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[abstrekt]

Finally got around to doing some redraws of THE BEST lower decks episode!!!! No I am not biased

[luuxxart]

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[lovesickeros]

lord its so dark in here the sahara desert of tsaritsa content you are like a shining oasis. your characterisation of her compels me & mihoyo would be hard pressed to top it imo.!! caaaaan i humbly request yr thoughts on her first meeting w a reader of any kind, or maybe even multiple kinds (sagau, sagau god au, isekai, etc) if you so desire...

it really is like a desert here. being the fan of a character we aren't getting until the last damn nation is driving me up a wall but i will persevere bc if nothing else i support morally bankrupt women in media. we r in a severe drought over here but i do my best. unfortunately nothing i say is ever coherent so pull out your translation notes its abt 2 be messy

also this got out of hand but thats bc first meetings w the tsaritsa are tricky to write + a LOT of her characterization lies in deeper exploration then just surface level yknow...NOT A DIG AT YOU this is just my excuse for rambling. gently pats the tsaritsa she can hold so much complexity i do not have the word count to delve into it completely :]

gonna talk cult au for a bit here though because that's 99% of my content. and honestly? she thrives in sub au's of the cult au like villain au + imposter au. it's basically made for her. i mean, early days, the imposter au had been going around for a little while but one of the first few ideas was the Fatui taking reader in so like. it kinda technically actually was. pretty sure cult au Tsaritsa popped up because of the imposter au. a lot of it's writers kinda left though which. man am i getting old or.

anyway.

there isn't much of a chance her first impression is all that positive. at best it's usually neutral, imo, but rarely if ever positive. specifically because i view the Tsaritsa as someone who isn't as fanatical as most of the acolytes typically are towards the creator. she's not exactly going to worship the ground you walk on unlike a certain geo lizard. which is partially why i think she thrives in the sub au's i mentioned.

imposter au, for example. she meets you at your lowest. there's no gaudy extravagance or pampering from the acolytes waiting for you because your own acolytes have turned on you. for all intents and purposes you aren't a "god" at all. which is why i don't think she meshes well with normal cult au reader. the Fatui are made up of outcasts, basically, and imposter au slots right in just perfectly. you're weak, at your lowest, when you meet the Fatui in the imposter au. and the Fatui can help you, too.

a mutual exchange, really. the Tsaritsa sees a tool she can use to one up the rest of the nations and especially Archons, and she has no qualms about you using her and the Fatui in turn. you both want something out of it, after all. whether you just want to be safe from the rest of the acolytes, or you want revenge, or whatever else..she'll give you the power to fulfill it, and she gains the strongest piece on the chessboard when all is said and done.

the best way i can describe the first meeting is "practical", i suppose. she sees an opportunity in you. the ultimate gamble. because if she "saves" you, and you dont trust anyone else because they tried to kill you, well..she holds all the cards, doesn't she?

but the Tsaritsa, imo, is just as capable of being just as fanatical towards you as anyone else. she just won't worship you as the creator. but as yourself? clawing your way back to your divine power and taking back what belongs to you? the Tsaritsa is, to me, a character who's character flourishes in long-term fics more because she changes a LOT between "just met reader" and after having been with reader for some time. she's practically apathetic at the beginning but a lot of her character, in my characterization, shines through LONG after the first meeting.

[kyouka-supremacy]

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[beastren]

9 People You Want to Know Better!

Tagged by @fangbangerghoul TY !!!!

Three ships: HMMM uhhh.... Goku Black x Zamasu.... Any of my OC x Canon ships.... OH and Kaz Brekker x Inej Ghafa!!!!

First ship: I think it was Spyro x Cynder from The Legend of Spyro when I was a wee baby....

Last song: Cold Fish by Queenadreena

Last movie: Wow I truly cannot remember rn.... It's been ages since I last watched a movie....

Currently reading: Medea by Euripides!!

Currently watching: The Sopranos

Currently eating: Those little chocolate covered orange sticks....

Currently craving: Bubble tea........

[zipmode]

tagged by @tf2yuri to share some songs i've got on repeat SMILESSS ^_^

ill umm ill tag @diasomnix and um @sporesgalaxy and ummm uhh @t4tails and also anyone else who wants to play the silly game ^_^ NO PRESSURE of course to the people I tagged hearts stars horseshoes etc.

[froggyrights2]

I could write such a killer autobiography if I was more full of myself

[icewindandboringhorror]

Everytime I face a new character limit on a website that didn't have them before/used to have really long ones... AUGHHhhh the modern social media world was not made for people like me (lovers of details, rambling, elaboration, thorough explanation, and nuance)

[hauntingwriteblr]

me: *pulling for kafka*

himeko: hello there

me: ...lil mad you're not kafka, but you're cool so I'll take it

*~20 pulls later*

kafka: *busts down express doors* so, where's my wife?

me: were you just waiting?

kafka: :)

[lizeon]

just finished watching that longplay of ai: the somnium files i started watching like a month ago, i see why people say its such a good game now

[ofherlionheart]

20 questions for fic writers

tagged by @marriedzukka!! ty babes <3

1. how many works do you have on Ao3? 18

2. what's your total Ao3 word count? currently 464,742. 42% of those words are from like the sun lololololol

3. what fandoms do you write for? historically and publicly, teen wolf, check please, and atla! i have unpubbed/unfinished fics for other fandoms. esp haikyuu lol

4. what are your top five fics by kudos?

5. talkin’ shit (and they’re damn right) 4. Trust Fall [Into My Bed] 3. Maple-Flavored Pie Hearts 2. Maybe Someday (I'll Be Home For Next Year) 1. the lovers [murderers] in 9B

5. do you respond to comments? god i wish i did but im like. only ever logged in when im posting something, and that isn't often, so comments accumulate and then im overwhelmed oops! pls know i do cherish them <3

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? this has simply not been my style. but in the future. who's to say 👀

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? invalid question everyone's definition of happiest ending is different

8. Do you get hate on fics? nope, ty

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

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written? closest ive come is hey, batter, batter, what? but i feel like the ~true crossover is when characters from separate works interact. like. u remember those disney channel/nickelodeon crossovers? suite life meets hannah montana or w/e? yeah. that's my idea of a true crossover

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? not that im aware of. what do u even do when that happens

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? yes! mindblowing. very cool.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? no but im not totally opposed? as long as the partner can tolerate my inability to adhere to a writing schedule

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship? it doesn't really show lol but i will never get tired of percabeth

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? oikawa tooru turns into an idol and it's a disaster AU

16. What are your writing strengths? character, pacing, and dialogue, i think.

17. What are your writing weaknesses? plot. bruh.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? part of me is like, fuck yeah, why the hell not, fic should be written for yourself [ronald mcdonald vine voice] let's mcfucking lose it!! another part of me is like. but maybe you should, like, actually understand that other language a bit

19. First fandom you wrote for? offline? percy jackson. online? teen wolf.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written? hotel sheets, brimming with finery <3

tagging @hydrochaeriswrites @erisenyo @ anyone else who wants to participate!

[griseldabanks]

Had a facepalm moment earlier of discovering the brilliant fic you wrote for someone’s Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan prompt and hoping you’d write more, and then…several days later…realizing…PROMPTS. That’s how this works. Anyway, can’t believe I didn’t send you one earlier, but: Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan for "I missed you”, if you’re up for it?

Let Me Count the Ways ask game

It had been a long, exhausting day, but Obi-Wan didn't feel tired in the least. Packing up all of his belongings (few as they were) and moving them across the Dune Sea would have been a tiring endeavor, even if he hadn't just come from a harrowing trip halfway across the galaxy. And then, of course, there was a new cave to find, preliminary preparations to be made before nightfall in order to make his new home habitable...but none of that mattered.

Wrapping his cloak around himself against the chill of the desert night, Obi-Wan sat on the shelf of rock where he'd placed his bedroll. He pulled his legs up onto the blanket, closed his eyes, and opened himself to the Force.

Warmth and light that had nothing to do with his small heating unit suffused him from the inside out. For a moment, he hesitated. Then he reached out tentatively and murmured, “Master Qui-Gon?”

“Obi-Wan.”

His eyes popped open, and there, sitting beside him on the rock as if he'd been there the whole time, was Qui-Gon. Translucent and tinged blue—like a hologram and yet not—Qui-Gon looked the same as he had the day he'd died. The same twinkle in his eyes, the same hint of humor lingering in the creases at the corners of his eyes, in the twitch of his beard, in the lilt of his voice....

“You're here,” was all Obi-Wan could think to say.

Qui-Gon nodded patiently. “So I am.”

“I missed you.” Unbidden, tears welled up in his eyes. “I missed you so much, Qui-Gon.”

Qui-Gon's eyebrows knitted together with a look of sympathy. “I know.”

If he'd been here physically, he would have reached out and placed a reassuring hand on Obi-Wan's shoulder. Now, he didn't move, but Obi-Wan felt a gentle ripple in the Force washing over him, warm and familiar. Obi-Wan closed his eyes to savor that feeling, something he hadn't experienced in so long.

How many times a day would Obi-Wan feel that presence brush against his, like the touch of a hand? Checking to see where the other was, reassurance in a moment of trouble, a brief reminder or admonishment that needed no words. As unique and unmistakable as a voice, as a fingerprint forever marked in his soul.

And yet, for some twenty-odd years, he hadn't felt Qui-Gon's presence even once.

When Obi-Wan opened his eyes, he felt like a boy again. Like that twelve-year-old boy who had just become a Padawan and wondered if he would ever truly please his Master.

“I needed you,” he whispered, the desperation in his own voice surprising him. “I called to you, again and again. Where were you?”

Qui-Gon's eyes were as kind as ever as he folded his arms inside the voluminous sleeves of his robe. “Tell me, Padawan: What happens to us when we die?”

Now he really did feel like a boy again. This was a question even the youngest of younglings could answer. “We become one with the Force.”

Qui-Gon nodded, as though that settled the matter.

It didn't take a genius to understand what Qui-Gon was getting at. The dead became one with the Force, and the Force was a Jedi's constant companion. In a way, Qui-Gon had never really left.

And yet, Obi-Wan still couldn't shake the feeling of abandonment. He dropped his gaze to his hands clasped in his lap. “There have been so many times I needed your guidance, Master,” he whispered. “And never, not once, did I hear your voice.”

“And were you listening?” Qui-Gon's voice was gentle, oh so gentle, but still it made shame swirl in Obi-Wan's gut.

Because he hadn't been listening. He had closed himself off from the Force for so long, terrified of being found out, of being hunted down, of unintentionally betraying Luke to those who would kill him in an instant. And if he didn't leave even the slightest crack open for the Force to seep through, that meant Qui-Gon couldn't reach him either.

He really was like a child. A child with his fingers in his ears, demanding to know why no one would talk to him.

A warm brush of the Force, like a consoling hand placed on his back. Qui-Gon didn't even have to say anything, because he had already said it a thousand times, in a thousand situations over the years they'd worked together. Accept the shame, then let it go. You are not your mistakes. Learn from them, and they will help you grow.

Taking a deep breath, Obi-Wan envisioned his lungs filling with stale air from the years he had languished here on Tatooine. The years he had let the burden of his guilt press down on his shoulders till he could hardly raise his head in the morning. Then he breathed out, imagining the guilt and shame floating out like wisps of smoke on the air.

Opening eyes he hadn't realized he'd closed, Obi-Wan turned to look at Qui-Gon again. “I called to you when I went to face Vader.”

Qui-Gon nodded, eyes warm with compassion. “I was there.”

“I needed you...so many times...here on Tatooine.”

“I was there.”

Qui-Gon's form wavered, and Obi-Wan blinked, letting tears trickle into his beard. “When...I went to confront Anakin...on Mustafar...when I-I thought that I had...that I had....”

All he could see was his master's eyes, full of sympathy and compassion, understanding and acceptance. “I was there, Obi-Wan.”

For a moment, he held Qui-Gon's gaze. Then he dropped his head into his hands and let the tears flow. “So...every time....”

“Always.”

“You saw...every time I've failed....”

“And every success.” Like a warm blanket, Qui-Gon's presence folded around him in an embrace he felt in the depths of his soul. “I am proud of you, Obi-Wan. You have become a greater man and a greater Jedi than I ever could have foreseen.”

The heat of the twin suns seemed lodged permanently in Obi-Wan's chest. “Only because of your guidance, Master.”

They smiled at each other, and even though they looked nothing like they had when Obi-Wan had been an apprentice, the connection between them was as strong as ever.

[caracello]

wwas listening to paranoiapod earlier and the team got a message from friendcomputer bc they were taking too long and i literally burst into tears in excitement

[unfortunatelyilikebnha]

[ID: a screenshot of the art that appears when you pull shenhe in Genshin Impact. End ID.]

I GOT HER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[astrxealis]

sometimes i randomly remember the time i was swimming as a kid and it was by the big pool but near the edge and the uhh entrance of the pool anyways i almost drowned and so i grabbed lune to live and almost drowned her. good times

[aceloha]

WEREVGOING TO EATVTHE AMONGUS BURGER