#More thoughts

[bisexual-steveharrington]

I would give anything to experience "that doesn't mean I wouldn't blow you" for the very first time again

[fistfuloflightning]

"Now I must give one smirk, and then we may be rational again." Catherine turned away her head, not knowing whether she might venture to laugh. "I see what you think of me," said he gravely—"I shall make but a poor figure in your journal tomorrow."

Day 31: Manners for @janeuary-month

More Thai Northanger Abbey AU, ft. Henry as a Buddhist nen

[illuminatedquill]

It struck me while observing and comparing these two scenes that both Kanan and Sabine are, on some level, blind.

Kanan is the more obvious: his scarred eyes from his ordeal on Malachor. But he finds a way forward eventually, discovering a way to see without his physical sight. At the end of his life, he knows the danger of his feelings for Hera when attempting a rescue. He still has a duty to uphold.

It’s a full circle moment as Kanan finally fully reclaims his identity as a Jedi and takes his real name once more: Caleb Dume. By embracing all he’s learned, Kanan becomes a true Jedi Knight and can realize the path forward.

So he does the right thing. Kanan asks someone else - Ezra, specifically - to take command of the rescue. He does not let his love for Hera obscure his ability to see the bigger picture and cloud his judgment. He may be physically blind but Kanan Jarrus is still able to see what needs to be done.

And then you have Sabine in the other scene, clearly paralleling her friend and mentor. It’s also a full circle moment for her as she dons her armor once more and cuts her gorgeous hair (long haired Sabine, I still mourn you). She is returning to herself - or so it seems.

The problem is Sabine is still blind - blinded by her love/obsession of Ezra. Despite her taking an important step forward here and declaring herself physically ready, the audience (and Ahsoka) are right to doubt her emotional readiness. When the times comes to make the decision in Episode 4, Sabine cannot move past her need to be reunited with Ezra despite the enormous cost at stake.

She cannot see past her feelings, look at the bigger picture. Granted, she didn’t get to that decision by herself: it was a long road of tragedy, Ahsoka’s absence, and being outmaneuvered by the enemy that forced her hand. But she still made the decision to hand over the map. It’s not until her reunion with Ezra that she begins to truly see the cost. And by then, it’s too late.

Sabine knew what Kanan did to save Hera but she didn’t understand that he did so knowing that he was prepared to lose her - or himself. Kanan knew how to let go when the situation called for it.

Both of these people are blind. But only one figured out how to see past it.

[afantasyoffiction]

buddie fic recs, pt 2

yall i hit 250 posts a few days ago so here's the Updated Version of my first post! aka ive read and posted a fuckton of buddie content since then :)

also i still don't tend to read long novel length fics very often so all are under 100k (most aus being 50-100k), and most oneshots are 5-10k words

best aus

racing with the brakes cut by letmetellyluaboutmyfeels. holy shit holy SHIT this one was good. altered my brain chemistry good. fast and furious au that sounds like it should be unexpected but honestly is more in character than canon

friends don't mean nothing to me (its us) by Kwills91. buddie becomes friends before eddie becomes a firefighter, and its just done ugh so well it was so brilliant. like seriously spamming my friend's texts brilliant keep chortling to myself abt it brilliant just ugh so good

but i can see all along, love (it was you all the way down) by diazchristopher. time loop buck pov where he thinks he doesn't love eddie back and its goddamn delightful ok

your fingerprints smeared on my heart (lead my back to you) by letmetellyouaboutmyfeels. oh god oh GODS this one WRECKED ME. 1800s buddie soulmate au with modern buddie as well jfc i WENT INSANE. yep ive posted abt this one already and i probably will again jfcccccc

when the universe screams by bucksbelly. omfg girl dad buck au? njwnasjdbvjhlsdfbfjh good lord this one was AMAZING go read it go read it right now

our secret moments in a crowded room (they've got no idea about me and you) by allstarsneptune. jfc im only human ok u give me sports players taylor swift themed au and i EAT THAT SHIT UP this was brilliant and even made me tolerate a few baseball references

canon compliant (ish) feelings realisations/first kiss

to build a nest (to build a home) by Kwills91. (yes ive been slowly working thru this writer's entire ao3 archive and yes theyre all brilliant, so im only putting a few on here. go read them all). this one made me fucking cry (for totally unimportant reasons don't think abt why shush) its so sweet go forth and enjoy

the ebb of your tide by twobirdsonestone. firefighter convention in indeannopolis (how tf do i spell that) = only one bed! super fun super cutesy

call me hot and pretty by anon. honestly conceptually i thought this would be kinda cringe and it fully wasn't i was so along for the ride

short n sweet (can you tell its my favourite kind)

inappropriate use of federal funding by spotsandsocks. this one is so...teehee teehee very fun

last and forever by kwills91, post s8 ep 6 which is super cute

what would you prefer i call you by kwills91 (seriously go look them up already). buddie first fight but its adorable

sounding like the rest of my life by coupe_de_foudre. another fic where everyone knows buddie is married but buddie

friends don't by disasterbuck. so silly so fun so real honestly

an inch away from more than just friends by ummrys. if you too want sapphic buddie smut go forth and enjoy and yes it will make you gayer

anything to make you stay by intellectual_applesauce. teehee bc eddie notices something about green shirts...

angsty and happy ending

stay with me (you're all i need) by accio magic. yep i reread this one and yep im recommending it again they COOKED ok they COOKED

leave the light on (ill be coming home) by HMSlusitania. i could not for the life of me remember if id read this one or not before so i just read it again and it was just as good it was soooo sooo good.

that is by no means all of the wonderful fics ive read but it is the extent im willing to go through my ao3 history. pls also check out the original post which has plenty more! ur all welcome (its a mess of an ao3 history guys this post has taken me ages)

also i should maybe self plug? ive got two random eddie pov oneshots up under the same username but ill do a new post when i start posting my big hiatus fix it fic!

[dreamaruu]

Hi so whats the deal with our two appearances of the Lich so far being associated with bonnie

[tiny-b3r]

Also in 3 episodes we’re supposed to process Vander and Isha’s deaths, the resolution of Mel being captured by the Black Rose, Viktor’s resurrection (?), Jinx’s redemption (also huge ? But I’m going off the vibes of the sneak peek), CaitVi dealing with their shit, whatever Ambessa has been up to, finding out why Jayce felt like he had to stop Viktor at all costs, and Ekko and Heimerdinger coming back from god knows where? Like??

Am I tripping b*lls or is that not enough time.

[chronicsyd]

So just as a little experiment I decided to reinvert the frames from the "Come Play" teaser that were purposefully inverted for the teaser, so if you thought Jinx looked off while watching, that's probably why

now i can't speak on the third but i have a feeling as to why the first frames in particular were inverted and that's probably because it matches this final shot of the main trailer

now the other frames with Vi breaking Jinx's minigun aren't inverted so it is kinda peculiar that they'd chose these frames to show in a different light.

[caitwritesao3]

Had some more HG thoughts about Tim!

Janet is between 15-17 when she gets reaped for her games. She’s not a nobody but she’s also not a favorite to win. By all odds she does and we’ll say it’s not pretty. The capital suspects something but they have no proof.

During her victory tour is when she meets Jack, who is the assigned peace keeper. They keep their relationship under wraps until Janet learns she’s pregnant. Now this is were we can play off the comics were Tim’s parents were gone a lot. Word got out that Jack got her pregnant so he gets shipped off to a district further away. But he’s allowed to come visit on holidays, Tim’s birthday, etc.

This leads to resentment from Janet and she kind of takes it out on Tim. Training him with hushed whispers about the games/capital. She is overly bitter and cold towards Tim but in her eyes it’s for his own good. Tim is small and pretty, she’s heard stories of what happens to those like that in the capital.

Reaping day comes just after Tim’s birthday. Jack gets assigned to their district for reaping day. Which confuses Tim because that’s never happened before. Janet however instantly gets a bad feeling and knows that this means. Sure enough Tim’s name is called out over the mic as the male tribute.

Jack is furious and gets shot right then and there for trying to protect Tim and beg them to pick another name. Spoiler: the reaping was rigged, only Tim’s name was in the bowel. Janet stands tight lipped with her head high. Tim is shaking as he stands on the stage. He finds her in the crowd were she gives him a barely there smile and a curt nod.

Bruce who was assigned mentor for Tim’s district that year shields Tim from his father’s body as they walk past. Janet finds them in a waiting room at the train station for their goodbye. Janet gives him the hug (the second one she’s ever given him in his life that he can remember), kisses his forehead and slips a necklace off her neck and clips onto his.

That’s the last time Tim sees her. He doesn’t learn about her death until after the games. When he does he’s furious at Bruce who claims he didn’t want Tim to be distracted. Later that night Tim finds a tape of Janet’s games, which she’d always forbid to him to watch. It turns out his game was almost a mirror image of her own and they won the same way.

@melodyatlas @flavourlessfiction

[jewelzcullen]

This is just my personal take but...

Remember Arthur was going to end himself on the show- that was his plan, he’d had enough of his horrible life and was going to go out on a dark joke.

But then, something changed when he was actually there, and he chose not to. He heard them mocking and laughing at him and he decided he wasn’t going to let their cruelness take him out. To me, he was deciding to live as Joker.

He knew what his life was going to be like if he confessed to the murders and spoke his true feelings on live television.

But he did it anyway.

And he chose it for himself.

[palatablepain]

and sometimes i'm afraid that falling in love is disproportionately aesthetics. all surface. at least when it comes to attraction. and admiration. and things people say.

[d3v1l4ng3l]

i guess i found my person but .. not mine tho

[lavsnz]

more thoughts on kissing after saying “bless you”

the person doing the blessing using the kissing sound as a way to start out the “bless you” so in reality they really say “less you” & let the kiss sound act as the ‘b’

[nyx-thedragon]

Newsies Thoughts Pt. 2

okay so I just watched newsies again and noted down some things that I didn't notice the first time, or thoughts I had while watching, so here's that list.

1- Davey puts himself in harm's way a lot for Jack even though they barely know each other. examples: going with Jack to try to break Crutchie out of the Refuge, going by himself to follow Jack when he's taken from the Refuge to see Pulitzer, kicking Snyder in the face during the fight in Medda's theater to protect Jack and give him time to run. all of these things could've gotten him arrested and/or beaten up if he was caught. yet he still did them. after not even knowing Jack for a week. is this down bad behavior? possibly

2- why did Davey bring Les with to try to break Jack out of the Refuge? he spends the whole movie making sure that Les stays out of the way when trouble comes and keeps him safe, so why did he bring him along when the whole group could be arrested if caught?

3- Jack almost immediately agrees to Pulitzer's deal as soon as Davey is mentioned, even before Pulitzer mentioned anything about him getting sent to the Refuge and how it would be Jack's fault, blah blah blah. also, his cocky smirk immediately drops when Davey's name is said.

4- Davey is the only person who's let through to talk to Jack after he took Pulitzer's deal. I did notice this my first watch, but I thought I'd note it down this time because like. why Davey, of all people? why not Race, or Mush, or any of the other newsies who've known Jack longer? logically, it's because Davey was the only one who wasn't trying to break through to get to Jack, but why was it written in the script for it to be Davey who got to talk to him? this is something I'm genuinely curious about; why was it Davey and not another newsie? what was the thought process to make that decision while writing the script?

5- why does young Christian Bale look kind of like Jeremy Shada? I noticed this a little bit my first watch, but I noticed it a lot more this time, probably because I had it in the back of my mind from the first watch.

6- at the end, Davey lifts Les up to break up Jack and Sarah kissing. I didn't notice that the first time and I think it's kinda funny.

7- Jack tells Roosevelt "I got family here" and the camera immediately cuts to Davey. why Davey and not Sarah, his love interest? why not Crutchie? Why not Race? why not any other newsie, who've been his family for years? why this guy who he's known for like a week? kinda suspicious... kinda gay... also the way they look at each other after Jack goes to talk to Davey and the little "headlines don't sell papes, newsies sell papes" banter (is that considered banter?) happens...

that's all that I noted down for this watch. I will probably notice more when I watch again, and if I end up noting everything down I will share with all of you. also, I didn't know that the newsies fandom on tumblr was so active, I love it!

alright, time for me to go to sleep now, cuz it's 12:30 in the morning and I have class tomorrow. goodnight, friends. stay cool

[ruindunburnit]

Another point in Wicked Part 1's favour:

Those Shiz University uniforms are THE BEST school uniforms for young/new adults I have ever seen???

One of my favourite bits actually are the bottom selections - trousers, skirts, kilts, shorts, half-skirt-half-trouser, half-skirt-half-shorts? And there's a pinstripe pattern to them that devolves into a shard-like pattern towards the bottom of the garments too.

Even better, you're seeing how the uniforms look on a whole wide range of body sizes and shapes! It's incredible!

I'm not saying that private high schools/uniformed universities should follow the model of a musical movie making a stylistic choice. But... it is cool as hell.

[dragonmuse]

Demystifying Writing

(or There Is No Wrong Way, but Here's One Way)

One of the things I've noticed as I've bobbled through twenty years of fanfic spaces (this happens in traditional writing as well, but this is where I hang out) is a lot of talk of 'muses' and 'this character told me that this is how it'll go'. Or 'I can't say how I got my ideas'.

And I do know that feeling! Sometimes you are just in the flow or it feels like you got struck by lightening and it's a great feeling. You know exactly what this character wants and it even seems to guide against your original plan. It's a beautiful feeling!

But that very feeling can make us feel like writing springs from some deep unknowable place that we cannot possibly reach voluntarily. By creating that mystic feeling, you also need to become an oracle who is in touch with that other side.

For myself, I do have those moments of feeling like my blorbo is just whispering in my ear. But for the most part, it's something else altogether: construction.

I am not an outline writer, I generally do not have a huge plan, but I do have scenes I'm considering, things I'm working towards. And I tend to think of a story as a mission-based project. I have posed myself a few questions, usually 'in this given circumstance, how do these characters find each other and what impact do they have on each other once they do?' Usually I already have an answer in mind 'they fall in love and both wind up in a happier situation' for romantic fics for instance. All right, so what gets them to that place while not changing the core of what I perceive as their personalities.

Writing can be mystic, but writing can also be as pragmatic as brick and mortar assembly. I am standing on the island of beginning and I am looking at the island of ending. What do I need to do build the bridge from here to there?

So if you don't have a muse and you don't feel inspired by things beyond fragile human understanding...so what? Your writing is just as valid if you're someone who sits and thinks it over and can explain exactly where your ideas came from. Inspiration can be very clear and concrete. 'This coffee shop seems like a fun place to work, what if my blorbos worked here?' is a perfectly fine way to start thinking about a story. From there if you write each scene with a workmanlike attention 'what sort of event would pull them closer together?' etc etc.

And hey, maybe you want to write something about two writers with different approaches to writing. See? Anything can get you started!