#this fandom rocks so hard

[desertfangs]

The Armand/Daniel throwaway is insane because while I don’t see it as canon, (and I don’t think it’s meant to be taken as such), I do believe it makes their lore a lot richer and more poignant. Anne hit gold with them man, she really did. And in a way we’re pretty lucky. We got the best chapter OF ALL TIME written about them, followed by the weirdest, messiest breakup plans that never came to fruition, followed by a few one liners about them getting back together. Who knows what would’ve happened if she had decided to flesh out their story further and I’m scared to consider the possibilities. We know what we need to know and now the world is ours 😌

Yeah, it's not meant to be canon. Canon is anything published in the text itself. Anything else (notes, drafts) are things Anne chose not to include for whatever reason and while it can help us all inform the text if we so choose, she as a writer decided against using these in the final versions. It sure is fun though!!

AND YES IT IS INSANE!! Because even though I agree some of the dialogue does not sound like Daniel or anything he would say, their dynamic is there!! That is THEM. It's weird and it's messed up but you totally get shades of them in those notes and maybe a finished, polished version would have really done them justice. We will never know!

But you're right! We are so lucky. She really hit lightning in a bottle with Armand/Daniel. It's such a great story, they are such fascinating characters, and Devil's Minion is such a wild chapter. Their parts in QotD really tell us so much about them and how they interact and what they love about each other, even though it's so few pages.

It will always break my heart a little that Daniel was tossed aside in the final trilogy. I get that he wasn't really part of the story she was trying to tell, and that's why he gets a line here or there about being with Armand, but is otherwise not mentioned after Prince Lestat, but wow, I would have loved to see Daniel there to comfort Armand after Marius calls him a child or he bears his soul to Lestat, or any of that stuff. And of course I would have loved an actual reunion chapter beyond just "they're out hunting together." (Of course I think we got the same thing with Marius and Armand in the QotD... 😒😒)

But--and I've said this before--part of why I was scared to read the final books was a deep-seated fear that she was going to kill Daniel off. It felt like she had no use for him and I was terrified for his safety. So even though we only get a few lines about him being back with Armand, we know they've reconnected, and honestly, that's more than I had hoped for.

And the playground is ours now, absolutely! I've loved seeing how other people flesh out this stuff in fics and headcanons and art, and I love doing it myself. So while I regret the lack of Daniel in the rest of the series, there's so much potential for stories to tell, and this fandom has really stepped up to the plate on that score. 💖

#thank you so much for the ask anon #this honestly is so fun to talk about i'm losing my mind #ONE PAGE and we've all gone off the rails it's incredible #this fandom rocks so hard #devil's minion #the vampire armand #daniel molloy #armand #armand/daniel #anne's notes #tulane #vc #vampire chronicles #answers in the desert #anonymous

[thegroovywitch]

New photos of Alison Krauss and Robert Plant holding hands during a performance at the 2023 Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana. April 28, 2023.

📸 Erika Goldring

#AAAAAAAA 🥰🥰🥹 #girl let me take a moment. #they are SO beautiful #this is the quality content i signed up for when entering the zeppelin fandom 😌 #robert plant #alison krauss #led zeppelin #classic rock #rock #hard rock #by dee dee

[wolfriver777]

God I can't get over how perfectly lacy by olivia rodrigo suits jiang cheng and wei wuxian so well? It literally drives me insane, the envy, the vague obsession, the homoroticism. I'd say the first chorus and second verse suit them most but the whole song works so well. Like jiang cheng singing the song and wei wuxian is lacy

Just God I don't know how to word it, the quiet caring, the obsession God that's all jiang cheng, and the slight sarcastic tone of "well, aren't you the greatest thing to ever exist" ain't that mummy and daddy issues jiang cheng projecting on wei wuxian just a teeny wee bit as a treat for me.

Just God, this song, as a whole, is for them.

#ri fandom posting #jiang cheng #wei wuxian #mdzs #god this is me in my normie music era im sorry guys #why olivia rodrigo making chengxian coded songs huh? #chengxian #speaking of the devil almoat forgot tk tag #my worst fear is that i kind of interpreted jc and wwxs vibes wrong but also whose gonna stop me? #the girlies who get it get it #okay thing goes hard so like idk if youre living under a rock like i do go give it a listen #the oooohs/ahhhs bridge kinda ruins it tho tbh #why is that so loud for no reason and why so long ugh *eyeroll*

[melmos-basement]

This is what I look like searching for content of my faves because God hates me and decided to make me like every irrelevant side character that appeared in one episode / chapter and has under 2 minutes of screentine.

#bsd pushkin #pushkin bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd #genshin impact #mika genshin impact #freminet genshin #I feel like a starving victorian orphan #I've hit rock bottom so hard I might aswell start making my own shit #dislyte #tang yun #hsr #honkai star rail #It's even worse if it's from a dead fandom #the mystical archives of dantalian #dantalian no shouka #nevermoor #wundersmith #bsd kajii #motojirou kajii

[jj3628]

I actually made a short edit for the reunion between Casey Jr and Raph in the Cass Apocalyptic Series but it made me sob so hard I had to take a recovery lap around my house

#This isn't the first time this fandom's made me cry that hard either #The yellow light L.O.V.E animatic by Tapa made me cry so hard I had to get rocked by my mother #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #cass apocalyptic series #the loser speaks

[regheart]

the thing that is annoying about fem sirius is the immediate association with being short and sensitive and dramatic and many other attributed gender stereotypes not femininity on itself and it seems like a lot of the discourse around it has circled back into let men be masculine which is not the point at all

#either approach is fine as long as you aren't perpetuating gender stereotypes #like what is so hard about this #i personally like a glam rock style but whatever suits you and your story #sirius black #marauders fandom #masc sirius black #fem sirius black

[flamebearrel]

Sooo since niche media combos have once again filled my head today... what if the NKotR and friends had builds as Zombicide survivors?

To explain as survivors kill zombies they build Adrenaline Points (AP) that let them unlock more skills. These are split into 4 colors: blue is their starting skill, yellow always gives +1 action, and orange and red which you can only pick one each of at a time (example below)

Neil

+1 free Search Action

+1 Action

Lucky - Can reroll for any failed action

+1 to dice roll: Combat

Tactician - Can take turn at any order within the player phase

+1 die: Ranged

2 cocktails are better than 1 - After using up a Molotov (strongest weapon), can reroll for a chance at another one

Kevin

Sprint - Can move 2-3 zones with one move action

+1 Action

Search: 2 cards

Tough - Ignores the first wound received and friendly fire

Brother in Arms: +1 free Combat Action - When standing in the same zone as another survivor, both receive this effect

+1 to dice roll: Melee

Ambidextrous - Can dual-wield any weapon

Ryan

Steady hand - Ignore survivors of your choice when missing a ranged attack (friendly fire)

+1 Action

+1 die: Melee

+1 die: Ranged

Medic - At end of each turn, all survivors within the same zone heal one wound

+1 free Combat Action

Reaper: Combat - One successful attack per turn can take out two identical zombies

Mitch

Born leader - Can give another survivor an extra turn

+1 Action

+1 Damage: Ranged

Sidestep - Can move to an adjacent zone if a zombie spawns in close range

+1 free Move Action

Sniper - Freely chooses targets of each attack

+1 die: Ranged

Max

Starts with a Kukri

+1 Action

Break-in - Can open doors without equipment or making noise

+1 Damage: Melee

Escalation: Melee - More dice given for consecutive attacks

Is That All You’ve Got? - Discard an equipment to negate a wound

+1 free Combat Action

Wendy

Slippery - Can slip past a zombie-occupied zone without using extra move actions

+1 Action

+1 max Range

+1 free Search Action

+1 to dice roll: Ranged

Field medic - Can move up to a zone with a survivor and heal one wound (including self)

Low profile - Avoids all friendly fire

Spencer

Point-blank - Can perform ranged combat from within the same zone

+1 Action

Destiny - Can ignore a received equipment and redraw for another

+1 free Move Action

+1 to dice roll: Combat

Hold your nose - Free equipment draw after the first zombie in zone is killed

Matching set - Automatically receive both pieces of dual equipment together

Daxter

Starts with 2 AP

+1 Action

Free reload - No ammo needed for reloadable weapons

+1 free Combat Action

Webbing - All equipment can be held in hand, even those in the inventory

Regeneration - Fully restore own health after every turn

+1 Damage: Melee

Mitch's and Wendy's builds focus on ranged combat while Max is all melee, and the others fall somewhere in between. Ryan is set up so you can take him in either direction. Wendy and Kevin might also be good at covering a lot of ground to act as support

#id in alt text #neilcic #nkotr #new kids on the rock #guaranteed* video #zombicide #neil cicierega #kevin james #kevin j james #ryan murphy #vicious516 #mitch dollarton #nkotr max #nkotr wendy #nkotr spencer #daxter flaxter #board games #I'm not too sure if these are balanced or follow any unspoken rules...? I just cracked open the manual and thought real hard #I legitimately would want to play spencer with this gimmick though he can collect equipment forever #max gets a kukri because the only bats are either a starter weapon anyway or a rare one #also wondering if there's a zombicide fandom? the survivors seem to have a lot of fun characterization in the booklets and website and stuf #all I've seen so far is mini painting

[misclogarts]

its crazy how music can just take you back to a time or moment in your life

#itlogthoughts #ok so im working on that haru/miyu playlist that i teased at like. last year. or possibly the year before that #if youve been following me for long enough then you might remember that one drawing i made for them with lover's rock. its that playlist. #i finally got around to working on it LMFAO #ok anyways like originally the playlist would end sadly (ending in the song 'lifetime' by ben and ben) however im going to give them a happ #-end. for once. i think haruna deserves it for everything i put her through from octobers 2022-2023 (horrible mental health crisis) #so much has changed in the span of a year and d4 was the fandom that witnessed that happen... idk man im a little emotional lmao #if i still am into d4 by june of this year then that would mark my 2 year anniversary of playing groovy mix:) and being a d4 fan #honestly i've gotten so used to thinking about d4 that it's kind of hard to get rid of. lol. even though im not following- #-the main story anymore you can tell that i have my favorites haha

[belligerentbagel]

my chemical romance plays in twelve minutes 

adding my quiet contribution towards manifesting another Gender tonight 

#listen. liSTEN. they are less than five miles away from me and i am just deriving faint comfort from knowing we are in (almost) same zipcode #i could bike to the festival location right now 😶 #i've been lowkey in MCR SUBMERSION over the last .......month and a half? oh my god. #SO. i never got into them when they were first active! and i'm kind of. half-grateful for that? because WOW that might have been- #-an entirely different person; if my first DEEP musical obsession had 1) occurred in middle/high school instead of college; and #2) had not been david bowie (though in a satisfying roundabout; the glam rock elements of TBP that i REALLY enjoy are inspired by bowie) #draws #my chemical romance #mcr #the cheerleader outfit in tennessee was honestly what got mcr back into my consciousness as 'huh; isn't that the black parade band?' #and then the NURSE outfit gave me a solid two weeks of (・・；) #and then i listened to the entirety of TBP seVERal times and then foundations of decay (!!!!! it is SO GOOD w h a t) and then #spent another week thinking about aging and how your hopes and dreams change their form over the passage of years #thought about the endless cheerful vitality of the behind-the-scenes clips from the black parade music video #and all that potential; and all they DID accomplish (and have continued to accomplish) #and what it means to still be a rock star at this age #but beyond the memey ''tumblr (YOU INCLUDED) is having carnal thoughts about a 45-y.o. dad''; the part that has been striking s o hard is #the gender exultation every time #the way it lights up the stage; the way the fandom falls over itself and curls up and cries with joy #gerard way i hope you are so so happy

[ozzo-the-wozzo]

On this tbt despite it being Wednesday: Throwback to when Luka was first seen in that one season 2 trailer before his episode appearance and my entire tumblr dash was blue for weeks on end

#omg being able to see when Luka and Kagami were introduced was a TIME #specifically Luka omg everyone headcanoning what he was like #and picturing this punk rock bad boy #older more mature but ya know classic bad boy archetype #and we not only get cool level headed Luka but also: weird as hell music allegory Luka and I LOVE THAT LMAO #ok everyone says he has no personality but that’s where you’re wrong… #see his personality is being weird as hell and I love when people in the fandom ✨get✨ that #like when I see Luka in serious situations I laugh so hard bc he’s just such a meme and I love him for that #miraculous ladybug #mlb #ml #luka couffaine #mine

[katytheinspiredworkaholic]

The Upside Down Sucks A$&

A Stranger Things writing/inspiration playlist, filled with modern hard rock songs from my own high school years. Which I have full faith would get the Eddie Munson stamp of approval. (Also a few soft songs for breathing room.)

#im trying so hard to not be inspired to write a 100k post-season 04 fic but i think i might be failing #i made this a while ago and wasn't sure what the fandom is actually constituting as appropriate playlists #but the upside down is begging for 2000 to 2010s hard rock and i am just the rocker chick to do it #songs are intense. you have been warned. #katysmusic #future fics i should not be writing

[thegroovywitch]

December 4, 1980: Led Zeppelin disband

#the day has come again 💔💔 #in a way i'm glad i wasn't alive to experience this #so much pain in the course of one year #first bon scott then john bonham then john lennon #and zeppelin disband #being a rock fan at that time must've been Tough #led zeppelin #jimmy page #robert plant #john bonham #john paul jones #classic rock #classic rock fandom #1980 #80s #rock and roll #hard rock #by dee dee 🌺🕯️

[makubes]

My big thing rn is the twink from MW (I think Yuki’s his name?) shares a lot of traits with Rock and was probably modeled off of him so I wanna like read it and apply relevant info to my lore but he’s a victim of CSA. Which admittedly is a trigger for me which is why I’ve been putting that manga off but…. I think that matches up with Rock’s behavior too. I don’t want people to think I just tacked that on there for shock value and obviously I’m not gonna be like writing that out in graphic detail so it’s like how do I make that relevant without upsetting anyone on tumblr dot com is the Q…

#Also rocks just an obscure character from a micro fandom so he’s hard to advertise in the rpc chjdjshfd #Thats arguably the bigger issue is that i legit do not have any active rp mutuals

[glitchinginhyperfixis]

i’m gonna be honest about something there are still things i’m afraid to post about on here bc i’m always worried about what other people think of me. so if i suddenly start rbing shit from a fandom you wouldn’t expect or a ship you don’t like, please be prepared. i’m sorry but i’m trying to practice self-care <33

#im trying not to care #its hard when i constantly see ppl shitting on characters i like that are overrated or overhated #or fandoms that everyone seems to dislike #im a naturally sensitive person and im not trying to sound annoying when i say that but its true #i get pissy and i get rly sad rly easily. and i feel rejected sometimes. (probably the rsd if i do have adhd tbh 💀💀 i also have anxiety and #im p sure you can have rsd w anxiety) #but yeah i know i keep making these dramatic ass posts abt fandoms but its stressing me out sm just thinking abt posting from a fandom #that i think you guys would find me weird for posting abt #and its not even that bad its just fandoms that have had drama or some shit. that ive literally never been involved in bc i live under a #rock and just like to read the fics #but yh just. im feeling resentment towards the tumblr community lately bc i constantly feel judged so if i start randomly unfollowing ppl #then ive reached my breaking point #sorry guys 😔🙏 like i said i gotta practice self-care at some point #literally everyone else just posts what they want to have post and im trying to afraid conflict or smth by not posting abt some things #but ykw i really dont want to give a shit #so yh im gonna try #and you guys can either deal w it or unfollow bc you think im weird ig 💀💀 even though this is literally tumblr 💀💀 but you do you #also pretend i said avoid conflict not afraid #somewhat a vent post? #ALSO SHIPS OMG #i do not give a fuck okay #if the ship is not weird i could not give less of a shit #ship madwheeler for all i care!! its so annoying when theres this constant feeling of judgment surrounding every ship communities deem weird #even though the actual weird ships are out there. being read abt. being shipped. #oh and another thing #theres a difference between ships you ship in canon and ships you ship only in fanon. like its so annoying when ppl say a ship doesnt make #sense this is what fanfiction is for !! #also i like my crack ships and im not going to stop enjoying fanfic just bc ppl think a ship isnt as good as their favorites 🫶🫶 #anygays tumblr stop being so judgmental challenge /aff 🫶 rly need to curate my experience or im gonna go insane #PRETEND I SAID WHAT THEY WANT TO POST CRYING THE TYPOS

[skrunksthatwunk]

somebody's probably already talked about this but i cant get that fucking mountain goats post outta my head and ive been talking to myself about love as a central theme of frankly most art but especially the art i love the most and i got to undertale and i need to talk about it

god it's all about love. wanting love, not wanting to lose it, grief, hope, determination, it's all fucking love in like 8 different hats. it's the monsters' love they show you (the mercy they show you) that allows frisk to help them get their freedom, it's the player's love for them that brings mercy in the first place, it's all fucking love.

flowey only got his power to reset from dying with his sibling after an act of love for them and you know what he did? he spent years of his life interacting with the people and world as much as he could, in as many ways as possible. he loved being with them and wanted to experience everything because everything was worthwhile to him because of love. and that greed for love led to oversaturation, led to boredom, led to him hurting people to feel anything in that absence of love. he never stopped loving chara, y'know? he was always looking for someone else to play with, someone who could make him feel like nothing had happened. so much so that he follows frisk throughout the underground, insists on keeping them and you there as much as possible, both bitter and needy. and he has to admit that frisk isn't chara to move on. you're not them. they're gone. asriel's gone, too, or will be after this. it's love for chara that leads him to break the barrier, as it was for asgore to try and stop you, and for toriel to take you in at the beginning and the end. it was the desire for love that kept him from letting go, and that caused him to harm so many, as it was for alphys, undyne, asgore, toriel, etc. him, arguably more than anyone else, hurt people out of desire for love and grief over it. and it's him acknowledging that desire and letting it go when it hurts people that sets everyone free.

it is love that makes you go back through the underground, calling papyrus and undyne and toriel in every room just to see their different responses. it is love that leads you to check everywhere before finally ending the game. it is love that leads you back to where your friends are standing, talking about how they've been changed by you, about how the love between you has led to this. it's love that makes you end it to see them happy, and curiosity (which in this case is often just greed for love) to some extent.

and it is love and greed for it that brings you to the reset screen. and flowey, whose desire for love almost consumed everything, that kept the people he loved from their happy endings, from their futures, that asks you to reconsider. having seen all you have, having seen his mistakes, and how happy your friends are now, are you willing to put your desire for love above their happiness? above their freedom? will you make the same choice as him after seeing what harm it caused, after finally getting what you wanted? because whatever reason for resetting you have, it'd probably boil down to love in some way. love for the characters, for the game (experience or lore), etc.

flowey's downfall, to some extent, was in the apathy that came from overconsumption. instead of cherishing the life he had, he had to know the rest. he couldn't let it lie, couldn't find peace about it and move on. he had one life, as do you, as do (in theory) these characters, one you would at that point snatch from them by resetting. flowey's asking you to think twice about whether or not you want to control them, to play with their lives for your own happiness. even if it is out of love.

because it always is.

#god idk does this make sense. fuck #i really like this game guys #idk i havent thought that hard about it in a while or maybe ever but it's soo so good god holy shit #xoxo sincerely someome who hasnt and maybe cannot play anything but true pacifist #yeah being in the ut fandom at like 12 was A Lot at least partially bc of how fucking HARD ppl go with resetting narratives #anyway i think it's cool #games and interactive media in general have so much power to engage the audience with and undertale rocks it with the best of em #literally so beautiful gggahrhuhaghg #the villain asking you if youve learned from his mistakes and pleading with you to not repeat them after all that is just #hhhhhh #i just think it does it really really fucking well #god #undertale #utdr #sheesh #sorry not gonna edit this its like 3am. youre getting the mush #im honestly rusty/never was that deep in ut lore so if i fucked up thats why #asriel's story fucked me up so bad as a kid and STILL fucks me up and now i kinda understand why a bit better #he just wanted to love people he just missed his sibling he just loved the way things used to be so much he did everything he could to #bring it back and it came back all fucked up. maybe theres a reason you only see the true lab in this route huh #and like with the amalgamates you can and should still love what's left. you cant make it what it used to be #but it is always worth loving anyway. #always fucked me up that you have to leave asriel though #flowey still deserves love. is it punishment by the narrative? is it tragedy? idk.. #he's stuck in the underground he forced everyone to keep reliving #but idk. wish he got out. i hope he's well now #and yes im aware these are fictionl characters but the game wants you to treat them like theyr real and you should consider their happiness #and i feel like if you missed that then you didn't get undertale yk #and i think most people can compartmentalize their love for these guys and doing the other routes and that's fine #i just choose not to specifically for this game bc it confronts you about it. it's not completely passive (or acts like it)

[hershelwidget]

dhmis fandom I have an important announcement

I’m so fucking sorry

#WHY IS HE SO. LIKE THAT #long overdue tbh he slayed so hard #sighs. the actual tags... #dhmis #dont hug me im scared #dhmis electricity #dhmis boundaries #boundaries dhmis #i didn't know how to implement his barbed wires so they're a necklace now that WILL cut you #will i do this for the rock teacher? probably #i kinda Don't Like Them though so i'll have to prepare for it better #i cannot possibly explain it but i'm nearly as ill over him as I am lamp #i don't KNOW how it HAPPENED it just DID and I'm WORRIED #sighing. ok fine i'll post the damn thing. once again i'm so. i'm SO SORRY dhmis fandom #EDIT: after posting I checked and there's only two other artworks of him so far. I'm changing that and you're not prepared >:)