#also i kinda want to rework these but don't have the time rn

[petyritonel]

since i can't do much about people reposting, i might as well post them myself..

[desertdragon]

I hate raiders, mostly the hardcore's bc they're just cunts, but whenever they are in tune with looking at the game from a gameplay perspective (not just looking at logs), everything they have to report is shit I can feel even as a casual though I can't explain it as in depth as they can; and I have to agree it feels like the devs have forgotten how to make and balance a game in the last 3 years, as much as most players themselves suck at understanding and playing the fucking game (and how poor the game's learning tools and mentors are as well) since it's seen as a vehicle for story cutscenes or mashing buttons

If the gameplay keeps going dumber across the board that would take away the last legitimate reason I have to play it and surprisingly I don't like the thought of that conversation with myself

[alicedrawslesmis]

I know I just said I didn't want to just be complaining about everything so I'll try to word this in a more constructive way asdfghjkl

It's hard to be an Eponine fan in a world where the musical -and On My Own specifically- is sooooo mainstream. Because imo as much as On My Own itself is kind of a half-decent, if simplified, encapsulation of Eponine's struggle with her love for Marius if you analise the lyrics in isolation, the musical as a whole, her role in the narrative as the unrequited love diva (I'm also simplifying here. I don't think this is super fair to the anglo musical, but compared to the book there's no question of how they reworked her into a glamorous 80s diva contralto because musical theatre has usually very strict gender roles), did her so dirty. So dirty. And imo often her character is reduced to her pining in fandom as a result. And I don't like that, personally.

I love that girl so much. I love that she is just young enough to still be a child but adult enough to be aware of her social role. She has one foot in the gamin life and one foot in the adult world. I love the tragedy that is the fact that she likes the beauty and pomp of high society girls and wish she could have silk shoes but knowing she can't.

And also being super resigned to her class despite it, she doesn't believe she ever will have any of that. She resents that too, somewhat. The tragedy of her knowing that she couldn't be with Marius because of his social class and her accepting that (angrily? sadly?). I love her self-banishment as his guard dog because of this. I love her drunk sailor voice. I love how manipulative she is and that she isn't Marius's friend at all. He's just her one neighbor who wasn't a total asshole one time. He was, later. But not at first. And she can't be in his head and know he thinks she's kinda despicable because crime because Marius is a judgemental little shithead.

And Eponine isn't an idealist, she's resigned to her position. I understand why she gets paired with grantaire in fics but her canon narrative parallel is Javert, they both believe they are excluded from society from their outcast position and so become the watchdogs for it. Eponine a kind of guardian (in her own words a devil, not an angel) and Javert the same. That's why he's the one person who sees her in the barricade, he's the same as her. Marius saw her but that's only cause he had a use for her in that moment, as soon as she didn't he forgot all about it.

I think also Gavroche, with his ability to be kind of a figure above the narrative, with his gamin skills of being almost omnipresent is something Eponine used to have, but with her age she's starting to lose that. She's starting to grown old enough that she's required to be IN the world and not supercede it. Gavroche is also almost there, if he had been allowed to grow up he would've lost that ability too. They both inhabit this sort of magical surreal world superimposed on our own.

A lot of Les Mis and Notre Dame de Paris can be kinda described as magical realism, I would go so far as calling them urban fantasy. And characters like Babet, Thenardier sometimes, Gavroche, Eponine (and Javert sometimes as well) are inhabiting this magically charged layer. This reality that's imposed Over the real world.

Talking about that One Series Of Wizard Books is a bit passé rn so uh. Doctor Who. Particularly the initial New Who seasons before they got that huge budget. That's a good parallel to what I'm getting at. The real world is still the same but there are certain characters that inhabit this mystical overlayer and are able to transverse from one to the other (Javert can't really because he is stuck forever outside and the second he understands that you CAN'T be an unbiased outsider who only enforces the norm without participating he freaks out and literally dies about it). Eponine is right in the eye of the storm tho. She manipulates reality to get her way, to die with Marius, because that's as close as she can get to being with him. And she manipulates reality to protect him too. Contradictions be damned. She has many contradictory feelings that make her complex and cool and an awesome character whom I love and wish would stop being reduced to the glamurous mysical theatre role with a single black stain on her face and a beautiful actor and a big unrequited love song about a random boy (whose personality was also changed for the musical and I argue is probably the character that was most fucked up by it in the public perception because he's such an weird little self-insert of an even weirder guy. But I get it, the musical is long enough as it is).

Anyway, I wish eponine could be more of a mongrel, a little gremlin. A little rat child that's just beginning to grow into an adult and is self aware of her role in the narrative society. She's a teenage girl which already sucks to go through when you're not constantly starving and cold and being forced by your father to work and do con jobs. Marius is the object she attaches herself to, but it could've been literally anything. Javert did that with the social order, he protects and guards it. She just chose Some Guy instead. Which, we all have that one friend who does that too. Like girl you're too good for him. Come on let's get you sone ice cream. And clean clothes and a roof. Literally anything. Bread.

I think if Eponine had a roof over her head and like, food on the regular she would forget Marius exists. Same as Cosette if she had moved to England. Like he'd be that one intense crush they had as teenagers. Can't say the same for him tho. He would hold onto that for the rest of time.

[insecateur]

What are your thoughts on what za's time period might be? I can't figure out if I'd prefer it to be past or future

i answered an ask kinda about this on the day of the announcement but here are my thoughts now that it's been a bit and i got to digest

i'm honestly starting to be more and more in the "both" camp tbh?? like the trailer involves a lumiose redevelopment plan or whatever which feels like "past" but the overall aesthetic is very futuristic which feels like "future". i feel like it would also kind of ties together nicely with scarvio also having that past and future theming to have both in one extra game?

i also got the TPC email for the game in french yesterday and i was struck by the phrasing (i didn't get the english one so no clue how they phrased it there.)

Une nouvelle aventure se profile à Illumis, où un plan de réaménagement urbain a été mis en œuvre pour faire de cette ville un lieu appartenant autant aux humains qu’aux Pokémon.

"A new adventure begins in Lumiose City, where a urban redevelopment plan has been put in place to make this city a place that belongs as much to humans as it does to Pokémon."

like, to me (and this is very likely overanalyzing don't get me wrong) the way it's phrased makes me feel like it's saying that (at the time the redevelopment plan was put in place) lumiose belonged more to pokémons than it did to humans, which feels like it's pointing toward the past. like maybe lumiose was originally built around pokémons with them in mind and then later was reworked into the state it's at in pokémon xy where it's clearly a city meant to be shared by both species. that was just my initial vibe tho, it might not mean anything.

something about the way it's framed (as i said to the anon before) still kind of strikes me as pointing toward it also being an attempt to actually gives us pokémon z at long last... so i guess my ideal at this point would be we follow two stories entirely in lumiose, one is in the past when they were reworking the city into being a safe haven for both humans and pokémons, one is in the near future after pokémon xy and maybe there are parallels there involving wrestling with the post-team flare stuff. THIS IS A VERY SELFISH WISH THO... LIKE IF I GOT CANONICAL POST-CANON CONTENT I WOULD PROBABLY DIE... tho it would make me sad altho bc it would make all my post-canon stuff would automatically be jossed lmao but whereas a few years ago i would have been wary of that possibility the way lysandre has been depicted in the likes of pokémas etc gives me hope idk. I Want To Believe.

however ! this is all very early rn and we have not much information about the game at all so i'm unwilling to theorize too much. i'm looking forward to having more elements soon...

[fox-guardian]

So 1) info dump me on the stoker swap au plz. Share the shenanigans. The drama. The Memes. And 2) Is the time travel au done for? I started following you for your art for that ages ago, and I honestly wouldn't blame you for not doing it if you didn't want to, but I've kinda been holding out hope to maybe see an update on that? Please? 3) Your Version of Danny my beloved

I'm gonna answer these in reverse

3) thankies he means so much to me <3 I'm rotating him in my brain regularly <3

2) I don't wanna say it's "done for" but it is definitely on the backburner. I had wanted to rewrite it since the show ended to rework a few things. Ultimately it'd be the same story, but in more of a "somewhere else is the past" type of thing. I may not finish writing the fic, especially since I write So Much but not very often so it makes it hard to want to rewrite a fic that already has 30k words and not much has happened yet plot-wise, but I may still make art/comics for it. Or even post what I currently have anyway if anyone would want that. But idk if it'd be worth it rn since there's so little plot. We shall see.

I do still think about it often, though.

1) YEEHEEHEE

In my brain I'm already on s3 and trying to figure out how all that would work out since Sasha being alive (because danny saves her with the power of the buddy system) changes things if you can imagine. Like a butterfly effect, so many things are now changed. But I still want Jon to run from the cops so leitner needs to die, but that'll be hard to initiate if Jon isn't running from not!sasha.

God I can't wait to get to the archive era. I'm still writing research, but hopefully I'll be done establishing everything I need to in a couple chapters and I'll be able to timeskip to Jon's promotion. I'll probably have to cut a few things out of the main fic but know that I WILL make stuff for them anyway, like a spin-off fic with missing scenes and whatnot or comics. I just REALLY want Jon and Danny to infiltrate a drag show for followup reasons with Danny as a drag queen and Jon as his little buddy/assistant/whatever, but I don't think that'll fit into the main fic aksjsksjd If I wrote every little field work adventure I want them to go on I'd never finish it.

I also can't wait for Tim to meet everybody. He's gonna become besties with Sasha so fast. He is GOING to adopt Jon. He's going to be Normal about Martin most likely. And he is GOING to punch Elias in the face AT LEAST once.

And wtgfs.... ough. I can't wait for Danny to meet Melanie because I already had him make a GHUK reference and I just. I can't wait to write that. He's gonna be normal I think. And Georgie and the admiral.... oguohugoh

Also I love Danny. I do. But I can't wait to cause him pain <3 he's gonna get so very wormed and also kidnapped <3

[snickerdoodlles]

✨What's a fic you've posted you wish you could breathe life into again and have people talking about it? (or simply a fic you wish got more credit)

(prev) hmm, maybe Hair-Trigger? like, it got a good response, i'm very grateful to everyone who's read it ❤❤❤ i don't mean in a 'im looking for more hits' sort of way, i just really love Porsche & Kim as a duo and spin them around in my head like a shiny rock all the time. this mostly manifests in me spamming tortoise with Kim & Porsche snippets and thoughts that never seem to flesh out into proper fics, so Hair-Trigger has a special spot in my heart because it's my one finished Porsche & Kim fic and I want everyone to look at Porsche being extremely fond of Kim and Kim feeling all sorts of things about how fond Porsche seems to be of him (surely???? this is a trick????? he is so nice and smiley????????? a mystery)

💫what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback?

i like them all!! i genuinely enjoy all "types" of comments for different reasons, it feels weird to rank them against each other. so long as the comment is excited to engage with me/gush over idiot nerds together, i'm excited to answer and chat with them (although, i am. very behind on my inbox rn. hjghjg im sorry friends, i promise i will respond even tho it might be v late 😂💦)

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

I've actually been rewriting a *checks date* 5.5 yr old yoi WIP (*winces*) for a while now. very slow as my attention gets drawn away, but i love epistolary fic and there's a funny satisfaction without pressure to re-writing it.

but the story rewrite that actually has been sitting on my head for...forever really, is my ft story Jinxed. i was very new to fandom/writing fic when i first posted it, and at the time i'd just posted what i wrote and then went "...wait, how the fuck do you write a multi-chapter story???" and i really psyched myself out of posting more for it.

however, it's always like...sat in the back of my head, even after the fandom bullshit and when ft went to shit. because i just...don't like soulmate/soulmark AUs. 😅 the reasons behind my dislike for the trope are uh...kinda long and extensive actually, so i'll save that for a different post if anyone cares enough to ask, but the premise in this story of two girls with mismatched timers who fall in love and choose each other anyways is one i'm extremely drawn to. and i'm still like, figuring out how to write long stories, and i'm never going to write again for ft, so whenever i look over the old story drafts and notes, i'm actually thinking about it as an original story. not one i've started and maybe i'll stumble into a fandom that i want to apply this premise to, but...after i figure out long-form stories, i really want to swing by this one again, if simply to have it stop haunting my brain every few months.

(rest under the cut because i am rambly lol)

🌈is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with?

hmm Silver for Truth is the obvious one since i whined about it taking a yr+ to write, but i think everyone understands when i say Tawan is an annoying ass bitch to write.

i'm actually going to cheat and say the freezer!Kim WIP i'm writing with @majestictortoise. there's a few different POVs in this story and one of them is Porsche's POV, and there is something about Porsche's POV specifically that i find very hard to capture. even when i know what i want from his arc and character struggles, post-canon Porsche carries around some conflicting beliefs and mindsets that i find really tricky to write, plus he's also a guy of action who's been forced to a standstill and i want to capture that trapped feeling without making it obnoxious. he's just tricky to me in a way that other characters aren't. (i actually ran into this issue with Hair-Trigger too, except it wasn't so hard because that's a fic about him Doing A Thing He Wants To Do, which is why i was able to write it within the timeframe i did. oh Porsche, ilu, why do u stick in my head so. orz)

🦋what are you most insecure about when you post a fic?

everything? idk, my reaction after i post a fic is to either Stare At My Inbox or desperately try to distract myself from the fact that i Posted A Fic, which really go to show how secure i feel about my writing 😂 i try very hard not to let a fic's reception get to me when i post because i've been down that road and it's really bad for me. all fic i post is fic for me, but i haven't hit the carefree attitude of "idc what you think, its for me first and foremost" yet.

🌻what makes you want to give up on writing? what makes you keep going?

there's nothing that makes me want to give up on writing specifically. i wail and cry when stuff isn't flowing right, but like. so i had an irl thing run me over like a truck april/may of this year and it's bullshit kept spilling out through june and july too, so i had like no time or energy to write or even spend much time on fandom stuff for four months, and i went absolutely bananas. i need to do something creative to feel good, and writing is my favorite of those.

posting...posting is a different story 😂 weirdly if im chasing the high of posting a fic/the high of comments on fic, i dont like to post as much. the hill in my head is too much to get around, so that ig.

🌿how does creating make you feel?

*points up*

also prev

🍉in what ways has writing helped you process trauma and/or navigate through your own life?

...this is such a weird question lmao (not u, the person who made the question list should have deleted this). i've always found writing as a good way of examining my internal biases and preconceptions i might not have otherwise had opportunity to find and reflect upon so clearly, and i'm going to leave it at that.

🎈describe your style as a writer; is it fixed? does it change?

fuck if i know what my writing style is 😂

🎀give yourself a compliment about your own writing

*curls up in more shy* hmm, i really like reading my own stories. like, i always have cyclic periods of "oh god this is garbage what the fuck was i thinking" feelings for each of my fics, but i know now that feeling is brief and it'll be gone soon enough and it will stay gone longer than it comes. the person who reads my stories the most is me, and the fact that i want to go back to read them again is really important to me.

🎉how often do you celebrate completing & posting a work? how often do you give yourself the credit/validation that you seek from others when you post? (if you don't, you should!)

i don't think i linger so much on the actual posting of the fic, but i return to my fics a lot and i've also started paying more attention to how much i post. i'm trying to find a balance between acknowledging that i posted stories vs "oh god, im not posting ENOUGH," but back at the turn of this year, i was really bummed that i didn't get as much posted during december as i had set out to do, specifically because i felt like 2021 had been a really strong year and i'd let myself down not finishing as many fics in 2022. then i actually checked my AO3 stats for 2021 to 2022, and realized i'd posted 4x as much in 2022 than i had in 2021. over 100k words altogether even!

i think i'm getting off topic, but between rereading my own stuff pretty frequently and trying to get a better grasp on how much i've actually posted vs what's in my head, i think i celebrate pretty often? idk 😂

💞what's the most important part of a story for you? the plot, the characters, the worldbuilding, the technical stuff (grammar etc), the figurative language

characters!!! everything's built around the characters. i love worldbuilding, making up worlds is a lot of fun, but i worldbuild through the lens of "what am i interested in?" (which starts with characters) and "how does this affect x?" (because if it doesn't matter to/affect the character, it shouldn't be a priority to me). similarly, plots exist for me to put Specific Guys Into Situations. a plot can be objectively interesting, but i'm not going to stick to it if i don't care about the people going thru it, my brain just doesn't focus like that.

the actual writing of the story is lowest priority on my list. there's a lot of writing types i don't like, but i can muscle thru a lot in the name of a good cast or plot. similarly, i don't give a flying fuck how pretty or polished a writer thinks their sentences are, if the actual story is boring or OOC, i am not reading it. or i am reading it and bitching extensively in friends DMs, which is worse. 😂

💝what is a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?

honestly, hard for me to answer because i'm actively trying not to think about what sort of response i do get. i guess one that still amuses me quite a bit is the response to my fic Shining Dishonesty (howls moving castle AU for haikyuu!!). i love this story to bits and i really love the comments i have on it, but it's weird/funny to me because it's my most recommended and mentioned fic on twitter, but it's one of my lowest in terms of kudos & comments. idk what's up with that 😂

🤍what's one fic of yours you think people didn't "get"?

*big shrug emoji* nothing that comes to mind???

maybe Silver for Truth, just a little bit???? everyone got the message of "get fucked Tawan" but there was also a little more pity for Tawan than i'd expected. like, not really, because Tawan's annoying, but i don't know that everyone quite caught Khun's trap for Tawan in it. Tawan could've completely turned things around for Vegas and ruined Kinn's lie by confessing his own failures/betrayals and accepting the consequences, except Tawan puts himself before all others, even someone he claims to love.

🕯️was there a fic that was really hard on you to write, or took you to a place you didn't think it would take you?

honestly? i don't remember the specific writing issues once something is done. even for something that takes me a while to write. usually my writing hang-ups are related to irl stressors. Pitch It was an extremely hard fic for me to write, but that was because it had a deadline attached to it while i was also trying to come up with money for a new car after my previous one was totaled 😂 and while i approach all stories with a vague plot in mind, it's purposefully vague so i can adapt to where's best for the story to go. that's the part i look forward to the most when writing lol.

💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

lol i don't even have to sort my stories to know which one is my least number of hits/kudos. it's by dawn's early light, which i wrote for the bnha myths zine, and it is literally one of my favorite fics i've ever written. there's some stuff i would've done differently now, but i liked it when i finished it, i liked even thru that fucking project's mess, and i liked it enough to post it after the project was finished, and that is probably the highest praises i can give that particular fic.

(this response probably doesn't make much sense to anyone who hasn't participated in a zine before and i'm not going to burden you with context if you haven't, but like. trust me. that's saying a lot 😂)

🍭why did you start writing?

to make a dick joke. i haven't changed.

💎why is writing important to you?

it's just fun. i really like doing it and i really like connecting with people over it/through it.

🪄what is your post-writing/sharing aftercare? How do you take care of yourself or celebrate yourself when you've finished a fic?

i re-read the story about a bajillion times in that first week. you'd think i'd be sick of it by the time it's posted, but the satisfaction of having finished something changes the way i read it and i just bask in that.

📡why is writing and sharing your writing important for fandom?

another terrible question in this otherwise nice questions list.

i like it, so i do it, and i'm lucky enough to have made friends through it.

🎙️which one of your fics would you like someone to make a pod-fic of?

i'm excited if anyone wants to make a podfic of my work and i give general permission for it, but it's not something i seek out specifically. i have very bad ears, it just doesn't really cross my mind.

🤲what do YOU get out of writing?

*points up however many questions ago* it's very fulfilling for me and i like it a lot. i'm lucky enough to have also made connections to others by way of writing, but first and foremost is i enjoy the actual act of it.

💋when you leave comments on a fic, do you want to hear back from the writer?

maybe? idk, i leave comments because i like to leave comments. i like hearing back, but its not like im leaving a comment looking for that. wrong mindset for this question, u know?

☯️how do you think engaging with each other through tumblr, twitter, comments, kudos, creates healthy fandom experiences? How do you deal with that if you're not a social person/experience social anxiety?

*sighs* this fucking questionnaire maker lmao.

responding to fics is fun for everyone. it's a great way to make new friends if that's the fandom experience you're hoping for (same goes for responding to edits, art, etc). if you're anxious to start talking to people or leaving comments or whatever, take the babysteps you need to try to push and expand your comfort zone. and be gentle on yourself -- there's no "right" way to interact with fandom, and you don't have to be perfect at what you want to do right away either.

but if that's not the way you want to interact with fandom, you don't have to. there's nothing wrong with "lurking" and frankly i care about my stuff being enjoyed (even if i never hear about it!), not the ~proper~ way to be in fandom or whatever. furthermore, my healthy fandom experience is regulating and maintaining my own reactions to the reception (or lack of) i get when i post so that it stays fulfilling for me, and that's how i create my healthy fandom experience.

🧿what steps do you take to not take things personally if a fic doesn't do well, or if your writing/posting/sharing experience isn't going how you'd like it to?

mostly i look inwards to see what exactly im dissatisfied with and examine why. there's plenty of stuff that i wish had a bigger reception, but i focus on things that i can control (what im happy with in a story, what i enjoyed about the process, talking about it more in my own blog space so people can choose to engage or ignore, etc) and push myself to that framework of mind. the worst thing you can do is focus on things you can't control, especially something as random and fickle as other people's reactions or a post/story hitting the trend wave just right.

💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

timeloop AU!! (prev)

timeloop AU will be 3 chapters + an epilogue. first chapter is Kim POV, the second one is Big POV, and third is Chay POV. Kim is the first one trapped in the timeloop. Big joins him later. Chay never does.

💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

in my fic Single Star Review, Khun goes to university and then starts seeking extra therapy help. i am Extremely excited for this one, but one of my favorite-favorite parts of it is Khun dismissively says "it's not like i can call Kim and gossip about boys" and Flop (the therapist, no that's not actually his name) asks Khun "why not" and Khun stares through a wall for a solid three minutes realizing hey, he CAN call Kim to talk about boys actually.

-later that night-

Khun: Kim! Kimmy-Kim my littlest kin! forget your other plans, tonight we are painting our nails and gossiping about BOYS

Kim: what the fuck

Khun: my therapist thinks i should try talking to you about stuff

Kim: THERAPIST?!

Khun: THAT'S NOT THE IMPORTANT PART HOW DO I HANDLE HAVING A CRUSH

(Kim is, ofc, over the moon and extremely excited when his brain catches up with his ears, even though he's a total little brother about it.)

💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

Red Line fic is the first installment of a 4-fic series (tortoise is laughing at me for thinking it'd stop with 1). mostly because it immediately dived into one of my favorite variations for how Chay kills Korn.

Korn's death is not a fix-it.

[calkale]

0, 8, 11, 15, 19, 21, 38, 39, 41, 43 <3 go wild!!

(also it’s not my ask so feel free to steal AKLJSFALKF)

Omg thats so many 😳😳 omg mar hi!! fancy seeing u here🥰🥰🥰 thank u so much

0. height?

Im 5’4 :) im a little guy but my cowboy boots give me like 2-3 inches

8. Want any tattoos?

Yes!! I have 2 rn that i really want, im planning on getting a blackbird on my thigh as my first “real” tattoo (i have stick n pokes but i want them all covered up or removed theyre so ugly i was so dumb 😐) and i want “theres still time” above my left elbow. Theres a few more i want but i don't want a whole lot of tattoos rn

11. best friend?

phoenix if u see this hi ❤️ and makkie and briel (and all my tumblr besties lol)

15. Favourite movie?

Okay im giving my top 5

my number 1 is Top Gun, 2 is Top Gun Maverick, 3 is Cars, 4 is Armageddon and 5 is Speed (im reworking my list so it changes a lot but thats what it is rn)

19. A fact about your personality?

Ooo thats a good question idk how to answer this

Im pretty determined, if i want something ill get it, if i need to do something ill do it, and if someone tells me i cant do it first then even better

21. What do i love most about myself?

Okay kinda answered in the question above but i love a lot about myself im cool and funny and hot and cute and smart. Since i kinda answered it before ill say something i physically love about myself. i love my eyes, i always have, they’re green and i just noticed they have a little gold in them and that made me love them even more, i also love my height, i used to absolutely hate being so short but now its one of my favourite things about myself :) i also love my arms, i love upper body workouts but i wish i had better shoulders to go with my arms but i am cursed with them not growing as well 😔

38. My childhood career choice?

Okay its the same as what it is now but switched, my first choice as a child was a nascar driver and my second choice was a pilot (specifically a fighter pilot) and now my first choice is pilot (fighter pilot, test pilot or stunt pilot, preferably all three let me live my dream life, but ill take anything other than commercial airlines sorry but🤮) and my second choice is race car driver (id love to drive for nascar but u kinda need to be American and be like born into that world u know)

39. My favourite ice cream flavour?

Strawberry cheesecake all the way

41. Where i want to be rn?

Somewhere warm and sunny 😔 its cloudy and snowy today n im not in a good mood

43. Sexiest person that comes to my mind immediately?

I don’t even have to say it we all know (its Ice)

[vegetablejester]

I need to like schedule out what I'm working on. I tend to use fic writing as a way to practise proper writing for novels I plan on publishing and those are still in planning/draft phases.

Rn is chp 22 of WoH which is at 10k words so far and I'd say maybe 70% done???? Help.

After that I want to continue work on one of my FFXIV fics Solis. I was rewriting some of the chapters it had 3 chapters before I decided to rework it. Chp 2 is halfway done so I wanna get that and 3 done. But then after that I need to do chp 4 as then I'll feel like the story has gone fucking nowhere. Luckily that one is mostly just abt Akademia Anyder.

Another FFXIV fic I need to rewrite is Forever at Your Side. The entire first chp rewrite of that one has been planned out already I just never have the energy for it.

On the side I also started a 5 chp fic based on Kirby's adventure with my Gijinka setting. Idk why. It's kind of nearly done in the first chp but the entire thing felt off so aaa on my knees begging my friends for feedback.

I also need to continue that Hollow Knight fic series I started, I have in mind what I want to write for the next bits but I just need motivation for it.

There's the Virgo fic too. Ngl I have to be deeply depressed to write that one so maybe there'll be a chapter soon with how I've been feeling lately lmao.

I think once the stuff planned for Solis is done or maybe when I'm getting bored of doing it I'll do the next chapter for Guided by Starlight. That one has had a fairly healthy upload schedule ngl. WoH i have to try and do a chp per month or more or I will never get it done.

Two back burners are Ashes to Ashes and a FE Fates rewrite. Ashes to Ashes is just fucking complicated and a dark story so it needs time to COOK. And Fates is just gonna be a lot of effort but I had inspo for writing abt two of my ocs and just kinda did it and now I'm like "Well fuck I gotta continue this in some way."

I have three novel's I'm working on as well in the planning stages, they're all fantasy at least. Ugh I should really work on one of them properly next year at least a first draft or smth or I'll be 40 by the time I actually publish smth.

Don't be me, I'm on the highway to hells burn out.

[macaroni-rascal]

Now for the pairs. Valentina and Max are really testing me because they have some gorgeous lifts and movement ability, but my god, some of those other elements really had me clenching. I don't understand why he was in a plain black tee here except maybe he's mourning their unfulfilled potential.

This British team has some of the scariest throws I've seen in my life, and they aren't improving. And for that very reason, like the Crafoords, them skating to Survivor of all things when they're clearly dying out there is a painful viewing experience. They need to seriously send them abroad to more experienced coaches, I worry about this girl.

Italians - same thing. Her costume is hella confusing, I don't get the twin buns, and her top looked like it was on the edge of a wardrobe malfunction the entire time. Him skating in a bulletproof vest was probably a good call given where this event is being held, but also a stark reminder of the state of the world rn, and I need my skating to be escapism. 0 stars.

US teams - cute dresses for the girls but kinda off-the-rack looking? The sparkly snowflake on Chelsea's shoulder needs to be higher up. Why were the boys skating in pajamas, though? I feel like nobody hates pair boys more than skating costume designers.

Okay, my stomach was all knots for the final two teams because within me are two wolves - one that wants the world for Annika and Robert and the other that wants the world for Lia and Trennt. I actually really liked Lia's dress, the detailing really elevated it, and she looked ready for primetime. The thing about Trennt's top - I understand what they were going for but there's no point putting him in the upper part of a tunic if he's not in a skirt as well. His shirt is essentially based on an undergarment and it looks matronly on such a built guy. They had a perfect opportunity to put him in an armor-esque gold tanktop and they didn't take it, it would've given them the extra 2 points in PCS that they needed to come out on top here, but I'm not mad about the result, God is helping them to get to the GPF this year. Also, how tf did they learn salchows all of a sudden this year? Is this Michael's doing? If it is, it's the least he could do after we supported his klutzy tush all those years.

Annika is a ray of sunshine, which is why I don't understand why the lower half of her body suit is black. It could be really gorg if the red continued all the way down. Also the mesh on her stomach ends a little too low for comfort. However, it's not as egregious as Rob's halter top with the Scott Moir PYC rhinestones along the seams when they should've been sprinkled across the shoulders, but I digress. Happy for the teams on this podium because they earned this and none of them have any political power whatsoever. That said, it's looking like Lestat is gonna coast to the world title this year and honestly? Good for her.

A PAIRS ONE? Fasionista nonny, you spoil us.

"Him skating in a bulletproof vest was probably a good call given where this event is being held."

You can't be out here saying things like this when they are the funniest things in the entire world while also making me want to sob for days. Damn. The Italians costume truly made no sense, that gap between her pants and her skate was all I watch the entire program.

I agree about the Germans and the Canadians, I want good things for them both, Trennt needs to be in a gold tank top, and Annika's body suit needs to be reworked -- that harsh red to black doesn't work, it cuts her line.

A wonderful read! Are you going to watch Women and Men as well?

[gemsofthegalaxy]

I absolutely won't be writing it, but I want a FAWS re-do that ignores the hell out of Endgame Steve and lets Steve be normal and alive, just retired. Maybe he's remodeling the house Tony left for him (or gave him, because maybe he isn't dead but is also retired, either way /shrug) and volunteering in his community. It's still about Sam and Bucky, though.

Bucky is crankily following Sam around, partially because of the whole Cap's Shield debacle. Steve, on the other hand, is like "hey it's chill" and Bucky is like "No It's Not!", at least not after John Walmart Cap is debuted.

And, well, Bucky thinks if he can help out with what Sam is doing, keeping the supersoldier serum out of the wrong** hands, etc. it might help with that red in his ledger. This time, it's his choice to go off fighting and it is something he's good at. he spends time grappling with what it means to make amends and such, and whether he does or doesn't want to retire with Steve, etc. Some of it is about him learning to have an identity outside of "steve's protector" or "HYDRA's weapon" but it doesn't negate the importance of their relationship.

So... probably the biggest difference is that Bucky does spend an obnoxious amount of his downtime on the phone talking to Steve. Sam is like "are you serious? you two are WAY too damn codependent" and Bucky is like "he's my support network, I'm traumatized, Sam, you want me to isolate myself?" and Sam just shakes his head.

so Steve and Bucky are cute and kind of dorky and Sharon still teases Bucky about being boyfriends (and if it was a real marvel property Bucky would be like "Nah its not like that", and if it was my fic Bucky wouldnt say anything and she'd be like "Not even gonna deny it?" and he just winks at her.)

In the end Bucky decides to spend some time doing the retired-volunteer think with Steve but he tells Sam to dial him if he ever needs some support in the field, because he could use his "unique skillset" for good and it'll be nice to take a break from the picket-fence life every once in a while.

and Sam is like "okay. but if you're joining me again you are limited to one hour on the phone with Steve a day. Got it?" and Bucky is like, "yeah yeah yeah"

**i'm not fan of the way the flagsmashers/Karli was villainized. like i do think it could have been worse, "clearly leftist, human-centred ideology that goes 'too far' or is 'too senselessly violent'" is kinda tired rn. But I also don't care to rework that whole thing for the purposes of this post, which is basically just like "What if Steve was just retired"

also, I think Sam's storyline could be relatively the same/similar to the canon even with Bucky's changes. Maybe he could have a discussion or two with Steve, also, about the handing off of the Shield and Steve being like "yeah you're right I didn't think of the complexities you'd face" and coming to a bit of a better understanding

[kazuwhora]

hello lovely!! may I please get a tokrev romantic matchup?❤️‍🩹 (nsfw or sfw- whatever ur feeling like!)

the name’s Anna, she/her, an INFJ-T, Capricorn and raging neurotic lol. I’m a major over thinker and sometimes I’m too cautious too. I value my “me time” but love to go out with friends and drink lots occasionally (balance is key as they say). I’m pretty open to people and tend to have my heart on my sleeve for them, my love language being acts of service and quality-time:-)

I’m 5’4”, hourglass figure but with a lil chub (esp on the tiddies). Dark brown straight hair, dark brown eyes, swarovski nostril stud, a lil gap between my front teeth, freckles - I also do love to wear a bit of a bimbo type clothing as it makes me feel confident!

I’m studying to be a psychologist, sexologist to be specific and that’s my biggest hobby rn, besides dancing and Japanese culture!

Also - sorry for the anon ask. Been stalking your blog for a few weeks now (even at work lol) and it’s been making my days brighter ever since, but I’m still a closeted weeb hehe😚 have a lovely day/night and take care of urself!❤️

hi love! dont worry about the anon ask- I think its v intimidating to come off anon especially when talking about yourself in such detail! ty for sending me a request and supporting my blog ily <3

im going to match you up with Rindou!

one of the first things that made me think of rindou with your description was your comment about being a massive overthinker! rindou is the type of guy to be pretty reserved and introverted. he seems cold on the outside, and keeps a lot of this thoughts to himself. what is typically seen from him is somewhat of an act or display for others, as he spends more of his time observing and analyzing. for rindou, having a partner who is an overthinker is something that is kind of perplexing to him honestly. because he's so straightforward and analytical, he's able to provide that objective perspective and rework your thought pattern before it gets to be too much for you. this comes fairly naturally to him too, so don't start overthinking about whether or not it's a burden or a pain in his ass!

rindou also appreciates the introverted aspects of your personality that aren't so introverted that you push him further into seclusion. he appreciates the balance you maintain, encouraging him to come out for drinks followed by much needed downtime thereafter. rindou sometimes struggles with balance and can find himself leaning on either edge far more often than he finds himself comfortably in the middle. this is something you provide for him, and the returned favour.

lets fucking talk about the way he goes crazy for your style. because hello? rindou loves a smart introspective girl who's personal style COMPLETELY contrasts her personality. he thinks its hot seeing the confidence you gain from your clothes, and will 100% be the one to try and drag you out shopping for more clothes. he's gonna wanna come all the way to the fitting rooms with you though because he wants to drool over you in public and he might try to get a little handsy with you right in front of everyone. speaking of which, because of you he has a big thing for exhibitionism, and an even bigger thing for mirror sex. he loves positioning you right in front of the mirror and making you watch him fuck you. like damn, it drives him wild and he probably wont last long like that so maybe cover up the mirrors if you want anything longer than like 5 minutes? shdfjhx he's just so obsessed with you its kinda cute

[tartagliaxx]

hihi how are you?? i hope you're doing good :D

do you have any tips for starting a blog? i'm kinda new to tumblr so i don't know much about navigating and making a pretty theme and customizing.

it's ok if you don't want to answer! no pressure! <33

hello there! i'm doing very good, thank you for wish me well! uh long post ahead.

ummm well it depends on the type of blog you're running? tbh i don't know a lot either. back when i still wasn't writing, i was just spending a lot of time in the tags i liked and i saw many blogs that inspired me to make a hopefully pretty blog. In terms of navigation, i just use the search bar like yknow... googling but i remember to follow authors and reblog their works so tumblr's algorithm syncs up with my interests. you might encounter profile recommendations on your dash when you're just scrolling through and those are usually related to the content you've been actively intaking. so yeah, just follow and rb the content creators that you like bc not only is it a show of appreciation, it's also a way to personalize your tumblr and fill up your blog.

speaking of blogs, tags have been my best friend since i reworked mine. you can use it to organize your posts and make the search easier in case you have smth you need to find. for instance, i use 'spread by word of tongue' for all the fanfics i recommend so when someone wants to read through them, it'll be easy-peachy! if you're making original content, it's also smth that boosts visibility. tag as much as you want, there's no shame in that (except the 30 tag limit lol). they do have that thing where they say you have to put the five most important tags in the front bc those are the only ones that pop out or smth. i don't really get that either but i just do it anw. interacting w people would also get your name out there so if you drop by askboxes or leave comments... those would help.

finally, themes! honestly, it's all about finding an aesthetic you vibe w and working w it. tumblr has two views (at least, the ones that i consider): the mobile and website view. the website view is more flexible and you could easily adjust the HTML codes. thankfully, a lot of talented users share their codes for free so you could copy and paste them on yours and just adjust colors and whatnot as needed (ofc be careful of what they allow and what they don't and other prerequisites before you use the theme) theme-hunter is a nice place to start if you're looking for some themes. for mobile, it's much simpler? there's not a lot you can do w it so you'll see users like me add pics and dividers and other sorts of stylization. you can hide the avatar/header, change accent colors and stuff. there are also a bunch of creative tumblr users who make matching/themed headers and icons. some of them even take requests for free and that's so pog of them.

those are the things that come up on top of my head like rn,, tbh tho, i feel like you'll figure it out on your own the more that you use it? fr my blog used to be so ugly and now we're here and it's... well, it's tolerable. anw, i hope i helped!

[caspianxth]

hi em! again sorry abt the delay in asks haha hopefully i'll be able to send them consistently up til christmas though!! only a couple days left!! i read comics for a bit a year or two ago but kind of fell off haha. i read a couple batman stories and enjoyed them well enough, i just got a little distracted after a while and dropped it, do you have any recs? also great taylor lyric choices, she really is the greatest so i understand it's hard to pick!! also i've gotten many friends into her by sheer persistence so it can be done!! just keep being annoying!! some more random qs: what's your favorite color? favorite book? -🍒

hello!!! it's ok!!! I hope that things are calmer and that you can truly enjoy the holiday season!! I was way better at reading comic books in high school but I kinda fell off it too. but there's a couple I want to get like dark knights of steel, it's the dc heroes but in medieval times! seems fun! I haven't read it yet so I can't say for sure if it is but nico showed me smth from it and 👀. I also want to start reading the new wonder girl and wonder woman, yara flor and nubia seem fun too. I would say my biggest recommendations would be: batman hush (batman, 2 volumes) and blackest night (green lantern, 1 volume but like, all the justice league heroes of that time are in it). I didn't like brightest day as much (the epilogue to blackest night). also if paul dini wrote smth I am generally interested, he wrote my favorite episode of batman the animated series (heart of ice) with mr. freeze that I think about a lot. he had so much depth for a villain on a 22 minute show and batman beat him with a thermos of soup. I also liked the new 52 runs of the flash, green arrow, and wonder woman, but I only got to volume like 6 or 7 for them. as u can likely tell it's been a while since I got any bc new 52 was like 2011-2016 sjgjsldjgskakfjsxk

favorite color: tie between pastel pink, lavender, and pastel blue. pastel bi flag essentially!!

favorite book: you'll never believe what happened to lacey. I love amber ruffin she's so funny so I was so interested in reading her book and some of the shit that happened to her sister is absolutely *disgusting* and fucked up but she and her sister really are so funny in recounting it.

tbh I don't read a ton anymore because I like to write (mostly fanfics) in my free time (I probably have a modest 15 different works in progress, most all are titans fics, a couple works are original stories tho) so I mostly reread what I write bc I'm continually editing and reworking things. my longest work rn is a titans fic that has 24,341 words in the 'main' story then there's one part that I'm reworking that only has 2290 words bc it's being redone and has to get put back into the main story, then I have a big work of 'this will go somewhere in the main story idk where yet but I had this idea' doc that has 13,923 words so total my biggest work has 40,554 words as of today! I don't post my writings anywhere at least rn I don't, I mostly just do them for my own entertainment. mayhaps when I know who u are I can send u a part on discord if u wanted to read it (don't feel obligated btw, like only two people have laid eyes on a single part of a fic I've written, I really just do them for me. also dw there's nothing nsfw in anything I write bc I am not good at writing that stuff so I don't). I struggle with like, descriptions of shit so I want to work on that, a lot of my works are dialogue based esp with fanfic so that's a goal with my writing. I don't wanna drone on for pages like f. scott fitzgerald but a little more description would help things prolly. I say as I drone on for this ask lmaooo