#So. How are we feeling about another fandom?

[onlyheluvsme]

I've been loving your big clit abby series!!! So blessed to have another talented writer in the fandom hehe.

If youre looking for inspo, how about flustering abby while she's driving? Perhaps some roadhead? I think abbys so perfect as a sub

road head!!!! ive always wanted to try this but isnt there some final destination scene or something about that? i like my head on my neck lol. sorry for that horrible visual heres your porn lol. thank you for the req anon!

˗ˏˋbig clit!abby vi´ˎ˗

in which abby gets road head — mdni, lowercase intended, modern!au, f!reader, reader has hair, smut, mentions of: parents, siblings, driving, cars, oral, fingering ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ pls leave reqs

parts: one-five | six

after moving half way across the country with your girlfriend and flight prices being way too high, the two of you drove to your parents for your siblings graduation. the first few hours were perfect, you sang, played the license plate game, asked her which five letter word she could think of for ireland.

however, when hour five came around the tiredness hit,

"we should probably find another rest stop, i need to get another coffee" abby rubbed her eyes quickly, her other hand on the wheel.

"you sure you don't want me to drive?" you lob your head from looking out the window to her.

"absolutely not" she chuckles, her hand coming down to grip your thigh.

"we gotta make it to your parents in one piece" she jokes,

"haha" you mock, even though you knew she was right, you were a horrible driver.

a big blue sign passed on your right, 'rest stop in three miles, exit seventeen' and your eyes lit up,

"exit seventeen has something i think" you tell her as your hands begin to play with her hand on your thigh, lightly drawing shapes into the skin.

"alright" she says, moving around uncomfortably in her seat, the feeling of sitting for so long becoming bothersome.

a sweet silence came over the car, the radio playing softly, the sun roof open slightly letting the warm air and sound of nature in.

you couldn't help but to look over at your girlfriend as you appreciated the serene moment, the domesticity of it all. the wisps of hair that had fallen from her braid danced with the wind, framing her face like an angel. your eyes traveled down her beautifully sculpted face to her arms and chest, admiring the muscle through her black tank. the few tattoos she had along her arm ripple over her thick forearm as she rubs the warmth of your thigh.

the sight was one that quickly made your core heat and panties soak. your eyes trailed down to the hand on your thigh, watching the fingers closest to your cunt, suddenly hyperaware of every movement of her fingers. without thinking, your hips slightly buck as her pinky lightly glosses the hem of your shorts.

her head turns to your at the feeling, eyes slightly wide,

"baby?" she asks,

"i need you" you huff, removing the seat belt and bending over the console to press wet kisses into her neck,

abby's breath is caught in her throat for a moment and she almost swerves the car into the other lane. your lips start an assault on her neck and abby can't help the way she angles her neck to give you more room.

within seconds she's wide awake again, the tiredness from before completely dissipating with the shock of warmth of your lips behind her ear. one of your hands gripped her seat to hold you up while the other roamed her body, pinching at her nipples through her shirt,

"fuck baby, what are you doing?" abby asked, feeling her core heat at the feeling of you, clit becoming uncomfortable in her boxers. abby had to force herself not to close her eyes in bliss and focus on the road.

the hand that roamed her chest and pinched her nipples trailed down her stomach to find the band of her sweat shorts. your finger slightly pushed inside, feeling the warm skin underneath,

a shaky breath left abby's mouth, "be careful" she mumbled.

out of instinct, abby's thighs spread against the seat, foot staying on the pedal. the extra space gives you room to move your hand slowly down her abdomen till it reaches the hem of her boxers,

"can i touch you abby?" you whisper into her ear, shivers go down her arm.

"b-but i'm driving" she mumbles but theres a slight desperation to her tone.

"then you better pay attention," you say as your hand slips into her boxers.

with quick thinking, abby puts the car into cruise control, letting herself take her foot off the pedal — she had never been more grateful for the empty road.

her hips raise as she helps you guide off her shorts and boxers, leaving abby's soaked thigh to stain the seat. her thighs spread and you find her clit already at its full size, all pink and swollen begging to be sucked.

you moved yourself so your entire upper body laid across the console between you, your legs bent into your seat. with the side angle, you weren't give full access to her, so you had to improvise, spreading her glistening lips with your two fingers.

a line of spit comes down from your mouth onto her clit and abby's hips raise, cunt desperate for your tongue. you watch as her clit twitches before bending your head down to wrap your lips around it.

abby's chest deflates in relief at the feeling of your lips and tongue as they slowly began to massage her sensitive clit. abby's eyes stay on the road as you start to slowly bob your head up and down on her, hands gripping the wheel so tight her knuckles where red.

your tongue swirls around the reddened tip of her clit, the most sensitive part, mouth suctioning the rest into your mouth. you begin a rhythm with your mouth, bobbing your head slightly to press as much of her into your mouth.

abby's legs began a slow shaking underneath you, hand removing itself from the wheel to grab your hair into a ponytail,

"f-fuck that feels really good" she whispers into a moan, you moan in response letting the vibrations hit her core. the hand you used to spread her lips slipped lower to find her weeping hole, her slick covering your fingers within seconds.

your pointer and middle finger slowly slip into her tight hole, you pumped them into her until they were all the way in.

it took everything in abby to hold herself together, to not pull the car into the shoulder and let your finish her off — yet she wouldn't abby refused to give up the moment.

her hips bucked sporadically against you as you continued to fuck her tight velvety walls with your fingers, mouth lapping at her enlarged clit,

"i'm not gonna last" abby whines, head hitting the headrest behind her, eyes forcing themselves on the road.

your pace against her picks up and soon enough abby's hand is pushing your head down onto her clit as her orgasm rocks through her.

your fingers are met with a rush of her come as your mouth sucks her clit vigorously, tongue rapid against its tip. abby's moans above you stir you on, so instead of slowing down your pace and pulling away, you latch onto her.

abby's thighs quiver as a second orgasm approaches rapidly, so your fingers curl inside of her and she loses it again,

"fuck fuck fuck" she whines above you, hips unable to stay still.

your mouth final relents after you clean as much of her cunt as you could, lapping her slick into your mouth as you savored her taste. soon enough you were helping her guide on her boxers and shorts,

"c'mere" she said when you finally got her settled, you twist yourself around to lay across her lap, head into her shoulder as one of her hands wrapped around your torso the other on the wheel.

"you're a dangerous girl, you know that?" she asked you, hand slipping under the hem of your shirt to feel the heat of your belly.

the two of you slip back into the serene moment from before, however this time feels slightly more special, like your appreciating being together as one.

abby was grateful for the next few hours as you laid across her, slowing down when she drove near a state trooper, no need to get the two of you into trouble. she hadn't even realized she missed exit seventeen till she drove passed exit thirty-two.

[bc abby masterlist]

[abby masterlist]

[irachki]

cuetes

pairing: simon 'ghost' riley x latina!reader warnings: canon compliant violence. no beta so whatev a/n: i wrote this for @hahaifolded after we were talking about the lack of good latino representation in the fandom. hope you like it folded 🥺💕

There is something to be said about how easily Simon Riley can be bribed. Off the field, of course. He’d never put his team at risk on the field.

But with his third tamal in hand and the half drunk jarrito next to his elbow, Rudy can see how little it takes to sway him. He doesn’t get to sit with the realization too long before another body steps into the doorway.

“Who brought the ghost?” You lean your shoulder against the doorframe as you survey the stranger that’s sat in the midst of all your family members.

Rudy snorts, the unintentional pun missed on your part, while he shrugs. “You know me, always catching strays.”

Your gaze shoots over to Rudy and you raise an eyebrow, “Stray?” The incredulous tone of your voice is amplified by the once over you give Simon. “Aren’t strays supposed to be scrawny? Hanging on by a thread, pure skin and bone? He seems to be real well fed.”

Rudy shakes his head, laughter carries in his voice, “Well SAS does a pretty good job of keeping their boys working at full throttle.”

You shift, slightly, but enough for your uncle to see the way your body loses some of it’s ease.

“SAS? What are the brits doing on Mexican soil? They never venture this deep into latam.”

He grimaces, one of his hands sliding out of his pocket to rub across the face, “You know I can’t tell you that Mechas.”

You roll your eyes before turning from the party and trudging further into the orange colored kitchen, “And when the hell has that stopped you from telling me about what’s happening.”

“It’s different this time mija. We’re dealing with unprecedented  circumstances.”

“Unprecedented?” Your hands grip the edge of the ceramic tile, white and blue cover the kitchen island that separate you and your uncle, “You had no problem telling me about the routes the mareros setup but you have a problem with this?”

“Mechas.”

Whatever Rudy is looking to say next is left unsaid as the pale stranger ducks into your grandmother’s kitchen. Despite the doorframe being a bit too small for him he has no problem standing at full height in the room. The home fitted with raised ceilings to allow for hotter air to rise and helping with the circulation of air during the heat waves.

He looks out of place in the room. In this whole ordeal, really. Family had travelled from all corners of the continent to gather at the matriarchal home, bringing with them the different flavors of Spanish. It made the English speakers scarce, and those who were there were easier to spot, especially with an accent that’s not heard around Las Almas often.

Your eyes narrow, eyebrows drawing together, “What are you doing here?”

Simon’s eyes meet Rudy’s before they’re on you again, “Eating.”

If it’s an attempt at a joke it falls flat, annoying you further.

“If this is what the SAS considers their best I worry for the state of that island.” You scoff and turn around towards the pot holding the warm atole.

You focus on pouring yourself a cup of the warm liquid, missing the look exchanged between the two men. The creases around Rudy’s eyes deepen as his worrisome gaze settles on you.

Simon can’t help the clench he feels in his gut at the sight. He’s thankful there’s no one to worry for him the way you worry for your uncle. He wonders for a split second if Rudy can feel the weight of your worries on the field. A constant weight and anchor pulling him back to this house. To his family.

“Does Yaya know?”

“She doesn’t need to know my every move Mechas.”

Your back is still turned to him but he can still see you shaking your head, “Foreigners mean trouble. Yaya knows that better than anyone. So either you told her outright or you let her connect the dots himself by bringing him here.”

You turn, not bothering to look at either of them as you cross the kitchen in search of a spoon. Simon follows your movements across the kitchen, keeping Rudy in his peripheral as he observes the tightness in your shoulders.

“Mechas,” Rudy starts but he doesn’t get far before your glare cuts him off.

“Stop.” You place your cup down on the island with force. The liquid sloshes around the cup, circling the edge of the cup as if deciding if it wishes to spill. In the end it doesn’t, settling into itself again as the energy disperses.

“Don’t give me some bullshit promise you’re not even sure you can keep. Don’t tell me you’re coming back if there’s even a possibility you won’t.”

Simon’s been in Las Almas for a short amount of time, but he knows Rudy. Trusts this man with his life, he’s saved it a few times already. So it’s easy to follow the minuscule reactions of hurt at your words. He knows empty promises are one of the only things that keeps a soldier going. The belief that they’ll be able to make good on those promises.

No matter how many times others aren’t able to.

“I’ll bring him back.” The words slip out before he understands what he’s telling you. An idiotic thing to promise someone who he just now met.

You’re thinking much of the same if the way you glare at him is anything to go by.

“And who are you to promise anything to me?” The softness of your face is deceptive to the bite of your tongue. Simon has heard worse from men bigger than him, meaner, and yet your words slice at him the way a blade slices at skin. Quick, deep.

There’s molasses dripping down his throat, choking him, his words stick to it.

You scoff, “Your words are no good to me.”

Rudy leaves him no room to respond, stepping in and attempting to mitigate your concern. None of the words Rudy says tamp the fury in your eyes or the strange tight sensation Simon feels between his ribs.

Bringing Rudy back to you seems like the only solution for both.

—

The stranger brings Rudy back. Bruised, battered, and bloodied but alive. And in the end that’s all that matters.

There’s no words spoken between the three of you, a heavy silence fills the kitchen as you get to work on cleaning up your uncle. You pull rags from cabinets and fill shallow pails with cool water to tend to wounds. It’s a silent endeavor, only the straining of the rags filling the room with sound. You don’t know how long you tend to your uncle for, but by the time you turn to face his strange companion his water is murky too.

Rudy must have told him the rules of Yaya’s home because there’s no trace of military gear on him. The only evidence of the violence he’s experienced is the dark stain on his shirt. Whatever liquid soaked into the shirt darkens the black cotton even more. His jeans are caked in the familiar light brown color of the soil around Las Almas.

You stop the analysis as soon as you feel the bile rise in the back of your throat.

Instead, you busy yourself with grabbing both batches of murky water to drain out in the pila outside. You don’t have the energy to talk to your uncle right now, much less deal with the look he reserves for you when he comes back from missions. You just lather up the rags with zote and scrub them against the ribbed cement.

The water runs red for sometime before it slowly morphs to pink and then a slight cloudy view, until finally it’s clear. The hens cluck around you, Chancho also waddles nearby to investigate your movements as you wash.

You’re too focused on washing and not trying to think that you miss the stranger stepping out into the backyard with you. The hens don’t scare off, instead they cluck at him, winding themselves between his legs as they inspect him. Chancho does the same, slowly approaching him and sniffing around before the spotted pig decides there’s nothing important for him there.

“Questioning is the family trait then, yeah?” His voice is low, raspy, like he hasn’t spoken in days. Hasn’t had a drop of water in weeks.

You spare him a glance, not wanting to look at him for long, when his face catches your attention.

No new wounds, plenty of old ones, but the area around his eyes is covered in black. Giving him the look of a child with face paint on him. Instinctually, you wring the rag before stepping to him and starting to blot away at the black.

Whatever he’d come out to do is put on the back burner as he freezes at your movements. He barely breathes, eyes focusing on the focused look on your face as you drag the multicolored towel across his cheekbones. You don’t ask for permission as you gingerly take his jaw into your hand, moving his head every which way to get the eyeblack off of him.

“Is being pushy a family trait too?”

You scowl at him, the grip on his jaw tightening, “Is that what this is to you Europeans? We call it hospitality out here.”

“Invading someone’s personal space?”

“Taking care of someone’s son.”

He knows you don’t know anything about him, let alone the tragedy that was Manchester, but the words still manage to dislodge something in him. The idea that kind hands and homes are offered to children, no matter who they are.

He tucks that away to sit with in the future. Not now.

Now he focuses on the feel of your hands against the scruff on his jaw.

–

You’re on the outskirts of the room watching the conversation that swirls around the big wooden table. The extended that was local had gathered at Yaya’s to discuss El Sin Nombre’s capture.

It was a pointless conversation that you had no interest participating in. Win or not, the work was pointless. One narco falls, a vacuum opens up, another takes their place. Tale as old as time, something the Mexican government surely wont fix with this singular capture.

Simon is next to you, sitting silently as the low conversation fills the rest of the room. He’s watching the table while you stare out the window at the stray dogs circling the street. It takes them a minute to find the food you’ve left for them but when they finally do you make a happy noise.

“Not interested in the familial debrief?”

You snort at his question, not even bothering to look at him directly, “This family has lived through the capture of dozens of narcos. I already know how this conversation goes.”

Simon doesn’t respond, just shifts his attention to you while you continue to pay him no mind.

“Honestly would be cheaper if you would stay longer to come and catch the next one. Saves you a flight.”

“This your way of asking me to stick around?”

You can’t help the noise you make at that, “If you stick around here longer than you need to I don’t think you’ll be of any good service to the force. I hear men incapacitated by the heat don’t do well.”

He huffs out a laugh, bringing the Modelo up to his lips for a swig. The cool malty liquid cuts through the heat that seems to have invaded his mouth, much like the rest of the city. He glances around the quaint family home, heat pressing into him in a way that never has before, and realizes just how deep Las Almas has sunk it’s claws into him.

He spares you a glance, still engrossed in the activities of the strays, and studies you for a second. Your body rests against the cushions, not at ease but not tense. Always alert, he thinks to himself. The same way he is back home. Never letting his guard down, assured in his own abilities, but never wanting to get caught off guard. It’s how he’s been living his whole life.

You let out a small sigh, cheek pressing into the cushion, the pressure of your cheek pushing out your lips just a bit.

He takes another drink.

Yeah. He can stick around for a little more

[the-irreverend]

Checkmate Kriselle Stans: Episode 1 - That's the Tea!

Hello and welcome to a very special series where I dissect and destroy absurd, asinine, and otherwise flat-out bullshit takes about Kriselle (and other ships in the Deltarune fandom)!

On today's episode, we're taking a look at one of the arguments used against Kriselle: the teas for Noelle and Kris and how they both react to drinking it and are healed by it.

Now I've seen a lot of people factor in the so-called "Tea Theory" when discussing the ships of Deltarune. And naturally, this has led to a lot of smug and insufferable antis eager to wield it against certain ships. The way I see it, "Tea Theory" is best used to supplement the ship you like, and NOT as some kind of holy scripture that tells you which relationships are romantic or not.

Like, come on. How would you Suselle fans feel if you saw people arguing that this scene here is evidence that Susie is better off with goddam Berdly because Noelle doesn't share her taste for birdseed?

But I digress. So, with all that said, there are many interpretations of why the teas have the effects they do and what they indicate about how a character feels about another or how well-developed their relationship is.

It can get very complicated. We can clearly see that Noelle drinking Susie’s tea has more healing than Susie drinking Noelle’s tea, which is fitting because of Noelle’s massive crush and because Susie had yet to discover and develop her feelings for her little doe.

With Ralsei and Kris, although Ralsei is very fond of Kris, seeing how their tea heals him more, Kris's relationship/feelings toward Ralsei isn't as developed. Not to mention that Kris and Susie are very much on the same wavelength personality-wise and have spent more time together, which would explain why their teas heal each other more.

So, how does this explain why Noelle and Kris’s tea heals each other only a little more than Noelle and Ralsei sharing their teas? If they understand each other’s quirks and qualities so well and have had such a deep relationship, then why wouldn’t it at least be on par with Kris and Susie’s?

I adamantly believe there are two critical reasons for this.

1) Their relationship isn’t at "full capacity".

If the tea’s effects were only decided by their feelings for each other, then it wouldn’t make sense why they wouldn’t heal each other more. We see clearly that Noelle still gets along very nicely with Kris, even as far back as Chapter 1, as she reassures them about Susie, gives them a pencil as they know they’ve a knack for losing it, and other moments that indicate they have a deep and intimate understanding of each other.

But they still clearly drifted apart a while back, so that while that mutual understanding and camaraderie for each other is still intact, the relationship that resulted from that isn’t where it should be, due to factors beyond their control, rather than just them losing their feelings for each other on their own. That said, they still care about each other deeply, and the fact that there are two instances in Chapter 2 in which Kris can get Noelle all blushy blushy does hint that their feelings for each other are changing into something more than just platonic friendship.

Not to mention how Kris blushes when they hear Noelle talk about getting flirting lessons from them in Chapter 4:

But there’s another factor that more people should consider, one which I think is impacting the tea more than anything.

2) YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really don’t think people give a lot of credit to how much the player impacts Kris and Noelle's relationship and how they (re)develop it. And would you know, that impact also extends to their respective teas (especially when you consider the meaning behind the Weird Route). An interesting thing to note is that when Noelle drinks Kris’s tea, she gets excited as she tastes cinnamon, only to notice it has a “strange aftertaste.” And seeing how Noelle points out TIME AND TIME AGAIN that Kris is acting like their usual self, it therefore stands to reason that YOU, THE PLAYER, are impacting the effect of the tea.

Our control throws a giant wrench into their opportunity to reconnect with others as they would and SHOULD normally do. And I don’t know about you, but I think it would be kinda hard to connect with your estranged childhood friend and share how you feel about them and everything else if your personal agency was severely hampered by an unfeeling cosmic horror in the shape of a red heart.

In fact, this is very much a recurring theme throughout the entire weird route: that Kris and Noelle can’t genuinely reconnect because our presence is sabotaging it. Granted, there is something to be said about how Kris shows more enthusiasm drinking Susie's tea and gets more out of it and therefore they should show just as much enthusiasm drinking Noelle's tea, if not more so. Thus, our control shouldn't impact how they express themselves when drinking it, should it?

However, even so, I don't believe it's a huge issue for Kriselle's validity since it's Kris' relationship with Noelle that's primarily affected by our actions, rather than their relationship with Susie.

Long story short, it is not unreasonable to conclude that the reason for the Kris and Noelle's tea lacking effects is not due to them lacking feelings for each other or them not wanting to have a relationship with each other, but rather: A) the estrangment they experienced when they were both little, and B) the effects of the player's control on Kris.

[jeonscatalyst]

You need to see the way I jumped when I saw your post notification. I was about to start a search party because you were gone so long. Hope everything is good though.

In other news our boys are backkkkk! How do you feel?? What vibe did you get from them?

Hi anon,

It’s crazy to think how being offline for just over a month can feel like you’ve been away for ages. I missed being in this space talking about Jikook, the guys, and all the beautiful chaos that comes with loving BTS. But I needed to hit pause. Life started to feel like one of those moments where you’re juggling too much, and everything’s teetering. So, I logged out for a bit to catch my breath and get a better handle on things. I might disappear again for sometime but I needed to come on here to scream about Jikook cuz I realized I missed out on so much!

I was so out of the loop that I didn’t even realize Taejoon and Jikook were already back home. I guess I lost track of time since I hadn’t interacted with anything concerning the fandom in over a month lol. I only found out when I went to Google something and happened to see a headline about Jikook’s return. When I tell you I logged in at the speed of light to find content to catch up on…it’s no exaggeration. I’d missed so much, and I’m just grateful I caught that moment when I did, because I would’ve felt awful if I’d only found out days or even weeks later.

Seeing them again felt so good, anon. They looked amazingly healthy, happy, and glowing. There was definitely a shyness to them, but you could still sense how genuinely relieved they were to finally be out of that hellhole. I also caught up on Tae and Namjoon’s lives, and my heart broke hearing everything they went through. I’m just glad they’re back now and can finally do all the things they’ve been waiting to do. They’ve more than earned that freedom.

As for our Jikook babies…honestly, it doesn’t feel like much has changed (in the best way possible) They’re still that flirty, chaotic, bickering duo we know and love. There’s such an undeniable closeness between them, and it’s not just physical. It’s emotional, deep, and quietly powerful. The way they search each other’s eyes when they speak, the tenderness in some of their touches, the warmth in their smiles, everything felt so genuine. It was beautiful to see them together again.

Sure, there was some awkwardness….a lot, actually but it had nothing to do with their bond. It was clearly just the nervousness of being in front of cameras and fans again after such a long time. Jimin looked so flustered, his cheeks were practically permanently pink lol. Jungkook could barely look at the camera at times; he kept glancing at Jimin or looking away whenever he seemed unsure. It was honestly the cutest thing. And don’t even get me started on their little giggles during the press event or the way they covered their faces with flowers…there’s just nothing more adorable.

Hearing some of their stories was incredibly touching too. From what they’ve shared so far, it’s clear that throughout their enlistment, they stuck together whenever they could. Jimin’s story about Jungkook snuggling up to his arm and refusing to sleep on his own pillow only reinforced what we’ve long known about their sleeping habits. There’s a reason Jungkook always seemed obsessed with any room Jimin was in. I mean how many times does the man have to tell us he loves sleeping beside Jimin? Lol. When someone gives you a level of comfort that deep, you instinctively seek it out. Somehow sleeping on someone’s hard arm becomes more comfortable than a soft pillow🤷🏼‍♀️

The way they spoke about leaning on each other, taking turns offering support was so heartwarming. Jungkook calling Jimin an “ace” and saying there’s nothing he can’t do, and Jimin turning around and praising Jungkook too… They didn’t say much, but what little they did share spoke volumes. We’ll save their inside jokes for another day lol.

I am truly happy they had each other during this time. The thing that stays with me most, though, is this: they went through one of the hardest chapters of their lives together. Not just side by side but with real emotional presence. And that’s something no one can take from them. No matter how much time passes, when they look back, they’ll remember: I had you. You had me. We made it through together. That is one experience unique to them and only them.

[chipper-smol]

ISAT 2025 Art Bang!

After the telephone game lot of people told me that they were interested in joining another project just like it so here we are!

Sign up is available here!

There's a project server invite at the end, you're not required to join it but please don't feel anxious to join! The previous participants have created a very kind community 'v'

The timeline!

What is an Art Bang?

An art bang is meant to create a BANG of fanwork in the fandom! You (and as many authors who sign up) come together to write fanfics from scratch. The fanfic can be an idea that you’ve been wanting to write for a while and just haven’t gotten the motivation to, a fanfic you haven’t been able to continue but want to, or it can be an idea someone else suggests when you join.

Halfway through the writing process authors will be paired up with artists who have read a summary of their work and want to draw for it. When everything is finished, everyone will release their fanfic and fanart in the same week in an explosion of fanworks!

More info below the readmore!

How does it work?

Step 1: Authors sign up and start writing on June 28th. Authors CANNOT add any words to their official word count until after June 28th.

Step 2: After about a month, Authors submit a snippet or summary of their fic which is presented to the artist participants anonymously.

Step 3: Artists choose as many fics that they’d be interested in drawing for and I organize and pair up everyone together.

Step 4: Authors finish up writing, Artists finish up drawing.

Step 5: Works are scheduled to be uploaded to Ao3 and/or Tumblr!

Rules/Expectations

If you use generative AI or AI “assistance” I will trap you in a timeloop ☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

AI anything is not allowed under any circumstances and will get you immediately banned from this project and any future projects.

All fics must be uploaded to either Ao3 or Tumblr

Spoilers for ISAT and SASASA:P are not reinforced in the Discord server

Authors

Authors must write at least 10k words in total.

Authors can write as many chapters and fanfics as they want.

Can be about anything! It can even be a continuation of a previous fic that you’ve lost motivation on, but you still must write at least 10k words in total.

Can be any rating! General Audiences to Explicit are welcome 

Authors who want to write Explicit fics must confirm they are 18 years or older.

Artists

Artists must create at least one finished artwork. 

If artists want to create something like an animation or animatic, they can check in with me and we can decide together what is a reasonable finished goal.

Artists can create artwork for multiple fics.

Artists who want to draw for explicit fics must confirm they are 18 years or older.

Can I share snippets of my work before the artist claims?

Preferably no, artist claims are made anonymously so that works are picked without any bias.

10k words seems like a lot?

Altogether, yes, but this challenge extends over 2.5 - 3 months, that’s roughly 3k words a month.

Can I write multiple fics?

Yes, but one of them needs to reach the 10k word mark.

Do explicit fics mean nsfw/sex included things, or is it general heavy themed ones?

Both. Nsfw/sex and general heavy themes.

How 'high level' do the art pieces need to be? i dont want to just do simple sketches of course but how complex should they be?

Since you'll be given a month+ to work on your piece, at the minimum it should be a polished piece. IE Lineart, color, shading

[vasito-de-leche]

;R1999 A Study on Afflatus (I)

Analysis and theories regarding the concept of Afflatus within the universe of Reverse: 1999

if you're from the old r99 news server or the current r99 rp one (or if you've talked to me at any point about r99) then you might know how obsessed I am with afflatus analysis!

so after going feral on my main account about it, and seeing my afflatus thesis drafts just catch dust on my wips, I decided to just open a discussion about it in the fandom! just little by little as I get the thoughts out of my brain!

so yes, this is very much an invitation for people to discuss and theorize about smaller details of the game such as afflatus, medium and other things--there are many fun ways to interpret the way afflatus applies to characters, I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts! ping me in your posts, go feral in the reblogs or comments!

as usual, transcripts were taken from the R1999 Neocities transcript project!

During the first few months of GL's launch, "Afflatus" was generally considered an extradiegetic aspect of the game--a simple mechanic meant to facilitate gameplay for the player, without any relevance to the lore or the plot. Throughout the course of the following patches, namely within the main story, this idea was disproved in many ways, and there were plenty of clues that reinforced its existence in-universe from the very beginning. For the sake of those who have never noticed, I'll do my best to be thorough, but there may be some instances of Afflatus that I missed, feel free to let me know!

The very first time Afflatus is mentioned is in the main story; Chapter 01 - Stage 4 "Chicago Rescue," Sonetto is the one to bring it up during one of the battle tutorials.

Sonetto: That's quite a lot of critters! Timekeeper, we must do something to turn things around now. Remember what the instructor said in class? "Afflatus is a way to hunt in the world." "Observations of the minerals, plants, stars, and beasts as well as our experiences with the spirit and intelligence let us better understand our own existence." Sonetto: Select a proper target for me, Timekeeper. Sonetto: Use an incantation that is strong against the enemy's Afflatus to defeat them more quickly. You can take it from here, Timekeeper.

The fact that this conversation takes place during a game tutorial doesn't instantly render the contents discussed as "just meta," since we've had many different instances of game mechanics being relevant to the overall history and worldbuilding of the setting; Artificial Somnambulism Therapy is both a game mode and a type of therapy developed by Mesmer Jr's family, used extensively within Laplace, as well as a key plot point in Chapter 3 "Nouvelles et Textes pour Rien"; Picrasma Candy is a way for the player to continue playing and an actual medicine for arcanists developed by Medicine Pocket that Argus heavily depends on to use her own arcanum. Bluepoch makes a point to further develop their story through these mechanics, thus it is impossible to separate them from the story itself--battle conversations, daily tidbits, loading screens, items and other details can all be considered canon! Afflatus is no different.

Another early instance of Afflatus occurs in the Tutorial Notebook, which disappears forever once completed--so the following screenshot was taken from this video!

The text reads: 

Sometimes, our Afflatus is strong or weak against an enemy. We need to follow this principle and select the proper arcane skills based on the enemy. Strong or weak? Like a cat to a rat? The relationship between different Afflatuses is like the ecological cycle. When your Afflatus is strong against the target's, your incantation will deal more damage. ─ On Afflatus, Chapter 1

The sticky note implies the existence of a book or research on the subject ("On Afflatus, Chapter 1") which, in turn, supports Sonetto's dialogue about the Afflatus lessons she received in SPDM ("Remember what the instructor said in class?"). With this we can understand that Afflatus exists within the world to a degree that allows it to be studied, also eliminating one of the earliest theories in GL about how Vertin is the only person who can perceive Afflatus due to her status as the Timekeeper.

To my knowledge, there are no direct explanations nor clues as to why or how one would discern Afflatus in others as of writing this. What is the point of assigning Afflatus types in-universe? How can it be done? Sadly, I don't have answers to these questions in particular!

But let's analyze our current examples so far.

According to Sonetto's knowledge on the subject, Afflatus encompasses "observations of the minerals, plants, stars and beasts as well as our experiences with the spirit and intelligence," that allows people to understand themselves. This serves as a list of both Natural (Mineral, Plant, Star, Beast) and Primal (Spirit, Intellect) Afflatuses, while hinting towards the purpose of Afflatus as a tool of introspection.

With this, one may theorize that Afflatus can apply to every living being, as it tackles observations with the surrounding world (Natural Afflatus) and one's inner world (Primal Afflatus). This is partially true, there is a small yet important distinction to be made!

The 1.5 "Revival! The Uluru Games" patch explored the physiological and social differences between humans and arcanists through Ezra and Spathodea, and a new batch of loading screen tidbits were added, such as this one:

The text reads:

The arcanum's Afflatus categories do not apply to humans. However, factors such as personality and preferred instruments may cause certain individuals to have a closer affinity to a particular type of arcane Afflatus.

This daily tidbit confirms that arcanum's Afflatus categories do not apply to humans. The rest of tidbits emphasize on the contrast between the two groups in different aspects; humans cannot cast arcane skills, they use technology and commands rather than incantations, they're considered rational instead of passionate, reason vs instinct, etc etc.

But I believe there is an important distinction to be made! The first loading screen tidbit mentions "arcanum's Afflatus categories," rather than Afflatus itself. There is an aspect of Afflatus that is directly linked with arcanum, and thus it makes sense that it cannot be applied to humans.

We can see this happening in Greta Hoffman's report from the Special Chapter - "The Star" in which she explains her interactions with 37's mother, 77. Here are a few excerpts.

Writer of the Report: I'm not sure whether she was making fun of me or being serious, but I had this feeling that she was eager to tell me how she was granted the secret through a moment of afflatus. It seemed she just saw through the laws behind all things instead of finding them through logical deduction.

"HER": "The rhombus can't be seen with eyes. You shall close your eyes, hearken to the teaching of the supreme existence, and seize the moment of afflatus!" Writer of the Report: Of course, I didn't see anything, nor did I understand what a moment of afflatus was. Perhaps it's just another privilege enjoyed by arcanists, just like their right to be lunatic. Nevertheless, she reached the correct conclusion in a completely wrong way. Is it really possible?

Writer of the Report: But, if there is a god, why are you playing such a prank on us, after we had suffered from the collapse of all the existing orders and the failure of all the great laws? If this is what she called the glimpse of the supreme existence, the moment of afflatus, do you have to present it in such a cruel way?

Even Matilda brings up afflatus during this chapter, in reference to her job monitoring new members.

Matilda: &$#% ... I know she's a rookie, but even so, she's way too unbelievable! "Guide new members with caution and patience. Trigger their afflatus at the right time." Oh, I have to admit, Vertin is doing it better than me for now.

Note the distinction between capital A "Afflatus" and lowercase "afflatus." In this context, the "moment of afflatus" exists as its namesake implies--as an inspiration, a moment of divine impulse that only arcanists can utilize and, therefore, cannot be explained nor proved through human logic.

That is the basis for the tension between Greta Hoffman (a mixed whose arcane blood has been so diluted she can easily pass off as a pure-blooded human) and 77 (a pure-blooded arcanist from an isolated and ancient arcanist society) as two characters from vastly different groups that cannot reconcile nor find a middle ground in their differences. This is the arcane aspect of Afflatus as the 1.5's tidbit mentions, the part that cannot be applied to mankind. But Afflatus also exists as a tool of introspection as mentioned before, which encompasses aspects that any living being can relate to--therefore, it explains why we have both playable and non-playable humans with Afflatus types.

To further understand how non-arcane living beings can still lean towards different types of Afflatus, let's examine the enemies in the game.

The main story is very consistent with how they portray enemies, if you pay attention to their battle information you can see all the deliberate details Bluepoch has added; every enemy comes with a short description that might evolve and change along the story in future renditions of their fights, there are different card sets for different factions (Manus Vindictae's deep black and blue cards vs the Foundation's white and light blue cards), each attack/incantation is uniquely named, giving context and insight into the enemy you're fighting, some even have uniquely named traits/buffs/debuffs!

And as far as I know, every single enemy in the game, regardless of whether they're arcane in nature or not, has an Afflatus assigned to them. Let's look at arcane beings first.

We see that all three examples match their respective Afflatus; a Mineral Carbuncle with a Mineral Afflatus, a Dryad, commonly associated with nature has the Plant Afflatus, and Druvis III, a playable character, retains her Plant Afflatus even as a mysterious NPC boss fight in which her regular incantations have been switched to Manus Vindictae.

And we can also see continuity in Afflatus in other bosses, such as Matilda and Lilya in later chapters--they both retain their own Afflatus as playable characters, and much like Druvis, Matilda's cards are concealed as the default Foundation set for the sake of keeping their identities concealed. There is a clear intent behind these choices.

In the Surface levels of Artificial Somnambulism, the ones that directly correlate to the main story, also feature many other playable characters with their respective Afflatuses; La Source in "Misty Lake a"; The Fool, Bunny Bunny, Pavia, Satsuki and Tennant in "Floating Park a" ...

And I do want to mention that there are instances in which the game allows us to fight playable characters whose Afflatuses have been changed--but there is still an clear goal behind this.

The beta levels of Artificial Somnambulism feature the same aforementioned characters as the alpha ones, but a few of them have different Afflatus. This can be explained within the main story as the direct result of Vertin's mind being tampered with, as we see her struggle to remember and forget things clearly during her AST induced coma in Chapter 3.

???: Her traumatic segment has been reactivated. Increase the power, stabilize her psychube. Try the next dream. Z: The artificial somnambulism therapy may not work on her, Mesmer.

Mesmer Jr.: It means she had suffered the same traumatic experience repeatedly. Even so, she showed no behavioral or cognitive impairment. Back then, as we held her down and put the helmet on her, she even advised me in an extremely calm manner … “I agree with your judgment, but it’s just for this time.” … She was the bellwether of the “break-away” incident after all. I’ll say she’s been well-behaved this time. Sonetto: … I-I thought … Timekeeper is receiving for her low spirit. But you said you held her down … Mesmer Jr.: Oh, that’s just another description of the method used for the same purpose. The aim was to ensure Vertin was unconscious and taken back. That’s the direct order from the vice president of the committee, Constantine. The order from on high was given on the premise of rational thinking and consideration over pros and cons─you are not questioning the reasoning of mankind, are you?

A similar situation happens during UTTU Week, which features playable characters as different characters within the story that UTTU is attempting to share. For example, in 1.2 "Nightmare at Green Lake," the playable characters you fight in UTTU Week represent various different archetypes and tropes in horror.

These inconsistencies are done on purpose, as they're not meant to reflect the truth 1:1.

Now, let's look at human enemies. Here are the two human children from the beginning of the game who disrupt the suitcase--despite being humans, they both have Afflatus assigned to them, and not only that but different types as well, Star and Mineral respectively.

So, to backtrack again! Afflatus cannot be applied to humans from an arcane point of view, simply because humans cannot cast incantations. Therefore, their affinity for a specific type of Afflatus is based on something else, something that they share with arcane beings--such as personality, experiences and preferred instruments.

I want to propose the interpretation of Afflatus being the totality of one's experiences in life; depending on your experiences, the way they've shaped your thinking patterns, your instincts and your personality, you may have an affinity for one Afflatus or another.

This ties in with a different aspect of Afflatus: the idea that one's Afflatus type can change, as the person goes through big changes in their life that influence them in different ways.

If we acknowledge that these battle details are all deliberate and meant to add to the narrative, there are two outliers whose Afflatuses change. The first one is Kakania herself; her debut in 1.7 "E Lucevan le Stelle" includes a fight against her in Stage 8 "Mirror and Lantern" which clearly states her Afflatus is Intellect.

One could argue that this is not the true Kakania, as the battle involves fighting mirror versions of her--but as a reminder, the true one is, in fact, hidden among them! And furthermore, if the reflections are exact versions of the real Kakania, it makes sense that they would have the same battle information as her.

As we all know, when Kakania becomes playable in 1.9 "Vereinsamt," her Afflatus is not Intellect but Plant--I'd like to explain this change as the development Kakania goes through in this specific arc of the story.

Her idealistic views and activism, both for her city and her patients, are directly challenged as the story progresses. She realizes that none of her friends within The Circle were the people she thought them to be, namely Isolde whose complex life and struggles were both overlooked and impossible to discern in Kakania's eyes due to their close relationship, and she also sees the town she acknowledged as flawed but still worth fighting for, turn into violent patriots. Everything that Kakania stood for is gone in an instant, and we see her fighting spirit turn into a desperate near-suicidal attempt at making up for her perceived wrongs.

Such radical events like this would warrant a change in Afflatus, as Kakania adjusts her views due to her experiences.

And then on the other hand, we have The Guiding One's Harbringer boss fight in 1.9's Stage 21 "A Homage Paid"--one of its core mechanics is to change Afflatus to that of the last attack it received. Here we see that distinction from before, the lowercase afflatus referring to the arcane aspect, rather than the experiences a person goes through.

As far as I know, this section of the game also becomes unplayable (or is currently unplayable, I can't seem to access it anymore) so the following screenshots are taken from this video!

Kakania's Afflatus change is something that seems to be directly linked to her evolution as a character, while the Guiding One's Harbringer's Afflatus change is directly linked to its status as an arcane construct, using it as a "mimic strategy" during battle. The psychological aspect vs the arcane aspect of Afflatus respectively.

Next, I'd like to discuss some assumptions made about the different Afflatus types; we expect that Beast characters must have an affinity with animals or be animals themselves (Darley Clatter, Getian, Medicine Pocket, Nick Bottom ...) and we expect that Star characters are all related to celestial bodies or the skies (37, Lilya, Matilda, Lorelei, Voyager ...) due to the naming conventions of the Afflatus. And yes, there are motifs within the Afflatus types that match their naming conventions, but a quick look through the character list prove there is much more to offer, as a good chunk of characters don't align with this initial read of their themes.

We have Pickles, a literal dog, and Kaalaa Baunaa, an astronomer, both with Mineral Afflatus instead of what one would expect of them. It's similar to how fandom perceives Awakened as the sole category for sentient objects, when we have characters like Door and Darley Clatter who are undoubtedly objects, implied to have been given sentience, and thus fall within the group of pure-blooded Arcanists rather than Awakened.

I would also like to point out that these initial motifs have nothing to do with a character's Arcanum--another theory I've seen around is that Afflatus types influence an arcanist's arcanum, which can't be further from the truth. One could argue that Kaalaa Baunaa's arcanum (the summoning of meteors and planets) is related to her Mineral Afflatus--both relate to rocks, after all--but just like the previous assumptions, this falls apart when you examine other examples. Jiu Niangzi's arcanum has nothing to do with rocks nor minerals, but liquor. Ulu's arcanum revolves around fire, yet she's still Mineral.

As far as we know, arcanum is something that can be inherited through bloodlines or lineage--think of Mesmer Jr's 01 Story in her Cover Profile, which states “Nobody is more talented in this than Mesmer Jr. Her bloodline gives her outstanding ability and keen senses, which makes everything clear and intelligible to her” in the context of performing AST, or Tennant, whose 02 Story hints towards her father performing the same type of arcanum she's known for--but it's also something that can be taught. We see this most clearly within students of SPDM such as Sonetto, as her skill set matches that of the SPDM students fought during Chapter 3, portraying the "standard" arcanum taught to all arcanist children.

But not only that, arcanum can be influenced by other factors, such as a character's situation and interests--Blonney's arcanum revolves around making drawings come to life, which correlates with her love for storytelling and horror as a child. Pavia's shadow arcanum is hinted to have been formed out of necessity or as a result of his childhood in a dark basement. Tooth Fairy utilizes the fairies she traps.

We also know that arcanists from the same family may not inherit the same level of arcane power, as seen in Shamane and Kumar; the latter was cast out of her family due to her weak arcane power. In all of these cases, Afflatus has nothing to do with arcanum.

So what exactly do Afflatus types tackle?

These are the Afflatus as I've analyzed them, as much as I could summarize it for easier digestion!

With this interpretation, we can see that Star relates to celestial objects and the skies, but also trailblazer geniuses and unstoppable forces, that which is out of reach for common people. Mineral relates to solid materials and stability in permanence, but also the rigidness of strict systems or traditions or stagnancy. Beast relates to wild animals and creatures found in the world, but also the survival of the individual, the struggle to find a place for oneself no matter what. And Plant relates to the flora and the natural cycles in the world, but also the safety of a collective, that which is inherent to the world such as community or change.

This is why these belong to the Natural category of Afflatus: they are concepts that already existed on the world or were manifested into it, from the ground we touch, the people we interact with, to the ideals and beliefs that influence and create societies or bring people together.

On the other hand we have Spirit, relating to the soul, the supernatural and the spiritual aspect of things, but also the unknown, to follow one's gut instinct or embrace the inexplicable. "The way I see the world is unconventional, because I feel these different things about why and how things are the way they are." And then Intellect, relating to the mind and the logical aspect of things, but also the different mindsets and patterns of thought one can have to rationalize things. "The way I see the world is unconventional, because I have these different rules about why and how things are the way they are."

This is why they belong to the Primal category of Afflatus: they are, as the name implies, ancient impulses and habits that mostly exist within ourselves, our thoughts and our feelings.

The Tutorial Notebook also mentions an "ecological cycle," there is a relationship between the different categories that explains why some are strong or weak against others. It's rather easy to understand for the Primal Afflatus, as it's the classic fight between hearts and minds, but Natural Afflatus is a little harder to grasp.

We see the relationship between Beast and Mineral; the former is weak against the latter, the latter is strong against the former. You may read the Natural Afflatus wheel clockwise or counter clockwise.

Using the previous explanations, let us examine this cycle!

Beast is strong against Plant, because it's the disruption of a community or the harmony of the world through a single individual desperately fighting to change their current situation. A desperate animal does not think about the consequences its actions has on the environment while it tries to survive. Plant is strong against Star, because it's a tight-knit collective that embraces change and thus, the lone genius cannot shine above the rest. In an environment that welcomes everyone and everything, there is no way to stand out. Star is strong against Mineral, because it's a single individual choosing to disrupt the status quo, the stability of their society, for the sake of a dream or ideal. A single genius can topple over entire societies. And Mineral is strong against Beast, because a rigid set of rules or traditions leave no place for those who don't fit inside of it or who oppose it. A government that advocates for mankind's superiority leaves no room for arcanists and their rights, it forces them to assimilate within their established rules.

And this cycle goes backwards and forwards!

But I would also like to propose a different type of relation: we understand the aspect of having advantage or disadvantage, but what about Afflatuses that directly mirror each other?

Beast and Star are two Afflatus that directly correlate to an individual against a collective, whereas Mineral and Plant are two Afflatus that directly correlate to a collective against the individual. They're foils of each other; Beast is the underdog, Star is the genius, while Mineral is the stagnant and rigid yet stable and secure systems while Plant is the ever-changing and adaptive nature of the world.

We may also see this in a more precise way: the ecological cycle and Afflatus relationships exist because someone of Mineral Afflatus who is stuck in their ways and refuses to change can be easily upset by someone of Star Afflatus whose nature is to radically change traditions and offer different paths. This is why Semmelweis, a Mineral Afflatus who is hellbent on clinging to the human aspect of herself and sticks to her stubborn mindsets, has such a fascination with Lorelei. Or rather, why Lorelei has such an effect on Semmelweis, as she is a Star Afflatus that begins Semmelweis' journey of self-discovery and acceptance within Series of Dusks.

We can also see previous themes discussed within this post here: one would think that such a radical change is enough to cause Semmelweis to change Afflatus, but we see through her gamemode and the different endings presented that this change is still very much in line with her mindsets and behaviour, Semmelweis remains stubbornly adaptive and pragmatic to the very end, and choosing to follow Lorelei has brought her a deeper insight to understand herself without radically changing who she truly is.

Another example would be Forget Me Not and Druvis III; we know that Forget Me Not is Mineral Afflatus due to his boss fight in Chapter 2 - Stage 13 "Documentary" and Druvis III is Plant Afflatus.

We see the foil dynamics of Afflatus that don't directly interact with each other: the reason Forget Me Not and Druvis III seem to have this type of relationship can be explained through their Afflatus, with Forget Me Not insisting that she perpetuates the very same cycle of revenge and pain, to never move on and continue in the same spot of grieving and mourning for her family. While Druvis III's entire development throughout the Chicago arc--and even leading into the next chapters--tackles her desire to grow and move on, to finally let go of the worst night of her life that took her family away and begin healing from it. It's exactly what Vertin notices within her, and why she's able to connect with Druvis III.

Vertin: Once you dispel the arcanum, it would not be what it is now. I think you are clear, Ms. Druvis, that … Every tree lives for tomorrow.

And that's where I'll leave this extremely long introduction to my study on Afflatus! I'm planning on discussing other themes in the future, such as the way a character's Medium serves as a bridge between their Afflatus and Arcanum, and analysis of the cover profule, but also proper in-depth analysis of each individual Afflatus!

There is so much to look at when discussing Afflatus, every single Insight material has its own description, and each stage for each Afflatus tells a story that relates to their themes!

Please don't be afraid to reach out with your own ideas or observations, I look forward to what everyone else thinks! And congratulations for making it this far <3

[hphlseungyeonlee]

hogwarts legacy pride week: die mad about it

greetings, this is quick lee. I've seen that my pals and comrades have been brigaded by sad, pathetic people who refuse to get off their high horses. so, let me clear a few things up and give some reminders.

(1) Liking a piece of media should NOT be construed as support of the author.

Because it's simply not the same thing. I don't know how to break this down any further. It's called having nuance and critical literacy skills. This is not even in defense of the "problematic fave". JKR is no one's fave. but there are some good things you can come away from her literature with. and if you're too narrow-minded to admit that, then… have fun censoring and killing literature lol.

(2) Chasing queer people out of the HP/HL fandom is quite literally what JKR wants.

You're doing her dirty work for her. Please read this post by another tumblr user for more. Without any queer people in the HP fandom who are willing to interrogate the text and sit with the uncomfortableness of the literature, JKR will be allowed to continue her reign of terror. It is only by starting the difficult conversations and acknowledging that JKR is, in fact, an asshat, that we can create a fandom that hates the hell out of her and reclaims the world for our own use. Some of us are unwilling to see the world die a horrid death because its creator is awful.

This video by hbomberguy delves into adapting H.P. Lovecraft for the 21st century. I feel that a lot of this video can be applied to Harry Potter and JKR. I implore you to give it a watch and let me know what you come away with.

You know who you should be railing against? The literal bigots in this fandom. There's a lot of them; I've seen them. Instead of kicking the queer fans out, how about you chase the anti-trans and anti-queer people? They aren't quiet about it.

(3) caring about JKR is a rather Western perspective.

Yes, JKR is doing real harm with her legislation. Your average US/UK queer fan is aware of this. Guess what? You can hold more than one thing in your head at the same time! Wild, I know. See point 1.

But, a lot of countries outside the US or the UK don't give a shit who she is or know much about her bigotry because it doesn't affect them or they don't speak English or they don't know. It reeks of r/USdefaultism energy to assume everyone knows what you know and everyone should do what you do. News flash, anyone outside of the US/UK can't do shit about what JKR's doing. Why the fuck are you stopping them from FREELY (read: without profiting JKR) interacting with the intellectual property (IP)? Do you realize what a waste of time this is? If you're recycling tired talking points and you don't live in the US/UK… dude, go find better use of your time.

(4) Creating fanwork does not equal "promoting" the game.

Many people read fanfic or look at fanart/edits instead of interacting with the canon work. There is an assumption that seeking fanwork means they will seek out the original media as well. This is not the case, a lot of the time, and no one considers fanwork promotion of the original text. Fanwork is inherently derivative, and both the creator and consumer is aware of that.

My friends and I frequently shit-talk the game. But the blandness of the plot and the characters is what makes a great canvas to impart our own perspectives, ideas, goals. The rules of the world are malleable in the best way. Same with the original Harry Potter world as well. It's a blank canvas, and that means it has great potential to be molded into whatever anyone wants. We have the right to take what we want to keep from JKR's IP. Again, see the hbomberguy video for more on this point.

Not to mention, Harry Potter has been a mainstay in Western media (and even non-Western media) for decades. I promise you that our fanwork is not convincing anyone to go out and buy the game.

(5) Yes, the game was financially backed by JKR and she receives royalties from it. No one is denying this fact.

However, there are literally thousands of other people involved in this game that have explicitly stood against JKR's bigotry, and they deserve to have their work celebrated too. Not to mention, a lot of people pirated this game, or bought it secondhand, or waited for the sale, or donated an equal amount to a queer nonprofit. Before you disparage a queer fan for engaging in the world of HP, please ask yourself… what have you done as far as real activism or praxis?

Most fans don't buy anything HP other than this game. In fact, I have said in the past and will continue to say: we don't need to be buying that shit any more. Merch? Books? Other random knickknacks and memorabilia? Don't need it, useless consumerism anyway. But interacting with the IP for free is a whole different thing. You just know it makes JKR mad that a bunch of queers are twisting her work into something better. Enjoy it, lads.

End of the day, you can be a fan of HP IP without putting a single cent into JKR's pocket, or little cents as possible. If at least you are aware of this fact, then move on. There's bigger fish to fry.

(6) Listen, I don't agree with the Bible on a lot, but I like a few of the lines on hypocrisy.

Matthew 7:3–5, NIV:

“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye."

John 8:4–9, NIV:

…and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.

I am sure you are actively supporting a shitty person by using social media, or listening to music, or participating in organized religion. Trying to play the Morality Olympics with some hobbyists who want to queer up HP IP as much as possible… is a waste of goddamn time. No one gives a shit that you attacked some queer people. Fat lot of good you've done. Get off your high horse before you are flung off.

Quit being an armchair activist. Go outside and interact with some real life people. Like it or not, Harry Potter is a part of the international lexicon. It's baked into our society. Do you want the fandom to be an accepting community, or do you want to actively usher in yet another un-safe space?

I understand that in the world it is a difficult time right now. A lot of people feel powerless in the face of such outright fascism rearing its head. To the queer people out there, let me remind you—attacking your fellow queers is not the right move. This is what the oppressors want, for us to fight each other instead of collaborating and unifying. You should be directing your energy to assisting your local community, starting conversations about trans rights, standing up for your local trans members, and participating in praxis. If you feel so strongly about this topic, good! I'm glad you feel that way. Go donate your time or resources to a nonprofit—they need your support. Go to protest or riot. Start a coalition. Why tear down a thriving community when you can build up your own?

There is no shame in stepping away from HP because JKR's real life words are too vile for you to consider. But there's also no shame in sticking around in an act of reclamation or spite.

To the queer HL community; thanks for being you. Thank you for having the tough conversations. Thank you for making space. Thank you for being nuanced. Keep up the good work. You're one cool cat.

I'll leave you with some links to nonprofits and organizations that make an actual difference.

Stonewall (public policy campaigns, UK)

Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) (LGBTQ advocacy, USA)

The Trevor Project (youth suicide prevention, USA)

Queerwell (queer mental health and wellness, UK)

PFLAG KOREA

Trans Liberation Front (트랜스해방전선)

Solidarity for LGBT Human Rights of Korea (행동하는성소수자인권연대)

Beyond the Rainbow Foundation (BRF: 비온뒤무지개재단)

KQTx (Korean Queer & Trans National Network) (Korean American queer community)

If you live in the North Carolina area, here are some local links.

One Voice Chorus

Time Out Youth

PFLAG CHARLOTTE

Equality North Carolina Foundation

The Plus Collective

RAIN

[olderthannetfic]

All these asks about TMA/TME have brought a very peculiar situation back to the forefront of my mind.

I'm a cis guy (I've sent an ask before about how people in fandom make assumptions about your person based on your interests/output), and a girl I know from Fandom A invited me to join a Discord server about Fandoms ABC. It was mostly girls, which I didn't mind, though it was demographically a little unusual for those fandoms. There was also a lot of yuri, which I did mind, because I feel uncomfortable with femslash. Years of hearing from friends that any male interest in lesbian stories is objectifying will do that to you. But I stayed, because as long as I stayed offline when the people I didn’t care for were active, conversation was good.

Eventually, I invited three of my friends, and everything was fine until I got a private message from the server owner (the girl who had originally invited me), asking why I invited Friend 3. I said he was a big fan of Fandom B and that I knew he'd contribute a lot to the discussion. She said he wouldn’t get on voice calls. I said, "Well, okay?" At this point I was annoyed that she was messaging me instead of just telling him directly about whatever this was. She said it made her uncomfortable that he wouldn’t get in VC because it meant he could be lying. I asked what she meant. She then revealed what this was about.

She said she didn't want TME people (a term I hadn't heard before) in the fandom Discord because "they make spaces unsafe for us." I googled TME and asked her what on earth she meant by "us," because I'm certainly not a trans woman. She said that, as a gay man (I'm not gay, but whatever), I am affected by transmisogyny because homophobia is rooted in transmisogyny. I said that didn't sound right. She asked me if my friend was TME. I said she should talk to him directly about any concerns, that he would never say or do anything to denigrate another person, and that I vehemently disagreed with the idea that misogyny is the root cause of homophobia.

A few hours later, she messaged me again to ask if the other people I'd invited were also TME. I said that Friend 2 is a girl and Friend 1 is a guy, and she should ask them herself if she wanted to know anything more about their identities.

Then I went to sleep, since it was late as fuck in my time zone.

I woke up to walls of screenshots from my friends.

To make a long story short: the server owner finally talked to Friend 3, who said that he was a trans man and that he didn't know there was a trans women or transfem-only rule, because I was already in the server. Then the server owner messaged Friends 1 and 2. Friend 1 said he's just a guy, and Friend 2 said she's a girl and, after further prodding, added that she doesn't like telling people on the internet she's trans because of past harassment.

Everyone was very confused, because out of all of us, only Friend 3 was kicked. Friend 2 left of her own volition, telling us the server owner must be "trans by way of 4chan," and that 4channers are horrible, so Friend 1 and I should leave too. (She also said the server's apparent unspoken CAMAB-only rule triggered her dysphoria very badly.)

Friend 1 and I both leave. When other people from that server messaged me, I said I didn't want to stay in a server that would kick Friend 3 for his AGAB, and on top of that, send my other friend spiralling. (I didn't name Friend 2 or mention her dysphoria. I didn’t think those people deserved to know that about her.)

We didn't hear anything more until several months later, when one of the server's mods got big in Friend 2's fandom by being an anti. It was extra funny because that mod's incessant loli guro posting used to really gross us out, and Friend 2 and I had a good laugh about the kind of dirt she has on this lady grandstanding about fujo brainrot, hetshipper porn addiction, and how age gap yuri is problematic.

In conclusion: TMA/TME is very useful for letting you know who to give a very wide berth.

--

[uniasus]

I'm rewatching Danny Phantom for the first time in...15 years? And catching some delightful things in these first few episodes.

Colors. The show tints during a lot of ghost fights, which really makes you feel like something shifts in the air.

The small, glowly animations when Danny is half in something. It implies intangibility does something to the walls, not just him, and there's a few times where his transformation or power usage has a bit of a flame effect. As this is way before Dan, it's kinda interesting.

Jazz is waaay more concerned with the optics of ghost hunting parents. They're uncool. She calls in a magazine and tries to twist the interview. She often uses Danny as an excuse/reason to try to get them to back off the obsession, but especially early on it's her who has the problem. Danny's been a ghost for a month and sets off the Fenton Finder in ep 1, but it's Jazz the Fenton's hunt believing she's a ghost.

Danny just, causally walks into the lab. There's rarely a character need (like a task) versus a plot need (having him be there when a ghost appears) and it speaks to how often he would hang there and is still comfortable in the lab, even as fandom likes to give him angst about it.

I'd forgotten that Danny honestly has a moment where he was gonna share what happened in ep 1, but gets interrupted. It's such a change from what i see in fic, and Danny's later worry, which implies that more exposure to ghosts makes the Fenton's like them less.

Ghosts seem to be Jack's obsession, and Maddie just fell into with him. She offers no protest when Jack considers giving up hunting.

Skulker is more of a threat than i remembered, probably cuz Danny beats him later. But he's a very good villain when he's introduced (the dramatic lighting! The colors!). He successfully captures Danny so many times, he's got Danny on a paranoid edge. It's simply that the PDA schedule doesn't let Skulker enjoy his wins.

Mr. Lancer...isn't actually a good teacher. He's a fandom fav I'd say, but in the early episodes he plays favorites HARD. Even when ghosts become known he doesn't listen to every student and favors the jocks.

I feel like I need to read some everyone knows fics because Danny just straight up doesn't hide. Superman will change in a phonebooth, Danny just assumes a hallway, mall food court, cafeteria, or street is empty. I get it - superhero cartoon plot armor. He even just... causally walks through a trash can at the cinema. The one time the boy even tried was behind Tucker and Sam in the middle of a crowd 😅

Sidney is jealous of Danny's powers, which means even his most basic (invisibility, intangibility, overshadowing, flight - he doesn't even have ecto rays yet) aren't common for all ghosts in the realms. I'm also very, very interested (but haven't seen it explored in fic) in how Sidney was able to expel Danny's ghost from his body *and* take his powers. As other episodes make it so his powers are attached to his ghost half, and the idea of a ghost being able to take over the body of another just feels weird - this could just be a something we toss as an idea before lore was solid (or support for Danny possessing his corpse).

[lisbeth-kk]

Sherlock fandom.

Candidly Spoken

He never lied unless it was for a case.

“You lie to yourself all the time.”

His inner voice was persistent back then. Sometimes it still is.

***

James Moriarty saw through his lie. The one that was most difficult to utter. When the Irishman threatened to burn the heart out of him.

“I’ve been reliably informed that I don’t have one.”

Thinking about the contorted look on John’s face after that declaration, still pierces his heart like a needle.

When the scheming man called him out on it, Sherlock had to gather all his strength to keep his eyes on the master criminal and not avert them to John.

***

There are other things that have left him heartbroken – telling the truth. Well, truths that was hidden for years, to be precise. 

Two of those are significant, and they’re both related to John.

Sherlock still can’t believe he dared to reveal the first one in front of a room full of mostly strangers. At John and Mary’s wedding. 

He thought he’d obscured it in-between words about his allegedly best friend. In his speech as John’s best man. The gasps from John, Molly, Lestrade, and Mrs Hudson told him otherwise, but by then it was too late to take the words back – “the two people who love you most”. 

Sherlock is still confident that his love for John surpassed Mary’s by eons.

When John rose to embrace him, Sherlock almost buckled. He wanted more than anything to lean into the hug, to prolong it until…he didn’t know – until forever would suffice, he assumed. 

“Thank you, Sherlock.”

John’s voice had been…broken? Or was it wishful thinking?

***

The second truth, the one that came after years of suffering, longing, self-hatred, and finally, reconciliation, leaves John speechless.

It never takes much to achieve that, but still. The silence is filled with an awed expression and clouded vision on both parties.

A little girl is in the centre of this particular truth.

John worried when he finally moved back to Baker Street. Needlessly so, obviously.

“Kids are messy, Sherlock.”

“I am messy, you mean?” he’d quipped, which made John giggle so hard he almost toppled over.

“Fair point,” he managed after a while.

John had kissed Sherlock for a long, delicious time once he got his breath back, and Sherlock did what he’d wanted to at the wedding – leaned in, let John hold him up. It was utter bliss.

***

So, the truth he’s referring to. Regarding Rosie Watson. 

For months John sighed and spoke in half sentences.

“I wish…” If only…” “She should have…”

After some consideration, Sherlock sends a text to Mycroft before he addresses the despairing father.

“You want another parent for Rosie,” he states. “Not a woman, I hope.”

“God, no, Sherlock! I’m sorry that I’m such an arse. Being a single father is fine. She…we don’t need – “

“I have already arranged it,” Sherlock says, his heart speeding ahead.

This truth can ruin everything. He has no right, but he wants, oh how he wants…

“What are you saying?” John inquires.

“Mycroft.”

“Yeah, see that doesn’t help. Not a mind reader, love.”

“You want her to have two legal parents when she starts school in eighteen months, yes?”

“Um…well…”

“Yes, very eloquent, John. You have already agreed to marry me, have you not?”

“I have. Next weekend.”

“Exactly. That will make the process far easier.”

“Have you drugged me again? I’m feeling dizzy, and I certainly do not follow your string of…whatever.”

Sherlock sighs and wraps his arms around his soon-to-be-husband.

“Adoption. I will be her legal father before the month ends, if Mycroft has his way, which we both know – “

His next words are effectively cut off by an eager mouth colliding with his. The kiss is desperate, affectionate, and impossibly sweet.

“You mad, wonderful man,” John whispers.

“So, you’re okay with it?”

Sherlock is suddenly unsure if John really wants this, the evidence to the contrary notwithstanding.

“Okay with it? That’s an understatement,” John huffs. “I am honoured, Sherlock. Rosie couldn’t be more fortunate than having you as a father.”

Sherlock must bury his face in the crook of John’s neck by that admission, lest he embarrass himself completely. Hopefully, the moist on John’s shirt collar will dry before the man himself notices it.

He, William Sherlock Scott Holmes, soon adding Watson to his last name, is going to be his beloved girl’s father. Rosamund Watson-Holmes, she’ll be called in less than a month.

“I love you so much,” John whispers into his curls.

“Me too, John. More than you will ever know,” her replies quietly.

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[kerubimcrepin]

LIVEREAD: WAKFU, THE GREAT WAVE [TOME 2, Chapters 1-6]

Wow it sure has been a while and a mental health episode and a cancellation and a blocking 20 people and a failed attempt at translating a book (I WILL! I PROMISE! AFTER I WRITE MY COURSE PAPER) since my last post huh.

...Oh well. It's a good thing I waited because we got some nice info I can share here.

And yes, I skipped chapters 1 and 2 of this tome. I am here mostly for julith and crepinjurgens, not Tot's wild ride.

All I can say about chapter 3 is that I think Julith's ressurection was probably not a perfect one. I think she might just be a mindless puppet. It doesn't feel... normal, that she should stop like this; while my commentary on chapter 4 stops at my surprise for the new nickname for 'Salar. It's nice to finally have an official one, hehe.

Now to the meat and potatoes of this blog.

The fucking gasp I gusped reading this. Sorry I mean sorry I mean sorry I mean. "my little salesman" hes so... It's unbearable how he is. It's genuinely so hard. I wish I had commentary on what exactly this makes me feel, but you needed to be inside my head all those months ago to fully get it. He's calling the 600yo guy that pretends to be his dad his little salesman. If I was joris i'd just take us both out...

I'm still waiting for the long awaited long predicted Joris Jurgen crashout, chat. btw I love how the translators didn't even bother with any onamatopoeia or quirky text. Like Sure. Everyone in the world knows what bonfll and hé mean.

Joris... kill them. and be reincarnated as a lotus flower.

I will be the first to say that it'll be sad if Tot forgot the ecaflip reincarnation lore of his own franchise. but for now im choosing to read this as just cute banter.

Cutie patootie...

For a while I hoped that maybe we'd finally see and example of a k0--mortal character we knew reincarnating and ngl, I really hope this is like... some sort of a next life for Lilotte? All that reincarnation lore just not to implement it for angst purposes feels like a waste.

It's probably not lilotte even in spirit, but a man can dream jdlgdlg.

Honestly.... im mostly screenshotting this here bc I feel like this is a nice screenshot to ref from. sjgdkljfg

I wish I had more to say but they're so nice... And also, I wonder if they saw this ouginak. Shouldn't they be freaking tf out too? Unless, as always Tot Forgot. Oh well.

Big fan of Joris being haunted

Also a big fan of Kerubim being haunted

Inside me are two wolves. One of them thinks using orphan mistreatment as a plot point is extremely cliche. Another wolf thinks Joris's love might turn all these orphans into post-waven's military supersolders which would make my jokes about him being "training and conscripting orphans" level of evil literally real.

It would be so awesome. It would be so cool.

To my knowledge, this is the first time Joris's surname is dropped in Wakfu.

I feel a bit bad for thinking this, but Joris saving the orphans is still a bit cliche. I hope it goes somewhere more interesting later. Like him imparting some insane beliefs onto those kids.

IVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS THAT joris wouldn't want to be called master outside of work. I think he prefers just "Joris" when it comes to kids and housekeepers.

I love his impulsive idealism. Genuinely. he WOULD pick up random orphans and be like "you live with me now".

This also confirms to me that crepinjurgens are rich as hell. Though we already kinda knew that.

SHE LOOKS SO SMUG hjghskjdghsdg... While Joris is still the cutest ever.

I love to see happiness vaporate from his eyes.

also ATCHAM AND KERUBIM ATCHAM AND KERUBIM worried worried atcham and kerubim. <33 HEART.

...

Sorry I didn't have any in-depth commentary. I'm not sorry for my absence of translation struggles though sgjfgd. I've been very unhappy in this fandom, and had a very unhealthy relationship with it, so I've been working to change that. I wish I could say more about what I meaan exactly, but it's quite boring honestly. Then there's the fact that modern Krosmoz kinda sucks ass (yet all the people who concentrate on it sucking ass are mostly unbearable and annoying despite being objectively right).

If you're still here, and consider me a friend or a mutual, thank you for sticking around. Even if just for this blog! You don't have to follow my personal accounts to be my friend or mutual.

[wisteriasymphony]

https://www.tumblr.com/wisteriasymphony/785570398438817792/wait-hold-on-can-we-talk-about-that-actually?source=share

Man, the fandom really doesn't think a lot of their ideas through huh?

To be entirely fair, I think a great deal of Adrien being headcanoned this way is people projecting onto him and that's a totally valid thing to do and I hope people who find comfort in that continue to do it. As one of my colleagues has stated, that's why Adrien is such a popular character. A lot of characterization is really pick-and-choose since it's a bunch of throwaway lines and mild inconsistencies built on top of a very milquetoast foundation.

My main issue is that as of s6 I'm positive now that the show will never meaningfully subvert Adrien being a helpless damsel. The fact that Werepapas made no attempt to show Adrien inside of that trophy or have him attempt to break out is literally the entire issue in a microcosm. And, again, my impression is that the writers feel no need to subvert it at all because it's key to the outdated feminism the show is built upon. They take an unbelievably flat sexist dichotomy, swap the genders, and do absolutely nothing else.

Adrien having an arc where his identity is explored could be done and could be done well. Adrien finding himself and making choices about his life and how he presents is by definition him asserting his own agency, which is just the thing that the show hasn't done yet (to my unending chagrin). But having that and not knowing he's a sentimonster is incongruous. That and him being kept in the dark about Gabriel is incongruous. That and his existence as a literal trophy to others being lampshaded in an entire episode is incongrous.

The story keeping the status quo of Adrien being excluded from knowing things and other people making decisions on his behalf for the sake of "protecting Adrien" or "sparing Adrien's emotions" turns incredibly sour with the introduction of Adrien being female, in my opinion. Not that it's an okay precedent to set otherwise or even the right avenue for the show to have taken, but it's certainly something to keep in mind. To reiterate, this problem is very Adrien's-canon-writing-specific and does not apply to other canon characters nor many AUs. Fix the lack of subversion (and the fact that so much of the plot is currently reliant on said lack of subversion), and the trans allegory is so perfect it practically writes itself.

To be fair, another gripe of mine is that a lot of the girl-coding is either done in conjunction with Gabriel's influence/control over him (Gabriel Agreste, ETDP), and/or is reference to how others see him (too many examples to count. Uh, Marinette envisioning Kagami dipping him in maybe Kagami's intro episode? Gina calling him a princess. Gabriel Agreste again). The repetition to me primarily establishes that this is how people perceive him to be, and with the whole sort of deal of Adrien putting on masks to be so perfect it is inevitably brought into question how much of his perception as feminine is part of his perfect Adrien mask. None of these comments or perceptions have been directed in-universe towards Chat Noir, right? No, they've been in regard to the flawless trophy character that was subservient property of his father in all but name.

[august-anon]

I have been slowly devouring your fic list! You are a literal angel!!!

I wanted to share some as well that I think are kinda in the same vein

First is gonna be a series by KagSeshLove called Grade School (https://archiveofourown.org/series/423136 ) - there’s 13 parts I think and they are all fantastic.

-Essentially ‘What if Damian had to go to normal school’ and A LOT of batfam chaos ensues lol.

-The fourth part in the series has a very small tickling moment but other than that it’s just good ol’ bat family fun.

-The last part is AMAZING the whole series is great but the almost the whole family is in the last one and it’s just funny as hell I can’t lie

All Things to All Men by motleyfam (https://archiveofourown.org/works/42862545/chapters/107680602#workskin)

-This one is basically a sick fic, Jason is kind of a prick when he doesn’t feel well, Tim takes most things personally, and Dick is the only one that know how to deal with Jason.

-This fic is part of a series that I’ve read most of, they’re all fantastic!

- every chapter that gets added explores a side quest you didn’t know you needed I swear

Things that make it warm by one_step_closer_to_death (https://archiveofourown.org/works/43766437)

-A little angsty/ mostly fluff about Jason being touch starved since being back. There is a little bit of tickling in this one as well!

-Super, super cute fic!

I know you had one from dangerouscoffeetheorist on your list, I need somebody to tell me it will be just fine is another good one! (https://archiveofourown.org/works/33597463)

-There’s a little bit of tickling, but mostly just Dick trying to get angry black cat (pre dying) Jason to open up a little with Bruce. Very fluffy and cute!

Here’s another one by the same author called 5 Times Jason was Embarrassed by his Family (https://archiveofourown.org/works/23605972)

- The title is pretty self explanatory, but this one ALSO had a bit of ticking in it lol.

-the tickling is at the very end

Best Served Wet by RandomReader13 (https://archiveofourown.org/works/22483846)

-THIS ONE IS ADORABLE! No tickling but little Jason learns to swim and hijinks ensue of course lol.

-I go back to it all the time because it’s so cute

- moody :)

Don't worry, you were on anon!

And omg Moody thank you so much i love getting fic recs skdjfhdsjf I am looking forward to these!!! We def have similar taste because there are some I've read before skjdfh (the Settle Our Bones series by motleyfam and Best Served Wet by RandomReader13). And you are RIGHT on the money with my interests giving me a touch starved fic skdjfhdf every fandom i join, i always wind up in the touch starved tags sdjfkhdf i havent done it super in depth with the batfam stuff just yet but i had been starting to before i started building the fic rec list and therefore was focusing on that lol

i am so eager to read these!!!! I have like 200 tabs worth of fics open in my phone rn (not all batfam, some of them go back SEVERAL years tbh lol, i've had this one like 400-500K mchanzo one open since i was in high school and still into overwatch on the off chance it updates someday because i keep forgetting to subscribe to it lol), but these will be my slacking-off-during-work activities tomorrow instead of any of those sdkjfhdsf

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[blackberrysummerblog]

Hi all, Happy Wednesday! I feel bad that I haven’t been around much the past few weeks. If I’m honest, things are pretty difficult right now, but we press on, right? Thank you so much to everyone who’s been tagging me; I have so much catching up to do!

I’ve been on and off productive in my own writing, so I’ll share a little bit of everything fandom-related I’ve written lately:

Pull Yourself Together: I can juuuust about touch the end of this one! It’s been so long since the last chapter was posted, but I really do feel like I’ll finish this week. Here’s a hurt-y snippet (Baz POV, natch):

I’ve untangled myself from Snow’s sweaty embrace (again) and we’ve performed the daily ritual of sitting up and climbing off the bed together; we’re experts now. We’re expert at not talking to each other about it, too.

Crowley, what are bodies? Even though I’m not really alive, I somehow still have to deal with the utter ridiculousness and indignity of corporeality and its attendant needs. I try to imagine a world where I don’t have to want to jump Simon Snow’s bones every time he walks into the room (with his broad shoulders and his freckled face, and that blasted soft look he keeps giving me). I try to imagine a world in which his touch doesn’t instantly soothe my soul. It’s all too much. I don’t think it exists, this imaginary place where I’m not utterly obsessed with him. It’s more than physical; it’s infinite. A sob catches in my throat as I make my way into the en suite, and I quickly close the door.

Things are going a little better for the boys in The Field Trap, which believe it or not I have been working on. Another Baz POV:

Simon rolls his hips, tipping me onto my side so that we lie face to face. “I love you, Baz,” he whispers, rubbing his thumb beneath my lower lip. “I don’t know what I’m doing, but we’ll figure it out together.”

That’s all I want. That’s all I’ve ever wanted. The only light now is from the wood stove, and rain continues to beat the tin roof and ancient glass windows. Simon finds my mouth in the dark, and his hand slides down my belly to rest on my inner thigh. “Is this OK?” he mumbles, and I answer by clutching him closer. He pulls back to look me in the eyes. “Do you trust me?”

I do. I can’t find the strength to speak, so I nod frantically instead. Simon grabs the duvet and hurls it over us, then flashes me a cheeky grin before throwing his leg over me and disappearing under the covers. Crowley, I’m living a charmed life.

Last but definitely not least, some Dev POV from my COBB with @rimeswithpurple, in which I tried to be clever with Niall’s tattoo and was VERY late to the game discovering it worked on a much more obvious and funny level. Oops:

As though feeling my gaze, Niall looks up and removes a lollipop from his mouth. He leans over to pinch up a towel, remarking dryly, “Crumpled with intention.” He flaps it out toward me before dropping it.

“Piss off!” I snarl. He only gives me a wan smile before turning away, and what’s that about? As though I’m not worth his bloody time.

“Easy, gents,” Gareth soothes, scooting in to readjust the stacks of essentially folded towels. He quirks an eyebrow at me and nods toward Niall’s retreating figure; I don’t know why. I’m not going after him; he’s the one pointlessly nagging and haranguing me.

“Coming in hot today, Dev,” the American drawls as he swans past. At least Shepard has a passing acquaintance with a sense of style, quirky though it may be. Niall, on the other hand, is showing off yet more in his wardrobe range of ghastly earth tones today. Although, he does have a lovely blush-coloured button-down on beneath his snug-fitting khaki cardigan. He’s wearing his hair down this morning and must have nicked some of Baz’s product, because it’s curling around his face in smooth auburn waves rather than the halo of frizz he normally yanks back into an artless bun.

I’ve finally determined that the line of the tattoo I noticed is a river, although I have no idea how far it may wind down his pale torso, nor what other landscaping may be involved. I scowl as the term ‘landscaping’ lodges in my brain and refuses to leave. Fuck my life.

I hope everyone has a great rest of the week! I plan to spend some time catching up on everyone’s tags and posts (please god give me time). Hellos and no-pressure tags: @youarenevertooold @thewholelemon @forabeatofadrum @monbons @j-trow-95 @nausikaaa @roomwithanopenfire @valeffelees @artsyunderstudy @cutestkilla @best--dress @c0nsumemy5oul @jasonfunderberkerthefrogexists @leithillustration @aristocratic-otter @ic3-que3n @prettygoododds @fiend-for-culture @mooncello @brilla-brilla-estrellita @asocialpessimist @drowninginships @orange-peony @ileadacharmedlife @stitchy-queerista @imagineacoolusername @letraspal @carryonsimoncarryonbaz @raenestee @shrekgogurt @facewithoutheart @alexalexinii @iamamythologicalcreature @supercutedinosaurs @confused-bi-queer @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @hushed-chorus @skeedelvee @the-beard-of-edward-teach @bookishbroadwayandblind @bookish-bogwitch

[ensembleetiquette]

Gallavich Intro Post :)

I saw @dani-moonstars and @opheliaandthesun do this, so here I am!

Name: EnsembleEtiquette (so basically I am a public school teacher so if you want to be pals, message me and I’ll tell you my name. I’m ✨paranoid✨ and my students are internet sleuths lol)

Age: 27

What made you fall in love with Gallavich? I wish I had a better answer to this question, but some ships just feel right. From the moment I saw Gallavich together in season 1, my heart just latched on. I’m also just like a SUCKER for some good banter, and GOD do they banter.

How long have you been a fan? Since 2017! I started watching Shameless back in college and I never looked back! I am very new to the fandom space itself, though. So hi. :)

Favorite Gallavich moment/scene? Mickey coming out and Bridezilla Mickey!

Favorite Shameless character aside from Ian/Mickey? Sheila and Ethel! I was actually lowkey devastated that Ethel was season 1 only. I wanted more of her. And Sheila is a no brainer - the scene where she tells Karen she’s going to take care of her grandson even if Karen won’t recognize her own child? Devastating.

Do you write, draw, or make edits? I want to write, but I don’t have the attention span. I don’t know if I’ll ever get my thoughts onto paper. But I do make Gallavich cross stitch crafts!

Favorite type of Gallavich fics? I think this changes like….regularly for me. But I really love a slow burn (I think we all do, that’s probably not an original experience). I love fics where Ian takes Mickey home to meet the family for the first time. I love fics where Mickey gets to fucking heal or has good things in his life for once.

Favorite Gallavich quotes?

“Liking what I like don’t make me a bitch.”

“Guess what we’ve been doing, daddy? We’ve been fucking!”

“Well, he’s gay. I just like having another man’s dick in my ass.”

“This is gay.” “WE’RE gay.”

Anything else you’d like to share about yourself? I’m really friendly! I will make you a Gallavich cross stitch!