#but this is an INCREDIBLE question anon

[ddeongies]

hello my fav writer, im curious abt ur top 5 ryeji fics 🧐

OKAY this was both hard to answer and easy to answer bc i'm good at remember to bookmark my faves (and also reread them all LMAO). that being said!! the below list is not in order, there are honorable mentions, and there's just so much incredible ryeji fic out there that it feels wild to just say 5.

what’s in a name by snowandwolves

if you haven’t read what’s in a name and you read ryeji fic…… please read it right now? it’s not only my favorite ryeji fic, it’s one of my fave stories of all time (including published shit like this fucking fic is a tour de force). it’s simply one of the most beautiful things i’ve ever read and i could not recommend it enough. (this author’s writing is so good i started watching warrior nun just so i can one day enjoy their warrior nun fics i’m so for real right now)

all or nothing (unfortunately orphaned 😭)

all or nothing is one of my comfort fics. it’s a perfect little two shot and idk how many times i’ve read it. the characterization is just lovely. the ryeji relationship is warm and soft and slow and sweet and inevitable (which you know is just how i like it). perfect amount of getting to know each other, perfect amount of pining, a dreamy dreamy yeji it’s just elite

call it fate, call it karma by crushpdf

this fic….. read it please if you haven’t it’s criminally underrated. the fact that it has fewer than 2k hits is actually insane to me. idol yeji and producer ryu and they just fall in love and it’s low drama and perfect and another comfort fic of mine. idk what to say, it’s a 6k one shot, so honestly just read (or reread) it now and thank me later

muse by qaisal

i was considering not including a qaisal fic on this list, but that doesn’t feel right or honest, like there’s a reason they’re top of the tag!! i think muse is my personal fave (and one of the first ryeji fics i’ve ever read, which is probably true for many! if you’ve somehow read my fics and haven’t read muse i am confused, but it’s just cute as hell! i’m too old to write a high school au, so it’s very nice to have an elite one like this to read and reread when i wanna feel warm and fuzzy inside

you’re a mean one by snowddeong

this fic…. also one of the first ryeji fics i read. i don’t generally read gp, but when it’s good it’s good, and YAMO is so fucking good. idk how many times i’ve read it. snow has this unfair ability to tie like so much yearning and history and backstory and tension in these simple moments. and then they combine it with some really hot shit? elite smut fic like it’s an all time classic!!!

honorable mentions:

wheel, snipe, celly by lonewolflink

bite me by hwang_yeddeong

cartwheel heart by aprilflower

step by step (then a leap of faith) by snowandwolves

good boi by hwangdroid (also snow)

[journey-to-the-attic]

H*lding h*nds

absolutely SCANDALOUS. no wonder solomon refused to tell anyone they knew each other in the first place

[stuckinapril]

im brazilian and i've always pronounced Iraq as ih rack and i always get corrected😭 i just can't pronounced it like EYE RACK

Noooo that makes me so annoyed bc you’re literally doing it right!! Eye-rack is so aggressive and for what 😭😭

I’ve been thinking about why people don’t know even the faintest details about Iraqi culture (like these simple pronunciations), and I think a big reason is bc we don’t really have any Iraqi representation yet in mainstream media. It’s not like there’s an Iraqi main pop girl or an Iraqi model or an Iraqi actress who’s getting any Emmys rn, and as unfortunate as that is, western culture does tend to be synonymous with the global zeitgeist in a way other cultures aren’t. People just haven’t been incentivized to dig into Arab culture in general bc of this “deficiency,” for the lack of a better term.

I feel like a lot of other ethnicities have had their turn in terms of being at the top of pop culture, but I haven’t seen that happen yet w any Arabs. If a prominent Arab celebrity (let alone an Iraqi one!! I’d legit just be happy w an Arab one) existed, maybe Arab culture would be of more interest to the GP (or just less of a lightning rod for unfounded criticism and ridicule) 🤷‍♀️

[pardonmydelays]

what do you love the most about twenty one pilots?

i fucking love this question, but there's no easy answer to it. i guess i'm gonna have to try tho, because sometimes i feel like maybe some of you don't really understand WHY i totally changed my entire blog when clancy came out (it's kinda like me loving this band was my biggest secret for such a long time, idk. i still remember how a few months before it i've mentioned something and anix literally yelled at me like "WHY THE FUCK YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU LIKE TWENTY ONE PILOTS" lmao. anyway).

first of all, no one has ever made me feel so seen and understood. there's real magic in tyler joseph's lyrics, you might hate me for what i'm about to say right now, but speaking of tortured poets - for me it's not taylor, it's tyler. and the scariest part of it all is that i very often relate to his lyrics. but that's also beautiful - it's therapeutic in a way. so when clancy came out and i realized i relate to pretty much EVERY song on this record, i just thought to myself, oh lord, how did i survive this long without their music. it's always been them for me. i will never abandon them again, i swear.

second thing, the lore. you all know i'm a slut for stories told through music (*cough* musical theatre *cough*). also, if the plot of the story is complex and weird as fuck, there's a pretty big chance it will become my favourite thing in the world. the entire lore is an insane metaphor for mental health struggles so, obviously, i can find a part of myself in it. i would die for their lore, honestly. it's all i can think about. and clancy will always be my fucking blorbo.

another thing i love a lot about them, and it's something you don't really see if you don't watch their interviews or live performances, they are literally just two dudes. both josh and tyler have always been very anxious and awkward and weird and that's what makes them more human in my opinion - just two fucking idiots who are best friends, lmao. they are so relatable in every possible way. they are also the funniest dudes in the entire world. and their friendship is so fucking beautiful. the only difference between us and them, truly, is that they are extremely talented and they have their own band.

also, they care about the clique so fucking much, this was probably mentioned on my blog before (maybe even today in a previous ask). they don't care about the charts, about awards, about anything really, all they care about is their music and fans. they don't do it to be the best band in the world. they do it to save lives - our lives as much as their own (if it wasn't for this music i don't know how i would have fought this). and that's what makes them different and honestly, better than the other artists.

they are also pretty much unproblematic. i wasn't really sure if i should mention that, but i feel like i need to. tyler joseph made one stupid mistake a few years ago - the way people reacted to this still breaks my fucking heart. he realized he was wrong tho, he apologized. the other day i saw a post here on tumblr about how he's fucking problematic and racist and the worst man on the planet etc etc. can we... fucking stop, please. it was just a stupid joke and he knows it was dumb and unnecessary. most people wouldn't even apologize, but he did. end of story. i will defend him with my life (not saying he is perfect, but shit, if you want to cancel him for one mistake maybe you should look at yourself first).

i feel like there are thousand different reasons but i'm just gonna stop here, because it's too fucking long already and no one will read it anyway.

[thechampagnesocialist]

hi so i was at all in today and i met oli ?!?! my dad was at the bar and he was there too so my dad started talking to him about wrestletalk and stuff. my dad mentioned me and oli told my dad that he wanted to meet me too like what ?!? so my dad got me while oli waited for us and we talked for like ages !! i gave him a friendship bracelet and he shook my hand and we took a picture with him its kinda crazy hes such a nice person. he said he was gonna give the other friendship bracelets to pete and luke and tempest and dan. crazy

hello????

first thing first, hope you have a good time at all in. second thing second, wild that one of the first people you decided to share this story with (right after all in, might I add) is tumblr user champagnesocialist.

[therhythmafterthesummer]

Hybrid Seungmin except he fell asleep cockwarming reader, had a wet dream to the point he started moving involuntary, woke up when he felt his knot catch to his partner just blissed out causing it to lock in place😋

(god I love hybrid seungmin. Also I imagine this as wr Seungmin too but alas I don’t know if he can knot soooooo. I feel like he might be able to cause he’s a male werewolf so genetics regardless would favor pup making for survival. Without going into detail, would you can to elaborate on “traditional” male and female wolf anatomy)

-🥝

BARK BARK BARK BARK WOOF WOOF WOOF...

ahem... sorry for that.

i'm normal. i'm sooooo normal....

excuse me while i:

hybrid!seungmin who whines in his sleep because you just feel soooo good )): so warm and tight and that knot of his is just a tiny bit too big but you take it. even while half asleep, you take it like a champ.

hybrid!seungmin who's drunk on your pheromones and your arousal and just can't help himself when he wakes up to his hips moving on their own to get some friction.

hybrid!seungmin who's just r e a d y to pump you full, especially when you're begging for it so sweetly...

hybrid!seungmin who whines even louder after he's come because he's oversensitive and your walls squeeze his swollen knot so tight....

[not-poignant]

Would you be willing to talk about the idea of 'psychopaths in real life'? I know you've written them but because there's so much messy pop culture around the idea of a psychopath I've never been sure of what about the idea of them is real. Are some people simply born wanting to hurt people? Or is it the result of early major trauma, or innate? I've met a lot of very cruel people but I think I'd say they probably weren't like that with select groups of people (their friends or family) rather than people they viewed as targets/unimportant/sinners/etc... Probably? I suppose I think of them more as emotionally sadistic than as fundamentally incapable of empathy. But maybe I just haven't met the right people, or known them well enough. Just an invitation to share your thoughts on the subject, if you're willing.

Are some people simply born wanting to hurt people? Or is it the result of early major trauma, or innate?

If you had an answer to this, anon, you'd have an answer to one of the greatest mysteries of psychology and sociology. The truth is, we just don't know for sure. There's a lot of good evidence on both sides, depending on who you're studying, which strongly suggests that sometimes it might be the first, sometimes it might be the second, and sometimes it's both.

But the reality is we don't know.

Scientists really, really want to find ways of detecting folks like this before some of them turn to extremely violent or cruel crimes, so obviously finding out the causative genetic and/or social factors is extremely important to them. It would save a lot of money re: governments for a start, so this is an area that's had bursts of funding over the years. But the reality is we're not really a great deal closer to figuring it out.

We do know that some folks genuinely seem to have had no social causative factors, and others folks genuinely seem to have been shaped by their upbringing. If you want to go into this there are hundreds of books and articles on the subject, and you'll very quickly see that no one is in agreement and we still have no solid early detection systems.

I've met a lot of very cruel people but I think I'd say they probably weren't like that with select groups of people (their friends or family) rather than people they viewed as targets/unimportant/sinners/etc… Probably?

The fact is, unless you were with them 24/7 you don't know how they were behaving with friends and family. In fact, this is how certain priests and cops get away with so much of what they do. There are priests who have been kind and compassionate to entire congregations and then gone on to rape 30/40 children in cruel ways that have led to many suicides, who feel zero shame or remorse and who very obviously just wanted access to children in a job that would give them community trust without having to earn it. That kindness and compassion is a performance to secure what you want.

Secondly, perhaps they were good with friends and family, so was Gacy. Many folks like this understand that they need to strategically set up networks of people who believe you to be kind etc. Being a psychopath doesn't mean you're stupid (although some are, varying intelligence levels exist), often these folks understand that to get away with doing what they truly want to do, there needs to be a cloak of 'I'm fine and normal and nice' around them. The ones who don't understand this tend to go to jail very quickly (or die very quickly due to the circumstances around their behaviours - being a psychopath is not a safe thing to be if you can't pair it with an ability to be selective).

But maybe I just haven't met the right people, or known them well enough.

I'm not going to talk about specific details of my past but I will say it's likely that you just haven't met someone on this level and/or have but are just not in their target zone because they might just be in the periphery of your experience.

Folks like Crielle exist in the world, for example, and sadly it's often more people than you'd expect. But some of those people are also incredibly intelligent and manipulative. They often operate on a level different to most of us.

[wolfstarlibrarian]

I have no pet, but I can share a pic of a kitten we rescued at work (I'm a librarian too 😉) the other day. She's fine now, we found her a good family !

😍😭

Thank you for your fur baby offering oh.Mygofddjdodnodn!!! An angel.

And HELLO LIBRARIAN!!! You have ALL of my respect and thanks. I’ve always looked at my local librarians (the real, books in a building kind 😅) as community caretakers, akin to magic folk in some way and I thank you.

I hope the cats new family spoils her and thanks so much for the support and coming to my slumber party! ❤️

[witchofthesouls]

Oh man, I keep thinking about language barriers between Cybertron and the Lost Colonies.

Now I got two separate ideas:

1) War bride with a twist where it's Megatron, the Decepticon Warlord, the Great Slagmaker, gets stolen and hitched since he accidentally enacted a marriage to a potential Mistress of Flame.

Double points if it's a time where he was stuck as a gun, and the Adepti has a kink or significantly used him in combat for X amount of time. Perhaps used his bladed extensions in rituals for another layer of binding themes and forge/forger symbolism.

2) Tarn and Camien Nurse with a Quintesson experiment. Since modern Cybertron doesn't have femmes or newsparks, they only have really ancient writings about the concept, and that's why Phase Seven is considered a legend as Decepticon High Command is still trying to figure out how to expand the population, like every other scientist and politician since the occupation. It has something to do with sparks, though...

The Quintessons, on the other hand, are very well educated on Cybertronian biological processes and mechanisms, so-

Local virgin leader of a roving torture and execution squad develops another addiction because the Quintessons wanted to ensure a healthy clutch in a Seekerkin carrier, aka they not only modified Tarn's hardware but messed his brain module to continuously seek out pleasure in a carrier.

Now, Tarn is stuck with a foreign mecha whose only line of communication is a dialect of Primal Vernacular that Vos is able to understand. Most of the time. At least, the D.J.D. have a medical professional now.

(And newsparks that haven't been seen for an indefinite amount of tim, but that's several crates of Nuke for later.)

[quirkle2]

I was wondering if there are any rare happy ritsu moments in ur zombie au since hes always miserable I think,, like is he always miserable or is he happy/not miserable and feeling kinda good sometimes?

VWHDGDGD NO YEAH OFC HE'S HAPPY SOMETIMES im just horrible and enjoy putting him through misery

ive never been able to get a genuine smile to look right on his face in my art style either i think thats part of it. as ive said his face is just built to be mildly uncomfortable and bothered and i lean into it sm it's starting to get kinda funny

but yes ritsu is happy plenty! i think, canonically, he just seems like the type of person to me that tends to turn lemonade back into lemons. he's easy to scare and his first reaction to things is often Dread and Anxiety. he dwells on the negatives a lot and seems to be a "hope for the best, expect the worst," kinda guy, but there's a section in this post abt shigeo always loving the little things in life, and ritsu steadily learns throughout the journey on how to do that and how healing it can rly be. even if he had to grow up too fast during this whole thing and learn things a kid should never have to, the journey also gave him some good insight and lessons in other places! ritsu is smart, he figures it all out

in terms of little things here n there he's the happiest lil guy on the planet when he finds one of his favorite foods—swings his legs while he sits and munches on a kitkat bar like he's got absolutely nothin in the world to worry abt. sometimes mob does smth funny that he laughs at; for the longest time i've had this silly image in my head of mob accidentally knocking down a bucket from a store shelf and it lands on his head and he just kinda stands there and makes noises.when the noises continue out of pure curiosity about the weird echoey quality it's giving them ritsu cannot help but lose it

besides tiny things tho, when tome comes around ritsu in general is a lot happier, just cuz he has somebody to talk to that will actually respond in some way. they're sorta reluctant partners in crime at first (at least on ritsu's end) but over time and over bonding they grow to rly like each other's presence. they bicker constantly but it's almost always fond eventually, and they shove each other and playfight until mob gets antsy enough to get worked up about it. rly, tome is a godsend to ritsu's mental health—after months and months of being effectively alone with his thoughts, he finally has another person to converse with. a person His Age, too!

tome is rly good at knowing when ritsu is thinkin himself into oblivion and she's Also rly good at being the most annoying girl on the planet to yank him outta that and replace any misery with Oh My God Get Off Me You Freak. she doesn't even do this on purpose at first, but over time she learns how to tell when he's thinking too hard and, ofc, she's grown attached and she cares, so she's as obnoxious as possible to lighten the mood

when they find reigen n teru, ritsu gradually gets Much happier still. now that he knows they're safe and the gang is finally back together (and now that there's an Adult present and he can relax a lil and let himself be taken care of) his stress levels r exponentially lowered. having teru back is another instant lift to his mood—im always a big fan of teru and ritsu friendship, and i think adding tome to their dynamic simply makes it more chaotic. truly a trio of the 3 most normal teenagers in existence which will surely bring nothing but good (reigen sweats offscreen)

actually this makes me feel bad for forever torturing him im gonna go draw happy zau ritsus brb ,.,.ok imback <3

[gengwasted]

Do you have a favorite genshin character?

*hides stacks of kaveh doodles* Heizou.

[revvethasmythh]

Do you think your wife Rashinna and your husband Relvin and his husband Vandran get along?

I like to think they would ;)

Anon, receiving this ask at the same exact moment that I changed my blog title to "Happily Married to Rashinna of the Golden Hammer" is the funniest thing that could have possibly happened. This is the best question i have ever received. and YES I think we are one big, beautiful polycule. We all have two hands and we all get along and it's working so well for us, exactly

[skyward-floored]

Oo yes yes yes I did forget a little about Hyrule being more nervous when strangers are involved poor kiddo.

Well. Now I gotta ask how they all rank on the "a pleasure to have in class, excellent participation! /genuine" to "A Pleasure To Have IN Class /frantically grinding teeth because as a teacher you can't call a kid an a hole" scale.

Obviously Wind you have explained is just going to give out the energy and respect deserved/what he is given he will give right back.

And omg confirming the Wild is the bucket-scoot kid is hilarious because I could see him actually vibrating at SPEED so he looked like a human jackhammer and gets the bucket SO FAR SO FAST but because the teachers weren't looking he /technically/ didn't show off his powers at school. And it just became one of those urban legends at the school about the teleporting timeout bucket

And and and hmmmmm the "Cover Jobs" they all have as adults (if they are still even needed by that point)- I'm not sure if you've gone into much detail on that besides what we already know with Time, Malon, Wars, and Sky.

And uhhh anything you're just really excited to say? I'm stranded waiting for a ride right now and have so much IAU brain rot it's immeasurable

IAU boys ranked on how much they were “a pleasure to have in class”—

Twilight is at the top for sure, he’s respectful and polite— plus with a bunch of younger siblings, he feels like he should try to be a good role model (even if some of his teachers don’t deserve a speck of the respect he gives them).

Four is next, since he actually likes studying a fair amount, and therefore every teacher adores him. (It drives Wind a little crazy).

Hyrule is next, since he always tries really hard to be polite and just melt into the background too. (This is just in front of teachers, mind. Hyrule can be plenty sassy if he wants, but he doesn’t want to be kicked out of school so he’s really polite to teachers and everything). He needs some extra help sometimes, but he’s usually so nice about it that his teachers don’t mind.

Legend is next, because while he can have a bit of an attitude, he’s good at a lot of different things, and asks pretty interesting questions. Some teachers appreciate this, and some do not.

Wild is near the bottom because while he’s smart, he’s really just not good at sitting still, and can be snarky if he’s not thinking. (Plus... sometimes he gets remarks about his scars, and that just makes school all the more unpleasant)

And Wind is at the bottom XD He’s not the worst kid ever to have in class— there’s definitely way worse behaved kids then him— but he’s a troublemaker, and tends to get bored and use his powers when he really shouldn’t. But like you said, he can be respectful if he wants to be.

(Bonus: Warriors and Sky were both pretty good in class— though Sky did tend to fall asleep a lot, and had a bit of a reputation for being lazy)

Teleporting time-out bucket is definitely an urban legend at their school, I love that XD

I’ll admit I haven’t thought a lot about cover jobs when they’re older, and I’m actually still a bit unsure about Sky and Warriors (vague office jobs are my friend lol).

Twilight probably does stuff with animals somehow, maybe helps out on a farm or something like that. Wild I think probably works in a restaurant— maybe he slowly worked his way up from waiter to chef or something like that. I don’t know what Wind does but it’s probably near the ocean, and quite likely boat related. Maybe he drives a ferry? Does boat maintenance? Legend probably hops around jobs... or maybe works at an orchard? Hyrule and Four I have NO clue about... I could see Four being a teacher, maybe.

[deklo]

Genuine curious question: why do you like Snoopy? what do you like about him?

LOL i just think he’s cute !

[penelopecolinb]

🤔 what part of a spare heart were you most excited to write/share with your readers? Would you ever consider adding to that universe? Like snippets of the baby being born, Christmas, taking over the barony, Anthony apologizing for his behavior, then just being obsessed with each other in general, just anything really?

what part of a spare heart were you most excited to write/share with your readers?

i started writing a spare heart because i really wanted to create a scenario where colin and pen are writing love letters to each other, but neither of them knows that the other one is doing it. i did quite a bit of research on scottish myths and folklore to fit that in - i even consulted a map of scotland to make sure that each place colin wrote about would make sense in terms of the path he was taking throughout scotland. writing colin's letters (especially that one letter he wrote while drunk) brought me so much joy and i was really excited to post those two chapters!

Would you ever consider adding to that universe? Like snippets of the baby being born, Christmas, taking over the barony, Anthony apologizing for his behavior, then just being obsessed with each other in general, just anything really?

right now, i have other ideas i wanna explore. i have a modern oneshot which has more of a comedy vibe which i'm writing for the care for gaza raffle winner, and then i'm planning to write a to all the boys i've loved before AU. after that, i'm toying between a soulmates AU and another s1 canon divergence with a darker, toxic polin.

so really, the short answer is no. i've said my goodbyes to the polin in that universe (which was surprisingly really hard). a spare heart was the first fic i wrote that i really took special care with, the first fic where i really knew where everything was going to go and i stuck with my instincts. it was the first fic i genuinely slaved over, but i also had the most amazing time writing it, because the words just poured out of me as though the story had already been written by someone else and i was the only person who could remember it. i love this fic with all my heart, i love the story and the universe, but i would like to focus on other fics before i even consider writing anything in that universe again.

[laugtherhyena]

Is there a particular reason why you ship Samarie and Oliva?

Anon you have no idea how long I've wanted to ramble on this crackship ❤️

Ok so it started as a joke between me and my friends where we were talking about Olivia doing blunt rotation and who from the termina cast should be invited for it, i said Samarie and one of them added like "for once her anxiety lessens" and i was like huh fun.

And i thought, hey with Samarie needing to be saved and brought back to the train on morning day 1 and Olivia (if she isn't the mc) not being able to leave the train area until day 2 that makes day 1 evening the prime time for them to meet because they're both in there and i doubt there's many others to talk with when the majority has left to explore the town. Which then made me realize that in this scenario Samarie gets to develop a real connection with someone that doesn't start with mind reading and stalking from her part but instead with a conversation, like a normal relationship.

This isn't to say that Samarie wouldn't mind read Olivia or become clingy, nah this is Samarie, she would absolutely still do that. Tho perhaps (emphasis on perhaps) to a lesser extent or at least trying to go about it differently? Since she saw how her ways of trying to show Marina that she cared seemed to have the opposite effect i like to think that when seing Olivia's toughts on her sister Samarie would try to stop herself from assuming that she hates her like how she assumed Marina hated her father and wanted him dead from using mind read on her.

There's also the fact that amongst the character interaction you can have after you've been tied up killing someone Olivia's is arguably the nicest one of them and she even seems conflicted about deeming the player character a monster or considering them beyond redemption after what they did, which in turn makes me think she could act in a similar manner to Samarie.

Is this accurate to canon? Most likely not, if i recal correctly Samarie tends to be less open to anyone who isn't Marina. But this is my beloved weirdgirl x weirdgirl ship and i like to imagine Samarie not ruining her relationship with a girl before it even starts