#Pretty much have thrown them all on here; either in @s or in tags sooooo...

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...was going to do a self promo reblog spree BUT decided to not XD

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first line meme!

@fallynleaf​ said in her post to consider myself tagged, so I’m happily indulging in this lil’ ego boost! Thanks for the opportunity, m’dear! ^_~

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line. Then tag 10 authors!

NB- These are all unfinished and unposted WIPs. It behooves me to note that some of these are not at all recent. However, they ARE fics that have “first lines” at all, which is not necessarily a given as my Creative Muse is obnoxiously nonlinear in her inspirations.

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1- The Gray Ghost had suffered some engine trouble somewhere on Interstate 65, so Mom and Dad hadn’t managed to make it to Chuck’s wedding. (Early Edition: ”Belly Up to the Bar”, a canon-compliant continuation of the episode “Occasionally Amber”, Gary/Toni except kinda not really because she’s totally pissed)

2- Oracle, Texas. 1878. A gnarled husk of a town still trying to deny that its glory days are past. (”Gunslinger”, my serious treatment/retelling of the Roger Corman western)

3- The gate clanged shut behind him, and Meng Yao took a deep, steadying breath. (MDZS: ”Leverage”, an Untamed AU based on inspired by pretty much continuing @littlesmartart​‘s brilliant setup and concept)

4- Many, many nights would Jiang Cheng lie awake at night, staring at the ceiling and pondering the razor’s edge of chance he’d toed. (MDZS: an Untamed chengqing fic set post-canon, current working title is “Second Chances” but I don’t like it)

5- Napoleon Solo flipped though an outdated magazine with little real interest as he lounged in one of the chairs lining the lobby of the car rental establishment. (TMFU (2015): ”Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, a fic set in my “Eight Strapping Daughters” universe where it is currently 1987 and Gaby and Illya have had eight daughters, any of whom are capable of taking over the world... and all of whom are about to spend the day at a shopping mall)

6- He felt the phone vibrating in his pocket. (Sailor Moon: ”Moon Revenge”, a Minako/Kunzite bodyguard AU)

7- The Moon was visiting Earth. (Sailor Moon: ”No Miracle for the Likes of Us”- another working title- which is Venus/Kunzite-centric exploration of the end of the Silver Millenium)

8- Chibi-Usa hasn’t stayed very long after Helios departed. (Sailor Moon: ”Rebirth AU”- you guessed it... working title- a Minako/Kunzite-heavy-but-not-exclusive AU that deviates from the manga/SM Crystal canon after the end of the Dead Moon Circus arc where the Shitennou are revived and the events of Star never occur)

9- Monday, 7:00 AM: Alarm goes off.

Monday, 7:00:08 AM: Alarm thrown across room. (Sailor Moon: “Codename: Teen Idol ‘Dite”, a side arc set in the above AU where, lacking any catastrophic galactic conflicts to fight against, Minako is going out of her mind with boredom and takes an undercover job as an idol as part of a police/Interpol sting operation)

10- Normally, Salazar Slytherin took great pride in his self-control. (Harry Potter: ”Release”, a short Hogwarts founders one-shot involving a maddening magical construction project and a sudden bout of swearing)

11- It was the first truly warm day since winter had broken, and Salazar Slytherin wandered the grounds with no purpose or destination in mind, simply basking in the sunlight until he began to feel the chill of the dungeons recede from his bones. (Harry Potter: ”And Treat Them All the Same”, a Hogwarts founders story about Helga Hufflepuff’s background and why she feels very strongly about equal treatment)

12- Salazar Slytherin stared at the wardrobe for another minute before finally deciding to throw another fur over his fur-lined cloak, leather jerkin, and wool tunic.  (Harry Potter: another one-shot Hogwarts founders fic with a teeny bit of Helgazar where the very cold-blooded Slytherin has to deal with a snowball fight, currently but not definitively titled “Snow Day”)

13- As the sun disappeared beneath the horizon, Brooklyn burst through the thin stone crust encasing him, his awakening roar shifting into a yawn as he stared blearily at the skyline and tried to remember what century he was in. (Gargoyles: ”Return of the Time Dancer”, Brooklyn’s return to New York- family in tow- after his Phoenix Gate adventures)

14- The couple breaking their fast that morning were strikingly handsome, if perhaps past the most fashionable age. (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Pride and Prejudice: “Scarlet Impressions”, a crossover fic that pretty much unfolded itself when I a) crunched numbers regarding the dates and years of respective storylines and b) realized that while Lizzy and Marguerite would get on like a house on fire, Darcy’s only possible reaction to Sir Percy would be unmitigated horror poorly repressed due to the latter’s much higher social standing)

15- Paris really was lovely this time of year. (MCU: “Threads and Patches: Part One”, first part of a three-part Clintasha AU set after the events of Civil War and most emphatically *not* farm-family friendly)

16- The briny air filled her lungs to bursting, but she continued to draw in breath until it hurt. (Highlander the Series: “The Mad Viking Saga”... because, frankly, EVERYONE should have an Immortal™ self-insert character and I refuse to apologize or feel ashamed of mine)

17- “Your Highness?  The oracle is here.” (Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas: “Sinbad and the Garden of the Hesperides” a sequel to the animated movie that actually should be titled “Proteus and the etc., etc.” bc it’s mostly about him and giving him the ending I think he deserves, a.k.a. an OC love interest and a chance for adventure while on a quest to save his city from a plague)

18- Bare feet pounded on the hot, rough pavement as Sinbad dashed around another tight corner. (Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas: “Fast Friends”, an eight-chapter prequel telling the story of how Sinbad and Proteus met and grew up together, wherein each chapter progresses with each year they know each other from when they meet to when Sinbad leaves)

19- Reed was well-known as your stereotypical absent-minded professor. (Fantastic Four: “Shut Up and Dance With Me”, a Reed/Sue fluffy one shot where Reed is adorable because fight me)

20- The spaceport on Aruus Minor reeked of fuel, welding torches, and sweaty coveralls, but it was a welcome change from the recycled air of the Lambda shuttle. (Star Wars Legends Expanded Universe (BITE ME DISNEY): “Everything Unsaid”, a Luke/Mara chance encounter set during the we-share-an-unbearable-degree-of-compatibility-to-say-nothing-of-the-overwhelming-sexual-tension-but-both-of-our-lives-are-kind-of-a-mess-and-neither-of-us-feels-ready-to-deal-with-our-feelings-for-each-other-so-we’ve-individually-decided-to-just-ignore-said-feelings-while-simultaneously-being-drawn-to-each-other-whenever-we’re-so-much-as-in-the-same-fucking-hemisphere years)

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WHEW! Well, it sure was fun to tease all my followers with a taste of fics that will neverrr be finished! As far as patterns go, seems I tend to prefer either set-up paragraphs or punchy one-to-three-liners intended to trick intrigue people into reading further. My favorite is definitely #9. It’s a diary/log of Minako’s day, and her POV is hilarious and sooooo much fun to write like that!

Anyone who wishes to participate should consider themselves tagged, and PLEASE TAG ME IF YOU DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE!

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Thank you for being one of the only blogs to talk about rpf 🧡 I like it a lot, but I feel like it’s become taboo to mention it? I don’t post about it because I’m worried people will think I’m weird

LOL JUST DOIN’ MY PART....

TBH!!! sooooo many people feel like you do LOL like, a lot of people enjoy it and know it’s harmless and SO MANY PEOPLE follow my nsfw gd blog (sorry for not answering the asks yet......executive dysfunction....)

1) i don’t care about followers or whatever, i am just here to scream into the void and if people tune in, cool

2) YA it’s become taboo moreso recently because I think fan culture has gotten.....younger? because of people being able to access the internet easier? like back in the day, you used to have to either have a computer or log onto the family computer IF you were allowed, so fandoms skewed older? like at least 15+....now 9 years old all have iphones and can access fan communities etc. which is....terrifying tbh.

BUT! with that, i think especially with l*rry and r*den and ph*n (disregarding if the relationships were real or not) younger people don’t understand boundaries as well and can’t really comprehend the fact that the people they’re reading fic about AREN’T the same people that they’re tweeting/commenting on ig posts of.......i mean they are, but i think it’s pretty much understood that in fic.....none of these things have actually happened. it’s just taking a daydream about a hot celeb and writing it out, or it’s using gerard way’s face + likeness + personality traits gleaned from on stage/interviews and creating a character based on that.

3) ALSO. celebs/musicians/etc. have gotten 1000x more accessible? AGAIN, with ryden.....back in the day it would stay on livejournal or tumblr and ryan and brendon (i know he’s cancelled or w/e but i think ryden is the best example) wouldn’t be exposed to it unless they actively sought it out (except for the crazy fans that would wait for them in airports LOL but that was v few and far between). but then. instagram and twitter became WAY more popular and suddenly fans could access the love of their life any time they wanted!!!! and why not use that access to confirm/get more “lore” about their favorite ship? /s which kinda related to point #2 bc it was mostly young people doing this.

now if you see frank iero MENTION gerard way the twitter replies will be FILLED with “frerard” 😬 and 1) if you do believe they had something (i believe they DID....not currently tho) it obviously wasn’t public, so why not respect their privacy lol. not to mention that it’s in the PAST and we don’t know if it was a painful split (frank was HEARTBROKEN after mcr broke up and would shit talk gerard in interviews lol so) its best to assume it was and NOT bring it up to hurt him more and 2) it affects their real life relationship at this point!

there’s a difference between knowing something is out there and being tagged in it/having it shoved in your face. for the most part, bands have never cared abt ships and actually would tease them a little cos they knew it would “sell” the band better and excite fans and show that they aren’t like......abt to go into a gay panic bc someone thought they were fucking their friend.

THIS IS ANOTHER ESSAY/RANT ENTIRELY, but i think band rpf is a safe and healthy way to explore sexuality + emotions if you are too scared/traumatized/whatever to go out and try everything you ever imagined. especially if you are afab and you want to have sex with men. it’s scary out there!

like. real men might be assholes and take advantage of me and could hurt me. but projecting onto billie and mike is completely safe, especially because i’m so far removed from it. there’s also like....this is fake deep, but whatever....the aspect of exploring Queerness in a safe way? like in fics that aren’t just smut. LIKE 12-17 year old me reading NOTHING but m/m fic with some f/f thrown in there and still thinking i was straight LOL. and it just being....completely normalized for me until i was comfortable enough to admit that i was bisexual to myself? IDK IF Y’ALL KNOW THE COMPARTMENTILIZATION PEOPLE THAT GROW UP IN VAGUELY CONSERVATIVE AREAS WITH NO REPRESENTATION GO THROUGH. i would LITERALLY stare at my friends (who were girls) lips and think about kissing them and just be like....HM! THAT WAS WEIRD! LET’S NEVER ADDRESS THAT INTERNALLY.

you can argue that there’s an aspect of fetishization, but i think the concept of celebrity & stan culture is fetishization in and of itself. like.

Fetishization refers to a process of imbuing an object or idea with power. A fetish object is often associated with sexual gratification, desire, and worship. Fetishization marks a cultural, psychological, and social technique of fetishizing things by making them appear larger than life, animate, or sexually desirable (→ Sexualization in the Media). It is argued that this process has profoundly influenced contemporary consumer culture (Fernbach 2002; Jhally 1987; Schroeder 2002). (x)

like if you even vaguely idolize a celeb/put a celeb on a pedestal or reblog a text post about them........that’s fetishization, babey! you don’t ACTUALLY know them!!!! they’re just.....some guy! billie joe is just.....some guy who’s really good at writing songs. he’s actually kinda ugly but we all find him attractive and go 😍 over his traditionally unattractive features cos he is talented and famous. if he was some dude at your gas station you would NOT be posting abt him on instagram.

but because i love and respect him i think he is beautiful 💖 and the only reason i can “love” someone i don’t know is celeb worship culture.

and the people who compare girls liking m/m fic to LESBIAN PORN. LOL. i think that’s so deeply insidious that, again, it’s another post. ACTUALLY i think i’ve already posted abt it waaaaay back.

omg i’m sorry this turned out so long...

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heck yea got tagged in a thing

thanks @tattooed-destiel​

Rules: Answer the questions and tag 20 people. (If you want.) (ok I'm not sure I've even known 20 people in my entire life sooooo)

LAST: 1. Drink: umm.. water? (i know they mean alcohol but i’m a child) 2. Phone call: last call was one i “missed” from my mum bc i had lost my phone 3. Text message: vodafone telling me i’ve used 80% of my data........ 4. Song you listened to: Revisited by The Antlers 5. Time you cried: two days ago

HAVE YOU: 6. Dated someone twice: nope 7. Kissed someone and regretted it: no.. 8. Been cheated on: i don't think so 9. Lost someone special: yes 10. Been depressed: ?? 11. Gotten drunk and thrown up: no

LIST 3 FAVORITE COLORS: 12. Purple 13. Blue 14. Grey

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU: 15. Made new friends: yes 16. Fallen out of love: i wish 17. Laughed until you cried: not sure 18. Found out someone was talking about you: ye 20. Found out who your friends are: ?? what does that even mean??

21. Kissed someone on your Facebook list: no

IN GENERAL: 22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life:  all of them, although some of them its more i knew them when i was 10 and just haven't gotten round to unfriending them 23. Do you have any pets: yes! my dog Rosie - she’s a bichon, but also has some poodle in her, and I have a black and white cat Thomas 24. Do you want to change your name: not sure 25. What did you do for your last Birthday: i was away on my school’s classics trip 26. What time do you wake up: during the term 5:50, weekends 7:30 - 9:00, holidays anywhere from 7:30 till midday 27. What were you doing at midnight last night: sleeping?? 28. Name something you can’t wait for: I’m pretty excited for next year bc I’m planning to go to Uni, but it means I'm writing heaps of applications now, so that’s stressful 29. When was the last time you saw your mom?: just a second ago when I was downstairs 30. What is one thing you wish you could change in your life: I wish i had more time? like there’s always stuff i want to do, but to do it would mean stopping something i already do, but i like the things i already do ya feel? 31. What are you listening to right now: I’m not listening to any music rn, but i can hear the washing machine if that counts 32. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: yes (also my cat’s called Tom) 33. Something that is getting on your nerves: my damn self  34. Most visited website: youtube or my email 35. Mole/s: ye 36. Mark/s: ye 37. Childhood dream: i wanted to be an astronomer for a while there 38. Hair color: brown 39. Long or short hair: long but I want to cut it short  40. Do you have a crush on someone: meh? not really 41. What do you like about yourself: i can do math kinda which is helpful 42. Piercings: only in my ears 43. Blood type: AB+ i think 44. Nicknames?: My name is one syllable. There is no reason to shorten it. 45. Relationship status: single 46. Zodiac: Aries 47. Pronouns: she/her i guess 48. Favorite TV Show: I actually quite like blindspot (apart from the fact that they killed all the lesbians) 50. Right or left hand: left 51. Surgery: uhh I got my tonsils out when i was four 52. Hair dyed in different color: no 53. Sport: i mean i dance? also i recently picked up taekwondo 55. Vacation: I’d want to revisit Italy at some point 56. Pair of trainers: The ones i have are pretty old, I've had them since i was 13/14, and not like that fashionable or any thing (honestly i get a bit self conscious about them sometimes but i don't use them enough to justify getting newer ones)

MORE GENERAL: 57. Eating: too much lol 58. Drinking: m8 i don't even drink enough water 59. I’m about to: do more math lol 62. Want: to get good grades? 63. Get married: ye 64. Career: dream would be film composer, but since i like food + warmth I’m hoping for engineer 65. Hugs or kisses: both 66. Lips or eyes: eyes 67. Shorter or taller: idc 68. Older or younger: not noticeably either 70. Nice arms or nice stomach: arms 71. Sensitive or loud: loud (i’m already way too sensitive) 72. Hook up or relationship: relationship 73. Troublemaker or hesitant: I am Both.

HAVE YOU EVER: 74. Kissed a Stranger: no 75. Drunk hard liquor: no 76. Lost glasses/contact lenses:  i don't think so 77. Turned someone down: yes ( i feel kinda sorry bc I've turned down 2 guys but they both asked me out before i had really even come out to myself so whoops) 78. Sex on the first date: no 79. Broken someone’s heart: i don’t think so

80. Had your heart broken: i guess? 81. Been arrested: no 82. Cried when someone died: yes 83. Fallen for a friend: yes DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 84: Yourself: i mean it the i exist, i think therefore i am way 85. Miracles: not sure 86. Love at first sight: yep 87. Santa Claus: funny story, my parents never really told sister and i that santa claus was true, like we’d get presents under the tree from our parents and some “from Santa”, but they didn’t try to hide that it was them. so in year two (first grade for any americans) we’re writing letters to santa, so i go to the teacher and say “i know santa is my mum” so the teacher says “fine, write it to your mum, just don’t let any of the other kids know” i don’t really remember what happened next, but i think one of my friends may have seen that i was writing to my mum. They did however let me believe in the tooth fairy and I’d get letters from her which were written by my dad’s boss’s daughter (okay that makes it sound like it was someone we barely knew but we were pretty much family friends with my dad’s boss’s family) 88. Kiss on the first date: yes

OTHER: 90. Current best friend name: i couldn’t name just one person so I’m not gonna say anyone 91. Eye color: blue but pretty much grey (although a couple of weeks ago i noticed i had brown flecks in one eye and i asked my dad about it and he said I've always had them but you might only be able to see them in certain lights so the more you know i guess)  92. Favorite movies: okay so theres a bunch of movies i like but there are some that leave you with That Feeling and for me those are V for Vendetta and Dead on Arrival (the 1950 one)

okay so i know I'm meant to tag people but i don’t really talk to anyone on here and i don't want to overstep or anything so i might just leave this blank sorry