#i know i have not been active in the fandom for awhile and this honestly feels like it's been a long time coming

[acheemient]

R.I.P. Achievement Hunter

2008 - 2023

It was fun while it lasted.

#achievement hunter #gavin free #michael jones #jeremy dooley #alfredo diaz #trevor collins #matt bragg #lindsay jones #geoff ramsey #jack pattillo #fucking tumblr ate my first post so fuck you tumblr #i know i have not been active in the fandom for awhile and this honestly feels like it's been a long time coming #but I'm still a bit sad #sure it could be toxic as hell and some of the fans were absolutely the worst #but for a very long time #Achievement Hunter was my home #good luck to (most of) the cast in their future endeavors #thanks for the good times and the laughs and for being there for me when i really needed you #💚💚💚

[thepinklink]

I’m going to be taking a break sort of. From the fandom. I’m not leaving, you’ll still be able to talk to me and you may even see me post more LU stuff, so honestly there may not be very much of a change from how I currently am. But making things official helps me feel better and more organized, so here we are.

Again, I’m not leaving at all, but I’m going to stop hyper fixating on it (and I think I’ve been forcing the hyper fixation for awhile) and start getting into other things. Like I’ve been playing Genshin Impact and I listened to EPIC the musical lately. Ultimately, I’m hoping that an official break will just take the pressure I’ve somehow managed to amass off myself. So maybe I can start simply enjoying fandoms and creating again. Who knows? Maybe I’ll learn something from it and have a breakthrough and level up as an artist or a writer or both. But anyways, yeah.

I may also be less active on here. I know I already have been, but I lack a lot of energy these days and that often results in me putting off answering asks and stuff simply because if I did answer it now, I’d sound brief and half-hearted. So if I’m really active in here for three days and then the next three I’m suddenly gone, it’s just because I am exhausted 😌

Anyways. This went on a bit long, and I don’t think that was necessary since I’m not a big blog, but regardless! For those of you who read this, thanks for understanding—it really does help me feel more in control about my decisions. :)

#plink has something to say

[aroaceleovaldez]

Mark confirmed on twt that Will has anxiety, and that he was intentionally written as ignorant/ clueless about all things regarding the Underworld and Tartarus. Which- as someone with multiple anxiety disorders- feels inherently contradictory to me? You're anxious about a new place, so you resolve to learn EVERYTHING about it. You're anxious about being underprepared, so you overprepare. In my experience, at least. You think of every possible scenario and try to plan for it. Will's anxiety shouldn't have made him know nothing at all, he should've done extensive research and had a ridiculously long list of detailed questions for Nico. It's not "Will didn't bring weapons because he trusts Nico and he's not a fighter so he didn't think about it", it's "Will hid a bunch of weapons all over his person and his bag just in case". Or maybe my anxiety's just weird?

This has been my experience as well as someone with anxiety, alongside everybody I know with anxiety. In all my experience, particularly with anxiety combined with other things (including ADHD & related, which as far as we know Will has), Will's portrayal of anxiety in TSATS did not feel anywhere close to any of that. I honestly didn't even pick up on anything reading as him having anxiety at all - besides maybe the overpacking? But in the context of the scene and Will's experience that didn't feel like an anxiety disorder thing, that just felt more like a comedy thing playing off of Will being nervous for his first quest. His nightmares also don't quite work for this because we're explicitly told from the beginning all their dreams are being warped by Nyx and Epiales, specifically trying to tear the two of them apart (particularly targeting Will), so that doesn't read like Will's personal anxieties either, just as Nyx trying to make him doubt Nico. There's basically nothing indicating that Will has an anxiety disorder other than Word Of God confirmation, which in basic literary analysis, with Death of the Author, means absolutely nothing.

Usually with my own anxiety, some of the common stuff includes things like me being possessive of objects (if I lose track of something or an unable to actively be the one carrying it, I may panic or break down), be very particular about how things are gone about (directing/managing things or being in charge of planning), excessively checking things repeatedly (and very frequently), etc etc. All of which could have been easily applied to Will and his position in the narrative to indicate he has an anxiety disorder and those are ways in which he is able to control his situation to feel safe - show him always holding his sun lamp and refusing to let others touch it (or being extremely nervous when others are holding on to it). Have Will going over their plan in detail with Nico beforehand and being very insistent on sticking to it, getting upset if they aren't on schedule. Show him constantly fiddling with his bag (which in TSATS honestly it feels like they forget and remember he's carrying a bag half the time), pausing every once in awhile to rummage through it and check that everything is still there.

And you're absolutely right - if the intention was to depict Will as having anxiety, I definitely don't think he would go onto his first quest unarmed, no matter how much he trusts Nico, because the entire thing of anxiety is that it's illogical. Logically, he trusts Nico, logically he knows Nico will keep him safe. That doesn't matter! Give him a weapon of some kind, or since we gave Will like 3 whole new powers anyways, show him being aware he has a reliable power of being able to summon or create a weapon of some kind. At the very least like, a shield! Back in the day the popular fandom was he could make a whip/lasso out of light! Yknow, whatever! Just give him something!

Also it doesn't make sense for Will to have specific anxiety about the Underworld in particular because a.) If he has anxiety related to Underworld stuff specifically, why would he date Nico of all people? He knew what he was getting into. And b.) Apollo has chthonic aspects! Particularly the Roman Apollo Soranus. Soranus as an individual god was identified with both Apollo and Dis Pater (Often equated to Pluto) - so Will should not only not have anxiety about the Underworld, he should actually be perfectly fine down there (Imagine how cool it would have been for Will to spend the entire book wondering why he's fine, only to finally learn about that and more of his similarities to Nico?). And it's not like we haven't seen Greek or Roman demigods have powers more associated with their Roman/Greek counterparts, so that can't even be used as an excuse. (This also doesn't get into how Nyx is literally the mother of light [Aether], day [Hemera - who is constantly leaving/entering the Underworld in cycle with Nyx, so further reasoning why Will should be fine], the nymphs of the sunset [the Hesperides], and LITERAL FRIENDSHIP [Philotes], so it doesn't make any sense for her to even be an antagonist/dislike Will but WHATEVER.) And again, because Will is dating Nico, there's no reason for him to be ignorant of the Underworld. You're telling me they've been dating for a whole year and Will hasn't learned anything about the Underworld from Nico? Even if he had fears that for some reason Nico would be lying to him, that again leads to like you said, him going even further into double-checking things and seeking out more sources of information. Nico's not the only chthonic demigod in camp, and Will seemed to be friends with Lou Ellen in HoO, so there's at least one option. Heck, Dionysus has plenty enough connections to Hades that Will could probably just go directly to him. Will not knowing anything just doesn't make sense?

#pjo #riordanverse #tsats #the sun and the star spoilers #the sun and the star #tsats spoilers #analysis #will solace #Anonymous #ask #anxiety #< ??? feels weird tagging this that but i suppose that is the topic at hand #if anybody wants i'd be totally willing to go into more depth about writing anxiety comorbidity with other things #cause i feel like it is something overlooked with writing pjo stuff #long post // #ask to tag #< in case i missed anything. i thought i heard there's some new tsats discussion tags but idk what they are

[flightfoot]

Do you have any advice for commenting on fics? I really admire how active you are in the ML fandom, and I'd like to follow in your footsteps with that regard, but where do I start? How do you find fics to read/comment on, especially considering there's so many? Do you focus on new/underrated authors? How do you make time to read/comment? I feel like sometimes I don't have the energy to write out my thoughts the way I'd like to, so any advice would be helpful <333

Awww thanks! I know a lot of authors appreciate getting comments, so this would be great!

I'll start with your more specific questions:

How do you find fics to read/comment on, especially considering there's so many?: I go through and check ML's AO3 page several times a day to see if any new fics or updates have been posted that I'm interested in. I've been doing this since 2019, so you'll see lots of comments from me going way back.

Do you focus on new/underrated authors?: Not particularly. I won't shy away from them, but I don't have a preference for them either. I just read and review SO MANY ML fics from so many different authors, that I end up reviewing a lot of fics from lesser-known authors as well.

How do you make time to read/comment?: Honestly I get a lot of it done even while I'm at work, I can usually keep up with most of the fic updates/new fics I want to read that come out during those 8 hours or so (unless someone drops like, a 50k chapter. Yes, that HAS happened), just by reading and reviewing during my breaks and lunch. I also check AO3 quite a bit while I'm at home and have free time, or even just when I'm using the bathroom.

As for advice for how to comment, it varies. Generally I'll start off with a generic "Awww this is adorable!" or "This is great!" or something of that sort, and if it's a really short fic (like under 1000 words) I might not say much more than that, especially if the fic itself is kinda generic. I don't always have a ton of stuff to say about every fic.

Then, I'll try to single out at least one part that I especially liked, like how much attention the author paid to Alya's thoughts, feelings, and problems, or how clever a Lucky Charm plan was, or how well the writer demonstrated Gabriel's manipulativeness during some particular section, something like that. I've even copied down a line or two from the fic itself and given commentary on it in particular. It's often not that insightful though, like I might just say "I'm glad Adrien got a hug, he really needs it!" or something like that.

Asking questions can also be a useful way to come up with something to write for a review, like if there's something you're wondering about concerning the fic. Like whether Adrien's a sentimonster in this fic because if he is, that's gonna recontextualize him submitting to Gabriel's orders.

There's also "live-commenting", which takes awhile and is more work than regular commenting, but I'll sometimes do when I really want to show authors how much I appreciate their writing, particularly when they're regularly dropping really long chapters (like, over 5000 words typically). I only do this when I'm on desktop and have a lot of bandwidth. I'll pull up two tabs with the chapter in both of them, and I'll read from the first tab and type up my commentary for the chapter on the second tab. This is helpful for getting out all your thought for the fic without forgetting anything. I'd only advise doing this on fics that you're pretty certain are going to be... if not "good", at least ones that you can trust the author isn't gonna do anything to piss you off. When I first started doing this back in 2019, I tried doing it on just any random fic I ran across at first, and quickly figured out that was a bad idea when one of the fics turned out to be a saltfic and I needed to abandon the review, and all the effort I put into it, because my commentary at that point would just be me getting mad at the author's choices.

Does anyone else have particular tips or tricks? I've been reading and reviewing fics basically since I started reading them fifteen years ago, so while I'm experienced in reviewing them, I'm not all that familiar on the hang-ups new prospective reviewers might have, as I just... never really had them. I've never exactly been shy.

#ask #ao3 #archive of our own #reviewing tips

[constellationcrowned]

Everyone needs to read this post please and thank you!!

Rather than make a poll about this ongoing issue that's impossible to parse bc I can't see who picked what specifically I'll do this another way: Help me help you by telling me why you don't actively interact. I post and reblog plenty of content all day every day that can be sent in, utilized, etc and it's crickets from ya'll all of the time and that's frustrating af and we need to work things out.

It'd be a different situation if I never offered stuff like calls or what have you; that'd be my bad and I'd need to work on being more proactive, but I'm already doing that and it goes nowhere. I'm constantly offering to help you guys---like right now, because I know the majority of you have read a post similar to this from me and you're gonna do it again---and I mean it every single time no matter how many times I offer it but on the flip side of things you guys need to actually take me up on what I'm offering.

I'm not offering to help merely for fun, you know? I'm offering to help because I understand that this shit can be difficult, it can be hard to talk to people, hard to interact with super niche fandoms and characters, and so on, and there's nothing wrong with having trouble but after a certain point if you continuously refuse to step out of your bubble or accept someone trying to help you the fear argument kinda loses validity, at least in regards to rp related stuff. I'm extending a hand and you need to fucking grab on because chances are the thing that's stopping you---be it you need help with the characters or the lore, you need me to type the first interaction, we need to have an ooc chat about what interests us, whatever it is---can be resolved but we need to fuckin communicate. I'm already meeting all of you halfway; honestly I've been meeting you guys more than halfway for awhile now, and now you need to step up and get in here.

Now does this mean that I'm going to stop offering to help, providing opportunities to interact through calls, memes, etc? Absolutely not. That would defeat the whole purpose and, again, I love offering such things and will continue to do so because it's not only part of what I need to do as a good rp partner I also enjoy doing so, plain and simple. All that I'm asking is that my mutuals (and yes, this applies to everyone, because even those who've followed me for months or years across multiple blogs fail to engage, it's not just newer folks) be more proactive in general. If I'm offering to help you or posting a call or whatever else? Engage. Ask questions. Send a meme. Tell me you want to interact even if you don't know how and we'll figure it out together. I'm tired of constantly chasing people or pulling proverbial teeth, especially when it's completely unnecessary. Communicate and engage with enthusiasm; both on your own and when I offer, and we'll be writing together in no time. Stop getting in your own way. Stop depriving yourselves. Let's have fun and actually fuckin write together.

#;;ooc: mun muttering #I'm going to start unfollowing people/breaking mutuals at this rate; I'm tired of the constant struggle #this was going to be longer but I wanted to keep the tone positive so tl;dr version it is #because I really am very very very very frustrated and this unfortunately isn't a new thing #you don't have to be perfect or engage with *everything* ofc (bc not everything works for everyone and that's fine) #but the constant dead silence no matter what I say or do or post? that isn't ok and shouldn't be a thing #so just be proactive and communicate; no matter how simple; and I'll work with you it's that easy #we're all here to write together so why aren't we? it doesn't have to be complicated

[lost-in-beacon-hills]

You know I feel like I see so much discourse over Richie and Eddie's sexuality. But no one really seems to bring up the fact that every version of IT we have gotten is different from one another. To me the problem really isn't people actively trying to make richie and Eddie one way or the other.

I think it comes down to what interpretation they are going off of. In the books I'd argue that Richie is Bisexual. He loves Eddie but he's also turned on by Bev. (As much as I love the movies I personally prefer Bisexual Richie).

In the 1990's version I'd say that every character we are given is comp het. I don't think a single character was allowed to be anything but straight. (I haven't watched this one in awhile I could be remembering wrong but I don't think they ever really explored beyond bev/bill/ben/audra). Eddie, Richie and Stan were more background characters in my opinion.

Now where I think the 2017 version is what most of the Fandom has watched I think. And there is nothing wrong with that. I think it's a good movie. But unlike the other two adaptations it heavily implies that Richie only likes men.

Eddie on the other hand is so hard to pin down. In every adaptation he has married Myra, a woman that is supposed to be a version of his mother. (I will forever argue that Myra is not a villain she is actually just as fucked over in that situation as Eddie. Just like Myra feeds into his fears of being sick Eddie feeds into Myras fears and treats her like he did his mother. She didnt start out like that. He helps mold her into his mother.) We never really get to see where Eddie stands. But again every adaptation is a little different.

Much like Book Richie I think Eddie is Bisexual. One of his biggest fears that IT preys on is STDs. Instead of just a leper he actually sees a Leper that says "I'll blow you for a dime." Which later becomes ill blow you for free. I think book Eddie was deeply suppressing his sexuality. Honestly every version of Eddie is.

Again 1990 version did next to nothing with other characters outside of the love triangle.

But in the newest version Eddie seems miserable. He's just as obsessed with Richie as Richie was with Eddie. They didn't really imply one way or the other. (Or at least any heavy implications.) But I think it was reciprocated. Whether gay or bisexual up to the viewer.

I know this is a rather long winded way to say it but I think Richie and Eddie can be either. I know it can be frustrating to have people argue one way or the other for the sake of shipping but it's fiction. Neither person is real. They've been practically every sexuality. I think we can pick and chose which we enjoy.

#bisexual richie #bisexual eddie #gay richie tozier #gay eddie kaspbrak #comp het richie tozier #comp het eddie kaspbrak #richie x eddie #IT #it chapter 2 #it 1990 #it stephen king #reddie #shipping is fun when you get to play with what ifs

[softredrobin]

‼ emergency commissions ‼

hey folks of tumblr! i know i haven't been super active on here in awhile, and i dislike talking about personal circumstances on this blog, but here i am. i've been having a really rough few months involving a company rescinding a job offer that i was relying on, and subsequently struggling to find a job. i managed to get one for the summer, but it's physically demanding work that doesn't really pay enough to cover living expenses like rent and groceries and gas and insurance, and things have steadily declined over the past couple of months.

as such, i'm opening art commissions for a time. i've done a couple here and there before for irl friends but nothing further, so bear with me if i'm a little clunky at it.

i've set up a ko-fi and settled a goal. i also have paypal for payment purposes.

i'll draw for fandoms i'm in, fandoms i'm not in, ocs/dnd characters, etc. i won't draw nsfw, hate art, or RPF. backgrounds are an additional charge depending on complexity, and the prices above are per character.

if you want something other than character art, like say a book cover for a fic, or something similar to my hands series, we can negotiate the price on that together.

anything helps, honestly. you can message me here on tumblr or on discord (@/softredrobin). i probably won't be answering any straight away tonight because i'm both physically and emotionally exhausted and probably headed to bed, but i'll be checking first thing tomorrow morning.

#commissions #commissions page #commissions info #emergency commisions #art #digital art #artists on tumblr #do i still have an art tag? #... <- that's my art tag for anyone who is unaware #ren rants #ren rambles #there's nothing quite like several people telling you you're doing everything right and that you just have to wait for things to work out #especially when you're actively unable to pay for rent let alone groceries #a surefire way to make my cry if nothing else #sorry for the downer post folks. im just at rock bottom currently #pls dont let the formatting of this post get messed up. im so tired i dont wanna have to fix it

[myrandomsuaus]

So I got this ask awhile back and it’s been rattling around in my brain

At the time I had no clue on how to answer the question because I hadn’t checked out the bpau in some time since I hadn’t been keeping up with the su fandom. However, now I have a bit more of an answer and I’ll be putting that here.

Firstly, I don’t have a lot of details on how it would go, but I do know that Purple would be existing on earth with her pearl and the two would be known as Amy and Aubie, two rouge gems not apart of any of the courts. The two would meet and befriend Pink/Rose and Pearl and join their rebellion because of their shared love of the earth. However, just like the AU goes, the rebellion fails and is cut short. Rose is revealed to be Pink and Amy ends up revealed as Purple, who confuses all except White (and Aubie). Earth is taken away from Pink, Pearl and Aubie are punished (Pearl losing her ability to speak and Aubie being rejuvenated), and Purple is reintroduced to Homeworld. A new era is brought in to celebrate the return of the diamond that had “disappeared”, which is White’s way of treating the little rebellion as just another tantrum of Pink’s while forcing Purple back into a role she didn’t enjoy (because she felt all gems should be treated equal, but White never agreed with this). Purple to satisfy White and to keep from losing her pearl (since White had intended to take her away just like Pink Pearl, but Purple begged to keep her pearl since she was only doing what she was told by her) went along with White’s plans, she even changed her form to look similar to White to also satisfy White (since the two have a history).

Here is Purple’s reform. I tried making it similar to White’s form while making it different to fit Purple, plus making it darker to show that she may look similar to White, but they are different. She’d much rather treat all gems as equals and show that each gem is their own not what their gem is (ex. A pearl may be a pearl, but they’re more than just a pearl).

Secondly, idk if I’ll actually make my own bpau because I’m trying to focus more on my main AU, but I’m down with making what if designs for the AU. I thought about making Sophie a design for the potential AU, but I haven’t. Though she’ll look similar to Purple and her canon design (aka my current design for Sophie). I will say as a random thing for the potential BPAU is that Sophie is the daughter of a poly ship (Purple, Thomas [her dad] and Janice [her step mom in canon au]) and will end up with a younger sibling from her dad and mama (what Sophie calls Janice). [this is all just silly hypothetical stuff because idk if I’ll actually make this an au]

Lastly, remember this is all just random and for fun. It was something I’ve talked about with some friends, but I’m not taking this seriously because like I said it’s just for fun. I honestly just love coming up with random story ideas because there’s just so much that could happen and I’ve been told that I have a very active imagination (I’ve been told this by my mom since I was a kid, like three years old or so) lol. Anyways, this is just a silly lil suau idea that probably won’t go anywhere. If people enjoy the idea enough maybe it could just be a silly random AU I occasionally talk about and develop. Otherwise it’ll just be some random thing that exists on my blog lol.

Likes are nice, but reblogs are appreciated.

That’s all for now. Stay creative my friends ^w^

~Mod Art

#steven universe au #au art #my art #steven universe au art #su au art #bad prediction au #bpau purple diamond #purple diamond art #purple diamond au art #bpdau purple diamond art #mod post #mod ramblings #mod art

[acaiasahi]

indefinite hiatus notice + thank you for 100k! ★

hi everyone!

i just wanted to hop on here and say a couple things before logging out indefinitely.

one, thank you so much for 100k followers! i never thought this day would come, let alone get so much love for my silly fics, so from the bottom of my heart, thank you. i couldn't have achieved such a big following w/o the love and support of you guys <3.

two, i'm super sorry for falling off the face of the earth but as you can clearly see, i haven't really been active on here for the past month or so. i actually deleted a bunch of my side blogs except for @/run2tzu so don't worry if you don't see my other ones (not that anyone's searching... i had no bitches awn there 😭)

but to go more in depth, i haven't been into kpop for awhile now. it's less about the music aspect, but more-so of the fandoms. some, emphasis on some, fandoms are toxic, and being completely transparent, i'm just super tired of having to deal with such negative people. i love and will always love kpop, especially with all the people i've been able to connect with through it, but you can't blame me for wanting to step away from such a tiresome hobby.

i'm not sure how long i'll be gone for, i honestly might be away for quite some time. i've gotten into other hobbies like crocheting, i'm busy with work, and trying to get my life together because i'm turning 20 this year and that's terrifying lol. please understand my reasoning and be respectful.

again, thank you so much for your love during the past year and a half, i'm hoping to come back but i know it won't be any time soon.

tldr; thank u for 100k, i love u all and i'm going on an indefinite hiatus for idk how long bc the kpop scene is toxic af lmao

with lots of love and hugs,

jaydi.

tagging: @i-luvsang @tranquilpetrichor @h4chi @sseastar-main @seung-scrittore @sunoo-bby @eulris

#important

[burr-ell]

Honestly, imodna would be a good ship if the shippers/stans weren’t so damn insufferable. I also hate how they act like they are already canon and you can’t ship Imogen or Laudna with anyone else in the group. People got so mad when the conversation in the dust storm happened with Ashton and Laudna because people thought they were flirting. Or when on the first episode of 4 sided dive Marisha asked Robbie if Dorian’s crush was on Imogen, people got so mad at that! I also hate that they call them lesbians when THEY HAVE BOTH EXPRESSED HAVING FEELINGS FOR BOYS! Why can’t they be bi? Or Pan? I also hate how people read into Laura’s micro expressions/ movements, like last episode with the whole leaning shit “oh what was that lean Laura?!! Imogen wanted to kiss Laudna because look at Laura’s lean!” I dread the day that Imogen or Laudna fall in love with someone that’s not each other(especially if that person is a man.) because Marisha and Laura will harassed and hated because they didn’t give the people what they wanted.

oof. that's some frustration you really needed to vent, nonnie, and honestly i get it. full disclosure—my mutuals who are into imo/dna are all lovely, and none of them engage in this behavior. if imo/dna becomes canon, i'll be happy for (and potentially even happy with) fans like that. but enough shippers are doing things like this that it's becoming more and more of a source of frustration and friction as the campaign goes on.

i think a lot of fandom—in general, not just cr—still doesn't want to acknowledge that at the end of the day, they are looking at things like shippers, with a particular kind of confirmation bias. it doesn't make them necessarily wrong or right, but as easy as it can be to get swept up in it, i think it's important to take a step back every once in awhile and re-evaluate.

now admittedly, generally speaking, it takes a lot for me to get really invested in a ship; i usually only have one or two per fandom, even fandoms with tons of characters. i'm generally pretty passive about most ships if it's not the otp; like, vax/leth and pike/lan, for example, didn't need to be romantic endgame for me to enjoy CR1 (and honestly might have been more interesting to me if they hadn't), but perc/ahlia absolutely made the show for me and i honestly think them being together actively strengthens the narrative as a whole.

i say all that to say that for the most part, i very much consider myself to be along for the ride with respect to most relationships in most fandoms. if such-and-such pairing happens, great; if they don't, okay. and with CR in particular, it's such a long-form medium that i know going in that any romance is going to take a while, and most of them probably won't just reach out and grab me.

and as such, it absolutely baffles me to have seen shippers insisting, from the moment the characters first appeared in episode 1, that not only are imogen and laudna canon endgame, they're basically already together and just haven't admitted it yet. i feel this way about dor/ym and callow/moore as well—i saw a post making the rounds that claimed that all three of those ships are "not canon YET but let's be real" and like...why would you set yourself up for disappointment like that? because yeah! all three of those ships could be endgame! but they could also not be endgame. we're less than 40 episodes into a campaign that'll probably run well into the 100s.

i also fully agree with you re: the microexpressions and the cherrypicking, and i feel like a microcosm of this issue can be found in a conversation imogen has with orym early on—shippers latched onto the fact that imogen compares laudna's thoughts to music, something that finally brought her peace after the chaos of the world around her, and completely ignored the part immediately after where imogen says that the rest of the party also feels like that to her. i didn't even know that imogen said that about the whole party until i watched the episode, and to me it's an example of how shippers tend to warp canon interactions to suit a particular narrative in such a way that they become almost entirely divorced from their context.

and from the outside looking in, what confuses me about this sort of thing is like...didn't y'all already go through this? because if my understanding is correct, c2 ship discourse was full to the brim with beau/jes and wido/jest fans dissecting "laura's microexpressions" to prove that jester was for sure in love with our fave, really you guys we swear...and then not only was that not true, but jester also didn't even know about beau or caleb's feelings to acknowledge them at all, and from the actual words that came out of laura's mouth in various OOC moments like on TM, laura just...really really wanted to romance her husband's character in her dnd game and like, that's it. there was never going to be another romantic option for jester as long as fjord was on the table, and that was something that shippers always should have been taking into account.

laudna and imogen are canonically deeply important to each other. they love and appreciate each other very much. that love and appreciation could turn into a lovely romance with a great dynamic, and i certainly don't blame people for being invested in it. but it also could not be romantic endgame, and they remain friends or even get with other people. and as you said, fandom can and will turn nasty about their ships being sunk; we've already seen it happen. there's a certain smug, entitled undercurrent from that particular corner that i have very little patience with, and while i think there's something to be said for deciding to enjoy things in spite of the fandom and just be a cranky old curmudgeon shooing the wank out with a broom, i also understand the response of just "...aight, imma head out".

#the 'laura's microexpressions' thing is also why i really don't care for glasses!imogen #it's obviously not a bad thing in a vacuum but there's a tendency toward overriding specifically laura's choices and saying 'i know better' #such that even something as innocuous as glasses can be representative of a larger more frustrating problem #honestly i wonder if laura will even DO a romance this time around after two campaigns of her characters being reduced to: #a) the men in her life and then b) who she'll end up with #bc imogen has some strong vibes of like. arent u tired of being nice? don't u just wanna lose it? #like imogen reminds me very strongly of vex but specifically of the ways in which vex couldn't be unpleasant or unappealing #(mostly because vex puts up fronts to mask her flaws specifically from the party) #(while imogen is more trying to hide her actual powers and what they can do) #and i think some of that naturally comes from being a woman in geek culture on the internet as well as a woman in voice acting #but i feel like it might also come from her characters being constantly put under a microscope #and constantly told what they should and shouldn't do #and the second they make choices that make another better-liked character upset they're terrible people #like she's obviously a grown adult 40 year old woman but the constant scrutiny of your dnd choices has gotta wear on you a little bit #and yeah i didn't touch on this in the ask but. it has been 0 days since fandom did a bi-erasure #(the thing about having only 1 or 2 ships per fandom reminded me that out of all the dc comics ships i literally only care about dickkory) #(clois also has rights on account of dc can snort my taint and let two adults be happily married) #(i've had convos with friends who ship bbrae who are like 'but why would dickkory shippers dislike bbrae? they dont threaten you') #(idk man some of em just don't dig the vibe!) #cr discourse #cr wank #critical role #asks

[internallydeceased]

A Song of Dreamers - (Prologue)

Hey, It’s been awhile. I know that a lot of you follow me for Outlander content and Outlander fanfiction, but honestly my head hasn’t been there for awhile. I do miss all of the fics I had ongoing for that fandom, but it just doesn’t hold the same space in my heart as it used to. Hopefully, one day I will come back to writing those fics, but for now I’m moving on from it.

For the past few years, I’ve been heavily hyperfixating on ASoIaF and the universe that George RR Martin has created, especially Daenerys Targaryen and House Targaryen. I can’t count the number of other fics I’ve read, art I’ve seen, and people I’ve interacted with in this fandom. I’ve done and still do A LOT of ASoIaF RP on Discord and that’s where all of my writing has been. And now with House of the Dragon out, that obsession has only increased. So, writing a fanfic for this fandom and this universe has been something I’ve wanted to do for a few years now, especially for Robb and Daenerys (because I ship them even though I know they’re a super rare pair and it’ll never happen in canon, I think they’d be great for each other, idc.) I still have absolutely NO IDEA where I am going to go with this fic, but I’ll figure it out as I go along, hopefully.

So, without further ado, I hope you all enjoy the read :)

(BTW, I haven’t really been active on tumblr at all lately, but I’m super active on Twitter if anyone wants to follow me over there! I post art there too! Check it out here) ≪ ◦ ❖ ◦ ≫

Daenerys wants nothing more than to go home. Sometimes, she imagines what Dragonstone is like, remembers the tales her brother told her of the place she was born that she could not ever hope to remember. A place where dragons had hatched and lived and died. Where her ancestors came before the Doom of Valyria and made their home before Aegon and his sisters looked west and conquered the Seven Kingdoms. Before they built the Red Keep in King’s Landing at the mouth of Blackwater Bay and ruled for nearly three centuries. Yet Dragonstone had never been home to her, not really – despite how much she tried to cling to the idea of that being true.

Before, home to her had always been the house in Braavos with the red door and the lemon tree outside her window. Of evenings spent looking out at the sea and the breeze carding through her hair. Of Viserys spinning tales of home and comforting her when she had bad dreams before he had gone mad.

Yet when Dany dreams she does not see the house with the red door or her lemon tree. She does not see the black sand beaches or the smoking Dragonmont on Dragonstone. She doesn't even see the tall grasses of the Dothraki sea. No, when Dany dreams she is transported to another world altogether: a land of hills and moors covered in white with a gray sky above it. She dreams of tall trees with leaves like needles, of a chill in the air that nips at her skin despite her heat – and the only sound that can be heard is the howling of wolves. And for some reason, this strange place felt more like home to her than the house with the red door and her lemon tree ever had. ≪ ◦ ❖ ◦ ≫

Robb wants nothing more than to go home. Back to Winterfell with its warm halls and familiar faces. Back to where everything was familiar and carefree and  safe.  He wants to leave this war that even though he is winning, the end of it seems to forever be just outside of his grasp. With each day that passes, he is unsure that he will ever get to see Winterfell again. Will never be able to visit the Godswood where his father would sit beneath the bone-white bark of the Weirwood tree and sharpen Ice. Where Grey Wind and the rest of the direwolves had raced and hunted and grew. Where he might never get to visit the crypts of the Lords and Kings of Winterfell that came before him – never get to see his father’s likeness carved among them.

He does not know if his brothers or Arya are alive, doesn’t know how much longer Sansa will be safe in the grasp of the Lannisters in King’s Landing. Yet when he dreams and finds himself looking at the world through Grey Wind’s eyes, sometimes he can still feel the pull of Summer and Shaggy Dog far off in the North, where Ghost is, too. There’s another wolf that is closer, whom he knows must be Nymeria. When he wakes, he tries to hold onto that feeling – convinces himself that if their wolves are out there, then Bran and Rickon and Arya are still alive, too –  somewhere, out of reach.

Sometimes when he dreams there’s something else too, something he cannot name or place. Something that smells of fire and ash and brimstone, of  heat.  He feels a pull towards that too, somewhere far off and across the sea to the east that is perhaps even stronger than that of the other direwolves. And when Robb wakes, the only word that he can put to that feeling that even comes close to describing it, is home.

#asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf fanfiction #game of thrones #game of thrones fanfiction #GoT #daenerys targaryen #robb stark #daenerys x robb #robb x daenerys #fanfiction #also on ao3 #canon divergence #mine #internallydeceased

[yonakaruz]

TWST with a Suoh Reader

Yuu is Haruhi and Tamaki’s child from Ouran HighSchool Host Club.

Fandoms: Twisted Wonderland, Ouran HighSchool Host Club

Characters: Dorm Leaders

Genre: Fluff/Crack

Extra Lore: Reader goes to Ouran before she was transported to NRC, Reader resembles their father, but acts like their mother (most of the time).

Riddle Rosehearts

Riddle is likely interested in you off the bat considering being raised by your father is equivalent to being raised with the upper class etiquette (not forced, Tamaki just really likes it and you ended up following his footsteps).

After a short while you might be close with him due to you actually following the rules and obtaining good grades despite somehow attracting trouble left and right (a trait from your Haruhi)

He likes that despite the fact that you were raised by the upper class, you have not lost touch with reality. (thank your mother)

Leona Kingscholar

He honestly didn’t give a single fuck about you at first, he just thought your’e just any other snobby elite here.

But of course right after he’s fine with you, I wouldn't be buddy buddy with him immediately.

After a while he might start liking you, fair warning he can and will use your chest and or thighs regardless of whether or not your flat or not, even if you are male, he will use you as a pillow.

Azul Ashengretto

Now this is interesting, I assume we all know that being a Suoh and studying in Ouran means you are quite well versed with business, considering that one of the school activities is to literally manage the school dance using your family business.

I would guess that there might be a one-sided rivalry with you both, with Azul trying to get you into the most ridiculous deals, all while you out smart him, what makes it worse for Azul is that you have your mother’s bluntness. Azul now has a bruised ego :)

It would take awhile but you both would bond from your business wits and maybe even help Azul with the Monstro Lounge, possibly via Finances using your experience from your uncle Kyoya!

I’d say you’re a power couple congrats!

Kalim Al-asim

To be honest Kalim is a tough one

I guess you both were born in wealth but considering how your mother raised you, you’re not as out of touch with reality as Kalim is.

His expenses may or may not almost put you into cardiac arrest, he has a lot of unnecessary expenses (Kyoya wants to know his location), considering you were likely taught by Kyoya on how finances would work, you might just help Kalim deal with his. (it took you months to fix with all his splurging)

Jamil is actually very thankful that you came to Kalim’s life, after you arrived Kalim has been a bit more responsible with his money!

Honestly Kalim somewhat resembles Tamaki? Just minus the prince charming gimmick. So like your father Kalim would be the type of boyfriend to spoil you, yes you have gifts almost on an hourly basis, after explaining that you don't need that much gifts, it's now on a daily basis.

Vil Schoenheit

Ok ok first of all, you’re the daughter of Tamaki, as i said from the start you have his looks, You are a charming specimen reader.

You surely have captured Vil’s attention (also Rook’s but he’s a different story for now)

With a charm just like your father, Vil would try to take you in much like he did with Epel (Crowley said no, Rook is preparing his arrows)

You would probably struggle less financially with Vil’s help, you might even have landed an acting career with him!

Once you both start dating you both are arguably the fairest couple so far in twisted wonderland

Idia Shroud

He reminds you of your dad’s former schoolmate Nekozawa for some reason, probably the whole shut in thing

Anyways! Idia is another tricky one to write much like Kalim, i don’t really see him interacting with any Suoh for that matter, heck any human if he could.

But for the sake of this headcanon it might be due to your growing popularity on campus.

A magicless student rising to popularity due to their charm and wit truly is something Iida would want to inspect.

At first he tried not interacting with you, he was very wary of you, but good ol Ortho kind of dragged his brother to socialise a bit with the magicless prefect-

You’re relationship develops the most normal out of everyone here in my opinion, as normal as Twisted Wonderland could get-

Malleus Draconia

Again another hard one, but you and Malleus meet at night just like in the game

You both bond at not really interacting with people much due to your high status. While you may have interacted with people you at times wished to experience the life your mother experienced to grow as mature as her.

Malleus enjoys your company is very fascinated with how human status makes such big of the difference that your father and his friends lost touch with reality

Sweetest boyfriend once you’re in a relationship, Out of touch with humans so it's kind of like your own Tamaki only he’s a real prince and lacks your father’s personality

Hello! Quick Author’s note: Im very new to writing so im sorry for any mistakes and if it doesn't make much sense

#twistedwonderland #twst #ohshc #yuu #riddle rosehearts #leona kingscholar #azul ashengretto #kalimal-asim #vils choenheit #iida shroud #malleus draconia #ouran high school host club #disney twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland #twst headcanons

[urmomsfavelesbian]

hiya honey!!! how's your day going?? i hope you're having a great one <3 how many different fan communities/fandoms have you been in? how active are you in them? what was/is your favorite one to be a part of? do you say you spend a lot of time in fandom spaces, or is it something that you do occasionally as an escape?

hiiiiii gi my day is okay, i hope You’re having a great one! as always pretend this isn’t like ten years late! answer under the cut because it’s Obnoxiously long for no reason

tldr: i was rlly into PLL for awhile, but (tumblr) drag race is my favorite fandom home by far :))))

sooo other than this one i’ve actually only been active in the Pretty Little Liars fandom, i had like 10k followers at my peak (which is surprising bc it wasn’t that good at all, i was 12 🤭) and that’s really it! i’ve been ~apart of various other fandoms, but not Active in them. oitnb halsey steven universe danganronpa etc, various cringey faggot things. i Love minecraft but i’m not rlly part of the ?fandom? for it? im part of the furry fandom i suppose even tho i can’t draw and i don’t participate (im nervous). i spend a lot of time on twitter wishing i had the talent other people do, so i’d say i spend a lot of time in those spaces but not like. In Them yaknow? and as far as my favorite, it’s honestly gotta be this one, but only the tumblr variety. bc 1) the drag race fandom anywhere else is Evil and Terrible (and not in the sexy daya way), i wouldn’t even wanna call myself a drag race fan anywhere else. and 2) it’s so much more chill and safe over here. i would receive death threats from twitter drag race people for even Supporting daya, let alone the other ways i feel about her 😳 and also being able to say whatever i want abt the girlies with almost no chance of them seeing it is a perk 🤭 i also really love stanning ~accessible celebrities, if i felt the way i do about daya for like. spins wheel taylor swift or harry styles or beyoncé, i’d be so sad all the time bc the chance of real interaction or being noticed is slim to none. it’s not like that’s all fandom is of course, but it’s important to me bc i want the people i love and support to Know that i, specifically, love and support them. sooo i guess i love stanning people that are gaymous!! not to mention the fact that drag race saved my life and then drag race tumblr changed my life so !!!

#wow that’s SO many words sorry if you read it all im applauding you #asks #i might’ve been spoiled by being a fandom that got ~noticed bc shay mitchell (emily from pll) noticed my fan account a lot so i think #that gave me silly expectations

[lucienne-thee-librarian]

Despoe 😏

When I started shipping it: I kind of knew about it in the background as a crack ship for awhile, but in earnest? A few months ago tbh when I sort of rediscovered secondhand the fact that the wonderful Jill Thompson Season of Mists mangas exist, with the help of people like you who also thought the pair was actually really cute so it wasn't just a "is literally ANYONE else thinking about this" situation. :) <3

My thoughts: God. Again it started as a crackship but it's become so real to me, I can't lie. They are unconventional but absolutely wonderful just as a concept. Let them be happy together. Let Despair have her human poet. It's what she deserves, goddammit.

What makes me happy about them: That they have a Gomez and Morticia Addams vibe, the fictional version of this real life poet dude writes morbid shit and Despair is the personification of sadness and yet she gets flustered when she notices him?? He genuinely sees inspiration and creativity in her and makes something where others see only darkness? Like in a weird gothic couple way they make sense. Also as I've said before there is really something genuinely deeply touching to me on a personal level about the idea that everyone has someone who loves them, including Despair. In her case of course she has multiple someone's, platonically in the case of her siblings but also with Despoe she gets romance. And isn't that what many people want, the hope that even at our lowest we'll still be lovable to someone?

What makes me sad about them: That they aren't technically canon anywhere else...but they're canon in my heart.

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: So, yeah, there is SO LITTLE FIC of these two or Despair in general, I don't really gave an answer to this. I haven't yet been successful in even finding this pair of A03 yet. So...

Things I look for in fanfic: More. Of. It. This is a canoe of rarepairs.

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: Okay SO yes I know I've said I'm over how a certain ship and character (cough Dr*mling ahem ahem) have taken over the Sandman fandom to the detriment or reduction of so many other characters to the point where it feels totally inescapable without tag filtering out 3/4ths of the entire fandom BUT. But. @softest-punk and their Hobsbandverse au is just. It's so good and everybody is given great dynamics and characterization in it, I will die on this hill. And Despair gets like, the most genuine love and appreciation as a character that I've ever seen outside of this tiny dedicated corner of you me and a very few others. But I haven't really seen any other ships for her period, let alone any that really compel me.

My happily ever after for them: Where Death grants him a similar exemption because she likes to see her sister happy (or as close as she'll ever get to happiness) so Despair gets to keep her boyfriend.

Who is the big spoon/little spoon: They trade off because Poe likes to be held and surrounded by his muse. But also, honestly, Despair doesn't get a lot of people who want to hold her. Basically the only people we ever see get close and physically affectionate with her in any way are her twin and Destruction. So she deserves to be the little spoon and I think she thus tends to get cuddled a little more often.

what is their favorite non-sexual activity: Poe writing as Despair inspires him and admires his work.

#despoe #despair #ship and characters ask meme #thanks bestie any chance to talk about despoe and fill/create their tag is a good one!

[autumntouched]

I have an unpopular and probably a controversial opinion, but as a fanfic reader, I honestly believe Tumblr is NOT a good fit for posting fanfiction, let alone multi-chapter fics when it comes to engagement of readers for a number of reasons.

First, there is how hit or miss Tumblr can be with posts not showing up in the tags correctly or not getting notifications when you're tagged. Heck, there are several blogs I follow on here that even though I have it turned on to be notified any time they post, I've yet to get a notification when they do.

Second, there's the difficulty of trying to find the first chapter/previous chapter/next chapter of a fic if the writer didn't bother to link the chapters together in some way or use a dedicated tag. I've come across way too many fics on here where I had to spend an inordinate amount of time digging through the writers blog to find the next chapter because they didn't provide any links or even use a dedicated tag for their story. After awhile, I don't care how good a fic is, having to deal with stuff like that will quickly turn me off a fic.

Third, there isn't a unified & connected tagging system here like there is on AO3. I know I'm probably missing some really good fic because it's been tagged in a different way than how I search on here. Also, I hate that fics I don't want to read keep showing up in tags I'm searching because I can't filter out tags.

So with all of that, as a fanfic reader, I much prefer to read and follow fics on AO3. In fact, the only reason I even started to read fics on Tumblr was because for the first few months after TGM came out, Tumblr was really the only place to find TGM fics. Before TGM, I never read a single fic on Tumblr.

And as a fanfic writer, I also prefer to post my fics on AO3. The few times I've posted my one shots on here (in an active fandom), I got very little engagement. And I tagged those fics six ways to Sunday and even reblogged & reposted them a few times.

But on AO3, I have fics I wrote TEN years ago still getting kudos & bookmarks when fics I posted a year ago on here will never see the light of day again unless someone decides to spend a day going through my blog or I decide to reblog/repost them because the tagging system on here either shows you the current stuff or the most popular stuff when you search a tag.

Plus with AO3 I know a kudos means someone read and enjoyed my fic even if they didn't leave a comment. I can see when someone bookmarks or favorites a fic and I can even see how many hits each fic has. I don't have to manage a tag list or run a second "library" blog because on AO3 someone can just subscribe to my fic or follow my account & AO3 will automatically send them an email when I update a fic or post a new fic. I don't have to use a million tags because a dedicated group of tag wranglers makes sure similar tags are connected.

So yeah, I know how much it sucks when it feels like you're just posting into the void on here when all you're getting is likes. And I know there is still a large number of new users on here who think likes on Tumblr work the same way they do on all the other social media sites when they actually don't and that it feels like we're shouting at a brick wall anytime we try to explain that to the new users. But at this point, I feel like fic writers on here are just beating a dead horse with every "ENGAGE WITH MY FICS OR ELSE I STOP WRITING" post I see.

You can't force people to engage with your content. Those who want to will & those who don't will continue to do so and shame posts aren't going to change that. In fact, every shame post I see makes me not want to engage with that writer. Just like us as readers have no right to demand you write & post more, writers have no right to demand engagement of readers.

And if not getting enough engagement makes you want to stop writing, then that's on you the writer and not on us, the readers. Would people miss your writing if you stopped posting? Probably. But that's your prerogative and you shouldn't try to make people feel guilty about YOUR decision.

Fair point about the difference in platforms. There are pros and cons to each, and I think it's also fair for writers to weigh what works for them. AO3 does not have PMs, which makes it way less functional for me to engage as openly as I would like. The readers who have taken the time to get to know me understand and respect that is why I am here and not always on AO3

Talk to Me as an intentional multi-chapter fic is on AO3 for its better functionality for that format and is here on tumblr for anyone who didn't catch it on AO3 and so people drop into my dms to chat about it

This though: "Just like us as readers have no right to demand you write & post more, writers have no right to demand engagement of readers."

Asks are readers asking for writers to write and post more. And yes, writers voluntarily open their asks but that does not preclude wanting some kind of feedback for the effort they put into provide those stories. I am writing it because I LOVE the collaborative writing process of sharing ideas and getting to write something that will make someone happy. When people tell me exactly what makes them happy, I have the chance to give them more of that. I am asking for something that makes me a better writer for what they asked me for

Also, just to recap what's going on widely, readers ARE demanding that writers write and post more. That's part of the frustration people are trying to address

The Hannix Football Rivalry AU Series was "born" on tumblr (and was never meant to be a multi-chapter fic). It exists SOLELY because of reader requests, and I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a different level of engagement for that or want people to acknowledge you as the writer in their asks or to ask for feedback to ensure you're on the right track for making people happy

Yes, there are people who comment on and reblog everything I write. And while I deeply appreciate it, that is not at all what I expect or am asking of anyone. Just every now and then letting me know where your head's at, what you're feeling would be nice.

And this is MY controversial opinion, and I am only speaking for myself here. I'm on tumblr to engage with my readers. To me, fanfiction is a community and a relationship. That is what's meaningful about it to me. Knowing what people feel and think. I am here to write for you but also still want to feel like a person doing that. If any readers don't want to have to even consider who I am as a person or have a conversation about how I feel, I'm very comfortable with them no longer reading my work or waiting until I decide what to migrate to AO3. There are enough people in my life who only care about the work I do without caring about me as a person that I don't need that energy in a space I've created for myself <3

#i love your notes #talk to me