#I take the time to read the bits and details whenever I'm motivated

[nem0-nee]

I hope when I finish my twisted oc we can make our ocs interact/become friends. I really like that stuff uwu

Ahhh!!! Why of course! :>

Take all the time you need (plus feel free to tag me when you post them, I'd be intrigued to see 👀👀)

[mwapollo]

hi! :D

so i bingeread ALL of your lore posts last night (theyre all SO GOOD you analyze things so so so so well)

whatre your feelings on scarian/mumscarian?

hi!! thank you so much. I believe I recognise you from notifs (I was really flattered to see someone reading through my posts). it's such an honor for me :) I'm so glad that there are people who share my point of view even regarding things that have so many different (much more popular) fanon interpretations. especially with grumbo! I don't want to dissapoint you after this kind feedback, but I don't really like either of them. there are several reasons for it (highly subjective; by all means, I have no intentoins of reassuring you or hurting your feelings, I'll just try to explain):

grumbo is my OTP in its original sense: One True Pairing. there is a time period (S7 post-election + turf war) where I fanonise Mumbo and Scar dating (I'm planning to make a post about that I promise it all makes perfect sense!), and also I really like Martyn's desperate crush on Mumbo in the deathloop, but the main story, both on Hermitcraft and in Life Series, is 100% about grumbo in my eyes. in every arc of every season of whatever project, I can explain in details where I see grumbo. even! in the endgame of 3rd life, Grian is thinking of Mumbo (there's one particular moment cut from Grian's POV but saved in Scar's). so. they have always been my priority, and scarian didn't stand a chance against them in the first place :D

I can't imagine Grian being romantically drawn to Scar or vice versa. I see them as failure of friends, rivals, enemies or someone else platonically, more complex than words can express in this already not-so-little post, and their canon and romantic fanon dynamic is not my cup of tea. their interactions are proportionally more toxic than tender, and Grian already has so much feelings for Mumbo that for me there's no room for developing another equally detailed and strong love story.

I'm all for polyamory (I've had such experience in the past myself), but somehow I can't enjoy mumscarian; in the existing content, I never see them interpreted as equal partners. the trend the problem of not developing either Mumbo or Scar in these pairings with Grian is a topic for another long and tiring discussion. mumscarian seems to me like a compromise scarian fans make just to include Mumbo when they don't really know what to do with him. if it sounds salty, it really is, unfortunalely-- I don't like how Mumbo is portrayed most of times. mumscarian content always feels like... "ah, desert duo and their usual stuff! ...and this guy, too", and meanwhile I love Mumbo's content and personality both in c! and cc! versions so much I can cry about it. you get my point.

sorry for dumping this into this post, and sorry for perhaps not lining with your expectations :D

this way or another, Scar is a great character with his own motives, feelings and desires, and I (hope I) do my best to interpret him as a deep and detailed character whenever I include him in different AUs and narratives.

my co-author and I even have an AU (in a completely different setting and atmosphere) with a bit of scarian and antagonist/villian Scar. but I can say no more :> I already feel guilty for taking so much of your time, and this idea is kinda secret from public since we want to create something with it one day

thank you for an inbox and your precious feedback again, dear anon! pleasure to talk to you :)

[accidentalshifter]

[March 10, 2024: Now Entering Mystic Falls, Part Two]

⚜️ TW: My Mikaelsons are a ✨️ problem ✨️ and don't play nice at all. Death, sex, blood, violence, manipulation, and dark themes will probably be present. I don't condone any of the actions taken by these vampires, I'm just recording them. For science. Also warning, I am TLDRing yet again. I don't expect anyone to wanna read this long (almost 9 page) hyper-detailed post. But if you do? I appreciate you.

Shifting Notes:

This is my first [awake, lucid] shift where I am actively piloting my DR-self (Zoey) like a Gundam mech suit. For those who have just stumbled across this post by chance, I encourage you to look at the introduction post I wrote about this DR. It can be found on my pinned intro at the top of my blog.

Astrological timing: It was a new moon in Pisces. Saturn and Neptune was on either side of the moon in the same sign. Pisces is known as a natural dreamer. Saturn and Neptune solidify the dream. An excellent time for shifting.

*In my DR, the Webb estate is a property owned by my DR-self's family.

⚜️ Because I've been binging on TVD lately just to hammer Mystic Falls into my brain, I know that there's a Realty office on the other side of the Square, opposite the Grill. It's a white building with large windows & blinds in front. I experience some de-synch with Z as she runs towards the Square. I notice that Z sticks to the outer edge, across the street from the sidewalk of the Square. Preferring to maneuver past the shoppers & specialty shops rather than take a short cut through the Square itself. Even though it seems like a lazy summer afternoon here in Mystic Falls, I feel...this weird chill crawling up the back of my DR-self's spine whenever I try to suggest that we use the short-cut. There's an implicit sense/knowledge to avoid the Square. Is this a part of my scripted "Slayer Senses" at play going on here???

⚜️ Finally, I make it to Mathewson Realty. Z and I pause in front of the doors. We take a breath in unison. I can feel her vibrating with anxiety over the choice she's making while I vibrate with anticipation. This shared second re-synch's us back together. I'm back to first person perspective again as I walk through the doors of Mathewson Realty.

Observation: It's interesting what actions we both do that de-synchs/re-connects us. I did not plan for my DR to have this kind of thing going on, but I'm enjoying this aspect a little.

⚜️ As soon as I step inside, I'm greeted by a middle-aged woman in a powder pink dress suit, wearing a string of classic white pearls around her neck. She seems to immediately know who I am but cheerfully asks me if I'm "Miss. Webb" and Mr. Pogue's three o clock appointment?". I say yes & she mentions in a funny/joking way that I was cutting it a little late. Also, that she was afraid I wasn't going to show up. I mention (straight-up lie) to her that the Greyhound was running a little late on its schedule and apologized. She waves it off, saying that "It's alright, you're here now, and we're so excited to have a Webb back in town." 😬 'yaaaaaaay,' I think while Z also is in agreement, thinking the same exact thing.

⚜️ This lady whom I assume is the secretary or something offers to personally walk me to Mr. Pogue's office and doesn't wait for me to say yes or no to that offer. I can't tell if this is southern hospitality (Mystic Falls is in Va & I'm from Cali) or if this secretary has ulterior motives? This (internal) question of mine is answered a mere moment later as she walks me down the hallway to Mr. Pogue's office... This lady starts talking about "being a bit of a history buff" and is wondering if she could trouble me with some questions about Will Webb the 1st. There it is. The motive. My DR self decides to take the lead on this question and with some amount of awkwardness tells the lady that she wasn't close with her father and never talked much about their ancestors or history. "So, I'm just as much in the dark as you are about it, haha!" Z adds, chuckling a little. I remain quiet during this, staring at the lady and noticing how she seems kind of disappointed hearing this information. But she quickly regains her cheerful, optimistic attitude just as we make it to Mr. Nathaniel Pogue's office door.

Observation: This lady has to be involved in some sort of Historical Society thing in this town. Keep an eye on her. Also, it's weird and interesting to me that my original idea in my fanfiction that the Webb family was exiled by either the church or Mystic Falls itself is not in play here. Why else would someone be asking about William Webb 1 like this? It's too early to tell right now. Another thing that I noticed was that I was shifting in my CR at 3 am and here in the DR, it's 3 pm. The time is swapped out.

⚜️ The lady knocks on Mr. Pogue's door. She states in a sing-song voice, "Mr. Pogue, Miss Webb is here for your 3~". The office door is opened immediately by Mr. Pogue, a tall and dashing man in a fine gray power suit and a silver-blue silk tie. His skin color is the olive tan you see from people who regularly use a tanning bed and his teeth are way too white when he smiles. It's almost radiant, standing out because of the contrast to his tan. With a quick glance, I think he ascertains that his secretary has winded my DR-self with all her questions (or maybe he just heard us talking in the hall, idk) and tells Z to "not to let Mrs. Annette bother me, she's just nosey. " Saying that, he shoos the lady playfully away while inviting me inside the office. Mrs. Anne gives us both privacy, walking back to the front, as my DR self (and I) step inside Mr. P's office...

⚜️ Pogue tells me to make myself at home. I drop my canvas bag by a chair opposite his desk and sit in it while he browses through a shelf full of files. As he does this, he begins talking about how excited he is to aid me in carrying on the "Webb legacy" & ensure that our properties are maintained/in good hands with me. He then pulls out a thick file that's labeled "Webb" in gold plate and places it in front of me on his desk. He opens it, taking out three packets of paperwork. Mr. Pogue tells me that my DR-self's father (Will Webb the later) owned 3 separate properties; two in Mystic Falls and one within New Orleans. And that the one in New Orleans has some "caveats" to it because of details inside Will's will. Stuff that I'll have to talk about later on with the Webb family lawyers present... But for now, all he needs is my signature on the deeds to transfer the properties over to me. He also needs my initials on the NOLA deed because of those aforementioned caveats...

⚜️ He hands me a fancy gold and black pen to sign the papers with. I begin to make the mistake of signing "Alice Hart" on the papers before realizing what my hand was doing & immediately corrected the A to a Z. Making my signature on the first paper look a little funky. My DR-self signs the papers as "Zoey St. Claire". Pogue raises an eyebrow and says that I'll have to sign these documents in my legal surname of "Zoey Webb". My DR-self is annoyed and tacks on "Webb" at the end of St. Claire, making it look like our name is one of those long "Mary Sue" names you'd see during the haydays of Fanfiction.net. (Re: Ebony Dementia Raven Way) Great, super. Ugh. I'm getting the feeling that both Zoey & I have ✨️ issues ✨️ with our paternal side of the family.

⚜️ As soon as I'm done signing my name on all the paperwork, he takes the documents from me and places them neatly back inside the file labeled "Webb." He congratulates me on my new home ownership (my CR self is currently crying over this because this event is probably the closest I'm ever going to get on owning a house) then assures my DR-self that he'll be there to help me get settled into the neighborhood. "Whatever you need," Mr. Pogue says, "Will was always a good client & I want to do right by his daughter." I feel my DR-self bite down slightly on her tongue as she holds back saying something rude when Pogue says 'his daughter'. Instead, she opts for silence.

⚜️ "Now for the final order of business," Mr. Pogue says, "Will left me something to give to you..." Mr. Pogue pulls out a flat, lacquer box from the front drawer of his desk and slides it over to my DR-self. A letter sealed in a white envelope is taped to the box. It does not seem to be addressed to anyone since it doesn't have Zoey's name on it. The letter is customized (only) with an onyx black wax, monogrammed seal of two W's interlinked with each other. As my DR-self touches the envelope gingerly, Mr. Pogue tells her that William instructed him to tell me that I can't open the letter until I get to the estate. And that Will said he wanted it to be a "surprise" housewarming gift. I influence Zoey to try & open the box but find that it irritatingly will not open. It's sealed shut just like the letter. I influenced Zoey to ask why I need to wait & Mr. Pogue chuckles and smiles with a shrug. "Your father liked to keep his secrets, Miss. Webb. He never told me why." Then he says that my family's lawyers might actually have more information on that than him. That I'll probably need to talk to them in regards to the exact wording on William's will to answer that question.

⚜️ With that, Mr. Pogue gives me a set of 3 keys (and one antique skeleton key) hanging on a lanyard. They're the keys to the Webb estates. I ask about the skeleton key and Mr. Pogue mentions that most of the properties in the "historic district" within Mystic Falls still retain their original architecture & locks due to a policy with the town to preserve all places of historical relevance to Mystic Falls. That the skeleton key is for the doors in the estates with antique locks. And also that if I plan on making any alterations, I need to get approval from the Historic Society of Mystic Falls. And all documents need to be done in triplicates.

Observation: The Historic Society is giving me vibes right now. Here they are already on my shit list 😅.

⚜️ Mr. Pogue says that he knows it's been a long time since I've lived in Mystic Falls and he can imagine that my memory is spotty so he's prepared a map of the town for me that marks where the estates are. He hands me a map with 2 red X's marked on it. One X is by a lake on the outskirts of town, another X is just down the street from the Square. My DR self looks confused and Mr. Pogue clears the air by saying, "Your residence is four blocks down from here, just take Washington St. & keep to the left. You can't miss it." I (CR self) assure him that I totally can but he doesn't hear me. Mr. Pogue looks like he's done with our appointment and is ushering me toward the door. He says, while doing this, that he'll be swinging by later this weekend in order to show me the lakeside cabin. Mr. Pogue ends our appointment by shaking my hand firmly and with a huge smile, exclaims "Welcome back to Mystic Falls, Miss. Webb! We hope you'll feel right at home & don't hesitate to call me if you need anything." Then he says "Property is our passion here at Mathewson" in a rhythmatic way that makes me feel like he's referencing a commercial jingle.

⚜️ Armed with the keys, map, and mystery box (plus my ratty canvas bag), I follow Mr. Pogue out of his office and back to the front of Mathewson Realty. I see "Annette" wave to me and wish me a pleasant weekend as I walk past the front desk she's seated at. My DR-self waves back at her a little nervously while I just...kinda stare at her because she's currently on my "keeping an eye on you" list. The minute I leave Mathewson and am back on the street, I feel my CR-self's body give a "check engine light is on" warning that I need to return to CR or face the consequences. If I stay in this lucid trance state for too long, it tends to stress out my body, leading to zero spoons (energy) the next day. I urge Zoey at that point to book it down the street to get to the Webb estate that was marked on the map.

⚜️ As per the canon, Washington St is one of four streets that creates the Mystic Falls Square. It's the street that Mathewson is on, opposite the Mystic Grill on Clark St. across from the Square. I follow Mr. Pogue's advice and just keep going down Washington with my stuff threatening to slip out of my hands. At the time, neither my CR nor DR-self was thinking about how weird it probably looked to everyone else around me that a new face to town was hauling ass down Washington holding a mysterious box but... I'll probably be dealing with that later.

⚜️ As I cross the street on the corner of Washington and Monticello at the southern edge of Mystic Falls Square, I feel it again. That cold chill crawling up my spine like a pair of eyes are upon me. I stop, pause for a moment at the "4-way crossing" sign on the other side of the street. I pretend like I'm catching my breath (and maybe my DR-self is) and take this second to assess potential danger. As soon as I do, the chill goes away. Another yank from my CR-self's body tells me I got another 10 minutes before I end up in my CR whether I want to or not. Zoey gets her wind back and continues her dash down Washington Street.

Observation: Someone was totally spying on me from Mystic Falls Square. I want to know who it was!

⚜️ Do you remember that house from TVD during Season 2, Episode 17, that Isobel and Katherine broke into because in her words, it was "the nicest house in foreclosure" quote un quote? This one:

Well it turns out that this is the Webb manor estate house that my DR-self (Zoey) has just inherited from William. The only differences I can see between my DR and canon is that it doesn't have the foreclosure sign staked into the lawn. Also, the trees outside of it aren't into their autumn foliage. They're green and thriving. I think whatever time frame I'm in is summer here in Mystic Falls. It feels warm & muggy...

Observation: Going back over that episode after this shift, I discovered something very interesting! The foreclosure sign has a name written on it: Nathan Alexander.

It could just be that my brain remembered this detail and incorporated it into my DR or. OR. It could be that the deviations from the canon in my AU (alternate universe) TVD is that Nathan Alexander was named Nathaniel instead and married/was born to a different family altogether. For the record, I did not plan this in the script. It just happened to be that way.

⚜️ I walk through the front yawn and up the porch steps, feeling like an intruder. My DR self has the same feeling as I do as we reach into our pockets & fish out the keys that Mr. Pogue gave us. I can tell Zoey is not having a good time right now. Her gut is twisting up in knots. Old emotions are hitting her. I think she's remembering her childhood with Will. She's doing a good job at hiding it because I can't see the things she's thinking about in this moment. I just know, based on context, that she's about to confront some very old memories by opening the door to this house. By living in Mystic Falls again. I take over at a certain point, force Zoey to open the door, and go inside. Then, lock it shut behind us. You can't ever be too safe in this town given its residents.

⚜️ The first thing I see is an old oil painting of a man wearing a white ruffle collar and a feathered quill hanging up on the wall. This painting is positioned up the staircase when you first enter the foyer, giving one the very unsettling impression that it's judging your every move in this house. My DR-self stares at it for a second before dropping her canvas bag onto the floor and placing the map and mysterious box on top of a side table in the foyer. It's weird because I know that painting is Will Webb the 1st. But I've seen it before... Not in my DR but in the actual TVD show. So, after I popped out of lucid trance I began searching through the television show to see if I could find that painting. Lo and behold:

Not only does the painting show up in TVD canon in the Lockwood Mansion during the first Miss Mystic Falls dance but also in S4 inside the Salvatore boarding house. It's the same dude with the same face wearing the same ruffled collar. And while I'm sure in the TVD canon show, this is just some dude. In my DR, this painting is of William Webb the 1st.

And I'm so curious as to why his portrait is hanging up in the Lockwood and Salvatore houses...

⚜️ I end up in my CR soon after Zoey drops her canvas bag and puts her stuff down. I'll have to come back here soon to do some big time snooping around the house and maybe go to the Mystic Grill to get more clues. I need to figure out when in the TVD timeline I'm in right now...

[generalsmemories]

hi hello!

ngl I'm not the one to send asks here, but I thought I might! (I did send a request/two of them for the 1k event - in which I think I forgot to congratulate for the event as well which has been eating me alive so CONGRATS here lol)

in such a short amount of time you became one of my favorite creators, I truly love your work (I even have the fucking notifications on for your blog - call me crazy idc), whenever I get the memo you posted I immediately go read, it makes my day/week. I love you approach to making JY/IL (especially JY ofc) true to their characters, I appreciate it greatly (ngl you spoiled me there for reading content from any other writers).

as you probs noticed I prefer commenting on your posts rather than sending asks (feels less "confrontational" and more like an audience member cheering you on enthusiastically - hope it doesn't bother you, my screaming on your posts)

forgot where I was heading with all this so to wrap it up, I love love loveee your work and attitude towards it all, how maturely you write your content (f.e. I am not a fan of angst, but your angst is solved and done in such a realistic 'normal' way, it is just beautiful), it is a breath of fresh air to read. moreover I can fully relate to your unhinged side about JY - I'm very much the same, it is nice to get hyped about seeing/hearing him in any aspect (I'm totally normal about HCQ lore, I totally don't know every single possible lore detail there is to know about HCQ... yeah.. totally..) and seeing someone else also be hyped about it makes me feel good :D

also any fluff or something loving (most of your work) with Jing Yuan actually warms my heart and feeds my delusions. thought I'd let you know, because I've been pondering on sending you an ask or not, I see many people sending them so I might as well give it a try.. hah, to let you know how much I enjoy what you do ☺

ps. anxiety was choking me as I wrote all this worrying if it is too long or annoying, had to keep reminding myself authors/writers need feedback and deserve positive praise

Hi hi!!

I do see your comments and occasional reblogs of my works, and I can't tell you enough how much it makes my day to hear some of my readers thoughts about it! As you said in your last lil paragraph but a lot of us writers do really enjoy getting feedback in terms of just commenting or just keyboard smashes on our works! HSR has been the fandom whose given me most engagement on any work and tbh it's been doing wonders on my overall approach and motivatoin to write for it! (I've previously stated in a lot of other sideblogs that I usually just post and dip, but HSR fandom has really made me connect more to my readers and just post random snippets and thoughts without second guessing so that's also a huge plus-)

even though i only write jing yuan content lmfao- i'm super thankful that you enjoy my works so much, and thank you for taking the extra time to send me an ask even if it did seem intimidating - i appreciate it a lot! (sometimes words can't express enough, but i have been reading this a few times throughout my work days to have a bit of a motivation boost hehe)

i hope i can keep you entertained with my writing though in the near future as well though buddy!

[youremy-celebrity]

hey. im alive :) but i'm not doing too well lately, sorry. i want to get back to posting soon, although i don't want to promise when.

the bad news is i have an extra diagnosis! yay! and the good news is i've been getting so much better these past few days. but i have to admit i've been feeling so guilty about abandoning my blog, i put off coming back onto here for the longest time and instead procrastinated by reading all 2,032 of my emails (yes, even the scam marketing ads and whatnot). but now that i'm feeling better than i did two months back, i thought i owed an explanation of sorts. i won't go into details, but i think going through a lot of change at a fast pace just knocked the wind out of me a little bit. i'm taking the time to catch up on some anime and manga to hopefully regain motivation to create again, and of course working on myself whenever i can. thanks for being patient, i love you all. truly.

<3

[poketnife69]

Hello! Can I request a candyman x reader? Where reader has an infatuation with Daniel and writes poems and makes art of him?

A different kind of Love Language

Candyman / Daniel Robitaille x gn!reader

WARNINGS: Kind of short, mentions of murder(?), and poorly written poems-

NOTE : This is my very first request on Tumblr and I'm kind of excited about the thought of actually writing fanfics for this community! But I'm also kinda nervous since I don't have any experience in writing so if there's anything I missed out on ( grammar, spelling, etc.) please let me know! And I openly take suggestions from anyone, and help myself to improve!

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Life has always been full of surprises, especially the fact that you're dating Daniel Robitaille or more likely known as "Candyman", the infamous urban legend that has been going around in Chicago for centuries, the man who had been murdered because of forbidden love, and the spirit who kills anyone who says his name five times in front of a mirror.

And by some miracle, you somehow managed to survive from getting your throat slit by his hook and winning his love at the same time, you didn't know what was it about you that made him fall for you, maybe it was because you both shared a similar interest in art and poetry.

You knew he was a man of arts considering that he used to be an artist, so you showed your love and appreciation for him through that same advantage.

Whenever you'd leave your humbled home instead of small notes you'd leave written poems on your kitchen counter for him to read later on.

To Daniel my beloved,

my love for you is unlimited,

you painted my life full of colors,

From yours truly your lover.

You are the bee to my honey,

this may sound kinda cheesy,

aou make butterflies in my tummy,

and I love you so dearly. <3

The first time I saw you,

Was just out of the blue.

But only then I knew,

My love for you is so good to be true.

They're always short but they held a deeper meaning to Daniel, the fact that you took your time into writing these sweet short poems just for him warmed his dead heart, and he would often keep those simple poems underneath his furry coat and write back to you.

To my dearest Y/N,

I promise I shall take all your pains away.

With every moment spent together,

I cherish them as if it were my final day.

I want nothing more but to spend the rest of my life with you,

Oh the things you do to me, you don't have a clue.

It's to hold you close and have your presence near me,

for all eternity.

There wasn't a day without you or Daniel leaving each other love poems, it was as if written poems were your love languages. But other than that you would often stay in the comfort of your home painting when you have no work or chores to do for the day, you had asked him if you could do a portrait of him which he happily obliged to. Daniel watched as you applied your paintbrush to the mixing palette in hand, and stroked the brush on the canvas looking back and forth between him and back to the canvas.

To be honest, you weren't the worst painter but having seen Daniel's artworks before made you motivated into improving your art skills and making sure not to leave a single detail out of the portrait. It had been hours and you had eventually finished your artwork, you were a bit surprised that Daniel hadn't left the entire time to kill some poor and helpless soul for calling him 5 times.

You stepped aside and watched him intently as he inspects the final product of your masterpiece, your anxiety washed away, and with the newfound feeling of relief as you saw a gentle smile spread across his face. "My love, this is probably one of your best masterpieces yet." he whispered as he pulls you closer to him by wrapping an arm around your shoulder, you gently placed your head on his shoulder and took in a deep breath as you felt a little more confident about your painting, "You think so?".

"I know so."

He was glad to have met someone like you, even after what happened with him and Coralina he still managed to have found someone who accepted him, loved him for who he was, and never failed to show their appreciation to him every day.

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[craxkbaby]

HEY BROOO, HOW'S LIFE? how are you and your girlfriend doing?? :33

I'm in need of advice for something and you seem like the perfect person to ask. I really want to get back into writing fanfiction, but I don't have a lot of skills or time and only have decent motivation at best😭😭 I wrote a Slashers fanfiction (platonic) back in 2022 (that's now unfinished, there's only one chapter left to write) on Wattpad and it gained some attention and I don't feel like it was the best... that's pretty where my writing career ended😞😞

Soooo, the point is, what advice would you give to a beginner writer? It can be about anything, like motivation, time, improvement of skills, not mischaracterizing characters etc. I hope I'm not bothering you with this and you don't have to reply!! 😄😄

also, one reason that I have for wanting to get back into it is because there's a severe lack of gender neutral and especially male reader and I want to help at least a little bit with making more fics with that type of reader and because I'm in a decent amount of fandoms (20+) I wanna write for

bye bye and remember to drink water!! :D

OMG HIII ilysm like I love all my homies BLSUEHS PLATONICALLY!!!1!1 TBH.. I’m gonna tell you HOW I got into writing and how I just got better at it as I continued on!!!

FIRST, I just got moots. My first one was Krash (guys go follow him NOW.) I didn’t really write anything as first and I just kinda floated around tumblr UNTILL Krash gave me my first post to write!!!!!

He kinda helped me get my writing journey started! My first write wasn’t as best, but the more I wrote the more I got better! I make my writing so detailed because I get detailed requests.

And tbh I relate to the motivation you have.. cuz me too dude!! I just don’t like to rush myself or be rushed. But sometimes I just push through and it isn’t always the best since my writing gets sloppy.. but I don’t like to take too long and keep the person who requested waiting so long!

BUTT my motivation gets the best at night, when I’m watching something or just laying down. I just enjoy being in a quiet environment.

AND YESSS THE LACK FOR GN AND MALE READER IS SOOO REALLLL!! It would be awesome to write about that, but you can have multiple options and write about fem male and gn!!

But I just like to make my writing detailed because I find it more enjoyable!! It’s best if you get like detailed requests to help with that! I can always be your first request hehehehwhehahaw laughs

So always take your time, don’t make anyone rush you because you don’t owe anything to anyone when it comes to your writing! The more time you take, the more your writing will look at its best!!!

For motivation, whenever you’re feeling like you want to write its best GET UP and write before that motivation runs away from you.

Mischaracterizing is like, sorta hard to avoid since everyone has their own preferences on the characters they love. They all got their own headcanons and allat, AND YK THATS OKAY! That’s how I write Jason Todd and I haven’t been criticized for mischaracterizing yet!!

The way I improved is by reading other peoples works and I’m just like “wow, I want to write like that!” And I just like, try to copy the way they word words and how they write!!!

And this might sound corny, but I honestly improved my writing by listening to music that matches the scenarios, like angst, romance, platonic. That just helps me for some reason..

SIGH THATS ALL THE ADVICE I GOT RN. IF U WANT MORE HELP U CAN ALWAYS ASK ME IN DMS!!!

[zimcard-artblog]

heyos

do you have any tips on helping oneself stay motivated for drawing?

also what brush do ya use?

and I love your work

and habe a gud day :3

Answering the brush question first because i almost forgot; I use a marker 2 brush on Medibang and just the simple marker brush in Firealpaca (they're similar, in a way). I love marker brushes

Heyyo! Well, this may genuinely vary depending on an individual. For me, I'm constantly thinking about AUs, concepts, and imaginary scenarios in my head with the help of listening to specific music or even watching videos, anything to keep the adrenaline running.

I'd say, find inspiration or anything involving your interests. Maybe shake it up a bit, create what-if scenarios, alternative realities relating to it. I believe that, with a story behind something, it gets you invested.

And this is optional as not everyone prefers it, I'd go with listening to music. I'm the kind who would repeat the same sing over and over again, fixated on the imaginary amv in my head. A lot of times I'd even watch those comic edits or anything involving people using images/illustration and making these well edited videos. Helps me get an idea down of composition n whatnot.

If you feel like you're going through some art block but you wanna still move your hand, I'd say stimulate your hand by doing random doodles. Don't focus on making things good, just go with whatever flow- no matter how messy. I sometimes just doodle random shapes and play with brushes whenever I'm bored but don't want to start another detailed wip.

And remember to take breaks and do something other than drawing so you don't get burnt out, I'd usually work out or just read/write stories (I brainstorm a lot) or watch videos. Cause if you only focus on drawing all the time without taking a break then you will end up against a brick wall called burnout... it affects how you perceive your art and makes it harder for you to put down your ideas or execute certain lines.

Don't force yourself to draw all the time, practice makes perfect but taking care of yourself will also ensure better results both you and your art :3

[earlgreytea68]

I was tagged by @thatbluelight!

writing questions tag game

what is your absolute all-time favorite idea you’ve ever had?

the last idea I had

what is your favorite part of being a writer? which parts could you take or leave?

oh, god, my absolute favorite part is hanging out in a world I get to create with a bunch of people I like and making them so happy. That sounds very abstract, so I'll say that I love to write dialogue, I love to write a good argument, and I love to write afterglow scenes. I also love whenever a moment happens that makes me love a character I'm writing because then I think, oh, good, it makes sense their love interest will also love them. That doesn't always happen, but usually there's a moment when they click into place in a story. I usually keep writing until I find it, tbh. This is why I write my characters' random interactions in so much detail and seldom fade a conversation to black, because I'm looking for that moment of connection. I see writers sometimes say they don't like writing, they like having written, but I actually really enjoy the writing bit. My favorite thing is when I can clear a day and just sit and write (as long as I'm in the middle of a story that I'm enjoying). I just wish I could do it faster than my fingers let me type. (someone's going to tell me that's what AI is going to do or something)

The parts I could take or leave: editing, which I despise doing so much that I have written whole entire new novels in order to avoid editing, so at least it's productive procrastination; plotting, which I hate so I just never do it hahaha my theory is the characters will do what they want and it will all work out in the end; outlining, which I also never do, because see previous point; writing sex scenes, which just feel like they're so hard to make new (same with kiss scenes, too, tbh); describing things (probably connected to the previous point).

what is your greatest motivation to write/create?

I write the things I want to read, because nobody else wrote them first and so I decide I have to do it.

what do you wish you knew when you first starting out writing?

that it's okay to have your own style and to lean into it, instead of trying to sound like other people and follow "rules" about how writing and stories need to go. There's no such thing as a universal "rule" for writing.

Unless that rule is epithets. Honestly, yeah, the only universal "rule" for writing is avoiding epithets. Unless you're Homer, I guess, so yeah, I guess there really are no universal rules.

what is your favorite story you’ve written to completion? link it if you’d like and can!

absolutely impossible for me to name. It's always the last one I've happened to read. Last night, to keep myself awake until midnight (which is ordinarily way past my bedtime), I read "Keep the Car Running," because someone had just left a comment on it, and I was like, ...wow, this fic is pretty awesome, I did all that plotting????? lol also Arthur is SUPER charming, Idk, I think I knew at the time how much Arthur was my favorite when I was writing Inception but I feel like it REALLY SHOWS hahahaha I think I just always really show which one is my favorite????? do I?????

anyway, yeah, they're all my favorites if I've finished them. If I didn't love them, I didn't finish them.

what is your favorite out-of-the-box quote?

I have no idea. Hmm. I don't think I quote myself very much. Except for when I inadvertently do, which I know I do all the time. But I just said that I was reading KtCR last night, so here's an exchange I particularly enjoyed as I was reading it, Idk:

Arthur ripped a page out of his moleskine, still ignoring Eames steadily with that talent he had for it, and handed it to Mycroft.

Mycroft shifted from surprise to startlement. “What’s this?”

“My list of crimes you should be worrying about before you worry about dreamsharing.”

“Arthur is always literal when it comes to list-keeping,” Eames told him.

Mycroft lifted his eyebrows at the list of crimes and then said, “I may have owed you a Savile Row suit but I’ve allowed you to keep a Titian, so I think we’ll call it even, don’t you?”

“What makes you think we have a Titian?” asked Eames innocently.

“The fact that he’s your favorite painter,” Mycroft said to Arthur drily.

Arthur said, “Your intel on me is terrible. I like the modernists. Good, sharp, clean lines. Not a lot of fuss.”

Mycroft lifted his eyebrows. “Says the man wearing three different patterns at once,” he remarked, casting an eye over Arthur.

“And wearing them well,” said Arthur mildly. “Not like when Eames does it.”

Mycroft crumpled up Arthur’s list and tossed it to the kitchen table and said, “I haven’t time to quibble over why you’re really here. Name your price for how much it will take for you to go.”

“Arthur and I are rather flush at the moment,” said Eames. “Made a killing off a government job.”

Mycroft scowled at them and looked about to say more except that the door opened downstairs.

which of your characters would you say has the most controversial mindset? why do you say so and how do you personally feel about their ideals?

hmm. I don't really know! Oh, you know what comes to remind recently? Patrick in "Next Christmas." When Patrick breaks up with Pete after they get together, I was really worried people wouldn't understand where he was coming from and wouldn't forgive him for it. I worked really hard to justify what he was doing, to make him make sense, and also to make it make sense that Pete would forgive him, that it wouldn't seem ridiculous of Pete to take him back. I wrote that scene in Patrick's apartment several times, trying to get it right. And I wrote the scene on the front steps of Annie's house several times as well. Hopefully it all worked.

if you, when you first started writing, met you now, what would younger you think?

Fall Out Boy? The band with the antler video?

But no, seriously, I was like six years old when I first started writing, so younger me would think A LOT of things probably.

I think mostly she would be surprised I decided not to work harder at being a writer for a career, but I also think, well, she'll get it eventually. Because she's me lol

I tag anyone who wants to do this, please steal it!!!

[uenodivision]

Kisouna's Thoughts on Ōta Division

Chinami Chinen

"Chinami Chinen, a.k.a. Oracle. Leader of the Ōta Division team, Birds of Prey.

"Although I hate relying on forces outside of the law to solve crimes, there have been times when we have had to rely on this woman and her fortunes. I'm not sure how she does it, but her predictions help us in ways we cannot possibly comprehend. She is able to easily ascertain where a criminal is hiding, where a victim may be, anything at all. And the worst part is, she never accepts any reward for her work. She is very humble and polite.

"Although I am grateful to Chinami-san for her fortunes, I try not to rely on her unless I have exhausted all of my previous options. I wish to use my own skills and methods to solve a crime. And what's more, I'm not sure her... fortunes or predictions would hold up in a court of law. But besides that, I am grateful for her assistance when we need it."

Kira Chinen

"Kira Chinen, a.k.a. Huntress.

"Kira-san is often my partner, along with Wataru-san, when we investigate a crime together. She is a very thorough and detail-orientated woman. I believe this may stem from her time in the army. I respect that about her. However, I've noticed that she seems strangely different once she is off of a case. When we work together, she has a drive that I don't see in most law officials. However, once she is off the clock, she seems... depressed or upset at herself. I know not what the issue is, but I hope she realizes that she is more valuable than she believes."

Taria Chinen

"Taria Chinen, a.k.a. Misfit.

"I haven't met or seen her, but disturbing rumors have reached my ears about this young woman. Whenever she is around, things seem to turn up missing all of a sudden, which doesn't exactly put her in a good light. What's more, her MC name, size, stature, and motives remind me of a thief I read about in the newspaper who has been giving shop and business owners no end of trouble. I've related these findings to Kira since her hometown is the main place that is getting hit. However, she tells me that she is having a hard time apprehending the thief.

"I'd never accuse Kira of any wrongdoing, and I know she is a good sibling to her sisters, but I sincerely hope that she is not covering for this woman's wrongdoings. If she is, I'll have little choice but to take her down with Taria when I eventually catch her."

Birds of Prey

"I must admit, I am surprised to see a team comprised of siblings appear in this tournament. The only one that comes to mind, like Shisuta-san mentioned, is the Buster Bros!!! of Ikebukuro. But having another sibling team is not necessarily a bad thing, though it will make this tournament a bit more difficult.

"If we should face them, then I think the first priority is to take out Chinami-san first, as her ability seems to be the most troubling. Of course, that won't be easy since her younger sisters will no doubt be protecting her. If not Chinami, then Kira-san should be the next target since she functions as the tank and attacker. Taria-chan, despite her ability, can be the last sister we take out since she isn't much of a threat.

"Aside from that, I've no trouble with any of these women, save Taria. As stated, I really hope Kira is not covering for her. I've grown to respect her, and it'd be a shame to see her arrested because she let her love for her family get in the way of her job."

[alittlefrenchtree]

Hi! This is the Penny Anon again ☺️

Thank you for the detailed answer! I agree with a lot of what you said, and I think it’s good to get a different take on it. Even though I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the flood of Timmy content lately, it’s hard not to side eye the motivation behind it at least a little bit. I try to cut him some slack because he’s dealt with several major career setbacks in the last few years that were completely out of his control, and it must be super frustrating to have all these great opportunities that come so close and then get taken away suddenly. So I get that side of it. But like you said, it just makes me sad. I try to see the best in him whenever possible and not judge what I can’t know about his life, but every once in a while I’m forced to question the authenticity of what we see, and it’s not a great feeling. Thankfully it’s not very often but it’s still more than I’d like, if I’m honest.

Anyway, thanks again for the answer! You always have interesting and insightful thoughts about these things and I enjoy seeing a different point of view than I would normally think of myself. ♥️

Hi there Penny Nonny!

I'm very happy you've decided to send me asks and that I've answered you're very enjoyable to read and to talk to. Feel free to crash in my inbox whenever you want, you'll always be welcome 💜

I like a lot of what you said. A bit sad is really the main feeling. I've been angry before, because I didn't agree with the decisions he made but he proved me wrong every time so I disagree from afar now. I'm also not following him from as close as I used to so it's definitely helping to not get too involved. He has his reasons -- good and bad -- to do the things he does and that doesn't concern me anymore. I mainly focus on his movies (and occasional content and pictures here and there)

So yeah, when I say it makes me a bit sad, it's not even about Timmy, it's about how things work and are. How Hollywood it's getting really really old. How the world and people are so good at doing so wrong.

The setbacks are actually making me think more about A Complete Unknown that Timmy himself. Pretty sure the movie is cursed at this point 😂 but i still hope it will be made somehow 🙏

Anyway thank you again for stopping by my little inbox. I'm not sure if we've already talked before or not but it's a pleasure to 'meet' you, Penny Nonny. Have a nice day/night 😘

[practically-an-x-man]

Hello new friend!!! I have come to return the favor!

I'm gonna go with....

✨ 🤡 🌞 🦅 🤩 

Pick whichever or all or none, just as long as you have fun! Have a good day! 😍

thank you!! looking forward to answering these! Have a lovely day yourself, friend <3 <3

Fanfic Writer Emoji Asks - here

Answered below!

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉

Aww thanks! Honestly I'm really proud of my descriptive style - it's motivated by reading a lot of Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, and Douglas Adams, but I feel like I've developed this really fun blend of humor and creative description, and I'm really proud of it! Some of my fics have more humor than others (Who Waits Forever Anyway? and Heartstrings are probably at the top of the list), but I tend to get some humor going in just about everything I write

🤡 What’s a line, scene, or exchange you’ve written that made you laugh?

Particularly proud of some of the exchanges between Kyle and Jasper in Heartstrings. It's on AO3 if you want to read it, but here's a lil snippet:

“Aww, Mother Nature just broke up with Father Time,” Jasper joked, “Maybe she’ll take him back when winter rolls around. All those long, chilly nights…”

“You think he’ll leave her flowers?”

“Why would he? She’s got all the flowers she wants, she’s Mother Nature.”

“Yeah, but it’s romantic.” Kyle protested, “It’s not like he can give her, like… an hourglass or something. That’s not romantic.”

“But flowers? That’s like…” Jasper racked their brain for a good analogy, “That’s like cutting off one of her toes and giving it to her. That’s like Hannibal Lecter levels of creepy. She’d never take him back if he did something like that.”

“Okay, ew.” Kyle huffed, “Remind me never to buy you flowers.”

🌞 Do you have a preferred time of day to write?

I tend to write whenever I have time, usually whenever I'm done with my classes and homework for the day. But I feel like the words really start to flow once it gets to be later at night - it's like my brain's just tired enough not to overthink what I'm writing, and I can really dive into the scene.

🦅 Do you outline fics or fly by the seat of your pants?

Bit of both. I do rough outlines and make note of key details or interactions so I don't forget them, and I generally outline the next chapter right after I post the previous one (so I can keep the motivation going), but generally the brunt of the storyline just floats around my head. If I write too much down, I start to feel locked-in, and it's harder to let the story evolve the way it wants to.

🤩Who is your favorite character to write?

Ooh, good question. In terms of my OCs, I really enjoy writing Madison (Smoke & Mirrors) and Jasper (Heartstrings) because their banter with the other characters is always really fun to write. In terms of characters that aren't my OCs, I really like Alex Summers, Kyle Spencer, and Armitage Hux, because it's fun to explore their character arcs past what we're given in the original media. I feel like I've fleshed them out quite a bit from what we're given, and it's a really interesting challenge!

[magic-is-something-we-create]

Hey!!! Random ask time bc I wanna learn more about everyone’s WIPs!!!

What’s your current absolute favorite thing about your primary WIP? It can be a teeny little detail, a massive part of the plot, a character, anything. What is it, and why??

Hi!! Thanks for the ask, I hope I can help curb the boredom a bit <3

I got a bit carried away, so I hope you don't mind, and I absolutely will not judge if it's a bit much to respond to/take in!!

My primary WIP for the last several years has been The Millennium Saga, and right now, my favorite thing(s) about it have to be a lot of the action and horror scenes!! They've gotten big reactions out of beta readers, and whenever I go back to read what I've written for ~motivation~ I tend to find myself lingering on them because I'm just... so proud of them. Especially the dream/nightmare sequences and the multiple instances of plant/natural horror <3

Something entirely different that I'm super proud of with Firebreathers specifically is how, now that I've done a lot of editing, the foreshadowing for later on in the series has solidified so well.

For instance, towards the end of the first draft, one of my MCs decided to take a hard left turn where I didn't expect - what was supposed to be a relatively simple attempted assassination (and reveal of a mind control subplot) ended up with them literally seeing/meeting a Goddess in a feat of prophecy thought to be dead for a millennium by the rest of the world.

That MC was never supposed to be a Prophet until the moment I let them take the reins. Their brother was supposed to be the only one, and it wasn't going to be revealed for probably three books that that magic wasn't dead. But they decided to become Important in a whole new way, and because of that...

I got to put the exact thing the Goddess told them during their Prophecy into the dialogue of a scene literally 100k+ words earlier in the book. I put it in a moment that, until editing, was meant to be an entirely metaphorical vision of that particular Goddess on a Priestess' visage.

The wider worldbuilding implications of that in particular have opened up for exploration now that I've finished book two, and I'm really hoping that at least someone on a reread will notice that single line, because hoo boy. It's that kind of foreshadowing and implication scavenger hunt I want to foster in any kind of community my books build, because that's the kind of stuff I enjoy most in fandom.

There's some other fun foreshadowing things I've managed to include that I'm also super proud of, like, say... the fear of a sibling bleeding out/dying when people with similar features suffer injury -> a reveal in book two that said sibling did die and was resurrected by the very person who was scared of it before. Also, specific chapter titles mimicking the titles an Important Person holds, and signalling that the narrators of those chapters are immortals -> one of those chapters not being from an immortal at the time, but one who becomes immortal later on, and that narrator is the villain they're trying to stop from doing that.

Also, because I got to write that villain's POV chapter, I learned a lot more about why they're Like That™, and thus got to display the specific traumas of those who already interacted with them way better on the second edit! Which makes me feel very accomplished and ~intentional~ as a writer, which is a rare thing because I pants almost everything I write 😅

I will end this here for now, simply because it got way longer than I thought it would/wanted it to, but I hope I helped entertain/distract!!

[mdverse]

what would the vb au love languages be? - space :)

oh i am so glad u asked <3

i searched real hard for this ask i sent mist a while back (almost a year ago! that's wild) that did include some furtana + affection content but it's kind of a short version from before i fleshed things out more. gonna go in more detail here bc i love them and i'll add some thoughts about the other girls potentially

this is probably gonna get kinda long so i'll just put in a cut rn

physical touch

honestly this is how i got started on those furtana drawings lmao i was practicing drawing kisses bc those are hard and then it went from one finntana forehead kiss to hugs for the whole trio. anyway finn is super affectionate - hugs, kisses, awkwardly patting people's shoulders/back, unnecessarily complicated handshakes, he does it all. ofc he's mindful of people's boundaries, and he does struggle a bit with the fact that santana and kurt are less affectionate than he is, but he's just. a big fan of physical affection. and santana has grown up with him so he's one of the few select people she allows lots of affection from. i reckon there was a time in like,,, middle school? where santana kinda started dodging hugs and stuff (mainly bc she realised people read it as romantic and that was just super confusing for her), and finn immediately jumped to the conclusion that she hated him, and then carole had to sit down with him and explain that ofc santana didn't hate him, she literally spent most of her free time with him, etc etc. but in general santana does think that finn gives the best hugs ever and she will almost never pass on a hug from him

the other super affectionate person is britt :) between the britt celebrating drawings and this dumb butt slap thing and britt laying on santana here, and the aforementioned kisses drawings, she really doesn't shy away from touching people. she is also super mindful of people's boundaries, that's a given, but she just touches people a lot when she's in a good mood. which is pretty often. i reckon sugar is very similar in that aspect, so generally being around britt and sug means a lot of hugs and grabbing each other's arms and butt slaps and stuff. they're very enthusiastic lol

words of affirmation

santana is really good at reading people. when the people she really cares about are feeling down, she can get a relatively good idea of why they're upset and sure, she doesn't do pep talks but she motivates them in her own blunt way. usually in private, so that she can deny it ever happened. i'm thinking of santana's lil talk with rachel in... opening night, i think? it's a lot more likely to happen with people like furt and the squad, but she learns to do it for any of her teammates, even if she's not close to them. on a similar note, finn and kurt know her well enough to notice when her insecurities are taking over, and they're there to talk her through it whenever she needs them.

i think this would also be a strong one for tina? i will admit rn that i haven't fleshed out her character as much yet but just in general she's a sweetheart and she doesn't hesitate to compliment people and hype them up. could that sometimes come off as fake? maybe, but it's almost always genuine and people realise that once they get to know her better :)

quality time

this is a big one for,,, pretty much all of them, really. especially for furtana. they grew up together, which means that they spent a lot of time together, and it evolved into them enjoying a variety of lil activities they could do as a group or in pairs like cooking/baking, tv/video games, etc. i've put a lot of thought into that but that's for a separate post. i think it's also santana's main platonic love language, especially for the boys, bc she isn't always comfy with physical affection and outright complimenting them? she just loves to spend time with them, yknow? ofc it gets hard with the traveling and the distance when one of them lives further away, but they do whatever they can to make things work. holidays/bdays together become that much more meaningful

it also fits the squad as a whole. stuff like game nights, karaoke bar, getting lunch/dinner together, etc. in theory it's stuff the whole team should be doing as bonding activities, but i don't have the brain power to think of such a large group rn and the squad hangs out a lot in general. considering the girls all have the same schedule it's pretty easy for them.

acts of service

this is probably the most common one in the kurtana household,,, i think that both of them having exhausting schedules (in different ways ofc) means they end up doing their best to make each other's lives easier? like santana tends to cook more often bc she has more free time during the day, kurt is used to finding santana asleep on the couch in the middle of the night and throws a blanket on her, whoever is up first makes a large batch of coffee for them to share. they don't really talk about it but the little things mean a lot to them, especially since it they were both so reluctant to befriend each other in the first place.

it's also one quinn really appreciates! i don't wanna talk about it in detail but the girl is super exhausted 24/7 so the squad helping her out means more than she can really express

gift giving

this is very much a kurt thing. also kind of a kurtana thing bc santana does her best to remember what kurt expresses interest in so that she can get it as a bday/holiday present, but yeah kurt loves gifts. i think what i wrote in the ask to mist about kurt kinda sums things up nicely so idk if there really is anything to add there other than that i think finntana compete to give each other/kurt the best christmas present each year and they act like they have evil little schemes when it's literally just,,, 'u said u liked that thing months ago and you've probably forgotten by now but i haven't and im getting it for u. ohoho ur gonna be so shocked' gosh they're clowns and i love them

[oraclekleo]

Hi, Kleo! I’ve finally found some time to sit down and write feedback for your “I, villain” reading 🙆🏻‍♀️

First of all, thank you so much for doing it! 🥰 Though it was a bit weird (?) to see myself as “evil” it was definitely very interesting to read, and it actually resonated a lot? 👀

I mean, I have no plans to become a “psychopathic mastermind” in the near future, but I do relate to the traits you wrote, and would consider them as the “dark” side of things that I actually like about myself and try to use “for good” lol

I am, in fact, smart and observing. I’m also extremely empathetic and can read people very well. I’m also persuasive and a good communicator, which makes me naturally take the lead in group settings (and save my butt when I get in trouble 🙈)

Also yeah I kinda hate humans in the sense that why do people do bad things and hurt others? And so many get away with it without any retribution… so you got that right too 🤔

So yeah, I actually think it was a great reading! 😂

Also I liked the decks you used, they’re so unique… Especially the one with the witches, I loves how all of them are actual mythological women 😍

Thank you so much again! 💕

Hello!

Thank you so much for the detailed feedback 💖💖💖💖

This is what we authors love and what actually motivates us to create more content 😊😍

Yes, this is how the Villain scenario should work, ideally. It should work with your genuine characteristics you have and use for good now and only twist them into a scenario where you became for one reason or another a bad person. Becoming a villain doesn't mean your entire personality changes. It means that what you already have inside of you twists in some way, some parts of you that were hidden and under control get unleashed and some parts which dominated your personality during the 'good' times get bogged down. 😁

I'm so happy it worked! I know for you it's fun to read but whenever I actually get to know that my reading worked this well, it's a reason to celebrate for me. I'm in this tarot thing for years now but it still astonishes me when I get things right. I think I will forever remain humble in this particular hobby of mine 😂

The decks I used were selected by me for this reading. Dark Wood Tarot, Dark Goddess Tarot and Deep, Dark & Dangerous Oracle just go well with the theme 😂 I do have light decks as well but those wouldn't fit this reading 😂 I could also use Dark Mansion Tarot but it kinda looks too cute for this reading.

If you were interested in what decks I use, I have posts about that, too, though I haven't updated for a while and received few more decks that aren't mentioned there, yet.

Kleo's Tarot Decks [01]

Kleo's Oracle Decks [01]

Anyway! Thank you so much for this feedback again. It means a lot to me 💗

Kleo 🦄

[balillee]

tommy's character gets far too much shit.

hi tumblr. i'm gonna need a few bitches to spread this post everywhere, essentially because i want someone, or just tommy really, to see it. so if you really want, you can screenshot it and post it on twitter, reddit, link it everywhere - go absolutely buck wild. i know he reads the VODS comments a lot, but they're chock full of people just insulting him, his character, his writing and everything about his story in the dream smp simply because they don't understand it and because they refuse to acknowledge his character's perspective (mainly because they only care about the pig). reading that many critical comments on something you've created can only make you feel worse about it eventually, and in light of all the awful techno apologist takes on his character, i wanted to basically just word vomit about how wonderfully crafted c!tommy is, as well as compile some other tumblr posts about his character.

there is a massive fuckin community of people who enjoy the character of tommy, because the character is incredible. i myself have made post after post after post commenting on and analysing tommy's character because i find that there's so much to pick apart. but that enthusiasm for his character only seems to be found on tumblr. reddit and twitter seem to hate his character, the VODS seem to be filled with comments from people who only care about techno's perspective (and treat techno as a reliable narrator, which, is the furthest thing from the truth - that guy lies through his teeth all the time), and the smp wiki is a hellscape of godawful takes and mistruths, not even on just tommy's character.

c!tommy is brilliantly acted and brilliantly written, and almost everything he does is either justifiable or has been rectified or admitted as a mistake. you can clearly make connections as to where he got his conclusions from. you feel what his character experiences, as a member of the audience, vividly.

if you look in the more objective sense, c!tommy, and this is especially in the context of him being the youngest character, is a scapegoat. people claim he's awful and destructive when in reality he's a lot less destructive than most characters on the server. a moment that comes to mind is where he diverts schlatt and quackity's attention from pogtopia by breaking part of the flag in manberg, and then replacing it so as to buy tubbo some time - he literally monologues after it about how he doesn't want to destroy but instead rebuild, and how he feels as if nobody else seems to understand that.

his arc in season two was incredible. it was very character driven, and it gave a spotlight to his motivations. at the start we see him in new l'manberg, and he's enjoying his time there, he's skeptical of his friend's presidency, but his main goal is to get back the discs so that he can stop dream and eliminate that threat. he made one screw up that didn't even matter to george, and he paid for it tenfold, even after dream had spent a while with puffy griefing the server and framing it on tommy - what tommy and ranboo did was convinient. then, in exile, we see c!tommy straight up get abused. he's gaslit and conditioned into being c!dream's friend, and in his brain he teaches himself that those acts of abuse are moments of bonding, and it eventually brings him to the point of wanting to end his own life - he's been torn away from his friends and his support system, and nobody will visit him consistently anymore because they only showed him pity, and all he had left was dream, who had hurt him.

but he doesn't die there, because while he didn't understand the full gravity of it back then like he does now, he recognises that dying isn't an escape, and he can beat dream, even if he doesn't know how. so this is where he goes to techno's place, and here's where the fandom starts to misinterpret the situation wildly.

it's the problem similar to when your parents tell you that they're owed something back because you put a roof over their head, despite that being Not How It Works. techno took tommy in and severely mistreated him emotionally. sure, and i understand this, c!techno is a bad communicator who isn't really that empathetic to anyone who isn't phil or wilbur, but that doesn't excuse the blatant lying to c!tommy's face, the guilt tripping, the friendship buying and the degrading. the day before the festival, tommy finally does something violent in his interrogation of fundy, and only then does techno tell him,,,,

that tommy's not equal to him, that techno doesn't respect him all that much, and that they're not friends.

from techno's perspective, and at the time, this was viewed as a positive development in their relationship. oh, he's starting to warm up to tommy! this friendship could really blossom!

no. from a more objective standpoint, what techno has just said to tommy is : 'i respect you only a little bit more now, because while you're starting to act more like me, you're still annoying and a burden.'

and i haven't even touched on the whole 'erasing the words 'Destroy L'manberg' from techno's to-do list' thing, because that instantly refutes the point of 'techno was upfront with his intentions the whole time' - because he wasn't! he may have said it the first time, but you also know what else he did? he repeatedly told tommy that they'd 'air the details out later' whenever the discs were brought up, and from a tommy viewer's perspective at the time, it was framed as if techno was no longer going to do that.

and i also haven't dared touch the 'i would have fought them all for you', because that's major guilt tripping if ever i've seen it.

so, the day of the festival comes, and here's where c!techno and his apologists completely misread c!tommy's thought process, and why he makes the decision he does.

tommy instantly regrets valuing the discs over tubbo, and it's framed as the culmination of tommy having become all the people he said he would never want to be like. and what does he immediately do? he tells tubbo to give up the disc, and he sides with tubbo. he puts his value in his friends, and, by proxy, l'manberg. and when he betrays techno, he tells him 'i'm sorry'.

from a more objective standpoint, tommy's time with techno is him valuing the discs over almost anything else. so, in leaving techno to be with tubbo again, he is valuing people above the discs. so when, on doomsday, techno says his 'discs aren't people' line, what he doesn't realise is that he himself fueled tommy's valuing of discs above people when attempting to fuel tommy's vengeance against tubbo and l'manberg. techno doesn't realise that he was an unhealthy presence for tommy, and an even worse influence.

what techno also doesn't seem to understand is that tommy never hated tubbo or l'manberg - tommy recognises, now at least, that his exile wasn't a product of tubbo, but a product of dream's manipulation, likely in part because at the time, especially with dream lying about tommy blowing up the community house, tommy was the only one who could see it because he had experienced it firsthand. so when techno sides with dream, it's like kicking tommy in the teeth.

and i want to mention that betraying someone doesn't necessarily make the person who was betrayed good, or in the right, or even justified, because tommy was entirely justified to leave techno. you know who else was betrayed? schlatt. but i don't see many schlatt apologists around angry at quackity for joining the rebellion.

tommy stole the axe of peace? good. it was a moment of tommy defining his self-worth, instead of having it defined by others. gone is the age of c!techno belittling him and deciding how much c!tommy should be respected. NEXT!

here's a moment i wanted to talk about that will forever be funny to me.

'i am a person.'

techno's very famous line from doomsday. techno says to tommy that discs aren't people, and that tommy should value people, despite not understanding that by leaving techno, he did just that. and what does tommy say in return, which has been omitted from every c!tommy-critical analysis, and every animatic?

'yes you are, but so are we.'

an acknowledgement of techno's hurt, to which tommy has already apologised for. a statement that says 'your hurt does not excuse, nor justify, the hurt you have inflicted onto us.' an acknowledgement that tommy has already learnt the lesson techno seems to be trying to 'teach' him. but you can't teach him anything by destroying.

c!tommy has had almost everything he has ever owned or built either taken from him or destroyed. ranboo even points out that the only two things of tommy's left standing are his house and his hotel, and if i'm honest, his house is dissheveled. it's a labyrinth of terror due only to how many times it's been torn apart. l'manberg being blown up didn't teach anyone anything about anarchy, or about valuing people over possessions. logstedshire being blown up didn't teach tommy to be obedient.

i could honestly ramble for ages about how nuanced tommy's character is and how much depth and complexity there is to his character's process and his relationship with others, but more than that, c!tommy is forgiving. he invites almost everyone who hates him to the grand opening of his hotel - if that isn't an indicator that he just wants friends, and not to be treated like the embodiment of evil, then i don't know what is. he holds grudges, but he doesn't really actively hate anyone, other than c!dream. but, we'll let him. c!dream deserves nothing but to be pummeled into the floor.

tommy doesn't spoonfeed his character nuance, and he doesn't really spell it out for his audience. he'll mention things like trauma and triggers in passing, but a lot of analysis on his motivations has to be picked up from what is said in passing or from what can be seen in between the lines.

i'd be here for hours if i were to talk about everything i love about c!tommy, because honestly he's one of my favourite characters, and there are so many angles you can look at his character from in terms of his age, his relationships with others, his motivations, his personality, his character arcs etc etc. so instead of doing that, i'm going to compile some much more specific analysis posts below to skim through because they highlight so many good aspects of his character.

^^ A thread about the 'yes you are, but so are we' line.

^^ About how shit the VODS comments are.

^^ A comment on how c!Tommy is actually pretty peaceful, and is actually less destructive than most characters on the server.

^^ Possibly the best c!Tommy analysis thread I've ever seen in relation to his trauma, which gives multiple perspectives.

^^ About how c!Tommy is treated as a scapegoat, and how, from an objective standpoint, he is no more violent than any other character, it's just that the little violence that is committed is blown far out of proportion.

^^ Tumblr user flypaw being a bad bitch, as per usual.

^^ c!Tommy being incredibly intelligent, and talking about wanting to rebuild and not destroy. A very underrated monologue of his.

^^ Something short about c!Tommy and c!Wilbur's relationship in Pogtopia.

^^ Less about c!Tommy, more a meta on L'Manberg. Really interesting to think about.

^^ A take on Doomsday.

I'll add some more posts in a reblog in the notes, but if anyone's post(s) is on this and they want me to take it off, let me know and I'll do that for you! Feel free to add your own banger c!Tommy takes or ones that you've found.