#<- tagging this so it doesn’t end up in the dash of someone who ships them

[tryingonametaphor]

You vs. We

i rewatched the first shadow yesterday and i think there’s a hentty/byler/mlvn parallel worth noting. (spoilers for TFS ahead⚠️)

when henry is taken by brenner for the first time and brenner asks him to make contact with the mind flayer, patty tries to reach out to him so he lets her into his mind in the void. when she sees him strapped down in the lab, she runs to his side, holds his hand and talks to him. it looks exactly like the way mike’s monologue is framed in s4. and that’s where the similarities end.

patty holds the unconscious henry’s hand, but in the void, she’s still looking at henry when she talks and henry’s looking back at her. she says something along the lines of “if you leave, we can run away and find my mother. we can fight the monster together, you and me.”

and this made me realise the glaring difference between how mike talks to el and how mike talks to will. the entirety of his monologue is “you can do this,” and “you can do that, el!” meanwhile at the end of s4, when will says “we have to kill him,” mike says “and we will. we will.”

(all the gifs used in this post are by @will80sbyers!)

that’s not the only time mike uses “we” or “us” when he talks to will about a fight against the enemy. here are some more examples:

and how he segues into talking about his first meeting with el vs. his first meeting with will:

in his monologue to el, you is el, we is mike, dustin, and lucas.

mike sees el as the other. as someone he cannot imagine as his equal, and it reflects in the way he talks to her. this doesn’t surprise me considering it is exactly what he tells will in the van. but mike and will have had no issues seeing each other as equals. even after mike saw will possessed and powerful. and even though will considers mike the leader of the party, he doesn’t think mike is above him. they stand on equal grounds in their relationship.

[inseobts]

Borrowed Hearts - pt.1

Trafalgar Law × Fem!Reader

part 2

You attack the Heart Pirates with your crew, but it ends up backfiring on you, so you end up helping Law and the others in Wano.

Reader's powers: inspired by Monoma's powers (bnha). Basically you can borrow/copy other people's powers.

Words Count: 3.2k

Tags: could contain wano arc spoilers, enemies to lovers, fight scenes, humor, awkward powers, bikering, fluff building

masterlist || ao3 || ko-fi

The salty wind hits your face as you land on the deck of the Polar Tang.

Bepo gasps “Who are you?!”

You grin and crack your knuckles “Someone who’s taking your captain down.”

Law steps forward, sword resting on his shoulder. His sharp eyes narrow “You picked the wrong ship.”

“Maybe.” You shrug “But you look like fun.”

Without warning, you dash forward. His crew jumps into action. Blades clash, shouts fill the air. You dodge, weave, and then you grab Law’s arm.

It’s only for a second. Enough.

You feel the rush of power inside you, like cold water pouring into your veins. Law jerks back, ready to slice but when he swings his sword and mutters, “Room”... nothing happens.

He blinks. Swings again “Room.”

Still nothing.

“Uh, Captain?” Shachi calls “You good?”

Law scowls, tries one more time “ROOM.”

You laugh, loud and wild. You shake your hands like they’re wet “Okay, okay. My turn. Wait, wait—what’s the move? Room? Shambles?”

At your words, a huge blue dome flashes into existence. It’s way too big. Half the ship is inside it. Crew members scramble, yelling.

“Room!” you shout again, proud.

Then you slam your hand down.

CRASH.

The deck splits in half. Barrels float in the air. Penguin teleports into the mast with a thud. Bepo screams.

Law just stares at you. Open-mouthed. Silent.

You grin, sweating a little “Uhhh…Shambles?”

You flick your wrist. Somehow you swap Bepo and a barrel. Bepo sits in the barrel now, confused and stuck “Captain! Help!”

Law’s brain is short-circuiting. All he can think is:

That’s so cool… and kinda hot.

But out loud he only says, voice low and dangerous, “What the hell are you?”

You wink “A problem.”

The ship rocks under the chaos you made. Law’s sword is floating five feet above his head.

You’re laughing. A little nervous. Mostly having fun.

Then a cannonball hits the sea nearby.

You spin around.

“CAPTAIN!” your crewmate Shira yells from your ship, pulling up alongside the Polar Tang “You said small raid!”

“THIS IS SMALL!” you shout back.

Your crew leaps onto the deck, weapons out. Big mistake.

Because the second they step inside your giant, messy “Room”...

POP

Shira swaps places with Shachi.

POP

Your cook ends up inside a barrel next to Bepo.

Everyone is screaming now.

“What the hell?!” your first mate roars, finding himself holding Penguin’s sword.

“Why am I in this guy’s body?!” Shira shrieks, looking down at Shachi’s clothes.

You raise your hands, panicking “Wait, wait! Don’t move!”

You point at Law like it’s his fault “Uhm, how the hell you use this?!”

Law, still staring at you like you personally murdered science itself, blinks once. Twice.

Then he grits his teeth “You stole my ability. You figure it out.”

“RUDE!” you shout.

You try to “Shambles” again. Nothing happens.

You try to “Room” again. The room shrinks too small, then blows up too big.

A barrel hits your head “Ow.”

Law moves fast, sword back in his hand, even without powers.

“You’re dangerous” he mutters, charging toward you.

“You’re handsome!” you shout back, mostly to distract him.

It works for half a second. He falters. Then his face tightens “Not helping you!”

You throw your hands up “Worth a shot!”

Your crew is still running around in the wrong bodies. Bepo is chasing your cook, who now looks like Shira. Someone punches someone else by accident.

In the middle of it, you and Law clash. His sword scrapes your shoulder. You throw a barrel at him. He dodges easily, moving sharp, fast, angry and a little flustered.

“You’re a mess” he growls.

You grin “You seem to like it.”

He doesn’t answer. But his ears are a little pink.

Your hands tingle.

You know what that means.

The time limit’s almost up.

Your heart races. You can already feel Law’s powers slipping away from you, like sand through your fingers.

“I need to finish this fast.” you mutter to yourself.

Law comes at you again, moving with calm focus, even without his powers. His sword flashes in the sunlight. His eyes are sharp, cold.

You dodge, but it’s getting harder. Your new power is wild, heavy in your body, fighting you. The “Room” around you flickers, breaking apart.

“She’s losing control!” Bepo shouts from inside a barrel.

“No kidding!” Penguin yells back.

Law slashes, aiming to pin you, not kill you. He’s precise. Focused.

“Stay still,” Law says. His voice is low, dangerous “Before you hurt yourself.”

You stick your tongue out “Make me!”

He actually smirks for half a second. Then he moves.

Too fast.

You trip over your own feet, still trying to fix the crazy “Room”, and fall backward. Law grabs your wrist and twists you down onto the deck.

Your back hits the wood hard. You gasp.

He pins you there, sword at your throat, one hand on your arm.

“Got you” he says.

You glare up at him, breathing hard “That’s cheating.”

“Life’s not fair” he says coolly. But his eyes flicker over your face, fast, curious, almost like he’s trying not to notice you.

You feel your face heat up.

He’s really close. Way too close.

The “Room” finally shatters around you like glass. Your borrowed power is gone.

Law must feel it too, because he tenses. He looks at his sword, flexes his hand and the faint hum of his power snaps back into him.

He’s whole again.

Your crew finally untangles themselves in the background, groaning and shouting.

“Uh, Captain?” your first mate yells “Permission to save you?!”

You grin up at Law, pinned under him “Guess you win, handsome.”

Law’s mouth twitches like he’s holding back a smile. But he presses the blade a little closer to your skin “I’m taking you prisoner” he says.

You roll your eyes “Kinky.”

He coughs and definitely looks away for a second.

Then he leans down, voice rough in your ear “Try anything, and you’re gonna regret it.”

You shiver and not from fear.

Law hauls you to your feet, one hand tight on your arm. His sword stays close, making it clear he doesn’t trust you for a second.

Your crew watches, helpless and fuming from where they’re half-tangled and half-captured by Law’s men.

“You caused a lot of trouble,” Law says, pulling you toward the lower deck “You think I’m letting you go that easy?”

You stumble a little but keep your grin “I mean… it’s an option.”

He gives you a hard look.

You lean closer, lowering your voice so only he can hear.

“I just need one little touch,” you whisper, “and I’ll steal your powers again.”

Law stiffens immediately, eyes sharp, body tensing like a trap ready to snap.

You smile sweetly “And then I’ll make another big mess. Try to save my crew. Try to save myself.”

He scowls but doesn’t move, waiting for you to finish.

“OR,” you say, shrugging casually, “you can just free me. Fix… whatever I broke. Let us go.”

You glance up at him through your lashes.

“And you’ll never see me again.”

He watches you, unreadable. Cold, almost.

You lean in, mouth just near his ear, and whisper soft “Even though… that would be unfortunate, handsome.”

You pull back just enough to catch the tiny flicker in his eyes.

He heard you and he didn’t hate it.

Law exhales slow through his nose, almost like he’s angry at himself.

“You’re insane.” he mutters under his breath.

You grin wider “Yeah. But you like it, don’t you?”

He doesn’t answer.

Not with words. But he doesn’t shove you away and that says a lot, enough.

Law doesn’t let go of your arm right away.

You feel the hesitation. His brain is moving fast, calculating.

You tilt your head “Thinking about it, huh?”

He glares at you “You talk too much.”

You smirk “You like that too.”

Law ignores that (badly) and finally pulls his sword away from your throat, but he doesn’t free you.

Instead, he drag you toward the middle of the ship, where the others are gathering.

Shachi and Penguin look like they survived a war. Bepo is still slightly dizzy. Your crew looks… worse.

“This is not a normal pirate crew” your first mate whispers to you, wide-eyed.

“Tell me about it...” you whisper back.

Law raises his voice so everyone hears.

“We’re heading to Wano,” he says simply “We have an alliance with the Strawhats. A war is coming.”

You blink “You... sound really busy. I guess we have to leave you to your... affairs, then. If you excuse us then... we take our leave here...”

The rest of your crew nods so fast that they look desperate.

He looks at you then, sharp and serious.

“You want freedom?” he says “You earn it.”

You cross your arms “And how would I do that, Captain Grumpy?”

Penguin coughs to hide a laugh. Law shoots him a deadly look.

Then Law faces you again, calm and cold.

“Alliance,” he says “Temporary.”

You blink “What?”

“You join us in Wano.” he says “Fight with us. Use that ridiculous power of yours, but in the right way.”

You open your mouth to argue, but he cuts you off “Or you stay locked below deck. In chains.”

He steps closer, his eyes dark, steady “Your choice.”

You stare up at him. His voice is calm, but his fists are tight. You can tell.

He doesn’t want to lock you up.

He doesn’t want you to leave either.

You grin slow, playful “You sure you’re not just asking me to stick around ’cause you like me? If so, I can think about accepting, just for you, handsome.”

Law’s jaw ticks. He looks like he wants to deny it, but he doesn’t.

Instead, he says flat and cold “Your powers are useful.”

“Uh-huh,” you hum, smiling wider “Whatever you say, Captain.”

You stick out your hand “Then... Alliance?”

Law looks at it like it’s a trap (maybe it is...).

Then, finally, he shakes your hand. His grip is strong, steady, a little too long.

You wink at him “Careful, handsome. Might steal your heart next.”

His ears turn pink again and that's a win for you. For now.

You step onto the beach where a small group waits.

Only a few Strawhats are there... Zoro, Nico Robin, Franky, and Usopp.

Zoro leans back against a tree, arms crossed. Franky shines his arm with a loud shing! sound. Usopp waves nervously. Robin just watches you with her usual mysterious smile.

“Who’s that?” Franky asks, pointing at you.

“A headache.” Law mutters.

You wave brightly “Hi! I’m your new favorite problem!”

Usopp looks terrified already. Zoro squints at you like he’s trying to figure out if you’re dangerous.

Robin chuckles “I like her already.”

Later, when Kin’emon explains the Wano infiltration plan, he says “To blend in, pairs and couples are less suspicious. Some of you may need to pretend to be married.”

You immediately jump up “Wait, pretend married? Dibs on the green head!”

Zoro frowns “No.”

You turn to Robin instead “Or her! Honestly, I can’t choose. They’re both my type. Help.”

Usopp almost chokes. Franky laughs loud enough to shake the trees.

Law rubs his face like he’s dying inside already.

“You can’t marry them,” Law says flatly “Pick someone from my crew.”

He gestures toward Penguin like he’s giving up on life “Penguin’s fine.”

You stare at him. Then shake your head hard.

“Mmh, then... you,” you say, pointing at Law, ��or I leave.”

Penguin visibly sags in relief “Thank God. I didn’t wanna fake marry anyone! Especially her... she's scary...” he whisper that last part but everyone catches it anyway.

Law’s eye twitches. Hard.

“You’re impossible” he growls.

You grin, stepping close and poking his chest with one finger “You’re stuck with me... husband.”

Robin leans toward Franky and says, smiling “I think he’s jealous already.”

Franky snorts “This is gonna be super fun.”

Law hears. His ears turn pink. Again.

You just laugh and walk off ahead, swaying your hips dramatically.

“You’re the one who asked for an alliance, Captain!”

Law mutters under his breath, “Worst decision of my life.”

But he still follows you. Every damn step.

Wano is dangerous. You can feel it in the air... the tension, the way everyone moves more carefully. Even the wind seems sharper here.

After a few days sneaking around, Law pulls you aside behind an old temple.

“We need to train” he says bluntly.

You raise an eyebrow “Train what? Our marriage dance?”

He glares “No. Your control.”

You blink. Then laugh “Wait, tell me if I got it wrong. You want to train me to use your powers?”

“You copied my ability once” he says, crossing his arms “You could do it again during the real fight. It will have a surprise effect on the enemies and give us some advantage.”

You grin “You trust me that much, Captain?”

He doesn’t answer right away.

He looks out over the hills, sharp eyes scanning the empty fields. When he finally speaks, his voice is low.

“I don’t trust you,” he says “I trust my crew and the others. And they’ll all be in that fight.”

You stare at him for a second, feeling something heavy under his words.

“You’re training me to protect them...” you say softly.

He nods once.

You grin slow “You’re such a good guy, Law. All grumpy on the outside, soft on the inside.”

“Shut up and watch how I do it.” he says.

But his ears are pink again.

You stand in the middle of the grass as Law steps back, raising his hand.

“Room.”

A blue sphere hums into existence around you both.

“Focus,” he says “You’ll only have a few minutes after you steal it.”

You roll your shoulders “Okay, fine. But no crying when I’m better at it than you.”

He snorts “I’d like to see you try.”

You lunge forward and slap your hand against his arm.

Instantly you feel that rush of power flooding into you. Your own Room sparks to life, messy and too wide.

Law steps out of the center calmly, watching you.

“Now,” he says, “try Shambles.”

You lift your hands, grinning.

You swap a rock and a bird by accident. The bird squawks and dive-bombs you.

You duck, laughing.

Law sighs loudly.

“This is hopeless.” he mutters.

You beam at him “Aww, don’t give up on your wife already!”

He points at you “Focus.”

You stick out your tongue, but you try again. And again.

Each time, you get a little better. Each time, Law steps closer, correcting your hands, your stance.

Once, he reaches around you to adjust your grip and you swear he hesitates just a second too long.

You feel his breath near your ear.

You glance back at him, grinning wicked.

“You’re getting attached already...” you whisper.

He glares “I’m trying to survive.”

You grin wider “Yeah. Same thing.”

The day before the battle, everyone gathers at the safe house.

You walk in next to Law, arms crossed, hip bumping into his like you own the place (and maybe him too).

Now Luffy, Sanji, Nami, Chopper, Brook, and even Jinbe, are all there as well.

Across the field, Kid and his crazy crew are waiting too, looking pissed as usual.

You whistle low “Big family reunion.”

Law grunts beside you “Stay quiet.”

You don’t.

Instead, you plant your hands on your hips and announce loud “Hi, everyone! I’m Law’s wife.” as you point at him.

Dead silence.

Then chaos.

Sanji drops to his knees, sobbing “WHYYYYY!?!”

Nami smacks him on the head “Get up, idiot.”

Luffy blinks and laughs “You’re married to Law? That’s funny!”

Kid sneers “Trafalgar’s married now? To this?”

You wink at him “Don’t be jealous.”

Kid scowls harder.

Law just rubs his temples like he regrets being born.

You stroll forward toward Luffy and Kid, studying them both.

“Hmm” you hum, circling them like a shark.

“You two are so different… but both totally my type.”

They both stare at you, confused.

You smile sweetly, holding out both hands like you’re offering candy “So… who wants to shake my hand?”

Luffy grins wide, reaching out without hesitation.

Kid looks suspicious, but not suspicious enough.

Law, standing a few feet back, watches the whole thing.

He doesn’t stop you. He just sighs and rolls his eyes.

He knows now.

When you say “my type” you don’t mean looks. You mean strength, power and ability.

You like strong, wild people and you like stealing their gifts even more.

Law crosses his arms, muttering under his breath “Disaster.”

But there’s a tiny, hidden smile too.

You grin wide.

You turn to Law, bouncing on your toes.

“Take my finger.”

He blinks “What?”

“Just do it! It's not a fart joke, I swear.” you laugh, holding out your hand.

Law sighs, but he steps forward and grabs the tip of your finger between two fingers.

You step back.

And your finger stretches... And stretches... And stretches.

Everyone watches in horror as you keep walking backward across the field.

Your finger just gets longer and longer.

You wave your free hand at Law “Come on! Let’s see how far we can go!”

Law drags his hand through his hair, looking like he’s about to scream.

“You’ll reach the next island...” he growls.

And he yanks you back before you can escape.

You snap back toward him like a slingshot, almost crashing into his chest. Law catches you roughly, steadying you with an arm around your waist.

You grin up at him, breathless “Fun, right?”

Across the clearing, Luffy’s face crumbles.

“Wait, wait, wait!! I can to that too, look!” he says happily.

He grabs his own finger and tugs hard.

Nothing happens.

He tugs harder, almost falling over.

“I’M BROKEN!” he wails.

Chopper runs to him “Don’t pull your finger off, Luffy!”

Robin covers her mouth to hide a laugh. Franky lets out a big SUPER! Sanji is spinning in circles, hearts exploding around him.

Law pinches the bridge of his nose.

He speaks loud enough for everyone to hear “She copies powers. Temporarily. The original user loses them for the time she has them.”

You wink “And all I need is a little touch.”

Luffy gasps “That’s so cool!! You’re so cool!!!”

Sanji throws himself at your feet, crying “I’m begging you!! Marry me instead!!”

You ignore them all, looking down at yourself thoughtfully.

“Huh,” you hum, poking your arm “I wonder… can I stretch my boobs too?”

Everyone goes silent. Everyone stares.

You reach your hands up toward your chest casually.

Sanji passes out instantly with a fountain of blood.

Usopp covers Chopper’s eyes.

Franky’s jaw hits the ground.

Kid mutters something like, “I hate this place.”

Even Jinbe clears his throat awkwardly and looks away.

Law stares at you, frozen.

You pause just before touching yourself.

Then you throw your head back and cackle “I was joking! But damn, you’re all perverts!”

Half the group gasps in horror.

The other half (mostly Sanji) groans in disappointment.

You turn sweetly toward Law, pointing a fake-accusing finger at him.

“And you, Captain,” you purr, “glad to know you were curious about my boobs.”

Law looks like he might combust on the spot.

“You—” he starts, choking on his words.

You just wink and saunter off like you own the world.

Behind you, Robin leans toward Nami and says quietly, “She’s going to kill him. He’s doomed.”

Nami nods “He deserves it.”

[mubabee]

i don't do character x character ships either (avid selfshipper here) and OH. MY. GOD. the breath of relief when i read your post. i thought i was probably the only person on the planet who doesn’t want to see that on my dash.

also, if you didn’t know, you can go to tumblr settings and filter the name of the ship so whatever post that's tagged with it will be hidden from you.

i hope you don’t mind if i rant a wee bit ^^; otherwise, feel free to ignore this.

relating to my statement of enjoying self ships, there are two main reasons why this annoys me to no end: the first one is personal and you may call me petty, but i often get jealous seeing my faves blow up in another ship, but i can't control how i feel sometimes. that being said, i've always kept this to myself, and instead just try my best to not interact with content like that, but sometimes stuff happens, like people not tagging the post properly or they use another name for the ship that i haven’t filtered.

the second is when one or both characters in the ship are reduced to just. being the other's partner and nothing more?? or when i can't seem to talk about just one of them without someone bringing up the other one. there have been some cases where i legit end up hating both characters because of this—say one of them is my favourite but in almost every corner of the fandom someone will always have to make it about the pairing rather than the individual themselves and. and. sighs.

...let's just say some of my faves have become a topic i never want to bring up in a conversation.

I understanddddddd

That is personal and I understand why you could feel a lil jealous. All I can say is try not to think about it much because, respectfully, these men and women aren’t real. I personally don’t care much cuz it’s just art and fiction at the end of the day, but why is there so much on my page when I keep pressing not interested? Like the art I see is absolutely amazing so I screenshot it and get rid of it after.

But then it comes BACK like miss girly why are u still here

You’re so right on the last one but I can’t say that cuz it’s a lil hypocritical of me lmao. If I find some fictional character attractive, best believe x reader sht is gonna be my main thought involving them. That’s why I draw (y/n) with everything, cuz i’m not here to just draw fanart. 🤣🤣

ahhhh please don’t let a fandom ruin a character for you! Headcanons and ships end up not being canon most of the time, so try to ignore it if you don’t like it. And I’d also suggest taking a break from whatever makes you feel that way.

also ty for telling me of that feature, I didn’t know Tumblr had that woohoo

[icarusthelunarguard]

This Week’s Horrible-Scopes

It’s time for this week’s Horrible-Scopes! So for those of you that know your Astrological Signs, cool! If not, just pick one, roll a D12, or just make it up as you go along. It really doesn’t matter. Better yet! Check out “Heart of the Game, Fredonia” - they can sell you those D12’s with the symbols on them! Get in contact with them on Facebook, shipping to the U.S. only, and tell them “Shujin Tribble” sentcha. “Hail, Hail, Fredonia!” Home of the Blue Devil!

With no plan, no directions, no weapons of any kind, and most assuredly No Backups, it’s time to do something drastic; we’re going to insult you. That’s Right! We’ve been nice all this time so we’re dumping some karmic retribution on you all… with a little help from a My Little Pony Comic Book Artist known as “Andy Price”. (--and you MIGHT want to check the Tags for this one....)

Aries 

Courtesy of Applejack, the Element Bearer of Honesty, who said to Queen Chrysalis of the Changelings (aka Bughorse aka Cheesehorse), (*AHEM!*) “Girl, you got a face that’d make a train take a dirt road.” Now, we don’t think you’re ugly. But it’s also possible that you’re not everyone’s “cuppa”, if you get our meaning. So This Week… Don’t try to dye your hair back to its original colour. We’re pretty sure your memory’s so bad you’ve forgotten what colour it would be. (3549028)

Taurus 

A one Princess Twilight Sparkle (aka Purple Smart) to Pinkie Pie (aka.. Uhm.. Pinkie Pie…), “You’re why they put instructions on shampoo bottles, Aren't you?” We know you’re not that clueless - but we also know you’ve never read a shampoo bottle’s directions before. So This Week… Just This Once, read them! Would it kill you to know there’s a, “For External Use Only” disclaimer? Teach yourself something new. (3561195)

Gemini 

Applejack gets to have a little more fun, but this time at Rainbow Dash (aka Blue-Fast) by saying, “Watching you think is like watching a dog chaise its own tail.” So we’re guessing it’s more like waiting for the bite to finally happen, but knowing how much it’s going to hurt. So This Week… There are dogs that will chew on their own back legs, but we have no idea why. Ditto with dogs that get angry with their own tail and bite it. Make a decision and stop going in circles. (3552833)

Cancer Moon-Child 

Who said only ponies get to throw shade in this universe? Let’s give Spike the Dragon a chance to give it to his adoptive mother and sister, Twilight Sparkle. Look, yes, his adoptive family structure is weird - but it works for them. Spike said, “If I had a dollar for every time you micromanaged me, I’d buy this company and fire you first.” So This Week… Do that! Buy a company that you used to work for and fire the manager that made your life hell! They’ll’ve deserved it. (3549966)

Leo 

You thought Applejack was done giving little miss Bughorse The Business? Shows what you know. Take a listen to this one; “Girl’s so ugly, her mama had to feed her with a slingshot.” So This Week… Of all the things you could do with a slingshot, feeding someone is likely pretty far down the list of your expectations. Plenty of games of skill coming up the next few weeks. Brush up on your hand-eye coordination. (3549476)

Virgo 

Yes, there’s a large number of these hoofed over by Farm Pony, but that’s just the nature of the beast. So now let’s let Rarity, the Element of Generosity, be the recipient this time. “Girl, y’r finer than a frog hair split four ways.” So This Week… We’re in agreement with Rarity’s reaction!  “Is… is that a Good Thing?” Honestly we have no idea. Let’s just take it as one and move on. (3549198)

Libra

Look, just because AJ is the meanie here doesn’t mean it’s not funny or accurately. This time Pinkie is on the receiving end of AJ’s words; ”Your elevator gets stuck between floors, don’t it?” So This Week… You have no idea just how safe riding in an elevator really is. Yes, people do get injured or killed in them, but they are VERY safe considering how many trips they make. So stop jumping up and down in them and only do that on an escalator instead. (*PAUSE!*) –on second thought, don’t do that either. (3537514)

Scorpio 

Let’s give you somepony different to hear from; this time Starlight Glimmer. We find her at her desk, mumbling into her hoof as she clutches her “Student Counselor” coffee mug while saying, “Job? It’s… Fine. But being an all-encompassing dictator had more perks.” So This Week… When you have people working for you, as their manager, trust them to do their jobs. Praise them when they do well, build them up when they go wrong, and never try to brainwash them again. (3468736)

Sagittarius 

For you, we’re completely flipping the script - Pinkie Pie delivering the insult to, well, Life In General. Imagine she’s standing there with a box of cake mix in one arm, a spoon digging into it with the other hoof, saying, “Some days I can’t be bothered.” So This Week… Did you realize this was a Changeling in disguise? Since when does Pinkie use a mix instead of base ingredients? Keep your eyes open for something that looks Off. It’ll be important. (2499566)

Capricorn 

Did You Know that Pinkie is a religiously-minded pony? That’s right! She can be seen half-buried under a mound of candy proudly proclaiming that, “Halloween is my Religion.” So This Week… You need to be paying attention too! This is another Changeling - because the REAL pinkie would have said, “Nightmare Night” instead of “Halloween”. C’mon, Capricorn. Try to keep up and pay closer attention. (2475070)

Aquarius 

Try to imagine Applejack, the Most Honest pony in all Equestria, letting you know that the show she’s about to watch is, as she terms it, “The Greatest, Most Dramatic Documentary Ever.” Here’s the problem - there’s a very real probability that she’s never seen this show before and might have been told this by somepony else and she’s trusted them. So This Week… How would you describe “Blazing Saddles” to somepony who’s never seen it before? Good luck considering this. (2465092)

Pisces  

And finally we’re not going into the insult pocket, but we’re here to build you up instead. You see Princess Luna has a message for you, “Coffee… fuel of choice for a Princess.” So This Week… Before you say you couldn’t be a Princess, might we remind you that, CANONICALLY, Big Macintosh got the chance to become Princess Big Mac, with all the powers, abilities, and Magical Dress-Up Transformation that the title commands. You can be one too! (878192)

And THOSE are your Horrible-Scopes for this week! Remember if you liked what you got, we’re obviously not working hard enough at these. BUT! If you want a better or nastier one for your own sign or someone else’s, all you need to do to bribe me is just Let Me Know - or check out the Ko-Fi page ( https://ko-fi.com/icarusthelunarguard )! These will be posted online at the end of each week via Tumblr, Facebook, Ko-Fi, Discord, and BLUESKY.

[iwakasascurse]

semi-selective FUJIWARA NO MOKOU RP blog from TOUHOU PROJECT run by gio // follows as infernalpursuit

18+ & dash only ; non-mutuals, crossovers & OCs friendly

rules under read more tags ;; rebloggable promo ;; interest checker

this is a sideblog! I’ll follow back as infernalpursuit.

this blog is 18+ only, and any minor mun who try to follow will be blocked

i don’t roleplay with anons, personals and OCs without an “about” page! You guys are free to send asks, but I won’t play with any of you.

i will also hardblock immediately anyone who knowingly reblogs or uses A.I. “art" 

obligatory mun=/= muse rule

any uncredited icon that isn't from canon material was drawn by me • fan animation icons from: Memory of Phantasm, • fangame icons from: Fantastic Danmaku Festival part III • fancomic icons from: Hourai fixed-point observation

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first things first: I ship with chemistry first and foremost, and I lean on preferring slow burns unless properly discussed.

Mokou is demiromantic, sapphic and polisexual. She may engage in more than a sexual relationship at the same time and expects her partners to be understanding, but she's willing to discuss boundaries; this said, she'll take a lot to admit her true, romantic feelings to someone

my ship bias lean on Keine for romantic shipping

I enjoy the idea of playing a more toxic ship involving Kaguya, but only with heavy plotting beforehand. I don't ship them romantically or as lovey-dovey girlfriend, and I'll always tag anything toxic between them accordingly

i'm open for NSFW, but don't expect to jump into my inbox and immediately play smut. I'll likely RP anything sexual only with people I know well, and/or after plotting

i'm open for one-sided crushes, but again I ask please to inform me about it and to plot it out first

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any kind of question is accepted, but if you start to annoy me with dumb nonsensical stuff or anything that doesn’t respect the rules will be deleted and blocked if you continue.

blog may end up being trigger-heavy, especially regarding death, suicide, violence and toxic relationships. Everything will be tagged properly, but don’t hesitate to ask me to add some more trigger warnings if necessary; in return, I ask mutuals to please tag IRL suicide/suicidal thoughts, FNaF and spiders. I tag any triggers as #[trigger] tw! 

I’m always in for any kind of violent threads. I love rping something involving fights - but know that any hint of godmodding will result in me dropping the thread instantly. chances are I'll roll dices for fighting threads

mokou is immortal, so she can survive otherwise mortal wounds. go all out if you want, but expect the same violence in return.

don’t spam likes, especially if you’re a personal blog

if you want to rp just drop a starter or contact me for a plot. Remember that I'm selective and I have the rights to say no.

DO NOT reblog RPs, asks, headcanons or IC posts you’re not directly involved, unless we agreed for you to be part of it. i will hardblock you right away

I heavily encourage reblog karma. I’m obviously calmer when it comes to sentence starters, but if i reblog a headcanon prompt and i get nothing just to see it reblogged immediately i might end up unfollowing.

reblog stuff from source, no matter if they’re prompts, memes, musing or other people’s art. unless source isn’t available, I will promptly block any non-mutuals who reblog from me and eventually mutuals who keep doing it.

i have a ton of blogs, and therefore a ton of threads, and i mostly reply and post immediately to threads that inspire me the most while putting most others in queue, generally posting either one or two a day. whatever thread i reply to first isn't a sign of me not wanting to interact with you, just. have patience fnmdasg

this said, i might occasionally drop threads from time to time, but i'll always let people know; i occasionally also lose notifications both for threads and IMs since tumblr hates me in particular, so in case hit me up

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at last, a special rule for my more "confrontational" muses: i will hold them back from making comments or actions that make you, the mun, personally uncomfortable, but chances are that i'll let them go as far as they're allowed to during threads. if they have a problem with your muse, they will voice them; if they're violent, they'll be violent. i fully expect consequences for their words and actions if they take things too far, and i expect the same in return, but i won't make them more gentle unless it's something that troubles whoever i'm interacting with. i value your safety out of character, and diverse and at times antagonistic relationships and discussions in character. we can sit down and plot out anything that has the chance to make things sour and upsetting for the muses to make sure we don't cross boundaries, of course.

gio, 20+ y/o, italian, female

main blog is slightly-gay-pogohammer

[bythehearts]

For this: https://www.tumblr.com/bythehearts/725079950644871168/hey-guys-im-stuck-on-a-train-for-5-hours-can-we?source=share

Blackeclipse

OKAY NEW RULE !!! please tell me who the people in the ship are lmaoo (i am not smart enough for this)

anyhow, i assume this is like… james and remus for eclipse and then like… either sirius or regulus? i’m going with regulus tho cause I think there is a general consensus that james x sirius x remus is wolfstarbucks?

okay so!!! james x regulus x remus

so, barring the fact that i generally do not appreciate wolfstar being separated lmao, i don’t necessarily hate this? like tbf i don’t know much about them, it’s not one of my ships and i also don’t think i’ve seen much about them on my own dash (which is fair, I tend to make it so that most people i follow are generally into the same pairings i am).

that being said, i have either direct or second-hand knowledge of the dynamics between these characters in the context of romance, so I’ll just start there ig.

okay, so obviously james with regulus clearly works in my mind in their crazy way that we all know and love. we all know this, no need to go over it again. okay, next!

to be entirely honest with you I personally just don’t really see the whole remus x james thing, but i admit that it could work, because obviously james is definitely someone that can be a source of comfort for remus and also does not get scared of his sharpest edges, while remus clearly sees james for who he is, and i think he’d be able to call him out on a lot of his bullshit in his typical remus lupin way and it would actually be a lot of fun to watch. ((also yes, despite what canon will have you think, remus definitely saw james for who he was, i’d argue that an instance of him talking about james to his son after hE WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED WHILE BASICALLY SAVING THE WIZARDING WORLD is probably not the time he’d launch in an analysis of the complexities of james’ characters)) ((I can talk more about this, please ask me about this, i have a lot of opinions about thisss))

remus x regulus, I have talked about many other times and you can see my in-depth opinion under the same tag i’m using for this ask, but basically i don’t see them in a traditional romantic relationship as i see their bond as very unique and personal, and i feel like mixing that in with the way that james does relationships… idk I feel like it would ruin that a little, but maybe they actually might help james open his mind about how relationships work so it really all depends on how it’s done tbf.

tbh though the main objection I have with this ship is that i don’t like what it can do for remus’ character.

i mean like idk regulus and james both should work in theory with remus because this fandom (and jkr first) has kind of written as being the mirror of two different sides of sirius (i’m not saying this is why people thought of this ship, i’m just pointing out a theme) and to me remus does work particularly well with sirius, but it just… doesn’t for me. i feel like being pulled in the chaos that is the collapse of james and regulus would not be good for remus as he’d end up once again having to pick up the role of the “calm and reasonable” one, whereas he needs someone or more than someone that allows him to collapse and explode as well, exploring both that mischievous side that makes him blend perfectly within the marauders and the more violent side he’s always felt he’s needed to hide away for the benefit of others (lyall and hope specifically). james and regulus singularly might do that for remus, but james and regulus together? they can barely contain the burnt of their own explosion, there’s no way they can absorb the impact of remus and he’d feel that and so he’d keep it inside and that would ultimately not allow him to have the development we (by which i obviously mean me) generally like to see in him.

and i mean. obviously one doesn’t have to only like pairing that are happy and healthy. if you want to write this ship with remus being even more repressed than he’s already without being able to release it with, you know, him growing further and further from accepting that side of him that reminds him way too of his werewolf self… sure you can do that, but tbf i find it way too similar to the way jkr herself has destroyed remus’ character to find anything interesting to be said there.

so yeah it’s not like I hate it, but it’s just a meh. don’t like that. yk?

[thatcaffeinatedcoyote]

AO3 has an algorithm…kinda

Extremely controversial opinion here - and, please, I do not mean any disrespect whatsoever - but I do personally believe that there is some semblance of an AO3 algorithm. Not in the sense that “kudos and comments will boost a fic’s relevance on the dash” like YouTube or anything, but the fact that there’s a “Subscriber” system does admittedly give some people an edge in terms of the people they’re able to reach, as fics can and will get inevitably buried - meaning those who have people receiving emails will, if you squint I suppose, be able to “bypass” being buried from the perspective of someone who’s just searching through a tag blind. Now, YES, please listen - I do understand that people can filter tags however they please/this does NOT make the fics disappear in any shape or form/one could 100% just scroll through the library of fics for hours and find smaller fics that way…But I do feel it’s not completely wrong to say that someone with 0 people getting alerts from them is likely not going to rack up the same attention as those with 400, just for the nature that they can click on a link from an email.

A few additional points I want to make:

• EVERYONE STARTS SOMEWHERE, and someone can absolutely never have posted a single thing before and have a million readers on it from the quality of the fic alone. That’s the sheer beauty of AO3, and that’s something that can never be taken away. However - given the hypothetical that someone has very few user subs but posts frequently - even in a large fandom - it’s still very possible that their fics will “perform” (in quotations bc ao3 is not meant for performance) worse than someone who has, again, 400 subs.

• From a reader’s perspective, I’ve 100% seen fresh fics the have 20 kudos within minutes, and fics that have been up for hours have 0 (despite being of perfect quality/appealing to the same kinda ship or trope that people enjoy in more popular fics). And what’s the common link between these high-racking kudos fics??? Their authors have an arsenal of fics that already have thousands of kudos on their own. It’s honestly just a pattern I’ve picked up on, and one I dare to call lowkey objective. (Again - an author can absolutely have a one-hit wonder of a fic, that will never not be true).

• For the record, I’m not trying to pose any sort of “solution” or even stir any arguments. It’s a fanfic website at the end of the day - and a website where, once again, doesn’t keep the importance of its user afloat with any interaction. A fic with one kudo can be someone’s comfort read, authors should always write for fun first, and these things shouldn’t be taken too seriously.

• Lastly, people DESERVE THE ATTENTION THEY GET. A fic with 15K comments has that bc the author did an amazing job making an engaging story, and by no means am I trying to “antagonize” people who do well on AO3. Talent always will be seen and appreciated.

What really drove me to write this is that, more than anything, I find that “AO3 doesn’t have an algorithm” can be vaguely hurtful to people who are underwhelmed by how their fics perform. Jealousy is a natural thing and, whether it’s seen as beneficial or not, I think it’s part of the creative process to have expectations when we share things online. And to see someone gather kudos (seemingly) so effortlessly bc they have people receiving emails for their work when you aren’t sending out those same notifications can sting - and I wish people would acknowledge that a little more instead of brushing it off as “whining over pretty numbers.”

To me, it’s not really a matter of AO3 having an algorithm or not. It’s about having sympathy for those who understandably want validation and love for works they put heart and soul into.

Peace ✌️

[yxkushi]

GUIDELINES.

I no longer wish to get involved with the drama from 2019, including but not limited to the callout released on former friends and myself, and the group who made said callout. I genuinely want to move on from that whole situation, so if you try to bring it back you will be blocked, or just block me first if you don’t want to interact with me based on the drama.

Any muses that are from foreign media (re: most of them) will be based more off the localized/English versions of them. Some muses may have things incorporated from the original version, but that depends on what I think of the character.

Unless absolutely necessary for some muses, I will not godmod with your muse. And as common courtesy, I expect my partner to do the same in return. If your character is an asshole to mine, then don’t expect them to just be a doormat in return.

ANONYMOUS HATE/DRAMA IS NOT TOLERATED AND YOU WILL BE BLOCKED. I would like to stay as drama-free as possible, so do not bring me into your personal drama for any reason-you will be blocked for that as well.

Despite everything, I am generally a mild, kind person. However, if you take this as initiative to walk all over me, I will fight back in return.

I have no problem with duplicates; heck, I even enjoy having duplicate muses interact.

While I don’t enforce reblog karma, it is common courtesy to send in an inbox meme if you reblog one of those posts from me.

Do not interact with me if you follow “callout culture”. I don’t care who you are, or what someone else has done/what you perceive they have done, it’s straight up bullying. You endorse a movement that has literally almost ended lives before, even if you think you’re in the right. Just because you think you’re anonymous and impervious on the internet doesn’t mean your actions don’t have a real impact on the person behind the screen. Attempting to get me involved in callout culture will result in an instant hardblock.

There will most likely be “problematic” ships on this blog, due to the character of my muses and their source media. All I will do is tag these ships (when I do have tags for them), but as I said before, sending me or my ship partner hate for doing those ships will result in a block. Do not interact with me if you are an anti-shipper. “Anti-shipper/anti” meaning that you harass people for what they ship.

Due to personal experiences. I may be less inclined to discuss or do certain ships, so if you’re uncertain, please feel free to ask me about it.

Generally, I’m pretty ship-friendly and tend to ship just about everyone and everything. I will tag certain kinds of ships that involve risky content (like incest or noncon); however, it is up to you to make sure you don’t see that kind of content on your dash if you don’t like it/it triggers you.

I am very much open to multishipping or doubles shipping, but please don’t expect a ship to happen immediately after our muses meet.

I am a very, very slow writer sometimes, thanks to my own mental baggage clashing with my writing muse. Thus, how quickly I respond to threads or asks will vary, but you’re welcome to remind me if you want me to continue a thread. Please don’t be too demanding about it, though.

You don’t have to match my length/writing style or use icons when we write together. Admittedly, some threads with certain muses might be iconless on my end due to lack of art or images.

Please, please trim your posts/threads. It’s common courtesy for people who don’t want to see posts that are just lines upon lines, and if you are unable to do it, then I will cut our threads for you.

18+ material will be very rare on this blog, and on here in general. I almost exclusively write it on Discord these days, and only with people I trust and have gotten consent to write it with. I WILL ONLY GIVE OUT MY DISCORD TO CLOSE FRIENDS, OR IF I TRUST YOU ENOUGH.

I am open to writing darker themes, including (but not limited to) torture, violence and abuse, and rape-anything will be tagged accordingly. If you still want to follow me regardless, then don’t come complaining to me when it occurs.

Please tag any content regarding or having mentions of vomiting/emetophilia, animal death, and genital torture/mutilation, seeing as those are major squicks of mine. In return, you can come up to me to ask me to tag anything that squicks/triggers you.

penname: io age: 24 timezone: EST (UTC−04:00/05:00)

[bugeyedfreaks]

About your ppgxrrb post, as someone who’s in the shipdom for years but now only like it because of certain famous fic, I agree.

Pretty sure some of the shippers would agree with it too but a lot of them are excusing their toxic behaviors as just the boys being toddlers + doesn’t know any better since most of the fics takes place when they’re teenagers/older. I disagree with the whole “they’re kids they don’t know any better” excuse cause they’re fictional characters and they’re just born bad/evil, and its not that deep

…I ended up writing a whole lot and I’m gonna cut it just so I don’t clog up everyone’s dash with my Deep PPG/RRB Opinions. 😆

Yeah, ugh, it wouldn’t bring me down so much if what you said wasn’t such a prevalent line of thought, but if there are some shippers who would agree with what I wrote before… I don’t understand what would compel them to ship the characters in the first place! I can’t understand it! I’m not saying, “You’re a bad fan/person if you ship [XYZ]!” I know people who genuinely love the original PPG series, people who I also genuinely love and cherish and think are amazing and wonderful and yet… they ship it, to my constant confusion. For years and years. 😂 I’ve even read that one fic and… I swear, I tried, I wanted to like it, I was told it was written true to the show and I Wanted To Believe… but how can the main premise be “true to the show” when it’s already 100% antithetical to who the characters are in canon in the first place? I sadly could not enjoy it. Like I said in my post, they would never be the redeemable bad boys because they’re literally pure evil. And I get suspension of belief in fan creations, I understand that fanfic is people’s way of… I dunno, indulging their fantasies in their favorite media or whatever, and I’m not vilifying anyone for daring to commit the ~atrocious~ sin of… wanting their faves to find true love. 🤣 …but what’s the point if the characters you write just turn out to be shells of how they actually act? At that point you should just go for it and make up your own original characters. Embrace the cringe!

A while ago I got really inspired and wanted to write a PPG fanfic for the first time in a million years, and since most of the story in my head included the villains in a large way, I felt kind of forced to try to add the boys (because, speaking of things that get me down, you will never get any substantial visibility on AO3 or whatever if you don’t at least include them in the tags, no matter how creative or novel your fanfic may possibly be) so I started thinking about this whole idea of how they’d really act towards the girls all grown up. I never wrote down anything substantial because I abandoned the fic, but I came to a general conclusion that 1) Brick would be complaining that the girls weren’t following traditional gender roles (i.e. the ones made up by creeps involving sandwiches and ladies making them in the kitchen for him), 2) Butch would be foaming at the mouth to sex up any girl that moved (wham, bam, thank ya ma’am… his love of carnage and leave ‘em for dead mentality would get reflected in his mixed up hormones in the worst possible way), and 3) Boomer would be the white knight who would complain and cry and eventually flip out Bubblevicious style about why none of the girls were dating himmmmmm and whyyyyy oh my goddddd he was so niiiiice to themmmmm so because of that THE THOTS MUST PAY! 🤣 They are the examples of “toxic masculinity,” like… true toxic masculinity. They canonically thrive on the toxicity. That’s why attacks against it weaken them! It‘s never suddenly changed their bad behavior for good ever. They could be beaten again and again and, instead of accepting that maybe their worldviews are bad, maybe applying some self-introspection to their awful ways and adopt any sort of good behavior, they would always ultimately double down. In the fic world, they’re grown guys, and they should know better, but it would be against their basic canon nature to want to.

…again, I’m not trying to be a downer on anyone who indulges in it, this is just an explanation of why I really can’t gel with it and just my thought process behind why that is/how I think they’d actually act. The popular depiction of them as ultra hottie bad bois who secretly have true hearts of gold under all the blatant misogyny just feels so untrue to canon to me that suspending my disbelief whenever I see the kajillion fics and fanart out there of them successfully winning the girls’ hearts is… tough.

TL;DR:

[delightfuldevin]

It sucks how much people genuinely think that supporting something in a fictional context is the same as supporting that thing in real life :((

Like, do you people really truly believe that fictional characters are in any way equivalent to real life people? Do you understand how absolutely ridiculous that sounds?

“But they’re minors/siblings/victims/etc!” NO THEY’RE NOT. They are a figment of someone’s imagination that can have literally any traits you want them to cause fiction is something made to be manipulated for our viewing pleasure. That’s why AUs are a thing. That’s why headcanons are a thing. Cause fiction is meant to be manipulated for you to enjoy! You can’t have headcanons for a real life person. Because real people are not the same as fictional people. At least, I hope you don’t treat real people like they are fictional characters.

“But why would you want to ship [insert thing here]? It’s gross!” Okay, and? It isn’t hurting any actual real person, and it could even be helping someone who is using this to cope with their own trauma! And no, your personal discomfort is not a reason to completely delete content cause you can easily just block the tag/the creator and never see it. It is your responsibility to curate your own experience and if you are incapable of doing that, it is your responsibility to stay out of fandom spaces until you are mature enough to do so. It is not the responsibility of everyone else in the world to cater to your specific needs. You shouldn’t expect every single person to have the exact same needs as you and the exact same ways of coping with said needs.

“But groomers will use this thing to manipulate vulnerable people!” Indeed, that does happen. But it is not the fault of the person who made the content. It is always, and I mean always, the fault of the groomer themself. By saying “I was groomed by this content” you take away the responsibility of the actual groomer who did it. Don’t absolve them of their crime because of what they used for the crime. No matter what, it was always their fault and the responsibility of that is on their shoulders. Even if that content didn’t exist, they would’ve found some other way to groom you because that is simply who they chose to be and that is the unfortunate and sad truth.

It is completely okay to be uncomfortable with something! Grossed out even! Or something can be literally triggering for you. That is okay! And if someone doesn’t tag their content properly and it gets to you, you have every right to be mad about that! But that does not mean the person who made the content needs to delete what they made. You just have to block them so that you’ll never see their content again. You don’t even have to engage with them. That’s the beauty of the internet! We’re all strangers and once someone is blocked, it’s as if they never even existed! You’ll never meet them irl or be forced to interact with them. They are dead to you.

Also side note, but helpful information! When you block someone on Tumblr, their posts can still end up on your dash if someone else reblogs from them. Idk if Tumblr has changed this in the few years I’ve been gone, but a way around that is to add their blog name to your filtered content! That way, even if someone else reblogs from them, it’ll still be hidden from you :D

[inseobts]

If it's not too much to ask but could you please do a story of only one of the Monster trio like Luffy or Zoro or Sanji? (Or the whole straw hat crew) with a reader whose birthday it is on the same day as a holiday like valentine's day (even though we've already went past it, or it could be any other holiday that you think?) But only her best friend (one of the crew members) remembers her birthday and now the others feel bad, so they decide to throw an "apology birthday party" to make up for it?

Apology Birthday Party

zoro x gn ! strawhat ! reader

a/n: I hope this is what you wantedddd, let me know if you want it different tho (づ￣ 3￣)づ

words count: 1.3k

tags: sfw, romance, soft zoro, nico robin bff

masterlist || ko-fi

The Sunny is draped in pink and red decorations, hearts scattered across the deck like confetti. Sanji is running around serving chocolates and heart-shaped treats, Nami is counting stacks of berries won from lovestruck islanders, and Luffy is eating whatever he can get his hands on.

It’s Valentine’s Day. And it’s also your birthday.

But no one seems to remember that last part.

You don’t say anything, of course. It’s not like you expect them to throw a big celebration or anything, but a simple “Happy Birthday” would have been nice. Yet, with everyone wrapped up in the holiday of love, your special day is completely overlooked.

Well, almost everyone.

“Here” Robin says, appearing beside you with a small, neatly wrapped box in her hands. She smiles, that knowing glint in her eyes as she hands it over “Happy Birthday.”

Your heart warms “Robin…”

“I know how it feels to be forgotten” she says gently “But you’re not.”

You unwrap the gift to find a delicate bookmark pressed with dried blue forget-me-not flowers. It’s beautiful. And, fitting.

Before you can properly thank her, a loud, boisterous laugh fills the air “Oi, Robin, what’s that? Love letter for y/n?” Luffy grins, oblivious as ever. That, of course, draws the attention of the rest of the crew. Sanji practically skids over, hearts in his eyes.

“A love letter?! From who?! I’ll destroy them—”

Robin sighs, sipping her wine “It’s her birthday present.”

Silence.

Utter, dead silence.

The entire crew stares at you, then at Robin, then back at you again. The color drains from Sanji’s face. Franky’s jaw quite literally drops. Usopp nearly chokes on his own spit. Nami’s eyes widen, and Chopper gasps in horror. Even Luffy, who usually doesn’t have a care in the world, looks like someone just told him there’s no more meat on the ship.

But the worst reaction? Zoro’s.

His eye snap to yours, and you see something flicker behind them, something that looks suspiciously like guilt.

“Wait,” Usopp wheezes, gripping his head like it physically hurts “Today’s your birthday? Like, right now?”

“…Yeah.”

A chorus of expletives follows.

“We’re horrible!” Chopper wails, flopping dramatically onto the deck.

“How could I forget such an important day?!” Sanji cries, dropping to his knees like he’s been personally betrayed.

Robin chuckles into her drink “At least you all realized it before the day ended.”

That kicks everyone into action. Nami immediately starts planning an emergency “Apology Birthday Party” barking orders while Franky dashes off to set up decorations. Luffy insists on getting you the biggest cake possible, while Sanji declares he will cook a full birthday feast worthy of redemption. Usopp starts crafting a birthday gift at lightning speed, while Chopper is still crying about how bad of a friend he is.

In the middle of all the chaos, you catch Zoro watching you. His arms are crossed, his expression unreadable, but there’s tension in his stance. And then, without a word, he turns and disappears below deck.

You don’t see him for the next hour.

By the time he returns, the impromptu party is already in full swing. The crew has somehow managed to pull together a spectacular celebration, with streamers, food, and a birthday banner that is only slightly lopsided. You’re seated at the center, laughing as Luffy shoves an unreasonable amount of cake into his mouth.

Then Zoro drops something onto the table in front of you.

You blink. It’s a small box, wrapped haphazardly, almost like he struggled with it. When you glance up at him, his face is turned away, slightly pink at the tips of his ears.

“Tch. Don’t make a big deal out of it” he mutters, arms crossed.

Curious, you open it and your breath catches.

It’s a charm. A small, silver sword pendant attached to a simple chain. The craftsmanship is rough, but undeniably his.

“…Did you make this?”

Zoro shrugs, still not looking at you “Had some spare materials lying around.”

Your fingers curl around the charm, warmth blooming in your chest “I love it.”

“…Good.” His voice is gruff, but you catch the corner of his lips twitching, just slightly.

The rest of the crew watches with barely concealed interest “Oi, oi, does this mean Zoro is getting all romantic now?” Usopp teases, wiggling his eyebrows.

Zoro immediately glares, hand twitching toward his swords “Say that again and you won’t live to see tomorrow.”

The laughter that follows is the best sound you’ve heard all day.

Maybe your birthday started off forgotten, but as you sit among your chaotic, wonderful crew, a handmade gift resting in your palm, you can’t help but think this turned out to be the best one yet.

The party goes on for hours. Sanji serves an extravagant feast, each dish crafted with your favorites in mind. Luffy challenges you to an eating contest, one you gracefully decline, knowing it’s a lost cause. Nami surprises you with a beautiful set of earrings, and Usopp proudly presents a handcrafted figurine of you in an exaggerated heroic pose.

Franky insists on a dance party, much to your amusement, and even Robin joins in. Chopper, still sniffling, clings to you, vowing to never forget your birthday again.

Through it all, Zoro remains close, never one for loud festivities, but always within reach. Eventually, when the night winds down, you find him on the ship’s upper deck, gazing at the stars.

“Thanks for the necklace” you say, leaning beside him.

He grunts, but doesn’t move away “Yeah.”

A comfortable silence settles between you. The ocean breeze is cool, but standing next to him, you feel warm.

After a moment, he exhales “…Sorry for forgetting.”

You glance at him, surprised by the quiet sincerity in his tone. Smiling, you shake your head “You made up for it.”

He finally looks at you then, and in the soft moonlight, his expression is softer than usual “Good.”

Zoro stays silent for a while, avoiding your gaze, and then adds, "Actually... I had prepared it for Valentine's Day."

For a moment, you remain impassive, smiling at the sea in front of you, but then your brain connects what he said.

You suddenly turn to him and gasp, "Wait, wh...what do you mean?"

He continues to avoid your gaze, trying to look indifferent, but the redness in his ears betrays him "I admit I forgot your birthday, but I didn’t forget Valentine's Day" he says.

You, even more flustered, reply "So it’s true what Luffy told me earlier, that you worked on the necklace for more than a week??"

Zoro shifts uncomfortably, scratching the back of his neck. He looks away, clearly embarrassed but trying to act nonchalant "I... I just wanted it to be perfect" he mutters, his voice barely above a whisper.

You blink, still processing the confession. It’s hard to believe this is the same person who usually brushes off any sort of emotional display "Zoro," you start, your voice soft, "You really made all of that... for me?"

He finally looks at you, and for the first time, his usual tough exterior seems to crack. His eyes are slightly hesitant, but there's a genuine warmth there, almost like he’s afraid of your reaction "Yeah, I did. It’s... not much, but I thought you’d like it."

You take a deep breath, your heart racing as everything sinks in. You can’t help but smile "I love it," you say, stepping a little closer "And I... I love that you cared enough to do this."

Zoro looks almost startled by your words, his cheeks turning a deeper shade of red. He clears his throat awkwardly "Well, don’t go getting any ideas... It's not like I’m suddenly a romantic or something."

You laugh, the sound light and genuine "I never said you were. But this is pretty damn romantic, Zoro."

He grumbles but there's a soft smile tugging at the corners of his mouth "Don’t get used to it."

You both stand there for a moment, the sound of the waves crashing against the shore filling the space between you. It’s not the most conventional confession, but somehow, in that moment, it feels just right.

And just like that, your birthday, and even Valentine's day, is perfect.

[falseprophetpoll]

Ok so if you do want to dare and get into MCD let me set some expectations: It’s a founding father of Minecraft Roleplays, was one of the series that got that genre popular. It is ABANDONED I cannot stress that enough, if you go into it you will find no satisfying ending.

There’s Technically four seasons but you can ignore MCD Origins as that’s jsuy a mod showcase survival series with no bearing on the real start, one and two were both 100 episodes and season three only made it into the 20-30s before it got dropped (season three is also only accessible through it’s playlist on the side channel Aphmau Stories, as Jessica (the creator) kinda started hating MCD towards the end and especially that season). Now the early episodes of season one are more of a survival let’s play with a dash of story, but it quickly ramps into more of a focus on the story (that being said, it’s still slow going. It only really speeds up around Zane’s first appearance I’d say)

Also ships? Don’t have them. Just. Just don’t. Ignore all chemistry placed at your feet to chew on. It’s a whole thing I won’t get into it but my fellow MCD fansy will understand.

Also you may be tempted to jump into MCD Rebirth, the revamped version of season one with Jessica’s team’s new and fancy skills, I wouldn’t do that. It’s also abandoned and spoils some stuff abiut the OG MCD experience, however if you can’t get into MCD proper then yeah give it a shot but you won’t see any Zane in it as I don’t think it even reached episode 20 in regards to its events and Zane shows up around the 40-50s I think.

This is a TIME DUMP! And in this time dump uou CANNOT EXPECT QUALITY! Voice acting doesn’t come in until around s1-90 (and isn’t fully voice acted until the tail end of s2 or started with s3), the set dressing feels a bit Minecraft Basic until season 2, Jessica and her team only started having things like high definition skins and smooth animations by the time MCD was already abandoned, and the story is.

Well here’s a new point. The story. The story is something! The writing isn’t great! It has a lot of potential but because of some....choices there are points where characters get out of character or characters aren’t explored in the ways or lengths you want them to be. That’s partially because of the limited perspective as the main character Aphmau is our camera and view into the world, like a first person book. However the fan rewrites and redesigns and just fanworks in general? Call it MCD brain rot but damn that shit fucks. Someone made an entire Ro’Meave family tree going back hundreds of years. They created a LANGUAGE. Fucking love them shout out to @stellisketches

So I think that covers all the warnings you’d need. If you dare lift the old and mossy rock now, you can’t say no one warned you or hyped it up too much

I genuinely appreciate this honest assessment of the series. Personally, it doesn’t deter me because I know it’s abandoned now, but if I hadn’t known before getting into it, that really would’ve soured the experience. I’m not gonna tag as spoilers because I WANT to anyone else who’s considering it from this blog to see this.

Now, I don’t mind low quality and just, a lot of implications that are explored in fandom (I like the trafficblr series, Hermitcraft, Wizard101 - I get the “I’m gonna take these ideas and make ‘em beautiful” mentality) so I think I may look at it when I’ve the time! Maybe I’ll catch you on my fandom sideblog some time :)

[murdereraisuha]

Navigating Twisted Wonderland Pixiv

Disclaimer: I am not Japanese, I am far from being fluent in Japanese, and I am not very involved in the Japanese TWST fanbase. If you’re good at Japanese PLEASE add on to this or correct me if there are mistakes.

I haven’t seen anything like this around here, so I thought I would try to make a little thing to help people who also aren’t good at Japanese.

Resources

deepL : a translator created by a deep learning ai company. Extremely good (though not perfect of course), dump google translate right now and switch to this to make your life so much better.

jisho : An online dictionary. You can input english, japanese, and romaji japanese. There’s options to input kanji by drawing it or selecting radicals (the parts that make up a kanji) and there’s voice input. Great for translating single words/phrases. You can also use it to figure out the parts of a sentence since it tries to separate out and translate each part, though it’s not 100% reliable.

kanji . sljfaw . org : Another resource for finding kanji. I usually use its multiradical by type option, which separates the radical options into enclosure, left, upper, middle, and less common elements.

hougen . hirosakicity . com : An example of dictionary for Tsugaru dialect, the dialect Epel uses. This doesn’t cover every single Tsugaru dialect word though. When I was trying to understand Epel in the December update I had to use like 3 different dictionaries.

Any search engine : “Meaning” in Japanese is 意味. Put that after whatever word/phrase you need help with and search it, hopefully you’ll find something.

kamigame . jp/ツイステ : Japanese TWST wiki

If you’re learning Japanese like me, I recommend using quizlet or something so you can make a collection of words you’ve had to look up and then test yourself on them occasionally to increase the chances of remembering it.

Finally, if you can’t read hiragana/katakana, please learn it it will probably help you a lot. It’s not scary alright, just read the learning hiragana and katakana guides on tofugu then find a quizlet set and keep testing yourself on them until you’ve got those mnemonics down well. You’ll be slower than a snail at reading it at first but just keep getting practice and it’ll gradually get faster and feel more natural to you.

Ship names

The Japanese spellings for stuff like the character names can all be found on the english wiki, so I’m not putting them all here.

I’ll teach you how to form TWST ship names though, based on my observations. Ship names are generally formed using the first 2 katakana of each person’s name. First 3 if there’s small katakana. If there’s a dash in the way, it’ll stop before it like Deuce (デュース) becoming Deu (デュ), it will delete the dash to keep going like Ace (エース) becoming エス, or leave the dash like Ace becoming エー. Also Jack (ジャック) becomes ジャク. Idk, use common sense to try and reason out what is short yet still identifiable as the character. If you can’t figure it out just search for the character, scroll until you see an obviously shippy image, then check its tags.

Edit: included Ace becoming エー. The shortening that is used depends on the ship.

Anyway, those shortened names are then smashed together with the “seme” going first to form the ship name. If you search a ship and you don’t find much, try switching around the names.

Examples: 

Floyd (フロイド) + Riddle (リドル) = FuroRido (フロリド)

Jade (ジェイド) + Silver (シルバー) = JeiShiru (ジェイシル)

You notice something about Floyd and Jade’s names? Yes, they both end in ido (イド). This is why ships involving the two of them with someone else are named things like IdoAzu (イドアズ) and IdoKali (イドカリ). Be careful not to mix up イドアズ with イデアズ, which is Idia and Azul.

A thing to note about names in general in the Japanese fan base is that they often use emojis for characters (ex. Jade is 🐬). Search ツイステの絵文字 in google images and you’ll find multiple guides on what characters are what emoji.

Random Pixiv tags and vocabulary in no particular order:

注意 = warning

ログ = log

まとめ = compilation

稚魚 = fry.   As a Pixiv tag, baby Octavinelle

化 = -ification (ex. うさぎ化 = bunnyification, TWST charas as bunnies)

_章 = chapter _    (ex. 5章 = chapter 5)

寮長／副寮長 = dorm leader / vice dorm leader

オクタ = Octa, shortened version of Octavinelle

ツイポケ = TuiPoke, TWST x Pokemon crossover. A Pixiv tag.

オバブロ / 闇落ち = Overblot, 2nd one is literally something like “fallen into darkness”

落書き = doodle

監督生 = Prefect/Yuu/MC. Shortened to 監 for ship names.

ツイ腐テ = Twisted Wonderland Yaoi

ネタバレ = spoilers

Alright, that’s all I have for now. If I think of more useful info I’ll add it in a reblog.

[logicheartsoul]

17 questions, 17 people

tagged by @bisamwilson! Thanks, Mak, this is gonna be fun

nickname: I’ve been known as A-Chan for a long time but you can also call me Aya too, either one works for me honestly (though I’ve only been known as Aya since 2017 because a friend gave me that nickname)

sign: Sagittarius! My birthday is in a couple weeks actually lol

height: Exactly 5 ft lol

last thing i googled: I can’t remember it’s been a couple of days lol I THINK it was to see if that new Japanese restaurant that I’ve seen as coming soon is already open for business

song stuck in my head: Currently at the moment my brain has been blissfully silent on that front lol but always changes in a heartbeat lol

number of followers: 1750, which is surprising and I know I need to weed out the bots lol hope whoever has followed me enjoys me and whatever I reblog or post on their dash and had a good day/night/afternoon

amount of sleep: Somewhere between 6-7 hours last night lol I think

lucky number: Don’t really have one?

dream job: This is a hard question, like…I’m still trying to figure out what makes me happy career wise 😔 it’s one thing to work a job coz you need to and be ok with it but a dream job? It changes all the time lmao I think I would love to be able to do multiple things and be paid for it and still have a good life/living like voice acting, being a professional paid singer, be able to do counseling (I always liked the job Deanna Troi had on tng, being ship’s counselor but she was also more than that) or being a ghost writer or whatever. The world in Star Trek just is like !!! because that kind of living seems to be the norm and I wish that was for me (and everyone).

wearing: a tshirt and some Pokémon sweatpants I got as a gift years ago lol just pjs really

movies that summarize you: uh… this is a hard question lol I have seen enough movies but nothing that’s like “this is formatively me” so

favorite song: This is the worst music thing you can ask me as someone who has been singing all my life (14 years of it “professionally” and in 5 choirs) and I couldn’t choose just one song! Lmao

favorite instrument: hmm… piano or guitar? Kinda basic ngl lol

aesthetic: It’s all dependent on mood and how I feel — I can go from extreme femme to extremely masculine but I like colors and also like mixing styles in a pleasing way (even styles that don’t seem like it should mix but end up working)

favorite author: Don’t really have one, there are too many great authors in the world

random fact: Uh, let’s see lol Tea is not officially tea unless it’s made from the levels of the official tea plant (can’t remember the actual scientific name rn lol), the stuff that’s classified as “tea” but doesn’t contain leaves of that plant are called tissanes. Well this was fun! Tagging whoever wants to do this, feel free lol

[honorhunt]

𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐋𝐔𝐍𝐀𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 — it’s the year of the tiger!! ( anyone else saying that to the tune of survivor? ) which means to celebrate the end of the end of 2021 and welcome the coming spring, i want to acknowledge each and every person who made the past year a kinder experience. it doesn’t matter if we wrote replies to rival tolstoy or if we’ve known each other for a full .3 seconds, you are someone i’m thankful to be around. someone i’m grateful to see on my dash, and someone i hope to know better. this post will address mutuals from across my blogs ( @aniimvs / @scoundrvls / @stalkvr ) but i will be posting it here on boba since he’s currently where i’m active ( so if you don’t follow this blog and you’re tagged that’s why, please excuse the intrusion ). 

so without further ado, here’s where i adore you:

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐒 ( old school, not death watch — gar saxon got nothing on jaster’s boys )

@commandsir / @graysistance + all your blogs  —

my dyad. my literary matchmade. my best friend. my soul sister. my author hype buddy ‘cause i will make sure every single one of your future novels sell out. you are the jedi to my sith and the six actions to my manda. i met you at a time when i wasn’t sure i had a place in the rpc anymore. i’d been gone for a few years and being the dumbass that i am, i thought the best way to get back into things was taking on a character i’ve not only wanted to write since 2015 but was, you know, a figure in social warfare. i thought i wouldn’t make it. that i didn’t have the talent or the personality to be here without my former friends. that they’re what made me me. i was a talentless hack otherwise. 

when you followed me, i was ecstatic but also terrified. i was scared that you’d be disappointed, especially after i had a syllabic upchuck about kylo after you asked a very simple question that needed a sentence or two to answer. but here we are, almost two years later. we’ve come far since the days of dancing around the question of shipping because we both felt the vibe but were just so nervous about where the other person stood. now we’re like “that plot sounds scandalous  — race you to the starter.” 

i’m tearing up even now as i write this. it’s so dumb, i know, but you mean so much. i’m so honored to be part of your journey. as a writer, as a person. it’s a blessing to see how far you’ve come and to see how far you’ll go. if time turned back and i was told i had to endure all the hardships again for a chance to be friends with you again, i would. no hesitation. you’re family, puck. i’m grateful for the adventures we’ve had thus far, and i’m anticipating the future ones like an absolute child.

thank you for being my friend. here’s to the tiger fortifying your strength and protecting you against the evils of this world. may the force be with you, ori’vod.

@darkestshadeofgrey / @echoylaad + all your blogs  —

if puck is my sister, you’re my brother. dude, i feel like i’ve known you forever. it still hasn’t clicked in my brain that i met you in august 2020 and not in like, august 2010. but down to the nitty gritty: hell’s bells, i envy your mind. i’m over here thinking i’m doing pretty good with my ability to drive a story just like, “oh i can wing it i guess. it’ll just happen.” and you dive in with like ten thousand years of in depth, rich, beautiful, decadent character history that leads up to the single moment happening in the thread and i’m just living in your world. happily so ‘cause i just sip my coffee and watch god work his hand. if there’s a pantheon of plotlines, you are it.

but also, you as a person? you are a treasure koj. i’ve never had great luck in friendships. i’m very quiet and reserved. i will make excuses for other people’s behavior before i ever cut myself slake. i never think to defend myself. it’s always everything bad is deserved and everything good is by chance. and meeting you has healed some of the scar tissue that made me that way. the years of putting myself on the lowest rung possible so that no one else could. you’ve spoken to the lighthearted, good natured side of friendship but i’ve realized in a very quiet way, by your very nature, your presence is therapeutic. how welcoming and warmhearted you were the moment you said hello, i was shocked. i was shocked that you were willing to be so nice. to spend that energy on me. it felt sacred.

i hope i can return the favor. i hope beyond hope that i can. that you know how amazing and special you are. how perfect of a person. your flaws, your strengths, your talents, your abilities, all the magic that makes you who you are? beautiful. a masterpiece. i’m not joking, i’m not gushing, and i’m not speaking from bias. i adore you, but even if i was a fly on the wall instead of your friend, i’d still think the same way about you. i’d still recognize how lucky people are to have you in their life. so may this year bring you fortune and favor and may you only shine brighter.

@yunharlaquin / @alderheir / @warrued + all your blogs  —

k i t t y. my lil literary soul sister. it’s me, the affectionate bag of bones that haunts your discord. no but me being an old lady and an old man combined into one coffee-fueled gremlin aside, i will forever me in awe of your writing. my heart was bursting with joy when you followed me ‘cause like i said: fucking j a i n a,  dude. i didn’t think i’d find a lot of legends in the rpc and it is a bit of a struggle, so getting to talk nerdy with you brought back good memories that got me through dark times. 

your passion for the things you love is a godsend. even if i can’t respond right away, especially since i don’t know a stitch from a glitch. i sleep in my doc martens and call it fashion. so, i just sit in for the ride and smile along as you document all the fun you had in the group chat. all the ideas and the feels fest you’ve been plotting with each and every muse you somehow manage to harmonize. you are the embodiment of talent and honestly, i’m just lucky to there. to be able to nerd out and sob over characters and ships. to come up with plotlines that would put telenovelas to shame. 

as silly as it sounds, we haven’t gotten a chance to explore dynamics beyond familial because of our muse choices so this year, i’m on my tippy toes peeking over the wall of what’s to come, curious as to what heartbreaking shenanigans we’ll steeple our fingers at in the months to come. 

it’s an honor to be your friend, kitty. let’s see who’s the first to cry. 

@jaigalorad / @pclpatine  —

jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay-ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. dude, you give me human zoomies. anytime you pop onto discord or appear on the dash i start running around screeching the audible equivalent of a keyboard smash. you. are. such. an amazing. writer. and such. a good. dude. like, your replies cannot load fast enough. i just start pressing all the buttons or smacking my phone screen like an idiot whenever i get a notif with your name attached to it. i wish i was a faster writer cause i just always want something new to read from you. i’m just in awe. i literally start flailing when you reply. it’s gotten to the point where i take a decade to reply to you cause it HAS TO BE PERFECT. there can be nothing less that pristine when it comes to writing with jc. 

but on top of being the king himself, you really are a treat. being your friend, like, i’m shocked. i’m shocked that i’m so lucky. still. i know i say that about all my friends, but it’s true. like them, you are amazing. i knew good people who had talent that outshined the sun existed, i just never thought i’d be worthy of their acknowledgement. yet here we are, getting close to the two year mark that we’ve been writing bloody murder together.

and aside from my own selfish reasons for adoring you, i think it’s safe to say you are the heart of the swrpc. many come and go, but you are a staple. you’re a light and joy, and just an endearing presence that reminds people that is a creative endeavor of the soul. this a place to express the what-ifs and the maybes that we don’t get to see otherwise. you are a magnet for good energy and this community is blessed to have you.

i wish you all the love and success you deserve. for this year and all those still ahead. love ya, dude. gar jatnese be te jatnese.

@galaxycrxss / @hamadaxfighter  —

so it’s only been a few months since we started talking but can i just say i am actively anticipating your original work? the moment you announce that you got an agent i will be setting aside a fund so that when your work is published, i can  — and will  — buy as many copies as humanly possible. i will then proceed to donate them to as many libraries as i can while simultaneously chucking copies at random people on the street. i will hype your work up before i even get to read it ‘cause i already know it’s gonna be good. i don’t know a damn diddly thing but i’m invested. because i’ve seen what you can do with characters, the way you weave words together and unite minutia with big picture, making everything important even if its subtle. 

hiro is adorable. fordo is somehow even more badass than he originally was and the man was already an absolute unit of a demigod. crosshair and echo? vibrant. alive. thriving in the colors of blood and angst. i love it. i’m soft. and the way our muses click??? i keep forgetting it’s not canon. that boba didn’t actually modify his rifle with a scope because of crosshair ( that we know of ) or that boba’s fighting style became even more efficient because i got to meet an arc, the martial scions of his father and the true mandalorians. 

i . . . i’m also . . . not even joking when i say my mouth dropped when you interested in writing with jango. like, adding him to the multi was me being self indulgent ‘cause i love the man a lot. he’s one of my favorite characters but his time in canon was so tragically short, i figured no one would really want to write with him. and then you slid fordo over to him and shared all these amazing things that you came up with and how you’d really love to flesh them out with plots. fill in the telling with in depth showing as to why fordo respected jango so much, why he was the ultimate arc trooper. to be invited into the space? into that creative undertaking you did out of love for fordo, i  — no joke, i was tearing up. but ah fuck, it’s happening again. look, i’m a big crybaby sapling. i know i overreact but, still, it means a lot. to be your friend and to be someone you were so willing to share your ideas with, to be even a sliver in the spectrum of your storytelling. i . . . this year is gonna be amazing. i can’t wait for my heart to be obliterated by clanker slayer 3000, one shot 9000, and livin’ la vida echo.

@divineslcyer / @grcyrebcl  —

we only recently got to talking again after i rolled off kylo ‘cause work decided to throttle me dead. but holy hell you are a saint. like, i just, the thing that happened. wow, you . . . the fact that you tolerated me through that, i swear, dude. i will never be able to express how grateful i am for you not only being there for me but also trusting me with your own experiences. talk about trial by fire when it comes to “i wonder if we’d make good friends.” the answer is yes. a resounding yes. 

on a lighter note: look, i keep my personal culture to myself. and i know you know why. people can get real weird, real fast when it comes to policing others on their own identities and what makes them “real” or not. so keep it to myself and amongst friends. but damn was the latinization of the chat at dead o’ clock in the morning fucking amazing. i felt seen. like, yeah, we can all joke that the latine community has a lot in common no matter if we’re islander or mainland or what borders we got, but i was like no manches, it can’t be all true. but fuck, man, it is. i had to leave my bedroom i was shaking so bad. i woke my boyfriend up and was banished henceforth to the kitchen. you understood me, you UNDERSTOOD THE PLIGHT OF THE CHISMOSAS AND THE HONOR THAT IS LIPSTICK GRANNY KISSES. like, she got that generic red lipstick smeared across her teeth but damn if her smile ain’t the prettiest gem you ever did see. 

or how we have like thirty variations of genital slang and you can use each of those words five different ways with seven wildly different contexts each. like are you telling a dude he’s packing tissue paper or are you calling your husband by an endearing pet name. 

i knew we were gonna be great friends but if that wasn’t the funniest thing. it’s been days and i still randomly crack up. so yeah, i’m looking forward to the writing we’ll explore across all your blogs, with any and every muse you’ll throw my way.

but i’m also anticipating the payasadas. 

@pracses + all your blogs  —

aesthetic talent incarnate. like not only do you indulge my clone collector syndrome and send me spiraling with laughter with the ace content you send, but also like, you are the drugstore whisperer. i would’ve never expected to find bombass lashes in a grocery store, especially ones that actually work with my weird eye shape. and the looks you can pull off with eyeshadows that i cannot even begin to blend, damn. your looks are immaculate and the fact that you rock hard on a budget is sorcery in and of itself. like the looks you create??? i’d look like a sad peacock if i tried using the same palette.

anyway, aside from the mysticism that happens on your eyeballs, i love your writing. you have a talent for capturing character personality whether it’s in your visual art or your prose. i just balance my chin in my hands and rest in awe of your creativity. 

you’re also funny as fuck and i make the ugliest noises whenever the chat spouts off and your commentary starts rolling. your friendship is a treasure and so you are you. i’m looking forward to spiraling into chaos with you this coming year.

@acharnemcnt  —

well, well, well, if it isn’t kylo’s best nemesis, his villain-in-arms, and boba’s latest client foundling scamp. you’ve got a dedication and passion that i remain in awe of each time your writing and your thoughts grace my dash. i know we didn’t get to talk much last year. when we were just starting to plot things, every shred of my sanity was sacrificed to work and my presence shriveled up to nothing. i apologize for that but i’m hoping to make up for it this year. i really hope to be a better friend and writing partner. you’ve already left such a big impression, i seriously cannot unsee your hux. where there is a hux there is ame. the two just correlate and i so often forget where the line between canon and your original analysis. ‘cause i will be reading through novels or comics, fully expecting something to be there that isn’t because i read it on your blog.

@fasciinating  — 

i’m such a casual when it comes to star trek. i know like, five things, and i’m pretty sure they’re just memes. dude, i always had a soft spot for spock even though i’m as ignorant as they come, but i think you singlehandedly carved a spot for him in the center of my star wars heart. i’m sorry i’m so damn slow when it comes to our threads. i will literally write a reply. let it sit so i can edit it with fresh eyes and then when i come back to read it again, i don’t think it’s good enough so i delete it all and start again. i’m just so humbled by your presence. you bring such good energy to the dash. i’d be embarrassed to admit how many times i’ve physically choked on my coffee after seeing a crack post of yours. or how i will stop and read your threads even though i don’t have a clue what’s going on.

but also halo. halo, halo, hALO CONTENT. just the crumbs are enough to send me soaring. you feed my scifi soul, dude. so, i promise to be less of a dumbass this year so boba can have his misadventures with his towering little brother.  

@asycuwish  —

MY BOBA BUDDY. my twinning energy. you speak to those wild west days of tumblr when we all just followed each other: duplicates, personals, didn’t matter. we used giant ass gifs and titled threads. there was no small text, just WALLS. we haven’t written together yet but it’s gonna be a blast when we do. i don’t care what muses it’s with, or when or how. it’s gonna be a fun. you are a sweetheart, a valiant soul, and a dear friend. i look forward to our boba talks, and just the absolute comedy fest that our talks become. like, i cannot help but smile the moment i see a notif from discord come my way. and i look forward to every tuesday/wednesday to get fedexed into another dimension over book of boba with you. 

so i hope this year brings you peace and joy. and i wish you and your family good health. and i’m already anticipating the smiles to come. 

@echoylir / @gladiateshe  —

SAKDJHSDFG!!! the inhuman sounds i made when you came back were only intensified when the return of neves followed soon after. your ocs are captivating and i’m bouncing like an atom over your new bae. i hope this year shines brighter for you and i can’t hyped for all the mando shenanigans we’ll get up to. welcome home! i’m grateful to see you back on my dash.

@druisg  — 

so i know we talk sporadically and we’re not always chilling in the same fandom. but you are such a kind soul. you got queen energy like nobodies business, and you tolerate me. which is impressive considering i thought dune was dude. you are merciful. but wherever you go, whichever muse you choose to develop and explore beyond the limits of their canon  — i cheer for you. you are the sunbeam on my dash. you have such a good heart and freeing spirit. you bring out the best in others and inspire them to be the best for themselves. never let anyone tell you otherwise. you deserve all the warmth you share returned in kind tenfold, mal. keep being true to yourself and may this year treat you right.

@avrorean  — 

hey, so this is probably incredibly out of the blue ‘cause you don’t even follow me on this blog and we haven’t spoken in years, but we became mutuals back when i was writing kili. that’s almost ten years, dude. a whole damn decade. that’s a lot. that’s a lot of life happening. and even though we’re not active buddies anymore, just seeing you still writing nanna and knowing that you’re doing well, that you’re okay, it makes me smile. so, just a shout out to being an amazing person since the dawn of your existence. we may not write together anymore but that doesn’t mean i don’t have incredibly fond memories of our shenanigans. thank you and have an amazing coming year. i wish you all the good this world has to offer.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐈𝐓

@ncxile + @aetcrnus​ / @gurrillero + @infortunas / @fallesto / @niner1309 + @stubborn-amphibian / @mudhrns / @congeriemgriseo / @fleetadmrl / @rcfekjwtaardby / @krhyze + @shanded / @rebelrug / @killedarlings / @uniforced / @fatewills + @warnymphs / @brotherfell / @solhjerte / @hxdrostorm / @spirekept / @divcrse / @mitthexile / @kalesera / @arakkhna / @lovesaving + @starmother / @paramounticebound / @vagasbonds / @conlink / @featherstcnes / @celestaei / @manaborn / @viperofmandalore / @kyberled / @vuulpecula / @cosmosreign + @kaestis + @greyturned / @noxiovs / @griefdestined / @libertydestined + @hopeshreds / @asmodcus / @skjebne / @adversitybloomed / @rcvival / @enjedi / @murroyilodel / @fcalty / @senatcrdala + @fuzzbcll / @rebehllious / @lessersinned / @jaigeyed / @tempesttragedy / @dangercade / @sithstolen / @jakkuforce / @ancientsith / @heartsurpluss / @vaderari / @heirite / @jainah / @godblooded / @mvstangsally + @devlsdautr 

[kurtanaroyalty]

Hi<3 I wanted to ask you if new directions were on tumblr, how do you think you would interact with them? And what do you think their blogs would be about?

Oooh I love this question!! Tysm for the ask🥰💗

Santana: Mutuals. It was basically confirmed in canon that this girl had a tumblr with her comment about her having a favorite ‘Rizzoli & Isles’ blog.. if that doesn’t scream a tumblr lesbian idk what does lol!! Her entire blog would mainly be devoted to sapphic ships that she would sob about in the tags (think overuse of emojis and keyboard smashes)! She would have a pretty decent following and get quite a few asks where she would give headcanons and meta on her favorite ships. She also wouldn’t tell a soul that she’s on there but Brittany would find out and lovingly tease her about it.

Tina: I follow her but she doesn’t follow me. She would be on tumblr constantly! She would have one of those super popular multifandom blogs that makes the most crisp gifs and has hundreds of requests waiting in her inbox. At first you’d be a bit intimidated by her until you realize she is the sweetest and is always super nice about giving tips and resources for gif making!

Sam: I don’t follow him but he follows me. His tumblr would consist of almost 100% memes with no organization/tagging system. Instead of tags, he would leave comments under posts like “woah this is sick dude 🤩” or “nice!!! 👍” which would in turn make a good amount of people block him because they would think he’s some bot or sarcastic troll when in reality they are always genuine comments. He would be the king of spam reblogging to the point that if you did follow him he would overwhelm your dash. Though, every once and awhile there would be a very detailed & coherent post by him about ‘True Jackson, VP’ with links to a petition to get it renewed/rebooted.

Blaine: Mutuals. You just know he would make the best tumblr mutual! He would definitely be that one mutual that you can always count on to like and reblog your content and he would leave the most thoughtful tags. His blog would be a variety of all his interests (he originally tried to have separate side blogs but it was too much for him to keep up with!) but it’s extremely well organized and mainly runs on a queue.

Kurt: I follow him but he doesn’t follow me. His tumblr would be very curated and definitely fit a certain aesthetic. I picture it mostly consisting of reblogs of fashion, films, art, food, etc. But multiple times a week he would post blank text posts with super long rants in the tags with a lot of cussing and the last tag would be #delete later.

Brittany: Mutuals. Everything she posts would be super cheerful & colorful (envision loads of rainbows & cats). She is known for sending asks since she absolutely loves sending her mutuals the most offbeat questions. You can also always rely on her if you’re having a bad day to send you a random quote or fact that will make you smile.

Mike: Mutuals. He would truly have the most chill blog and reblog anything that catches his eye but not in a way where it overloads your dash. He also is someone who follows back almost everyone who follows him and sends a lot of kind asks & leaves nice tags on your original content. He would never get involved in any fandom drama and would only have one filtered tag which is ‘Channing Tatum’.

Puck: Mutuals (mostly for entertainment purposes on my end). He’d be the one to act like he’s never even heard of tumblr but secretly runs his own fic blog mainly for the soap opera he compulsively watches with his mom & sister. He also occasionally enjoys posting snippets of the various screenplays he’s working on. He prides himself on staying anonymous so he uses a pen name and changes the names of everyone he writes about but does an awful job at picking out new names (changes Puck to Huck, Finn to Binn, etc)!

Finn: Neither one of us follows one another. Actually didn’t know what tumblr was until he saw the app on Puck’s phone and noticed him spending a lot of time on it so he got curious. Months later he still has no clue on what the point of tumblr is and has pretty much given up on trying to properly use it. He has a few text posts screaming into the void but they have no engagement. Though he did somehow link his instagram so that still updates.

Mercedes: Mutuals. Her tumblr consists mainly of reblogs for her favorite celebrities, tv shows, & movies. She also has gotten into the habit of live blogging for a few of her top shows and her commentary is so good that you wouldn’t dare to unfollow her or filter her tags for it, even for the shows you didn’t have any interest in previously. She’s the mutual that has such great taste that you find her continuing to influence what media you want to consume next!

Quinn: Mutuals. Her blog is a mix of literature, art, philosophy etc which does make it have an overall pretty “classy” feel but the vast majority of it is also just very, very, very, gay.. to the point where half of what she reblogs is of women kissing/being affectionate with one another. She also eventually dabbles in writing some femslash & it’s very good stuff…

Artie: Neither one of us follows one another. Has a decent following due to his film reviews (he also blocks anyone who disagrees with any of his opinions). He’s also heavily involved in various popular fandoms like Star Wars and Marvel which leads to him getting into some very intense discourse which results in more blocking.

Rachel: Mutuals (on thin ice). Posts super nice aesthetics & moodboards. Though unfortunately, she would be that tumblr mutual who gets into heated debates with anons constantly and is such an easy target because she can’t recognize when people are trolling her so she takes the bait every time. But, fairly often it does get to the point where she actually ends up exhausting the anons with her long written responses.