#lbl first

[linkbetweenlinksau]

Some stupid meme I made late last night lol

[smilesrobotlover]

Hylia and First once again. I realize I have a lot of feelings on them

[linkbetweenlinksau]

OOOOOH First!!! He looks so good thank you so much for this!!!!

I noticed their eye colors are pink blue and green. powerpuff girls

anyway uh from right to left:

-LBL First from @linkbetweenlinksau

-@moore-nocturnal's First

-my first from my au :]

they are pals....

[ms-march]

My biggest inspiration/icon is Princess Amber from sophia the first. No, I will not be taking questions

[paroxetine-patty]

omg lmaooooo the irony of you not even realizing i just liked three posts of yours from my main before stumbling on misogynistic bullshit that prompted the post (btw yeah dunno how you tracked me down or if you’re just stalking everyone in the comphet tag but it indeed was your blog). the bullshit in question being that anon ask about lesbians never getting straight married or having kids bc iT nEvEr HapPens aNd SeeMS Sus. 

For the record, I’m earnestly, deeply glad for you and anon that you never have been that repressed but guess what. people be living in more than usual patriarchal cultures. people be coming from ultraconservative religious backgrounds. people, especially women, be alienated from their own bodies and sexual feelings due to patriarchy even more than gay males can ever be. coerced into motherhood which demands a male, preferably a husband (newsflash: there are also women who genuinely want to have their own kids and only marry to achieve that, while pushing any sexual thoughts deep down, again most likely due to conservative upbringing). women be married off against their will or coerced into it, or drawn to marriage bc it seems like the only way to survive. shall i also tell you how it’s harder to determine what you like as a female-bodied human due to the more complicated pattern of arousal and how easy it is to conclude that if you can tolerate something then you probably like it in a phallocentric society?   

i used to be respectful about and around belligerent gold stars (not any gold stars, mind you) but I’m just getting more reasons not to bc it’s useless, whatever I say or do people like you are gonna hate me and assume the worst. all while I’m sitting here being just as homosexual (at least as far as I can say for myself, perhaps you’ve been annoyed by some other lbls in the past but you came to me, so. Here.) You’d likely never understand, or try to understand I’m afraid, but THIS is why people say they hate gold stars, not because you’re gay. it’s not even the gatekeeping or whatever, the notion is overused anyway imo, it’s the throwing other homosexual women, whether they “deserve” to be called lesbians or look like lesbians to you under the bus. notice how I’m only talking about females and a “terf” by pretty much any libfem account and I still can’t speak up according to you. I know you don’t owe me anything, it’s just sort of ironic and thought-provoking.

[concubine-mamas]

So what's Kagetora opinion about corrin?

he has a far more relaxed view on royals than most other people in the army, but it’s offset by how unapproachable he naturally is lmao. But with Corrin he’s actually rather jealous, considering they can just waltz back into Hoshido and be rewarded and loved despite not doing anything. He’s had to work so hard to even be noticed, let alone rewarded and praised which is something he still hasn’t gotten. He knows it might not be fair of him since they’ve had an unfair situation thrust on them, but heck he knows unfair situations better than anyone. It’s not so bad that he’ll be intentionally mean to them, but it is a sore spot. He wouldn’t use honorifics or anything when speaking to them, which might be refreshing to them? it’s not out of friendliness but more like ‘you’re not getting my respect just because you were born in a certain family’ type of situation

[prepare4trouble]

Trollhunters fanfic - Fatherhood

Blinky had never intended to become a father. It had simply happened, mostly without him even noticing. It had crept up on him; a slow realization that he cared more deeply for James Lake Jr than he had ever intended, or than he had ever thought possible.

It wasn’t as though the idea of fatherhood was unappealing to him — far from it — it had simply never seemed as though it was going to happen for him, and he had been okay with that. He had his books, he had Aaarrgghh!!!, and that had always felt like enough.

And then, one night, standing on a rooftop of the human town that had sprung up above Trollmarket, it had occurred to him, quite unexpectedly that he did in fact have a son. Not a biological son, true, but biology was less important than how one felt. Far less important, apparently, given that Jim’s actual father had abandoned him as an infant.

Blinky’s only regret was not having said what he did sooner, while Jim had still been human, so that he would know that Blinky had already felt that way, and that it had nothing to do with the transformation. How he looked was irrelevant; Jim had become a part of his family a long time ago.

If only he had known what Merlin had been planning to do, Blinky liked to think he would have told Jim sooner; perhaps it would have come up while discussing his options with him, considering Merlin’s plan from all angles and deciding together whether or not it was worth the risk. In reality, he wasn’t so sure. Would it have occurred to him to say those particular words? They had been spoken on the spur of the moment, the truth they had revealed only apparent afterward.

A son. He had a son.

For a moment, Blinky had felt guilty; as though by saying such a thing aloud, especially in light of Jim’s recent transformation, he was somehow pulling him away from his true family; claiming him for his own. He had dismissed the thought quickly; he didn’t know Barbara Lake as well as he would have liked, but he knew her enough to be certain that nothing would drive a wedge between her and her son, not even Merlin and his accursed potions. As for Jim’s father, well, if he had truly chosen to walk out and abandon his infant son — and on his birthing day no less — quite frankly he had given up any rights he had to the boy.

Anyway, it had been clear at the time that Jim had needed to hear those words. They had helped him. To Blinky’s surprise, he had needed to say it too; he hadn’t realized quite how much until it was out there.

Blinky glanced around him in a way that he hoped appeared casual, trying to check on Jim without making it obvious that was what he was doing. He found him exactly where he had been the last time he had looked, seated on the ground, back hunched a little as he leaned forward to rest an elbow on a knee. He seemed to stare directly forward, looking at nothing.

They couldn’t rest here for long; they only had so much nighttime in which to travel, and miles yet to cover before the sun began to rise. Seeing the clear signs of exhaustion in both Jim and Claire, Blinky had called a stop anyway. The journey so far had not been especially arduous, but Claire was human, and Jim still half, and neither of them had the stamina of most trolls. Jim was also injured from the battle. The two of them were seated together, Jim’s arm wrapped protectively around her, Claire leaning her head against his body. She was sleeping. Jim was not.

Blinky watched for a moment out of the corner of his leftmost eye; still, after all these days, trying to reconcile the troll he saw now with the human boy that he had watched grow into a skilled trollhunter. It was difficult. Not impossible, but difficult. From a distance Jim looked so different. It wasn’t until he got closer, spoke to him, watched his mannerisms and felt the warmth of his personality, that he could see someone he recognized underneath. It would take time, but he would grow accustomed to it. And so, he supposed, would Jim.

That was going to take longer.

Blinky knew from personal experience that a change of that nature was not an easy thing to adjust to. He had enjoyed his brief foray into humanity, but only on the proviso that it was a temporary affliction, one that would eventually be rectified, albeit with no guarantees as to when. For Jim, there was no such promise.

Blinky had never expected to be a father, but now that he had realized that he was, he intended to do it right. It occurred to him that there was probably more to parenthood than helping your son build a vespa and teaching him how to wield a sword made of daylight. Like, for example, guiding him through the transition from one species to another, and helping him begin to accept himself when he could barely recognize his own reflection.

Actually, now Blinky thought about it, this was probably not going to be your typical father-son relationship.

Part 2

[miyori999]

Me: charged with a crime I did not commit

My lawyer: "And as you can see from her computer's internal records and save files, at the time the crime occurred, she was typing at 35 words per minute, working on this story we hav--"

Me: "I'D LIKE TO CONFESS TO THE MURDER!!!"

The Judge: "You're not being accused of murder?"

Me: "Yeah okay, well whatever it takes to keep my family from seeing my writing!"

[colettebronte]

Soooo this is greedy, but I want Director's Commentary on Lord Bridgerton's List yup all of it tbh. Which is your fave? Which was the hardest to write? Which took you by surprise with its popularity? Also, when did you decide they would be a married couple playing a scenario? When I read the prologue with the contract negotiation etc, I assumed it was strangers, but in hindsight, I assume that all part of the role play? Fascinating choice, I loved that it was a twist I didn't see coming. And it was BENEDICTS flat?!? I damn near fell off my chair lol.

Wow, ALL of Lord Bridgerton’s List, huh? This one needed some time to think about. Leave it to you, my friend to ask a BIG one. 🧡 I’ll go line by line to answer it, pardon me if I paraphrase a bit. Apologies, this is gonna be a long one! 🫶

Which is your fave?

I have a few favorite parts: the first Queen and the General, Edging, Coming Untouched and Regency Masquerade: Anonymous Sex Also, even though writing threesomes are a NIGHTMARE, I’m proud of how well those fics turned out, especially Threesome 2

Which was the hardest to write?

Oh boy, if anyone paid attention to when I was updating the LBL Masterlist as I was writing, they would have seen that Pet Play kept getting pushed back until I FINALLY got it done for day 28. Pet play in itself is perceived by some as a pretty out there kink and I wanted to capture how sweet and playful it actually can be so it sat for a while as I struggled with the tone but I am really pleased with how it turned out!

Which took you by surprise with it’s popularity?

Honestly? All of it! When I started the series I assumed only I cared about how lil Sub!Anthony there was and maybe, MAYBE a few others would enjoy it, but I am BEYOND amazed and humbled that so many people enjoyed and still are enjoying it 🥰 btw, based on likes and Ao3 hits, the top fics from LBL are Anonymous Sex, Coming Untouched and a tie between Cam Boy 2: Overstimulation and Angry Sex which STILL gets new likes weekly

When did you decide they were going to be a married couple playing a scenario?

I’m going to answer your WHOLE last part here. So when I wrote the Prologue I was flying blind, writing as if it was a man hiring a Dom for the month, and believe me, I had no intention of actually writing 31 (34) fics in 31 (34) days but Anthony said it and that’s what happened 🤣

When I got to day 2 or 3, I thought the basic premise needed a twist, and I came up with the Scene-within-a scene idea and that they would be a married couple trying to be switches, and actually wrote Epilogue on day 4, where it remained mostly unchanged, with just minor edits as the main story progressed until November 1. As I wrote the epilogue, I knew Reader was giving the keys back to Sophie thus the decision to make it Benedict’s apartment just made sense. Just don’t think too hard about how implausible it is for one apartment to have all the rooms I described 🤣 I tried very hard to keep the character’s “real” feelings from bleeding through the aftercare scenes until the last handful of parts.

Soooo that’s my commentary! Thanks for the AMAZING ask @faye-tale this was a fun one to reflect back on!

[esta-elavaris]

ok new fic ask game bc why not!! 📚⏰ — i kinda have my own own question to tack onto these two though and that is if you read any fanfic or if you mainly focus on writing it, and so if you do read any do you have any that you would recommend for some reason or another?

📚 Do you read your own fic?

CTW is the only one I can read for actual enjoyment/out of pride 🥲 I remain stupidly proud of that one. I think LBL was my first properly good fic, but I improved a lot as I was writing it so I wince throughout it a lot, especially with the early chapters, if I have to refer back to it for whatever reason. I've also never looked back at HTWA until literally just last night, because I'm doing a read-through to make sure I can land the thing in a decent way over the next few months, but even that one has me cringeing a lot. Usually if I'm reading something of my own, it's so I can remember what I've already done, especially if it's a fic I haven't touched in a long time 💀

⏰ Do you spend more time reading fic, writing fic, or do you do both equally?

Writing it, for sure. I used to read tonnes of it, easily outweighing the actual books I read, but at this point I have so many actual books I want to get through that I can't justify reading lots of fic unless I have bad fandom brainrot - like, deep hyperfixation style. The last one for that was the Ghost fandom, since the members of the band are characters rather than just normal musicians, so I don't feel weird reading about them. But nine times out of ten if I want to read I just go for a book.

That being said, it doesn't help that I make a point of completely avoiding reading pairings that I write (sometimes even entire fandoms, depending on whether I want to keep writing different pairings in the same fandom later on) because I don't want to be accidentally influenced by another writer to a point where I'd unwittingly copy their ideas without realising it. So the more fic I write, the less I can really read. It's definitely a bit of a paranoid move but it offers peace of mind lolol.

Buuut I did read this Haldir/LOTR fic this year - it's very, very good and it's still being updated! I'm going to reread it from the beginning soon for sure.

Thank you for consistently giving me an excuse to whitter on about writing I do very much appreciate it 💜

[linkbetweenlinksau]

Some random lbl doodles lol

[smilesrobotlover]

Well I designed First and I. Am screaming

[lightningbug-lane]

Ok so. I was playing botw and I was cutting through the top half of hyrule field to get to rito village. Then this shooting star falls so of course I'm gonna go get that star piece, right? But it fell literally riiiight outside the moat of hyrule castle, like the star piece fell into the water when I got there. So I'm in the water and I see luminous stones on the other side of the moat where the castle is, so I'm like 'aight' and now I'm sneaking through the jail just because I'm already there so why not :P

[ms-march]

Lbl Characters: Caleb Brewster

Wellerman by The Longest Johns

“Soon may the Wellerman come

To bring us sugar and tea and rum

One day, when the tonguin' is done

We'll take our leave and go”

[venetianwindow]

220922 • 11:45am 🌿

Dancing around utopia: George Finch’s Cotton Gardens.

This was my foray into social housing projects and one of the first estates I visited. Some interesting history here: The three towers are a part of eight that the LBL built using a prefabricated system. Although, as Finch reflects, this didn’t really reduce costs nor make the overall construction any faster (contrary to the intentions), it’s nevertheless a fascinating experiment.

Naturally, the prefab process made any unique design choices in the buildings redundant (the other five towers are very similar if not identical - correct me if I’m wrong as I’ve only had a fleeting glance at one of these). It didn’t stop Cotton Gardens from being playful though: Finch devised a plan such that, when you walk around the estate, you always see the towers in a different arrangement. In his words, there is always a sense of movement akin to dancing. Austere Brutalism suddenly becomes sprightly and vivacious; in the halcyon winter sun that seems to lighten everything, here is levity and reassurance for a society that so needed it.

I find it extremely endearing that an estate made of hulking concrete towers is named Cotton Gardens - as soft and dreamy as Finch’s wondrous utopian ideals. One optimist is better than none, and the world was made a bit better with you in it, Mr Finch.

☞ studygram

[concubine-mamas]

....They were probably joking around?

aren’t jokes supposed to be funny?