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heytheredeann · 6 months

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20 questions for fic writers

I was tagged by @cha-melodius, thank you! <3<3

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

439! The plan is posting two more tonight so hopefull that will soon be 441 LOL.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

939,623! Almost a million yay!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

At the moment mostly TMFU, I have been getting into writing Banana Fish fic too, and I write for The Witcher, though less frequently than TMFU.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Stretch (Buck/Eddie+Christopher, 911, 3x02 AU)

Everywhere I'm looking now, I'm surrounded by your embrace (Harvey/Mike, Suits, soulmates AU)

I held your hand as you shook in the middle of the night (Geralt/Jaskier, The Witcher, 1x06 fix-it)

Leave it unspoken (Harvey/Mike, Suits, a serial killer on the loose AU looool I had forgotten about this one)

Concession (Geralt/Jaskier, The Witcher, Geralt likes being the little spoon fic)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yesssss, I'm like constantly behind and sometimes I answer months late, but I love answering because 1) comments make me so happy and I want the readers who took the time to let me know they enjoyed the fic to KNOW THAT, 2) talking about fics is SO much fun, I think that discussing things in the comments is the best part of posting.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

LOOOOOOOOOOOL filter for MCD on my Ao3 and take your pick. But I'd go with either Forever is the sweetest con (Napoleon/Illya/Gaby, TMFU) because the story is told backwards, so you start with post-MCD and end pre-MCD, so the ending is happy but. well. the happiness is gone already and you know it LOL, or maybe Meaner than my demons, colder than this home (Napoleon/Illya/Gaby, TMFU), purely because generally speaking when I play with MCD I kill just one of them off and leave the other two to pick up the pieces, but here there's just Napoleon left, so. probably worse than the others LOL.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Sooo, I tend to write one-shots, and I HAVE written fluffy fics, but I think I'll go with Something gets lost from a safe distance (Napoleon/Illya, TMFU) because it's part of a three-part series that's all emotional hurt/comfort, and then it ends with fluffy kissing so.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Eh, it has happened, I think it's inevitable if you have been doing this for long enough LOL.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Nope.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Not usually, I did write a TMFU/Supernatural crossover though LOL.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I’m aware of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yesss, more than once and it's always extremely flattering that someone would want to go through all that effort <3

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Nope.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Right now I feel particularly strongly about the TMFU OT3 but like. I love so many.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I HAVE MULTIPLE LONGFICS SITTING IN MY DRAFTS DAMMIT. I just never want to post longfics unless I have either a first draft for every chapter or at the very least an extremely detailed outline for every chapter, which means that I end up always posting one-shots LOL. Two notable mentions among these longfics are a "Napoleon gets amnesia and bullshits his way through it to avoid telling anyone because he has trust issues" fic and an AU with Illya as a ghost that's a whole angsty mess. help me.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Eeeeeeeh the emotions I'd say. Or I HOPE so, since that's pretty much 80% of my writing loooool Also there a lot of lines of dialogue that I come up with that I unironically like.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Plots for one, I just tend to write snapshots with no real plot most of the time, and action. I don't LIKE writing it, which means I can never tell if it's boring or if I'm just projecting, and I tend to avoid it. ...also romance/attraction/getting-together. My aroace ass never knows what is believable romance and what are just tv show tropes that are not actually real LOL.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I generally don't do it and keep to the language of the narration, just clarifying "X says in German" if there's a change of language. I write limited third POV, so I just see it as "filtering" everything through the lens of the person that we are seeing the perspective of. If I'm writing from Gaby's POV, for instance (she's German but fluent in English), I feel like TECHNICALLY the narration should be in German, so by writing in English I have already chosen a filter that is not 100% accurate. But that's the filter I'm going with, so English is the language that Gaby is communicating to the reader in, so everything should be communicated through English lens: if she's talking to someone in English, I will just write the lines with no specifications, if she's talking in German I still write in English and write "in German" in the narration, and if someone speaks a language she doesn't know I don't write the actual dialogue because she doesn't understand it, so the reader doesn't get to see it either.

I hope this makes some sort of sense LOOOOOL, I don't really mind any way I've seen this done, but this is how I prefer to go about it.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

The Fallen book series. LOL.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

Evil question, go directly to jail, do not collect 100$. This answer will absolutely change every five minutes, but right now I'm particularly feeling Souvenir from a life left behind (Napoleon/Illya, TMFU), just a tiny dissolution of UNCLE fic with Napoleon angsting.

Tagging: @imgoingtofreakoutnow @ikeepwatchinghelicopters @thetamehistorian @huggiebird @deducitetemporacarmen @set-phasers-to-whump @cherryjuicegf @geralt-of-vengerberg and anyone else who hasn't done this yet and wants to play <3

#i had so much fun with this sdfghjkl #ely has shit to say #not spn #tag game #cha-melodius

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taechnological · 2 years

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i was watching something on youtube and it autoplayed to the mama 2018 bangtan bomb so i though might as well watch now since it's already playing...... tears galore. no matter how many times i've seen the speech it always leaves me sobbing. look at them now. who would've thought they'd be speaking at the white house, representing their country at the UN, i'm too emotional now. poor jin must have had to sit through lectures after that looool. i searched if they did a live after that but i don't think they did, but i remember jin saying something about the repercussions after he said that, do you remember where it's from?

oh that speech..... it's engraved in my mind till date... it was such a vulnerable moment for them, winning all the top awards of the show in the year they were genuinely struggling despite being at the top, seokjin having the guts to actually admit it out loud, all the members simultaneously breaking down on stage....... to think they almost left us that year and that too with a song called "let go"...... it still hurts my heart to this day...

also yes they did discuss it later, last year on the you quiz on the block interview, here's a translation for that part

#ask sae #ask taechnological

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christianconfessions · 11 months

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Hello, it's Wannabe Globe Trotter again! lol

Honestly, that did encourage me; I don't believe I'd actually met anyone else who'd gone as long as me being consistently single. And you're right, out of eight billion people, surely there's a counterpart for me. I did actually hear that aforementioned pastor say, "he'll love you for who you are," so he must have been picking up on my general vibe of, "now, who in the world would consider that type of relationship with me?" even in the moment (in addition to what I wrote earlier, admittedly, I am quite poor with verbalizing affection, and rarely touch anyone past a handshake, which I figured would also make me even less desirable). I guess I shouldn't rule out that there's one guy sitting in his room in Anywhere, Earth thinking, "if only I could meet a Christian woman who actually doesn't want to settle down traditionally." And I agree, being different is the fun of life! I'm someone who has a bold, unique sense of style, so I don't exactly shy away from just being myself. I guess where it got somewhat complicated in my head was the fact that I'm a pretty recent convert (about a year ago), so there's this feeling of, "am I actually doing this wrong?" Given that I have 0 role models/representation of the lifestyle I want to lead, it's easy to fall into this sort of thinking.

Regarding that side note, I'm flattered; I've actually wanted to be an author since I was a child! (I have this frustrating inability to actually commit to a single project as opposed to starting and abandoning numerous things, but that's a whole other can of worms... lol) I'm glad to hear there's a certain quality to my speech that would translate well to fiction.

And, of course, thank you for taking the time to reply! God bless you, as well!

Hey! I'm glad that encouraged you! I know there isn't a ton of people like us out here, but we're definitely not the only ones haha! I see it as...we've avoided boyfriend heartbreak so that's a good thing! I'm kinda awkward with physical touch (and awkward in general looool) soooo I think I get you. I do feel that there's multiple guys who are on the same page as you tbh! It may not be easy to come across them, but I'm sure they're out there! And I get you about the role model thing. Maybe you're just one of those people that's gotta draw up a blueprint and become the first role model!

That's cool you've wanted to be an author. I can definitely see it! I have a thing where I start one project and leave it to start another one LOL so I think I can understand. It's like a gift because yesssss the creativity is flowing...but also not so great because things be going unfinished lol...You could start off writing a bunch of short stories whenever you get the time to and overtime you'd have a whole book! You're very welcome!! You seem like a cool person!!

*If you want, feel free to message me on my main blog @relentless-for-jesus if you ever want someone to talk to. I know what it feels like to feel like a misfit and how lonely it can be at times. I'd be glad to help you in your walk with Jesus or just chat with ya!! I promise I'm nice haha! If you don't feel comfortable with that, it's totally fine!

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what-a-messsss · 3 years

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2x3 rewatch

I keep forgetting that Brach is still in S2. Oops. Also, I apparently went to check something in S6 last time I watched something, so it started at 6x2 instead of 2x3 and I yelled. But anyway, on with this mess. “Death Came in Like Thunder” apparently. It sure did.

Ah yes, let us not forget that Branch is MANLEH. This shall be proven to us by him murdering his cousin, Trunk, with big ax. Chop chop, Branch, kill Trunk. But oh no, must also show that he is People Smart, so must also lose because this makes him likable. And many white people clap. Yaaaay. But be sure to say, “I let him win, Ferg,” while your competitor is right next to you, so he almost surely heard you. Good good.

Oh Ferg. Could you look more gormless if you tried? (I mean, probably not, since presumably that was the goal of the actor, so he would have been trying. But still.) Bb.

Heh, nice thematic cut to Walt also chopping wood. And YAY, Henry’s gorgeous truck (and gorgeous self). I’m just going to take a moment to appreciate the fact that Henry rolls up and just helps himself to some of Walt’s thermos of coffee. Because of course he does. But I do so love these touches that they put in that do underline the fact that they are married have been besties for going on 40 years. Also, I love this jacket of Henry’s. The woven top, jean jacket sort of one? Yeah, top 5 costume pieces of his for me. (Also on that list, all basically tied with each other, basically any pants he wears. I am reminded, when they cut back out to a full body shot. Because I am very shallow, and he is very pretty.)

Haaaaaa. And of course Cady talked to Henry before she talked to Walt. Walt is a butthead. And, yeah yeah, she just found out that he’d been lying to her for over a year, but that just proves my point that Walt is a butthead. And we’re back to this whole idea that she left her phone, which just... ugh. No. But Henry’s face when he says that she said that she is safe, and he’s so worried, but still willing to respect her boundaries.

“She is an adult, Walt.” “She’s my daughter.” For fuck’s sake, you jackass, your ADULT daughter; that’s the whole flipping point! Also, that little emphasis on my daughter, pfft. If you didn’t want to feel like she preferred her cool dad to you, maybe try being less of an AAAAAAASSHOLE. And, like, respecting her. Even a weensy little bit.

“Etta Place” I don’t remember if we find out why that’s the ‘assumed name’ that Cady chose, but I’m intrigued. Wait, I just googled. Looooool. She spent years with Butch and Sundance. Nice.

Walt is such a soft touch with teens. *snack crackle pop* that kneecap back into place. Vic starts this scene saying, “The 911 operator,” though, which is interesting, because I was kind of under the impression that Ruby was the main dispatcher, so it would be kind of heartening if she actually had back up with that. ...Or maybe they’re just far enough out that a cell call made would be picked up by a tower farther out and have to be routed back in to the station/them. I have no idea how that actually works. Another rabbit hole for me to totally not go down. Hopefully. Shit. They’ve apparently upped the fine for trespass since the show, though, because it’s $750 (or 6 months in jail) now and Walt says it’s $500.

And once again, we see Vic actually wearing gloves while investigating a suspicious death, and Walt just squinting into the distance helpfully. I suppose “things got bad” in Basque country around WWII, but there has been friction there that dates back before the Spanish Civil War, or even the Carlist Wars the previous century. It did get gnarly with the dictatorship of Franco, and the formation of the ETA in retaliation, though, so yeah. (Francisco Franco is also on the list of people who anybody with a time machine should go back and beat the shit out of.)

Shit, I forgot about the animal death.

Knock knock, no answer. Better just wander in without a warrant. I know that the guy who they know lives there is dead, but still, no fricking warrant; I suppose the worry of a poisoning could count as probably cause?

Gods, but there are moments when I do absolutely adore Vic, and they are usually when she’s taking the piss out of Walt. “Reclusive bachelor chic; you and Marco have the same decorator.” Looool. But also, sad, because Martha has only been gone for a little over a year, and Walt is not the kind of person who would, like, change stuff and get rid of her things, so that’s kind of odd. Maybe Henry and/or Cady went though and put away some of her things to try to help Walt move on? But damn, the ‘excuse you’ look on Walt’s face when she does say it, pffft.

AND AGAIN, Vic wearing gloves, Walt with his bare ass hands picking up the picture of Picasso’s Guernica; can you at least *pretend* you’re a cop, *some* of the time, buddy?

Lol at the barrabilak; they are pretty well by the Rocky Mountains, so it’s probably not all that surprising that Walt’s had some “Rocky Mountain oysters” before.

I had forgotten that Vic had four brothers. But her comment about Sal going off to look after the sheep and how if someone had told her that one of her brothers were dead she “wouldn’t care about any damn sheep,” I don’t know. It kind of annoys me. It’s totally in character for her, which is good, but I think it’s part of what can annoy me about her character. Different people grieve differently, but also, I know she’s only been in Wyoming for a year or two, tops, but how is it so hard to fathom that someone one would be concerned about their livelihood, even in the face of personal tragedy? Just, seeing beyond her own very narrow experience doesn’t seem like something she’s very good at. It would be one thing if she’d framed it as “this is suspicious, and here’s why I think so as a cop,” but it was, “I wouldn’t react that way personally, so it’s sus.”

Sure, be suspicious because there’s a suspicious death and family members are always suspects until ruled out, but approach it like a cop. Or at least think about it from more angles than just your own, not terribly similar experience. You’re a white city cop who can’t (or won’t) adjust to being in BF rural-ville, but these are immigrant shepherds whose family come from a homeland where the cops were just as likely to kill you as answer questions, and you’re side-eying a guy for going to make sure that their meal ticket doesn’t get obliterated?

I need to keep reminding myself that I really did want to like Vic. I really did. She just... they don’t make it easy for me. Maybe she’s serving as an avatar for audience who don’t know about some of the culture stuff, and the audience get answers from her ignorance? But honestly, I wish they’d picked a different way to handle that, if that’s what they were trying to do. Her response to Henry being salty about Thanksgiving still really pisses me off. Because it was shitty and racist, and... do we really need a character basically rolling their eyes and saying, “It was so long ago, why don’t you just get over it,” about something that is intrinsically tied to the genocide of so many people? Why are Indigenous people just supposed to “get over it” but “Remember the Alamo” and “Southern Pride,” and shit? Fuck’s sake. Honestly, that might have been the moment when they lost me on her character. She has moments where she’s awesome, but they never really address her being fucking racist or give her a chance to grow into a better person. Which sucks a lot. Fuck. Ok, that was a lot. Sorry. Back to the actual ep.

AH, nice of you to beam in from the campaign trail, Brancheroo!

Uh, so I paused it to look at pic in the newspaper, and then being me, started to look at the articles surrounding the pic. And the one with the headline “Fans Injured At Local Game” is actually about the Stewart case? From 1x3? I’m guessing that somebody went to the trouble of writing up an article for that for some S1 ep after it and they just plugged it in because when not paused, you might catch “Sheriff Longmire” there and that’s all they need. Especially since the text starts to repeat after the first paragraph. (I am the worst pedantic little shit.) Ooooor, maybe even though it’s S2, it’s hardly been any time since 1x3? The date on the newspaper is March 31, 2012, so there’s a timeline hint.

Awwwwww, once Walt points out the bird, Ferg knows exactly what it is. Occasional twitcher, are we, my lad? “A red-tip meadowlark,” indeed. Oh bb; Ferg’s face when he sees Walt looking at the pic of him with Branch in the paper.

“You go too fast, you miss the little things.” Every once in a while, he actually sort of mentors Ferg. I wish he did more of that, especially since we see later how capable Ferg can be.

Go suck an egg, Branch. Why does she get all the “good” assignments? Maybe because she was actually on the job when they found the body, not campaigning.

OPE. Lizzie’s gift. Yeah, I’d probably choke on that coffee if I were you, too, girl. Better hope that there wasn’t perishable food stuffs in that gift, because that has been in there for a whiiiiiile, hasn’t it. Wait, was Ferg in the office when Lizzie dropped off the gift? Because his face said more than just “Did somebody give Vic a present?” Suuuuper subtle with that whole pushing the drawer closed with your foot there, Vic. Pfffft.

“Cyrano Caballero” How daaaare that skeeve take Cyrano’s name in vain?!?! (I have a thing about Cyrano de Bergerac. It’s quite possibly my favourite play, and I adore the character, and have exactly 0 chill about it at all. I find Brian Hooker’s translation of “The Ballade of the duel at the Hotel Bourgogne Between de Bergerac and a Boeotian” with “Then, as I end the refrian, thrust home,” vastly superior to any other translation that I’ve heard or read, though for the rest of it, I will grant that there are others to be preferred. But that version of his Ballade is exquisite, and I will not be swayed. Holy shit, FOCUS. That is so very much not the point.) It’s not even a throw away line in this ep, it’s just a random, very well chosen, if utterly appallingly insulting, company name. It’s actually incredibly clever for what the business is, and if it didn’t make me so stomping mad, I would applaud whoever came up with it heartily.

Vic’s face listening to this jackass’ spiel is a thing of beauty. “A good woman goes a long way of easing the obvious stresses of your daily life,” the jackass says, cutting his eyes at Vic when he says “obvious stresses,” and I caaaackle.

What is it about this guys’ horrible glasses that just makes him so much more hate-able? I’m not entirely sure, but kudos to whatever costumer put those on him, because they are perfect. In the ‘I want to punch him’ way of perfection.

And after all of that about Walt’s “lady friend,” Vic brings Lizzie’s present. Womp womp. That went super well. Yuuuup, run while you can.

Poor Ferg. Branch manipulates him, Vic ignores him, Walt shuts him down... Poor guy just can’t get a break.

I actually kind of like this motel manager--the one who “doesn’t judge people” and is a stickler for warrants? At least somebody in this county cares about warrants. Also, those doors are actually really pretty. Nice colour, and the carved scrollwork designs are nice.

What an odd shot: the one when they’re coming out of Walt’s office after talking to Skeevy McGrossFace and Rosa. It’s a weird sort of shaky-cam stepping back, just preceding Branch walking, and then turns to follow him when he sit’s on his desk. But it’s a really different style of shot than I can remember, so much so that it’s a bit jarring, especially after the series of nearly stationary close ups that we just had. Weird. [18:42-18-50]

Cady! I haven’t made much note of her costuming before this, but it seems notable that’s she’s only in monocromatics. Especially next to Fales in muted tones, but still some colour, and surrounded by the colourful grafitti of the alley where her mother was stabbed. Nice way of setting her apart from everything.

SHEEPIES! Ooooo, that wagon is so cool. Ah dang, the way that Sal corrects Walt’s pronunciation of his brother’s name is so gloriously passive aggressive. Good for you, my dude. Names are important, and people should have the respect to make the effort to get them right.

Aaaaaand Walt, the definition of Do, Don’t Tell, just shoves the guy to keep him from drinking the possibly dangerous water, rather than, like, using his words. Walt’s gonna Walt.

Iiiiiiiii am a mess, truly. It cuts to an architectural model and I start giggling like a 6th grader, because I know it’s going to be a Jacob scene. He’s not even on screen yet, ffs. HANDS. I’m fine. Totally fine. (That’s totally a lie. I just rewound to the beginning of the scene because I kept giggling too much to pay attention. What the hell.) First time we’ve seen one of the chips, which at this point must be a marketing mock-up, since nothing is built yet. And he actually types, not just doing the hunt-and-peck thing that is sometimes easier on a tablet.

Looking at the weaving that is up on his wall (maybe a rug?) I’m hoping that the prop people actually did buy from Northern Cheyenne artisans. They apparently did most of their filming in New Mexico, so I hope they made the effort to get the patterns right, and buy from the actual tribe they’re supposed to be portraying, I guess? And now I’m distracted by the fact that the random hanging light behind Jacob is at a weird angle?

Look, ever since I realized that the “Hey,” that Jacob does is apparently just A (thanks to it also happening in That Damned Xmas Movie) I am endlessly amused (and charmed) whenever Jacob does it. I don’t know why it makes me so happy, but it does. (This is legitimately embarrassing. How much trouble I am having focusing. Beyond my normal focus issues, which, as shown above, are already impressive. Because thiiiiirst.)

“My boys at the lumber yard did just throw you a campaign rally.” I love how Jacob is basically apparently not just his secret angel-investor, but also a sneaky campaign manager. Did Branch just think shit like the rally just happened? He’s not fricking Ferris Bueller; somebody organizes those. And apparently it’s either Jacob himself, or someone who Jacob appointed to do so.

“I thought you were just a casino developer.” You have noooo clue, Brancheroo. “I prefer to remain a silent partner. White people get nervous when Indians start taking back their land.” Oooooope. Especially interesting because there are previsions for the Tribal Council to purchase land to be Tribal land (Section 6 of Article IX of the Tribal Constitution), but this seems more along the lines of personal acquisition. Though maybe not, because “on the board” doesn’t necessarily equate to being the owner.

The set up of Jacob’s office is so interesting. Functionally for the show, it’s probably for better shooting angles, so that we can see more of Jacob behind the desk while Branch is sitting in front of it, but from an in-the-verse decorating standpoint, bit’s fascinating. He has this focal wall with the gorgeous wall hanging, flanked by floor to ceiling window, but instead of having his desk centered on that wall and directly facing the bulk of the room, it’s at an almost 45 degree angle on a huge rug, and it’s so unexpected. I kind of love it, and want to analyze it for days. Also worth noting is that pride of place is given to the Hotamétaneo’o headdress which is on a stand centered in front of the wall hanging.

How fucking tired must Jacob be. He’s used to Walt... Walting, but then Branch comes in, who he is literally spending his own money to support in his bid for sheriff, and he pulls the same shit of assuming that he’s behind Bad Shit. And then Branch frames it as “bad P.R,” so he’s there to “discuss it with [him] privately.” And then basically threatens him with Walt. I swear. ...there is something a little amusing about Walt being used as the stick in the carrot and a stick method of negotiating. He certainly is enough of a blunt object most of the time.

Oh fuck you so much, Branch. Playing the “can’t give you details about an ongoing investigation” card as though you have some professional or moral leg to stand on after basically blackmailing Jacob with Walt’s vendetta is just such shit. You don’t get to look down your nose at Jacob’s quid pro quo pragmatism when you were the one who came to him for financial backing. You sanctimonious little shitheel. If you didn’t want to deal with Jacob, you shouldn’t have taken his $100k. He’s a business man, and you’re an investment, and not a quixotic one.

“He’s probably the only person to have died from [hemlock] since Socrates.” And then Walt’s incredulous look and her, “Alright, I googled it,” were subtle comedic gold.

Ooooooo, that was a nice little shot. Not quite foreshadowing, but showing Branch’s suspicions and sort of inviting the audience to share them. Walt says his bit about the Army poisoning “Indian wells” to kill them off and get their land, and then we see Branch fiddling with the Four Arrows chip and narrow his eyes considering and slip the chip into his pocket, looking suspicious. It’s a really neat little moment of visual storytelling, no lines, literally three seconds long, just sort of snuck in there, but super effective. Really nicely done.

And again, Cady is in monochromatics. And, shit, just gave Fales Henry’s name. Aaaaaand right after, she realizes that the junkie was killed and realizes that it had to have been one of her dads (or so she thinks).

Sal’s monologue in the cell is a good emotional payoff that plays off of Vic’s comments towards the beginning of the episode. I see the narrative worth of her making them, and how the structure of the episode benefits from it; but seeing those writing elements from the outside of the show doesn’t make me able to like her as a character who said them in-universe. And then the threat Sal makes of vengeance on someone who killed one he loves also underscores the stuff with Cady’s investigation into her mother’s death very well. As much as I gripe about the writing *cough S6 cough finale cough* there really is some damn good writing in this show, and I don’t show enough appreciation for it.

Huh, and now there’s a sort of inverse of that weird shot preceding Branch from earlier, but this one is much more effective and less off-putting. This one [33:00] precedes Walt as he walks back into his office, still a medium close up, but it’s much steadier, and the way it is framed, it does quite a bit to convey his mindset, and he walks out of the shot and we see the three deputies following him in like baffled ducklings, making the shot serve another purpose, too. Which honestly makes that earlier shaky follow shot of Branch even weirder, because this one was so much better.

And then Walt has his creepy little speech about how someone would want to watch the light go out of their eyes and not caring if you get caught. I do appreciate that when he’s talking about the psychology of killing with poison he doesn’t just call it a “woman’s method” which media so often does. It might have been the writers keeping who the killer was abstruse, but it was still more gender neutral. Especially since according to The U. S. Department of Justice's report on Homicide Trends in the United States (1980 to 2008) of all poison killers in that time period, 60.5 percent were male and 39.5 percent female. (Table 5 on page 10.) So that long held idea that even Sherlock Holmes was written to have that poison is “of course” a woman’s weapon is pretty crap.

Awwww, the good old days when Walt paid attention to animals. ...I am still bizarrely salty about the fact that he never named his horse. What a good pupper!

And then we have a classic example of Sneaky!Walt, which always takes people quite by surprise, because he’s usually as subtle as Miley Cyrus.

Also because when he does this, it tends to be pretty fucked up, in a Make Someone Think They’re About To Die way. And then he does His Thing, where he just lays out all of his suppositions, with no proof, only the terror of her thinking that she’s been poisoned and you’re withholding medical intervention to get her to confess. And is, irritatingly, correct about his theories. But I’m pretty sure this qualifies as coercing a confession? She thinks she’s fucking dying. Even Vic looks at him like it’s fucked up, and her moral compass where he’s concerned is... skewed.

They way this reveal was played out, (”How’d they find her so fast?” “Hard to say...”) is somewhat ambiguous as to whether it’s supposed to be that Branch went there to tell Jacob or not, but I kind of doubt it? I kind of figure that the meeting that Jacob was having when Branch rambled in was already with Rosa signing the paperwork. Jacob is smart. So, HAH. Little good your “can’t comment on an ongoing investigation” schtick did.

And then the news that someone in law enforcement has been asking after Henry.

“Lizzie was waiting for you here tonight. You should talk to her, Walt. She seems to think she is in a relationship with you.” ....omgs. The tone. I mean, yes, the blisteringly glorious SASS, but how does one not read that as incredibly shippy? Howwwww?

“You are an honest man, Walt. I would like you to stay that way.” Oh Henry. When did you decide that you weren’t? Was it when you hired Hector? Or was there something before? ...I feel like there were things before that. Hello darkness my old friend.

“It is not your job to protect me.” “It is my job...” THOSE WERE THE DAYS. Those were the fucking daaaaaays. And the emotions on Henry’s face after Walt says, “That was my right,” as though Henry cheated him of something. I am so deep in OT3 feels I cannot even see daylight here. The feels of them having been an OT3 and then Walt pulling this shit, and Henry having to defend his own “right” to avenge Martha? It wrecks me. “A good woman was murdered. A bad man is dead. End of story.”

#Longmire #Walt Longmire #Cady Longmire #Henry Standing Bear #Branch is such a tool #Jacob Nighthorse #The Ferg #Victoria Moretti #Episode commentary #How many tangents did I manage to go on this time?#so many #Martha Longmire #I ramble about shots and framing and narrative too.#It took me so long to do this.#I am such a mess.

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vanilla-m · 6 years

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🌱 🌱 🌱 Osaka Sougo's '12 SONGS GIFT' rabbit chat 🌱 🌱 🌱

It’s Osaka Sougo’s birthday!! Happy Birthday!!!! 🎈 🎈 🎈 Sou-chan asked all the members a question which was ‘What place and time would you spend it in if you were with me?’. This time also I translated their answers by order. I translated Tamaki’s whole conversation only. Off we go!

Okazaki: I want to spend it by drinking tea in a beautiful hotel’s cafe. It will give me an elegant feeling.

Anesagi: Let’s see, It would be good if you will be with IDOLiSH7′s members when you go for greeting since you are polite, you don’t stay for a long time and you aren’t too familiar.

Banri: There wasn’t a moment where Sougo-kun was with me and I was troubled. All in all, It’s fun when we are in the car, I think? We chat, and it’s fun when we sing together. I feel like I’m being trusted when you sleep so it makes me even more happier.

Yuki: As for me, Rather than where to spend it in, it’s who I want to spend it with and who I don’t want to spend it with. I’m pretty much okay with it since I will tell you ‘don’t talk to me’ if I don’t want you to.

Banri: I’m sorry, Sougo-kun. He is actually trying to be honest when answering your question. Here, answer again properly. (LOOOOL Banri)

Yuki: I want to eat with you your spicy food when you cook it.

Momo: I want to spend my time with you when I’m not busy, because I think I will feel relaxed with Sougo, but this doesn’t mean that I will say ‘Don’t come when I’m busy!!’.

Ryuu: If I would be with Sougo-kun, I want to go out and drink. Both of us don’t remember what happens when we are drunk, but It feels good at the beginning of drinking so I think Sougo-kun will feel relaxed.

Gaku: Me, huh? I would like to meet Osaka before going to work. Osaka, you are our fan, right? I will feel confident and will go like ‘Okay, today too I’ll show you my best’.

Yamato: I think it’s when I return from work tired and you take care of me. You give me drinks, and fold my clothes. So is worthy, he scolds me while spoiling me so I like it. (Yamato is such a baaby)

Mitsuki: What a young master...

Yuki: He really is a young master.

Mitsuki: I want to say alot, but I think it’s when we cook together!

Nagi: Let’s see, I think I want to spend a good time and talk with Sougo about our hobbies. Sougo listens till the end so it makes me really happy.

Tenn: I think my answer is like Gaku’s. (he pretty said the same as Gaku).

Riku: I think it’s when Sougo-san is overexcited, or is engrossed in something. ‘I was able to see Sougo-san overexcited!’ is what makes me feel impressed, so I’m happy when I’m with him.

Iori: For me, it’s when we are working. Osaka-san always searches for things before-hand, so when there is something I want to ask, he’ll immediately answer me so I feel relieved.

Tamaki: I thought about it well, but there is none.

Sougo: Is that so? ......

Tamaki: I don’t mean it in a bad way, I don’t know but we are always together so it feels natural. On the bright side, Sometimes I would think ‘It would’ve been better If Sou-chan was here’. Like when I meet a musician or when there is a person praising you.

Sougo: So that’s what you meant. Thank you, it makes me happy.

#Idolish7 #osaka sougo #osaka sogo #rabbit chat #i7 #12 Songs Gift

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fluffandlove · 7 years

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Your personal story 'Crush Guy' is sooooo adorable!! I read it like it's one of your tickle fics. I know this is not an ask but I just wanted to let you know.

Eeeeeepppp, thank yooouuu! you’re so sweet asuldjfasdkfasdfuilajskdfasduiljfm,asdfjasdf

I honestly feel like I’m writing one every time I make a post about him LOL

Ahem, well then, lemme tell you about last night: We were out drinking (surprise, surprise) and sitting in a semi-traditional restaurant where you can either sit on your legs on the cushions or let them dangle in the gigantic hole under the table. Crush friend was sitting in front of me, both of us totally tipsy and idk what happened, but he made some kind of comment and I was playfully tapping his legs to annoy him

He reached for my ankle, pulled it up to his lap anddidthething. AND DOING AN EVIL LAUGH AND I WAS SO PISSED. I was dying for real and decided to just lie on the ground and take it cause I didn’t have a fucking choice; couldn’t pull my leg back cause he’s so fucking strong, and even if I did manage to, then I would’ve probably hit the table/hurt myself in the process

Our japanese friend, and possibly potential dating material for him, was sitting next to him, looked very concerned for our safety and started hitting his arm, going all, “What’re you doing? That’s mean! Leave Jo-chan (NYUUUUH) alone!”

He let go after a good 20 seconds or so and I was ready to be buried

At some point, we had a moment alone and I blurted out that I wanted to kiss him“Well, you can. You always can, you know that,” he chuckled and I shook my head“Nah, not in front of her cause I think you’re developing a crush on her”“Eeeeeh, maybe.” We had a bit of an emotional talk after that bc he gets really insecure around pretty girls, so we started bickering cause he has no reason to be insecure and we ended up hugging for a while in the middle of the bar He told me he loved me and that he was glad we were friends and that honestly meant a lot to me ;A; asudfiljasdkf

Later, the four (girl friend was there too ofc) of us were sitting together and crush friend kept saying stuff like, “uuugh, I wanna kiss her. She’s so cuuuute.”Japanese friend looked up cause we started laughing, “Eh, what what?” So I was about to translate it into japanese and crush friend FLEW OFF HIS CHAIR and slapped his hand over my mouth, “No, Jo, shush!”I lazily pushed his hand away. “He said that- ACK”He pushed me back until I was lying on two chairs and leaned over me, our faces so close that I could literally feel his fucking breath goddddd aiusldfjasdkfs

“Jo. Don’t.”“Awww, you really like her, don’t you?” I grinned with my drunk everything He looked away. “Probably… so keep your mouth shut. Please?” “Hmmmm, I don’t knoooow~”“Please, Jo?” He was legit begging at this point, which is so OOC that it kinda scared me so I promised and he pressed our foreheads together. “Thanks, you’re great.”

Today at breakfast girl friend told me it’s probs not gonna work out between them, which is really sad cause I think our Japanese friend really liked him too so mmeeeeheee. BUT HE’S GOT ANOTHER POTENTIAL GIRLFRIEND SO LOOOOL

Forever stuck in a rom-com, I should write a novel or some shit

Thanks again for your ask, lovely! ❤❤❤

#crush friend #tickling #stories #anonymous #answered #<3333

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tan-ru · 7 years

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Day 4 of 2017: Last minute meet up before going back to school!

A good buddy of mine doesn’t begin school until 8 days after me, so he was bored af. We decided to meet up around noon until 4 (when my ride was leaving). We walked around in a mall looking for this gift card he needed for a friend and I WAS BEGINNING TO GET HANGRY SO I’M LIKE WHERE. DO. U. WANT. TO. EAT. And us being us we can’t make any decisions.. but I didn’t have breakfast (and I have a history of fainting when I don’t eat breakfast) and had to drive us around. So I’m like yknow what let me take you to a Chinese restaurant LOL

We get there and at first the waiters talk to me in Chinese but then my friend walks in (he’s not Chinese) and BAM they start speaking to me in English LOOOOL dkm. Understandable but made me feel like an outsider :( Anyway the ordering sheet doesn’t have English but I can kind of read the words and I know this restaurant well enough to know what I want to order so I made my order. However, the waitress comes up to me and starts translating my order to me and I’m just like pls ;;;;;;;;;;;; I felt incompetent in that moment but I didn’t want to stop her in case it’d embarrass her so we just sat and listened to her translations.

My ride ended up being 30 min late but I got back to school safe and sound and that’s all that matters!

#DIARY #day 4 #chinese food #restaurant stories

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mynameistori · 6 years

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entry 1 (aug 11)

Hello! Welcome to my blog, I guess. Does this really need an introduction if the audience will probably be just me and the odd explorer (?) who randomly finds this? Anyway, I wanted to start this “diary” thing (log? I don’t know, I haven’t planned that far) because life has been extremely difficult these past few months and while I’m simultaneously moderately impressed at how long I’ve held on for without doing much, I realize that I’m definitely breaking apart and my mind is going haywire. I mean, just 10 minutes ago the idea of shaving my head popped into my head because tying my hair back by my neck made me look ugly. And that’s definitely not something my usual rational self would even dream of because I’ve worked so hard (more like waited so long) to get rid of all of the layers.

I don’t know where I’m going with this. It sounded a lot better in my head 4 hours ago when I was driving back from Waterloo (where I go to school -- my family lives in Toronto, about 1.5 hours away). I think I even came up with a few topics I wanted to talk about, since I don’t really have anyone to talk to these days and my mind just feels so cooped up and trapped. This thought is kind of paradoxical to me sometimes because I crave deep social interactions where I can talk about anything that’s on my mind, and when that happens I can probably talk for a while, yet I very much enjoy silence and definitely get tired of hanging out with people after a certain amount of time -- like an introvert. But I feel extremely lonely and get bored quickly when I’m alone.

I don’t know how much censorship to put into these entries. I would love to be straight up and just use names as is, but there’s always the risk someone I know will find this and spread shit around and I’m tired of that. And who knows, maybe I’ll post it to some social media account just so somebody (anybody) I know can read it and gain insight into my life and maybe offer me the odd piece of advice or comfort I need. I think I’ll keep all names private. But if you’re reading this and you know the story, don’t be a little shit. These are my words and feelings and unfortunately if they don’t sit well with you, bring it up to me privately. Don’t spread it around and ruin lives (mainly mine)... I’m sick and tired of that happening.

Anyway, onto the first story I suppose. Oh actually sorry I have something else, more like a note. I’m writing this somewhat spontaneously, as I’m pretty much just typing up whatever I say in my head. So I guess just pretend I’m having a deep talk or something with you, because that’s what most of this stuff will be… deep talks.

Ok back to what I was getting at -- first story. What to choose? There are so many. I would like to write about what happened two nights ago (because to be honest that’s what has been running through my mind since then and ruining my mind), but I don’t think that’s a good story to start off with LOOOOL. I think I’ll start with home.

Home to me has a lot of meanings. People always say “home is where the heart is” and I think that is the phrase I associate with home maybe 95% of the time (ok I came up with a random number because I knew I had another side to this but it’s not coming to me at the moment). I think I spend a lot of time thinking about the concept of home. Personally, I don’t think I have a location (like a city) I can call home. I don’t think that there’s somewhere I can see myself (or with a partner, if anyone will ever like my depressive ass -- ok disclaimer I have more sides to me I promise I’m just in a bubble of suffering right now) for an extended period of time. “Settling down”, I mean. Might be a combination of my feeling towards family (story for another time, it’s long and controversial), straight up lack of travelling/knowledge about other places, and how young I still am (I’m 22, I don’t think “settling down” is something I really need to care about?).

When I was in high school, I knew that I didn’t want to go a university in Toronto. I didn’t have a great home life in high school, and desperately wanted to go somewhere far but not too far. So I decided to go to UW -- a reputable, relatively new university with coloured faculties (who doesn’t like colour? To be honest I think that was what attracted me the most at first), and a dance community I could probably find my way into to improve my skills (their competitive dance team had won first place in a well-known competition the previous year, and I had been training in urban dance for approximately 2 years back then). So Waterloo became my home away from home and will still be until I finish up my undergrad (in 8 months!!!) and then I’ll move back to Toronto for approximately 3-4 months until I go to London for my Master’s program (assuming I snag one of the 6 spots -- I’m getting nervous just thinking about it). Waterloo has been great for the most part, but has turned sour since the beginning of the year (drama with friends who I lived with; a story for another time, though I’ve tried to forget about it because it hurt me so much). I knew I wasn’t going to be here for a long time (5 years isn’t that long), but I know it’ll always have a special spot in my heart because of all the amazing people I’ve met here.

Sorry, my thoughts can get a little fragmented and sentence cohesion and paragraph closure sometimes suffer... Revision usually catches that, but this isn’t some fancy thing so I’m sorry for everything above and everything to come~

I mostly think about home when I think about Shanghai or when people ask me where I was born. I love being asked about my birthplace but I hate the question that always follows: “When did you come to Canada?” because that always (or usually, I shall not assume) leads people to see me as Canadian-born because I came over when I was 8 months old. I absolutely hate this. It’s actually one of my pet peeves, because I actually feel very connected to Shanghai and always long to go back. I think because my parents made the decision somewhat spontaneously (their life wasn’t extravagant back in China and my uncle was willing to sponsor their immigration so they decided to come over), I feel that I was “robbed” (not really robbed but I can’t think of a better word right now) of a life I could’ve easily lived. I think this is why I prefer living like a local when I go back to visit, because I want to experience the life I never had. And it’s a super convenient one! Why can’t everything be cheaper, transit more extensive, tech more advanced?! Sigh. Another perk of going back is being forced to be offline from social media. It really taught me to just enjoy life and not wait on other people to make things happen. Though I’d love to live in Shanghai, there are so many barriers to deal with. Like the language. I’m not terrible at Chinese, but it’s still relatively poor and translating it from Shanghainese (which I’m much better at but is pretty much dead for people below my age -- thanks government!!!) doesn’t always work. I also dislike speaking it because I’m not confident at all. There’s also the issue of having too much family there (literally all of my relatives), so it’ll never really feel like I’m independent (especially being the youngest cousin, oh lord I’ll always be a baby). I guess even though it’ll always be a place I love, it wouldn’t serve as a place I’d live for a long time (I don’t think I’d last a year there, if I’m being honest about it).

I guess talking about more spiritual homes, I’ve said before that I love having deep talks. I love it when people are comfortable enough with each other that they are willing to share bits and pieces of their private lives, and these are the relationships I crave, though they are the hardest to find and the most painful to lose. I don’t have people I can truly call home anymore. It was my boyfriend for 1.5 years but we broke up halfway through July (another story, wow!). Some of my friends (not anymore, they’re avoiding me) were home to me but obviously not anymore. I recently joined another group of people who like to dance but I still don’t feel like I’m a part of the group (despite how much time I spend with them) because of a couple of reasons, but I think they’re wary about truly accepting me because of my previous attitudes towards them (I had personal reasons as to why I didn’t want to join them but they just know that I didn’t want anything to do with them for a long time) and because for some members my reputation precedes me (mainly because of those personal reasons but also because I was a huge influence on the urban dance community here #successstory -- just kidding, I was overthrown).

Something I’d love to do is to just start somewhere new where nobody knows me, where my reputation doesn’t precede me, and just live life how I want it. There’s so many things I’m scared to do because of social barriers. But I guess there’s also things I’m scared of doing alone (like dining and clubbing). I can never win, haha.

How do I end this thing, do I need a name? I was thinking about this earlier and was trying to come up with some online alias that I don’t predictably use. I decided on using Tori, which is the name I use for my Pokemon games, haha. It also means ‘bird’ in Japanese, and I guess these entries will help me find my way to freedom.

A rough first entry, but I’m glad it got written. Hopefully you enjoyed reading it, whoever you are. Until next time~

#entry 1 #home #introduction

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roscgcld · 3 years

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HEADCANON + GOJO SATORU || s/o with a cute snort

request: Can I have a headcannon of Satour with spending time with his future s/o and they are cracking joke, they are so hard that snort and they feel little subconscious about?

note: of course you can babes! i love this idea because i know a few people who have snorts and they are honestly the cutest sound ever!! makes me super proud whenever someone feels comfortable enough to snort around me. or to think am funny enough for them looool

pronouns: them/they

gojo loves it whenever people laugh at his jokes - even though they are not always funny, he just wants people to give him attention lol

that’s why he loves to disturb you whenever you two are at work, because he knows that no matter what he is going to get a reaction out of you and get you to laugh at him

this took place a lot earlier into your relationship - well, the makings of it that is

the both of you were clearly crushing on one another, but had yet to confess to one another; that doesn’t stop gojo from flocking to your side to disturb you and get a raise out of you

today was no different - you had just returned from a mission with your juniors nanami and haibara, meaning that you have the rest of the day off for you to rest

you had got some ramen from the convenience store and was eating in the courtyard underneath a tree, looking up when you heard someone calling out for you; smiling at the sight of a pouting gojo as he ran towards you

“y/n-chan! where have you beeeeen?~” gojo whines as he wrapped his arms around you, pouting over at you with puppy eyes shining behind his sunglasses while you smile and put your cutlery down.

“sorry, ‘toru - i had a mission.” you admitted to him, letting him seat himself down beside you and not commenting with the other arm wrapped around you still as you continue to eat. “and i had just returned for the day, so that’s why i am having lunch so late.”

“ooh, who did you got out on a mission with?” gojo grins as he pushes his face close, causing you to flush at how cute he looks as you gently pushes his face away from yours with a finger to his forehead.

“stop breathing all over my food. and for your information, i went out with our kouhais.” you hummed as you went back to your food, swatting at his hands when he tried to grab some with his fingers; instead putting some on your spoon and held it out for him to eat. “big baby.”

gojo just grins at your words before he opened his mouth, letting you feed him the mouthful of ramen, smiling at you gently while you went back to eating

he left you in silence for about 3 minutes before he started to bug you about the mission, to which you just smile before you told him everything that had happened

along the way gojo started to make a few jokes here and there, ones that made you let out a few laughs and giggles along the way

this was normal for the both of you when you two spend time together - just gojo flirting with you and making a lot of jokes while you laugh and toss back a few flirts of your own

it went fine and dandy at first - with gojo making a few jokes and you giggling, trying to tell him to stop so you can continue to eat your food

you can’t even remember what was the joke that gojo had said now, but it must have been super funny at the time because you suddenly let out a loud snort

right after that moment you slapped a hand over your face and feel your face burn with embarrassment, since that was the most unattractive sound you could have ever make around your crush

gojo, on the other hand, blinked at you for a few moments before the tips of his ears flushed up as well - finding that sound so adorable and so unlike you

and also a sense of pride - never had he thought he was about to make a joke for you to snort around him

he doesn’t find it ugly or weird at all. in fact now, his new goal is to make you laugh so hard that you’d snort more around him because he wants to hear it more and more

it took a lot of convincing on his end to let you know that he finds your snorting adorable, and after a while only do you realise that half the time he’s making jokes funny enough for you to let out your snort

you had tried to apologise for making a noise like that, but before you can say anything gojo just reaches forward to squish your cheeks between his hands, pouting at you whilst you stare at him in confusion

“you...no one can be this cute.”

fast tracking a few years - you two have long moved on from that awkward crushing phase in your high school years and have been dating for a long time now

till this day you still find it quite embarrassing to snort around your boyfriend, since you were still embarrassed at how ugly it makes you sound

but gojo reassures you that he finds it adorable, and admits that he sometimes enjoy coming up with new jokes just so he can see you laugh whenever you’re around him

you still find it quite a pain, since he specifically make sure that there are others around you two whenever he tries to make you snort - which is true, to a certain extent that is

in reality he just wants you to be comfortable around him to the point where you are not going to hold back when it comes to making cute sounds like this around him

he takes pride in knowing that he can make you laugh that hard, even if his jokes are cheesy and annoy others

as long as he gets to hear that once more, he doesn’t care what others have to say

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