#bren rambles

[kylobrens]

there's only 57 days until i go back down to florida for the ghost concert and i am LOSING MY MIND over it

#bren rambles

[anna-scribbles]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

thanks for the tag @jattendschaton and @miabrown007!! blowing u guys kisses

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

8 💪

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

105,963

3. What fandoms do you write for?

miraculous ladybug<3

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

this question is great bc nearly all of my 8 fics make it in👍

golden (like daylight)

call it even

at our wedding

circles & cycles (right back where you started)

no other shade of blue, but you

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

sometimes!! I try to!!! not as often as i wish i did :( I was pretty consistently replying on call it even for a while but then i fell behind and it got overwhelming😭 there are so many lovely ones I go back and reread all the time though!!

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

no other shade of blue but you maybe? not sure if it counts as angsty it's very short and ends with marinette just being sort of sad and wistful. i'm not built for angsty endings<3

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

probably golden (like daylight)! that's definitely the one i'm proudest of at least.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

no not really!!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

No👍

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

haha not yet but i've had an anastasia inspired fic in the works for soo long. one day i'll dust it off and finish

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that I know of!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

nope

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

AHAHA YES I co-wrote call it even with my sister @sha-nwa!!! one of the most fun experiences of my life, abby's such an incredible writer and she did marinette so much justice.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

lovesquare (shocking)

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

i have tooons of wips in my google docs but i am wary of posting anything on ao3 that’s not a one shot/something i’m sure i’ll finish. one i think might be lost to time is my ladrien greek mythology wip💔

16. What are your writing strengths?

a lot of comments I get are related to prose/description so maybe that? I tend to spend a lot of time trying to pick out the exact right words for each sentence so that it has the sonic/rhythmic quality i'm going for. golden is probably the best example of this; I worked and reworked those sentences for many months until I was satisfied haha. I remember wanting it to feel sort of like the building of a song

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

my writing can be sort of dense and hard to get through sometimes!! I think I have a tendency to try and pack a lot into every sentence, which is fun for me to write, but can be difficult to get through as a reader. it's sort of the polar opposite to how I approach drawing silly comics, where the goal is to deliver the point/joke as clearly and effectively as possible. writing puts me in a much more contemplative headspace, which makes my fic not quite as digestable I think

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I admit i am guilty of peppering in random french words in ml fic whenever I feel like it 💔 I usually use italics though

19. First fandom you wrote for?

dear evan hansen I think? (<-I was a very specific type of annoying in high school)

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

have to give it to my og adrien essay golden (like daylight). it has all my favorite stuff. adrinette. what could loosely be called a plot. the word "something." I said what I needed to say

tagging anyone who wants to!!

#ml #anna rambles #ml fic #ty for the tags bren and mia sorry for responding 10 years later #I just found this post mostly finished in my drafts and decided to all the way finish it

[yyuuraii]

why do you fight like you're running out of time

#limited life smp #life series spoilers #im so sorry #im going to bed #mcyt #yyuu rambles #fight day and night like you're running out of time #GE YT ME OUT IT'S BREN YEARS

[charliethomascoxuniverse]

I’m currently rewatching ep 2 S2 of Kin for like the 4th time (so happy we got so much more Mikey goodness this episode!), and I think this little exchange between Michael and Jimmy is my favourite of the episode.😂

Jimmy: I’m telling you, Michael, wait until you f*cking see this! Coming in?

Mikey: Do I have to?

Jimmy: Yes! You’re my brother. I value your opinion on these things. 

Mikey: F*ck’s sake. 

Jimmy: Yeeeaaaaaah, that’s the attitude! 

The sheer exasperated sibling quality of this scene cracks me up - Michael being a grump and Jimmy compensating with mockingly extra enthusiasm. 😂

And then once they get inside, what are they there for? A baby Burmese python! Naturally, Jimmy’s just dragged him along to torment him with snakes again. lol

(Is this the face of a man who has any opinions to offer on the matter of snakes? Except that maybe buying one that’s going to grow to be 20ft long and keeping it as a pet is not a great idea.)

The Jimmy & Mikey scenes are always among my favourites (both for the brotherly affection and the greater complexities of their relationship), so I hope we get more of them this season. 

I do find myself worrying about the rift their father’s return from prison is likely is cause though. Michael obviously already has Bren’s number when it comes to what the man’s capable of and immediately took the initiative to try and make sure the rest of the family is united against him. 

Despite Michael’s trepidation over Bren’s return, he also seems to be the only one who’s not afraid openly go toe-to-toe with him. Other than Amanda (and maybe surreptitiously Frank), he seems to be largely standing alone thus far.

Jimmy’s obviously aware of what Bren’s like, but perhaps not to the same extent. Plus, his relationship with Bren - despite it’s tensions - doesn’t seem quite as adversarial as Bren’s with Michael. And I can’t help but notice that whenever Bren’s going off about something, Jimmy is always the one most conspicuously closed-mouthed. 

The juxtaposition of the scenes in episodes 1&2 where Jimmy and Michael separately accompany Amanda to the Turkish money transfer store just speaks volumes about the difference in their characters. 

When Jimmy’s told only one person can go in the back, he just accepts it and remains behind (despite looking uncomfortable about it) while Amanda conducts the rest of their business. Whereas Michael, in same scenario, just silently stares the store clerk down as if daring him to stop him from going with Amanda; unsurprisingly the man doesn’t challenge him. One brother is an insecurely submissive follower, and the other is a self-assured Mr F*ck-Around-and-Find-Out. xd

But it’s Jimmy’s insecurities that ultimately weaken him, and thus make him so malleable to Bren’s manipulations. Manipulations that can only serve to drive a wedge between he and Amanda - who will then just be driven even more firmly to Michael’s side, resulting in further conflict between he and his brother. 

All of which is great for Bren, because in playing Jimmy off against Michael he not only gains himself an extra lackey (who Mikey will be unwilling to take out), he also checks him as a support to Michael and Amanda. 

At least until Bren crosses the line and Jimmy finally wakes up and realizes he needs to find his courage and stand up to the man. And that he needs to stand with Michael to bring him down. ~

(*screeches* In case it’s not obvious, I really NEED the rest of those episodes!! I am in torment okay- Netflix bingeing has ruined me! 😭😬)

And speaking of Mikey and Jimmy, here’s some interesting things Charlie had to say about their relationship and his role as Michael:

“It really helped explain Michael (the brotherly dynamic). How Jimmy handles being around Michael, how he’s protective and also kind of feels threatened by him, was so revealing to me. I think that their history with their father is very, very complicated. I think that Michael has done stuff that is almost unforgivable in the past towards his brother, but at the same time, weirdly, he kind of - I think Jimmy knows Michael took the brunt of the father’s abuse. And in a way Jimmy can’t ever, you know, can never not try to be protective of his brother.

There was a version of a lot of the Jimmy and Michael scenes where we could have played them with much more tension. And much more kind of chest-puffing, like try to be the top dog, and neither one of us felt like that was right. We didn’t discuss it necessarily, but I think that we both felt that like ‘these two have been through so much’. That really they just love each other, and they want to support each other. What that means sometimes - and this is true of a lot of siblings, a lot of families in general - it means you have to find a way to forgive things that once seemed unforgiveable.”

~

“One of the things I liked about Michael, I’m fascinated by what he doesn’t say as much as what he does say, you know? And in a family where everyone’s got opinions and everyone’s giving their input, and he just kind of sits back and takes it all in and keeps his opinions to himself most of the time.

I’m not, as a performer, I’m not afraid of that. I’m not sitting there counting my lines in a script wanting more. (laughs) You know, I quite enjoy that. I did a similar thing with Boardwalk Empire - you know, the character in that doesn’t say a huge amount but he’s very influential.”

~ Charlie Cox

(That said, I’m thrilled to see Mikey stepping up so much more this season!!! 🔥❤️🔥)

#less than a day to go until the next episode 😮💨 #*vibrates with impatience* #it's almost 6 am and I've been awake all night...I've no faith the coherency of anything I've just been rambling about btw #*sits here talking to myself about Kin* LOL #michael kinsella #jimmy kinsella #bren kinsella #charlie cox #emmett j scanlan #kin amc #kin amc spoilers #my random ramblings #Mikey & Jimmy #quotes #interview

[itsohh]

when I get the r6s ops in Arknights it's all over for you fuckers I'll be making catgirl reader X r6s ops it's game over

#or maybe not catgirl but something else whatever #genuinely so excited #like my hearts racing and idk what to do with myself i havent bren so excited for something for so long #i feel like Weird Al in Harware store #itsohh rambles #look anime blitz is something else OKAY

[gon-and-killuas-mother]

my migraines don't usually make me throw up. but today's migraine, and my last one, decided "hmm yeah let's put nausea on top of this pain"

fucking bullshit

#tink rambles #migraine #my best guess for todays migraine is the VR games i've bren playing #but idk

[kazz-matazz]

alright guys im loggin off for the night. fob better pay for my therapy bills

#goodnight reese and bren and claudia and everyone................................. #happy going insane fobblr #kaz rambles

[theonlythingimfuckingisstupid]

Fuck it I'm taking melatonin

#had it once and it fucked me up but i NEED to sleep tonight and its bren a while si maybe stuffs changed #i need to stay awaje all day tomorrow and if this is how i do thst then so br it #em rambles

[x-infernhoes-x]

JDJFJDKD SOBBING BC TUMBLR YEETED THE ORIGINAL TAKE OF THIS POST BUT BASICALLY

I had this one draft of me talking about how I started and ended the previous year with Fugo and thought to myself, why not end this year and start the next one with Josuke? But due to me playing the game, the 7th Stand User, yall have no idea how much of a death grip this fucking game has on me lIKE PLEASE ITS THE CRUSADERS AND ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS SPENDING CHRISTMAS WITH ALL OF THEM (and maybe a platonic + romantic winter holiday with Kak and Joot) jUST CBFNFNVNGN

Just imagine the fucking dynamics yall 😭😭😭

#en speaks #en's rambles #en's confessions #jjba #jjba 3 #stardust crusaders #IMAGINE THE BS JOSEPH AND AVDOL HAVE TO DEAL WITH HAVING 3 TEENAGERS AND POLNAREFF IN THE MIX #absolute fucking chaos i tell you #but also let me just go feral and apeshit with them like pLEASE #joot 🤝 kak 🤝 en beeg bren moments to hide the fact that the three of them take turns on who gets to hold the braincell #me @ dio: *hayloft menacingly playing in the background* #dio: why do i hear boss music???? #you guys have no idea how my fucking soul sings for the group #like SHFHGHFHFJFJFJGJV GRR BARK BARK BUT NOT AT A SIMP WAY #platonic f/o #jjba f/o

[charliethomascoxuniverse]

[🚨 SPOILERS FOR S2 EP 8 of Kin 🚨]

That’s a very good - and very disturbing - question.💀

What exactly did Michael mean when he told Jimmy that “[Bren] didn’t come after you like he did with me and Jenny” in explanation for why Jimmy hadn’t known his father was a pedophile his entire life but Michael himself had “always” known it??? 

I mean, the statement’s still somewhat ambiguous enough that I could argue it either way (that Michael was sexually abused in a similar manner to his sister, which is a hell of a lot like what the wording of it suggests - OR - that Bren did target Michael in a way he hadn’t done with Jimmy but limited his abuses to the mental and physical). 

A disturbing matter to contemplate and now it’s going to bug me, because knowing Kin, there’s a very good chance we’ll never get a clear answer to the question and will instead be left to decide for ourselves.😬

So what, if anything, does anyone make of this? 

#geez I have to go to bed 😅 #ugh what a subject to have weighing on my mind right now 💀 #*sits here talking to myself about Kin* #my random ramblings #michael kinsella #bren kinsella #kin amc #kin amc spoilers #tw pedophila mention #tw sex abuse

[shining-gem34]

||Eventually I will make a semi-perma starter call. Justtttt....not atm.

#jadecoocoo (mun rambles) #||Stares at my drafts #||Stares at my inbox #||Stares at the threads that have bren sitting in the dust for months #yeah yeah I'll get there

[barkingangelbaby]

woah... a LOT happened in the dream I just woke up from.. but most importantly I got to hug my grandma!!! it was such a nice, warm, strong, comforting hug (I was trying to comfort her in the dream) the weirdest part was me thinking that I thought she was dead, but she was alive, so I better talk with her as much as I can. then some things happened with my pos aunt & I ended up getting locked out of the house. anyway. it was very nice to see and hug her. I miss her so much dude

#bren rly fucked up emotionally lately bc her death anniversary was a few weeks ago #and i was too distracted by having to put our pet down/ being sick that I didn't rly grieve for her atm #but hooooo boy it's been hitting lately #so I'm grateful for the dream hug. it felt so nice. i got to hear her voice again too #rAMbles #dream

[cillagon]

2024 birthday art!! 🔷

(it was last January 26)

#my eyes are actually brown though lol #why my eyes are blue here? stay tuned 👀 #THIS was the art i was talking about in my last ramble #i was supposed to post this first before the Bren-Marina-Rogan trio laol #BECAUSE THE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER #as if you didn't post some other art in-between those two arts yet huh cille #cillagon art #selfsona #artsona #art #digital art #birthday art #diamonds diamonds DIAMONDS #DIAMONDS AAAAAAAAA

[kazz-matazz]

alrighty then i was tagged by @skullboiz to do this little 10 songs thingy from my on repeat playlist :3

Spotlight (New Regrets) by Patrick Stump

Allie by Patrick Stump

Life Is Simple In The Moonlight by The Strokes

Explode by Patrick Stump

Love, Selfish Love by Patrick Stump

Why Won't They Talk To Me? by Tame Impala

Welcome To Japan by The Strokes

List Of People (To Try And Forget About) by Tame Impala

(Coffee's For Closers) by Fall Out Boy

Golden by Fall Out Boy

the fact theres not more fall out boy is shocking tbh. i guess im just too strong of a patrick girlie 😔

allie is my number one streamed song for this month and the last though. so tbh it makes sense!!

errmm tagging anyone who wants to do it and @alonetogether!! and @antihibikase :3 dont feel pressured to do it!! :D

#the lack of fob is like. actually shocking. like. 3 patrice songs in a ROW?? wow!! #kaz rambles #this was so fun...thank you bren... #coffees and golden are so real. all of these are immaculate songs tbh