#I didn't take the bait!

[arielavader]

I wish I had a way to edit photos on my computer, because I totally need Aziraphale pointing and saying this - lovely - response I got to saying that telling someone to let fanfic go a bit was similar to someone saying to someone who reads "pop" lit like genre fiction that they need to "branch out"

Anyway, read and write whatever makes you happy and fan fic is absolutely a great thing to read even if it's the only thing you read. 💖

[lydiaas]

JJ MAYBANK in S03E05 HEISTS  JJ... Let's get this out in the open.

[robo-dino-puppy]

horizontober 2023 | 5: "Oh dear..."

[scarycranegame]

saw an anti posting about how (quote)"proshippers who "borrow" posts from antis give james somerton vibes... the "p" in proshipper stands for plagiarism i guess"(/quote)

like. buddy i think theres at least a LITTLE bit of a difference between "stealing someone's writing about important and sensitive subject(s) and profiting off of it in their stead" vs "copying and pasting someone's tumblr post in order to remove the borderline hate speech at the bottom of it in order to make others feel more welcome in their community"

[pandaroboto]

[strqyr]

it's been long enough that i feel it's safe for my own sanity to talk about this, but nothing has made me almost rage quit an episode more than the V9 finale, when ruby stays back and yang turns back to her to ask her what's wrong, and ruby starts with "when i was in the tree" and then pauses for long enough that i'm like oh boy here we go :DD and then, THEN she starts talking about some MOUSE???

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like ex-fucking-cuse me???? you want to run that back one more time?????

[etherealflickering]

RARGHH my last post about ???% and teru was too vague it was aggravating me. nobody look anymore. it's gone. I wanna elaborate more, it's what I do best!! first I gotta establish that shigeo and mob are the same person. which, y'know. is obvious given the manga events and the conclusion of the confession arc. shigeo is mob's powers and repressed emotions given form. yet they have been two distinct egos for years due to mob's trauma-induced mental and emotional block. so I doubt the final arc would necessarily repair that divide in its entirety. all of this plus I fully lean into the ESP being an allegory for neurodivergency, specifically autism.

what the result of the arc does is that now they speak and are conscious as one. the part of shigeo that emerges as ???% is preserved but more as a physical manifestation of meltdown, unmasking, or strong feelings than it is of a complete, uncontrolled self-defense mode. ???% is a part of mob's powers if not just the condensed, full-force version of them. I'd imagine mob might practice going ???% as a form of meditation and keeping in friendly touch with that part of himself.

bringing it back to teru: this is why I think teru interacting with ???% in a calm, nonviolent environment is so important because even though he's fundamentally accepted that part of mob, he still hasn't really known it past horrible, traumatic situations. if mob were to ever shut down or fully unmask or anything of the sort, teru would learn not to be scared but to be caring and understanding. this would strengthen their bond even further. it'd be good for both of them!

[rox-of-iu]

me + mayhem going on a stupid silly hike for my stupid silly mental health

touched grass and i am normal again (lying)

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Have ya seen or read either delicious in dungeon or frieren? I dunno how you feel about refan these days but I figured some popular fantasy series would give ya a chance to get more into the genre/setting/etc

Dungeon Meshi.....aka the anime with a very yuri coded scene being blasted all over the internet? .....of course I'd watch it. 8U Give this himejoshi a good yuri or shojo-esque scene and there's a good chance I'll be all over it! <(˘ ˘ ˘)>

(Narrator: this didn't apply to the one Yuri bait scene in MHA with Himiko and the floaty girl)

Tbh I got a bit spoiled on it (between the bath scene, and the thing that directly lead to needing the bath scene that looks like it was a scene outta that Locked Tomb novel I need to finish XU). But tbf, that spoiler did get me interested. And I am liking it!

Plus that main genre of that anime (fantasy adventure) was something up my boyfriend's alley so I figured he'd enjoy it too. And he did! And we're now waiting for the next ep. Marcille is my(/our?) fav I think.

Frieren I've heard and seen stuff from it (one person I follow was reblogging a lot of both). I kept getting it confused with DunMesh tbh. We checked out the trailer but......it's didn't grab either of us. I'll look a diff trailer later to see if it gives us more info on what's going on. TT0TT

We just finished Hell's Paradise (those last few eps may have caused me to start shipping Sagiri and Yuzuhira pretty hard u_u alksfjdl) And we ended up starting....Mashle, only watched the first ep but it looks promising!

That's in the fantasy genre too I think (tho it seems more like a comedy)? I wanted to watch it cause I was interested in the char designs (kept seeing them with Tamashii figures).

Anyway thanks for looking out for me anon with those recommendations! If you have any other's I'd love to hear them! ^_^

[roomthirtythree]

I'm moving to another continent in exactly a week and my family is more broken than it has ever been and boy has it been broken for a while <3 love the lil glass shards

[koobibias]

Stranger Things 4 Spoilers!!!

the thing about stranger things is that there’s no stakes for the main/core cast. like they are put into situations that are stressful and make you worried for them but there’s generally no reason to think they’re going to die because the duffer brothers never commit.

their go to is always: kill a character people want to die (billy, brenner, any villain) or kill a character who has been introduced in that season (bob, eddie, alexei) and who were side characters in their season. And the main cast is always safe, even when they get “deaths” (hopper, max).

and i’m not saying the show needs to have major character deaths but when the writers themselves are teasing the fans by saying that there’s going to be five major deaths in vol 2 and those deaths are characters who aren’t important or who we want to see die.... it’s really just as empty as every other promise the show says they’ll see through.

[philtatosbuck]

for all people (mostly certain fic authors) like to say that freya’s way of taking down dahlia was terrible because she drove a wedge between the siblings, they often seem to forget that freya never outright came into the picture wanting anything but her siblings united and standing together. klaus is just a bitch (i love him. he’s damn near always the problem). it ain’t even that elijah and rebekah automatically trusted freya they were just willing to let her EARN their trust and protect hope and klaus was not willing to do that. whether you think he was valid in it or not he is the reason freya ever went to ‘okay, time to split them up’ she was literally just responding to his constant disrespect.

[eorzeashan]

man I've been trying to latch onto the story beats for KOTET but mostly failing; and I think it's because Eight's whole deal with it only worked for KOTFE. would he beat Valkorion's ass for trying to hijack his and Jadus' bond? absolutely. would he be there for the Vaylin stuff? not... so much.

The way he sees it, he's repaying a life debt to Lana (since Koth pretty much opted out of it by taking the Gravestone as his reward) that is equal in worth to Arcann's death. Once that happens, he's out. And he hasn't enjoyed this whole stint one bit either; in fact, I can say he's even more miserable than he was under the Castellan Restraints. At least there he was thrilled by it and motivated by his own purposes. Here, he feels trapped. Alone.

You could say he has a choice to walk away, but at this point he's too mired in the war and it's...well, he takes burdens. He has that code to always repay what he owes even if he hates it. Lana doesn't realize it either-- or she only noticed one time via that letter, but didn't do much about it because what she asks him to do is so tied to what she doesn't give a second thought about: it's necessary. She thinks he has a personal stake in this and projects her own frustrations at the state of the world onto him because she doesn't know. And perhaps, that means.... she doesn't know him, either.

Their relationship was basically the same before too, only this time it's tipped drastically in her favor because he no longer has that choice to disobey. He could've had worse masters, but Lana's pragmatism and way of pointing him at what needs to be done (killed) has been horrible thus far. Even Jadus/Acina were both more receptive and open to him and while Lana does in essence, care, she does not hesitate and doesn't question her motives or the one she's shouldering these tasks to.

It's mostly the BuyowareTM effect of mission-ordained bestie and the plot railing, but it also does feel like... she doesn't realize how satisfied she is when he's finally following her orders after a long, long time of him openly resisting and making no effort to respect her chain of command, which was like a subconscious reaction on his part each time he sassed her because he didn't want to be under her thumb. Then when he agrees and does what she asks, she's more than pleased, happy even.

Yet from Eight's pov, it does something to him each time where he sinks even further into being that unfeeling weapon who no longer wants to think.

Would she be mortified if she knew how miserable he was having her as a taskmaster? Most likely. She's just doing what she thinks is best for the people she knows and her galaxy-- but it's her unawareness of this, her extreme pragmatism and eagerness to use him to the best of her ability that shifts their power dynamic to something less benevolent. Even under the kindest of Sith who treats him as a friend, he suffers because of his nature as a weapon to be used by her and her iron-clad ideals.

It's also a detriment on his part where Eight makes no effort to sway other people or change them because he believes in witnessing their true selves without his interference, and when Lana admitted she only saved him so he could save them, she sealed her fate and his. In that way, he tends to enable the worst in others around him because he lets them go unchecked, convinced it's who they are at their core. It's made worse by Eight honoring his debt to Lana, as he can only follow what she wishes and not completely override her decisions as he did before in SoR.

You could also say Theron helped to balance that out but as he's taken a backseat this time, it's also become damaging to him to watch Eight lopsidedly defer to a much colder side that clashes with Theron's way of doing things. So much so he's started "other"-ing him and blaming it on heartless Imps. That's another reason why every time Eight gets separated from them, he briefly considers using the opportunity to run away, but of course, he never does. Using Dromund Kaas' assassination attempt as a cover for his death was so tempting, and how bad does it have to be if you want to fake your death to your friends of all things?

I feel like this is all going to reach an untenable point somewhere as it has to, I'm just unsure as to what form it'll take given the unpredictable nature of the current story to either provide me with all the story revelations or nothing at all.

The current idea i'm entertaining is that Theron puts the pieces together of Eight's downturn into extreme coldness and avoidance of them, an overhead discussion involving Koth once again arguing with Lana over her treatment of him (i.e. that one letter), and then the final subplot where he is given the extra mission during the Traitor Arc to not only destroy the Gravestone but take away their other weapon, Eight himself, by convincing him to leave the Alliance-- only that isn't a ploy from Theron because he catches onto just how bad this is for his former friend and ends up helping Eight "get out".

That's probably too messy of a story to write, but we'll see-- but also because the Traitor Arc would hit much differently if Lana simply sic'ed Eight on Theron like she did on Arcann and Senya and Vaylin to some essence. For one, he might end up dead. And nobody likes a dead Theron. Two, Eight really is the Alliance's other weapon, and much less of a personality as the game makes out the Commander/Outlander to be. Vinn Atrius might have noticed by then who that white-haired attack dog is who keeps entering the battlefield and killing their top contenders: another one of the Alliance's trump cards. He and the Gravestone have been synonymous in their effectiveness and use from the beginning, so it's only natural they'd want to take him out of the picture.

Lastly, I just really want these two to reconcile. It kind of broke my heart that Theron used to find common ground with him and now doesn't see him at all, and I also thought the idea of a little bit of truth being behind him being a traitor was spicy if... the Outlander was one who was more burdened by the Alliance than protected or saved by it. The idea of taking down everything you've built thus far because it's hurting the person who made it all possible... it's sweet, isn't it? It's the kind of thing the last spy with a heart would do. Maybe that's ooc. But I do like the idea of exploring just how far all of them are willing to use weapons who may even be their own friends just to get ahead in this damn galaxy, and course-correcting from that when you realize you'll never stop having another Arcann or Vaylin, with too many Senyas and Master Surros in between.

This has to end somewhere, but mostly I just want the Rishi trio to come to terms with the way they are now :'I.

[shikai-the-storyteller]

For the love of god why can't people just be normal about things

[daedrabela]

oh my god why is my family like this.

[alastorss]

Hi! I hope you're having a good day! I've been thinking, how would Alastor react to the reader casually saying stuff like "I like your laugh, it's nice," and "You voice is really soothing," out of the blue.

a/n: oh i loooooved writing this ^ ^ he would 100% be the type to try and hide that he actually likes the compliments but fail miserably. thank you and i hope you like this!

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You'd like to say you know everything about Alastor, but that's far from the truth.

You know his mother's jambalaya recipe, sure, and that he takes his coffee black. You've memorized the intro of his morning broadcast, and learned the feeling of his chin propped on your shoulder.

There are pieces of Alastor you know like the back of your hand, but somehow you've never even scratched the surface of deciphering him. He was just like that, you suppose—an enigma wrapped in another mystery that would take a lifetime to unravel.

The only thing he liked more than his secrets was keeping them, after all.

And he especially enjoyed toying with you—dangling little tidbits of trivia about him in front of your face and snatching it away when you inevitably took the bait. He'd laugh about it, too, saying you were so adorable for trying.

For some time you had hypothesized that his ears were a good way of gauging his real thoughts about matters, but he was irritatingly good at controlling those as well. Not even the slightest twitch to give away his inner monologue.

"You are so annoying, you know that?" You once told him while brushing your teeth, words coming out muffled from your toothbrush. Minty foam gathered at your mouth while you glared at him through the reflection in the mirror.

He only laughed, as he always did, and propped his chin on your shoulder.

"How rude!" He chastised you playfully.

You leaned down to rinse your mouth. "I'm just saying," you muttered after standing tall again, "I wish I knew what was going through that head of yours sometimes."

Unsurprisingly, Alastor's expression was unreadable.

He opted to bite your cheek and walk away from the conversation after that, not bothering to enlighten you even slightly.

You watched him from across the bathroom, eyeing the way his shadow danced around him with a mind of its own before it disappeared into the darkness.

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His downfall began with a comment you made after you ended up falling asleep with your head on his shoulder.

He had been reading the latest article about the Vees to you out loud, practically singing his amusement with how terrible this column had painted out Vox to be. With fame came criticism, of course, and Alastor would happily sit there and criticize Vox all day if he could.

Your head hit his shoulder quick and he sighed, ears perking at the familiar sound of your slowing breaths. (He didn't bother waking you. It's not like he had much else to do at the time.)

"Your voice is so soothing," you shrugged when you finally awoke. "The static is like... comforting white noise for me, or something."

'Or something?' he wanted to ask.

He didn't, because he didn't really care for an explanation further than that. (He definitely didn't avoid prying because he felt something warm in his chest knowing you thought that way about him.)

It kept happening after that, as much as he wishes it didn't.

Little comments you slid into conversation so casually—tiny compliments and teases that drove him up the wall. They were softening him up, flattering him in dangerous ways.

The demon felt his sanity wearing thin with each passing day, making tremendous efforts to hide the way your slips made him warm.

He's sure he is about to crack. At any moment, his ears will flick or his cheeks will cherub with genuine joy because you can't keep your words to yourself. But he's done well for himself thus far, pat on the back, for not gratifying you.

He mentally groans when you join him at the bar, eyeing his drink. "It's the middle of the day," you point out.

"And you've come to scold me?" He tuts.

"I've come to join you, actually."

Alastor chuckles, voice missing it's usual static filter. He reaches over to pour you a glass when you smile at him.

"You have a nice laugh."

He nearly shatters the glass in his hands.

You snicker quietly, leaning over the bar to creep under his face which is scrunched up in concentration.

"What's wrong? I like your laugh, you should do it more!"

Taking a deep breath, the Radio Demon reaches over to pinch your nose. You yelp and jerk away from him, glaring.

"Flattery will get you nowhere~" he sings.

Your head tilts to the side in confusion. There's a smugness to your gaze that makes him feel like a trapped animal, and he realizes that you've known all along what you've done to him.

"Oh, but I think it does," you laugh, nodding to his shadow burned into the floor.

Its smile is uncharacteristically soft, missing all semblance of its usual fangs and sharp edges. Howling in embarrassment, the shadow dives away, abandoning its owner to confront you alone.

All this time, his shadow had been the one betraying him. Through all the times he had forced his ears to stay rigid, with all the effort to maintain his mask of indifference, you'd seen where he had overlooked.

His jaw clenches so hard he can feel his teeth grinding into each other. "You are perceptive, my dear."

"No," you giggle. "You're just bad at hiding how you feel. I think it's cute."

Alastor glowers at you, but his ears flop back and forth atop his head at your praise anyway.

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