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fairy-writes · 1 year ago

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Would it be too much to ask for a William James Moriarty x Holmes sister reader? Like she's a travelling archaeologist/anthropologist who's a genius in the field and has found many artifacts and lost cities and can be a bit of an eccentric looney like her older brother Sherly but she's also incredibly kind to those in need and often donates her treasures to the less fortunate and even helps Sherly from time to time which is how he meets her and is impressed by her smarts and sarcastic wits. Also, a bit of a parkour junky likes to wear mens clothes tailored for her measurements and often wears her hair in loose buns or ponytails and loves riding horseback much to Mycroft's displeasure🤭

A BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Reblogs and Comments are greatly appreciated!!

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Fandom(s): Moriarty the Patriot

Pairing(s): William James Moriarty x Reader

Word Count: 3k

Genre(s)/Tag(s): Female!Reader, Holmes!Reader, Mildly sexist behavior from Mycroft? It is the 1800s after all.

Notes: So this was super fun to write!

Fun fact! I took an archaeology class for my associate’s degree in criminal justice and highly recommend taking one to anyone in college!

I actually took several anthropology classes (intro to anthro, bio anthro, and archaeology). I even considered switching my major to anthropology at some point! (I switched it to English lol)

PART TWO HERE

PART THREE HERE

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Otis whinnies, and you reach forward from your place in the saddle to pat his neck.

“Easy, Otie, almost there.” You whisper to him and gently nudge him to turn down the familiar road of Baker Street. You could spot your brother’s flat from where you were at, an unfamiliar carriage parked in front. You frown briefly and then shrug. Sherlock could have whoever he liked over.

But… he did promise to take you out on the town in celebration of your latest discovery. Did he forget?

No… He wasn’t the type to forget something like that. You had been exchanging letters for weeks about your coming home.

A tall man was at the front of the carriage, tending to the horses. He had spiked black hair and a glove on one hand. He looks at you with skeptical eyes as you draw near and dismount your horse. The Cleveland Bay snorts, ruffling your hair as you smooth your hand up his snout and between his eyes. Then, you promptly tied his reins to the post outside 221B Baker Street and went up to the front door.

The door knocker was more worn than you last remembered, with the shiny brass turning a glimmering gold color from all the hands touching it. You rap the door once, twice, then a third time, and wait, stuffing your hands in your trouser pockets.

A young man opens the door, sandy blond hair combed neatly and brown eyes alight with curiosity. A grin breaks your face, and you step forward into his arms as he realizes just who is at the door.

“My dear John!” You shriek, and he chuckles, lifting you off your feet and spinning once in a circle before setting you down.

“I thought you weren’t due back for another two weeks!” He replies excitedly, and you laugh gleefully.

“We finished early! Anyhow, how’s Mary? Sherlock said you two were expecting!” You say and slap his shoulder good-naturedly. He ducks his head, a pink flush on his cheeks as he nods.

“She’s home at the mo. But yes, we’re expecting. The midwife thinks it’ll be a girl based on how she’s carrying.” He said, and before you could say any more, there was a noise at the top of the stairs.

You turn, and your grin widens even more until your cheeks hurt.

“Sherly!” You crow, and he bounds down the stairs to sweep you up in a bear hug. His boisterous laugh made your heart sing, and you buried your nose in his hair. He smelled like cigarette smoke and whiskey. He must have been on a case. He squeezes you tight and sets you down.

“I thought you were coming back in two weeks!” He exclaims, and you roll your eyes,

“So John said, I told you we finished early!” You tease, and it is then that you notice that there is someone else in the flat.

He was tall, probably around your brother’s height. He had blond hair and deep scarlet eyes that studied you with interest. He was dressed in a brown suit with a crimson tie. A lord. That much is obvious.

Sherlock notices that you notice his friend and gestures to the man at the top of the stairs.

“This is Liam! A mathematics professor at Durham University and a friend of mine who helps me on my cases.” He says proudly as “Liam” descends the stairs and approaches you.

You stick out a hand and introduce yourself. His hand is smooth like you expected, as opposed to your calloused one. You had bandages littering your fingertips from blisters from shovels and tools.

“William James Moriarty. I’ve heard stories about you.” His British lilt is proper and endearing. You feel your heart flutter and your ears burn. But you smile warmly nonetheless and give his hand a firm shake.

“As much as I’d like to say the same, Sherly has yet to tell me about you in his letters.” You direct the last sentence to your older brother in the same teasing tone as before.

Sherlock rolls his eyes and punches your shoulder lightly while William watches on in amusement.

“I got distracted!” Sherlock complains, and you break out into giggles.

“I would love to hear some stories if you’re up to it.” William cut in gently before you, and Sherlock could start bickering. You brighten. A chance to tell stories of your work and not have someone get bored? It sounded like heaven!

That was how you got to where you were at the current moment.

You were seated next to Sherlock at the Moriarty dining table, regaling them with a story of the most current dig you had been on.

“—and Egypt was absolutely smashing! It was so beautiful!” You say, waving your hands excitedly as you describe the tomb that had been uncovered. It had taken weeks to uncover everything, almost months. But oh so worth it.

“Might I ask what you did with all the artifacts you found?” William inquires, and you hum as you sip at your wine.

“Donated it all back to the locals. It’s the least I can do. Plenty of archaeologists steal their finds and bring them back to England to show in museums. I try and do the opposite.” You say and were pleased to see William nod in approval.

At least someone shared your sentiment.

You got a letter to your very old and very dusty flat a week after your return to England, summoning you to your eldest brother’s estate. You had been dusting and cleaning your furniture when the postman knocked on your door. You frown, brushing your pants on the seat of your trousers, and answer the door.

The letter was short.

Dearest sister,

I have received news of your return to Egypt. I would like to have your company at the family estate for dinner to discuss business and your adventures.

With best regards,

Mycroft Holmes

A summons to the Holmes family estate that your oldest brother had inherited after your parents retired to the country. You look at the ceiling and groan, eliciting a funny look from the postman.

This was going to be fun.

As soon as Otis realizes where you are, he tosses his head and tries to turn around. You tug the reins so he faces the right direction and nudge him into a walk down the road.

“Otie, I don’t want to do this either. But I’d rather not have Mikey send special forces after us or something.” You say to Otis, and when you reach the stables, Mycroft’s hired stable hand takes your beloved horse’s reins. “Take good care of him!” You nearly reprimand the stable hand who agrees and welcomes you back with ease.

The maids welcome you in excitedly when you rap on the massive double doors, and you are ushered upstairs into the dining room.

Mycroft was seated at the head of the table, where your father would be if he were here, and he stood to greet you. He offers a handshake, but you simply smile warmly and hug him tightly. He may have grated on your nerves, but he was still your brother. Mycroft stiffens and pats your shoulders awkwardly when you step back.

“As awkward as always, I see Mikey.” You said and took a seat at the table next to him like you did when you were kids. He clears his throat and calls for the kitchen staff to bring in the food.

It wasn’t much, considering there were only two of you. But it was as extravagant as Mycroft always demanded it to be.

“Would you like to change into dinner attire before we eat, sister dearest?” Mycroft says suddenly, just as you are about to dig into the delicious roast prepared by the staff of the household. You put your fork down and scowl.

“Don’t start with this, Mikey. You know I hate dresses.” You snap, and he raises an eyebrow but doesn’t push the issue.

At least… he doesn’t until you are done with your meal and in his study, talking about your travels to Egypt.

You down the rest of your whiskey and set the glass whiskey tumbler on the table between you two.

“More whiskey?” He offers, and you shake your head.

“I want to be able to ride home after this.” You say and hold in a yawn. The excellent food combined with the fireplace blazing with a crackling fire is lulling you to sleep.

Suddenly, Mycroft stands and walks in front of the fire, setting his own glass down on the mantle and turning to face you.

“Might we talk some business?” He inquires, and immediately, your mood sours.

So this was his end goal? Get you sleepy and drunk so you couldn’t ride home and were subject to his pleadings?

“I don’t want to hear it, Mikey.” You say and stand, holding onto the back of the wingback chair for a moment as the dizziness sets in.

He scowls,

“You are of perfect age. The season is just starting. You could still join in and find a potential suitor!” He tries, and you scrub at your face.

“I already told you I wasn’t interested in courting! I’m interested in—”

“Your work, I know. But what happens when the digs dry up and there’s nothing else for you to do? What will you do when you get too old for this?!” He snaps, and you whirl, steadying yourself with the chair as your anger flares.

“It won’t dry up! There are thousands of years of history still to be discovered! Hundreds of thousands of cities and archaeological finds!” Your voice rises to a shout, and you hear distant footsteps as maids scurry away from you and your brother’s anger.

This goes on for several minutes until Mycroft a bomb on you.

“Mother and Father have decided. If you don’t find someone to court, they will no longer fund your excavations, and you’ll be stuck here with me.”

You freeze, hands wound tightly in your hair, and argument dying on your tongue.

“B—But that would mean—” Mycroft cuts you off gently and approaches, putting his hands on your shoulders.

“You’d be stuck here until you find a husband—no more digs. No more artifacts. Not until you do as they and I ask.” Tears well up in your eyes, and you shrug off his hands violently and flee.

Your boots pound against the hardwood floors, and you run outside where it has started pouring rain. Instantly, your clothes are soaked as you make it to the stables, dress Otis in his saddle and bridle, and swiftly mount his back. He tears out of the stables at a thundering gallop, and the stable hand barely dives out of the way to save himself from being trampled.

Otis’s hooves dash against the cobblestone roads. You cling to his reins and hunch over his back as tears stream down your face and sobs wrack your body.

Stupid, stupid, stupid!

Taking away your funding?

No one wanted to fund a woman on an archaeological dig!

Much less one as young as yourself!

You were screwed! Doomed to live as a housewife because that was society’s and your parent’s expectations of you!

Otis eventually comes to a halt, and you dismount, collapsing onto a bench, breathing hard as rain pours down your body. Your shirt sticks to your skin, and your trousers swim in water as you sit in a puddle on the bench. But you can’t bring it in you to care.

A carriage rumbles to a stop before you, and you look up as the door opens.

“Might I interest you in some shelter?” Comes a proper and endearing accent that you recognize.

“William?” You sniffle, and he smiles, extending a hand.

“If you’ll let him, Fred will handle your horse. How about you step inside the carriage, and we’ll take you back to the Moriarty estate.” He says over the rain. A young man with a blue scarf wrapped around his head gets off the front of the carriage and approaches. You hiccup and nod, handing Otis’s reins to the young man and accepting William’s hand into the carriage. He sheds his overcoat and offers it.

It’s warm and heavy as you wrap it around your shoulders and sit down. Your boots squelch against the floor, and William knocks twice against the carriage's wall, and it starts moving once again.

The Morairty estate is even grander than you remember, looming over you as the carriage stops by the front doors. You nearly slip in your haste to get inside and are taken up the stairs to one of the many bedrooms.

“Draw a bath and get warm. I’ll have some clothes brought by. We can have a talk after you’ve collected yourself.” William says gently, and you nod, taking off his overcoat so he can have it back. He excuses himself, and you are left alone in the suite.

The bath is nice and hot, and you let out a sigh as you shed your clothes into a pile on the floor and sink into the warm water. Your tears are drying, but your emotions are still raging like a rabid dog inside you.

How could they?

Didn’t your family know archaeology was your passion? Your dream?! Of course, they did! You never shut up about it when you were but a little girl learning to play the piano! You babbled on and on about fossils and artifacts in between lessons until you were blue in the face!

It wasn’t long until you were done in the bath and dried off. As William had promised, some clothes were left on the bed. A button-down that looked like it might fit you, a pair of trousers that might be a bit too long, and a pair of undergarments. You tugged on the underwear and then the trousers, having to cuff them at the bottom so you didn’t trip. The shirt fit better than you thought so you pinned your hair out of your face and left the bedroom and down the hall. Hadn’t there been a sitting room just down the stairs?

William was inside, stoking a fire with a poker, his back to you. He stood and turned when you rapped lightly on the entryway. His lips curled in a welcoming smile, and he gestured for you to take a seat.

“Would you like some tea? I had Louis put the kettle on.” He said, and you nodded, sitting on the couch beside the fire.

“Thank you. For the clothes and… everything else.” You mumble, and he shakes his head,

“Don’t mention it. Sherlock mentioned you hated dresses.” He says and pours you a cup of tea.

It’s delicious. It warms you from the tips of your ears to the ends of your bare toes. You scuff them on the plush carpet as William sits across from you. His scarlet eyes are illuminated like glittering rubies in the oranges and yellows of the fire. They’re alive like a torch resides inside.

“Now, might I ask why you were out in the rain?” William asks as soon as you’ve settled into your spot. You bite your lip and wonder if you can trust him with your problems.

Sherlock trusted him well enough…

Perhaps…

“I got into an argument with Mycroft. He said my parents will cut off my funding for excavations if I don’t find a proper husband.” You blurt, and he hums as he takes a sip from his cup.

“I assume they’ve been funding your past archaeological escapades?” He says, and you nod.

“Correct. But that is going to change unless I get married.” You grumble, and he cocks his head to the side, setting his cup down on the tea table next to him and seemingly mulling something over.

“This may be a bit forward, but I have a proposal. A business proposal, if you will.” He starts, and you narrow your eyes. A business proposal? You set your own cup down and cross one leg over the other.

“Go on…” You say hesitantly, and he clasps his hands together as if working out a problem in his head. Sherlock did say he was a mathematics professor.

“I could marry you.” You inhale sharply and proceed to choke on your saliva. William half gets out of his chair to come to your aid when you finally get your coughing under control.

“Why?!” You demand, and he shrugs,

“I’ve done some research into you. You are spearheading the way in new archaeological techniques. You donate your finds back to the locals in need. And frankly, I find you fascinating. If we go ahead with this, you’ll have access to my brother Albert’s influence as well as the Moriarty name and fortune.” He says, and you sit back, stunned.

“I could continue my work?” You say skeptically, and he nods.

“Indeed. There’s no reason to stop you. I might ask for a lecture or two from you at Durham University. But that’s it. So…” He extends a hand for you to shake. “Have we reached an accord?”

You are speechless as possibilities run rampant through your brain. You’d be free from your parent’s influence as well as pleasing them. Though pleasing them was the last thing on your mind. Yes, you’d be married. But like William said… it was more of a business proposal…

You reach forward and shake his hand. His smile widens marginally as you speak,

“I accept your proposal.”

#william james moriarty x reader #william james moriarty x you #william james moriarty x y/n #moriarty x reader #mtp william #mtp william x reader #ynm william #ynm x reader #mtp x reader #moriarty the patriot x reader #yuukoku no moriarty x reader #fairy writes

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vanessalocke · 11 months ago

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French discrimination

Somehow I always feel like I'm in the minority of people in the fandom who think of Alfred F. Jones as a child forced to grow up early. That boy likes chocolate, likes to play games, loves to have fun, doesn't know how to drink alcohol, doesn't know how to smoke, is afraid of ghosts, doesn't care about love and can easily be taken advantage of. He makes me feel like a ten year old kid being forced by adults to read a stack of books on economics. And when he goes to work, he's still mostly taken advantage of, pushed around like crazy, and hated by everyone around him.

Alfred really gives me the feeling that he has to try his best or else the adults around him will trample him to death underfoot. And that hurts the child inside him very, very much. The other day I read a post that said: We have forgotten that America's history has only existed for 3 generations. I was like 😟 shocked because I didn't realize America was that young.

Alfred is the type that, the environment forces him to be excellent, the adults around him place all expectations on him. As a result, everyone around him hated him because they were jealous of him, and if he fell down, he would be torn to pieces by the wolves around him. So he constantly has to try, try and try. While the old men were discussing and negotiating with each other, all he thought was that he wanted to go home, wanted to play with his puppy, wanted to play parkour with his friends who didn't know about his identity.

I have a headcanon that sometimes, when Francis comes up behind the tall, modern meeting places so he can smoke, he'll see Alfred sitting on his knees. He will pat Alfred's head, telling Alfred "My son, if you don't know how to smoke, it's okay to cry a little." Immediately, Alfred will burst into tears and throw himself into Francis' arms.

Another headcanon is that Alfred has his own group of friends (normal people) and this group of friends has no idea who he really is. That group of friends have played with him because he is Alfred F. Jones, not because he is America. That group of friends won't laugh at him just because he's cosplaying The Flash. That group of friends will listen to what he has to say without using his confidences as a weakness against him. That group of friends will not see him as a sinner if he makes a mistake.

Regarding the meme, contrary to everyone's imagination, France has indeed often treated England like this. You may be surprised, but when having conversations with England, France is really sharp, easily angry and sarcastic hahahahaha. Well, it's hard not to get angry when you meet an enemy, a rival, a closest friend, someone you know has stalked you for hundreds of years and is still stalking you now. And one thing is quite strange: every time France gets angry with England, England always shows a panicked attitude, then appeases France and tries to make France less angry. This has happened and repeated many times.

I won't say that I created this meme because a few years ago I read that Macron called Boris Johnson a "clown" and called the broken deal between him and Johnson a "circus".

#fruk #aph fruk #hws fruk #ukfr #aph ukfr #hws ukfr #aph france #aph england #hws france #hws england #aph america #hws america

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elementalwriter67 · 11 months ago

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Bat Family Olympics

I came up with this based off of all the stuff I've been seeing about the Olympics and a few posts about the bat-family participating in the Olympics. And I couldn't help myself because I'm slowly being pulled back into this fandom (not that I ever really left, I basically just went on holiday.) So here is a very quickly put together list of the bat-family, and friends, and the Olympic sport I think they would participate in.

Bruce- I think Bruce would be really good at Sport Climbing because of all the grappling and parkouring he does around Gotham. I just don't think that he would come in gold though, maybe bronze, and it's a hundred percent because he's trying not to give the citizens of Gotham any more reasons to suspect that he's Batman.

Alfred- He's one of the older competitors at the Olympics and everyone expects him to be competing in a sport that would more suited for his age. So they're all incredibly surprised when he walks out to compete in Boxing. Even better is he wins Gold and the entire crowd goes nuts because it was the absolutely most nail-biting fight they've ever witnessed because it's Alfred against this young guy who looks like he could run circles around Alfred any day of the week. Little do they know Alfred has more than enough experience from having lived in Gotham and having experienced his fair share of break-ins at the manor. Side note: While everyone else is cheering the rest of the bat-family (while thrilled for Alfred) are busy remembering why it is they fear Alfred more than Bruce.

Selena- I went back and forth on a couple of different sports for Selena before I ultimately decided that she would kick ass at Surfing and absolutely take Gold in it. I have no other reasons for it other than I just think she would be good at it, that she would look good in a bathing suit (obviously,) and that she probably had opportunities to learn when she was taking her eccentric vacations outside of Gotham.

Dick- This one is going to be obvious but honestly it's his fault and that is Gymnastics. I believe the reasons behind this are self explanatory honestly. He does take gold though as to be expected.

Jason- Again another self explanatory one because hello he uses guns and he gets the gold. He is the only one however that has to participate under a different name because while Gotham may have accepted the fact that Jason just miraculously came back from the dead and that the rest of the Wayne family are just pretending that nothing every happened. The rest of the world and the legal system have not so as far as the rest of the world is concerned Jason Todd is still dead. He does however have a twin brother named Peter Todd who is an Olympic champion in shooting.

Tim- I didn't really know what to give Tim because there's no Olympic sport for hacking yet so I decided to give him Cycling Mountain Bike. In part because I thought it would be funny, and also in part because I think he needs the adrenaline rush of hurling himself down a mountain with very little protection to feel alive. He places Silver and oddly enough still doesn't feel anymore alive.

Steph- Does weightlifting. She doesn't look like she does so everyone just assumes it's kind of a joke when she steps up for the weightlifting portion of the Olympics. But little do they know that she weight training with the fridge of man we call Jason Todd, she's just all lean muscle. So when she lifts this weight that is easily three times her own body weight the crowd looses it much like with Alfred, and Steph goes home with the Gold. And Jason is standing off to the side beaming with pride.

Damian- Again self explanatory because he does fencing. He does it mainly because it's a good, approved, way of hitting people with a sword. It may not be his katana but it'll do. He also thinks it's one of the more dignified and better sports of the Olympics. And yes he does take the gold. An Al Ghul and a Wayne would settle for nothing less.

Babs- I think she would do Equestrian and I think it would be a hundred percent because she had a horse girl phase growing up and she always wanted a horse of her own but was never able to get one growing up in the city and on a cop's salary. She doesn't get the gold, doesn't even really place if she's being honest, but boy howdy is she happy she got to participate in it to begin with.

Cassandra- She went back to her roots (I think they're her roots, I'm a little rusty on my knowledge outside of like the core five) and decided she was going to do Taekwondo. And she absolutely kicks ass at it and easily walks away with Gold.

Duke- I didn't know what to do for Duke, and I didn't want to do something stereotypical like basketball so I went to the left field and decided that Duke would play Handball. He stumbled across the sport on total accident through tik tok but now that he's started playing it he absolutely loves it. It's also a good way for him to get better at throwing things (i.e. batarangs) with more precision and accuracy. His team actually manages to take the Gold at the Olympics too.

Kate- I admittedly don't know much about Kate outside of one batman animated movie that I vaguely remember and what I vaguely remember is that she was angry and grumpy. So I feel like Hockey would be a good sport for her to work out some of those emotions. I also understand that this is a Winter Olympic sport (pretty sure anyways) so she spends the Summer Olympics cheering on the rest of her family. However when the Winter Olympics come along she absolutely dominates on that ice and for sure wins Gold or Silver.

I did these next ones for funsies.

Harley- I think she would do wrestling and she would be a little terrifying at it too honestly. She gets silver but it's only because of a technicality .

Ivy- She does volleyball if only because it's the most environmentally friendly one and doesn't involve riding over/trampling plants like Tim's sport does. Plus she enjoys being in the sun after being stuck in the smog and fog filled city that is Gotham. She gets bronze but only because she kept getting distracted by the sun and would just randomly stand there soaking up rays.

Roy- He does Archery. Side note: Oliver also does archery and him and Roy have mad beef and are constantly trying to one up each other when they compete against one another. So far their amount of Gold medals are tied but Roy maintains that he's still the only one who hasn't ever gotten a bronze medal unlike Oliver which is a whole other story in of itself.

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kittycoffeeheart · 13 days ago

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Back with more Gacha Evbo

I got to reinstall Gacha Life 2 after previously having to delete it for storage space, and I made a thing to edit in ibisPaint on my PC (phone doesn't have space for ibisPaint)

First is the Gacha version and the second is my edited version. After finishing this, I used the empty face as a base. I wanted to make an expression for him in the game itself, but the PFP I have at the time of making this post came from experimenting with facial expressions in ibis for literal hours, and I think it took me 3 tries to get the result I wanted which I wouldn't have been able to achieve with the game's assets. I started by making something similar to what I tried to make in the game, and I got four versions, starting with pouty Evbo and ending with the classic "mouth so long part of it is outside of the face" gacha style:

The next while of experimenting with new faces and setting my calendar forward by a day every hour to make ibis think it's been a day because PC ibisPaint only allows you 1 hour to use it a day ended with these as the final images:

I only removed the small part of the messy white outline where I wanted to crop my new pfp from because I was starting to get bored and I wanted to see the end result already. Here it is alongside my old pfp:

I have a weird thing for making him uncomfortable in drawings.

Reminiscing about that time I was on another account being practically the only one posting to the Parkour Civ tags for a while because I joined the fandom right before the beef jumping meme blew up.

#minecraft #parkour civilization #parkour civ #pkciv #parkciv #evbo #mcyt #parkour civilization evbo #gacha life 2 #gl2 #gacha life edit #gl2 edit

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antimony-medusa · 5 months ago

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MCYT on Ao3, January '25

Here we go, another day another dollar, making this on my lunch break. Let's do some stats.

Some notes:

The Realm SMP has been wrangled into its own fandom! I was keeping an eye on several fandoms that were Yuletide fandoms, and Tekkit Tuesdays was wrangled into SMPLive, and Tommyinnit's 2024 Letsplay was wrangled into Video Blogging, so that brings us to a total of 70 individual MCYT fandoms, and also Video Blogging

Fics are still primarily in english, but we have three exceptions with significant spanish fics. Karmaland (848 of 999 are in spanish, a jump from 827 last month), Tortillaland (136 of 143 are in spanish, from 131 last month), and QSMP (1,304 of 11,560 are in spanish, from 1,236 last month).

QSMP also shows 57 works in French, up from 55 last month, and 812 works in Brazilian Portuguese, up from 792 las month.

In small SMPs we had a month of small increases, with one significant increase in the form of SkyBound SMP. They went up an impressive 36 fics this month, beating last month's number of 30. Content SMP went up by 13 this month, which indicates to me that my assumption that last month's jump of 17 might not be a wrangling situation, that is just the fandom's growth!

In the mid-sized fandoms, Parkour Civilization slowed down somewhat, only posting 71 fics versus last months' 121, but they are still far and away the standout for growth. Nobody else even comes close.

Karmaland SMP hit the 1000 fics mark!

In the large fandoms, we saw increases, but mostly small ones (when it wasn't a decrease. Sorry, Origins). Lifesteal went up by 173 in contrast to the previous month's 141, Empires went up 164 in contrast to the previous month's 162 (down from November's 197), QSMP's 238 was up from last month's 137 but still down from November's 290, and DSMP has two months of decrease, gong 719 in november, 480 in december, and then 416 this month. The only ones that are really booming are 3rd life and Hermitcraft, with 3rd life going from 824 last month to 992 this month, and Hermitcraft going from 649 last month to 962 this month. It's notable I've been doing this long enough that I have access to easily seeing how much the fandom has changed in a year, and Hermitcraft and 3rd life are far and away the standouts over the last year. Hermitcraft has gone up an incredible 8,561 fics in a year, and 3rd life has gone up 6,815 despite having several months there without a series airing.

Video Blogging stayed very steady, with last month's 3,489 being followed by 3,413 this month. That's a fall from this time last year, as January last year we showed an increase of 4,223, so we're still looking at an overall decline in the fandom since a year ago.

#MCYT on Ao3 #Stats #Fandom Stats

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watsername · 2 years ago

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honestly i love mcc i love competitive minecraft but the game just isn’t fun for anyone anymore. lots of players have dropped out are talking of dropping out or go on stream saying things like ‘this is the first mcc i’ve actually enjoyed in a while’ . like. thats not the sign that an event is successful . and i don’t really think that’s scott’s or the developers faults but it’s more so the culture around mcc that has changed drastically in the past year or so.

when i first started watching it, mcc was about cc’s learning to work together and competing in a fun event where there was no real stakes except the winners got a fun little token. mccs rise in popularity has snowballed a little to develop this culture of expectancy . as with all fanbases, some fans become a little too engrossed in the content and become a little overbearing about it creating this toxic culture of criticism under the guise of analysis . this isn’t to say that all mcc analysts are toxic or that the concept of vod reviewing and analysing a players performance is bad- but the attitude that a lot of the more vocal fans have been taking towards this has been .mm . not the best .

forcing players into rigid boxes based on their performance records and dogpiling them if they undeperform or over glorifying a players for performing above their average etc, it creates a competitive culture amongst fans trying to prove who suppprts the better player . very much ‘my dad is stronger than your dad’ kind of vibe.

this whole attitude also makes it less enjoyable for the players who may now feel a lot of pressure to conform to the expectations of their fans- of course everyone tries their best every event but if someone’s having a bad performance they’re more likely to experience genuine discomfort and self confidence issues continuing in the event because they know what people are expecting of them . even for lower ranking players it can affect self confidence because nobody expects anything of them .

its marketed deeply throughout the fandom as a for fun event with people who are naturally competitive being shunned for their competitive attitude but logging online and seeing people hating some people winning, hating on other teams for knocking their team out of top 2, refusing to congratulate the winners, even complaining over and over again that some aspects of the event like pvp and parkour are unfair to their streamer because their streamer ain’t good at them to the point where pvp and parkour games had their coin distribution rules changed . that doesn’t scream for fun behaviour .

that’s another thing . random changes to games that don’t necessarily need to be changed . the buildmart changes were good it make it easier to navigate and allowed people to move between sections faster and featured some new builds, the sky battle coin distribution prioritising the amount of time you survive over kills actually undermines the point of the game as a pvp heavy event . instead of fighting people you can get away with playing more defensively . we already have survival games for survivability . same goes for remixes i don’t think they typically go down well . some might but majority don’t tend to have a good reception .

even within the players themselves, there’s because quite a cliquey kind of dynamic where if the team with the most support doesn’t win, the winners are not congratulated. take last night for example . ponk and gumi scored their first wins, ponk being the first black person and as far as i can remember gumi being the second woc and first asian woman to win an mcc . let’s not even get into the diversity of mcc right now but only two people came into the voice call which lasted a while after the event to congratulate the team, only sylvee and scott and a few replies on twitter . ‘oh but the captain’ idc . i love him too but he didn’t win and it was a big day for the team that did with 50% of the team getting their first win and they played really well together. looking again at fan behaviour towards creators some players have felt unwelcome by the pressure of the competitive dynamic called bad sports for being upset with their own underperforming and alienated by the community for having multiple wins or because they just don’t want them in the event . that doesn’t scream for fun . and that in itself is really bad sportsmanship .

i think overall what started to kill mcc was it’s pandering really. i’ve fully done research on how scott puts together teams before but i still believe a lot of what goes into a team is how well it will be received. it doesn’t really force creators to get to know each other and work with each other it just takes groups of people who already know each other have relationships with each other and have relationships that are recognisable to the fanbase . this doesn’t allow people to meet and find new creators they might enjoy to watch and it prioritises some teams as the Ones To Watch because of certain dynamics pres t which undermines any smaller creators trying to make their way into the event . the insistence on changing games based on viewer complaints as opposed to suggestions from players themselves on how things can be improved is just odd to me too .

idk man mcc just isn’t what it used to be and a lot of people are becoming way too entitled over what they want to see there

#mcc

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riddle-on-the-milk-carton · 6 months ago

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I won’t be as active here these next couple days because there apparently another fucking “dream controversy” that when I looked into it felt so low brow and forced

Like he’s literally just kicking up drama for dramas sake when I thought that the dust has finally settled.

This is not at all something I have any reaction to really, like a truly and deeply have never given a fuck honestly about whatever new youtuber drama there is and it feels like the only time our community is up and running is when there is new drama and negativity to be beat into a dead horse

Like you can spend your life writing post after post and telling dream stans to off themselves for the 10000000000 millionth time in a row. But after this election especially I sincerely and to my fullest just don’t give a fuck about what dream is up to this time

The thing is this all used to be fun. Especially if you were there in the early dsmp days. Back when this community was just people having a good time and bonding over our shared love of a cool Minecraft story. Like before the creators and fandom got into so much shit and so much drama I genuinely love dsmp, the creators, and the community with my heart and soul. It was cool and interesting and nice

And especially now it has strayed so far from that. What used to be “people playing Minecraft and collaborative storytelling in a unique medium” has turned into “Dream Drama Content farm where he does something lazy and low effort and everyone just spends the next 8 months beating a dead horse into the the ground”

It isn’t just obvious controversial creators I’m tired of, it’s even creators a lot of people like that are generally considers “un-problematic” it’s like the tumble post ranboo made the other day. It feels like this community has just turned into constant Twitter/TikTok drama content slop instead of playing games and having fun. The Minecraft in Minecraft YouTube might as well be in the background of a Ai Voice Tiktok Parkour Reading

Like when can we get back to playing games and putting the Minecraft back in Minecraft YouTube?

(Side note. Look I know I have mutuals here who are gonna try and say stuff but this is not what I need right now. Please don’t reblog this with “yeaaaa fuck dream I hate him so much!!1!1!1!1!1!1” cuz that blows past the ENTIRE point of my post.

As while he’s the domino brick that started all this, I’ve lost enjoyment of creators like Tommyinnit and Phil stuff entirely because the drama is all that seems to be there anymore. This space has become not fun anymore for me

I’ll still make all of my Dsmp character headcanons due to them being disconnected from the people and I might still draw them, I’m probably gonna use my headcanons and designs for my own oc stories too. This community just hasn’t become fun for the in the recent years

@skilatilu @invisiblesketches @dakotac0le

#yappenings #important #dsmp #mcytblr #discourse

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trees-be-drawing · 5 months ago

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Okay, I think I should make a post and write down the fandoms/interests I’m into

(either stepping in and out of it/out of it entirely, still or currently in it, or only know it in small bits but/or not entirely in it)

So here we go! :

• Moomins (my current brainrot)

• In Stars and Time (also my current brainrot)

• Sonic

• ROTTMNT (or TMNT in general)

• Ace Attorney

• My Little Pony (thank infection aus)

• Littlest Pet Shop (it’s been years)

• Creepypastas

• MDZS/HOB

• The Owl House (“Knight of Guinevere” I’m coming for you next)

• Amphibia

• Infinity Train (damn its cancellation)

• Gravity Falls (Book of Bill had me in a chokehold)

• Good Omens

• Undertale/Deltarune (CHAPTER 3&4 CAME OUT AND NOW ITS ANOTHER BRAINROT)

• OneShot

• CRK (only know of CRK and not Ovenbake, heard it’s good though)

• TBHK (been meaning to read the manga after seeing the anime)

• Kirby

• LEGO Monkie Kid (childhood resparked after Ninjago)

• LEGO Ninjago (stopped watching after the genie arc)

• Dandandan

• Barbie Movies (my childhood)

• Vocaloid

• Pokemon

• Hades (I love Greek Mythology)

• JJKS (still haven’t seen Season 2 but I’ve seen and heard spoilers)

• Genshin Impact (stopped playing when Fontaine was introduced, lost interest after Natlan was introduced)

• Murder Drones

• TADC

• Frieren

• Dungeon Meshi

• ENA (Played Dream BBQ, I suck at Parkour ;-;)

• Ever After High

• Monster High

• Little Goody Two Shoes/Pocket Mirror (I feel it’s deeply underrated)

• Sam and Max (my boyfriend introduced me to this one)

• Madoka Magica (can’t wait for the new movie coming out!)

• Sky: COTL

• Slay the Princess

• The Apothecary Diaries

• Arcane (I don’t play League of Legends)

• Musicals (ask me which ones I know and I’ll sing most of them. I think I’m still a bit of a theatre kid. AND YES THAT INCLUDES EPIC:THE MUSICAL-)

• Alíen Stage

�� Legend of Zelda

• Cult of the Lamb

• Pikmin

• Adventure Time

• Heartstopper

• Regular Show

• No Home (it’s deeply underrated)

• My Hero Academia (stopped after the Eri arc)

• Winx Club (hope the reboot’s okay)

• W.I.T.C.H

• Welcome Home

• DHMIS

• Cult of the Lamb

• Over the Garden Wall

• Link Click

• Ben 10 (my childhood)

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I’ll update it every once in a while if I either 1. Find another thing I’m interested in or 2. Remember an old thing I was interested in and need to write that down so I don’t forget

You can also ask me if I know a certain thing or not and I’ll let you know if I’d be interested in it

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cypresscries · 2 years ago

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Hai welcome to my hell

(Please at the very least read my DNI at the bottom of the post.)

Before you go, please understand we DO NOT ACCEPT DONATION ASKS DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH REASONS. This post [here] does a good job explaining it. Sorry.

IM A MINOR‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

Quick note befor everything: PLEEEASE TELL US IF WE DO SOMETHING WRONG!!!!!! BUT IF YOU DO BE WARNED I WILL APOLOGIZE PROFUSELY AND IT WILL BE ANNOYING!! OKAY SORRY CONTINUE ON WITH UR READING OF THIS LONG ASS INTRO POST

another quick note, my blog may not be very accessible or screen reader friendly! i plan on making a plain text version of this intro post, and i try my best to add alt text to my art and images i post.

You can call me Tamari... Sunny... Chiip.. uhhhh.... Anything works ig. my prns page has some names on there too ig.

Pronouns are He/it/she/spark/beep/boop, and any other neos ::]

Prsk friend code [ENG]: 394877626071769089

Prsk friend code [JP]: 416376526629928966

artfight profile ::3 <- click!

♫︎ anything is chill really, but NO THEY/THEM!!!! i will explode on inpact.

♫︎ im genderfluid transmasc, objectum, panromantic and aroaceflux! im also a self shipper!! uhh u can ask who my f/os are but i might be a bit awkward abt it.. im sharing tho!

♫︎ Im part of a mixed origins system!! Though i, Tamari, am permafronted and have a.very hard time contacting headspace [therefore it being very rare for others to front/co front], they will have their own post tags and signoffs on others posts! :

-✨️Squilf/Atlas || any pronouns, #Atlas Does a Talk

- 🎉 Kylie || they/them, #Kylie Speaks

- ⭐️ Emu || she/her, #Emus Shenanigans

- 💥Teto || she/her, #Tetos Faggotry

- 🔥 Ashfur || he/him, #Ashy Burns Shit

- 👑 Ranboo || he/they, #Rans Ramblings

- ⚡️N || he/him, #Ns Silly Talking Times

- 🔋Uzi || she/her/they, #Uzis Kooky Insane Ramblings

- 🪽V || She/her, #V Says Something

- 🗡Spears || He/they/slug, #Spears Whispers

- ❤️‍🩹Hunter || He/she, #Hunter Hours

- 🐈‍⬛Tessa || She/he, #Tessa Talks Shit

- 🎀Mizu/Micheal || He/she, #Mizu Meows

- 🌺Flower || any, #Flowey Yaps

- 🩷Amia || She/her, #Amias Silliness

- 🍋‍🟩Limey || He/him, #Limeys Evil Plans

- 🐾Kian || He/him, #Kian meow mrrp mrows

- 💣Arti || she/her, #Arti said this

- 🌊River || he/she/they, #River's yappings

- 🌌Juice/Jupiter || he/him, #Jupiter's ramblings

#‼️ the whole gangs here ‼️ || post from multiple fronters or the system as a whole!

Syscourse triggers us, please do not talk about it with us /srs

We all use the names Squimpy and Chiip! if you do know tje fronter, we would prefer you use said fronters name instead!

Uhh more stuff:

♫︎ im alterhuman n stuff!! ill make a list for my kintypes some other time.. too lazy soz

♫︎ im a furry

♫︎ we are bodily a minor (16-)

♫︎ my birthday is febuary 1st

♫︎ Timezone is EST.

Note: small typing quirk! i use two colons (EX: ::3 ) for 4 eyes ::D

Fandoms im in [green = hyperfixated on right now, blue = active in]:

♫︎ Rain World

♫︎ Cookie Run Kingdom

♫︎ 17776

♫︎ Ghost and pals

♫︎ In Stars and Time

♫︎ ENA

♫︎ Vocaloid [my favs are Kasane Teto and Yi Xi if you were wondering]

♫︎ OSC [Object Show Community]

♫︎ Parkour Civilization

♫︎ Alien Stage [HYUNA MY BELOVED💚]

♫︎ Cattails Wildwood Story

♫︎ Murder Drones

♫︎ Night in the Woods

♫︎ Omori [havent played the game yet but still]

♫︎ Project Sekai

♫︎ Nilfruits [dont know a bunch abt it yet nilfruits moots are encouraged to infodump abt it ::3 ]

♫︎ The Amazing Digital Circus

♫︎ AVA/AVM

♫︎ Hermitcraft + Life series/Trafficblr

♫︎ Wings of Fire

♫︎ Warrior Cats

♫︎ Parties Are For Losers

♫︎ Pokemon

♫︎ Undertale [+ Deltarune when i play it]

We mostly post about . Uhhh Pokemon, Rain World, and Project Sekai. And the stuff in green and sometimes blue

ART REQUEST STATUS: CLOSED

F2u with credit slugcat pfps here [warning! These r old...]

My fursonas name is Luvin and he uses the same pronouns as me

Our systems collective sona <- Click!

my persona <- Click!

Username changed from tvcat0w0 -> chiipeatsbatteries175 -> tamarieatsbatteries175

Our discord user is kanamafuu. [Please only friend us if we are mutuals and have interacted b4]

Tagging System:

Tamaris Art- #Sillyart

Artfight attacks- #Tamaris artfight stuff

My brothers art tag- #Watermelons Gallery

Reblogs (though i tend to forget to use this tag)- #sillyreblog

Submissions- #Blog Invasion { SUBMISSIONS }

Alterhuman/kin talk- #Squimpys Kin Yaps ☆

Text posts- #YER TELLIN ' ME TAMARI FRIED THIS RICE ? ☆

Text posts from 2024- #Chiip is a huge bug enthusiast

Text posts from 2023- #sillytalking

Vents or complaining- #Not so silly sillytalking

Asks- #answering the sillies

Real life photos- #squimpy irl

Pictures of my cats- #kevin the sea pickle 🐈 #Tilly the yapper 🐈

Extra tag for when people infodump/show me about their blorbos- #blorbo storage

silly rw hcs / totally true rw facts- #tamaris true rain world facts

My warrior cats oc fanclans tag- #Chiips silly fanclans

My prsk oc unit tag- #Twilight's☆Glow

Rando facts about me:

♫︎ My favorite songs are: Telepathy by DECO*27, Ángel by Kairiki Bear, and Wiege from Alien Stage

♫︎ currently mentally ill about: pokemon and rain world. lord send help i may have autism

♫︎ my favorite color is green

♫︎ im full of mental illness /gen

♫︎ my favorite slugcats are Hunter and Spearmaster! (Not counting Inv, Artificer, or Saint cuz das literally me) (im biased bc my insys qpps are hunter and spears fictives)

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Please tag me in things you think i would might like, and i am also 100% open to talk to ::] dms are open ::D

I almost forgot my sideblogs: @sodacantt [semi inactive], @just-kevin-things , @the-spinner-that-spins-things [mostly inactive], @where-is-tamari-now [inactive], @that-thing-luvin [mostly inactive], @chiipsimportantblog [not used anymore], @tamariz-epic-blog [inactive], @chiips-slugpup-posting , @daily-sluggcats , @tillythesilly14 , @michigan-real , @kiyoko-takamori , @eeeeeespeon [ rotomblr ] and @invwuzhere

If you have any questions, just ask! Pleeease ::]

A really epik post <- Click!

I have a youtube channel! But for personal comfort reasons, i will not be sharing it ::P it is mainly alterhuman focused tho

More info dumb shit here: [ planning on adding more stuff on the strawpage as well!!

And here [OUTDATED]:

PLEASE INTERACT:

ALTERHUMANS, RAIN WORLD FANS, DUPES, OTHER SYSTEMS, AND IDK ANYONE WHOS CHILL IG? I LOVE FRIENDSHIP ITS SO AWESOME

Note: we are an Endogenic system WITH TRAUMA. Some members of our system may not have formed from said trauma, but we still have it.

VERY IMPORTANT DNI LIST:

ZIONISTS

Meanies 👎

[WE BLOCK WHO WE DONT LIKE.]

NSFW/18+ blogs are fine. just PLEASE dont be nsfw towards me if you are an adult. i will block you if you make us uncomfortable.

Note: we dont give a shit about proshipping bs. If u liek proship stuff and interact with us thats fine! Just know it may make a few of us uncomfy and most of us dont really like that stuff. We will NEVER go out of our way to harrass u for it tho!!! I [tamari] personally am chill with it, and you can ramble abt it to me if u want. [Just no akiena pls. Thats a big nono for me cuz of kin reasons.]

ANOTHER note: i am personally uncomfortable with kff [kin for fun] bc its misusing the term kin sorry.. if u kff thats fine u can interact id just rather u not talk abt it to me srry

first two blinkies + userbox made by us!

skitty blinkie made by @/blinkees

thabk yoy for readdijngnnnnn

#Last updated: May 14th‚ 2025 @ 12:28 a.m. ♡#YER TELLIN ' ME TAMARI FRIED THIS RICE ? ☆#intro post #squimpys intro post #<- for organizing

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clevereverest · 5 months ago

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Avian Finch Timeline Snippet

1,100 words • Finch/Albert

[ Hello! Welcome to a collection of avian headcanons based on wingfics I used to read from another fandom a couple years ago. I just threw it all on Finch, because let’s be honest here: he deserves it <3

Here’s some more avian content to persuade you that the fandom needs wingfic content:

“Fantasy AU Snippet” - My own writing, also focuses on Finch as an avian

“Natural�� by midnightdrip - The lovely wingfic that inspired me to finally post this :)

I hope you enjoy it! ]

Finch’s wings grew in when he was thirteen. He was still developing as an avian, and the usual traits compounded on him after his aptly-fitting finch wings—black, gray, white, and purple feathers would be revealed once the fluffy downy feathers fell out—emerged late one night.

He was clingy as all hell, and extremely sensitive and panicky to losing even a second of physical contact with someone he imprinted on, whether that be his younger twin brother or their two moms. There was a mutual understanding about that, and Finch’s parents were loving and accommodating to their boys.

He chirped often to communicate his needs and affection, and whistled just as often as he did before the wings came in. When words were too hard with his “bird brain” (avian instincts) taking over, he’d already learned sign language to help with speaking to non-avians as well.

The wing care process was his absolute favorite—he would fall asleep within five minutes anytime someone in his flock would preen his wings. It was one of the most soothing sensations ever, and Finch looked forward to it every single time. He’d taken the same liking to people running their hands through his coiled curls, finding it just as pleasant as preening.

His family weren’t the only flock members that Finch had. At the age of eleven, Finch had mentally added Albert, one of his best friends, to his flock. After his wings grew in and Finch’s heightened avian instincts calmed down after a month or so, he talked to Albert about the concept of a flock. Albert wasn’t an avian and didn’t initially feel like he deserved the position, but Finch had explained it the way he was taught. Anyone—no matter their race—whom an avian trusted and loved deeply with all their heart could be in that avian’s chosen flock.

That discussion had also been a slight hint at Finch’s crush on his best friend, but Albert didn’t catch it at the time. It took a couple more years.

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One rainy day when they were fifteen, Albert was carefully (always so careful) preening Finch’s wings.

Entranced by the methodical process, Albert had fondly muttered, “I love your wings… I love you.”

The silence and momentary stillness of Albert’s hands meant the words were completely unbidden, and Finch was nearly too out of it to notice. Luckily, a small part of his humanity broke through the haze of bird brain and past the urge to just chirp happily at his friend.

Instead, he actually managed to reply just as sweetly, “I love you, too.”

Once Finch fully returned to himself later that same day, they talked about their feelings, confessed, and officially started dating. In celebration, they even indulged each other in a much more intense make out session than Finch had anticipated.

Now 26 years old, Finch and Albert owned a house and several acres of private forest around it. The trees were lofty and perfect for Finch to glide through, and Albert always liked watching him, especially when he could climb up the trees to be near or at Finch’s height in the air.

Finch loved to do tricks, flying around at high speeds and twisting and turning expertly. Meanwhile, Albert had taken an interest in doing parkour on the ground. He enjoyed the thrill of racing Finch through the surrounding forest, and he would leap and flip over branches and roots and bushes.

Their lives were undeniably wonderful. Finch had everything he needed: a nest to sleep in every night, a home to be himself and let his beautiful, colorful wings show, and a loving romantic partner and flock member to lean on for comfort and to provide right back.

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On a warm, spring morning, Finch awoke overwhelmed by his avian instincts. It didn’t happen often, but when it did, it was most commonly because of a nightmare. Even when his humanity had fallen to the background in his mind, Finch knew he hadn’t been having a nightmare before waking up.

His brain insisted on flock find flock safety keep close in quick succession. He was distantly aware that he was chirping up a storm, like he was a little kid again, but he couldn’t stop. Thankfully, he didn’t have to reach far to grab hold of Albert, who was laying beside him in the nest.

Albert had clearly been woken up by Finch’s panic. He spoke soothingly, tightening his arms around Finch. It really helped, and Finch’s chirps gradually slowed down.

“Want to tell me what happened?” Albert prompted gently.

Unable to speak normally right now—thanks, stupid bird brain—Finch just readjusted to blink owlishly at his partner, quietly whistling.

Albert smiled but said, “I’m sorry that I can’t understand your whistling, bub. Use your signs?”

Finch hated the idea of letting go of Albert to sign to him, but he knew he had to in order to talk. Releasing his grip only as much as he needed to, Finch signed, I don’t know why this happened. I wasn’t having a nightmare.

Albert nodded sympathetically. “Are you going to be okay if I have to leave your side at any point?”

Giving it a moment of thought, Finch said, I… don’t think so. I’m sorry.

“You have nothing to apologize for, Fi. You can be clingy today—I don’t have much planned, anyway,” Albert told him with a bright smile.

Clearing his throat failed to silence his bird vocalizations, so Finch had to sign his gratitude instead, pairing it with a loving, whistled tune.

“I’d do anything for you.” Albert pressed a long kiss to Finch’s curls, cupping the back of his head at the same time. Finch positively melted in delight.

Their day proceeded similarly: Finch was glued to Albert’s side, far clingier than he expected to be. Neither of them minded, and there were only a handful of times where Albert had to separate from Finch for whatever reason. As an adult, Finch thought he would have handled the separation anxiety better, but it was apparently heightened today. Whenever Albert left, Finch would be fine for a mere ten seconds, then his avian instincts would take over and he’d freak out. In turn, it unfortunately stressed out Albert too—he hated hearing Finch so scared.

Albert reassured him multiple times that it was okay. Finch believed him eventually, but the guilt lingered for a while.

By night, it was safe to say that for the most part, the day had been nice and relaxing, disregarding that some plans were pushed until tomorrow because of Finch’s persistent clinginess. It wasn’t a source for complaint, though.

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#newsies #newsies headcanons #avian #avian finch cortez #wingfic #clevereverest writing #livesies #finch cortez #albert dasilva #redfinch

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eugeneplace · 1 year ago

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Hello again, Sonic Fandom! It's been a while

What did i draw for you guys last time? The Sonic in a bride dress, wasn't it?

So, anyways, I finally watched Sonic Prime Season 3 and-

Spoilers

I can't- I just can't stop thinking about how funny it would be if the alternates go back to their worlds, thinking about how much they are going to miss their blue friend... just to find their own personalized version of Sonic!

I mean- COME ON! It was the easiest joke ever, itpracticallywroteitself, and it had a perfect punchline-

Well- nowthatTHATisoutofmysystem -I can show you my boys!

I made my own Sonics from New Yoke City and No Place respectively (their Shadows, as well as the one from Boscage Maze aren't ready, I just need another brain storm whit my friends) and their names are RITMO and WIND

Ritmo is a street artist that enjoys parkour and whatever music that has a catching beat.

Wind is a trickster thief that lives like a rock star and loves a good treasure hunt

Ritmo represents Sonic's 'go with the flow' actitud and Wind is his adventurer spirit. Both of them have defects as well, but I would rather talk about that if you guys show interest in them

#so yeah #sonic prime #sonic the hedgehog #sonic prime season 3

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n0sewise · 8 months ago

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@murderkitten666 thanks for the tag!

20 Questions for Fic Writers

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Four so far!

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

119,726

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Hunter x Hunter. It's not my first fandom, but it's the first one that i've liked enough to write fic for.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

I don't have 5 fics yet, but my most kudos'd one by far is "No, I Don't Accept Your Stupid Rose"

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes! I always try to respond, but I tend to do it all at once when I'm logged in to update, so it can take awhile. I'm not reading as much fic as I used to, so chatting in the comments and on tumblr is sometimes the only way I engage in fandom, and I appreciate the interaction that much more.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I guess "oh well, whatever, never mind" is the closest to an angsty ending? I still think it's happy, but I left it open ended.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

NIDAYSR is definitely the happiest. I even gave them an epilogue.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I can finally say yes! There's just the one so far, so idk if I can say what kind it is? I'm into pining though, so any smut that I write will probably be the result of super pent up longing and frustration, since that's what I'm the most interested in.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

They're not really for me.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I hope not?

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not yet, but I'm not against the idea.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

Killugon. Damen/Laurent from Captive Prince is in current second place since I find them just as heartbreaking and beautiful. Honourable mentions: Leopika, Chilshi, Laishuro (he's my fellow autistic king)

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Oh god. I had a near-crack Office AU with Gon and Killua as useless interns that I loved dearly, but the plot was going nowhere and it wasn't good enough to post. RIP parkour parkour

16. What are your writing strengths?

I would love to say humour, but I think it's writing cringe. I've been told multiple times that I've induced terrible secondhand embarrassment on behalf of the characters (usually Gon), so I think this is my gift/curse.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Action for sure. I still have a hard time working out how to drop info so readers know what's happening.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Whenever I've come across it in fics or books it's cool, and I like when authors add extra info and context in the notes. I only speak one language, so I'd need help if I ever wanted to try it for myself.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Hunter x Hunter!

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

Ok, so I think my *best* fic is "love me dead," but my favourite fic is "oh well, whatever, never mind" because I think my writing improved the most while working on that one, and for all the 90s nostalgia I got to pack into it.

I think I'm a little too late to tag anyone in this, but feel free if you're interested! I'm nosy <3

#nosewise writing tag

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bearmemesreviews · 1 year ago

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FotW: SDMI - The Grasp of the Gnome

Today's Freak of the Week is a more serious take on a creature type seldom seen outside of Children's Fantasy, Gnomes!

Yep, for years the fair folk and their kin have been delegated to just tiny humans with magic - ignoring years of folklore and cautionary tales that describe these creatures as actual monsters born from the earth with all sorts of nasty plots in their minds.

We have since turned around once again, around the same time superheroes started to scoff at tights in their shows and movies to an annoying degree, and as we get more public domain horror movies expect ANOTHER switch back to sincere fairy tale fodder.

But until then, let's talk about this parkour elf and his blue cheese touch.

Backstory: Crystal Cove has a Reneissance Faire! Which the gang attends, displaying all their personalities in the costumes they chose to dress in. Notice how Shaggy and Scoob are dressed like pirates? Well that's plot relevant!

An Evil Gnome has been terrorizing the faire, attacking those who come as pirates despite the medieval themed dress code. I don't know why, I'm pretty sure by 2010 pirates as a fandom were already petrified by a certain Disney Franchise's later films.

Yep, Petrification! A really cool power that's seldom used, but when doesn't it look cool? I love the iridescent glowing blue veins that grow on the victims as they freeze in place. Neither freezing them in ice nor encasing them in stone, but still immobilizing them in a way that would be indistinguishable from "real" magic.

As for the rest of the plot, you may have started to notice that almost every gang member has been getting kidnapped at some point to give the gang something to act irrational over - Velma and Scooby fighting over the parrot from Shaggy's pirate costume when he's taken for example, giving Daphne some reprieve.

Mr. E offers his two cents on Shelma at the end of the episode, for reasons that'll become apparent later.

As the day goes on and the suspects, all dwarves or otherwise very short people, are dismissed, the gang finally trap the athletic Gnome with a good old pit. But not before Daphne actually gets to one up the gnome, using the one thing all fairies and other anklebiters fear - steel!

Design: The Gnome is a classic fairy tale creature, and I love how MI's version has been redesigned to keep all the goofy, fantastical elements in place without straying too far to make it scary. It wears tattered clothing barely held together by some stitches where the sleeves connect, consisting of a simple tunic with red pants. It has boots, though it could also just be black wrappings around its feet. It also wears black gloves, metal arm bracelets with large bolts attached to them, a buckled sash, and a large, stitched-up red gnome cap.

Its face is where it gets really good, with regular humanoid features exaggerated as they would be for a regular gnome - mostly a large nose and ears that stick out - but made extra freaky with beady yellow eyes with no irises, only red pupils. Its skin is also warty and a decrepit, green-tinged blue. Its eyes are even sunken in, making it look more like a corpse that's begun to mold.

Its powers include the ability to run and hop like a trained athlete, leaping around so fast he can't be captured or evaded, alongside a touch that paralyzes. This actually makes him one of the more physically threatening foes the gang's faced. And I like that the applies to a goofy man with a cowboy mustache and long beard tied into pigtails.

Reveal: Daphne evades the paralysis touch by hiding steel gauntlets under her dress, catching the gnome off guard. He then tries to escape but only ends up trapping himself in a previously failed spike pit. Once captured it's revealed that of the three main employees of the ren faire, it was actually the pirate-supporting jester Gill Littlefoot all along. He tried to frame his wife, the pirate-hating queen, in order to get control of her money.

I am not qualified to discuss any potentional ableism displayed by Patrick Warburton in Scooby-Doo Mystery Incorporated.

5/5 Really cool take on a classic archetype seldom used for Horror, and so well executed that I think it'd actually work well for its own folk horror movie like The VVitch. I am genuinely surprised by how much I like The Evil Gnome.

P.S. I love the explanation that the petrification was caused by the toxin of a made-up species of Jellyfish. I love when shows tries to explain away gimmicks by using an exaggeration of real-life biology, like how Pufferfish toxin can be used to create "zombies".

#bmoreviews #bmoreviewsmysteryinc #mystery incorporated #scooby doo mystery incorporated #scooby doo #gnome

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