#The tags are embarrassing

[facewithoutheart]

I posted 3,670 times in 2022

That's 2,343 more posts than 2021!

481 posts created (13%)

3,189 posts reblogged (87%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@martsonmars

@facewithoutheart

@cutestkilla

@urban-sith

@johnwgrey

I tagged 2,935 of my posts in 2022

Only 20% of my posts had no tags

#snowbaz - 274 posts

#fanfic - 225 posts

#fic rec - 152 posts

#ask game - 108 posts

#behind the writing - 69 posts

#the simon snow trilogy - 56 posts

#this will all go down in flames - 41 posts

#drabble - 38 posts

#six sentence sunday - 38 posts

#🥺🥺🥺 - 37 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#naw i’ll yes and this and build you a little cottage in my mind space where you can drink tea write and read with a perpetual rainstorm outs

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

For @martsonmars 🍕❤️

Happy CO-versary from your moms, @sillyunicorn and @facewithoutheart!

And, ok, we’re a little late lmao but hopefully you’ll forgive us.

To celebrate you reading this book, joining the fandom, and just generally being an amazing human being, Kati & I commissioned this art from @stardustasincocaine of your fic, “end of autumn.”

I’m gonna explain why we picked this fic and then gush about it under the break:

Now, there were a lot of fics we could have picked to commemorate this occasion, but I liked this one because a) SPACE b) ARSONIST HUSBANDS and c) WINGS AND TAIL.

But also because I think it highlights so many of your strengths as a writer: your creativity for one (the way you flipped the prompt!!! Inspired), and your always amazing parenthetical asides:

His arms are crossed over his chest, and the nylon fabric of his protective suit stretches over his muscles in a way that should be illegal. (He should propose it to Doctor Bunce, she’d make it illegal. She likes to create useless laws just for the sake of breaking them.)

And your lyrical writing:

Baz takes a minute to admire his husband’s figure above him. He’s beautiful like this, flying around the top floor like an avenging angel, fire leaving his mouth in long blazes of light that ignite everything in their path and everything inside Baz’s veins.

Then Baz steps forward and raises his hands, calling his magic to the surface. He closes his eyes for a moment, imagining it – a match inside his heart, just waiting for his words. He blows on the tinder, and flames snake around his fingers like vines on a ruined wall.

And the silly, easy love Simon and Baz share.

Plus one of your first short fics!!!

I hope you enjoy this art & know how very much you are loved ❤️

84 notes - Posted February 4, 2022

#4

What CO fans WANT the Mage to look like:

What the Mage ACTUALLY looks like:

122 notes - Posted March 8, 2022

#3

This Will All Go Down In Flames

A @carry-on-big-bang collaboration with art by @tea-brigade.

Excerpt:

Under a moonlit sky, I chase Baz toward the Great Lawn with a screaming goat tucked under one arm. “Calm down, Little Sebastian,” I soothe while attempting a slow jog.

“Stop calling him that,” Baz hisses over his shoulder, his long legs carrying him at a faster pace than I can hope to match.

See the full post

125 notes - Posted July 3, 2022

#2

A pre-Wayward Son drabble about the small way Baz holds on to hope.

He Doesn’t Know

Simon Snow won’t leave home without my handkerchief in his pocket.

He doesn’t know that I know.

He doesn’t know I wash it when he’s sleeping, that I cast Good as new when the fabric starts to thin.

He doesn’t know that I see him, sometimes, when he’s anxious or sad, reach a hand into his left pocket, the one where he keeps it tightly tucked. That he strokes the fabric and the furrows in his forehead ease.

He doesn’t know I have a whole box of them, spelled hidden. Just in case he loses the original.

He hasn’t yet.

Even this tiny keepsake, this small symbol of when he first knew he cared for me, he treats as if precious.

He doesn’t know how it helps me hold on.

126 notes - Posted July 15, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Hey besties new conspiracy theory about @rainbowrowell’s book announcement just dropped

440 notes - Posted March 15, 2022

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[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[planefood]

rules for thee and not for me

[hawberries]

this is the chilchuck situation . to me

(a reference to twelfth night (2009) ft anne hathaway)

[dammjamboy]

I LOVE AU'S!!! i might have gotten a little carried away though ;;;

alt versions under the cut! including a version with the translated ciphers ^^

[erebus0dora]

i can't choose one, so let's have both, i guess..?

«I am the Devil's Minion, and he grants my every wish.»

brb here when i get some proper sleep for i still have a wish to rant on Eric Bogosian being actually a scary smart researcher in my bloodstream

[rwsdarw]

this was fun

[bixels]

Learning that fans hated Applejack and called her "boring" is crazyyy to me because I genuinely, unironically believe AJ's the most complex character in the main six.

Backstory-wise, she was born into a family of famers/blue collar workers who helped found the town she lives in. She grew up a habitual liar until she had the bad habit traumatized outta her. She lost both her parents and was orphaned at a young age, having to step up as her baby sister's mother figure. She's the only person in the main gang who's experienced this level of loss and grief (A Royal Problem reveals that AJ dreams about memories of being held by her parents as a baby). She moved to Manhattan to live with her wealthy family members, only to realize she'll never fit in or be accepted, even amongst her own family. The earlier seasons imply she and her family had money problems too (In The Ticket Master, AJ wants to go to the gala to earn money to buy new farm equipment and afford hip surgery for her grandma).

Personality-wise, she's a total people-pleaser/steamroller (with an occasional savior complex) who places her self worth on her independence and usefulness for other people, causing her to become a complete workaholic. In Applebuck Season, AJ stops taking care of herself because of her obsessive responsibilities for others and becomes completely dysfunctional. In Apple Family Reunion, AJ has a tearful breakdown because in she thinks she dishonored her family and tarnished her reputation as a potential leader –– an expectation and anxiety that's directly tied to her deceased parents, as shown in the episode's ending scene. In The Last Roundup, AJ abandons her family and friends out of shame because believes she failed them by not earning 1st place in a rodeo competition. She completely spirals emotionally when she isn't able to fulfill her duties toward others. Her need to be the best manifests in intense pride and competitiveness when others challenge her. And when her pride's broken, she cowers and physically hides herself.

Moreover, it's strongly implied that AJ has a deep-seated anger. The comics explore her ranting outbursts more. EQG also obviously has AJ yelling at and insulting Rarity in a jealous fit just to hurt her feelings (with a line that I could write a whole dissection on). And I'm certain I read in a post somewhere that in a Gameloft event, AJ's negative traits are listed as anger.

Subtextually, a lot of these flaws and anxieties can be (retroactively) linked to her parents' death, forcing her to grow up too quickly to become the adult/caregiver of the family (especially after her big brother becomes semiverbal). Notice how throughout the series, she's constantly acting as the "mom friend" of the group (despite everything, she manages to be the most emotionally mature of the bunch). Notice how AJ'll switch to a quieter, calmer tone when her friends are panicking and use soothing prompts and questions to talk them through their emotions/problems; something she'd definitely pick up while raising a child. Same with her stoicism and reluctance at crying or releasing emotions (something Pinkie explicitly points out). She also had a childhood relationship with Rara (which, if you were to give a queer reading, could easy be interpreted as her first 'aha' crush), who eventually left her life. (Interestingly enough, AJ also has an angry outburst with Rara for the same exact reasons as with EQG Rarity; jealous, upset that someone else is using and changing her). It's not hard to imagine an AJ with separation anxiety stemming from her mother and childhood friend/crush leaving. I'm also not above reading into AJ's relationship with her little sister (Y'all ever think about how AB never got to know her parents, even though she shares her father's colors and her mother's curly hair?).

AJ's stubbornness is a symptom of growing up too quickly as well. Who else to play with your baby sister when your brother goes nonverbal (not to discount Big Mac's role in raising AB)? Who else to wake up in the middle of the night to care for your crying baby sister when your grandma needs her rest? When you need to be 100% all the time for your family, you tend to become hard-stuck with a sense of moral superiority. You know what's best because you have to be your best because if you're aren't your best, then everything'll inevitably fall apart and it'll be your fault. And if you don't know what's best –– if you've been wrong the whole time –– that means you haven't been your best, which means you've failed the people who rely on you, which means you can't fulfill your role in the family/society, which makes you worthless . We've seen time and time again how this compulsive need to be right for the sake of others becomes self-destructive (Apple Family Reunion, Sound of Silence, all competitions against RD). We've seen in The Last Roundup how, when no longer at her best, AJ would rather remove herself from her community than confront them because she no longer feels of use to them.

But I guess it is kinda weird that AJ has "masculine" traits and isn't interested in men at all. It's totally justified that an aggressively straight, misogynistic male fandom would characterize her as a "boring background character." /s

At the time of writing this, it's 4:46AM.

[projectilespiders]

rip Riley (died of embarrassment)

[icecreampizzer]

It's like 2015 all over again man... light doodles and such! First one was drawn from memory (plus my oc Deja Vu SMILES) and some yuri yayy yayyy (I explode and the smoke dissipates and I'm doing the family guy death pose on the floor)

[alfheimr]

the L in law stands for LOVED...its his birthday:)

[egguv]

no reflection needed.

[hdfjsjkj]

i was talking with a friend a couple days ago about love songs and i can't stop thinking about this

[sadmages]

In my mind palace my tav and Astarion are playing the exact same game of 5D chess and they don't realize it yet

[sirenetica]

Thought I'd take a crack at the Life Series In Your Style board (courtesy of @/xmaruu11)

Tell me which ones your favorite :)

[aarghstop]

saw a megatron version of this going around, but personally i find starscream a lot more interesting. so i made my own