#I hadnt reread that fic in months but I did just now to make sure it was the one I was thinking of

[arsenicflame]

i really liked my tags on this post so i wanted to touch them up and post them as a stand alone! i ended up adding quite a bit to this ''':)

What artistic skill does Izzy possess?

I think he has a lot of 'practical' artsy skills. he’s decent at sewing (mending your own clothes isn't just useful, it's almost a requirement at sea with limited possessions and resources) he's probably decent at braiding hair from having to splice rope- simply anything with roots in being useful I think he has done enough to be decent at by this point in his life.

Singing comes into this as well, holding a rhythm is important for certain sailing tasks, and while I think he can sing in ways that don't translate to shanties, I don't think he has utilised this in a long long time (so excited that we are apparently getting an Izzy singing scene in s2!!!! I need him to know he can have fun)

Another thing is I think he was a really good tattoo artist! I don't actually see him as having the creativity to come up with interesting and unique designs but I do think he is excellent at the act itself, and at copying requested designs. you need a swallow? an anchor? a ship? any common sailors tattoo? he can absolutely do it and it will probably be the best tattoo you have. it was always a mark of honour if you could convince him to do yours on the Queen Anne- he was very busy and didn't often do them, and definitely wouldn't do them if he didn't respect you. He's done a lot of Ed's 'quality' tattoos (though I think Ed also does a lot on himself), he's done tattoos for Fang, and Ivan, and he will do them for the rest of the kraken crew in the future. (he will even do one for Lucius one day, one of his own pieces of art as long as its not an Ed face or a dick. They understand each other now)

anything else? I don't know, I see him very much as, he won't let himself do things if they aren't practical. his canon whittling is as close as he gets and that's more of a 'thing to do with your hands while watching the deck' kind of thing. have knife will whittle

I think ultimately, Izzy doesn't let himself do things for himself. if you love something, if you have a soft spot, it can be targeted, taken away.

I do think he maybe dances though. He always plays it off as something Ed forces him to do when they're drunk/on shore but... he loves it- the motion; the reliance on another partner and the intimate understanding of exactly what they're gonna do next? I think he would love that actually.

I think dancing might be the one thing he always does for fun. He never lets himself have it, but if Ed demands a partner? Yes, of course, anything for his Captain.

(Ed always demands a partner. he likes dancing well enough but he likes seeing Izzy do it more- he knows Izzy will never do it on his own, he understands why, but Ed is Blackbeard. Nobody fucks with Blackbeard- and if he wants to dance? if he wants his first mate to dance? they're fucking dancing.)

but that's not the truth of the situation, really.

It always takes him a second to let his guard down, but he relaxes into it. He lets himself loose in a way Ed only sees when he's deep into the rhythm of a swordfight. And perhaps it's the same, to him- finding the flow of the battle, of the music. Feeling his partner, understanding them and being understood in return? It's all the same- but dancing is safe. Dancing is fun. In a swordfight there are stakes- and he loves the stakes, he loves that this thing that means everything to him matters, but sometimes, just sometimes, it really is nice to move like that in a way that doesn't matter.

And when they really get going- all twirls and jumps and frankly being a little ridiculous, Izzy laughs. A deep belly laugh, a kind of joy you didn't think was possible from him. But here he is, letting go at last. He laughs and he smiles and he feels such joy, the rest of the world melts away, and it is just him and his partner, dancing.

(later- much, much later, a man will play a battle song over their raids, a jaunty little tune that throws off everyone they fight against, and Izzy gets to dance, and fight, and feel free, unburdened by the weight that he's carried with him his whole life. They'll dance after too, and he will have finally found a place where he completely belongs)

(if you liked this, can I recommend Talking Bodies by ItsClydeBitches, i feel like that fic fits the themes of dancing incredibly well)

[tresca]

Ngk

Stealing Crowley’s inarticulate consonants here to convey how ill equipped I feel to actually post anything. But I find myself completely overwhelmed at stumbling into the joyous and abundant good omens fandom. I’m no stranger to fandom but its been ages and ages since I attempted to be an active participant of any kind (big fan of lurking, me). My past fandoms have mostly been me going along the ride as things get rolling, building up, etc, slowly friending people, reading, finding forums, etc.

With GO though - I’ve always been a fan of the novel, enjoyed season 1 immensely, but never really went looking for the fandom. Was happy to enjoy it as a stand alone and await the next season and pick up my novel every now and then for a reread. (And get back to making my slow progress through more and more of discworld). I came back to S2 late, was caught up in other shows when it premiered and then I finally watched it in October/Nov and I was promptly bowled over with the tidal wave. That ending meant I couldn’t help myself, had to go find fics and discourse and art and anything to tide me over (particularly since S3 hadn’t yet been announced!). And I haven’t stopped since. I have felt like Aziraphale getting my first taste of the ox ribs and now I am voracious and I can’t seem to get enough. I thought it would be enough for me to just lurk and lurk and lurk, reading and following and liking and consuming. There’s just so many wonderful things to see and read amongst the fandom - yall are a bloody wonder. AND I’ve watched all of Staged multiple times now, listened to Radio Omens, am finally making my way (slowly) through Doctor Who (new, not classic) - a show countless people have always told me I need to watch, and on and on and I find myself wanting to be more a part of things this time, but not really sure how to jump into to a fandom months Too Late (I live in Another Place I guess). and oh god, don’t even get me started on how devastated I am to have missed the graphic novel kickstarter by being Too Late… and how are DT and MS in SO many things, and how do i even break into discord groups? and how did I not know how active NG is on tumblr, I mean, I hadnt even logged into tumblr in maybe a decade and its all so different yet so the same…

Er, ahem I got away from myself there. Not even sure anyone is actually reading this..

All this to say that If you happen to have stumbled here since I have been madly following and liking for the past few weeks. Hello! I’m gonna try to lurk less. You are all wonderful. Please dont mind the inarticulate tresca in the corner here. *meep*

[missandrogyny]

hola! so both @karamelised and @cherrystreet tagged me in the thing where i have to post my five favorite fics that i’ve written. so im just gonna go ahead and do that.

1. you drive me wild (you know you do) is the only fic i can honestly say i wrote for myself and for my own personal entertainment. at the time, i had only been lurking--i didnt even have this tumblr yet, and i hadnt written anything for this fandom and i hadnt written fanfiction in...7 months. i had already thought i was completely done with fic writing, when i saw the prompt on alice intenselouis’ blog and it truly like...haunted me. i spent the rest of the day resisting, then half the next day writing like a woman possessed (i still remember thinking “i have no idea what to do with this fic but it’s okay i’m not gonna finish it i have commitment issues and i’m not gonna post it anyway” haha lol i was very funny.) it was all my first time to write smut and when i actually did finish the fic i was like. wtf am i gonna do w this shit. so i posted it. went to sleep, and woke up to it blowing up. that was so fun.

2. let me make a thing of cream and stars was another fun one. it started off with the planking scene--i loved the idea of famous harry and radio dj louis--and after that i just kind of let myself run wild with it. i had literally no plan for it, no outline, nothing. i was just like “oh is this what we’re doing now? cool” the entire time.

3. the ugly ass yellow shirt (no i promise i’m not just reciting my fics in chronological order) was crazy fun. i was lamenting about that yellow shirt harry wore in otra mnl 1 (i don’t like it, if you must know--i think it’s an eyesore. i don’t like the color yellow haha) then somehow the conversation turned to princess going “omg imagine louis wearing the yellow shirt and riding harry with it” and it was just. it was born, in all its glory. i’m particularly proud of the crayola website jokes, i still laugh when i reread it. good job past me for making present me laugh.

4. somethin’ bout you was what i wrote for the hl spring exchange 2016, and something i’m incredibly proud of. first of all, it’s over 50k--never did i think i would be able to write so much, but i did. second of all, it has actual plot. wow. plot, truly a rare thing in my fics. third of all, the idea of a reverse stockholm syndrome was something ive always wanted to explore and i think i did a pretty okay job doing so! and fourth of all, i wrote that in the span of 2 months and kept the outline in my head. like, i never wrote/typed down the outline. it was just there in my brain. and i remembered. i’m proud of myself for remembering.

5. blind from this sweet, sweet craving was something i wrote in 6 days. i was jet-lagged from being in canada for 3 weeks and i was up odd hours because the timezone was completely opposite and i decided the best thing to do to cure jet-lag was to write a fake relationship drabble, which turned into a fake relationship au. i dont know how it worked but it worked and i came out of it with a back-to-normal body clock and a 30k fake relationship au. [shrugs] could’ve been worse, i guess. also 6 days. how tf did i do that.

i’m not sure to tag, i’m pretty late to the party. @afirethatcannotdie @alivingfire @turtlekz maybe? (if you’ve done this, i’m sorry and just ignore my dumb ass)