#Poetic Asides

[gtunesmiff]

2024 APRIL POEM-A-DAY CHALLENGE: DAY 22 ~ SIMPLY WHERE WE ARE

SIMPLY WHERE WE ARE ©2024 G. Smith (BMI) ================== Underneath the pavement, Underneath the steel, Underneath the ever-present, Ever-turning wheels.

Underneath the plastic, Underneath the fumes, Underneath the ever-present, Everlasting gloom and doom.

Underneath the concrete, Underneath the grass, Underneath the gravel, And the artificial grass.

Underneath the heavens, Underneath the stars, Underneath the sun and moon, Is simply where we are. Underneath the sun and moon, Is simply where we are.

#poetic asides #poetry prompts #poem-a-day #2024 april poem a day #Day 22 #Earth #Simply Where We Are

[zabiume]

I get sad thinking about how during ichigo and grimmjows fight in hm. Particularly the moment when he see sees orihime's terrified reaction to his mask. I think he considered her previous trauma with acid wire ofc, but how must he have felt when orihime looked at him like that? She was the girl who managed to make friends with everyone and empathized so deeply with even her enemies, let alone her closer friends. And she was looking at him, completely frozen with fear, and he hated being the source of it. It just makes my feelers hurt so bad for some reason :(

i think the great thing about this fight is that it lets you empathize with both ichigo and orihime without diminishing either of their feelings, which is just. good writing. i'd go so far as to say this fight is also superb because of how it manages to address many overarching themes at once: a) ichigo's human-hollow struggle that keeps rearing its head every now and then b) orihime's complicated relationship with violence c) grimmjow's twisted desire to feel validated by ichigo, who he sees as his own mirror d) ichigo & orihime's long-term struggle to cross the chasm that separates them and meet in the middle.

a lot of people focus on orihime's fear here, but the truth is, ichigo himself was afraid of his hollow and was NOT confident about his ability to control it. when he tells orihime not to be afraid without his mask on, he looks at her and smiles. with the mask, he doesn't even make eye contact. when he accidentally does make eye contact later on in the fight, it crushes him, and the beauty of this fight is that it's all carried out through body language. his heart sinks, and so does yours, if you're invested in the fight. ichigo's entire arc so far has been about mastering this side of himself that he's desperately afraid of losing to, and now the person he's protecting is afraid of him, too. he begins doubting himself: what if grimmjow is right? what if he really did just come here to fight?

if you look at orihime's side of things, she's not wrong either. orihime's entire arc was about self-doubt at this time. she was never really sure of her worth to others, so how could she be sure that ichigo, who's reiatsu is rougher and darker than usual (just like her dead brother) was fighting for her? she does eventually realize her effect on him with a little help from nel. but in the end, nel's testimony doesn't matter much either because orihime realizes she would love ichigo even if he wasn't fighting for her. she just doesn't want him to get hurt.

lucky for us, grimmjow isn't right and it's obvious that ichigo did indeed come to fight him—if only to protect everyone and take orihime back home. fighting is ichigo's means to an end. his reaction to orihime is our indicator of that. the great thing about this fight is what it tells us—that if ichigo was this affected by orihime's face, then it means he truly didn't come here just to fight. that nel's cheers did nothing to grab ichigo's attention, but orihime's first broken whisper did. that having orihime nearby reminds him of what he's fighting for, which is something that literally saves his human life when he's in vasto lorde form. he left his heart with her, just as she did with him before she left. if we began this journey with rangiku saying ichigo needs orihime, this arc shows us how. this fight shows us how. yes, orihime's fear caused him some pain, but none of us can deny how cocky he got when she cheered for him, either, so it goes both ways :D

#i loved this volume very much & now that we have lust & horn of salvation their arc is complete :)))) #each ichihime moment has got to be seen as a conversation with other ichihime moments #and that's when you realize how nicely their romantic subplot has been fleshed out over arcs #personal biases aside i dont really understand calling IH rushed when they're the one part of the story that WASN'T rushed #every arc gave them a new status quo to navigate and among all the canon married couples #they're the one we spent the longest time with - even compared to ren&rukia #like sorry for waxing poetic about it i'm sure everyone feels this way about their favorite ships but i loooove IH <3 they're so good #asks #ichihime

[ladytauria]

If you're okay with prompts right now can I ask for jason and tim putting on relationship weight together

yes you can! <3

this ended up fairly short but i hope you enjoy it, nonny~

also i apologize for any mistakes <3 i was halfway done when my cat decided to sit in my face, and like? who was i to say no. so i wrote the rest on mobile lmao

Tim has gotten softer around the middle.

The realization hits Jason while he’s still half-drowsy from sleep, curled around Tim in their bed. They’d flipped during the night, with Jason now in Tim’s place as the big spoon; feathery strands of hair tickling his chin, his arm wound around Tim’s waist. And under his hand, splayed over Tim’s stomach… there’s more give than there used to be.

He can’t help but feel it; smoothing his palm over the padding over Tim’s ribs, the soft curve of his stomach. Something swells in his chest, made up of too many feelings for him to name.

It’s not that he hadn’t noticed, exactly. Something he’d insisted on, when they moved in together, was that, as long as they were both in Gotham, they should share at least one meal a day, out of costume. It had taken some time to find a rhythm, but… they had.

He’d noticed the extra weight he picked up pretty quickly. It was hard not to—especially with Tim constantly using him as his own personal pillow. Jason used to fake gripe about it, until he figured out that the surest way to make Tim sleep was to offer himself up as a bed. Even the most complex case wasn’t enough to keep Tim from drifting off, once he was resting on or against Jason’s thigh, chest, stomach.

After that, well. Even his most sincere attempts to bitch about it fell flat.

Anyway—between that and the adjustments he’d had to make to his armor, he’d definitely noticed his own weight gain. Tim— Maybe he’d noticed his cheekbones weren’t quite as sharp, or that there was something a little bit more solid in the punches he threw, but—

The rest of it slipped past him.

Until now.

Now… all he wants to do is explore. Spread Tim out on their bed and find all the parts of him that have changed. He wants to lavish them with attention, and affection, because by god, Tim deserves to be soft. Deserves to take care of himself, to indulge himself.

(And maybe—maybe—there’s a part of Jason that wants to lay claim to it, too. Because this is because of him. Not just the food he’s made, or the request to eat together but— It’s their closeness. It’s choosing a quiet evening together over going out or staying late at work or pouring over casework. It’s ending patrol at three or four am instead of five or six to get an extra hour or two in bed together. It’s not burying themselves in a case alone, stress eating away at them, because they have a partner right there to help.

It’s love and trust, safety and support, commitment and contentment.)

Jason resists the urge, though. The last thing he wants to do is disturb Tim’s sleep. God knows it will take a lifetime, maybe two, to repay the debt he’s stacked up, and Jason won’t get in the way of him shaving off what he can.

They have the rest of the day. Last Jason heard, Tim doesn’t have anywhere to be today, and he knows neither of them have any pressing cases. Maybe… maybe after breakfast, before Tim disappears to his study, when he’s still relaxed and a little sleepy. Coaxing back into bed won’t be hard. Neither will convincing him to let Jason take the lead for a bit. Tim is entirely too willing to indulge Jason—the power he has is almost overwhelming.

He supposes it goes both ways.

Mm…

He tucked his nose in the back of Tim’s neck, cuddling closer to him.

It’s probably about time to start breakfast, honestly. But Jason is warm, and comfortable. Maybe he can indulge himself, a little. Fifteen more minutes won’t hurt anything.

[ ao3 ]

#asks and answers #lovely anons #tauriawrites #tauriawritesfanfic #jaytim #timjay #i’ve written multiple fics waxing poetic about tank!jason #it’s tim’s turn <3 #tho i don't think i’d call him a tank #just no longer a twig #a branch? 😂😂😂 #anyway. terrible sense of humor aside :P #perhaps i will expand on this one #eventually #but for now have a nice soft fluffy moment

[divinekangaroo]

Started reading Lymond Chronicles after @deadendtracks' comment that SK must've read them too / based Tommy on Lymond....

and like i'm what, at ch3 or 4 maybe and...

yeahhhhhhhhhh XD

#i don't mind what crimes i commit as long as they've got a sensible purpose #johnnie the offsider gypsy #by god i'll give you one night to remember the head of your family by (says the elder brother) #also vaguely robin hood ish / will scarlet etc #i do like the very very different prose (same affection for it that i had for the different prose in the Witcher books) #the purple proseness of description which somehow is still very sparing (no long descriptive paragraphs just 1-2 thick sentences) versus #the intense vernacular used in dialogue. i am mildly over the homogenisation of the 'no style' style in current sf/fan genres #the interesting thing is how Dunnett herself in the a/n says how she was trying to craft a certain persistent masculine trope/character #not her exact words but this undercurrent 'Type' of criminal out there #and tommy and lymond (class difference aside) sit in that space #the other thing i think tho.did SK do it from the beginning or did he start to lean harder into that after seeing CM in S1 #I feel certain routes/themes wouldn't have worked with a different kind of actor and later seasons built more and more on CM's strengths #like the descent into S5/S6 imagery and the sheer symbolic/poetic language wouldn't have worked with statham at all...if it ever got there #tim mielants to steven knight while contemplating cm ordinarily drinking his coffee 'he has become the embodiment of my brothergrief'

[wisecrackingeric-2]

The things that bring me anxiety truly truly are so small and so silly and so minuscule but the anxiety is STILL THERE which yes is awful but I find it so fascinating

#humans are such weird weird creatures #like why does watching videos on Pokémon speedruns and glitches make me feel better. why do we get autism or ocd. why is this our natural #reaction aside from our primal instincts. what goes on in our brains we just don’t know w about #and why do I still fEEL SO ANXIOUS OVER AN IDDY BIDDY RHING I CAN WAX POETICS ALL I WANT BUT ITS STILL T H E R E

[captmuldoon]

#the tudor comedy we didnt know we needed #someone pls gif dudley just blinking in shock when mary starts going in on him #becoming elizabeth #edward seymour #sir pedro #mary i tudor #not pictured here but pedro just SMILING at dudley when he steps aside??? poetic cinema

[rexscanonwife]

I'm crying and throwing up and asking where my phone is

#jane journals #self insert talk #crush: 🗡 #UOOOOORRGGHGHHHH ITS SO JOVER #ive been talking to laura about it and reading up more about what happens and stuff with wyll and the story in general #and ofc i watched my friend play a bit last night who graciously went almost straight to wyll for me #AND FUCKING I DIDNT MENTION BEFORE #WHEN U FIRST INTERACT WITH HIM PROPERLY HES TEACHING A TIEFLING CHILD TO FIGHT #and hes soooooooo sweet about it 😭😭😭💖💖💖 #you guys know my weakness is kids and how characters interact with them and wyll canonically wants them one day #so you know IM FUCKED #and hes so!! UGH CUTE 💖💖💖💖 #hes always saying these poetic romantic things and he wants a proper old fashioned romance with the wooing and the courting #he calls his lover his LIGHT LIKE CMON MANNNN #IM TRYING TO LIVE #tbh the only thing stopping me aside from not having the game is deciding what species to be #my indecisive ass #thats another thing i was talking to laura about and she suggested making a backstory first/choosing a class and all that THEN deciding #im probably gonna go with my default which would be a rogue which is pretty atypical for my s/is but its what i lean toward in dnd #or idk maybe i SHOULD go more out of my comfort zone 🤔🤔 idk ill keep thinking about it #but for wyll's kiss animations WHEN THE PLAYER IS A HALFLING OR SMTH SHORT HE KNEELS DOWN TO KISS THEM UGGGHH 😫😫😫💖💘💖💘💖💘💖💘💖💘

[loosesodamarble]

Thank you for writing the HC that I requested even though it needed a long answer. It was fun I loved it. It made my day. Thank you again ♥️

To know that me answering the asks sent to me, regardless of how much time it takes, is able to bring joy to others and make their days...

Thank you for letting me know. And you’re welcome for being able to bring you a bit of happiness.

It reminds me that even though I will not create great waves in the sea, the ripples in a puddle are still an impact on the world.

Again, thank you, Anon. For making your requests and for letting me know that my answers are appreciated. 💖🥰🥺💗🥺💖

#questions from the ask box #soda asides #awesome anons #why i'm getting all poetic with answering this is beyond me #but man... even little things can be special

[mishtershpock]

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#right so #firstly: oliver stark i love you please never stop #the way he talks about buck is so nice!! not to mention always reiterating that the show was queer before bi buck was confirmed #secondly: oliver stark i love you but please stop!!! #lmao. ben affleck smoking jpeg #i completely understand his reasoning behind what he says about tommy #he can’t confirm or deny anything and changes are he doesn’t even know anything. just like before #when he was waxing poetic about natalia and buck’s future #i just do not like the whole narrative of tommy being a perfect queer elder who can do no wrong and is there to guide buck through this #it’s a disservice to his character. and to buck’s #and to eddie’s if you really wanna go there #tommy is the perfect first boyfriend because he’s got experience. right? that’s what we’re saying? #experience does not equal perfection #and like i said the other day. it suggests eddie is not worthy of being a queer love yet because he has no experience #they hadn’t written the final episodes yet for a reason. they’re posting positive b/t posts on social media for a reason #they’re testing fan reactions to decide what to do with b/t. sorry but i genuinely think that’s the reason #and this characterisation of tommy as perfect and ideal for buck and they’re smitten etc #a second ben affleck smoking jpeg #i have nothing against tommy or b/t together or multi shippers. nothing at all #but i sweaaarrrrrr #if i lose out on the ship who have 6 years friendship and a history of getting through neg and pos experiences together #coparenting and saving each others’ lives. literally and figuratively #being so intrinsically linked to each other #not to mention oliver and ryan’s chemistry #if i lose out on that because people can’t stop screaming about tommy on social media #i will implode and take this place with me #especially because focusing on buck’s lovely new perfect relationship will probably mean that eddie is pushed aside #with a shitty storyline they put no effort into. wait what who said that that’s crazy #i agree that bi buck isn’t about eddie (it’s not about tommy either) and potential queer eddie isn’t about buck #but i’m so done with people saying we can’t hope the two storylines come together in the future. why is it suddenly bad to want buddie

[il-predestinato]

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#re: your post in my inbox is overall great and poetic but i very much disagree about verstappen's driving style and preference of understeer #he absolutely heavily favours oversteer #in fact his *preferred* setup is incredibly oversteer #like a whole new world of front end #it doesn't mean he can't cope with understeer - he doesn't like it (nor does charles) but he is brilliant at it (charles too) #i agree that his style going into a corner is quite different from charles - the way the latter throws himself into a corner is... #extremely aggressive #max is razor perfect and charles aims for perfection on the razor edge is more how i would describe it #for me their car preference is very similar - they love snappy front end with extreme responsiveness and have amazing skill to wrestle it #they scorn understeer because that balance through the whole corner is unnecessary for their level of skill but they ROCK at understeer too #in fact the less responsive front end makes the car more unstable to drivers like them #in their earlier days i would stay max's incomparable quality was his internal clock - absolutely unbeatable timing #so his corners/braking/etc are just perfect and he extracts the absolute maximum #charles of that era actually took a more square/straight racing line which is fascinating as it's not the 'ideal racing line' #but he lets the car rotate on entry into the balancing phase of a corner and exits with a straighter line #not at all like max but very fast #i think he has actually adapted as some of the short shifting out of corners may have led to more tire deg back in the day #meanwhile his tire management (ferrari setup disasters aside) has been excellent last season #elle.txt #analysis #technical #car ride conversations with the hubby... this is what we ramble about lmao #btw thank you so much for the message! and so appreciate your love of my fics. it means so much <3 ty!

[gtunesmiff]

2023 NOVERMBER POEM-A-DAY CHAPBOOK CHALLENGE: DAY 28 ~ SOME DAYS

SOME DAYS © 2023 G. Smith (BMI) ================== Some days a victory! Some days – defeat… Some days excited; Some days – just beat. Some days a lion, Some days – the meat Some days a victory! Some days – defeat.

Some days you seize, Some days you survive. Each day is different, Part of being alive. Some fly by quickly, Some, a long nine to five. Some days you seize, Some days you survive.

Some are a battle, Some are a dance. Each one is different, You just take your chance. A walk in the park, A long rush-hour drive. Some days you seize, Some days you survive.

Some days a victory! Some days – defeat… Some days excited; Some days – just beat. Some days a lion, Some days – the meat Some days a victory! Some days – defeat.

Some days you fumble, And some days you thrive, Some days you stumble, And bumble and strive, To climb high on the mountain, And not take a dive. Some days you seize, Some days you survive.

Some days you push, Some days you pull. Some days are lonely, Some days are full, Some days are family, Some just husbands and wives. Some days you seize, Some days you survive.

Some days a victory! Some days – defeat… Some days excited; Some days – just beat. Some days a lion, Some days – the meat Some days a victory! Some days – defeat.

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A 2-fer-Tuesday prompt:

SEIZE THE DAY

SURVIVE THE DAY

#poetic asides #poetry prompts #november pad #poem-a-day #chapbook challenge #poetic-asides #Some Days

[cptnbeefheart]

#dreamt sweet phil dreams FOR ONCE . i had 2 that made me so upset when i woke up it ruined my day #anyway this live album i like better than the one i posted last night #his voice is so consistent w live performances ive listened to so many concert versions where im like this is identical to the studio #performance. aside from like the highly produced stuff like chords of fame and no more songs that sort of stuff anyway #i really love phil concert albums but my fav is phil demos where hes projecting his voice less where hes more quiet it hurts my heart sobad #it mustve been that much more devastating for him not being able to sing the songs he'd sung hundreds of times in front of audiences after #the mugging Like that is so poetically tragic ... i need to find more recordings from like 75ish where he was going by john butler train #Spotify

[pleasantgirl2000]

shawty got that protestant work ethic and catholic shame combo call that a christ complex

#efficency-maxing culture in a traditional industrial marxist contexts aside this culture preys on the resiliency of the human race #not to enforce a anthrocentic narrative about humaness and endow the language of opression with a sense of poetic authority but like #we’re experiencing the fall out of a grand larceny #one that confronts and reinforces the notion like there’s something essential to us to be lost #the very acknowledgement of what that thing is what provides us not only the innate resiliency of spirit but moreso the mindfulness #to say: “hey my life has meaning #i’m going true monadist lol

[ultimatelyunassuming]

Homestuck, if you ask me, is about growing up and moving on. About all the kids maturing and moving onto a world they made, about hussie as a writer aging into an older person and moving on from a project they clearly lost passion in, and about thousands of kids growing into teens and growing into adults aging as they read this relic of internet history, eventually moving onto greener pastures and other fandoms.

I don't know when I'll hang my hat, but I feel it might be soon. Probably once I'm done with my reread of homestuck. Homestuck will always hold a dear place in my heart, but I know when it's time to move on. I did learn how to do so from it, after all.

#[uu] is online #poetics aside iiiiii might leave the fandom #just bc idk if i feel like im ''getting'' anything out of it if that makes sense? idk #i just feel kinda done with homestuck.

[ofgentleresolve]

two things:

i found the perfect cafe to write in :'D

i'm writing a smutty oneshot pls call it a writing exercise that's already gotten to be almost seven hundred words RIP 🥲🥲🥲

#that would be truly wonderful ( ooc. ) #the cafe is called the semicolon :'DDDD #my favorite punctuation mark aside from the dash <3 #but also....it's sex sunday so this is going to be my contribution on this blog JFKLSDJFLKJ #there's someone i follow on another blog who's really good?? at writing smut and it kinda inspired me to try and practice writing it in #a way that doesn't feel cringey.....more poetic i guess #i am sorry for all the ooc again....but i am!! getting back to my writing schedule since my abdomen finally DOESN'T HURT ANYMORE :'D

[dramaism]

the 'running up that hill' scene might be the best scene in the all 4 seasons of stranger things

#so i watched s4 just because of 3 characters that i love and it didn't disappoint #yeah that scene is the moment!!! especially because i love max so much and i really feared that they'll k*ll her first #i was crying like a baby at all those flashbacks amd rewatched the scene like 3 times... fucking poetic cinema #the season was actually great aside of that love it so much #also!!! the fact that she wrote letter to steve'!!! yeesssss #the only part that got me a little bit confused is steve and nancy but tbh I'm not against this couple at all #it's like 2017 again when i was watching stranger things and it all was alright #stranger things #jey talks