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wraithsoutlaws · 9 months

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Then & Now the (x: perfect drug) edition:

Inspired by the fandom to look back and celebrate the boys' journey as well as my own in terms of vp.

March 2021, ps4.

I never created Dagger with the intention to ship him with anyone, but by the time I got here on his file it felt strangely natural. He was still a very fresh oc but things began to click immediately and genuinely felt like it was meant to be. The development of him as a character began to happen side by side with this silly little ship and both ended up becoming really personal and special to me.

It's hard getting decent shots on ps4 with anyone. It's especially hard when it's a minor npc with extremely limited screen time available! You have no idea how many times I went back and played these two quests trying to get something interesting. Honestly I'm really grateful for my time on ps4 not only because it helps me appreciate what I can do now a little more, but I think a lot of my growth happened here, stretching the limited resources I had available.

July 2021, ps4

Learning how to work within the confines of totally vanilla photomode, getting creative with base game poses and skipping time to find the best natural light, etc. I'm still proud of these pictures, they capture an intimacy that I think is really special, and at the time were some of my favorites I'd ever taken, and even now I can note the growth between these and the first ones I'd taken.

April 2022, laptop

The first pictures taken on my laptop and my first time posing them with AMM/setting up a scene. I might like to retake these some day. I'm more critical of them than I am of my ps4 pics tbh but they're still an important part of my journey. Over time I noticed red lighting had become my comfort zone, or more specifically, a crutch! So I've tried really hard since then to improve on that and push myself in different directions.

February 2023

It took me almost a year to feel comfortable enough with posing to attempt some goddam kisses. I'm still not very good at these but at least I improved in other ways. Honestly, I struggle with these two at times because they aren't your typical outwardly loving, cute couple, and I'm usually very strict with myself to keep them as in character as I can. That can make it hard to think of couples poses/ideas, both cute and spicy, but. they can be lovebirds as a treat.

May 2023

Only recently have I begun to feel a strong sense of style in my own work. Playing with lighting and scenes, and trying to jam as much personality as I can into these slice of life pictures is really important to me and is one of my favorite parts of doing this. They can be sweet together but it's important you see the other side of that (the blood, the knives, drugs, etc. Also Dagger resting his ashtray on Dum Dum is one of my personal favorite quirks). I really try to put a lot of their life into pictures like this. I want to convey all the parts of who they are together, even if nobody else notices.

June/July 2023

Its pretty hard to articulate how important these two have become for me over the last couple years. I've been playing this game since release and haven't had this sort of steady inspiration or creativity for years. Even on the bad days, just thinking about them is enough to get me through as silly as it sounds. I've grown so much not only in VP but my own art (something I had all but entirely abandoned until I picked up this game). They've provided an outlet I've been searching for for a very long time, and I'm really grateful for that. It's kinda wild looking back at where it started, and seeing how far it's come. Sometimes I still struggle with my perception/the worth of my work but I can't deny the happiness its brought me either.

Including a couple other character ship pics under the cut c:

I'm always a little insecure about my ship pics specifically, I'm very bad at comparing myself with others! But I put a lot of love into these and I can see the improvement when I look at them over time. Regardless of anything, they were all made with lots of love and I hope that comes across.

#cyberpunk 2077 #oc: dagger #dum dum #x: perfect drug #and others under the cut but just a lil #ty for reading if you read #this silly game means so much to me!!#and even if this fandom has been a little rocky at times it also is very dear to me #yall have helped me so much i hope you know that <3

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words-after-midnight · 2 months

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Hi! I went through the libaw tag while I was bored and???? It's so good??????

I am in love with Gabriel now. New blorbo acquired. All your snippets are great. And also all your chapter titles are fire.

Idk where you're at with the querying but best of luck on that. I wanna see this published so I can devour it.

Just wanted to say how much I love what I've seen of this story. You're doing great, bestie 👍

(Also, do you have a taglist?)

🥺 You just made my day! This was such a sweet message to receive. I'm glad you enjoy the snippets and titles (my titles are definitely a point of pride for me, haha), and that you find the story intriguing. That's the goal! It's not really the kind of story that tends to get much attention in these spaces, tbh, so I'm pleasantly surprised with the warm response some of my recent snippets have received.

Gabriel would most likely be shocked that someone considers him blorbo-worthy, but I'm sure he would appreciate your affections! I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with him myself, but he's definitely one of my more compelling characters and I'm proud of the way he turned out. As a character, anyway. As a person is more complex, lol. Either way, definitely poured years of blood, sweat, tears and research into that guy, and I suppose if I was trying to produce upstanding fictional specimens of humanity I'd probably be writing something other than crime thrillers.

More under the cut because this got suuuper long (💀):

RE: querying - I've been "getting ready to query" for like a year at this point, lol, but that's mostly because the edits after my last beta cycle became QUITE a bit more extensive than anticipated. It's definitely for the better, though. I'm very, very happy with the way it's turning out. Not only am I successfully addressing a lot of my own nagging issues and recurrent beta reader comments, but the structural edits are also allowing me to trim the word count quite a bit (which... the word count has been a MAJOR hurdle in my journey with this project, because of tradpub word count limits in my genre versus the complexity of the story). I'm about 70% done with edits at this point. There will be things actively happening on the querying front in the near future - I will update on that asap.

Re: taglist - I don't currently have any taglists because I worry about my ability to be consistent with maintaining them. You're not the first person to ask about a taglist for libaw specifically, though, so I might try to see if doing one just for that project is feasible. Stay tuned.

Side note, I saw your tags on my post from last year about libaw's history and while they are very (!!!) sweet I feel I must clarify: I started the project in 2008 (when I was 17, for reference), but I haven't been working on it actively throughout that entire span of time - there was a long period between late 2013 and early 2022 where I did very little writing/work on creative projects in general, so it was shelved for most of that. It took me 2.5 years to draft (2008-2011) - at the time it was two novels totalling ~400K words - and then I spent most of 2012 and 2013 doing large-scale revisions, which included a full rewrite/merging of the novels in 2013. Then I took it back up again for good in early 2022 (two years ago today, coincidentally). So that's definitely still a very long time to work on one novel, but not as long as the entire span of years since I started it.

I've always said this is the book of my heart, and I won't try to release it until I'm happy with it and know I've given it my best shot. I've never regretted that for a second, but it's taken a long time to get there, for both personal and skill-related reasons (namely, there's a social commentary element to the story that's taken me a lot of effort, research, and development as a writer to get right - it's ongoing, but I'm getting close based on recent feedback). To be close to reaching the point where I can genuinely feel "my" (independent, prior to pub-related edits) work is done after well over a decade is very cool for sure.

#ask #libaw #sorry this got so long jfc

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nebulousfishgills · 1 year

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I'll hang with you, friend! Have a few of these to chew on:

FMK, Jamie edition: Henry Creel, Jace Wayland, and whatever his Twilight character is (haven't seen Twilight lol)

Would you rather spend a year in the Stranger Things universe or a year in the Twilight universe? assuming that you're human, but have a reasonable degree of possibility to get powers somehow (so like... if you want to be a vampire, you could try to get converted but they might also just kill you)

You're visited by the writer genie, but they'll only grant one wish. Which do you pick?

1. You're able to transcribe the story exactly as it is in your brain, but motivation is just as it is now (so you'll probably end up with writer's block at some point)

2. You never get writer's block again, but that means you get intensely motivated to write at exactly the wrong time (i.e., in class, about to go to bed, etc.)

3. You get wide, positive reception for everything you post and comments on every fic, but some people BADLY misinterpret your characters and you literally can't do anything about that

Favorite things: your writing style is incredible, and you're not afraid to add genuine darkness to your storylines. You also stay really true to Henry's character and make it clear that he's still a villain, but you're able to implement these moments where we start to care about him all the same. It's really impressive, and makes for an addictive story! And even outside your writing, you're a really lovely person and I'm glad we've struck up a friendship here

Tiny vent: I have one fic that I'm honestly really proud of (the characters are unique and dynamic, there's an interesting plot, the writing is some of my better prose), but it has gotten ZERO attention whatsoever. I realize it's because it's written in a very small and underappreciated fandom, and OC x canon fics aren't always the most widely-received anyway, but I really wish people would give it a chance because I really think they'd enjoy it if they did. The worst part is that I can see a few people have bookmarked or subscribed to it, but I haven't gotten a single comment (not even one of those "this is great!" or "extra kudos" or whatever). I'm trying not to let it kill my motivation because I really do like this story, but it's starting to make me sad :/

Thanks for "hanging out with me," bestie lol. Luckily my isolation window for Miss Rona is over and I'm feeling better 😷. Anyways, let's see what we have here...

FMK - Henry Creel, Jace Wayland, Caius Volturi...

Bestie you're killing me here. You're actually killing me. It changes depending on my mood, of course, but if I had to pick the most constant idea... F Henry, Marry Caius, Kill Jace

I'm sorry

Would you rather - Spend a year in the Stranger Things universe or spend a year in the Twilight universe, both with a reasonable chance of gaining powers...

Hmm... that's a good question. Again, this very much depends on my mood, but I might have to go with the Stranger Things universe. I would honestly need an essay to explain why that would ultimately be like many of my college essays: four pages of nothing. Some days I think living in the twilight universe would be fun, but right now the Stranger Things universe seems like the "safer" option, relatively speaking.

A Visit From the Writer Genie - It's between 1 and 2, but I think I'll go with 1 becaus 2 tbh is not that different to how I operate now. I do most of my writing at like, 1 AM (as my roommate could likely vouch for) and I have done writing during class. But I'd love to just implant text right to the page, that'd be wonderful.

Favorite Thing - Bestie, your comments are some of the best things I have gotten, and it really means a lot that you enjoy those facets of my writing. I like to say that it's my blessing-and-a-curse empathy that lets me get characterizations right because I find that I'm very good at reading and interpreting characters, even for little shitpost things. And I, too, am very glad we struck up such a lovely friendship. I love making friends in my little Tumblr-sphere :)

Vent Reply - Aww, I'm sorry! Low engagement is the worst when you're very proud of what you've written. That by no means diminishes your worth as a writer, though. I bet it's a really amazing fic! In fact, I'll add it to my list. It's the least I can do.

Thanks for "hanging out" with me lol. It's been an incredibly hard few days, so it really means a lot that you decided to pop in :3

#fishgills speaks #ask game #come hang out with me #fishgills writing #beloved mutuals #my inbox is open

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lilliths-httyd-blog · 1 year

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Hi I have an odd question I’ve recently decided to get back into my old personal Viggo lives comic: “Beyond the Horizon” after seeing/reading other’s rtte art, theories, fics, and head canons on it (tbh your VLAU fic was definitely the kicker that made me want to get back into my comic) but I don’t want to seem like I’m copying or stealing ideas so I was wondering if you had any alternate names for Viggo’s Skrill (also some writing tips would be very helpful since I’m very rusty ;-;)

i mean

this is how i named viggo's skrill to begin with. just a random fucking chapter of a fic i started in early 2022 and abandoned until recently. i justified my choice of name because this bitch from black butler is also called beast and i think she's hot

in VLAU that story viggo referenced liking as a child about the boy with the magic eye was a reference to black butler i shit you not. i don't even like black butler anymore i haven't watched it in years and don't plan on watching it again any time soon.

i find using the Wings of Fire format of names really helps when naming dragons. lets look at the character names in WoF: Clay, Sunny, Starflight, Tsunami, Glory, Moonwatcher, Kinkajou, Deathbringer, Winter, Peril, Quibli and Turtle are some of the significant ones. go for something weather/sky/space themed for a skrill. just like that. combine weirder shit for the viking feel like hookfang or stormfly. but then you've also got like skullcrusher and cloudjumper so it's good. and then just words like barf, belch, toothless and grump so that works. steal the name Thunder from NR out of spite.

you can also search for old norse words that we're aware of and just find one that sounds like a name with a nice meaning if you want to be fancy and preppy.

another way i like to do it is steal species names from the httyd books like i'll just open up my copy of the incomplete book of dragons until i find something nice like... stickyworm? no... vorpent? no... toxic nightshade... NIGHTSHADE that would be a good name for a skrill you can use that if you want. doomfang seems like more of a dagur name than a viggo name but thats still a bangin skrill name.

and uhhh writing tips uhhhhh. i mean i don't got nothing tbh. be as self indulgent as you want. not everything has to live up to the standards of Scholars Mate and Choosing to Forget not everything has to be that good. my VLAU is genuinely just 17+(?) chapters of fluff and angst and vigcup being adorable and its just me projecting a bunch of my stupid little OOC headcanons onto my stupid little adhd blorbos. my other fics were either me being angsty, me listening a little too much to the httyd soundtrack, me just fucking daydreaming about random shit, or me going HAHAHAHAHAHA LETS MAKE VIGGO'S LIFE A LIVING HEL. i find inspiration from the most random shit. i took a bath once and when i hopped in my cold little toes burned like fire in the hot water and then i tried this coconut shampoo and now i have an entire WIP based on that one experience. there's no fancy thought or writing process behind it there's no "first drafts" (probably cuz i edit as i go lmao) there's no immaculate planning every little detail of the fic. it's just little magpie me going "oh shiny oh shiny oh shiny oh shiny" and then making a mosaic out of all the shitty pieces of glass i've found and somehow a couple people find the mosaic pretty so i am proud because i worked hard on it. and lemme tell you, writing self indulgent fanfiction where im not trying to please anyone except myself is so much fun like i've literally written about viggo being the twin's cousin and i literally made viggo a soft poetry boi and its just fun. i know some people aren't into that or aren't interested and thats fine they don t have to read it. write for yourself you don't even have to be good at it just do it who cares. thats the best advice i can give. just do whatever the fuck you fucking want

#feel free to use nightshade lol #answered asks #race to the edge #the skrill #viggo's skrill #viggo grimborn #viggo lives au

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kanmom51 · 3 years

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Hmm, this is a real question to that TK supporter. Where is your evidence of BH separating TK? No edited clips, no slomo, no nothing from either side. Give us true OG content to look at. Not you claiming to have evidence then moving on just as quickly. So, please provide as long as Kanmom allows this bull onto a KM supporter blog (tbh, I really don't want to even acknowledge this. Furthermore, with the way this person is speaking/typing, I have a small feeling I know who this anon is. And they have bothered another KM blog before by being rude.). Sigh. Btw, are you okay? Like seriously? Why are you here if it obviously is something triggering to you? You aren't proving anything besides what we have been saying about TKers for a while. Additionally, I'm not going to even acknowledge the excuses you provided for the hide gay with gay. And I'm almost positive you have definitely heard about the emails. What TKer facking hasn't at this point...

Also, when have we ever said that KM's relationship is rainbows and fucking frolicking through flowers on a sunny day? We have admitted that if KM are real, which I believe to be so, then they have and will go through troubles and difficulties. Not only with each other but those surrounding them. We don't talk about it much because there isn't much evidence of what goes on in their private lives in a professional setting. So, why create something out of nothing when we truly don't, can't, and will never know, unlike certain people? And if they do come out as a couple, they will never tell us when and where they had fights. It will forever be a facking mystery.

And why is toxicity in a relationship something to be almost boasted of? I'm sorry, but I genuinely do not get this. Why do you seem proud to see this supposed toxicity in a supposed romantic relationship? Yes, they probably had fights, just like all the other members. But they most likely did make up. Also, if the members saw this type of toxicity, do you truly think they would let it go on? Especially in a professional setting where it could interfere with work? In my opinion, I think they would shut that shit down hard and fast.

However, let's compare it to the rift that developed between Tae and JK that they talked about in ITS. Honestly, I believe nothing toxic was happening here. They still were friends and had fun with each other at work. Why would the older members interfere when nothing obviously toxic to them or the public was happening. Actually, I have always wondered about this, but how would BH allow a "couple" talk about their relationship drifting apart in front of facking everyone? How does that make sense? And don't give me no bullshit about how BH made them do it. You said Tae was a genuine person, so why would he lie and fake this? How would Tae and JK build a romantic relationship that quick when their relationship was not great during those years.

You talk about possessiveness as some great thing, but I and other KMers don't think the same of it. It's not good. Never will be. Why should we glorify something that is obviously awful? Please explain because I have seen toxic relationships that were close to me and they have hurt me, even when I am not a part of it.

Also, the fanservice thing. You have to pick and choose. Either all of what JK does is fanservice for all members, including Tae. Or he is being a genuinely nice person and a sweetheart to all his hyungs. Same with JM. Can't just say that he is the only one that plays things up with JK. Yes, I believe they ALL have left the fanservice shit behind because they don't NEED it anymore! Why would they when they are so well-recognized? These a genuine and normal interactions between all members in the band. Why would they need to play that up?

I would also like to ask somethings.

1. Do you think the GCFs, especially GCFT, were fanservice or things to get V jealous? (This hurt me to even write. Please tell me you don't believe this bull.)

2. What do you think of Rosebowl?

3. What do you think of the medical emergencies JK had where JM was always the one to take over and stay with JK? Do you believe that V would honestly stay away from his "boyfriend" when he is hurt because BH is forcing him to?

4. Do you think V does not have certain freedoms in the company and that he can't fight back? What about that Vlive where he laughed in the staff's faces when playing parts of his mixtapes?

5. What do you think of V saying to JM that he likes him the most? In front of JK? In front of the world?

6. Do you like BTS or do you like the ship?

7. I said I wouldn't talk about it, but I do have a question or two. A) Do you think that JM does not have the self respect to say no to BH when they told him to fake a relationship? B) Do you think he would do that to his soulmate and the maknae he loves? C) Do you think JK and Tae would allow this to happen when they are known not to give a crap about what others think? Look at V's vlive and JK's tatoos and piercing. They don't give a shit.

8. Why have we heard so much about JK and JM's families being close? Why did JK's mom say that to JM? You can't plan that type of stuff. Why don't we hear about V and JK's families interacting? You can't make their families do fanservice as well right?

To be honest, let's forget all those questions. I can already guess how you will answer them. No need to drag this out even longer. Nevertheless, I do have one true question for you. And I beg you to answer truthfully.

Do you feel better?

Anon, feeling better now you got this off your chest? Lol. I get your frustration, but I just smile it off, because there is absolutely no use in trying to rationalize with these kind of people.

And to TKK anon:

Let me be as clear as possible here:

I do not want to hear your answer to these questions dear TKK anon. They do not interest me, even not a bit, and I will definitely not post them, so please do not bother.

#ask #anon

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margridarnauds · 3 years

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are OSP's videos (or at least the Irish mythology ones) that bad? like, that's a genuine question - i watched and pretty superficially enjoyed a lot of them when i was younger, but i can definitely understand how there could be a lot of issues in there!

Honestly, I don’t know! Which is partially why I’d like to see how they handle this stuff, because despite being an eternal pessimist when it comes to this sort of thing, I’m WILLING to give it a shot. God knows that we need better publicly available information on this sort of thing.

What I’ve noticed, in general, not necessarily with OSP, is that there is a tendency to do some of the following (which, really.....we bear some of the blame as well, us in the field, because we don’t have many good resources that are readily available):

Over-pantheonization - You’ll notice that, when I talk about the Tuatha Dé, I almost NEVER say “Oh, yeah, Óengus was the god of love/Bres was the god of agriculture/Lugh was the god of light/etc.” I tend to only do it for figures where we have some idea of, either from the texts or from comparative studies with other Celtic cultures. (For example, Bríg being a patron goddess of smiths/poets/doctors, possibly with a darker element of grief and mourning in there - I never say she’s a fire goddess for the same reason I don’t say anything about the others.) In the field, we tend to be VERY careful with those sorts of labels even among the few of us who still argue for a pre-Christian influence on this sort of thing (I’m not proud to say that number is shrinking, I’m a bit of a throwback in that sense, namely because I had a very, very persuasive supervisor.) Looking at the wiki, I have noticed that, for example, Balor’s labelled “The God of Destruction” - I don’t know whether anyone says that IN the video, but....people generally wouldn’t say that in the field. And something I’ve noticed is that even a lot of the better retellings tend to fall into this trap, most likely because it’s present in a lot of the Victorian sources like Lady Gregory’s Gods and Fighting Men. (Which is brilliant, tbh, despite it showing its age.)

Need to create a more coherent narrative than we have/failure to recognize that Celticists are actually.....there: You have NO IDEA how often I’ll see a write-up of a myth and I’ll see someone say something like “Some say that Bríg was born via a fiery arrow being inserted up the Dagda’s ass, while others contend that she was born via a magic cow.” Now, I won’t fault people for not knowing the big names in the field - I’m pleasantly DELIGHTED when people do, but I don’t expect it, nor do I REALLY expect people to know the finer details about the various recensions, etc. BUT what I do kind of expect is for people to at least say where they got this stuff from. (And salvage years of my life that have been lost when people use Robert Graves without citing Robert Graves.) Some of it’s legitimate variations in the tradition! That happens! But some of it’s taking Peter Beresford Ellis’ Celtic Creation Myth and using it, and then it takes us years to remind people that there IS no surviving creation myth. (Might have been at one point, but not now. We don’t have it.) Which, yes, I do know that ONE video series used, though I don’t know whether OSP used it.

Incidentally, like. Celticists ARE willing to consult on this sort of thing. I have low enough self esteem/am desperate enough to get good information out that I’d literally consult for free. I know plenty of other grad students who’d do the same thing. I have a friend who acted as a consultant for the RPG Scion on their use of the myths, my supervisor translated an Irish spell for the TV show Grimm (yes, really).....this stuff CAN happen. People just choose not to.

Flattening of the characters into fantasy archetypes. I get this ESPECIALLY with Cath Maige Tuired-esque stuff, where people.......make the good guys Good™ and the bad guys Bad™. Lugh is the Flawless Hero (nevermind that he does routinely....send people to their cruel, painful deaths), Balor/Bres is Sauron the Evil Overlord (despite both of them having Layers to them. Like ogres. But like. Viking ogres.)

Also, personal bitch point: CATH MAIGE TUIRED AND LEBOR GABÁLA ÉRENN ARE TWO SEPARATE TEXTS. THE EVENTS OF CMT DO TAKE PLACE DURING THE COURSE OF LGE, BUT THE TWO CONTRADICT ONE ANOTHER ON MULTIPLE POINTS, NOT THE LEAST BECAUSE LGE ISN’T ONE TEXT; IT’S A COLLECTION OF POEMS AND PROSE PRESERVED ACROSS MULTIPLE RECENSIONS IN A TRENCHCOAT, WITH LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF SCRIBES HAVING CONTRIBUTED TO IT. TO MERGE THE TWO TOGETHER DOESN’T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NUACES OF BOTH. CAN RETELLINGS PLEASE STOP MERGING THEM?

...okay, bitch rant over.

Since I know that one of their videos deals with LGE, that does particularly worry me because VERY FEW retellings do LGE justice. As I implied in my above bitch rant, it’s a highly, highly complex text, it’s difficult to work with, and the central problem is that a lot of people don’t REALIZE it’s difficult to work with. The current, unmatched edition/translation of it, that includes ALL the recensions, is, notoriously, five volumes long and it’s a minor hobby in the field to poke fun of how bad it is, but no one’s going to do their own. And a lot of retellings are, at the very least, neo-colonialist in how they treat, say, the Fir Bolg. I don’t trust. ANYONE with the Fir Bolg until they really, really prove themselves.

I WILL say that, going on the TV Tropes page (like the good, brave researcher I am), I’m pleased that at least it LOOKS (?) like they raise an eyebrow to the Cú Chulainn/Áife situation - That’s a personal bugbear of mine, not the least because even people in the field can minimize what actually happened there. (And, subsequently, why I’ll never stop talking about it. Because I exist to prop up the characters that routinely get screwed over in order to bolster the “heroes”, bonus if they’re women.)

In general, at this point, I don’t REALLY trust anything, BUT I’m willing to give it a chance because I never know. I could be very, very pleasantly surprised.

#irish mythology #rape tw #(implied but it's there)#vierschanzentournee

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basilrazzledazzle · 4 years

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dating the haikyuu boys

it's two a.m. and i just,,, can't stop thinking about them. i might genuinely be in love. don't like it. (only got to four of them because i cannot physically keep my eyes open anymore)

Kenma Kozume

was a mess when you had the awkward "we both obviously like each other but we're not dating (yet)" tension

you were the one who asked him out

because Kuroo dared you to

this bby was also a mess then you asked him out

he's not very good at voicing his emotions -- a very technical guy who doesn't open up much

while he seems like he doesn't care from an outside perspective, this boy remembers everything

like, he remembers stuff that you don't even recall telling him

you think it's very sweet because even if he has his nose in his PSP, you know he's listening to every word you say

dates are usually just the two of you hanging out at each other's place

he tries to teach you how to play some of his favorite games

thinks it's adorable when you're bad at it

you may or may not mess up on purpose just so he'll scoot closer and show you what to do 😳 ofc not you would never

after dating for a couple months you "borrow" his volleyball jacket from last year

asdkakjasia s2g his heart stops

"i'll give it back when i leave i promise"

that's a lie and you both know it lmao

but he's okay with that because he kind of likes seeing you wear his name

he will die on the hill that red is your color

Sugawara Koshi

my favorite

nearly passed out when he finally got the balls to ask you out

this boy was a stammering mess okay?

i honestly think he would take you ice skating or something as a first date because he's a sappy romantic and into that gooey shit

is the type to get you a gift for every month's anniversary

fights only happen when he's overworking himself tbh and once it gets to that point you just,,, hug him. he will stop what he's doing and will not move

also he is not the type to pull away from a hug first

i will stand by that even if i die

so if you're a hugger the only thing that will be pulling you apart is the sheer willpower of the universe

study dates

you know this boy is a straight A student and if you're struggling with anything he's got you

bonus: kisses for when you get an answer right when reviewing

one night you steal his karasuno sweater while he's in the bathroom

it was just thrown over the back of the chair and it looks so soft and it was cold, okay??

and when he sees you in it??

Suga.exe has stopped working

you get a lil nervous at first but then he assures you to wear it

"it looks better on you than me anyways"

a lie

he's an absolute angel with all the beauty of one

Tadeshi Yamaguchi

you asked him out

tbh he had probably been pining for a long-ass time too

bby boy probably thought you were out of his league :((

first date is probably something cheesy like going to the mall to the theatre

on the way home you pass a pet store

spend at least twenty minutes gushing over the puppies in the window

any pda will make him faint

one time you gave him a kiss on the cheek before class after you had been together for a few months and tsukki said he couldn't form a coherent sentence for the next two periods

also

be prepared to get CONSTANTLY teased by tsukishima

you and yams could literally just be holding hands and that blond bastard would just be like "ugh get a room"

one time he walked in on you and yams making out after practice and he wouldn't leave you alone about it for three weeks at minimum

anyway one night yams would be walking home with you after practice (you stayed to watch him talk with yachi)

and you mentioned off-handedly that it was kind of chilly

this boy has you wrapped up in his jacket immediately

ugh he's baby i just love yams so much

Tsukishima Kei

there was a lot of flirting and teasing before you actually went out

also because he's a prideful prick he refused to ask you out

and ofc this was a battle to see who could hold off the longest and you had to win

and technically you both lost i guess? but it was also an absolute win

you were over at his house working on a project that you had been paired up on

and he was being stupid and arrogant as per usual

and you were kind of arguing over who was right

and he just kind of swooped in and went for it

needless to say you weren't arguing

because of everything leading up things got heated very quickly 😳😳

then you heard his mother calling and saying she had snacks if the two of you wanted them

the two of you ended up using the answer and explanation you had said was right

tsukki was completely unfazed by pda

he was a proud bastard and would take every chance he got to say he was dating someone

tbh pda probably embarrassed you more than it did him

one time things very heated in the club closet until things came to an abrupt stop

poor yams had no clue what he was walking into

that bby boy couldn't look either of you in the eye for a week

tsukki teased you for wearing his jacket even though he had given it to you without asking

god he lived to see you in it

also one time you were at his house and when he was in the bathroom you put on his jersey

it was soft and comfy and smelled like him okay

boy was FLUSTERED

seeing his number on you?? mmm that fucked him UP

would also tease you for being short

even if you were average height

his 6'4 beanpole ass still looked down on you

teasing him includes stealing his glasses and acting like a prick

because he is one

but in a loveable way

anyway that's what i have to say about those boys. please like/reblog if you enjoyed!!

god it's almost three am there's gonna be so many errors in this but i don't have the willpower to edit

anyway ask box is open lmk what you want to see next. i do these and one shots (psst, keep an eye out of a kenma x reader in the next few days)

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jalebi-weds-bluetooth · 3 years

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Ishqbaaz Liveblog, E8: Devi Maiyya Works Solo for Anika

Previously: E7 “Awesome Tia, Terrible Shivaay”

Well, this episode and the one before this made me extremely happy because the show treats Anika independently. Her tears, her life, her struggles - just her. And that is so important. Also, can I say I LOVE Saahil. I LOVE CUTE KIDS. Thank God, post the VERY weird Bubbly and less weird Aarav (I loved his cute scenes, the ones with Khushi were problematic at best) in IPK - we get to see kids who are smart, wise, sweet and share a healthy relationship with the adults in their lives.

Now, enjoy the liveblog.

- JWB

Episode 8: “Devi Maiyya Works Solo for Anika”

- (I’m ignoring the star plus editing style of showing an important scene going : few hours before. It’s not a thriller. It’s a daily series. So please star plus, don’t do so.)

- IT IS SAAHIL’S BIRTHDAY!!! I LOVE THIS BHAI DIDI DUO.

- Is Anika going to lose her job for being righteous and not serving a customer shitty food?

- HOW IS TIA ALWAYS SO BEAUTIFUL!

- Explosion? What are the two bros betting on?

- OMG CANTEEN LADY IS AMAZING! SHE PROMOTED ANIKA FOR EVERYTHING! NOW ANIKA HAS HER OWN CANTEEN! Ok is the blue saree lady Devi Maiyya in disguise? Like screw the shit of setting a love story for Anika, let’s get her independent career start!

- OK THE BLUE LADY IS Devi Maiyya. SHE TOLD ANIKA NOT TO WORRY ABOUT DAD’S NAME/SURNAME. WHAT MATTERS IS HARDWORK. YESSSSSSSSSS

- What is Tia planning for?

- Mean bros. Om and Rudy are being 5 year olds who have planned to be mean to Tia because they want to dislike her and they don’t have an actual reason to do so. They have an image in their heads who’s the perfect person for Shivaay and Tia doesn’t match up - again, in their heads.

- YES SHIVAAY, I CAN’T BELIEVE I AGREE WITH HIM WHEN HE DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM OM AND RUDY AS TO WHY THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH TIA.

- Seriously, Tia being upset that her cake isn’t right for her engagement is JUST AS VALID as Anika getting furious if something small isn’t right.

(art by eloisemarseille)

- YES OM, TIA IS CALM AND COMPOSED. RUDY, YOU IDIOT, YOU DON’T KNOW THAT TIA DEFENDED YOU WHEN SHIVAAY GOT TO KNOW YOU SCREWED UP YESTERDAY WITH DUPATTA PRANK. And Om, did you forget how Tia didn’t make a single fuss of canceling her date with Shivaay - at a place so exclusive that they had the chef who cooked for Brad and Angelina?

- Rudy back to his shits, pataaoing a sad woman. Child, go and study and do something with your life.

- Sweet Tia, I love it how she didn’t like yelling at the planner for things not being right.

- Shivaay… I don’t know how to feel.

- Aw, Om giving tea is sweet.

- OK DRAMATIC TEJ JUST STOOD THERE AND JUST… WAS THERE? I love dramatic Tej though.

- Ew, the dramatic relative I don’t like - Bua ji - is back. Getting upset that Anika had a small party planned for Saahil? Arrey someone kill her.

- Oh, Saahil literally fulfilling my plan. Unlike Shyam Manohar Jha, this kid actually knows how to use the power and instantly give Bua ji shock. I’m happy and proud.

- Arrey nacho, the jhatka Buaji got was amazing.

- Damn it, why did she fall on the cake!

- LOL I HAVE TO QUOTE THIS:

Anika: Saahil, why did you do this?

Saahil: Didi, what did I do? Since then she kept on harping that she’s shocked, she’s shocked so yes - she got ‘shocked’.

- YO DRAMATIC TEJ ENTERS TO RUIN HIS OLDEST SON’S PEACEFUL TIME.

- Ok, Tej trying to sow hatred between Om and Shivaay thinking Shivaay treats Om like a servant. Ok, great conflict going on between Tej and Om about brother, power, faith, control - etc.

- LIFE IS NOT A RACE. Wise words Om.

- I love how Om stands ground and doesn’t allow Tej to brainwash him.

- Hmm… Pinky overheard. Seriously, Pinky and Tej should’ve been married.

- Anika and Saahil re-make the cake :D I can’t have enough of this adorbs duo.

- Hmm… I think Tia is going to end up LOVING Anika’s cake and hiring her for her engagement.

- HUNDRED RUPEES!!!!!! HUNDRED RUPEES ON THE ABOVE STATEMENT.

- AHAHAHA, YES, NILOFER BAKERY - YES I CAN SEE EVERYTHING.

- Ok, Anika gets the other order and Tia gets the chocolate cake!!!!

- Aww, Saahil IS SO UNDERSTANDING. He’d rather have whatever the bakery sent than see his sister upset. YES.

- I agree with Dadi’s logic, a lot of people judge food based on where it is from than what it is.

- I WANT THAT CAKE!!!!

- Hehe Shivaay liked it too. Idiot, he likes it too because its from ‘five star’

- Dadi’s psychological trick worked.

- Awwwwww TIA IS ADORABLE! She immediately took her lesson for the day to not judge a book by its cover.

- Shivaay, why is road narrow? Why don’t you talk to the MLA and make changes.

- Ok is Dadi today’s psychologist? I love her line “that if God gave you more, then it doesn’t mean you’re more than whom he gave less.”

- Rudy and Om should actually make fun of Shivaay. He has all the issues they accuse Tia of.

- OH THESE SMALL RESTAURANTS/BAKERIES ARE AMAZING! I REMEMBER HAVING FOOD/CAKE from these places.

- I AM NOSTRADAMUS! I KNEW IT WILL END UP WITH ANIKA BEING HIRED TO CATER FOR OBEROIS!

- This chawl literally called Shiv-Parvati. 1000/10 for foreshadowing and the entire Shiv Parvati thing.

- Oho, Shivaay entering Anika’s house.

- Anika might just kill him. Just saying.

- Shivaay, calm down and see.

- SHIVAAY YOU MET YOUR MATCH IN SAAHIL.

- I HATe the weird editing bUT YOU DESERVE IT for calling someone handicapped just because the person didn’t stand up and give you tissue. (Also Saahil genuinely has a limp)

- Shivaay looks good… wet? What’s with all these boys looking good when they’re wet?

I *grits teeth* AM NOT *sigh* DISTRAC-

*cough* *cough* gif by @pakki-ya-nahin

- So where was I? Yes, this time the editor took my notes and didn’t play O Jaana. Oh Shivaay, you don’t get the right to demand an apology from Anika!

— The End —

I am very, very excited. So far, things are looking up and to be honest I’m more interested just in the lives of Om, Tia, Jhanvi, Tej, Shakti, Dadi, Shivaay and Anika than actively ‘shipping’ Shivika. Tbh, I’m not even shipping them. When that ‘moment’ will happen - you’ll notice!

See you soon!

- JWB

Next Up: E9

#ishqbaaz #ib #ishqbaaz liveblog #jalebi watches something else #tere liye ttji #tia is love #MY FAV

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I just really love Two Person Love Triangles and Identity Porn. So, maybe a You've Got Mail AU? Or a superhero AU when one of them falls for both the masked hero and the secret identity?

because i love both of these aus i’ve written both!! but they’re pretty long bc i wouldn’t be me if i didn’t plot out an entire fic so the superhero au is here.

as for the you’ve got mail au, i went off and watched the movie for the first time and i am delighted by your taste anon,,, the au works so well!!

(okay for some reason tumblr won’t let me indent my bullets so idk how to fix that so big rip)

so we have lan & sons books, a company that prides itself on providing cheap books for everyone to read. think less evil corporation and more we wanted to provide easily accessible books for all people and ended up getting really rich off it

mr lan dadman was meant to be in charge but he ran off and lqr stepped up until lxc was old enough to take over and now lqr just kinda assists lxc when he needs help and does some other work

lqr is definitely the old guy who had a letter thing with this one woman who was enchanting but instead he was chatting to cssr and she was shameless

anyway lwj works as *random high up job that joe fox has* and his best work friend (and real friend) is jin zixuan

jin zixuan is the heir to some coffee franchise and the two families have a deal which is why you have the cafe inside the bookstores

we gonna give lwj some friends

as for wwx, his mother owned a bookstore, the burial mounds (why did she name it that?? idk she probably told bssr that she wanted to call it that as a joke and bssr tried to call her bluff so she ended up having to call it that a la suibian)

anyway he grew up with his mother and grandmother and they left the store to him (idk what happened to them?? maybe they just retired and are now travelling the world while wwx gets to have the bookstore)

now for the actual plot!!

lwj and wwx met on omegle an instant messaging site and now exchange emails. wwx goes by yiling patriarch and lwj goes by hanguang-jun bc we want that flavour

so they’ve been emailing for years and they never share any personal information - wwx knows that hgj has a pet rabbit but not hgj’s name or his job

as for the significant others?? idk let’s pretend they don’t exist.

wwx’s best friend nhs, who writes a column for so-and-so, always just comes over to his place and now he’s semi moved in and wwx isnt really sure why he’s here but he is.

lwj just vibes bc i can’t see him putting up with a patricia unless his uncle forced him to. even then he’d probably just be ~mysteriously~ gone while she’s home

maybe he has a really annoying pa who thinks its his job to come over and like make him breakfast. it’s su she,, it has to be

so wwx goes into work one morning and wen ning is waiting outside as he always is, ready for him to open and then like ten minutes later wen qing comes in and lastly granny wen comes in

why do they work together?? idk?? granny wen and bssr were close and so the wens and wwx kinda grew up as siblings? yeah i like that let’s go with that

so when cssr decided to go travelling wwx gets left with her store and he kinda knows how to run it but also he doesn’t have enough staff so he ends up hiring the wens (except granny who’s mostly there just to hang out with her family)

bonus: a-yuan always come to the shop after school and wwx gets to recreate the childhood he had with his mother with a-yuan. when the store closes wwx and a-yuan just twirl and twirl until they get too dizzy to stand up and then they lay on the floor and discuss their favourite book they’ve read this week. it’s very sweet

okay so the next day lwj gets to babysit his cousin/uncle/nephew/idk-how-they’re-related-person lan jingyi who is like eight or something?

they go out and hang at a festival and lwj does not buy him a goldfish bc i was very stressed by the way they treated the goldfish in the movie but he does get him balloons and a stuffed toy and plays all the games with him

eventually they’re walking back and see that the small bookstore near the new lan bookstore is hosting a story time so they go inside

lwj walks in and he’s immediately taken by the atmosphere of the store bc that place was absolutely beautiful and then he hears this voice and follows it around to the back of the store to see the most gorgeous man he’s ever seen in his life sitting on a kinda too small chair with a princess hat? cone? thing on top of his head

he’d planned to stay for like one story and then take jingyi home but he ends up staying for the entire book and it’s definitely not because the guy reading the book smiled at him once or twice

after the story time ends, lwj is reluctant to leave so he ends up letting jingyi pick a bunch of books and looks at a few fancy first edition books with wen qing

and maybe his mother used to love collecting books - the old ones with the yellowed pages and beautiful pictures - and that’s why lwj helps out with his family business,, bc he wants everyone to be able to have books like that (never mind that all their books are like mass produced and lack any sentimentality & the staff dont actually care about the books)

anyway he sees wwx help jingyi pick out books and lets him borrow his handkerchief when he sneezes and lwj’s like oh nooo he’s good with kids too so now he has to talk to him

so he goes up to buy the books and wwx’s telling jingyi about how much he likes daisies and lwj just blurts out “can i ask what your name is?” and wwx blinks but then smiles and is like i’m wei wuxian, but you can call me wei ying, and i own this store. what about you? and lwj is like wangji, you can call me wangji

wen qing takes one look at lwj and the way he’s staring at wwx and goes you’re going to come back aren’t you and lwj is trying so hard not to just run away so he just ignores her but then she mentions something about lan books and he’s Panicking and jingyi almost says that he’s a lan and lwj just kinda guides him over to a table and then goes back to flirt talk with wwx

anyway wwx ends up going on this big tangent about books and what they mean to people and the whole when you read a book as a child it becomes a part of your identity and who you’re going to become the way nothing else does (and lwj remembers his mother and her books) and then he apologises for going on and lwj is mentally going marry me, but he ends up calling wwx and his mother shameless

but it’s okay!! wwx & cssr are proud of it!

and then yada yada lwj buys the kinda expensive books and ends up awkwardly shepherding jingyi out of the store

cut to the next day when the lan book store opens properly and lwj ends up telling lqr about how he met wwx and lqr is like >:/ the son of that shameless woman,, how terrible,, it’s okay he won’t be a problem for long bc they’ll be driven out of business. which isn’t the response lwj wanted but lxc seems supportive enough if a bit concerned about how it would work with them as business enemies

business is already bad for wwx and it’s barely been a week since the lan store opened and he’s pretty bummed out but hopeful that maybe it’s a fluke

then nhs invites him to some fancy dinner with him bc wei-xiong they’re all so boring and smart and have opinions, please don’t make me have opinions so wwx gets dragged along

he ends up talking to lwj at the bar bc how could he not talk to the man who’s standing in front of all that fancy alcohol and getting some fruit juice. (he’d get water but lwj has had to put up with su she all evening so he needs something stronger)

anyway they chat and it’s pleasant but then after wwx gets approached by someone who’s like wow im surprised you’re talking to lan wangji and wwx is like lan?!

cue their passive aggressive argument around the food table complete with caviar and a turkey knife.

now bc it’s lan wangji,, instead of making scathing comebacks he just makes like factual and to-the-point statements that end up being really bitchy (or does he intend them to be that way? it’s a mix of both of them tbh but in this case he’s definitely being bitchy on purpose) and wwx is spluttering bc that boy does not stand up well against hot and mad people

nhs ends up coming over and defusing the situation but wwx makes a point of stealing the rest of the caviar off lwj’s plate before leaving

lwj ends up ducking out early as well to avoid su she and emails wwx that night at like 9:45 bc the guilt of being so rude kept him up late and yllz is like oh no that’s so sad ): but impressive! i wish i could zing people,, my brain just turns off the second i need to make a comeback

creative liberties,, wwx is good at teasing but not being genuinely mean? lets go with that

anyway now we get the delightful montage of wwx hiding behind cheese displays and lwj walking out of coffee stores with a newspaper covering his face as they try to avoid each other

when wwx gets in the wrong line at the supermarket lwj comes over and kinda glares the checkout woman into submission and gets her to let wwx use his card which wwx is really conflicted about bc why would he help me?? and once again angry lwj = hot lwj

a few weeks later wwx ends up asking hgj for help bc business isn’t getting any better but refuses to give any details and i refuse to have lwj watch the godfather so lwj just straight up messages him and is like tear that bitch apart

and so wwx decides to tear that bitch apart and asks nhs for help. nhs, fan of the arts and small businesses and local culture, is 100% down for it and writes a scathing article about lan books and how they’re destroying all the aforementioned things nhs cares about

it ends up getting a lot of traction and people show up to protest and wwx even goes on television

lwj ends up seeing the news coverage on the matter while he’s at the gym with jzx

jzx is 100% the guy who goes to the gym just to apathetically walk on the treadmill while lwj jogs

he sees the interview with wwx and lwj is like he’s not this nice in real life and jzx is like you met him?? and lwj is like mn. then jzx is like i bet he’s not as hot and lwj is completely silent but his ears are bright red and that’s how jzx knows that wwx is just that hot

also?? lwj goes on tv and says like three words and he’s kinda annoyed how the news decided to spin that but he also said like three words so what did he expect?

but, despite all the publicity, sales don’t get any better so wwx is like fine can we meet in person and lwj is like sure

he brings jzx along bc he doesn’t know the way there, it’s not because he’s nervous and kind of in love with yllz, it’s because he doesn’t know how to get to the cafe. (it’s two blocks from his apartment)

anyway jzx is like oof man it’s seems like yllz is wwx but he is that hot so not all is lost and lwj is like yikes no not happening im not going in but he also feels bad about standing wwx up so he ends up going in and sitting down in front of wwx

and lwj is like wei wuxian, all this publicity will do nothing to save your business and wwx is like lan wangji who do you think you are (or however that scene goes) but instead of lwj being asked to leave wwx decides he’s not gonna chicken out first so they end up spending like two hours having the most aggressive cup of coffee and chat he’s ever had

lwj is exhausted but he also refuses to give up

but then wwx spits something about how lwj is some cold, heartless suit who doesn’t actually care about or appreciate books so how can he possibly dare to think that he’s better than wwx and that hurts bc lwj had thought that he’d been doing exactly that so he leaves

anyway the next morning wwx is moping around the bookstore bc he didn’t get stood up, he swears. am i not cute enough he moans to wen qing and she’s like your hgj doesn’t know what you look like. but what about my personality? is that cute enough? and wen qing eventually manages to grit out that yes it is cute enough

wen ning comes in and is like are you okay? you got stood up? that’s good! your date might have been the rooftop killer xue yang! he got caught last night! and wwx is like i wish, i just got stood up like a chump

so they ignore each other for a few weeks bc wwx is very hurt and lwj doesn’t know what he’s going to say but wwx ends up caving and emails hgj about how guilty he feels and how even though wwx probably means nothing to lwj, he’s worried that maybe he did hurt lwj and also please hgj i still want to talk to you

now hgj never says a lot, he’s always really succinct and direct but this time he takes the time to write a proper apology. it’s not an explanation bc he doesn’t want to give this up, even if the yllz he thinks he loves is the wwx that he hates, but it is an apology

the next day wwx goes to lunch with granny wen and finally dares to ask her whether it would be okay to shut the store down. he doesn’t want, of course he doesn’t want to, but he doesn’t think he can afford to keep it open. granny just tells him that it’s okay and that if the time has come, the time has come

we don’t have to worry about wwx breaking up with anyone, so he just goes home and asks nhs if he can have some space and nhs quickly packs his stuff and goes home. as he stands in the doorway with his last box of stuff he tells wwx that he’s sorry and wishes he could help more and wwx sends him this tremulous smile but manages to hold it together until nhs leaves and then he cries and cries

the next day he goes back to work and tries to stay bubbly and cheery even as he sees all of his shelves slowly being emptied and people who haven’t stepped foot in his store in six months are telling him what a shame it is and how they wish it didnt have to come to this and wwx is internally screaming

he manages to stave off any actual screaming but when he closes up that day he ends up going to the children’s section of lan bookstore and just as he had thought, none of the staff care about the books, none of them know any books and he ends up recommending a series to some young mother

lwj, who’d spotted wwx and come over to see if whether he was here to pick a fight, comes to the awful realisation that maybe wwx is right about his store lacking heart

he goes home that night and su she tags along even though lwj just wants space and the elevator breaks. he’s sitting there on the ground listening to his neighbour talk about reconnecting with family and the elevator button pressing dude talks about getting engaged and su she is just there whining about his job and the inconvenience and lwj goes fuck this. when the elevator starts working again he grabs his rabbit and goes back down to the ground floor, ignores su she’s shouts, and goes back to his childhood home

wwx gets stuck closing his store down. he looks around at the shelves and tables he’d grown up with and sees his childhood and a-yuan’s and countless moments he’s had with people he’s loved and realises he’s going to lose it all forever. he grabs the bell, the last thing he has left of the store and closes up for the very last time

in the meantime, lwj is living the high life. he hangs out with his bunny, gets to read pride and prejudice for fun and actually manages to get all the way through it and then his brother comes to visit

apparently he’d broken up with jgy bc he was gold digger-esque and had decided to run off with someone richer and lwj is like oh thats so sad ): anyway nmj is right there and he fills your heart with joy and lxc is like have you ever had someone like that? and lwj immediately thinks of wwx and is like fuck

his first order of business is to buy wwx’s shop bc it broke my heart that she didn’t get it back in the og movie and he starts filling it with books again. he buys ten copies of his mother’s favourite books and places them on the shelf by the door and then he sees a book that reminds him of jingyi so gets some of them and he sees a book covered in daisies and thinks of wwx. and slowly, slowly he’s building up his own library, his own store, and this time every single book means something and for once lwj looks out across the floor with pride and satisfaction

his second order of business is to apologise to wwx for being a dick. he buys some daisies and goes to his place and comes in and cooks soup for wwx. lwj apologises and tells him it wasn’t personal and wwx is like that’s not true, it was personal to me and it’s personal to a lot of people and lwj understands that now. he remembers the way he’d filled wwx’s store and left his own touch and bared his heart through each of those books and he understands. he doesn’t actually say this and just tells wwx that he wants to be friends

lwj considers coming clean about being hgj but he knows now that he definitely loves wwx and knows that wwx currently hates him but damn is it hard not to say anything when wwx is telling him how much he loves hgj

anyway he’s like organise a meeting again with hgj

i’d say it’s ooc for lwj not to come clean but this is the man who pined for x decades and just didnt tell wwx that his son was alive so like not ooc at all

so lwj decides he’s going to woo wwx as best as he can and organises to meet up with yllz and then goes and meets with wwx and they end up going to hang out and for some strange reason, even though wwx keeps getting stood up, he doesn’t seem to care too much. he keeps agreeing to meet hgj and when he doesn’t show is more than happy to spend the rest of his day with lwj

and slowly, they start to get closer. wwx takes a sip of lwj’s coffee and lwj buys him daisies. wwx brings him an interesting book and lwj tells him about his mother. they chat freely about hgj and lwj is happy for the first time in a long time

eventually lwj organises the final meeting. wwx is really confused about the place he picked but he’s hopeful that maybe this time hgj will show. after wwx and lwj’s farmers market date ends, lwj ends up asking wwx if he could love lwj and wwx is like you put me in such an uncomfortable situation. ie stammering and blushing and eventually going oh no ill be late and running off

anyway a couple hours later wwx finds himself standing outside his old bookstore and he refuses to look at it bc he doesn’t want to see what it’s become but then, through the open door of the store, a bunny hops out and over to wwx

lwj comes running out after it calling out its name (bichen?? flopsy?? rabbit?? one of them) and wwx looks up and is like oh,, it’s you, i’d hoped it was you and he’s all teary and lwj has a handkerchief that he’d embroidered himself (with gentians of course) and he’s like dont cry yllz and then they kiss and it’s beautiful

bonus: lwj takes wwx inside the store and shows him everything and explains the meaning behind every book that they’ve picked and then wwx does cry for real bc there is definitely an entire two walls dedicated just to wwx

do they open the store as a bookstore again and work together? does wwx end up writing books?? idk up to you. i like the idea that they open the store for story time and sell children’s books but lwj still works with lan & sons to get some heart in their stores and wwx works on his own books in his spare time

#Anonymous #mdzs #modao zushi #mo dao zu shi #wei wuxian #lan wangji #wangxian #cql #the untamed #asks #thank you so much for the ask i had a lot of fun making this!#let me know if you'd like anything else!!

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shownuxhyungwon · 3 years

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@minhyukie, @nervousnotion @memehyungwon and @coups mentioned me in their “content creator year in review” and I figured why not go through w it! c:

first creation and most recent creation in 2020: hyungwon on/off camera and misfortunes in the kitchen with changkyun... wow... gif making process really changed drastically for me this year...

one of your favorite creations from 2020: jooheon on body positivity/positivity in general hands down... I think about his message so often

a creation you’re really proud of: just some cute hyungwon faces bc this coloring? god I really am so proud of myself for this I did that... took me SO LONG to match the gifs but I love love love how it turned out :_____( !!!!!

a new style you tried this year and a gifset that uses it: I used the jiminfilter for the 1st time w a wonho open mind performance and I haven’t used it since... it was just a fun one! last year I was terrified of compilation sets and performance sets bc they’re so hard to color imo but this year I decided to challenge myself and ended up discovering that I genuinely LOVE compilation sets they take a while and coloring is something I always take forever on but when it all comes together it’s just... so nice :’( my fav was just some cute hyunghyuk moments and as for performances... I’m okay w them now... not my fav to gif but not as reluctant w them lol... fav was wonho open mind @ m!countdown

a creation that took you forever: shownu running to relieve his hangover and all the commotion it caused took me like 6 or 7 hours? w no breaks bc I got OBSESSED w working on it... it took me so long bc I had to screen record and encoding those frames took FOREVER plus having to tell everything that went down in 10 gifs was so difficult bc I had to compile multiple scenes in a single gif... and then I had to blur ALL! OF!! THAT!!! plus including text and then I got even more obsessed w making the set match and also the gif limit wasn’t as big as it is now and— suffice to say it would have taken more time but I realized how long I’d been working on it and had to let it go omg... it was stressful(ish) but overall I really liked how it turned out!!!!!

your creation from 2020 that received the most notes: wonho’s 2020 bday which is one of my all time favs from this year a lot of the tags mentioned the last 2 gifs and... yeah... it was easy to make but also incredibly emotional... but overall I’m so happy w the coloring and the scenes I ended up choosing!

a creation you think deserved more notes: I don’t really focus on notes tbh? I just srb queue sets and call it a day I’m just happy making gifs! plus I post too many sets anyways 😅

a new fandom you joined and a creation you made for it: wenee!!!!! I honestly really like the name wonho chose and I’ve made a couple of gifs of his time as a soloist and this set was of when he announced the fandom name! :’) and also I’ve liked nct for a few years now but this year I decided why not make a gif blog for them but I straight up forgot about it until a couple of days ago when I was cleaning my folders I saw an nct folder and was like OH... maybe I’ll start it up again lol

a creation that breaks your heart: 5 years with monsta x for sure... pain.

a simple creation that you really love: shownu w minggom... I think about this at least once a week... also smiley wonho during his 1st look interview brings me literal joy

a creation that was inspired by another one (add both your creation and the one that inspired it!): minhyuk’s 2020 bday was inspired by janice’s (@kihoseok) what happened in 1993? set which I love sm!!! 💓

a favorite creation created by someone else: @memehyungwon kihyun 2020 bday edit is SO PRETTY! I remember looking at it and my jaw literally dropped to the ground! :0 @minhyukie minhyuk’s firsts from 2020 blew me away as well! it’s just so beautiful and really nice to look at *-* @hyungkyun mx astrology changkyun aquarius set I looked at it and remember thinking “this is so wild” bc I really really was blown away by it! research queen!!!

some of your favorite creators from the year: in no particular order and ofc no need to do this if you don’t want to! I just love their gifs!!! @joohuns, @monxgifs, @minhyukie, @kihoseok, @coups, @hyungkyun

and for good measure, a couple creations of yours that you love: I’m shameless... these are my top 10... ck’s 2020 bday, jooheon and his love for beanies, jooheon as emoji’s, just some cute wonhyuk moments, favourite mxray s3 episodes/moments, black hair shownu (another fav coloring), jooheon and the Egg treasure hunt on mx is on holiday right now, kihyun + his love for dogs, mx love killa @ inkigayo and hyungwon on minhyuk’s 보그싶쇼 (ep. 17)

#WHEW WHAT A YEAR #tag game

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dicennio · 4 years

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When you get this, you must publicly post something nice about at least 5 different people you follow, then copy and paste this in each of their ask boxes :^)

*cracks knuckles* let's begin

@lijeneel I thought you delete, I don't tag your art blog bc I feel that's your professional self. Thanks for what? 8-9 years? I honestly can't conceive my life without you, I know how annoying I can be and yet you're still here w me, I can say thanks but that won't be enough, it's been years and you're still my favorite person and I don't think that'll change tbh, I love you.

@svmeragi Rorosmoke Zoji-san hope life is treating well ~ pffftt Anjali you're so fun to talk with, I love teasing you a lot I should feel guilty but I am not. It's been years of following each other I can't conceive dumblr without you.

@kishitan-iis Kida's been my pleasure to share all these years w you, freaking out about Gintama, talking about Gintama, eating Gintama, dreaming w Gintama, have u noticed our conversations are basically just Gintama?? sharing x or y fanarts or crying over x chara/event, we're such a losers hahaha

@lieberts Lena you're one of my fav blogs at this moment, idk how to explain it but you're the blog I go to if I'm lacking things to reblog bc I know I'll find good things there, it's impossible not love it. Flawless content, flawless fanarts, flawless owner, the best? I discovered we can be bitter together.

@maki--ta Mila come here, let's have a drink and talk about everything and nothing. Man, I can say the ugliest shit to you and you'll get it or come back w something worse, we talk about our unbearable existence one minute and the next we're just being clows , perfect dynamic.

@sirleorio Rey of sunshine you're such a cool person, idk why seeing you on my dash always improves my mood for good, it's your charm, you and your blog have a place in my heart.

@krshima Emery I'm here cheering for you, I read a lot of things are happening there right now so I'm sending my best vibes, thanks for being such a caring person with all of us, your works, your voice, your blog are top quality just so u know.

@levizs Sophs I read ur twitter rambling about how you don't consider yourself a kind person I'm here to tell u, yes, you're in fact a kind person, with a shit ton of talent to share, I know I've said before but I'm glad u managed to come back tu dumblr, like really glad.

@naoamaya we don't talk at all bc I'm bad at it but I read your tags, I've seen how supportive you're with every content creator here and it's a bless knowing you're being kind not to please everyone but bc you're just genuinely kind. Thank u for that

@welcometothenhk your taste ma'am, your taste. we've been mutuals for years and your blog has been one of the best sources for everything, you not only make beautiful gifs but your blog per se is full of quality content, you're amazing.

@zuura Anto you're other of these genuine people who leave lovely comments in everything we made, idk how to explain but it's a nice feeling seeing someone being this kind naturally + I love how your confidence went up so u can now share your works w us all.

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@qvalcuno then again: thank you for your kindness and your support in every small thing we upload, support in these trying days is vital so from the bottom of my small heart: thank u very much

@alice-chan-chan Your editing style is so unique, I love the way you crafted it alone and I really enjoy seeing you improve progressively, you're an exceptional case bc your work is so unique, I've seen nothing like your works around and you should be proud of that.

#replies #im officially deceased #bye

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eponymiad · 3 years

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tagged by: @agent-skulldrey

tagging: @sophosthewisebunny, @loveburnsbrighter, @schittposting, @extraordinary-arbiter-bluebird and anyone else who wants to play!

rules: check your stats on ao3 by going to your dashboard and clicking through to statistics.

amount of works posted: 32

total word count: 144,148 (I think like ~40k of this is writing from co-authored fics that I *didn’t* write, but I did edit all 40k so)

longest fic: Summer is More Than Freedom is my longest co-authored with @ships-to-sail at 46,691 (she easily wrote 2/3 of it, she’s a MACHINE). Longest solo is my criminally underrated (yeah I said it!!) A Marksman’s Ability at 10853. Both are Schitt’s Creek.

shortest fic: Come to Bed at 441!

fic with the most kudos: Spin the Bottle, somehow, at 470

fic with the most bookmarks: Summer is More Than Freedom with 176

fic with the most comment threads: Same as above, unsurprisingly! It’s also my only real chapter fic.

total amount of kudos: 4655, which is just genuinely wild

total amount of bookmarks: 782

total amount of comment threads: 619 (what a JOY)

fandoms written for: Queen’s Thief and Schitt’s Creek

fests you’ve written for: Elevate! A Schitt's Creek Femslash Exchange; Schitt’s Creek Sports Fest; Schitt’s Creek Open Fic Night 2.0; Queen’s Thief Appreciation Week (which isn’t technically for fic but I went hard so)

pairings written for: Gen/Irene, Helen/Sophos, David/Patrick, Alexis/Ted, David/Stevie

favorite fic you’ve written this year: Nothing Is as It Has Been, which I wrote for a fic/art swap. While I can already see ways I could have improved it (hey writing practice!), I am weak for Eddisian cousin content, even my own, and I am just so proud of this fic.

goals for next year: Keep writing consistently! I crushed my own NaNo goals last month and tbh the best thing was how into the groove of writing I got. Picking up a creative hobby that’s primarily output instead of input has been SO good for me and I just want to keep it up. And also, floor the QT tag with content I want to read but. Secondary goals.

#writing

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snarkandsarcasmftw · 4 years

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2020

Uh oh, it’s time for the cranky smol one to get sappy af. Prepare yourselves. Because yeah, I’m gonna get sappy.

This past year has been… To put it bluntly, it was one hell of a ride. I moved from state to state after spending the past two years taking care of my mother, I lost important people in my life (some through my own stupidity, others simply because they showed their true colors) and I lost a pet that for 13 years roughly, was a huge part of my life. I rescued a cat. I feel like this past year taught me a lot but the most important thing that it taught me was to be thankful for who/what I have in my life, because I might not always have these things/people.

Since there’s a loooot, holy shit so much.. I’ll put a read more.

REGRETS:

First of all, to the one person I’m no longer speaking to/following on here. I just know that you were a blessing in my life while you were around. I know we couldn’t ever really be close friends like we were before everything played out, but I truly hope the best things in life happen to you. You’re a good person, always know that. I hope you’re happier now and I hope that you eventually find and embrace your own inner truth without anxiety or fear.

Secondly, there were a few people who I misjudged/let go of this past year that maybe I wish I hadn’t. If any of you are reading this, I’m so so so so sorry. I don’t know what made me do it, but I know that I just… Felt like I wasn’t as good as any of you and like I never really fit in, so rather than make you all keep dealing with me, I did what I thought was best and cut the cord. I really wish I hadn’t and I know it’s probably way too late, but I really am sorry. You were great people and I really do miss our talks and stuff. I just felt like I was in the way, so I took myself out. Anxiety is a real bitch and while that’s not an excuse for me just going silent / blocking you guys, it’s the simplest truth. I was in a bad place for a while there and in my own head too much. I’m better now, but I’m fairly sure that it’s too little & too late. So, once again, I’m so so so sorry.

NEW FRIENDS:

Oh god, where to start? I made so many new friends this year on this blue hell-site. So many. And I’m thankful for every single one of you even if I somehow miss your name. On that note,I’m sorry in advance if I do and I mean nothing by it. Also, these are in absolutely no certain order. If I tried to go alphabetically, I’d probably wind up messing it up.

@xladyxfatex I am so, so, so, so glad you sent me that meme and we started to talk. It has been so much fun rp’ing again, and I’m really enjoying getting to know you better. I love our rp and you’re such a sweet person. I can’t wait to see where this year takes us.

@writtingrose you are an amazing writer and you’re a down to earth and sweet person. I was moved by your Beautiful To Me series (it’s plus size reader, you guys MUST go read it.) and I’m so glad I reached out. I can’t wait to start our rp, if you’re still down for it. I love reading your writing and I can’t wait to get to know you better.

@komaniac I absolutely love your love for Kevin. I really don’t get to talk to you often, but I’ll see your Kevin posts and I’m like sitting on my side of the computer screen silently nodding. Your Kevin content is always making me smile. I love you for that, never change.

@rampagewriting… I can’t remember which of us reached out first, but girl. I am so so glad we’re friends. You’re an amazing and strong person and I love all your fics. I love opening our DM and yelling about things with you, whether it’s Zak Bagans ( we deffo need to go ghost hunting one day, tbh) or any of our other favorites. I’m so glad we’re friends and I hope that we get to be even better friends during 2020.

@the-ville-idiot Wren, I love you. Seriously, I love you. You’re always so bubbly and happy and like… I legit enjoy our random conversations. We have a lot in common.

@doedreamss Ashley, I mean Doe. You’re such a sweetheart and I wish I had half the life experiences you have. I love you. I enjoy talking to you about certain cowboys and certain bad boys. I love your writing, I wish I wrote more like you did, tbh. I hope you never change and I hope we stay friends. If you ever need to talk or want to talk, you’re always welcome in my DM’s.

@robwiethoff I LOVE LOVE YOUR LOVE FOR HANGMAN. I aspire to love something/someone as much, tbh. I know I’m probably annoying af, but honestly, I enjoy talking to you. I hope to get to know you better, you’re a sweetheart. I love reading your writing / hearing your ideas and honestly, just.. I send you hugs.

@adamcolesteeth I’ve really enjoyed talking to you and I genuinely thank you for the random fake fic title prompts, because I’ve really had a blast doing them. I loved your Christmas Luchasaurus fic, it was so much fun to read.

@hardcorewwetrash we may not like the same football teams, ( roll damn tide, lol) but I honestly love to read your posts. You’re a real person and the world needs more of those. You speak your mind. I honestly wish I could just do that sometimes. It’s been so fun talking to you / seeing your posts on the dash.

@country-believethat-gallowaywwe AHHHH. I LOVE THE TALKS WE HAVE ABOUT DREW. Also, thanks for all the picture inspiration you send me that one time I really, really, really needed it. I think you’re a sweetheart and I hope to get to know you better / have more talks in the future.

@twdeadfanfic I love your fics, first of all. You’re an amazing writer and you blow me away with each new one you post. I know we don’t get to talk often, but I enjoy talking to you.

@heel-rollins you are a sweetheart. I love talking to you and I wish we got to talk more, tbh.

@hamstxr I love your posts, they always make me smile. I wish we get to talk more and you seem like a really sweet person.

@kittysilver86 Kitty, I love you. You’re a positive and sweet person and your writing is so good and so fluffy yet dirty, I love it. I love Ava as a character and I love these little universes you make up. Your posts always make me smile and honestly, I just wanna hug you. I really enjoy being friends with you even though we don’t get to talk often.

@schizoauthoress You’re a really kind person. I really enjoy your posts on my dash and I love the talks we’ve had there. If you ever wanna talk my DM’s are always open. You seem really down to earth and really open and I love that. I hope to get to know you better this year.

@vonschweetz Von, I am so proud of you. You’ve been through a lot and you went above and beyond to rise out of it all and you’re thriving now. You’re a huge inspiration and you’re so freaking sweet that like.. If anyone ever tried to hurt you, I’d probably give them these hands. I love talking to you, I love looking at your edits and I really, really, really love your fics. You always make me smile.

OLD FRIENDS:

@helluvawriter you’re a kind person and I love you so much. You’re a really amazing writer and you’re always so down to earth. You were the first friend I made in the wrestling fandom way back when and even though we don’t get to talk much anymore, I love you and I love our talks when we do. You’re an amazing mother. I hope if I ever get to be a mom, I’m like you. I’m so glad we’re friends.

@andie01 holy shit.. You’re so much fun to talk to. I love that you’re as blunt as me and that we can just DM back and forth about total randomness. I love Beasts, it’s one of my favorite fanfictions of all time. I love you so much. Like.. you’re an inspiration to me and i don’t think you realize that. I’m so glad we’re friends.

@wrestlingismyguiltypleasure First of all, you’re an amazing mother. And I am so happy for you and your little family! I love talking to you, even if we don’t get to talk that much anymore, I enjoy our talks when we do. You’re going to get me to write Alpha!Ethan Carter III yet, I promise. It’s coming. You inspire me and I love the random things you send me to look at. I’m so glad we’re friends.

@kayah16 I wish I was half as creative as you. I love reading your one shots and I love you. You’re a really amazing and kind person and honestly, the world could use more of that. There are so many times I’m having an absolute shit day and I log on and you’ve sent me a recipe or tagged me in something that makes me smile. I wish I could hug you. I hope I can help you as much as you’ve helped me. If you ever need me, I’m here. I’m so glad we’re friends.

@missjenniferb I love the random thirst tags and the dm’s at 1 am, they always make me smile. I love that you tag me in Bucky things now, because that’s kinda how I got so deep into him. I blame you for that. I really have so much fun talking to you because it’s like… the lengths of our dirty minds combined, and i live for that. You always make me smile, I just hope I make you smile too. I’m so glad we’re friends.

@heelsamizayn you’re also another person I started to talk to way back when and honestly, I really, really, really love you. You’re a sweet and blunt person who isn’t afraid to say what she thinks. I love talking to you, whether it be about any of our thirsts or whatever we’re writing or random stuff that irritates us both during the day. I’m so glad we’re friends.

@bo0kitten I really love our talks. We like a lot of the same bands, and you always have these well thought out opinions / facts on things. I love seeing you on my dash and I really wish we got to talk more often. I’m so glad we’re friends.

@chasingeverybreakingwave BB you really didn’t think I was going to forget you.. Noooo. Never. I love talking to you and I love your posts / live blogs. You dragged me kicking and screaming into Jimmy Havoc and I love you for it. You’ve also gotten me into music that I hadn’t ever heard before too. Never change, bb! I’m so glad we’re friends.

@calwitch MOM HI! I love you. And I will totally let you adopt me. You’re kinda stuck with me now. I love your posts and you never fail to encourage me when I need it most. You’re a sweet person and totally down to earth and open. Some of your comments on my fic posts have given me that little nudge when I needed it most and I can’t thank you enough for that. You’re an awesome and fun person and I love that you don’t hold back on anything. I’m so glad we’re friends.

@markostuntthesehoes I absolutely adore you and I love your writing. I love our talks, the things we’ve bounced back and forth over DM’s. You’ve gotten me to really appreciate people that I wasn’t sure about before talking to you. Your posts always make me smile and you’re an absolute gem. I’m so glad we’re friends.

#putting this on my writing blog bc some of you lovelies don't follow my personal and I wanna make sure everyone sees this #if I forgot you please don't think that means I don't like you bc I love all of you #I just have the memory of an actual goldfish #2020 thoughts #if you wanna get to know me better my dm's and my asks are open always #just not on anon bc nope fuck anon

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holdoncallfailed · 4 years

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ok @sqvalors tagged me (!) in a fanfic writer meme which i will put under the cut so i am not as easily perceived. i’m not going to tag anyone because i'm shy but if you want to do it go for it!

ao3 name: ladymemebeth

fandoms: tbh i never expected to write anything besides harry potter because i was really only compelled to start writing fic in the first place after literal years of constructing my own marauders headcanons. but then stranger things 3 flopped and needed fixing. and then i was blindsided by my own obsession with the clown franchise. so that was that.

number of fics: 10 (tho one is a near-permanent wip so really 9)

fic i spent the most time on: i think the summer you let your hair grow out just cos it’s the longest, and i took a months-long break from it between the last two chapters.

fic i spent the least amount of time on: stanley uris takes a shower, which i wrote while waiting for a delayed subway at 2AM, or a freight train running, which i wrote in one night after i finished stranger things 3.

longest fic: the summer you let your hair grow out.

shortest fic: a bramble rose by any other name, which isn’t really a fic so much as an excerpt from a school paper about the secret history that got trashed in workshop because i refused to provide context for any of the references, lol.

most hits: the summer you let your hair grow out.

most kudos: the summer you let your hair grow out.

most comment threads: the summer you let your hair grow out.

most bookmarks: the summer you let your hair grow out. honestly, if i had to be a one-hit wonder, i’m glad it was because of this story—i loved writing it and continue to be moved by the feedback i’ve received on it.

total word count: 60,384.

favorite fic i wrote: probably william, it was really nothing. it’s the only story of my own that i re-read with any regularity because it genuinely cheers me up so much. the other favorite is we two boys together clinging because i’m proud of the prose itself—i think it’s most similar to how i write outside of fic.

fic i want to rewrite/expand on: ugh...oh well whatever nevermind. i wrote most of it longhand in class my final semester of undergrad and very obviously didn’t edit it lmao. i think it’s just very hasty and silly and not very good. i guess i would also like to finish my r/s 70s new york AU but who knows if that’ll ever happen.

share a bit of a wip or story idea you’re working on: i’ve been writing a r/s story based on the lighthouse for several months—for once in my life i actually have a plot mapped out but i do not have the energy to write the damn thing. anyway:

He had always feared it, the sea. That was the problem from the beginning. The son of a sea captain who couldn’t bear to stand on deck for more than twenty minutes before being sick over the side of the boat—it was shameful. It had put a distance between him and his father wider than the ocean and just as uncrossable in Remus’ mind, for his father had loved the churn of tides in earnest despite their depths and the destruction they could wreak. As a child he fantasized about drowning, imagining that the saltwater in his lungs would have finally given his father a reason to look upon him with any sort of genuine affection. Years later, he still dreamt of drowning except now it was not himself but the shadowy figure of another person trapped beneath the water’s surface, always just beyond his grasp.

It was inevitable that his thoughts would return to his father, Remus supposed. He braced himself against the starboard side of the lighthouse tender in an attempt to quell the nausea that had been boiling in his stomach since they left shore several hours ago. His father might have laughed to see him aboard a boat once again, especially after Remus vowed to remain inland for the rest of his time on earth. It calls you back, his father said when Remus first announced his departure into the forests of New Brunswick at nineteen years old. You can’t escape its siren’s call. Remus wiped the moisture from his vision, unsure if the droplets had gathered on his face due to the encroaching fog or to his own body’s exertion as he tried not to vomit over the side of the boat. He had not been called back. He had had nowhere else to go.

The fog became rain as the captain navigated the barnacle-encrusted transfer boat into a small port. The island itself could not have larger than an acre, its terrain composed mostly of sand and stone and seagull droppings. The lighthouse loomed over them, its foghorn drone like a very slow heartbeat every few minutes. Remus wondered if he’d ever get used to the sound. The lantern itself was blinding in its intensity, and Remus watched the spray of yellow light that it cast against the fog in its ceaseless rotation.

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autisticstarseed · 4 years

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if u could, perhaps, bless us with all the applicable symbols from that fic ask for hvh 👀

ooOoOOOoOO Rub s gay hands togehter omg ty friend 😍;;;;;;

💡 - What was the motivation behind the story?

hHH i hadnt written in 10+ years so when i latched onto this plot idea i just thought itd be a good time to jump the shark and try it again !! i just wanted smth really edgy and depthful bc im emo and the rest kind of snowballed

💎- What was your favorite part?

osdlfksd;lf it’s hard to pick a fav but the drunk scene was definitely the most fun to write at least

⛰️- What was the hardest part?

THE SCENE WHERE THE GANG IS KIDNAPPED BY ENKI,,,, i debated toning down the violence but in the end i knew where the story was going (and where its still going) and that its gonNA be kinda dark so why hold back now ig

🎭- What was the feeling or mood you were going for?

BITTERSWEET AF,,, sort of just treading the line of ‘hopeful’ and ‘hopeless’ at all times to fully portray the feeling of being at your lowest, but with that classic tss ‘silver linings just around the corner’ kind of undertone

🏟️- Who was your intended audience?

mostly all the adults that watched tss as a kid and felt like spirituaLLY MOVED BY IT cuz i really tried to tap into that Emotion Tee Em we all felt when we found out that zak was [redacted]

🔬- Was there one scene you were building up to/knew you had to get just right?

hHH theres actually a LOT of scenes like that and i think a lot of my general motivation to keep going comes from that ‘WAIT FOR IT WAIT FOR IT’ vibe slkdf:SDF but the Plot Twist tm in the latest chapter was definitely a big’n, and theres a few more of those still to come :^)

🗝️ - What were you thinking when you wrote it?

kjdjFSDs:DF tbh whenever i start really writing, [’im shifting into soup mode’ seinfeld meme voice] im shifting into maladaptive daydreaming mode

🎥- Were there any tv shows, books, or movies that influenced this verse, if any?

:^) devilman crybaby pls forgive me for everytHing

📈- Was there a clear character arch you wanted____ character to go on?

i actually have a short list of what i somewhat consider to be the story arcs in my notes !! mostly just for organization and obvs i wont list the future ones but so far we’ve seen the kushtaka arc, the enki arc, and now we’re in what i call ‘the annunaki’ arc.

🎢- Were there any scenes you were nervous about? For audience reception or otherwise?

ALL OF IT JSHDJSKD, but again a lot of the enki scenes i was worried would be too edgy TM, and the whole annunaki plot as well i was worried might be too ‘out there’ for ppl, but it takes the story exactly where i always wanted it and lines everything up perfectly so i went for it lol. i was also ofc worried if people would like ila or not bc oc but most ppl love her actually which is so 😭❤️

☠️- Did you consider killing off any of the characters? Did you?

8^) [mickey mouse voice] this is a surprise tool that will help us later ,

✉️- Did you title your chapters? What title do you like best?

yes! the next one actually has my favorite chapter title yet, but so far i like ‘so strikes the harpoon’ since its a throwback to the first couple chapters

☀️- Was there symbolism/motifs you worked in?

o every single paragraph is an overly thought out middle school poem im entering in the talent show actually

🎵- Did you have a playlist/piece of music that went with this story?

Yes !! i have HVH insp part 1, Part 2, and an extra one for all those songs that have the vibes but just dont fit enough to make sense in a playlist

📜-Do you want to write something like this again in the future?

probably ! ive learned i definitely like the edgy/darker and emotionally driven stories with ongoing plot, so that trend will almost definitely continue. idk if ill write a dystopia again anytime soon, but i think my future stuff will at least retain that long and heavy vibe

💁- Did readers influence/change any part of this story?

oh yEA like basically i was ready to quit after the very first chapter before it was even written and kinda just got it all out on a whim of motivation but was expecting to flake on it like i tend to do with projects, but the invested response to it was just so uplifting that its what ive been riding on all ten chapters and im so grateful for it :’)))

✏️-Would you go back and change anything if you could?

hHHHHHHH yes and ok this is terrible but i actually tend to avoid re-reading my older chapters until i hAVe to bc i suffer from that sO much ,,, , its just little things like tiny words i wanna change or bits i wanna take out/put in and once or twice ive even caught a mistake or plot hole/smth i forgot to add that i rly do have to go back and edit and i just turn to dust every tim e

⭐- What’s a scene/paragraph you’re proud of?

i really liked the northern lights scene!! it was meant to be a pivotal moment of that ‘bittersweetness’ vibe i was talking abt and it was another one of those scenes i had been planning for a while;;;

“ I think of how much the rest of the family would love this. This isn’t like the moon and the sun, where I can see it and know that even if it looks different, they’ll see the same one soon enough, wherever they are. This reminds me only that I am not with them. It stings. It seems unnatural for something so gentle and natural to appear before us as if we aren’t in complete, total fucking chaos. After all we’ve been through, and the sky still dances. “

📣-What was the best piece of encouragement you got?

AVERY ALL OF UR LIVEBL OGS AND COMMENTS GIV ME SUCH L I FE, ,, ,, CRYIGN CAT FA ce

🔦-Did you learn anything while writing it? About yourself? Writing?

isdfhSDF YEs, part of my hesitation to write came from this thing where i always just assumed there was a wildly high standard of writing in fandom spaces like in original literature spaces, where you had to have like 10+ sentences to a paragraph and you had to describe every tiny detail of a setting and you had to follow every single grammar rule or it was unreadable but like. genuinely its like sculpting with words as long as you have a shape ppl get the idea which is such a weight off my shoulders lol, its still a lot of work but so much fun to know i can to an extent do what i want and ppl actually like it like that. i also learned that like most other writers i have to cause my favs emotional and physical pain,

🎁- Any writing advice for people who want to write something like this?

hhHHHH 1. please do it its so fun just give in to the edge my guy , 2. try to get comfortable re-reading your chapters, for me its like when ppl listen to themselves sing/act but im trying to do better bc its so much more consistent when i keep it fresh in my mind and it also boosts confidence when u can pick out the things u like instead of the things u dont, 3. trying to have at least one scene in mind for each chapter that ur excited to write so u can have motivation to update faster! for me it doesnt have to be smth i think would excite the audience either like it could be the most basic thing but just having an idea of it and knowing i want to see it come to life rly helps me stay on top of it all

TY SM FRIEND THIS WAS SO FUN x x )

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