#Sean is really fun to draw tbh I might just have to draw more of him and Kieran

[mell0w0dyssey]

Doodle dump of horse boy and the Irish menace

[ragana62]

what fandoms are you currently writing fic for? and why? :)

First off, you are my first real proper ask for an ask game, so thank you for that! You get a nice long answer as a result, because I am very excited to talk to people on the internet, even anon asks!

That is a very good question, and one with an ever changing answer based on whatever I’m reading/watching tbh. Right now, I’ve got WIPs with actual words written instead of just existing in my head going for the below though:

Harry Potter: First off, FUCK TERFS. We don’t abide by JK’s bullshit here. My official take is, she doesn’t make a dime off me playing with her characters and giving them more to do than she did (especially for some of my beloved side characters), and this was my comfort series when I was a little kid and looking for an escape from my abusive home life, so I will always have a bit of an attachment to it. If she gains nothing from me declaring that actually, from one autistic queer human to another, I see you Tonks, I will keep writing/drawing for it. Besides, there were so many aspects that just never got explored, so many characters we never really met, and it’s admittedly a fun world to play with.

House of the Dragon: So, I have a lot of mixed feelings on this as well. I have a hard time watching the show, because I have a hard time getting into media that feels like it might be a little too into the suffering of the women in it, and it really front loads a lot of that. That said, the setting is interesting to me, there are a lot of characters I find interesting as well (book AND show canon tbh, though I will almost certainly never not do something that’s at least a little AU for it and fully understand a lot of complaints other people have about certain changes from the show), and I will always have a soft spot for the variety of fix it fic where we let our high fantasy women be happy and successful AND do cool political badassery with swords and dragons. Plus, if my blog hasn’t made it abundantly clear, Eve Best could release a 20 hour film of her sitting in an empty room watching paint dry, and I would be glued to my seat and take time off work to watch it the day it dropped.

Fate: The Winx Saga: Same deal as above, there is very little I would not watch and engage with featuring my current fave. I also think the show itself threw a lot of ideas at the wall but didn’t develop them all as much as they could have, and that’s a really ripe area for more exploration, particularly when there are so many interesting avenues left so open ended.

Marvel: This one I am slightly reluctant to name, because I am mostly writing it for the sake of a few specific characters. Looking at you Wanda, Agatha, and Natasha (there are other characters I like, but there’s something in their stories in particular that scratches my brain in just the right way). But I do like a lot of it, even if I don’t always like what is done with a lot of it all the time, and in the case of Wanda and Natasha in particular, there will always be room in my ex-soviet client state diaspora heart for all the ways their stories could have been told together or separately. Don’t even get me started on the way I had to turn the TV off and glare into the middle distance after that fight scene in Falcon and Winter Soldier started trashing a UNESCO World Heritage Site in my home country (not that it was even remotely the point of the show, but it pissed me off so badly that I couldn’t finish season 1 for months).

Doctor Odyssey: This one is entirely because I have a very good internet friend who is in love with Sean Teale (who found me ironically after I used him as a fancast for Harry Potter), and who has me watching the show with her. She wants smut scenes staring Tristan, I am happy to oblige, because I love it when people talk to me on here, and I wouldn’t have fancast with him if I didn’t enjoy his work.

Rosaline: What can I say, I love a good “historically inaccurate because the fem characters can call the local monarch/lord of whatever a fuckhead to his face and not be immediately executed or shipped off to a sanatorium/nunnery for being insane, period pieces with fantastic anachronistic soundtracks and gorgeous sets/costumes”. I’m maybe on my 8th rewatch, and I will inevitably go back.

My Lady Jane: This one I have no idea if I will ever actually publish anytime soon, because I love the series so much, but I am still in mourning for the lack of Season 2. But same deal as above, and also, who doesn’t love Tudor Animorphs as a concept.

Grishaverse: It may also never be published, but I find the setting interesting, and I love seeing anything even tangentially related to my culture (even if it’s mostly just our neighbors in this instance there are still familiar bits and bits that feel close enough) reflected in fantasy settings, so I will always have love for it and a little something cooking in the back of my head.

John Tucker Must Die: Full disclosure, this is exactly one fic, and it’s peak why choose, all the main four girls are queer and wind up getting with each other instead of John after bonding over trying to ruin his life, toxic yuri crack. Call it one too many late nights watching the movie back to back with Cruel Intentions and Jennifer’s Body back in high school, but it is what it is, and what it is is a perpetual WIP I should just bite the bullet and publish even if I feel like I’m the only one who wants it.

There are others, I’ve kicked around ideas for Buffy, for Addam’s Family (the 90’s/early 2000’s movies with Raul Julia as Gomez specifically), for Hacks, for Legends of Korra, for about half a million other shows/books/movies as well, that just don’t have words written for them yet, and a few fandoms I’m not sure there even is anyone to read whatever I write (anyone else read Kiki Strike as a kid? If you did, find me, I’m still obsessed with those books) so I haven’t gotten around to them. But that’s about where I’m at at the moment!

[oodlyenough]

life is strange true colours review

the non spoilery part: i LOVED this game, my personal fave game this year and the first franchise entry since the original that has really resonated with or moved me.

it's a life is strange game through and through, so if you don't like slice of life episodes or bonding with NPCs, it's not gonna be for you. but if you like the franchise, or even if you liked the first game but haven't been interested in/liked the other two instalments, i recommend giving this one a chance. i think it got closer to figuring out the formula while still doing something new and interesting.

more detailed spoilers and opinions:

alex

holy shit i love alex? bisexual chad... my darling... i'm gonna be real, a lot of the trailers and promo for this game made me worried she'd be kind of a dull wallflower Soft Girl character, but she's not! she's so funny, and even parts of her characterization i initially thought were maybe a bit of a stretch ended up making sense as i learned more about her. she stole the show. i straight up forgot how much loving the protag helps enjoyment of these kinds of games lmao ... finally a reason to click on everything in the room: to hear what alex will say about it.

i thought her backstory exploration in ep 5 especially was wonderful and emotive and great. broke my heart and explained so much about her :( baby girl

plot/choices

i loved the mystery. i don't think it was quite as Mysterious as the mystery in lis1, but that was okay, i was still invested in solving it. i also got invested enough in the NPCs around the town to make all the exploration bits really fun. i loved eavesdropping on the sagas of the random NPCs like bald man and ice cream couple... just fun little touches and narratives to follow that i enjoyed.

i really appreciated this script not being afraid to shy away from some messier emotions, even if in some cases i wish we spent more time on them. for example: alex feeling a bit jealous of the other people in town that got to know gabe better than her/spend more time with him than she did. or charlotte hating ethan!!! my jaw dropped, i thought that was so good, what a messy but realistic response.

I'm not entirely sure what all the ramifications of different choices are at this point, fresh off my first play. i ended up getting only part of the council to stand with me (eleanor & duckie) while losing pike and charlotte.

i do wish we saw a bit more fallout or exploration of what taking away emotion DOES. i took charlotte's anger, and obviously it meant she didn't stand up for me in the council meeting, but where does she go from there? does she like... ever return to feeling emotions lmao... I also think we probably should've had the opportunity to do that another time, instead of just 2 isolated events -- I think Diane would've been a good candidate.

the romance

i romanced steph, ofc, but i was surprised during the game how drawn i was to ryan too -- i really liked that Drama of him being the one who cut Gabe free, as well as later the drama of him being Jed's son. UNTIL HE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME... that made me mad lmfao, i have to learn what to do to make him believe me before i play a Ryan route bc i'll kill him lmfao.

the steph/alex romance was sweet... it didn't really, like, Consume Me as a ship, but by the end of the game I was still "aww"ing at their moments in the flashforward. steph was more rounded and flawed than i thought she might be, which i really appreciated! i was worried they'd just make her perfect idealized gf, but she has a bit of a temper and is kind of tempestuous and stuff... liked it. loved her standing up for alex so fiercely and immediately at the council meeting <3 and my main reservation about her in ep 4 was that i wanted alex to stay in haven, so when she offered to stay i was thrilled LOL

one semi-complaint i had was that something i loved so much about lis1 was how max and chloe's relationship was central to the entire game and story, it wasn't some extra thing on the side, it WAS the game... whereas here, the romance routes, especially steph's, felt like sidequests. I wish they'd found a way to incorporate those relationships a bit more into the main goings-on. I also wanted to spend more time with either romance option to feel like I knew them better -- splitting the time between Steph and Ryan means that I came away feeling like I didn't get quite as much of either of them as I would've liked, vs spending almost the entire game with Chloe lol.

however, this ended up not really bothering me too much because I DID really like the core mystery and themes, the exploration of grief and Emotion, etc.

other characters

considering everyone knew going into the game that gabe was going to die, i was impressed with how they did it, and how they managed to get me attached to gabe in a mere single episode. it's a tall order to introduce a character designed to die, who your audience KNOWS is going to die, and still make them work.

i thought this supporting cast was ... maybe the strongest in the franchise? or at least, they created scenarios where i felt invested in multiple people in the town, and was genuinely trying to build decent relationships with most of them. duckie cracked me tf up, i liked eleanor and riley, even diane and jeb were good for their roles. (fuck pike. i signed ur stupid thing and left your emotions alone and you still won't do shit? ACAB!!!) the choice to stay in haven or leave was a little harder than i expected honestly, considering how quickly i let arcadia bay burn to the ground lmfao.

gameplay/etc

also i know the whole internet has been dunking on "empathy" as a super power since the game was announced, and i get that it sounds corny and looks corny in the trailers, but i thought how they did it was really cool. i wish they'd branded it "Mindreading" more than empathy tbh because a lot of the cooler elements of it are more along those lines... using her power to manipulate people, potentially taking people's emotions away and what that does to them... very interesting imo!

i really liked the memory feature!!! cool way to give us character exposition and inform the story while encouraging exploration. finally a collectible that like, expands the story, instead of chloe drawing butts on the wall and sean taking 10 years to draw something.

it's definitely the most evolved-feeling LIS game, which it should be, given it's the newest. graphics looked really nice, loved getting to see the characters actually emote, even if there are still some scenes that were a lil comically blank-faced -- usually NPCs. i actually noticed this with Jed the most, which in retrospect maybe was somewhat intentional?

i had a number of visual glitches, nothing major but a little silly, like T-posing Alex, npcs t-posing in the windows, etc. i'm sure they'll get patched out soon.

anyway... i rly liked this game, i'm excited for the steph dlc and finally feel like i have reason to be optimistic about future LIS instalments. hooray!

[thesundaymorningpost]

The Sunday Morning Post

August 13, 2017                                                              7th Edition

Current News:           YoI Appreciation day, was August 11 & 12th.

“fandom-wide day of creator appreciation is a day (or in this case, a set of days) dedicated to showing how grateful we are to the people who create, and how much we admire their hard work and dedication to the fandom and to their craft. this includes but is not limited to the following medias: fic, art, graphics, edits, music, meta, translations, fsts, amvs, rpers, event organizers, and bakers.”  - @katsukifatale

It’s been a couple days of love and support shown all around. Something that is especially important when the rest of the world seems to be having in a crisis of hate. Keep spreading the love and appreciation everyday!

Story Recommendations:

Pole-Mance by SeptiplierIsMyFire

When a 25-year-old MALE pole-dancer, Mark Edward Fischbach (stage name: Markiplier), starts another day in his sinful job, he's feeling meek. Problem with being a male dancer was, that he, himself, was gay.

However, he encounters one of his first ever man to be there during one of shows, and instantly feels infatuated with the fellow male stranger. He can't help but notice how broken he looks, and is shocked when he finds the 25-year-old, attractive, Sean William McLoughlin, had been lead here by his girlfriend and harshly dumped for one of the dancers.

Mark is greedy and quick-on-his-feet to woo Sean, just in time to catch him before he falls. Though with that being said, a relationship in which one would be flirted with by countless ladies on a daily basis wouldn't work; so Mark has to make a choice...

Will it be his work, or will he choose to quit and live happily with his newfound lover?

Pole-Mance is the kind of story you remember long after you've finished it. It was such a great love story, written in the most beautiful of words, that it's strangely one of the most underrated fanfictions in the Septiplier fandom. I recommend this for anyone who likes a long, feelsy story. - @introduceyourlipstominememecrew​

Artist Spotlight:

Yuri Plisetsky by @eclair​

Comic:

Groot #6 written by Jeff Loveness; art by Brian Kesinger (Click title to reblog)

Support:

This week’s Ko-Fi shout-out goes to Salmon @iamatrashfan​ (Click Salmon to donate)

Hello, Salmon's here. I'm a freelance artist who loves to draw stuff~                                

Zine: Terra Incognita by Main organizer: Yuuya @nakutan & Co-organizer: Kusid @kusid Unknown Land. A Yuri!!! on ICE fanbook about traveling and social media.

Redbubble: Juntwei (Click to Purchase) @juntwei​

Fun and Games: Send me an Emoji by @goblintoast (Click title to reblog)

💌: I’d love to send you more messages and asks but you make me nervous!

😊: You’re sweet. You’ve made me smile before.

🙏: I’m a little afraid that you’ll unfollow me.

🔪: I’d hate to get on your bad side.

😶: I’m honored that you’re even following me tbH.

👾: Your theme is awesome!

🌄: GO TO BED.

💉: Talking to you or seeing you on my dash makes me feel better.

😐: I don’t understand half the things you reblog but I support you anyway.

🌑: You come off as cold, impersonal.

👒: You come off as very friendly!

🌃: I’d like to spend more time talking to you.

🎭: You sure do get into a lot of drama…

😄: I can always count on you to like/reply to my personal posts.

🍥: Your aesthetic is very streamlined. It’s clear you’re picky about the stuff you reblog.

🍬: You’re sweet, but I feel like I know very little about you as a person.

🐟: Your blog isn’t quite my “type.”

😅: I often worry about upsetting you or scaring you off.

😇: Every single interaction we’ve had so far has been positive.

🐱: You’re cute‼︎

🌱: I’d love to get to know you better.

☔️: You seem unhappy.

😃: I love seeing you in my notifications!

🐸: You act goofy.

💻: Are you ever not online?

❄️: Your BYF struck me as kind of harsh, but I followed you anyway.

😆: You’ve made me laugh out loud before.

💔: You’ve disappointed me before.

📺: We have similar interests!

🔈: We have similar tastes in music.

🌊: You have a lot of personality.

😀: I would consider us friends.

🎀: We have similar aesthetics!

🍳: This is an egg in a frying pan!

🎉: I get really happy when I see positive personal posts from you, even when I don’t fully understand the context!

😈: I know your secret~

🌴: I’m jealous of you.

✨: Could you, like, chill a little bit maybe? Like in general? Please?

🎶: I associate you with a specific song or musician.

👟: I feel as though you’re out of my league.

🐚: I find your blog very calming.

👀: I’ve vagued about you before.

🍰: I might recognize you if I ran into you on the street.

😂: I’m comfortable around you.

🌈: Sometimes I see your selfies and think to myself: “I’m gay.”

🌹: I wouldn’t mind going on a date with you.

😓: I’ve talked to you before and it made me a nervous!

👑: You’re vain.

📝: I know a lot about you just from following you on Tumblr.

🌙: You’re beautiful.

🍓: You remind me of someone…

😒: I honestly don’t know why I’m even still following you at this point.

😳: I’ve learned things about you that have surprised me a lot!

🐭: Please be kinder to yourself.

😑: -__-

👔: I think you’re someone who takes themself very seriously.

🍉: I wish we lived closer to each other.

🍭: You confuse me.

😮: I wish I could give you some advice.

💐: I have a crush on you.

😁: You’re a little awkward, but I find it endearing.

💕: I love you‼︎

���: I like you. Just, in general. I think you’re a genuinely good person.

Story Prompt: “Look–I hate to tell you, but you deserve the truth… . Your cooking almost killed me last night.”

Art Prompt: 

Opposite day! Draw your favorite character doing something, or wearing something completely opposite from their normal.

Fandom Week:

Miraculous fluff month! Beginning August 1st.

JJBek Week! August 19 - 27th.

Guang-Hong Week! Prompts will be put up for voting through Aug 15 and posted by Aug 21

Yuri on Ice Music Week! September 4th - 11th

NSFW Yuri Plisetsky Week! September 11th - 17th.

SeungChuchu Week! October 16th - 23rd.

Help Wanted:

Needed: Tumblr theme editor. Please contact Diamond Winters for details.

Story recommendations!! If you find a story that you absolutely love, and you want to see it get some recognition, please submit a link to it with a 2-3 sentence review of the story. This way it could get in the spotlight in a future edition of the SMP. Requirements are that it’s completed, or a one-shot.

Artist Spotlight!! If you find a piece of artwork that needs more love, please submit a link to it so it may be considered for future spotlights in the future.

WIP Motivation: Please send your support to these writers or artist to encourage them to continue their story or artwork. No good story or piece of art should be left unfinished. - If you know of a good story that hasn’t been updated in a while, and would like to offer encouragement to the author, please let me know, so that I can link to their story here.

If there is ever any section of the Sunday Morning Post that you feel you can contribute too, please send an Ask or Submit to either the SMP, or @d2diamond so that it has a chance at making in a future post. Thank you!

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