#This is the first thing I've posted publicly and I'm not too confident on it but I spent too much time on it not to throw it out there :sob:

[world-arcana]

I’ve had brainrot for @spacepatrolhana​​‘s Soul Eater AU, so I decided to redraw a screencap from the first anime intro! Original below!

[merrybloomwrites]

You Can Start a Family (Chapter 1)

Summary: During their break from Love on Tour, Mitch and Sarah make a new friend. She's spent years taking care of herself and others, nearly to the point of burnout, and they have plenty of love to share. The couple becomes a trio, and eventually a quartet after Harry finds out the truth about the relationship between Mitch, Sarah, and Y/N.

Hi everyone!! I've had this idea brewing for awhile and finally started writing it. For those who found this in the Harry Styles x Reader tag, I promise he will enter into the story later. Not to give too much away but it will eventually be the 4 of them all together privately but as 2 separate couples publicly.

I'm a sucker for hurt/comfort and all things soft, and am branching out into more spicy territory, so this should me a good mix of both. I hope you enjoy!

(yes the title is from Matilda, it's a found family story, of course the title is from Matilda!)

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Mitch and Sarah had been touring with Harry for years, and they loved every minute of it. They got to play for wonderful crowds of fans, explore new places, and meet new people while falling ever more in love.

But when Mitch’s mother, Tammy, was diagnosed with cancer and had to undergo a series of surgeries, they immediately made the decision to sit out the Asia and Australia leg of tour to be with family. The doctors were very confident that they would get all of the cancer, but everyone was still nervous.

The first surgery had been a success. There were 2 days in between procedures to give Tammy time to recover. Mitch and Sarah spent plenty of time at the hospital with her to keep her company. They shared stories, played cards, even sang to her when she was dealing with pain.

On the second day post-op Mitch’s father, Mark, went to the hospital early in the day and asked for some time to be alone with his wife. Mitch and Sarah let him know that they would come in the afternoon and bring lunch for everyone. That morning they decided to walk around the neighborhood.

Mark and Tammy had moved into their house two years prior. They had sold Mitch’s childhood home in the center of town to buy a house in a quieter area. It really was a lovely street they lived on, quiet with lots of open land. Even though it was only late-February, the weather that day was mild, making for a very pleasant walk.

The residents of the neighborhood were all very friendly. Everyone Mitch and Sarah walked past shared a greeting with them which Sarah reciprocated with a cheerful good morning as Mitch politely waved.

When they were almost back at the house, they came across a young woman pushing a stroller. She looked to be in her mid-20s, and they guessed the little boy was roughly 15 months old.

Mitch and Sarah had discussed having children of their own. They always knew that they had a lot of love to share and a desire to care for someone but decided to remain child free. They felt that with their lifestyle they wouldn’t be able to give a little one their full attention.

“Good morning,” the young woman said with a smile and a slightly confused look on her face.

“Good morning,” Sarah replied before turning to the stroller to greet the toddler. As she waved to him, Mitch reached his hand out to the girl to introduce himself. “I’m Mitch, and this is my wife, Sarah.”

“I’m Y/N, I actually recognized you guys. I’m a fan of Harry Styles, and I think you both are really awesome.” Internally, Y/N was freaking out at casually bumping into two of her favorite musicians, but she was determined to remain calm and casual.

“Aw, thank you, that’s so sweet!” Sarah said. “What is your son’s name?”

“His name is Ryan, and he’s actually not mine. I’m the nanny. It’s a common mistake.” It truly was. Every time you were seen in public with Ryan people assumed he was your son. For a 26-year-old who looks so young that you still get carded every time you go to a bar, having a toddler as a companion suddenly ages you in strangers’ eyes.

“You said you’re a Harry fan, is this little one a fan as well?” Sarah asked.

“Oh, he definitely is. He loves music, and every time I put on videos of Harry, he pays close attention. Even when I put on One Direction, he’s most focused when Harry sings.”

“Have you been to any of Harry’s shows?” Mitch asked.

“Yea, I actually went to one of the Chicago shows. It was amazing! I had such a fun time. He puts on a great show, and you guys and the whole band are really talented.”

“What’s your favorite song of Harry’s?” You were about to answer Sarah’s question when Ryan started kicking and yelling.

“I’m sorry, he doesn’t love being in the stroller too long, especially if we’re not moving. I should get him home so he can run around before nap time.”

“Oh of course! It was lovely meeting you Y/N,” Sarah said as Mitch smiled and waved next to her. You waved good-bye and started walking down the driveway to Ryan’s home, noticing Sarah and Mitch walk into the house directly across the street.

Once you got back to the house, your internal freak out finally became an external freak out. “Ryan! That was Mitch and Sarah! We bumped into Mitch Rowland and Sarah Jones, how crazy is that?” Ryan stared at you and you imagined he was thinking that you were the crazy one, freaking out over random people. You continued on with your day, deciding that afternoon to bake cookies for the couple. Ryan was a wonderful helper, pulling every mixing pot and utensil he could find out of the kitchen drawers to scatter all over the floor while watching you do something he’d never seen done before. You talked him through every step of the cookie baking process, thinking that every activity is a new learning adventure for the little guy.

Meanwhile, Mitch and Sarah spent a couple of hours that afternoon visiting Tammy in the hospital. She had been told the first surgery was successful and that they would move onto the next step as planned. She was also feeling better than she thought she would having just had surgery. She knew that it was going to get harder as they did the final two procedures, so she was happy to spend time with family while she was feeling up to it.

Mark had gone home for a little while and came back around 5 in the evening, sending Mitch and Sarah home so he could have dinner with his wife. They said good-bye and let her know they would be back the next morning before her second surgery.

Shortly after, Y/N finished her workday and went to drop off the cookies on her way home. She knocked on the door and a moment later Sarah answered.

“Hi! Ryan and I baked cookies today and wanted to share with you and Mitch.”

“Thank you so much! Are these snickerdoodles? Those are my favorite!”

“Yes, they’re mine too! I used my grandmother’s recipe. We used to bake them together for like, every holiday.”

Mitch walked into the entryway as you finished speaking. Sarah handed him the container saying “Look, Y/N baked us cookies. Isn’t that sweet?”

He smiled softly saying, “Thanks. Can I actually ask a favor?”

You nodded, having no idea what he would say next.

“Can you not post online about us being here? We’re here for a family matter and don’t really want anyone to know about it. Or know where we are.”

“Oh of course! I would never share where you all are. I don’t really post online at all anyway. My Tik Tok and Instagram are pretty much just of my cats.” You forced yourself to stop talking before you made your life sound incredibly sad. Because truthfully, you felt it kind of was. You had barely any friends in the area or living family members. Aside from going to work, you didn’t get out much. You spent most weekends at home with your cats reading or bingeing the same TV shows over and over again. But no one needed to know that.

“Thanks, we really appreciate it. It can be hard to have privacy sometimes and right now being home with family we really need it.”

“If there’s anything else you need just let me know! I’m right across the street most of the time and my apartment is only a few minutes from here. Have a great night you two!” They said good-bye and you got back in your car before you could say anything to make a fool of yourself. You felt you had done well so far, but you were secretly fangirling and were afraid that it was only a matter of time before something crazy slipped out of your mouth.

You hadn’t lied when you said you never posted on social media. There was no way you were spreading personal information over the internet, especially personal information about someone else. However, it was difficult to not immediately call up your best friend and tell her who you had met. You were just so excited to have interacted with Mitch and Sarah. You had been a huge fan of theirs for so long. There wasn’t much about them online, just short snippets from concerts and interviews here and there. It was hard to guess how they would be in real life, but so far, they seemed like sweet, down to earth people.

When you got back to your apartment you took a quick shower, had dinner, and decided to read some of your book. You were nervous that if you touched your phone, you’d call your friend, so you ended up going to bed quite early to avoid temptation. You fell asleep thinking back on the interactions of the day, happier than you had felt in a long time.

What you didn’t realize is that you had made an impact on Mitch and Sarah as well. After you left, they sat down to have dinner together and you became a topic of conversation.

“She seems sweet,” Sarah said.

“Yea. And calm.”

“I didn’t even guess she was a fan and recognized us at first, she was so casual.”

“Well, you were also distracted by the baby. You missed the barely contained panic on her face when we first said hi.”

“Ah so that’s why you introduced yourself. It did seem out of character for you to strike up the conversation.”

“I’m not completely socially inept Sarah, I can talk to people when I want to. I just don’t always want to.”

“I know that. I was just curious about what you saw in her that made you want to talk to her. Thought maybe it had something to do with that conversation we had a couple weeks ago. I know I thought back to it when she stopped by with the cookies. She is rather pretty.”

Mitch put down his fork and just stared at his wife for a moment. He knew exactly which conversation she was bringing up. One they had after Harry’s birthday party post Palm Springs night 2. After Harry’s birthday show the whole band and crew went to a club that had been reserved for their group. While Harry generally liked a more laid-back birthday dinner, he figured since it was also the end of the US leg of tour, they all deserved to go a little wild.

On top of their normal entourage there were a fair number of people in attendance that Mitch and Sarah didn’t recognize but assumed either knew Harry or were somehow connected through their networks. Well into the night, when everyone was feeling rather loose thanks to the alcohol in their systems, a young woman came up to the married couple. She introduced herself as Colleen, and let them know that if they were interested, she would be more than happy to please them both. They were startled by how forward she was, and immediately, but politely, turned her down. Once she walked away, they shared a surprised look.

After getting back to their hotel, Sarah brought up the interaction suddenly while getting ready for bed. “Maybe we should’ve said yes.”

“Said yes to what?” Mitch asked, slipping out of his jeans and throwing them on top of his shirt that was already piled on the floor.

“Said yes to that girl.”

“What girl?” Drunk Mitch wasn’t always the best at paying attention enough to store conversations in his memory.

“Colleen. You know, the one who offered the three way.”

 “Oh.” Mitch joined his wife in the bathroom so he could see her while they had this conversation. “Is that something that you would want?”

“Maybe? I don’t know. Obviously, it’s not something I need. You keep me more than satisfied, so this isn’t about anything being missing. But you know I’ve always been interested in experimenting with a girl.”

“I still can’t believe you spent years touring with bands and never once hooked up with a girl.”

“Yes well, I was focused on work at the time. It just didn’t seem all that important.”

“But now you’re interested in the possibility again?”

“Part of me feels like I want to have that experience, even just once. I mean I know you’ve experimented with boys. You and Harry had your fling in Jamaica.” Mitch smiled thinking back to the writing trip they took when working on the first album, before the touring band had been brought together and he met Sarah.

“Alright. Maybe we’ll meet someone who’s a good fit for us to branch out a little and have some fun. But right now, I am drunk and exhausted so let’s get some sleep and talk about this again when we’re more coherent.”

They didn’t talk about it the next morning as they dealt with their hangovers, nor did it come up in the following weeks. Not until Sarah casually mentioned it at Mitch’s parents’ kitchen table on a random Wednesday in February. Just as Mitch was about to reply his father walked in, effectively cutting off the conversation. But now it was on top of both their minds, surely not to be forgotten for weeks once again.

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A/N: Thank you so much for reading! Chapter 2 is posted here!

If there are any specific scenarios you want to see with this dynamic let me know and I'll try to work them in! I might do some blurbs outside of the main story as well.

Hope you enjoyed, and I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback!! (or if you find a typo, feel free to point it out!)

[jerzwriter]

I wanted to take the high road; I really did.

First, no one comes here for drama. I know I've contributed to that in the past, but I have learned from it and made a conscious choice to focus on the positive going forward.

Second, the other party has publicly stated that they are coping with serious mental health issues. I'm not a monster. I don't want this person to spiral. I don't want to add to their obvious pain. I thought I'd stay quiet; they'd get bored and move on. Well, that didn't happen, and I'm doubtful it ever will.

Third, I don't share private conversations. Anything you share with me is in confidence, and I expect the same courtesy in return. Even if we're no longer friends. Even if we are enemies. So, even after this person and some of their friends broke that trust with me, I still chose to do the right thing and keep our conversation private. But it's come to the point that I feel they're taking advantage of me being a better person than them, and I'm done.

Jeremeykau's blog was taken down last week. It was taken down because he consistently posted, telling me to kill myself. Wishing that I would die and saying other things that were beyond vile. In fact, they went so far as to link those sentiments to Discord after Tumblr took down numerous posts for violating standards. When they didn't stop, Tumblr took the blog down in its entirety. I'm happy to provide screenshots if needed.

For those who blame me or think the blog was taken down due to fandom drama... I don't work at Tumblr. I don't have friends working for Tumblr. I do not control Tumblr policy. Tumblr does not take down blogs because of drama between users, but they do take them down when someone is posting daily, telling another person to enjoy their s*icide.

For those lucky enough to be unfamiliar with this drama. J and I spoke 3 months ago. I made ONE post. ONE. After months of J's "vague" posts, then some not-so-vague ones. It was after one of the latter that I finally responded publicly. My purpose? To say I see you, and I want the shit to stop. I didn't call for anyone to be harassed - in fact - I made it clear I didn't want that. But it wasn't a deterrent and J continued to post shit about me directly or indirectly. I didn't reply. ONE POST. Versus dozens now hundreds of J's.

After some time, a mutual friend told me J wanted to talk, and I was uneasy. I have dealt with people like this in my life, and I know it is a dangerous proposition. I had friends warn me not to. But I chose to give J the benefit of the doubt in hopes that we could work things out. Why? I want to live in peace here, and I wanted J to be able to live in peace here, too. But J doesn't want peace.

I've linked our full conversation below. Feel free to see it for yourself. It's our entire conversation. I redacted when J talked about mental health issues because even if they wish to share those details publicly, it's not for me to do. I'm not about to do that. I also redacted the names of others because they don't deserve to be made public.

See it for yourself. It was a surprisingly pleasant conversation, and J seemed to be as grateful as I was. We worked on apologies together. Together. The only thing I refused to do was gaslight people by saying J never said KY when they had publicly many times. I don't gaslight. Outside of that, J said my apology was "GREAT." We ended by saying we were happy we talked, and if we ever had issues with each other again, we would come to each other and discuss them privately.

I even reached out after to see if J was doing well. Since we had unblocked each other, I could see all posts, and I tell J's mental health was not good. I was honestly worried when they threatened self harm, and I reached out to offer an ear if needed. Foolishly, I actually cared.

There was no response. The next thing I knew, J and a couple friends were back to their campaign against me. They never once came to me to discuss. One of those other friends and I also apologized to each other and said we were happy it was worked out. What changed? I have no idea. I never contacted any of them outside of what you can see here; I never discussed them publicly. As far as I knew, this was dead and buried. But none of them gave me the courtesy of reaching out privately... as J promised to do. Because none of them want this worked out, and they seem to want to subject the entire fandom to it.

Please note in the conversation that J says it was really all J's fault for starting this. That it was done over some petty shit. Where J admits to not being a nice person holding grudges, yet was glad it worked out. I was glad, too, but I was sincere.

And since you're bringing other people into the mix now? I'll just say as eager as she was to reach out to you, I will give her the courtesy of not sharing our story here. I won't share our conversations or the MANY conversations from others in various choices fandoms who had plenty to say about their sins. I'm letting sleeping dogs lie, but if I get bit, I'll bite back.

Look - no one has to like me. You can have the shittiest opinion of me. You can hate my fucking guts, and I honestly don't care. Block me and move the fuck on with your life. But you WILL Not publicly harass me, you WILL not tell me to kill myself and wish death upon me publicly, you will not stalk my blog and present your twisted version of the truth non-stop and think I'm going to take it. I hate that I've probably fed J's narc supply for months with this. I literally hate it. But to be honest, this isn't for J - it's for transparency in the fandom. You can all see how "horribly" I behaved here and you can see who violated the pact we made to be kind and decent to each other. It was not me.

If I have hurt anyone other than the three people involved in this - please reach out to me. I am happy to talk to you, happy to listen, and will apologize if I hurt you. I assure you, it was never my intent and I am as flawed as anyone else. Could I make mistakes? Of course. But if you think I'm going to apologize to vile bullies, my grace towards them has long expired.

I AM ADAMANTLY TELLING EVERYONE NOT TO SEND HATE THEIR WAY. But to be clear, I don't control anyone but myself. Some in the fandom think I have the magic ability to control people. It's about time to take responsibility for YOUR actions. You don't get hate because of me; you get hate because of your behavior. If anons get that bad, turn them off. The same way I have had to BECAUSE OF YOU. It's a 2-way street - and I HAVE NOT had an ongoing campaign against you for damn near a year. ONE POST. And I have not had my blog taken down because I've never done to you what you've done to me. This has gone on long enough.

FULL CONVERSATION

Have at it.

[bonesandthebees]

it's the 1 year anniversary of me posting the first chapter of clinic so here's what I said about it on twitter

just thanks to all you guys for the love you've given me. I really appreciate it <3

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1st tweet: So 1 year ago today I posted the first chapter of #tommyinnitsclinicforsupervillains At the time I had ~80 user subs on my ao3, and my most popular dsmp fic had roughly 15k hits at the time. I had no idea what I was about to start with posting that first chapter of clinic. (1/12)

2nd tweet: I just knew that I had a very cool idea for a take on the superhero aus that I hadn't seen done before, and I could feel that it had a lot of potential. But I never expected to get the kind of reception it got. I never expected so many people to fall in love with (2/12)

3rd tweet: my world or the way I wrote these blockmen characters I had so much fun with. Coincidentally, I also created this twitter acc on the same day, so it's also my 1 year twitter anniversary and I have almost 10k followers on here now which is insane. (3/12)

4th tweet: So basically I wanna say thank you. Thank you to everyone who has ever left a comment or drawn fanart or sent me a message about how much you enjoyed clinic. Thank you to everyone who enjoys any of my stories in general. I don't talk publicly a ton about personal stuff but (4/12)

5th tweet: I started clinic right before I was set to go into my final year of uni. I'd been exclusively online for my entire 3rd year, and I was terrified about going back to in person classes. I wrote clinic while I was struggling with re-learning how to be around people again, (5/12)

6th tweet: and while I was fighting tooth and nail to try and pass my classes because I'd finally gotten used to the online format, and going back to in person was a huge struggle for me in an academic sense as well. And clinic was such a lifeline for me in the sense (6/12)

7th tweet: that it gave me something to focus on and strive towards. I got so much encouragement for it, and as the boulder kept rolling down the hill and it got bigger and bigger, it gave me a kind of drive that I didn't even know I had in me. (7/12)

8th tweet: Clinic is the longest story I've ever written. I also think of it as one of the best things I've written in a story balancing sense. I didn't think I knew how to balance plot and arcs and foreshadowing, but writing clinic taught me that I did and that I was GOOD at it (8/12)

9th tweet: It's insane to me that even a year later, I still get so much love for clinic. And it's also insane that I have a 'fanbase' in a sense for my fics just in general. I love to write, and because of my time writing for dsmp, I realized I could actually be a writer as a career (9/12)

10th tweet: I never let myself dream as a kid that I could actually be a published author because I thought it was too unrealistic. Maybe it's still unrealistic, but I want to go for it now. You guys gave me the confidence to tell me I could do it. That my stories are ones that (10/12)

11th tweet: people want to hear. So just thank you guys for that. Thank you for the love and thank you for the kind words and thank you for all of this. I've grown so much as a writer just in the past year alone and it's bc I've had more drive to write than ever thanks to you guys. (11/12)

12th tweet: Sorry this was so long but I had a lot I wanted to say. I'm so grateful to you all for all the love you've shown clinic and my writing in general. It's meant more to me than you guys could ever know and I can't wait to keep telling my stories <3 (12/12)

[enden-agolor]

Just skimmed Chapter 14 of your Recovery fanfic and..wow, I have never seen someone write such well-written, squeal-inducing, professional smut before. Good job :0 🤌❤️❤️❤️

Oh gosh 🙈

Okay, I don't usually answer these here, but since I've received a few recently, I'll discuss it a little bit. Sorry this is going to be long, I just want to cover a few things.

Firstly, thank you. I'm glad you find it enjoyable! I do write this stuff "professionally", or so I like to think, on the side, and this fic is the first time I have ever had the confidence to post it publicly. I'll admit, I never ever expected so many people to read it, let alone make fanart of it. I was kind of at that point where I genuinely thought the fandom was dead and was like ehh nobodies gonna read this.

...Boy, was I wrong. 🧍‍♂️

I've received quite a few asks regarding this subject, from compliments to genuine questions, and I'm usually way too shy or embarrassed to reply to them. Not gonna lie, I am so embarrassed whenever I look back on this fic, no matter how many people reassure me and tell me it's good. I can't think about it without cringing (makes it very hard to keep updating).

I did get one ask that I recently deleted (me thinking I wasn't going to respond), that basically asked along the lines of what inspired me to write this? And... honestly? Whenever I get into a new ship, I always go straight to ao3 rubbing my nasty little hands together looking for the good shit, but with jesskas?? I was shocked and appalled to find almost nothing but toxic, disgusting, just... horrible things of them. I was fucking devastated, especially because these characters are so genuinely so sweet and caring towards one another in game, and it's one of those ships that may as well be canon.

That's when I was like... okay. I'm not letting this slide. I picked up one of my favorite tropes (injury recovery) and decided to hell with it, I'll write a good, smut fic that has build up, pining, world building, etc. Most of all, I was so excited to write their relationship happy, healthy, emotional, and so loving. I love smut with deep-rooted emotional connection and passion. I love to write all the juciy details, but make it realistic, healthy, and happy along the way. These characters deserve it. I could not BELIEVE the shit in the jesskas tag. Some people need serious help. Anyways, most of all I also wanted to put a lot of effort into the smut because I wasn't sure I'd ever write this sort of thing for them, let alone post this sort of stuff publicly ever again. So, I wanted it to be as revisitable as possible.

Anyways, again, thank you. It's always relieving to hear someone enjoys it. And uh. If you thought chapter 14 was bad, good fucking luck with the rest of the fic dude. 🤪

[spiritofjustice]

for the fics writing ask that i forgot abt until just now; 1, 13, 27, 28, 51, 78 :3

Fanfiction Writing Asks

1. Do you daydream a lot before you write, or go for it as soon as the ideas strike?

I spend a lot of time daydreaming, yes, which is why I feel so insistent upon jotting down all of my ideas so I can refer to them later. Sometimes, the turnaround can be rather quick if I have the motivation AND time, but not always. Most of the time, I've been thinking about the scenes I write for a while before I have the chance to actually write them down.

13. Do you listen to music while you write? If yes, what have you been listening to recently?

It depends on whether I think I can focus or not. I CAN put on music while writing if my brain is able to just... not even process that I'm listening to something KRKF but if I notice it's there, then I can't think straight. The words get in the way of MY words. I don't think I've been listening to anything while writing recently, though.

27. What area of writing do you feel strongest in?

I can bring it with characterization, if anything. I feel like I am very good at executing different characters and their personalities-- and making them seem distinct from each other. Which doesn't sound all that impressive, but it is kinda hard to do. Otherwise, I don't know. Doesn't everyone say they're good at dialogue? I'm good at dialogue, too, lol.

But I feel very confident about how I characterize, first and foremost.

28. What area of writing do you want to improve in?

My narration / prose could be better at times. I get caught in clunkiness when I don't know how to transition scenes or establish a timeskip and I can feeeeeel how awkward it is. On that note, also awkwardness with mentioning something in narration without it feeling too explanatory. Like that you notice you're having something explained to you, I suppose. Sometimes I get it right, sometimes I don't.

I could also get better at ending chapters or things. I'm not often sure of what to say, which is why I lean heavy on ending chapters or things with a line of dialogue rather than narration.

51. Does what you like to write differ from what you like to read?

Wow, that's a great question. As I've said before, I don't really read fanfiction. It just doesn't really interest me, but when I've been reading fic lately, it's all ship stuff and smut. Like that's usually the only reason I'll go after fic is if I wanna see some characters fuck NJBSDHJ If I find great writing or character studies therein, that's a bonus, though. I like copernicusjones's Black/bright fics because it balances sexual content with legitimately good writing and character studies, for example.

And, as I've said, I don't write romance. And I don't write smut really either. I posted one smut fic publicly one time and then got so embarrassed I orphaned it NJRFD and I had a short period a couple years where I wrote a good handful of fics for myself and then I stopped and never did it again. Not sure why lol. I'm not a romance writer or reader under most circumstances, though.

I haven't really answered the question yet properly, huh. Okay, let's think about the type of stuff I read in terms of actual, published works. I like literary fiction, or more ~highbrow~ type novels, but I don't necessarily need it to be lit fic to be good to me. I just want to have an emotional experience of some kind. I don't necessarily often want light, or fluff, or what we call "commercial" books. I like character studies, that kind of thing. Better yet if it's a character(s) just... fuckin... going THROUGH it.

Not always, but those books stick in my ribs the most. I gravitate often towards classics as well for similar reasons.

I can't be so arrogant as to compare my writing to literary fiction at this junction though JNSD

ANYWAYS, I like my writing and I do think my writing ultimately reflects the kind of things I value in writing overall. I've called my writing style "brutal character study" for a while and I think that's true lol. I want it to be character-driven and I want them to go through HELL before anything gets better!!!! I just find that fun, and it's what I come back to. I like putting a character through hell and seeing how they crumple-- and how they manage to continue, how they could potentially heal, or how this affects them from then on.

Stuff like that clicks with me, and I suppose that carries over to the books I read quite often. Maybe. Probably.

78. What motivates you during the writing process?

The basic desire to simply see this story be written because I want it out of my brain lol-- and my investment in the characters, of course. My writing is very driven by special interests, so I'm writing about characters I'm thinking about all day to begin with, and I need to have SOMETHING to show for it. My sheer love of characters is a better answer, then, I think. I just love the Character!! And I have all these ideas, so I simply must write some of them. Or try, at least.

[weebsinstash]

I’m normally too shy to send asks like this but I wanna tell you that I pray to one day write in a way that makes others feel the way I feel when I read your work. That is all.

Gosh my dude that's honestly such an awesome thing to hear, thank you so much 🥺❤️ I've been doing a bunch of experimental writing recently and you know hoping to eventuslly publish something or other, and I'm trying to foster my attention span, you know, uh, well, I guess actually try and make myself do things I don't want to, and it's been a slow process but, you know, I've been trying my best-ish and we're all trying to keep going in life lol

Definitely the biggest thing is to practice but also a big tip from me is to like read a variety of authors works, because, different people have different styles. Like i prefer to write in the third person because I can write what is in both characters heads, whereas like first person writing would involve assumptions and more subtlety. But like. Sometimes I read certain authors and I'll pick up certain turns of phrase or ill see them describe something in a way I've never read before and it's like... sort of like with drawing, writing is an art you can take references for?

You can always try and write private things for yourself, self indulgent things, practice, whatever, but writing really is a muscle that grows with time. And I think it's probably a definite process to always read some of your old stuff and cringe (although to be honest I have certain fics of mine I think I really popped off with and others I'm like, yeah that was, definitely I thing I posted publicly to be seen by all, lmao. Taking feedback can help soothe the constant self loathing of an artist but you know, not all feedback is inherently valid or mean or well intentioned, take everything with a grain of salt I guess.

Definitely like my biggest struggle is "do I want to make this kind of short and more easily digestible" and then like "what if this was like 10k words and there's plot that gets you emotionally invested" and of course "but what if you also made them fuck though"

Writing or really any skill is a never ending journey. Just keep practicing and enjoy reading things yourself and just let it come naturally and you'll become more confident and gain more of a sense of identity and what you're comfortable with in time :)

[barbwritesstuff]

hey barb i was wondering if you had any advice on how to start out with writing an if more publicly? like where to post when absolutely no one knows of it, how to get people to notice and give it a try, how to find the right audience etc

Oh boy.

I'm not sure what to tell you, anon. I wish I had better advice. All I can tell you is what I did/am doing and hope that gives you some insight.

I started Blood Moon in October 2020 because I was feeling lonely and insecure and wanted to do something completely different with my writing. I wrote the first three chapters, put them on Dashingdon, and made a post about it on the Choicescript Forum and on Tumblr a few months later.

I updated the game every month for two years and shared it for free.

I now have just over 3k followers on tumblr which is incredible. It's more followers than I've ever had on any social media. A lot of people send me fun things to reblog and positive messages. I also get messages from the Choicescript Forum.

This network of people helped me playtest Blood Moon and gave me the support and encouragement I needed while writing.

I don't know if a lot of people will buy or play Blood Moon when it comes out. I hope so. I think Blood Moon is an awesome game. I'm really proud of it. But publishing is a brutal business and my writing hasn't sold well in the past, so while I'm still hopeful, I'm keeping my expectations fairly low.

Other interactive fiction authors have managed to get far bigger followings than I in far less time. Some run Patreon accounts which is never something I felt confident enough to try. I still have a lot of self esteem issues when it comes to myself and my writing, though I am working on that and trying to get better. I do have a KoFi page and usually get about $30 a month via that, which is incredible. Those donations helped me cover the costs of hiring an artist for Blood Moon, and has been another avenue of support. I'm really thankful for that.

And... that's it. That's my Interactive Fiction career thus far.

I hope that gives you some helpful insights, anon. Writing Interactive Fiction has been really good for me. It's helped me grow as a writer, and build my self confidence. It's been fun too. I genuinely enjoy all the extra plotting that goes into constructing a branching story.

I hope you write your story and that you have fun doing it. I also hope you can find a community of readers to help support you. I know sharing your work publicly for the first time can be really scary. When I posted Blood Moon I was terrified. The first time someone found an error I freaked out (I distinctly remember saying 'this is my nightmare' in a discord server at the time... over one error... which seems ridiculously dramatic now but felt very true at the time). But, slowly, I've got more comfortable and happier with sharing myself and my writing.

It's a journey, and everyone's journey is different. Don't compare yourself to others. Have fun. Write what you love. And, never forget, one error isn't the end of the world.

💙

[e-wills-afterhours]

Hi there! How are you?

I'm so sorry to be bothering you with this, but I just really, really need to know what happens in Vetrnaetr. Do you plan on writing more? If not, would you just tell us how the story ends? Do things between Hiccup and Astrid get better? Do they forgive eachother and try to get the relationship right?

Your story is just too good, makes me wonder about it all the time. Thank you for writing such wonderful stories ❤️

Hey friend!

You are not bothering me! I do plan on finishing it, but writing anything at all is a bit difficult for me to manage right now--a multichapter longfic is peak difficulty. I haven't worked on the next chapter in ages (all I recall is it starts with Astrid regretting the letter she wrote and stressing over whether she just killed her relationship), so I would have to find the time to re-read what I've published of Vetrnaetr so far, for the sake of continuity, before I could get back into chipping away at it. My personal life is not allowing for such a blessing of free time at the moment. I can't even give you an estimate of when that will get better. Nothing bad is going on; quite the contrary, my cup runneth over.

Additionally, my creative focus is changing. While I wouldn't say I've completely lost interest in Hiccstrid or HTTYD, I've found myself gravitating more and more towards original work that I haven't posted here, simply because there's not really a want for it. I don't think anyone really cares that much about my worldbuilding and novel plotting that will probably never result in anything anyway but it's nice to have dreams.

I won't give you all the nitty gritty details below the cut, because I might actually finish Vetrnaetr one day, but I will provide some vague and general spoilers below in case that never happens. For your peace of mind friend.

Spoilers:

Hiccup returns from Helgafell but since the Vetrnaetr festival is kicking off, he and Astrid do not have much of an opportunity to talk and reconcile; Astrid can tell Hiccup is distant and she is afraid that their breakup is inevitable. She also laments all the implications of a breakup after everything they've been through privately and publicly.

Stefnir takes more opportunities to be a smug asshole, because of course he does.

Hiccup struggles with expectations of change and personal growth from both his father and Astrid; reflects on what that growth and change looks like and what it would mean for him, personally.

Festival is a blast. Astrid realizes she's been a bit of a demanding asshole toward Hiccup and should have been more understanding and tactful in her approach instead of giving him ultimatums to become someone he fundamentally isn't. Damn Ruffnut was right. Astrid gets drunk.

Hiccup realizes he does have a lot of growth left, and not just for others' sake, but his own too. He realizes Astrid had some valid points and if staying in a perpetual adolescent mindset means he loses her, then he doesn't want it. He understands, unintentionally, he has been a bit self-absorbed and selfish.

Hiccup confides this to Gobber who gives some sage advice about growing up in all facets of life, but no more than is absolutely necessary to preserve joy.

First night of festival winds down in the wee hours of the morning. Astrid is passed out now. Hiccup and Toothless get her home. Shenanigans occur because, in a village of drunk Vikings, of course they do.

Astrid wakes up hungover with no recollection of how she got home in bed, but notices whoever got her home took great care to make sure she was comfortable.

Hiccup comes to check on her. They finally get to talk after some self-reflection the night before. They both admit their wrongs and acknowledges where the other person was right, but also refine their personal boundaries and expectation. Yay for healthy reconciliation and open and honest communication. Commitment to one another renewed.

Fic ends with emotional and very physical expressions of love.

[scifrey]

I JUST realized why, for the first time in forever, I'm SO engaged with writing a fanfiction and posting it as I go, and why I keep rereading and rereading and rereading the amazing comments and tags.

The last longform fanfic I wrote was in 2015, and it was To a Stranger. I've written some loosely connected drabbles based on Alice Rovai's beautiful art since, but in terms of fanfic, that's all I've done in 8 years.

I used to write and post fanfic constantly. I'd been creating, and posting, and sharing in all sorts of fandoms and communities pretty much continuosly since 1991.

What changed?

Well I became a professionally represented writer. I had a literary agent, I had contract deals, and I had deadlines. And don't get me wrong, I LOVE IT. It's fantastic to be able to write and share my original stories with the world.

But it meant that all of my creative brain and time was taken up with original stories instead of fanfic. And I was fine with that, I was getting to create. I wrote stories, and people reviewed them well, and my editor and my publishers adored them.

But my relationship with my literary agent began to break down pretty swiftly, and I spent a lot of time being talked over, ignored, misunderstood, and misinterpreted as a result.

I pitched a bunch of books she didn't want, and wrote a few others that she didn't understand or know how to sell. Some are still just rotting on my hard drive to this day. We parted ways in 2020. In order to query for a new agent, I began work on a novel that I've been thinking of for at least a decade.

It took me 2 years to write that book, and I've been querying it for a year. I've had over 130 rejections at this point, because it is a difficult, weird book with a tone that purposely doesn't match the themes, and it is absolutely on the too-long side of market wordcount preference.

I understood that this would be a hard slog when I decided to use a book like this to query. I knew that finding a new literary agent would not be easy, and that going out into the world with probably one of the hardest books I've ever written would not lead to a quick and easy new professional relationship.

But goddamn does it feel awful to spend half a decade being told no. It is not doing good things for my mental health or my confidence as a creator.

My beta readers love the book. But besides those three people, I have heard nothing but negative things about my writing for YEARS.

Which as you can imagine does not inspire me to sit down and try to write anything new. I probably should let this book rest. I should be putting it in a drawer and moving on to the next novel, trying to write something a little more palatable, and going out on query with that. But I just don't have the heart to create something new, AGAIN, knowing that it's probably just going to tip into that same black hole of non-response, misunderstanding or indifference that's swallowed up the last handful of projects I've worked on.

And then I thought, maybe it's time to write something for fun again.

I was struck with a cracky idea for a fanfic (though in typical J.M. Frey style I seem determined to make my readers cry) and I decided to try writing it.

Normally I would write the whole story and then post it when it was finished. But I am genuinely afraid that if I started it that way, if I didn't talk about it publicly and nobody knew I was doing it, my interest would fizzle out and my ennui about creating would take over and it abandon it. (The same way I have the last two novels I tried to start in the past few months.)

So I did the thing that I have been terrified to do since I first became a professional writer: I've started posting the fic AS I write it.

And holy crap am I inspired to continue. It's a shame that my day job is in the way because I just want to sit and write and write and write and write and write.

This hasn't happened to me in YEARS.

And it's because of you people.

It's because, for the first time and half a decade, people are saying nice things about my writing. People are responding positively to my stories. And I didn't realize how much negativity I was internalizing with the query rejections. I didn't realize how much the repeated "no"s were dragging me down.

Hopefully one day soon I'll get another literary agent and I can start hearing great things about my writing again from The Biz.

But honestly, I'm starting to think that that doesn't matter.

Right now, I am ony knees with tears in my eyes THANKING YOU.

Thank you all for reminding me why I do this: to make readers feel something, to engage readers minds and hearts, and to put good stories out into the world.

So thank you so much for letting me know you enjoy them. Thank you for helping me believe in my work again.

[notsodailycake]

Hey CHAOS CAKE, how are you doing?

I am doing quite well all things considered

I just want to share a bunch of things because I'm bored

1. I competed at another robot event where I did a bit better than last time... marginally (fight links)

(I think this image of Chloride sums it up nicely)

2. Somehow my silly ideas post has managed to get over 2000 views, which I am still dumbfounded by.

3. Big one here, @rinzay made a little comic of idea 5! Link

You probably already saw this, but I still find it amazing that one of MY ideas was able to inspire the creation of something so wonderful!

I would also just like to say, thank you.

You were one of the people who gave me the confidence to start publicly posting my ideas back when I was first getting started.

It eventually got me to start reaching out to other people to try and turn my outlines into full fledged stories, since I can't write dialogue. This is something that I would never have even thought of doing as recently as June! And I really owe most of that to you cake.

So, just know that I am grateful for all the help you have provided me. I hope that school isn't being too hard on you, and that you are getting enough time to destress and relax! I wish you luck in your comic and hope to see it inspire more people as it did me.

I do want to return the favor, so if you ever need any assistance with your projects, just ask!

Sorry of this was awkward to read, as I have stated many times before, I am not good at writing stuff like this lol

I- i-

Bro I actually shed a tear, no joke,,

Awe man, ok, uhm, I'm so happy. I'm glad i was anle to inspire you, like, i was actually able to genuinely help you out, and and,, idk i dont have the words for this

But I'm also thankful, thanks for actually feeling comfortable enough to share them with me, they were really fun, and congrats on all your accomplishments (yes i saw the comic, loved it)

I honestly just, I'm really happy, it's stupid maybe, but for me, this is like my own accomplishment, that i was able to help out and inspire someone

So keep up the work, even if I'm no longer available, I'm cheering from the sidelines!

And thank you so much, my comic is going good so far. Unfortunately tho, school isn't being the best at the moment, but i can manage. I've been able to desstress when getting back home ^^

And thank you for the offer as well, I'll keep that in mind

Also, haha, poor Chloride,, definitely a tough fight XD

[showmethehotpods]

Rambling about Tumblr and fandoms and topics that probably falls under 'drama'.

I've been regaining more confidence in speaking my mind lately, which is probably in part because I'm not really too involved with a long of things anymore. It does feel like a lot of community that was initially there when I came back to to Tumblr has become disjointed; through people getting older, busier, there's other things going on in life, physical or metal changes.

But I do find myself reflecting. People will say that Tumblr and fandoms have 'always been like this.' But unless I wasn't really in the thick of it, I don't recall about seven to ten years ago, I was so scared or stunted in writing and being present, out of fear of upsetting others, or having my private conversations screencaptured and used out of context.

To me, at least - people and the fandom spaces they inhabit feel like they're becoming very closed off and self-driven. You see more blogs becoming private, exclusive, the idea of 'nobody owes you anything' and block as you see fit. But then, blocking can become a tool for a simple misunderstanding or disagreement, which then gets warped into a he said she said callout culture, where people you thought were close enough to be called friends cut you out with no explanations, no listening to any other sides of the story. The idea of 'roleplayers aren't your friends' becomes prominent, as well as key phrases like 'trauma dumping', or 'love bombing'.

Long lasting connections that endure are rare. We live in the fast and the now, and working through problems or difficulties takes time and patience that not everyone is willing to give. For whatever reasons that are their own. But if something causes conflict, the easiest way is to cut off, wash your hands off it, keep moving on.

It's not something I can do. For better and worse, this emotional side of me gets attached. I'm still reminiscing about roleplays I've had years ago, and only just got in touch with someone I knew 10+ years ago when Gig first started. I keep taking myself on journies of self discovery, self healing, working through traumas and the way my brain works, the way I can respond better. But are still trends and behaviours I don't agree with. And I have that right of opinion just like anyone else, without being campaigned, smeared, or god forbid, death threat anons or threats of posting my location.

We live in times where the above would seem ok, as long as we're protecting ourself and outting 'toxic people'. Much like when I say I might posts anons to publicly shame abusive, hateful behaviour - this is also me being more confident in saying that if I do continue writing on this website - for the better and worse that it can be - I'm going to own my mistakes, always try to do better empathetically and sensitively to others - but I won't be scared into silence.

Even if I'm never part of mass Tumblr followings or circles and keep on the small and at times lonelier path - mental health, the people behind the screen, fostering and preserving connections is something important to me. Moving forward, that will always be my focus.

[elephant-in-the-pride-parade]

💫 🎈 💘

Thank you for the ask!

💫 Your favorite type of comment / feedback

I really love people who are willing to word vomit in the comments / do an analysis of the characters or the plot / talk about something that made them think / or just rant about a cliffhanger for a good stretch. I even love people who'll give theories about what they think would come next.

I was really lucky to get a lot of those on my longest sailor moon stories as I was starting out, and they were so heartwarming! Loving these fictional worlds and characters can be such an isolating experience. Writing longer fics especially, you pour a lot of love and effort (and no small amount of frustration) into the stories and just pray that it is meaningful to a reader in a fraction of the way it was meaningful to you as the writer.

When people can take the time to give some of that love back, it is such a good feeling, moreso to feel like my idea made an impact on someone and really got them thinking. Thats the best confidence boost as a writer.

🎈Describe your style as a writer. Is it fixed? Does it change?

Some things have stayed the same. I'm a big fan of the storytelling flexibility from multiple POVs in limited third perspective. I cling to past tense narration. I write things that wind up way longer than I intended.

Two things that've changed:

1. With long fic, I think I started out writing what I read in high school, which were heros journeys... but I have found that the stories I am the most motivated to write are thrillers or mysteries, and so I think the more stories I write, the more plots I have that really are digging into those kind of narratives.

2. It's also no secret I've gotten a lot more confident writing smut. (I've gotten the most delightful troll comments from writing it too.)

💘 Is there any posted fic you want to rework/edit/re-write

I actually took down two fics last year specifically to try and rework.

Maquis Heart (2018) was the first multichapter Voyager fic I ever posted, never finish it. By the time I got around to it I thought it would do better as the prelude to a longer story in the Unbowed Series. And as it was written, I worried it was going to be hard to use it as a jumping off point in it's original form. So that's been taken down to rewrite (Sorry to any Year of Hell fans - I'll give it back in a new form some day!)

The second fic was The French Way (2020), I'm not sure what I want to edit about it. It's one of a few fics I haven't re-read in ages... It was the first pure smut fic I ever shared publicly and I had a lot of feelings of embarrassment and humiliation tangled up in that. Honestly, it probably doesn't deserve those feelings, but I'd at least like to review it now that I'm a more confident smut writer to see if I'm still happy with it.

[sinnaea]

Oh my gosh, I love your writing so much I spent last night and this morning glued to your Ao3!!!! Your Wesker portrayal gives me so much joy everything just feels so correct and you're making my brain so happy, thank you. I wish I could put this more eloquently in hopes that it would further motivate you!

Do you have any advice for people who aren't as confident in their writing? Any things you've done over your time that has helped you improve? Anything from structure to characterisation to just the process of having an idea, I'd love to know!

Thank you so much

- shy anon

You have no idea how much your message made me happy. Thank you so much for your kind words and for reading my fics! I'm so glad you liked my portrayal of Wesker. I love him so much and it's always great to connect with more Wesker enjoyers!

Honestly, no one has ever asked me to give them advice on writing before but I hope I can still help somehow. I was kind of in the same boat where I wasn't confident in sharing my fics publicly. Until I let a couple of my friends read what I had and they encouraged me to post it on AO3 which has led me up to this point :)

I think the best way to improve your writing is to just keep doing it! Even if you don't share it publicly. Nothing will ever be perfect the first time around. Sometimes I look back at my old works and I want to rewrite them. Someday I will, but I'd rather keep moving forward with different ideas instead of rewriting old ones. Writing fanfiction has always been just for fun for me. I try not to think too much about what others will think as long as it feels right to me. I know that's kind of a cliche thing to say but it's true. If people like my work, cool. If not, they can just move on.

Interacting with other creatives in the RE fandom has definitely inspired me create on my own. I mostly love to look at artists and their works as it helps me visualize scenes in my head better. I like to read other fics as well even outside the fandom if I need inspiration for a certain theme. Then, I just let the ideas come to me and I try not to force myself to create something right away. But as soon as I get an idea no matter how small, I write it down immediately then flush it out later when I feel like I have enough of a spark to expand on it.

I'm not sure what else to say. I feel like I've rambled on a bit lol. But I really do hope that helps. Thank you so much for your kind words again. Feel free to ask me anything else! And I hope you do start to write fics on your own 💜

[tokiro07]

I haven’t seen any asks about this, so:

1. How often do you check out new series running in Jump? I’d imagine very often considering you read through Icehead Gill upon its chapter 1 release.

2. Have you read chapter 1 of quite possibly the gReAteST shonen Jump manga currently talked about on X (formerly known as Twitter) about the Trench Coat glazer boy?

I've been making an active effort to read everything new to Jump since before that was even technically feasible; I believe the first one that I managed to get in on the ground floor of was Magico in 2011, then ST&RS, Harisugawa in Mirror Land, Kurogane, Nisekoi, etc.

A lot of the titles in between, like Cross Manage, Hime-Dol, Hachi, Iron Knight, etc. either simply weren't being translated by anyone or were updating so infrequently that I just wasn't capable of keeping track of them, so before I knew it, they were gone and the well of failed content had filled so much that I was too overwhelmed to make an attempt at it

Viz made things a little easier with their Jump Start program, where they would at least release the first three chapters of a series and then do the rest based on reader demand, but that led to things like Judos, Ultra Battle Satellite, and most egregiously Kagamigami and Straighten Up being left up to fan translators to pick up the pieces, and as far as I could find, very few actually did (if you read Kagamigami in its entirety, you can thank my dear friend @himetsuri for all of her efforts and me to a lesser extent for encouraging her to actually post it publicly)

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs didn't even GET to be a part of Jump Start because it was too adult, and if it weren't for Seven Seas, Viz never would have even attempted to bring it over in the first place

It was only once MangaPlus was instated that I was able to read everything start to finish every week, but even THEN some things fell through the cracks. "I'm From Japan" was a part of Jump Start, and then picked up from like chapter 10 or something without any clear effort to fill in the gaps between

Fortunately, I've been able to keep up with absolutely everything since then, starting with Chainsaw Man in late 2018 all the way to now, so about five full years. That's...shockingly little when you think about it that way. I missed so much that I might never be able to go back and find, and even if I can find it, I might not be able to make myself actually do it. It's disheartening, but at least I can be confident that it won't happen again

As for Kagura Bachi, I don't get the joke. I'm guessing it's like Morbius and people are just clowning on it, but I don't even think it's bad enough to clown on. It's not that great so far, but the art's not half bad and I'm at least interested enough in the concepts to see where it's going. I think people are being kind of rude, honestly, and anyone who legitimately enjoys it would be well within their rights to be upset about the treatment it's getting. I'm not invested enough to care yet if it lasts or not, but you'll never catch me mocking it or any other series for trying to get its foot in the door

[sakurayumeno]

tysm! could i request luca, demi, victor, and andrew for butt smacking reactions? 🥰

Reacting to S/O Smacking their Butt (part 3)

Part 1

Part 2

Genre: Crack fic

Warnings: Not really any fart

A/N: I've decided to merge these three together and do the characters I haven't wrote for in this.

Andrew

I'd say he farts but wouldja still clap that 🤨

Be honest most of ya'll would and I wouldn't be surprised

Ok whether he does or doesn't is up to you lmao

Andrew stutters during his response so much, he's so shaken up. Look at what you've done to him smh. 😒

"W-w-w-w-w-w-w-" cue Mario waa

Just shuts up after a while and to be honest I would too. There's so much awkward tension afterward until you're just like "My bad."

His butt is most likely muscular or at least toned. In fact his entire body as well, but his butt especially.

I'm calling Bubble butt and you can't convince me otherwise. He's hiding a whole package under the jacket. 😤

Andrew is a hard no on butt smacking. Nothing and no one can convince him to do so. 1: too shy and out of his comfort zone. 2: ANDREW IS A MAN OF GOD AND WILL NOT SUBJECT HIMSELF TO SUCH SIN.

It's a good way to tease him, but oh God you saw how he was the first time, imagine you doing it around people. Won't even look at you after.

Luca

Bro he just... doesn't react...? You're so f ing confused and just question if you actually did it or not.

Once you do it harder is when he says something.

"Ow, what was that for?" He says while rubbing his butt. Publicly. The confidence he has is astonishing. Or he just has no shame, either or.

I’m sorry... but it has to be said... Luca’s pretty flat. 😔

All he does is sit besides running for his life in the games. He's literally all bone there.

I'm literally heartbroken, his butt has nothing going for it dude. ��

He’s alright with it for the most part. He may seem indifferent about it at first, but he’ll surprise you post-match with a high-five that drops down to a butt smack.

Luca doesn't really put any force into it at all, he kinda just let's gravity do its thing. So yeah it all depends on how high his hand was before doing so. Best hope you ain't sensitive because hoo boy if he finds out he will do that everytime he smacks it. Nothing too hard of course, 'cause y'know, 'gentleman'. ✨

After that, he’ll only do it if he remembers. Too many things to busy himself with and having a bad memory doesn’t help at all. So if you want him to smack your butt, you have to do it to him first.

Victor

Poor, sweet innocent boy.

He don’t even know butt smacking is a thing tbh.

He would think it were Wick at first until he sees Wick right next to him. If Wick is there then who touched his butt? 🥶

Brain farts for a sec. If Eli didn’t know what was going on, Victor is on a whole new level because he can’t even begin to make sense of what’s even happening.

But like, out of all of the things to do, you chose to smack his butt. Why?? 

The most average butt out there. It's definitely not a bad thing, it could be worse you know. I guess you could say it's firm, but that's really it. I'm still thinkin about Luca's, hence why his butt could be worse. 💔

He’d do it,,, but he feels so dirty doing so. It's too intimate than what he's used to, but if you want he will do it. Anything for you. ❤

Believe me when I say that Victor is awkward with it. Dude really does not know what to do so he just softly pats your ass leaving you like 'wtf??'.

He is not trained in this area do not bully him.

Feel special my guy, those pats are designed for people he loves, now you too can be pet like Wick.

William

LITERALLY THE MOST CHILL LIKE?? 

“Oh hey s/o, somethin’ you need?”

Bro how can he be this laid back about it, that just shows how used to it he is. You are not the first person to have touched his butt. You should feel jealous at that.

MUSCULAR AF and has quite the curves too. It's a given since he's been playing rugby for such a long time, but dang. Also, hard ass. I'm not joking. It's so hard you'd get whiplash.

William has mastered this art ages ago. He is a pro, he knows when to do it, how to do it, and who to do it to. The best subjects; unsuspecting bystanders lmao, perfect jumpscare.

And by mastered it I mean mastered doing it painfullly hard. Hide your ass if you know what's good for you. Ayo but if you want it like that who am I to stop you, know what I mean? 😏

He is aware of how nice his butt is and isn’t afraid to show it. Good butt and for what? Just to flaunt around to be honest. God said it's our turn to have a nice butt, hand it over. 🧍

Okay excuse my hopeless romantic self, but I’d totally think William would do that hand in back pocket sort of thing. IT'S JUST SO CUTE TO ME HHHHHHH 😩

I promise you if you ever do this again, he will find some way to embarrass you. Like when you're about to take your hand away he will pull you back in and say some snarky shit like, "Now where do you think you're going?" and keep your hand there.