific to their depiction of characters who are just....not priorities for them, personally.

But at the same time, as a writer.....whenever I tag fics where I want fans of these characters to know that I am definitely not writing these specific tropes, so fans who are frankly exhausted by the prevalence can easily find my fic among the thousands and thousands of fics that pop up when you just search out their character tags.....

Like, I don’t actually think oh just use the exact opposite tag, even though I wrote the fic to BE the exact opposite of a Dick hates Jason or a Scott is a bad friend fic.

And THAT is because of how many fics get tagged something like Dick Grayson is a Good Brother.....by writers who view ‘being a good brother’ as Dick only ever appearing in that fic to support or prop up one of his siblings. Just like many Scott fans never go searching the ‘Scott McCall is a Good Friend’ tag because of how damn MANY fics tagged that only consider him a good friend when writing him as just.....existing to affirm or validate Stiles and only do what he says at any given opportunity, lol.

Obviously this is a generalization and there ARE fics tagged Dick Grayson is a Good Brother that I would like due to him having a positive relationship with various siblings but WITHOUT being sidelined and still getting to have a sizable role in the fic or a plot of his own....but unless they’re written or recommended by a mutual, I’m not necessarily likely to ever find that fic because in large fandoms like Batfam or Teen Wolf, even specific character tags can be tiring to wade through.

Like I don’t filter OUT these tags in the same way I do specifically negative tags, but I don’t search them out and I certainly don’t tag my stuff with these tags, because as an example....Scott McCall is a Good Friend pulls up 1,800 fics when I search just that tag in specific on Ao3.

And I think most Scott fans would agree that there are NOT 1,800 fics where Scott is portrayed as a good friend....but in a way that still lets him be the kind of nuanced or spotlighted kind of character Scott fans are looking for when they search for something to read. But its still a hell of an undertaking to search through even ‘just’ 1,800 fics in search of the relative few where he is a good friend BUT in a way that actually respects his character and doesn’t just make him a prop for the actual focal characters in a fic.

So when tagging fics I want LIKE-MINDED Dick Grayson or Scott McCall fans to find easily, I’m more likely to tag a fic with something like ‘Dick and Jason don’t hate each other’ or ‘Dick didn’t fire Tim.’ 

I don’t want to tag fics ‘Bruce Wayne Is A Bad Parent’ because so many of those fics exaggerate him into a one-dimensional abusive monster and that’s never what I’m trying to write and I don’t want people automatically filtering out my fic if I use that tag when THEY’RE just trying to avoid over-the-top abusive Bruce fics.....but at the same time, I DO like to focus on specific canon instances where Bruce has been problematic as hell, like NTT #55. 

And I know and respect that there are many Bruce fans who consider a lot of these instances OOC and are just not what they’re looking to read when they look for fics about his dynamic with his kids.....so I’m not about to go tagging a Bruce-critical fic with ‘Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent’ just because I’m not writing that fic to smear Bruce’s character or paint him as an irredeemable monster. Because I get that 90% of the people who go searching the Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent tag aren’t looking to read a fic that highlights one of his more fucked up character moments while still trying to reconcile that within his larger characterization overall....realistically, most fans who search out the Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent tag usually prefer fics that don’t treat his worst parenting instances as canon.

So I think tags that are more nuanced or specific than ‘Bruce Wayne is a Good/Bad Parent’ or ‘Dick Grayson is a Good Brother’ or Scott McCall is a Good Friend absolutely WOULD be helpful for a lot of writers and readers alike....but only if they’re tagged with a phrasing that people actually search out, or that the writer thinks to specify as a tag.

The problem of course being....how do you make more specific tags popular or common enough that they actually catch on in a way that makes it easier to search for fics because these tags become a go-to search option for fans rather than just being a matter of one getting lucky enough to search with a phrasing that a writer thought to specifically tag for?

All of which led me to this thought:

What if instead of trying to make various tags commonplace among specific fandom circles of writers/readers.....any interested writers make use of just ONE specific tag. Something like including “open to tagging suggestions” - not unlike how many writers tag their fics ‘ask to tag’ when open to readers suggesting they include a specific trigger warning that they the writer might have overlooked or not thought to include in the first place?

It has to be acknowledged that you are occasionally going to run into the problem of some readers being presumptive or overbearing about this, framing their suggestions not as suggestions but as ‘you should have tagged your fic with this’......BUT I think the potential benefits mitigate or outweigh this likelihood.

A) Obviously no writer HAS to use any tags suggested by readers, but all the suggestions readers might make for tags an author hasn’t already included.....are going to be tags that reader would have searched for specifically TO find a fic like the one they’re commenting on. 

And while it depends on how many suggestions a writer gets, its not necessarily realistic that a writer is going to end up adding EVERY tag suggested by readers.....but there’s definitely likely to be SOME suggestions that are useful and help guide more interested readers to that fic. Especially if you’re a writer who struggles with tagging and never finds it easy to decide what tags might be relevant or helpful for finding your fic.

B) Volunteering that you’re open to hearing about tagging suggestions makes it more likely that any readers who were put-off by your fic would be polite and helpful when suggesting there’s a tag that could help warn off fans who aren’t looking for the kind of takes you’re offering. The entire reason that tags like “Dick Grayson is a Bad Brother” ARE helpful as search filters is because a writer who uses that tag gets that fans of the character are not likely to enjoy their take on the character. They’re not the intended audience for that fic. Not everything appeals to every reader. 

So there is a precedent for tags intended to warn off fans of various characters that this fic includes characterizations they’re not going to like.....and advertising that you as a writer are receptive to hearing about tags that could warn other readers they might not be the target audience for your fic - especially with longer fics - could in the longrun help you weed out readers who are most likely to be bothered by your characterization of their fave.

C) It could lead to more reader engagement with your fic in general. Readers who might otherwise just leave a kudo, not because they don’t WANT to comment on your fic but because many readers don’t know have a clear idea of what they want to say about a fic or what they liked about it......might be more inclined to think about what about that fic specifically appealed to them, and mention this with a suggestion for a tag. 

Fans who like specific takes on a fave character WANT to see more of these specific takes. The more popular fics that use that take are, the more commonplace that take is likely to become, inspiring others in turn. The more fans are able to regularly seek out fics with this specific take, the more that take becomes known as something fans WANT to seek out, which in turn lets authors know hey, there’s an audience for this take.

So even if you’re a reader who doesn’t frequently comment because you don’t have any idea what to say other than ‘great fic, I really loved it’ and you worry that’s a lame comment or writers don’t want to hear that (its not, btw, I love any and all comments I get).....like, writers using a tag like ‘open to tagging suggestion’ provides both a focus for a potential comment and a REASON to leave a comment when you might not otherwise. 

Because if there is a specific aspect of a fic that you really loved, or it resonated with you because of the author’s specific take on a fave character, letting that author know that this is something that you would’ve sought out their fic for specifically, if they knew from your tags that your fic contained this element or take.....that means there’s likely other readers who would be interested in this fic if they knew that specific appealing element was present.

And you’d not only be helping that author potentially find more readers who are the intended or ideal audience for that specific fic, but having that reason to focus on what about the fic made you love it so much makes it that much easier to come up with something specific to say about it, ie ‘and btw, I really loved this aspect of your fic in particular, or for this specific reason.’

Both of which - more readers and specifics about what readers liked - are things I think most writers would agree we all love.

Anyway, just a musing I was pondering. Thoughts?

[bangtansmauyeondan]

AUTUMN LEAVES MASTERLIST - Fall 2022 Collaboration

Main Banner: Justine • bangtansmauyeondan. Fic Banners: Dani • persphonesorchid

Contributors: @hamsterclaw @taestefully-in-luv @madbutgloriouspond @persphonesorchid @blog-name-idk @btsstan12 and myself! 🥰

We are ready to warm you up through this sweater weather, when the smell of roasted marshmallows and pumpkin spice waft through the air, with heartwarming stories to carry you through the season!

Warnings are more specified on each writer's blog posts.

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CRIMSON by @jminssiii - September 17, 2022

Pairing: non-idol! Namjoon X fem! reader Genre: strangers to lovers, fluff, crack (a little?) Warnings: none Rating: pg-13 WC: 8k+ Summary: The time when the wind changes and you can feel poetry in the air is autumn. Autumn is also called fall. This time, maybe literally for Namjoon as he falls for the girl with her nose buried in a book. He navigates his small crush on her with crimson cheeks, crunch of leaves and the changing winds.

FALL LIKE MOONDROPS by @madbutgloriouspond - September 24, 2022

Pairing: Jimin x F!Reader Genre: Friends to Lovers, Angst, Fluff, Smut Warnings: 18+, smut, car sex, mentions of wonderwall, ​an insane amount of pining, additional tags to be added Summary: University's over and the rest of Jimin's life is about to start but there's one more thing he needs before he's ready to embrace whatever future awaits him.

BERLIN by @hamsterclaw - October 1, 2022

Pairing: Hoseok x F!Reader Genre: Espionage AU, smut, mild angst Warnings: 18+, sex, swearing, mentions of injury Summary: Hoseok and you tried to make it work but you can't... Yet you can't be without each other either.

PICK OF THE PATCH by @taestefully-in-luv - October 8, 2022

Pairing: Taehyung x female reader Genre: fluff, angst, smut, enemies to lovers Rating: M Warnings: swearing, some alcohol consumption, sad oc, feeling lost, feelings of regret, Taehyung is kinda an asshole (for reasons🥺), terminal illness, character death, crying. smut warnings: oral (fem and male rec), protected sex (more smut warnings on actual fic) Summary: You’re a struggling artist with a strong desire to escape so when your mother suddenly calls and asks you to return home to replace her in this years Harvest Festival dance, you never said yes faster. However, she informs you that you’ll be working with another dancer, Kim Taehyung and upon meeting, you decide you do not like him…but right when you think you could grow up and move past it, Taehyung makes it clear that he does not like you either.

AUBURN SKIES by @persphonesorchid - October 15, 2022

Pairing: Yoongi x Reader Genre: Best friend's sister au, crack (sort of? I'm not funny lmao) Warnings: 18+, smut (exact smut warnings will be included in the post once it's up and ready to go!) Summary: "Autumn is a season that shows us that change can be beautiful" - Everyone knows that if your best friend has a little sister, she's off limits. Yoongi knows this. There's no way he could tell Namjoon that once upon a time you kissed him, drunk in his living room after a break up. So much time's passed since then, too much time to bring it up now, but Yoongi still thinks about it, he's still a little hopeful. Now you're here at the lake house because Namjoon brought you and you clearly have something you want to say to Yoongi. Namjoon's gonna kill him.

(RIGHT) HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER by @blog-name-idk - October 22, 2022

Pairing: Jeon Jungkook x Fem Reader Genre: College!AU, Fluff, Humor, Smut Word Count: 12,353 Warnings: Smut, Swearing, Vmin being menaces as always Summary: Haunted houses are the opposite of your idea of a good time. But then you punch out a hot zombie who falls for you the same instant his ass hits the ground, and well… maybe they aren't always so bad.

PROMISE by @bangtansmauyeondan - October 29, 2022

Pairing: Seokjin × Fem Reader Genre: established relationship au, angst, fluff Rating: 18+, M Warnings: swearing, smut, jealousy, insecurity, feeling of neglect, alcohol consumption Summary: When you and Seokjin no longer dream of the same dream, and no longer look at the world the same way, you start recalling the promise you made to each other three years ago in front of the altar. Is it a promise that holds true for eternity, or is it a promise that’s meant to be broken?

#bts imagines #bts fics #bangtan imagines #fic collab

[arcplaysgames]

And the biggest problem I have with P4G...

The main character.

I think the main character of Persona 4 is actively bad. And I think the game paints itself into a corner by making him so fucking boring and non-emotive and non-reactive. He is the opposite of a catalyst in a game that needs forward momentum.

This becomes painfully obvious in the mid-to-late game, around when the entire Namatame thing happens, but it's present for the entire thing. All of the emotional pushes come from other characters. Chie and Yukiko worried about each other, Kanji worried about Naoto, Teddie and Rise driving their arc forward. Because the P4MC can't drive anything everywhere. They are purely reactive in a plot structure that doesn't deal well with reactive protagonists.

(For comparison, see how P3P is structured.)

Yosuke is the real protagonist of P4G. And yes, in universe, I love how this manifests, how you can feel Yosuke taking on more and more responsibility through the game. He takes in Teddie, he leads the team to Namatame, he works with Naoto to solve the case. His anger is one of the primary thrusts of the plot, and if you removed him, the ENTIRE story would fall apart because the MC has nothing.

I am an unabashed stan of FeMC in P3P. I thought she was the perfect balance of a proxy for the player while also having a lot of forward momentum. Also!!! As mentioned in the last post, having the people around her in SEES having their own shit going on frankly alleviates the need for her to carry the whole story!

I appreciate that P4G let me have fun as the MC and gave me some fun chaos options. But the dull void of the MC has bothered me for literally half the game.

Like, compare Yosuke and P4MC with Junpei and FeMC. It's stupid, but I felt real fucking camaraderie with Junpei! I cared about him and I felt like he was my fucking wingman in all things! Which let the game pull that masterful trick when Junpei gets his crisis of self-esteem and turned his back on me for several in-game weeks, I really felt that! But as much as I like Yosuke and P4MC, that exact same plot would not work with Yosuke because P4MC is just not enough of a character to pull it off.

Also, I will be a total asshole for a second. Why the fuck are you only allowed to be a boy in P4? It's actively asinine and if you are gonna make the MC such a blank slate, you can at least give me a blank slate with different fuckign pronouns. Nothing is gained from making P4MC a boy except to reaffirm the idea that Boys Are Default.

In a perfect world, Atlus would make the Persona 6 protagonist gender neutral. Just don't use gendered terms at all! Let the player decide who the fuck they are!

(MAN i am sad thinking about Junpei talking to FeMC like she's One of the Boys. I literally loved that shit so much.)

But yeah, I... did not like the P4MC and as a writer, I can feel the way the story struggles against the void of his existence and presence and how other characters have to compensate for those deficencies. Which becomes even more galling when the game tries to convince me what a cool and excellent guy he is.

SIGHS

Anyway. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed my time with P4G despite all my complaints. Persona 3 Portable Girl Route is just the better game.

#p4 #persona liveblog

[neowinestainedress]

christmas lights | nakamoto yuta

title: christmas lights | part of christmas must be something more

pairing: nakamoto yuta x oc

summary: there’s nothing better than romantic sex under Christmas lights.

genre: smut, non-idol au, established relationship, (implied) polyamorous relationship, smutmas

warnings: shibari / shibari with Christmas lights (just for a few snaps and then the lights were out, DON’T do it, especially if they’re not led lights and if they are connected with the elecritc current. In the story is specified better but I still think it’s necessary to explain that aesthetics =/= safety) | taking pics (does this have a name??), fingering, one orgasm denial, multiple orgasms, romantic sex, minor nipple play, minor dirty talk, sub/dom, dom!yuta, sub!oc

words: 3.426k

taglist: @webscreams @multislut @roxyvogue @dullparadisewithtxt @yutas-princess02 @seongwhaffels @cosmiczen @adorejhyun | couldn't tag: @yutascoffee127

a/n: i hate this but I'm going through life and writer's block so that's all I can put out. I hate even more that this is the last thing I'll post before disappearing, but here it is, so enjoy it anyway, I guess??? Let's pretend it came out when it was supposed to so before Christmas

This wasn’t the first time Jade found herself in that position; tied up with her knees bent and her thighs pressed to her chest in a fetal position, her hands tied on her front bound with her legs while Yuta stared at her with need. Yuta was the only one she trusted with ropes or any other type of tying up that wasn’t a bland tie or handcuffs, he was also the first one that introduced her to this world. At first, she was taken aback, afraid of not being flexible enough, and even scared of everything, but Yuta was trustworthy, and he knew what he was doing. So after the first hesitant steps with the easiest and less complex positions, they explored that world further. 

Jade understood swiftly that it wasn’t only a purely sex-related thing, shibari was about the beauty of the body, and for as uncomfortable as it looked, she loved it because she learned how to appreciate her self-image more. The tons of compliments coming from Yuta’s mouth were an excellent plus to boost her confidence. 

But a few days before Yuta brought something else up, something not only they never tried before but something she never thought about.

“You want to hang me with the lights?” She asked, staring at her boyfriend while she cuddled up in the corner of the couch and he leaned close to the fireplace. 

“I can’t hang you with them, do you want me to kill you or something?” 

She shook her head, munching the biscuits and swallowing the bite before talking again. “No, none of you would survive without me.” 

Yuta huffed, rolling his eyes before reaching her and sitting at her side. “We would do as usual. I’ve got special lights that work with batteries and the wire is a bit larger, but we will still use the ropes. I will wrap them on you just for a few shots and then will try something else.”

“Oh, those lights,” her eyes lit up, the blanket falling off her body, the box of biscuits almost spilling over on the sofa. 

“Yeah, what lights were you thinking?” 

The truth was that she wasn’t thinking a lot lately, and even now that Yuta walked around her on the bed, fixing the last details, her brain was already lost, buzzing in anticipation. 

“Okay, the lights should be detangled. Are the ropes okay?” 

“They’re good.” 

“Are they rubbing on your skin? Itching? Is the position comfortable?” 

She rolled her eyes, she appreciated that Yuta always checked in but sometimes he used to worry too much. “I’m fine, you know these are my favourites, and my body can take this position.” 

Yuta glared at her. “You know your safety comes first, don’t be a brat about it,” he ordered. “I’ll start wrapping them around you, if it’s fine for you, I won’t follow the same exact path of the ropes since there are more and they are for decoration.” 

“Fine by me, just do it.” 

“You don’t have a bit of patience in you,” he murmured, grabbing the lights and starting to place them around her. He partly followed the path of the ropes, wrapping the lights around her, he couldn’t tie them like a knot, but just placing them on her and securing them for what he could, was more than enough to set a fire in him. 

Jade on the other end was watching him patiently, or so, for some reason more excited than she thought she would be. If Yuta loved the art of it, she loved how concentrated he was with everything, the care of tying her up, and securing her in place was an act she loved so much, probably even more than the sex that came after. Even in this position, the ball tie — it took her a while but she actually got a few names here and there — where she was very restricted, she trusted him completely and felt safe. 

Once he was sure everything was perfect, lights turned on, together with other ones scattered around the room, and she was relaxed, he grabbed the camera. 

“Can I take a picture of you?” 

“Is that one of Johnny’s cameras?” 

Yuta hummed, “he told me it’s an old one he doesn’t use anymore.” 

Jade smiled at the memories; that was Johnny’s college years camera, the one that went through hell and back and paid much of their first rents. “Yeah, you can. Make me look good, though,” she winked, beaming at her boyfriend that was staring at her with anticipation.  

Yuta chuckled, bringing his eye to the viewfinder before taking a few snaps. “Do you know how to pose?” 

“You got the wrong partner, honey,” she joked, shaking her head.  

“Come on, just be seductive.” 

“I can only move my head, though,” she said, trying to think of a way she could make it hotter. 

“That’s fine, just look at me,” he reassured, leaning down to get a better angle, “I’ll do the magic.” 

She suppressed a smile, trying to look at him with an intense gaze, angling her neck to the side to stare at the camera. 

“Perfect,” he hummed before standing up on the bed, his feet planted at her side as he took a shoot from above her. 

“Do I look good?” She asked, suddenly feeling shy. 

“You’re perfect,” he replied. “Look up here,” he ordered before snapping another photo, a close-up of her face, lightened up by the lights on her chest and the ones that ran on the bed frame and around the room. 

“Should’ve called Johnny for this,” he chuckled, but another idea made its way into his mind, making his lips curl in a smirk, “maybe next time we can invite him and give you a proper shoot.” 

Her skin heated up just at the idea, and Yuta snickered. “You like that? Or does it scare you? Maybe we should go to his studio with proper lighting. I could wrap you up and he will make you look so good.” 

“I — I like that.” 

“Of course you do,” he teased, moving back before sitting on the mattress another time, he grazed her legs and caressed the exposed skin of her ass, feeling the shivers form on her skin, and then moved his fingers between her legs. “You’re so wet, already. What’s turning you on so much?” 

Jade felt embarrassed when she whispered, “everything.” Shame creeping up even more when Yuta snorted. 

“Everything?” He asked, tilting his head, camera hanging around his neck, and fingers pushing past her entrance, while his eyes focused on her face. 

She hummed. “It’s exciting. You are — uhm — exciting.” 

A small smile crept on his face as he pulled his fingers out, hearing a disappointed sound. He would’ve messed around more, too, but he didn’t want to keep the lights on her body any longer, so he grabbed the camera again before taking some more pictures; they weren’t dirty, surely explicit but they leaned closer to nude photography than pornography and he loved how they came out, intimate, mysterious and provoking at the same time. 

“Are you taking them off?” Jade asked when he placed the camera on the other side and moved closer to her. 

“Yes, don’t you want me to fuck you, honey? Can’t do that with these on.” 

“Yeah, want you,” she replied, following his moves. Yuta was always calm in everything he did, never rushing things. There was something incredibly charming and attractive in the way he moved, so delicately and yet so fiercely and confident of himself. And she was so lost in him that it took her a while to realize he was undoing the ropes too. She wanted to ask why, fearing he was going to fuck her normally and not tied up, but then remembered that wasn’t a practical position for sex so she waited for his next move. 

“Stretch your limbs, babe,” he said, placing the ropes to the side and rubbing her skin. “Yes, I will tie you again,” he chuckled when he met her questioning eyes. “You know I keep promises.” 

And it was true, Yuta always kept his promises, and once she was comfortable again, he didn’t waste time putting her into a new position; calves pressed against the back of her spread-open thighs. 

“Do you want me to tie your arms or leave them free?” 

“Are we doing the, what is it called? Frog tie?” 

Yuta nodded, hand caressing her thighs as he waited. 

“I, uhm, you know I like that but can’t you tie me in another way? Like for my arms.” She didn’t mind having her arms tied behind her back, but the position could get tiring soon, and she didn’t want this to end quickly. 

“Against the frame is fine?” 

“Yes, yes, is fine,” she hummed, nodding swiftly, patience wearing thin as she just wanted things to spark up. 

“Give me your hands then,” he ordered, voice firm but gentle. “Let me know if it’s too tight.” He passed the rope around her wrists and then around the frame, locking her there. “And now your legs, want you all spread for me.” 

When after a few minutes Yuta was done, he simply stared at her for a while, admiring the way the ropes were sinking into her skin and how exposed she was, looking up at him with eager eyes, silently begging him to pay her attention. He didn’t need her words, he could see how wet she was under the dazzling colourful lights, the cum dripping out of her cunt glistening while her clit throbbed ever so often, asking to be taken care of. And Yuta wasn’t in the mood to play games, so he leaned forward, resting his hand on the pillow next to her, kissing her passionately while his fingers teased her entrance before pushing in, finally filling her with something. 

“Yuta,” she breathed out through the kiss, hips barely moving up to meet him halfway. 

“Shh, be patient,” he whispered, trailing his lips down her neck, “I’ll take good care of you.” 

Jade only hummed in response, shivers running through her back as he kept moving his fingers inside and kept kissing her skin until his lips wrapped around her hard nipples. The contrast between the chilly air of the room and his warm mouth made her hips roll up against his palm while her lips parted to leave out a shaky breath. 

“You sound so pretty for me,” Yuta mumbled barely pulling back from her hard nipple, his breath hitting her hot skin. “Can you hear yourself? Your body speaking to me, your cunt so wet it’s squelching around my fingers.” He snickered when she didn’t answer and only rolled her head back, parting her lips to let out louder sounds of pleasure. He moved back, placing his free hand on her knees and pushing her legs more apart, making her look up in surprise, but without answering her silent questions. There wasn’t a specific reason why he did that, other than wanting to look at her better. He also found it kinda funny how silent she would get when they did bondage, Yuta never set any different rules, unless he didn’t specify on the moment, she could talk — unless she wasn’t gagged, of course — but it was like she fell into a different space and full obedience. And she was so immersed in it that she didn’t even complain when he pulled his fingers out. Jade only stared at him, eyes widening and body squirming in embarrassment when he brought his cum stained fingers to his lips and sucked them clean. 

“Sorry, kitten, can’t hold it back any longer,” he smirked before wrapping the wet hand on his cock and giving it a few tugs, moving closer on his knees to align on her wet entrance. “Want my cock?”

She gulped and ran her tongue on her dry lips, pupils wide as she nodded, thrilled with anticipation. 

“Use your words, kitten.” 

“Yes, want your cock,” she replied, voice coming out in a whisper. 

Yuta smirked and then started to push in, taking his time to feel her welcome him, tight walls wrapping around him until he bottomed in. “Fuck,” he groaned, letting his head fall forward for a second, “feel so good every time.” 

She hummed in response, trying not to desperately roll her hips back to fuck into him, but it was hard when she still didn’t come and was denied an orgasm just a few seconds before. Luckily for her, Yuta got it, or maybe he was just as needy, and started moving in and out right after. Hips snapping against her body with a steady rhythm, not too fast and not too slow, it would’ve been perfect if only she didn’t crave the release more than anything else. 

“Want to come already?” He asked, wrapping his hands around her waist. 

“Yes.” 

“Then do it,” he replied. “I want to take it slow, babe. Fuck you nice and slow under the Christmas lights while you’re wrapped up,” he sighed, eyes squeezing when her pussy clenched around him, “don’t care about anything else. You can come all the times you want. Just be pretty for me and take me, alright?” 

“Yes, yeah, fuck,” she answered, eyes closing when his fingers moved to play with her clit and his lips wrapped around her nipple again, and everything was enough to send her over the edge in a second. 

“Just like this, babe. Take it all,” he hummed before he kissed her, muffling the moans. His hips started moving just a bit faster, he wanted to take this slow, savour the moment, watch as the colourful lights lighted up her blissful face and beautiful body, and created beautiful shadows on the hollows caused by the ropes. But she was warm and wet and her pussy clenched perfectly around his cock, so it was hard to don’t get lost in the pleasure. 

“You’re so beautiful, babe. You know that, right?” 

She hummed, feeling shy at the compliment, her whole body on fire as he kept hitting her sweet spot that made her tremble. 

“Yes, my good girl. Following my orders so well. Taking all of me.” His head rolled back when she squeezed harder around him, and as a reaction he gripped her waist tighter, angling her to reach deeper. 

“Fuck,” she spat out, breath faltering and heart beating fast as another orgasm approached. 

“Is it too much for you, babe?” Yuta teased, starting to rub her clit, watching a flame flicker in her eyes as they made eye contact. 

“No — no,” she rasped, “I can take it.” Pride, that surely was it, because Yuta could see she was fighting with herself to hold it in just a bit longer and it wasn’t working really well. 

“Then be my good girl and take it, alright? You’re doing — fuck — so good.” 

She mumbled something under her breath, words choking in her throat as another orgasm washed over, too strong to hold it in now that he was also paying attention to her clit. Also, the position made her feel everything more, and being so exposed and vulnerable at his mercy made her heart, and pussy, throb. 

Yuta came too a few moments after, grunting and moaning as he leaned closer to kiss her while his hips kept slamming against her. 

“That’s it, fuck,” he groaned against her ear, causing her head to roll back as his sexy voice got to her brain, thinking he was done, but when after a small pause his hips picked up the speed again her breath got stuck. 

“Again?” She asked with curiosity and incredulity in her voice. 

Yuta lifted his head a bit and smirked cockily, “I promised you I was going to fuck you over and over. Any complaints?” 

Jade shook her head, shivers running down her body and skin burning up. “Want you.” 

“I know, I’m right here, to give you an early Christmas present. Do you want that?” 

She nodded, biting her lips to hold back the moans. 

“Oh, wait, you are the gift. Look at how pretty you are, the only thing missing is a — fuck — a ribbon.” 

Her hips rolled up, legs pushing further down for what she could, the movements that the ropes allowed were very limited, but she still wanted to feel more. And Yuta got it, he leaned in again, his chest pressing against hers, and started kissing her, hips moving faster in and out of her soaked cunt, filling the room with lewd sounds of cum and skin. 

It went on for a while, with sweet words whispered, hands wrapping tightly around the frame and bodies rocking together under the dazzling lights he put up in the room, colouring it with different shades. 

“I’m — fuck — I’m, uhm, gonna come again,” she breathed out, eyes opening and meeting his, filled with lust and love. 

“Come with me, come on,” he urged, voice thinner as the orgasm was about to break out. “Squeeze my cock, babe.” 

“Mhh,” she hummed. 

“Look at me,” he ordered, grabbing her chin and keeping her in place but the hold was gentle, nothing harsh about the way his hand cupped her face. “Want you to look at me while I fill you up, got it?” 

“Yes, yes,” she mumbled, nodding in his grip and forcing her eyes open, “please.” 

“Fuck,” he groaned, closing his eyes only for a second before he met hers again, “come.” 

It didn’t take much more for both of them to come, just a few more messy thrusts and sloppy kisses as the orgasm washed over with force, leaving them gasping against each other while more moans and sloppy sounds filled the room. 

“Fuck,” Yuta slurred, “you did so well, kitten.” He kissed her one more time before he pulled up to stare at her, admiring her body, watching the cum drip out of her, overflowing even if his cock was still buried deep inside. “Should I untie you?” He chuckled, running his hand over the ropes while he pulled out of her, making her whine at the loss.

“Well, unless you want to put me under the Christmas tree like this,” she replied, laughing. 

Ten minutes later they were in bed again, ropes put back in place and skin hydrated with the cream that Yuta thoroughly applied on her body as he kept praising her for how good she had been. 

“Why couldn’t you fuck me in them?” Jade asked, referring to the lights, the curiosity was killing her, and also she was a bit disappointed because she thought she looked so pretty with them on. 

“I preferred not to, those led lights shouldn’t heat up, and not being attached to the current they shouldn’t electrify you, but I don’t even want to risk it. It was good anyway, right? The mood was the same, just not on your body.” 

She gasped, “oh, that makes sense. The risks didn’t even cross my mind,” she admitted shyly. Once again it was very clear why he was the only one she did certain things with. 

Yuta chuckled, caressing a strand of hair back and tugging it behind her ear. “That’s why you have me,” he whispered with a tender smile on his lips. “Also I guess the thousands of photos on the internet every year can mislead you.” 

“Well, yes, I’ve seen pictures of people having them wrapped around their necks.” Yuta’s expression, a mix between worried and weirded-out, made her laugh loudly, shaking her head. 

“I will shut up or else I will judge hard,” he confessed, rolling his eyes. 

Jade frowned, turning around to lay on her front, supporting her body with her elbows, and Yuta quickly adjusted the sheets to cover her body again. “Wait, isn’t there a thing such as electric play?” 

Yuta nodded. “Yes, but it’s done with specific toys, you can’t just play with electricity randomly and hope nothing happens.” 

She hummed, “make sense.” Then she leaned closer to leave a small peck on his lips, and nose, making him chuckle. “Anyway, thank you for this.” 

“For not electrifying you?” 

A loud laugh rolled from her lips. “Also. But mostly for this aesthetically pleasing fuck under Christmas lights.” 

“It’s Christmas, we should all be more generous, shouldn’t we?” 

“Oh, if you’re this generous every time, I wish for Christmas to last all year.”

Don’t think a lot of you saw the updates so I wanted to inform you even here, I won’t post the last two (one, actually) stories of this Christmas series so this is the last one. Hope you enjoyed it!

#nct fanfiction #yuta smut #yuta nakamoto smut #yuta scenarios #yuta fanfic #nct 127 smut #nct smut #nct 127 scenarios #smutmas #all's well that ends well to end up with you

[lily-s-world]

Been thinking lately about tv shows I grow up watching, comparing them a little bit with shows I watch nowadays in streaming services, and I had a sort of thought turn to essay. It is completely based on personal perceptions, and I have no evidence to support any of the claims, so feel free to ignore it.

Thought about Charmed running for 8 seasons, The Vampire Diaries for 7, Once Upon a Time for 7, Supernatural for 15…. and I tried to remember their first seasons, which were good, but if you watch them today you can see they were a little bit more focused on simple stories and plots, not entering yet to the big world building. Is not that shows back then weren’t cancelled, but it wasn’t as common as it is with streaming services – if a show got cancelled it was because indeed almost nobody watch it or it wasn’t attractive enough for the audience. So, why was the first season simple? Because the writers and show runners had confidence that the possibility of more seasons was high. So, the first season often worked as an introduction to the world and the story, building the foundation; the development of the plot, the worldbuilding and the character development could be achieved in upcoming seasons.

Take for example The Vampire Diaries, first season is good and interesting, but is focused on Mystic Falls story; then we have the upcoming seasons where they started with the vampire lore of their universe, the introduction of the original family… basically all the details that made the show better. Not to mention they had to compete against the popularity of Twilight during those years. If TVD was made today in a streaming service with the exact same plot but reduced to 8-10 episodes, would it have survived 7 seasons? I believe it would have been cancelled after season 2. Like the other shows I mentioned, well, Supernatural may have survived due to pure pressure from the fans.

Then I thought about shows I liked from streaming services and that were cancelled way to early – Julie and the Phantoms, Our Flags Means Death, Shadow and Bone… If JATP had been created as a Disney/Nick channel show, it could have survived 4 seasons at least. OFMD and Shadow and Bone could have had the final seasons they needed. (Let's assume for the purpose of this narrative that having diverse shows was a regular thing back then).

Where am I going with all of this? Well, to the point that streaming services may have taken away the opportunity of being allowed to have a simple first season to set the foundations of my story. They had taken away the ability to give time for the viewers to engage in my story.

For streaming services, they need to watch it all in the first month, or otherwise it is a failure that didn’t catch the eye of anyone. It needs to be trending, it needs to be top ten in as many countries as possible, it needs to have followers in all the social media platforms we create for it, it needs to bring subscribers in… all that with just the first season of 8-10 episodes. And if you don’t get all of that, then sorry, you get cancelled. And even if you get half of that, like the popularity but not the viewership, cancelled (i.e. JATP and Shadow and Bone). Let be honest, the majority of the shows from the 90s and early 2000s wouldn’t have survived this; not because they were bad, but because a lot of them engaged viewership in their latter seasons, not since the first one.

And I think that the main consequence of this modern day of doing TV shows, is that it affects the new shows. Take for example the new Percy Jackson, I love it, but what was something people noticed? The pacing was fast, they were given to much information from other books… but it wasn’t their fault, the studio asked to reduce it to 8 episodes. And they were given as much information as they could about the story, because they didn’t know if a second season was possible. The same happened with ATLA Live Action, the pacing was fast because apparently seasons of over 8 episodes are forbidden in streaming services.

Most of the comments I saw about PJODisney and NATLA, was that there was room for improvement, and I was like, of course it is. It is just their first season; they were allowed to make mistakes and learn from them. They are allowed to experiment on the stories and see the reactions of the viewers, this is why it is so important to allow more seasons after the first one.

In conclusion, the way streaming services manage their TV shows in only the categories of instant hit or failure, it slowly ruining them. Writers now have the pressure to encapsulate as much information as possible in one season to make it attractive, which affects the development of the story and characters.

Money grabbers studios are slowly taking away the liberty to be creative when writing a show and having time to develop them. It wouldn't be surprised if we end up with the series having the same plot, like all the new MCU movies.

#feel free to fall into piracy #streaming is ruining tv anyways #streaming #services #tv shows #tv series #charmed #the vampire diaries #the originals #once upon a time #supernatural #julie and the phantoms #our flag means death #shadow and bone #percy jackson and the olympians #disney #natla #avatar the last airbender #netflix #amazon prime #hulu #lilyrambles

[ratssmpzine]

Here are our Writer Guidelines for short story and poetry submissions!

Plain text version below the cut!

Writer Guidelines

Written submissions can come in the form of either short stories or poetry, though you are welcome to get creative with the specifics of how you would want to approach those two options. If you want to tell your short story in the form of letters exchanged between characters, that’s cool! If you want to get creative with the type of poem you’re writing, we’d love to see it! The mods will always be around to field ideas if you have something creative you want to try and you’re not sure it fits into a specific category.

If you are submitting a short story, your work should fall somewhere in the range of 1k words minimum to 10k words as the absolute maximum. 

There is no lower limit on word count for poetry so long as it is a complete work, but the upper limit stands! If anyone tries to submit a poem over 10k words I might cry.

One story counts as one of your three entries into the zine, however we will allow the option to count up to 3 connected poems as only one work as they are often much shorter.

The format for pages will be standardized to some degree, however we feel like the details of that would be best discussed when writers are actually selected and can provide their own input, so for now you don’t have to worry about the details, just know that there will be specific details on how writing should be presented on the page.

Writers are not required to format their own pages! Writing can be submitted as a plain google document and the mods will format it for you and add it to the zine. If you really want to format your own pages, you’re allowed to, you just don’t have to!

Poetry should be identifiably connected to Rats or a Rats character. You don’t have to name the character or give specific details about the canon in the poem, but when asked, you should be able to justify why what you’ve written is related to the Rats SMP.

While this zine will be focusing on the attic rats’ time in the mansion, stories that just recap or retell canon events are not permitted. You can explore the impact of an event or mention it occurring, but stories that simply repeat the exact same thing that happened in canon will be asked to change their idea.

#zine guidelines

[kmze]

Did Dr*es ship KC because she actually liked it or did she simply capitalise on its instant popularity and see it from the POV of pilot Caroline who wanted to be picked/desired by a guy which,predominantly,is the exact same sentiment of most Caroline/KC stans?Although Caroline wanted to be desired by someone SHE wanted in the pilot and not just anyone but caroline's voice was always ignored by fans and writers alike.And it was evident in the KC narrative.Klaus relentlessly pursued Caroline to the point that it turned into an obsession, self-indulgent,one-sided and violent until Caroline succumbed to his various pressure points:physically,emotionally and psychologically in 5×11 but refused to take ,whatever they had, any further.(Ironically it was her who said Caroline is madly in love with Stefan and has been in love with him for a while.)Candice had once said that in Caroline's mind Klaus,the bad boy,could chase her till the sun came up but the Caroline she had grown into wouldn't budge.And I think Plec touched upon that in TO finale when Caroline told Klaus that the chase was what made it more fun.I think she was never going to let KC be a legit relation probably because she never let SC go.That woman probably secretly writes SC marriage diaries during her free time.She even called KC " our inner fan girl fantasy" at a convention.

Oh no Anon I think she truly likes KC outside of anything to do with what the fans want, I don't think she actually cares what fans want she just likes to lie in interviews to gas people up and fool them. I think she likes KC for the same reason she like SK, Klaus and Katherine are the ultimate pursers of Caroline and Stefan and it's mostly about wearing them down until they get their love confession. That's why like you said above they had a lot of similarities in S5, plus Dries wrote some of KC greatest hits like 3x14, 4x23 and 7x14. TBH I think Dries can just be flat out full of shit in a lot of things she says so I really don't take what she says in interviews seriously at all, the way she spun S7 at SDCC was some next level bullshit.

I think Julie more than any other writer has some enthusiasm for every ship and tries to give everyone something (unless of course it’s Bonnie). She's also more open to catering to the fans if she wants to, like the DE rain kiss or the June wedding mentions in S8 (like I think she played it up because fans were so excited at SDCC). I think that's exactly how Plec saw it re: KC, because there was nothing stopping her from making KC endgame on TO besides simply not wanting to. She also made it that Caroline didn't kiss Klaus when they were in Mystic Falls and instead he got a good-bye kiss in NOLA which was not as strong IMO. I still think the clock tower was about Caroline remembering Stefan because JP released the "Mrs. Forbes-Salvatore" scene the day of TO's S4 finale. Just the way she talks about SC makes me think she likes them the most of all the ships, and maybe if she got a S5 for Legacies with Candice actually appearing we would have got more mentions. When the Legacies musical aired I noticed she liked the tweet below and she hardly ever likes anything that shipper-y (yes I know she was tagged but that just means she saw it easier). She also tweeted “happy tears” about the Steroline proposal episode you could tell she loved it too.

#anon for ts

[allthingsencanto]

One of my FAVORITE things said by the filmmakers of Encanto has got to be an elaboration to the question of if the mountains ever got fixed. In the film, we see that the mountains split open when Casita falls, so fans had been wondering if they ever got restored in the ending. Co director and writer Charise Castro Smith had answered in an article, which I screenshot.

This is definitely one of those key things that make you realize just how much thought and effort was put into this film, and the symbolism behind certain elements. Let me just say real quick, that this is another amazing and creative way of making a narrative story with deeper meaning, and connecting it with real life struggles.

Alma and the rest of the family all had hardships, especially Alma, who lost her husband and had to raise three children on her own, as well as lead a village. Just like Alma, all of the Madrigals could never really open up, they could never really speak to one another and confront their trauma. The generational trauma definitely takes a toll here, since after Alma and the triplets, the grandchildren after that did the same as well. Instead of owning up to the past and admitting their current struggles, they instead blocked all of that off, and devoted their love for the family, their love for the miracle in the way that they felt was best, which was Alma’s way, a way that they sadly had no idea was unhealthy and toxic. The thing about the Madrigals is that most of them in my eyes devoted their love to the matriarch, to the family because they FELT it was right, even if they knew they were all struggling. Isabela didn’t want to marry Mariano, but she was going to go ahead with it anyway, because it was for the family. Luisa knew she was under so much pressure, but the fear of letting everyone around her down got to her. Pepa nerves were constantly up when she tried to keep her power under control, but she kept stopping herself or she would lose control. Dolores knew she was unhappy with Mariano and felt like she was in Isabela’s shadow, yet she kept her mouth shut so she could marry him anyway, to bring the next generation in. Because of this, they all knew they had their issues, but they all felt going through with Alma’s expectations would reward them in a way. They care about the family, and like Mirabel, they all lost sight of what was most important, blinded by how much they wanted to please one another without considering THEMSELVES, and not just themselves, but their love for one another, their healthy supportive love.

When the house fell, it symbolized the fall of the magic, the fall of the family. Seeing their house break was their lowest point, and when they all had no powers, they didn’t know what to do, since they were convinced almost all their lives that their gifts were EVERYTHING, and at that moment, there was nothing they could do. What made the situation worse was that Mirabel had ran away, and everyone was worried. Of course though, when Mirabel came back, they started their new foundation. They’re now all not defined by their gifts, what they’re known for. They can talk to one another, they can be themselves, and they now know they’re not alone. When the magic came back however, things were DIFFERENT, and that’s what people need to understand. Not only is the family foundation itself different, but the doors are no longer set in stone as well. It proves to you that there is a way of changing for the better, better than where you were before, and that’s the exact symbolism behind the mountains staying open. Like the co director said, the characters are able to confront their past now, talk about it without erasing it from their minds completely. It’s another tidbit in my eyes on how trauma doesn’t go away. Sometimes it’ll STAY with you and never leave, but it is important to use said trauma to heal, instead of getting rid of it completely. 🦋🕯

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