#firstdove15

[zoetekohana]

Pick Your Tropes

i was tagged by my lovely partner in crime @firstdove15 to play this fun game. ♡

coffee shop | flower girl as much as i love flower shops, the coffee shop au is a classic for a reason

au | fix-it au all day every day, i just love all the possibilities, the settings, ...

enemies to lovers | childhood friends always, always (childhood) friends to lovers, that is what i live for

angst | fluff first the angst, then the fluff, so both obviously

love at first sight | pining pining, more specifically mutually pining idiots where everyone can see it but them

modern au | historical au both? both. yes, both is good. au set in the past, au in the present, au in the future, it's all good

break up & make up | proposal & wedding i'm not a fan of weddings so... ^^;

get together | established relationship show me the journey of how they got together pls

soulmates | unrequited i don't believe in soulmates irl, but i do love it in my fiction

fake dating | secret dating as much fun as the fake dating trope can be, secret dating is more challenging imho (just look at Chandler and Monica, or maybe don't consider Phoebe's "MY EYES!" scream)

obvious pining | domestic fluff show me idiots pining for each other and not realising, no matter how obvious, their feelings are requited

hurt/comfort | crack re: the angst and fluff

meet the parents | meet cute who cares about meeting the parents, haha, show me the cute ways people can meet

i tag @miadearden @eruriku @arahir @ribbonedcuriosa @panjiku @unova-state-of-mind @perichat @tangledupblue @logophobia @stellarhime

[zoetekohana]

Omggggg, @firstdove15 !! This is amazing! I love absolutely everything about this!!

I love them having a fun day at the beach together, eating sweet-flavoured ice cream. Of course Mimi *has* to take a picture to make the day last forever. I love Mimi's fuchsia-coloured dress and Taichi's blue shirt. I love their big smiles!

Seeing them happy makes me happy. 🥰

Thank you so so so much for this lovely present!!! Such a lovely surprise. Love you so much, babe.

Surprise, @zoetekohana !!! 💖💖💖

ID: A digitally colored selfie of Mimi and Taichi from the Digimon franchise. Mimi is the one who took the picture of them in front of the ocean. She has her free arm over Taichi's shoulder, holding (supposed to be) raspberry ice cream. Taichi is holding her close (arm barely visible) while holding strawberry ice cream in his free hand. Both teens are smiling with a blush. /ID.

[boarloved-art]

mila + sala my beloveds! thank u so much to @firstdove15 for ur YOI gotcha for gaza (@yuri-on-ice-action) donation + the adorable prompt !!

[erisenyo]

FANDOM TRUMPS HATE: ATLA OFFERINGS ARE FINALLY HER

There are 43 offerings for the ATLA fandom this year (whooo!!)! Listings can be found here, and the browsing period is Officially Open, with bidding beginning Tuesday!! (February 25 - March 1)

There are some truly amazing offerings for this year’s @fandomtrumpshate charity auction. Click their names below to check them out!!

Offering fanart...

ILL_Zazzorino (@illzazzorino - works here and here) is offering a book cover, comic, or drawing/painting (up to M)

Kricketbee (@kricketbee - works here) is offering a book cover, drawing/painting, or icon (up to E)

Arandin (@arandin-art -works here and here) is offering a book cover or drawing/painting (up to G)

CopperyHeart (works here and here) is offering a banner, book cover, podfic cover, or other cover art, drawing/painting, or Chibi Discord sticker/emoji (up to E)

escyn (@escyn - works here) is offering a drawing/painting (up to E)

Sooz (@sooz-again - works here) is offering a drawing/painting (up to M)

LadyProphet (@ladyprophet - works here) is offering a comic or drawing/painting (up to E)

non-plutonian-druid (@non-plutonian-druid - works here) is offering a banner, book cover, comic, or drawing/painting (up to M)

Eevylynn (@eevylynn - works here and here) is offering a drawing/painting (up to E) [Eevylynn is also offering a second drawing/painting auction here]

Faye (@firstdove15 - works here) is offering a drawing/painting (up to T)

sendhearthhome (@sendhearthhome - works here) is offering a drawing/painting (up to T)

Lizardlicks (@lizardlicks - works here) is offering a banner, book cover, drawing/painting, or icon (up to E)

itslilacmoon (@itslilacmoon - works here) is offering a book cover, comic, drawing/painting, or short animatic (up to M)

So many amazing creators and offerings, right? And they're definitely worth checking out, so many people are volunteering their interest in creating for specific types of content, like f/f ships, ace/aro character interpretations, rare pairs, and so many other things!

Find the fan labor listing here! And the fanfic listings here!

(And if you're not in the ATLA mood--there are SO many fandoms represented in the event, I bet your current interests are in there too :))

[thisnameisnotspokenfor]

SUPER ROUGH FINAL CHAPTER SNIPPET I SWEAR

disclaimer: this is not 50% done and there's still a lot of important details/actions missing but I was too hyped to not share- and there's a good chance the final product will look completely different

@firstdove15 and @aquamiun I HAVE TO tag you for this I'm sorry- but I need to see your reactions- this chapter is lore HEAVY.

“See and now if I kill you, people are gonna think I’m the wicked one!”

“If it makes you feel any better, you’re wicked for a lot of reasons, Asha. But if we had to make a list, I don’t think trying to kill me would be in the top ten.”

“Yeah right. So let me get this straight. I’m that wicked, yet here we have you, doing a hundred and one herculean tasks just to spend a day with me in order to be my friend. Right?”

“Yep. Pretty much.”

“So what does that say about you, Cepheus?”

“That I’m oddly persistent and determined?”

“Or that you’re a complete lunatic with a terrible taste in friends, but to each their own, I guess.”

“Lunactic? Ouch, Asha,” he feigned hurt as he drawled. “Why don’t you tell me how you really feel?”

She felt her grip tighten around the helm.“Star boy, I’m in this situation because I lost a wager that I was super confident that I’d win. I’m doing the best I can, ok?”

“Actually, I believe the correct terminology for me would be star man.”

“Excuse me?”

“I believe the correct terminology for me is star man. I’ve been through  way too many rites of passages to be called a boy.”

She shook her head, trying to ignore him. “Rites of passages?”

“Yeah you know, certain coming of the age things you have to do per custom.”

“Really? And what does a star’s rites of passage look like?”

“Well, of course it varies per court, but there’s a few shared customs that they all have. They usually vary in difficulty.”

“How many have you done?”

“Honestly? More than I can remember. Any star you see that’s my age has at least completed a handful.”

“Did you have…any personal favorites?”

“The sea of monsters.”

“Sea of monsters?”

He nodded, “yep. It’s one of the hardest rites of passage, and one of the most dangerous ones as well but it’s very rewarding if you succeed.” He paused taking note of her and Valentino’s expression. “I suppose I should explain, shouldn’t I?”

“Yes please,” she muttered watching as some of the water from the river rose to form a droplet within his hands. 

“Like the name implies, it takes place at what we’d call a sea. But this ocean isn’t like yours,” he started as the water droplet darkened, turning pitch black.”Instead of being filled with water, it’s filled with what they call consternas, or constellation monsters that were imprisoned beneath the ocean’s torrents that eagerly try to rip apart any star that enters their territories.”

She shivered, watching as the darkened water began to move irregularly.

“So…how do you complete this rite of passage?”

“Oh it’s simple really. You see when a star undergoes this rite of passage, they enter the sea carrying a weapon with them. But this weapon isn’t for self-defense. Nope, it’s to bind the chosen consterna monster to your life force. But you have to be careful because once you enter that ocean, it’s going to do everything to make sure that you don’t make it out alive. Every drop eats away at your very being, as with every passing second the ocean tries to drag you down deeper and deeper.”

“So what happens if you fail? Do you drown?”

“Ha, drowning would be merciful. No. If you stay in there for too long, you end up turning into a Consterna yourself. A mindless monster, cursed to roam the sea until another star stronger than you comes along and binds you to it’s life force for all eternity.”

“That’s…awful…what’s the point of that?!”

“Well, it’s to lessen the number of raging Consternas for one, and two, if you do succeed not only do you get fantastic accolades, you also gain a cool weapon!”

A cool weapon, she mentally scoffed. What good was a cool weapon to a star who could barely defend himself?!

“You should see some of the children of the higher ups take it,” his laughter interrupted her thoughts. They tie a rope around them, to pull them back in case they go to deep.”

“And this is your favorite rites of passage?! Cepheus!!”

“What?” he frowned innocently. “You asked!”

[starcrossedrose]

I guess February belongs to Cinderella now.

@solembum22

@firstdove15

[imjustheretoseetheprivateblogs]

Thanks for the tag @tigirl-and-co :)! Make a poll of your top 5 favourite characters and tag 5 people you'd like to do the same!

I tag @firstdove15 @ashxketchum @keylethswife @nerdqueenmari & @allthegoodbobdylanlyricsaretaken

[trashlie]

Pick Your Tropes

I got tagged by @junejems!!!!

coffee shop or flower girl | au or fix-it | enemies to lovers or childhood friends | angst or fluff | love at first sight or pining | modern au or historical au | break up & make up or proposal & wedding | get together or established relationship | soulmates or unrequited | fake dating or secret dating | obvious pining or domestic fluff | hurt/comfort or crack | meet the parents or meet cute

I'm gonna tag @firstdove15 @jjoorrddaann @toast-the-unknowing @nepenthean-sleep @guanadon @maybeimdepressed @mysterygrl20 and if YOU wanna do it PLEASE DOOO

[starcrossedrose]

@solembum22

@firstdove15

If I’m able to, then perhaps I’ll be closer to portraying a true expression of love.

[zoetekohana]

Shuffle your favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up, then copy/paste this ask to your favorite mutuals! <3

Hi babe! I love these askgames. :)

I'm that weird person who has a structure in her playlists (ofc) and gives them alliterative titles. So my fav one is "♫ all-around awesome ♫":

1. Childish Gambino - This Is America

2. UMI feat. V of BTS - wherever u r

3. Banks - Mother Earth

4. Avril Lavigne - Too Much to Ask

5. Fink - Looking Too Closely

[thisnameisnotspokenfor]

🌵🐝

🌵I don't really have a playlist mostly because I just use whatever youtube throws at me- and youtube doesn't let you save those playlists- but I do like listening to this music:

((Adam Young is Owl City- who also wrote music for Paint the Night Parade- which is another track I like to listen to whenever writing:

🐝- ((I tage people for this one, right?)) *grabs a chair and reading glasses for this* Let me just start off by saying that I appreciate you all for reading/sticking with me through these ahhh- *looks at Asha/Cepheus* strange times I guess! It's crazy to see people reading this story because ngl- when I originally made it, I was super scared because I feel like my Asha is kinda mean and a lot of it strays from being in the original Wish territory. But it's super encouraging to hear from you guys!

((I was SHOOK reading my first comment lol))

I'm sorry if I miss anybody! These are just a few I can think off the top of my head! (I just woke up and I'm not feeling too good.)

@aquamiun - I think you are a fantastic theorist- and I enjoy your theories/questions! You're super funny ((Ceph still hasn't forgotten the things you said about him tho))

@firstdove15 - I appreciate your commentary and perspective on things- especially when you pick up on Cepheus's *ahem* non-human way of thinking! ((You've inspired Asha to werk while suffering- so thank you for that!))

@tiredmiddlechild and @pinkshgumis and @millspyxis are fantastic artists- seeing your illustrations is so unreal to me?! The attention to detail/expressions/colors and everything is so amazing?! Your art gives me strength to drive Asha insane! ((I have more angst I'm waiting to unleash on @millspyxis ))

@guineapigwitch your asha among us powerpoint/slides was amazing- I can't stop laughing at how in character it was! (You also probably predicted how Nachos/Cepheus’s relationship is going to go down in the future)

@musa-style your theories are also amazing ((have you guys seen the pie charts/graphs?!)) I appreciate your comments and your little conspiracy club lol. Also RESPECT TO A FELLOW ATLANTIS LOVER!!!

@bi-pisces07 : lol you are very bad for enabling Ceph's murderous tendencies- but you are definitely one of my funniest readers/followers!

@squiggledude no joke- I feel like you've been with me for the longest (or one of the longest) and I appreciate reading your comments with every chapter (you're super encouraging!)

@iprincezzinuyoukai I appreciate reading your comments as well! You're pretty perceptive when it comes to spotting little things in the lore- that I usually try to hide. ((We'll see how well some of your comments age))

@rylxdreams I had a super good laugh when I read your comment on the noble girls ((yeah they do need water or something-))and the library chapter! ((Funny story- I rewrote that chapter like 3 times- it was KILLING me))

I once again apologize for anyone I missed (I’ll come back and update this if I missed anyone). But I do appreciate you all reading the story on AO3 and here on tumblr! (Especially all my A03 readers who don’t have a tumblr account or I may have not fond you on tumblr!)

You all are amazing! You also are in trouble! (But don’t mind that part! We’ll cross that bridge when we reach it 😌)

[starcrossedrose]

So…I saw Sublimation and my main thought was…

Marinette wouldn’t have this problem if she was with Luka.

@firstdove15

@solembum22

[starcrossedrose]

@firstdove15

@solembum22

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

[imjustheretoseetheprivateblogs]

Thanks for the tag @monibolis

I tag @firstdove15 @chickycherrycola and anyone else who wants to do this

[zoetekohana]

When you get this, post 5 songs 🎵 you actually listen to. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite people on here. ✨

Oooohh, I *love* this game! 🤎 I'll list the five songs I've been listening to the most lately.

1. Die Trying ~ aespa

Suuuuch a bippity boppity BOP! I love the intro and the bridge the most. And the lyrics make me feel so empowered: "Hands around my neck, I don't break a sweat. Never wave a white flag, I'll die trying."

2. Afraid ~ Day6

First off... I miss Day6 so much. Their discography is so gorgeous with so much meaning. Such as this song: It has beautiful background music that makes me feel like I'm featuring in a Shinkai movie, but the lyrics deal with a darkness, a worry I sadly can relate to.

3. Journey to the Past ~ Aaliyah

Her voice, the way she conveys the emotions of longing, of hope, so so beautiful. (It's been over twenty years, but I still miss her.) Also, yes, I should rewatch Anastasia someday.

4. Bubblegum ~ NewJeans

So sweet, so adorable. How can I not like this?

5. bellyache ~ Billie Eilish

I love the contrast of the upbeat tune to the macabre lyrics. Well done, Billie.

Summary: I'm in a nostalgic + kpop phase...

[thisnameisnotspokenfor]

Rough Chapter 30 Snippet

I'm only finishing the segment to mess with @firstdove15

“Valentino,” she whispered. “Did you hear that?”

The goat nodded, looking just as frightened as she had before she’d glanced toward the surface. “How good is your doggy pattle?” she’d asked him as he pleated again, before offering her a brief demonstration.

Okay, so his doggy pattle was definitely not passable.

Cepheus had told them to stay put, but she didn’t want to risk dealing with whatever was swimming down there. She’d briefly contemplated making it a run for it, until she’d realize that she had no idea how to make the bubble move on her own. If anything they were stuck, waiting and watching the darkness of the graveyard below them.

Hopefully whatever it was that she’d just seen hadn’t come across Cepheus, either. Not that she worried for the star’s wellbeing, but she wasn’t sure how she’d be able to save him if he got hurt, or worse. She shook her head, as she tried to ease her mind of all of the terrible scenarios it had conjured.

Cepheus was strong, and much to her chagrin, rather smart when he wanted to be. If anything she should be feeling more worried for the creature than for the star! 

But her thoughts had quickly come to an end as she’d felt the water beneath them move once more, as if something was coming towards them. “Cepheus?!” she shrieked.

No answer.

“Cepheus I swear this better-,” she screamed , feeling herself being skyrocketed upwards as the thing, no person held her carefully. The surrounding world passing by in a strange mixture of bubbles and rushing water as she looked down, meeting the star’s eyes, moments before they’d broken the surface of the water.

She gasped, taking in a mouthful of air before sinking down into the water once more. The star’s laughter filling her ears as Valentino pleated. 

The coldness of the dark depths shrinking as she’d felt the sun beat down upon her, easing some of the pain she’d been feeling as she took in one breath after another. At first it had been out of instinct, then it had been out of assurance. Assurance to know that they were still alive.

“Asha,” started the star as he held up his hands, revealing the small collection of scrolls, maps and books that he’d retrieved. “I got these for you.”

Her eyes widened as she spotted both Tau and her father’s familiar handwriting decorating the well preserved pages and sketches of the journals. Tears blurred her vision as she took in the enthusiastic notes of her father’s work. She couldn’t believe it. “You…you went back down there to get these for me?”

“I had to,” he answered. “They’re your father’s right? So it’s only right that you have them if you wish to continue his work.”

Words had failed her as she’d felt herself embrace the star. “Thank you,” she’d whispered, as she shook. The star relaxed, slowly returning the embrace as she felt his hand gently hold the back of her head. Neither of them had said a word, as she’d felt them float there, but perhaps they hadn’t needed to. 

"They've resurfaced," whispered one of the figures from the shore as they carefully watched the star release the girl. "Shall we proceed as planned?"