#I'm actually rereading it rn

[morverenmaybewrites]

Found a fellow Juniper and Thorn fan out in the wild

#Comments #A book for the sad goth girlies BY the sad goth girlies #My love-hate book of this year #Juniper and Thorn #I'm actually rereading it rn

[catboy-beb0p]

Find it incredibly funny that in the first two books of Ranger's Apprentice the main antagonist is a guy with a psychic link to a bunch of bear-like monsters and then several books later one of the plot points is "magic isn't real you idiot"

#ranger's apprentice #don't @ me about what the doctor/''sorcerer''s actual deal was I'm not rereading the books rn

[mattodore]

close-ups under the cut if you wanna see 'em

#river dipping #ts4 #theodore doe #matthias evanoff #echthroi #i wound up watching an old jerma stream so i put everything on hold but i'm back now... at three in the morning lmfaooo #no resizing so these are pretty big images #i ended up liking the red and blue recolors most but now i'm not sure which one looks best....... #i like them all </3 #think it's a little funny realizing the recolors i like most actually match my mobile theme on here..... #might be going through a red and blue phase #kind of fitting tho bc i see theo as a shade between red and orange and matthias as like... ice blue or silver #also matthias needs to be juuuuust a smidge taller i think so their 174cm vs. 191cm height difference is represented right #i need to remember to fix that tomorrow #i think i'm gonna reread both of the questionnaires i did for these two and see if that gives me the spark i need to write #so i can answer that anon from yesterday #aaaand i need to do that couple template nene sent me too #might do that now actually... i can use these pics for it :3c #...anyway pick pleaseeee <3 #ik not many people are gonna be online rn but that's fineee i'll bring it back tomorrow morning

[blood-mocha-latte]

✨ 📥 🍰

fanfic writer asks

✨ Choose three adjectives to complement your own writing.

this is mental torture btw. this is cruel and unusual punishment. Uh. Let Me See Here. long, thought-out, consistent

📥 What is your fave fic to receive comments/messages on?

All Of Them, but it changes. usually the most recent thing i've posted, because usually i'm stuck in the curve of doom (trying not to delete it) and comments mean So So Much. so right now, that would be my modern luztoye oneshot <3

🍰 Name one of your fave comfort fics (doesn’t have to be your all time fave).

@almost-a-class-act's You Got the Best of Me and @ep6bastogne's the last voyage are just. Beautiful. if i'm going through something, i WILL be pouring over these fics like they are Ancient Texts from the gods

#rie answers #i'm actually rereading bel's fic rn. Shut Up #awkward thumbs up and fades into void

[anewp0tat0]

Chapter 198

I've wanted a Christmas filler chapter for a while, just because I think it would have some great phantomfam interactions + some snide comments from Sebastian about how useless God is or whatever he likes to brag about... but I know we may never get that, so I am over the moon with this image here. this is all I need😫 Ciel's scarf bow is our Christmas present.

and Ciel gets a muff too FINALLY☺️. it seems that once again yana really doesn't care about the fact that she's giving him predominantly female gendered clothing for the time era(as far as I know), but when has she ever cared. let's just congratulate Sebastian on his good parenting and feminism. or rather in this case, traditional values?.... mhm

it's just adorable.

...

we also got weird interactions like this:

yea Theo knows. and he angry. the real question is if in the end, he'll help the others escape their fledging day(most likely O!ciel's aptitude) or simply work to save himself(most likely R!ciel's aptitude).

finny is the best possible boy though, and who knows maybe this will all be solved by the power of friendship and Theo will ultimately put his trust in team O!ciel. that would be great!

...

;_;

this truly makes me so upset, it's not fair for Mabel to feel anything other than bittersweetness that her friend is leaving, rather than agony. same goes for everyone else.

....

these 2 kids are strong and it's is pretty odd, but I guess when compared to other characters like Jane, it's not too surprising...

maybe Doll gave them circus training, who knows. Mabel most likely, since Doll spends most time with her group, at least I'm assuming from the clothes.

also, I'm not a knife expert but those look like something they probably just plucked from the kitchen. if doll is with them, she isn't giving them special weapons like Layla owned. that's probably just a kitchen knife the "collie class" have access to.

...

honestly, I've tried so far to be very suspicious and hostile towards these kids in the hope that they'll get to walk away into the sunset like the possible side antagonists they are. but really, I'm just very much hoping that they don't end up going through any pain. I don't want any more serious moments where children cry, please...

so the ambush, why did this happen: I'm guessing that these kids don't just guarding the hallway regularly, and they just so happened to run into Finny today. my guess is that they knew/found out that Finny would sneak around(probably with Doll's insight? cause this is his first night!) and quickly prepared for him. but most importantly, they must know one way or another that the orphanage staff(or Doll?) is prepared to kill Finny soon.

what's most surprising to me is that these kids want Finny alive. idk about the other kids, but I think plenty of us assumed that Theo would rather have Finny(and snake) disposed of. so either I was wrong, or what's going on here is a manipulation scheme where Theo makes Finny think that he's in danger, simply so that he can use him. this makes more sense to me because if both Finny and Snake were in immediate danger, they would probably wake up Snake, too. after all, Theo is a pomeranian, he could think of such a thing. in this case the kids may be working for Doll.

if however this isn't a scheme and instead a genuine attempt to help finny and Snake, then they probably aren't working with Doll, since she probably wouldn't want to sneak them into the inner working of the facility.

ah idk, well find out next chapter. or, the whole next chapter will be spent walking to the meet up room. maybe finny will start flashbacks right there right now. who knows.

where should I place my bets, that these kids are gonna take Finny back to some secret hide out room(possible blood drawing), or are they gonna take him back to where Doll is cause they're working with her...

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also, it's really interesting how these two stay in "character" right here, both in the typical pose of the person/role they're mocking.

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actually you know what, Theo probably figured that Finny was worth being recruited after this right here:

sorry, long post today, lots to worry about, and if you read all this then you mean the world to me! have a great day!

#god I love winter scenes so much this is a chapter cover I'm so gonna redraw someday just for funzies #also I was very pleased with the art in this chapter :D no dull moment. art wise I feel fulfilled this month #last month's chapter actually feels like 3 months ago for me so I'm glad I now have something to think about for a while #it's the morning and my thoughts are pretty jumbled rn so ill probably reread it and say something more coherent later #long post #sorry to be thinking about Lizzy rn but seeing finny work undercover like this just makes me think again of how I wish she would go #undercover as well- she would do so good I know it😩 but alas she is not on our side #theo redemption arc already woohoo #kuroshitsuji #black butler #kuro spoilers #kuroshitsuji spoilers #kuro chapter 198 #kuroshitsuji chapter 198 #chapter analysis #chapter review

[fancymeatcomputers]

Im so glad he got a haircut bc bro looks GREASY

#I'm actually feeling like shit rn so I'm rereading kuro instead of being productive :'3

[witch128chick]

i haven't had a proofread be this hard like ever- i'm concerned about the final product but the fact that i was so serious about this chapter a couple months ago is hilarious to me

#i have to rewrite and delete paragraphs #that literally never happens #and my logical critic isn't present rn so idk how good the story actually is #i think i'll have to reread it again to know that #now i'm just making sure the sentences make sense #gaahhhhhh

[james-stark-the-writer]

welp, just submitted a story to a lit mag whose response times can apparently be as big as 6 months so, now it's a waiting game to see which side the coin lands on but i should at least be close to the top of the reading pile if they go in order since submissions only opened a little over an hour ago so hopefully the response doesn't take forever.

#james talks #i reread it and deeply wanted to rewrite the whole thing but i knew there was simply no time since submissions were only open for 6 days-- #and i would just edit out all of my voice if i rewrote or re-edited it so i made a few minor word choice changes and submitted it #nothing to do now but worry incessantly and wait to hear back #it's a horror short btw but i don't wanna say too much rn #anyway just shaking a little bit rn although it's hard to tell if that's the anxiety or the coffee or both #just gonna try not to think about it until i get any sort of email ig. #the magazine features so many cool shorts i doubt i'm getting selected but if i do it would be fun to call myself a published author #anyway i'm gonna go try to sleep now although we all know i'm not going to be able to actually sleep lol #james writes stuff

[nuclearspring]

appreciate that the courier is (possibly; i know this is up to interpretation) a wastelander obviously but i feel like more of the tragedy of benny to me is that the acts he commits in fnv are imo intended as a fight against the assimilation of his people and their adherence to pre war aesthetics. carrying forward without him in the independent route is so. :/ . like. in order to get out from under house's thumb benny put everything on the line and went against tradition (which imo really was not a decision he made lightly at all, and i really don't think it was genuinely a selfish one, no matter how he styles himself).

#ooc. #i might adjust my thoughts as i replay the game and redo the independent route but like. holding him close. #also will reread the comic because iirc there is a lot of insight into his history there that i remember only impressionistically rn. #independent route is so bittersweet like obviously it's The Choice. #but what it means to benny #(and also for that matter arcade - this post is not about him but i do think about his independent vegas ending slides a lot) #man. #i'm really supposed to be working sjdfhskf help #but people are here and making so much noise that recording feels pointless #assimilation / #ask to tag #i think i won't put this in his official tag because i'm going to like. actually iron it out properly when i have time to revisit #those aspects of canon #but. thinks about benny on a loop forever

[bonefall]

i know that you’ve mentioned the Oakstar Pinestar Tigerstar Bramblestar leader lineage, but have you ever talked about the medicine cats, with Leafpool Jayfeather Alderheart?

I haven't spoken about them yet! I think it's because, unfortunately, I have a lot less good to say about the concept

It frustrates me that the Medcat role is supposed to be sacred, special, and the ONLY social role in the Clan that can stand up to the leader because of its separation; and TWICE in ThunderClan, unwilling cats were forced into it.

With the Tiger leader lineage, I think all of them make really compelling antagonists and there's a line of both ambition and trauma that's fun to talk about, how they end up taking that out on their families and the societies they're responsible for.

But with Leaf/Jay/Alder, Jay and Alder both did not want the position... and it comes with so many extra restrictions. The fact that two disabled characters (Jay with blindness, Alder with what could be severe anxiety) are forced into vows of celibacy so they can be 'useful' to their societies REALLY badly bothers me.

Especially Alder, because the opening of AVOS is miserable. The scene where he's forced into the role in Apprentice's Quest is gutwrenching to me, and then later in River of Fire when Velvet is in camp, Jayfeather has to try to enforce that celibacy vow and... ugh! I don't like it!

And they don't, y'know, frame it like it's a horrifying thing either, or... anything, good OR bad. It wasn't even until Thornclaw was complaining in TBC that they even made a point about all of the major positions of power being filled up by Firekin.

This rant has been really unfocused, but I guess the difference is like... the Oak/Pine/Tiger/Bramble succession adds a lot to the idea of a running prestige in their lineage that contrasts with the horrible things they did with their power.

Leaf/Jay/Alder succession felt more like the Erins being unable to stop focusing on Firekin for a SINGLE modern arc, and shoving every disabled member of the family into the den to still be 'special...' which it stops being, because 2/3 of them didn't want to be there.

#I really hope that makes sense LMAO #Alderheart #Jayfeather #Leafpool #Bramblestar #Tigerstar #Pinestar #Oakstar #Warrior Cats Analysis #For my rewrite I'm actually leaning HEAVILY towards Alderheart being raised as a kittypet and being drawn to the clans via his visions #With Velvet being more of a childhood friend he thinks about a lot #He is also not related to Firestar at all because he is the son of Jessie #AVoS my detested #I love the idea of telling Warriors with the approach that it is a flawed society yknow? I think the books are bad at doing that though #which is why I've reduxed the Medcat Vow to be something corrupted into a method of social control #Because it CANNOT exist for a legitimate reason. It's one of the most senseless parts of the entire thing. #It ONLY makes sense when you interpret it cruelly. #Alderheart deserved better #And also he shouldn't have been a main character dying on this hill #Even for the parts of AvoS I reread for this I was like ''wow I wish we were with Sleekpaw and Needlepaw rn''

[twilight-good-yall-dumb]

my weakness is that I will suffer through bad fiction if there's a mean, brooding, possibly violent, bitch of a man who is secretly in love with girl. i will suffer through a lack of plot, bad writing, other boring characters, etc. just for the chance that i get to read mean man kiss girl. yes, i need to work on this. what do you want from me?

#happening rn #I'm rereading a book actually that I read three years ago and remembered liking but the writing is actually so bad and I am so bored #however man pointed a blade at girl and he's sexy and hot so what is a girl to do? #gonna finish it but don't worry I won't put myself through more of these books unless i really feel compelled to #i will say tho there is a difference between my kind of mean man and just outright gross man #like a man can be mean and brooding and horrible. that doesn't count #my kind of mean and brooding is like a little cunty and secretly sweet #books #reading

[gale-in-space]

An opening sentence is everything, which is why I was utterly devastated to discover that my last published fic opened with the phrase "A whooshing noise" instead just "A whoosh"

Reread your stuff, people.

#i'm facepalming so hard rn #i'm always so scared to reread my shit #and i really should because that was such an obvious error - and i would have caught that if i had actually read it through after writing i #instead of skimming it as if i were tiptoeing over landmines #(yes - that's correct. i still haven't read it through in full. i've been reading random bits and pieces of it but that's it) #blegh. anyway

[yardsards]

you've heard of being "touch starved", now get ready for "touch hangry"

#eliot posts #touch starved #i was rereading through some of my old fics and #the plot of one is basically a character being touch hangry #i'd say i get touch hangry but not really. i don't actually get angry about it but i DO get a strong urge to playfight #anyway my consensus upon rereading my fics is: #all three of my infinity train fics are actually pretty good #'from things that accidentally touch' is prolly the best one? #but i'm actually liking 'you can run away with me anytime you want' a lot rn bc i really dig the qpr vibes i established there #i was dissatisfied with 'and the moon's never seen me before' when i wrote it but i actually really like it now. made me smile. #i don't really like either of my toh fics very much #i like the concept of 'interlacing' and AM gonna finish it up but i hate how i wrote most of it #'the beach episode' has some good bits but i dislike a lot of it. it was the first thing i'd written in YEARS and it shows #kinda hate that it's my most popular fic cuz it's my least favourite #but people enjoying it so much did encourage me to practice writing some more i think? #i don't regret writing it. i think i needed the practice and writing my first fic since like eighth grade was nice #sidenote i WISH eighth grade eliot didn't delete their fic out of shame. i wanna read it. #anyway i think i wanna post the last chapter of tbe eventually. i think it's half written somewhere #it's my least fav fic and a bunch of my headcanons got disproven but i think it deserves to be finished #i have a couple readers who still wanna see the ending despite it being years and it just being a slice of life fic so no cliffhangers #('from things that accidentally touch' is my touch hangry fic) #that fic originally had my highest kudos to hits ratio but now it has the lowest ratio of any of my single chapter fics #and i know it is because people have been rereading it since then for comfort and that makes me really happy

[kenobihater]

keep opening my docs, re reading the partial chapters i have written up, and closing my docs, ad infinitum. i want to finish and post ch 1 but like. that means i'll have to write it. sometimes i'll get on a roll when writing something only to stop at a certain point, but then jumping back in is akin to pulling teeth bc it feels like i've quite literally lost the plot and things have no flow, especially wrt to dialogue. hate and malice and agony and suffering on planet earth

#len speaks #writers when we have to actually write in order to have written something: 😔 #the bit of ch. 1 i have is starting to feel stale and i'm sure that's bc i've reread it at LEAST 20 time in the past few days and not due #to it sucking dick and balls and like. it's good writing. descriptive and vivid and emotional. i feel like i'm finally solidifying my style #here. but that doesn't change the fact that i'm sick of looking at it but i WANT to write on it rather than sit on it for a week and come #back with fresh eyes. that usually works but i want to work on it rn bc i've already abandoned this idea for far too long and am itching to #post smthn. alas. #i think i'm gonna just force it and charge thru writing the last half with gritted teeth bc writing badly is WAY better than not writing at #all and i'll actually have something concrete to work with and refine but ughhhh i'm SO annoyed by this block i have rn

[quaranmine]

remembered my hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy boatem moon big au existed again today and i'm quite confused as to why i never continued it because upon rereading it i realized it's literally hysterical?? and the way i altered both the plots to fit the au is really fun (+ giving doctor who vibes)

anyway i am going to finish that! maybe a long oneshot? i think my original plan was to make it into chapters but i dont think i want to make it super long. it's a crack fic, the plot doesnt have to be flawless lol. maybe 10-20k range (it's 3k right now)

#i think the true reason i didnt finish it is because i wrote it mid-august and then took a 9 day vacation in the beginning of sept #that i was frantically planning for #so it just got Lost in the irl stuff #plus i dont think i ever finished rereading the actual book...not that i will be referencing the plot *that* closely #i am however referencing douglas adam's writing style #which i can also reference off the other book i'm reading by him rn called 'last chance to see'

[high-voltage-rat]

might fuck around and post my rvb university au. blood gulch as the residence building. wash as an exhausted and eternally suffering RA. I have so many ideas and lore tidbits to play with

#not video games #late nights with ali #ali watches rvb #the fic I have rn is like 75% chatfic but I crack myself up when I go to reread it so I'm considering posting it on ao3 anyway #and blabbering about the actual lore and ideas here just for funsies #anyway. yeah wonder if people would actually be interested in that or if I'd be yelling into the void lmao