#but like lbr most of them are not like that

[stillgotlipstick]

ao3 authors learn to use half-decent punctuation challenge

#like I’m sorry but #good punctuation makes it SO much easier to read #style and formatting are your friends I promise you #I know it’s become a cool stylistic trend to do everything lowercase #and I do that myself for shitposting and stuff but like #for a story?? #incorrect or missing comma usage makes my brain DNF a story immediately tbh #it’s proof that reading more than just fanfic is actually so important #I genuinely don’t think you can develop a good personal writing style without reading actual books #and like #a LOT of them #you need to see variety #and not to be like a teacher or whatever but #mastery of the basics is important before you start tearing those basics apart for stylistic choices imo #and like don’t get me wrong I read a LOT of fanfic #but I read a lot of actual books too #and the books are what make my writing better #every now and then you come across a white whale fanfic that’s got incredible writing and style #but like lbr most of them are not like that #which is okay! #anyway commas are your friend and I stand by that

[turtleblogatlast]

Imagine the boys getting cursed to bear witness to “some of the most negatively impactful things in their lives” and they’re terrified, thinking it’ll be stuff like the invasion or Shredder or something-

Only to be met with multiple scenarios of their family. Saying offhand, but hurtful things. Doing hurtful things. Lots of scenarios that were inconsequential to everyone but the one most affected.

And they’re all scrambling, desperate to make sure the others don’t look too deep into it haha it doesn’t really bother them- but they all know the truth. Because they’re all in the same position here. It wasn’t on purpose, and they all know it wasn’t on purpose, but it still hurts.

It’s almost a relief, that they’re going through it all together. That they can apologize for mistakes, and accept that they’ve held onto hurt too long when they could have dealt with it sooner.

And that’s how they break the curse, reversing it into something different, as they’re told that before it leaves them for good they’ll bear witness to the most positively impactful things in their lives. And now they think they’ll see some of their best victories, some of their grandest adventures-

The scenes they see then are of the same cloth as their negative ones. Simple scenes, ones that most wouldn’t remember. Times where someone managed to make someone else smile, times where they were just so content to exist by the other’s side, times where they were just happy being there with their brothers, their family.

It’s the little things that go the farthest, because that’s what you experience the most in life. And they’ll mess up again, of course. Things happen, and they’ll never really know how their actions and words will be taken. But through the good and the bad, they’re family.

Besides - turns out, there’s a lot more good.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #tmnt #they’re the most impactful moments because they come from the ones they love the most <3 #‘sorry for running off when you infodump about things you care about’ #‘sorry for undermining your skills and treating you like a baby’ #‘sorry for insulting your intelligence and drive to be a hero’ #‘sorry for literally making you a shock collar in hindsight that was kinda messed up-‘ #kdkdkdkdk sorry I had to #but like also #‘I didn’t realize you liked me being there’ #‘I didn’t think you had that much fun with me’ #‘I didn’t know you trusted me so much’ #‘I didn’t see how much you smiled then’ #little things add up!!! good and bad both #they love each other so so so much of course they’re impacted by each other so much #adding the regular tmnt tag bc lbr this applies to ALL of them

[beatcroc]

something about perspective, representation, or finding beauty in imperfection, i don't know. i mostly just wanted to say that fake pep looks like shitty ice cream.

#this was one of those things i thought of and was like. i cant believe i havent seen this done yet. it's right there. #misshapen and melty and the weird orb eyes are never in right....but that's the charm of it you know #pizza tower #peppino spaghetti #fake peppino #it's not important but technically thats dougie jones in the van #was going to have it be noisette at first bc lbr awful ice cream is SO on brand for her #but she was not inconsequential enough. needed 2 be fully bg type character u kno. #i dont know maybe hes selling them for her by proxy #i mean dougie works for the noise right? maybe he knows noisette+does her bidding too #<- doing the thing i always do where i find the MOST trivial characters or bits of lore to bring to the forefront for the hell of it #u guys havent gotten much of that here with pt yet but we may get there. i do think about mr. incognito too. #also SNICK i want to do stuff with snick i like him. we'll see. we'll see. #pizzaposting #anyway the second panel is my fave fp ive drawn yet also PLEASE fullview the first image. i die

[joelscruff]

feelings on fire preview? why yes, yes of course.

this fic is filthy yall

#like the most she has done is kissed someone #he's teachin her from the ground UP #but neither of them are complaining lbr

[the-unconquered-queen]

MC not knowing about any beasts after randomly turning out to be fluent in animal languages in b1, MC failing to seduce the Shadestalker after using their rizz to take down the bug monster, Aerin, Xenia, et al... it's just one L after another in b2, isn't it?

#I hate to say it but it looks like they fell off #honorary mentions to seemingly knowing less about foraging than Aerin despite supposedly being a woodslore expert #and to not being able to treat wounds without the elite magic skill despite being a medic in b1 #I'm not saying they have to be absolutely flawless at *everything* but lbr so many situations in b2 have been related to b1 skills #that not getting to even allude to them anymore just makes it look like MC went from being the most competent person back to square one #(also as someone who dropped hella diamonds for max XP and all the skills it's more than a little annoying)

[dreamedofyou]

#ok so lbr they're all varying shades of 'disaster' but I can't just put them all into disaster slots bc I want to fill out the entire chart #most of these ppl (like top & sand) are only 'distinguished' until they get involved with the gremlins in the functional/disaster slots #and the reason why syrup is the most likely candidate to being a disaster is bc of the people she hangs out with #when two of your bffs are boston and ray you're bound to be somewhat of a disaster yourself lbr #ofts #only friends the series #only friends

[yonpote]

if dan and phil got married do you think we’d even know? i feel like they probably wouldn’t share and it would be a very small event with only a few people? idk that’s just the vibes i get from what they’ve said about marriage… i think it would be funniest if they shared but only vaguely so we would forever have to wonder

honestly irl i would want it to be a very small event, like just family and even in the family just the ones that are actually close and its just a nice pleasant normal wedding

but the reception. they go all out its a full on rave at their fav bar that they rented out theres drinks theres coke theres poppers the whole nine yards and OFC this is the one they invite youtuber friends to but they all have to sign a contract that if they vlog, dnp will only be in 15% of your vlog maximum being seven minutes, and they cant say that its dan and phil's party but some other party and dnp just happen to be there

#important: its not an nda its a contract #they want youtubers and influencers to make it look like the most ballin party and not be able to say where they actually went #and now dnp have the upper hand. cuz lbr they wouldnt really care if it gets leaked #like sure twitter will be more annoying than usual bit other than that whatever #but now they have leverage over youtubers who want to content farm them #also pj is not a youtuber invite pj and sophie are of course invited to the actual wedding

[todayisafridaynight]

They made a statue of ryujis tattoo thats so wild

#snap chats #there was a part two to LNY !!!!! there was a parade in chinatown :) my favorite part of LNY 🤤 #figured id get a lil dragon for the new year :) ignore the lion puppet i got yesterday i cant make him rgg relevant #parade was so funny tho i got there three hours early OEDJSOZKD #they gotta not advertise it bein at 11AM only for the lions to come at 1:30PM… #also everyone kept calling them dragons and :) Respectfully they arent dragons #there ARE actual dragon shows but … lbr the lions get the most attention OOP #RESPECTFULLY #goofy as hell while i was waiting this girl walked up to me and was just. Balls Out all #‘hi youre really pretty and i just wanted to ask for your number’ like wow !!!! ok !!!!! hi !!!!! not interested tho sorry !!!!!! #thank you for the ego boost tho. no matter where i go i cant escape bein called cute or pretty this is SO sad #anyway ima eat some donuts i got on the way home and that soup from yesterday I Didnt Eat All Of It Leave Me Alone #happy new year 🐲🐲🐲🐲

[rollercoasterwords]

hihi i was wondering what you’re studying in grad school? i’m debating going LOL

i’m currently in a master’s program 4 a gender studies degree! my experience has been. pretty good so far but if ur located in the u.s. my honest advice is don’t go 2 grad school unless u can get it fully funded…or unless ur rich enough 2 just eat the cost of paying 4 a program in which case u can probably do whatever u want lol

#can only speak 2 the higher ed system in the u.s. but #master’s programs in particular r harder 2 find funding for #& most people in them r getting a degree 4 a specific career or planning 2 continue working in academia #phd programs here r funded but harder 2 get into bc of it & a bigger commitment & also still underpaid so #anyway. only reason i was able 2 do this master’s degree was bc one of the schools i applied 2 gave me tuition remission + a stipend #i would NOT recommend going into debt 4 a master’s degree. generally speaking… #also don’t generally recommend going into grad school straight from undergrad…obv every person’s situation is different etc #but my general advice would be go 2 grad school if u have a specific career path in mind not just if u aren’t sure what else 2 do etc #like lbr the university is not a sacred bastion of learning lol it’s a job like any other & comes w its own forms of exploitation #esp if ur a grad student…one thing a university will NEVER do is pay u well!!!

[nostalgia-tblr]

i have Concerns about whether i am managing the correct balance of hatred and lust in this chapter of hatesex. oh no, what if i get it wrong. what if i DISAPPOINT or ENRAGE the reader.

#a slightly more srs concern is whether the reader gets how 'enemies' i think enemies-to-lovers fic should be? #LBR most for most ships E2L AUs have them as like. rival bakers who play inconvenient yet inconsequential pranks on each other. #this one's more “i hope you fucking DIE. but we can have sex before that. if we really must. PS: I HATE YOU.” #might finish this chapter today that'd buy me another week or so to finish the next part. #which is more hatesex btw. oh no what have i got myself into here. #The Sylki Arranged Marriage AU

[franeridan]

okay look I know I've talked about this at length already but I've seen a ton of people talk about how they don't like whiskey peak and how they think it wasn't necessary for zoro and luffy to fight like that or straight up think it was ooc of them, but then the same people will turn around and go "isn't it fascinating how zoro's the only one who can say no to luffy or nearly order him around or that luffy waits for the opinion of before acting for no apparent reason it must be because they are soulmates" and honestly for real I'm the first to subscribe to the zoro and luffy soulmates thought but the reason why zoro can do all that is whiskey peak. that is the moment zoro took a decision that benefited the whole crew without asking luffy first for the first time, and that is the moment luffy unjustly doubted him without implicitly trusting his judgement, and that is the moment luffy learned that actually sometimes zoro sees what's best for the crew before he does and that trusting him to always act with the crew's best interests in mind is something he should do. zoro had never opposed luffy or acted without his consent in any way before whiskey peak and luffy never doubts him and always turns to him ever since, there is direct correlation between the two zoro and luffy didn't learn to trust each other and respect each other through a magical soulbond connection their relationship is actually pretty damn well developed

#like i know in most manga it's useless to analyze every scene this deeply since the mangaka doesn't actually think about it that much #it's not that deep usually and i get it #but op is Definitely not one of those manga imho you can and you should stop and read into every single thing that happens #everything has deeper implications in it it's one of my favourite things in the manga #you're allowed to not like the thought of zoro and luffy fighting or how they just moved on and laughed it off #(even if i do believe given their characters that's the only way a fight between them could have ended but that's just me) #but even without liking it just writing it off as unimportant or non influential is just wrong #that's part of their history it should be counted as such whether you like it or not #i know i always talk about the same thingssss but there's a lot of new readers starting the anime going in from opla #and wonderfully a lot of them are zo lu shippers which is fantastic but it does put a lens on the way they watch it #like same me too everything is zl for me too but #yeah whatever point it I'm seeing the argument brought up again ex novo all over #and I'm probably the n1 whiskey peak defender so im not unbiased lbr #i love that they fought there who am i kidding #........... I lost my point #anyway *waves hands at post* that's my thoughts on that

[benevolenterrancy]

R, what have you done this time?

@pilferingapples​ i’m stealing your tags because yeah that sounds about right

#alternatively this is just the aftermath of joly and bossuet realizing the r and bahorel were having them on at dominoes #having friends means you're obligated to gently torment them #grantaire understand this #grantaire #les mis #les miserables #i really can't get over that style of pants #just The most ridiculous any time i draw them i have to double check and make sure these really were a real actual fashion choice #and not like a strange shared delusion or something #it just seems like your pants must get SO mucky? like i can't imagine the streets were exactly CLEAN #my hems already get trodden all over and i at least make an effort to keep them at ankle height #oh well everything about drawing canon era clothing is baffling lbr #alright now that i've worked on my evening's anxiety it's off to bed #my art

[heisttheblackflag]

Let's get ready for Alfreyco Appreciation Month!!

For Alfreyco Appreciation Month, I’ve assembled a list of prompts to use as inspiration for your art, writing, or whatever else you want to make! The month will be officially starting on June 18 and ending on July 15, and each week has weekly prompts listed with their dates below. (If you’re not able to finish your piece(s) until after the 15th though that’s totally fine; I want this to be fun and chill for everyone so feel free to post whenever you can!)

The first group below is a bunch of prompts intended for posting at any point during the month. Feel free to combine any of them, and use them for any kind of media you want!

Following those are all of the weekly prompts, which will also be posted individually at the start of every week. There are two kinds of prompts intended primarily for writing (one combination of prompts and one single prompt), and one that is intended more for visual art! Please don’t feel obliged to write or draw something for every week, but if you do choose a weekly prompt it would be great if you could post it during that week so that everyone doing that prompt can talk about your work together! <3

During the month itself, you can post all works on AO3 to the Alfreyco Appreciation Month collection, and tag “Alfreyco appreciation month 2023” or “Alfreyco month 2023” on Tumblr so we can see and reblog your works!

I hope you all are as excited for this as I am!! As always, dm me with any questions, thank you so much for sharing and contributing, and I’ll see you all in June!!

Free prompts:

Pining + “red string of fate” trope

Soulmate + reincarnation (“in every lifetime I will find my way back to you”)

Fake AH Crew sparring practice

Friends-to-lovers, person A is a prince and person B is their loyal bodyguard (bonus prompt, there’s an attempt on the prince’s life and they have to figure out who it is)

Wearing each other’s clothes

Investigating a paranormal situation which turns out to be a spirit that’s trying to matchmake them together

Friends-to-lovers, person A stands up for person B to B’s terrible ex-partner when they see how poorly they’re being treated

Hit men/assassins au

Minecraft au [a classic!]

One-shot within a YDYD season (could be Minecraft or Seven Days!)

Hurt/comfort (e.g. sick fic, FAHC post-torture or injury, rescue from a murderous cult…)

Werewolves/shifters/monsters/cryptids

Helping each other escape from being kidnapped or taken as hostages

They’re in space!

They’ve become the MCs in your favorite movie!

They’ve become the MCs in your favorite video game!

Week 1 (June 18 - 24):

Writing Prompts - paired prompts: zombie apocalypse au + fluff/sweet moments

        single prompt: person A is a witch/magician looking for their human familiar/assistant, and they unexpectedly encounter person B

Art Prompt: post-apocalypse

Week 2 (June 25 - July 1):

Writing Prompts - paired prompts: cowboy/Wild West au + heroic rescue

        single prompt: strangers trapped in a room together for a seemingly unending amount of time (either by violence outside or extreme weather)

Art Prompt: sheriffs or gold prospectors

Week 3 (July 2 - 8): (Red Web’s three-year anniversary is this week!)

Writing Prompts - paired prompts: Red Web actual investigators au + “Run! You have to keep running!”

        single prompt: person A gets kidnapped under mysterious circumstances and person B goes after them (potentially revealing scary/bamf side of them they haven’t shown before)

Art Prompt: inside the Red Web canon! (aka if they actually were the leaders of a mystery-solving taskforce)

Week 4 (July 9 - 15):

Writing Prompts - paired prompts: fantasy au + facing off with the big bad together

        single prompt: person A is easily scared and gets paired with person B to go through a haunted house together Art Prompt: high fantasy archetypes

#any of these can be gen or shippy but i did aim the weekly ones more gen and the free prompts more shippy #just so i don't exclude anyone or make them uncomfortable by making everything shippy ;-; #(but like. lbr most of mine is gonna be shippy lol) #anyway i'm so so excited for this!!!! #thank you to the three people who contributed prompts btw!! it was anonymous so i'm not certain who they are (besides erin ily) #but i appreciate all of you!! #alfreyco #alfreyco appreciation month 2023 #alfreyco month 2023 #rtah #ragehappy #rt writers discord #rt writers community #ah writers #ah fanfiction #ah fanart #red web fanart

[tsukimishin]

im not "performing character assassination" if its true! ill take "characters who are just that morally bankrupt" for 1000, alex

#senyuu #neun september #戦勇。 #caren art #lbr out of everyone from the demon gang he is probably the most butthurt about Everything #he could have been so zen but he fucked up his business. so its back to being evil. #but his heart is just Evil to begin with #NOIN!!! #and lbr FOR REAL he is probably not cool with humans and not cool with them being able to use magic either #he is not a good person. and i love it. #if you would like my opinions on him and other things shoot me an ask on main. or here. whatever floats your boat #(big pleading eyes) i hope someone asks one day. #but seriously if he shows up in person he is probably a kaiji type breakdown cmon #PUT HIM ON THE GAMBLING BOAT!!! YES GOD

[dutybcrne]

When getting married, Kae's ideal wedding fit is something that heavily blurs his gender presentation. Is it a suit? A dress??? Is he the bride?? Groom??? Who knows? Definitely not anybody getting a good look at him-

#hc; kaeya #☆ ┆ ( .ooc. ); #//Ambiguousness dialed up to the MAX #//The most important part is that he looks GOOD #//And leaves his partner mouth agape; that too ksjbgd #//If he can leave them breath and speechless; he'll be more than happy with his outfit choice #//Deffo WILL playfully tease them during the vows for sure #//Suuuubtly adjust the collar/opening at his chest to draw attention to it; or otherwise shimmying his shoulders ever so slightly to do so #//Cock his head and give them a coy little sultry look as they speak; batting his eyes as he purses his lips juuust a lil bit #//ESP if he Knows it's gonna make them wanna get back at him later #//Definitely would want to go All Out on the decadence; for accessories; materials; makeup #//He doesn't usually want to splurge so much on himself; even with his presentation on the daily #//But for his wedding; he would LOVE to go all out #//It's only one of the BIGGEST MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE; after all #//Esp considering how much it would take to actually GET him there and give in to actually marrying his partner; his anxieties considered #//It's IMPORTANT #//It's a different story if the wedding happens to be impromptu lmao #//Like the Potc scene with Will; Elizabeth; and Barbossa jbdgkg #//My favorite thing ever lol #//Propose to and marry him mid-battle; and he will be ECSTATIC #//Blood-spattered; bruised; disheveled and all; he wouldn't care; he'd be SO happy #//Might have to anticipate consummating the marriage IMMEDIATELY after the fight's been won tho kjdnbkgft #//He'd be so lax bc there aren't family and friends to present to; it's just him and his partner #//Which honestly may mean less stress for him in the long run; lbr #//Prolly the most ideal sort of wedding for him #//Where he doesn't have to think; lets himself get carried away by the emotions and his partner's joy/excitement #//Just FUN and THEM #//and a little chaos; that too lol

[muraenide]

Some ramblings and thoughts on Octavinelle ch1.

I think Jade finds the MC very attractive in a non-conventional way. He finds Yuuta unique and interesting, even though Yuuta would most likely be considered an ordinary, even uninteresting, person in his own world.

Size had never really mattered to Jade. Even when he met Azul, he thinks Azul 'looks different', but different not in the sense that 'he looks funny' but more like 'he's different from me, different from everyone else, I've never really seen someone like him'.

Part of the reason why is that Jade essentially came from the depths of the ocean. In the ocean, at a depth of 300 meters, life starts to become more scant. Fishes in deeper parts of the ocean are mostly inactive and passive except when they had to hunt. Jade definitely came from a place deeper than a mere 300 meters and as a carnivore who's adapted to life in a place where food is scarce (which he also mentioned in canon), they eat at a very small frequency of one to three times a week. The rest of the time is spent curling up in coves or generally just wandering around aimlessly until his hunger instincts strike again. This means that for most of Jade's life in the depths, he sees and interacts with literally no one except for Floyd and his parents. It doesn't help that Jade's favourite attacks tend to be an ambush attack, to strike only at the most crucial time, resulting in, more often than not, instant death of his prey. This leaves very little opportunity for him to even interact with his prey, though there are times when Jade might toy around with them before delivering the final kill. It's not enough for him to learn about them. Leading an isolated life in the ocean allowed him very little exposure to not only surfacers, but also among his own peers.

It's pretty obvious that when Jade came to the surface, he was still just plainly non-human in more ways than one. He's literally just a wild animal wearing human skin, he's unfamiliar with the most basic living necessities on the surface and unable to blend into human society.

One other reason that makes him interested in Yuuta is that Jade has the opposite problem of Azul. He doesn't get gain weight or get bigger even though he eats plenty and rarely exercises. He's been stuck in a slim and slender form for most of his life, and since the Coral Sea's general population seems to perceive being fat as a negative trait, that makes him curious about Yuuta who is happy with his body as he is. It's the same curiosity as a cat who saw something strange showing up in a place they're familiar with. Though Jade might actually reach out and touch him whenever.

#𖦹 ⋆꙳ ⁄ ooc. #// im sorry I keep talking about octa yuu but MCs are always expected to be op/the bearer of all things/the conventional hot and pretty #// I am extremely happy that we just get a Normal Guy (tm) for Octa's MC. #// The truth is Yuuta is really just a Normal Guy (tm); and while for 'anime' standards he's considered banal or 'fat' it has the opposite #// effect on me because A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT YUUTA INRL lbr definitely more than being the only one in an entire school #// Yuuta should be 'normal' yet in the media world he's 'special' when he's just your typical ordinary delivery guy #// and by being 'not special' through media lenses #// he is very special to me; if that makes sense at all looool #// we need more mcs who are just normal not and there to vibe and enjoy life; and you can rlly tell when #// the writer tries so hard to make them the most unique character in the series which sadly is like 9.9/10 of the shouen animes out there