#i'm assuming we're specifically talking about fanfic

[miraculouslbcnreactions]

[Text: Tell me, what do you think of people actually liking the character development in season 4-5 and the show's treatment of mental health? [Redacted] thinks that and she's the mother of a teenager]

Re liking the show: I generally assume that they have poor taste and/or media literacy.

Re the mental health rep: I generally assume that they're incredibly privileged and/or ignorant.

I'm posting this as an image and not an ask response specifically because I will not participate in fandom drama or shaming. This blog exists specifically so that people can actively choose to engage in my content and so that I can post critical thoughts without dragging their source into some petty fight. So I'm not going to talk about the named individual. Instead, I'll replace them with the show's head writer and talk about him in a similar context.*

He's pretty famously denied that Chloe suffered any abuse, ignoring her obvious neglect, which came from both parents, just in different forms. When you pair that with how the show handles people like Gabe and Jagged Stone, we see a clear pattern of the show ignoring the devastating effects that abandonment and neglect can have on a person, especially if they're a child.

Now you could look at that and say, "The head writer condones abuse! He's a monster!" But I prefer to go the more likely route and assume that he's a privileged middle-class cis white man who has never had to deal with those issues or support someone who has, so he has no idea how to handle them properly or that they even need to be properly handled. There's every chance that he's a loving, kind man and a fantastic father who just happens to not be very good at writing a complex topic that he clearly has no understanding of or desire to learn about. I apply similar logic to fans who share his opinions. Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence or ignorance.

And all of the above is assuming that we're talking about someone who thinks that the show is objectively good or that the mental health rep is good, which are big assumptions. It's fully possible to enjoy a piece of media that you know is objectively bad or even "problematic" in some way.

Personal confession time: is Loonatics Unleashed an objectively terrible show that you should never, ever watch? Absolutely. 100%. Are Rev Runner and Tech E. Coyote two of my favorite characters who will live rent free in my head until the day I die? Yep! I pulled up a YouTube highlight real as I was writing this and those dorks still make me smile even though the show is terrible on multiple levels and I know that I'm not alone in that sentiment. Those two clicked with a lot of people for some reason.

A piece of fiction need not be good for you to love it and you don't need to justify your love for a piece of fiction if you're not claiming that it's good. Similarly, people hating that piece of fiction or pointing out flaws in it is not a reflection on you in any way shape or form. You can even agree with their criticism and still love the piece of fiction. This approach to media - loving a thing in spite of its flaws - is normal and healthy and I'd really love to see it make a comeback in younger fandoms.

Like, I cannot emphasize this enough, most fandoms consider it perfectly normal to have lots of fans who are critical of the source or who have even lost interest in the source for one reason or another, but they still like some element of the source enough to want to create/consume fan content for it. These more critical fans arguably make some of the best fan content because looking at canon and saying "That's nice, let me show you how I'd do it" often leads to some of the most complex stories that you'll see in fandom spaces. Stories that can often blow canon out of the water for TV shows and movies since fanfic isn't limited by budgets or studio policies or marketability concerns. Fans who think that the source is perfect tend to just write fluff or romcom type fics, which is not a dig! I love bother of those genres! But woman does not live on fluff alone.

Obviously there's some complexity here because who decides if a show is bad? Saying "it's okay that you like a terrible thing" can certainly sound like an insult and prompt a feeling of needing to defend the thing, which is why I don't fight with fans who like the show. There's really no need to convince them that the thing they like is bad. Do I think it is? Yes. Does it matter if they disagree? No, not really. At worst, they create stories with similar issues and, well, they're not the only ones and fighting with them isn't going to stop them. You're much better off focusing on creating your own good media and trying to get that popular. Heck, even if you made the head writer see all of Miracuous' flaws, it wouldn't change anything. The show is already made.

So, yeah, I don't really assume anything bad about people who think that miraculous is good. I know lots of wonderful people who have terrible taste in media and I'm still friends with them. I just don't take recommendations from them.

It's important to remember that, when you're online in a fandom space, a person is condensed down to a very tiny snapshot of who they are and judging a person solely off of their thoughts regarding a poorly written kids show is a dangerous path to tread. Like, looking at this blog, you might assume that I spend all of my time thinking about miraculous and obsessing over its flaws, which is very much not the case. I actually have this blog specifically so that I don't obsess over miraculous' flaws because I've found that, when something is bothering me, writing it down or talking to someone about it is the best way to stop thinking about it. Even then, most of my posts are reblogs of stuff I come across while browsing my tumblr feed, which is not solely miraculous content. I mostly interact with the show by creating non-salty fanfic that I honestly enjoy writing and find to be a relaxing, positive outlet.

It's human nature to judge and it's totally normal to think that a person's an idiot because of something they post online, but be careful to not lean into those thoughts too hard. At the end of the day, Miraculous is just a stupid kids show that will fade from the popular consciousness a few years after it stops airing. If it and/or the fandom are negatively affecting your mental health, then it's okay to step away for a while or use the block button. It really is your best friend. I enjoy being critical about Miraculous specifically because it's not that important. While I do think that kids deserve better media, I don't think Miraculous is some terrible evil harming the youth. I'm not horrified when a kid watches it, it's just not a show that I'd encourage them to watch and, if the kids was close to me, we'd spend a lot of time talking about the bad things that the show showcases from time to time. There are lots of episodes that are fine and I can think of way worse kids shows. Shows that tell their horrifying morals really well, making a kid far more likely to pick up on them and internalize them.

*Note that I only feel comfortable talking about the head writer like this because he's a public figure with an active social media presence AND because I'm not @ing him. If he was a private person or if he was not a professional creator, then I would not talk about him like this and even in that context I try to avoid it whenever I can. You can think that he's a terrible writer, but he's still a human being and, as far as I'm aware, nothing he's done deserves people harassing him.

I absolutely understand how devastating it can be to see a story you love get ruined by the creative team. The first time that happened to me, the life lesson I came away with was, "I will no longer put my happiness in the hands of another creator. I will enjoy stories, but I will temper my expectations and remember that they're just another human being and it's completely possible that their vision for this seemingly awesome story may end up being terrible."

#ml writing salt #ml writing critical #ml fandom salt #fandom salt #ask response

[misc-obeyme]

Oh hey, it's CC, your local fluffy fanfic writer who seems to think they can write theory posts. I really should just stick to what I'm good at, but here we are.

I'm back on my Solomon and Barbatos theories, brought to you by the insanity that was hard Lesson 20. I'm also just thinking a lot about that whole situation, so.

Spoilers below the cut, as always!

Here is my first post about hard Lesson 20.

I went back and read the lessons with Raphael in them because now that I know it's actually Michael pretending to be Raphael, it changed the meaning of everything Raphael was originally saying.

Now obviously Michael is still pretending to be Raphael at this point, so it's hard to say how much of it is Michael saying what he thinks Raphael would say and how much of it is Michael just saying what he wants to say.

There were a few general things I wanted to talk about, specifically that I think Michael is a coward. When he was in the Devildom as Raphael, he kept saying stuff like "Michael wants to send you this message" and "I know about this from Michael" like why didn't he just come on down as himself and own it?

Raphael actually calls him out on this.

I'm seriously starting to love Raphael. He's just like, you're an idiot and I don't have time for your nonsense lol.

But anyway, there were a few things that Michael said as Raphael that I found interesting. Most of the stuff he said to the brothers was very official stuff like "The Celestial Realm has pardoned you" and "do you doubt our Father?"

But when he talks to Simeon and Luke, he's completely different. He showers them in gifts (which is especially funny because he's still pretending to be Raphael, so it's like here is Michael acting like he's Raphael giving gifts to Simeon and Luke that he says are from Michael...) and he tells Luke he might consider being a principality and watching over humans.

Though when Simeon questions whether or not this what He really wants (assuming we're talking about Father/God here), "Raphael" is like are you doubting?? It's like he cares about all these people, but the second they do something he doesn't like, he gets weird about it. He can't just be like okay, I see that you needed to make this decision for yourself and I'm happy for you. No, he's like you are wrong and I'm going to try to convince you of that. So I'm going to do some crazy stuff and stress everybody out.

All of this is to say that I'm not sure how I feel about Michael, but so far I'm not impressed.

OKAY but now on to my Solomon and Barbatos stuff.

My original Solomon theory can be read here.

Basically, I was speculating that we're dealing with two different Solomons, one of which is the past version and one of which is the future version that came back to help us.

However, I'm not sure that's exactly what's going on.

You can read this post about Lesson 17 for a little context on this, but I also talk about Solomon switching outfits a lot. Because he does and he seems to be the only one who does.

So now, I thought this particular exchange was interesting:

Okay, we all remember this line from Diavolo, but I'm interested in Barbatos's "..." that comes after. Why would they include that? And right after Diavolo calls Raphael "Seraph Raphael?"

I think it's because Barbatos knows this isn't really Raphael. Why would they put that in there at all if it didn't have some significance? And I can't imagine what else it could mean, now that we know that wasn't Raphael at all. Does Barbatos know that it's Michael? I'm not sure. Maybe. But it could be that he just knows it ISN'T Raphael.

I also noticed that any time Raphael and Solomon are in the same place, Solomon is wearing his casual sorcerer outfit, the one I think belongs to our original present timeline Solomon.

But after Raphael leaves the first time, Solomon and Barbatos have tea at the Demon Lord's Castle and he's wearing the trench coat.

It's a fascinating conversation. Because if Barbatos can tell when someone is not who they seem, and this Solomon is not our Solomon, then Barbatos is fully aware that this is not Solomon.

However, they keep up the pretense that this is the same Solomon. They even talk about his hangover and stuff.

BUT.

Then they talk about why Barbatos is angry at Solomon and Solomon is very much just like ??? about it.

SO here are my theories.

I think we are dealing with two Solomons, one who wears the casual sorcerer outfit and one who wears the human world trench coat outfit.

The trench coat one is not our original Solomon. He might be a version of Solomon - such as past!Solomon - but now I also think he might be a completely different character disguised as Solomon.

Barbatos knows that MC is from the future, I think. I can't imagine why he wouldn't know. I think he also knows trench coat wearing Solomon is not the original.

And I kinda think it might actually be Michael who's pretending to be Solomon?? But as I mentioned in my original hard Lesson 20 post, that would also mean he made a pact with Asmo and that part doesn't make sense.

But the conversation Barbatos has with Solomon after Raphael makes his ultimatum really makes me feel like they are talking about something else. Without getting into ridiculous amounts of detail, it just sounds like Barbatos is saying I'm mad at you, but he's not saying it to Solomon, he's saying it to whoever is disguised as Solomon. He calls him an imbecile multiple times. And yet, Barbatos always used to say how smart Solomon was, so it just doesn't add up. I can't imagine anything that Solomon himself could have actually done to make Barbatos so angry with him. It makes more sense to me for it to be someone else entirely.

I also think that whoever is disguised as Solomon doesn't know that Barbatos knows that it isn't actually Solomon. Like okay, let's just say it's Michael to make it easy. If it's Michael that Barbatos is really mad at, but Michael doesn't know that Barbatos knows that he's Michael, then Michael would continue to respond to Barbatos as though he was Solomon. So if Barbatos is like I'm mad you (meaning Michael) and Michael is thinking okay what did Solomon do but he just has no idea, it makes sense that he would just have to default to saying I don't know why you're mad.

That's a bit of a convoluted mess, though. So I think it's probably unlikely?

Because I will say that I am really reading into things, though. And with this game, it's hard to say what any of what is said actually means. I just thought of the past/present Solomon theory and now I'm always looking for additional proof of it lol.

In the end, I'm still pretty upset with the way Michael decided to just show up and traumatize our poor boys further by granting them a pardon and telling them they can come back, but with all those strings attached. I don't know if this happened because he's just out of touch with everything and didn't realize how stressful that would be for them or if he's really just selfish. He just wants them back and he has the power to do it, maybe? I don't know, but man just leave them alone already would ya!

As for Solomon, I love him no matter what, so I hope that if my theory is correct, it gets resolved in a normal, non-heartbreaking way, thanks. Honestly, I'd rather be wrong about everything if it means sparing us from painful times with Solomon. He's been through enough, too.

Anyway, I just needed to get all this out of my head so I'd stop thinking about it lol. If you made it this far, thank you for reading the whole thing, I am sending you kisses.

#obey me #obey me shall we date #obey me nightbringer #obey me theories #obey me nightbringer hard lesson 20 #obey me nightbringer spoilers #obey me raphael #obey me michael #obey me solomon #obey me barbatos #misc talks about characters #misc rambles

[trainsinanime]

WIP reblog game

I got tagged by @chaos-has-theories and @into-september. Sorry for the delay in doing this, I just forgot about it.

If you're like me and you have a million WIPs and are anxious about updating them, play this game!

List the titles your top five priorities for WIP updates (link your fics for new readers!)

An upcoming scene, event, or detail in each fic that you're looking forward to writing

Bonus: make a poll for your followers to vote on which top 5 WIP they are most excited to see an update on!

Then tag 10 writer friends!

Let's start with the stories. So, I don't trust myself with multi-chapter stories, it takes me forever to write one-shots already, so (almost) none of these are out yet. You can read the ones that are out over here.

Operation Multifail. Three-chapter story where Marinette tries to convince Chat Noir to stop thinking about Multimouse by fighting as Multimouse, badly, on purpose, so he'll think she's incompetent. It doesn't quite work out.

Kwamidaddy Adrien. Assumes Marinette is the guardian. For reasons, Chat Noir has to take the Kwamis for a while. They all promised not to tell him anything about her private life. Shouldn't be a problem, right? This one may also end up being like three chapters

Chlogami Sabrina's Wedding. I think I posted a rough outline for chapter one here: It's Sabrina's wedding, and drunk Chloé confides in also-drunk Kagami about her complicated relationship to Sabrina, how she's happy for her but also jealous but also knows that because of their baggage, it could never work, while Kagami also has feelings about Adrien's and Marinette's upcoming wedding. I have like half a first draft of a first chapter here and absolutely no clue where this might go next.

Wings AU - Learning to Land. So there's a wings AU concept for Miraculous that keeps coming up every now and then. A bit too angsty for me, but when I first heard it, I thought it was a fun idea to talk about aerodynamics and world building in that context, specifically where Marinette teaches sheltered Adrien how to fly.

Plagg Interview. Now we're deep in the dregs, I picked a folder at random. Alya publishes interviews with someone close to Chat Noir's thinking. That someone: Plagg, who has been bribed with cheese. Marinette is not happy, but she can't say anything because Alya can't learn she's Ladybug. Yeah, this one's been sitting in my folder for a while. As have the others. Probably a one-shot.

Stuff I'm looking forward to in each fic:

The whole thing is based around big action set pieces. Three big Akuma fights, one in each chapter, which Marinette tries to fail at in different ways, and fails to fail, so to speak. I have no idea how to write these well, but I think that can be fun. Super-unpopular opinion: Fanfiction has way too much angst and romance and not enough action, and I'm definitely part of the problem myself.

Adrien interacting with the Kwamis who imprint on him as their father should be really adorable. As should the Kwamis trying their best to get Adrien and Marinette to marry (without revealing too much (they will reveal too much)).

Writing the banter between Chloé and Kagami is fun. I want to write more of it. I can definitely see someone taking that concept and turning it into, for lack of a better word, "normal long fic"; you know, thirty chapters, misunderstanding, they take a trip for a few chapters and return, so on and so forth. I'm not doing that, I don't have the work ethic and it's not actually my favourite genre of fanfic anyway. But what else could this story be? Figuring that out is an interesting challenge.

Aerodynamics! Learning to land! How do you learn to fly in a Wings AU? What does "rich kids aren't allowed to fly" mean for the world building? I don't have a story here at all but I do like the setting.

Plagg and Alya scheming together should be gold. Plagg trying to barter with a Marinette who can't reveal she's the Guardian has also a lot of comedic potential. Plagg trying to teach both of them how much Adrien needs them could be very emotional. Just Plagg.

Also, do you have any title ideas for any of these? I think Operation Multifail is good, the rest are just literally the file names I chose when I started with these projects.

I am tagging, very much at random, @sizzleissues, @pauliestorylover, @oblivionhold, @wrw47, @precious-notes, @kyuunonana, @aidanchaser, @aanabear2803, @valtionrautatiet-official and @cosmiccarrotcake. The requirement for inclusion was "I found you in my activity view in the past three months", so if you don't know what fanfic is, or don't feel like doing this, do feel free to ignore this.

#in retrospect i could have included some non-ml ones as well #but i'm not going back and changing this now

[marzipanandminutiae]

its really too bad that you didnt respond to the well written response nbraraeaves made to your incredibly cruel and judgmental tags on that post. they brought up a lot of good points and its disappointing how youre so unwilling to hear any perspective other than your own.

Genuinely I had no idea what this was about until I scrolled halfway down their blog. Maybe next timetry specifying the theme of said post at least, so I have some idea about what I've been "incredibly cruel and judgmental" in regards to? We're not mutuals, and this was such a quickly dashed-off reblog that I didn't think to keep track of it after moving on to the next post.

I found what you were talking about, I think. I tagged a post about wanting community tags to block "x reader" fics- that is, second-person fics where the reader is a given character's OC love interest -thus:

Which, I admit, was a bit snarky of me. Although I will clarify that I meant it as an expression of genuine surprise: most fandoms have stories ranging from breathtaking to unreadable, quality-wise, in every sub-category of fic, so it surprised me that I'd never come across any Well-Written But Not My Thing stories of the Xreader variety. Logically I still figure there must be some out there, somewhere; it just seems strange that I've never found them.

the commentary, unlike this ask, was very polite and considered, and made some points I hadn't thought of before. (hence why I am actually responding to it, instead of simply deleting the ask)

They mentioned a lot of things I'll admit I hadn't considered- I assumed it was mostly just people wanting to bang a specific character. Which would be fine, to be clear! I don't go into Xreader circles and yuck anyone's yum- I said this on my private blog, where I thought nobody into that sort of thing would see it.

Which leads to another point: I did not think anyone who was into Xreader would be following me.

Listen, on the balance, the Xreader fanfic in my fandom tends to be. Not kind to the female main characters, Lucille especially. And again, that's fine; I'll just avoid those fics. But it lead me to assume, clearly incorrectly, that most CPeak Xreader writers hated my Best-Beloved Blorbo, and therefore were unlikely to stick around once I made my love for her clear.

(Why I didn't think about other types of XReader writers...I can't say. Fandom laser-focus, I suppose.)

Now, clearly I was wrong- that commenter is a CPeak Xreader writer and at least tolerates my immense desire to blanket-burrito Lucille like a hissing kitten enough to actually read my fanfic. It's for them that I'm answering this, not you; however that post came to my attention, it's still worth sharing, and they shouldn't be punished for what some anon with a bug up their ass does.

@nbraraeaves: I appreciate you sitting down to tell me why your preferred form of writing is meaningful and enjoyable to you. Thank you for your comment. While XReader will probably never be my thing- honestly, more because I want the characters to be with each other and not me than out of any perceived Inherent Failing of the medium, above tags notwithstanding -I can understand your perspective on it much better now. I hope it continues to bring you joy for a long time to come

@Anon: you may now retreat to your hidey-hole, proud and secure in the knowledge that [checks notes] you got a random person to stop being a little bit disdainful towards your favorite fanfic genre on the Internet. your gold star will be arriving in 3-5 business days

#ask #anon #anon hate #long post #fandom #listen I have a lot of pent-up nervous energy right now because the world is on fire and my shoulders really hurt #and I cannot find a damn clock repair person in this city that I can actually get to #so yes I'm feeding the troll this once #forgive my bad example #NOTE: ANON IS THE TROLL. NOT THE PERSON WHO MADE THAT COMMENT #THEY GENUINELY SEEM QUITE NICE #AT LEAST BASED ON A BRIEF SCROLL OF THEIR BLOG AND SAID COMMENT

[wooahaes]

I totally understand your point and where those asks are coming from about the things you can't stand in fics, but there's a difference between hating a certain expression like "she released a breath she didn't know she had been holding" and being triggered over things like y/n being described as small, having long hair and stuff. The writers are most likely writing from their own characteristics (or if not, things that they'd like to have)

That's personal preference and if you'd like to see something specific represented, why don't you write it yourself? (And I absolutely don't mean this in a condescending way, I'm genuinely saying you should try writing it yourself, why not?)

hi anon! i'm going to assume you're new here since it'll explain that last part since i occasionally do write fics with chubby readers or fem readers that are tagged as such since i like seeing myself represented <3 i always tag them as being a chubby reader so that people who don't want to read that kind of thing can avoid it since it's not applicable to everyone and some people just aren't interested in reading it

also, before i really go into it... i'd very much appreciate it if you didn't throw around the word 'triggered' in such a manner. we're having a discussion on my blog. if i've gotten a little too heated, then that's my bad, but this is nothing like being triggered by something (trust me, being sent into a breakdown over an actual trigger is not fun and a thousand times more stressful/upsetting than getting a little heated during a discussion).

i think the thing is... my anons have all been pretty nice about the things they're talking about? i genuinely brought up the point of writing pet peeves in terms of phrases or things that people see in writing since i like creating a safe place to talk about things. i'm very much a white woman though, so i try not to comment too much on things like my first anon brought up of writers talking about reader visibly blushing aside from the fact that i try to avoid physical descriptors like that due to it alienating darker skinned readers. it's usually because of these comments (so far not aimed at me, but general grievances with reading fics) that i try to avoid any physical descriptions in my fics--reader doesn't turn red or blush in a visual sense, but their face will get warm or they'll get flustered by a statement. it's a more universal feeling that people can agree to rather than worrying about the color their face is, plus it's more inclusive of people who don't visibly blush.

my other anon said that they feel self conscious so it bothers them when writers specifically talk about showing off curves (which not every person has, by the way--i've known people who are rectangular in body shape and lack any curves, doesn't make them any more or less a person deserving of respect). this is easily something a writer could warn for, too. describing reader as petite or dainty or tiny is also something that alienates the readers and rarely gets a warning for.

if i may be so bold, i don't think you fully understand my point and my anons points. reader fanfics are meant to be an inclusive medium because you're intentionally writing a more blank slate than you would an original character. it's one thing to write something like a personality or giving your reader likes/dislikes and writing reader as someone petite. i... simply can't ever be petite (i can lose weight, yes, but i won't ever be tiny and petite because my body simply isn't like that). dark skinned readers can't just become lighter.

it's okay to write a reader from your own characteristics. it's okay to romanticize your skin tone or your body. it's not okay to not warn people about it when they don't fit that mold. if you're going to exclude readers, then the nice thing to do is warn them before they start reading your fics. i warn people when i write chubby reader fics, i've seen poc writers warn when they're writing a poc reader... why can't people with long hair or smaller body types do the same? why would people viewed as deviations from that mold be the only people who have to warn people? i'm not saying you can't write a reader who's petite, i'm saying you should tell your audience when you do. it helps readers find material that fits them better rather than walk into a fic and be taken out of it because reader's described with things like "your slim body" or noted to be blushing red.

and as i've said, i've written a lot of fics. some of them feature a chubby reader because i do like to write my own representation sometimes. most of the time, i leave those details out because i don't see a point in them. i write for myself sometimes, but i also like writing for other people and giving them a place where they can feel safe in romantic fics where they're loved no matter who they are or what they look like. sometimes i start ideas with a chubby reader that i later cut out because their body type didn't actually matter to the story i'm telling (even though i could have just kept reader chubby--why alienate people when it isn't relevant to the plot?). i've had ideas start out neutral that changed because i wanted to tell a story a specific way.

personal preference isn't an excuse to not tell your readers what you're writing. i'm willing to bet every single anon i've had so far wouldn't have these complaints if they were given a proper warning before they read the fic (because then they likely wouldn't have engaged with something they can't relate to unless they were just down to read the writing and not imagine themselves as the reader).

#wooahaes.ask #asks.anon #normally i would put a readmore on this but i feel like this one is important to address #i do feel the need to also say that the way i write reader fics and the way i write my original works deviate from one another #aka i'll write a chubby protagonist purely for the representation of it all even if her body isn't 100% relevant to the plot #because i like the idea of writing stories for girls who have bodies like mine even if they can't 100% relate to the protag through like #interests and personality. #reader fics i feel like people are able to step out of their shoes to read a reader whos extroverted #you can't just pretend you're an entirely different ethnicity or body type

[slothquisitor]

Get to know the fanfic writer

Tagged by the lovely @dulcidyne - thank you!

When did you post your first-ever fanfic?

September of 2015, and I was *so* nervous.

First Character(s) you wrote?

It was Dragon Age, specifically Cullen x Lavellan. Assuming we're talking specifically about fic. If we're talking original work, I had literal notebooks of stories (mostly that I wrote my friends into) and we passed those around between classes in junior high. They wrote notes and reactions in the margins lol

Main Character(s) you're currently writing?

Just Astarion x Tav right now.

Character(s) you haven't written about before but plan to soon?

Most of the BG3 companions. There's not enough friendship fic out there. I also love Durge so much but like...I don't know that's a lot!

Fandom(s) you're currently writing?

Baldur's Gate is all. I assume I'll come back to Dragon Age at some point, but I'm also not forcing it. I write fanfic for fun, so I keep it no pressure over here.

Platonic Pairing(s) you're currently writing?

I plan to write some good post-campaign friendship pieces for Baldur's Gate, but gotta get there in the writing, you know?

Romantic Pairing(s) you're currently writing?

Astarion/Liv (my tav)

Your top AO3 tags?

Listen, my AO3 tags are a mess and half the time they're jokes. Probably angst though. Gotta find the balance somewhere lol

Current platform you use for posting?

AO3 and Tumblr. Although...gotta say I don't know how fic writing on Tumblr works these days. Some ya'll out here doing the MOST with like graphics and shit. I salute you.

Snippet of the WIP you are currently working on?

 Her parents’ praise was an elusive thing, something fought and squabbled over by her older siblings, torn to scraps so threadbare that there had never been any left over for her.

Tagging @fluffleforce-mysdrym (no pressure!) and anyone else who sees and might want to participate. I'm bad at Tumblr these days and knowing who is writing and who isn't.

#sloth speaks #writing meme

[bonesandthebees]

42 and 45 for the ask game!!

42. describe the aesthetic of a story in 5 words.

I'm not sure if this means the aesthetic of a specific story but I'm assuming it does? so if we're talking about say... through a glass divine then in five words

neon, shimmer, blood, metal, concrete

45. name three of your favorite fanfic writers.

this is so hard why would you do this to me wahhhhh ok off the top of my head

birdfeet

thanotaphobia

bari_astralis

ask game!

#ask game #motham

[grim-glasses]

Absolutely unhinged Grelliam rambling

(To save time, please assume that each paragraph begins with "in my opinion" because this isn't a meta post, I'm not trying to be like "omg they're endgame and this is Yana's vision" I'm mostly talking about my creative process and the transformative nature of fanworks. My fanworks specifically.

Note: The Tale of Will the Reaper does not exist to me. I Do Not See It.

Not sure if I'm just experiencing Visions or what but I do think that Grelliam could be endgame with quite honestly only very small amounts of character development

I was struggling with writing the ship for a while because I really liked it but as it stands Will and Grell have like 0 chemistry and really REALLY fall into that 2010s-era "sexually inappropriate dumbass x emotionally stunted asshole who beats the shit out of them & we're supposed to find this cute and funny because it's the 2010s" dynamic

So I was really struggling finding a way to like. write that dynamic in a deep, meaningful way. Because in order to do that, you have to take it seriously, I think? You either have to take it seriously and consider them a couple that is uncomfortable with each other or dial it back into something you can work with.

The problem is, as side characters, if you take that away, there's nothing left. Grell is just some weirdo with a crush and Will is. wallpaper.

The only solution, thus, is to develop it. And I finally "solved" Grelliam in a way that works for me.

You seeee, I initially thought Will was The Problem. So naturally, if I crafted some sort of scenario in my head where he changed to accept and reciprocate Grell's feelings, that should fix it, right?

Wrong.

The problem was, I still didn't believe it.

It didn't work for me at all.

Even if you headcanon him as demi, which I do, there's still this strange sense of mismatch, that Grell is over-performing in a way, or perhaps... over-compensating?

I sat with this weird Grelliam mismatch for months trying to come up with some fanfic plots, some ideas, something to compel me, but I really could not find any appeal in a love story where only one person is transformed. It turns Will into a problem and Grell into a solution.

But then I realized that Grell is, in fact, also a problem.

Her feelings and expressions are WAY too over-the-top to be believable or even... genuine. I started thinking about what she said to An right before killing her (in the anime, anyway, bc I've watched that scene more than I've read it)

Also I'm paraphrasing because I'm not about to go look up the scene just to get the quote right in some absolutely unhinged Grelliam ramble

But it was something along the lines of "what use are you to me if you're just another woman?"

Because Angelina hesitated to kill Ciel. Because she showed weakness.

From this and Grell's attraction to Sebastian and Will, I think it's fair to draw the conclusion that it's not aloofness she's attracted to, but resolution, stoicism, drive, immovability. We can guess that she's not lithro, because she was in a reciprocated relationship with An.

It's displays of excess emotion and vulnerability that turn her off.

That being said, I don't think she knows just how deep her feelings for Will go. I think she's counting on him to never, ever break. To never cry, to never bleed, to never smile. I think she feels very safe in that.

That needs to go.

I think, the Inciting Grelliam Incident, the moment that shatters the status quo into a million little pieces on the floor, that changes everything

Is

That

Will needs to show some kind of weakness

And Grell needs to keep loving him anyway

I could keep going but I ran out of steam anyway my point is I can write Grelliam now because I finally have an idea of what I want their fucking dynamic to look like

#grimpost

[naranjapetrificada]

The timing of this poll popping up on my dash is really interesting because in our last session, my therapist asked if I would be okay sending him some of my ofmd fanfic.

For context, this isn't an entirely left-field request for him to make. First and foremost, he has every reason to delve into my relationship with media that effects me, and specifically about writing, because of my history.

I have an incredibly fraught relationship with creative writing thanks to the decades I spent convinced I "had" to do it because I had a "gift" (read: I was regularly told this in so many words and I have strong language skills).

I coasted my way through writing in undergrad and predictably hit a wall when I tried and failed to complete an MFA, after which I spent a few years barely able to read much less write.

More than once in my life when I've struggled to explain myself or something I was feeling, I've literally gone over to my bookshelf to show whoever I was talking to a highlighted passage that said the things I couldn't.

Since I started the show, we've been talking at length about the effects it and its fanworks have had on me, the questions that have come up, the useful examples it has provided, the role of narrative in our lives and how we live them, etc.

He has experience with creative therapy modalities, though that's not been what we've done in the years I've been seeing him.

I made a point to mention once that I've had conversations with other people who write fic (inside and outside this fandom) about how reading and writing it has been a useful way for them to process their emotions and trauma in ways they find engaging.

I can see how in his situation he would be curious, but because the question came up towards the end of the session we didn't really have time to get into it. Specifically why, although because we've also talked about struggling to identify concepts that are hard to name, I suspect he thinks it might reveal something useful for the work we're doing.

I'm not ashamed of the meager contributions I've made to this fandom. There's no plot to speak of in either because I'm allergic to plot. They're strings of images inspired by a specific image that popped into my head, with the absolute minimum amount of connective tissue required to prop them upright. And that's fine, because thankfully the genre conventions of fanfic allow these things to work because well-executed fan works don't require plot to draw readers in and have meaning for those readers. The very "I love _________ and want more of it" motivation to seek out fanworks gives us a space for creativity with different rules than we might be used to and allows people who otherwise wouldn't to enjoy and benefit from being creative.

A few months into my MFA program I finally admitted to myself that I should be writing poetry instead if trying to make fiction work, but at the time I didn't have the emotional fortitude to write good poetry, which would have required the years of therapy I didn't have at the time to face everything that would come up. Not that fiction isn't emotionally demanding of course, but as unequipped as I was to deal with the things fiction would require of me, I was even less interested then. But even with all this in mind I don't think my therapist will find what he's looking for in my writing for a lot of reasons.

First, I don't feel like I necessarily "put myself" into anything I write, at least not in that sort of simplistic psychoanalytic way that's assumed. While of course you still manage to tell on yourself in certain ways based on what you say (or don't say) in any context, I literally don't think my fics will help him much there. The first one was the world's mildest reunion smut born out of a specific image, with a first draft completed in one sitting. The second one is a "character study" I guess, born from another image that may have been especially inspiring because writing it (again in one go) allowed me to put off something else that I very much did not want to be doing that day. In both cases, revisions and getting them posted too less than 24 hours after the initial draft.

Let's also look at the animus behind writing fic. Like there are loads of reasons to do it, but with me the experience has always meant being struck by an image writing it down so I don't lose it, and following it down its desired path to see what else comes up. I wrote what I wanted, how I wanted, and experienced some creative satisfaction in doing so. It's been an outlet in some ways, but that's just as true of other things I do sometimes like streaming games or even like fucking exercising.

Were I to decide to share any of it it wouldn't be like linking my ao3 account or whatever, which to be clear isn't what he was even asking. He'll respect that I don't want to share them, and we'll discuss what he was hoping to learn when we meet again this week. I was definitely thrown by the initial request, but beyond all the privacy and ethics stuff, it just doesn't feel like it would be a good use of anyone's time?

Tbh if anything is gonna come from this request it will likely be a) talking in detail about the fics I've read that have profoundly effected me to identify the stuff it brings up or b) him urging me to try poetry. Which like, okay, the thing you don't want to do for the reasons I can feel in my gut that I don't want to write poetry can often be the very thing you absolutely need to do, but ugggggh. That's the hypothetical conversation I'm dreading more than anything else to do with this.

#go ahead and grieve yourself #let's heal together yeah yeah yeah #healing through fanfic #healing through literature #fanfic writing #fanfic woes #my fic writing #ofmd fics

[rmd-writes]

18, 24 and 43 for the fanfic asks please 🙃

18. What is your favorite writing prompt?

I don't write to specific prompts that often, though sometimes I will see a tweet, or a poem, or someone says something and then the fic almost writes itself (or at least the plot) in my head.

24. How many WIPs (work-in-progress) do you’ve got?

Define WIP lol

If WIP means there's an actual google doc created I've started writing the fic, then I have three. If WIP includes fic concepts with notes (some very detailed including dialogue, some less so), then I have nine.

43. Guilty pleasure tropes and scenarios?

First, no guilt, only pleasure - we shouldn't feel guilty for liking the things we like (assuming they don't involve actually harming another person).

If we're talking about tropes and scenarios I like to write, a quick scroll of my published fics tells me that I'm a fan of writing FWB to lovers fics as well as oh my god they were neighbours! fics they're the two tropes that come up most often in my writing. I do LOVE a fake dating story and there was only one bed as well though!

ask me about my writing

#thanks for asking! #rmd answers

[bigkpopstan]

About the cnc thing: I think some people might enjoy writing or reading somno since you can portray the person consenting to it before hand, but feel uncomfortable at the idea of actually playing out a scene where somebody pretends to resist. Which is totally understandable and valid.

However, I love cnc, somno and also just straight up fictional noncon/dubcon, so you're not alone in that at all. It's been something I've wanted to explore with my writing since the beginning but for a long time I was hesitant. Blogs writing that kind of content were few and far between, and the handful that did seemed to get pretty nasty hate for it at least occasionally. Additionally, they were also all sub!reader blogs, so I wasn't sure how people would react to it.

Maybe it's just my experience, but I feel like recently there is more understanding about r*pe fantasies, problematic fiction and how they doesn't necessarily reflect people's actual views or desires. I feel like it isn't as taboo as it used to be. I've started seeing it more often in the kpop fanfic community, and since being more open about it myself I've actually gotten quite a bit of interest and nobody has gone out of their way to give me crap about it. I'm not saying people don't still receive hate making that kind of content, but it seems now people are more likely to just ignore/block something if they know it is upsetting or triggering for them since they know it's not intended for them.

Cnc is a very common kink, so I'm sure there are plenty of other people on here who are secretly into it as well. On top of that, since it's not something everyone writes, there's very likely a potential audience that isn't being catered to very much with most fanfic. So I don't think it will be too hard to find an audience.

This kind of fantasy is really common, you're not the only person who enjoys it by a long shot. I know r*pe fantasies about being the "perpetrator" is something that people don't really talk about, especially when it comes to women and femme-presenting people. We're supposed (I feel like I didn't get as much of this, but it's still a big problem in a lot of cases) to be submissive and super accommodating all of the time, and finding enjoyment out of having any kind of power is often a big no-no. I know what it's like to feel like you're the only one, to try to find out more about it online only to find article after article telling you "Oh yeah it's totally fine and normal for women to have r*pe fantasies, it doesn't mean they actually want to be r*ped. :)" I mean I'm glad other people can feel reassured in that, but that's not the kind of fantasy I mean. I thought that if they're specifically only saying that fantasising about being a victim is okay, does that mean that my fantasy isn't okay?

It doesn't make you bad, or mean that you actually want to hurt others. You can be excited by the fantasy of having total power over another person, "taking what you want", etc. in a context where nobody is actually being hurt, and still have the basic human empathy to realise that it's a horrific crime that completely violates a person's bodily autonomy. It can have absolutely devastating consequences to the victim's life and cause immeasurable harm. You can be into cnc/enjoy content that portrays noncon/dubcon, but have no desire to actually inflict that kind of harm onto another human being.

Btw, I hope this doesn't come across as me being presumptive. I'm not at all assuming this is how you feel, it's just something I've struggled a lot with in the past and might be beneficial to others who see it.

I actually really enjoyed reading your whole like explanation? Which is something now that you’ve mentioned that I didn’t realized I noticed. Most somno fics do have the consent talk or at least it being mentioned before it happens. I don’t remember a cnc fic I’ve ever read that had the talk before hand, but also even with other slightly more out there kinks fics tend to not have the talk in them. I don’t think I was going there with that but was pointing out an observation I didn’t notice I had until this ask.

read more cause this is long

cnc/somno I enjoy but personally the dubcon/noncon genre of things haven’t really been my thing but I personally have also never thought anything horrible about people who have read/write it bc again, fictional. like you said just bc people fantasize about it doesn’t mean they actually want it to happen to them or them doing it to someone else. I just hopefully more people adopt the “everyone has their own interests and that has nothing to do with me so I’ll move on” mindset.

I’m actually really glad you came in here with this I feel like how do I articulate this-I feel like it’s educational for people who don’t know much or anything at all about these types of interests and talking about stuff like this is nice for lack of better words.

Personally though I did I’m emotionally but I did get upset at the fact that-idk I’m a very soft person and even with my hard kinks I would be worried to push it so the fact that there are people who are-not worried about other humans or their partners is very upsetting.

I’m genuinely sorry if this response seems dry I have like no idea what to add to this bc you talked so well and I agree so I’m just like reiterating/agreeing with everything 😭.

also about the fantasy thing other than the “oh it’s normal for women but it doesn’t mean they actually want it to happen” …I don’t think I’ve seen any conversation about it being the other way around, like ever. I feel like that’s something that’s still taboo?? bc I feel like if we (in a general sense, like anyone) we to talk about men having them it’d seem like they’d actually want it to happen and they’d be written off as a predator. women having them would obviously be a rarer conversation where people would probably actually-it’d probably lead into the “well men want” that whole bs take; double standards. I also don’t know where I’m going with this or there was a point or if it’s just another general observation thing I wanted to get off my chest bc It came to mind. also the fact that people don’t really see women as threats for the talking about women having them.

one last thing I wanna mention, if I ever have had more noncon/dubcon thoughts I probably would have immediately shut it down, pushed it off and changed the topic in my brain. I think that my way of thinking like most others is/was “I don’t want to do that so why would I want to think of that” or “if I think about it too much maybe I’ll actually want to do it to someone” which it’s a fantasy, that’s not the case. people who don’t actually have the desire/want even if they think about it won’t want to do it which I realize again is just reiterating what you said in a different way.

#sweetheartsannie #every time I say or write the word ‘like’ I hear it in yangyang’s voice #bc he also says it a lot #no bc I was so interested in reading everything you said #this is a messy response #but I do hope everyone else that sees it #either benefits from it or it gives them insight ? I guess more of an understanding

[tiger-moran]

With the following I don't mean people just being sad or disappointed that a particular thing doesn't exist or that there are barely any fics involving whatever they're talking about, I mean when people are trying to compare the two things and only bring up the one supposedly more popular thing essentially just to demean it: people complaining about ace characters in sexual relationships/aro characters in romantic relationships and basically demanding people write more aro/ace characters not in romantic/sexual relationships give me the same feeling as the people complaining about there being far more m/m fics than f/f ones and basically demanding people write more f/f content, and that feeling is not a good one.

With both they always seem to jump to assuming people writing it are not part of that actual group themselves, apparently according to people like this it's pretty much always "straight women" writing m/m fic and it's always "allos" writing relationships with asexual/aromantic people in sexual/romantic relationships. Sorry but I think that is bullshit (and a lot of the time it is just thinly veiled (at best) transphobia, homophobia, biphobia and/or aphobia).

Also most of these people seem to like criticising the content which does exist and the people who created it while still demanding that we all cater to them and their specific wants but they never seem to actually write what they're demanding themselves. If you're so bothered about the disparity between m/m fic and f/f fic then write f/f fic yourself! Or if you're so bothered about there being so much content apparently with asexuals fucking or aro people in romantic relationships and you want content with ace/aro characters without sex and romance, write it yourself!

I mean sure it's a different matter when people are referring to the lack of a specific kind of representation in TV shows or films or something, something that the average person will never be able to create. To a large extent it's also different when it's about published fiction too (especially the traditionally published rather than self published books), but this is about 'just' fanfiction, you know that stuff people are creating and posting for free but I love (this is sarcasm) how certain people seem to go after fanfic writers as if we're absolutely interchangeable with all the people making the high budget TV shows and films or the writers who've made millions out of traditionally published books.

Also why would anyone think essentially calling everyone writing m/m fic straight and women and everyone writing romance and smut with aro/ace characters allo was ever a good idea a/ anyway and b/ when you're still apparently expecting these people to write exactly what you want to read. Sorry but if you call me an allo straight woman just because I write m/m romance and smut with aroace characters then even if I'd ever seriously considered writing the stuff you're basically demanding I write then I'm now going to refuse to ever write it entirely out of spite.

#like I saw a post a few weeks back #which was basically someone demanding fic writers write about aros not in relationships #and complaining about aro characters in romantic relationships #not just saying I wish more of this existed it was more like them #demanding we write it #while insulting existing fics with aro characters #and making it sound like they think anyone who writes an aro character #in a romantic relationship can't possibly be aro themselves #and I'm thinking... no #also that nobody is stopping you from writing and posting that yourself! #and I've seen the 'all the m/m smut is written by straight women' nonsense #too many times to count over the years

[exlibrisfangirl]

W.I.P Game

Tagged by the magnanimous @takadasaiko 💛😘

Rules

Writer: List all of your WIPs, and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

You Put Your Arms Around Me, and I'm Home (Teen Wolf)

A Single Silver Bullet (Teen Wolf)

Little Red Thread (Teen Wolf)

When Blooms The Rose In Coldest Winter (Teen Wolf)

We're With the Band (BBC Robin Hood)

Readers: Whichever fic you (followers/anyone reading this) find interesting, you can ask about it, and I'll either tell you about it, post a snippet, or both!

Tagging: @seven-oomen @sterekxhale @misskittysmagicportal @shealynn88 @rebakitt3n

#takadasaiko #seven oomen #misskittysmagicportal #shealynn88 #sterekxhale #rebakitt3n #ask meme #answered ask #fanfiction #writers on writing #writers on tumblr #works in progress #tumblr friends #mel writes #i'm assuming we're specifically talking about fanfic #so my novel wips are not included #but there are three of them #well one is actually a series #but the other two are standalones

[lananiscorner]

3 and 11

Thanks for your ask, phantomchick!

3. Have you ever unfollowed someone over a fandom opinion?

Oh boy, have I ever lol. I'm not going to name any names, but back in my Batfam fandom days there was another fanfic writer who was writing similar stuff to what I wrote, about the same characters, and we followed each other for a while, commented on each other's stuff, etc.

At one point, we got into a disagreement about shipping, specifically whether the "multi" category on AO3 should be used for fics that also include both gen and romantic ships and if a fic that is predominantly gen content, but contains sub content of a romantic pair, should be tagged as shipping or gen. For example, if I wrote a proper detective mystery involving the batfam where the focus is on solving the murder and there's lots of platonic back and forth between most of the cast, except Dick and Barbara are dating in the fic and there's maybe one chapter out of eight that revolves mostly around those two--would it be classified as M/F, Multi or Gen?

Now my stance on this was "if the majority of the content is gen, the fic should be categorized as 'gen' or maybe 'multi' at best--the Dick Grayson/Barbara Gordon tag will still be there for people to see before they start reading'. Her stance was that this was unacceptable and doing that would make the category system unusable for people like her who don't want ANY shipping content and I was false advertising or something.

The discussion got kinda heated, so I took a step back, asked 2 of my mutuals who had not been part of that drama for their input and after both assured me "no, your approach is really not that bad--she seems to be overreacting", I decided that clearly we had reached a "agree to disagree" point. This discussion had soured our entire communication and she had made it clear she wanted nothing more to do with me, so I unfollowed and blocked her. I hope she's living her best possible life.

11. Is there an unpopular character you like that the fandom doesn’t? Why?

Since it's you asking this, pc, I'll assume you want the answer for batfam/Batman fandom. I don't think there is one that the fandom actively doesn't like but I do (at least none that I can think of). The closest I can think of is Lucius Fox, whom I always liked to include in my batfam Arkham fics, even though he didn't get much attention in the batfam fandom at large. I think it's mostly because you literally cannot play Batman: Arkham Knight without running into him, and seeing how much he supports Batman and the family in that game and how much Alfred and Bruce care about him, kind of makes him feel like he's truly part of the family in BAK, whereas in the comics that doesn't seem to be that much of a case.

If we're talking outside of batfam/Batman fandom, FE3H has Leonie, whom many people look at as "the girl who makes a decent Sniper/Bow Knight, but is really annoying since all she ever talks about is Captain Jeralt". I couldn't stand her at first either, but literally every interaction she has with anybody EXCEPT the player character is SO MUCH BETTER--she is actually such a fantastic character. So yeah, I love Leonie, she's great.

#asks #phantomchick #salty ask list #ask meme

[blole-hack]

placeholder introduction post thingy. will edit if i have something relevant to add about myself in the future or something

if i say something wrong or if I'm annoying you please tell me ;_;

sorry, I have no idea how tumblr etiquette works

I'm Max

I'm a boy

I use he/him. they/them is cool too actually, I'm not nonbinary tho

I'm bi greyrose & demian

flags left to right top to bottom: demian, grayrose, angled aroace, marblic [mlm, mlnb, & mlw], monoamorous [just to balance it because i hate the 3 2 flag pattern ugh. but also why not lol]

omnibi then omniaspec

I really love my Bi flag but its more specific to use omnibi because omnibi encompasses all types of attraction https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Omnibi so ;-; goodbye bi flag.

omniaspec because I'm grey for everything (though mostly in different ways) and most of them are demi

I'm Filipino

I'm 16

i dont judge anyone based on their sexuality, gender identity, race, religion, neurodivergence, disabilities. we're all cool here.

"WOW, MAX so many flags!!! Ur freaking weird youre using so many adjectives on your introductionnnnn" well, fret not, i don't intruduce myself like this aaaaalll the time tbh i just wanted a few flags but then the tumblr format annoyed me so i had to make it even, and then the formatting broke and I'm too lazy to fix it so deal with it

I'm sorry if I don't reply to your dms,

I'm a minor and I'm extremely sus of people who message me without interacting with me much. uhh pedos exist also. So, I'm really not gonna risk it unless I know what your intentions are/what you want to talk about.

shipping preferences

This may come as a shock to you/s, but I'm a bakudeku shipper 😱😱😱

bakudeku switches. I rest my case.

I'm not a shipper of poly ships unless they're canon poly (most of the time), but it honeslty makes me smile sometimes ESPECIALLY if i shipped all if them at some point. but i really prefer mono bakudeku. they're just way too intense with each other SJDJWJS. todomomojirou sounds neat but I'm more partial to momojirou though. but the slight bkdk parallels :(((

As long as it's well made, I like concepts with the other baku and deku ships. only the concept though.

not a proshipper not an anti proshipper either. here's my sleepy explanation:

i don't condone pedo ships. there's a certain line that shouldn't be crossed :") sorry

i believe that there is an extent in which shipping does affect reality. i only ship ships that i believe won't have a negative impact.

shipping affecting reality is up to two things, did the author frame it as a good thing? or not? and it's up to the audience, are the audience knowledgeable and know that it's wrong irl but still enjoy content of it? or are they impressionable and are influenced by the show?

pedo ships are definitely not cool though (mostly referring to canonically pretty pedo characters) and are harmful always. especially if you draw them in explicit wayyy

how i feel about aging up probably depends on the perspective of the person shipping.

it's a case to case basis for this stuff. and there's many factors to decide if it's like those two things. and i guess the deciding thing is the psychology of the shipper

ok that might not be clear I'm gonna go back to sleep now

school -> sleepy -> dying inside -> I want to talk about lots of things like why I disagree about some things but I have to prioritize my life (unlike me, before, staying up late like a dumbass) many things are important but health is more important ok. future me i s2g if you do something stupid again

please don't assume weird things about me because of bakudeku okay ;_; I just wanna vibe :'))) as much as i have lots to say i wont assume weird things about antis either let's just chill ok there's other things we might have in common :'(( pls antisssssss

Fave stuff (wont disclose all in case i need to migrate)

Fanfic type: FLUFF

manga/manhwa/manhua/comics in general/Animes/Donghua/Animated things in general:

most favorite:

(they're all tied)

- my hero academia

- haikyuu

- link click

- KUNG FU PANDA

honorable:

- hunter x hunter (love the nen system)

- JJK

- re:zero

- chainsaw man

- slime tensei

- spirit pact

- puella magi madoka magica (I think I first watched it when I was five HAHAHAHA i was so traumatized.)

- mob psycho 100

- one punch man

- Yu Yu Hakusho

for the love of dog, i swear if A YYH FAN TALKS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE SHOULD WATCH YYH INSTEAD OF MHA BECAUSE OF SOME OBVIOUSLY SHALLOW REASONS AGAIN I WILL FLIP MY SH-

just love both ok

(also the fighting was just way too dragged out in the anime. I loved the characters though, not really Yusuke [sorry i just don't like how he's kind of a sexual,,, harasser. Ignoring that, he's not bad])

- Heaven official's blessing

the donghua is great and I love how they animated the romantic tension. same studio with link click too.

(I *almost* finished the book but I don't want to anymore. I have gripes about how Hua Cheng doesn't have any real attachments besides Xie Lian iirc. He doesn't have any other meaning to his life and I'm not into that kind of thing. They're not bad for each other but the way Hua Cheng loves him is the mark of someone with a crap childhood and it's just sad to see. it makes a lot of sense, I just don't find it romantic.

oh my god was that a controversial opinion please don't kill me

The plot is excellent though iirc. I really have respect for her as an author especially since writing is hard and she wrote a really really long story. it's my favorite published book besides [some childhood books that i wont mention] It's a very engaging book. I stayed up until 4 am to read it many times [not a good habit don't do that])

had to say it because I should clarify my shipping preferences since this is a ship blog focused on bkdk

So obviously i think, my story preferences are:

- stories with good ol internal conflict that affect the main plot and with loveable characters

Hobbies:

- writing (I'm a complete novice. haven't finished anything yet)

- drawing (I'm also a beginner)

note to self: probably post the other stuff separately then put it here

[s-bipsie]

Rules for Asks

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hello! my name is spirit, and i'm a hxh fanfic author! i'm currently hyperfixating on the media so please feel free to request fanfics, headcanons, and/or scenarios with characters. some disclaimers;

we are an osdd-1b system. we're called the pixel collective. if you have any questons about us, then feel free to ask.

some of the things we will bring up in headcanons or fics may originate from our alters memories (for example, our kurapika fictive has memories of being married to leorio. likewise, our biscuit fictive is absolutely disgusted by hisoka). please do not question these if they come up in the fics—messing with our alters memories can cause panic attacks which can lead to the body being harmed.

the current host is killua (while spirit used to be a host when this was written, they're currently dormant. hopefully they'll be back soon -🪙[mikoto]). however, the fics can still stem from our alters. and sometimes, other alters will be talking. so if youre addressing us, please call us 'pixel collective' unless you're looking for a specific alter.

a lot of our alters are children. please don't do anything weird towards the system in general.

now that those are out of the way, here are the rules regarding asks and fanfics:

characters i will not write for;

Hisoka Morrow.

i feel like this is fairly obvious as to why. he makes me extremely uncomfortable and i would prefer to not write x reader fics with him since, in order to do those things, i must imagine myself personally in the scenario. i'm sorry hisoka fangirls ^^

Palm Siberia.

this is for the same reason as hisoka. they are both equally pedophiles, regardless of their genders.

au's i will write;

anything.

yes, anything! with the exception of ABO and other au's directed specifically towards nsfw content, i feel comfortable writing any other au.

ships i will write;

as long as it's not abusive, pedophilic, or incestuous, i will most likely write it.

these ships can also be either platonic or romantic! i feel comfortable either way, but unless you clarify, i'm going to assume it's romantic.

keep in mind that, yes, killugon is included in the platonic/romantic idea. it is not inherently wrong for children to have crushes—they have them all the time in real life. it is NOT sexual unless you MAKE it sexual, which i will not be doing. no matter whether they're aged up in the fic or not.

things i will not write;

i will not write smut for minors

this includes fics where the minors are aged up. regardless of whether they are minors or not, you find their minor appearances attractive.

the x readers with killua, gon, and anybody else their age are strictly platonic. biskys as well.

we all know you aren't 12 or under or 50+ if you're on tumblr (besides, biscuit looks 12, so). get out of here, hisoka and palm kinnies.

i will not write smut in general—it may be implied with adult characters, but i feel uncomfortable writing it out. please respect this.

personally, i don't like writing smut for public audiences. if you have a nsfw concept you would like me to write, please pm me and i can see if i can write it out for you ^^

i will not write anything offensive (ie. slurs)

even the slurs that i can reclaim i will not say. they can be triggering for other people, and i'd really try to avoid that.

i will not write anything that could harm ones mental or physical state.

i feel like this is obvious. unless it's a part of a character or internal conflict woven into the story, i don't want to describe body dysmorphia/dysphoria/eating disorders/anything of the sort since it affects us and others when we write it out (ie. our obanai fictives dysmorphia would only get infinitely worse). even if it's fiction, it affects reality.

i will ONLY write about toxic relationships if it is in a reference to the past and is a healing wound for the characters (ie. killua's relationship with illumi).

i personally have bad memories with toxic/abusive relationships, and i know others do as well, so i'd really rather avoid topics like that.

things to note;

the reader will always be gender neutral unless requested otherwise

in stories where the reader isn't gender neutral, there will be a note in the title as such:

fem!reader

obviously it won't only be fem (it could be masc, fluid, etc.)

unless requested, other relationships won't be present in fics.

if they are present, they're be in the background and far from the main focus (for example, a leopika fic where killugon is also present).

references to other fandoms probably won't be seen much

if they happen, then the reference will probably be explained in the footnote or somewhere else in the text so that everybody can still understand what's going on (ie. a reference to mystic messenger where i say a character drives worse than jumin han would be explained either in the fic [in an smau, pictures of the references origin] or in the footnote [ie. "for anyone who didnt get the 'jumin han' reference, it's relating to mystic messenger. one of the characters, jumin, is known for being bad at just about everything, including driving."]

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