#Artie Walker

[littlefreya]

Freya, my dear ❤️

I want you to talk about every little wip you have, but there's one thing that made my heart skip a beat.

Artie Walker 😍 Please tell me what are your plans for him 🥺

Hello my darling 💖😍 how have you been? :)

I am honestly so touched you are asking about Artie, he's been on my mind forever and I have been considering the whole story for a little more than a couple of years. :) What do I have planned for him? Nothing but evil :X

Artie is not looking good at the moment...

At first, there was darkness, icy and hollow, like a forgotten cave buried underwater. It must have been death, for the man stranded in the paralysing snow couldn’t move a muscle, not even his tongue, to scream for help. A surge of intense, electric pain shot through his tendons, beating his heart to race. His entire body jittered, sparks tingled in his spine, and finally, his marine-blue eyes flared open to meet with a great cosmic glow in the night sky. Like two ghostlike serpents, the green lights swayed above him, and even though he felt as if his life were on the brink of death, he couldn’t help but admire the beauty of the great aurora.  His breath fell short while he watched the vast blanket of the night and calmly waited for death to lull him to eternal sleep when he heard a muffled calling.

[artichow]

have people already done a "innocence top surgery" joke about tyki?

[facesofthefog]

@ask-the-entity-lovecraften-god

"Who said I don't have one already?~ Care to see?"

[nakedcomedy]

wow we had SO MUCH FUN at our last "I'm Actually From Here" with Molly Ruben-Long and her fantastic friends! Thanks Noah E for the fantastic shots! 📸

We're back with another 🔥fantastic lineup🔥 NEXT TUESDAY 5/30! Get tix now to keep the long weekend goin!

[artyandink]

delta time

SUMMARY: Based on this request: hey arty! ive seen a lot of mechanic!dean / car aficionado!dean fics. i wanted to know your take on f1 driver!dean x reader who is also somehow involved in the circuit or just a fan, if possible? thank you 🩷

You’re one of Dean’s radiomen (or women). You’re also his girlfriend, which makes things easier when he’s got you on a private channel telling him what was going on.

A/N: This was a hard one, but I hope I did a good job with these headcanons! I might get around to writing a fic, lmk if you want one!

DELTA TIME - A term used to describe the time difference between two different laps or two different cars.

F1 Dean is probably a cocky-ass son of a bitch. He is, in fact. No way he isn’t.

“Wanna celebrate after I win, sweetheart?”

“Dean. Focus.”

“Sorry not sorry.”

He’d keep a photo of you in his car if he could but he moved too fast to see it. But he’d drop his little nicknames like ‘sweetheart’ or ‘pretty thing’ on a private channel.

Occasionally he’d purposely forget to switch to a private channel and endure teasing from the team afterwards.

He knows he’s the best driver on the track. Forget Gordon Walker - another driver - he leaves him in the dust. Partly cause his motivation is steamy good luck sex before he gets to the track.

When he wins the race he’ll make his way to you first thing he can do, sweep you into his arms and kiss you senseless.

Then it’ll lead to some more sex when he gets you back to his house, yours or a hotel room.

He’s very protective of his F1 car. Definitely, so no sexy times back there as much as he wants to.

You have to keep him from speeding sometimes in Baby cause he’s so used to driving at increasingly high speeds

Dean’s more of a rough dom in bed but after a tiring race he’ll let you take the reins and boy is it a ride.

If you ever have celebration parties, you wear his colours on the track and that keeps his eyes on you all right.

There’s a lot of good natured ribbing from the team, especially when you and Dean get sappy.

You have to make sure he eats and sleeps well because of the minimum weight requirement and how he loses a few pounds after every race.

He adores you and he’s probably planning on proposing to you straight after a race

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[caitwon]

GOFUNDMES FOR LEWISTON SHOOTING VICTIMS

For those of you that DON'T know, Lewiston, Maine experienced a mass shooting on Wednesday. I am not from that part of the state, but the state is very tight knit. You're probably 3 degrees of separation from someone, maybe 5 or 6 if you're really pushing it. The suspect has not been taken into custody because they cannot find him.

These are 16 of the 18 confirmed deaths. 13 were injured. If you can donate, please donate. If you're in the state, go donate blood if you're eligible. UPDATE: suspect was found deceased. I think everyone is feeling an immense sense of relief at the news he cannot hurt another person. That being said, the community still has a lot of healing to do.

Peyton Brewer-Hoss

Justin Karcher

Arthur Strout

Maxx Hathaway

Joseph Walker

Bill and Aaron Young

Billy Brackett

Kyle Secor

Ben Dyer

fund for all victims and their families

[very-funny-box]

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I'm scared of y'all.......... You all ate the bug designs really quick....

WELLLL HERE'S MORE (same warnings as the last one)

extra silly drawings including hk and bf characters after the ref sheets!!!

Spearmaster as a Dragonfly

Saint as a Luna Moth

Enot/Inv/???/Sofanthiel as a Walker Frother's moth (with INVerted colors)

Levpups as random ass fluffy caterpillars

The iterators as Giant Forest ants

Scavengers/Scroungers as Honeypot Ants!!!!

Extra silly drawings!!

Kabbu, moments away from Sliver attempting to murder him

Hoaxe and Arti almost becoming the bug Chieftain x Arti ship, but Arti quickly shutting down that crackship.

??? informing Saint about their children

Saint being a hater after brutally slaughtering Sliver for attacking team snakemouth, Vi agreeing with them

??? and Ghost/Knight having nothing in their heads but strategies

and tthat is all for now.

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wait I still have ONE more post to do after this...

[daresplaining]

hi! long time admirer of your blog! is there any particular reason why matt (specifically) pretends he's dead when something goes fucked up in his life? is it as a result of trauma or a past experience 'cause i have yet to figure it out myself. thanks in advance! hope you're having a wonderful day!

Hi, and thank you!

That's a really interesting question. To my memory, Matt has never psychoanalyzed himself on-panel about this, so I suppose it's up to us.

The short answer is that each faked death tends to be tied to the specific circumstances that surround it, as well as Matt's state of mind at the time, but there are noticeable patterns. (I'll do a quick run-through of The Deaths of Matt Murdock, but here's a more comprehensive (though not quite up-to-date) overview for anyone unfamiliar.)

His earliest faked deaths were more about pragmatism than anything, and had to do with protecting-- or simplifying-- his secret identity. His very first, of course, was "killing" Mike, which he presented as just being a matter of convenience. The Mike identity, while fun, had outlived its purpose and was starting to cause Matt trouble in his relationships with Karen and Foggy, in addition to just being a tiring logistical nightmare. (Also, Mike was cooler than Matt and that just wouldn't do.) There wasn't much forethought to his decision, he just encountered a situation in which Daredevil (Mike) would be in danger and suddenly thought, "Hey, what if he died?"

Matt (thinking): I just thought of something! ...The nuttiest idea I've ever had! But, if I can pull it off...it'll end my triple-identity bit...forever!" Daredevil vol. 1 #41 by Stan Lee, Gene Colan, John Tartaglione, and Sam Rosen

Matt's second faked death came about when supervillain Starr Saxon discovered his secret identity. This threat to his double life brought out feelings of resentment that Matt had been harboring toward his civilian identity since issue 1. In these early years, in an effort to hide his powers and superheroics, Matt turned his mild-mannered alter ego into an exaggerated caricature of a blind person, played at being helpless, prevented himself from acting on his feelings toward Karen Page, and dialed down his personality. He believed that this was necessary, but he also hated it and found it stifling. Added to this was his overall bitterness toward the ableism he had experienced since his accident, and the sense that the world around him viewed him as helpless (Matt mentions in an issue shortly afterward that his least favorite sentiment is pity). Thus, at this point, he saw the Matt Murdock identity as a prison, and the Daredevil identity as liberation, and so he grasped at the idea of faking his (Matt Murdock's) death not just as a way to counter Starr Saxon's threats, but also as an opportunity to finally rid himself of an identity that he actively disliked.

Matt: "My problem isn't Daredevil--and never was! It was always Matt--the blind lawyer--the hapless, helpless invalid! He's been my plague...since the day I first donned a costume! Then, let Matt Murdock no longer exist!!" Daredevil vol. 1 #53 by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Gene Colin, George Klein, and Artie Simek

Fortunately, Matt largely got over this resentment after he stopped putting his different identities into such rigid boxes. He does occasionally give up one or the other of his identities from time to time, but we don't see him actively killing an identity out of hatred again. Which is...certainly a positive sign in regards to Matt's overall mental health.

Instead, in the decades since the Starr Saxon incident, Matt's faked deaths have tended to revolve around two vital needs: the need to escape from something horrible in his life, and the need to protect his loved ones. Sometimes it's more of one, sometimes it's more of the other. In the Nocenti/JRJR run, Matt screws up real bad by cheating on Karen Page (at this point still recovering from her drug addiction and very fragile) with Mary Walker. Matt gets nearly killed by Typhoid Mary, wakes up in the hospital and learns that Karen has discovered his treachery. He finds himself at a crossroads, hating himself for the betrayal, hating the violence in his life and the seeming futility of everything he does, and feeling unable to cope, he abandons his civilian identity, vanishes from the lives of the people who know him, holds a symbolic "funeral" for Matt Murdock, and runs off upstate.

In the Chichester/McDaniel run, Matt ends up with a convenient body double in the wake of a major secret identity scare and decides that it would be best to fake his death in order to protect his loved ones. The only person who knows he's still alive is Maggie, his mother, because Matt goes to her for name suggestions for his new civilian alter ego (she ends up suggesting "Jack").

Maggie: "Oh, Matt, thank god you're alive!" Matt: "No 'Matt', Maggie. Not anymore. That's become a dangerous name for anyone too near to me." Daredevil vol. 1 #325 by D.G. Chichester, Scott McDaniel, and Christie Scheele

After becoming a full-on supervillain in Shadowland, Matt again decides that it's "for the best" if his loved ones think he's dead, and he vanishes off to New Mexico. In this case, the only people he allows to know the truth are Elektra and Ben Urich. Then there's Matt's memorable, utterly bonkers deal with the Kingpin in the second volume of the Waid/Samnee run after his, Foggy's, and Kirsten's lives have been ravaged by one supervillain attack after another:

Matt: "My offer is this: You guarantee the safety of my people, and the identity bell gets unrung. Think of it as a perverse twist on witness protection. Everyone--Foggy, Kirsten, everyone--will be told I'm dead. Meanwhile, you'll give me a new name and identity known only to you. You'll get back the secret you paid for. You'll oversee the plastic surgery so that only you recognize the face. Hell, even I won't see it. Hell, graft the mask to my skin. I won't care." Fisk: "But you'll still be Daredevil." Matt: "That way, you'll always know where I am. How to use me even when I don't think I'm being used. And how to, at any time, take anyone or anything away from me that you don't want me to have." Daredevil vol. 4 #16 by Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, Matthew Wilson, and Joe Caramagna

And then, of course, we have our most recent example, in which Matt coped with the chaos of his recent life and the violent death of his brother by using Mike's corpse as a body double and fleeing the city to go fight ninjas with Elektra.

What's interesting about these faked deaths is the gap between the reasoning that Matt offers himself versus the actual reality of what he is doing. Each time, Matt is convinced that his loved ones will be better off, safer, even happier if they think he is dead. And of course, this is not based on nothing. Matt has suffered tremendous loss, and has brought great pain into the lives of the people in his orbit. He lost his father. He accidentally got Elektra's father killed, and then later had Elektra herself die in his arms. He contributed to the circumstances that led to Heather's suicide. One of his villains killed Glori. Another killed Karen Page, and nearly killed his mother. Yet another put Milla in a psychiatric hospital, possibly permanently. His brother just literally died in his place. Foggy's life has been in danger more times than I can list. Matt's story has a towering body count, and he carries that grief with him at all times--particularly in circumstances when his life is in shambles, when enemies are closing in, and when those around him are in the crosshairs or have just survived being there. Of course Matt would think that everyone would be "better off" without him around. In the purest, most practical sense, he's probably not wrong. And so, when he lets his loved ones think he is dead and tells himself it's for their own good, I do think he genuinely believes it.

But of course, that also isn't entirely true or realistic. Sending the people who care about him into mourning again and again is not protecting them. And when you really look closely, it's obvious that Matt's most frequent reason for faking his death is the same reason he clings so strongly to the Daredevil identity despite the pain it has caused him: escape. When Matt feels stressed, under pressure, unable to think, or powerless, he can always put on that suit and hop out the window. And when Matt's world is falling apart and he cannot cope at all and doesn't know what else to do, he abandons his life. He escapes into a different identity. He leaves. In his head it's for the people he loves, but it's clearly also for himself. And as frustrating as this coping mechanism can be as a long-term Daredevil reader, I also love it for how incredibly human it is.

With all of this said, though, I think the funniest answer is that Matt inherited some kind of when-in-doubt-fake-your-death gene from his mom.

[littlefreya]

This... Or rather the caption got me wondering...

Artie with kids? Dad Artie? 👀🙈

Daddy Dad! Artie! Imagine him telling the kids to behave and not be little brats when he is explaining what he does for a living at show and tell 🥺🖤

[duchess-of-oldtown]

House of the Dragon Season 2, Episode 1 Thoughts

Just clarifying, these are my own thoughts, you don't like them, don't bother telling me so. Also, I'm not a book purist, I like adaptions taking putting their own spin on things - if it makes sense to do so. So, here were my thoughts. Obvs, this post is dark and full of spoilers.

I loved the opening, the whole callback to the White Walkers which cements the true arc of ASOIAF (and feels a fuck you to s8)

THEY CALLED VHAGAR THAT HOARY OLD BITCH, ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BOOK QUOTES

Rhaenys ate, she fucking ate, that's it girl you remind Daemon of your daughter and his place (you know that Daemon loved that shit)

And Daemon? The whole mother vs the Queen speech? What do you think YOUR mother would have done? Alyssa Targaryen would have done exactly the same if it were you torn apart and you goddamn know it.

Yes, Corlys mourning Luke. Everyone mourning Luke 😭😭😭

Alyn of Hull, slay.

Am I the only one who kinda thinks that the Hightower Sigil looks a little clip-arty? It's just not it 😬

I really wish they made the scorpions look better. I just always thought that the weapons would be more advanced because they actually know dragons.

Aegon and Helaena, you can sort of see that Aegon does care about her but he just doesn't know what to do with her.

Alicent ALICENT WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. GET THAT MAN AWAY FROM THERE

Also Criston? Giving head? Yeah, I'd think the sharks are real before I believed that.

Where was the build up to... That?

I actually fucking shuddered. SHUDDERED.

Tyland don't fucking annoy that little boy.

Terms? You killed her little boy and you sent terms?

Yes, Aegon you humiliate that Lannister bitch.

Why is Jaehaerys so sweet? 😭😭😭😭

Dalton Greyjoy mention!!

Mine are Bigger - Actual Aegon II energy

Why is Aemond sitting there like 🥺🥺🥺? You fucked up my guy.

Emma is heartbreaking.

Syrax never grew? Why she so tiny?

Arrax was so beautiful.

The actual stab of grief I got watching Rhaenyra on the beach. That was her baby. That was her little boy.

Aegon the Magnamious?

Aegon being nice on the throne? Being kind to the shepherd?

Your goats? No, sheep even better. 🙂 Aegon, I am meant to hate you.

Otto get fucked, Aegon was doing his best.

Hugh? Hugh Hammer? Girl,get the fuck out of here, asking for money and shit.

I can see a lot of ppl going to whine about them humanising Aegon but it's necessary? Complex characters and our relationships with them is GRRM's greatest skill.

Larys get away from that boy.

This is a green heavy episode. I know why but still, give us some Joffrey maybe? Some House Baratheon shitting themselves? The Great Houses getting the news and going oh fuck?

Daemon is lowkey right, Mysaria did help place Aegon on the throne but she is also right, he's only that angry with her because nobody else around.

Matt's acting is top tier because you can really see the grief, the anger and the insecurity when he's snarking.

Rhaenyra's return. Her silence, it's fucking gold.

Jace and Rhaenyra 😭😭😭😭 His lil voice. 😭😭😭

Where was Jeyne Arryn? Why no Jeyne??

The funeral 😭 lil Joffrey is too lil. Jace holding him *raptor screams*

Alicent, the fit ate but what good are prayers? Go smack that son of yours.

Somebody hug Rhaenyra. Right now. Rhaenys? Elinda? Baela? Rhaena? Hold that woman.

The CRIME HOODIE is back.

I still hate the gold cloaks' cloaks. They look like piss rags. Does nobody on the staff know what gold is? Look at Sunfyre.

The actual book quotes 🙂🙂🙂🙂

The War of Quills and Ravens, yes, yes

Aemond don't sit with Ser Incelot, he hast done thy mother

Y'know what, Aemond is a lil right, he's getting the blame for starting the war but Alicent and Otto literally laid the foundations?

Why is Criston standing for Otto? He's not a member of the royal family.

Aemond, sitting in that chair is very Daemon of you

Otto, showing off his slutty lil wrist, your pour yourself a lil drinky girl

Blood and Cheese have a lil dog with them. Please don't let anything happen to the dog.

There's something always so eerie about all those tunnels under the Red Keep. It absolutely terrifies me.

Aegon and his buddies sitting on the throne gives off fuck boi vibes and the Strong joke was actually pretty funny.

That Viserys statue is not it.

Why is Blood so fucking massive?

Cheese, did you just fucking kick that dog? I will kill what you love you absolutely bastard.

Oh, those locks. The world building, oh the worldBuilding

The atmosphere is very well captured. The music is on point.

I love the detailing of the interiors of the Red Keep, it's so much better than the OG series.

Oh Helaena.

Helaena, my love. Why Helaena, why her.

Why didn't they just check themselves?

How the fuck did the writers make Blood and Cheese that lack lustre? How the actual fuck do you fumble that?

Alicent, my fucking eyes, MY FUCKING EYES

I'm giving this a 7.5/10. Everyone else was great but HOW DO YOU FUCK UP BLOOD AND CHEESE? HOW? HOW? I DEMAND A TRIAL BY COMBAT

Also I must say, the Biblically accurate Hand of the King chain in the trailer is very good.

[godzilla-reads]

hello! I saw you collect books on werewolves and I was wondering if you had any werewolf novel reccs?

Oh boy do I!

Here are some of my favorite werewolf novels:

The Wolf in the Garden by Alfred H. Bill- This book centers around a young man whose life gets upended at the arrival of a mysterious French "gentleman" who is totally not a werewolf.

Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright- Valerie is in love with a woodcutter, but she is betrothed to the blacksmith in her town. Her problems only get worse when a giant wolf begins terrorizing the village. YA Novel.

Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King- In this short book, each chapter is each monthly full moon that a werewolf is attacking people in a small town. Who could it be?

Wolfsong by TJ Klune- Ok, So I just started reading this book, but its amazing so far. It follows a boy named Ox who becomes friends and maybe a bit more with a family that moves in close to him that has mysterious ways.

Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens- Artie finds out she comes from a family of werewolves and must soon learn to harness her powers, and fight vampires. Graphic Novel.

Mooncakes by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker- You've got a witch and a nonbinary werewolf who team up to stop a growing evil they know little about. Graphic Novel.

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter- This fantastic selection of short stories features a lot of fairy tale retellings, several along the lines of Red Riding Hood. My ultimate favorite in the collection is the last one- The Company of Wolves.

I hope this helps!

[facesofthefog]

who's best to eat?

"I'm certain you expected me to give you a name of one of those boring survivors~ But my favorite source of emotions are actually other Entities. Since they too began taking on mortal shells, they became susceptible of mortal emotions. Pain, pleasure, fear, lust- All create a delicious mix, especially when it's an elder. They are the strongest and the most nourishing"

[Thank you @experimentity for allowing me to borrow your muse <3]

[yenn-reads]

Favorite one shots

Some stories need to be read more than once. Some stories are worth coming back to them from time to time.

These are the ones that I always come back to.

My favorite one-shots!

by @sillyrabbit81

And so much more (Sy / 😭, 💕, 🔥) Heart of the matter (Sy / 😭, 💕, 🔥) Prying (Sy, August / 😭, 🔥) More than ever (Sy / 😭, 💕) Always real? (Sy / 😭, 💕, 🔥) Practical boundaries (Sy / 😭, 💕, 🔥) Close shave (Sy / 💕) Lookout (Sy / 😭, 💕, 🔥) Attached (Sy / 💕, 🔥) Unexpected (Sy / 💕, 🔥)

Maybe I should have just linked her masterlist 😁

by @raccoon-eyed-rebel:

To become one (Fantasy AU Melot / 💕, 🔥) What's in a name (Fantasy AUMikey / 💕, 🔥) Snowed in (Mikey / 💕, 🔥) Worth it (Walter+ Baby brother Mikey / 💕) You deserve it (Mikey / 💕) Tongue-tied (Mikey / 🔥) Taking cues (Mikey / 🔥) What's the occasion? (Sy / 💕, 🔥) Astraphobia (Walter+ Baby brother Mikey 💕) Don't knock it till you try (Sy, Walter / 💕, 🔥)

by @deandoesthingstome

Holiday angel (August / 🔥) Heart wide open (Sy / 😭, 💕) No matter how far (Sy / 😭, 💕)

by @mayloma

Sweet things (Sy / 💕) Behind the curtain (August / 🔥)

by @fvckinghenrycavill

Exposed (August / 🔥)

by @poledancingdinos

My favorite feeling (Sy / 💕) Soundtrack of debauchery (Sy, Mikey / 💕, 🔥) Soundtrack of debauchery part 2 (Sy, Mikey / 💕, 🔥)

@littlefreya

Midnight Special (Artie Walker / 💕 )

@captainsy-cookiemonster

Late night shift (Evan / 💕, 🔥)

[steampunkforever]

Swing music, for as good as it sounds on a crackly record, is best listened to live. Your stereotypical horn stings or sax solo, even when recorded on mics from 50s germany that a nonzero number of recording artists on multiple continents would strangle you with your own intestines for, simply cannot fully capture the experience of listening to a jazzy brass section full of someone's grandpas hitting the same horn part that you've heard a thousand times over in classless elevator music, only for the spirit of swing music to sprout from your chest in a way that shoves your head into a bathtub full of still-brewing gin and doesn't let you come up until you *get* double breasted suits.

This isn't to say that Swing Music is the key to understanding an Auburn Speedster or Model A (If you remember, the Model A only became properly cool when its guts were swapped for a ford flathead or an SBC) but that, excluding those truly great compositions that transcend the limits of recording and rerecording, the perceived "corniness" of the genre is simply a measure if its intended performance style: live. In a crowd of people having a good time. Even the most trite, most yawn-inducing, elevator music riffs seem to take hold of you when played live, if only to a field of retirees shuffling about in walkers.

Yet the music takes hold! Not a madness but still an echo of the bacchanalian excesses gripping pearl clutchers hearts in the days that this was bad boy music played by denizens of jazz clubs, the genre birthing Duke and Artie, but also a generation of much less talented artists who nevertheless sound fantastic live. There's an old man playing the trumpet solo in a gazebo right now and it leaves me irreparably changed.

[callmearcturus]

for the fic writer asks: 1 :) 3 :) 8, 16, 17, 19, 22, 28

the last sentences you wrote

you're a menace.

But now Ethan knew a thing or two about Walker and where his center of gravity was. Moving just as abruptly, Ethan dug his heels into the mat, pushed up as quickly as he could. One arm loose, he kept moving, twisting his body, turning and slamming his elbow into Walker's neck.

3. how you feel about your current WIP

[jerry maguire voice] WE ARE SO BACK BABY

8. if you had to write a sequel to a fic, you’d write one for…

KTOWL, exploring the domino of Jake's ludicrous plans, Karkat's extremely reluctant rise to power, and the fall of the Table.

or The Matter of Chicago, but that's just because right now I'm having a relapse.

16. favorite place to write

At my desk at home, honestly. I have a refurbed steelcase chair, I have my custom keyboard, I have a record player nearby. it's all I need.

17. talk about your writing and editing process

DO I TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE

i dunno, it's... mechanical, it's a craft not an art. It's like my default state. It only really stops when I have too much stress. Or when I stop to refill on JRPGs......

But I'm a big iteration and drafts person. Outline is first draft, then you write the thing and that's second draft, then you start from the top and rewrite it all over again until it's good.

it's just a wheel that keeps turning.

19. the most interesting topic you’ve researched for a fic

uuuuuuh the city of Chicago. yes, even now. which is why i feature it in every fucking story i can.

tho i also had to research the shit out of Seattle for that book i wrote and that was also very fun. god, that Gehry building is fuck ugly.

22. do you ever worry about public reaction to what you’re writing? how do you get past that?

uuuuuh at this point I mostly hope someone else will be interested in whatever weird niche I'm fixated on? it's always fun when I start up something weird and then people decide they like the weird thing too! that honestly makes for the best time. so idk I actually advocate people writing the weirdest shit in their hearts bc that's what makes cool ppl interested in your stuff, I think.

28. your least favorite part of the writing process

If there are always three drafts (outline, first, and final) I like doing the first/middle one the least. It's all about flow and tempo, which are the most nebulous parts of writing and the most "you just gotta feel it" shit, and I hate that. I want everything to be mechanical and shit.

whenever i get stuck on something, it's probably in the first/middle draft and it's all just a matter of being in the Arty Headspace. blurgh.

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HELLOOOO sorry I haven’t been active much!!!

But I just saw your yandere circus and OOOOOO.

I got ideas…

Clown yans with apprentice clown darling who just recently joined: She is new so she’s steadily trying to figure out what the main part of her act is going to be. The clowns use this as a chance to get her to be apart of their act to have her all to themselves. Here’s the fun part. Each clown has a unique act that ties into all of the others. So constantly they are stealing her away from each other to get her to work on their act, but all Darling sees is them being sweet enough to help her out. In reality they are at each other’s throats fighting over her attention. Now the question is… Who will she choose?

Ringmaster Yan with a darling who has applied to take care of the animals that are apart of the circus: His love(obsession) for her happened when he went to her tent to check to see how she was doing on her first day, and he so happened to walk in on her caring for a female elephant and her child. In that second he froze and it felt like his heart skipped over itself. From that point on he would constantly call her over to his tent from the pretense that an animal needed to be checked on while he supervised. This was so he could have her all to himself away from all the other members of the circus.

Twin tight rope walker yans with a contortionist darling: The twins from birth have always been inseparable. They shared everything. Clothes, hair styles, speech patterns, etc. If you saw one you could guarantee you would see the other not far behind. That is the main reason as to why their act was so special. They could not speak a word to each other before a show and do tricks flawlessly. It’s just how well they know each other. One day a new comer shows up and immediately they both are in awe. After their act from behind the curtains they see contortionist Darling move her body in ways they thought impossible. She could balance three bowling pins one on top of the other on the balls of her foot all the while bent backwards. She would flip and turn, and throughout her entire act the crowd was in awe. She made the children laugh and made gasps sound throughout the audience when she did something that many deemed impossible. After the Twins got through watching her act that moment they both knew something. They had to have her all to themselves, and they weren’t too keen on sharing her either…

Name Ideas:

Clowns: Chuckles, Whimsy, Pipo, Pips, Patches, Tot, Binks, Dimitri, Alphie, Artie, Chester, Davey, Edwin.

Ringmaster: Everett, Gabriel, Julius, Titus, Imre, Sebastian, Alexander, Edmund, Alister, Callum, Liam.

Tight rope walkers: Noah and Nathaniel, Toby and Thomas, Leo and Lucas, Finley and Freddie, Hugh and Hugo, Abel and Ave, Jasper and Finn, Benjamin and Elijah, Ash and Heath, Atlas and Adonis.

Sorry if this is too long!! I hope you’re having an amazing day/night!!! Keep up the amazing work!!!!!

YOUR IDEAS ARE SO YUMMY WHAT

Like a band of clowns (Sunday, Artie, Chuckles, and Alphie) who joined the circus to put their unique violent skills into something helpful, their act is intricate, involving everything from slapstick comedy to knife throwing. Poor darling doesn't fit in, they're clumsy and oh so inexperienced.

The clowns, of course, offer to help their new apprentice vying for their attention in the process. Darling is all merry, happy that their mentors are all trying to get their act to fit into the show. Meanwhile, the clowns are giving each other nasty glares behind their back.

Or the Ringmaster, Edmund, who simply can't do it all. He's in charge of everything: animal care, cleaning, organizing shows. He just can't do it anymore. With one of his best elephants about to give birth and his show growing in popularity, he needs help.

He puts out an ad, asking for workers who were willing to travel with the circus to help out. Darling answers the advertisement, applying for the animal handling position. They were clumsy and a bit skittish, but beggars can't be choosers. He hired them up front, and their work began quickly. He avoided them for the first several weeks, until they're late bringing out the animals, and he went to search for them. Finding them in the elephant's trailer, he watched them help the newborn nurse, and a switch in him flipped. Something about the care that they gave the creature, the gentleness with which they handled her, it enraptured him.

He began calling them to check on certain animals, even when check ups or grooming was unnecessary. He just wanted to see them so desperately and get them away from prying eyes.

Or the tightrope walkers, Toby and Thomas, who were used to sharing, ever since they were young they would share toys, clothes, snacks, they even shared a bedroom until they were teenagers.

It was only natural that they share the pretty new performer as well. They're mesmerized by the way that they can move, flipping and twisting into unnatural positions.

The two made a silent agreement on their first night with the circus. The twins would share them, like they shared everything else. They belonged to the twins, even if they didn't know it.