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zepskies · 25 days ago

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Racial & Ethnic Representation in Fanfiction

[🎙️ Podcast Interview]

Hey, friends! Sandra and Kasey, the lovely hosts of @idlingintheimpalapodcast — the podcast for all things SPN and fanfiction — invited me back on the pod for an interview on a topic that's very close to my heart…

With @rubyvhs, we talked about the fun moments and challenges about reading and writing fanfiction that represents specific racial and ethnic cultures, being bicultural/multicultural, the immigrant experience, and much more.

I offered my own experience as a Latina POC writing in the fandom space, specifically Supernatural and The Boys (and adjacent Jackles fandoms).

Check it out here: ⤵️

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Interview Timestamps –

(Plus fic recs, SPN writer/reader shoutouts, and more! Links to all the fics we mentioned are at each time stamp.)

2:54 – When did you start writing fanfiction, and when did you join SPN fandom?

⟡ You can check out my first author interview with Sandra and Kasey over here. We chatted about Dean Winchester and Jensen Ackles’ early roles, the best and worst seasons of SPN, the joys and pains of writing Soldier Boy, and much, much more. For all the timestamps of key moments, fic recs, and SPN writer shoutouts, see this post (you'll find the link to the video there too).

6:18 – What is your ethnic, racial, and cultural background? (And how me and Sandra bond over “food and family” ties between Hispanics/Latinos and Italians.)

13:05 – The immigrant experience in America, what you take with you from the “Motherland,” the struggles of bicultural identity, my personal experience being a second-generation child of an immigrant family, and Sandra’s experience as a first-generation child of Italian immigrants.

16:58 – What do you look for when you’re reading fanfiction? (Canon-compliant, AU, romance, etc.) Does the length of a story matter?

19:52 – Bonus: The merits of drabble writing vs. long-fic writing.

25:54 – Have you ever actively searched for fanfiction that represented your ethnicity? (Whenever I do, it’s like finding gold.) Plus, the challenge of writing reader characters, the “gray area” of writing reader characters like OCs.

32:38 – The inherent “bias” of reading and writing reader characters as White. The concept of diversity being “cool” in popular media, TV shows, and movies is still pretty new.

36:36 – Why I started writing reader characters that might have a specific body type, race, and/or ethnicity.

Examples:

⟡ Midnight Espresso – Dean Winchester x Plus-size Latina!Reader

⟡ If I Stay – Dean Winchester x Plus-size!Reader

⟡ 10 ‘Til Midnight – Professor!Dean Winchester x Plus-size Grad Student!Reader

⟡ Unravel Me – Soldier Boy x Afro-Latina!Reader

⟡ The Honorable Choice & Outlander – Cowboy!Dean Winchester x OFC

40:14 – The fun challenges: like giving Dean a partner who takes care of him as much as he takes care of others in Midnight Espresso.

45:28 – The BIG challenges: like writing Soldier Boy being himself with a “person of color” (POC) in this new series, Unravel Me. What even is a POC? Where do you start with Soldier Boy, the Sandra-proclaimed “bowl of fishhooks?"

51:38 – Is there ever an element of fear when you publicly post a story that represents your culture, which is something very personal to you? What happens when you get haters in the comments?

1:05:33 – When and how did you begin to break out of the “ingrained biases” in your writing? (AKA: Always assuming my own characters are White.)

1:08:04 – When did you decide to explore writing plus-size!readers?

1:13:20 – What has your experience been in writing a race/culture outside of your personal experience? The Honorable Choice and Outlander, a western AU where Dean Winchester falls in love with a Native American Lakota Indian. (Shoutout to @jacklesversebingo!)

Plus, the ethical responsibility to “do no harm” when you represent different cultures, and answering question of not only can I write this, but should I write this?

1:32:42 – What advice would you give a writer interested in writing about a culture outside of their own that they don’t have first-hand knowledge of? How can a writer avoid cultural appropriation if their goal is cultural appreciation? How important is a sensitivity reader/beta reader for this effort?

1:40:35 – Final thoughts on diversity and representation of culture in fanfiction, whether it’s your own or someone else’s:

“Write what you know. Write what you can research. Write what you’re interested in. Remember that words have power, so be careful how you use them.”

1:45:30 – Sandra and Kasey’s outro: The importance of representation and diversity in fandom.

I hope you enjoy the ride!~ 💜

💗💗💗 Shoutouts to some of my beautiful friends and lovely readers who've supported my attempts to explore ethnic and cultural diversity in my writing:

@luci-in-trenchcoats @lamentationsofalonelypotato @waynes-multiverse @rizlowwritessortof @roseblue373

@tofics @deanwinchesterswitch @deanbrainrotwritings @deansbbyx @waywardlatina

@supernotnatural2005 @wayward-dreamer @spnwoman @waywardxwords @mostlymarvelgirl

@chevroletdean (shoutout to your 500 follower fic challenge at around 19:52 😘) @siampie @bettystonewell @wvffles

@iprobablyshipit91 @my-stories-vault @littlesoulshine @thatonewriter15 @jessjad

@deans-spinster-witch @winchestergirl2 @kazsrm67 @chernayawidow @jackles010378

@jollyhunter @leigh70 @foxyjwls007 @beakaleak32 @alwaystiredandconfused

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sl-vega · 1 year ago

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✧Sticking to the Script✧

Pairing: Xingqiu x FEM! Reader

Genre: fake dating, strangers to lovers, slow burn, fluff, angst (?), high school smau, modern smau

⋆｡°✩-Synopsis: Xingqiu just got entered into a special writing contest, the type that's invite only, the theme this year is love, the only problem is that he has zero romantic experience. but he really wants to prove himself as a writer. meanwhile, you just found out that your boyfriend cheated on you, and you need to show him that you're 100% over him, the only problem is that there's no way you can get an actual boyfriend that quickly. clearly, the solution to both of your issues is to fake date each other. it shouldn't be hard for an actor such as yourself, all you need to do is stick to the script.

Status: CANCELLED; revamped version

playlist: just here for the vibes. also shoutout to the lovely @uuyuomi for giving me ideas for what songs should be on here

✧MEET THE CAST✧

y/n + company ✧ xingqiu's victims friends ✧ other friendly faces

PROLOGUE-a little fall of rain can hardly hurt me now

01-no chance for a showmance

02-time to write the other 51

03-inspiration? more like desperation

04-the world's a stage and i'm the star

05-lara jean who?

06-not so soft launch

07-rebound already?

08-hollywood here i come

09-i swear i'm not a gold digger guys

10-action!

11-possessive much?

12-juliet's found a new romeo

13-boyfriend vs boy friend

14-no shit sherlock

15-boy you got me helpless

16-you've got it bad

17-denial ain't just a river in egypt

18-third wheeling x10

19-spotify doing me dirty

20-taking my breath away (literally)

21-practice makes you a little too perfect

22-finishing touches

23-cheating but not really

24-feelings are confusing

25-front row seats to my demise

26-confess before the credits roll

27-not the best with words but i'll try for you

28-setting the scene

29-opening night

30-confessions and curtain calls

31-fucking finally

EPILOGUE-that's a wrap!

(OPEN) Taglist: @freyao7, @thatoneswordgirl, @sn1perz, @latay7, @esmetrees, @nmriki0, @help-whatdoimakemyusername, @httpsrenren, @cupid-spams, @aixaingela, @kaitfae, @luvkvni, @danhenglovebot

additional notes:

-this is the reworked version of going of script

-time stamps don't matter

-feel free to comment if you want to be added to the taglist

-this is for all the xingqiu simps and theatre kids

-it's fully planned out so it will start soon :3

-names in bold means I can't tag you btw

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memoriesndew · 5 months ago

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today's schedule

24/01/2025

꒰ mornings ꒱

05:00 | wake up + morning prayer; 6:34 am - the time I actually woke up

05:10 | drink water

05:15 | pilates mornings - did 15 mins pilates

06:15 | daily devotional (daily worship)

brush + wash face

06:30 | 🧴 - morning routine; take a shower, apply body lotion, and get ready for the day

lipliner, lipgloss + wear jewellery

skincare, 𖥔 hair care + style hair

07:00 | Bible study + prayers

07:45 | 🧺 - tidy up ; make bed + clean and organize space + chores

07:50 | head to class

08:00 | 📒- get to work ; journal + planning

08:30 | univ 1003

*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ

uni

just univ today, and I am going to use the rest of the day to study for my test on Monday {reading a 300+ page book, pray for me] I also have another test on Friday so there is lots to do

*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ

after uni

10:28 | nap

12:28 | brunch

01:30 | study tasks begin

05:00 | pack for fellowship + dinner

06:00 | fellowship

07:00 | head to hostel + night routine

10:00 | bed time

*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ

I'm in uni now, and I wanted to know if anyone had any tips on how to make friends. <3 I have not had new human interaction in a while, so I've lost my social skills, and being alone all the time is starting to suck. Also, the morning's time stamps aren't accurate This was the plan but I woke up late so 🤷‍♀️

inspired by this post

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myreia · 9 months ago

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Sketches of Times Lost

ao3 | tumblr tag | my writing

short stories include spoilers from a realm reborn to endwalker. all stories are set in aureia malathar's canon. [❤] = fave entry/fic that I am proud of [g] = general (all audiences), [t] = teen (some language, more difficult themes), [m] = mature (implied sex, sensuality, strong language, and/or violence), [e] = explicit (mature themes, explicit sex scenes)

Week I

Week II

Week III

Week IV

#ffxiv #ff14 #final fantasy xiv #ffxiv fanfic #ffxiv fanfiction #ffxivwrite #ffxivwrite2024 #writing tag #myreiawrites2024 #aureia malathar

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ii-confusing-confessions · 6 months ago

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WELCOME TO II-CONFUSING-CONFESSIONS!

I saw so many people make those ii-[thing]-confessions blogs so I gave in & made my own!

Last edited: 08/06/25 (dd/mm/yyyy)

Reason: added a new anon to the list again again again again

(stamp creds go to thisdastampdoesnotexist)

Rules for confessions:

Because this is II-Confusing-Confessions, all confessions must be confusing, perplexing, odd, &/or cryptic in nature about the II series, its characters or its fandom. If that is not the case, then the confession won’t be sent.

Relating to the above, other characters from other media (includes non-object show media) can also be mentioned, but II must be in the ask in some sort of way

Suggestive asks are allowed, BUT NOTHING NSFW!!! This blog is run by a MINOR!!!!!!!! (SHOOTS LAZER BEAMS AT YOU)

No harassment/bullying/whatever, I feel like this should be obvious but just incase.

Asks in different languages are allowed, BUT only if they’re easy to translate

Uhhhh that’s all I have for now but I will update this list again incase I forgot some stuff to add…

Other notes about confessions

If the confession is allowed to be sent but I am unable to answer it for whatever reason (such as the 28 mepads), I will simply take a screenshot of the confession & if the confessioner isn’t on anon then I’ll mention them too (unless it doesn’t allow me to do so)

Most of the time I will send confessions the order of which they are sent, so if you see me answering other confessions assume that there’s a good amount in the inbox

I think the only case where I will send the confession sooner than it’s supposed to is if it’s a question about Paintball or something… (I LOVE PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT MY OCSSSS RAHHHHH 🔥🔥🔥🔥)

SPEAKING OF PAINTBALL, e has its own tag, so if you wanna look for paintball related posts go to the 🖌️🟤 tag

If a confession mentions a ship, assume that I’m neutral on it for the sake of simplicity

On that note, any asks mentioning any illegal ships/proships won’t be sent (ships with bot &/or cherries DON’T count as proships)

All anons will have their own tag, for organization reasons. Same with users that are off anon

List of all anons so far: 🍃, nobody, 🦐, 🍀, skibidi, 👁️, reddit (bfnif), puter bam, 🐢‼️, ⚾️👖, 🐛🍂, doughnon/🥧, 🍞, 🜏𖤐⸸ (also ╶⃝⃤🜏), 📺, 👁️🛶👁️, 🫧🩷, 🧢🌙, 💽🪽, ⛲️⚜️, 🍒☯️, 🦅, 🍟, 🍓🥤, Xavier Renegade, 🦀, 🎾, lyric, 🦠🍋, ✨🐈‍⬛, 📁, 🧹, Keep It up with the IIdashian, pattern recognition, hlpjmlpfcam, 🪟🪭8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣, Tenna, 🐾, 👕, coolest fan anon on earth with a phd in fanology, 🐾💐, 🎰🔛🔝, tunner, the lesbian, the cabby, 🗄️☯️

That’s all I have so far but I will update this

GOODBYE & HAPPY CONFESSIONING!!!

#inanimate insanity #ii #object show community #object shows #osc

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ravinray · 1 year ago

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New Tangled music video compilation from the Disney Channel. All the songs from the series are here, in order, with the time stamp for each song:

00:00 Life After Happily Ever After

04:36 Wind In My Hair

06:40 Life After Happily Ever After (Reprise)

08:13 Baby Rapunzel Healing Incantation

08:46 Listen Up Song

11:32 I’ve Got This

14:02 Let Me Make You Proud

16:02 Let Me Make You Proud (Reprise)

16:59 Set Yourself Free

19:10 Ready As I’ll Ever Be

21:27 Next Stop Anywhere

24:51 If I Could Take That Moment Back

26:53 Next Stop Anywhere (Reprise)

27:59 The View from Up Here

30:08 Buddy Song

32:30 Reverse/Decay Incantation

33:48 Waiting in the Wings

36:14 Livin’ the Dream

38:27 With You By My Side

40:38 Everything I Thought I Ever Knew

42:56 Waiting In The Wings (Reprise)

44:06 Crossing The Line

46:43 Stronger Than Ever Before

48:48 You're Bigger Than That

50:52 The Girl Who Has Everything

53:25 The Girl Who Has Everything (Reprise)

54:21 Black-Rock Incantation

55:32 Nothing Left to Lose

58:55 Sun Drop/Hope Incantation

59:28 Through It All

1:01:03 I'd Give Anything

1:02:35 Final Healing Incantation

1:03:14 Life After Happily Ever After

You'll notice a couple of things. First the "Friendship Song" sung at the end of Pascal's Story is not included because it was not sung by any of the characters in-story. Neither is "More of Me" by Natasha Bedingfield as it was sung over the credits. Also, the "Black-Rock Incantation," "Sun Drop/Hope Incantation" (so those are the official names now), and "Final Healing Incantation" weren't sung by Cassandra and Rapunzel, just recited, so they aren't really songs, but they're included anyway. What they did omit was "Hook Foot's Ballad" which comes after "The View From Up Here". I wonder if Disney accidentally missed this and will reload the video with this included.

It's just over an hour long, perfect music for say, the treadmill or during a long drive!

#Tangled the Series #Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure #Songs #YouTube #Disney Channel #Youtube

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thg-rcg-simps · 2 months ago

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HSR 2nd Anniversary Animatic; Character Masterpost (Part 3)

A breakdown which characters are seen where and when in the new animatic, soley based on characters, not story, song, lyrics, ect...

Original animatic

(The whole thing is rather long so if you're intressted I'm suggesting checking out the entire list haha)

Part one, Previous part, Next part

You can skip over my rambles and only watch out for the Pictures/Time/Character stamps if you prefer that, also characters are always listed from left to right ^^

(Art on any picture seen is not mine and might be of bad quality due to it being screenshots)

24. Just a Caelus and Stelle transitional animation of all worlds we've been too

Time: 1:21-1:22 Character: Stelle (Trailblazer), Caelus (Trailblazer)

24.1 Well...all worlds except I don't remember this one with all the tentacles ^^''

Time: 1:22 Character: Caelus (Trailblazer)

24.2 From one complicated messy world to another, both having golden liquid as their most important atribute

Time: 1:23-1:24 Character: Stelle (Trailblazer), Caelus (Trailblazer)

24.3 Welcome to Amphoreus

Time: 1:25 Character: Stelle (Trailblazer)

25. Now I present to you, HSR the concert with the best pianist who may or may not can end the universe with taking off his glove or a symphony

Time: 1:29-1:34 Character: Welt

26. Seeing Himeko with a violin makes more sense than I'm capable to explain, but it simply makes a ton of sense lol (also, butterfly) and I did picture her with one before ever seeing any of it. It ism however, a very missed oppurtunity to show the Lorenz attractor in the backround

Time: 1:38 Character: Himeko, Caelus (Trailblazer)

27. This I would like to call, Caelus having an exsistential crisis, or finding out he's a ghibli character (which is basicaly the same process I believe)

Time: 1:45 Character: Caelus (Trailblazer)

28. Complementory to her male version of herself, Stelle has yet to decide if she wants to be Isaac Newton or The red riding hood

Time: 1:50 Character: Stelle (Trailblazer)

29. This is just a collection of the Namless floating around Stelle Newton and playing a clasical piece (It's not shown very well, but Dan Heng plays Cello (fitting) and March 7th a tumbourine style drum)

Time: 1:53-1:57 Character: (In no order because they are floating around) Himeko, Welt, Dan Heng, March 7th

30. We aren't super sure what this part is suppose to say, but perhaps we've been all those important super cool people once? Maybe increnation or simply we before the Stellaron, or perhaps the Stellaron itself? Or perhaps we are simply the representation of humanity itself, all the things we achived and explored already, what we have been able to see

Time: 2:00 Character: Caelus+

31. Again, not a character one, but still super cool. Is it intentional? I don't know but that's an ouroboros before it descends into a spiral with an image similar to a neuron in the backround

Time: 2:02-2:03

32. Soft Dan Heng looking out of the parlor's windows while we travel the universe ^^ (There is an excited March in the window previously, but I couldn't get a proper screenshot oops)

Time: 2:08 Character: Dan Heng

33. Remember the classical concert the Nameless are giving? Look, some closeups while the train is shooting through them heh (We needed an embarrassingly long time to figure out how Himeko is positioned to hold the bow like that ^^'')

Time: 2:09-2:11 Character: Himeko, Welt

34. Still in the same classical sense (that's not even an AU, it's canon from now on that we sometimes just whip out instruments and play classical music on the Express), Caelus is playing the trumpet

Time: 2:12 Character: Caelus (Trailblazer)

35. This is perhaps one of my favourite shots/transitions in the animatic as a whole, it's so powerful! I know I said I won't go too much into symbolic and story but...how could I not with this particular picture?

Caelus is positioned in a very similar pose to the fatal position (that one in the womb), while Kafka and Himeko are each on one side, because both are our "mothers". I know it's seen as a joke to call those two Mommy characters, but towards the Trailblazer they very much are (Himeko even to all three of the "children"). Kafka on the left, our previous life, Himeko on the right, our future life. In the middle we stand.

Also, not to mention that those two met for chess, standing for maybe a strategic plan, or...well let's be honest those two meet all the time for various intrests (one being definitively one another), if they wouldn't and Kafka wouldn't trust Himeko, she would never leave us with the coffee lady (I mean that coffee kills)

Time: 2:15 Character: Kafka, Caelus (Trailblazer), Himeko

36. Pretty eyes for a pretty princess ^^

Time: 2:15 Character: Marth 7th

37. Another very very pretty & smart lady ^^ (the universe might implode if you leave her waiting tho...)

Time: 2:17 Character: The Herta

38. Time passes way too quickly to forget where you started and what you enjoyed, might the compass lead you to yourself ^^

Time: 2:19 Character: Misha, Mikhail

(Thats it for this part, jump to the next one!)

Thank you for reading, here a cookie🍪^^

-TakumiHairGuy & RikkaCatGirl

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autumnslance · 9 months ago

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LynMars's FFXIV Write 2024 Master Post

We're back again! The list and links for all of my completed prompts for this year's FFXIV Write. Stats and ramblings about writing will go under the Read More cut. Eventually these will be revised in some manner and tossed onto Ao3.

Asterisks again mean there's wolship nonsense happening.

01. Steer - Vignettes of less sociable times over Aeryn's life. 02. Horizon - WoL at the end of Ultima Thule, EW 6.0. 03. Tempest - WoL returns to Amaurot to contemplate, EW 6.4. 04. Reticent - C'oretta & Dark Autumn have a chat. Sort of. 05. Stamp - Aeryn finds a memento while cleaning, post-EW 6.0 06. Halcyon - Tanzel, Emelia, & understanding grief. Backstory. 07. Morsel - Zenos heading to Camp Broken Glass, EW 6.0. 08. Free Day! 09. Lend an Ear - Emperor Varis is very much alone. StB patches. 10. Stable - Hydaelyn as the avatar of Light. Endwalker. 11. Surrogate - Weird West AU. Unexpected new roles for the Strikers. 12. Quarry* - Dominants AU. Thavnair comes to Tural's aid. DT 7.0. 13. Butte - Dark Autumn versus seedkin in Xak Tural. DT 7.0. 14. Telling - WoL reflects on Emet-Selch's expected reaction. EW 6.0. 15. Free Day! 16. Third-Rate - Aeryn's annoyed by the Unbound. DT Role Quests. 17. Sally - Dark pays a final visit to a traitor, post-StB 4.1. 18. Hackneyed* - Aeryn, Thancred, & terrible literature. 19. Taken - A young wood warder tries to save his sibling. Backstory. 20. Duel - Wuk Lamat's challenge does not go as expected. DT 7.0. 21. Shade - WoL ruminates on some of their ghosts. Thru DT 7.0. 22. Free Day! 23. On Cloud Nine - A chocobo & her Warrior of Light. End ShB 5.0. 24. Bar - 2 different adventurers starting out. Legacy & ARR. 25. Perpetuity - Aeryn, Deryk, & questions of faith. EW 24man raid. 26. Zip - C'oretta helping out Hamon at the Coliseum. Technically DT. 27. Memory - In a future, music makes Iyna remember. EW Patches. 28. Deleterious - Aeryn & Shale discuss regulators & history. DT 7.0. 29. (Free) Deleterious 2* - Thancred & self-recrimination. ShB 5.0. 30. Two Heads are Better than One - Gulool Ja Ja muses. DT 7.0.

Previous years: 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023

Ended up a touch Aeryn-heavy this year, though Generic WoL, various NPCs, the other OCs, forays in the FC's AUs, and some supporting family cast members make appearances. There's even a callback to a previous FFXIV Write entry. Lots of Endwalker and Dawntrail due to recency bias, but it manages to span the spectrum from backstories through various expansions.

I only did 1 Free Day, due to having 2 solid ideas I ended up writing for that prompt. It was right at the end of my annual birthday vacation week, so I was pretty rested (may also be why they're among the longer entries!). Unusually, the rest of that week's works are not any longer than the others.

I'm also still working on some original writing, though, so that did cut into fanfiction time.

Below 500 words: #2 Horizon (347), #3 Tempest (415), #7 Morsel (499), #10 Stable (400), #13 Butte (477), #14 Telling (355), #17 Sally (464), #20 Duel (499), #24 Bar (462).

500 - 1,000 words: #1 Steer (944), #4 Reticent (581), #5 Stamp (588), #11 Surrogate (964), #12 Quarry (844), #16 Third-Rate (564), #18 Hackneyed (577), #19 Taken (915), #21 Shade (764), #23 On Cloud Nine (728), #25 Perpetuity (958), #26 Zip (592), #27 Memory (810), #30 Two Heads are Better than One (500).

Over 1,000 words: #6 Halcyon (2,479), #9 Lend an Ear (1,326), #28 Deleterious (1,099), #29 Deleterious 2 (1,231).

Shortest: #2 Horizon Longest: #6 Halcyon

Total: 20,382 words. Not my shortest but far from my longest. Comparing with the previous years, I can see a clear improvement in my grasp of both NPC and OC voices, and more confidence in general.

Even so, "Butte", "Sally", "Bar", and "Zip" were the hardest for me this year, and I may need to warm up to them. I love "Halcyon" for a lot of reasons, and am also fond of the lighter offerings in "Duel" and "On Cloud Nine." I like a lot of the others, particularly when trying to get into NPC heads (even if they're really weird places to be ffs, Zenos).

Not too many shippy entries this year, one of them for one of the AUs, one mostly talking about it rather than seeing it, but I like "Hackneyed" a lot as it's been awhile since I've written about Aeryn & Thancred's literary tastes (and opposite ways of treating their books).

These will eventually be revised and added to Ao3, and then we await next year!

#final fantasy xiv #FFXIVWrite2024 #Lyn Writing #Fanfiction #Prompts #Warrior of Light #Aeryn Striker #Dark Autumn #C'oretta Khell #Iyna Cauld

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airenyah · 1 year ago

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bad buddy music in 23.5 degrees: ep1

(ep2 | ep3 | ep4 | ep5 | ep6 | ep7 | ep8 | ep9 | ep10 | ep11 | ep12)

in episode 1 of 23.5 degrees there were a total of six (6) pieces of royalty free music that have been featured on bad buddy too:

1. first morning – lalo brickman

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bad buddy timestamps:

ep12 pt1 - 10:50

ep12 pt2 - 9:20

23.5 degrees timestamps:

ep1 pt3 - 4:49

ep1 pt4 - 6:59

2. fragmentarium – anders schill paulsen

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bad buddy timestamps:

ep6 pt2 - 5:45

ep11 pt3 - 12:07

ep11 pt4 - 8:30

ep12 pt2 - 1:55

ep12 pt4 - 6:02

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3. meet cute – clarence reed

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Liveblogging TMAGP 15: Well Run

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We're already halfway there! Mid season!

"Well Run". Like a machine? Or a business? Or is someone going to spend a long time literally running?

CAT1RB-6451-22062023-22032024Hunt (aristocratic) / compulsion

Ah. Literal running it is. Aristocratic is an interesting subcategory of hunt. Perhaps there will be references to the Wild Hunt? Or are a bunch of 14th century aristocrats about to go out into the woods and suddenly go The Most Dangerous Game on each other? Maybe an early (alternate dimension) form of the Everchase?

Graphic Violence/Murder- Futility- Being Hunted- Classism- Dehumanisation- Hostile work environment- Drowning-

Oh. I'm daft. Of course the aristocrats aren't just killing themselves. They're kidnapping commoners to release out into some field and then hunt down. "Hostile work environment" I assume applies to something outside the incident. But it just hit me. "Well Run". The title's not just about the incident, it's about the OIAR itself. It's well run. A well oiled machine for... churning horror and suffering?

Episode begins.

1:54 Okay, this exchange is just really cute.

2:28 - "So… is that a no to-" It's okay, Sam. I suck at detecting sarcasm sometimes too. This conversation continues to be so very cute and I am smiling so much. It's gonna suck when we jump into a recording of people being brutalized for having less money than other people.

2:38 - "Oh, er… “The Pillowman”?" "Oh nothing, very romantic choice." Looked it up. It's a play about child murder. Incredibly romantic. 10/10 choice Sam.

2:54 - "I mean sure you could both go canoodle in some stuffy old theatre-" ALICE. Alice wherever you are going with this I do not think it is a good idea. You've already made this awkward by jumping it, it is only going to get worse. Maybe wait for them to date for like... a month before you leap into their conversations. Then it won't look desperate.

3:04 - "-or you could hear one of the great up-and-coming music sensations that is currently taking the London scene by storm!" "Let me guess, Dredgerman" Ah, the new band Alice's brother is a part of! She's advertising! Okay, I take it back, I think this is the one and only way this conversation could go to not end awkwardly. This is understandable.

3:08 - "Don’t be daft, they’re taking a break before their tour!" WELL THEN WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING ALICE? If you don't have the excuse of shilling for your brother, why are you getting involved in your ex's dating plans?

3:25 - "But it is still Luke on Bass right? How many bands is that boy in?" "which may or may not also include my incredibly talented younger brother" You are sending me on a emotional rollercoaster ;-; Okay, so she is still shilling for her brother. Okay, cool. Also we have a name! Luke! I don't think we had his name before.

3:45 - "Aha! But that’s the best bit, they’re the last ones on so you can do your boring play and then just swing by afterwards!" Alice no you had the opportunity to drop it. Alice no please don't call the original date plan boring. Alice no no no no

4:06 - "No, yeah, no, of course. So… Like, a dog sitter, or…?" Alice. Why. I'm giving you the "girlfailure" stamp, this conversation has gone too awry.

4:19 - "Babies are cool." I'm reapplying the stamp. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. The way she says it like she's promoting "babies" as a product in a commercial

4:50 - "What? I said babies were cool" Laugh. It's laugh.

5:07 - "Hi, you’ve reached The Sentinel tip-off hotline." Oh god. It's modern day. Could still be reanimated aristocrats from the 14th century though. Ghosts? Celia can call Georgie? Also I just remembered what I think was a tumblr post that went around a while ago from Jonny Sims himself. He was saying how people were simping for Needles (can relate) and simping for Mr. Blobby (can't relate, failure on my part, I know), but he drew the line at people simping for 16th century aristocracy? I think he said 16th century? Some century. Is this the episode that prompted that?

5:50 - "I can’t go to the police" Welp, seems like modern aristocracy is involved too. Not gonna lie, as a filthy American, a lot of this episode might be lost on me. Not helping is when I goggled "modern aristocrats", what showed up first was not the British royal family but instead Magic: the Gathering decks.

6:57 - "I worked with them for years and they didn’t deserve what happened to them…" I'm actually tearing up at this and I'm not even fully sure why. The idea of them being killed just because they're in a servile position? The guilt of watching your acquaintances die? I don't even know. I just. Don't feel good.

7:17 - "Apparently, they had a family shoot and wanted us to prepare the game" Like... as in gamey meat, right? Not to like... literally stick pheasants and partridges under silver domes on silver platters and then release them as the family shoot started, right? I'm probably overthinking this.

7:25 - "they were really explicit about it being larger game and wanting to know who’s kill they were eating." That is deeply concerning. A bit Fleshy, but I still feel like the focus is on the thrill of the Hunt.

Unrelated thought, this incident is filed under "compulsion". But how would you be able to tell the aristocrats are being compelled if they're just... already like this when ordering the catering? Are the caterers going to be compelled somehow to act as prey?

8:02 - "It wasn’t usual to be given center stage like that but I figured the client fancied themself a foodie and wanted to see the prep." Weirdly pitched noise here. Feels like they are drawing focus to this, but for what I am not sure.

8:36 - "Another hour passed with a couple more cars trickling in, but still no one had set out. Instead, I could see them through the leaded windows, just watching us work." Stalking. Sizing up their prey before they pounce.

8:57 - "He just gave me this look, told me to “prepare” and then headed back inside." Run. Run run run run run run run runrunrunrunrun

9:39 - "She had the same eyes, like they didn’t see people any more just “assets” and “resistance.”" Ugh. Yikes.

11:06 - "Then she raised her hand to silence me and it was as though she had slapped a gag in my mouth. I couldn’t even think of disobeying her, the words just died in my throat." There's compulsion. I assume this woman is the one people simped over. And well, she's no Needles, but if she can psychically force me to shut up, that is kinda... No. No simping for the aristocrat that is going to be classist and hunt and kill people. Daisy at least wasn't classist! And she had this growl and turned into a werewolf wife so-

11:12 Three notes. Can't tell the instrument. But music. Music is starting.

It's still going. The same note. Ding. Ding. Ding. It's actually making me uneasy. The longer this goes and the more I hear it the stiffer my body becomes because I am just waiting for it to crescendo.

11:54 Oh, the music faded so we can hear a description of having to stare down a gun that's about to shoot you. Neat!

12:40 - "Then I realized, she wasn't talking to the other guns, she was talking to us." First I thought the aristocrats would be hunting each other. Then I thought the aristocrats would be hunting the caterers. No. No. They're being made to hunt each other. It's like the Murder Club in thrill of the chase. Makes sense why some Slaughter is creeping in, with music and references to military service. This may be a Hunt, but it's also going to be a burst of sudden violence. It makes sense. Too much sense. Just pit people of a "lower class" against each other and eat popcorn on the sidelines or some shit.

13:49 - "Without taking my eyes from her I reached out and gently closed my hand around the handle of the clever in front of me" The drop in his voice as he says this. Like he's being overcome by the compulsion all over again even while recounting it.

And then the way he recounts what he does to Marcus... Its almost like he's slightly relishing in it... The caterer probably took to the compulsion fastest because he served in the military. I wonder, was his group specifically chosen for that? To feed on his fears of what he had to do during combat, force him to relieve being a machine of violence? Well Run. It can also apply to a military, now that I think of it.

14:52 - "The party ate well that night. All told, it didn't take long, maybe a half hour at most? None of them got far." I thought there wouldn't be cannibalism because it wasn't in the warnings, but yep, they ate the victims. A man who was in the military is forced to kill people and a bunch of aristocrats sitting at a table are eating the corpses. Almost as poignant of a metaphor as ripping someone's heart out and putting it in your wallet. He's so... casual about it. That's what makes this most disturbing. He's not even horrified with what he did, at least not in this moment. Maybe he'll snap back out of it... Or maybe he only made this call because the aristocrats turned on him... He did say they didn't deserve what happened to them. He had some humanity at the start of the call. Hopefully he'll snap back out of this.

15:51 - "Then the butler handed me a thick brown envelope. It was full of cash" Oh my god, they even paid him for his service. The military parallels, I can't. "and a note written in elegant cursive with just one word: “Run”." Fuck. Slightly funny the more I look at the line but still fuck.

16:12 - "I thought about handing myself in to the police, but that just feels like trapping myself in a dead end." Can't stop moving. Can't let the blood stop flowing. The Hunt needs the movement, the thrill, and action, the panic and fear.

16:23 - "Wait…" Right before this, I was about to note how the music notes are coming back. Then he said this. And then the notes go louder. Sharper. And that somehow feels like more of a jumpscare than the woman actually showing up.

16:27 - The car window shatters inwards from a sudden loud gunshot. The CATERER is wetly silenced. There is a deep pit in my stomach. A cavern that only continues to be excavated further and further in, leaving me empty of all but shock. I kept waiting for the notes to turn into full on music. It never did. The caterer was just shot.

16:39 - LADY MOWBRAY "Well run dearie. Well run..." Title drop! Also we have a name! The almost gentle positive affirmations after literally splitting his head open is disturbing, but also... No. I must convene with my shrine of Needles. I must not be swayed by militaristic aristocratic probably-an-embodiment-of-violence-demanded-and-perpetuated-by-authority woman built like a statue with a prim voice.

Incident ended. No one drowned. I thought someone was going to get drowned during the hunt. Someone gets drowned during the OIAR section?

16:47 - LADY MOWBRAY (too close) "Fascinating." WHAT WHAT WHAT WHA WHA WHAWHA HOW WHO HOW IN THE WHO LET YOU IN HERE? WHY ARE YOU NOT IN INCIDENT LAND CYBERSPACE? WHY ARE YOU REAL? Why are you saying "Fascinating" with such disturbing mirth and interest please I am not supposed to simp for you I have a reputation to uphold I have to not disappoint Jonny.

16:52 - LADY MOWBRAY CONT. "Sit." ... No comment.

16:56 - The dogs sit. They are not fur babies, they are what turns up when someone says “release the hounds”. nuirjklgbijekgrebguirkgregbeijngr WHAT ARE THESE SHOW NOTES

STOP SNIFFING CELIA. S T O P

17:40 - "A fine specimen… strong and… different…" Why are you talking about her like she's a purebreed dog you're judging at a show ;-;

17:48 - GWEN (cautiously) "Lady Mowbray?" WHY DO YOU KNOW HER? Okay, I know why, but WHY do you know her?

18:10 - "No, you won't." It's almost like Celia could sense Lady Mowbray was an avatar? Like even just the moment she showed up, Celia was not putting up with it. Apocalypse experience, maybe?

18:31 - "Bouchard… You wouldn’t be of the Cheshire Bouchard’s would you?" Cheshire Bouchard? An older member of Gwen's family, maybe? Maybe even older than Elias? You know, did Elias ever even become Institute Head here? The Institute burned down in 1999, and while Jonah Magnus leaped from James Wright and took over Elias in 1996, it's not unimaginable to think he delayed it 3 years in this timeline... Or just, you know, picked a whole different guy.

19:03 We're at a club. It's Alice's phone. Her brother Luke is performing. There's music. I'm having a great time. An honestly great time. I'm actually managing to decompress. And then I remember there is a drowning in this episode. That we have not gotten to yet.

20:23 Oh thank god, we left. Luke's cool, he seems chill.

20:36 - A tape recorder CLICKS, distantly a body shuffles in an alley off the main road. VICTIM "- the second time is up I try to grasp the air and fill my lungs that burn and rattle full." Oh. Well, that's disturbing. The fact it's going to be someone describing their own drowning is deeply unnerving.

20:56 Poem. It's a poem. Why is it a poem? That makes it freakier. What is this recorder thing? Is it Jon? Is this a recount of someone's experience during the apocalypse? As the poem gets spoke I feel like I can't even breathe or I'll drown.

21:26 - The VICTIM stumbles then falls to the ground, hard. They begin to writhe, clutching at their throat. Oh. Oh god. it just clicked for me. This isn't a recording planning. Victim is saying this. Something took her statement and now she is stuck endlessly repeating it.

21:46 - The VICTIM begins to choke. She got to the end of her drowning poem and then started drowning on land. Maybe it's not endless repetition. Are people being forced to live what their alternate-selves experienced in a fear domain? Is that it? Or is she just reliving a real choking she experienced, feeling every single bit of the trauma again in full? The poetic nature of the recounting makes me think apocalypse, where everything got dreamlike, but it could be either.

23:09 - The victim starts to speak again, quietly, bubbling up through the water and out of dead lips. Absolutely not.

She keeps. Whispering. Her poem. This is Fear Domain shit. This is apocalypse domain shit. Some mixture of Buried and End where you drown over and over and feel yourself die over and over and have to feel every sensation of your own corpse bloat with water as you're powerless to move.

Deeper… Deeper… Down among the dead and swollen flesh so pale within this lightless place where eyes are open cloudy white and all the water pushes down upon a lifeless form that sinks and sinks down to the bottom that is not there no sandy grave below the swell no rest among the coral and the depths I feared so much but reached up and over land to claim me still

Endless sinking. Some Vast in there too, maybe? First reminded me of Adrift, episode 195 of TMA, but here the focus is more on the drowning and the choke... But the ceaseless depths of the ocean are there... But I'm also thinking of Episode 11 of TMAGP. Marked. The sailor's tattoo. The calling of the sea as final resting place. "Reached up and over land to claim me still". Hmmm...

And it's done. How is Alice seeing this going to affect her? Is she going to start looking for answers too? Or is she going to double and triple down on her "don't ask questions, just do the job" mentality?

This one was plenty disturbing. The hunting incident was a really good metaphor, and this scene at the end? I am shivering.

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