#i haven't seen nicknaming to this degree in ANY other fandom

[dalniente]

"Zira" "Azi" "Az" SIGHHHHHH

is anybody else irritated at the widespread fandom nicknaming of Aziraphale and fucking nobody else? is that just me? because it really feels like a "oooh [wince-hisses through teeth], no, that's too long and weird. that's too hard. i'm gonna call you This instead" situation, and i do not care for it. it pissed me off when i was writing good omens fanfic thirteen years ago and it pisses me off now. you care enough about everyone else to get their names right, all the unusual demon and angel monikers, but oh no, Aziraphale, oh that's ten whole letters, that's way too long. oh you're not gonna bother to type all that, no, his name is just Zira now.

and like, he's not real, so this super duper does not matter and isn't deeply and incredibly shitty the way it is when it's directed at real people. but it still rubs me the wrong way every time i see it. that's not his name! why is his name not good enough for you to take the time to type out the way you do for everyone else! ugh.

[slytherinshua]

I was honestly so happy to come across your fic! There doesn't seem to be a lot of Lucy content anywhere? (Unless I'm just looking in the wrong places lol) I think I maybe found 1 yt channel that has eng subs but it was last updated 2yrs ago 😭, so if you have any recs they would be much appreciated!

He taught walwals chemistry?? Oh my goodness 😭😭 He really is the sweetest. They all seem like such genuinely nice people, but so far from what I've seen Yeop definitely seems to be the most naturally caring? Not that the others aren't!! It just seems to radiate off him more? I'm still a baby walwal (I'm ashamed to say I haven't listened to all of their music yet) so I'm very eager to learn more about them and their personalities!! I'd love to know what your take on (or how you view) the members and their personalities if that's not a weird thing to ask lol.

(sorry that's a bit long, I may have got a bit excited to meet another walwal lol, I've only met 1 so far 😭)

Yeah you’re right it’s very hard to come across anything cause the fandom is so small lol 😭😭 but I would recommend this channel their compilations are great <33 apart from them there isn’t really other active walwals :(( and they only last uploaded a year ago so I can’t even really say they are active. but their old videos are great!!

he seriously is the best :( everything about him is so mom coded like he cooks for the members, he’s very caring towards walwals, and I find it really endearing that he likes zumba lol I believe he did it on live for walwal to join him once(?). Since he went to school for applied chemical engineering (I believe that was his degree or smth very similar) he’s very smart in the stem fields. But he’s always been very musically focused and he’s recorded a lot of OSTs even before lucy. But I’d love to tell you a bit more about the members and their personalities and give you some recommendations for what to listen to!!! I’m about to see Lucy in concert in 3 days (save me I might pass away) so I’m very excited. I’ve been a walwal for about 2 years now :(

Yechan, despite being the leader, is definitely the most playful member. He’s chaotic and loud and carefree and he’s really just like a child sometimes. He says he’s mature but like… he’s not and we love him for that lol. I’m pretty sure he only ended up being the leader because he’s the oldest lol. not that he’s not a good leader but Wonsang definitely has more musical direction and leadership within the group than yechan. You can see in lucy videos if you watch them, yechan is just adorable.

Sangyeop like we’ve talked about is super caring. And his nickname is yeopmom like skjdks but still very playful and funny just like all the lucy members <33

Wonsang is the baby :( to me :( to them :( to everyone :( he is the most vital member to the group given that he produces and writes majority of their music. He basically has the say in what sound they’re gonna do each comeback, the members themselves have said that they follow whatever Wonsang wants. But even tho he leads them in a way he’s very… innocent and childlike?? In a sense that the other members often worry if someone will take advantage of him because he’s so precious and kind to other people :( he also has the cutest laugh in the world definitely recommend you look up his laugh!! him along with yechan are the two cutest members by far :(

Now gwangil is tricky because he’s unpredictable lol. On one hand he’s probably the most mature member or most serious member just cause his cringe tolerance is a lot lower than the rest. He doesn’t like to embarrass himself (felt) but it’s not like he isn’t any fun. He can be very goofy and playful when in the company of the other members, and he does like to joke around just as much as them. But he still is the “makhyung” and generally giving more boomer chill vibes lmao 😭😭

As for Lucy’s music, they have such a good discography. Highly recommend you listen to all of it at some point, but for now the songs that are top priority in my mind are: snooze, haze, you’re right, farther and farther, watermelon, sequel, play, opening, ending, never in vain, and I’d also like to include their ost run to you. there’s a good mix of fun songs, anime inspired ones (Wonsang is not subtle lol), and ethereal ballads for you and these are some of my all time favourite lucy songs. They also have some solo songs in their albums which you were probably not aware of, but on the blue and childhood albums, each member has a song!! Which means there are rare times that yechan actually sings!! And I would also recommend watching their live clips for some of their songs that you can find on their channel, as well as their covers. They’ve covered a whole lot of songs and you’ll never catch them slacking truly <3

[hanamiyama-basketball-club]

This guy here is my new pen. A Parker 45 Flighter Deluxe from the 80s, more or less. You can't really see it since the clip ends pu facing down, but he has gold trim and a gold nib. Here's a nicer pic from parker45pens.com:

^ the 1980-2000 model. I am choosing to believe he's from the 80s, though I have no actual information on his provenance.

He's in beautiful shape, supposedly a bit of shrinkage on the barrel but I don't see it. The nib is bouncy and unfortunately now has me understanding why people like gold nibs. He's made of beautiful brushed stainless steel, inspired by planes as well as designed to be less likely to leak if you take it on a plane flight. (I have not tested this; I'm not super worried about it tbh)

He is also the most moody, petulant motherfucker.

How moody? Well, within the last week I've done research both on good wet inks for a dry nib and good dry inks for a wet nib. Rotate 15 degrees in the wrong direction and he's scratchy as a pencil. Warm day in the office? He's practically spitting ink on the page. On a cold day, however, you might have to press down to get him started. All of this can happen within fifteen minutes if you're lucky.

I love him. I've used him more than any other pen since he arrived. He's a little shit but when he's behaving, he's a joy to use.

I'm not as much of a pen namer as James. My only named pen right now is the brass pocket pen Isaba-chan, after the fandom nickname for [redacted spoilers for the final episode of Bravern]. However, I have to admit that I've already started calling him by name in my head, even if I didn't mean to.

Brushed metal fighter plane, unreliable little diva that I can't help but love? Yeah, this is Starscream.

(I still haven't actually seen any of Prime but the aesthetic fits)

Currently he's just got the Quink cartridge he came with, which is nice enough but I do want to see how he behaves with other inks. He's absolutely crying out for either a deep red or a royal blue, imo. (I really want to put Asa-Gao in him but I feel like that's probably TOO wet even though I assume every pen yearns to be full of Iroshizuku)

[reloha]

@nientedal: #i dunno. i dunno.#i am hoping posting this gets it off my chest and helps me stop being quite as fucking annoyed about it#this isn't directed at any one person#this is widespread#i haven't seen nicknaming to this degree in ANY other fandom#which is why i can't just tell myself it's a friendly nickname because he's likeable and familiar or whatever#it's definitely a Me Problem but there's so many good posts i haven't reblogged#or have sighed while reblogging or just straight up have stopped reading because of this#i do realize that for a lot of folks#it's probably just that they've seen other people doing it and figured it's just part of the good omens fandom culture#i don't care :/#NOBODY ELSE gets nicknamed like this

Yes, I reblog them if the points are good, but I hate the Zira, Az, Azzie, etc., for Aziraphale. And you don’t have to necessarily have to type the letters all the time. My phone gives me the choice after A-z, and keyboard shortcuts are a thing. (I’d also like video reactors to stop referring to Crowley as if his name is pronounced like crowd rather than crow. It’s like crow. The demon Crowley on Supernatural is like crowd. Aziraphale is uh-zeer-uh-fail.)

"Zira" "Azi" "Az" SIGHHHHHH

is anybody else irritated at the widespread fandom nicknaming of Aziraphale and fucking nobody else? is that just me? because it really feels like a "oooh [wince-hisses through teeth], no, that's too long and weird. that's too hard. i'm gonna call you This instead" situation, and i do not care for it. it pissed me off when i was writing good omens fanfic thirteen years ago and it pisses me off now. you care enough about everyone else to get their names right, all the unusual demon and angel monikers, but oh no, Aziraphale, oh that's ten whole letters, that's way too long. oh you're not gonna bother to type all that, no, his name is just Zira now.

and like, he's not real, so this super duper does not matter and isn't deeply and incredibly shitty the way it is when it's directed at real people. but it still rubs me the wrong way every time i see it. that's not his name! why is his name not good enough for you to take the time to type out the way you do for everyone else! ugh.