#anon you are my new favorite person on this planet

[thatdeadaquarius]

Hi Aquarius!

I had an idea I wanted to share with you: SAGU creator reader who likes to make little bits and bobs for their acolytes. For example, Childe vaguely mentions that his gloves are starting to wear out? The creator crochets or knits him a new pair-Can’t have his fingers getting chilled in the Snezneyan snow now can we?

(I just wanna give my skrunklis lil gifts and make them happy is all :3)

(Also, could I possibly be 💌anon?)

WHOFOHNJDFjhkbfsgddf Genuine keyboard slam i just kinda slammed my hands down in excitement ahem-

That would be a lovely idea anon, yes very much so indeed,

so im like hella into giving ppl useful but still aesthetic/pretty gifts, like i dont want the things i give ppl to be things that get donated/thrown away (when i genuinely care abt a person)

Also IF I DIDNT RUN U OFF FOR BEING SO LATE YES HELLO U CAN DEFINITELY BE 💌 ANON THATS SO CUTE I LOVE THAT EMOJI-

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Sun: Gender Neutral Reader (they/them only)

Planet: General SAGAU / Isekai Stuff, Platonic Cutenss

Orbit: Headcanons-ish, a couple sentences for each

Stars: Everybody from elements Pyro, Electro and Anemo! Plus Aether/Lumine/Dainsleif!

Please understand that some characters are more “foreground” characters and have more screen time so I may have written some more for them because I knew them better!

Comets & Meteors: Content Warnings: weapons for gifts?? 16+ Older Teen + Up Audiences Advised, light cussing

& Trigger Warnings: None Known.

SO U KNOW WHAT THAT MEANSSSS

THIS IS MY JAMMMMM, MY PB&J BITCHEESSSS GET REKTT

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AHAHAHAHA- YOU’RE ALL GETTIN SPAMMED WITH JUST GIFT IDEAS I HAVE FOR WHAT TO GIVE THEM- YOU DO NOT HAVE CHOICE. YOU WILL BE GIVING GIFTS TO THE TEYVATIANS, THEY DESERVE GOOD THINGS. SUCK IT.

EDIT 9/19/23: WTF HELLO??!!! 1000+ NOTES??!?! THANK YOU SO MUCH?!!!!!! <3

PART 1 (you're here!) / PART 2

ELEMENTS HERE: Babygirls, Pyro, Electro, Anemo

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Babygirls:

Aether = The most beautiful, amazing, sleek, and functional pretty hairpin that is also a knife! So he can have that badass moment of unsheathing it from his hair and having a surprise weapon and showing off his long hair, acted all shy when you gave it to him, he doesn’t get gifts often, all the birthday letters were for you afterall, i feel like you deffo have walked in on him miming taking it out all badass for practice lol

Lumine = bless her, you handed her this gift and she just looked up at you and u swear didnt blink or look away for a full minute. Then she nearly crushed you to death squeezing you, god she’s muscular, as you made a sort of self-care kit, including her favorite scents you added to like blank soaps/face masks, and towels you initialed with “Lumi”, she deserves a break afterall (and she thinks you deserve it too, and subtly tries to get you to join like *“*oh this is so sweet, something for us to do together”)

Dainsleif = sad little man deserves happy little things, you make him a weighted blanket, in these blankets it’s usually like sand or something that is put into little like quilt squares so it evenly distributes weight, but you used that water from the fountain that soothes Khaenri’ah people’s curse instead. He literally went speechless when you gave it to him. He has not had a single night of insomnia since. He would literally do anything for you, and literally stole you off to the side after a few nights of good sleep to tell you this lmao

Pyro Allogenes:

Diluc = Another bitch who just needs a break, you steal him off one evening and tell him you need a hilichurl camp wiped out, and there’s a cryo mage so you need him, bc thats the only way this workaholic is actually gonna drop everything and actually take care of himself, you have to deceive him, and then surprise him by showing him a hot spring you found. Teyvat has a lot more things to it now that it’s in real life, and that includes natural hot springs apparantly, and you’ve already prepped the place too, with his favorite non-alcoholic drinks, some indulgent foods like chocolate and fruits, and a soft robe. Man’s went wide eyed and nearly fell in LMAO, and then, looking away all pink, said he couldn’t accept this… unless you joined him.

Amber = a pair of comfy shoes, with baron bunny decorated all over them, like you sewed patches over them to personalize it, and the insoles are GODLY good, so she can run to Sumeru at this rate and her feet will feel like she went for a light jog! Some Mondstadt citizens, and knights tbh, are honestly a little afraid of Amber now bc her feet aching was sometimes the only thing stopping her from going 100% all the time lol

Bennett = a lucky charm, yes, yes, I know, basic, but it’s different coming from you! You’ve given him a bandana to wear as a neckerchief around his throat (it’s unprotected and he’s that unlucky?!) and it fits great, you’ve made it from Liyue materials, and imbued it with geo energy, so it actually makes a small shield/barrier around his head lmao, he’s practically thanking you every week and telling you how it helped him that week 💀

Klee = a treasure hunt map you made! every little stop/treasure gives her some candy or a snack, plus the next instructions, and she insists you go with her, and drags you along lol, and you planted them within range of the Mondstadt so she’s not too far off, and the final treasure (bc u planned it so she was supposed to start at a certain time/get to the end in a few hours) she finds at late sunset, and it’s a type of challenge that u were able to make, (bc apparently being the “highest god” means u get dev access, like the teapot functions but more OP). It makes a rainbow of glowing fish appear as targets to better Klee’s bomb throwing skills, and to entertain her, she gives the most dramatic gasp ever, and is just vibrating telling you “The fishes! They’re so pretty! ‘Bedo said that you give the greatest gifts, and he was so, so, so SO right!! Thank you very much!!!” :D in her cute little voice and then proceeds to speedrun you a hug and then starts throwing bombs lmao

Xiangling = HOO BOY- she has nearly every cooking utensil known to man, thanks to her being a young famous chef, and bc her family’s restaurant makes good money bc of it, so it was hard to think of something for her, but you eventually made her a handwritten and sewn together recipe book (look up “how to make zine”, its very easy actually, theres one with sewing the paper and a smaller one with just folding). It’s full of all of your favorites from Earth and what you think could substitute here, and how it should taste. Xiangling literally took your hands and spun you bc she hates luxury stuff, and really loves and appreciates homemade gifts, it’s the first anyone’s heard of your homeworld’s food so it makes her feel special <3 (she will be constantly harassing you with a spoonful of food to try and see if it’s close)

Hu Tao = You remembered one of Shakespeare’s plays and wrote a rough screenplay for Yunjin to adapt, then took Hu Tao with you to see it! She loves poetry and singing, so she loves to see Yunjin play usually, but she hadn’t had the time lately bc of funeral spirit work, (u also brought Zhongli so she could have fun embarrassing him lol), and she literally made a whole bit/joke about getting down on one knee to marry you, which was promptly interrupted by said embarrassed adepti, people even clapped lmao

Xinyan = You made her an aweinspiring outfit to wear onstage, modeled after classic rockstars from your world, she nearly teared up at the sight of it, and then nearly took ur ear out bc she was getting so loud and excited, u try to convince her otherwise, but Xinyan refuses to wear it outside of big occasions like Lantern Rite or performances with Yunjin (looks like this, I tried very hard ok, check it: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/76631631152377154/)

Yanfei = Once again, a written book, or at least 20 rap songs for her to look through. This sounds weird, but she eventually hopes to see a future where people are just better at obeying laws and considers then she’d be out of a job. So, after seeing some of Xinyan’s performances, she decided her back up career would be a rapper. She will literally stop you every time she sees you and lowkey force you to hear her latest rap she’s made, partially inspired from the Earth ones you gave her a lot of the time! She literally talked your ear off for hours, and didnt realize that she linked arms with you at one point and made you both walk at least 3 miles around the port lol, very embarrassed but grateful for the gift, another person who really adores homemade stuff

Thoma = you sewed him a cute plushie of Taromaru, along with a little plushie tea cup set. He literally covered his mouth in shock, and turned away, were those tears?? Very carefully took his gift and nearly bent in half bowing and thanking you for the gift, and was cutely touchy all day, linking arms, guiding you by gently nudging your back in crowds, etc. You once woke him up out a day nap on accident trying to find him, and he walked out half-asleep clutching the plushie Taromaru and nearly jumped a foot in the air at the sight of you lol, all like “HIGH EMPEROR?! OH MY- Oh my gods- Uh- sorry, so sorry about that!” and then proceeds to immediately hide Taro behind his back all red in the face lmao, refuses to acknowledge it, will get even redder if you keep pressing him about it lol

Yoimiya = so Yoimiya canonically really loves to go out into nature and explore, and go for that sunset hike type of person! so you, once again assume all these thru tutorial or teyvat craftsmen help, made her a hammock! She’s apparently really bad about falling asleep outside, and since hammocks can be really lightweight and good for temperate weather (ive tried it, sleepin in a hammock for camping its kinda nice, as long as you dont fall out/toss and turn a lot in ur sleep), and you even added some extra ropes on the sides so she can tie it down and not upend herself while she’s sleeping (keeps the hammock from tilting). She literally squealed and dragged u all over Inazuma trying it out with you, and because she chats with her neighbors/community a lot, EVERYONE KNOWS YOU GOT HER A HAMMOCK, YOU PAINTED IT AND EVERYTHING, DID YOU KNOW YOIMIYA IS ONE OF THE ALLOGENES THAT GOT BLESS WITH A PERSONAL GIFT FROM THE ALL-GOD??!! - everyone in Inazuma near her house, including yoimiya

Dehya = so Dehya likes to upkeep personal hygiene as much as she can between her mercenary job roughness and the general battery of the desert. She also is known to stop by the market place to pick up makeup and other personal hygiene products! So you figured if she’s collected so many of those over time, she might just have a practical bag to carry them in, and you offer her a multi-pocket cloth bag (like for taking makeup when you travel bags) and also attach a mirror inside! She literally covered her face with her hands and Dunyazard lightly teased her for weeekkssss lmao, and the other guys in her mercenary group like “wowww, someone managed to tame the Flame Mane?” which just makes her more shy bc the God of ALL decided to HANDMAKE her a gift, and not just a frilly thing, an ACTUAL USEFUL PRETTY GIFT- she accidentally set her claymore alight when you finished explaining what it was and handed to her (it’s fireproof too)

Electro Allogenes:

Lisa = a decorated tea set! Specifically, you painted it her favorite color, with some of her favorite book quotes across the saucers and her favorite flowers across the teapot. She gave you the prettiest smile, and just “Oh cutie! For little old me? You’re a bit above a librarian like me, but I’ll still accept this with all the grace of a lady courted, haha!” insists on “trying them out” with you all the time, especially when you get too busy from the other allogenes <3

Fischl (they/them Fischl supremacy) = You made a book cover (like how some books will have the paper sleeve and the actual hardcover is just colored? like that) of Prinzessin der Verteilung, but looking a lot more like them rather then the old protagonist! They collectively lost their mind over it for literal weeks, and did the same for you for your most relatable protagonist! :D They insist you two start a fantasy book club now- NO they don’t care if you’re the All Fürst! That makes you all the more qualified for joining the elite literature society they’re starting!

Razor = a bunch of hair ties! You’ve made scrunchies, bows, clips, etc. for him to try and decorate his hair with, all of things he likes, like little wolf puppies, or Andrius’ but cuteified, little symbols of all his friends like little bomb design hairclips for Klee, a red four leaf clover for Benny, a purple rose for Lisa, a golden star for the traveler, and an eight pointed star, like the four-pointed one but with some flare in between its points. A prominent symbol apparently associated with you u found out :0, Razor is giving Barbara and Klee a run for their money bc of how cute he looks walking into town for Lisa’s lessons with all this cute little clips and hair ties and braids in his hair now <3

Keqing = you know. you know EXACTLY what to give her. Plushies of cute animals or creatures in or around Liyue, like the little snow foxes from Dragonspire, a tiny oceanid, the small geovishaps, etc. Keqing doesn’t care if you’re a god, remember! So you better swear to never tell a soul you made her these!! …she sleeps with them too.

Raiden Shogun (puppet) = what to give a cold hard b*tch? …a break. you talk to Ei and make her give the puppet some off days, and you also may or may not have bullied Ei for being a hermit, so she can explore and learn more about herself, instead of being forced into the image, literally, of her god. She tries to write you months in advance for making plans on her days off so you can join her!

Ei (god) = an open window bc she’s a hermit, i mean of course you bring her out on “updates” (she weirdly choked a little over tea when you presented this idea to her, “Ahem- cough- a date? Oh, as in getting more familiar with the world, yes of course,” you basically pull out a map and take her to other countries so she can see how the other gods are doing these days and finally do something new, she is overwhelmed but in a good way? And she's especially willing to do it if you keep calling them that, these “up-dates”

Yae Miko = you were honestly kind of intimidated by giving Yae Miko a handmade gift, it just seemed like she would like something of high quality, which your gifts weren’t always guaranteed to be. So instead, you didn’t. You made a cool little picnic, and in remembering her love of stories from her lore as a kid, you brought some of your world’s stories to show her, the classics, then any favorites of yours, and some you thought she might like, and read them all to her about once a week. You both talk about and discuss the book and let Yae nitpick it and try to give her more context for books like Shakespeare in hope to answer all her detailed questions about the stories. Yae was so fucking smug (and secretly so in love) that she wrote a story for Yae Publishing House about it… “Joining a Book Club with the Akitsu Mikami, a Romance Novel” 💀

Sara = damn another busy woman, you steal her away with the promise of “needing a body guard” and she immediately answers and drops everything (u made sure to choose a slow day, dw ur not a rude god) andddd you’ve got her! Sara literally just stood there in shock when you showed up at your meeting place with homecooked food, specifically new recipes from your world, and some recipes from Xiangling! She would not stop stuttering out thanks yous the entire time, and fumbled with her chopsticks constantly, and she ate a lot, and even shyly asked if she could take some of it with her for later, now anytime you mention food around her she unintentionally starts looking at you with puppy dog eyes, (baby crow eyes??) even if the rest of her posture is perfect/gives nothing away lol

Beidou = A hand woven wine cask holder! a bit more solid so you can paint some designs on it, and you painted the whole crew, with Kazuha in the crow’s nest and Beidou is the biggest figure on it (stylized, u arent trying to paint a renaissance artwork here) and you even put her name on it “Captain Beidou” :) You were rewarded with a tall muscular woman squeezing you with her muscular arms, Beidou only puts her best wine/sake bottle in it, and only uses it for special occasions! she may or may not have had to make sure and hide it in her Captain’s quarters so other pirates won’t steal it, since everybody on the seas heard about the All Mighty giving her a personalized gift, but dont worry! She’s a pirate captain, she’s used to defending her most prized treasures from others <3

Shinobu = a spa day for another overworking woman, you made her another mask and hair tie! They still match her of course, but they also subtly have that eight point star symbol you’ve had associated with yourself before (like the four point but with a little flare), and she literally went so red, she hid behind Itto for a second. who helped morally support her enough to try it on, and it’s definitely her most comfortable mask!

Cyno = you were a little… embarrassed to make this one, but Cyno mentioned wanting it so… You made a TCG card of yourself. With the world in your hands as you hover in the middle of a solar system, you paint yourself giving a small smile down at Teyvat’s world cupped in your hands. One of the symbols they associate with you, the eight pointed star, not equal points, but rather a four pointed star with embellishments, said symbol glows and dangles from a necklace you wear, above it all. You swear he stared at it for a solid minute without blinking, and when you initially offered it, Cyno held it like it was spun glass. He gently laid it on a table nearby, his eyes never leaving it as he got out his deck, and put the card of you, on the very top. The mahamatra then gently set it down, and then gently hugged you and picked you up off your feet a bit (when you said maybe you were too heavy for this, he just raised an eyebrow, and that’s when you remembered that trailer of him throwing a body-builder man, one-armed, over his shoulder. He easily lifted you and set you back down. 💀)

Dori = A herb garden. Strange, but Dori’s sister has a lot of medical issues, and the herbs can be hard to come by, even for Dori, you didn’t tell her that you read some parts of her life, but when she saw the planter box, she knew. You had ventured far and wide, all over Teyvat, and the stuff you had came with you! so you put one of every herb you had or went out and got some because you’ve been exploring Teyvat anyway. And for once… you made sure no one was around, Dori teared up. She carefully set the box full of lively plants aside, and you were in the middle of explaining how to take care of them when she just, wrapped her smaller frame around your lower legs. You squatted down to hug her back :’)

Anemo Allogenes:

Venti = another book you made (look up “how to make a zine” on youtube it’s actually kinda easy) that you filled with all the lyrics to all your favorite songs, and some classics! The bard was ecstatic because he technically had vague knowledge or recognition of most of Teyvat’s songs, but songs from another world didn’t count, hehe! …he may or may not have lightly guilt-tripped you into trying to sing or hum some of the tunes or melodies of the songs, “I need to hear the melody so I may play it for you for eternity, your highness!” That’s his gift back, is that now you can get a Venti medieval sounding cover version of any song you like lmao

Sucrose = you’ve made another book (bought in Teyvat or made, check out “how to make a zine” on youtube it’s easy so I think you could feasibly handmake it!) and filled it with as much information as you can on how things like electricity works, luckily you can still retrieve information from Earth thanks to Albedo managing to somehow get you a signal?? You don’t wanna know, but point is, she’s literally spiraling. It’s been days, Albedo had to be the one to drag her out of the lab and eat, while you are starting to doubt if your gift did more harm then help… as soon as you voice these thoughts to Sucrose she nearly shook your head off from shaking your shoulders so hard while she ranted about phones, telephone poles, paved roads and she actually offered books back in exchange, for leveling allogenes up, as long as you told her more about “Those ships that go underwater again?? Please, Your Highness???” cute puppy dog eyes but worse bc she’s got cute glasses on too, oh no-

Jean = another workaholic woman who just needs a break, god why are there so many of them?? Your first thought was a spa day, but you like to think you can do better than that. In fact, she’s had a pretty heavy load since she was a kid trying to uphold the Gunnhildr clan’s name/knighthood, so you decide that instead of spa day, you should have a fun day! So you decide to take her out some days for some fun around Mondstadt (and recruit Venti to help do things like boost the winds for extra fun), like shield surfing! (look up Breath of the Wild shield surfing video if you dont know what i mean), it's something a lot of young knights do, and it’s perfect for Mondstadt’s hilly landscape! Other things like flying kites, or even rerouting all her work for part of the Windblume festival so she could enjoy it more! THEN you kidnap her all over again, and Barbara, to go to Fontaine! What better way for her to have genuine fun than getting a break to see and have fun with her younger sister and go see a colorful circus/fair? Jean was literally just a constant stream of “thank you your majesty! my gracious god, thank you- this is too much-, All-Fürst I am forever indebted to you for this!” and ur just like :/ Jean that’s the whole point of a gift is that you aren’t indebted to somebody-

Xiao = a friendship bracelet :) since he likes jewelry, and he likes you, it's perfect! and u made it match his necklace. you’ve also put that same water from the fountain that soothes the Khaenri’ah’s curse, and put it in there, and it actually lessens his karma, so for the first time in about 2 centuries, Xiao the Yaksha, can actually sleep through the night. You weren’t looking, but when you turned away to show him your sketches or plans for how to craft it, he sort of, reached out. You felt his hand warm on your wrist before it retreated, you could already feel the callouses, as the small weight of a bracelet was wrapped around your hand, his return gift, so u guys could match 👉👈 Xiao breathes out what sounds like all those years of pain in one shaky, relieved, “…thank you” (he did all that while you were turned around in your bag too, he was too shy to look at you when he put it on lmao)

Kazuha = “So this is what you’ve been up to lately, hm?” Kazuha’s been kind and laidback enough that he’s one of the allogenes who quickly dropped the formal titles luckily. He’s been seeing you sneak around and present your gifts to the others… and he came prepared in case you came to give him something too! Before you can even get out, “Hey, Kazuha, do you have a minute? I’ve got something for y-” boom. He’s beat you to it, he’s saying the same damn thing, and pulling out his gift for you. It’s a lovely Inazuman outfit, decked out in your favorite color, it’s like if you were an Inazuman character yourself- You just accept it half in shock, while Kazuha gives this small smile, but u can see the smug little look in his eyes, that little shit he really prepared a countermove- HE EVEN WROTE YOU REALLY SWEET POETRY AND EMBROIDERED IT INTO SOME OF THE INSIDE HEM LINES LIKE THE COLLAR -//////- ← you rn as Kazu’s all fucking smug, you end up just being like “take ur crummy gift u little shit” and nearly throw it at him lol, sweet asshole that he is, catches it anyway, and you’ve made him new hair ties, some minimal clips that look like maple leaves (like felt fabric stuck onto the clip bit) and the new hairtie is more like a scrunchie with a pretty red knot on top, your own symbol of an eight-pointed star, like an extra four-pointed star not the star of david lmao, sits in the center of the traditional japanese knot. He wears it nearly all the time, and mentions making you one to match (>:/ sweet considerate little shit he is)

Sayu = you’ve made her a quilt! stitched together from all sorts of cute fabrics, so it still matches her color scheme, she wraps up in it now before going into that balled up tanuki form lol, she insists you break it in with her and take a nap with her constantly lmao, and you give in even if you dont always sleep because of her tiny half-asleep smile (sayu knows the grip she has on you lol💔)

Heizou = a mystery novel a friendship necklace! you knew him and his friend had once had something similar, (they were more like matching river rocks or pebbles not jewelry you think) so you desperately hoped it wouldn’t be too offensive. The little shit who saw it coming #2, whereas Kazuha suspected you might offer him something, he didn’t have quite the same intution that Heizou did, so the detective knew you were going to give him something >:/ little snitch- he was so smug and teasing about it right up until he actually saw the necklace, it draped lower so it didnt look weird with his choker, and it was a pretty crystal you’d gotten from a riverbed (you didnt tell Heizou bc of the similarity w/his old friend, but he knew anyway) and he immediately looked the most serious you’ve ever seen him. His grin was less of a smirk and more of a smile when he processed what you gave him, and he wears it all the time :) Calls it his "God blessed good luck charm"

Scara/Wanderer = It was very hard, and you had to learn how from a blacksmith, but you finally got it! You made a small addon that latches onto the outside frame of his Vision, so instead of the sort of teardrop shape it has, you’ve made a heart shape. Since he sees the vision as his heart, you thought it’d be cute to actually see it that way! He was all like “I don’t wear jewelry, I already have some metal holding my Vision, are you trying to embarrass me?” You: “okay, well you don’t have to keep it, I’ll take it back-” Scara: “No? Shut up it’s mine now.” He went pink the first time he put it on, and he only wears it when it’s just you two, or you both and Nahida (bless her, she only lightly teased him, just enough to have him yell a little, not enough to discourage him)

Faruzan = a compass that points towards ruins/magical places, so she can explore all the ruins the desert has to give, and also, more importantly, guides her out, you deffo relied on a blacksmith for this one, and got Nahida to help you add the magic to it. She just got this, soft and bittersweet? look on her face, and redirected the nostalgic look towards you, bowed gently and thanked you, … you offered her a hug. Faruzan accepted, and you could feel the way she exhaled, relieved.

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(Throws this garbage at you really late and runs away to my bed)

Hope u liked literally any of that! ;-;

Also im not done as you can see! Im doing all the elements bc i love these skrunklies-

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Safe Travels Anon,

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♡my beloved♡

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tbh it's not just insinuation of you doing some class discrimination that is gross, other things listed by them as accusations towards you are at least equaly as disgusting, if not more. "ableism, classism, racism" i'm sorry, i didn't know swift is disabled, poor or non-white, oh wait, she is neither of these. yes, grammar policing can be used to discriminate, but when it's used to punch down people, who actually belong to these categories.

also there are literal college courses focused solely on swift's writing, but you as someone with english lit degree can't do some grammar analysis on your private blog? is other anon as offended about these courses and sending them emails about how discriminatory it is to pick apart someone's writing? of course not, because the only people, who would spend money an that type of a course are rich ts fandom cultists, who wouldn't say anything, that might be actually critical about swift. also anon doesn't actually care about picking apart someone's writing, they only care about swift's writing being put under some criticism, because otherwise they would be sending offended emails to every school or critic for the crime of literary analysis.

it's almost as if swift trained these people with her never ending victimhood and copying, to look in her name for any struggle to steal whenever she is being criticized. not an ounce of critical thinking or just common sense to look at it for a second and realize that these don't apply to swift. "so yeah not a good look" yeah, but not on crumblinggothicarchitecture

Sorry, this took a minute for me to get to <3. I appreciate this perspective. I didn't even mention that in the ask, but it's so weird to accuse someone of being racist, ableist, classicist just because I analyzed Taylor Swift’s poor grammar. Swift is the one who calls herself a writer and claims she one of the best writers on the planet right now. So, it stands to reason that I would use my English Degree to analyze her grammar if, for any reason, I felt she actually wasn't a good writer.

If I say that someone isn't a good writer. I'm not going to just state that and leave it there. Obviously, it's on me to effectively argue my point. I do, however, have ways to argue my point. So, naturally, I will get into some linguistic or literary criticism of Swift.

I'm not sure that Grammar-Anon really understands what I am trying to do here. Besides, I think you're right about them not knowing that linguistics is an actual academic discipline. Are the people who dedicate their whole lives to studying and teaching grammar also being racist, ableist, and classicist? LOL.

The English language is such a beautiful medium for expression. It's one of my favorite languages, among many, to read poetry in because it has such an amazing breadth of vocabulary words with which to express emotion. In most linguistic study, it is the mechanism of language itself that scholars pull into study. Fascinating stuff- and people study it all. There are scholars whose life's work revolves around understanding AAVE dialects, or understanding Louisiana Cajun dialects, or understanding mid-Atlantic dialects, or Jewish-New York regionalisms. This is just a short list of regionalist dialects I've personally read about in the last few months- however, the list is expansive and covers much more than just the American continent. For instance, there is a whole subset of academic study centered on the post-colonialist use of English Language in India. Scholarship in this field often takes into account feminist theory, Marxist theory, or Post Colonialist theory. (Again, I just listed my favorites, but there are many more theoretical lenses through which people study the impact of grammatical praxis).

This is something people make into their whole life's work- it's not somehow offensive to participate in low-stakes grammatical analysis of Taylor Swift.

You're right, some people just can't handle the idea of putting her work under the microscope because it would impact their narrow-world view if someone said actually Swift is a bad, unoriginal writer. Imagine the meltdown if twitter Swifties found me :O

I've been giving Swift a pass for years, mostly because I would dismiss her music as simple pop-music. It's meant to be fun. I would listen to it, because it was an easy break from the dense, challenging stuff I would read for classes. However, now I'm going to tear apart Swifts work. It's the principle of the matter now because she seems to think she's the greatest American poet to ever live. I am both bored, as summer approaches and I have nothing else to work on, and frustrated that she's pretending to be a poet.

She's not a tortured genius. She's a trust fund baby who got as far as she did on mediocrity because of her parents' money. We "wouldn't last an hour in the asylum" where they raised her- Ha. She wouldn't last a second working a part-time job after school to pay rent. I get upset when people accuse me of some type of classist's attitude purely because I use my education when they know nothing about my story. I got a lucky break.

Education is my road out of abject poverty. Nothing else was going to save me. I did it all on my own, with the help of a bunch of scholarships, lucky breaks, and really wonderful teachers. Now, in my real life, I am the teacher now. I want to root for people. I critique for the sake of wanting people to improve their skills.

Taylor Swift's arrogant attitude and unwillingness to face criticism just gets under my skin. So, what do I do? I'm not fond of ad hominem attacks. Instead, I will make some good arguments about her bad writing and have some fun in the process. :)

So yeah- I guess it's not a good look.

[pomplalamoose]

give me more Luke headcanons I am begging you, could be anything but give moooore (pretty please 🥺)

Of course, anon!!! Here are more Luke headcanons just for you, I hope you like them🩵

(if you scroll far enough you'll find something slightly nsfw at the end)

• for some reason I'm convinced that Luke can't dance 

• or at least not in a way that is considered presentable to the public 

• (the dorky way in which he moves to music in private is unlike anything you've ever seen. It's adorable)

• while he has a good sense of rhythm and great control over his body, he turns surprisingly clumsy as soon as he's told to do, for example, a waltz

• suddenly his graceful demeanor and the elegant way in which he carries himself simply vanishes into thin air 

• the only thing left will be gangly limbs everywhere, sheepish smiles and murmured apologies 

• take care of your feet because he will step on them 

• I wouldn't be surprised if he'd somehow manage to trip over his own or slip on the train of his partner's dress/cloak/flowy garment

• could he possibly learn how to dance? Absolutely, he's a well trained fighter 

• does he want to? No.

• (he might make an exception if Leia forces him to)

• is there an equivalent to the Roman Empire in the galaxy far, far away?

• is it the old Jedi order?

• (it could be but everyone feel free to make up alternatives)

• either way Luke is a nerd because I say so and thus thinks about the Roman Empire's equivalent a lot 

• he'll be able to give you a weirdly specific answer about how often he does so too

• he'll smile at you then and you can't help but wonder whether he's messing with you or telling the truth 

• if you share a room or a bed with him, no matter if it's in a platonic or romantic way, he's definitely one to come up with the strangest of questions 

• especially when you are already halfway gone and THIS close to sleep

• he'd ask if you'd still date him if he was a worm 

• yes, he'd still date you if you were a worm 

• OF COURSE he would 

• he'd built a little worm house just for you 

• what do you mean you want him to shut up and finally go to sleep?

• the memory of experiencing his first rain fall is very dear to him 

• since he grew up on a planet without water, everything about it fascinates him a great deal 

• he's always delighted when there is a stream or a puddle nearby 

• he likes to observe big rivers and the sea and often meditates at the shore of whatever lake he might find

• because of this I like to think he'd be really into fish 

• or water creatures in general 

• he'd totally keep some of them in his rooms

• (only in a way appropriate to their species of course!)

• as a fish/crab/shell/??? you won't ever find a better place to live than in Luke Skywalker's aquarium

• he'd take such good care of them 

additonal posts for this topic here and here

• in one of my other posts I said that Luke likes to go shopping with you

• but not only because he enjoys spending time with the people he loves 

• secretly (or maybe not so secretly) that man is just as invested in getting you new clothes, if not more so, than you are 

• (everyone who knew his mother isn't surprised; they have so much in common after all)

• he has an amazing sense for fashion 

• while he himself is more than content with his elegant and sleek black look, he flourishes when others seek him out for advice on how to dress

• he has a good eye for all the different body types and what suits each individual person best 

• he loves make over scenes in movies

• he keeps up to date with the latest trends

• he'd totally judge celebrities' and/or politician's outfits with you

• while we are at it I also have to talk about his favorite pieces on you 

• he absolutely adores seeing you in shirts with a low neckline

• those that maybe tend to expose more of your skin when you move, sliding that way or another

• the more he can see of your neck, shoulders  and collarbones the better 

• he loves when you go without a bra and he is able to see your nipples peeking through the fabric 

• thus he is especially happy during summer when you are wearing thin and lacey tops 

• while he always enjoys unwrapping you like a present during winter, there's just something so tantalizing about easy access

• this applies to your panties as well (or maybe especially?)

• he thinks you look breathtakingly beautiful in a pretty summer dress or a flowy skirt

• but even more so if he knows you aren't wearing anything underneath

• he'll innocently ask you to sit on his lap

• from afar nobody would assume that there is something else going on 

• at least if you manage to keep your composure 

• you never do

• he is not easy to take without any preparation and foreplay first 

• so in case you don't happen to be aroused enough or if you're less practiced and not able to take him fully yet, he'll happily adapt and fuck your thighs instead 

• they are just as nicely warm and so smooth 

• he'd make you sit at just the right angle so you too get all the friction you need, gently guiding your hips into a rhythm 

• eventually he'd loose his patience though, and, after making sure no one's around, he'd bend you over and take you properly

[n0thingiscool]

Hot Takes From Troll Accounts - re: Breaking Bad and the MSM's General Influence on Populous Beliefs/Behaviors

Exhibit A) absurdly-“useful”

Except mainstream anything has an immediate influence on the masses hence why electing a pro Nazi rapist to office was fucking BAD for the population and the safety for women, POC, queer folk, and people with disabilities… ya goofy misdirecting troll account see you next tuesday. 😂

Exhibit B) wackweeder, grimeclown, and cactusseeds

No, to answer your question - grimeclown. But that’s kinda not really the focus.

*eyes rolling at cactusseeds* - tell me you work for media without telling me you work for media.

For wackweeder - you say “media illiterate” like that’s a bad thing. Lmfao. I prefer to put my limited time in reading published studies, reading historical books, interacting with people who value educational content (not you), taking STEM classes, and beating my ass up in fitness arenas than working on my “media literacy.” I have all my social media feeds to tell me shit I don’t care about in relation to mainstream television now, anyway. It’s not like I get to bury my head away from any of it as much as I would love to. But why the hell would I want to watch brain rot with what limited time I have on this planet. I rhetorically ask. Here’s the key response to your overall population influence illiteracy - media influences everything including drug usage. This is why most developed governments are so sensitive about tobacco and alcohol ads in the presence of children. It doesn’t generally matter how the shit is portrayed. If it did then Nancy Reagan’s “War on Drugs” TV specials would’ve had some positive effect on the masses. Hint… it didn’t.

https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/44/3/229/178279

Now - you can go ahead and make the argument that BB the show, itself, could’ve turned people away from using because there are zero studies to counter that argument but that’s disingenuous claim to make at best. Personally, I feel more comfortable looking at all the other numerous studies looking at drug and alcohol usage influenced through media, in general, and applying that data to the picture at hand because that is a rational thing to do.

For a lay example - why don’t news outlets publish suicide rates? Because it increases suicide. Just because it looks bad in the broad scheme doesn’t mean it has none or an anti-influence. That’s not how this works. I can think of other media influencing mob behavior: Flash mobs. The increase of street takeovers in a post Fast and Furious world. How little girls think they need to look like some twig on the runway. How little boys think they have to hide their emotions because the machismo men on their favorite shows do so. How Bhutan’s GNH (presumably - the documentation has all but vanished from online sources I had read from in the aughts - shoulda saved it back in the day…) fell after the introduction of Western Media. And so on…

People are easily influenced, man. They teach in journalism school (yes, I went) the average American reading and comprehension level is at the equivalent of the third grade. When you see mofos out there believing Q-Anon conspiracies without second guessing you know that fact isn’t far off. We’re not anywhere near as evolved a you want to believe.

Exhibit C) roadkillbuffet

I can’t tell if this is sarcasm or not but Breaking Bad was not the first gay kiss on television…

But also… if the comment isn’t sarcasm or a troll then - “but Breaking Bad was the first gay kiss on tv therefore if you’re calling a meth based television show out you are homophobic” - is a piss poor argument to make for the queer community. Of which I am in, btw.

If that were actually true and BB was the first show to validate queer relationships then how homophobic is Hollywood to take that first dive into validating queer lives in a show about meth? I’m going to guess this is a sarcasm response though. No one can be that off base… can they?

Exhibit D) "I can't read this" Cool. Go back to your basic memes.

[lostcauses-noregrets]

I just joined the fandom and am very excited for the Eruri fanfic. Until I read a fanfic with the tag Eruri quite famous, but downplaying Erwin just to promote their favorite character, turning Erwin into a cold-blooded person who only thinks about the immediate plan and doesn't care others, even nearly 20 chapters and hundreds of thousands of words, between Erwin and Levi there is only coldness and hatred. I appreciate the author's creativity, but creative to change the nature of Erwin in a fanfic about Eruri? As Eren said: "I don't want that".

Hello Anon, welcome to the fandom! I can understand your frustration, because I don't want that either! My preference is for fics that stick very closely to canon characterisation, even when the characters are transposed to alternative universes. Sometimes I feel out of step with the fandom, when tropes I'm not fond of become fandom staples. Having said that, Erwin and Levi are both such compelling characters that I can understand why authors have the urge to push them to their limits, or even change their characterisation altogether. It's not for me, but I know a lot of people enjoy reading and writing this kind of stuff. Every fanfic is a transformative work, there's no right or wrong way to do it.

If you're interested, I answered a couple of asks recently about the popularity of Marleyan Erwin and fandom tastes that covers this issue in more detail.

The good news is that we have been blessed by so many amazing writers over the years, that there's gorgeous fic to suit almost every taste. I've got loads of rec lists of canonverse fics on my Eruri Fic Recs page that you might enjoy exploring. A few fics I've read recently where I've really enjoyed the characterisation are

The Blue by bowowline

When in doubt, use violence by no_tengo_porque 

The Flap of a Butterfly’s Wings by DrButtons / @drbuttonsss

The Captain and the Courtesan by Dragona /

The Rotten Streak in Me by welcometoyourworld

Almost Heaven by levislattes / @levislattes

I hope your experience won't discourage you from interacting with the fandom, as well as being super talented, in my experience, Eruri fans are the sweetest people on the planet ♡

[jessaerys]

Becoming a mysterious shy shy anon to ask you, my favorite meronia analyst, how you think Mello would react to someone desperately trying to get with Near. They are so so thirsty for the little cotton ball man and they are very loud and obvious about it. How do you think Mello would handle that?

firstables i am very flattered thank you im so very glad acquiring a PhD in 2008 yaoi is yielding results. i want to be modest about it but i am objectively so correct about them so i cannot. second of all this question is so so funny to me because mello insane toxic jealousy is a running joke between me and the bestie @firebuggg who is the resident mello expert and specialist and therefore my source for all of the research here presented. so.

i think it depends on the variables: in-canon timeline wammy’s era i don’t think mello would be able to tell the difference between the usual unhinged lifelong single-white-female-1992 freudian near-obsession repression and the unhinged (etc etc) sublimated near obsession repression: hell and violence on planet earth for seemingly no reason -edition.

so probably he’d find an unrelated excuse to get into a schoolyard fistfight with whoever was possibly paying more attention to near than usual (romantic interest never proven). L understands what is happening but this is far above his fatherbrotherhero paygrade thank you very much. let us all forget about this information and continue with the labyrinthian tests of his subjects i mean protegees 

during the kira-case realistically they were far too busy with life or death stakes and i cannot truly imagine this would take any of their time, considering near very deliberately chose to repress any emotions about mello’s death. (unrealistically: same as wammy’s but this time it includes kidnapping and intimidation. if pre-explosion: cokehead era mello is like: you’re sleeping with the fishes tonight. and they do)

post-kira case (taking into account any "mello survives" approach to canon of your choosing) post-recently established relationship mello would make it his life mission to manic-pixie-dream-boy the hell out of near and take him out to many fun adventures in the city (do not fall in love with people like him he will take you to museums and parks and monuments etc etc etc etc and when he leaves you will finally understand why storms are named after people)(god he would absolutely unironically identify with that quote. but we don’t have time to unpack all of that)

god sorry this is so long already and i have so much more to say. it's readmore time

where was i. right.

--many fun adventures in the City from obscure hole in the wall museums (near is delighted by the museum of interesting things and the new york transit museum [because. trains. mello complains the whole way there but ultimately has to begrudgingly admit it’s really cool.] and tears up in the mmuseumm on cortlandt and franklin because personally i think he would deeply connect with the mundane ephemeral humanity of it. he is learning that he loves being part of the world !!!!) to shopping trips (with L's inheritance. obviosuly) to nightclubs to weird art clubs to seedy comedy bars to sex-clubs (see hotd. s1e4 pleasure house scene)

because he has a huge fetish for watching near have new experiences and being the one who is giving them to him (:

ok are you still with me i promise i am getting somewhere. ok so we have established mello is gonna drag him out, right, and so he eventually will have to experience The Unforeseen Horrors (people hitting on near because he’s cute).

it’s initially hilarious until mello realizes with dawning horror that near has no idea that he is being hit on and is therefore exhibiting the slightlest bit of human interest in the aforementioned person hitting on him and it becomes a full on gevanni situation part two. (we don’t have time to get into the Gevanni Situation)

one day someone gets lucky and hits on near with a special-interest-related pick up line so a conversation with the previous dynamic ensues. kill bill sirens going off in mello’s head. the person in question asks who mello is and near goes “oh! that’s mello” instead of saying that’s his boyfriend and well that’s because they have not at any point discussed labels and this basically, well how do i put it lightly, becomes the equivalent of accidental nuclear warfare (shaking my head so you know i don’t support toxic jealousy. unless it’s funny)

long story short mello throws a hissy fit at the MET that near finds extremely ridiculous so he goes home on his own and mello experiences all nine stages of grief and cries in the sculpture garden and then decides he is going to disappear for an entire week and That Will Teach Near!!! but with no immediately place to go he sits angrily (with his sexy toned arms crossed over his chest and his tear-glowing classically beautiful ruddy face) on a bench just beneath a large greek statue of some greek twunk sitting with crossed arms (this is what we call visual comedy) 

some nyc photographer captures this top three worst moment of his life (first two being L’s death and exploding himself but this is right up there) and posts it online as one of those “life interacts with art” semi-meaningful photographs and it quickly gets picked up by the pinterest girlies much like guy drawing on the floor and subsequently by the tumblr girlies. it is immediately disconnected from the source and gets a 100k notes. 

now mello cannot go on tumblr without being callously reminded of the one time he was wronged by near spending twenty minutes talking about the SETI institute with a witty girl (he is a queer goth 20 year old in the mid 2010s of COURSE mello has an aesthetic n-fw tumblr pre pr-n ban era. you agree)

anyway near doesn’t get either the need for labels nor the jealous outrages because that’s literally Mello. there’s one (1) spot for a mello in his heart and it is mello-shaped. this is the most romantic thing mello has heard in his life. unfortunately that same logic can be used for why near doesn't get why it's a big deal if he wanted to hook up with someone else. it's not like they could take up the mello shaped spot in his heart. it's a big deal because mello will KHS hope that helps (:

ultimately years into their relationship near will break him down when they're older because he is a little learning machine and that includes sex. he needs enrichment. but it's gonna end up being like:

near: wow it was so hot when u were dancing with that girl. can i watch u fuck her :0 ← said like they're talking about dinner because he one hundred percent has voyeur potential. (mello is whipped and helpless to his bratty wiles) 

extremely hot mysterious bisexual guy with a huge dick you just danced with: wanna get outta here. my boyfriend wants to watch us ;) 

the boyfriend in question: looks like a lab rat turned 18 year old boy (near is 22. he will get carded until he’s 30)

sorry what was the question again

[paranoidofficial]

When it comes to character design for PARANOiD, these were the final reference images for the series. I was in my first year of college and during that time I was self teaching when it came to the topic. I watched youtube videos, analyzed my favorite shows and artists styles, practice shading and studied anatomy- A LOT. Throughout the journey of getting their bodies down, from the ORIGINAL designs I landed on making Gina overweight, Jessie more curvy (and her name used to be Jennie), Jose is tall but fit and Sabrina thin but tall. Color Theory is fun- as well as symbolism of character attire. See if you can guess what any of it means! (Will reveal them in future posts!) Gina -Planet Saturn necklace -Green Jacket -Cowlick Jessie -Cat collar bracelet -Greaser Jacket -Yellow Buttons Sabrina -Pearls -Blue Tutu Dress -Hair up in one position. Jose -Headphones on jacket stings -Red Joggers Jacket -Gages The main shows I would use for my art development would be Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, My Hero Academia, The Magnus Archives, Stranger Things, and Infinity Train. Years later of course I still gain influences of newer shows like Twin Peaks, Hilda, Venture Bros, Full Metal Alchemist and most recently Blue Eye Samurai. While there are no NEW official refs I have at the ready right now, I'll be sure to post them in the future once the newest chapter is finished! Some folks I also love to look to for art advise or inspiration would be these folks: @shigaeru - A HUGE help in allowing me to see some of their comic works and a wonderful person to chat with! Check them out! @pidginplace - Helped work on PARANOiD Character coloring, AND super musically and artistically talented! They voice act and sing too! A real friend to me and ANoN- thats for sure <3 -MB

[wri0thesley]

Happy birthday! Fun fact, we are legit birthday twins! I have been treating myself by imagining what different yans would do for the birthday

My personal favorites so far have been Sampo “treating” you, by taking you out, going out to dinner, getting you lavish presents — taking note of how much it all costs just so he can give you a lop sided smile and say “Huh, would yah look at that? This all adds up to exactly what you owed me before we got together, darling. Looks like we could’ve saved ourselves a lot of trouble if we’d just gotten together before you owed me,” at the end

Also, just, yandere Diluc. He wants to make this worth it for you, he wants to make it a good day. Sure, you’re trapped inside, with him — but he can make it nice! Adelinde bakes you a cake and everything. He’ll get you whatever you want, within reason. Nothing too sharp, of course. Nothing that could be used to hurt yourself, or him. And nothing that makes you too homesick. But yes, within reason

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALSO TO THIS ANON!!! <3

and gosh. that's just like sampo, isn't it? or yan sampo is totalling up everything he gives you to make sure that later on, the 'services rendered' are paid back threefold on your back. hey, what's a birthday without a birthday orgasm? for him, he means. you can have one too! he's a generous guy!

gepard nervously giving you a gift he agonised over with serval and tripping over himself in surprise when you love it. welt drawing you a little something and bringing out a gift from one of the planets he travelled on before you came aboard. luocha giving you a single everlasting flower with a smile on his face and a coy answer about where he got it from.

diluc who tried so hard to get you something you'd love but wouldn't hurt you - an ornamental carved wooden bird, a jigsaw puzzle, new soft slippers and pretty gowns (though he leaves the lacings in his own locked drawer, just in case. despite it all, he treats it like a normal birthday. if you squint, it could almost be one. waaaa

pantalone and ayato who spoil you and lavish you with gifts! kaveh who was broke at the time of your birthday but takes you to the tavern and puts it on alhaitham's tab and then takes you to the most beautiful views in sumeru and presents you a beautiful piece of artwork he's been agonising over. tighnari who bred a whole new species of flower for you! i am beating my fists on the floor i love them all

[signanothername]

Part 2

Blades (ngl, this might just be longer cause he’s my favorite character <3): Lower Class (servant). I think Blades would be the only member of the sigma not originally hatched with a name. I don’t really believe RB’s version of Blades is a gestalt, but wouldn’t it be great if Hot spot, Grove, First Aid, and Streetwise were still in a way present? Maybe instead of being his brother they were fellow lower class bots that grouped together under the “us little guys have to stick together” mantra (I’ll admit I’ve given way to much thought to each of their stories 😵‍💫, but imma keep it brief). I’m willing to bet they nicknamed him Blades because the more “hands on” / bruiser type members of their makeshift team would often times get hurt and Blades (alongside First Aid) would have to take care of them, most times by operating. What I’m trying to get at is that they landed on Blades because “scalpel” and/or “knives” didn’t have the same ring to it. (Bonus points of FA is actually younger than B, but was in the group first, hence why B wouldn’t get his name). When Megatronus started the uprising Blades wasn’t sold on it, but he did take the chance to leave his caste. Maybe other members of the team were on board and became branded decepticons and that resulted in them bitterly spitting up [abandonment issues have entered the chat]. Blades upgraded his nickname to actual name and with a drive to help, already somewhat developed medical skills, and the required thin platting, he turned to the Rescue Bots, the only force who wouldn’t reject him based on his background, and wouldn’t throw straight to the battle front. He was half right, the rescue bots did take him in, but he was being constantly being tossed from sigma to sigma since, despite not being an actual decepticon, him being a low caste bot who “cheated” the system was enough reason for others to doubt him [abandonment issues have amplified]. Sigma 17 would be the only team that doesn’t reject him, but at the cost of him just not sharing anything about himself either. Blades loves being a rescue bot because, as someone who knows fear so personally, being rescuer means he can help others never feel the same way he did/does.

RB Heatwave: In this version, I see Blades sticking close to Boulder at first (being someone with similar background, and having a calming presence) until he clicks with Chase (a solid guide to the new environment, who believes firmly in justice for all). HW however, being very vocal of his distaste for decepticons would be a source of conflict. Blades doesn’t believe the decepticons approach is the right one, but as someone who was so heavily affected by the social structure, he can’t stand when they’re summed up as “power hungry”. Ironically, the biggest decepticon hater would be the same bot who believes in Blades the most and just refuses to give up on him. Blades would come to understand that HW is more frustrated about his planet having to tear itself apart for peace rather than the bots who did it, and that’s when tensions start turning to friendship.

Oh my god Anon allow me to fucking cry this is so sad but so sweet

Ok ramble number 2

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Blades being a servant breaks my heart, cause you look at this sweet and kind bot and wonder how the world could be so cruel to him, and aaaahhhh the idea of First Aid, Groove, Hotspot and Streetwise being close friends is so adorable!!

The fact Blades upgraded his nickname to his actual name, combined with the possibility his friendship ended on a bitter note? He could’ve come up with a new name but nah he kept his nickname and that makes my brain so happy

Also Blades being tossed from sigma to sigma??? Imma cry ugh my sweet little boi aaaahhhxbxjxhxb and I find it interesting that sigma 17 would be the one taking him in, and I feel like even if he did reveal his past to them, aigma 17 would still keep him

But if he did get tossed to so many sigmas and with how his friendship ended I can absolutely see how it can affect him and how it got him to fear rejection and abandonment, and let’s be real, Blades canonically has abandonment issues, and they absolutely came from somewhere he won’t have them for no reason and your take on his character and his past??? Chef’s kiss

And i can absolutely see how someone who knew fear would be happy to make sure no other person has to ugh 😭❤️🌷✨

And yesssss I think Blades would definitely click with Boulder first, Boulder is a ball of sunshine it’s genuinely easy to get acquainted with him quickly, Chase would be a tiny bit harder but not cause he’s not accepting, I feel like to an extent, Chase can seem intimidating, and with how corrupt the police force is on Cybertron, it’s easy to immediately be suspicious of him and with Blades being a low caste? Kinda hard to immediately trust a police bot, until you realize he’s an absolute nerd and as much of a sunshine as Boulder is <3333

HW can definitely be a bit bitter and harsh, with misplaced anger, tho i feel like Blades would try to befriend HW, maybe with HW resisting at first, but once they became friends? God forbid an idiot even looks at Blades the wrong way or even try to use his past against him, HW probably got into trouble for fighting some people cause they treated Blades badly

The thing is, HW can be a bit insensitive or insulting at times, a bit tempered, but I wholeheartedly believe he never was a bully, in fact HW gives me the vibes of the jock of school who beat up the bullies rather than being a bully himself dhzhhdhzh

But yes, the moment Blades and Heatwave become friends? Blades never felt safer <3333

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Here’s another art I never intended to share but you anon get to have it <3

Part 1 (of this ask)

[balanceoflightanddark]

If you get this, answer w/ three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs. anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog!

Alright. Stuff about me. I don't really want to get into stuff people already know (me being autistic, some of my hobbies, etc.), so I'm going to try and have some...I guess "new" stuff would be the best word.

I am a Christian. Born and raised Roman Catholic to be more precise. Before anyone asks, no I am not one of those judgmental types. And there are a lot of things about the overall Church that I'm NOT proud of. That being said, I still think my faith works for me. Particularly when it espouses the values of being a good person, doing good and selfless deeds, and finding value in dark times. As such, I consider Blues Brothers to be one of the greatest Christian films ever made.

I had a fear of worms growing up. Can even pinpoint the exact moment when I developed it. Turns out when you're a little kid and you're watching Animal Planet and they start talking about parasitic worms that live inside your body, you get unbelievably paranoid and freaked out. Even with earthworms, that aren't even in the same family. Good news is that I've been slowly and steadily overcoming it and I'm in a much better spot today in regards to works than I was when I was a little kid. Turns out learning about your phobia and taking steps to address it does wonders.

I haven't talked about him a whole lot, but Asura from Asura's Wrath is one of my favorite video game protagonists. As somebody who's struggled with anger a lot both due to his autism and trying so hard to wrangle it in, there was something almost cathartic about his story. Mainly addressing how he only knew how to be angry, but not once letting his rage turn him into something he's not. I even started meditating thanks to him. That's how important Asura is to me.

Anyways, thanks for the ask, and I'll be sure to spread the word around.

[whitemoths]

if you get this, answer w/ three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs. anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog !

Hmmm...

1. I didn't get my driver's license until I was 26 yrs old because of anxiety. Now at 33 I love driving (just wish it was better for the planet)

2. My favorite states I have visited are Utah and New Mexico

3. My favorite subject to tattoo: animals. My favorite body part to tattoo: hands

[okcomputeroknotok19972017]

hi lauren 😊 what radiohead albums/songs are your favs/do you recommend :)? i dont know any of their stuff at all except for creep & i started trying listening to pablo honey but i keep going back between songs to put creep on on loop lol. sending love to you btw ❤️❤️💕💞

hello anon! while i usually like to start chronologically when listening to a new artist, radiohead is one case where i wouldn’t recommend that. pablo honey is a rather mediocre debut that doesn’t have very many good songs (i like blow out and prove yourself, though) and doesn’t really feel like radiohead. i usually tell everyone to start with ok computer by default, but if you really like creep, i would suggest starting with their second album, the bends. the bends carries over the parts that worked from pablo honey and adds another layer of sophistication, and gives you the first true taste of the ‘radiohead’ sound. you may have heard the songs high and dry & fake plastic trees before and not realized they were radiohead songs—those were the two massive hits from this album, but several other tracks (my iron lung, just, street spirit, the bends, planet telex) got a lot of airplay in the nineties! my personal favorite track from the bends is black star.

after the bends, i would suggest listening to the rest of their albums in chronological order (ok computer -> kid a -> amnesiac -> hail to the thief -> in rainbows -> the king of limbs -> a moon shaped pool). i really think it’s the best way to listen to radiohead; you get to evolve with their music. just from this ask i’m assuming you’re into alt rock, so the transition from alt rock to electronic to a mix of both is more natural when you listen to the albums in order.

if you’re not much of an album person and would like to just warm up with a few songs before diving in, i would recommend some tracks off of the bends and ok computer to start out, as well as a handful from in rainbows to give you a taste of what’s to come. my personal suggestions are paranoid android, the bends, just, weird fishes/arpeggi, jigsaw falling into place, and 2+2=5. i think those are some good songs to start with if you prefer rock!

if you’re interested, i can tell you the exact tracks that got me into radiohead. i played creep on rockband and went “wow that’s a bummer. good song though!” and looked up the mv on youtube to familiarize myself with it more. then, i saw a song in my recommendations with very pretty album art called weird fishes/arpeggi, went “woah i like fish i have one :D,” listened to it, and my life was immediately changed. i had never heard something so vivid, so rich… i was on a bit of a weird fishes lockdown after that, but soon i clicked another song in my recommended because it had an interesting title: jigsaw falling into place. to this day, that is my favorite song of all time. i decided to search up radiohead on Wikipedia and realized that i recognized some of their album titles and cover art, but had never listened to them. i read about the hype around ok computer and decided to give it a listen, which i did the next day and again had my mind blown. but before that, on the same night when i had listened to the previously mentioned songs, i searched up paranoid android and listened to it because i had seen it mentioned on wikipedia as a standout track. what a standout it is! this was my personal radiohead pipeline, but yours may look different.

thank you so much for the kind words, and i am so incredibly touched that you would ask me this! i’ve gotten a few anons about how i’ve gotten them into radiohead and it always makes me tear up a little. sending much love back to you, and keep me updated on what you think about radiohead! 🥰🧡🥰😊🧡

[tennessoui]

Hi Miss Kit! I’m relatively new to the Obikin fandom/ Star Wars fandom, I’ve just finished binge reading all your work (I love everything so much it’s all so good!) I was trying to find more Star Wars accounts to follow on twitter but found out they were all anti-Obikin. I was wondering how you deal with the hate. Obikin is one of my favourite ships at the moment it brings me so much joy but seeing all the hate has quite upset me to be honest sorry to bother you hope your day has been good

hi love!! welcome to the fandom :D

i often wonder if maybe i'm just very lucky or not exploring the tag (i never explore tags on tumblr, and i don't have a twitter) so I just miss the hate, but I've never gotten anti-obikin hate sent to my blog or commented on one of my fics!

the closest thing i get, and what i get varying amounts of, is actually criticism from anons/blogs who also like obikin which is wild to think about tbh

it's pretty much all a variation of "this story would have been better if it fit my exact personal preferences and anything else ruins your writing" (mostly in the tired and draining top/bottom discourse category) or a "i don't understand why people write this trope it's awful" (insert trope that i very much enjoy and have written a lot of) or a "you obviously have a favorite" (i do, it's bail organa)

but honestly all unsolicited crit, well-meaning or otherwise, goes where it belongs: straight in the bin because i do this for fun and fun is at the very center of my understanding of fanfic writing and it has been since the beginning when i was keyboard smashing planet names together so i could save time on research and get to the witty banter faster

i imagine obikin hate about the overall ship also just needs to be ignored. it shouldn't get in the way of your fun. i promise shipping two fictional men together on a social media platform is harmless and it doesn't make you a terrible person. it's just fun!! spend your time doing things that are fun to you!! and take a bit of joy out of the fact that you're doing that while other people are spending their time hating on something and not having half as much fun as you are loving it.

[chicken-fifi]

Little Rockstar - Kim Seonho Imagine

Requested by anon: You’re definitely one of my favorite writers, and I’ve noticed how you’ve been writing for actors lately which I don’t see many blogs doing, so I was hoping you please write actor Kim Seon ho imagine where his idol wife tells him they’re expecting a baby?

Word Count: 592 words

You held the stick in your hands before tossing it aside onto the bed and beginning to pull at your hair. Despite the fact that both you and Seonho had mutually agreed to actively start trying for a child, there was a part of you that was unsure of whether or not it was the right moment. His career was beginning to kick off after the success of his first breakthrough role in a drama and you were having a comeback since your group went on hiatus a little over two years ago. There was a tour planned for the upcoming year, and if that little stick beside you with the words ‘Pregnant’ typed out on the little screen were true, you might’ve just ruined the whole plan. 

Reaching out for your phone, you quickly called your manager needing someone to get some advice from, she was pregnant afterall. After letting her know about the test you took she was quick to ask if Seonho knew - he didn’t but you would be telling him as soon as he got home - before reassuring you that shifting tour dates wouldn’t be an issue in the slightest - hopefully. With your nerves settled a bit you hung up deciding that a quick shower might help clear your mind some more. Getting up from the bed - and completely forgetting about the pregnancy test - you grabbed a pair of pajamas and went into the bathroom.

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Seonho unlocked the door and shuffled into your home as quietly as he could, not wanting the flowers he’d picked up after the press conference to get ruined or the crinkling of the plastic to be heard. He carefully made his way to your shared bedroom, taking note of the sound of running water that was coming from the bathroom accompanied by your soft humming. It was a new track from your comeback album and one of his personal favorites. Setting the flowers on the vanity, he moved to get out a pair of more comfortable clothes before his eyes zeroed in on the white plastic stick sitting on top of the comforter. 

He turned walking over and picked it up - not noticing that the water had been turned off. He examined the stick reading the words displayed on the little screen over and over again trying to commit them to memory. Could this really be happening?

“You’re home early,” your voice commented, forcing him to turn and face in your direction, his hands still holding the stick like it was the most precious thing on the planet. Your eyes were quick to take note of that detail, noticing the way his eyes seemed to be gleaming with unshed tears. “I was going to tell you when you got home…”

“Is it real?” he asked, looking down at it again. “This isn’t some prank right? This is real?”

You bit your lower lip as you took a few steps until you were right in front of him, your hands holding his, “I think so. I want to go to a doctor and get some labs done but…I don’t think they are going to tell me that this little stick is lying. I’m late, the cravings, the moodswings, it all makes sense with this.”

“We’re going to have a baby?”

“We’re going to have a baby.”

A teardrop fell from his eye as he smiled, dimples on display as he pulled you into his arms and hugged you tightly to his chest.

“We’re going to have a baby. A little rockstar. Our little rockstar.”

[carewyncromwell]

Liz 🤝 Carewyn

Requested by Anon

In classes, Carewyn most commonly sat with her best friend, Rowan Khanna, and her fellow Slytherin, Barnaby Lee, the second of whom often needed extra help in class. One of the exceptions to this, however, was in Care of Magical Creatures. In that class, Carewyn Cromwell, Barnaby Lee, Charlie Weasley, and Liz Tuttle were absolutely inseparable. Those four also were widely considered Professor Kettleburn’s favorites in their class, though no one got higher marks in the subject than Liz. She was a natural with just about every creature on the planet, magical or otherwise. Even when the fifth year Care of Magical Creatures class was first introduced to a unicorn, Liz was the first person to coax the unicorn to eat out of her hand. 

Carewyn came over to lean her arms on the edge of the paddock, watching Liz feed the unicorn with a smile.

“She’s beautiful, isn’t she?” she said admiringly.

Liz’s face lit up. “I know! Her coat’s a wonderful sheen -- it’s just about fully turned white, but you can still see the slightest silvery undertone...”

Carewyn raised her eyebrows with interest. “Really? She must be pretty young, then.”

“Yes!” Liz said eagerly. “Unicorns turn pure white once they reach adulthood...but with how beautifully her horn’s grown in already, I’d say Lumina’s probably six years old.” 

“How old would you say that makes her, in human years?”

Liz considered this. “...Well, horses are usually full grown by the age of four...but unicorns aren’t considered full grown until the age of seven.”

“So I suppose that makes Lumina a teenager,” Carewyn said with a smile.

Liz’s black eyes lit up gleefully behind her round glasses. “Like us!”

The unicorn gave Liz’s curly hair a light sniff. The bespectacled Slytherin turned gradually so as not to startle her, before carefully extending a hand for her to sniff. Once Lumina had given a light huff through her nose, Liz rested her hand on her snout and gave it a gentle pet. 

Carewyn watched silently, her smile spreading further seeing how well Liz and the unicorn interacted. The attention made Liz smile awkwardly.

“Oops! I’m sorry, did...did you want a turn, Carewyn?”

“It’s okay,” Carewyn said kindly. “Lumina likes you best, so far -- I don’t mind waiting until she’s more comfortable with me.”

Liz smiled a bit self-consciously. “I’m sure she’ll like you too, Carewyn -- I mean, everyone else does...”

Carewyn bit back a laugh. “I don’t know if I’d go that far.”

“Why not?” said Liz, a bit surprised. “I mean -- you are really popular, Carewyn. Everybody at school likes you -- all the students, the teachers...”

Carewyn giggled behind her hand. “Liz, I’m Jacob Cromwell’s sister, remember? There are plenty of people who don’t like me -- Ismelda, Emily Tyler, Erika Rath, Pitts, Filch, Madame Pince, Snape...even Dumbledore I don’t think likes me as much these days, considering that I keep going after the Cursed Vaults even when he’s told me not to. Frankly I think the only reason Merula hasn’t hexed my face off yet is because Rakepick told her to play nice with me for whatever reason...” 

“Mm...yeah, I suppose,” Liz granted awkwardly. 

She looked a bit sheepish. Carewyn raised an eyebrow at her curiously, and she brought a hand up to rub the back of her neck. 

“...I guess I just forget that you’re ‘Cursebreaker Cromwell’ sometimes,” Liz admitted. “I mean, you’re always so nice, and you’re always so gentle with the creatures in class...”

She smiled. 

“It’s a bit hard to imagine someone like that also going around breaking curses and unlocking ancient secrets.”

Carewyn gave a smaller smile in return.

“...Well, it’s certainly not what I thought I’d be doing, when I got to school,” she replied.

I wish I didn’t have to do all that stuff...

Liz blinked. “What would you want to do instead?”

“What we’re doing right now,” Carewyn said as if it were obvious, gesturing to the paddock. “Going to classes, learning new things...”

She beamed.

“...Having fun with my friends.”

Liz’s face brightened, clearly touched. 

“I know what you mean, Carewyn,” she said. “It is really fun! Talking with you, I mean. Especially while petting a unicorn,” she added with a brighter grin than ever, stroking Lumina’s snout affectionately. The unicorn gave a happy murr. 

Carewyn’s smile broadened enough to show teeth.

“There’s a really pretty song I know about unicorns,” she said. “Do you think Lumina would like it, if I sang it for her?”

“Oh, yes!” Liz said eagerly. “Creatures often respond well to music -- I’ve even read that some Muggle scientists think that it can prompt brain waves in animals that are shockingly similar to the ones in our own brains!”

“I guess that’s why they say that music has charms to soothe the savage beast,” Carewyn said amiably.

With this, she settled herself down on top of the paddock fence, turning her focus to the unicorn Liz had started to gently brush. 

“When the last eagle flies over the last crumbling mountain, And the last lion roars at the last dusty fountain, In the shadow of the forest -- though she may be old and worn -- They will stare unbelieving at the Last Unicorn. When the first breath of winter through the flowers is icing, And you look to the north and a pale moon is rising, And it seems like all is dying and would leave the world to mourn, In the distance, hear her laughter -- It’s the Last Unicorn! I'm alive! I'm alive...”

Friendship Drabble Prompt!

[markyestapa]

How do you think jay keranen would be like as a bf? Maybe like comforting you while you're on your period

hii anon <3

so jay seems like a super sweet guy, he has this mature vibes maybe it’s because he’s older idk, but like i fell he’d love dinner dates like going out to a restaurant, or just drinking wine watching movies, he definitely loves watching romcoms with you. he also would bring you flowers out of nowhere just bc he knows you love it, and he looks like a fun guy, not in a goofy way but like in a natural way, like that person that is happy and light and just makes everyone else comfortable to be around.

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comforting you on your period

this is not proofread sorry

it’s that time of the month, that awful time when you get moody, sad, happy, angry, whining, edgy and cramps all mixed up, and as all women on the planet you hate be on your period.

jay already knows when it’s coming just by the way you act around him, but that doesn’t make him less worried about you.

it was a typical saturday night and you had plans to go out with your girl friends to dance, but since your period had surprised you, you were currently crying sitting on your bed because you couldn’t find any good clothes to wear and you were feeling like crap and everything else were like crap.

jay was also going out with his friends so he was showering while you got “dressed”, but when he left the bathroom and saw you like that, he immediately hugged you in the softest way possible.

“hey babe, what happened? ” he asked while he cleaned your tears and kissed your forehead

“i can’t find anything to wear because i feel so ugly on everything”

“oh love, you’re the most beautiful girl in the universe, and i know you don’t feel like this right now so why don’t we just skip our plans and stay home just you and me?”

“no babe, you were so excited to meet the boys tonight, and i want to dance so bad” you pouted “ i don’t want to ruin your plans just because i’m being emotional”

he smile at your pout because he finds it adorable when you’re like that.

“c’mom then” he stands up only in his towel as he lays his hand to you and places his other arm behind his back, then he bows his head and says

“my lady”

“what are you doing?” you said as you cleaned your tears

“you said you wanted to dance, so” he grabs your hand and you stood up, putting your arms around his neck and his hands on your hips as he started to swing gently

“there’s no song jay” you smiled

“no problem i’ll sing for you” he began to sing (very bad may i add) some song that it was supposed to be slow and romantic, so you stared laughing making him sing even louder

“did you liked it? it’s my new song called “i love my girlfriend” he joked

“oh really? i love it, you’re an amazing singer sir” you answered while still laughing

“it made you happy so that’s my win” he was looking at you so tender

“thank you, you’re the best boyfriend in this world, i love you so much” you hugged him

“i love you more” he kissed you “so how about we watch some of your favorite movies while eating ice cream?” he said while putting a lock of hair behind your ear

“i would love that”