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celandeline · 4 months

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Summer of Like // Farleigh Start x OC (17)

I am so incredibly glad that Elspeth put my seat next to Venetia, otherwise I would be completely lost at this dinner. The people I know are vastly outnumbered by the people I don’t, and I feel for Felix, who looks so bored stranded between two men (who I can assume are both named Henry).

“And what’s your name?” The man to my right is already red in the face, and we’re only on the second course of the meal.

“Evelyn.” I say, shifting slightly in my seat to face him.

“Henry.” He says, extending his hand to shake. His palms are sweaty, and I try not to cringe at the way he leaves a film on my hand.

“I figured.” I say, wiping my palm on the skirt of my dress.

He laughs, even though I didn’t really mean it to be all that funny - but drunk people make the best crowd. “I’ve not seen you about before.” He says. “Or maybe I have -” He chuckles. “Parties here do tend to get rather crowded.”

“This is my first time.” I say. “Venetia brought me home for the summer.”

His eyebrows quirk up. “How are you liking it?”

“It’s great.” I say, turning to my plate to spoon a bite of dinner into my mouth. “The house is beautiful.”

“Oh, yes.” He says. “I remember the first time I saw this house - of course, I was very young, then - but I still remember that grandeur feeling. And the people - James’s mother and father were such lovely people.”

“I’m sure.” I say, trading my spoon for my wine glass. It’s white wine tonight, and it goes down easier than the red.

He stops himself to drain his own wineglass. “Really such lovely people, the Cattons.”

“Mm.” My eyes drift along the table until they reach the end, where Elspeth and Farleigh are sat around a corner. Even though Elspeth is talking to him, Farleigh’s eyes are on me as he takes a long draught from his glass. He tilts his head as he sets his cup down, and smirks.

“Truly, it’s a sort of fantasy, being here…”

Mostly prattling to himself at this point, I turn away from Henry and back towards Venetia. Her back is to me though, talking to Oliver.

“No thanks.” Venetia says, sighing. “It’s just so disappointing. You're just another one of his toys.”

“You're upset.” Oliver doesn’t sound sympathetic at all.

“No! Don't worry! I'm used to it, honestly.” She says it so flippantly my heart breaks a little. “He never liked sharing his toys. Even the ones he doesn’t want to play with anymore.” She turns away from him, to face me with a sad sort of smile.

“Venetia…” Oliver hisses. “Venetia…”

She pays him no mind. “Hi Evie.”

I smile. “Hi baby.”

She drops her voice, and picks up her wineglass. “He’s such a bore, my god.” She flicks her hair over her shoulder towards Oliver. “As soon as Felix says no, that’s it. Done.” She glances across the table. “Felix hasn’t spoken to me since yesterday morning.”

“He’ll come around.” I say. “You’re his sister.”

“I know.” She sighs. “Still - there goes my summer entertainment.”

I roll my eyes. I don’t believe for a second that she’s going to stop batting her eyelashes at him. She’ll take a break, sure, but she couldn’t even come up with a word to describe the way he gave her head - she’s going to at least try again.

“What about you?” She says. “What about last night?”

“What about last night?” I say.

“Farleigh was on your bed.”

“To gossip.” I say.

“To gossip,” She mocks, rolling her eyes. “Without me? Alone, in your room, when you’d just gotten out of the shower? Gossip.”

“Yes, gossip.” I say. “You know about his weird hate-boner for Oliver.”

“I know about his boner-boner for you.” Venetia says. Her eyes skip away from mine, past me, to where Farleigh is sitting.

“We almost kissed.” I say, hushed. “I think. I don’t know.”

She bites her lip as she grins. “Go on.” Sure, Oliver might be too scared to keep their summer romance going, but that doesn’t mean she can’t doubly invest herself in mine to keep herself entertained.

“We almost kissed that night on the roof, too, I think.” I say. “I don’t know, he’s not… most guys would just do it, you know? He keeps just waiting.”

“And you haven’t kissed him because?” She asks.

“I’m kind of enjoying the tension.” I admit, a little sheepishly.

“Me too.” She says, grinning. “It’s like my own soap opera happening in my house, starring people that I already know and love. I’m so glad that I brought you home, Evie, really.”

“So glad that I could make your summer more interesting.” I say, truthfully.

“You’ll have to tell me if he’s a good kisser, when you do end up snogging.” She says. “I’ve always wanted to know who’s the best kisser out of the three of us - everyone says Felix is quite bad, and I think I’m alright, but I don’t know anyone that’s kissed Farleigh to check.”

“If we end up snogging.” I say, mocking her accent.

“Oh, shove off, New Yawk.” She grins. “And if you don’t at least kiss him, I’ll be furious.”

“Well, if you’ll be furious.” I say, taking another draught of my wine.

“Please,” She snorts. “I know you want to.”

“But-”

“And I already know what you’re going to say, ‘what if we kiss and then it’s boring’ - it’s Farleigh. You can say many things about Farleigh, but you can’t say he’s boring.” She gives me a pointed look.

I grin. “You know me so well.”

She smiles back at me. “I do, don’t I?”

I glance back to the end of the table where Farleigh sits. He’s leaned over towards Elspeth, saying something that I can’t make out, but like he can sense my gaze shifting, his eyes meet mine, and he smiles. I return his grin, and take another sip of wine, licking the excess off my lips.

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the-ninja-legacy-whip · 11 months

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Lots of Jesse questions! (If you don't mind)

This is not meant to be critic on him! I'm really invested in him and just trying to understand him better!!!

Just finished reading all your stories and I can't believe I'm just seeing this now but Jesse is pretty unhealthyly jealous when it's about Cole right? I mean even just mentioning and imagining scenarios seem to set him off. And As much as I live for it when he gets like that, is dealing with that Jelousy going to be in his character development/arc or is it just a part of him? Are there other emotions that would make him have an outburst or is jelousy his main one? Does he get jelous of other things or just in relation with Cole? And most of the cast if not all seemed to like him so fast and jumped to defend him when Kai mentioned him not being much of a help and seem so protective but what Kai said was validated concern? Cole seemed to like him pretty quickly too is it because they spend so much time together? If Cole would have done all these things with someone else would he feel the same way with them or is this only reserved for Jesse? Can Jesse do those little miracles he did with Cole do with the other Core Ninajs too? And I can never really get a read on his character (maybe thats just me) he seems to switch so often with being skittish, to teasing, to confident and so on is that just him? I get that that's depending on situation and when he's wearing a mask but it seems so suddenly like a switch flipped.

Sorry for that long text and bad English!

(Again No critic on him! I genuinely love and adore him! And personaly I'll love whatever you do with him in the future!)

Hey hey, always happy to talk about my boy! And I don't mind a long message, plus your English is fine!! :3

In any case, never feel afraid or ashamed to ask questions!! I'm honored that you care enough about my oc to do so! ;w;)/

And critical or not, it's good to examine the intricacies of a character from time to time, I'd like to think! Though I do promise there is a point, purpose, and payoff to about 95% of all that is set in motion. I, unfortunately, am playing the long game though snksnksnksnk

is dealing with that Jelousy going to be in his character development/arc or is it just a part of him?: Don't worry, he's going to be dealing with it. He's mature enough not to blame the wrong people for his own feelings, and he's not possessive with it either, buuuut the truly most unhealthy thing about it is how it affects his image of himself, and why it's even there to begin with. Outside of his jealousy with the Cole thing, he's also got a pinch of it for Miranda too (for obviously not romantic reasons, and reasons which we'll start to see in coming times), soooo, yes, that is going to have to be confronted and dealt with sooner or later.

Are there other emotions that would make him have an outburst or is jelousy his main one?: Jealousy does set him off more often, but Guilt is the one that truly tends to push him over the edge, and also comes hand in hand with him feeling jealous to begin with too. He, like Jay, is also inclined to get an Outburst from Joy—but for Jesse, that's far less likely to happen. Also remember an Outburst can occur for anyone from any emotion! Jesse, alas, just happens to be most attuned with Guilt and Jealousy (for now, anyway).

And most of the cast if not all seemed to like him so fast and jumped to defend him when Kai mentioned him not being much of a help and seem so protective but what Kai said was validated concern?: Out of the Main Gang, Nya's got the most incentive to like/defend Jesse due to their work on the Council, both logically and emotionally. She sees him on a near daily basis compared to most of the others, and had been the only one to even begin to draw parallels between him and the Fuchsia Ninja prior to the reveal (although only a little).

Zane would be the same way, though probably from a more logical standpoint, if Jesse wasn't so keen on keeping his distance from him (and also Zane was unconscious during the "defense" scene, so we still don't know what he actually thinks of Jesse overall).

Meanwhile Cole, who in this specific instance has just come off the heels of having some huge (and very personal) one-on-one moments with Jesse, was speaking less with his mind there and more from his emotions. (And if we really wanna dig deep here, he already does "like" Jesse a little bit; he himself just has not connected the dots yet)

Also, note that Jay didn't straight up defend Jesse either— only took the realist route and stuck to pointing out the facts related to getting out of their situation (save for calling Kai out on his tone). He personally has no reason to say yay or nay otherwise yet (in a similar vein to how he feels about Olivia too, actually). (also unrelated but holy cow I found that post I was looking for last week what—)

Anyway, I do agree that they all came to like him pretty easily, but a) they were kind of outcasts upon meeting him and thus were quick to latch onto any kind of positive interaction at school, b) they're all still a little lowkey miffed that he kept the info of the Compass from them for so long when it could have helped them avoid some problems sooner, and c) recall that Kai was not there when they as a group initially met Jesse, and on top of the Elemental Compass/secret Fuchsia Ninja thing + Jesse butting himself into Kai's problems when he (seemingly) wouldn't/shouldn't have had reason to, this is why Kai's still kind of wary about him and his motivations. It's mostly just Kai's general vigilance around people he can't bring himself to fully trust, but Kai does have his reasons to voice his concerns regardless.

(Also doubling back to the "latching onto literally any positive interaction" thing, this is absolutely why Lloyd bonded with him so quick too, I won't lie about that haha. Also also, he and Antonia were already friends in the school year before, and now we have Harumi potentially on the track to completely reversing her opinion of him....)

Cole seemed to like him pretty quickly too is it because they spend so much time together?: Yes! Cole has a tendency to grow more attached to people the more time he spends with them—hence why his current crush on Zane is so strong, because he's known Zane the longest out of everyone, and has had the time to have a lot of moments with him before anyone else was even in the picture (which we'll be getting into more detail of just how and why soon too).

If Cole would have done all these things with someone else would he feel the same way with them or is this only reserved for Jesse? ...not to say that Cole would ~fall in love~ with everyone he happens to spend a lot of time with, just those he manages to find a strong emotional connection with as well (such as with Zane + the dead moms thing + other stuff we'll be learning, and Jesse + his pep talks as Fuchsia + the entirety of their conversations in Enter the Aftershock, and also more to come). For example, while they're close as well, Cole and Jay tend to butt heads too often for those specific feelings to form, and Kai aggravates him on a regular basis + reminds Cole too much of himself at other times. These feelings are not so much "reserved" for Jesse than it is Jesse just happens to be very compatible with Cole (but then again, so is Zane).

Can Jesse do those little miracles he did with Cole do with the other Core Ninajs too?: If we're referring to the Effect of Earth/Aftershock, yes! Long story short, he can do it for any EM that isn't Lloyd, Nya, or Skylor (and he's actually already done it for Zane, during his entrance in Book 2 Chapter 50). It just happens to be extra effective when it's used on Cole, that's all.

And I can never really get a read on his character (maybe thats just me) he seems to switch so often with being skittish, to teasing, to confident and so on is that just him? I get that that's depending on situation and when he's wearing a mask but it seems so suddenly like a switch flipped.: Yeaaaah this is actually a plot point during Season 2 (as not only is he working on being more consistently confident, there's a character that literally rubs his flip-floppy attitude in his face rip) but really the best and quickest way to explain is that Jesse's more 'skittish' self is a result of him repressing his element (in a similar but far less drastic fashion to Lloyd's repression of the Green Element). By him trying to be less Surprising (which is primarily when he's not under a mask or on a stage), he isn't really being true to himself, and this is also a factor for why he doesn't fully have his True Potential.

#ninjago oc #oc: jesse marvell #fuchsia ninja #the lego ninjago movie #tlnm #legacyverse #the ninja legacy whip #info tag #long post

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gimme-a-thrust · 2 years

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HC of like, Asmodeus and Fizzarolli as chill and mundane outside of the stage. They're hyper, sassy, and brilliant in front of an audience, they have to rehearse their parts and adjust to unexpected occurrences. When they meet their fans, they have to play their respective personas.

But when the curtains are closed and the lights are shut down, they settle down and change to comfortable baggy clothes. Asmodeus settles with a cotton bedrobe, typing away on his laptop, and Fizzarolli just. slumps in a mess of blankets and messes with his cellphone.

Sorry if this ask is too long and a bit weird, I understand if you don't publish it or answer it. Thank you!

-Aroace Fizzarolli Anon

Hello again, Nonny! No need to worry about long asks, I adore them! Also my definition of ‘weird’ and yours seems to be wildly different, so no need to worry!! I have 100% received weirder asks than this that I have replied to.

At any rate, this is an interesting thought, and while I am absolutely uncertain if you want me to expand on this, I kind of thought I’d add a few of my own thoughts. Let me know somehow if you’d be okay if I tossed my OCs into some of these, because I have ideas that would involve them. I have a few that are close to Ozzie (body guard and two employees).

As part of my personal hcs, Ozzie’s house is very boxy on the outside. Smaller squares and tall rectangles, mostly, with flat tops. The highest point, on the tallest rectangular ‘tower’, if you will, has a large sort of Party Area with hedging and a grand arch of flowers and the like. Up there, he has a garden that he tends very carefully and will grouse to Fizz over their breakfast when he goes up and something has been picking at his plants. His vegetables and fruits are all heart shaped due to personal aesthetic reasons and he grows them all very purposefully.

Fizzarolli has his own bedroom in the basement that he mostly doesn’t use because he’s always in Ozzie’s room with him. He has somewhat converted his room into a space for his hobby of rat husbandry.

They have a small selection of friends that they trust not to have to put their personas on around, and they will occasionally do game nights. Board games, usually, as an attempt at cutting screen time. Fizzarolli has never lost a game of Mouse Trap, and Ozzie somehow always manages to win Uno and Yahtzee. Neither of them are great at Scrabble.

Ozzie sometimes teases Fizzarolli for not being able to use their coffee maker. Fizzarolli takes it because he knows he is absolutely doing it on purpose.

Whenever they have to wake up early for other types of business (Ozzie’s factory, various marketing things, any time Mammon needs them for an endeavor or Belphegor needs Ozzie), Ozzie takes the longest to wake up, but Fizzarolli is very grumpy. He dislikes being woken up before 4p unless it’s for “good reason,” and business is not good enough.

Sometimes they watch nature documentaries on mute and will do their best Announcer Voices to the different scenes. Fizzarolli usually goes out of his way to make Ozzie laugh, and Ozzie tends to amuse them both by making sex jokes about the most ordinary scenes.

Whenever they get invested in a TV series, they have to wait until the season is done because Fizzarolli makes waiting for the next episode into the worst kind of Living Hell. He always complains about waiting but they end up binging the season together afterwards and it makes him happier.

Expanding on the last point: This does not count for dating reality TV or gossip things like TMZ. Those they eat up like candy and Ozzie usually has them watching one every night of the week. Typically, they avoid the gossip ones if either of them are mentioned, and Ozzie will change the channel when he gets bored.

Because he was never allowed to rest much when he was a kid or working for Mammon, Fizzarolli takes literally any opportunity to lay around and do nothing. Ozzie doesn’t mind spoiling him, either carrying him around (or wearing him as a scarf), bringing him things, or doing things for him.

#Stolas Is That You? (Answered Asks)#Mr. Meek Speaks (Key Talk)#Hey There Nonny! (Aroace Fizzarolli Anon)#You get your own tag now!!#Fizzarozzie #Fizzarozzie Headcanons #Fizzmodeus #Fizzmodeus Headcanons #Domestic Headcanons

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onlyswan · 9 months

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Hey Art! How are you? It has been a long time since I last interacted with you. How has life been treating you recently? Whenever I think about you, I always hope that you are happy and in a good state of mind. The new drabble you posted was really cute and cozy! JK and OC are truly couple goals :p I wonder how you can write so amazingly that my heart swells with warmth.

As for me, do you remember when I told you about the guy I had a crush on, who asked me about my type? Yeah.

So, the thing is, this guy is my classmate, and we usually sit together on the bus to and from school. We don't talk much, but it's not awkward when we do not talk. At least I feel alright when we sit together in comfortable silence. He, well, to be honest, he doesn't seem to act like he likes me back. But then again, he's that non-expressive kind of guy. He doesn't talk much about things that don't excite him and doesn't mind sitting in complete silence. He's that kind of guy (just like me sometimes, for real). So, often times, we just stay silent the entire ride from school to home because we don't really have common interests. He's into anime and sports, and I also watch anime, but I'm not that much of a die-hard fan. And it often makes me wonder, am I really doing it right? Is it right to be interested in this kind of guy? It's really confusing and stressing me out too.

But yesterday, when we were on our way back from school, he asked me if we could share our money (I had some money, but he had more) and go eat ice cream on our way back home. I initially agreed to it, thinking he was just kidding. We sometimes do that, you know, to tease each other. So when I got up from my seat at my stop, he suddenly asked me, 'Oh, are you not coming with me?' Even then, I thought he was still joking, so I just waved my hand at him, smiled, and got off.

But then, when I came back home, I dwelled upon what had happened earlier. As I replayed the scenes in my head, I wondered... was he... asking me out for an ice cream date? I was confused to say the least. Thinking about it, I was reminded of the face he had when I stood up to get off at my stop. He almost seemed disappointed; his voice was softer and kinda... sad? But then again, I could just be overthinking it.

Today too, when someone else came to sit with me earlier than him, I thought he would ask them to stand up and tell them to sit somewhere else. But instead, he himself went somewhere else and sat with his friend.

I've been thinking about this a lot lately, and it's driving me crazy! Is he interested in me? Does he like someone else? Am I just overthinking it all? Is it okay to invest my time in someone who doesn't feel the same? These kinds of thoughts keep me up at night.

I hope he shows some more signs so that I can be certain about his feelings because this is really, really confusing atm!

Anyway, sorry, I went a bit overboard. Thanks for reading my silly little rant about my life, and really, thanks for being here. You are like a big sister figure to me, and I genuinely appreciate everything you do for the community!

Take care of yourself<3

liking someone is really hard because you can’t help but to overthink every little thing that they do ❤️‍🩹 as you said you don’t really talk much so it’s hard to assume things and i think in cases like this it’s better to just let things unfold first and allow your feelings to blossom into something more recognizable <3 accept the opportunities to spend more time with him and get to know each other better, this way you can decide for yourself too how much you like him !! because we tend to get too swept up in our own head at times and living in the moment brings you soooo much clarity trust me !! as long as you have a good day, no matter who it is with, i don’t really think time would be wasted :D maybe you can bring up the ice cream again and you can go together for real this time hehe. i hope things work out well for you beloved and please take care of your heart 💕

and omg 🥲 a big sister figure 🥲 this is so sweet thank you anonie !! 💕 i try my best to be helpful to you guys but tbh i tend to be stupid in dealing with my own personal life lol so please bear with me, learn from my mistakes, and thank you for trusting me 😭💕

i’m just trying to enjoy life as much as i can while also working hard and adjusting to many changes :") it’s very tiring physically emotionally and mentally but i’m hanging in there! and writing helps me a lot when i’m feeling anxious too so thank you so much for reading my works i appreciate you lots 🥺💗

#art’s post office ☁️

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mjm5655 · 1 year

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mun's name is DEMON, 30+ years old. they/he, UK based.

my blog is on the beta editor, & i have found dealing with posts that have used editable reblogs a nightmare to deal with, so please if you are on legacy, just edit my reply out of yours, there is no hard feelings on my end.

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general. this blog is 18+ only ! there will be mature themes such as violence, organised crime & gore. if this isn’t your cup of tea, i suggest you do not follow. if you are a minor and follow, i will softblock you so do not even attempt it. general roleplay rules apply, no godmodding etc.

following/unfollowing. the only roleplay blogs i tend not to follow back are messy ones with a lot of ooc/uncut posts. i follow duplicates of my muse, & even allow roleplays with them if we can talk, & plot ooc, i've had a bad experience with a duplicate in the past who has stolen stuff ( graphic/icon style, thread plots, extremely unique headcanons ) off of me, so i won't refrain from hitting that block button if i do see any of this happening, but this fandom has helped me enjoy interacting with duplicates again, & i hope it remains that way.

i am open to crossovers, but there are fandoms i avoid ( multimuse & friends are exceptions ) ; dragon age, bnha, voltron, steven universe, hazbin hotel. & similar, these are just either things i don't enjoy or like, or in general, i seen way too much drama coming off said fandoms to want to expose myself to them.

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shadowsong26fic · 2 years

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10. How do you decide what to write?

11. Are you partial to a certain character/pairing or are you more equal-opportunity? If you are partial to any character/pairing, why do you think that is?

10. How do you decide what to write?

I generally start with a question or a concept--I do a lot of canon-divergent AUs and/or backstory fills and/or adding OCs for fanfic, and a not-insignificant chunk of my original work started as a wildly AU fanfic that I decided actually worked better when separated from its original roots, lol.

So, like, if it starts with a question. "What if Baltar was on Pegasus instead of Galactica." "What if Anakin didn't follow Mace Windu and was still in the Temple when Order 66 went out?" "What if Mordred was a daughter instead of a son?" and then it tends to spiral from there.

Or if it starts with an OC and/or Backstory Fill. "Who are [x character]'s relatives who are either implied to exist by That's How Biology Works (i.e., parents) or could exist (i.e., siblings/childhood friends/etc.) or I think it would be Interesting if they existed (often children)?"

And, like...a lot of these pop into my head? Some of them work better in different formats than Actually Writing them for whatever reason, some of them just grab onto me and refuse to let go. So when it comes to deciding which of these threads I'm going to follow...it's sort of an 'I know it when I see it' type thing? It's basically a...what has the Right Level of focus/awareness/etc. And sometimes I write these things for an audience of one, or divert them into freeform/casual RPs with friends, or get it out in like an outline format as opposed to a fulltext fic.

...yeah, I don't actually have like. a Process, lol. It's pretty intuitive and comes from me poking at 'what-ifs' 99% of the time. Sometimes I do one-shots that are missing scenes, but those are pretty rare.

11. Are you partial to a certain character/pairing or are you more equal-opportunity? If you are partial to any character/pairing, why do you think that is?

Yeah, I'd probably have to say I am? But it's usually not just one character, and I tend to prefer writing gen fic with pairings as backgrounds?

So, for example, my Star Wars home tends to be the PT/Clone Wars era and characters, up through Rebels/Rogue One/basically the inter-trilogy period. The characters I tend to write most often/got the most invested in/flow the easiest are (in no particular order) Anakin, Ahsoka, Padme, Obi-Wan, Rex, Kallus, Zeb, Sabine, Bo-Katan...

For pairings, I tend to write Anidala/Obianidala or Kalluzeb; most other things are either situational or involve OCs or both.

AtLA, I was (and am) pretty invested in Zuko, and also Long Feng fascinates me, and I adore Toph; Ty Lee has always been a draw for me as well. I do have a preferred pairing in that fandom (Zuko/Song), but that's a particularly gen-focused fandom for me.

And for BSG, there are just. So many to choose from XD As I'm getting back into the fandom, I'm drawn to some who have always been my favorites (Gaius, Caprica, Helo, Athena, Kara, Felix) and a few who I'm way more interested in this time around than I was before (primarily Sam and the Tighs; although Fleet!Cavil is kind of a joy to write in his own special way--Palpatine is, too, to backtrack; something about digging into their heads is just. kind of fun???).

As for shipping...honestly, apart from Roslin/Adama (who I love, but I find both of them kind of hard to write, so I haven't done as much with them as I'd like), my favorite 2000-year-old robot drunks in love, Helo/Athena, and Gaius/Caprica, I don't have super strong opinions? I prefer Kara/Sam to Kara/Lee, and there was one AU I was working on (that will hopefully get picked up again at some point?) where the goal was Zak/Kara/Sam. And also, like, these are endgame pairings? As other partners along the way, I can get invested in a lot of different things. (I lose patience with the Quadranagle of Why very quickly, though.) ...that also goes for Star Wars, incidentally, though to a lesser extent. And all of this is leaving out how OCs affect shipping dynamics.

...right, there was another part of this question, lol.

Why do I think I'm drawn to these characters/pairings? Uh, well I know I'm invested in complex loyalties/morality. I've said before that I have a Thing for that, and for double-agents. So a lot of the characters I'm drawn to are very shades of grey, depending on the point in the storyline and/or whose perspective you're looking at. But...not all of them? So that's a starting point but not the only thing.

As for pairings...I do like a good enemies-to-lovers that's handled well; the personalities that go into it also matter, they have to fit with each other in some way. Other than that...I'm not sure there's a whole lot of commonality between the pairings I like. Like I said, I mostly focus on gen fic with pairings as a background/fact of life when applicable?

Ask me a writing question!

#asked #answered #fracktastic

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not-poignant · 6 years

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All of that just to ask-- and I understand if you don't want to respond since this takes up time that could be used otherwise-- I was interested in learning more about your Stardew Valley OC. How did Oliver and Sebastian first meet? What did they begin to enjoy about each other? How is their dynamic? Thank you for writing one of my favorite works of Stardew Valley fanfiction-- You gave me so much to think about, and feel warm over, and I loved the world that you nourished through words.

Hiya!

Hmm, I often don’t care or think about my player characters much. (It was the same with Dragon Age: Inquisition, I was more interested in identifying with the other characters than I was with my own player character, and to this day I don’t give a shit about my Inquisitor).

So I never imagined all that much re: Oliver, because I just...wasn’t super invested? I’ve had five farms now, Oliver is the latest, and I wanted to romance Sebastian not because Oliver has some backstory about it, but because I wanted to understand Sebastian better for my fic, lol.

BUT, I did have some like, headcanons. Which is that Oliver is an older goth, but kind of tired of life. He kind of goes around in jeans and sneakers and like old goth band shirts and he has the black spiky hair but otherwise that’s about it. He wasn’t interested in romancing anyone because he’s like, older than everyone except maybe Elliott, who he doesn’t care for.

But Sebastian seemed cool and into goth-y type stuff and Oliver spent all his time in the mines anyway, so it was easy to give Sebastian gifts on the way home. Over time, they became friends. Oliver kept expecting Sebastian to leave, and was non-committal about their friendship, let alone a relationship. Meanwhile, Sebastian (who I headcanoned as a budding Dom/top in this farm incarnation, I don’t headcanon him like that the rest of the time lol), decided to test out some of those things on Oliver, because Oliver was tired enough and willing enough to be like ‘whatever.’

Oliver ended up really enjoying himself, Sebastian did too, and for a while there was a big gap where Oliver was way more into Sebastian than Sebastian was into Oliver. (Like. Sebastian didn’t know about subdrop, and he didn’t know about aftercare, and he didn’t know about any of those things, because he’d often do something and then research it - and Oliver wouldn’t tell him, because he thought he was being strange and didn’t want to scare Sebastian away). Sebastian called it ‘we fuck sometimes’ and Oliver was like ‘okay, well, it’s better than I expected, so I’ll take it.’

I still think they have quite a strange relationship. I mean Sebastian’s post-marriage lines when he’s moved in aren’t actually all that romantic canonically and they’re remarkably selfish / self-focused compared to many of the other marriage candidates. So I kind of imagine Sebastian with relatively untreated depression, Oliver who tries to do a lot for him, and both of them figuring it out as they go. Sebastian can find it easy to mistreat Oliver, because he assumes Oliver is just ‘old enough and experienced enough to know better and he will stand up for himself.’ Oliver is old enough and tired enough to know that he might not ever have any kind of companionship again, so he doesn’t stand up for himself.

I have a mild headcanon that as Alex and Sebastian become closer, Sebastian ends up getting to know Elliott and confiding in him, and Elliott is horrified at how Oliver is being treated re: scenes, and kind of sits Sebastian down for The Talk (TM) about How You Don’t Skip Aftercare Because You Suddenly Remembered You Have Depression and It Was Too Hard To Bother After You Came.

But I don’t know how they first met. (I don’t remember - and tbh I’m not sure they do either, it was probably a non-event for the both of them). And I don’t know how much they enjoy about each other. Sebastian enjoyed getting out of his parent’s house. Oliver feels less lonely. I think they are growing to care about each other as people, rather than just as ‘things you can do for me because I can’t get this thing any other way.’

Ultimately, I am not hugely invested. (That’s terrible, isn’t it? Everyone else tends to love their player-characters and even write fic about them or commission art about them and I’m like ‘this non-entity vessel is here so I can play the story.’ I’m just there to farm, and I needed a backstory for the Pinkstone farmer re: The Wind that Cuts the Night and that ended up being it.

I think my happiest farmer is the one who married Alex, tbh. Alex is like...invested, in his post-marriage dialogue. And while he has times where he’s concerned with his body image or looking forward to winter being over, he is a very attentive, sweet spouse. Alex and him are both switches in that incarnation, lol, and they just party in the bedroom whenever they like.

#asks and answers #the wind that cuts the night #thespectaclesofthor #oliver and sebastian #but yeah like #my default isn't to imagine that they're happy #stardew valley #i sometimes see some of the things sebastian says and i'm like #no wonder oliver mines until 1.00am sometimes #administrator Gwyn wants this in the queue #Anonymous

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insanescriptist · 7 years

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I know you don't like Self Insert Story lines but if you did do one in the Katekyo Hitman Reborn universe, who would you be reborn as if you had to fill the role of a new OC character? Think of it as you doing a SI without any of the things you find that other people do that you dislike aside from the OC character part, which is kinda needed unless you'd like to take over a Canon characters life.

My main dislike for SI-OC fics is just hatred for bad writing.

First, I generally hate the whole ‘reincarnation’ bit as a whole. Mostly because most authors drag it out. Like here is baby who remembers being adult and dying and has full complex thoughts and can see perfectly clear even though that’s not physically possible for human babies?

It’s just poorly handled a lot. Not always, but a lot.

And when it’s not ‘remembered from birth’ it is ‘remembered due to near-death experience,’ which is vaguely better. But the near-death experience never quite seems to have consequences other than suddenly remembering another life. Like where is the trauma? The other people reacting? How are other people reacting to SI-OC suddenly seeming to change?

It just never seems to happen.

Second, a lot of times there’s assumed knowledge. Like hello, ninja, I’ve clearly been reborn in Naruto. See, canon character! This is my family member! Eeep!

This just makes things worse, really. It’s a bad sign for a fic, in terms of writing skill. Some fics turn out fine despite terrible beginnings but by then it’s like chapter six, the SI-OC is maybe eight and plotting to insert themselves in canon-character’s life.

Third is the assumed responsibility that the SI-OC takes on. Sometimes it is for a good reason as character X is now my younger sibling! I shall protect character X who I already liked and deemed precious! I don’t want character X to suffer character Y!

Sometimes there isn’t a good reason. Beyond, this is the Main Character of the show and I don’t want character Z to get friendly with X because Z is going to betray us all in episode six of the show!

This sometimes results in possessive and obsessive and manipulative behavior. Which isn’t really acknowledged beyond, ‘I hate having to do this but character Z is lying to you and I know this because I vaguely remember the script to this show!’ Which is again, bad writing.

It’s also not acknowledging that doing so is going to be somewhat self-destructive. Worse is people doing things they’re not inclined to do because of this person -it’s self-destructive, not heroic or noble. Someone who objects to fighting plans to be a med-nin except there’s issues on becoming the medic part and so end up as ninja anyway and then there’s angst and drama and it’s just messy.

And then I tend not to care because the SI-OC tends not to be interesting due to investing so much of their time and self into this character X but they never establish their own character.

It’s another boring day, so I yawn and want to go back to sleep. Mother objects to this so I end up dressed -unwillingly in this stupid uniform- and fed in short order and then walked to school.

Reminder to self, burn the school uniform again. It’s disgustingly cute and I hate it. Maybe this time the teachers will let me wear what I want to class?

Class is again boring. It’s easy. There’s a vague feeling of having done this before and I have. The year before this and the year before that year. There’s a nagging thought that this should be more interesting but all that is interesting is that Wasagawa-sensei’s tie wasn’t done properly and Yuhi-sensei’s shirt was very sheer and she obviously hadn’t realized that if you wear a thin white shirt you should wear a skin-toned bra under it, so the bra is not obvious. White shows up under white and it’s just obvious that’s there.

Bad form for both of them being teachers. At least I kept quite about it this time, since adults don’t like to have mistakes pointed out to them. My ‘peers’ don’t either but they at least know they can come to me for homework help.

How to burn this uniform though? It’s too difficult to go out and buy a simple lighter, can’t get a middle school student to get it for me as I don’t know who would of them and it is very hard to start a fire without wood even if you know how to do that.

The memory of burning through leaves with a magnifying glass comes to me. I’ve never done that, but it’s nice to know that focusing the suns’ power is very good for starting fires. A pile of leaves, the stupid school uniform and I’ll have a pretty bonfire going.

So how to get a magnifying glass? Too much interest in science might net me a kiddie microscope since I do like Science. Maybe a detective? Because detectives have magnifying glasses and Sherlock-style clothing. That’s a good plan of action.

In the mean time, vandalizing the shirt with something is a fun idea. Maybe at lunch? Mother handed me a bento, maybe there’s a sauce I can use to get rid of it?

What can I say, I really hate the uniform more than any mere parental disapproval?

“Hibari Azuma, stop daydreaming and translate what’s on the board to English!”

Oh, so they want me to show off? Ugh, such an awkward sentence.

“The boy goes to the market to fetch his mother the milk she wanted.”

“Good diction as always.” The teacher says, as if getting tongue and brain to cooperate and make language understandable is hard. Just a matter of thought and practice. The way Ayumi mangles the next sentence is familiarly cringe-inducing, even if I keep getting snippets of Spanish mangled by an American Southern accent is equally terrible if not worse. The sense of deja vu waves in and out at all times before it fades.

School is easy and terrible and the uniform is going to burn. Pretty sure that mother has nail polish remover? That and a magnifying glass will make a bonfire for sure.

Maybe middle school will be better. Better than wearing some sort of sailor costume. If I wanted to wear one of those, I’d join the navy or something. Not go to school.

Huh, maybe I wouldn’t even need the detective bit, if I could get some glasses or something. Anything that had glass with a curve to focus the light rays…

Arson’s not the most usual hobby but I’m bored and a boy. Boys can do all sorts of things that girls can’t. It’s nice to have some behavior just flat out excused, no consequence. Like burning the school uniform because you hate it.

Well, there’s reputation and all that to consider in theory, but it’s not like I have grand dreams and a vision of what I want to do. Travel yes, maybe write and do things that others dream about but yeah… it’s something of a pipe dream. The world doesn’t work like that for most people and passion is nice, but doesn’t always pay the bills and can be detrimental to health.

Clearly I am a born drifter who just so happens to be cursed with practicality and an unending hatred for my elementary school uniform.

Ashes, I swear, it will be ashes.

Basically, I’m against turning SI-OC into plot-devices so as to do a fix-it or make things better while not doing anything but doing that.

#Izzy answers #Izzy does fic

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jiangwanyinscatmom · 3 years

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So I saw your comment about xue/xiao on this post about cheng/xian and it occurred to me that's even ironic how xy, in his own twisted way of seeing things and according to wwx's deductions, killed Chang Ping bc he "offended" xxc when turning his back on him while jc, on the other hand, went killing people who reminded him of wwx/just in case they had a connection to wwx. And I'm not saying xy is any more right, he is that effed up (and the dissonance is so shocking too, as if it wasn't HIS fault in the first place, that. I'm sorry. but I find it amazing... that's what xy is in the end) but still if you're going to make a parallel with these two, I have to say that: it says a lot that xy, the psycho murderer, kills someone bc, again, in his twisted head he offended "the object of his affection" but jc, tsundere misunderstood grape, kills people bc he relates them to "the person of his affections".

Anyways, that aside but also related to something you mentioned about they not wanting the tragedy of Yi City... You hit the nail on the head. Look, ngl, I personally find annoying of course when people like that anon that also mentions xue/xiao talks about how horrid and how disturbed she finds people like them. I think it's unnecessary bc it's not even like this is about them but jc so why bring them out of nowhere to say such things? And sorry for the tmi but allow me to really make clear that I've never had not even a close to an abusive rs in my life so I hope people finally get that we know to separate reality from fiction and I guess the fact we aren't triggered by it it's also a sign some of us luckily can say irl we've never allowed any dangerous bs from another person.

ANYWAYS, sorry I digress. Back to the point, the truth is that while I find unnecessary to say things like that when the main theme isn't even them, I do understand if some people feel uncomfortable by it, I just believe there are certain fandom etiquettes and it's not the same to talk about how of a horrible person xy is, bc he is, than shading people for being in their corner shipping something problematic. And what's more important about xue/xiao shippers is that so far, in my experience, we are quite "content" with the result? We accept this is a tragic effed up story and we accept it couldn't end well. We aren't, idk, blaming wang/xian for what happens to xy when he and he alone dug his own grave, duh. We like it bc of its tragedy. And I think the best proof is that there isn't as much fix-it fics like people who maybe think this is about being apologists would believe. From time time of course we need some crack, some unrealistic result, some comedy even lol... but I think the reason our ship work for us is bc we like it bc of it is and not bc we project ourselves. Also, I thank God never saw MXTX being attacked by xy stans... I don't doubt there must be some cringey stans like there are everywhere but I'm sure they're a small number. I actually find amusing MXTX being like "why do you ship those, idgi??" 😂 but above all, I respect her bc it's her work. This is not about being a boot licker, I believe it's ok to have your opinions too and not necessarily agree with the author... Too bad that all the MXTX antis I saw are gross about her and they're far from just giving criticism. They're plain bitter haters. It's not like it personally affects me and as if she doesn't have the right to have her own opinions on her story and own characters just bc I happen to ship something I KNOW it's not canon, ffs... In any case we can agree to disagree bc it's also my right to ~romanticise~ whatever I want as long as it's fictional. All in all, I'm grateful she created this story that hooked and these characters I learned to love...

Sorry if this became long and if it's all over the place 😅 but I just couldn't help myself and wanted to bring some points on this whole matter...

So I will break down my comments point by point anon!

On the point of Xue Yang, I find him fascinating along with his relationship concerning Xiao Xingchen. They had built up a relationship on so many lies, and lived fairly happily in that all while Xue Yang was unable to parse out what his animosity was towards Xiao Xingchen his love for him, and his idea of honoring this same person. It is just a mess of a relationship with so much that can't actually be described because even the characters can't separate exactly what is going on there aside from the pain Xue Yang caused because he just does not understand kindness and empathy in a significant way that could have saved himself. It is a gorgeous plot point and awful bond. It's also just at the cusp of Xue Yang being in denial admitting that he DOES miss Xiao Xingchen and his build up of this unconscious guilt for having killed someone he learned to love and know. Especially next to Jin Guangyao who doesn't have this guilt but is very good at speaking like he is, and Jiang Cheng who is not regretful for what he did to Wei Wuxian.

On the topic of ship shit talk: I have no bone to throw here as a defense. I shit talk chengx!an and plenty of pairings with mutuals and friends as a vent, because I find ships ridiculous as much as others. Everyone in my eyes can do as they want, say what they want in terms of fandom made content. It's there in all it's non-canonical glory to roast or praise on all ends. I think the issue here in regards to all of this is the conflation of fanon being made to seem like actual canon and the line of where personal tastes needs to be made apparent. MXTX isn't big on shipping outside of her main pairs, I'm the same with mine for OC's and I am very very picky in regards to this, but fans are gonna fan and Rule 34 is there no matter what. Fandom curating is always the answer if certain pairs get to you that badly. I also think there is a fine line with accusations of romanticizing non-canon pairs and it's place in a real life context towards others individuals as I think morbid material has it's place to be explored safely within literature and entertainment without pearl clutching or holier than though attitudes especially prevalent in English/Western fandom.

People get far too invested within the fandom headcanon space and a lot of vitriol pours out from that. It's a double-edged sword especially claiming to love something from this while condemning a multitude of people (mostly always chinese mainland fans, or other LGBT+ people who do not share the same self-flagellation attitude towards an entertainment piece). Self-flagellation is hypocrisy in my eyes and just because some people tend to make a very loud note of this, does not make them morally superior in sharing the same content as everyone else no matter how they do this.

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #fandom is not my life nor will it reflect mine #and it should not be a personality test either or morals test in the end

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