#I don’t even hate a single ship in the fandom so far

[justcallmemrslupin]

Why the Marauders Fandom Is Getting So Much Hate

Alright, listen up, because this needs saying loud and clear. The Marauders fandom (yeah, that fandom again) is currently swimming in a sea of backlash online (even on YouTube), and before anyone asks “Why?” here’s the tea, served hot and strong.

1. They don’t just interpret canon; they rewrite it.

Marauders fans often take the most complex, nuanced characters in the entire Harry Potter universe and flatten them into one-dimensional stereotypes that fit their ships and headcanons. Remus Lupin, a deeply layered heroic figure who battles prejudice and controls his curse with dignity? Nope. In some fanfics, he’s a ticking time bomb or a reckless drug addict. That’s not just a stretch, that’s canon desecration.

2. The obsession with “W"lfstar” (the Ship Which Must Not Be Named).

I get it, fanfiction is fun, but the Marauders fandom pushes this particular ship like it’s gospel truth, even when canon tells us otherwise. Sirius was never in love with Remus; his heart belonged elsewhere (to James and family) and Remus only loved once (Tonks). Yet they flood comments on official HP accounts, David Thewlis’ Instagram, even Pinterest posts, demanding canon confirmation. It’s not passion; it’s harassment. And if you call it out? Suddenly you’re the problem.

3. They erase canon representation to fit their narrative.

JK Rowling gave us a canon adjacent aroace-coded Remus, a canonically gay Dumbledore, a canon Sirius obsessed with James, and even subtle bi subtext for other characters (Dean and Seamus anyone?). But the Marauders fandom? They’ll happily erase or twist this to fit their shipping wars or to “be more inclusive”, which ironically means erasing true canon-adjacent representation. Spoiler: That’s not how inclusivity works.

4. Toxic fandom behaviours: entitlement, gatekeeping, harassment.

Ask anyone outside the Marauders fandom why they avoid it; they’ll tell you about the aggressive fanwars, the relentless pushing of headcanons as facts, and the nasty comments aimed at anyone who dares to love canon or ships differently. It’s exhausting and honestly, it’s given the fandom a well-earned reputation.

5. They claim to hate JKR but obsess over her characters.

There’s this weird contradiction where Marauders fans say they hate the author and canon, yet they can’t stop policing every single detail about the characters she created. They flood every HP space with their versions and don’t leave room for anyone else’s interpretation, especially if it’s canon-friendly.

And here’s the kicker: When people say, “Not all of us are like that,” sure. But here’s a Portuguese saying that fits perfectly: “If you hang out with pigs, you’ll eat scraps." So, choose your company wisely.

So, if you’re tired of marauder mania invading your feeds, remember:

• You can love canon without feeling guilty.

• You don’t have to buy into fanon disguised as fact.

• It’s okay to block, mute, or walk away.

• And above all, respect other people’s headcanons without erasing canon or harassing fans who don’t agree.

Stay safe, stay sane, and may the true Lupin gospel spread far and wide.😅 🐺✨

[shadowsatdawnx]

so my best friend has been doing a reread of ACOWAR over the last week and it has been… incredibly validating to listen to, i can’t lie.

she is, by definition, a normie. she sees some tiktoks, but that’s about all the interaction with the fandom she gets. she’s not diving deep into theories, she just enjoys the books as they are. she loves feysand, she loves nessian, and her favorite character is nesta. she doesn’t have any strong opinions about elain except that she hasn’t done much so far.

the amount of times she’s sent me a voice memo over the last few days talking about how obvious the elriel foreshadowing is, how elain and lucien clearly don’t work and have no romance to be seen, and that it’s very obvious SJM is setting up a rejected mating bond, and all this just from this one single book? like i said, very validating.

her exact words: “anyone that thinks it’s going to be anything but elain and azriel together either don’t understand storytelling or are trolling.” (ngl this had me cackling cause i’ve said this myself so many damn times)

there’s a reason GAs and ELs insist that the previous four books don’t matter and only ACOSF (and half the time, only the BC) matters moving forward.

they know what’s been set up in the books, and they know none of it supports their ship. it’s also why they ignore half the BC or use it to mischaracterize azriel and elain, because even the bonus chapter doesn’t really support them.

normal readers know this. elriels know this. it’s only GAs and ELs insisting otherwise, and that’s only because they fucking hate elain, or they’re so obsessed with their redhead of choice that they can’t see what SJM has very clearly laid out for us.

anyways, it’s always fun seeing a normal person’s take on elriel after being entrenched in this god forsaken fandom for so long

[naneun-no]

You guyyyysssss (fandom rant ahead)

I was off X/Twt for a long time because I switched over to bsky and have generally found it to be a much more positive, small space (like I actually have regular, positive interactions with mutuals rather than just shouting into the void and observing dumpster fires, imagine)

But I hopped back on X these last few weeks to keep a closer eye on the discharge stuff, and because army Twitter still pops off sometimes with HILARIOUS memes and takes and content even if generally it’s a hellscape.

But like.

Good GOD is it a hellscape 😫

Do you guys go on there?? Do you see the crazy?? Has it always been like this??

Like I knew tkkrs acted crazy cause I would get their asks in my inbox, but I guess I’m even more delusional than them cause I really thought the taennie “cosplayer” pics combined with AYS and the enlistment would be a wake up call. Guess not 🙂‍↔️🤣

The other ships are fine because I find it cute and funny — it’s a little weird because I’ve spent so much time in my jikook bubble that I forget that there are genuinely vmin and minimoni and namkook and poly truthers out there and that is so funny and odd to me? But like in an amusing, interesting way. They’re not being dicks about it.

But the solos??? THE SOLOS. That’s the worst part maybe?!?! I went down a rabbit hole y’all and they’re out here talking about Jimin like “he gives too much love to the members, they don’t deserve him, I will never respect them” you mean his best friends?? Like I’m not saying he doesn’t have other friends who he’s closer to and who I’ve never seen, and I’m glad he does! And obviously he doesn’t have the same level of connection with every single BTS member at every single moment! But like… he would choose them over you every single time? And every single member would choose Jimin over their solo stans every time? Like what

There are people out there who really try to protect him from six of his closest connections in the world? Ppl who take it upon themselves to be like “get behind me” to a grown man they’ve NEVER MET in order to protect him from HIS OWN FRIENDS. How do they say it with a straight face??? I’m laughing as I write this???

I dont even mind people being solos. Like. I think the forced-OT7-ication of all BTS fans is kind of silly. Why should we expect every single person who stumbles upon BTS to be equally obsessed with each member, or even value them all? I wish they would, but for some people, they just will never click with all 7 — they find a member they gel with, and they support them alone. Fine. Whatever. But then to go out of their way to hate on the others? To craft narratives where the members hate each other and hold each other back when they so clearly are the happiest as a team? Bro how? Why? What? BTS could have disbanded years ago and they didn’t. They didn’t have to renew and they did. Maybe don’t assume you know more about a literal stranger’s life and situation than they do???

And the crazies hide in plain sight. Because I watched AYS with my IRL friend who is 1) an extremely sweet, clever person and 2) a taekooker (she was targeted as a baby army by the bad algorithms and now she’s sucked in) and watched her say “aw they have such a sibling relationship” when jikook cuddled in bed and then watched her squeal and get butterflies when Tae forced JK’s head onto his shoulder (and I’m not saying anything negative about taekook in that moment but it was far from a cutesie coupley moment, even amongst other AYS taekook moments). I just say that to show how wild perspective can be because she truly saw alllll the jikook antics and chalked it up to friendship and saw 3 moments of taekook coexisting platonically and saw it as a grand romance.

And same for me! Like I ship/support/whatever you want to call it jikook, so that’s the lens through which I viewed AYS and the enlistment and the discharge live and all of it. And sure there are so many people who think I’m crazy for being a real person shipper but at least I’m not denying multiple levels of reality to do so?? And I have a healthy sense of self-doubt?? Idk if jikook are anything more than friends, I *think* they are but they could just be friends and I would be like “ah, okay” because I DON’T KNOW THEM.

Sorry this is such a random rant I’m just… I’m in such shock after doomscrolling on X for like an hour. I need one of those eyeball-washers that’s in a chem lab. I need a juice cleanse. I need to spring clean my brain because what in the anti solo fuck did I just read 😭😭😭

I know this is nothing new. I know if any of my followers read this you’re gonna be in the comments like “Nico it’s always been like this where have you been” but idk I guess I had time away and forgot how bad it was. Stay safe out there for real 🥹

[mirohhwa]

Hiii!!! I’m not sure if you’re still taking controversial opinions, but I do have one that might be. (I wouldn’t call myself a Larrie, I’d say I’m more neutral, but this requires so much nuance, and anyone who sees it as black and white simply isn’t thinking critically.)

If, hypothetically, Harry or Louis were a girl, a large majority of people would believe in Larry, and it wouldn’t be considered a conspiracy. The whole “shipping real people is weird” argument likely wouldn’t even exist, because it wouldn’t involve queer people. Apparently it’s only a crime to ship people of the same gender. I truly believe some antis are antis not because of denials, but because they don’t like the idea of H or L being with a man. On top of that, a lot of Harries dislike Louis and vice versa. That said, the narrative that they hate or have hated each other is pure media Kool-Aid, and believing it doesn’t make you superior, it makes you gullible. Rule of thumb: don’t believe a single thing put in the media unless it is confirmed by the person (or people) the article is about. Neither Louis nor Harry has ever said anything negative about each other publicly, and perpetuating the idea only makes things worse for them.

Larries aren’t as delusional as they’ve been painted to be. To start off, it’s pretty unlikely that all five members are straight. That’s not just from the “gay boyband member” stereotype. It’s based on the number of queer people in the industry, many of whom are closeted, yes, even in 2025. You may not know of that many queer people in the industry, but I promise there are far more than you (and others) are aware of.

It isn’t unreasonable or unrealistic to think two members of a band are queer or that they could have fallen in love. Let’s be honest here: Larries didn’t develop this opinion out of thin air. You don’t just wake up one day and decide two teenage boys are in love. Something led people to that conclusion. I’m not here to go through everything I find questionable, nor am I here to convince anyone of anything. All I’ll say is this: don’t project your personal experiences, fantasies, or dreams. Look at it with an open-minded, grounded, and unbiased perspective. Keep that mindset. Consider every compelling argument from both sides before talking out of your ass.

Like it or not, Louis’ music is queer-coded. Denying it doesn’t make you a better fan, it shows that you don’t listen unless it fits your narrative (and this goes for every side of the fandom). Yes, Louis has said he’s straight, and so has every closeted person at one point in time. If denial is truth, is art simply decoration? No. Denial isn’t always truth, and art isn’t simply decoration. If you don’t believe or can’t see that he’s queer-coding, that’s on you, but don’t tell queer people they’re wrong for interpreting his lyrics in a way that makes them feel seen. Your inability to accept what’s there is not the problem of the person who can. You can use the excuse that he didn’t write “Only the Brave” all you want, but you’re ignoring COACOAC, many 1D songs, and several others in his body of work. And about OTB, he still felt compelled to release it. That says enough. Straight people don’t view love as an act of bravery. The themes of his songs alone are deeply queer-coded.

Anyway, sorry for the long-winded opinion lol!

I love the long opinions lol thank you anon!

I'm still taking opinions so feel free to send them in!

[thepicklekingog]

my marauders unpopular opinions

DISCLAIMER!! I have never watched the movies or read the books, I have no interest in canon whatsoever and the characters are simply my little barbie dolls I like to make kiss sometimes.

WARNING: OPINIONS 🤯🤯

1. I don’t like snape. hate him. not even for any reason he just creeps me out.

2. wolfstar is boring. don’t get me wrong, I can’t really ship these two with anyone else, wolfstar is endgame in every fic and every au I write. buuut they’re so overhyped. the more I think about it they would both just be better single.

3. fanon barty (and slytherin skittles) do not have to be portrayed as nazis in non-magical aus. the potential for characters like evan (loml) is astounding, and so many people drain the fun from this fandom by insisting that they’re nazis. THEY. DON’T. HAVE. TO. BE!!! let people daydream and have fun, some of you have obviously never been in a fandom before.

4. reading and writing ao3 fics doesn’t equate to buying the books (can’t believe this is a hot take but it’s so obvious)

5. I do not like sirius.

6. the black sisters (bellatrix, andromeda, narcissa) are FAR more interesting than the brothers (regulus, sirius)

7. incest is wrong. incest shipping is wrong. do not ship CANON brothers. do not ship pandora and evan unless you hc them to not be related. “oh that makes it even hot—” die.

8. peter is the best/most interesting marauder

9. sirius being portrayed as genderfluid/trans/femme/etc. is really not a big deal at all. y’all are blowing it up into something it’s not 😭 I personally LOVE genderfluid sirius and it’s not even like people are forcing you to like it as well. mind your business if you don’t like it.

10. trans regulus is the best widely accepted fanon in the entire fandom. huge middle finger to JKR. makes me like regulus even more. so much angst but a hopefully happy ending of acceptance and love and trust from his friends. I eat it up every time.

[maxdibert]

I feel like the main reason why people love the marauders era so much is because it is very easy to create a bunch of aesthetics out of it. It's the 70s so people already glamorize it and make it edgy etc. and that's why the fans get lost in their stories. It's all fun and games, dancing, fighting, passion and rebellions that people just romanticize every single character and completely erase or downplay who they actually were. Like with Lily, James, Remus and Sirius. They all smoke cigarettes while listening to ABBA after a day of making silly pranks or fighting for a "cause" during a war. People just project their desires and fantasies into these characters when in reality they all kind of sucked and noone would probably want to live in an era of war and rising fascism with these people.

Honestly, I have no issue with them creating a parallel universe where it's practically a Muggle school with occasional spells because everything about that fandom’s dynamic is basically your average teen drama series. I get where that comes from, and that’s fine—the inseparable friends trope, high school drama, self-discovery, and all that stuff we’ve all related to at some point, even if those of us over 25 find it boring now because it feels far removed from our lives, which are more about paying bills and antidepressants. But I understand the fandom. I understand why they love to idealize it. I get why they’re so into creating "headcanons" that aren’t even headcanons but just rewriting the canon to reflect their image and make them feel seen.

My only real issue, the one thing that genuinely bothers me about that fandom, is that they include absolutely everyone—characters who canonically didn’t even overlap in school years, characters who are canonically psychopaths and torturers, characters who are literal garbage—and they justify everyone. Everyone except one. And that one character, unsurprisingly, is Severus Snape. The canonically poor, canonically unattractive, canonically unmasculine, canonically non-conforming to hegemonic standards of masculinity in both his time and ours. He’s the one who always gets all the hate. He’s the one labeled the homophobe, the sexual predator, the violent one. The one it’s okay to call ugly, disgusting, or make fun of for supposedly not showering or mockingly use his bully-given nickname. Only him. No one else. Just him.

And it disgusts me because that fandom didn’t used to be like this. They didn’t do bashing for no reason; they weren’t this childish.

Can someone from that crowd explain to me why they hate J.K. Rowling so much when they’re perpetuating the same garbage stereotypes? Why do they think they’re so avant-garde by changing the sexual orientation of every male character while relegating the female ones to decorative props, pairing them off so they don’t interfere with their MALE ships? Why do they think they’re more progressive for making Sirius "feminine" while villainizing Severus, a character canonically mocked for being unmasculine? Why do they label James Potter as a saint under the rainbow flag and call Snape a homophobe when it was James who canonically mocked Snape for his appearance and for not fitting the mold of hegemonic masculinity? Why do they go on about body positivity, headcanoning Regulus with crooked teeth or Lily as plus-size, while turning around and mocking Snape for—God, this is so laughably ridiculous—not fitting beauty standards? They literally have posts laughing at him for having a big nose or greasy hair and then have the nerve to act like making Lily plus-size in their fics is groundbreaking?

Do they not realize how utterly hypocritical, cynical, and cringe they are?

If this wasn’t the case, I honestly wouldn’t give a damn about that fandom. I wouldn’t care if they idolized a bunch of bullies or treated a group of budding psychopaths as misunderstood kids. Really, I wouldn’t care. But trying to sell this idea that they’re so inclusive, so free of prejudice, and that their view of these characters is doing the world a favor when they’re perpetuating the same prejudiced, discriminatory, classist, and misogynistic crap as J.K. Rowling on one of her better days on Twitter? They can go straight to hell with that.

Stop bashing a character for no reason, especially when that character canonically embodies everything they claim to be fighting for with their pastel pink version of "That '70s Show." Give me a break. Tell it to someone else.

[strangerthingsfanworkrecs]

Artist Highlight: Jo-Harrington

This week, we're highlighting @jo-harrington! All recs this week will be for her work. @jo-harrington writes for the Stranger Things Fandom, with a special focus on xOC, and xReader fics. She's also a great beta-editor and design all the graphics for her fics! We're highlighting Jo for her incredible world building and strong OCs.

You should check out her Store Manager Verse fics for some great fluff and top-tier retail angst Jo answered some questions about her creative process and her work under the cut

Why Stranger Things?

I’ve been an avid ST Fan since the beginning. My old Store Manager and I watched the first episode in the backroom of our store while folding t-shirts and rest was history. Fic-wise, a certain Metalhead Dungeon Master brought me out of a fanfiction posting hiatus and I haven’t looked back since.

What's your favorite ship (platonic or romantic) to create for?

Platonic is always going to be the Hellfire Club boys. I love writing their adventures. Their friendship is epic and deserves to be explored and celebrated. Romantic…EddiexOC or EddiexReader. I mean, I’ve been an xOC girl since my first fandom. xReader is new for me but it’s almost an extension of xOC. I always joke that I’m allowed ONE epic borbo obsession love of my life per decade and I’ll give them one canon pairing but the rest are OCs.

What's your typical writing process like?

I have an idea, I write it down, I get sick of working on a chapter, I don’t edit, I post. (Which is funny because when I beta, I am a lot more detailed. But for my own work I just need it out of my head.) It might not be the best. It could probably read better or have less typos or mistakes. But it’s always from the heart.

How do you come up with your OCs?

I sit there for a long time and figure out how I can put a part of myself into a story. Oops was I not supposed to say that? Sometimes you think of a character that you just can’t help but want to write. But even if they aren’t a manifestation of your physical self or your personality, they almost always end up being an extension of you in some ways, or something you aspire to be. You also need to add some attributes you hate into them, so that they’re not too perfect and you can throttle them around and make them suffer and not feel too bad/let it become a self hatred thing.

What has been your favorite project so far? Why?

Store Manager Verse. (EMxReader) Retail is who I am and who I’ve always been. I had a mall romance irl that went south. So it was a way to rewrite my past with my comfort character…and also give said comfort character a happy ending as well.

What has been your hardest project so far? Why?

As Above, So Below. (EMxOC) It is a passion project, it is a beast, every chapter takes an emotional toll on me and it takes a month—if not more—to recover. But it has been the single most fulfilling project that I’ve worked on in the 20 years I’ve been writing fanfiction. I've been working on it for about 2 years now. 3 more chapters til the end…I’m gonna be very sad when it’s over.

Have you ever had a creative block? How did you get over it?

My brain is just a beehive that I shake every now and again to get the bees angry. Honestly, the bigger block I get into is self-doubt. I have no problem finding the words, it’s the courage to put them to paper I struggle with at times.

Is there a big source of inspiration for you? Books? Art? Games?

Yes all of the above. But in all seriousness, life experience is the best inspiration. There’s only so much research you can do. Truly for me, the canon characters are the source of inspiration. Then I take from things I’ve done, things I’ve read, places I’ve been in order to take an idea to a fully formed plot.

Is there an upcoming project you're particularly excited about?

Eddie Munson Big Bang. I know you’re gonna hear that a lot. I love creating really ambitious AUs and I think this one is really testing my abilities as a writer. It's a crossover fic, in a way, but with a lot of original plot folded in. I hope I do both fandoms/universes justice.

Is there anything we didn't ask that you'd like to add?

I’m from the Midwest, so thank you for listening to all of my long-winded answers. Haha.

[cloudy-sharky]

A list of reasons why I love all the SpongeBob ships so much

Ok who’s ready for the most unnecessary dissertation that no one asked for! But this blog is my hyperfixation outlet so I’m gonna yell into the ether about why I want these fish to kiss each other.

(1 / 3) Plankaren💙💚-

Ok so. I see ppl being super duper negative about these two (specifically in the plabs sub-fandom) because of plankton’s objectively terrible behavior, but I beg to differ, Karen is also pretty bitchy (/pos), especially in the dark ages of the show (s6-7), which I barely acknowledge! Those same seasons also feature:

- Out-of-character unnecessarily mean-spirited squidward

- Krabs bullying plankton to the point of sewerslidal ideation

- Patrick being a god-awful friend and barely tolerable

So like. Why are we taking this as any kind of indication of what these characters’ actual dynamic should be. I personally don’t vibe with it. If we can ignore the nightmare that is One Coarse Meal, we can uncanonize the gross I-hate-my-wife shit. Plus, the writers on the show nowadays clearly care much more about Karen and making her her own character rather than a naggy wife punchline.

Besides, I think they even each other out and compliment each other a ton!

- he describes her as a wife who understands. She is always there for him, passive-aggressive or not, and she deals well with his mood swings. You can say I’m endorsing toxic behaviors all you want but if it’s funny, it’s funny. Besides, it literally is only funny because we know how much they actually do care for each other. Same reason I love pinky and the brain and all their chaotic insane married couple-ness

- He adores her, despite his overcompensation. We see this often, like their little moment in sponge out of water and in many of the episodes that serve to test their relationship

- In a lot of the aforementioned episodes that test their relationship, such as Plankton Gets the Boot, and Single Cell Anniversary, the entire point seems to be just how far plankton would go for Karen, especially when the situation is his fault. This man will ALWAYS choose his wife over the secret formula or ruling the world, because there would be no point going it alone. he needs her and he loves her.

- I’m obsessed with the way she will never hesitate to put him in his place, because he needs that from her, but she’s also there to comfort him and offer a logical solution to any problem.

- Although it might seem like Karen doesn’t really believe in his schemes, we’ve seen that she actually REALLY admires her hubby and encourages him as much as she can. i mean, that one bit in Karen’s virus with “her version of plankton”?? Which is just a hunky strong man who can accomplish anything?? She’s SOO much more in love than she lets on, I love it.

- Their pet names are just really cute. “Sweetie”, “babe”, “honey”, “precious”, AAUGH I just love sappy sweetness, plus them just both being weird ass entities makes it so much cuter

- I’m in love with perfect amazing woman x pathetic loser, or as my best friend put it, girlboss x attempted male boss dynamics. bonus points for the man being tiny with impotent rage and the woman being able to crush him between her fingers if she wanted to

- They’re really fucking funny.

- I’ve seen a lot of takes that imply that they are bound to each other because of comphet or something along those lines, but I honestly disagree. They have their own issues, but they’re incredibly passionate about each other and I think that Karen finds his antics charming.

- Worst bi4bi poly couple ever

- Toxic str8 ppl are just as fun as toxic yaoi/yuri, ain’t nothin fun without some conflict

-They’re also incredibly sweet with each other in a lot of modern episodes, which is impossible to ignore,, the way she IMMEDIATELY congratulates her man and smothers him with kisses is just,, GAHHH THEM

In conclusion!! They’re rly cute and I like them. I don’t subscribe to gross I-hate-my-wife humor, same with Cosmo and Wanda. Going off of their behavior towards each other as of now, still a mess, but I stan them. I still have to watch the Plankton movie to fill in on all the context i missed with their relationship, but yeah, that’s my thoughts as of now. Maybe one of my favorite cartoon couples.

💚💙💚💙💚💙💚💙💚💙💚💙💚

NEXT UP: THE PLABS RANT, STAY TUNED,,,,

[klarolinexluv]

what's it like to be pro-fascist? jegulus is fucking disgusting and you freaks need to get out of the fandom

Omg i was just thinking I’ve never gotten a hate comment before. It’s so ugly omg. Anyway. Call me a fascist all you want, I’m still going to ship Jegulus.

WHICH BTW SHIPPING SOMETHING DOESNT MAKE ANYONE OR ANYTHING A FASCIST. It’s like, what if I said I shipped Snily? Would you call me a fascist then? Because Snape was also a death eater. And Lily was not. MY POINT IS, shipping what you like doesn’t make you and anyone a fascist. It doesnt make you remotely anything. the only thing it does is make you fan of whatever the ship comes from, (marauders era, golden trio era, new gen, etc etc.) (Fuck JKR) OMG I HAVE ANOTHER EXAMPLE. would ypu call me a fascist for shipping drarry? Draco was a death eater. Harry was the fucking chosen one. Hell, maybe you dont ship drarry. dramione is just the same. shipping draco with anyone basically. the same as shipping regulus or barty or evan. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT DOESNT MAKE YOU A FASCIST FOR LIKING A SHIP OR CHARACTER. just becaude this ship or character 'gets in the way' of YOUR otp, doesn’t mean that anyone who does ship/like them is anything inherrently bad (or a fascist.) Also, you kinda like, taking away the actual meaning of the word??? Like, there are some people who are actual fascists, sometimes I see people comment things like this and I think that you don’t even know the definition of the word.

Fascist: Fascism is a far-right form of government in which most of the country's power is held by one ruler or a small group, under a single party. Fascist governments are usually totalitarian and authoritarian one-party states.

In case you were wondering, supporting and like a character who was a death eater and supporting the death eaters ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS. PLUS THE DEATH EATERS AND TOM RIDDLE WERENT EVEN THE GOVERNMENT IN POWER. Not to defend them or anything but sure they held alot of power but the Ministry still had more (though they did nothing with it the dumb fuckers).

My final point is… ship and love whatever ships and characters you want. Most people don’t give a shit, and those that do are just mindless adults who think they are better than everyone. (newsflash, fandom is always changing and evolving. Get over it). I think it’s wonderful to have so many ships and variation in our fandom, I love exploring all these rare pairs and reading about them.

Don’t let anyone say otherwise, your art, your writing, your love is yours and there are so many people out their that love it just the same as you. Don’t let those single minded haters get to you, they may seem like there is so many of them but in reality it’s probably just one person sitting behind an anon trying to force you out, don’t let them! What you’ve created, what you love is so beautiful and so uniquely you. I love you. I love your art, your fandom. I love you.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE IT KNOWN THAT I AM ALSO A JILY SHIPPER. I actually love jily, but have a preference for jegulus. So… it’s also things like this that make me love jegulus that much more, because honestly, I’m going to love something that people continuously tell me not to. That’s probably unhealthy but it’s true.

My page and inbox is always open for anyone and everyone, even fucking haters, come at me, I’ll rant, like I just did. Anyway- my inbox and direct messages are always open if anyone wanted to talk or had anything they wanted to say to me. (Be warned if you are hating on me I will take screenshots and I will share it with the public, your blog name and all <3)

I hope everyone’s has a lovely day, drink lots of water. I love you!

Live, laugh, love JEGULUS AND REGULUS FUCKING BLACK.

[tartrazeen]

Here it is, folks. The moment of truth. I’m 35 years old today, and I am finally – finally – in a position to answer the question that’s been hanging around this fandom since L4D2 ever graced us with our ship:

Ellis – too young?

I wasn’t expecting to do this chapter-by-chapter, but that’s how it ended up. :/ The first one’s the longest, by far. Honestly, I don't 100% know who I wrote this for. Maybe I’ll rewrite it later. I liked it, though.

The tl;dr is: yes, in Dead Centre and Dark Carnival, Ellis is too young. He's in a gray zone during Swamp Fever. He is no longer too young during Hard Rain and The Parish. ez pz

Before I get into it (by which I mean, “before I seriously start to assess this question,”) lemme just set the stage:

Ellis is 23.

Nick is 35.

Nick is single, and regardless of however long it’s been since he got divorced, he is very divorced and has a negative opinion of his ex-wife.

I’m single and planning to stay single, ‘cause I can’t deal with the hassle of coordinating life with someone else, and my last major relationship was sorta “I’m divorced without having had to get married (the smart man’s divorce – since it’s cheaper).”

I’m a girl.

I’m very hot.

I like money and I get smug about competition.

I hate camping so much. I hate going without deodorant even more.

I will take charge in a crisis situation, and if someone else seems like they should be the leader, my job’s to be their second-in-command and get everyone else to shut up, because I don’t want to be in this crisis for a second longer than I have to.

Basically, me and Nick understand each other. I’m as close to being Nick as a Black girl living in Canada can be, which makes me extremely qualified to speak from his perspective. He’s my fursona, in the way that the wolf from the Bad Guys movie is Nick’s, and that’s 99% of the way to having his power of attorney.

That means everything I say here is objective fact that will hold up in court, and any refutations or arguments would be legally and instantly dismissed with prejudice. I even just called Nick; everything I say here is right, he said so himself. That’s him on the phone again – he says, “Tartra, tell them how hot I am.” Can do, fursona! o7

Throughout this, I’m gonna lay out my opinion in general, and then cut back to how I think it relates to Nick and Ellis specifically. (I’m also gonna keep up a I-think-I’m-funny level of facetiousness throughout this; I’m not actually a bitter asshole. I can write fantastically as one, though. Go read my fanfiction.)

I will give headers for “Tartra’s Talk” and headers for “Nellis Land.”

ANYWAY HERE WE GO!

Chapter One – The First Impression

Tartra’s Talk

So Ellis is 23. Immediately, I’m put off by that age if it so much as sniffs in the direction of ‘relationship.’ I am not here to build a life – or share any emotional investment beyond surface-level friendship – with a 23-year-old. I am not knocking on his door, and I will laugh at him if he comes knocking on mine. I’m not even flattered; I’m insulted you think that you, a twelve-year-old, can take your little seven-year-old hands and wave them at me like, “ur pretty can u be my gf”

I am 35. I don’t have kids, but I have bills, a job, a home, and absolute freedom to do whatever I want now that I’ve gained the experience to understand how everything in the world works (i.e. people will do whatever the rules say, and the people making the rules are dumb and power-trippy). I am not here to help you, twenty-three-year-old-with-audacity-to-pursue-me-as-an-equal, navigate every little thing in the world. Go figure it out; I didn't sign up to babysit, or to allow some kid to leech off of my hard-earned wisdom. Oh, I’ll share it with him in pieces, purely to dazzle him, but he is not welcome to it as if it’s a joint bank account. No, no. That’s my money and that’s my life. He’s gonna spend everything on – like... Mountain Dew and PS2 games.

(Yeah, I’m also gonna spend it on Mountain Dew and PS2 games, but I’m gonna do it knowing it’s a conscious choice that’ll screw me over on paying rent, not out of ignorant bliss that “money is so abstract lol there’ll be more later” – YOU ARE GOING TO DESTROY MY CREDIT SCORE (/figuratively) (/literally))

Let’s unpack that, using our critical thinking skills:

What assumptions underlie Tartra’s perspective?

A 23-year-old will not confer any emotional benefit to someone who is 35

A 23-year-old is inherently irresponsible, and will fall into traps that further life experience would have prevented

A 23-year-old would be dependent upon a 35-year-old to maintain – or increase – their current lifestyle, with little to no reciprocation

A 23-year-old would be additional, burdensome work for the 35-year-old

A romantic commitment to a 23-year-old would confer a false equivalence of social status with that 35-year-old

Especially that last one. I’m the one that has to live with the, “... You’re dating a 23-year-old?” questions. Even if he gets a few, “Oh, but 35 is so old,” it’s still wrapping around to imply that he’s the one being wronged. And here’s the thing: I don’t even need to touch the nuances of that, of whether he’s being wronged, because I am being wronged by having the accusation thrown at me. And I didn’t even want to date him. The price of a 23-year-old’s admission is really high, and like I said, I need to spend that money on poor financial decisions made with experience and intention.

Where does this come from?

The previously shitty divorce. In which I already had a committed relationship (as far as I care to define it), and everything went to hell. I hated it. And I was literally 23 at the time. I had no ability to navigate those problems. I would now, obviously, if I had to do it all again, but what that’s now setting me up for – if somebody else was the 23-year-old – is having to navigate those twists and turns for us. Both of us. Not only would I have to keep fixing shit preemptively, and thanklessly (since the 23-year-old wouldn’t know to appreciate what I saved us from), but I’d have to fix all the shit he starts up, because he’s emotionally flapping around and kicking up a gigantic mess. He doesn’t know what consequences there are to his actions, which is fine, until he’s stuck me with the job of enduring them.

I would have to – first of all, I would have to explain to this kid what a ‘relationship’ was. He’s not using it the way I’m using it. He’s giddy about romance and Disney hearts, ‘cause he’s never had to get to the other side of the finish line and deal with the “Is this it?” feeling of everything else. When he’s going, “omg I’m in love with you,” I’m gonna have to constantly be like, “Haha omg that’s so cute, you’re like ten, I bet you did Movember ‘cause it was ‘a good idea’ and not because you understood that you were personally at risk for prostate cancer.”

Me? I’ve had mammograms and ‘scary results’. I don’t know how he’s gonna react when I’m in that situation again, and a gentle pat on the back from him going, “We’ll get through this together,” is not what I want. I need someone being angry on my behalf. Does he know how much work I’m now gonna have to go through to get these results checked out? The back and forth to appointments, talking to the doctor, not hearing back for ages, trying to move it up, then having to ‘monitor’ it for the rest of my life? No, because that’s the thing his parents handled. He’s never been exposed to that coordination and scheduling and basic administration. That’s what ‘relationship’ means: our problem, not “oh no, something bad happened to my sweetie heart :( this is gonna ruin date night.” Fix me, jerk. I’d be fixing you. Istg if you make me have to pick up your slack by explaining everything while I’m enduring it? Useless.

I do think it’s cute (/patronizing) that he’ll be so proud of offering to take that on after I lay it out for him. It’s all abstract, remember? Theoretical. And if I’ve been through it myself, of course he’ll have me as a guide!

What did I literally just say? “Istg if you make me have to pick up your slack by explaining everything while I’m enduring it” – see, it’s so easy for him to write cheques he ‘knows’ will never need to be cashed. Then when I go to cash it, suddenly he’s emotionally overdrawn, and this is all too much for him. Move along to someone who needs less maintenance – or someone who won’t mind him reacting to eeevery little thing with, “Oh I didn’t know it worked like that!” while I’m busy going through it. Someone his age, who also hasn’t gone through it. They can figure it out together – idgaf.

Nellis Land

:3

So. Nick meets Ellis.

Immediately, Ellis is too much work. He’s got no ability to regulate his energy (and he has so much energy fml). He can’t regulate his volume. He doesn’t know he can even die yet, so he keeps doing the stupidest shit. He assumes things are going to work out in earnest, instead of using it as cynical optimism to survive to the next milestone. He genuinely thinks this is bad, but if everyone works as a team, they’ll all get through it together.

Ellis does not understand what a ‘team’ is.

Teams fall apart. Teams have strengths hidden by their weaknesses. Teams have to have structure so the henpecking and dick-measuring doesn’t consume every second of the day. Teams take work. They don’t just happen. “Oh we’re all in this together” – we are four people in an elevator that’s on fire. We are only ‘in this’ insofar as the elevator door has not yet opened. And it so cute (/derogatory) that Ellis is taking any offence to this, and not seeing it as – like, the obvious state of affairs. Nick is trying to escape for his life; he doesn’t have time for trust falls and icebreakers to, at best, accomplish what he has just as much chance of doing on his own.

Ellis, essentially, offers nothing.

He’s too young. And he’s acting young, which is the purest proof of how young he is.

Rochelle? Even she’s got a little too much optimism. She fell into the idea of a team immediately, assuming that what everyone was doing, but at least she took it from the perspective of, “If I do my best, I can make this work.”

Coach has the right amount of experience – but unfortunately, it’s experience applied to young people. He knows he is going to have to drag everyone into a team, and will crush any signs of resistance to that, but his method is, “I’ll give everyone a chance to follow the rules, then I’ll deal with the rule-breakers.” Wrong. Rules are stupid. Nick knows that. ‘Rules’ are how the four of them ended up in a hotel that was on fire in the first place. And Ellis’ inability to point that out – even when Rochelle makes the effort to notice that – is a massive blow to him providing anything of value to Nick.

So on all fronts, Ellis is too young, and it’s not happening.

Keep in mind: this isn’t a scenario where the two of them went up in the elevator together, made eye contact, then had a few minutes to think about it. The apocalypse is actively happening. Before they know about the zombies, they know about the helicopter leaving. That’s where Nick’s mind is at. The absolute most he could do is look at Ellis and think, “Smash,” but even that’s wasted brain power ‘cause Nick can’t do anything with that information. At best, they’ll cross that bridge when they get to it, but there is no bridge right now. There’s only empty air where a helicopter should be, and fire where there should not be fire.

And. The. Fact. That Ellis decides to respond to this on the rooftop like, “Aw shucks, this is a pain, this is gonna ruin my plans for the evening” – THE FOUR OF YOU ARE GOING TO DIE, WHAT ARE YOU NOT UNDERSTANDING, ELLIS? The restraint Nick shows in not having each of his opening dialogues be about threatening to hit Ellis is unbelievably admirable; I’m frustrated at just having to think about explaining, “Hey, buddy, you know, I think the helicopter going away is a bit more serious than that” – THE HOTEL IS ON FIRE, I DON’T HAVE TIME TO EXPLAIN THIS TO YOU, I WENT UP HERE ASSUMING IT WAS A ONE-WAY TRIP AND NOW I HAVE TO HOPE TO GOD I WAS WRONG, LET’S GO.

And then Ellis not picking up on the fact that Nick doesn’t want to be on a team with him? Ugh. UGGGGHHHHH. I would be ditching them for my own safety, ‘cause I can’t run through a fire holding hands with someone who insists we can maybe fight it with a fire extinguisher – which is what I assume the next stupid thing he says is gonna be. So sure, here’s Nick’s name, since we need it for basic coordination through the hotel, do not follow Nick after that, because he is not getting saddled with this dead weight on a sprint for his life.

... and then, y’know, they find out about the zombies.

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Chapter Two – More Time to Think About It

Tartra’s Talk

So we’ve just gone through a crisis. Surprise, surprise, the 23-year-old had as much information as I did: none. That meant I wasn’t annoyed by all of his questions – as they pertained to that crisis – because they were ones I had, too. Fine. But don’t get carried away. This was not a crisis anyone could predict, or else I would’ve had a plan for it already. In that case, me and the 23-year-old would’ve been right back to where I said we were before, where I’m the one having to figure things out for both of us. ‘Luck’ does not a ‘relationship’ make.

The 23-year-old is, however, automatically promoted to ‘on the table’.

Normally I’d need to draw things out more, get a better feel for if things were steady enough to risk a FWB arrangement. Obviously, if this was a one-night-stand, we’d be over and done with this already. But this is about something with more commitment. Something that might happen more than once. I’m not interested in his feelings, at least not past my own curiosity, but something physical is worth considering I guess.

He’s hot, after all. That is now the value that the 23-year-old provides. There’s something attractive enough – and objective enough – that I can point to it and tell all my other 30-ish-year-old friends, “Smash,” and they would get it. I’m not marrying anybody, just enjoying the opportunity that’s there.

Nellis Land

A safe room, a shift taking watch, a quick team-up to find supplies – sure, if Ellis is down for it, Nick’ll hop on that. He’s bored and it’d be dumb not to, and there’s no immediate danger in those moments.

Besides, by navigating through that crisis, Ellis has established a baseline level of competence. He’s not so hopeless that Nick can’t potentially explain the rules and have them be understood... but that does mean Nick will have to explain that it’s casual. And then explain what ‘casual’ means. And then explain that casual also means Ellis doesn’t have to broadcast it to the others. And then we’re back to it potentially being more work than it’s worth, and it’s – like...

Ellis would have to already be into Nick. Enough that Nick isn’t having to convince Ellis into anything. It’s got nothing to do with it being ‘appropriate’ or not; it just reduces the effort required to manage any fallout, which will be the lingering price that has to be paid when it comes to hooking up with a 23-year-old. Coach – who’s like 45 – is going to think it’s immature, which is actually okay! Very easy to explain. But Rochelle – being 29 – is going to think it’s ‘taking advantage of someone more than ten years his junior.’ Blah-blah-blah, that’s exploiting him, blah-blah-blah, I’m not leaving you alone until you justify your actions to me. It’s very 29 of her. So the least Ellis can do is already be attracted to Nick, so Nick can point at that and tell Rochelle, “It was his idea.” That’ll sic Rochelle onto Ellis, who’ll be lost in trying to talk some sense into the kid – and not into Nick. :)

Once again, it all comes down to how much work is required.

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Chapter Three – Appearances

Tartra’s Talk

Oh my good God, we are in a swamp.

I am gross.

I feel gross.

Everything is gross.

Get in the fuck away from me, small child. “Oh but you’re still so beautiful” – INCORRECT. I am perfectly aware of when I’m beautiful or not. To insult me by saying I’m still that? Does that work on every other 23-year-old? Wow, they must be so reassured and comforted – find me some fucking deodorant.

I don’t know him. I have no reason to put any trust into his opinion. This is exactly the type of crisis I was talking about. Is he rolling his eyes because, “Haha it’s just smellz”? I hate him. I don’t waste my time bringing up complaints because they don’t matter. I bring them up because there’s a problem that needs to be corrected, and the least he could do – if he can’t fix it – is be equally as concerned as I am. But he’s at a four when I need him to be at seven, and for that, he can lose my number. He has failed the true test.

This is why we don’t get involved with 23-year-olds when we’re 35. They’ll spin around and try to gently explain that you’re overreacting like you aren’t keenly aware, and it’s the most condescending excuse for a reality check you never asked for and did not require. ‘Overreacting’ – what a big word! Next he can try looking up, ‘No shit, Sherlock, I can multi-task at how many problems I have at once.’ If, at 35, something is still worth taking up this much of my attention, it doesn’t really matter if it’s rational or not, does it? Not a question; the answer is no, it doesn’t. That’s my little quirk, and it’s been in my life longer than he’ll be in it, so show it some damn respect.

And I can’t help but notice he’s treating it as another ‘my problem,’ not ‘our problem.’ What a dick.

Nellis Land

The fact that the two of them start bonding over how much they hate the swamp is the closest this game gets to canonical wedding bells. Nick, with his suit and his fastidiousness, is raging on the inside. Even worse, he’s had to accept that he’s got no fix coming for it. That’s damn-near a terminal disease (in terms of hygiene).

Ellis gets in a few jokes, sure. So do the others. But jokes during Dark Carnival hit differently during Swamp Fever. The crisis has emerged now, and as fine as it is for everyone else to be gross and awful, it’s not okay for Nick to be like that. So the mutual hatred they have for the swamp? That is the thing keeping Nick’s sanity intact. Excellent work. Highly attractive. Nick would hook up with Ellis right now, because they are maturely agreeing this swamp sucks, and it is a “Nick pursues Ellis” attack.

This, to a 35-year-old, which I now am and can objectively speak to on behalf of every 35-year-old’s experience, is the equivalent to opening doors, draping jackets over puddles, and showing up with flowers for a 20-something-year-old. Nick doesn’t need all that; it’s a script, he’ll take it if it’s nice and doesn’t get in his way, but it doesn’t mean anything emotionally. But getting on his level to bitch about the swamp/hell? Ellis might as well be wearing shining armour. He’s gorgeous. It’s so romantic.

But here’s where the age comes in again: Ellis fell into that naturally. It was a genuine opinion he already held, which is why he said it. If he loved swamps, he’d be going on and on about how Nick should see the bright side of things, and Nick would be within his right to stab the guy.

It’s not to say that Ellis can’t read a room and hate on swamps out loud even if he loved swamps secretly, but that it comes across as ‘luck’ again. Yes, the mutual hatred is attractive... until he catches a sunset and then he tries telling Nick to appreciate it too. Then Ellis is back to being too young – and too much work to deal with for anything more than a unattached fling that’ll end as soon as they get back to civilization.

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Chapter 4 – An Actual Commitment

Tartra’s Talk

The crisis has shifted. It’s back to being the one me and 23-year-old had to learn to navigate, because we’d never been through it before. We’re now building on that bond, and he’s showing consistency in being dependable.

This is – uh...

Huh.

Honestly, this is embarrassing, because this is peak levels of attractiveness. And I’m supposed to be the mature one, who knows all this over stuff, and here I am swooning (SECRETLY) over how capable and competent the 23-year-old is being. Especially if this keeps happening, and if it’s so dire that it takes our complete attention, I’m suddenly rejigging my price-of-admission calculations and a relationship is looking more affordable.

But I’m embarrassed because that’s a trap. How many times am I expecting this exact situation to pop up? At a certain point, that becomes an inability to solve the problem at its source, causing me work that could’ve been otherwise unavoidable. Everything outside of this scenario is still untested too, and it’s still right where I left it at Chapter One. How ridiculous am I going to seem if I attach myself to somebody who can nail one specific emergency, but nothing else?

Still, credit where credit’s due. For as long as we’re still in this situation, and for as long as I still glow when thinking about his actions, I’m on board to strike something up. I will put in that work as an investment. I will go all the way up to ‘girlfriend,’ even though that term makes the age gap super obvious. But sure, I’ll go along with it. Within reason. This has an expiration date, so we’re not gonna get tangled into anything long term. With that said, wheeeeeeee – let’s get stupid with it!

... If he’s pushing for it. Like I said, I’m embarrassed that I’m finding anything emotionally impressive about a 23-year-old’s ability to handle a situation. I’m not going to further debase myself by pursuing something romantic with him. If he pitches it, I’ll happily accept. I might even hint that the door’s open if I shut it earlier. But I’m not gonna be chasing him. If this is what he wants, he can put the work in. I’m only agreeing to meet him in the middle.

I would hook up with him, though. I’d chase him for that.

Nellis Land

If they’re not already hooking up, after Ellis had to help Nick navigate blinding rain and a refill mission, they’re hooking up now. Enthusiastically. It’s not even a ‘reward’ for how annoyingly persistent Ellis has been, if he’s been puppy-crushing this entire time. This is Nick pursuing it for his own sake; he’s into this. He’s thinking ‘My hero’ after a showcase of everything Ellis can heroically do.

Here, Nick would also put up with the effort required to ‘explain himself’ to the others, so it’s not going need to be hidden from Coach and Rochelle. If Ellis tells them, Nick will shrug, and as far as he’s concerned, he has all of Hard Rain to point to as his justification. But he would still need a justification. Ellis is 23, and as much as he’s an adult, that plus a 35-year-old is like, “You’d better be keeping this physical and not treating it like you have an actual connection.” ‘Cause, again, what’s Nick supposed to get from Ellis without putting in a ton more work that everyone knows Nick won’t do? Not long-term, anyway.

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Chapter 5 – The Plunge

Tartra’s Talk

If we survive this, and actually get to this point, fine. I am proposing to him.

I have stopped caring about what other people are gonna say. I’ve stopped lording my own experience over his. I’m not playing hard to get or being coy about it. This guy has impressed me over and over, handled his shit repeatedly, had my back, listened to what I said, came up with his own ideas instead of leaving it all to me, and he’s hot. It would be stupid not to lock it down. God help whoever tried to be snarky about it while I’m in earshot. How about everybody just minds their own business, okay? I know it’s weird, it’s fine.

He’s gonna have to still figure out his dealbreakers, which is the final hurdle to deal with. I’m not having kids; if he’s on the fence, I’m holding my breath until he decides one way or another. If he tries talking me into it, I stab him. But if he decides he wants that, it’s going to suck, but – hey, that’s the risk of getting involved with a 23-year-old. They don’t have things figured out yet. Which is fine! It’s just about whether he figures it out before I’m too invested and have to deal with a messy untangling of our lives.

If we make it ten years, I’ll chill out and assume we’re in it for the long haul.

Nellis Land

You cannot tell me Nick isn’t a stage 5 clinger. The second he decides he’s in love with Ellis, it’s over for him – so Nick’s going to be fighting that every step of the way, and this is where me and him diverge: I’ll go along with it, ‘cause whatever, if we break up then we break up, but Nick’s going to be ‘testing’ Ellis just to make sure. Over and over.

I’m so sorry, Ellis, you know not what you’ve unleashed. His only off-ramp is to keep it as a FWB thing, because if he reaches this point still telling Nick that he wants a ‘real relationship’? Guess what friend: Nick is now assuming Ellis means it in the ‘I’m a 35-year-old’ sense.

And now we are just waiting and hoping for Ellis to figure out that people who are 35 are exactly as stupid as people who are 23, but way more shameless about it. So – uh... don’t expect Nick to ‘change’. This is what it is. Get on the ride or hop off.

Anyway, no, Ellis is no longer too young uwu

i'm gonna go eat a cake

[davekat-sucks]

Yea no, I still don’t know how Rose’s creations in Meat is anywhere near implied to be her and Dirk’s biological kids, and at this point I don’t fucking care about what “proof” there is when the only damning piece of evidence is one single panel where the two stand over a tube. And don’t give me any bullshit about ectobiology because Ly’lac doesn’t share a single visual similarity to Dirk whatsoever. She and the nymphs are Rose’s creations, and the Satyrs are Dirk’s. That’s that. But it won’t matter because hypothetically, we could see the satyrs look like a cross between centaurs and my little pony lookalikes, and y’all would STILL say that they’re a result of inbreeding, because god knows the Anti-HS2/HSBC community really wants to relive 2019-2021 when it became the coolest thing in the world to make as much outrage as possible.

Maybe I’m just so jaded about homestuck discourse that I roll my eyes whenever someone mentions things like Yiffy, calling Kanaya a cuck, calling Jade a sex pervert, saying that DirkRose is canon and they’re just fucking like Mormons, or Davekat is worse than the antichrist, because it’s been REPEATED. FOR ALMOST FIVE GOD DAMN YEARS. It’s like that fucking crow comedian comic where someone boo’s him and tells him to get some new material, as he nervously looks over the cards that tell the same tired joke. Mental growth is laughed upon in this community because much like Candy and its portrayals of the beta and alpha kids, some of y’all have not grown and it shows every aching moment. And I wouldn’t care about it at all really, if it weren’t for the fact that actual friends of mine would get harassed whenever expressing enjoyment of these past few updates. And I know one of you jackasses would go as far as to say “Well, they probably deserved it anyways!”

Maybe this is a wake up call for me to just disassociate from the entire fandom, to enjoy the original comic and what the new team is making in utter silence since there can’t be a single day where we have a normal, non terminally online discussion about the themes and the characters and the ships- oh GOD where do I begin with the shipping discourse. I’m tired, it’s all.

Hey man, don't blame me. Blame the shitty shills that still kiss Andrew Hussie and his team's ass even after all the bullshit and controversy they shared. How can you justify a development hell of a game like Hiveswap? Say that it's like Yandere Simulator or Star Citizen? How do you justify Hussie basically lying to his team on making HS2/Beyond Canon so he can pay off his debt to Viz Media? Or now with them taking legal action to take down the Unofficial Homestuck Collection, the only way for anybody to read Homestuck since the site that was once MSPA is broken. But it's best you just stick with the original webcomic for what it was and ignore the current stuff. And if someone tries to bring it up, tell them it's not canon and move on. If they hate you for it, let them.

[ryuichirou]

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Today I bring you some replies…!

Anonymous asked:

That shota Ness is so cute 🥰 thank you for drawing him Ryu!

Thank you so much! <3 His backstory was very sad, so I had to draw him.

I’ve been drawing a bunch of new characters lately, even though we don’t post them… I’m happy you liked my Ness!

Anonymous asked:

ayyYY ME ENCANTA TU ARTE 😭

Thank you!! ^^ <3

Anonymous asked:

On one hand, I’m a little surprised you listed Kaiser as a top, as he seems to fit with a few of your typical bottom archetypes. Other the other hand, he is basically a blue, European Shidou with self image issues, so I can kinda see why he’d be a top in your eyes

First of all hehe thank you for checking the list! We’re updating it from time to time, so it’s cool to see that someone is interested.

Kaiser made a very strong first impression, and I guess his assertiveness and the sense of drama made him closer to some of the tops that we love. As always, it’s mostly a gut feeling!

Calling him a blue European Shidou is funny though 😭 to be honest, Kaiser is much more chill so far than I expected him to be for some reason, but maybe I haven’t seen the worst of him yet! I’m very excited to read more.

Anonymous asked:

Hey, how You two have been? I hope is everything good anywhere you two are. So i have a question, what are you guys thoughts on The twst fandom overall, and have you two explored more twst spaces (Tik tok, insta, idk)?   Things got crazy in twsttok cuz a yume creator got exposed as a groomer. It was ironic cuz in their callout post (in screenshots) they said they hated proshippers. Any thoughts on this¿ People can be real hypocrites, they'll be hating on something while doing something far worts

Hi Anon! We’re okay, working hard 👍 I hope you are okay too.

The twst fandom isn’t as big as some other ones, but it’s still pretty huge, so it would be unfair to judge it as a whole. Over these two (?) years we had both great and horrible interactions and experiences, met a lot of truly wonderful and inspiring people, but also got reminded times and times again that cruelty and stupidity are the worst combo when it comes to people on the internet. And I don’t think this is a twst problem: this happens in every single fandom – some people just don’t know how to have genuine fun and how to act in fandom spaces, and fandoms end up being violent spaces where you can get harassed and even doxxed because of a ship you like or any other stupid reason.

I’ve heard a little bit about the story you’re referring to, and yeah it’s not really that surprising (because it’s not the first case of an anti being outed like that), but still very, very disappointing. Of course someone who “hates proship” would be considered okay; crying about a bogeyman is a perfect way to deflect attention from your own wrongdoings.

With “safe adults” like that, we’re better off teaching children not to trust anyone on the internet at all all over again. But instead they’re being taught how to police each other’s ships and encouraged to not treat anyone with basic human decency and kindness.

Anonymous asked:

HAVE YOU SEEN THE VIL OVERBLOT CARD?

YES!!!!! IT’S SO GOOD! AND THE GROOVY IS INSANE I’LL NEVER RECOVER

[hrizantemy]

Staying anon bc I’m sick of the vile hate/threats I receive for liking both Nesta and IC, but I get if you don’t want to engage.

I personally feel that there is a portion of the fandom that is so obsessed with hating the IC that they end up destroying Nesta’s character over it. Like because Nesta doesn’t mirror their own journeys perfectly she’s been written wrong, but Nesta’s character can’t account for every single persons journey either. No character can. Or maybe people get so stuck in the fandom that they get so far away from the source material and what’s truly canon v headcanon.

I see so many takes that end up reducing her to this weak, spineless idiot afraid of her own shadow, and I just don’t see her character this way at all. And I don’t mean people who don’t like certain ships or characters or plots that are canon. I mean things like:

I see so many people talk about how Nesta is completely manipulated into the following: being with Cassian, becoming a warrior, going to the CoN to interact with Eris, training, etc when this is the same character that was so strong-willed as a human that a high lord’s glamor didn’t properly stick. The same person who TOOK something from the Cauldron, who made a death promise to Hybern. This doesn’t mean she can’t be scared, bullied or manipulated of course, but why is everything she chooses for herself questioned and dismissed by those “pro-Nesta” readers?

Another thing with her training: Nesta definitely doesn’t initiate the training with Cassian, but saying she was turned into a warrior against her will takes away from her effort, from the peace she starts to find in the exercise and control, but also her formation of the Valkyries. I’ve even seen takes about how Rhys probably planted the idea into her head so he could gain new fighters—can this woman have nothing of her own?

Every time I see a post about how the IC “were horrible to her for no reason” it always either downplays or blatantly disregards the way she spoke to others. Nesta IS a good person, but that doesn’t preclude her from purposefully harming others with her words and demeanor. She can use both like weapons and does when it suits her, often to her own regret: like against Elain and Cassian.

Nesta herself believes she failed her sisters, especially Feyre. Many posts use this as proof that SJM used SF to “remind everyone Feyre is the real victim again” but I feel like this is a very shallow take. I think it’s very telling of Nesta’s character that she went through so much but at her core takes a lot of blame for things that happened in the past. It doesn’t make it *true* that all those things were her fault, but she herself says she would have let them starve just to prove how terrible a father their dad was, and she hates herself for it. How compelling that she has to work through all those emotions and has to deal with *herself* as one of the biggest “obstacles” to overcome.

Nesta resents Feyre for doing what she felt she should have. Nesta didn’t hate Cassian—she couldn’t look at him because she blamed herself for all the Illyrians she couldn’t save. Nesta has to confront and forgive herself, the person who ultimately matters most. Anytime any other character comes close to making this realization (and I think it’s pretty wrong to say the solution should have been to “enter her mind and see”) she shuts down the conversation/changes topic.

I know ‘THE HIKE’ is controversial for so many people, but I also fail to understand how people got out of the book that all of SF was about making Nes apologize to other people (the IC specifically?), but when they talk about forgiveness and Nes says it isn’t that easy, Cassian counters that forgiveness isn’t just about others, it’s also about ourselves. He tells her not to worry about the past, apologize only to who *she* felt she needed to, and then move on. It isn’t about turning her into a personality type like Elain—Elain is probably the biggest outlier in the IC as far as personality types, because everyone else does have that edge and sharpness that Nesta herself has.

The apology she does have with Feyre is not drawn out. Nesta doesn’t know how to say the words out loud but she projects them enough that Feyre hears them—it’s a brief scene, interrupted even due to them dealing post Prison/Lanthys visit, but Feyre forgives her. It isn’t held over her head or made into a spectacle. Nor is this passage about Feyre at all; it’s about Nesta being comfortable in her own vulnerability and believing herself deserving of forgiveness, which is a step in her healing.

And don’t get me started on how other characters are said to be ridiculous for perceiving Nesta as a threat—she 100% is! She’s likely one of the most powerful characters we’ve seen and that’s without her fully knowing what she is/how to harness her power! And that’s her without using tools like the Dread Trove! When Rhys tells Cassian he’s scared of her, I don’t think he’s entirely joking. It’s what makes her coveted by a death god and also feared by so many. It undermines her to act like she isn’t powerful in her own right. It reminds me so much of how so many IC members have acted around Amren—even on their side, her power always *more*, and so were her emotions.

This turned into a ramble that’s likely not even decipherable, so I’m so sorry for that. I don’t even think I’ve made my point all that well at all at this point.

Hey anon, I get what you’re saying, and I do love Nesta! Let’s dive into this by focusing on how many of her so-called “choices” often aren’t really framed as her own decisions, and how that erodes her agency.

One of the biggest issues with how Nesta’s choices are framed is that even though she’s portrayed as a strong-willed character, many of her key decisions are driven by external forces, and that’s where people get frustrated. For example, her training with Cassian. Yes, it’s true she finds peace and strength through it eventually, but the entire setup feels like something imposed on her rather than something she would naturally gravitate towards. Instead of it being framed as a healing process she chooses, it can feel like a punishment or rehabilitation program handed down by others, like Rhysand and Feyre, for her “bad behavior.”

Similarly, her relationship with Cassian, while developed over time, often comes across as something she’s pushed into rather than something she fully embraces. It’s hard to shake the feeling that Nesta was manipulated or nudged into the role of Cassian’s mate, especially when their bond doesn’t initially come from a place of mutual respect or understanding but is mired in a lot of unresolved tension and pain. So, while the narrative may want us to believe Nesta is choosing this relationship, there’s a strong argument that she’s reacting to external pressures rather than truly embracing it of her own volition.

The Court of Nightmares scene is one of the most frustrating moments for me, especially when you take into account everything we know about Nesta’s trauma. Rhysand, who is supposed to be this paragon of empathy and understanding, knew what she had gone through. He knew she was groomed, they had a whole discussion about it. Nesta’s trauma wasn’t just a side note—it was a key part of her character development. Rhysand was well aware of the depth of it, and still, somehow, the solution to dealing with Eris and the Court of Nightmares involved forcing her into that role. The manipulation that occurs in this scene highlights just how little Rhysand actually considered Nesta’s well-being, despite what he claims.

What makes it worse is how Feyre steps in to protect Elain from having to take on that role, because Elain is “too gentle” for something like that. So, because Elain is shielded from having to navigate the dangerous, humiliating space of the Court of Nightmares, it falls onto Nesta? Why is Nesta seen as more expendable in that situation? Just because Nesta is strong-willed and outwardly abrasive doesn’t mean she isn’t carrying immense scars. The fact that Feyre didn’t protect her the way she protected Elain is a major slap in the face, especially when it’s Feyre who knows the toll trauma can take on someone.

It’s clear they all know what kind of emotional damage this role could inflict—after all, that’s the entire reason Elain is kept out of it. Yet it’s Nesta who is pushed forward, almost as if her resilience makes her more disposable, or as if her sharp edges make it easier for people to ignore the vulnerability beneath them. They choose to overlook her history, or worse, to ignore it, because it’s convenient to their plans. There’s something deeply unsettling about that.

To me, this moment highlights the hypocrisy of Rhysand and the Inner Circle. They claim to understand trauma, but only when it aligns with their agenda. They protect Elain and Feyre, but Nesta? She’s strong enough to be thrown to the wolves, right? It’s as if because she presents herself as powerful, she’s expected to endure anything—whether she consents to it or not. This scene strips Nesta of her agency and disregards the very real consequences of trauma in a way that I just can’t reconcile with the supposed moral high ground the Inner Circle often claims to stand on.

In the end, it feels like Nesta was sacrificed to serve the larger narrative of Rhysand’s plan and the Court’s needs, and not given the care or respect her trauma deserved. It’s hard to forgive the fact that everyone involved—especially Rhysand, who knew better—was complicit in putting her in a situation that mirrored the very experiences that left her scarred in the first place. That level of disregard for her emotional state is what makes this scene such a huge problem.

When it comes to Nesta’s attitude toward the Inner Circle, it’s important to acknowledge that she wasn’t the one to initiate the hostility. So many people paint Nesta as this unprovoked villain, but when you look at the interactions closely, you realize that the members of the Inner Circle were often the ones who antagonized her first.

Take Cassian, for instance. He constantly pushed Nesta, both physically and emotionally, right from the start. He knew how to push her buttons, provoke reactions, and he did so repeatedly. While some people might interpret their dynamic as “banter” or tension-filled chemistry, it often crossed a line, especially considering the rawness of what Nesta was dealing with. Cassian would instigate, and when she defended herself or lashed out, she was blamed for being difficult or ungrateful. But was she really supposed to just sit back and take it?

Then there’s Rhysand, who from the beginning didn’t give Nesta any respect. He dismissed her, judged her, and made it clear he didn’t think much of her, all while pretending to be this morally superior, understanding figure. Nesta wasn’t rude to him out of nowhere—she responded to the disdain he had for her. He didn’t even try to understand where she was coming from. Instead, he and the rest of the Inner Circle labeled her as a problem before ever giving her a chance.

Even Mor, who is so often praised for her compassion, was quick to judge and show disdain for Nesta. Mor made her distaste for Nesta known, often using passive-aggressive or outright rude comments to make her feelings clear. And again, Nesta reacted in kind. When someone is constantly on the receiving end of that kind of treatment, it’s only natural to put up walls and defend yourself.

Feyre is a more complicated case because there is love between them, but even then, Feyre often overlooked how the Inner Circle treated Nesta. She prioritized her relationship with Rhysand and the group over standing up for her sister when it mattered. Feyre may not have been overtly antagonistic, but her inaction spoke volumes. She allowed the others to treat Nesta poorly, and by doing so, she contributed to the hostile dynamic.

So when people say Nesta was always rude or difficult with the Inner Circle, I think it’s essential to point out that her responses were largely defensive. They were the ones who set the tone of their relationship with her, and Nesta simply reacted to the treatment she received. It’s a classic case of people pushing someone to their limits and then acting shocked when they defend themselves. Nesta’s attitude wasn’t unprovoked—it was a shield against a group that never gave her a real chance to be part of their world.

The dynamic between Nesta and Feyre in ACOSF feels unnecessarily drawn out, especially when you look back at how things were left between them at the end of ACOTAR. By that point, Feyre had already forgiven Nesta. When Feyre came home for that brief period before Under the Mountain, she wasn’t holding a grudge anymore. She even acknowledged that her sisters, especially Nesta, were products of their difficult upbringing and circumstances. Feyre had moved on, at least emotionally, from the hurt Nesta had caused. The tension between them wasn’t as deep from Feyre’s side as it was from Nesta’s.

So, by the time we get to ACOSF, it feels like the conflict between the two is dragged out far longer than necessary, especially when it’s framed as Nesta needing to apologize or make amends with Feyre. Feyre’s forgiveness was already established—she had forgiven Nesta quietly and without fanfare. She wasn’t holding that grudge over Nesta’s head or demanding an apology. And yet, the narrative makes it seem like this massive, unresolved issue, as if Feyre was waiting for some grand reconciliation. But really, it was never about Feyre needing that closure; it was Nesta who needed to forgive herself.

Nesta’s self-loathing and guilt over her past actions were the real barriers to their relationship, not Feyre’s forgiveness. But because the story keeps circling back to this idea that Nesta needs to mend things with her sisters, it makes the resolution of their relationship feel drawn out. Feyre didn’t need Nesta to grovel or beg for forgiveness, but the narrative almost sets it up as if she did. Feyre had already come to terms with their past, but the focus on Nesta’s need for self-forgiveness and the process she had to go through made it feel like Feyre was somehow still waiting for an apology.

At the heart of it, Nesta’s journey was about coming to terms with herself. The real issue was that Nesta couldn’t forgive herself for what she saw as her failures—failing Feyre, failing her family, and failing in her life. That’s an important story to tell, but the way it’s wrapped up in Feyre’s narrative makes it feel like Feyre is still central to Nesta’s healing, when in reality, Feyre’s forgiveness had already been given. This mismatch between what Feyre actually needed from Nesta and what the narrative focused on makes the conflict between them feel unnecessarily prolonged.

Instead of allowing the story to focus more on Nesta’s internal battle with her own guilt and self-worth, it keeps circling back to her relationship with Feyre, making it seem like that was the key conflict that needed to be resolved. In truth, Feyre wasn’t waiting for some grand apology—she had already moved on, and what needed to happen was Nesta finding her own peace. But the emphasis on their relationship makes it feel like the resolution dragged on when, from Feyre’s perspective, it was already over.

The hike in A Court of Silver Flames is one of the most controversial moments in the book, and for good reason. Many readers defend it as part of Nesta’s “journey” toward healing and growth, but when you look at the scene closely, it becomes clear that this was not about helping her—it was about punishing her. Cassian even says as much, explicitly calling it a punishment, and that’s where the problem lies.

Let’s break it down: Nesta is already emotionally and physically exhausted, having been pushed to her limits time and time again throughout the story. The hike is positioned as this ultimate test of endurance and discipline, something that’s supposedly going to help her in her path toward healing. But from the outset, it doesn’t feel like it’s for her benefit—it feels punitive. Cassian acknowledges that it’s a punishment, and this is where the power dynamics get really problematic. Nesta is put in a situation where she has no choice, and it’s framed as a necessary challenge for her to “prove” something, but what exactly is she proving here? Her physical strength? Her ability to endure pain?

The entire setup strips her of agency, and that’s not how healing or self-discovery should work. It’s one thing to push someone to face their fears or help them break through emotional barriers, but it’s another to force them into a physically grueling task as a form of punishment for their perceived shortcomings. Nesta was being punished for not fitting into the mold that Cassian and the rest of the Inner Circle wanted her to fit into. She wasn’t training on her own terms or exploring her own boundaries—she was being forced into this hike as a way to “break” her down and reshape her.

And Cassian saying it’s a punishment only reinforces this. If the goal was truly to help Nesta heal, to help her find strength and control in her own way, then why was it framed as punishment? Punishment isn’t about growth; it’s about control. Nesta didn’t need to be broken down further—she was already in a place where she felt broken and lost. What she needed was support, understanding, and a safe space to rebuild herself. Instead, she was given a hike designed to physically and emotionally exhaust her under the guise of “tough love.”

People often argue that this hike was necessary for her transformation, but I see it as a form of abuse. Nesta didn’t ask for this, and she wasn’t in a mental or emotional place to handle it in a healthy way. It wasn’t about empowerment—it was about forcing her to fit into a role she wasn’t ready to take on. Cassian’s framing of it as a punishment only highlights the imbalance of power in their relationship and the way the Inner Circle treats Nesta. They constantly push her, punish her, and then expect her to come out the other side grateful for it, when in reality, it was just another way for them to control her.

Healing and growth shouldn’t come through punishment. They come through support, agency, and self-reflection. The hike stripped all of that away from Nesta and forced her into a situation where she had no choice but to endure, not for her own sake, but to appease the people around her. In that context, it’s hard to see the hike as anything other than abusive.

Nesta being perceived as a threat is one of the most compelling aspects of her character, and it’s something that the narrative acknowledges, but with a strange double standard. There’s no denying that Nesta is a force to be reckoned with—her power is raw, unbridled, and tied to death itself, making her a uniquely dangerous figure in a world where power dynamics are constantly shifting. Rhysand even admits to Cassian that he’s scared of her, and others in the Inner Circle are visibly uneasy around her. But what stands out is how differently Nesta is treated for being a threat compared to her sisters, Feyre and Elain, who are also incredibly powerful in their own right.

Feyre, for example, is High Lady of the Night Court. She has access to all the powers of the High Lords, including shaping the world around her with her abilities. Feyre’s potential is enormous, but she’s never seen as a threat in the same way Nesta is. Instead, she’s revered and protected. Her power is something the Inner Circle wants to nurture, and while Rhysand and the others acknowledge how powerful she is, there’s a clear distinction in how her abilities are framed—they are viewed as something beneficial, something to celebrate and protect.

Then there’s Elain, who, despite her softer demeanor, possesses the Sight and could be one of the most dangerous players on the board if her powers were fully developed. Prophecy and foresight are incredibly potent abilities, especially in a world filled with political intrigue and constant warfare. Elain is not a fighter, but her potential threat comes from the fact that she can see things others cannot. Still, like Feyre, no one treats her as dangerous. She is often protected, shielded, even infantilized, because of her gentleness, as though her power doesn’t warrant the same fear or concern.

But when it comes to Nesta, it’s a completely different story. Nesta’s power is terrifying because it’s not understood—she’s tied to the Cauldron, a force of creation and destruction, and she’s taken something from it, something tied to death. But it’s not just her magic that makes her a threat; it’s her will, her sharp tongue, her refusal to bend to the Inner Circle’s expectations. She is someone who resists control, and that, more than anything, seems to scare them. Feyre and Elain are seen as threats, but their power is either useful (in Feyre’s case) or something to be handled delicately (in Elain’s case). Nesta’s power, however, is something they want to suppress, to control, because she doesn’t fit neatly into the mold they expect.

This double standard is glaring. Why is it that Nesta, who has no more control over her power than Feyre or Elain, is treated like a walking time bomb, while her sisters are coddled or revered? Part of it comes down to Nesta’s personality—she’s not interested in being controlled or guided, which makes her harder to manipulate. Feyre has Rhysand, and Elain has people like Azriel and her sisters to protect her, but Nesta has always stood alone, which makes her power feel more unpredictable and, therefore, more dangerous to those around her.

The fear of Nesta’s power isn’t just about what she can do with her magic—it’s about who she is. She represents a challenge to the established order, not just in the court but in her personal relationships. Nesta doesn’t care about appeasing others, and that, coupled with her immense power, makes her a genuine threat. But this fear isn’t fair. Feyre and Elain are just as dangerous in their own ways, yet no one is looking to break them down or strip them of their autonomy the way they try to do with Nesta.

Ultimately, the treatment of Nesta as a threat says more about the people around her than it does about her. Her power is feared because it can’t be easily controlled, but it’s also tied to the fact that Nesta refuses to play by the rules. She’s a reminder that true power isn’t just about magic or strength—it’s about the will to use it on your own terms. Feyre and Elain may have their own incredible abilities, but the difference is that Nesta’s power is something no one else can claim, manipulate, or contain, and that’s why she’s seen as the greatest threat of them all.

I don’t mind rambling at all—in fact, I think it’s a great way to explore and unpack complex thoughts and feelings about characters, relationships, and storylines. Everyone brings their own perspective to the table, and that’s part of what makes discussing books and fandoms so interesting. These are just my views on things, and I don’t expect everyone to agree. We all experience stories in different ways depending on our own life experiences, preferences, and what resonates with us most. So, while I might have strong opinions about certain characters or plot points, I definitely welcome other interpretations. Sharing these different views only makes the conversation more engaging, and it’s always interesting to hear how others interpret the same scenes or dynamics. Feel free to dive into any topic, and don’t worry if it turns into a ramble—I’m here for it!

[not-freyja]

I was tagged in the fic writter tag game by both @toyouhellohowareyou and @rebornofstars . Love you both!

(All metric and ranking based questions have, to the best of my ability, excluded all works posted on Anon.)

1. How many works on Ao3?

51!

2. Total Ao3 word count?

727,467 so far!

3. Top five fics by kudos?

Okay so funnily enough, every fic in the kudos top five belong to the same series: Doubt the Stars: a Star Trek AOS AU where Kirk is raised in space, him and Spock meet and bond as children, and every possible shenanigan they can concoct ensues. The first installment (and also number one kudosed fic) is:

Adventure is Out There

4. What fandoms do you write for?

Star Trek (TOS and AOS) and Zelda (ALBW, FS, BOTW, and LU) currently. But I have also written for LOTR, Supernatural, the Walking Dead, Sherlock, The Boondock Saints, and Harry Potter (lmao regret).

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes, every single one.

6. Fic with the angstiest ending?

Lol. Lmao, even. I’m not going to say what you think I will here, actually. So I have a WIP, and that one will have the angstiest ending so far. There’s a one-shot of a pilot here: Gale

Base premise is a Koholint retelling with a baby Link (Lore) who had already met the Chain and the entire thing is serbii’s fault and it will end in tears.

As for fully completed fics, the angstiest I have off-anon is probably Frenetīk, Sky’s Adjuration Epilogue and a testament to the aftershocks of grief.

7. Fic with the happiest ending?

The Gravity of Never Letting Go is a disability AU of ST AOS, a real downer of a time, but does end in surprising joy. A bit of a personal vent about accommodation (wrote it as my own disability progressed to the point of actively changing my life plans.)

8. Do you get hate?

[starts laughing and does not stop] Yes!

9. Do you write smut?

I do! And I enjoy it very much.

10. Do you write crossovers?

Not as a rule. Not really my jam, though I have tried my hand at it before.

11. Ever have a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes and no. Nothing that is publicly available at the moment, but I have been told of several translations of the Damn Fic that are in progress. To the kind folks attempting such a thing: may the wind be at your back.

13. Have you ever co written a fic?

Yep! @straight-outta-hobbiton and I co-wrote Doubt the Stars, and @gia-d (the breathtakingly beautiful) and I are currently writing Shadowed together.

I have also contributed to the stellar Ganonrulie series, with canon works by @rebornofstars @nyastri and @toyouhellohowareyou

14. All time favorite ship?

As a multishipper this question causes me physical pain. Sprik? Old reliable, Spirk is. Also Ravioli. Gigolas.

15. WIPS you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Head in hands. Every day I tell myself to go work on The Oracular Refrain, and every day I fail. I’ll get there eventually. Please.

16. Writing strengths?

Characterization. Without a doubt. The one thing I know I do well is getting into a character’s head.

17. Writing weaknesses?

Spelling. English is a garbage language made of garbage phonics. I would die without spellcheck. There is probably a typo in this post, even.

18. Thoughts on mixed language dialogue?

Mixed. I tend to write very focused pov so if the narrator knows what’s being said, so does the audience, and I would just specify the language in the dialogue tags rather than make the reader translate.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Ever? I don’t even remember. But my oldest surviving (we don’t talk about the fic purge) work on Ao3 is Learning to Breathe, a Cas-centric Supernatural oneshot. It isn’t good, to this day has a (deserved) comment count of zero, but I was proud of it at the time.

20. Favorite fic you’ve ever written?

Okay how funny would it be if I didn’t say exactly what you think I’ll say? Imagine. *hem, hem.*

This is an Adjuration, or as I (mostly affectionately) call it, The Damn Fic, was the most impactful, life changing, and transformative thing I have ever done, both as a writer in the work, and in real life.

It is a classical tragedy, where the end is set in stone before the characters walk on screen. It is a story about love, and what it means to us, even in the darkest of times. It is a story about Link, every version of him, and the sum that is greater than each of his lives.

It is also where I met the woman I love, in the fucking comment section. We’re moving in together this summer! It’s where a group chat for my readers formed - that is now my group of dearest friends. A bunch of us are going on vacation together this month!

What a wild ride that was, is and—though the narrative has ended—will be.

I will leave you with this: You have to remember the love (this is an adjuration).

…anyhoodle, new victims! No pressure: @straight-outta-hobbiton @gia-d @hotcheetohatredwastaken @needfantasticstories @musical-chan @bokettochild

[unanswered-stars]

Thank you so much for tagging me @jules-writes-stories @highlordofkrypton @achaotichuman

1. How many works do you have on AO3? I'm a but a wee babe in the ao3 world so just 7 but I have several WIP's that are on pause currently. I had originally had a fic planned for each day of Eris week but haven't been able to write in awhile so might be some time before those are published but once I start posting again you can expect Eris chaos to reign.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count? 36,487 I struggle to write long chapters and most of my works end up being around 2,500.

3. What fandoms do you write for? A Court of Thorns and Roses

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Shadows of Regret and Redemption| Azris - My first published work. A oneshot that grew legs and started to run. I am not completely happy with it thus far but I have the end plotted and I'm excited to eventually bring that to life.

Daughter of Autumn | Azris - Now this one absolutely shocked me with its popularity. Started as a fun little drabble for Gwyn Week 2024 and of course turned into Azris central.

The Beginning and End of Friendship | Azris - So many people screaming in the comments at me on this one. More screaming to come when I post part two I’m sure.

Two Souls Entangled| Azris - A tiny part of my soul via a short poem for Azris Week 2024.

Heaven Help the Fool Who Falls In Love: The End | Azris - This is the first piece I wrote for fanfiction and it is my precious baby. Only one chapter posted but I have several in need of editing before I publish the remainder. It's very heavy and I haven't had the mental space to read through it again.

5. Do you respond to comments? Every single one! They bring me so much joy. I have currently stayed away from my comment section for my own mental health but when I start posting again I will get back to everyone's comments, promise.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? All of my works are fairly heavy on the angst. TBaEoF comes to mind but I think for published works I’ll go with The Ending of Darkness which is a short little piece about @jules-writes-stories OC Mithras x Sylvan which I have a part 2 almost completed which is equally as angsty (sorry). Unpublished works definitely The Burning of Leaves and The Death of Shadows which are two fics I had planned for Eris week but are currently on pause (poor Eris I was really putting him through the wringer for Eris Week).

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Daughter of Autumn. Mostly because Cassian has the closing line and he just always says the darndest things.

8. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? I have not, nor do I plan on it. Please don’t hate me 😅 Just not my writing jam. I love finding unique ways to explore a relationship and conveying those same emotions and feelings without the smut. That being said some of my favourite stories and authors use smut as such a wonderful exploratory storytelling device and it is delightful. I love reading others contributions to the smutsphere. So so many talented writers out there giving us all our smuttiest dreams. I truly do not think that my smut contribution is even necessary when you have things like To Become a Vanssera by @acourtofladydeath and Why Not Me by @thomasisaslut both absolutely rife with smut and use it beautifully to convey their story (albiet in very different ways).

9. Do you write crossovers? Not yet, and probably not ever because I can hardly keep up with writing ideas I have for one fandom.

10. Have you ever had a fic translated? No.

11. Have you ever co-written a fic before? No, but it sounds delightful.

12. What is your all-time favorite ship? Azris most definitely for writing. I definitely have a big soft spot for Samwise and Rosie from LOTR (my husband is Samwise reincarnated and I am irrevocably in love with him). I have a WIP for Thesan and his lover and that dynamic and storyline has been so incredibly fun to explore as well.

13. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? I started writing a Tarquin UTM oneshot that is incomplete and while I am still in love with the story I really struggled with writing the voice of Tarquin. This one will only ever get finished if I can finally figure out the right tone for this man’s internal dialogues.

14. What are your writing strengths? I have been told my writing reads like poetry which is one of the biggest compliments you could ever give me. I also love writing parallels but there’s definitely a lot of room for improvement there.

15. What are your writing weaknesses?  Editing haha. But actually, I find that my characters voices don’t feel very distinct and that there is a lot of overlap in the way they speak and think and it can be hard to distinguish who’s talking/thinking. I feel like my characters resemble a cookie cutter suburban neighborhood where the walls and trim might be a different colour but they’re all built exactly the same. If anyone has some tips please feel free to comment or message me!

16. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? I absolutely love reading it but unfortunately the only other language I know isn’t really a language at all. Pidgin, which is basically just native slang. I was playing around with it in my Tarquin fic a bit but seemed a tad too niche.

17. First fandom you wrote for? LOTR in middle school. I have a printed multi chapter booklet that is a rewrite of Sam and Frodo’s journey through Mordor that I made for my English class one year.

18. Favorite fic you’ve written? My favourite multi chapter by another author is undoubtedly A Court of Shadows and Ashes by @futurehunt Mother Save Us From Your Twisted fate by @chunkypossum which got a stunning part 2 for Eris Week this year! My favorite of my own published works is either HHtFWFiL:TE or The Ending of Darkness. Of my unpublished works honesty The Burning of Leave or The Death of Shadows are both strong contenders. For non Azris I have a Beron fic WIP for @sjmvillainweek day 1 that will probably get prioritized over the other two.

No pressure tags (and sorry if you've already been tagged): @the-darkestminds @born-to-riot @chairofchaos @thomasisaslut @chunkypossum @acourtofladydeath @shadowsandlint

[louisjude]

toxic bwddie shippers are going to read into everything. you can’t stop it from happening. i think part of the issue is that journalists immediately started talking bwddie when bi buck came to be because it would get clicks and they knew just how popular it was. i don’t fault any of the actors for feeding into a little, they obviously thought it was fun and lighthearted to talk about, these people are not ingrained into fandom culture the way a lot of us are. what you find to be “hints” is simply an actor expressing they’d be open to a storyline if it were to be brought up. that they understand why people ship it, that the content is there and they see why people read certain scenes as romantic. sometimes two actors having great chemistry on screen is both a blessing and a curse.

tim minear is writing bisexual buck the way he wants to, not to appease a certain subset of fans. perhaps he fiddled with the idea years ago, but what we have now is bisexual buck with tommy kinard as his boyfriend. the idea of eddie and tommy was simply that, an idea, that ryan seemingly didn’t want to do because perhaps it felt wrong to him for eddie’s character. headcanoning eddie as gay or demi or anything is fine, writing him as queer is fine, but so far all i’ve heard from ryan is that he considers eddie to be a heterosexual man with an deep, meaningful friendship with a queer man and that means a lot to him considering how he feels male friendship should be.

of course buck and eddie are going to share copious amounts of screentime together. they’ve damn nearly been attached at the hip since s2 and bffs for liferz, buck and eddies friendship is important, buck is essentially christophers godfather/uncle, not his father. buck’s arc of the season was in the beginning, so we don’t focus as much on him as tommy because again, their storyline for the season was over, but tommy was brought back even just for 60 seconds to show that their relationship is still going strong, with what little time the crew had to work with this season, i think many people can agree they did a good job introducing this relationship and by the end getting people excited for season 8 to see their relationship grow and struggle with the reintroduction of captain gerrard.

but it’s clear no matter what, there is going to be people who are reading into every single thing and claiming it’s bwddie hints and well, maybe you’re right but atp im highly doubting it’s happening. especially with the way people are acting.

you’ll continue to hate tommy, you’ll continue to complain, you’ll continue to grasp at straws for how “this is how bwddie with happen still!” by the end of s8 when buck and tommy are most likely still together.

i can only hope people will come around and start to realize how amazing it is we even have bisexual buck at all and that bucktommy isn’t the evil ship you think it is now.