#it is anything but cringy

[the-teddy-bear-butch]

I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU TO ANSWER ALL OF THEM OR AT LEAST 10 OF YOUR CHOICE

HA BET. I WONT REFUSE A DARE. I chose 10. Also still fangirling over the fact you like my writing BEE TEE DUBS 🥹

7. Any worldbuilding you’re particularly proud of?

Yes!!! While somehow may not be my favorite of my fics, I’m very proud of the world building! I wanted to put an Upside-Down twist on lycanthropy and I’m very excited to flesh that out more when I finally get back to that fic!!! I love golden retriever werewolves as much as the next person, but I wanted a spooky, slimy, Upside-Down demogorgon-y werewolf for this fic!!

8. What song would make a great fic (to either write or read)?

I have. So many. Let me just link the playlist and pick a favorite to ramble about LMAO

I’ve been thinking a LOT about “Kissaphobic” by Makeout Monday and how it could relate to Nancy “comphet” Wheeler falling for Robin and being afraid to kiss her because it makes it Real.

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

I’m obviously very partial to Ronance! But! I have a special place in my heart for Buckingham and Chrickie and even Rockie (if the Duffers give Vickie an actual personality). I think Ronance to me is most appealing in part because they’ve,,, actually interacted, but! They’re both such easy characters for me to project on and write for. I love their dynamic and the push and pull between them?? They’re both intelligent women who can kill you. And you cannot tell me that Nancy, who has struggled and been looked down on as a woman in a male dominated work space, didn’t fall in love with Robin while she was ranting about crybaby Petey McHugh. Jonathan and Steve could NEVER.

15. What’s your favorite AU that you’ve written?

Maybe cheating since I’m two whole chapters in, but she will pull the trigger on you (and the trigger is of love). Allow me to be sappy for a sec, but this fic is a combination of my favorite tropes and my own little love letter to the community of mutuals I’ve been accepted into here on Tumblr. I’m taking all our shared headcanons and common tropes and trying to pack it into one story. It will probably be literally Insane™️ but that’s half the fun of it! And the excuse to write enemies to lovers and SLOW BURN TENSION OH BOY. The inherent homoeroticism of being hunted by a monster hunter!!! BANTER!!! And I just. I just fucking love werewolves okay.

30. Have you ever written something that was out of your comfort zone? If so, what was it, and how did it affect your approach to writing fic thereafter?

Yep. I have written one (1) smut fic. That was?? It wasn’t terrible, I just have NO IDEA what I’m doing and the pacing felt weird and I’ll be the first to admit that I am getting over being kind of a prude LMAO

38. Did any of your fics get surprisingly popular (whatever that means to you)? Which ones? Why do you think they were so successful?

Definitely! run away (crying to your soul) was my FIRST fic ever, and it’s not even finished, and it’s right on the cusp of like,,, 10k hits? It’s not my best writing, it’s absolute crack, the pacing is Wrong, the dynamics are a little meh, I know I can do better!! But!! It is still my first fic, so I’m proud of it for that! I’m just surprised it got as popular as it did ajskskksks. I’d guess it’s honestly mostly due to the fact that it’s pretty lengthy and when I started it WAS updating very quickly. Idk man, it’s a fever dream.

41. Link a fic that made you think, “Wow, I want to write like that.”

HEY DON’T MIND ME LINKING ONE OF YOURS BUT,,, a never ending story is just… Wow. You can TELL when a writer has experience in poetry and I will lose my mind every goddamn time. I’ve never been good with poetry and I will always be jealous of writers who are able to pull from that to write some of the most heart wrenching prose you’ve ever read. Another really good example is anything by @sapphicriley / khalasaar!!!

43. If you take/write prompts: what’s your favorite prompt fic that you’ve written?

This one isn’t on AO3! I had an angst prompt that I was actually really proud of where Robin and Nancy have an argument, within the SSMH au! Link here!

48. What’s the last fic you read? Do you recommend it?

I already mentioned it on 41, and obviously YES. But before that, amongst the rubble and stone by signsoflight. And yes again!! I LOVE outsider POV fics, it’s such an interesting way to examine characters we love and the worlds they inhabit!! This fic does an excellent job of that without the main character being a huge focus! And I just love Nancy Wheeler! Sue me!

49. What are you currently working on? Share a few lines if you’re up for it!

I have like 6 recently started WIPs RIP. But! The one I’m most excited for right now is a Christmas fluff fic based off a prompt by @gaymessallday ! (I know it’s November but I’m slow and I want to post it around Christmas ahskskskks)

Essentially, Robin and Nancy are strangers on the same flight, get stranded due to snow, and end up stuck in the same hotel room for a couple of days

Boarding the rest of the plane took ages, but Nancy resolved herself to listening to her music and making a game—counting every person in a Christmas shirt—in her head to ease any pre-flight anxiety. A couple in matching reindeer tees. A child in a snowman sweater. A grandfather with an inappropriate Santa joke.

She counted twenty seven by the time the line ended. The seat beside her was empty, and Nancy breathed a sigh of relief—

Too soon.

Twenty eight, a gangly girl with honey hair and the ugliest Christmas sweater Nancy had ever seen scrambled down the aisle. She was apologizing profusely for being late, all the way to her seat—right beside Nancy.

“Hey, sorry, don’t mind if I just scooch in here,” the stranger said, grinning, something lopsided. Nancy gave her a thin lipped smile.

“Window seat, huh? I love watching the cities go by,” the girl continued, buckling in. The safety spiel had begun, but the stranger did not stop. “Of course, I’m not trying to get you to move! The aisle seat is cool too. Less crowded, easier to get up to pee mid flight!”

Nancy was beginning to wonder if this girl ever shut up.

#hm now is a great time to realize it is 3 am and I should be asleep #ANYWAY #THANKS YOU FOR THE ASKS #I love getting to ramble about random stuff and especially writing and hyperfixations #also SERIOUSLY in love with a never ending story #it is anything but cringy #lo answers stuff #candle-lion #still fangirling about that #sorry not sorry #ask game #fic rec #ronance

[padfootastic]

fully believe sirius hated the nickname Siri for a number of reasons starting with ‘it sounds ridiculous’ and ending with ‘Reg used to call him that when they were kids’ and that’s why James always went for Si instead.

except, except no one accounted for tiny bite sized harry james potter wrapping his entire hand around Sirius’ pinky, going ‘Siwi, Siwi, Siwi, pway?’ and stealing his entire heart and soul in one fell swoop.

why was he ever even opposed to it anyway?

#sirius black #harry potter #good godfather sirius black #harry is and always will be the exception t everything in sirius’ life #just as his father is and was before him #except harry is his CHILD so he gets more leeway #practically all the leeway in the world #sirius is so obsessed w his kid he will put up with anything #including previously considered cringy names #because his godson calling him siri? sweeter than the most melodious song in the world #no one else is allowed still of course but for harry? there never was a restriction in the first place #hahaha also imagining harry growing up and calling him siri in front of someone who knew sirius in school #and finding out he’s actually hated the nickname all the time #and being like ???? why would u ???? #(kudos if he finds out about the w reg association and becomes horrified) #and sirius is just. so unbothered. #like yah so? #and harry just doesn’t get it #‘harry you’re my baby of course u can call me what u want’ #harry is ofc promptly embarrassed but managed to get out a ‘even if i say ur ancient?’ #sirius immediately jinxes his hair purple #but the matter is considered resolved #harry never takes it for granted again tho #pen’s notes

[newliveries]

Both from McLaren's recent instagram stories !

#I hadn't posted anything in FOREVER #rising from the grave #for the pre-testing #Here have those two cringy little edits #he's so baby #formula 1 #mclaren #f1 #op81 #oscar piastri

[hanlight]

Charles and Carlos try to decorate gingerbread cookies.

#charles leclerc #carlos sainz jr #carlos sainz jr. #carlos sainz #charlos #c2 #f1edit #f1 #formula 1 #mine #I will never say anything bad about the shell videos ever again #today made all the cringiness of the others WORTH IT

[thou-babbling-brook]

Ain’t no way the AC Shadows trailer pulled a “we are fnaf”

#assassin’s creed #ac shadows #naoe #yasuke #SPOILERS ——> #’we are the shadows 😎 that serve the light 🔥’ OKAY????? #THAT WAS SO CRINGY IM SORRY #like the trailer was fine no chills or anything it was mid #BUT THAT PART LMFAOOO I LITERALLY MADE A FACE #be so fucking for real Ubisoft #are we five I don’t think you needed to say that #how Ubisoft expected us to act: 😰🥰🫡🔥 #babblingbrook babbles

[lonewolf638]

DEAN Maybe you can come next time. I gotta go. Call you in a couple days.

#this is so cringy nobody say anything #sam winchester #sam & loneliness #my edits #spn edits #web weaving #'what did you need drop dead fred for?' 'i was a lonely kid dean' 'you werent lonely you had me' << frothing from my mouth. vomitting #errrrueghhhhhhh dean not getting why sam felt lonely dean not getting why sam left fhreheee they r both so #this post made more sense in my head

[the-way-astray]

my reaction to the sodex kiss:

#kotlc #kotlc sophie #sophie foster #dex dizznee #kotlc dex #kotlc sodex #sodex kiss #please ignore the horrifically edited youtube captions i beg i plead i implore you #but seriously #why shannon #she could've written ANYTHING else #anything #and THAT'S what she chose to do??? #in a story where the MAIN CHARACTER is adopted #she really went and pulled this #because she wanted this super cringy scene #WHY did we need this WHY can't shannon leave even ONE boy-girl relationship alone without romanticizing it #just ONE platonic teen-boy-teen-girl relationship where they aren't implied to have any sort of romantic feelings for each other whatsoever #is that so hard shannon #is it #i don't think it is #hhhhhhhhhh ok

[emberphantom]

 “...That’s another reason why this Soap and Ghost relationship works, right--is that, for whatever reason, y’know--that doesn’t need to be talked abut now...but--Ghost has, well it’s clear that Ghost has a huge amount of respect for Soap, right? And he wouldn’t let anybody--in fact, for anybody else to talk to him the way Soap does would mean a different thing--but they’ve been through a lot together. But what’s great about that moment--and I’m glad you brought it up Neil-- it that [Ghost and Soap] are pushing each other to evolve without even realizing it. And for Soap to say something like that costs something for him. And for Ghost to correct the record and say what he says, that costs something too. And I think, again, that’s why this game is so satisfying is these characters--they’re going to places they’ve not been before. But they help each other get there. And I think that’s a good theme that’s come out from this game is that, you know, they need each other.” 

-Samuel Roukin on Ghost and Soap in MWII (x)

Honestly, one of my favorite parts of that interview from yesterday. Not even from a shipping stand point, but Samuel just like seems to get it when it comes to what makes Ghost and Soap scratch at everyone’s brains and I think that’s awesome. 

#ghostsoap #soapghost #call of duty modern warfare 2 #simon ghost riley #john soap mactavish #modern warfare 2022 #i see the line he's toeing and i respect it though -- i think we should just let Sam speak about things like he KNOWS okay #tbh the interview did have some cringe moments but i don't think neil and sam could see the chat and that's where most of the fuckery was #the only other 'cringy' fan question was someone asked 'ghost and soap: bromance or romance' and the interviewer immediately shut it down #neil and sam were just kinda like o-o like it went by so quick and they didn't get to say anything so #also a lot of it just felt kinda awk in general tbh i mean it was live #ALSO they both said like they support all the fans and whatever kind of shit is happening on the internet so #like neil was like 'gaming is for everyone' #and sam said something similar too that i'm not remembering really but the link to the full interview is there so watch for yourself

[toxiccaves]

9 whole years of wasting my time 🎉

#i should remake since i had this acct since i was a minor and im embarassed of anything pre-yesterday but also.. nah. thems the memories!!! #embrace ur “cringy” teen years. cant tell u how much i miss my ms paint art from when i was 9 that i lost #speakin of i remember almost nothing from my first tumblr blog i deactivated.. i'd reminesce thru that one but i dont think id find anythin #-good in there #glad this acct had a better start n stayed that way. ive accumulated a pretty good blocklist i dont wanna remake lol

[multicolour-ink]

I'm curious now about your ideas for the post WW/PH AU where Linebeck meets Link's family 👀

Ah ok ^^ I'm happy to do that!

Ok, so I will stress that I'm not planning to create an entire AU on this idea; this is just stuff I came up with as a kid (I was about 9 or 10 at the time).

On the surface, there wasn't really much to it. Just ideas on how the characters would interact with each other and who would be the most fun to team up ^^.

(my favourite was Linebeck and Aryll, because the former would act as the reluctant teacher/uncle figure who tries not to care, but is secretly won over by the charm of this little kid. Meanwhile Aryll is much more chipper and more capable than Linebeck claims he is - see his character in PH - so trying to imagine how these two would navigate out of certain situations together was always funny to me 🤭)

However, there is another idea I had back then - an idea that I now realise was an AU before I even knew what an AU was! 😆

Do you any of you remember a show called W.I.T.C.H? I won't go too much into the plot (because there's a lot to go over!) but for those who don't know, essentially it's about five friends (all teen girls) who are able to be granted magical girl powers thanks to a mystical amulet. Four of the five girls get elemental powers respectively - air, water, fire, earth - while the fifth girl becomes the "leader" (later energy).

At the time I was playing WW and PH, I also got very interested in this show. And for some reason my dumb kid brain thought to just combine both these two things into - what I thought was - a pretty cool idea!

- So Link would be "energy" (Will). - Medli would be "earth" (Cornelia) - since she is sage of the Earth Temple. - Makar would be "wind" (Hay Lin) - since he is sage of the Wind Temple. - Aryll would be "water" (Irma) - purely due to her affiliation with anything connected to the ocean - like seagulls. - And Tetra would be "fire" (Taranee) - honestly just because she has a fiery personality and there was no other character left!

Meanwhile Linebeck would be like the "Caleb" (a recurring non magic character from the show) who reluctantly gets dragged along on the adventures 🤭.

Also Link's Grandma is there too, I guess. She acts as the role of Hay Lin's grandma from the show, and explains to Link and his friends about the powers they have been bestowed.

#yes I am aware this is cringy af #I was only 9 or 10 at the time cut me some slack #I was super proud of this idea back then and thought I was the only one #fyi I never wrote or drew anything for it (aside from some notes that have long gone) #I never did back then - because every time I drew or wrote the idea out it would just look rubbish and spoil my vision #so I kept it all in my head #I still do that btw #the legend of zelda #the wind waker #phantom hourglass #link #linebeck #medli #makar #tetra #w.i.t.c.h. #will vandom #irma lair #taranee cook #cornelia hale #hay lin #zelda au #the only person I ever told about this idea - at the time - was my sibling #and they looked at me like I was mad #istadris #multicolour ink answers

[mishapen-dear]

people can use this site however they want but there's something almost- idk, sad? about how few people are actually using their blogs. you can turn themes on and have skeletons dancing in the background. you can make everything hot pink. your blog is your scrapbook and you can put whatever you want in there. tags are okay at organizing things so you can have just a whole archive of cool shit to look at later. i know people complain a lot about people liking stuff about reblogging for engagement, and on one hand i get that- it is WILD to see a drawing i spent hours on get only 12 reblogs and 60 likes. Absolute culture shock compared to my previous fandoms. but i don't think you should reblog anything to make artists happy. i think you should reblog things so you can find them again. i think you should queue things to appear on the dash at specific times on certain days. i think you should reblog things so when you're talking to your friends about xyz post you saw you can look in your blog's archive and find it again. i think you should reblog things so that your dash is filled with one really sleepy cat. with the loss of reblogs there's the loss of engagement, which Does hurt the community-focus that makes tumblr so appealing, but idk i just wish people were more excited about the incredible amount of customization that tumblr allows and took advantage of that more

#if you're ever nervous about reblogging stuff just remember that people can always turn off reblogs #and also pls theme your tumblrs after silly fish or weird cube people or dnd #just anything that's fun to you have fun!!! #this is the silly cringe website please join us and be silly and cringy #i need to go to bed i think #but i also keep thinking about how i enjoy myself the most on this website when people reblog things from me and add commentary #comments/replies are great sure but they really bring the conversation to a halt and doesn't allow anyone else to chime in #idk some of my fave followers are the people who only like stuff #but when there are *only* people liking things it really feels like you're just yelling into a complete void #and then it's harder to find more content for things you like too #because the people you follow aren't reblogging things youd like to see #i have to delve into the main tag for my fandom content a lot because the people i follow are usually just making og posts #maybe i just need to find people who reblog things more but idk #i love it when fandoms become little communities but it feels like that's been stifled recently #which is what my actual gripe is i think #maybe ill delete this in the morning maybe not im just full on rambling at this point #getting a lot of likes feels like twitter validation #and reblogs feels like 'im putting this cool thing up on my very big fridge' #i don't want a popularity contest i just want to share cool shit >:c

[rieha]

Cringetober day 2: Self insert!(I'm very late)

I'm barring my soul to you guys with this one akjshd

#i don’t even identify as a girl anymore but I love her so much I couldn’t get rid of her #yes she’s a cringy predictable re oc yeah she’s weskers daughter yes she’s a bio weapon yes she’s just a plot device for crisker #but she is just for meee #riehas art #also I wanna do most of the days of cringetober but I only found out about it a week ago and it takes me forever to make anything #also I turned reblogs off just because I am a little embarrassed about it skcjskdj #but I still want my mutuals to see it

[headofocs-inklesspen]

“I can’t believe that they identify as (something nonhuman)”

Hey, I think there are bigger things to worry about, buddy, than the personal gender/self identities of someone else

#crow rambles #queer stuff #‘but they claim to be a cat person and I don’t like it’ okay??? fuck off about it then #bitches be so pressed about other people’s genders and it’s fucking annoying #otherkin #third gender #non bianry #genderqueer #agender #for the fucking gods can people just let each other live??? #‘it’s cringy’ bitch I was a warrior cats rpg kid. don’t talk to me about people being cringy. I am them #it’s notewhorthy that a lot of us who do identify with nonhuman genders/identities are also neurodivergent #can’t treat us like we aren’t human then get pissed with we come out as therians or whatever has you so angry #also fuck you if you think you can support trans people and not also inherently support other genderqueer people with that #if you’re one of those ‘ftm or mtf is fine but I draw the line at anything else’ just fuck off #as I was raised #if it’s not hurting anyone and all directly affected are good with it it’s not your business

[daisychainsandbowties]

the indignity of trying to headcanon characters into the tlt universe when i end up with this

absolutely rancid collection of syllables in my notes app

#and look! i’m actually right bone magic requires wetness. #but non-viscous wetness. fringe down over your eyes dripping with blood-type wet #but also sweat. saliva (the flesh magicians can have some spit too though) #tears also #and flesh magic… you have to be a bit off-putting you have to provoke sourceless revulsion #just on sight even before you make fat drip out of the walls and festoon yourself in veins and arteries #it’s in the job description #you also have to be cringy but sexy. i mean just look at mercymorn #anyway i think if you are permanently dripping blood from your hands #but not necessarily a wet sort of person #you can still be entitled to bone magic #yea spirit magic is dry. but like… a bad kind of dry #the eczema of necromancy #anyway don’t worry i’m not doing anything bad or targeted towards anyone specifically

[trippin-chippin]

*cough* i leave now for da night👁️👄👁️

#cuphead #cuphead oc #cuphead au #moonshine bailey #moonshine + dennis #dennis v #the crownroyals #whiskey crownroyal #kissing?? #shitpost #cringy oc shit #ima go to bed now so I don’t make anything worse

[yohankang]

i wanted to watch something western for once so i binged first season of loki and it sucked 😭 like i don't know what i expected

#i haven't watched anything marvel in years #i made an effort to 🏴‍☠️ all 6 eps only to sit through few hours of a godawful selfcest romance 😭 #and because i don't like unfinished stories i'm tempted to watch s2.... #well i still like tom. i think he's too good for mcu honestly #but s1 of loki was cringy and boring and idk. on the other hand s2 also has only 6 eps #you guys tempted me with old man yaoi but there's barely crumbs 😞 #k.txt