#I’ve been thinking of a plot already so I might insert in it

[jubshead]

Okay, this is for the Lilia and Patti stan's;

What kind of kinks do you guys want to read with Lilia??

I’m about to start the Lilia x Reader I promised and I want to know what would you guys like

Also, if you don't want to comment your kinks, but still want to answer, just send me an anonymous ask!!

[ct-multifandom]

S6 ep speculation

Get ready to hear my 80% wrong predictions even though I’m like, super not caught up on this show! It’s still fun to guess. Also this post will be generally leak-free so don’t go replying to it with “uhhh actually from the leaks we know this and that”. Not the place. Warning, this post is incredibly long.

1) Climatiqueen

I lean into the microphone and say, “Aurore”. The crowd erupts into cheers and fervent applause. Everyone shouts and whistles and pumps their arms in the air.

Interesting that they went with the French name for both translations, and she clearly seems to be a powered up version of stormy weather. It’s so fitting to circle around and start this new arc and new butterfly user off with the OG… I just hope we’ll get to learn a little about her character this time (doubtful). She’s gone to the main cast’s school this whole time and was Marc and Zoe’s classmate. It’d be great if they made her an actual recurring character instead of a special NPC. The children yearn for a character who acts like a cunty Mean Girl but isn’t actually a bad person.

I’m guessing this episode will serve as a general intro to the new world, showing us a typical day in the life of LB & CN kind of like the original pilot without dropping any important main plot developments.

2) Dessinatriste/The Illustrhater

Why is nobody talking about how funny the English name is, that’s hilarious. The haterrr. I’m getting very different vibes from both translations emotions-wise. The English title makes it sound like they’re petty or angry rather than sad.

My first thought was Nath because the name follows similar conventions as Dessinateur/Evillustrator in both languages and as one of the earliest and most iconic akumas it might continue this idea of Lila following in Gabriel’s footsteps while first learning how to butterfly.

In early s1, Gabriel was still experimenting with his powers while figuring out what does and doesn’t work when making an akuma. Well actually, since it was Gabriel, he learned absolutely nothing and was shocked when making the same mistakes over and over didn’t give him different results.

I think putting Lila through that same test drive phase would show her being much more analytical and actually develop her skills based on what she learns. In s1, Gabriel had a hard time making The Evillustrator do what he wanted, going so far as to like bloodbend him, then never targeted him again. If Lila was in that situation, she might figure out how to be more persuasive/manipulative/motivational or just learn that she has to choose akumas who will align with her goals in the first place.

Nath is also majorly due for character development. And he might be a pro level hater. It’s odd and a shame that we’ve only seen him once while every other class character has been akumatized like a hundred times atp. I think it’s most likely him.

I’ve seen people bring up that the French name sounds like a pun on the feminine form of the word. While Nath might be a diva, my counter argument is that this might be referring to Kagami, who is also interested in illustration and a girl. <- LMAO [insert Kagaminette joke], I mean “and is a girl”.

We haven’t heard much about her artistic journey in a long time even though it was important enough to mention in that trading card game where they said she secretly wants to make her own manga but lacks the confidence to start even though she has it planned out (super paraphrased).

Since Tomoe will become a greater villain, this could be the opportunity to show it since she’s the reason Kagami is self-conscious about her art. Maybe Tomoe will provoke Kagami into getting akumatized on purpose to test out Lila’s abilities or use her somehow. I’m not sure what her motivations are. Kagami does have, what, four different akuma forms already not counting powered-up ones? Crazy evolution tree, why not add more.

This might be an episode where Kagami becomes more comfortable pursuing what she wants and finding support among Marinette and friends instead of looking for Tomoe’s validation, continuing the plot line from Perfection. Once again, I don’t think it’s likely to be her tho.

3) Sublimation

I’ve seen the leaks and I believe everything I’ve seen has been from this episode. I feel comfortable saying this since it was already released in the official trailer, but the villain here is the coach woman. This episode seems to mostly be focused on this new runner girl character. I won’t elaborate because I don’t think any of the other stuff I know about this ep was in official material, but yeah, very much a new character situation.

You’d think this episode would have something to do with the power of the rooster miraculous, but there is absolutely no indication of that. I like to imagine the writers have a “word of the day” calendar at the office, and when they learned the word sublimation they were like, “hollllyyyy shit you guys, we need more people to know about this”.

4) Daddycop

I expect this to be a Sabrina-centric development episode and would be shocked if it’s not. Her relationship with Roger is pretty interesting since they seem to be on good, loving terms, yet he’s okay with all the Chloe bs and seems apathetic or ignorant to how Sabrina was being treated. Maybe we’ll see some rebellion from her now that she hangs out with other people.

The akuma’s name, to me, implies that Sabrina will be responsible for Roger’s akumatization or at least the main focus of it. Maybe he will become overly protective of her and target anyone who fucks with her or worry that she’s straying from the right path and exaggeratedly try to correct her behavior.

Sabrina’s behavior up to around Penalteam was likely informed by Roger’s influence, possibly more-so than Chloe’s. He had this “doing what you’re told is right” mindset that he instilled in his daughter, so in this episode, she might help him unlearn it. As a cop, he was always mindlessly bossed around by Mayor Bourgeois, so since Andre is gone, Roger will have to think for himself more.

5) Papys Garous/Werepapas

Continuing the theme of dramatic dads, the consensus seems to be that this will be Tom and probably Rolland. I’m not sure why, but Marinette’s always getting up to some silly billy antics, so. Tom doesn’t seem to have any issue with Adrien and idk what type of beef is gonna start for the grandpa to get involved. It might be some misunderstanding situation or another “Chat Noir is on our fucking balcony again, get the broom” moment.

It might very well be the mom and dad though, not the dad and grandpa. People have been talking about how it’s unrealistic that Marinette has been able to keep huge secrets from her parents for so long, so they might snap this time, not because of Adrien, but because she’s been acting shady herself. They might assume she’s getting into trouble. People have been long speculating that Sabine will learn Ladybug’s identity soon, so maybe she will finally have to tell her parents in a situation similar to gang of secrets.

6) Princesse Syren/Sleeping Syren

Ondine yayyyy! Yay! Ondine. Possibly a Kimdine episode to redeem Kim after they ruined his character for no reason and everyone got really mad because it didn’t even make sense. Remember when the instas were still a thing Alya had a post like “hanging out at the pool! Ondine is so awesome idk what she sees in Kim” or something. Yeah. How’d he pull a baddie like her if he’s been acting the way they’ve been showing him to act? Makes no cents luv. I’m dying to see more of their relationship, more of her, and some repair of what they’ve done to Kim.

It sounds like they might be doing some kind of sleeping beauty retelling? Idk how that would make Syren a threat if she’s asleep the whole time, but maybe she’ll still be doing the whole flooding the city with tears thing while she’s sleeping.

I also really hope Ondine will be attending their school now. I want to see her interact with other characters and become more relevant. Please give The People (me) what they want (official Ondine street clothes design). Also they’ve been introducing too many lamely designed girl characters with average heights and athletic-skinny body types. We need the 6ft swole girl to balance them out.

7) El Toro de Piedra

This name is so Ivan-coded that I’m tempted to just say that it’s not him, but why would they make an intentionally misleading Ivan clone. The name is concerning because it sounds like a mix of stoneheart and his hero persona. That makes me think maybe he’ll get akumatized AS Minotaurox. His arc has been about how he’s scared to accidentally harm others because being the first akuma bothered him so deeply. If he’s in a situation where he has to act tough or use force as a hero, he might become upset, worrying that he’s going overboard. I can see him cracking if his fight against an akuma ends up getting a civilian hurt in the crossfire or with someone being scared of him afterwards. Having his regular/akuma and hero forms mix together could compromise his identity.

Also I guess he’s Hispanic? *sonic voice* I didn’t know that. I remember a long while ago they said in an interview to look forward to Ivan lore which is one of the things I am most excited for this season. He is probably THE most underrated character in the show and most overdue for development.

8) Vampigami

Guys I hate to say it. I really hate to say it. My heart wants this to be vampire Kagami sooooo bad but my brain says we aren’t allowed to have nice things. I already suggested a Kagami akuma earlier, and she can totally get akumatized several times a season again because her mom hates her, but I’m not ready to be disappointed like this. I want her to become a badass evil vampire and acquire a Ben 10 arsenal of villain forms, but Vampigami is probably gonna be some stupid shit like Optigami except it looks like a bat instead of a butterfly this time.

I really don’t know what to seriously expect. I can’t imagine vamp referring to anything other than vampire, although it can also mean patching/editing like the word revamp. Gami has only been used in a senti name before to mean oragami. Idk man vampire Kagami is so engrained in my mind that I can’t come up with anything else. Like to charge reblog to cast. Let’s manifest that the writers have finally tuned in to what the people want.

9) Monsieur/Mister Agreste

This has got to be the episode that introduces Adrien’s grandparents, right? Meaning his grandpa is gonna be Gabriel’s dad and the title could stand for three generations of Mr. Agrestes. I’m surprised we haven’t heard much about them yet, but since Gabriel’s dead, it makes sense they’d come around to get his affairs in order or attend the funeral etc etc.

We got a big movie about Emilie’s history and her noble family, but all we know about the Agrestes is that they weren’t rich, and they sold fries. But there’s the weird part: wouldn’t Gabriel’s parents be the Grassettes? How much do they know about his life after he moved out? This episode might show us more about where it all went wrong for the Gabriel of this timeline. Maybe his dad will get akumatized because Gabriel abandoned their family, and he’ll become Mr. Agreste instead of Mr. Grassette to try to fit himself back into Gabriel’s fake narrative. He’ll turn into a rich asshole old guy because he thinks that’s the type of dad Gabriel would have wanted instead of his real self. Dang that’s sad.

10) Le Chateau Noir/The Dark Castle

My first reaction was Chat Noir, but I saw someone say Darkblade which makes so much more sense. I mean Chat Noir getting akumatized is an avengers-level threat, and last time it happened he blew up like everything, plus the episode was pretty late into the season.

Darkblade fits pretty well with the castle thing since he’s a knight. He lost yet another mayoral election, unable to even blame it on corruption this time. On top of it all, the new, fairly elected mayor is his old coworker from school who also didn’t have much political experience. Ouch.

11) Revelator

I’m getting Reverser from the name but only vaguely. This sounds like a similar type of villain to Gold Record who forces people to reveal something about themselves. Maybe this episode will go into how suddenly having secret identities is affecting the other characters’ relationships like Gang of Secrets again or Truth/Lies. If the akuma’s power has to do with revealing secrets, someone may get their identity exposed on accident like in Wishmaker. By that I mean a reveal between characters other than the akuma and the secret they want to find out.

12) Psyconductrice/Wreckless Driver

My first thought here was Max’s mom because she’s a train engineer, but the name seems to imply cars specifically. Totally unrelated, but remember that one poll on here about who’s the hottest MILF in miraculous, and Claudie Kante was in dead last by a lot, even way behind Audrey with her fuckass Anna Wintour bob and horrible child abusing bitter personality? Yeah you all have horrible taste. Democracy is dead and I hope everyone is happy being so goddamn ignorant and wrong. /hj.

On the topic of moms this could still be someone’s mom. I’ve brought up the pattern before: many moms are associated with a mode of transportation that are connected to their villain form. Car: Tomoe, boat: Anarka, train: Claudie, motorcycle: Gina. We could get a bus driver mom, or a trucker or taxi or racecar driver. Imagine. I’ve been saying we need a pilot mom.

Even if this isn’t anyone’s mom, it might be a new character. Idk who else it could be of existing characters.

13) Yaksi Gozen

This bitch again. Boo. I mean she IS super badass actually, but can we comically pull her offstage with a long hooked cane and let someone else have the screentime? I gotta say I am interested in her as a major villain but. Her akuma was cool the first two times and it’s time to calm down.

Clearly there’s something new about her this time. When looking up what yaksi means, it brings up yakshi, a type of nature spirit, but nothing that actually matches with “yaksi”. Maybe she’ll run a greenwashing campaign with her company? That reminds me of Mega Leech and how she wasn’t held accountable for her involvement in that scenario. If she comes under fire, she might get herself akumatized on purpose Collector-style to save face. Does anyone know if yaksi means something else? I’m not convinced it’s supposed to be yakshi without the h.

14) Couchorak/Grendiaper

Gigantitan vibes, possibly a powered-up version of him. When Hawkmoth first akumatized the baby, it was by mistake, and he ended up regretting it because he was hard to control and useless to his cause. Would Lila akumatize a baby on purpose, or is this an accident too? Since there’s a time skip, baby August would be a year older as well, so he’d actually be a toddler now, which might make him less unpredictable.

A shot in the dark I’m gonna make is that this might be Ivan’s younger sister. We know he has one, and while we don’t know her age, it sounds like she’s probably a toddler. We also know that he’s interested in childcare as a career. If I had to guess, I’d say he probably takes care of her often, which might be what gave him the idea. If she gets akumatized, it would be a great setup for his superhero focus episode.

15) La Redresseuse/The Ruler

My hottest take on this whole post is that this one is Mendeleev. Isn’t she the principal now or something? Idk but she’s a strict teacher who needs order, so I think the name matches her because 1: rulers are school supplies, especially for a science teacher who needs everything to be measured exactly, 2: ruler meaning leader with a totalitarian connotation, 3: the French title means straightener which connects to disciplining students or controlling how the school is run.

I think she’ll get akumatized because her students lack respect for her, and her strictness makes them dislike her which actually hurts her feelings as seen in the NY special. She might have a hard time adjusting to this new school system and her new role, not seeing the same positive relationships Bustier and Damocles held with the kids. She’ll go way overboard and turn into an evil school-themed dictator to try and regain control, but then learn her own lesson.

16) Noe

This is most likely a new character or something, but I love the idea that it’s just like, evil Zoe. Zoen’t. Noe.

OR imagine if it’s a more powerful version of Nino’s brother because it’s Noel but without the L, meaning this time, he won’t be taking the L. Coincidence? I think not. He is Lila’s pawn or whatever after all.

In all seriousness I have no idea what this is and the name could mean a lot of things, so I’m gonna just go with a completely new character.

17) La Fee De Beaux Reves/A Fairy Good Night

This is so Pigella energy. Not Rose, Pigella. In Jubilation, we saw how terrifying her power is when used for evil, trapping people in their own daydreams. Maybe she’ll struggle with nightmares or sleep problems and turn into an akuma that forces everyone to get stuck in imagined utopian illusions so they can “rest”. This idea is kind of the opposite of Sandboy and Nightormentor. I’d love to see more of her power and how it can be used for both good and evil, especially since a lot of people seem to think it’s useless or too situational.

18) Les Crassetastrophes/The Dirtifiers

This might be the little kids in another obligatory babysitting episode. The villain name is plural, so it could be a comic relief moment where the kids get mad because they don’t want to clean up or something silly. Otherwise maybe this is another pollution situation? I’m leaning more towards children, though. Another possibility is that we might be getting our first animal akumas.

19) Riginarazione

So I’m pretty set on this being Lila herself. Italian words? Check. Villain name having “queen” (rigina) in it because they can’t be too creative? Check. I’m guessing the pun is supposed to be regeneration rather than “queen ration” so maybe she’s gonna make herself some sort of nearly invincible self-healing villain.

20) Renverse-cœurs/Heartfixer

This sounds like that monstrosity Andre and Audrey turned into. Heart Hunter. I had to Google the name because I erased it from my mind. Out of all the old villains, I’m surprised this is one they’d choose to revamp since it was such a jumpscare, but I can see how they’d want to revisit it in the context of the Bourgeois’s messed up relationship since they were more of a temporary joke villain the first time. Maybe we’ll get some backstory on Chloe and Zoe as kids and who this Lee guy is who’s supposed to be Zoe’s American Dad (goooood morning, USA!). Based on the akuma name… maybe they’re gonna get less divorced. Wouldn’t that be a shocker? Audrey character development? Or maybe they’ll feel the need to keep it together for the kids.

21) Les Titans Chaines/The Chained Titans

I have no idea but it sounds awesome. Clearly more than one person. My first thought was s5 finale energy with the miraculized, like a whole mob of people sharing the same negative emotions. The metal vibes make me think maybe Couffaine family just because they’re so dramatic, and Jagged was a titan in the music industry who didn’t want to feel chained down? Kind of a stretch perhaps. Of course, it could be something new.

22) Lady Chaos

I’m saying Marinette akuma idc. I know people have been making this prediction for the past couple seasons and the writers were saying no but. Episode 22 is the one where shit goes down. Now that Bunnyx is active full time and there’s an entire team of other superheroes, there’s finally a chance to beat her if she does turn evil. I’m guessing it’s gonna be a bad timeline one like the Adrien akumas.

My concern with this type of ep is that they’d Mary Sue her and be like “her power levels are so high that nobody stands a chance against her, the best ladybug ever” even with like 20 heroes fighting her. I don’t think it’d be too bad though, because thinking about Chat Blanc, if she instantly blows up the whole world and the goal is just to undo that timeline, it’d probably be about equivalent.

23) Tristanansi

Using triste in two of the French akuma names is uh… we couldn’t come up with anything more creative? Anyway obv Nora so this could once again be a Nino episode like the first, but it could also (more likely imo) be an Alya one. Nora has a fiery personality and strong opinions so maybe Lila could’ve taken advantage of that to manipulate her kind of like what happened with Jalil. We were briefly introduced to a character who is her friend or boyfriend last season, and he may be more relevant this time, like maybe they have a fight. Similar to Sentibubbler, maybe Lila is targeting Alya’s family to try and get information out of her or steal the fox miraculous.

24) La Reine de Frayeurville/Queen of the Dreadzone

Other people have been saying this could be a Halloween special but… I want to say this might be a powered up Horrificator. This might be one of those episodes where they make it more lighthearted before the finale, and we haven’t seen her act on her own since s1 which is like the whole point of her akuma. She isn’t effective at all in groups and everyone’s been kinda desensitized to what’s supposed to be scary about her. Maybe they’re bringing her back scarier. Mylene has come far with her phobias, so they’d need something to really scare her.

I remember something about a proposed Halloween special taking place in the catacombs, which is coincidentally where Lila’s lair is. There might be a connection where the gang figures out she’s there, and something spooky goes wrong while investigating. The Paris catacombs are an understandable place to get scared in and a great setting for horror.

25) Protocole Secret/Secret Protocol

26) Nemesis

^^^ Ok I don’t know what specifically to say about the finale except that they’re probably gonna fight self-akumatized Lila since they tend to be kind of unpredictable.

What I do want to do is bring everything together and point out that Lila knows the identities of like half the heroes from the beginning because she stole Nathalie’s iPad or whatever happened. In Miracle Queen: Alya, Nino, Luka, Kagami, Kim, and Max had their identities revealed, which was relevant again in Optigami. Alix didn’t even try to keep a secret. Lila can easily connect that five of these people are her former classmates and all of them are friends, so she must have figured out that the rest of the heroes are also from their group. In the London special, it didn’t take a lot of hard work to uncover Marinette’s identity. She also targeted Kagami last season on a personal level. Side note, I have no clue if she knows Felix is Argos or not. That point is unclear to me, but I’m gonna assume she does since Gabriel knew.

We have Marinette, Adrien, Juleka, Rose, Mylene, Ivan, Zoe, Marc, Nath, and Sabrina left in the safe zone. I predicted most of these characters will get akumatized, and I believe Lila will be targeting them on an individual level under the suspicion that they’re on the team. It’s likely that she will even expose some if not a lot of them. In fact, she might have gone after Ondine as a red herring because she’s friends with them and King Monkey’s gf. From her perspective, Marinette could be one of the superheroes just as easily as anyone else could.

I’m not too worried about Adrien since he’s been the best at staying secretive, and Lila might not even suspect him because of the idealized yet untrue preconceived notions she has about him.

She may also be going down the list to see who does and doesn’t show up to each fight, making ladybug feel the need to call the minimum number of people to help her, which would solve the narrative problem of “why can’t ladybug sic the whole team on every akuma”. Discounting any Mirage tricks, having a certain hero help fight an akuma would tell Lila that the akuma is for sure not that hero. And obviously if every hero except one shows up that’s uh… suspicious.

Something very interesting is that out of all these characters, the episode I predicted to focus on Sabrina is one where the akuma is not her. Perhaps Lila will overlook her because she only recently made new friends, thinking she’d never be trusted with a miraculous. This same mistake of underestimating Sabrina is what led to her downfall the first time, so it’d be poetic if Sabrina managed to play the spy twice.

I did not predict any of these episodes to potentially be a Juleka akuma, but you know this girl will never in her life catch a break, especially with the rest of the pattern I’ve laid out above. Which episode do you think is secretly gonna be Reflekta? I guarantee you it’s one of them.

As a final note, I think Nathalie will be instrumental in helping the team identify Lila as the villain. They’re very unlikely to defeat her this season for good, but Nathalie knew about Lila’s little internship with Gabriel, and she was the one who originally had all the grimoire pages and Optigami identity data digitalized. She may recognize that information has been stolen or connect that Lila may have had the opportunity to physically take the butterfly miraculous by entering the lair. She’s in a unique spot because she’s the only one who knows this much about Lila’s villain plans, but also knows Ladybug’s identity now. I’m interested to see her role as a redeemed ally to the team.

Aaaaand that’s my novel length essay. Thanks for making it to the end. As always, I’m interested in hearing what other people think! (I feel like a YouTuber doing an outro lol) I’m excited to see the first episode soon which is actually gonna be the second episode I guess. So close! Off to an incredible start. I want to hear other theories!

[undyneluvs]

“All mine”

WARNINGS: squirting, smut, katsuki is a total sweetheart in this, reading is short, language, pet names, fingering, clit rubbing

plot; you admit to bakugou that you’ve never squirted before, and him being the amazing boyfriend he is, he offers to help you <3

MDNI

You weren’t very sexually active until you met Bakugou, and he ended up giving you the best sex of your life.

For the entire week, he’s been asking if there are things that you personally wanted to try out .. and you couldn’t think of anything until today.

You were wearing an oversized black tee, one of Katsuki’s to be exact, with your white panties.

“Hey, ‘tsuki..” You shyly said, knocking on his door to let him know that you were gonna come in. “I’ve been wanting to try something out.”

“Yeah?” He said, turning his head and looking over at you with a grin on his face. He had been waiting to hear that all week.

“I.. never squirted before, and I know you’d be able to help me .. so..”

“Fuck..” He cut you off, biting his bottom lip. “You want me to help ya squirt, pretty girl..? Don’t gotta tell me twice..” He said, getting up and grabbing your waist, planting a kiss on your lips. It took you by surprise, but you of course, kissed him right back.

“C’mere..” He said, guiding you to a full sized mirror. “I want you to watch me help you squirt .. and it’ll help me see that pretty face of yours, got it?~” He said, grabbing your face and planting a kiss on your lips.

Bakugou would teasingly slip your panties down, squeezing your thighs whenever his hands met them, causing you to flinch slightly and groan.

“Shit y/n.. you’re already so fuckin’ wet for me..” He said, sliding his fingers around your needy cunt. The blonde haired boy would gently rub your puffy, red clit, watching you squirm around and whimper in his arms.

“Relax babe.. I’m just gettin’ started.” He murmured in your ear, and shit.. he knew exactly how it made you feel whenever he whispered into your ear like that.

He would slowly insert to of his fingers into your hole, his other hand focusing on your clit and rubbing it way faster than before, which only made you squirm around even more.

“Ka—aaats…uki…” You groaned, arching your back as he played around with you. You could feel a knot form in your stomach, and it felt like water was starting to form inside of you.

“What's wrong, baby? Don’t tell me m’fingers are making you gonna squirt this fast..” He says in a teasingly tone, and then starts fingering you as fast as he possibly could, which made him cramp a little bit but he couldn’t stop and miss out on this.

“Babe.. wait.. hnngh..” You arched your back, holding onto his neck as your legs begin to tremble like crazy. “I’m.. close.. hah..~”

You could feel that knot in your stomach finally snap, and the fingering noises begin to sound wetter than before.. a sigh of pleasure comes out from your mouth, eyebrows furrowed as you pant roughly.

“Shit babe..” He said, looking at you with a mischievous grin. “We might have to try that again..”

an: thank you all for showing me so much love!! i’m back and want to write as much as possible, requests are open. check masterlist for rules! likes / reblogs are greatly appreciated. ❤️

[ripplestitchskein]

Thinking about this anti idea that the show switched gears on them. I don’t understand it. I’ve never understood it. I’ve already talked about how it’s pretty clear from the writing and show setup in the first few episodes what the focus would be but what baffles me is that it’s also just not true that the character’s issues are purely centered on and only expressed via the romance aspect. They are pretty good at applying the character’s issues to all aspects of their lives and interactions. Especially with Blitz because he is the main character.

Blitz, to put it simply hates himself, plain and simple. We all know this. He creates scenarios to force others to see him as he sees himself. He is a textbook case of someone who self sabotages due to extreme self loathing. He’s not sabotaging his work or his life in general though. We can see Blitz is hardworking, he is ambitious, he has his life together from a material perspective. He had a roof over his head, clothes on his back and food in his fridge. He provides these material things for a whole other person as well.

Where Blitz self sabotages is his relationships. It’s made clear from early on in the show it’s NOT just romantic relationships, it’s ALL of them. Blitz targets what he thinks will drive people away the fastest. I need it to be super clear that he does this to everyone and its ongoing even if sometimes it’s less prevalent. The show is about Blitz and Stolas, whether you like it or not they were the two characters who were focused on in the first few episodes. And the plot is driven by their issues and always has been, what gets disregarded in these arguments that the show is only about Stolitz now is how we see these issues manifest outside of the romance aspect of the show consistently and regularly just maybe not in entire episode long plots, it’s a through line.

With Moxxie Blitz insults him, he makes comments to make him uncomfortable. He targets little insecurities he has with himself. As we’ve gone along and they’ve developed he does this less, he compliments him more, he gives him responsibility. I think we see a good subtle example of Blitz’s influence in Moxxie on Full Moon. The Welcome to Hell, Bitch line was pure Blitz. His comfort with saying “So fuck him good sir”. These are the kinds of little things that slowly and carefully drive the changes in their relationship.

For Moxxie and Millie as a couple he inserts themselves into their relationship. He makes sexual jokes about them both. He mentions having a threesome with them. He follows and stalks them. It’s an odd and imo off putting behavior, one I think we’ve theorized about a lot and that’s lead to some interesting takes on his character and his view of monogamy in general. I don’t agree or disagree on the reasonings, I don’t have any info to make an informed decision on it but after Apology Tour it was kind of cemented for me that this behavior was also a pretty effective way to test them and drive them away. They are a very loving and committed couple, if I were a serial self sabotager faced with pushing away a couple to prevent them from getting too close, what is the best way to drive them away for good? Obviously, be the toxic third, have them join the Blitz Exes. He’s not going to admit that’s what he’s doing of course, so he approaches it in earnest like he does most things he is deluding himself about. Go all in on denial.

Blitz only ever tests the fence about them though, he never makes any serious moves on it, and he has largely stopped doing it at all after Chaz and Ozzie’s. I think that episode, how he felt after sleeping with Chaz, was the turning point for him when it came to them. It remains to be seen though.

I think GhostFuckers will be the place to explore it if there is anything left to explore about that. We seem to be getting a Millie based flashback and that might shed some additional light.

What also saves Moxxie and Millie from the full force of his self sabotaging behavior is that there is a built in buffer by them being his employees. He always has a way to keep them at arm’s length if there is a power dynamic he can fall back on.

With Loona she is a very closed off, anti-affection person. With her, the tact Blitzø takes is give her too much attention and show too much love. Smother her in affection no matter how many boundaries she sets and how much she protests about it. In Queen Bee he’s too in his head over Stolas to bother with that, and it’s sadly probably the most in sync they’ve ever been until the end. I pointed it out before but in Full Moon Blitz treats Loona very differently. He imitates her and actually snaps back at her when she says Stolas is dropping him, it was a very different interaction than earlier episodes and I think another subtle sign that how he feels right now is changing him and he’s making efforts. He hasn’t simpered at her for awhile. And he obviously is giving her a more active role in the day to day.

These are ongoing threads and they are all part of of the larger picture of Blitz’s growth and change. Just because a romantic relationship is helping drive that change doesn’t meant other things aren’t, or that the only changes or growth we see are only about the romance.

The fact that that there are two episodes focused entirely on Fizz speaks for itself.

[moonlightkitties]

You're Your Father's Daughter - Red Dead Redemption Reader Insert (Part Eleven)

Plot: After a trip with Arthur and Mrs. Adler to Rhodes, you meet an unlikely friend.

Warnings: Shootout, Panic Attack Symptoms, Negative self-talk, low self-esteem, physical trauma, just a whole lot of emotions.

Word Count: 3k+

Missions Mentioned: The New South and Further Questions of Female Suffrage.

A/N: Omg so this one is a really big emotional roller coaster. I just hit 200 followers and I just cannot thank y'all enough!! Writing this fic is one of my favs things to do and I'm just really proud of the attention it is getting. Again, thank you all for 200 followers!!

The week after your little incident passed in a haze of pain and frustration. When Dutch finally gave you the okay to start walking and exploring the new camp, you quickly discovered how much the injury had taken its toll. Every step sent a sharp, aching reminder through your body, and your legs felt weak. You hated the helplessness, but Sean was always there, his arm steadying you as you leaned on him for support. He’d flash you a cheeky grin and crack a joke to lighten the mood, but you could see the worry etched into his eyes every time you winced or stumbled.

The stillness of the camp surrounded you as you set on a flat rock in front of the horses.

Sean left early this morning, wanting to check the area out.

You were still adjusting to everything: the pain, the slow healing, and the way your mind drifted back to moments you’d rather forget.

Everyone was starting to get up and you could smell the coffee brewing from a few feet away. Reverend Swanson advised against drinking it since it could potential inflame your stomach.

A few feet away you could see Kieran moving around, getting all his stuff situated. You felt bad not spending time with him recently, he did save your life, but you've also been busy.

Y'know, like getting shot.

Kieran locked eyes with you and you looked away, embarrassed, you really did not want to talk to anyone today.

"Hey," you heard Kieran greet you.

You looked up, giving him a small smile "hey," you told him back.

"How are you feelin'?" He asked, taking a spot beside you.

You shrug, "fine, I guess."

Kieran shuffled around a bit, looking a bit awkward, "You know… I’ve been thinkin’, there’s a spot not too far from here, just over the ridge," Kieran began, his voice a little quieter now, "It’s peaceful. Thought you might like it. Just the two of us, get away from all this… madness for a bit." He shrugged, giving you a sheepish grin. "Not sure if you’re up for it, though. Can’t blame ya if you’re not."

His question made you freeze up a bit.

Sure you went fishing one time and maybe flirted a bit but you really only liked him as a friend.

"Maybe..." you began, you didn't really feel like leaving camp right now, you were already just starting to learn to walk by yourself.

Kieran, sensing your hesitation, softened his grin, and took a step back. "Don't worry about it. I can show you the spot some other time. Just thought it’d be nice."

As Kieran walked back towards the horses, a knot in your stomach grew. You loved Sean, you did. But there was something about Kieran's gentle nature that made your heart flutter every time you saw him.

You stayed sitting on the rock for a few more moments, watching Kieran tend to the horses.

You weren't angry at him, you were more angry at yourself. Angry that you were so careless as to get shot, for needing help with simple things like walking and sitting down. Angry that you felt an affection for someone other than Sean.

You looked around, hoping to find someone to help you up and take you to where Dutch was.

"Hey, Tilly?" you asked when she walked close to you.

"Yeah?" she asked, walking closer to you.

"Can you help me up and take me to Dutch?"

Tilly gave you a smile and put your arm over her shoulder and helped you up. You hissed a bit when the stiches pulled. "Sorry," Tilly said, "I think Dutch left this morning actually," Tilly told you once we got close to the lake. "Really?" you asked, feeling a bit disappointed. "With Arthur and Hosea, think they went fishing."

You let out a sigh, "just take me to my tent then, I'm exhausted."

Tilly nodded and lead you to your tent, opening the flaps and gently setting you down on your cot. "Holler if you need anything," Tilly tell you. You nodded and she leaves, leaving you alone with your thoughts.

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"Arthur!"

You, about three years old, runs up to Arthur, who was about to twenty-one.

"Hey, kid, what're you doin'?" Arthur asked, ruffling your head.

"Nothin'," you shrug.

"What are you doin'?" you ask, "can I come with you?"

"Sorry, kid, your daddy want's me to go fishin', can't have you out of camp, it'll have your momma worried sick."

You pouted and Arthur chuckled, "I'll bring you back something," he said, mounting Boadicea.

"Okay..." you mumbled, kicking the ground, as he rode away.

"(y/n)!"

You turn around, your mother was making her way towards you.

"What are you doin' over here?" she asked, picking you up, and walking you towards her and your father's tent.

"I was just asking what Arthur what he was doing," you said, wiggling to get down.

"Come on now, Annabelle, she's gonna have to see the real world once in a while," your father told her, walking into the tent.

"She's too young to be wandering around the camp unsupervised," your mother told him.

Hours passed before Arthur came back to camp, bringing back three large, beautiful, bass. Dutch and Hosea were both pleased with him and the camp toasted him all night.

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You awoke and groaned when you heard arguing. You had no idea who it was but you were having such a good sleep.

You didn't even remember falling asleep, let alone lay down in your cot.

With the help of your bedside table, you stood up and clutched your hand around your stomach as you hobbled over. As you made your way out of your tent, you could tell it was about mid-evening. You mentally rolled your eyes at yourself for sleeping the day away. Even if you could barely move, you could have helped some around camp.

You looked around, Dutch was in his tent, a book glued to his face, Hosea was speaking with Lenny at the table, and Arthur was trying to diffuse an argument between Mr. Pearson and Mrs. Adler.

Seeing that both Dutch and Hosea were doing something boring, you made your way over to Arthur, maybe he needed help.

"What's goin' on?" you ask, moving out of Arthurs way as he pushed Mrs. Adler away from Mr. Pearson.

"Mrs. Adler is tired of contributing towards the camp," Arthur said.

Mrs. Adler groaned, "that's not it!"

Arthur huffed, "You wanna be out there? Run with the men? So be it...but we do more than just hunting...we're hunted. And them things huntin' us well they got guns of their own."

Mrs. Adler looked at Arthur with the most serious face she's put on. "I ain't afraid of dyin'."

You wished you could be more like her but after almost dying, you could say you were absolutely terrified.

"You need anything Mr. Pearson?" Arthur asked, "maybe me and Mrs. Adler are gonna take a little ride."

Mr. Pearson gave Arthur a grocery list of supplies he needs for food and a letter that he asked Arthur to post.

"Can I come?" you asked, following Mrs. Adler and Arthur to the horses.

"No," Arthur said, not even looking at you.

You groaned, "please? I'm tired of sitting around camp, what's wrong with a short trip to town?"

Arthur stopped and looked at you, you looked at him back, practically giving him begging eyes. Arthur sighed, "fine, it's not like we're gonna run into trouble. Tell Dutch that you're going with us." You nod and, forgetting you were ever shot, practically ran towards Dutch's tent, "I'm going with Arthur and Mrs. Adler to town, is that okay?" you asked him. Dutch nodded, not looking up from his book, "yeah, uh-huh." You were pretty sure he didn't hear you but you took it as an okay.

"Can I ride Whiskey?" you asked Arthur as him and Mrs. Adler waited for you.

"I don't know..." Arthur began, "I'd feel better if you rode in the back," he finished.

"But you need the back for room," you argued.

"Fine," Arthur sighed, "Mrs. Adler will you help her up?"

You made your way towards Whiskey and she trotted towards you when she saw you.

"Hey, girl," you say, petting her snout, "you missed me too, huh?" Whiskey let out a soft whinny, nuzzling you affectionately. You smile, reaching for the saddle.

You didn't realize it before, but Whiskey was super tall. As you stood next to her you could feel the heigh difference more, especially with your injury still making your movements slower than usual. The stirrup seemed miles away, and you had to swallow down the nervous lump that formed in your throat.

You hesitated for a moment, taking in a deep breath. Mounting a horse was second nature to you, had been for years, but now, with your side still sore from the gunshot wound, the simple task suddenly seemed more daunting.

"Need help?"

You jumped slightly at Mrs. Adler's voice. "Nah, I think I got it," you told her.

Mrs. Adler smiled, "there's no problem in asking for a little help now in then," she told you, walking over towards you.

"Now, come on, I'll help you up," she said, bending down and putting her hand up so she could boost you up.

You hesitated, sure there was no problem in asking for a little bit of help but it was embarrassing.

You placed your hand in hers, and with one smooth motion, Mrs. Adler hoisted you up and onto Whiskey’s saddle.

You winced as you got comfortable but settled in quickly.

"Thanks Mrs. Adler," you tell her, taking the reins and making Whiskey walk towards the caravan.

"It's no problem, darlin' and please, call me Sadie."

You nodded and stopped beside the caravan and waited for Sadie to get inside.

Arthur started driving and you made Whiskey walk along side him, the up and down motion made your wound hurt but you quickly got over it.

"You cooled down then yet?" Arthur asked Sadie.

"I guess. And I ain't no scullion, and I sure ain't taking orders from that sweaty halfwit!"

"Well I guess we all gotta do out share, Princess," Arthur tells her. Sadie scoffed in response, "Where's that letter?" she asked. "Oh, you readin' his mail now?" Arthur wondered. "Oh, robbin' and killin' is okay but letter-reading's where we cross the line?" Sadie posed. Arthur, knowing that she had a point, handed her Pearson's letter.

You laughed alongside Arthur and Sadie as she read Pearson's letter out loud. You haven't laughed that long you almost forgot what it sounded and felt like.

"So this is Rhodes?" you asked, looking around the small town.

"This is it," Arthur tells you, "quiet, ain't it?"

"Sure is," you say, stopping Whiskey in front of the general store.

Sadie pulls out a pistol and waves it around for the whole world to see while you crack up beside them.

After Arthur gets her to put it away, he goes to post Pearson's letter while Sadie goes into the store.

Rhode's was a quiet, dusty, town. You could smell the swamp from a few miles away and, despite what you overheard Dutch and Hosea talk about, it didn't seem like the place where a family would hide gold. It was about five in the evening, you hoped Sean was back from his ride so you could talk to him properly without being drugged up with Reverend Swanson's morphine, you missed that stuff, knocked you to sleep a few nights when you couldn't handle the pain.

Sadie walked back outside, a whole new outfit on her person, and a worker hauling supplies out.

As the wagon was being filled with supplies, you noticed some women about your age, fiddling with her fingers and looking around nervously. Since Sadie was occupied with the supplies, you clicked your tongue and made Whiskey start walking near the women. As you got closer you realized how...fancy, she looked. Her curly blonde hair was in a ponytail, a blue ribbon in the middle.

"Do you need help? " you ask.

She jumped and looked at you with a shocked expression on her face.

"Sorry!" You exclaim, "didn't mean to scare you."

The girl laughed awkwardly, "sorry, about that," she said, taking a breath, "no, I'm not lost, I'm looking for someone. I'm not really supposed to be in town but it's the only place we get to meet."

You narrowed your eyes at her. She was a strange girl, but also the only girl your age you'd met in a while.

"Well, what's your name?" you ask her.

"Penelope. Penelope Braithwaite," she answers you, "and you are?"

"Oh, uh, (y/n)....(y/n) Van der Linde." If she's going to be a friend you might as well not lie to her face right away.

"Well, Miss Van der Linde, what do you know about love?"

"Love?" you repeated, "not much really."

"Well I don't know much either but I do know that my Beau makes my heart flutter every time I even think about him."

"Beau?" you ask, not as a question, but rather to your wonder, that's a strange name.

You guessed that Penelope thought it was a question and starts to overshare.

"Oh, Beau? He's wonderful, he's a bit weird...but so human. He writes poetry! Can you believe that? And he listens to me, which no one else really does. My cousins say I talk too much, but Beau says my voice is the prettiest sound he’s ever heard, even prettier than the birds in the bayou."

You raise your eyebrows, she's clearly not finished talking.

"And I know that I'm a Braithwaite and he's a gray but," she sighs dramatically, "It's like fate brought us together. We meet it secret usually and write letters and bring each other presents." She paused, remembering that you existed.

"Sorry," she giggled, brushing a curl behind her ear, "I don’t usually have anyone to talk to about this kind of thing."

You smile, "eh, it's fine, I don't usually talk to people my age all the time." You look around, clearly remembering that Arthur and Sadie were waiting for you. "Crap, sorry, I gotta go, my brother is waiting for me." Penelope smiles, "well goodbye, (y/n), I hope I see you again soon."

You rode back to Arthur and Sadie, "sorry..." you said, mighty embarrassed.

"It's alright," Arthur shrugged, "clearly that's the first friend you made in a while." As Sadie started driving the caravan, you couldn't help but think about how familiar Penelope's last name sounded. "Hey, Arthur?"

"Yeah?"

"Does the name Penelope Braithwaite sound familiar to you?"

"Penelope doesn't but Braithwaite sure does, why?"

"That's the girl I was talking to."

"Well, you best tell Dutch when we get back to camp, that's one of the families he wants to keep an eye on."

"Hey there!" a man riding horseback alongside the caravan exclaimed, another one was behind it and you realized that if a shoot out were to happen, you have no guns on you.

"What are you folks up to?" the man asks, giving you a creepy grin.

"Just heading home," Arthur answered.

The air got thicker and more tense as the man talked and before you knew it you were thrown a pistol and hiding behind a rock.

As you crouched behind the rock, you dodged bullets coming your way. Your heart thumped in your chest, and as your fingers wrapped around the pistol, the cold metal felt foreign in your hand, a reminder of the bullet that almost took your life a week ago. Your breathe hitched as you tried to steady yourself, the gun feeling like a stranger in your hand.

"Come on, kid!" Arthur said, although his voice sounded muffled against the noise.

"I can't!" you yelled, covering your ears at the sound of the bullets flaring in the clearing. Your hands trembled as your breathing grew heavier and your stomach felt empty. You clenched your eyes shut, rocking your body back and forth, trying to calm yourself down.

You couldn't get shot again, you couldn't get bedridden again, you couldn't be seen as a liability again.

"Hey," you felt a hand on your shoulder, gently shaking you, you gasped as you took your hands off your ears, the gunfire was gone and only Arthur and Sadie stood.

"It's okay, it's done."

Gasps racked your body as you sobbed, apologies spilling out.

"Hey, hey, shh, it's okay," Arthur said bending down and pulling you into his arms.

"I'm sorry," you sobbed, clinging to him "I couldn't do it."

"It's alright, it's over now."

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You don't remember ever getting back to camp, but Sadie rode Whiskey as you clung to Arthur's arm while he drove the caravan back to camp. When the movement stopped and you were back at camp, Ennis was near the other horses and you sighed in relief. Sean was back home and all you wanted was him.

"Come on, let's get you back to your tent, I'm gonna tell Dutch what happened," Arthur said, getting off and helping you down.

"No, please don't Arthur, he'll never let me leave camp again!" You begged. Arthur sighed "What happened out there? With those Lemoyne Raiders? That wasn't you."

"Fine, whatever, tell him for all I care," you spat, making your way towards your tent and sitting on your cot.

You were seething with rage. Not because of Arthur but, like earlier, because of yourself; for freezing up, panicking. You held a gun before so why is it now so hard?

Your tent flaps opened as your knee moved up and down in an inhuman speed.

"Love?"

Your head lifted up as Sean's familiar voice filled your head. More tears threatened to spill from you as he made his way over to you.

"Arthur told me what happened, are you alright?"

You shook your head as he sat next to you, "I don't know what happened, I froze and I just..."

"Hey," Sean whispered, "you're okay, everything's okay now, no one got shot."

"What time is it?" you ask. "Late, moon just went down," Sean answered. You got up on shaky legs and Sean immediately sat you back down "I need to talk to dad about someone I saw," you told him. "You can speak to him in the mornin'," Sean said, helping you to lay down. His bedroll was rolled out beside your cot and he laid down, his hand never leaving yours as you got yourself so much needed sleep.

[lithugraph]

You already know who I am, (because I’ve gushed about ‘The Book Smuggler’ on Ao3 and in your DMs before), so I hope that sending this on anonymous is fine. I have so many questions, and I thought I’d wait until the next chapter, but I simply cannot wait anymore. Having said that, please don’t feel pressured to answer any of these if you feel like they might spoil the plot of future installments. Once again, thank you for sharing your writing with us!

Going into this series as a dormant-but-not-dead LietPol fan was a grave mistake on my part, because although I know that Tauras and Feliks are a closed chapter (romance wise), I still catch myself secretly hoping for PRECISELY what Feliks had hinted at when he had brought up Aurelija’s wedding.

For the sake of your readership’s imagination, if you were to go down that path, would you see Feliks start an extramarital relationship with Tauras? I’m disinclined to believe that he would break off this marriage and lose his privileges - not after he had fought so hard to protect his and his family’s reputation. Or would he consider Tauras’ recklessness too great a risk? Affair or not, does Feliks still love Tauras enough to endanger his standing for him?

And if Tauras were to return to Kaunas, would his father accept him? I recall that in one of his conversations with Ivan, Matas voices his suspicion that Juozas had already forgiven his errant son. Maybe it’s foolish to think this, but a part of me hopes that Juozas has not forgiven Tauras, because the thought of a father having long forgiven a son who is woefully unaware of this is a pill too hard to swallow.

A follow up question to this is: has Tauras forgiven his brother at last? Throughout the series, we see Tauras wrestle against his own judgment to forgive his little brother. In one chapter, he is as resentful of Matas as he had been in the aftermath of his fight with his father, in another he wonders if Matas knows that he has long forgiven him. If my calculations are correct, Matas must be close to 15 now, yes? When and how do you think Matas came to understand that his interference all those years ago ultimately caused him to deprive Tauras of his love and standing in the family?

Last, I used to see Ivan as the embodiment of ‘lawful evil’, HOWEVER the latest chapters have really given me a run for my money, because now, without his much-awaited career promotion, I’m dying to see where he stands with Tauras. Will he abandon his loyalties? Throw in his lot with Tauras and maybe even contribute to Tauras’ reconciliation with his family? I bet that Matas would really, really love that as he seems to be fond of Ivan (and Ivan of him, but I’m not sure).

Also, please give us a hint of who Aurelija will be marrying.

I’d have a couple more questions to ask about Gilbert and Toris, but they are more historical in nature than ‘TBS’ specific. If I haven’t stolen too much of your time, I can insert those on another occasion. Thank you for everything!

Oh buddy, you just made my everything with this ask, thank you so much! Some things I will answer and others I will hint at.

WRT to Feliks and Tauras...relationship-wise, they are very much like Daisy and Jay from The Great Gatsby. Tauras fell head over heels in infatuated love with Feliks when they were younger and in doing so, it created this ideal image of Feliks in his mind. After Feliks, Tauras really doesn't pursue romance because of 1.) fear of further retribution and 2.) that person would not be Feliks. Tauras held such a torch for Feliks because he was his first love and he felt guilt over what happened, with Feliks being sent into the imperial army. It's only after Tauras returns to Lithuania and has that run in with Feliks does he realize Feliks would never be able to fully commit because he's more bound by societal expectations for men of his class and holds his status so highly. I think if Tauras had taken him up on that proposal, Feliks would definitely start a side fling with him. He would not divorce his wife. Tauras and Feliks' relationship would become the subject of gossip at parties, which is what would ultimately end it as Feliks likes to spread the hot goss, not be the target of it.

I feel like when Feliks saw Tauras and proposed he make amends with his family, it was like this lightning moment. Like Feliks had all these thoughts crash through his head. He knows they'd be doomed in the end, but it's not gonna stop him from trying at least to get Tauras back in some capacity, like your brain screaming at you not to do something but you go and do it anyway. Feliks does still love Tauras which is why he lets him go free, but he would not be willing to give up his status and money -- they're like his shield and he does not understand how someone like Tauras can live an impoverished life and not out in society.

I've been turning Tauras and Juozas over in my head as we near the end. And my original intent was for them to have one final meeting, and it still may happen...but as far as Juozas forgiving him....I'm not going to say yes or no just yet. Matas is somewhat of a dreamer who sees the best in people. He blames himself for what happened to Tauras and wants to believe their father has forgiven Tauras deep down. He also might be conflating his own guilt and hope that Tauras has forgiven him and projecting it where Juozas is concerned.

Matas is eight years younger than Tauras, and when the main story line takes place, Tauras is 27/28, so he would be 19/20. Being from a devout Catholic family, he would have known at the time what his brother was doing was shameful -- Tauras wasn't married and he was with another man. I think he began realizing his brother was in love when he started to have and understand those feelings too, probably when he was a teenager.

I will say he and Tauras do have a moment .... probably not in the upcoming chapter, but definitely in the one after it :)

I love your description of Ivan as the embodiment of lawful evil! It makes me happy because I feel like I was struggling with his character a little. So...everything you mentioned was part of my original idea for this. It maaaaaaay still happen...but I also see Ivan as the type to dig in deeper when he doesn't get what he wants. I'm not sure he would give everything up to help a person he's viewed as a traitor for so long.

Aurelija's marriage is politically motivated, ahahah...it's just lucky for her she actually loves the guy, and he loves her too. He's probably a Lithuanian or Pole whose family is of a slightly higher status than her own.

I would love to answer any more questions about Tauras and Gil! Feel free to send them on! And if you have any more after reading all this, I'd be happy to answer them too :)

[mslovett]

OMG HI!!!! i just saw your req are open and i have an idea!!

How about lilia x witch!reader but it's based on Cassandra by Taylor Swift?

I'm thinking like back into the ancient time when Lilia was still a general and there was a war between human and fae. The reader is a witch and hiding it from the town/village/kingdom she lives in (back then humans with magic is still considered weird and abnormal, so many of tgem got scared of magic) Maybe she works as an alchemist or doctor to hide it better. Eventually she gets so popular and becomes the royal doctor or sort of that.

Maybe some people got jealous or suspicious so they want her to get kicked out. Let's just say she collects her ingredients from the woods at night. The people who don't like her try to get her kicked out so they are starting to follow her at night. After day by day, she starts to notice that someome had been following her at night, so she tricked them.

Turns out, at night she's not just collecting ingredients, but she is meeting up Lilia at night and they had been friends for a while. They know that their kingdom is in a war but they can't help but befriend each other. Like he doesn't know that humans got magics too, plus they can see from each other perspective about life and all.

One day, unfortunately, she gets caught talking to Lilia and the kingdom punishes her for her traitorous act against humanity. She gets ashamed publicly and becomes a bait for the next upcoming battle.

She gets executed in front of Lilia and the other fae in the battle, but before that she cast a spell to the whole human army to weaken them.

SORRY THAT IT GET TOO LONG 😭😭 YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT IF YOU DON'T WANT TOO!! I'm just letting out these weird ideas of mine cause i don't know how to do with them sksk. Oh and if you ever really make it, i want you to make the ending cause i want a surprise!!! It would be awesome ❤️‍🔥 maybe Lilia finally realized his feelings for her after she's getting killed or they got a happy ending? I leave it to you!

(Sorry for the grammar errors, english is not my first language)

ugh girlie i am so sorry bc this has been rotting in my inbox forever!! i thought i might eventually write this because it was such a thought out request, and i mean… the plot is all there, right? but to be honest, i’ve been entirely disinterested in twst for quite a while now. i’ve also become increasingly disinterested in (writing, though honestly reading, a little, too) fanfic in general, but especially self insert fic.

however !! i will tag this so maybe someone else can pick up and realise your idea? (assuming you haven’t already requested someone else to do it lmao)

[writing-for-life]

Thessaly, Johanna and a weird meta about musical motifs (amongst other things)

Send me asks about everything Sandman-related!

As a little intro: A lot of people in the fandom want to see Thessaly cut from the TV adaptation, or at least see her changed substantially. I am not necessarily one of them because I don’t think it’s always necessary to blur the lines between fiction and reality that way, and I would be alright with portraying her in a similar way as in the Audible adaptation (where a lot of things have already been changed to make her character more palatable to 21st century audiences). It would also make Morpheus look a bit less morally grey (I mean, he falls in love with someone who is essentially a terrible person, knows it and doesn’t seem to give a shit. Then again, he often is morally grey, and people like to forget that ;)).

Having gotten that out of the road: I *do* think that “A Game of You” is hard to translate to the screen. I absolutely love it in the comics, but I think it’s one of those arcs that is tricky to do well for TV. I’d even go as far as saying it might be a dealbreaker for some people who haven’t read the comic/are show audience only, and it might jeopardise a potential S3. Not because of Thessaly or the plot as such, but because it operates on a similar plane as The Doll’s House, which was jarring to a lot of people in S1. And The Doll’s House has a far more straightforward arc and more Morpheus in it—AGoY has none of these things. I’d personally love to see it, but I would also love to see Morpheus’ full arc being brought to the screen, so I am a bit conflicted. I still think, and of course that’s just a personal opinion, that it would be best to just have little bits and bobs inserted into Season of Mists and do the whole Cuckoo arc as an animation, but that’s just me.

@tickldpnk8 and I already speculated wildly about S2, and sole speculation it is, but maybe you want to check out that post. I’m getting carried away here...

After that longwinded intro: Are we going to get Johanna instead of Thessaly?

What I actually wanted to write about is why the longer I think about it (and I’ve been thinking about it since S1, I'm really that sad), the more I can’t shake the feeling that they *will* replace Thessaly with Johanna. And the fandom is totally divided about it—some love the idea because they had undeniable chemistry in S1, others hate it for various reasons (doing Johanna dirty, keeping Thessaly "intact"--you name it).

I personally think it might actually elevate the story because it would make Morpheus look better (*if* that's what we want--I'm not really sure I do), and that’s what show-only-fans seemingly gravitate towards. As already hinted at, Thessaly/Murphy always seemed a rather unfathomable relationship, and it didn’t just make Murph look stupid, but also, as already mentioned, morally grey and not very discerning in his choice of women (hmm, maybe he just isn’t ;)).

Falling for Johanna wouldn’t be any of this. And it would be so easy to show why it went horribly wrong without making either of them look bad, and you could still feel for both of them. If we think about Johanna’s worst nightmare (literally), it’s what happened to Astra. So she would absolutely and unequivocally support someone like Lyta, who worries about her child. And she would do it for all the right reasons, and not because she’s a selfish bitch who just wants a longer life or is generally spiteful.

And it wouldn’t be hard for Morpheus and Johanna to hook up either. They could even leave the original idea intact: Thessaly just dreamed of him, and they started talking in dreams, bla bla bla. We already have the set-up for that in S1. Morpheus took away Johanna’s nightmare. She could just be grateful, relieved, whatever, and dream of him. Done. And we don’t even need to explain that at great length, because in the comics, we never really see them hook up anyway and just find things out after the deed. Although I personally *want* to see them get hot and heavy on screen, but that’s just me having my mind in the gutter because why would you not to show two sexy people with so much chemistry doing exactly that. However, I’ll survive the disappointment if they don’t—just 😂

But it’s not just the plot. It’s also everything we’ve seen in S1. I have already talked about this in other threads, most recently with @orionsangel86, but literally every shot with them in S1 was framed as a romance shot: the proximity, the play on height difference, the camera angles, the lighting. These are deliberate choices, either to hint at what’s to come, or to set up a distraction, MacGuffin, whatever.

Then the mention of “None of us can be trusted.”

Or the RAIN. I mean, I am so surprised no one has commented on that waterfall of RAIN when they say goodbye (or I’ve just not seen it). You cannot read the comics and ever believe again that Morpheus and rain, no matter where, doesn’t hint at terrible relationship outcomes.

Musical themes, oy!

But the thing that really got me was the use of musical motifs, and I am unfortunately showing my background from a former life here because I can never listen to a movie soundtrack without getting analytical about it. Johanna’s theme is called “Johanna & Rachel”, and it would be easy to just think of it as that. And yes, it is a love theme, but it doesn’t just play for Johanna and Rachel. It plays in Morpheus’ and Johanna’s last scene as well.

And here’s the kicker: Dream’s and her theme complete each other, as in: They both have what the other one is missing. They are musically extremely close, but not identical. Let me explain:

If you think of the opening lines of both of their motifs in scale degrees (like 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-(1)), they look/sound as follows:

Johanna (her motif begins right at the start, so I didn't timestamp it)

1-(minor3)-7-(2)-(1) | 1-(major3)-m7-1

If I put all of “her” scale degrees in a row, they are: 1-2-3-7

Dream (you actually hear his leitmotifs, and their subtle differences, best in his scenes with John Dee):

1-(7)-(6)-(5)-(4) | 1-(7)-(6)-2 (video is timestamped)

1-(7)-(6)-(5)-(aug4) | 1-(7)-(6)-2 (video is timestamped)

If I put all of “his” scale degrees in a row, they are: 1-2-4-5-6-7

Morpheus is missing the third (3). Missing the third, which s considered one of the most consonant intervals and DYNAMIC, also hints at his character, but that just as an aside.

Johanna has the third (both in its minor and major form). 

Johanna is missing the fourth, fifth and sixth.

Morpheus has them, in various forms (major and augmented—especially augmented intervals are highly unstable and create a lot of friction).

What they share/have in common are 1, 2 and 7:

The tonic (1) is what everything else hinges on. The supertonic (2) is musically fraught with tension and seeks to resolve into the tonic--back to base or a conclusion/resolution, if you will. The seventh (7), both as a leading note or subtonic, is also that: Tension that needs resolved.

So all they have in common is tension that needs to resolve into some sort of resolution.

(And before we are pointing out the obvious: of course both tunes have more notes in it respectively, but we are talking about the main motifs.)

What’s also super interesting is where their overall themes are going. Johanna’s is initially darker, but it actually has a lot of ascending lines and “light” before plunging back into darkness.

Morpheus’ seems a lot more regal (for lack of better term), but the lines are mostly descending. This becomes even more apparent when we are not just listening to the opening theme, but to the several variations of his theme (his presence can be felt literally everywhere, even in Desire's theme).

It just freaked me out majorly the moment I heard it for the first time in contrast. But I like to over-interpret musical stuff because I just hear it so clearly. I *do* believe that composers do these things on purpose, even if just subconsciously, because we can't separate what we know about a character from how we perceive them musically (I do it as well). Of course that doesn’t always mean that it’s exactly the purpose I am thinking of, or that it hints at whatever is to come. My brain tends to run away with these things.

But yes, musically, they are totally "on track", so let's run with it. I'll admit my embarrassment later when this all goes into a completely different direction ;)

(Also tagging @honeyteacakes in this since I encroached on your comments recently)

[idyllwave]

Wahh, good luck. Hopefully you don’t get sent on another work trip. At least it not so far if you can drive over right?

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I have an inkling that Jing yuan’s town is gonna be dystopian af. And I’ve learnt not to put my trust in you with plots like dis.

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A shame there’s no paths but was there any paths in pure imagination? I don’t remember if dhil had horns in there. I’d love to pull on his tail.

I mean…might as well marry Jing yuan right?

But I wonder why y/n didn’t accept yuan’s proposal or either have dhil and Jing yuan make an agreement to be legally married to Jing yuan but living with dhil.

Even with Jing yuan being a slippery eel, I think I can be even more slippery ;)

Though I think the BEST solution for y/n would be to lawyer up, cuz that shit she signed was not an employment contract but a slave contract cuz wtf. Maybe she could have dhil and Jing yuan help her with this. Though dhil will gladly do it and yuan will def ask for something.

Maybe bladie would be willing to leak some insider information about the stellaron corporation if y/n asked very sweetly and used her ‘feminine charm’ 💀💀

“No victory is sweeter than a legal victory”— my law major friends

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As for bladie…I’d be too scared to talk to him. Literally I would’ve made a fast U turn out of that bar the moment I recognized his face. Like bai boy.

Although I wonder why he just sat down at let y/n be yoinked from him…did he ever return to the stellaron hunters after y/n got kidnapped? Cuz I don’t think they would welcome him.

Also what blade did to y/n and her ex boss gotta be illegal in so many different ways, I would give the authorities an anon tip that the nightclub was doing some shady business. Unlikely we’ll be able to catch blade but likely we’ll get some reimbursement money.

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I also think that geppie was manipulated in pure imagination by luocha, cuz it was said somewhere that luocha suggested…imagine Jing yuan’s the culprit.

Ik it’s been ages since pure imagination was finished but I’m still crafting theories for it 😭😭. I’m still hoping for Pure imagination pt 2 someday, someday…😭

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But legit tho imagine a threesome with Jing yuan y/n and dhil why bother settling for 1 when you can have both!!

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Love the thought of bite yuan being so charismatically sly in front of everyone but for y/n he becomes a subby puppy. My Roman Empire…

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Have a good day at work ❤️. Hope your boss gets some sense smacked into him.

The one tomorrow is an 8 hour drive, but the one next week is a 21 hour drive 😭 why is everything in the US so freaking far apart?!

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Lmao, true, probably best not to trust me lmao

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I don't think i had any paths in pure imagination either but dan heng was still a dragon 😌

marrying jy is the only option 🙌

Well jy was shady af in pure imagination not to mention that he was kind of mean to her too, so her guard was way up and at the time she felt that there was another way. By that point in the story I believe everyone was turning on her (except for Blade lmao)

And I think she didn't get a lawyer because of my own thoughts on lawyers cause in the US (idk if it's the same in other places) you only pay them if you win in court and at the time. .. y/n was flat broke 😔 it was too risky for her to go the legal route (and i think I made her a little dumb and bubbly in the story on purpose too lmao)

Not a day goes by that I regret how I write my y/n inserts XD cause I'm always like "mannn, this personality would fit so much better!!" But I would already be like 20 chapters into the fic I'm writing. Which is when something drastic happens in the story line causing yn's personality to change 😌

And Blade would def spill anything to y/n if she asks XD

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By this point maybe I should do an epilogue for pure imagination XD

But anyway, if I ever saw blade I would def try to rizz him up. No questions asked.

Blade didn't return to the stellaron hunters but he does odd jobs so he sometimes finds himself working with them whether he (or they) likes it or not.

Definitely illegal, but it's fine cause he's hot (if this happened in real life, I would probably kill the man)

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When luocha works for jy:

Poor gepard 😔

Maybe there will be a part 2, someday

Tbh, it honestly surprises me how some people are still reading it today lol

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Both. Both is good (that one meme)

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I will die on this hill for mean jy to everyone else but sub jy just for y/n (bite jy will be my favorite, I can already tell)

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Thanks!! And I hope so too!!!

[emilieautumnarchives]

I throw up my hands...

Posted: January 12, 2008 Archived from BonnyTymePyrate’s Journal Archives

Hmmm…Suffer’s kidnapping and my plot for revenge has undoubtedly put me into a foul mood, something not entirely unassisted by my having been unable (happy “un” day) to refill my myriad drug prescriptions while on tour leaving me still unmedicated (which, in accordance with the public’s positively moronic understanding of bi-polar disorder, and yes, that is the exact same thing as manic-depression, folks, means that I ought to be out fucking some paparazzo guy whose name I can’t pronounce and jetting off to Mexico after shaving my head and getting myself kicked out of the Four Seasons every night)…but this would do in anybody’s day, UNless of course, as I’ve said before, you’re a fucking potato (would you be surprised if I told you just how many letters I’ve received from good people telling me, “Although according to you I’m a "fucking potato” - insert UNnecessary *wink* here - I’m a big F-A-N"):

So, word is!

Lady Marine. Pregnant. Went missing last month after accusing her superior Marine officer of raping her (can anyone enlighten me as to why news reporters aren’t allowed to call rape “rape” anymore, instead using the ambiguous and relatively harmless sounding “sexual assault,” which implies something about as important as saying that a kid on the playground pushed you…). Nobody believed her. Her family didn’t believe her (and WHY do we not tell our families??). Her own mother comes out and says, “She’s bipolar and has a history a lying.” I wonder if the accusation might have been taken a bit more seriously had her family not have publily discredited her before she even had a chance to hit the stand. Anyhow! Good news is, it doesn’t matter now, thank god, because she’s been found. In a shallow grave. Double murder.

Whodunit????

Who do you fucking think?

The guy she said raped her.

Oh well. If she had been black, and male, it would have been called a “hate crime”, as well it should be, and attacked with all the force of the military because, hey, a racial slur against Tiger Woods is a national shame with full media coverage and talks on “how can this happen in this century???”, but no, she’s a dumb crazy cunt who shouldn’t have been in the Marines anyway, and we all know that, right?

I swear to bloody god, the next boy I tell my “rape story” to who snaps at me, “why the hell didn’t you do anything about it?”, as if I had personally offended HIM, I’m going to fucking get one of Crumpet Aprella’s sexy-ass lighters and torch this planet.

Moral of the Story: Female in 2008 = lower than livestock + rumored mental illness = subhuman species with no rights and less credibility + “is this country really ready for a female President?” = no, not while we’re still a minority + oh, wait, we’re not a minority, we’re the majority = don’t try counting, little girls, math ain’t your thing.

And so, on that note, let it be said that, when I am kidnapped by one of the sweet & gentle stalkers who have already threatened it and who ruin it for everybody by making me wary and overprotected and unable to touch muffins or take pictures or even go to certain sides of the stage so don’t blame me when the signings stop, just look around you (jeez, they’ve already taken Suffer, what the fuck is next?), or simply just fucked up for the last time by some random guy on the street who doesn’t give a fuck who I am, yes, let it be said that I was Bipolar and therefore without credibility, not to be believed, not to be taken seriously in any way. And hey! They’re right! It’s all good! Because, isn’t that what I’m always preaching anyway? Lighten up, goths! Always look on the bright side…

I love you little potatoes, see you in Hell (Sartre’s hell, that is), but for now my heart is racing (proximity to Sir Edward and Basil?) which means the best thing to do is take a walk. I recommend we all do it, now. It’s walking time. Get on your winter coats, double socks please, I’ll see you on the streets in five.

EA

p.s.

As long is no one’s biting their tongue today, I will confess that I HAVE gotten into trouble at the Four Seasons, and Lady Joo Hee can confirm it…I was refilling our champagne flutes during high tea with the vanilla vodka I had stashed in my sarcastic pink thermos, and waiter boy didn’t like it, poor thing…best day evah!

Hey, Brit Brit, I’m on my way!

p.p.s.

Note To The Press: Being Bipolar doesn’t make you do any of the things that the Hollywood fucked-up are doing. Being a drug addict does. There’s a big difference. And it’s days like these that give me the slightest splinter of a reminder of why in the hell I am writing a book about it. So, please, remind me of this day when it comes out and I can’t quite recall why I went to the trouble.

p.p.p.s.

OK, I admit it: this is all just because I went to Home Depot the other day to find some new electrical outlet covers for my Asylum cell (apparently I failed to observe the “no shoes, no penis, no service” sign on the door) and as some middle-aged fucker passed me, instead of saying “excuse me” as he would have said to any other person, he said, “ I’m sorry, little girl.”

Hell? We’re livin’ it, bitches!!

[nancydrewwouldnever]

I’d like to vent. The crazy ‘fandom’ narrative is disgusting. I see it on Buzzfeed too and it’s just belittling to anyone who is actually a fan. Like people are just digging for it now and are reveling in calling Chris Evans fans crazy.

I agree a couple certain blogs are ‘insert word choice’, but that’s not as big or as awful as it’s made out to be. Are like 4 or 5 blogs doing unbelievable things? Yes. Are thousands and thousands of fans commenting, harrassing, etc. No. Like let’s keep perspective here. He got called a pedo more times for his comments during Lightyear press than Alba has gotten attacked by fans. Is it horrible the comments left? Yes. I’m not excusing them. But this narrative is acting as if it millions of people, when it’s like less than 10.

It’s gross of anyone who works with Chris to push this narrative. I don’t know why it bothers me, but it does. I’ve been caring less and less about him, I stopped rewatching his movies. He’s just blah now. I don’t care to be labeled as crazy for being a fan before, so now it’s unlikely I’ll be a fan in the future. I just want to see if they break-up or get married now. I feel like this is just a bad movie I’m watching and I just want to see how it ends. I wish I could just go on Wikipedia and read the plot section so I could turn this off already 🤣

I think I see it has sexist. So many see Chris Evans as this victim who needs to be swaddled in a blanket.

The problem comes in all fandoms being seen as monoliths by outside viewers. This misses that all fandoms are actually loose bundles of many different subset groups with different priorities and aims. Even Swifties all together at a concert are not all alike in how they participate in the TSwift fandom. Fandoms are beautiful melting pots of the people within them. One bad apple shouldn't spoil the bunch, but it does seem to spoil how observers see the bunch.

I think what I'm not liking right now is this perceived feeling that Chris and his team think of his fandom as expendable when we're not actively putting money in their pockets. There's only so many times you can scapegoat and throw away fans. Already a huge subset has left. I suppose if he is looking to fade away from his career, then it won't matter. But if he ever needs to sell a film again (like, I don't know, later this year?) then he might think better of it.

[paladinwife]

Something Looming

Miranda thought she would never tell Carmilla her feelings. Then, they were faced with a mission where she thought neither would make it out alive. Contains spoilers for the Mass Effect 2 main plot and for Miranda’s loyalty quest. Miranda x self insert, ~900 words. Trigger warnings for discussions of death (but nobody dies) and a mention of kidnapping.

Miranda was all too aware of Milla, positioned just across the room from her. She was quiet, leaning against the window, watching the stars go by as the Normandy sped through space. Her usual calm smile was no longer there as she stared plaintively at something far away.

She couldn’t stop glancing at her. She was still as she gazed out at space.

This was not the first time she had found herself glancing at her. Far from it. But it felt different seeing her so tense.

“Carmilla.”

The other woman nearly jumped in surprise at Miranda suddenly breaking the silence. Miranda slowly approached her, coming shoulder to shoulder with her.

“You look troubled.”

Milla laughed softly, flashing her a weary smile. “What, was the whole ‘entire crew getting abducted’ thing not enough to trouble you too?”

Miranda returned her smile, shaking her head. “Perhaps you’d like to talk about it.” Half-joking, perhaps. But the offer was there.

Milla gave a laugh laden with exhaustion. “Might not be best to keep dwelling in the existential dread.” She paused. “But, thank you, though.”

Miranda made a soft noise of acknowledgement, turning her gaze to the passing stars. Still, she stayed close to her, their shoulders just barely touching. For a moment, they were silent.

Milla turned towards her, breaking the silence. “How is your sister doing? It sounded like you still talk to her sometimes.”

Miranda continued to look out the window. “She’s in school now. Sounds like she’s doing well.” She took a breath. “She should be safe. For now.” She hopes.

“That’s good.” Milla turned back towards the window. Once again, they were quiet. “...Do you ever think about that?”

“Hmm?” Miranda stopped leaning on the window, turning to face her.

“Leaving her behind, I mean.” Milla pushed herself back up off the window, turning to look Miranda in the eye. “It’s not like we haven’t been in danger this whole time. But now, the thought of dying out in space and leaving my family behind with no warning is looking more and more real.”

Miranda was quiet, her eyes turning towards the floor, lost in her thoughts. She could only just see Milla furrowing her eyebrows. Finally, she spoke.

“That would be for the best.”

Milla looked at her, furrowing her brows. “You don’t really believe that.”

Miranda slowly looked back up at her. She was right. She didn’t. But she wanted to.

She didn’t say anything to Milla. The look in her eyes told her she already knew what she wanted to say.

“I won’t pry. But, you know what I think.” Milla glanced over her shoulder. “Here, I’ll give you some space. It seemed like you had work to do.” She turned, taking a step away.

Before Miranda could think, her hand caught Milla’s.

Her heart stopped. Milla turned back to her, eyes wide.

Her hand was so small in hers. So delicate.

It felt right holding it in hers.

“Milla, wait.”

Milla stared at her in surprise.

“There’s something I need to tell you.”

Milla was turned entirely towards her again.

“What is it?”

Miranda closed the distance between them, taking a deep breath.

“There’s something I’ve been hiding from you.”

Milla’s expression shifted from surprise to confusion. “And what is that?”

A hint of indescribable emotion flashed across Miranda’s face. “I… didn’t think I would ever tell you this. But I can’t hide it anymore.”

“But what is it?” Milla’s voice turned soft.

“Milla, I’m in love with you.”

Milla tensed up, eyes wide. “What do you mean?”

Miranda looked back at her in surprise. “I mean, I love you. I have for a while.”

The look in Milla’s eyes softened. “How long have you felt this way?”

“It’s been some time.” Her answer was vague. She didn’t know what to tell her. She didn’t even know the answer herself.

Milla paused. “I… Miranda, I had no idea.” Her gaze stayed locked on Miranda’s. “I’m so sorry, I didn’t-“

“Please,” Miranda cut her off. “You don’t have to return my feelings. I just couldn’t go any longer hiding this from you.”

“But I do.” Milla’s voice is uncharacteristically soft. “I really, really do.”

Silently, Miranda took her hands in hers. Her heart raced in her chest, in a way that it never had before.

“Miranda.” Milla spoke again. “This… This can’t just end like this.”

“What do you mean?” For once, Miranda was taken aback.

“Are we just supposed to go to our deaths, now that we finally know we love each other?” The look in her eyes was intense. “We can’t just… we can’t just die like this, can we?”

Miranda froze. What she had described was her entire plan - tell her now so she would never have to face her again. But, she had not prepared herself for the potential of Milla returning her feelings.

From the furrow in her brow and the pained look in her eyes, Milla’s face told Miranda exactly how her hesitation felt. She had to say something.

“We won’t.”

Milla’s eyes widened, before quickly softening. “We won’t,” she repeated back to her.

Miranda took a breath, leaning in close to Milla, lips meeting briefly, her heart skipping a beat. She pulled back, Milla’s hands still in hers.

“We won’t,” she says again, this time with more confidence. “I’ll make sure of it. And then… we can figure it out from there.”

[hirukochan]

out of curiosity: you originally started Your Tears as a smut fic and it’s snowballed into the behemoth it is today. if you’d know it’d be what it is, would you have made the main character an OC rather than a reader insert?

Probably yes. I think I would have. 

I started your tears because I had an idea that wouldn’t leave me alone for days and I knew to get it out of my system I had to write it down. I also wanted to challenge myself. The you-perspective was something I had attempted a few times in the past but never wrote more than two sentences before scratching it because it just felt so weird while writing. 

I then wrote a short Snape/reader fic. I struggled through all six chapters, hated at least of it. I basically ignore it exists now because it’s kinda bad in my opinion. I was just getting into writing in English for the first time really too.

Writing a reader insert is really limiting when it comes to world building I’ve come to notice. Of course I want to keep the reader as neutral as possible, a clean slate every reader can see themself in ‘dove’. Her nickname helps! But it’s kinda cringe to write his dove whenever Snape talks about her 😅. I hope it doesn’t read too terrible but continuously just writing she would be horrible too, so I embrace the cringe, cringe is freedom!

I think the curse-plotline would have been a bit better fleshed out with an OC and the overall world building a bit smoother. Maybe I’d have written more about her grandparents - not that we need any more of this enormous fanfic. I already think I’ll most likely reach the 400k words mark by the end of this!

I try not to use y/n which is really difficult with the length of the story and the amount of plot I ended up having. I might still have written it as a reader insert because it’s actually a nice challenge, something different and I like the way it reads.

I think I would have at least given her a last name though! Make her a Burke or something just to make avoiding y/n easier on myself and not having to use his dove so often!

If I had written it as an OC story it would have been darker though!  Voldemort has been getting progressively more obsessed with the reader and he’s a bit handsy - I was thinking about him going further, taking things further, forcing Snape to share her with him. Maybe use some very ancient law in the style of right of the first night. I shied away from it and decided to not do that because it’s a Snape/reader insert. I thought the readers wouldn’t appreciate a sudden forced coupling with the Dark Lord 😅.

[pebblysand]

Hey! So I’ve been scrolling through some of your writing advice post and I have a question. I’ve written stuff before and I’m getting back into it and I really want to write a long fic that’s canon compliant but idk how to do that without just like rewriting the story that’s already written ? I always get so focused on making sure that I’m writing true to the existing plot/story, like even down to copying the dialogue and stuff out of the show/book/movie, and sort of push my oc/insert character to the side and they end up making very little contribution to whatever is happening and I wanna not do that anymore haha. Also like a way to outline a long fic bc I’ve never really outlined a story, I just sorta wrote and did what I was talking about before.

Pls if you have any advice I would be very grateful 🙏🙏

hi anon! thanks for your message!

first of all, congrats on getting back into writing, that's awesome! in terms of your questions, here are (some) answers which will hopefully help. i don't know what fandom you're in so i'm taking most of my examples from HP as i assume most people are (somewhat) familiar with the canon, but you get the idea.

I really want to write a long fic that’s canon compliant but idk how to do that without just like rewriting the story that’s already written ?

i don't know what precisely you're trying to write but i've always said this: i think there's a subgenre of fanfiction that many new writers tend to gravitate towards without realising how incredibly hard those stories are to write, and that's stories that happen during the canon timeline. for example: stories made up of missing scenes, AUs of canon events (e.g.: what if Harry was in slytherin? what if Sirius lived? etc.), or stories told from alternate POVs (e.g.: the seven books from Hermione's perspective).

i think the reason why so many people tend to gravitate towards these stories (especially when they're starting out) is that as a newer writer, your imagination is still in "training". there's this idea that writers are just born making up stories in their heads but i think imagination is actually more like a muscle. the more you engage it, the better it gets at venturing further out. so, when you're starting out, it's much easier to answer the question: what if sirius lived? than it is being like: what happened in tom riddle's childhood?

if you're writing to answer the first question, you have a lot of material that is already provided for you by canon. you know about the horcrux hunt, you know about the hallows, you know about harry giving himself up, ect. all you really need to do is what happens at the margins (i.e. how do i integrate sirius into these plot points?) rather than having to reshape an entire story. whereas if you're trying to write about tom riddle's childhood... you know he was in an orphanage. you know he was mean to the other children. and... that's about it. it's pretty much a blank slate from there, and it's much harder to come up with things. canon becomes a crutch to do the difficult plotting parts for you.

the thing that a lot of people don’t realise though, is that under the guise of being “easier” to write (due to the canon crutch), it’s actually much harder to be “original” with the former. because you very quickly end up falling into the trap you’ve just described: rewriting canon. so, your story feels like you’re just copying and pasting events from canon into it, with just a tiny addition at the margins. and taking it further (taking it to a place of true originality) is much harder. it’s definitely doable, but it takes a very skilled writer to actually add real substance and not make that feel stale.

but the thing is: i don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. you say you copy a lot of dialogue/lines from the original material - so what? i definitely did a lot of that too when i was younger. your fic might not be of the best quality, sure, but i think that's a very natural and normal step in your growth as a writer. you'll naturally train your imagination and learn to gradually step further and further away from canon. i really don't think you should be worrying too much about this. just keep writing - you'll get there eventually.

if you do want to speed up the process though, here are a couple things that could help:

set yourself the challenge of writing one short fic without quotes from canon. see how you get on, see where you reach to express those thoughts now that incorporating these is "forbidden" and then try to build on that. you don't need to go for a long fic right away if that's too scary/hard.

challenge yourself to a story where you have very little canon material to go on. say, a story about a side character for instance. i think a good example of that is writing something like listening for that angel choir. i wrote that fic about the child of two of the main characters on the show. we see him a couple times in canon, but we mostly know his parents. the challenge was to try and determine what he and his life would have been like, given what we know of his parents' story. i'm sure there's someone in your fandom that fits the bill. doing this allows you to have a little bit of a canon crutch (knowing the parents well), but still forces you to get out of that comfort zone.

I sort of push my oc/insert character to the side and they end up making very little contribution to whatever is happening and I wanna not do that anymore haha.

i think this might be a different problem though. is it possible that your OC isn't really needed in your story? this happens to me regularly when i make up an OC for something and envision them to be a much bigger character than they end up being, because in the end, they're not really needed. it can be heartbreaking because we love our OCs dearly, but you have to remember that unlike in original fiction, OCs in fanfiction are primarily functional in nature. even when they have their own arc, they (and their arc) should serve your plot/characters, first and foremost. there are a lot of OCs i've built for my fics that end up being in one scene (maybe two) in the end, because that's all they're needed for. it's normal and it's your job as a writer to know when using your OC/or not is useful to your story.

i know i generally don't stand by most of stephen king's writing advice but i do think he's right on "kill your darlings". you do sometimes have to scratch plotlines/characters/etc. you otherwise love, if they don't serve your story.

Also like a way to outline a long fic bc I’ve never really outlined a story, I just sorta wrote and did what I was talking about before.

okay, first - just writing for the vibes is super valid. however, if you do want to start outlining more, here are some tips:

first, i've gone through many methods of outlining. i think the main thing is that outlining should serve you, not the other way around. you should find a method that suits you. if the method starts being a burden, switch it up. one method might only fit you for a limited amount of time. it might fit one chapter, but not another. but so far, since i started writing long fics, i've used the following:

for my first long fic, i had two outlines: one for the general overall plot of the story, and one for specific chapters. the "general" outline was a big-picture outline of big "events" that needed to happen in each chapter, in chronological order. it was kind of a brain dump of all the scene and plot ideas i had. not everything ended up in the final product (or in that specific order), but it was a good "high-level" idea of where i was going. i had this just as a list in my notes app. then, for individual chapters, i followed this method which is closer to a visual storyboard.

i continued with this system of two outlines for the first "act" of castles (my current wip) (chapters 1 through 7). then, for the second act, i felt the need to "formalise" the "big picture" outline more, and moved to a spreadsheet. it looked like this:

(this is the template i created - it's blank because those are actually act 1 chapters, but you get the idea. i'm using this because some of the act 2 stuff later got moved to act 3 so i don't want to spoil and can't be arsed to redact)

i would fill in, for each chapter, in a few lines, what was happening for each of the categories (if anything). it made it easier to move things around as needed as well. note that this is not particularly chronological. it lists the events by category, but it's not necessarily the order they happen in within the chapter.

then, when it came time to actually write the chapter, i would build the chapter outline on the basis of this bigger outline, and get more granular (and chronological) in the storyboard, then even more granular on the page.

now, for my third act, i've switched to miro (bc of a tiktok recommendation from another writer, but i find that it works really well for me). things are looking like this:

(for sneaky castles readers -don't try to zoom in - you can't, i've checked)

as you can see, i've done away with the general outline, and only have the storyboard left, but in electronic form. i did have some stuff planned from the old spreadsheet that i moved into here, but i don't feel like i need the spreadsheet as a constant reference anymore. it might be because i'm reaching the end of the story that i don't need the broader view as much. i have, however, created a timeline like this, which i felt i needed to keep track of the big "milestones" of the story:

(ah, go on, you get the kids' birthdays.)

to give you an idea of the level of detail i go into in these, here is the last couple of chapters:

as you can probably see if you've read castles, even those i don't follow to the letter. there's a lot of things that get moved around (if you look at that table in chapter 16, you'll see the locations are totally off) and if you look at 17 (the order of scenes changed, and the redacted stuff got moved to later chapters). for 17, i also turned black the sticky notes as i was done writing them, which i didn't do for 16. also, you can see that for a chapter that's *twenty-two thousand words long*, 16 has very little outlined lol. everything was just in my head.

for me, while these (and outlines in general) are essential to the mapping out of a story, it's essential that i remain flexible in terms of what actually goes into the final product. if i'm not "feeling" something i'd planned, i change it/move it.

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anyway anon, i hope this helped! thanks again for your question!

[folkloristico]

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2. What is your least favorite trope to write?

Cheating. Whenever I’m writing about a non-canon pairing—that would be, most of the time—I prefer breaking up the canon pairing(s) or even glossing over them altogether. I do enjoy toxic relationships in fiction, but only when it brings interesting conflicts to the story and not for the sake of shipping drama.

5. The fic you’re most proud of writing?

As for now it must be All the Old Places. I’m still on chapter 6 (of… I don’t even know anymore), but I’ve already written most of it already and outlined the rest, and I’m very proud of it for all the work I did, and because it’s the first long thing I’ve ever written that actually feels good to me. (I do have some old long-ish fics, but they’re quite terrible to say the least.) 

7. Favorite ship to write? 

I’m very much enjoying writing Gen fics lately, but ofc I love shipping as much as the next person. It heavily depends on the spirit of the moment, but I think I can safely say Shinichi and Shiho because of how long I’ve been a fan of them, and writing about them feels like going back to my roots. At the moment, however, I’m having lots of fun with Cassunzel, so honorable mention to them. 

8. Least favorite ship to write? 

How much am I exposing myself here if I say Ran and Shinichi? I just can’t get a knack for them, Idk.

10. Best/funniest comment you’ve ever gotten on a fic? 

‘Not enough gay sex for me.’ I guess some people might find it rude, but I straight up snorted lol. 

12. First fic ever written? 

I don’t remember if it was my first ever because I’ve been writing fanfiction since before I knew what it was, but the first I ever posted was a Pokémon/Naruto crossover lmao. Zero plot, just self-insert OCs and vibes.  

13. Latest fic written/latest WIP?

An Adult Adrienette OS which is a half-rewrite of Duetto spaccato—that it because that’s one of my favorite MLB ideas, but I’m not quite happy with how that fic turned out, especially the last chapter, and because I’ve matured a lot as a writer, I want to give it another try. 

Thank youuu for the ask <3

[todayisawthewhxlewxrld]

HAI FRIEND

i’ve literally been obsessed w ur megumi smau since like chp. 14 or something LOLL,, i have this thing where i just psychoanalyze characters and ive been thinking a lot about yn like hm…

(THIS MIGHT BE A LUTTLE LONG BTW SO FEEL FREE TO JUST LIKE IGNORE THIS BUT I RLLY WANT TO TALK ABT HER)

like yn (to a lot of people) may be like a little intolerable but honestly i think the reason we have such a reaction to her personality like that is bc we see a little bit of ourselves in her if that makes sense…

PERSONALLY, I AM A YN DEFENDER FOR LIKE THATS MY HOMEGIRL.. like imagine you grew up in a world where soulmates are the basis of your romantic future. the sheer fact that that in itself already builds a sense of you either love your soulmate or hate them in someones head (considering that most of the time,, soulmates are portrayed as; first time you meet, you just know)

yn,, having met megumi long before you brain could have developed a coherent understanding of relationships, and lacking in the sense that when she met megumi,, she didn’t feel sparks like they said she would, obviously, she would categorize those feelings as hate. THATS WHY WHEN MEGUMI SAID “i dont think you really ever hated me either” HIT SO HARD FOR ME I WAS LIKE OH MY GOD…

BASICALLY WHAT IM GETTING AT is the fact that there is so much pressure already due to the fact that soulmates are said to be your other halves, so if you don’t like them, theres immense pressure and insecurity (hence yn’s hostility to the subject of her hating megumi because she has no comprehended idea of why she actually hates him) plus the fact that they met when they were kids and that probably affected the way she saw relationships in the first place EXPLAINS WHY SHE IS SO ADMENT ON BEING INDIFFERENT TO HIMMM

ok… another thing (sorry)..

AS MUCH as i love yn’s friend group,,, THEY LOWKEY PISS ME OFF THE SAME WAY YN PISSES ME OFF HELP..

OK SO,, obviously i’d also get pissed off if my friends get hostile bc i bring something up to want to understand them better, BUT at the same time, i would also have some sympathy 😢😢

LIKE,, their immediate response is to press harder, and try to solve the problem and if youre looking at texts like that thru yn’s eyes, it will prob lowkey feel like your feelings are being invalidated. yn is already confused, probably insecure about her love life, and now having to literally throw up her heart into her hands just for her friends to understand why they feel that way,, like she’s not gnna want to do that no matter how close they are (but maybe thats js me idk…) and then their immediate response to her not wanting to show that side of her is to get pissed off like i’d be mad and sad like yn too :(

i think those are all the points i was thinking sbt but if not im not gnna try to rmbr the rest bc this is alr super long.. BUT I HOPE U ENJOYED MY RANT AND I LOVE UR SMAU AND I LOVE U MUAH I HOPE U HAVE A GREAT DAY

I LOVE U I LOVE U I LOVE U

i absolutely ADOREEEE when people psychoanalyze the characters (mostly only when the analysis is correct tho LMFAOAO autism.) BECAUSE I DO THE SAME THINGGG i kinda have to when i’m doing plot heavy smaus like this to make sure everything fits n there’s the least amount of plot holes possible blah blah blah insert my annoying rambling on how i write

ANYWAY i loved ur analysis u r so amazing n so right ! like i get yn is annoying but lord have mercy so is everyone else that’s the POINTTTTT NO ONE HERE IS ACTUALLY IN THE WRONG OR BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. EVERYONE HAS THEIR REASONING FOR WHAT THEY DO OR DONT DO!!! ugh sorry okay i’m gonna shut up now i could talk about this forever i fear .

I LOVE UUUU HAVE A GREAT DAYYYY