#and i've barely scratched the surface

[darsynia]

Thanks for tagging me @stellar-solar-flare! Posting as a response to piggyback on your user tags cause I love all of them!

Last Song: i by Kendrick Lamar live on SNL -- JOY. Pure astonishing musicality. Syncopation. Self-actualization. The most expert band and their pure connection with each other--please love yourself enough to listen to this

Last Book: Underland by Robert MacFarlane -- a book about the underground spaces and what it's like to explore them, to understand our connections to them, from the places our ancestors used to live to the fascinating, frightening paths through the Paris Catacombs, and other places besides.

Last Movie: Wicked

Last TV Show: oof, it's been a while. I'm a YouTube documentaries girlie, but I think Loki season 2

Last Thing I Googled searched up: I looked up the Oscar winners

Favorite color: TEAL of all stripes

Sweet/Savory/Spicy? Spicy at this point, whether it's putting peppers in food or my home tacos or eating Indian food that puts hair on a person's chest

Currently looking forward to? writing more and feeling fulfilled by it. I missed me.

Current obsession: Kendrick Lamar's discography. The man is an incredible artist, his musicality and skill at lyrics are seriously unmatched, and I strongly recommend the Dissect podcast or I'm What the Culture Feeling longform documentary explaining the beef between himself and Drake (and how it's all about who decides what Hip Hop centers in the narrative, and taking that back)(yes it's long it's fucking amazing). Best unexpected, welcome 'mind blow' of 2025 for me.

Added tags: @sobeautifullyobsessed @neonshrike @stargazingfangirl18 @navybrat817 @bigtreefest

@whiskeytangofoxtrot555 @eralen @nekoannie-chan @krirebr @bluejay-in-flight

Ten people I’d like to get to know better ✨

Thank you for the tag @saiyanprincessswanie

Last song: Carry On My Wayward Son by Kansas. I am back on my Supernatural bullshit apparently.

Last book: Janice Hardy - Understanding Show, Don't Tell (And Really Getting it). A very good writing advice book with helpful examples.

Last movie: Captain America: Brave New World. Absolutely loved it.

Last TV show: Star Trek (The Original Series)

Last thing I googled: "toads salmonella" because I misunderstood a joke and thought I needed a source to prove my point. How very autistic of me.

Favorite color: Pink.

Sweet/savory/spicy? Savory, I think. Depends on the context.

Currently looking forward to: Thunderbolts!

Current obsession: Fantasy AUs and creating OC characters.

Tagging ten people (no pressure): @mercurial-chuckles @thezombieprostitute @claudette13 @themaradwrites @deadbandsong

@steviebbboi @ronearoundblindly @darsynia @jaqui-has-a-conspiracy-theory @buckets-and-trees

[xinganhao]

hi there!! since 2024’s gonna be over soooonn, i see almost everybody asking abt their wrapped for their posts and all but what abt moots?

like new moots, old moots, moots u love the most, ppl u would wanna be moots with… or do i sound crazy hahaa…?

(prolly gonna ask this to all my fav authors hehe☺️)

hi, lovely! this was such a cute ask to get ( ๑ ˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و ♡ xinganhao is actually a sideblog to @ylangelegy, so i can't speak much on moots— i hope you don't mind if i decide to share some of my favorite smaus i read this year instead! caratblr is full of incredibly talented people, and it's truly a privilege getting to enjoy work like these <3

say so (junhui x reader) by @suhnshinehaos ➜ i'm always a sucker for a co-star romance and this was done so well. jun's personality in this is also >>>

wonder what it's like to be loved by you (seungcheol x reader) by @serejae ➜ pathetic (affectionately) seungcheol!!! u are my favorite guy!!! kicked my feet the entire time i was reading this

delusional!seventeen when you reject them by @chugging-antiseptic-dye ➜ got such a good laugh out of this one. no notes, 10/10. a's grasp of svt's personalities continues to amaze me

not so secretive (vernon x reader) & boyfriend is right here (95z x reader) by @hansvll ➜ smashed the follow button for ali immediately after seeing the vernon smau. her svt work is just so lovely & you can hear the boys' voices in your head

texts with dad!seventeen by @gyubakeries ➜ tiya's long work are already a dreaaam to read, but these texts? impeccable balance of fluff and humor

in which mingyu = dispatch (mingyu x reader) by @lololololchips ➜ nothing makes me happier than a dispatch plot that makes sense!!! the dynamics and bantering in this was *chef's kiss*

idol bf! jeonghan texts by @cheoliedollie ➜ DO NOT read this if you miss jeonghan! it will get WORSE! obsessed with this version of yjh and i need a million more of it, i fear

[wisteriagoesvroom]

where would the editing team even start with the 2024 DTS season omg

lewis moves house to ferrari and his big blaze of silvo glory

christian horner's misconduct case (they probably won't talk about this but. who knows)

carlos appendix side plot. ollie subs in

standard Ferrari Is Messy plot (fred wrangling two princes despite one being asked to leave)

who's afraid of baby kimi / merc stuff

papaya rules the roost: woah woah woah mclaren car's suddenly not shit! lando wins, oscar wins, questionable pit wall strategy calls.

monaco (two big crashes), charles WINS MONACO after trying so many times

dric with singapore retirement

kmag viking exit era (so many points that he got suspended) and ollie had to come back again

driver musical chairs logan -> franco, dric -> liam

stake drivers both unemployed into '25 : (

adrian newey's musical chairs

checo's very bad, no good, horrible season

What Is Going On At Aston Martin

Ayao Haas Big Plans: unexpected haas resurgence to midfield

austria norstappen track fighting

interlagos in the rain, max p17(?) -> p1, pierresteban podium and mending their rift

george and GDPA season ender

max vs lando for the wdc

annnnd characters they'll tease for the upcoming season: bartoleto, doohan

[mlb-a-rewrite]

Miraculous Make No Sense

so I changed how they work.

I love me a well-thought-out and deliberate magic system. I love seeing the different rules and properties of how magic works and I love seeing how the author expands and works around those rules. Limitations are placed, followed, and then explored.

Miraculous Ladybug doesn't do this.

The powers are unbalanced and unrestrained. Miraculous can do whatever the writers want them to whenever they need it to happen. There are no limitations to the powers and the powers don't balance one another out.

This was the first issue I tackled in my rewrite.

Miraculous Overview

I decided that there are two "categories" for miraculous. They are either first or second-ring miraculous. (This is taking inspiration from the miracle box featured in the show and how the miraculous are organized into different rings).

What ring a miraculous belongs to determines how "powerful" it is. All miraculous, regardless of what ring or miracle box they belong to, have the following features:

It is a piece of jewelry

It is connected to and contain imagery of an animal

When a miraculous is worn by a person, the person will be granted, regardless of what ring or miracle box the miraculous belongs to, the following items:

They will now be able to see all Kwamis (regardless of miracle box or ring affiliation)

A unique phrase that will allow them to transform between civilian attire and hero attire

If a person is transformed, they will:

Get a magic girl costume and a magical girl transformation! The costume combines elements of the wearer's personal tastes and the animal associated with the miraculous

Have general enhancements (i.e. they are faster, stronger, have quicker reflexes, etc. but mental capabilities remain unchanged; if they’re dumb as fuck they stay dumb as fuck)

Have a magic weapon/object unique to the miraculous that serves at the housing unit of their special ability

One power unique to their miraculous

All miraculous have the attributes featured above, however, a first-ring miraculous grants the wearer 2 additional special abilities that a second-ring miraculous doesn't.

Special Abilities

In the rewrite, the special ability unique to the miraculous is how I am classifying the powers of each character. Cataclysm, Lucky Charm, Mirage, Venom, etc. are all the special abilities of each miraculous.

Second-ring miraculous have temporary special abilities. If the fox miraculous wearer casts Mirage and then detransforms, Mirage deactivates the illusion dissipates. However, first-ring special abilities are permanent (with one exception, more on that later). So when a ladybug wearer uses Restoration ("Restoration" being the new name for the "Miraculous Ladybug" power seen in the show) and then detransforms, all the damage they just repaired stays repaired.

Powers are also draining to the wearer. The bigger or more precise the use of the power is, the more physically draining it is. It takes a lot of strength, both physically and mentally, as well as a deep connection with the miraculous/kwami to use it for a wider range of uses. It is pretty easy for a black cat wearer to activate cataclysm and let it do whatever it wants, but it is more difficult to control that damage to a certain area or to destroy tougher materials. This adds more restrictions to the powers and gives the characters something to work on.

First-Ring vs. Second-Ring

For second-ring miraculous, there is only one special ability, hence why the fox miraculous only has mirage, but first-ring miraculous have multiple (why the ladybug miraculous has lucky charm and miraculous ladybug and de-evilize/deakumatization and-). This is because first-ring miraculous are more powerful.

I think of each miraculous wearer as having spell slots. For second-ring wearers, they only have 1 spell slot and 1 spell in that slot they can use. For first-ring wearers, they have 3 spell slots with 2 spells that are permanently stuck there.

To use an example from the show:

Any wearer of the ladybug miraculous, regardless of any differentiating factors, will always be able to use "Lucky Charm" and "Restoration". However, that third spell slot can be switched out to fit the situation. This third slot is there to be able to counteract and balance out other miraculous. So if a wearer of the ladybug miraculous thinks the wearer of the butterfly miraculous is using akumatization for nefarious reasons, that third "slot" would acquire a "spell" that directly combats akumatization, which is where the de-evilize ability in the show comes in.

This third ability only exists to combat other miraculous. If, for instance, a ladybug wearer is fighting in a war, the third ability won't make them bullet proof or something because guns are not a product or feature of a miraculous. The third ability only develops to counteract other miraculous.

In addition to that, this third ability only develops as a result of intense emotion. If a ladybug wearer just dislikes another wearer, the third ability isn't going to manifest, but if the ladybug wearer truly believes with every fiber of their being that another miraculous is being used for evil, then the ability will form.

So in the show, Marinette doesn't gain the ability to de-evilize right away. Only when she gets deeply and emotionally invested in the battle does that third ability form.

The final bit about the third power is that you can only use one third power at at a time. Going back to the spell slot analogy, you can have multiple spells you know how to use, but because there is only one slot available, you can only "equip" one spell at a time. When a spell is replaced with another, its effects disappear. Since two of the spell slots are permanently taken up, there is only one "customizable" spell slot.

Final Notes

Miraculous are all about balance. All miracle boxes have 2 rings, and the first ring only ever have 2 miraculous. These miraculous are always opposites and balance each other.

Which is why it makes no sense that Ladybug has so many fancy ass powers and Chat Noir only has cataclysm. Like what??????? So I ended up severely limiting Ladybug's powers and adding more restrictions and clarification. I also wrote in a new power for Chat Noir but this is already long enough so I'll save those details for a different post. :)

[deancasforcutie]

Despair // Night on the Galactic Railroad

'Campanella,' said Giovanni, sighing deeply, 'we're alone again. Let's stay together till the ends of the earth, okay? If I could be like that scorpion and do something for the benefit of all people, I wouldn't care if my body burnt up a hundred times over.' 'Me too,' said Campanella, his eyes welling with the clearest tears. 'But what is real happiness, Campanella?' 'Don't ask me,' he answered dreamily.

[autoboros]

WHAT??? ARE THERE MORE SPOON PEEPS??

Yep, these are my real main 4 guys

They're all really close friends and they've been around for like... nearly 2 years now which is crazy

[deprivedofbraincellsandsleep]

It sucks how Neil got more sympathy for being at the Nest and evermore for 2 weeks than Kevin who was there for most of his life

[insomnova]

owlcat games glazer until i die bc why am i only a third of the way into act 2 of wotr already plotting out my next playthrough like bestie slow down we haven't even gotten to drezen yet 😭

[eresia-catara]

you know that feeling when an engeneering student who happens to do a course of italian diction as a hobby feels entitled to explain linguistics to you — a classics student that, you know, knows something about languages and linguistics — and is also ready to argue that people should all speak one (1) language and write with IPA and Not make Any mistakes Ever and that his opinion is Right and my take that language reflects thought and creativity that you cannot control it and it is us who decide what is right or wrong blah blah is just "humanist whimsy" and I'm "just a romantic 💕"

yeah. that feeling is called arguing +1h with you is not enough I'm about to have a criminal record and I won't regret it 🪓🪓🪓

[metalbvcky]

I have three fics to post by the end of this month/year 🤩

[rainscenes]

congrats on 2.5 million words! would you ever consider doing a fic rec list of your faves? 👀 i rly love your fics and would love to know what a writer like you thought was good!

firstly thank you so much for the compliment 🥹🧡

and i certainly would!! honestly the easiest for now is probably to go through my bookmarks— i make the ones that are really special and that i would recommend to anyone public. it's a wild mix (from drabbles to 50k fics, though i rarely read really long works, from fluff to ambiguously unhappy endings, from vanilla to decidedly-not-vanilla) so i hope there's something there for you :) it's not really a complete list, because there are certainly more than 30-ish buddie fics that have moved me in this way and i most likely just forgot to make them public, but these ones are like. the screaming from the rooftops kind of awesome.

i might go through my other private bookmarks some day and update them or make a post here 🥰

[brwnsugcr]

tagged by my love @rosebrided 🤍

Rules: Post a GIF from 10 of your favorite movies without naming them, then tag 10 friends to do the same!

tagging @luckycharming, @spacelattesao3, @opal-chan, @bornonthebreakofdawn, @scarecrows-to-cherrytrees, @sftgnge, @powerful-niya, @wickermayne, @savage-scarcity, @ukiyosans, and anyone else who wants to do it! if you're reading this, taaag you're it.

[edwardos]

Minecraft Infdev

[darklight-owl]

You know I like a band when I start actually looking into them instead of just listening to the same 10 songs over and over again

[yuckydraws]

(Click for better quality)

Healing & Growth

(gif made by my friend @robanilla-arts is below - slight warning for flashing! Thanks again, Rob!)

[heinrixvancunt]

fallout 3 doesn't have that big of a map in terms of distance but man there are soooooo many locations to visit