#go forth and tag your blorbos

[revivivivify]

From the brilliant imaginations of myself, @tofu-bento-box, and @thewiglesswonder, I bring you the Functionality/Expression Axis, used to quantify a character’s behavior when afflicted by love or lust, or both.

[stupidpersonhere]

i'm not holding against anyone, really, since food is food however it's very jarring read a fanfic in english placed in china, japan, korea or asian setting (be fantasy, modern) and feel the americaness ozzing from my screen, moreover since I've only seen an American once in my entire life and I got spooked and ran away in a Walmart.

[corner-collects-rocks]

aftg animatic of come by adrianne lenker

it starts out with/ neil as an adult/his time with the foxes post baltimore. as the “tuning” ends it shows neil playing exy (young or a fox take ur pick) and then the first time the guitar cuts out it switches to him after he buried mary.

then as the song begins we start to see him running and changing identities (w/ or w/o mary up to u) then as the words start we see glimpses of neils time with the foxes. summer before the rest of the foxes arrive. getting to know dan’s group, going to columbia and as the video progresses it becomes more and more apparent that these are memories and we’re in the car going to baltimore. reality breaks through as lola busts out the cigarette light. we start to switch back and forth between memory and reality as each injury is inflicted. (my vote for reality to seep in is for “i’m not cold, i’m not cold” or the following line “take my hand, take ahold” or if u want to start it earlier i would also like to pitch “take my left with your right”)

when she sings “Take my life, into your life” it transitions from nathan entering the basement to halloween when all the foxes are together (or the foxes winning their first match, just anytime the foxes are all one group) when it says “take a branch with your knife” it transitions from exy back to baltimore until we hear the final line “help me die, my daughter” to which we return to nathan as stuart arrives, nathan and nathaniel making eye contact as the gun goes off. (roll the credits as the song fades out)

i cannot draw. this has been banging around in my head. the most perfect song ever and blorbo mr. neil josten. please someone feel inspired and make something beautiful (and tag me in it so i can see please!!!)

[masseffectholidaycheer]

'Twas the Night Before the Reaping

🚨REAPER HORN NOISES🚨

What you need to know!

Reaping Posting will begin tomorrow and be open through January 31st

To submit your post you MUST fill out the Google Form

Physical gifts MUST be in the mail by tomorrow and you must email us proof of shipping. We start chasing people down after tomorrow who have said they're shipping something and haven't contacted us.

Digital gift posts are made and submitted by the gifter.

Gifters will submit their digital gift post to us via the Google Form.

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All posts will be queued and posted throughout the day.

All posts will be tagged with the name of the gifter and giftee to make them easy to find

If you have any questions or concerns, please email us ASAP.

Remember the Google Form. Please. For Minion Keeper's sake.

This is who you're hurting if you forget The Form.

FAQ

My digital gift isn't ready!!! What do I do????

It's okay! Tomorrow is the START of posting, but you're not late! The last day to post is January 31st. After that, if we haven't heard from you, we start breaking out the laser beams.

I haven't gotten a gift 😭

Tomorrow is only the start of posting. You will get a gift - Minion Keeper's spreadsheet knows all. Remember to check our blog for your username - your gift will be tagged with the same username as in the "minion you're making a gift for blorbo" email. If by January 31st we haven't heard from your giftee, we break out the lasers and failing that will ensure that a pinch hitter is found. It might be a little late, but EVERYONE gets a gift. Every year. No husk is left behind.

...I don't actually like my gift? What do I do?

We expect everyone to be respectful of the time and energy it took to create a gift. If you have specific concerns please reach out to us privately via email, but we expect that everyone here to be kind. Unlike certain pesky N7s who shall not be named.

Something has happened and I'm going to be late posting or have to back out

Life happens. Things happen. Shepard happens (unfortunately). All we ask is that you email us ASAP and communicate what's going so we can have a plan and make sure that your giftee is taken care of.

When can I start to panic about not getting a gift or my giftee not getting their mail?

You don't need to panic - unless you see an M35 Mako around. Then we recommend running. Fast. But seriously, don't start to worry until after January 31st. And even then, everyone will get a gift. No one has been or will be forgotten. We've got a pretty good track record of this. We'll post updates as the exchange winds down that will include information about how many gifts are complete, what's still in transit, if there's pinch-hits or known delays, and tagging anyone we need to get a hold of. You can go back through the "harby speaks" tag to find examples. Minion Keeper's backpack of power and spreadsheet will sustain us for another year.

GO FORTH AND GIFT MASS EFFECT HOLIDAY CHEER 🎉🎉

[destielvalentineszine2025]

re: making friend on tumblr

tumblr is the best place to make friends cause it takes out the "embarassing face to face reaction" part of real life. so its easier for someone to shoot their shot.

you think someone's posts are funny? go tell them you think theyre the new king of comedy. their username is so good its your new vocal stim? TELL THEM. you saw their posts searching for moots? go say hi. they have certain opinions on things that you agree with? TELL. THEM.

tumblr is like kindergarten. everybodys doing their own thing and you can come upto someone and ask if they want to color with you and theyll come along with you.

best part is if they dont want to interact with you they wont!!! shooting your shot is still worth it. there's a community for everything here. there are at least 10 people as insane about your blorbo as you are, probably more. so you can find someone who matches your exact energy, or maybe youll find someone who's nothing like you but still have companionship!

another thing is friendships dont have to rely on approximation and first hand conversations. they can exist as reblogging each others post and sending them things that remind you of them. its parallel play. not having said anything to a friend here for a year doesnt mean youre not friends any longer.

so dont hesitate to talk to people. im sure they would be just as happy to talk to someone who thinks theyre cool as you would be.

I LOVE likening it to kindergarten. I think there’s something so special about the like - openness? Many people have? Like maybe there are less rules than out in the real world, and you can just show up as who you are!!

AND THE PARALLEL PLAY STUFF!!! Yeah!!!!!! I think there really is something to be said for - engaging back and forth in whatever small way (reblogging, liking, etc) & over time moving into prev tagging or DMing someone their own post to continue the conversation of whatever they had to say!!!

[redwinevinegar47]

Good Omens Fanfic Recs - Trope #3: Priests

Why priests for Good Omens AUs? Many reasons. One is that priests are forbidden love. Forbidden love is a great trope but actually hard to generate in a modern scenario. There are not a lot real reasons that two consenting adults who love each other can't be together (IRL, maybe geographic distance is the main one I see but blorbos aren't going to be held back by that). I think it's striking that two people can actually be forbidden by religious dogma or church rules. They can risk profound ostracization, social death. So religious homophobia across denominations and Catholic vows of celibacy in particular create a legitimate contemporary scenario of forbidden love (and a reason to be in the closet, another trope for which I have recs & thoughts).

(Reflecting on the fandom classic Shotgun Wedding by @charlottemadison42 and its compelling forbidden love scenario: it's not a priest AU but it is, similarly, based on policies of organizations that Aziraphale & Crowley are members of).

In the Anglican tradition, as I understand it the vicar is allowed to date but is under a microscope, often in a small community, and that is interesting and inhibiting. How do you explore yourself when so many people are watching? It adds an element to risk and reason to sneak around. Sneaking around is fun (until it's not).

I feel like I'm just starting to scratch the surface of this trope. Aziraphale's Library has recs and there are 80 pages of Good Omens "priest au" tagged fic on A03. Search for Good Omens Priest AU on Tumblr for some amazing fanart.

Here are some that resonated with me. They are all explicit.

Wonderwall series: All the Light that Lights the Way & All The Roads That Lead You There by @feraltuxedo (Rated Explicit, 8K + 7K, finished).

I liked the charismatic characterization of Aziraphale as a self-possessed, affable vicar. It's a fun, sexy, surprising meet-cute. I found myself daydreaming about them after I finished reading, and what it would actually be like for them to be together, in their social world.

Readings From the Books of Ashtoreth by Quefish (Rated Explicit, 53K, finished)

Similarly, Aziraphale is the vicar and has a strong sense of self as he balances being a public figure in his community & a private individual. Also fun, sexy, surprising.

Now the heavier ones. I don't have much of an interest in theology but I can be pulled into the feelings of betrayal.

Communicatio in Sacris by @voluptatiscausa (Rated Explicit, 10K, finished)

Crowley is a priest, and an encounter with Aziraphale takes him deeply into questions of faith, love, and practice. This was beautifully written. I felt the full gravity of Crowley's choice to Question Things.

Crowley hadn’t realized how much he’d begun to feel like a ghost, like something apart from the rest of humanity. 

arise, my darling, and go forth by @naromoreau (Rated Explicit, 43K, finished)

Both priests, assigned to the same parish, and struggling over feelings for each other. Such intense yearning, such freighted small touches, such a painful arc, and such a hard-earned happy ending. I loved the characterization, the voices, and the earnestness.

The authors note says this was inspired by the Priest AU comic by @gayforgoodomens (scroll down then read up to get them in order). They are so playful and sweet, but then when they face the reality of what is happening... It's intense. The last panel absolutely breaks my heart. I read it as shock at what they've done.

Updated 6/2025:

Vine Slips of a Strange God (Rated Explicit and Jesus Christ it earns it, 183K, finished) and the sequel, Bring Your Seed to Blossom (Rated Explicit, 117K, unfinished) by @depraveddame and Zivilzz

Hot damn, that is one epic, kinky, angsty priestfic. This priest Aziraphale isn’t particularly devout, so this less about theological angst, but he carries tremendous guilt and turned to the priesthood to punish himself. Crowley’s the gardener at the Church, and bringing his own trauma history. They circle each other carefully for a while... The dom/sub dynamic gets spooled out slowly through innuendo and double entendre. It's so intense when fully realized in part because they have a lot of inhibitions that desire must overcome. The sense of taboo is breathlessly intense. So is the sense of connection between the two. I got really emotionally invested in these versions of Crowley and Aziraphale. I don’t think I can put it better than depraveddame: “ultimately it’s a story of of healing, kinky indulgence, raw vulnerability, and the radical tenderness of two broken stems growing into each other to produce something stronger and thirsty for life, for love, for light.” You should probably do this with any story you read but carefully read the tags and do what's best for yourself.

Final thoughts:

The priest and vicar stories feel very British and I like a story with a strong sense of place. I'm American, and I keep thinking of some other scenarios for Aziraphale and Crowley:

Southern Baptist preacher, having a crisis with his sexuality (different flavor of Catholic Priest)

Two Jehovah's Witnesses, going door to door, in matching short-sleeve white shirts and ties. They are young men in their early 20's and earnest. They can tell when someone is standing behind the door silently not answering and waiting until they go away. A lot of people are rude to them. It's hard and they really appreciate having a caring friend after facing so many hostile responses.

Two young people who met in Young Life, the popular youth ministry with weekly meetings and BIBLE CAMP. I did bible summer camp and there is a real frisson with the religiosity AND the way that summer camp allows a teenager to explore identity away from the people in their lives. First kisses, etc etc.

Two Quakers clerking who are in a deep fued about whether to pay to repair the roof on the Meeting House or replace it.

Tell me your favorite priest/vicar/nun/monk/pastor/etc fics!

RWV Good Omens Fanfic Recommendations By Theme

Social Media | Being in the closet | Priests | Dystopias | University | Punks | Long AUs | Everything Else

[baronessvonglitter]

✨show your blorbos✨

make a post showcasing all of your blorbos and then tag some friends to do the same!!

I had to narrow it down lol. thanks to @sizzlingcloudmentality @itwasntimethatdidit40 and @slimybeth69 for the tags! 🎇

Starting off with my obvious faves:

Joel Miller: he did nothing wrong, he is my baby, he needs a hug and to slip into whatever hole suits him to get his frustration out 😊

Javier Pena: this man was so broken by season 3. I wanna hug him too, tell him everything's gonna be okay. And also let him use me to bang out his frustration.

Jim Hopper from Stranger Things: I loved him from the first episode. Cranky middle aged guy with a dad bod who adopts a magical child and learns to love again. Where have we seen that before? 🤔

Eve and Villanelle from Killing Eve: I love their back and forth, cat and mouse games, and they loooove each other ❤️ (hated the ending, IYKYK)

Last but not least, Greg and Tom from Succession. They never failed to make me laugh. I want a love like theirs lol

These were just SOME. I could go on and on about other characters so please stop me.

NPT: @inept-the-magnificent @myownwholewildworld @everybodylovedcontractors @joelmillerisapunk @joelalorian @milla-frenchy @604to647 (apologies if y'all have already been tagged)

[peachyfnaf]

I'm sorry but "MY BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS WITH A DISORDER<3" really made my day and I needed you to know

🤣🤣🤣

I can't believe Nexus is bullying peepaw war criminal.

Do you think Nexus is going to be stopped by big bro Sun or do you think the lil guy is going beyond the point of no return?

(Please talk about baby cringe Lord Nexus, I want to hear about your blorbo 🙏)

That's because Nexus IS my beautiful princess with a disorder, I'll have you know <3 they're diseased but it's okay I can give them their tetanus and flu shots and it'll all be better I GOT THIS

But. ahem, okay, blorbo yapping time. I'm not even gonna say "I'll try to keep this short" because I know it wont end up that way HAHAHAHAHA

"Do you think Nexus is going to be stopped by big bro Sun or do you think the lil guy is going beyond the point of no return?"

I... have absolutely no idea!!!1! (and also it took me an embarrassingly long amount of time to realize peepaw war criminal was Ruin KJDFHSDF)

The most frustrating thing about canon Nexus is how his morals, motivations, and goals seem to see-saw back and forth all the time. at first, he became how he is now due to Solar's death. he spiraled in his grief, identity-issues, and abandonment. but... now his motivation is to become an all powerful god??? while it's most likely that NSP is at play and affecting his thought process, it's... well, it's really hard to take him seriously as a villain because of it, lol. for an audience to enjoy, and even sympathize in some cases, with a villain, their goals and motivations have to be concrete. they have to be relatable, or at least understandable, but Nexus' whole thing is... not, Imho. and I know I'm not the only person who feels this way!!!

I see a lot of people calling Nexus "cringe", and the thing is, when it comes to canon Nexus, they're not really... wrong??? The worst thing Nexus has done so far is make Old Moon see his past victims, which is fucked up of him to do, but.. so far, that's kind of it??? other than that, his "villainy" consists of saying empty threats and cheesy evil one-liners. hell, he was supposed to kidnap Sun yesterday but instead spent the whole episode yapping and venting to him, chasing Sun around in the worlds darkest game of tag before getting some lead right in the face dkfjhsdfsd

Also, notice how he's only targeted Old Moon when it comes to actual physical violence? not Lunar, Earth, Solar, or Sun, but Old Moon? yeah, I did too. we already know that Nexus does everything because he's lashing out, but as of rn the only target he's gotten his hands on physically being O.M...? well. I think it says a lot. cause' yeah, he sure as shit scared the life out of the other Celestials, but he's never put his hands on them!! the only other one of them he harmed physically was Earth- and not only was he not aiming for her, she was just in the way- he felt immediate regret for his actions once in space, and has yet to even see Earth ever since that day.

So, I really have no idea if he's going to be "redeemed" or not. one second he's showing signs he might be, and the next he's falling further down the "pretty badly written villain" rabbit-hole. if he does get something akin to a redemption arc, he'll prolly mostly be accepted in the eyes of the viewers, considering a lot of peeps sympathize or at least understand where he's coming from, but I seriously doubt the other Celestials would take him back. the only one's who might see him as family/a close friend again are Sun and Solar, but even then, nothing would ever be the same.

I hope he gets redeemed, or at least freed from the hold Dark Sun has on him and he's able to live his own life, I really do. at his core, Nexus is a good person. a good person who was crushed under the weight of the shadow of the man he was born under. and we know this because he used to be New Moon. sweet, dorky New Moon.

New Moon, who made inventions like sentient knives and whoopee cushions. New Moon, who had matching My Little Pony stickers with his best friend. New Moon, who bought a whole ass island-luxury-house for Sun because he wanted to make him feel better and give him the proper space to heal. and New Moon- the poor freshly-baked A.I who gave his all to make sure he could do everything that Old Moon could, but it just wasn't enough. he tried and tried and tried, but it wasn't enough.

So yeah, idk if he's getting one in canon, but to me, he more than deserves a good ending, for the life he was given. let him be at peace.

[ronqueesha]

Your ship and how they sleep

Thanks for the tag, @arcandoria!

I was originally going to answer with my Rogue Trader blorbos, Nasosi and Yrliet. But they generally don't sleep in the same place. Nasosi spends her nights alone in her lavish bed.

I'll tag: @calico-heart, @seasaltandcopper, @silent-moons-camp, @mellowcherryblossoms

So instead let's talk about my other beloved Owlcat pair: Iona and Arueshalae!

How often do they sleep together?

Every night, if they can help it. Even when out in the wilderness, they'll share a tent, or squeeze into the same space as best they can, given the size of Arueshalae's wings. There have only been a handful of times when they slept apart, usually because duty or responsibilities forced it on them.

Where do they sleep?

During the crusade, they sleep in Iona's bed in her massive private chambers in Drezen. Fortunately, the bed is so large and expensive, a gift from one of the crusade's allies, that Arueshalae's wings and tail can splay out just as much as her arms.

Post-crusade, they live in a small comfortable cabin, just off the main road leading into a small village. The same bed they used in Drezen was disassembled and transported to the cabin so they can always sleep comfortably.

How do they prepare to sleep?

There really isn't much "preparing", other than the two of them engaged in things from cuddling to much more perverse acts that leads to them mutually falling asleep. Iona prefers a nocturnal lifestyle, due to her dhampir heritage making sunlight very uncomfortable. But her responsibilities to the crusade force her to have a normal work schedule. This means that she is often exhausted at all hours, and prone to sleeping as soon as she's comfortable in Arueshalae's arms.

What do they wear to sleep?

Iona is very much a nude sleeper. Largely because of her past experiences as a sex worker, falling asleep in various tavern rooms, fully naked because there was no time or reason to get dressed.

Arueshalae often prefers to keep herself covered at all times. Even after her redemption, she still retains the higher body temperature of a demon, and is often sensitive to cool air. Not to mention the fact that Iona's half-undead body is much colder than a normal living person. She will at least wear one of her modified shirts that lets her wings poke through the back.

Do they cuddle?

Yes! They're both cuddlers.

What are their preferred sleep positions?

Iona doesn't really have one. Her constant exhaustion and lack of a true sleep schedule means that she knocks out pretty much in however position she last found herself while conscious. Many times, Iona has awoken in a tangle of her own limbs, contorted into strange positions as she tossed and turned in restless sleep.

Arueshalae physically can't sleep on her back, at least not without extreme discomfort. She is a side sleeper by necessity, which lets her wings unfold and lay behind her. Her tail does much the same, and often sways back and forth over the edge of the bed while Arue sleeps.

This also makes it impossible for Arue to be the little spoon when they cuddle.

How easy do they fall asleep?

Iona can easily knock out the instant her head hits a pillow. However, she much prefers to be cuddling Arueshalae's unnaturally warm body as she does so. When the two of them are together, the demon and the dhampir reach perfect thermal equilibrium.

Arueshalae can sometimes find it difficult to sleep. Her mind is often racing with worry and concerns, especially during the crusade when it felt like she was one wrong move from being violently expelled due to her demonic heritage. But she also likes to stay awake after Iona has fallen asleep, just so she can keep cuddling Iona little longer, and commit these moments to her memory forever.

Do they toss and turn a lot?

As mentioned above, Iona does quite a lot.

Arueshalae physically can't. If her dreams force her to move too much, this can cause the joints in her wings to pinch or apply a lot of force to her back. This often wakes her up, and has taught her to be mostly still while asleep.

Do they snore?

Neither of them snore much. Only in spring, when allergens and pollen fill the air, does Iona sometimes sleep with a light snore.

Who hogs the blanket?

Arueshalae, 100%. She's got big wings, and they get cold too!

What do they dream about?

Arueshalae is still figuring that out. A demon with the ability to dream is unique in all of creation, a gift from her goddess.

Iona tends to have all sorts of dreams. From nightmares about falling or her fangs falling out, to reliving pleasant nights in her old life as a sex worker.

How easily do they wake up?

They both wake up relatively easily. Though Arueshalae is often awake first, due to how restless Iona can be. She relishes these times just as much as she does being awake in the dead of night, holding Iona as she sleep.

How awake they are afterwards?

It really depends. Though Iona often needs some coffee before she is fully functional, especially if she's forced to be awake around sunrise for crusade duties. Or better yet, a mug full of blood.

Since sleep and dreams are still relatively new gifts for Arue, she is often alert and functioning the instant her glowing eyes flutter open.

[recurring-polynya]

Writing (lol)/Art Update

Wow, it's been, like 3 months since I did one of these. I just looked back at the last one and it's literally just the same, at least writing-wise. Here is a summary of events: - 4800 words into the smut I was working on last time, gave up. Did not actually make it to the part where they have sex. - Wrote 700 words of some Sea Society thing??? - Wrote an Akon story and actually finished it - Even though I only had, like, half an idea for this, I decided I should try to write it down anyway, just to capture it. I haven't actually had any further ideas for it, but I just keep poking at it, 100 words at a time (possibly b/c I told myself that after this I have to get back to a little in love). It's close to 3k now. Is it working? I have no idea. Usually Renji-fic is so easy for me to write and also I love to write a fever dream, but this is being so difficult and I know exactly why. It's because the Rukia is a lie and I find this very distressing. Usually, though, I get to this point where I know a fic isn't working and that hasn't happened yet, so I'm just going to plug away on it until that happens, I guess. Don't get your hopes up.

I miss writing! I miss when writing was fun instead of...whatever this is. And I still love Bleach and all my blorbos and I want to write about them, but it's just some combo of running out of material and the world being too depressing to live in, but it's really hard to even string a sentence together these days and I just feel so crummy all the time for failing to be able to do it.

Traditionally, summer is super-bad for my productivity, because the kids are home from school. All of this year I've had terrible productivity during my usual good productivity times, though, so I am extremely stupidly hoping maybe I'll get an inverse summer??? Hope springs eternal. Anyway, like I said, when I run out of patience with the current thing, I really am going to make myself go back to a little in love. I've had a plan of attack in mind for months (skip to act v and write all the big important scenes and then just find a way to get there from here), and I just need to do it.

As far as drawing goes, I have been drawing a moderate amount. I go back and forth between fanart stuff and stuff for my Normie Art Club. It's frustrating because whichever one I'm doing, I feel like I am neglecting the other one. Lately, I've been focusing on the Normie stuff because I liked this month's theme, but I really want to get back to a couple of screenshot redraws that I was literally in the middle of an abandoned.

I guess I managed to do a couple of finished pieces since the last time I did one of these: - Shin'ou Winter Coats Redux - Renruki High School Warfare style - Six Hearts quirky portraits (this came out of an art club activity, so they do occasionally cross-over)

I also did some sketches, which you can see in my renruki art practice tag.

I like my own art pretty well, but lately it feels very much like my audience is mostly just me. And I know that's how everyone says you're supposed to do stuff, but it also just feels like I could do nothing instead and it would be the same. idk. 100 words at a time. draw every day. Just gotta keep going b/c if you stop, you die, I guess.

[twstyuna]

i wish i loved skully the way you do. there's a special lil freaky dude in your brain that doesnt exist the same way in mind, but i like yours so much more he seems so much more vivid and alive when you describe him.

i think that's why i like fanfiction so much. it adds so much to these characters that i'm too afraid to dive into like that. like im too scared of what they could become if i let them roam free, that i won't like them anymore, or they'd become something so unlike their canon selves and what's the point there?

or maybe that's precisely the point and the appeal? to create something very personal with these characters as a foundation to spring from?

Ah. Despite lamenting it in the void of tags I am once again briefly reckoning with the Horror of Being seen. I do appreciate the ask though.

This ended up longer than I anticipated. (Like 1k words haha)

I'm not going to defend myself or act coy, Skully sparks an unreasonable amount of joy in my heart and brain for character I did not care about for a month and who is twisted from a character that I also have no particular attachment to from a film i have never watched in its entirety. That ending though man that END. My soul rejected Skully's fate and circumstances at the end of the event so violently that it overcorrected into copium and now seesaws (still very violently) into "HE'S FINE GUYS NOTHING'S WRONG" and "EVERYTHING IS WRONG ARGH THE TRAGEDY" and this is just the state I'm in now I think. The longer the rot stays, the deeper he's burying into my brain wrinkles. Mayhaps one day the love will shrivel and I will look upon this time fondly but for better or worse I do not think that time is nigh.

Skully and Yuu (whatever versions I have made of them) just live in my brain rent-free now. Because I have unfortunately got a never-ending supply of poison. You see, I like yandere content. What you should take away from this is not my questionable and/or concerning taste in fictional characters, but that I can live off the same vibes with mild differences for an eternity and thus with the building blocks that the sick, sick twst writers gave, there is just enough material for me to keep going over the same angst and friendship just in different flavors without getting sick of it. And so my brain keeps jumping between aus where Skully's a ghost, where he's alive, where he's childhood friends with Yuu, where he overblotted, so on so forth.

Honestly I kind of feared coming across as cringe because of just how much he's kind of taken over my blog but you know, might as well admit that rather than skirt around it. Also if I can impart even part of this plague and pain upon others, I think I will be happy from the schadenfreude of it. Please also suffer as I have from stupid sad sweet skeleton boy disease. PLEASE I CAN'T KEEP HAVING TO MAKE MY OWN CONTENT I mean who said that

I truly did not understand the blorbo disease or the creative crack that a Character could be until Skully, but that (sopping wet pathetic puppy) BASTARD (affectionate) is the reason why I have written so many of the twst fics I have now, because somehow that Skully brainrot has spawned Crewel brainrot and occasionally other character brainrot but I am getting off-topic.

I don't know how canon my Skully is.

The biggest headcanon difference probably being that despite being able to accept and enjoy a flashier, more extravagant, Halloween, I choose to think he still liked his drab original one to some degree. I assume he forgot Halloween town's events like the present day cast did, but that's not a certainty. I like him also having amnesia for angst reasons though, because there is something tragic and horrifying to me about one day waking up and the thing you love more than anything in the world has changed a little and you don't know why. It's like a cuckoo bird, like a parasite laid something in your heart and one day you find the original thing you love has died and what remains isn't the form you loved and cherished for so long though you have nurtured it into what it is. And you can love this strange new thing but the remnants of the old still linger in the back of your mind. There's just so much horror and tragedy that could be in him and we are stuck with nothing but the knowledge that he was a lonely boy who was very attached to Halloween and Jack Skellington and the worst he ever did to someone who played along with him instead of fighting him on his practices was kidnap them for a sort of date I suppose and leave them with snacks. He was so lonely and kept trying to make connections like saying things were fated and finding kinship in the smallest things he was so happy to have a Halloween together with others that even if he didn't remember why, that love and desire to share Halloween haunted him the rest of his life even if it meant his original Halloween which he grew up with for 16 years would eventually die. Because Halloween should evolve etcetera etctera. Well he's become quite like his original Halloween in that he's basically forgotten by the wider population of Twisted Wonderland and that stuff is just so painful.

And also the fact that he's barely known, that he didn't like attention, that there's barely any paintings of him. Why did he have to be invisible in present day? Does he not want to be seen??? Did he want to stay forgotten so his friends of a few nights could enjoy Halloween without missing him??? Is there something wrong with his soul??? His painting can't talk even if other portraits can. Is it really just because Foothill Town isn't as magically-saturated as NRC??? What happened to his soul I need to know but I have nothing but theories that it's split between a roaming spirit and the painting, or got fractured if he overblotted, or that he's just so old he forgot. I need ANSWERS but I also have to make them up.

Anyway, I think the point of fanfic is to do what you want with characters if that makes you happy (even if in a masochistic way). Sometimes that means making them OOC or making them tooth-rottingly sweet or sticking them in the Angst Chamber. Someone else out there may enjoy it. If they don't, at least you will enjoy it, If you don't enjoy the character anymore, then move on. If the character mutates beyond canon, file off the serial numbers, change enought o make the Character an OC, there is no fandom police to stop you. If you have your own freaky little dude, cultivate him and let him run free like a cognitohazard. The world is your oyster. If you're afraid of being too strange, make a sideblog or another ao3 account or something.

I think fanwork is undeniably personal. Whatever Skully that ends up in my fics and ramblings probably says something about the things I like and am drawn to. Things about angst and pain and guilt and friendship and connection and affection and self-sacrifice that walks the line between selfish and selflessness and all that stuff. I don't have a psychology degree to pick apart my brain exactly, but using his character the way I do makes me happy and I'm just gonna enjoy it as long as it does.

I do have some faint fears about what will happen if Skully's story is continued in a future NBC event, but even if that Skully ends up being different from the way I picture him in my head, it's not gonna change the one I've already made up. Maybe I'll like his canon form more, maybe I'll like it less, but the fanon one I've made up isn't gonna disappear and I am a believer and appreciated of the 2 cakes thing. If his names is localized as Scully I'm keeping my k-Skully and britishassistant can pry that spelling from my cold dead hands.

[janiedean]

Five Characters Poll

@haljathefangirlcat tagged me for this a while ago and like... I've been neglecting here for reasons and it looked like a lovely way to kickstart things over again so thank you so much!!! If I can figure out how to make a poll...

Rules: make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favourite!

I'm not gonna pick robb for asoiaf for once or it'd be too easy but anyway I'm here spinning the wheel and trying to do three obvious two less obvious

go forth and vote xD

and I have to tag five people uuuh

@lodessa @veraverorum @bigre-fichtre @mafaldinablabla @octopuscato @rxdscarf @cafeleningrad which is seven but I thought you'd find it fun

[clockworkowl]

Ace x Family: Mission P-1 Part 2-5

(28 Mar: oh shit I just looked in my drafts folder and realised I never actually published this, I think because my posting schedule got interrupted by a storm snapping the power pole in my backyard so I had no power for a week. Coincidentally I had no power for a week last week because a blizzard ripped down the power lines and there was literally a still energized power line laying in my backyard for more than 1 day before the power company came by and said ‘oh that still has a current, maybe don’t go in your backyard for now, we’ll try to get someone to shut that down so you don’t die, but we won’t be back to actually fix it for a few days’ so it’s really been a fun 7months for basic utilities around here. I remain unsure about whether I want to keep going with this one all the way through to the unraveling of the culprit because I’m still a little bored with just drawing the court back and forth, and I’m back to wanting to jump to the next story arc I had in mind cause it has more action and more of the characters, but I’ve also been buried at work so who knows when I get to any of it. Ugh, I wish I could just be an overnight millionaire so I could just spend all day thinking about blorbos. )

Now back to the original post that should have gone up in July (oops):

This is the final part of Part 2. (It's also as far as I'd gotten in writing the script to the story so I'm not sure whether I'll be caught up and in a cadence or if it will be another interval again.) As always: reminder that this is standard manga format with right to left reading direction and the accessibility version with full text description of all the panels is on the AO3 version.

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Yeah, my Gumshoe is so inconsistent, he keeps changing styles. (I mean more than my obvious shifts between AA style and SxF style) I do feel like I've figured out his hair though... maybe.

That little interlude of Phoenix thinking about how Uncle Kazuma's great at getting people to talk, is one of my favourite moments in the arc thus far. It's that and back when Larry switches sides because he's 'not a kangaroo'

Anyway. I've been thinking about pausing on this particular storyline because my brain is luring me to work on one that was to come somewhere after this that would involve way more characters, both the adults and the kids and the high school kids, and a lot more action. In that one because of the success of this class trial, Judge Udgey gets several of the kids to be added as 'assistants' to the annual Themis Senior Mock Investigation and Trial, so they'd be tagging along with Shi Long, Mia, Dhurke, Datz and all while they investigate a fake crime staged at the hospital where Barok works. The event will not go smoothly because of the usual spy and assassination threats. So you can see why I'm tempted. Especially now that the Investigations 2 news has broken and I'm feeling extra Shi Longy. I suppose it will depend on how much of that plot and script I puke out in a fever dream.

-Handy Links-

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[tiredassmage]

oouughghghggh, I got a neat tag from @kemendin to dig through my ancient and dormant crypt, I mean word documents looking for the few wips that still exist despite ages of not really actively writing things. twas a neat challenge to dig up some old thoughts though!

Rules: You will be given a word. Then you share one sentence/excerpt from your wip(s) that starts with each letter of your word.

my word was 'ocean' and... this is an odd mix of digging through... well, i'll tell you at the end once i've found all the letters, lmao. once again, i am a greedy creature, so some inclusion of some other lines to tease a little more context bc idk when i'll finish anything :, D

O - Oliver nodded and extended his left arm to the sorcerer. Opening his hand revealed a scar so faded it was nearly lost to the lines of his palm. “At the start of training, every master, every apprentice… An oath of blood, to protect the company’s secrets. A master promises guidance, the apprentice swears loyalty, to teacher and to shadow.” C - Candlelight flickers lazily up and down the edge of a dagger, retreating from the shadow of Rook’s fingers balancing the spine carefully in his grasp. E - “Effort well-met. Lest you lose even more sleep, old man.” A - At a guess from the warmth of her breath against his skin, he’s not alone in willing out the encroaching morning. But she’s silent yet as he draws a hand slowly against her arm - repetitive and soft, fingers just brushing over her skin. N - “No, I suppose he wouldn’t have.” He shook his head yet again. “Probably would’ve tried to kill me then, too, just as like…”

believe it or not, the bulk of these are from some squirreled away musings on bg3 blorbo lore, and then we have one from a piece i started for veilguard, and another that's a hidden little drabble from a yavin iv scene for swtor. <.< the forbidden hidden lore, if you will. /j /lh. atp i have no idea how likely it is that i'll finish any of these, but! hopefully at least there's some more oc babbling for veilguard in my future. spring semesters will apparently be the end of me, you know how it be.

i... similarly have no idea who of my muts is writing atm, but, if ye who is reading this would like to take a stab at this (mind you don't overexcite my durge i guess /lh), i assign you 'HILT' as your word! go forth and blorbo!!!

[frogmentarii]

I made a "which handheld is your OC/Blorbo a truther for" template because I was talking about GBC and redundancies in Nintendo handheld systems.

Anyway, go forth, tag me so I can see your dudes alignments.

This can also be used as a handheld console fuckability tier list if you want

[rivkae-winters]

Favorite character tag game!

Tagged by @birdblacksocialclub 💜🖤

Rules: make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favourite.

(I ended up narrowing to ‘characters I have/would spend a bunch of money on’* and only one per fandom. I also limited myself to like 5 minutes to make this post otherwise I would be going back and forth all day… Today I learned I have had to many blorbos and favs over the years)

*You might be wondering: riv? Where is Seph? Depressingly, the leather for Gen’s coat cost as much as Sephiroth’s play arts Kai…. Why yes my wallet is suffering

(0 pressure tagging) @waverendersoath @dontcallmetreffy @love-my-cats-or-die-by-my-blade @thegreenwallrabbit-blog @impractical-info-dump + whoever else wants to join!