#probs gonna write something about this

[aerynwrites]

You know idk why I’m trying to make myself sad if Christmas Eve but here we are lmao.

I’ve seen the HC of how Astarion would deal with outliving his S/O or Tav mainly bc he will live literally forever but like…

What about Halsin outliving a human S/O or a Tav who definitely won’t live as long as him.

Like???

That man would be torn up I’m sorry. I know he’s probably outlived many many people but like if this was one of the few true relationships he had??

He would be a mess. But he wouldn’t show it until the very end. He’d be there for you taking care of you until the very end and he’d only let himself truly break down after you’re gone, not wanting your final moments to be full of grief for him.

#god why #probs gonna write something about this #bc ugh #I love him #halsin #bg3

[iknowwhereyousnoozeatnight]

if ur still doing requests pls rem if not das all g

she’s chrysanthemum-coded to me <3

close-ups ig

#ask #death note #rem #very messy i apologize #was extra messy here because i was playing with a new brush and by that i mean a default brush that i've never touched before #i actually quite like it very fun i typically like brushes that are 100% or close to 100% opaque but this was fun i like how it layered #i think i'm gonna finalize my idea and perhaps render something fully for once because i feel up to it if flowers are involved #but i promise nothing #drew these left to right btw. there were also like 2 more but they were small and i gave up on them so wjatever #i like the last one the best i think i needed a bit to figure out how i wanted the petals to lay and i like that one the best #the silhouette feels good i like the shape the back i did start trying smth asymmetrical but rem is very symmetrical and i find the symmetr #paired with the wings feels very regal and powerful and almost cape-like as a silhouette which i am a fan of #if i did finish something i might add misa in which case i need to think of what flower she most resembles roses are too easy i need smth #else but i will decide that later bc i am writing this very late at night and now i'm gonna queue it up for tomorrow bc i am going somewher #so goodbye goodnight good day idk what time it is for you. so #WAIT I SHOULD DO RYUK TOO WAIT WAIT soon. soon. he will be a bug yes yessss wait wait if he's a bug i want misa to be butterfly themed #like maybe a beetle of some kind? no no no wasp? ant? i'll think abt it #light would prob be some sort of poisonous plant? idk if u have thoughts idk tell me i'm getting into this bc i'm deprived of springtime at #and it is making me silly :3 teehee anyway i will Think about this and get back to it soon enough #gooddbye bye bye sayonara you weeaboo shits idk. bye

[whatwooshkai]

more thoughts on the monk au. it would take place on cybertron because that's more interesting. buster would be some kind of cybertronian type dog, a peripheral like saint or maybe a cassette, but she's attached to thundercracker. her voicebox is broken so she "barks", and thundercracker is barely getting by with this job so they can't afford to have it fixed. ultra magnus is a former enforcer who after some major traumatic event that is an overarching mystery that spans the series that I haven't decided on yet had a major nervous breakdown and was removed from the force. prowl is stottlemeyer. bluestreak is disher. thundercracker took this job because he was in medic training and needed the money to finish school, now he's too attached to quit. his real passion is film and likes to write screenplays based off their adventures, kind of like a watson to ultra magnus' sherlock holmes

#HELP I KNOW I HAVE SO MANY WIPS #this one is just so fun to think about #something I prob won't write just work on #I would combine this with best of what's around if I hadn't already set that up totally #but expect a new chap of that soon. just gonna try finish stuff before I start anything new #getting a little burnt out on romance so once I'm done with the big ones (look after you #stories about platonic life partners solving mysteries #my real passion #also I'm singlehandledly carrying the Ultra Magnus&Thundercracker tag #maccadam #transformers #transformers fic #fic idea #tf thundercracker #ultra magnus #tf buster #tf monk au #<- prob won't shut up about this for a while so TAG

[unhinged-nymph]

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#I think it’s starting to dawn on me that my ability to write fic over the last year was more of a fluke than anything #a perfect intersection of hyperfixation and creative hyperfocus that I’m not sure is replicable #and I’m so so sad about it because I have all these WIPs and something I want to write for someone and I simply cannot write any words #I tried doing the thing where I force myself to write and it was so painful and just made that WIP more of a mess than it already was #and it’s so overwhelming to think about fixing that it’s probs never gonna happen now even though it’s like 80% done #and this is my less busy time rn #like life is about to get insaaaaanely busy for me #so if it’s not happening now it’s def not gonna happen any time soon #I’m in mourning of my own fleeting ability #bummed :(((

[swordmaid]

also oathbreaker shri’iia not having a last name bc she’s not part of house faen tlabbar anymore and her mother was disowned by her own house (hence shri’iia’s desire to join a noble house in the first place) so it’s only right she takes astarion’s

#exactly…. EXACTLY.! #no I do hc that she makes one up for herself 🤭 and it’s prob something related to the dark or night sky #since she ends up liking that abt the surface #and one day if someone needs their full government name or something she’s just gonna write her name down as shri’iia but he’s like #(being casual about it) just use my last name 🤔😊 and she’s like ok yay

[b4kuch1n]

good luck w the testing and a happy early new year!!

thank you it's already happened when this was sent but we all did get one free point for the listening section bc the audio fucked up and we didn't get to hear the part with the last question's answer. but I will now think this is luck borrowed from the future when this ask was sent

#bakuspeech #ask #I tweeted a storm inbetween the written competencies (morning) and the speaking test (afternoon) lmao #but its on my wretched personal acc so it's for me. it's just for me #I dressed. and this is not me being unkind to myself. like a mister bean character to that test. like I got a woolen suit jacket on #with the dress shoes of mismatched laces. AND Ive been bald recently #honest to gods can Not tell how well I did in the written tests. like I finished all of them with at least ten minutes to spare #but it's because they kept putting a giant timer on the projector screen and it scared me so bad. delf trauma #the content of the test itself I straight up. dont know if its any good #the thing with me. that u can probably tell by idk looking at me and hearing me talk and stuff. is that I speak english but I am #VERY bad at tests #which makes any formalized english testing for me extremely fucking funny #and like it's supposed to be in the same structure as an ielts set of questions and apparently that means #they kept asking me to confirm or deny that the author of the text agrees with the statements they got in the questions #and I was sitting there like okay you made me read about weird phrenology shit and then you ask me this?? like are we asking #textual or contextual or. how deep into the rhetorics are we talking here. cause two of these three authors are certified weirdos #(yes the reading segment had three texts. one was about physiognomy and how there was definitely a grain of truth in there #one was about tea - this is the inconspicuous one - and the last one was about the potentials of toxinology #with a general vibe of pseudomedicine zeal to its writing. it's probs from a family magazine or something) #so straight up yeah I can defend my quiz answers to a judge but that does Not mean it's gonna be the one on the answer sheet yknow #kinda the same with the writing segment. where like they gave me an extremely easy to expand on subject and then a piece of paper #the length of a receipt. and that just. I could NOT parse the expectation of that setup #like I saw that and was like. so do you want me to do it badly? or do it so excellently I deliver all I think in like 100 words or less? #cause I'm capable of one of those things and the distinction is important here #and like. yes I know it's a language aptitude test. they're looking to know if I speak english #and I Have done something like this before multiple times just with a different language. but that was. idk I have never had a ladder here #I know I speak the language. YOU can probably tell I speak the language. would this test's result reflect that? I don't know! #it's a baffling experience. I'm still thinking about it the day after. tldr it's really not about the english for me it's about the testing #it's so. it's reflected so clear in the listening test where I missed an entire question (other than the one they gave us for free) bc #my brain just noped out of my body for three seconds and when I yanked it back the tape's already moved on

[cantstayawaycani]

*personal

#today during our one on one my boss told me he would help me with trying to kickstart my writing career over the next year #he said he would recommend me for writer's assistant positions #he said he knows who's running the 24-25 writer's mentorship program and would put in a word when i apply this year #he if i couldn't find a script i need to read for reference he would try to find it for me #he sent me a pilot script for one of our new series and said we could read and meet to discuss character story arc and format questions #he knows i'm moving to mexico in 2025 and says he wants to do what he can to help with my career while he can #for context everyone is anxious about some industry news being reported in the trades about our company being bought by another one #and what it may mean for layoffs in our department #also he says they are testing ai workflow with a key element in our job responsibilities and that means they're prob gonna transition fully #at some point we're all gonna have to pivot #and he'd rather we both pivot to something we want to as opposed to being stuck on the same path and then layed off #so #i am gonna just prepare myself as best i can #if he keeps his word it could be even more of a transformative year for me #I won't have to do what i need to without help #in this industry knowing the right people and being prepared for opportunities is important #i'm just gonna put my head down and do what i need to

[raskies456]

my toxic trait is I’ll reblog posts about media I’m entirely unfamiliar with bc I like the art or the vibes

#sorry for anyone I’ve mislead into thinking I’m a fandom blogger #for a fandom I’m not in #also one day I’m prob gonna reblog something incredibly divisive unknowingly #but w/e I just see cool art or funny post w names and characters I don’t know and go whoaaag post #on the plus side this 100% applies to non fandom posts or original content #I’m like wow this slaps I’m sharing it #I also end up following a lot of fandom artists for stuff I don’t know bc I’ll be like whoah cool art #and then follow the artist #and also then they share more cool art from that fandom #so I end up following a ton of artists from one fandom #anyway I’m not writing this thinking of any specific fandom #this is a general trend #but for example i don’t know shit about the dragon book series or the gay pirate show #or most video games that aren’t Pokémon #but if the post is good I reblog

[dmclemblems]

Regarding Claude and Leonie's support vs Dimitri and Yuri's: On one hand yes, Claude feeling that he can't do this himself shows that he should learn to move out of his bubble more, as Dimitri shows that being a king doesn't limit one's ability to mingle with the commoners on a personal level. But on the other hand, I still like that he gives his people a voice through Leonie - another commoner, and one of the most commoner student in the game (no experience as a rich merchant, or a famous diva, or a noble's adpoted child - she's one of the exceedingly few characters that has NO experience being any kind of well-off). It shows that he does still care for them, even if he feels like he isn't allowed to attach himself to them on a personal level - speaks to his character overall really, that he genuinely cares about the people around him but something in HIM stops him from connecting to others as much as he wants to.

He's more disconnected from the commoners than Dimitri is, but it's something he acknowledges and something he's working on in his own way - and that way involves his friends! It involves TRUSTING his friends to help him!! - and that's kinda neat to me. Well, until the game decided that actually he hates having any responsibility and that he wants to run away from all of the work he gave himself before blaming his own actions on an innocent woman that he's going to brutally slaughter for no reason. Since Hopes is apparently deathly allergic to even the CONCEPT of basic consistency.

damn i was gone from tumblr for so long that i didn’t know asks could get this long lmao

Oh I do like that Claude is getting help from commoners. That at least is a very normal thing for Claude to do.

I do feel like it was pretty odd for him to take on all that work and then continuously make jokes about not wanting to do it. It was consistent enough that it sounds like he actually regrets it, and iirc there was a quick mention implying he might?

Part of what aggravates me about the way Claude was written in this game is that yeah, he blames what he does on everyone else, such as “they wouldn’t surrender” or “they have to surrender so there are fewer causalities or else it’s their fault if people die”. I hate that he takes no responsibility for invading other people’s lands and pulls the “it’s their fault” card when really, Faerghus was minding its own business. It’s not Dimitri’s fault that people die in a war that he didn’t start. He was working on Faerghus’ politics and defending from the Empire. You can’t go to someone’s house, rob them while armed and then go “it’s your fault your family died because you wouldn’t give me your valuables”. That’s just stupid, and Claude isn’t supposed to be stupid.

Another thing that bothered me was just the overall lack of consistency in the second half. In the first half he was fine, but in the second half they made it a point to make him not want to sacrifice people and the stuff we’re used to, but then he’d turn around and do something terrible and blame his enemies for it. The only thing he took responsibility for was Randolph because all his allies got pissed about that, but if they didn’t get mad at him, he didn’t really care about what he was doing/who he had to kill.

There are times when he does seem to genuinely care regarding not wanting to kill people, but his excuses for the people he does kill always cast the blame on the actual victims. I don’t think he’s heartless, but he definitely lacks any kind of decency. Claude’s always been the type to do whatever was necessary to win as long as it didn’t involve causalities, and if it had to that would be because they were being attacked first.

For instance, he was really upset in SB when tons of people died because he insisted on fighting Leopold and the Empire still got him out of that fight alive. He wondered if they should’ve just surrendered to the Empire in the first place because it would’ve saved lives, but Hilda reminds him that the people in the Alliance would never have gone for that without putting up a fight first. In that situation, he’s upset about it but he was in the right to fight back. People died, yeah, but because he was trying to defeat the strongest general in the invading army.

It’s not Claude’s personality that I don’t like in this game. I think his general characteristics and behavior are pretty standard for what we’d expect. I just hate how they made him be the one to make all the questionable choices and do things that disregarded his morals. Even Edelgard, at least in SB, isn’t as bad as he is in GW in some ways. In SB it also seems more like Claude allied with her because he was so defeated and stressed out from their losses that he gave up. In GW, he’s a lot crueler and while I think Claude can be dubious from time to time, I don’t think he’s supposed to be outright cruel.

Like, I’m sorry but guilt tripping Ashe to join them and making Ashe question his choices for the entire rest for the game was just painful to watch. Ashe hated betraying Faerghus and probably would’ve gone down fighting if Dimitri hadn’t told him to prioritize his life over his loyalty. Claude obviously knew Dimitri was like that and used it against Ashe to make Ashe stop fighting, but it wasn’t like “you can surrender, give us the stronghold and we’ll let you live”. It was “you can surrender and join our army and actively fight against your friends or die”. When it comes to Claude, I would expect him to lean far more toward the end of “just surrender and leave” not “join our army and help us slaughter your friends :)”. Even Yuri calls him “vicious” for it.

Something I noticed was that throughout GW, the characters in camp were questioning Claude’s choices very regularly. It got to the point where a lot of people were disgusted with his choices. That does mean the writers are self aware, and that bugs me even more tbh.

It feels like they wanted to try something new with Claude but didn’t really know exactly how to pull it off, and it just feels like a convoluted mess. I want to like Claude in Hopes just because... he’s Claude and I like Claude, but it’s so damned difficult when he does half the shit he does.

#I also don't recall if the writers were new and not the same from Houses #or if there was one person from the previous writing team there and the rest were new? #I think I heard something about it not being the same writing team and I also think #I heard something about one of the old writers being there to help with it? so idk what's true in this case #It makes me sad because this is the last we'll see of these characters and I feel like for many people #this will leave a bad taste in their mouths for Claude's character #I REALLY don't expect another game/spinoff related to Fodlan #the closest thing we'd get is new Heroes alts and whatever DLC will pop up with Hopes #other than that tho I'm not sure how else they'd manage to milk this series in particular #without at least worrying about backlash from people who are tired of seeing Fodlan and co #I mean I wouldn't necessarily mind bc I love Houses and it's within my top five FE games #but I know people are gonna get bored of it much faster than me which in my case is largely bc I love the characters #I guess in the future we might end up with like... maybe another spinoff/Warriors crossover #where we get some Houses characters with other FE characters since that's what the original FE Warriors game was #that at least I could see happening and it would prob be based on Houses and not Hopes #or just some new crossover/spinoff game entirely but... other than that I wouldn't expect another Fodlan game #also they rly need a world name and not just a continent name because there are tons of known continents in this game fjkadsg #Three Hopes Spoilers #DCE Ask

[theloveinc]

i can only write in bed now

#....weird #anyway i think my lexapro is working #still nervous but less about posting and some things in general... which is WEEEE #anyway uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #i have some things to say #trying to write something and it's not working #so i hope i can bang it out tonight when im laying down #second still working on that barbarian bakugo thing but i think i've given on the language aspect #it will probs just be. actually. wont have any mise en scene #if u know what i mean. like TONE. i have no idea #which like arhghghghgh i do wanna get better at it since i got so much help but #since its practically done i don't wanna mess with it more #or sit on it #third... will someone tell me what kicked dogs is about #im scared to read stuff i don't know the description of #don't tell tho shhhh i know im cheating #i was also gonna say something else too #uhhh i forget #OH IT was something about like... wanting to character ramble with ppl again but not wanting to start that til i know my school sched. #anyway wanna write even if its not that good big sigh #caitie blabs

[a-witchy-peri]

I'm really curious how batman and the whole fam would work if it wasn't just Alfred who took care of the house and family. What if there are multiple cleaners, maybe a cook on certain days. What about gardening staff? Or if Martha and Thomas had horses or something someone to take care of those.

Would Bruce have trusted them like he trusts Alfred? Only a few? Only the staff that works inside the house? The staff would probably live there so they'd be around 24/7. Some would also have been around for Bruce's time abroad and him coming back jacked with a couple new scars.

Would they stand by and let Dick become Robin? Would anyone object about letting a kid fight? How would Jason's death influence how the staff reacts to Tim?

Would the staff get fighting lessons so they can handle themselves if the identities of the batfam were ever revealed? Would Alfred, as the head of staff and former spy, teach them how to handle a gun just in case? Do some of them learn how to patch up wounds after one to many times that two or three of the bats get injured and Alfred can only tend to one at a time?

The concept just fascinates me as I've seen only a handful of fics about it. It just hasn't been explored a lot I think.

#a rambly perimede #fanfic stuff #cause i'm probs gonna write something about it #bruce wayne #batfam #something about the defenders of gotham having an actual support system even if it is their staff just makes me happy i think #it's not just them against the world #it's them and the people they have trusted with their biggest secrets #dc stuff

[everiistence]

. i really do not appreciate how stressful school is sometimes ngl

#lol rant time! #probably gonna delete this later #just stupid grade crap lmao read at ur peril? #things i am mad at: myself #as per usual #but also my english teacher. for inputting a 93% as an A- like bro about to drop my gpa??? took him THREE MONTHS to grade my essay #and the semester is ABOUT TO END and he goes and gives me a 50/60 which tanks my 103% (love extra credit) to a 91% #and if all the other assignments he hasn't graded yet get 100s then i have a 93 point something #WHICH IS AN A- #but apparently fanfiction is our final? so i mean maybe i can get away with that. but then again he prob wants us to put freud concepts in #this man is a freud fangirl?? #istg #he gives extra credit a lot though bc quantity over quality #he's kinda weird #anyway i know an A- isn't the end of the world but i have tiger parents amen #also i can't deal w english rn i have to work on raising my chem grade it's like .20 away from being an A but i might have #just bombed yet another test #which could tank me depending on how bad i did #and if i have anything lower than a 91% after the test goes in it won't raise #back to english though im kinda pissed bc he left a comment praising my writing for like 2 paragraphs before going back in and saying BUT #welp anyway if i don't have a 4.0 gpa after this semester my parental units will be forcibly making me quit all my extracurriculars so 🥰 #i don't understand this man tbh sometimes he tells me what im doing is good and then the next day he changes his mind #chem is better bc im actually just bad at it #english is like idk if i can satisfy the schrodinger's grading scale #time to go 1k over the word minimum on every assignment for that extra credit tbh #tbh i was not prepared for high school whatsoever. people think im smart but im just good at bs and memorizing crap #whatever

[wrinkled-sheets-and-sunlight]

Gundham, what was your first time in bed with someone like? Do you remember who they were?

"It is foolish to assume I would not retain such a thing to my memory, I can recall all those whom I have shard my bed with." He scoffed at the very idea of forgetting something as simple as a name, seeing it as basic respect to remember such a thing no matter how fleeting the tryst. "In the most basic form of its definition, it was...not good." Messy and inexperienced would be the best descriptors, but...

"I still hold that memory fondly. As for whom it was with..." A pause, a far away look in his eye before he shook his head. "You must be a level five friend to unlock such info. I will speak no more of it."

#each person he sleeps with means Something to him somewhere #they invoke some emotions aside from lust #whether he hates them and wants to show dominance #respects them #or has some level of feelings for them #he doesnt just randomly pick people he seeks out someone he has some sort of connection with even if its small #even if he plans on Just sleeping with someone pretty and nothing further he still tries to get to know them at least a little bit first #its a respect thing i suppose #he hates to think of people as 'just sex' its too impersonal and dismissive #like theyre objects #hes open with how he thinks but theres still heart involved #even if he says he hates people he thinks they deserve more than that #if that makes sense idk im writing this with a headache lol so its probs worded weird #also i do have an idea for the who of his first and the circumstances around it #if anyone actually wants him to talk about it #its Soft for once #but to him its Personal so its gonna take some poking lol #muse: gundham tanaka #nsft

[lady-tortilla-chip]

It’s crazy how bad I wanna write metas about this show rn idk how to organize my thoughts but like!!!! There is so much!!! To this show!!!! That was so good!!! And deserves to be written on and dissected!!!!

#the effort the craftsmanship the beauty it’s all just!!!! #probs gonna write something about the way sex is depicted in the show and when they chose to show more in a scene than in others #and like how well it helped carried their points #sex was as much a plot element as anything else #it just #AAAAAH THIS SHOW #the sandman

[ectonurites]

hi sorry asking on anon bc i have social anxiety up the wazoo but im writing a dc social media fic and i was wondering if i could reference your post abt damian & cassie being twit mutuals lol. w credit ofc.

oh yeah, you totally can!! i'd love to see it when you're done!

#in general: unless on a post i like specifically say 'im planning/working on a fic about this' or something #i typically don't mind people taking writing inspiration from/wanting to reference posts (and art) i make #like i do appreciate being asked or told just so i'm Aware because i'd always like to See how stuff comes out but im prob not gonna say no

[taras-toe-beans]

Because I'm not on there, I'm almost always very confused when I hear about bg3 twitter drama. But simultaneously I am so glad I'm not on that hellsite (derogatory).

#yes this is about fic feb and no I didn't know the details of what happened at all #my circle is small and I'm not on twitter like I said #I'm not deleting what I have posted but I don't have other finished works anyway so I'm probs just gonna leave it alone #But anyway uhhh yikes I am so sorry to the people who have been harmed by people involved with all that #we need to do better at supporting sa/abuse survivors in this community #also regardless censorship sucks and write whatever you want forever. believe it or not writing something doesn't mean you condone it #bec rambles