#things i write when i have coffee

[riacte]

Um hii so I may have something to add to the "duo name" discussion going on.

Fanmade duo names are generally established to separate them from shipping. Which is a good idea and we should continue to make an effort to tag shipping. But you know what else is a fanon concept? Not the idea of two CCs being good friends irl, but the fannish idea of shipping their characters. (Excluding CCs who are married / together). So instead of coming up with fanon names for platonic duos who are friends irl, I think we should come up with fanon names for the fannish concept of shipping (who are not together irl / whose characters are not together).

I'm not into QSMP so I cannot speak for that side and I know y'all have a different shipping culture, so this is more for hermitshipping / trafficshipping.

I can't verify this statement but in this post, OP mentions Joe and Cleo didn't want a duo name because they felt like a word + duo couldn't represent their years of friendship. And I can imagine this to be true for many duos especially in HC, which has been going on for so long. Instead of trying to “define” friendship with a word, we can shift the focus to making up a fan name for the fannish concept of shipping them.

Case study 1: Renchanting / Treebark

The ideal scenario: CCs make their own canon platonic name, shippers make their own fannish name for shipping. Treebark is a pun, it's vague, it doesn't overtly mention Ren or Martyn or their brands, and like the more niche duo names, you need to put in effort to understand what this means. Which makes it perfect for shipping in the sense we try to "hide" it. I know people have said it can be frustrating when you see a new duo and don’t know what it means, but I think it’s okay for ship names because they are by design meant to be obscure. You have to make an effort to look for it and understand what it means.

Case study 2: Convex / Cubscar (Ranchers / Solidaritek (?) also goes here)

I think it's called Cubscar based on Cubscar Week? Anyways, a slightly less ideal scenario than Treebark but still very very good. Canon name for platonic stuff, name mashup for romantic stuff. Less elegant that Treebark but it works so who cares. If it works, it works.

Case study 3: Flower Husbands

FH is different in the sense it’s a canon romantic ship and the CCs made the name themselves. I guess FH is still used for platonic but romantic FH would probably be best tagged with shipping to differentiate it.

Case study 4: Rendoc (aka. is this platonic or romantic or what) (Renskall also goes here)

Rendoc is like FH but?? It’s both a ship name and a duo name?? SHIPrendoc? They made it themselves hello?? Rendoc has been around long enough that we just use it for whatever. Like FH, romantic Rendoc should probably be tagged with shipping.

Case study 5: Fress / Stresskall

Long established ship names that sometimes gets used for platonic because it’s faster and we don’t have canon names (at least I think we don’t?). At least I use it for platonic too. It’s different from Rendoc / Renskall in the sense we don’t get a “haha yes ship us” from the CCs. And I think we have enough common sense to tell whether a post is meant to be shippy or not. Eg. “YESS FRESS CRUMBS IN NEW EPISODE!” (about canon platonic interaction), “omg fress in your au is so cute” (depends on context? What’s the AU?), “I think Fress should kiss” (overtly romantic).

These dynamics in particular have been around long enough that it feels weird trying to make a duo name for them (like Jleo). Like, I would rather call platonic Stress+Iskall with Stresskall than, fuckass allium duo or whatever. If it’s tagged with shipping, it’s meant to be seen as shipping. In the absence of canon names, sometimes using name mashups is faster and more efficient.

There are of course exceptions for everything: eg. Desert Duo is well established enough and it’s a good contrast to Scarian. But I think for more niche duos / ships, we can kind of get away with using name mashups? In the absence of canon names?

But I think name mashups are still seen as inherently shippy because that’s how other fandoms make their ship names. (Ironically one of my ships have the name “sniper duo” which is unrelated to mcyt duoification I promise, and is more used descriptively instead of as a tag) So we have to be careful with how we present name mashups especially in public spaces…?

I still think it’s better than making up duo names that few understand. And I think we should reserve our obscure names for the more obscure act of shipping instead. If it’s difficult to find out what it means, why not make it difficult by design? The name mashup tells you who they are, but the obscure ship name tells you explicitly it’s romantic. I know it’s hard trying to twist your thought process the other way because we’re so used to name mashups being for shipping (in other fandoms), but idk I just think it makes sense for fan names to be made for entirely fanmade concepts. And non fanmade concepts (friendships) can stay the way they are. Idk just some thoughts.

#hermitshipping #trafficshipping #hermitblr #trafficblr #things i write when i have coffee #ria.txt #meta #idk #it’s me rambling #also sorry to op of the post i mentioned i didn’t mention you by name bc idk if you would like that #ofc there are exceptions to everything etc etc #tldr we should all be like treebark. slay

[stevebabey]

"Alright, here we go!" The bartender announces, leaning up to place the drinks on the bar.

"That's one whiskey, neat—" He says, sliding the lowball cocktail glass with amber liquid in front of Eddie.

"—And one Whammin' Slammin' Booty-Bangin' Pina Colada."

He places the extravagant cocktail in front of Steve. It's decorated to the nines with a straw, an umbrella, a piece of pineapple, and a little bit of tinsel on a toothpick. A whole party decoration in a drink.

"You guys have a good night." The bartender says warmly, already moving down the bar to tend to other customers.

Eddie stares down at the whiskey in the glass before him and pouts a little. Beside him and watching his boyfriend closely, Steve rolls his eyes.

"Oh, quit being dramatic," Steve says, sliding the cocktail across the bar so it's in front of Eddie, who had ordered it. He steals the glass of whiskey back at the same time.

"It happens every time."

"It happens most times."

"That isn't much better!" Eddie protests, even as he leans down and takes a long sip from the straw while they both get to their feet and leave the bar. Steve's hunting for a table they can snag, his eyes narrowed in focus. Eddie follows him blindly, his cocktail cupped in both hands.

"I'm serious, Steve! What is it about this adorable face—" He says, gesturing to himself, barely letting go of the straw to talk. It doesn't seem to faze him that Steve doesn't even glance back. "—Says I don't want to enjoy a Whammin' Bammin' Big Booty Colada?"

Steve comes to a stop, pausing his search for a moment to look back at Eddie. His expression seems unimpressed on the surface but Eddie can see his lips twitching up at the corners.

"We've had this conversation too many times, babe." He sighs halfheartedly and takes a quick sip of his own whiskey, eyes casting back out across the bar. "You have scary dog energy, you know this. You specifically dress like this on purpose."

Eddie picks up the pineapple wedged on the edge of his glass and bites into it, sending it down with another sip of his cocktail as Steve leads them further into the back of the bar. He finally spots a spare empty table.

"C'mon, I think I found one." Steve urges, one hand snaking back to make sure Eddie's following.

"Is it a crime to wish to not fall victim to stereotypes?" Eddie prattles on, following Steve duly by slipping his hand into Steve's outstretched one. His cocktail wobbles precariously as he takes another gulp.

"Like when that waitress gave me your awful black coffee! And you got my delicious delicacy that I paid extra hard-earned money for..."

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i like to think that when steve and eddie go out, people always lean into their assumptions and are like hmm ok preppy boy with the polo? oh he gets the fruity cocktail! and eddie is always like >:( i don't want this expensive puddle of piss gimme the bonanza supreme cocktail pls. like excuse me i paid for that.

#steve's got expensive booze taste bcos he partied lots as a teen & he got into his dad's expensive stuff #and now it's all he likes #eddie doesn't drink loads cos he usually smokes instead so when he does drink he never wants to taste the alcohol #and he likes that they're pretty and come w fun things :) #steve also likes black coffee cos he was on that Sports Diet through hs #eddie packs his with sugar and creamer if he can #hehehe have this headcanon <3 from me to you #that i thought of rn #steddie #steve x eddie #steddie ficlet #steddie fic #steddie headcanon #heheheheh <3 #i also love drinks with the most insane names. like please tell me you know what i mean #ruby writes steddie

[daffythefox]

i feel like people say "abuse is always intentional and a choice" because it helps them believe that they haven't and will never abuse someone so long as they believe abuse is wrong.

Do you think every abuser woke up and thought "today I will abuse someone on purpose"? Probably some of them, but not all. Some abusers genuinely think that abuse is just how relationships work. Sometimes kids abuse other kids before they grow up and realize what they did was fucked.

If you decide that abuse means "person intentionally abusing another", what about people who were abused by people who weren't intentionally abusing them? Is that not real abuse?

I'm not saying that you shouldn't be angry at your abuser. I think you should be angry at whoever you want to be angry at. But I think looking back at your actions and checking "was what I did okay? how did my actions impact the people I love?" is very important, especially for people with NPD, where having issues understanding how your actions impact others is a symptom.

Having NPD makes forming and maintaining healthy relationships way harder. I would know. It's also way harder to control emotional outbursts while you're having one (and emotional permanence issues mean once you stop having one, it's hard to imagine what it felt like).

Introspection about why you did the things you did, if/how you hurt someone you care about, trying to make it up to them, and minimizing the chances that it will happen again, are very important. In "npd abuse" spaces, this introspection is usually shut down by "well, if you think you might be a narcissist, you're not one". But I think this introspection can be very helpful, so long as the introspection doesn't begin and end with guilt/shame.

#actually npd #npd #me when i write massive post rambling about things #i just feel like in the NPD tumblr community we're so focused on 'narc abuse doesnt exist' #which makes sense #that is the wider conception of our disorder #but i feel like we overcorrect #''people with npd dont have issues with being in healthy relationships and are always the victims'' isn't a good perception of us either #i have not had coffee yet today #i want to go to sleep #me when i

[nostalgia-tblr]

"are people not into that?" i ask, after posting my weird niche shit to the internet, despite knowing it to be weird niche shit.

#jsyk sylkius or anything adjacent to it does not “Do Numbers” in any way and i observed this some time ago #i assume that's the “rival ships” element at work but who knows really #that sort of thing is like femslash in that everyone approves of it but nobody actually reads or writes it #but who would have thought sylvie beating loki with a stick would not bring in droves of readers???! shocking twist there! #& i don't consider sifki a rarepair but my rarepair standards are VERY strict like if there's >5 fics a pairing is basically mainstream #chasing popularity would annoy me though & i just don't have the mental spoons to try writing stuff i wouldn't personally read #yeah i *could* put my blorbos to work in a coffee shop but what cost to my own enjoyment levels? AT WHAT COST FANGELA??? #you can't please everyone so you may as well just please yourself and if anyone else likes it you've found some fellow freaks so yay #i don't mean please yourself in a wanking sense. though feel free to do that too it probably counts as a cardio workout idk. #BUT ANYWAY #fic related #ps i am v glad there's the “warning: loki” tag because i think/hope it acts as a filter for 'he did nothing wrong in his life ever' types #who are Valid & etc obviously but i write my morally grey characters to be morally grey and the tag might help avoid conflict #though tbh i write almost every character to be morally grey in some way so i can't claim to have left my comfort zone here #(i'm not joking when i say the 1987-89 run of Dr Who shaped my entire future fannish life from a young and apparently v impressionable age)

[oifaaa]

We do have electric kettles but unless you were a dedicated tea drinker or enjoy pour over coffee (compared to other popular extraction methods). Not many have one.

Also we have plug covers.

Never said you guys didn't have kettles said you didn't have good ones which is true bc the voltage in your plugs is lower then the Irish/UK plugs it means the kettles take longer to boil and becomes more of an inconvenience i also never said you guys didn't have plug covers I just said you have to buy them separately they're not apart of the plug like the irish/UK plugs

#ask #anon #sorry friend your ask did bug me a bit #bc when i was writing the ask i specifically thought to myself #cant be one of those people who say America has no kettles bc i know thats not true #but yeah i know a lot of people will also say that most Americans are coffee drinkers and instant coffee isn't as popular #which is true #but also theres other things kettles can be used for from making food to hot water bottles #quickly boiled water will always have its uses in a house #but why buy a kettle when microwaving the water or even the stove is faster #funny enough i actually learnt this from an American my ex friends mum really loved her kettle #said the ones back home were slow and also sometimes badly designed? #dont know what she meant by that if anyone has any clues

[muckyschmuck]

mostly bear but deaddog’s there too

#hi sug #i clean my room when i woke up and instantly fell back asleep #why #my art #oc art #sona art #doodlings #digital art #traditional art #mostly #hahahahhahahaha hiii #can i coffee #no also i didn’t find a good bear documentary to draw bears too thanks for asking #i think i spelled go wrong but unfortunately because mobile tumblr sucks massive nuts i can’t edit that without rewriting the entire thing #was gonna say something about simply not having the time for that however i am #continuing to write multiple long winded tags thats probably taking me longer than just #shut up?

[palettesofrenaissance]

Do you ever feel like a burden or a waste but you haven't done anything? But you feel like this because you feel like you haven't done anything. It's a constant conundrum

#this isn't necessarily about fic writing but it's mostly about life in general #I have a lot to complain about (that mostly boils down to money) but I was ingrained to be appreciative of my life and blessings #because things could always be worse and I'm considering the point in my youth when we were homeless #I take medication now for my depression but as of tonight I'm wondering if I need to up the mg because I'm feeling low again #I'm trying to stay vigilant and stay on my cold medicine regimen in order to get rid of it and I just finished my menstrual #so I don't know if those should be factored into it??? but by coincidence I just finished a little makeshift coffee/alcohol bar in my room #and the vodka is looking hella intriguing right now.....

[lineffability]

woke up with a BURST of inspiration and writing motivation but ofc it's a Saturday on which I have to work, now I'm typing fic on my phone in-between making coffees I love this life

#line's lines #haha slow morning at least #sipping my own coffee rn #writing such wonderful things #reaping the rewards of what ive sown #also the google doc has gotten so big its becoming a bither on mobile :) love when that happens :) #i have real nina energy today

[lit-in-thy-heart]

fucking hate moving

#i am surrounded by boxes and bags #i am anxious that things won't fit in the car #i don't know where some things are that i thought i knew where they were #even when i've moved things out i'm still going to have a decent amount of stuff at home so now i'm freaking out about needing to sort that #in the future #wish i could just snap my fingers and have the boxes be teleported to where I'll be living #this #this is why i just have been spending my time writing giffing and knitting #so i don't have to deal with this #fuck it might try and suck it up and motivate myself with the promise of coffee later #right battle face on #personal #lit talks #edit i FOUND the duplicate item for uni i thought i couldn't find the world is a little brighter etc etc

[v-arbellanaris]

i think some of u need to calm down and remember this is a game. i did not pay [redacted amount of money] for a game to not explore all the options, and if you did, i think you're stupid and should have just watched a playthrough on youtube.

#objecting to the lack of dialogue/response options. in a game notorious for a breadth of dialogue and response options. is like. not a crime #when 500+ people are like 'man i wish i could've done x or had a chance to say x' and ur response to that is 'well doing x just makes you #a piece of shit and [other black and white thinking options here]' like. #joining the war on lack of nuance on the side of lack of nuance. embarrasssinggggggg #'u are a piece of shit for--' i love Narratives. i love Stories. i love writing characters who do awful and terrible things and are 100% #convinced they're right in doing it. i love that they get mad and upset when people they care about don't agree with their insanity. #great that u have ur perfect fairytale playthroughs. i want blood and guts and heartbreak and messiness #i want a story that rips my spine out. i want character arcs that make me want to die. and then i want to be told Making A Bad Decision #is not the end of the fucking world. actually. it doesn't mean the end of everything and the only option for u now is death. etc etc #like great you're out here writing perfect protagonists who never do anything wrong. i'm out here writing protags one bad day away from #becoming a villain. i'm out here writing protags who ARE villains and are really convinced they're the heroes. i'm out here writing heroes #that the world is convinced is a villain. go write your coffee shop aus and get out of my corner of fandom lol #tbd

[wqxianvents]

is it just me and my delusional poly nxx brainrot or are they making nxx supar domestic-like lately 🤨

#i have so many screenshots of this event pls #they just #the one where they were having a meeting in the morning??? like 😭😭💕 #‘but we can discuss this after breakfast’ #‘why tf did u take out your tablet and show us then??’ #‘so you know what we’ll be discussing later 🤨’ #LMFAOOO #artem 🤝 marius ;; being passive aggressive to eachother #luke 🤝 vyn 🤝 rosa ;; sipping their coffee and watching this whole thing #also marius bullying vyn abt waking up late and vyn being like this mf better stfu 😭 #i love them #more drabbles for nxx/reader in my drafts neow 🤭 #tears of themis #tot #!tot events #ALSO THE INVITATION IS SO ROETTY THE LOOK VYN GIVES MARIUS LMAOO #and when they look over at you to make sure youre okay ‼️‼️ #can i get a smooch between everyone thanks #im so happy tho cuz like ive been writing on the quiz thing if they could have the nxx boys be more friendly to eachother and have the whole #nxx team be more ykyk and not have it be a battle between the guys cuz their dynamics over fighting is bettar #like?? artem leaning against the bookshelf ; marius blocking the door ; vyn mocking emmy and luke faking an attack #that was so hot just me ? ok 💃 #they literally know how to read eachother’s minds without a glance and it means sm to me #rosa is proud of her boys too <33 #poly nxx

[chlorinewriter]

Tagged by @erinyra for the fanfiction writer bingo! I haven't done anything like this in ages, but thanks for tagging me! It's fun to think about (and to read through your tags). Tagging @ditttiii and @giurochedadomani in case either of you'd like to participate ^^ Clean template can be found here.

#I was on ff.net for official fanfic sites before Ao3 #although I was writing/posting fic on forums before then #roleplayed on those same sites #sometimes I miss written RP :/ #I research while writing but almost never before #and I do it oh so grudgingly #pleasepleaseplease give me feedback I'm like a starving waif waiting for coin and/or cheese & bread donations when I post #*kicks my 7 million unfinished stories under a rug* #have not done it often but writing buzzed is a nice vibe for certain scenes #also I almost chose wanted to be a professional writer #but technically I want to be a PHd #which will involve a lot of writing #but I guess isn't the same thing #and as for this writing I just want to indulge #myself and others lol #with a Monster energy drink but no thanks on tea or coffee

[foxgloveinspace]

Please always ramble in the tags 😭🫶🏼✨ reading tags are some of my favorite things, esp yours tbh

I hope your weekend was good dude! And I hope your migraine fucks off quicklyyy!

I’m trying to get some studying done today, it’s not working yet, but I’m trying!

PS link for your 14K FIC?!?! FUCKIN DUDE THATS AWESOME IM SO PROUD AND SO HAPPY FOR YOUUU!!!

@a-little-lynx

Good Luck Studying!! I hope you find your groove, and it goes really well!! This is my favorite rain noise video on youtube if you like those, I put it on when I need to drown out the rest of the world for reading, haha.

My migraine is already going away a bit, I turned off my headphones, even tho I was listening to The Summoning as a little, 'its been one year since i heard you' celebration, but I can do that later too.

I would link it, but its not posted yet🙇, I'm waiting till it's done before I post it, cause I have discovered through trial and error that that is best for me (*looks sadly at my now mostly abandoned Dune fic that I will finish one of these days but I don't know when it'll be.*)

I don't even know if I'm half way done with it even, I don't even know if I'm gonna post it as chapters? or post it as a really long one shot (but from what I hear, it's best to do it as chapters cause if you get passed 50k you can't edit it after posting, oof. I always forget tags). I think if i do, do chapters, I just finished the first one, haha. It's like, a dream come true though? cause SamTron/SamRinzler is one of my longest running ships (I'd go as far to call it my rare pair otp, haha) and Tron: Legacy is my favorite movie of all time, and I've wanted to write a long as fuck fic for them for years and years and years, so now that I'm finally doing it!!! Ugh. I'm just. so giddy about it, and I hope I am getting their characters right (even tho I've watched the movie about 50 times at this point and have the freaking.... script memorized at this point.) And!!! Yeah.... I'm so happy about it... I'm also being so so self indulgent with it (for me this means adding in little details that don't really matter, like the fact that Sam keeps body armor drinks in his fridge instead of like Gatorade, or that Quorra is a picky eater now that she can, ya know, actually taste things besides Energy on the Grid...... I am uhh, assuming you've watched Tron/Tron: Legacy Cass, if not its a-ok, I just realized some of this makes no since haha.) I am just.... really getting into it?

I'm also trying to keep the main plot under covers until I post it, cause I feel like the anticipation of keeping it sceret will motivate me to beign able to finish it!

#hihi!!! #a-little-lynx #i mean.... if you want I can send you a link to my most popular fic?? it's about 36k long. I just don't know if you'd like the ship haha. #theres a an age gap (but everyone involved is of age in my fic!! I don't write about anything but adults!) #and the ship is controversial in the main part of the fandom. but its 1158 kudos and 318 bookmarks and its my little baby I'm so proud of < #It's even on page one now when you sort by kudos!!! that's such a big deal in fandom haha. #I want to go back and write the little one shots I have planned in that universe but I don't have the motivation for it sadly... maybe in #the spring I'll have the motivation #oh...its uhhh its a Luke x Percy fic. Idk if you ever read PJO #A lot of people hate Luke and any Luke ship. Idk....... the fic kinda possessed me when I was writing it haha. much like this tron one is. #anywayyyyyyyy. #it's a super soft fluffy falling in love with your enemy when he's no longer your enemy fic. 'hes seen the worst parts of me and decided I #am still worthy of love' ect ect. It also takes place mostly in a coffee shop! and it's just.... cozy fluffy winter christmas vibes haha. #uhhhhh.... yeah... idk. #lots of rambles about lots of things this time haha

[derelictdumbass]

what 2 do when sick: watch pride and prejudice with ur sibling for the first time

#i am every old timey person draped over those long chairs fanning themself why have i never watched this movie until now #when the movie was done i craved the same thing but trans and gay so i'm gonna read the most ardently book #the reviews were mixed but I need but a crumb of trans gay men romance.a dn if none suit my taste i'll write my own #okay i have to be big and strong and get out of bed and work :') at least I can have coffee <3 #nadine is typing...

[stxrsfxte]

Lorelei & Senta being estranged best friends makes me ✨ unhinged ✨ when I think about them too long

#ooc || out of stars #// i NEED to write about them soon but my brain is mush gjskfjsk #// tbey truly are like....best friends but with some topics that have not been acknowledged #// by either of them #// so senta still spends the night in lorelei's place sometimes that way she can #wake them up from prophetic dreams / nightmares and help ground lorelei in the immediate moments afterwards #and lorelei still remembers how to make senta's coffee exactly how she likes it with her breakfast #they still have little in jokes for just the two of them but now when they make the jokes #there are times when there's hesitation before the laughter when #before the calamity #the laughter was instinctual and came easily to both of them #just. they're so familiar with each other but emotionally/mentally #there are some things that need to get resolved before they can get back to being like that

[toytulini]

god that "morning people are an oppressive class" post annoys me in some way i cant. quite. ugh

#toy txt post #it doesnt feel quite right to me........... #maybe im just a Morning Person. lol. lmao even #idk how much that is true vs in high school i felt very much like a morning person bc #i was taking my adderall with coffee and then it would all wear off right at the end of the day and id crash soooo hard and have like. #anxiety attacks every night and just be generally overstimulated and irritable as hell #which is mostly managed now by me trying to be smarter about caffeine consumption (amount + when) and on a lower dose of adderall #but it does feel like a lot of that shit mentioned would be adequately covered by like. being able to take time off work to go to the #doctor etc. idk #im half joking these days when i ID as a morning person but legally none of you are allowed to get up my ass about it🔪 #bc of the nocturnal bullshit i pulled on second shift for like 3yrs after everything around me decided to start closing early after the #pandemic hit even tho theyve re lifted every other miniscule precaution they ever enforced #probably bc no one wants to work night shift at the grocery store for like 12$ an hour. fucking offer better pay idiots #god even when i was a package handler working the super inconvenient hours of 3am-like. 9. 10am(inconvenient my ass that was ideal hours.) #the main reasons ppl left for other jobs: hours suck and they got offered better pay. they cant adjust the hours. so they shouldve #increased the pay to retain. and maybe have more structured start and end times that were less up in the air #like all the drivers leave at 9am so if theres anything left on the truck thatll be for tomorrow. since that fuckin happened anyway. idk. #honestly wouldve been more important to me to have consistent start times cos thats one of the things that pissed me off about that job was #like youd go in and before you left youd have to ask what the start time would be tomorrow cos they kept jumping all over the place by like #15min increments and like its once thing to do it on occasion to try to deal with like Bad Weather but it was like fucking Daily #and sometimes theyd write it on the little whiteboard. but sometimes they wouldnt. and sometimes theyd write it on the little whiteboard #and leave it up there forget to erase it and it would still be there but they told you as you walked out actually its not 4:30 tmrrw its 3 #idk. i know the main real reason i miss it is cause it was part time and the day ended at like 9am usually