#and then what?

[pianokantzart]

What do you think the status of "nothing can hurt us as long as we're together" is for the bros? What I mean is- I see a lot of pre-canon fics use that line, and I love it, but based on the way Luigi's face slowly lit up when Mario said it to him as they were flying through the warp pipe, I think that might have been the first time either of them ever said it, and then it stuck after that as they pulled it out in different high-stakes situations lol

I'm with you. I think that moment in the warp pipe was the first time it was said.

That was, no doubt, the first time they were ever in a situation that bizarre and unpredictable. Nothing but a reassurance that sincere and heartfelt was going to help Luigi calm down.

Then there's Luigi's reaction, that look of utter surprise that slowly turns into a heartened smile.

That's not the face of someone whose heard that same sentiment a hundred times before.

[trillscienceofficer]

realizing that 100% of the times B'Elanna showed overt interest in having sex with men were moments when she was under the influence of some kind of alien bullshit or another is yet more "Voyager what the fuck" fuel... I'm a lesbian B'Elanna Torres truther now but I feel bad about it because it makes her arc in the show so much worse to look at. Seven years of desperate gambles and alien meddling by the end of which you're married to the guy you kind of liked once and you have a newborn daughter with him...

[service4cops]

Officer: “Keep talking, but you’re still going down.”

Yeah, turns out I was, on him, all the way down to the base as it happens, before he released his nut liquor down my throat. 

(totally worth it)

[narukyuu]

Some question don't have clear answers, but you can't stop seeking them.

[taintedcigs]

i am his controversially young gf (real)

[fersrsbizniz]

“But I am captain…” yes you are sir, yes you are ;-;

[yellowpamonha]

If tumblr really goes down, which seems inevitable at this point, it would be so funny in the awful sense of the word. Years and years and years of fandom material, of friendship and gifs and fics and meta theories and then… nothing. and the sensible alternative would be going to twitter, except twitter doesn’t really exist anymore. and none of the other big media is suitable, like, Instagram and TikTok don’t even have proper working sites. and the talks about shutting down the archive site!!

it will probably be slow and things will stop working before the entire site stops working, but I’ll be so sad the day I try to log in and all there is is an error message. like yeah that will be my roman empire.

[wobster109]

Here's me, running around Dewlight Pavilion and Clock Studios Theme Park, of course as Dr. Ratio, idly retracing our steps leading to Aventurine's grand stage while feeling a bit lost.

Dr. Ratio himself would never. He'd probably berate me for wasting time and not solving my problems 😅🥺😭 If I were a gambling fellow (😭 too soon), and I were betting on one thing (all or nothing? AUGH 😭), it would be that Dr. Ratio is out there right now researching something. Either how to retrieve someone from the other side, or how to get himself sent there, or the answers to the Watchmaker's legacy and all the hinted mysteries (so that the journey is no longer needed).

I have a feeling, though, that Nihility's path is closed to him. He's too filled-with-purpose. It shines out of everything he does, so bright one can hardly bear to look at him. (Maybe that's why he wears the head? Like Zeus in disguise - to save mortals from blinding themselves by gazing upon him? I'm rambling.) He's all, even a life marked by failure is a life worth living, and then he runs about saving planets and curing diseases, and even saving random researchers on a space station whose own master couldn't be bothered to care for them. There isn't a shred of Nihility in him.

So he won't be able to corner Acheron and ask her to send him there. He'll have to walk some other path. I just want to see what.

[baejax-the-great]

Fic Wrap Up Meme 2022

Tagged by @swaps55. Man, I debated doing one of these, but it's nice to look back on the year. I pivoted majorly fandomwise and feel a little bad for leaving friends behind, but Mass Effect is one I know I'll always come back to.

Words Published: 282,655

Fandoms: Dragon Age, Hades Game, Mass Effect, The Song of Achilles, and The Iliad

3 Fanfics with the most kudos in 2022:

even if it's a lie

Void

Relinquish

(All ThanZag, hah. The only fic that breaks these 3 for other stats is Sunset in Your Veins, which has 3rd most comment threads.)

Favorite opening line from a fic in 2022:

He is eighteen, freshly home from his first and last Olympics, and he steps out of the taxi to find the front lawn of his house littered with black garbage bags, little cards affixed to them on which Patroclus’s name is neatly printed. x.

Favorite ending line from a fic in 2022:

If Zagreus is willing to die to steal a few minutes of Thanatos’s attention, Thanatos is willing to put his duty to the side for a few moments more to watch for the sunrise. x.

Fic I'm most proud of from 2022:

Void. It was one of those fics where I felt like I was possessed while writing. I wrote fast and compulsively, hah, and I really liked how it turned out. (But I think if I do a good job with the ending of All That Glitters, it might be the fic I'm most proud of in 2023. I really love some of the sections in that fic and it's been really fun and challenging to tackle so much time in just small snippets.)

Longest fic in 2022:

even if it's a lie clocks in as the winner at just under 85k words. Most of my longfics are 50k or below, but I think modern AUs get me a little wordier (I thought Gold would be 10-15k and ATG would be shorter than Gold, and I was very wrong on both counts).

New Things I Tried in 2023:

For some reason, I started writing in the present tense this year, and now I can't stop. I broke my previous record for number of POVs in a fic with around 15 in Void. And I think ATG is my most ambitious in terms of how much time is covered-- it spans over 20 years, and it's been a fun challenge to show them changing, growing, and fucking up over two decades.

Goals for 2023:

I have a couple fics that got put on the backburner for most of 2022 for a number of reasons, and I'd like to sit down and finish them. Now that my love of Thanzag has settled into something less all-consuming, I think I can actually turn my attention to other beloved ships (thinking particularly of Overboard and the dozen Shakarian WIPs I have).

Tagging: @johaerys-writes @juliafied @gloriesunsung @nicolasadrabbles @annalyia @thehawkewithgoldeneyes

[woohooincoffin]

Thinking about how I can never play Elden Ring because it’s so hard….. game developers keep me in mind. A girl who wants to play games on the easiest setting possible

[sebsrainbowbicycle]

🍷🥅= (🇨🇭-💰) + 👦🏽🔥

riddle me this 🤭

😹😹😹 would you like to share with the class Akira?

[scarterofficial]

and when simon tries to move on by kissing someone else, not knowing that wille is watching then what? AND THEN WHAT?

[supemaeve]

Wait... But when Elena said that... How DID the know?

[beastofwant]

I have no idea how I am going to survive lol

[elinillustrates]

This is another redraw from the Link to the Past comic

[separatist-apologist]

Honestly at that point I'm genuinely afraid to read acotar #6 book because I think SJM could never write Lucien as good as you and I will be disappointed

The good news is at that this rate, I'll be writing Lucien well into the next half decade before we ever get to see him :(