#alisha babbles

[kurokoros]

something really frustrating about nancy ships is how the entire focus is on how the person is good enough for nancy, and never whether nancy is good enough for her partner. there's always emphasis on nancy deserves someone who loves, understands and supports her, but no one ever talks about how steve also deserves the same and that nancy has not done that in canon. if we can talk about how he wasn't—depending on your perspective—the perfect bf, she was also a pretty shitty gf.

you are sooooo correct for this, anon. like, in S1 Nancy got mad at Steve for him wanting to lie to the cops about something minor so he wouldn't get in trouble with his parents... and then she also lied to the cops about something. she got mad when he didn't believe her about seeing something in his backyard (and I maintain that she never should have seen it because it was daytime and the demogorgon is clearly nocturnal + had a fresh kill) then lied about what she was doing to go hunt monsters with the guy who was just caught taking inappropriate pictures of her through a window. sorry, but a quick "hey Steve, I'm going monster hunting with Jonathan Byers, come with" could have done wonders there. she got mad at him again in S2 for... not wanting to be the victim of a tragic accident a la the government for whistleblowing (which would have been a real threat if j.ancy's storyline wasn't made easy for plot convenience), got drunk and said some cruel shit to him, then acted flippant about it when he was mad about it the next day. and that's on top of the whole pining for another guy for an entire year and literally cheating with the guy she told him not to worry about.

her apology for the latter was not, in fact, an apology, and Steve was extremely gracious about telling her it was okay at the end. she has literally not interacted with Steve since then, has dated Jonathan longer than she dated Steve, and has not changed or grown as a person since then because she's never been called out or made to be in the wrong per the narrative. meanwhile, Steve gets his shit rocked at least once per season, on top of the verbal criticism and condescending remarks he often gets from the other characters.

saying that Steve "deserves" Nancy honestly seems like more of a punishment than anything, all things considered.

[rivendell101]

Hey! I’m SistershoOk on FF and I was wondering if you think you’ll ever come back and finish Berserk. I know in the update you said you might come back and give the story an end, and I’m not trying to pressure you at all, just genuinely curious as I’ve followed you and that story for a while and would love to see how it plays out.

Congrats on your degree by the way! I know this is probably way after the fact but I’m also in college and I know how hard it is, so congrats for sticking through!

Hello!

So, it's been almost six years since I've touched Berserk as a project. I haven't thought about it much, especially in the last three years, and I don't really remember where I was going with the project at this point.

That being said, I am thinking about rewriting the chapters and putting them up on AO3.

I've also toyed with the idea of, uhhhh, making them not so obviously Fairy Tail fanfiction and self-publishing hardcopies on lulu. I have no idea if anyone would want to buy a hardcopy, but it's something I've been thinking about lately (gotta pay off those grad loans 😔)

Anyway! It's genuinely amazing to me that I still get asks about this fic seven years after I started it, and six years since it's been active. That's actually wild. The fact that people still want to see it continued makes me a little bit emotional, if I'm being honest.

[liviavanrouge]

New years

Alisha: *Smiles, holding Dante, watching the fireworks* Pretty~

N: *Smiles, watching the two then chuckles looking at the show*

Dante: *Babbles, reaching towards the fireworks*

N and Alisha: *Laughs, smiling at their son*

~~~

Alisha: *Pulls Kieran after her and smiles wide at the fireworks* LOOK!

Kieran: *Smiles, looking at the fireworks, holding Alisa's hand* There's a lot...

Alisa: So amazing right!

Kieran: *Chuckles* Yeah...

~~~

Dynasty: *Sits beside Amethio, watching the fireworks* Pretty...

Amethio: *Nods, staring at the different fireworks*

Dynasty: *Beams, waving her sparkler, laughing* Happy new years!

Amethio: *Looks at her, then smiles slightly*

[kurokoros]

The foster family actually took the worst pictures but this baby is coming home with me next Saturday 🥹

[kurokoros]

I'm not saying that commenting on fics and engaging with writers by screaming at them in excitement is necessary, but back in 2016 I busted out an 80K fic in two weeks and maintained a posting schedule of every other day and I don't think that would have happened if I wasn't averaging like 30 reviews on ff.net per chapter while also getting chatty tags and asks about the fic.

Other people have said this plenty of times, but shockingly when you get excited about something and someone else gets excited too, you're more likely to continue being excited.

[kurokoros]

what if I just pop back in after a year and start writing steve harrington fics again? what then?

[kurokoros]

begging studios to stop fucking casting Americans and Brits in series that take place in other parts of Europe.

[kurokoros]

I'm here for the deku slander. I completely agree on him (I can't be objective about bakubitch - I love him). Like he's supposed to be better than everyone in UA already? Like you said, all he did was strength training.

And that was only when AM showed up. He fucked around for his whole life, only taking a bunch of fucking notes, until AM showed up and then he did ten months of strength training and hadn't even be able to train his quirk. Because he only got it the day of entrance exams.

Both characters are super frustrating to me and also not very interesting. I'm sure I've said this in another post before, but both Midoriya and Bakugou would have benefited from being accepted into UA only to find out that neither of them are above average in class. Midoriya because it makes sense that he wouldn't be on nearly the same level as his classmates who are actually in tune with their quirks because they've had them for years. And Bakugou because it kickstarts his development faster but also because it would very clearly showcase the fact that having a powerful quirk isn't the same as being able to use it effectively. Start out with Bakugou being all brute force and raw power and have him lose to characters that know how to use their quirks more effectively, or are better in hand-to-hand fighting, or are just faster than him.

I dislike Midoriya in canon because he's supposed to be an underdog, but doesn't really suck enough to be one (and the multiple quirk reveal makes me froth at the mouth in anger); I dislike Bakugou in canon because, aside from the fact that he's obnoxious and I wouldn't be able to stand being near him, he's a prodigy at everything. He's near the top of class academically. He's a great fighter and tactician with no real explanation as to why that is or how he got to that point. He's a great cook. Etc. Easy fix though. Just don't have him be an obnoxious prodigy and put him in the middle or even lower end of the class rankings to start. Hell, in S1 Bakugou even acknowledges that he isn't the strongest of his classmates (and says that he wouldn't be able to beat Shouto in a 1v1, which is promptly forgotten during the sport festival, but whatever Horikoshi).

I'm not even annoyed with Midoriya not training before All Might enters the picture. I can understand having a pipe dream that you're absolutely sure will never happen, so you don't actually do anything productive to work towards it, but in that case Midoriya should have struggled more in the combat scenarios during class. All Might had him doing strength and endurance training, not combat training.

Basically, MHA needed an arc early on with Aizawa, a hand-to-hand fighter and capture specialist, teaching his class hand-to-hand combat and capture maneuvers. Like, I'm sorry but their first class with All Might was a hero vs villain roleplay??? Do they even know how to properly restrain a villain??? Capturing the bomb never should have been the goal for the heroes during the mock battles, it should have been restraining the "villains", because wtf is the point of capturing the bomb while the "villain" is still standing there and not guarantied to remain immobilized???

Okay. Okay. I'm done for now. I just have so many problems with this series when I think about it critically for more than a minute.

[kurokoros]

coming out of my cage and I've been doing just AHHHHHHH

[kurokoros]

the Duffers really are just 0/3 on cool plotlines they could have done for Steve like. exploring his family life in any meaningful way? confirming he sustained a traumatic brain injury during S2 and saying that he lost sport scholarships because he couldn’t play basketball, baseball, or participate in swim meets his senior year of high school?? letting Steve come to the realization that the reason his relationships post-Nancy never last long isn’t because he’s still in love with her but instead because he’s terrified of having another person that he loves call him bullshit, call their relationship bullshit, and end up happy with the guy she cheated with???

but no, just make him pine for nancy fucking wheeler again. that’s great duffers. have some self-respect

[kurokoros]

My one hope for the stupid haikyuu movies coming out is that they make bank and then they decide to continue the anime like what happened to Demon Slayer.

[kurokoros]

browsing indeed for remote jobs and nothing makes me angrier than seeing companies hiring writers to train AI to take their jobs. I hope all of these companies go bankrupt.

[kurokoros]

So, I've been asked a lot about my old fic Berserk over the years. If you've been following me long enough to know what that fic is, I'm genuinely baffled that you're still here. Anyway, I've been thinking about two things:

updating the chapters and moving them over to AO3. I feel like FF.net is going to implode on itself in the near future, and I don't want the fic to disappear forever.

I've thought about tweaking some parts of the story and doing a limited self-publish of hardcopies for anyone that might want one. This is probably something I won't do unless people are actually interested for some reason, but it is something I've been thinking about due to the looming nature of student loans.

That's just some food for thought. If you're a long time FT fan that's still hanging around, I would love to hear your thoughts!

[kurokoros]

truly in awe of people who can dedicate a blog to one specific fandom or topic. sorry pals, all you’re getting here is a hot mess express because I can’t be bothered to use sideblogs

[kurokoros]

So uhhhhh, guess who just got accepted into grad school?

[kurokoros]

I'm just incredibly pissed off right now because no one is getting me my cat's medication and I'm about ready to commit homicide if this prescription doesn't ship today.

I reordered it ahead of time like usual and my vet back in Wisconsin denied my order because they wanted me to come in for a wellness check. Then I had to wait two weeks to get into the vet nearby where I'm living in Chicago. Got the prescription set up, but they use covetrus as their provider so my order is just sitting in the "filling" stage and probably won't be shipped out within the next few days and I'm just extremely done. I'm sick of listening to my cat growling in pain on and off for hours because his stomach hurts. I'm sick of watching him lose weight because his stomach hurts. I'm sick of being kept awake all fucking night listening to my cat cry and being anxious because I can't do anything about it.