#mutual appreciation hours

[lesbianambulon]

@gamelpar ty for blowing up my notes with a small tactical nuke ur so slay for that

[ssluggishh]

AAA @sir-buddy its always a treat to see you interacting w my posts :D

also with @dizzysinner @heliianth @flippedorbit whenever you guys pop up in my notes i go !!!! beloved mutuals :]

do y'all also have mutuals whom you’re actually a fan of? like everytime u see them on your dash u just,,,,, “u go mutual that’s my mutual!!!!! i love u mutual!!!! i can’t even believe we’re mutuals i don’t deserve u!!!! keep being u mutual!!!”

[tppart]

I've done countless faces by this point and really wanted to get practice in drawing bodies so who better to draw than bestie @brother-spankus ! And I feel like I'm slowly coming into my own style with heavy black shadows contrasted with vibrant colors. Hope you guys like! Who knows who I'll do next 🤷🏿

Faber castell black edition colored pencils on 9x12 inch toned grey sketch paper

[fatedroses]

Two tanks without their emotional support healers.

[urlesbiancamgrl]

Guys I wanna baby a butch and call them my strong silly boy☹️🩷 have them lay on top of me and play with their pretty hair

[pinkertoast]

being kind is so underrated! I love to spread joy and whimsy wherever I go! and I love overusing exclamation points! yay!

[thestarswillguide]

Just woke up and I'm so excited to hear what news Wonderstorm reveals in the next couple hours 🤩🤩

I'm too ecstatic rn so I'm just gonna go into a little detail on what I'll be working on if we do get an arc 3/season 8. These things will happen ofc, but if we don't get it I just won't be motivated enough to dish out everything so it'll be sloooow 😅

So I'll be posting in this order:

YouTube — another edit compilation celebrating arc 3

Tumblr — cleaning up my bio a bit and changing text + my next Aaravos headcanons (pre-fallen, angst, yandere reader)

Instagram — remaking my 'Adore You' Aaravos edit since I'm a perfectionist lol + my own edit audios for ppl to use (these will also be posted on here and my yt acc)

Spotify — a tdp vibes playlist + some sort of Aaravos x y/n love story playlist (which I will also post on yt)

Pinterest — my art (I'm already great at drawing, but I need to watch tutorials to teach myself how to draw from imagination and memory alone. Once I get better at that, I'll also post my art on here and instagram)

Quotev — two quizzes: five love languages + 'what are you to Aaravos?' (this one will have questions focusing on species, magic use, morality, etc. Basically I'm trying to make it pretty detailed and in-depth)

And that's all for now. I'm also planning on getting the physical copies of Callum's Spellbook and Book 2: Sky, cause I'm determined to finish all canon literature before the next season comes out (if we get it that is).

But anyway yeah, I'm super excited to see how things go. Of course, I'm into so many other things, not just tdp, so if you'd like to request anything for other fandoms or whatever I'm totally up for it. Don't forget to follow if you want to stay updated! 🤗

[claudaze]

hiiii clauuuu hhehez this might be a little nosy but im curious 🤭 who are some of ur writer moots that u feel really warm with ?? like the ones that make u smile when u see them in ur notes or when u read their stuff? also if u wanna drop recs.. i’m all ears !! i trust ur taste fr

omg hii anon :33 this is such a cute ask omg thank u for giving me a chance to gush a little !!

for now, the moots i’ve interacted with and feel super warm with are @puppysuh, @professorjsvh, and @yvvnii <3 they’re all so so talented and genuinely kind ?? like not only are their writings insane ( in the best way possible ) but they’re also just really sweet souls!

every time i see them in my notes or dash i smile fr .. definitely check them out if you haven’t already 😋😋 and to my tagged moots if u see this mwuhehe sorry to bother i just HAD to :pp ily guys

[fyodior]

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[swiftjay23]

@queenvash

You slay and you know it. Just be you and bring the light this world needs. That’s what really counts. You're absolutely amazing!

[midnightwind]

already Some Kinda Week and it's only Monday

[cheekybarnes]

not a request just a hi you're the best 🤍

just saw this SO late but??? hi??? you’re the best actually??? this is so soft i’m gonna cry a little. thank you for being here. thank you for being wonderful!!!! 😭🫶🏻

[crunchybeards]

Would you still love me if I finally ripped off the bandaid that is the farmer bookmarks? Would you be understanding if I just let them go and released Atlas and the high-quality downloadable bookmarks at a much later date?

[reverie-starlight]

Not an assumption but a fact!!! Is that you're very sweet and I'm very proud of you!

THIS IS SO NICE WHATTT 🥺🫶🏻

you’re ALSO extremely sweet and I’m ALSO very proud of you!!! I hope you have the best day today, you deserve it 🫶🏻🫶🏻

[selangkir]

HELLOOOOO!!!!!!!!! happy btr creators day!!!!! i think out of everyone on this site, i should be thanking you the very, very most for not only your support, but being gracious enough to share your work with me and allow me to share in your creations like the gtr au

your work in this btr fandom has been nothing less than amazing. your writing being some of the first of your creations i was exposed to when you took a spin on my story where mercedes and roxy were gfs. oh my god. i don't think i can tell you how my heart soared when i got the notification that you had created something based off of my work. i don't think i shut up about it to the one person i know irl who knows i write fic for like. weeks. the unique tone your writing takes is something so evident to me in all of your work. i don't know how to describe it other than maybe as your voice? but its so you. it gives the work personality outside of the story itself! and it blows me away in all your work :) so imagine how much i was floored when you started writing more!! about octavia and katie, and jo and lucy and then girl time rush? raising money for palestinian aid with your one shots? i have no words; the evolution of your work has been incredible to witness over the years

and that's not even taking into additon your editing skills?? which are literally professional grade. like i think you're a high-profile graphic designer or something irl and are just gracing all of us with little crumbs here and there because too much of it would dox you or something. the fanmix you created for olive specifically lives rent free in my mind, i'm not sure i've ever seen something so gorgeous! and i can't even start on the videos like. the one you made for roxy made me cry i watched it about a million times and reblogged it just as many. and the one just last week of daisy oh moy god 😭😭 i know that must have taken so much time and knowing that my work inspired you so much to make that.... i can't even speak

i feel like anything i say in this message to you isn't enough in the slightest to express how much you have influenced my work. you've been here with me on this journey from the very beginning and i truly credit your support as the reason i kept going at the very beginning when i was so scared to post my work :3 thank you for everything!!!

<33 :333

ash !!!!! omg !!!!! its such a cute idea your appreciation day, its so fun and sweet to see so many compliments & open adoration flung around between all the other creators ive seen cross my dash. theres just one thing i gotta complain about: ppl drop the nicest things in my inbox and expect me to stop rereading their messages & swinging my feet to them long enough to construct coherent sentences?? whats up with that!!

i remember being so nervous to post the mercedes roxy fic. i've been writing a bunch of things for a while that only lived on my laptop & phone and debated whether to post it at all. and to hear that u raved about it ?!? for so long !?!!!! i mean, i did the same w ur contributions to the gtr universe but like .. !!!

to think i have any impact on anyone's work is kinda crazy to think about, but also like, ditto ! i wouldnt have posted if it wasnt for ur fic, and i wouldnt have kept sharing more if it wasnt for your support, ash!! so grateful to even be a lil cog of this feedback loop <3

[voxvaughn]

i can connect anything to my selfships (lyric re-interpretation addition)

ascensionism // rain (LONG analysis under the cut!!!)

CW FOR THE HEAVIER THEMES ASSOCIATED WITH VOXVAUGHN!!! Valentino is mentioned (negatively, he's Vox's abuser), and themes of emotional abuse, internalized biphobia (Vox), feeling neglected, and generally Rough start of relationships due to improper communication between two troubled men is discussed. please proceed with caution and nuance!

i NEVER get to analyze & reinterpret lyrics the way i like to when i listen to music ANYWHERE and then realized i could on my blog where i specifically AM cringe but free. i'd love to do lyric associations with other people's ships sometime, too, if this post is well received :-D! anyways, onto my brainworms.

Ascensionism by Sleep Token is a song i've established to have associated with VoxVaughn before, but it is a Vaughn-centric perspective on the relationship. Vaughn comes from a life of neglect, petty crime and hustling to get by, both in life and before dealing his soul to Vox, so theres an emphasis on the "filthier" aspects of the relationship ("Lipstick, chemtrails, red flags, pink nails" & "..rose-gold chains, ripped lace, cut glass / Blood stains on the collar means just don't ask") because that's all he knows as he enters the relationship. Being thrust into a life of disposable money and power that came from being so closely associated with The Vees ("...a black-lit paradise, Diamonds in the trees, pentagrams in the night sky") is a complete 180 of the lives Vaughn had lead before, and he doesn't know how to process it healthily at first at all.

This is escalated by how on-and-off again the initial romantic partnership between him and Vox was (and this was due to Valentino guilting + threatening Vox out of getting "too close" to Vaughn for a while, but Vaughn isn't aware of this at first. Miscommunication is so sad to see.); so Vaughn perceives himself as an escape for Vox and is torn between his genuine attraction to Vox and Vox's assumed disinterest ("Well I know what you want from me. You want someone to be your reflection, your bitter deception; setting you free." & "Make it real, 'Cause anything's better than the way I feel right now" ). He hates the idea that he's nothing but a "getaway" but he's so genuinely enamored and in love with Vox that he puts up with the "lie".

There's clear adoration for Vox's presence and his appearance throughout the song, emphasis on technological aspects and influence ("Half algorithm, half deity / Glitches in the code or gaps in a strange dream" and even more directly "Digital demons make the night feel heavenly") and more subtle references to how he monitors Hell ("With one eye on the door, other eye on a rail / Other, other eye following a scarlet trail"), but most importantly the yearning of just wanting to know Vox and wanting to be known and seen by him the same way ("Won't you come and dance in the dark with me? Show me what you are, I am desperate to know." , "Who made you like this? Who encrypted your dark gospel in body language?" and "Tell me you met me in past lives, past life, past what might be eating me from the inside, darling") haunts the track.

The feeling of conflicted melancholy and want to be in a genuine relationship is carried over to Rain, another track by Sleep Token. in this context, this track is an a parallel to Vaughn's Point of View in Ascensionism; focusing on Vox's train of throught and interpretation of the beginning of their partnership. To Vox, Vaughn's presence in his life is refreshing, like a breath of fresh air ("And just like the rain, you cast the dust into nothing and wash out the salt from my hands"). Vaughn is firm about protecting his peace, and is insanely headstrong despite the threats he gets from demons with far more power than him; and that reckless resilience is so inspiring to Vox.

This is especially true at the time of their proper meeting and soul contract proposal; Vox was receiving the worst of Valentino's anger and frustraion about Angel Dust moving into the Hazbin Hotel, causing Vox to shut in on himself. Vaughn's arrival in Hell and the actual threat he posed to the Vees as an outsider was eye-opening to Vox. It made him realize he didn't need to be as complacent in his misery as he was, despite being in Hell. ("For so long, I have waited / So long that I almost became just a stoic statue, fit for nobody. And I don't wanna get in your way, but I finally think I can say that the vicious cycle was over the moment you smiled at me").

Even after realizing this, and acquiring Vaughn's soul, he's hesitant to be fully dedicated to Vaughn and cut ties with Valentino. Partially because he tries to reason that it's "purely a business endeavor" to have Vaughn's soul (it's not), but also because he feels like he deserves the abuse from Valentino (who also threatens Vaughn's safety when he notices Vox's interest in the "lesser demon"). Vox was a cultist in life, but he died in the 1950's, and is convinced his sexuality played a part in his arrival in Hell due to the upbringing of his time period. He's not ready to confront that it's possible to be in a healthy relationship with another man, and that's part of why he took shit from Valentino for so long; "serving [his] eternal punishment" or whatever. ("I know, I know, the way that it goes / You get what you give, you reap what you sow")

At first Vox tries to ignore his attraction, but it starts consuming him. He always smiles more when Vaughn is in the room, the workload feels less straining when Vaughn gives it to him, he laughs more, and he doesn't know how to process it. He wants there to be more, it claws and tears at his chest that the time they spend together always has to end. It drives him crazier knowing it doesn't have to. ("It's that chemical cut that I can get down with / Up like the moon and out like the hounds. A dangerous disposition somehow refracted in light, reflected in sound / I'm coiled up like the venomous serpent, tangled in your trance and I'm certain you have got your hooks in me." , "I know, I know, I am what I am / The mouth of the wolf, the eyes of the lamb / So darling, will you saturate?" and "Nobody can say for certain if maybe it's all just a game / When I open my eyes to the future, I can hear you say my name")

TLDR; Vox and Vaughn were both a insanely mentally ill and traumatized at the start of their relationship with each other in different and complicated ways that makes their eventual growth and understanding of eachother so much more beautiful . that & i can process anything through my selfships .