#norationalthoughtrequired

[wren-of-the-woods]

something that reminds me of you! i was adding some albums on vinyl to my amazon wishlist, and i found one of yo-yo ma playing ennio morricone, and it made me say to myself HMMMM, i wonder if wren knows about this!! i don't know if you like the cello or yo-yo ma, but it made me think of you! <3

OOOOH, I didn't know about that! I'm going to have to look it up immediately because that sounds incredible. I love the cello and what I've heard of Yo-Yo Ma has been excellent so I'm very excited. Thank you so much!!

(Send me things that remind you of me!)

#update: 40 seconds into the first track and i'm already emotional because GABRIEL'S OBOE ON CELLO SDLKFJHSDKLJF:HSJDKF #i didn't let myself listen to the score of the mission before seeing the movie because i wanted to get it in its original context #but now i've seen it and sure enough it made me cry #fucking morricone. he's so good. #as is yo-yo ma!!! #so thank you very much i'm gonna love this #norationalthoughtrequired #asks #wren talks #music

[julek]

20, 54, and 92 for the spotify asks!!

#20. daylight by harry styles (love this one!!! if i was a bluebird i WOULD fly to you, so true bestie)

#54. happiness is a butterfly by lana del rey (nice one. thank u lana)

#92. truly madly deeply by one direction (ugh this one!!!!!! i was so glad when they finally put it on spotify it's a certified Gem)

#thank u for the ask my love!!!!! #share yours with me if u want to!! :) #answered #norationalthoughtrequired #a very one direction themed answer this was

[major-trouble]

for the ask meme: orchid! (i was going to send this ask like five hours ago but got distracted, whoops. hope you had a wonderful day, dear!!)

orchid ⇢ what’s a song you consider to be perfect?

Well you forgot to send it and I forgot to answer it after reading yesterday so I think we are even!

Anyway, this is a very tight race between I Love You by Woodkid and Bachelorette by Bjork. Both for very different reasons. Singing along to both of them feels really good, but the first one is sweet and mellow and just tugs at my heart; the second I first heard in a Revolutionary Girl Utena AMV and had to go look it up. The first lyric is, "I'm a fountain of blood in the shape of a girl" and I've never related to anything more. (You may notice that more than one of my fics have lyrics from this song as titles because I am a huge dork.)

#asks answered #norationalthoughtrequired

[purplemagpie]

i was tagged by @auds-and-evens to do this fun lil thing (bummed i had to choose between the bats and the orange cat. ily ily ily freya 🧡)

tagging @tellmegoodbye @fraddit @norationalthoughtrequired @y0itsbri @whatthebodygraspsnot or just saying hi 😌💜

#please picture my chain belt too thank you #vicky talks #tag thingy

[fallynleaf]

also, i've been spending the past few years sort of passively acquiring Spanish, and i really want to recommend the duolingo Spanish podcast! i started listening to it when my Spanish was at a low intermediate level (basically i'd just revived my long dormant high school Spanish with the duolingo app and that was as far as i'd gotten), and the listening was tough at first, but surprisingly doable!

after listening to over 125 episodes of it, i finally reached a point earlier this year where the podcast got easy enough for me that i've moved on to Radio Ambulante, which is an NPR podcast meant for native speakers, haha, but the last season i listened to of the duolingo podcast was genuinely and unironically super good, and i would recommend it just as, like, media

they did a multi-part series called The Mystery of the Itata (it's in six parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), and it rules. it's about a Chilean shipwreck that was somehow lost in history, and the narrative itself touches on so many elements, like labor rights and the consequences of exploiting people for greed, gender barriers in early 20th century journalism, tracking down information to solve a mystery, the complications of underwater archaeology, etc.

@paramaline as a fellow Boat Media enthusiast, haha, i thought about you when i listened! i'm not sure if you have any background with Spanish, but the podcast holds your hand a lot by restating the main points in English, and there are transcripts that you can consult if your listening isn't up to the task. i think you'd really enjoy it!

@norationalthoughtrequired i don't know if you've tried listening to any media in Spanish, but if you haven't yet (or even if you have and are past this level haha), i highly recommend giving this a shot! i enjoy the duolingo podcast way more than the app itself lol

#duolingo podcast

[hihiyas]

Last Sentence Tag Game

Write the latest line  from your wip (or post where you last left off in your art) and tag as many people as there are words in the line. Make a new post, don’t reblog.

tagged by @holy-muffins

as i don't write much, here's a screencap of the current art WIP:

i'm tagging.... @astoryinred @therestofyourstory @astriferias @norationalthoughtrequired @tanmiles and anybody who wants to join in!

#tag game #tag meme #wip #digital art #bts rm #hiyas tries to draw

[youareiron-andyouarestrong]

seven sentence sunday

as tagged by @lavellenchanted, post seven sentences out of your WIP. which, I need ya'll to understand, the fact that I even have one is like, fairly momentous.

It’s very hard to scheme around her parents, though. Pa says their Amma has eyes at the back of her head, and he knows every trick in the book, so don’t try it on him. But Amma is pregnant with their new baby brother–or at least Niraj hopes it’s a boy, because she thinks it would be nice, but Addi wants another girl–and Pa is doing some big important work for People Across the Sea. That’s what he says when she asks, but Niraj recognizes the double eagles of the Ravkan government on the documents he gets. That means that when Pa’s not busy in his office, he’s with Amma. And Amma can still move around, but she’s slower than usual. So Niraj thinks her odds are pretty good. 

and yes, it's exactly what you think it is.

going to tag @norationalthoughtrequired @cameliawrites for this one!

#my writing #tag games

[hiyasdoodles]

WIP tag game~

Got tagged by @astriferias to list my WIPs, which is embarrassingly A LOT. Art-wise, I have at least a hundred WIPs languishing forever on my laptop, so I'll just show the most recent ones:

The Sandman - Destiny of the Endless: I started this before the Sandman Netflix premiere, and had the idea since forever to create new portraits (My first set was 2 decades ago. Yes, I'm old. Shut up.)

2. Sailor Moon - Usagi in Filipiniana: So August is also the Filipino languages month and I thought, HEY! Sailor Moon in Spanish Colonial Era clothes! But I got side-tracked so this is half-done.

3. BTS - Dichotomy: So I'm obsessed with the SUGA as Agust D's Daechwita music video and since I drew RM's portrait based on his song Forever Rain, I decided to draw SUGA's portrait based on Daechwita. And since I can't decide if I want King!SUGA or Peasant!SUGA... I ended up drawing both. WIP forever because THOSE STUPID GOLD DETAILS ON KING SUGA'S OUTFIT! AAAAAH

Tagging @therestofyourstory @jaxx-in-a-box @astoryinred @usergrantaire @norationalthoughtrequired and whoever wants to play to show us their WIPs!!!

#tag game #wip #mine #tag meme #wip game

[blackberrywars]

WIP Game!!

Thank you @on-a-lucky-tide for tagging me in this wip game!! My wips tend to go through several titles over the course of their lives, usually in this order: onomatopoeia, swear-word, somewhat relevant monosyllable to replace the swear word, actual title/hozier song lyric. This is gonna be fun.

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Any of the ones with a link have been answered! I know FUCK OFF is tempting and I probably should have anticipated this.

Berry Content

To Court A Wolf

FUCK OFF

High-Frequency

BB

Ring Bear

Hah

Wolf Stupid

She Calls Me...

Damn

H

Witcher Lexicon

Lemon Eyes

Lighthouse

Lmao

Heart

Assorted headcanons (give me a character and I’ll soliloquize)

I’m gonna try to avoid the people I know are tagged, and I struggled to tag this many, but (if you’re down to play): @hellinglasses, @jlyarts, @tumbleweedtech, @heronfem, @nohtora, @norationalthoughtrequired, @kueble, @journeythroughunknownlands, @greyduckgreygoose, @resident-lambert-hoe, @alllthequeenshorses, @lovelyrita1967,  @stinastar, @yolki-palki, @hungarianbee, @chamotea

#the witcher #the witcher fanfiction #the witcher fanart #if you want to be added/removed to the tag list send an ask/pm me it's all good #it's a fun game tho #fanfic writing #fanfic #fanfiction writer #berry's fics #berry's games

[astriferias]

tagged by @astarkey💖

slow burn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to friends to lovers or best friends to lovers // oh no there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt-comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss  // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage  // high school romance or middle aged romance  // time travel loop or isolated together // neighbors or roommates // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or gender bend // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

tagging @dearericbittle @little-magicpuff @hiyasdoodles @norationalthoughtrequired @justjstuff @ninabinaaa @nontoxic-writes @fortysevenswrites @bellamuertes @electricbluebutterflies + anyone else who wants to play!

#tag game #about me

[wren-of-the-woods]

Thank you so much for tagging me @seidenbros!!

Rules: Put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first ten songs then tag ten people. No skipping!

Chords - The Amazing Devil

Someone New - Hozier

The Water Is Fine - Chloe Ament

Shower Day - The Amazing Devil

Toss A Coin To Your Witcher - Joey Batey (The Witcher)

Hello My Old Heart - The Oh Hellos

The Hand That Feeds - The Crane Wives

Safe Ship, Harbored - The Crane Wives

Pray - The Amazing Devil

Curses - The Crane Wives

You can tell that this playlist has a type 😅

Tagging: @norationalthoughtrequired @soundsfaebutokay @hannibard @wherethewordsare @endrega23 @wanderlust-t @dancingwiththefae @leahseclipse @bloodsoaked-rainbows @i-was-once-a-flower

#wren talks #tag games #music #seidenbros #thank you! this was fun

[burntheedges]

Kate!!!!

Congratulations on 600 followers!! I am very glad to be one of them 😘

I would love a 📜 fic rec!

I have never read fic outside the Pedro fandom. Of the fandoms you listed, I only have passing familiarity with a few (LOTR and Star Trek). I am open to characters I know nothing about if the fic is good!

Yaaay thank you!! 🧡 I am very happy we’re friends 🥰

Ok I tried to like be chill here. 😂 you gave me free range but I really tried to ask myself, what would Katie like?? I limited myself to 4 and went with AUs so you don't have to worry so much about unfamiliar canon. If you don't like them I won't be mad. lol

So here is what I have to offer you:

I've Got Nothing To Do Today But Smile (The Only Living Boy in New York) by gyzym, rated T, fandom: Inception, 18k

Arthur's a corporate lawyer, Eames owns the coffee shop across the street, and all good love stories start with a quadruple shot latte.

Note: this is an Arthur x Eames fic but very AU from the movie. It like blew me away the first time I read it because of the way their relationship builds and how they grow. I think I can quote parts of it to this day.

Love Runs Wild by DevilDoll, rated E, fandom: Teen Wolf, 9.4k

"You've got a hickey on the back of your neck!" A Neckz 'n Throats story.

Note: Stiles x Derek. Ok there was a time in the Teen Wolf fandom where we were all into AUs where everyone in the world knows about werewolves, and then someone was like what if there were werewolf-run porn companies? So this is an AU where the Hale family runs a (somewhat tasteful) porn mag and Stiles and Derek are models who think they are both in unrequited love. Also extremely AU from canon lol

String Theory: A Concerto for Violin in D Minor by Toft, rated M, fandom: Stargate Atlantis, 11.5k

“John Sheppard had a son? And he plays the violin too? What is he, a masochist?” (Orchestra AU.)

Note: In the show John is like the hot adventurous guy who is secretly very smart and Rodney is the fast-talking, socially-grating (rude) genius scientist. In this AU John plays violin and Rodney is a composer. Other characters mentioned: Elizabeth is their boss, basically, in the show and Rodney's agent here. Teyla was also on their team, Radek was another scientist and Rodney's friend (if he could admit to having friends). Once again, very AU

time to wonder, do I dare? by NoRationalThoughtRequired, rated M, fandom: The Witcher, 28.6k

It makes a certain kind of poetic sense, having a musician--who specializes in taking you somewhere else with his songs while you’re stuck here, in the present--playing outside of a bookshop--which specializes in selling pages bound together by the hundreds that transport you to other places, other times. This young man, this Jaskier, he’s bright, he’s cheerful, he’ll draw the eye, you won’t be able to be within a hundred feet of him and not be curious, and if there are curious people standing right by a shop of curious books and other curiosities, well, the idea makes a certain kind of business sense, too. Geralt gives a nod, short, sharp. “Just don’t block the door. And don’t make me regret this.” Jaskier claps his hands together and squeals in delight. “No, no, I won’t, I promise. You won’t! You won’t regret this.” Or: Bookshop owner Geralt inexplicably, in what must be a fit of temporary madness induced by the early hour and not enough caffeine, allows musician Jaskier to play outside his shop. Somewhere along the way, he starts to fall in love.

Note: so, obviously another one about a musician. Geralt x Jaskier. You don't really need to know much about the show or books to read this, except that Geralt is known for being grumpy, semi-adopts a girl named Ciri, and Jaskier is a bard in canon. So he's very bard-like, in general. Yennefer is their mean friend (like in RWRB).

I'm sorry I got carried away! If you like any of them please tell me about it. haha 🧡

followers celebration

#bte600 #fic rec #i got a little carried away lol

[major-trouble]

for the spotify ask: 31, 49, and 68!

Flood by Saltillo and Richard Walters

The Veldt - deadmau5

Always Just Beneath the Dawn - Brave Saint Saturn

I unironically love Flood. It just flows so well and is descriptively appealing to me. I want to sing it so much all the time.

The Veldt is just so upbeat and makes me happy. I definitely bop along to it whilst doing the dishes a lot.

I fucking hate that last one. It reminds me of a game I used to play with my ex and is actually blocked on the playlist I have it on (because I didn’t make the playlist) but I’m too polite to tell the person who made it for me that I hate it :’) Anxiety!

#spotify wrapped 2022 #asks answered #norationalthoughtrequired #thanks dove!

[purplemagpie]

tag game tuesday: music edition - tagged by @energievie and @creepkinginc (ayeee always here for music stuff!)

rules: choose 9 songs you’ve been enjoying lately and make a collage out of their cover art. then, make a list of the songs so people can discover something new!

wasting love - iron maiden*

change - djo

children of the sea - black sabbath*

the unforgiven ii - metallica*

nostalgi - jone

wild child - w.a.s.p.

alone again - dokken*

rock you like a hurricane - scorpions

love bites - def leppard*

i had to ban man of sorrows by bruce dickinson because of the cover art, but i legit wanna eat that ballad. (all of these* are ballads btw) i’d say i’m going through a ballad thing, but i’m always going through a ballad thing, so. yeah.

tagging @norationalthoughtrequired, @thyla, @fraddit, @kyogos, @sleepyfacetoughguy, @tellmegoodbye, @auds-and-evens and @thisdivorce and all music enthusiasts who wanna share

#hey the chart looks kinda cool i think #vicky taks #tag thingy

[allamanamedearl]

I posted 680 times in 2022

9 posts created (1%)

671 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@aerialsquid

@ayeti

@ferrific

@norationalthoughtrequired

@garbageshark

I tagged 89 of my posts in 2022

#alcina dimitrescu - 12 posts

#lady dimitrescu - 11 posts

#resident evil village - 9 posts

#ofmd - 7 posts

#our flag means death - 6 posts

#queen elizabeth - 5 posts

#asexual - 4 posts

#genshin impact - 3 posts

#thor love and thunder - 3 posts

#sir integra - 3 posts

Longest Tag: 95 characters

#thank you nayalie portman for putying in the eork and giving us the buff female thor we deserve

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I've only watched the first episode of Heartstopper and I love it so much already! So soft, I really need to read the comic

4 notes - Posted April 22, 2022

#4

Someday I shall do this woman justice, until then I must practice!

5 notes - Posted April 22, 2022

#3

As a Canadian, if the queen dies do I get tomorrow off work?

8 notes - Posted September 8, 2022

#2

She's here!

13 notes - Posted May 3, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Well I, for one, will always love a certain tall big titty goth milf who could slice me to pieces.

And that will never change.

64 notes - Posted March 28, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

New Years resolution, use tags more, and check my spelling before making it a tag

#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review

[reinvent-and-believe]

for the touch prompts: with a promise! 😊

The fireplace roars before them, warming Yennefer’s face as much as the bottle of Everluce they split. The flickering firelight dances across Triss’s skin and brings out all its gorgeous golden tones. Her chestnut hair falls in soft, tousled curls that seem to bounce on her shoulders every time she dissolves into giggles.

Triss dissolves into giggles frequently with Yennefer. Always has. But Triss is vibrant and warm and full of life, Yennefer’s opposite in every way; no, making Triss giggle has never been a challenge.

That Triss somehow pulls unexpected, faltering chuckles from Yennefer is far more disconcerting. Somehow Triss can melt the ice queen’s heart, reduce her to a school girl, nervous and desperate to please.

The little house in Vengerberg has never felt so warm.

The air between them is pregnant, heavy with potential. It always is, somehow, but tonight’s amplified, tonight Triss’s fingers are lost in Yennefer’s silky black tresses as she bites her lower lip, a silent question in those honey-brown eyes.

And Yennefer wants her, has always wanted her, in truth, but her relationship with Triss is the only pure, uncomplicated friendship she has, the only person in her life who seems to stick around even after they’ve gotten to know her, even after they’re done using her for her power.

Yennefer traces Triss’s jaw, the perfect little indentation of her chin with her thumb. “Promise this won’t ruin us?” Her voice is barely more than a whisper. She hates the uncharacteristic vulnerability in her voice but can’t seem to tamp it down.

Triss fixes her with a soft, brilliant smile. “I promise,” she swears sweetly, and then she kisses her.

*

They lie side by side in the grass, staring at the stars and knowing that neither will sleep.

Not far away, the gathered forces of Sodden Hill, such as they are, drink and pray and carouse and prepare for battle.

The Temerians have not come, and Nilfgaard draws ever closer.

Triss shivers beside her, and instinctively Yennefer covers her, covers them both in her cloak. But it’s not the cold.

She curls into Yennefer, throwing an arm about her waist and pulling her close. “Promise me.” She lets out a choked little noise as she clings, her tears warm when they hit the skin of Yennefer’s neck but quickly cooled by the night’s wind. “Promise me you won’t do anything stupid and sacrificial.”

Yennefer kisses the top of her head. Triss’s prodigious magical control of plant life makes such sense; beneath her tender, attentive care, watered by her tears, Yennefer thinks she could flourish, too. “Only if you promise the same.”

It’s a promise neither can keep, so they hold each other in silence.

*

It’s been an afternoon of fighting.

About everything, about nothing.

About the way the dishes are arranged in the cabinets. About whether they’ll need a shawl on this cool autumn day. About the candle left burning on the nightstand every night and how it’s going to burn the house down one day. About the properties of a particular spell. About whether they should walk or teleport to the market. About...

“I wish you would damn well tell me what it is you’re so pissed about or go bother someone else!” Yennefer barks.

Triss looks as though she’s been struck.

Yennefer turns away for a moment, pinching the bridge of her nose. She hears Triss moving slowly, the quiet drag of a chair against the wooden floor. “I shouldn’t have—”

“I don’t want to lose you.”

Triss is sitting at the kitchen table, staring at her hands folded primly in front of her. “You have a family now. When it was just Geralt and the wish and all that, that was one thing, but now you have Ciri, too.” Triss sighs, burying her head in her hands with a moan of frustration. “I don’t begrudge you that, truly I don’t. I adore them both, and...she’s Geralt’s fate, his Child of Surprise, but she’s something more than that to you, Yennefer. She’s the child you chose.”

“Triss—”

“Let me finish,” she says softly, taking Yennefer’s hand. “I’m overjoyed that you get to experience this! Gods know family isn’t an option for most of us. I just don’t know that there’s a place for me in it.”

There’s loneliness written in the furrows of Triss’s brow, the downcast eyes.

Yennefer climbs into her lap, straddling her and taking her face in both hands. “Nothing ties me here but my choice,” she says. “You’re right. Geralt and I are linked by fate, now I have Ciri to consider. But I want everything, Triss. And I choose you.” She kisses her fiercely before burying her face in Triss’s lavender-scented hair, pulling her into a long, tight hug. “You won’t be rid of me that easily,” she murmurs into her neck. “Where there’s a place for me, there’s a place for you.”

She feels the long breath Triss releases, the way her arms tighten around Yennefer’s waist. “Promise?” she asks softly.

Yennefer pulls back and tilts Triss’s face up gently, locking eyes. “Promise.”

*

“It’s bad luck to see the bride on her wedding day,” Triss scolds, but there’s no heat to it. She faces away from the door, pointedly refusing to make eye contact in the mirror as she brushes a warm sunset red on her lips.

“Peasant superstition. I’ve seen you plenty of times.”

Triss rolls her eyes at that, but she’s smiling. “You’re incorrigible,” she says, but her dimple belies the chastisement. “Getting cold feet?”

Yennefer hesitates. “Not about you.”

Triss turns to look at her. Those kind eyes miss nothing. “But about the wedding?” she prompts gently.

Yennefer shrugs. “It all seems a bit superficial, doesn’t it? The pomp? The flowers? Gods, Triss, the flowers are out of control, have you seen what Jaskier’s done?”

“I like the flowers.” Triss stands, taking both Yennefer’s hands in hers. “What’s wrong, love?”

She’s beautiful. The flowing yellow gown, the glow of her tawny skin, the sparkle in her eyes, the crown of white and yellow and orange flowers in her hair: Triss Merigold is the most beautiful bride, and Yennefer forgets how to speak.

Triss just laughs, kissing her softly. “You’re afraid that once we’re married, things will be somehow different. That we’ll immediately know we’ve made a huge mistake, that we’ll stop making love and realize we hate each other as soon as we’re bound.”

“Not immediately,” Yennefer admits quietly. “Slowly.”

Triss brushes a loose strand of dark hair from her lover’s face. “I’ve no intention of tying you down, love,” she murmurs. “If things change, we’ll adapt, just as we always have. We’ll tell everyone to go home if you want, but the purpose of the wedding isn’t to lock you into something you can’t escape. All I want is to stand before our friends and our family and let them know how completely I adore you.” Triss rests her forehead against Yennefer’s. “I can’t promise that nothing will change, love. We’ve both seen far too much to believe such a thing. But we’re together and we love each other, and I think that’s something worth celebrating.”

Yennefer takes a breath. “This won’t ruin us,” she says softly.

Triss smiles. “I’ve yet to find anything that can.”

#hi friend please accept this humble offering of fluff #norationalthoughtrequired #yennefer x triss #trissefer #yenntriss #is that what we call this ship? idk #the witcher fic #the witcher #hi i'm soft and gay pls hold me #my fic