#askmeme answered

[tj-dragonblade]

Nemo. Is it a fish? Is it a captain? Is it an old timey comic strip? I must know!

It is a Nightwish song! Which is full of lyrics and sentiments and atmosphere that is perfect for Retired Dream struggling with the choice he made and struggling to figure out his place and himself now that he's not Dream of the Endless anymore. I've had the song association in my head for a long time but recently, with Nightwish-Dreamling correlations being discussed on the Mr Sadman server it came to the fore and I scribbled down some conversation (because of course any Dream depression and existential angst must be met with Hob doing his best to help):

"I am not Dream of the Endless any longer. I do not wish to hold to any of the names associated with the function that is no longer mine." "Well do you have something you do want to be called? He cannot sift through the collective subconscious as he once did, but much of the memory is still there, and a piece surfaces for him now. "…Nemo, perhaps," he says, with a frown. "I am no longer anyone of note; it is fitting perhaps to be called 'Nobody'." Hob looks as though he wants to be appalled but is struggling instead to be supportive, and he-who-is-no-longer-Dream is unsurprised by what he says when he finally speaks. "If that's truly what you want? Then okay. But it seems a bit bleak, doesn't it?" "Perhaps. But I am no one, Hob." "Not to me, you're not, and I know plenty of folk who'll argue that point with you as well. You've changed, yes, drastically. You aren't an unfathomable cosmic entity anymore, sure, but that doesn't make you no one or nothing. You're a person, dearheart, a human-parenthetical-question-mark with vast stores of memory and experience behind him who is just as valid as every other human and non-human being in the universe, and naming yourself 'Nobody' just feels self-deprecating, and not in a humorous way." "Then what would you suggest?"

I don't know exactly where this will go or what I will end up doing with it, but the song is a consistent favorite and there's a lot of emotional investment in doing something with it here.

WIP Title Ask Game

[beautifulstorms]

lajoie/lagha!

ok everyone who knows me knows that i adore them and that they're my favourite team currently competing. there's many, many things i love about them but i truly think their versatility is their greatest strength. i don't think any other team in the field has showcased a wider variety of styles throughout their senior career and been successful with practically every single one. l/l could have announced just about any music for this season at high performance camp this week, and i'd still believe that i'll love their programs by nationals at the latest. they simply have the range.

and the thing is, when i think about them back in juniors, i don't recall them coming off as extraordinary ice dance talents (the likes of bella flores, ian somerville, baby v/m, etc). yes, they were fast and committed and generally well partnered, but they had issues with posture and expression and precision with turns and being comfortable in hold - i didn't really expect them to push past the status quo when they moved up to seniors. however, watching them consistently improve and challenge themselves and polish away (or at least better hide) their flaws has become one of my highlights in watching ice dance over the past two quads. it feels good rooting for a team that is getting better all the time! and extra good when they get rewarded for it.

oh have i mentioned that they're really fast and skate very big, which makes them phenomenal to watch live? yes i saw nureyev live at cannats, yes it was a transformative experience. if you ever think they're over-acting, just know that it comes across very differently in person. anyways i love them alskjhflsjfdh

[isuttonstrode]

[THE LOVERS] + [STRENGTH] + [THE EMPEROR]

THE MAJOR ARCANA

[THE LOVERS] - What do they consider to be the "perfect partner", be it romantic, platonic, alterous, etc.? Is there someone like that in their life?

No sentido platônico, Sutton acredita que um parceiro perfeito seria alguém que pensa como ela, alguém decidido e firme, capaz de tomar decisões difíceis quando necessário, organizado e com bastante foco. No entanto, ela reconhece que isso funciona melhor na teoria, pois ambos poderiam entrar em conflito devido às suas personalidades fortes e formas de lidar com a organização. Com base nessa percepção, Sutton imagina que um parceiro ideal no sentido romântico seria alguém mais descontraído do que ela, extrovertido, mas não a ponto de deixá-la sobrecarregada, capaz de fazê-la rir - uma tarefa quase impossível -, corajoso e de bom coração, alguém que lhe lembre que, apesar de tudo, o mundo ainda é um lugar onde se pode ter esperança. Ela imagina que precisaria de um raio de sol para suas noites escuras, alguém para guiá-la de volta para casa com seu brilho.

[STRENGTH] - What are they determined to accomplish the most?

Há muitas coisas acontecendo na vida de Sutton. Ela é uma super-realizadora. Está envolvida com as Patrulhas, faz parte da Equipe de Estrategistas, é uma das Devotas de Hera, é a Conselheira do Chalé #6, participa de esportes - co-lidera a Equipe de Corrida com Obstáculos - e ainda tem seus próprios projetos independentes, como a construção de um servidor único de internet e o desenvolvimento de sua própria linguagem de programação. Ela tem uma variedade de objetivos, além do desejo de ser reconhecida como uma grande heroína.

[THE EMPEROR] - Is your muse a leader? If so, what kind of leader are they? Do they take a hands-off approach, or do they micromanage?

Ela é uma líder clássica. Do acampamento romano.

[roleplayersoul]

?dream eater — does your muse have any recurring dreams/nightmares? asgore

Yes. For a while, I'm sure he has relived certain awful memories in dreams/nightmares before. But between banishment, death of loved ones, moving on, starting anew, starting a family, losing them, and beyond, he's seen so much and it's been so long that that the contents can be superfluous, and aren't always identical to reality, or always carry certain Monsters. It isn't quite like he relives the same dream every night, not anymore. However, many dreams tend to follow similar emotional weight.

Anger at someone, with rage beyond his control. He can't find someone, no matter how hard he looks, forever lonely, no matter how hard he begs. The fresh air of the surface, the duller air of the Underground, and the weight it carries in his lungs... There are many common themes. But even wonderful dreams can be bittersweet when you've lived so long, and they're so far out of reach.

[luckyfiona]

“ you can’t or you won’t? ”

                  ❝ ——  Oh. Hm. ❞

                                          ( Uh-oh. )

Lawless Lucky talked a big game around the bonfire last night. She wasn't too oblivious to pick up on the fact that her being scandalized and upset by the boys' violent sides was beginning to grate on them. So, when all of the boys were talking about the gruesome things they'd like to do to the people who made their lives hard in The Other Place, she forced herself to laugh along, and even took the opening to spin a tale about how she was planning to poison her old employer's food. And, oh, those rotten pirates? Well, she would do the same to them if she had a chance.

So busy seizing on the moment, she didn't consider that she would actually have to put her money where her mouth was.

It would shatter the illusion of Neverland as her luxurious, peaceful, happily-ever-after paradise if she had to see any real carnage with her own two eyes, much less deal any of it herself. But here was dear Peter, ever the altruist, granter of all her wishes, suggesting she come along to their next raid of the Jolly Roger. Lucky's pretty sure he knows this is out of her comfort zone, if he's paid any attention to her — and he does, of course he does. Why else would he go through the trouble of bringing all of these troubled souls to the island if he didn't empathize and care about all of them, right? She can't imagine any motive but love and sympathy. — It's funny, considering how anxiously, meticulously sensitive she tries to be to his boundaries. There was something maybe endearingly boyish about his disregard for hers.

She reasons that she should be grateful for his investment in keeping things fresh and interesting. This is what a sensible, healthy relationship looked like, right? Balancing energies was a major tenet of Celtic magic— it was the key to harmony and prosperity. A passive, supportive person worked best with a person who was a little more... challenging. It would be too stagnant or too chaotic any other way. She gives a fond half-smile to her love, her true love, convinced he's only looking out for her best interests. She would find a way to explain to him that this doesn't really interest her... another time.

               ❝ Well, I suppose I would... ❞ 

Lucky? Morally opposed to it? No sir, you've got the wrong lassie. You must be thinking of that prude from Chicago, Fiona Comisky, who used to dote and cry and sermonize Nate Larsen any time he got injured in a fight with some low-class brute he should've run away from. She had no qualms with clodhopping bullies who started barbaric fights. Didn't find it tasteless in the slightest.

She was opposed to tagging along for much more modest, supportive, team-playering reasons, to be certain. The same reasons why she declined Nate's offer to teach her how to use a bow and arrow: why would the Princess of Neverland get her dainty, dignified, not-at-all-labor-calloused hands dirty learning how to hunt when her boys got such a thrill out of slaying those innocent animals?

                ❝ But why bring a girl along to steal all of the attention?                        I'm not as strong or as sneaky as you. I may ruin the... Element of surprise. Or... distract everyone when they have to keep me out of harm's way. And there’s really— there's so much I could do back here. I thought I should make some sort of victory banquet for the boys to come back to. ......Besides... ❞

Lucky's fingers sidled over to his, tips brushing over his knuckles, as if timidly asking permission to show tenderness before making any sudden moves. Peter was a bit strange about physical touch. She could never tell if he was enjoying it, or if she maybe wasn't doing it right. When he didn't immediately swat her away, she gingerly placed her palms in his, intuitively careful not to scare him away like a baby deer too shy for human touch, or startle him like a scorpion ready to plunge a stinger into her at any moment. She has experience with his type. She has nothing if not patience and willpower to break through to them. She has hope that one day she'll be able to fully embrace him. If she's really as lucky as everybody says, maybe she'd be able to fully-fully "embrace" him.

                ❝ I love when you tell me all about your thrilling adventures. You get such this 𝓅𝓊𝒸𝓀𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝓉𝓌𝒾𝓃𝓀𝓁𝑒 in your eye... It's the same one you had when you first found me— the one that I saw and thought, 'Oh, there it is: my 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫. At last, I can see it!' ❞ 

She boldly ventures to show a little more affection while she pleads, but not enough to push him too far, just enough to remind him that he can touch her back any time he's ready. (If he's rallying her to come out of her comfort zone, maybe this is a good time to encourage him to be a little more adventurous, too.) Her fingers, ever-so-lightly cupped over his hands, gently lace themselves into the spaces between his. She's not naïve enough to believe she's going to get out of raids forever. She just wants to experience feeling truly loved and close to him, just one time, before she has to see him at his absolute nastiest.

           ❝ Oh, Peter, won't you please let me see my 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 again when you fill me in later? ❞ 

( Won't you please let her be so lucky as to skip out on this? )

╳ — 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 ! // ACCEPTING.

[adversityfought-a]

Just curious… &  I don’t mean this in an oh woe is me kinda way, but why do you guys follow me? What stood out to you that made you decide to follow  &  what did you find yourself sticking around for? What are your thoughts on my portrayal  &  headcanons for Chris? Just in general I’d like to know because I’m curious  &  peeking at how many people have followed  -  idk. Brain is… bweh.

[yamszaki]

👶🏻 + daisy & connor

send me 👶🏻and i’ll hc about our muses’ child

name: marjorie louise darlington birthdate: 23/07 uma bela cuspide de câncer e leão *-* personality headcanon: desde criança era justiceira mirim, defendia as amiguinhas dos meninos malvados e ajudava qualquer pessoa que precisasse. ela era muito atenta e conseguia aprender as coisas bem rápido, tanto que logo que a daisy ou o connor falam/fazem algo ela quer imitar. vejo ela sendo bem medrosa pra algumas coisas (como mexer com animais que não sejam cachorros/gatos), mas corajosa pra outras (ir pra alemanha sozinha estudar kkkk). ela é bem insistente e birrenta, deitava o connor e a daisy no cansaço até conseguir o que queria, mas também é muito protetora e amorosa com a família, principalmente com a irmã what was their first word and how old were they when they said it: mama, 8 meses did they get in trouble in school: acho que não, inclusive devia ser a favorita da professora porque era muito inteligente e ajudava a ensinar os colegas which parent were they more attached to: acho que ela foi muito apegada nos dois quando criança, mas conforme foi envelhecendo e foi embora pra estudar acho que ficou mais próxima do connor por ter mais contato direto com ele nesse tempo what was their favorite toy: um cofrinho de porco que a daisy deu pra ela juntar dinheiro pra comprar doce, ela usava o porco pra tudo menos guardar dinheiro did they cry a lot as a baby: ô se chorava, essa aí não deu 1 minuto de paz no primeiro ano de vida, eventualmente ela começou a ser apenas birrenta movie they watched over and over: não existe filme em 1800 what was their favorite subject in school: retórica e gramática were they social growing up or quiet: ela era social mas não num bom sentido, pois brigava muito com os meninos pra defender as amiguinhas, e as meninas tinham medo dela kkkk which parent do they take after: vejo ela puxando mais a daisy por ser meio esquentada e linguaruda, mas ela é sorrateira e fofoqueira igual o connor what do they grow up to be: uma das primeiras mulheres formadas em direito, foi estudar na alemanha e virou professora three random headcanons: 1) ela morre de medo de cavalo mesmo a família criando cavalos, esse é o maior karma da vida dela; 2) detesta dormir sozinha então ela dormia muito com a irmã e até com a daisy e o connor às vezes; 3) já caiu dentro de um poço e teve que ser tirada pelo connor porque se a daisy soubesse ia matar os dois likes & dislikes: quando criança imagino que ela adorava frutas e passava muito tempo no pomar da propriedade catando elas, ama cachorros, adorava ler e criar histórias pra contar pra irmã. ela não gostava muito de costurar porque sempre furava os dedos, também não gosta de carne vermelha, prefere só vegetais. acho que ela detesta que mexam nas coisas dela também, porque ela é bagunceira e a bagunça dela é processo criativo (as pessoas não entendem isso) do they get along with their parents: imagino que sim, eles foram bons pais e ela compreendia os surtos da mãe dela pois são parecidas então tudo faz sentido na cabeça dela faceclaim: olivia scott welch

[tj-dragonblade]

WIP Wednesday Accountability Version

As put in front of me by @seiya-starsniper - let's ignite some progress on some stuff!

Rules:

Post up to five (5) filenames of your WIPs; not titles, file names. Post a snippet from one of them. Snippet must be words you wrote in the last 7 days. We’re posting progress here. If you haven’t made any, go make some and come back to play! After you’ve posted, people can send you an ask with one of your file names. You must then write 3 sentences in that file and share by answering the ask. If the filename is one you can't share from (for example, an event or gift fic), write 3 sentences on it anyway, and then 3 more on another to share. You can make your own post or reblog from the original post if preferred. No tags needed, please run with this if you feel like it!

My five wip filenames, all Dreamling, all potentially explicit:

1889 rain kiss

Academic Conference AU

A3 Adoration

smapril treasure

Greek Vacation AU

Snippet of words written Monday, from #1:

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The guilt curls deeper, drawing Dream's thoughts in with it. Hob is justified in holding such fears; if Dream is to name him Friend, he would do well to assuage them.

"You have carried this fear more than a century. It will not be dispelled in the span of mere months." Indeed, that is the point of this nightmare; but again. It is within Dream's power to offer at least an attempt at reassurance.

It does not come easily, as it encompasses admission of fault, but. He must try.

"Hob." He waits until Hob's wet eyes are fixed on him. "I am…difficult, and my temper is…volatile. It is very possible, perhaps even probable, that I will. Take offense where it is not meant, someday again, but know this." He can feel the truth of it settling into the core of his being before the words are spoken. "I will always return. To you. However long it may take my temper to cool. I will not forsake our bond so lightly."

"Our bond, huh?" Hob flashes a watery, lopsided grin.

"Would you not name it so? Is friendship not a bond?"

"Yes. Of course. My dear friend." There is something in Hob's smile now that is both pleased and sad, a bittersweet note that sings of take what is given and do not seek for more and Dream. Can feel the thread of it plucked throughout the dreamscape, resonating with the notes of do not push and do not invite rejection that sound within himself.

Is it possible, then—

Does Hob feel toward him. Any semblance, of what he feels for Hob?

[beautifulstorms]

Rika Kihira’s Titanic program

firstly, one of her best dresses, it's so pretty? and also, the spiral directly into (and on the same foot as) the start of the step sequence is really cool! still cannot believe she won TES at gp espoo with no 3-3 (in the free) and recovering-from-injury watered-down tech. iconic behaviour

people give this program flack for (understandably) being a little empty wrt transitions, and while they're right, i think that what is there really complements her natural flow and quality of skating. the music especially is a great fit for her and i wish we'd gotten to see the program developed more. as it is it's like, a very comfortable and clean "empty" program? her skating is just so easy to watch

[wildsymposiums]

12, 16, 51, 37, and 88 for spotify wrapped!!!!!

12. Whiplash - Point Blank 16. Burn the House Down - AJR 37. Bad Bad Things - AJJ 51. Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers 88. Killing Butterflies (DNMO Remix) - Lewis Blissett, DNMO fun fact, my spotify "listener type" thing was The Time Traveler and tbh I think it fits me

[d4djobesemuses]

Patch! would you rather eat until you nearly pop or suddenly gain 200 pounds onto your frame?

Patchouli thought about either option, 200 pounds wasn't that much weight when you were nearing the half ton mark, and she already ate until she nearly popped every day for the last three years...

"Hff... are those... hahh... the only options...? Hff... n-neither is extreme... hahh... enough... but... ghff... if I... hahh... had to choose... 200 pounds... hahh... hff... it is..."

With a general feeling of disappointment, Pache did her best to reach towards a greasy burger, she needed the high of a clogged artery to drive her closer to satisfaction.

[isuttonstrode]

[text] Why did you like one of my pics from 2014? (@thearios)

text message prompts

💬 SUTTON TEXTED JULIAN: Wait, What? I didn't 💬 SUTTON TEXTED JULIAN: I didn't! 💬 SUTTON TEXTED JULIAN: I mean, the pics of your social media? 💬 SUTTON TEXTED JULIAN: That was just a network test. I was testing my own service of internet, if it works with the Camp's internet. 💬 SUTTON TEXTED JULIAN: So it went, right? You got it? Thank you for the feedback.

[teafour]

For wip

Sick, worry, blizzard, soup, nausea

Wow, I did not account for how long it would take to search my 5 thousand WIP docs, haha. (A bunch of them are on the verge of graduating to abandoned but I am not quite ready to give up.) Also, these are all from different fandoms, because I guess that's just how I roll.

sick - there were multiple choices for this one (I am nothing if not a lover of h/c), but I'm going with Batman:

Bruce’s absence isn’t surprising. Dick reminds himself of that at the clinic, on the awful ride home when Alfred has to pull over three times so he can be sick into the bushes, as he begins the horrible process of relearning how to dress and eat and move with only one working arm and leg. Sometimes he wakes to fingers in his hair, so gentle. He breathes evenly and doesn’t open his eyes, unwilling to break the spell. He knows that this is what Bruce has to give.

worry - this is from a Finn/Poe/Rey AU I started when The Force Awakens first came out, uh, 9 years ago, but I haven't given up on it yet. Every few years I come back and add a few more thousand words, lol.

“Is this a socket wrench?” asks Finn. An object flies towards Rey's head. “Poe, Rey says that you should, er, concentrate on getting better and not worry about the photorectifier.” A pause. “Rey, Poe says he’s bored and also have you considered splitting the system and running each half through a separate line?”

Bonus, from an Untamed fic in very much the same boat (not quite as old):

The fruit-seller looked a little alarmed, so Wei Ying leaned forward and whispered conspiratorially, “Don’t worry, we won’t get eaten, I’m very good with things that want to eat me. You might say it’s a bit of a specialty. And Lan Zhan will protect the children.”

soup & nausea - two in one here, from the next chapter of The End of Mercy

Eddie rolls his eyes and takes a spoonful of soup. It’s much better than the canned stuff he’s been surviving on, and he allows himself to hope that it will be the thing that finally breaks the cycle of nausea he’s been trapped in for the past week.

blizzard - no mentions, which I almost cannot believe, writing huddling for warmth in the most random winter situations used to be my standby. I will have to get on this.

[mollymayfair]

@rxckbellz ❛ there it is, there’s that smile! ❜

"Eu sempre sorrio para você, bobão" respondeu, sentindo suas bochechas corarem um pouco. Era bem raro fazer com que Molly ficasse envergonhada, mas nada conseguia fazer aquilo melhor do que: ACOTAR. Estava lendo sua série favorita quando Gilbert se aproximou, lhe zoando e imitando o grande Rhysand. Era impossível não sorrir ao ver aquilo, mas também sentir um tico de vergonha. Não vergonha de gostar de ACOTAR, mas vergonha de ver o seu amigo imitar o seu crush tão perfeitamente. "Você seria um ótimo ator para interpretar ele na adaptação. Só precisaria criar um pouco mais de corpo."

[dryadgurrl]

∞

From the song 'I Wanna Be' from the Starkid show Starship:

"And I'll admit It's all in my head But who says it can't be real?"

(though the part where the bugs are all listing off Bug Jobs the one that wants to be 'The Bug That Ruins Your Picnic' gets a shout-out too, always makes me laugh)

from this meme

[fctedivided]

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