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if anyone feels bad that their fic might contain medical inaccuracies, be comforted to know that whatever creative liberties you take with your medical scenes can never be worse than the one I just read. where one character tries to stop the bleeding on their friend's head wound by putting a tourniquet around their neck

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Zoom In, Don’t Glaze Over: How to Describe Appearance Without Losing the Plot

You’ve met her before. The girl with “flowing ebony hair,” “emerald eyes,” and “lips like rose petals.” Or him, with “chiseled jawlines,” “stormy gray eyes,” and “shoulders like a Greek statue.”

We don’t know them.

We’ve just met their tropes.

Describing physical appearance is one of the trickiest — and most overdone — parts of character writing. It’s tempting to reach for shorthand: hair color, eye color, maybe a quick body scan. But if we want a reader to see someone — to feel the charge in the air when they enter a room — we need to stop writing mannequins and start writing people.

So let’s get granular. Here’s how to write physical appearance in a way that’s textured, meaningful, and deeply character-driven.

1. Hair: It’s About Story, Texture, and Care

Hair says a lot — not just about genetics, but about choices. Does your character tame it? Let it run wild? Is it dyed, greying, braided, buzzed, or piled on top of her head in a hurry?

Good hair description considers:

Texture (fine, coiled, wiry, limp, soft)

Context (windblown, sweat-damp, scorched by bleach)

Emotion (does she twist it when nervous? Is he ashamed of losing it?)

Flat: “Her long brown hair framed her face.”

Better: “Her ponytail was too tight, the kind that whispered of control issues and caffeine-fueled 4 a.m. library shifts.”

You don’t need to romanticise it. You need to make it feel real.

2. Eyes: Less Color, More Connection

We get it: her eyes are violet. Cool. But that doesn’t tell us much.

Instead of focusing solely on eye color, think about:

What the eyes do (do they dart, linger, harden?)

What others feel under them (seen, judged, safe?)

The surrounding features (dark circles, crow’s feet, smudged mascara)

Flat: “His piercing blue eyes locked on hers.”

Better: “His gaze was the kind that looked through you — like it had already weighed your worth and moved on.”

You’re not describing a passport photo. You’re describing what it feels like to be seen by them.

3. Facial Features: Use Contrast and Texture

Faces are not symmetrical ovals with random features. They’re full of tension, softness, age, emotion, and life.

Things to look for:

Asymmetry and character (a crooked nose, a scar)

Expression patterns (smiling without the eyes, habitual frowns)

Evidence of lifestyle (laugh lines, sun spots, stress acne)

Flat: “She had a delicate face.”

Better: “There was something unfinished about her face — as if her cheekbones hadn’t quite agreed on where to settle, and her mouth always seemed on the verge of disagreement.”

Let the face be a map of experience.

4. Bodies: Movement > Measurement

Forget dress sizes and six packs. Think about how bodies occupy space. How do they move? What are they hiding or showing? How do they wear their clothes — or how do the clothes wear them?

Ask:

What do others notice first? (a presence, a posture, a sound?)

How does their body express emotion? (do they go rigid, fold inwards, puff up?)

Flat: “He was tall and muscular.”

Better: “He had the kind of height that made ceilings nervous — but he moved like he was trying not to take up too much space.”

Describing someone’s body isn’t about cataloguing. It’s about showing how they exist in the world.

5. Let Emotion Tint the Lens

Who’s doing the describing? A lover? An enemy? A tired narrator? The emotional lens will shape what’s noticed and how it’s described.

In love: The chipped tooth becomes charming.

In rivalry: The smirk becomes smug.

In mourning: The face becomes blurred with memory.

Same person. Different lens. Different description.

6. Specificity is Your Superpower

Generic description = generic character. One well-chosen detail creates intimacy. Let us feel the scratch of their scarf, the clink of her earrings, the smudge of ink on their fingertips.

Examples:

“He had a habit of adjusting his collar when he lied — always clockwise, always twice.”

“Her nail polish was always chipped, but never accidentally.”

Make the reader feel like they’re the only one close enough to notice.

Describing appearance isn’t just about what your character looks like. It’s about what their appearance says — about how they move through the world, how others see them, and how they see themselves.

Zoom in on the details that matter. Skip the clichés. Let each description carry weight, story, and emotion. Because you’re not building paper dolls. You’re building people.

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a funny thing about having a Problematic Blorbo is that you'll periodically come across a post along the lines of "um let's not forget that [Blorbo] is a bad person..." listing their various crimes, and if you have a modicum of intellectual honesty you find yourself nodding along and saying yeah it's true... but it's the greyness of their character that makes them so compelling... At the same time though you have a little Saul Goodman in your ear going "your honor in their defense: who cares like omfgggg who caresssssss like come onnnnnn"

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they’re family your honor

i just like the concept of minato unofficially adopting kakashi after sakumo and just ignoring all of his protests and lashing out bc he’s just a sad lonely kid. kushina has the amazing ability to ignore all of kakashi’s grumpy kakashi-ness and just immediately gets him to open up to her somehow

minato and kushina are the only two kakashi lets see his face. rin and obito are aware of this and are so bitter

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Number 11 from the Fic ask? 😊

11. Is there any scene you can't wait for people to react to when reading? Why?

...and once again, the answer is yes!! thank you for asking!

For each of my ongoing WIPs, there's at least one scene, usually multiple, where I start a draft wondering if it'll turn out any good, and then I write a basic idea, and then I reread it, and then I rewrite it, and then I get tired of it and leave it for later, and then at some point I take a shower and have a Big Idea in the shower, and so then I dry off and run to the computer to write down all the notes and dialogue, and then later I reread and rewrite it all again, and then I continue that process 2-10x times or so, and by the end of the process, I usually have a scene that I'm like "oh damn!!!! I can't believe that happened!!"

And I am always thrilled when readers have the same reaction! In the last week or so, I published a few of the more dramatic chapters of UATW and had a lot of big reactions in the comments, which is such a wonderful feeling as a writer. I wrote the first drafts of these scenes literally years ago, so I've gotten tired of rereading and reacting to them, but it's so fun to experience the fresh thrill of it all over again when sharing it with others.

Mild-ish spoilers for two ongoing long fics under the cut:

There are some big upcoming unpublished scenes for that fic series that I think will be similarly exciting to share. One of Kakashi's biggest unspoken problems just got revealed to his closest associates, but another of his chronic secrets is *finally* going to be addressed in the final chapter. And this is one of the ones that readers have asked about multiple times, so I know it's on some readers' minds 🐕.

For "Abandon," probably the scenes i'm most excited to share have to do with the use of Kakashi and Obito's Sharingan telepathic link. They've just barely gotten to the point where they're both aware of it and able to access it intentionally, but the unpublished section of the fic goes into a lot more of the whole mind-sharing business that has only been hinted at up to now. But it was something that I had planned ever since beginning the fic, from that first time on the bridge when Obito accidentally opens the link and very briefly sees/feels some of Kakashi's memories without understanding what's happening.

Without hopefully spoiling too much, i'll mention that there's a part in an unpublished chapter where Kakashi experiences temporary paralysis, although he doesn't know for sure if it's temporary or not. But what's stressing him out the most is that there was a huuuge battle before this and he lost track of Obito and can't even ask if Obito survived:

...and Obito is actually fine, more than fine really:

But Kakashi can't rest until...

....okay, that was a longer than necessary sneak-peek, and sorry some of it is choppy, but it's been forever since I updated this fic or even worked on it, and once I get started rereading I end up rereading a lot, and getting excited to finish and share it all over again.

There's always a lot of unpublished fic in my WIP folder so please feel free to stop by anytime and ask for a snippet or two, i'm always happy to indulge myself curious readers 🙂🧡🧡

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(If no one has asked this yet) I'd love to read your takes on Obito too  ☺️ I never get tired of him :D

I finally go to it! Thank you for this ask, I can spend hours talking about Obito.

How I feel about this character.

I’ll start from the very beginning. I got into Naruto in 2008-2009. In a few chapters of the first part of Naruto, Kakashi mentioned someone by the name of ‘Obito’, and you know, I was already intrigued by Kakashi’s speech to Sasuke that everyone he loved already died and that got me wondering if/when/how his teammates would ever appear. Then Kakashi Gaiden appeared.

I was flabbergasted with Kakashi’s way of being, I mean what a stark contrast to how we as readers met him and got to know him. But Obito, oh he conquered my heart immediately. The way he was introduced (a bit clumsy, late, his excuses) oh man, what a cute kid. I love his design, his energy, his stupid fights with Kakashi, his interaction with Rin, and his ideals. What a powerful character he was. That crucial fight with Kakashi that turned Kakashi’s world on its axis, what a beast, he truly was not afraid to fight for his ideals and to put someone in its place.

I was so invested into the theory that the mysterious Madara was in  fact Obito. Chapter 599 hit, and I swear I was so happy, shocked, excited. My fave was alive! I was such a believer that it would have been anticlimatic would it have been Danzo, Izuna, Shisui, Madara or anyone else really. 

He’s a very grey character to me, who’s sadly misunderstood by this one sentence ‘because you let Rin die.’ It doesn't do justice as to why he became who he became. He was a big hearted kid, went through a near death experience, got locked up in a cave with monsters and a madman , was in pain, and the only thing he thought of was to return to Rin and Kakashi.

He fought tooth and nail for what he believed in. But alas, Madara and the wars fucked him up.

Fun fact: back in 2008-2009 I started searching the internet for fics about Team Minato, but Minato didn’t have a name yet so it was either ‘Team Arashi’ or ‘Team Yellow Flash’ if memory serves right! There were just a few select ones on LiveJournal and fanfiction dot net.  

TLDR: He’s my fave character of all time your Honor. 

Btw, I had to look it up in the manga, but this right here is what made me fall in love with him. This. "Then lead!" For me, the Kakashi Gaiden arc was (next to the wave arc), the most telling and heartfelt arc in Naruto.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Kakashi. I’ve been shipping them since Kakashi Gaiden :/ This is the one couple I keep shipping. I can't get rid of them despite my best efforts.

Rin, sometimes. I think it could work under some circumstances but in recent years I haven’t been shipping them.

Kisame. I mean he’s even more of a beast than Obito. Need I say more? And Kisame was loyal to him. I like to believe Kisame was the one in the organisation Obito trusted out of anyone.

Kakashi and Rin in a polypairing. My OT3.

Konan, sometimes, but not in the way of ‘enemies to lovers’, but more like ‘enemies with benefits’, in a toxic, unhealthy way.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Rin. Although I can ship them romantically, I like them better as besties and partners in crime. I think she’s the one who just gets him and can bring out the very best in him with her way of just being there for him. 

My unpopular opinion about this character

It wasn’t ‘just’ Rin.

He’s the strongest. He defied death so many times with pure, sheer willpower, anger and all other things mixed in. The guy just kept going and going.

Let the man live at the end of the series.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

the whole speech with Naruto. I mean what was that? No, just no. It didn’t do it for me. I wish Kishimoto had done that differently. 

I wish there were more moments between Kakashi and Obito in general, but I got fanfiction to quench my thirst.

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CARMY & RICHIE THE BEAR, S2

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i'd like to know about a fic you've got hiding somewhere in your docs, if you've got one!

2. How did you get the idea to write this? 16. Is there any written scene that you think about a lot?

i certainly do! thank you for asking! 🧡 the hard part was choosing just one fic and scene to talk about, because I have several that I cycle through that I will likely never finish, but I write or half-write them anyway.

2. How did you get the idea to write this?

The project-fic in my docs is one that I had the idea for over last christmas break, but I was too busy writing all sorts of other things to really develop and finish it. it's a BIG au, with a lot of fun exciting possibilities, and the potential to develop into a very long fic 🙈

The basic set-up is canon divergence from the point in Kakashi gaiden where Obito and Kakashi are fighting about whether to go save Rin. Like in canon, Kakashi says something like you can go, but i'm not going with you, and Obito punches him in the face for abandoning his comrades.

from there, all hell breaks loose, althoguh it takes several years for all the consequences to unfold. basically, Kakashi never doubles back to help Obito save Rin, and Madara captures Obito quite easily without bothering to squish him under a rock. Rin is taken captive by Iwa and disappears. When Minato comes back to gather his team, he can't find Kakashi or Rin, but he follows obito's trail, which leads him to Madara and Black Zetsu.

Minato fights and kills Madara, but not before black zetsu is able to use a trick or deception of some sort to take control of minato and put a command seal on him. So then black zetsu, while possessing minato, storms off to go get nagato’s rinnegan via hiraishin teleportation. Then oneshots all the jinchuuriki, including kushina. Which means kaguya gets out of her moon seal thing, and seals the chakra of everyone on the planet.

Turning it into her peaceful nursery/personal garden of eden. There’s no infinite tsukuyomi. Just everyone in the entire world gets stripped of their chakra. Kaguya has it all.

At that point, Minato wakes up from the mind-control and realizes the part he played in basically fucking up the entire ninja world and destabilizing EVERYTHING. And it fucks him UP. But he can't really do anything about it since neither he nor anyone else has chakra anymore.

And besides that, there's the not-unimportant matter of where all his genin actually wound up, because he's currently 0/3 since Obito seems to have disappeared somewhere too.

Most of the rest of the fic is about them all reuniting years later, or trying to find each other. Obito and Minato find each other first, and join a resistance organization named Akatsuki full of guerilla fighters who are trying to push back against Kaguya's totalitarian hold over the universe. Obito becomes besties with Yahiko and Gai and they are part of the front-lines of the resistance fight.

But no one has heard from Kakashi or Rin for years, all they hear are rumors that Iwa still has Rin and uses her medical expertise even tho she doesn't have medical ninjutsu, and there are other worse rumors about Kakashi, and how he actually defected from Konoha and threw his allegiance in with the enemy and now works for the Imperial Suna Empire, since konoha completely fragmented after the chakra was taken, and Suna rose up as a military power in the power void...

...so yeah that's the basic idea!

As for how I got it, well, I think my brain was just trying to shake the container of Naruto-Fic-Ideas and ended up rattling all the pieces around and turning a lot of them upside-down. I think I will eventually write and finish it, just have to finish some of my other long fics first before embarking on that mission. 😅

16. Is there any written scene that you think about a lot?

YES, the other part of this fic idea is one that stems from a hyper-specific whump trope that I really love and involves a little bit of mild body horror/gore. The part of the fic where Obito and Minato finally find Kakashi and also find out what has been done to him by their enemies is probably where the idea for the fic first originated. Sadly, I cannot reveal what the trope is without giving away a major plot point or two, but yeah, I really like this trope when it's done right, so I think about that scene a lot, because in my mind i'm turning over how to do the trope right, to make reading about it wince-worthy and whumpy without being absolutely horrific.

The other fun major injury that I have planned for Kakashi in this fic is not a terrible spoiler, so I'll share a little bit of that here:

...and surprise! kakashi actually has a delayed splenic rupture, and they're halfway through a big escape before anyone realizes how bad the internal bleeding, bruising, vomiting, shivering, and shaking are, and how Kakashi will most likely die if they don't get him immediate medical treatment.

so that's fun for him 🧡

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Welcome to Kinktober 2025!

As there wasn’t an official Kinktober prompt list last year, we’ve put together an unofficial one for 2025, along with an AO3 collection. The graphics were all made by @latte-cucumber, and she's also made a banner that you’re welcome to use for your Tumblr Kinktober posts:

More information

Kinktober is an October prompt challenge that’s been running in one form or another since 2016. There are three prompts for each day in October, and the challenge is to use one (or more!) of the prompts to create something for that day. If you don’t want to use any of the three daily prompts, you can swap them out for the bonus prompts at the bottom of the prompt list.

Our askbox is open for questions about how the challenge works or what the prompts mean.

Prompts

Masturbation – Orgasm Control – Incest

Coming Untouched – Ageplay – Kidnapping

Threesome – Nipple Clamps – Alien Abduction

Voyeurism – Sounding – Hypnosis

Finger Sucking – Wax Play – Dacryphilia

Outdoor Sex – Humiliation – Intoxication

Blindfolds – Chastity – Bloodplay

Webcam – Figging – Cages

Exhibitionism – Shibari – Tentacles

Oral Sex – Punishment – Consensual Non-Consent

Come Licking – Handcuffs – Somnophilia

Sex Work – Kneeling – Sissification

Dildos – Dom Bottom/Sub Top – Medical Play

Omegaverse – Possessive Sex – Choking/Gagging

Semi-Public – Object Insertion – Sex Pollen

Remote Control – High Protocol – Fire Play

Messy Sex – Service Kink – Anal Hooks

Size Queen – Dom/Sub – Genital Torture

Creampie – Sensory Deprivation – Electricity

Mirror Sex – Golden Shower – Dubcon

Rimming – Forced Orgasm – Monsterfucking

Quiet Sex – Crawling – Gunplay

Biting – Praise Kink – Enemas

Anal Sex – Gags – Noncon

Double Penetration – Impact Play – Pillory/Stocks

Lingerie – Cuckolding – Sex Robot

Hair Pulling – Animal Play – Gangbang

Multiple Orgasms – S&M – Needle Play

Body Worship – Omorashi – Full-Body Bondage

Breeding – Fucking Machine – Degradation

Hot Tub Sex – Foot Fetish – Writer’s Choice

Bonus prompts:

Aftercare

Fisting

Wall Sex

Sugar Baby

Uniform Kink

Free Use

Temporary/Permanent Marks

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Derry Girls – 1.06

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List Of: Shit I Think Kakashi Would Do as a Coworker at a Minimum Wage Job With You

Always shows up late, obviously. But somehow always manages to be in before the manager.

Never seems to get fired or even reprimanded though, even when his excuses are shit, and he uses the same flat tire pic every time he says he got a flat.

He doesn’t even have a car, he drives a motorbike— but the flat tire pic is of a 2009 Honda civic.

Tell you stories about his dogs, but only uses their names and never tells you if it’s a dog story or a person story

As you get to know him more you realize he just doesn’t have person stories so there is no more confusion

For a while though, you believe that ‘Gai’ is also a dog of his.

And then he shows you pictures of all his dogs, and you ask ‘hey where is Gai?’

And he skips through his camera roll (not even trying to hide the grey sweatpants mirror selfies) and shows you this grown ass man in a green onesie and a bowl cut.

This is when you learn that he does have person stories, and now you’re confused all over again.

He doesn’t trauma dump per se… but he trauma eastereggs. Says random terrible shit about his life, and then never addresses it again.

He imparts vague and unhelpful advice whenever you complain

You and him like to guess the most benign reasons people could have to purchase the weirdest things, and the most improbable reasons to buy the most normal things

He steps between you and surly customers, but will slither his way out of dealing with chatty people and foists them onto you.

Knows pretty much all of the things about the job. All the current deals and sales, all the current locations of the products and their prices AND how much is still in stock approximately of any given product.

But never uses this knowledge unless it is to correct you or other coworkers.

Reads ao3 smut on the clock

Is super competent and focused during rush hour and holiday sales, and is both lethargic and jittery when it’s quiet for more than 20 minutes

Occasionally has a super elaborate and adorable lunch packed for him, which you never find out who gave to him (and there is no way he made it) but usually has no lunch

Always says he isn’t hungry, and always seems to steal a bit of your food anyway

But he also always buys you whatever drink you want. (Never lets you see him do it thou, it just seems to appear)

Always offers to close, even if he isn’t on night or closing shift.

Adheres to company dress code, but when you try to complain with him about how annoying it is, he says he just always dresses like this.

He sticks random surveys on the tip jar like ‘cats (10¢) or dogs (25¢) which is better? Cast your vote!’

Always takes extra/throwaway products home instead of throwing them out. Says he lives close to a homeless shelter

Once, without warning, he dropped to the ground behind the counter and told you ‘I was never here, understand?’

Before you can even unpack that, 4 teenagers and his friend?? Gai come tromping in, shouting and being rambunctious asking for ‘esteemed eternal rival/kakashi sensei/that flaky bastard’ to come out and see them

You really want to throw him to the wolves, but there are horror stories about telling strangers where your coworker is or when they get off shift. So even though these weirdos are probably harmless, you send them on their way.

Kakashi starts bringing you your favorite dessert every shift you share.

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Number 21 for the fic ask game?

21. Is there any unwritten fic that you don't know if you ever will write?

yes! there are so many 🥲 Like you, i have a deep appreciation for list format, so i'll put them here in list form 🧡 And to anyone reading, please help yourself if a prompt catches your eye.

fic that explores weaponized, layered genjutsu and the psychological ramifications thereof, kind of like Inception.

kushina and minato's first date, and Kakashi maybe stalking them the whole time/crashing it, because he's Like That.

or for a darker turn, maybe a hostage situation turn of events, where Kakashi gets kidnapped, and so their sweet wholesome first date turns into a rescue mission or something.

time travel/de-aging fic where Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura have to deal with a 6-12 year-old Kakashi who is hypercompetent, doesn't suffer fools, and swears that the "i'll never abandon my comrades" nindo is crap and that he will absolutely leave a teammate behind if required to do so by the mission, all of which leaves Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura deeply shook 🫨😲🤯.

The three of them at any age finding out about Sakumo and all the pain and trauma Kakashi went through as a kid.

a fic that explores seals and sealing methods, I feel like there are so many untapped possibilities in this corner of fandom town.

Same with Sage Mode.

Rin in ANBU.

genin-era Naruto takes a hit meant for Kakashi-Sensei, out on a mission, a hit that would have killed Kakashi but doesn't kill Naruto because of the healing factor from the Ninetails Demon, and Kakashi has an emotional crisis about it because of all the people he has lost and how painful it would be to lose another one.

ANBU-era early adult Kakashi eating at Ichiraku's after a mission, angry, stormily angry about something that happened, and Asuma, Kurenai and Gai try to get him to talk about it, but he can't because it's all confidential.

Asuma and Kakashi fic in general.

ANBU kakashi stopping people from bullying/beating up/picking on little child naruto, and getting heat for it from the higher ups. "You stay away from him, Hatake. You know what happens to people you get close to, or haven’t you noticed by now?"

Kakashi-Sensei having to rescue himself and his genin from a cave-in, and him having massive obito-related PTSD about it [*evil laughter*].

any fic featuring missions with kid Kakashi and minato-sensei

actually mission-centric fic in general, I love that stuff.

especially a mission that takes Team 7 to a land/country where Kakashi is a wanted man for things he did in ANBU/as a jounin.

a fic where Kakashi confronts orochimaru when he's about to take Sasuke away and Kakashi is like, "Take me instead," and orochimaru is like "......okay :) " and then team 7 (including Sasuke) has to figure out how to rescue sensei from the evil snake person who wants to steal his body.

kakashi pov or Sasuke pov of the fight at the bridge in Shippuden. maybe the fight goes differently and someone gets injured and it triggers their opponent to stop what they're doing and have an emotional reckoning... idk what else to put here, just that anything that uses this situation with the four of them at the bridge + Obito being an onlooker would be interesting to write and read imo.

The way sasuke snaps at sakura and kakashi in the ending arc, during the war. I want to write his pov, him just struggling to hold it together in front of these people after avoiding his feelings about them for so long.

literally any fic about Sakumo, but especially fic where he spars with/teams up with the Sannin. maybe they're teamed up initially, but then somehow the Legendary Sannin get brainwashed or Yamanaka'ed into thinking Sakumo is their enemy, and he has to take on all three of them at once 🐺

fic where Kakashi's ninken pick up obito's scent after Obito "died" and Kakashi uses them to find Obito in Madara's cave, but Obito has amnesia and doesn't remember anything from the Konoha days, and Kakashi has to convince him to come back to the Village. and when he does, all the other kids their age are like, "Obito, you and Kakashi are Not Friends... he's lying to you, he actually hates you and thinks you're useless and he probably only saved you because he wanted to clear his record from his previous mission failure..." and Obito is like "....why does this ring a bell 😥" and Rin is busy at the hospital so she can't explain it, and Kakashi is like 😶 (doesn't know what to say...).

fic where Kakashi accidentally kills Rin and Obito just about loses his mind, but then later it's gradually revealed to Obito and Kakashi that the entire Rin-gets-the-Sanbi thing was entirely staged, and that the Rin that Kakashi "killed" was actually a Zetsu, and the real Rin has been alive all this time, but maybe she's still in Kiri so they gotta go on a field trip to go find her.

fic where Kakashi joins the akatsuki, it's such a good trope tbh but I'll prob never write it myself because i've already read a lot of good fics with this premise.

any fic that explores weird untapped possibilities of canonical powers, like the shadow-stitching of the Nara clan and the Yamanaka's ability to swap minds/get their enemies to fight each other or the Mangekyou Sharingan abilities of people like Fugaku and Kagami.

Team Minato + Kushina on an undercover Fake Family mission in enemy territory, a la spy x family.

What if 12 yo Kakashi gets exiled from Konoha after Kannabi Bridge. He takes all the blame for going back to save Rin instead of completing the mission as assigned, and the choice ended up costing Konoha far too much because the Iwa was able to control the supply line at the bridge. So they had to make a public example of him. He was supposed to follow the rules…

Or what happens if Minato replaces Obito in the line-up after Kannabi bridge? Who is the new person? is it someone like Sai who is almost Obito but not quite, and the difference is incredibly jarring? what if it were Itachi? or Shisui? what if the new teammate accompanied Kakashi on the Rin rescue mission, and Obito got to see his replacement firsthand? I bet he'd be super calm and chill about it 🙃

And off the previous bullet point, if Kakashi were the only person who believes Obito is still out there somewhere. "Just this feeling like i’m being stalked everywhere I go and maybe it’s him or maybe I’m crazy." But in any case, Kakashi retreats further and further from the team and has a notebook detailing times and places he thought he saw an Obito-type apparition over the years. “He’s dead, Kakashi. You gotta let him go.” he can’t do it though.

and also from the previous one, what if Tobi ended up sneaking back into Konoha and rejoining his previous team, but in disguise/ impersonating someone he knows well. because he's emotionally healthy and everything.

fic where Kakashi struggles with chakra conservation after getting the sharingan eye. he wipes out several times because it drains him so fast, and Rin and Minato as stressed af about it. also, Tobito finding out why Kakashi kept the eye covered all the time. him realizing his "gift" was a curse...

Anytime Minato uses Sage Mode, I want to read/write that. Sage Mode in general.

Fic where someone figures out that there's a telepathic link between Kakashi and Obito because of the Sharingan, and exploits the link by torturing one of them when the other can't do anything about it except watch/feel. At first, the other one thinks it's just horrible nightmares, not real, but little by little they start to realize it's really happening, and the other person is really under attack...

fic where the Hokage Mountain is destroyed in a massive ninjutsu fight. lava or earthquake or something.

at Sasuke and sakura's urging, kakashi-sensei takes Naruto aside and tries fumblingly to explain the birds and the bees to him. Naruto just scrunches up his nose and then goes "oh I already know. Tobi told me." Kakashi chokes on his milk. "WHAT." and that's how he finds out Naruto has always had an "imaginary friend" ever since birth who just happens to share the same nickname as his former dead teammate...

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Unwritten/Unpublished fics asks!

For the fics you haven't started writing on yet, but you're planning on it! Or: fics you HAVE started on writing but haven't published (yet). Send a number and a fic!

1. What are you most excited about when you start to write it/publish it?

2. How did you get the idea to write this?

3. If unwritten, when do you think you will start writing it?

4. Is there anything in the fic you're unsure about including?

5. Is there any scene you're excited about writing?

6. Is there any specific ship you're planning to include?

7. What are your plans for -character-?

8. Which character is gonna have the biggest storyline?

9. Is there anything in the fic you're not so excited about writing?

10. If unpublished, can you show a sneak peek of what you've written?

11. Is there any scene you can't wait for people to react to when reading? Why?

12. How far have you planned ahead?

13. Is there any unwritten/unpublished fics you haven't mentioned you're gonna do?

14. Is there any unwritten/unpublished fics you planned on doing, but now you're feeling like you're gonna scrap those ideas?

15. Do you have any unwritten scene that you think about a lot?

16. Is there any written scene that you think about a lot?

17. When publishing it, will you have a posting schedule or will you just update whenever?

18. How many chapters do you plan to write ahead before publishing?

19. Is there any scene that you feel is really planned out/going to be really planned out?

20. Give a vague description of something that will happen without revealing too much

21. Is there any unwritten fic that you don't know if you ever will write?

22. Will this fic include more angst or more fluff?

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Phil Dunster as Jamie Tartt in Ted Lasso Season 1

Jamie? Yeah, he's great. You know, at football.

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i made a naruto vines part 2

if u are so inclined