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[essayofthoughts]

I mean, I’ll never tire of Percy discussions, so Percy for the HC ask game…

Sexuality HC: Biromantic demi/grey asexual. He needs trust - a fucklot of trust given his trauma - before he might find himself attracted to someone, but he can be attracted to someone regardless of gender. At the end of the day, he likes them.

That said, I think he has some poshboy hangups around same-sex attraction for a long time - not unlike Tary, honestly (as he says, they’re sheltered) - and I think that even once he gets used to the idea of same-sex attraction being absolutely fine not just as a “fine and magic and/or adoption can let you have heirs” kind of thing (largely due to the twins’ blatant bisexuality, almost certainly), I think he still has some hang-ups around anal sex in general both because of those hang-ups with same-sex attraction and also because of his studies in biology and nature so while he knows about the prostate he also thinks of the arse as for shitting and the idea of the two in one is something that makes him bluescreen and not in the good way.

Vex probably helps him through it, eventually, but I feel like it takes some time, becuase Percy overthinks basically everything.

Favorite ship(s): Perc’ahlia. I know I write an uncommon amount of Percy/Ripley but it is pretty much always with the endgoal of Percy/Vex. Because... Vex and Percy are good for each other. They help each other grow and recover. They love each other so dearly and utterly and tenderly - tender as the bruises they both each bear and god fuck but it’s good okay.

Brotp: Percy and Keyleth are just the fucking best, okay. I’ve already rambled about that in the Keyleth answer (albeit as why they’re a NOTP) so go Here for that to be elaborated.

Notp: Perc’ildan. Cass/Percy and Keyleth/Percy are the close seconds but the thing is Perc’ildan is more common and. I just cannot see it going anyway but catastrophically tits up. As in.

They might hook up because Percy’s exploring his sexuality and Vax can acknowledge a pretty face but neither of them is at all capable of Casual so it ends up becoming a Thing but they’re also such absolute opposites it catastrophically implodes with a massive, acrimonious break-up and that is then seething in the background if and when Perc’ahlia happens.

That’s how I see Perc’ildan going. In just about any universe. It’s not just the events of canon, it’s that Percy and Vax have diametrically opposed worldviews and while that’s what brings Percy and Keyleth and Vax and Keyleth together, those differing worldviews, it would just fuck with EVERYTHING with Vax and Percy together.

Happy HC: Percy spent some time sailing. Percy spent time on boats, with sailors when he was a traumatised, dissociating mess. Percy absolutely knows sea shanties.

Please consider Percy singing sea-shanties under his breath as he works. Please consider Pike, on her return from the Broken Howl, singing sea-shanties and everyone being adorably surprised when Percy joins in without thinking.

Please consider Pike using this in future because he always expects the others to pull this shit but never her.

Angsty HC: Percy absolutely still has small pieces of the bullets which killed him in his body. He knows where they are. He doesn’t tell anyone.

Random HC: I will die on this hill but Percy with acne scars.

Percy is kind of the ugly duckling of Vox Machina - Pike the lil angel, Scanlan so charming, Grog so hench, team half-elf... he’s the dowdy human amongst them all. And I feel like his particular pride, especially when its the love potion incident and as he says “Is it so hard to believe someone might be attracted to me?”, his self-deprecation with Vex - yeah I think he has acne scars. They’re faint by this point, nowhere near as obvious as his torture scars, but they’re there.

I also think he likes the buttflap pyjamas because they cover up so much more of him than regular pyjamas, including his torture scars and he hates showing those scars to other people, that reminder of when he was rendered down into this terrified, raw thing on Ripley’s table.

General opinion: I fucking love Percy as a character. If I met him in person within only a few minutes of meeting him I would want to punt him down a flight of stairs.

God he can be insufferable. God he’s such a well-crafted character. God damn you Taliesin Jaffe.

[hayleysayshay]

Watching the legend of vox machina because I’ve heard of critical role and Dnd! Hope it’s good!

[blorbologist]

Tagged by @hayleysayshay!

Last song listened to:

Hell's Coming With Me, Poor Man's Poison

Currently reading:

Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance and the Future of Evolution, by Johnathan C. Losos (PI assigned me some reading)

Currently watching:

Atm? Some Pokemon Showdown gameplay of the newest random format they released. Over-all, I'm re-watching C2!

Currently obsessed with:

Critical Role as per usual; got way too much muse for fic and not nearly enough for writing my thesis 😔 BUT my PhD plans also have me really excited!

Tagging:

@mau-creates (warm tumblr welcome with a tag game :D) @katia-dreamer @rightpastnowhere @burr-ell @essayofthoughts @officialtrashbin @chaseyesterdays @elle-thereafter @fatal-blow @ravenbarley-barn @ anyone reading this who wants a go! <3

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Writing Patterns (Tag Game)

Rules: list the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!

@queerofthedagger, thank you for tagging me 🥰 !

I might be breaking the rules a bit, but I'm going to skip my recent drabbles (because my writing process for those is different from my regular process), and any fics I co-wrote with others (because the writing isn't 100% mine).

Looking through these lines, I notice that I seem to be an environmental writer. My instinct is to quickly establish tactile setting? Interesting 🤔

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"A buzzing, aching thing was pressed behind his forehead, and Merlin’s eyes felt swollen shut." (As You Held Me Down, You Said:, BBC Merlin)  

"Arthur woke to a rising sky." (A Rising Sky, BBC Merlin)  

"It’s like this: Mordred is waiting at the mouth of an alley, in some dingy, mud-splattered city on the border of Teserre and Amata." (Hooded Vagrants, BBC Merlin)  

"Nothing met the sharp wind on the shores of Losgar." (An Unsteady Deep, The Silmarillion)  

"The morning light is soft: it plays warm and dawn-like through the cracks in Lancelot’s curtains." (Perhaps (Dawn), BBC Merlin)  

"The jungle at the lip of the sand is dense, and full of shadows." (Australopithecus, Animal Crossing: New Horizons)  

"Arthur startled awake in the dark, to a trumpeting blare." (Light Pollution, BBC Merlin)  

"Cas kisses him once, and that’s all it takes, there in the middle of his cabin, to make Dean stop thinking." (Other Affairs, Supernatural)  

"The question, Castiel knows, was never whether this situation would be easy, or fair to Dean Winchester—it was grossly unfair—but whether or not it would amount to anything at all." (Irreverence, Supernatural)  

"Merlin almost didn’t see them coming through the trees." (Facsimile, BBC Merlin)  

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Tagging some friends, and lovely people whom I've interacted with in fandom; also if you're not tagged but want to play, consider yourself tagged by me <3

@incredibly-cold, @hayleysayshay, @enchanted-blade, @adhd-merlin, @xviruserrorx, @kairenn-n, @panharmonium, @gwen-cheers-me-up, @dollopheadedmerlin

[rockingthegraveyard]

tagged by @hayleysayshay

Last Song listened to:

I haven't listened to music once since the start of the year. But, I currently have 'Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart' by Against Me! stuck in my head.

Currently Reading:

😬😬😬 I haven't touched a book in a While. I just don't know what I want to read. Thinking of creating a list and pick one at random. Just to read Something.

Currently Watching:

Archer. My awful guilty pleasure.

Currently obsessed with:

ppppp nothing? It's truly been a daunting year. Been considering pouring my heart and soul into finger painting tho.

Tagging .... @authenticaussie @artlyloser @glitteratti @bonerot19 @vanillacappuccinos @ the sleep deprived girlies (gender neutral) who wants to share what they're into rn 😘

[littlebosslady7]

Thank you @hayleysayshay.

Last Song listened to:

"Picasso" by Loveless

Currently Reading:

Blind Pass by Teagan Hunter. She's one of my favorite modern day authors.

Currently Watching:

Any campaign in Critical Role to pass the time while doing something else. Campaign 3, every Thursday night. Also, Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Currently obsessed with:

Critical Role is my current fandom that has inspired my muse again. Perc'ahlia and Callowmoore just cue all the fangirl happy noises. Taliesin's character ships just wow, guys, gals, and NB pals. Amazing! They have a hold on my writing muse.

Tagging: @katia-dreamer, @blorbologist, @romeoandjulietyouwish and whoever wants to do this. No pressure.

[startrekmemequeen]

Get to know you game! Answer questions and tag 9 people you want to know better!

Thanks lovely @sun-ni-day for tagging me <3

Last song listened to?

Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July

Currently reading

At the moment, nothing

(I guess my university's course on english grammar doesn't really count... I have an exam soon)

Currently watching

Star Trek The Next Generation (rewatching)

Currently obsessed with

Star Trek TNG (esp Soong family and daforge), Critical Role (mainly C1 and TLOVM)

Tagging: @noire-crimson @stardatez3ro @lady-sci-fi @datas-different-hats @hayleysayshay @thatpepperboxbitch @yudol-skorbi @ichayalovesyou @quarkspeed @tlaragihai

[mechanicalchickens]

Get to Know Me ask meme, Tagged by @hayleysayshay

Favourite colour: Blue-green!

Currently reading: rereading A Clash of Kings

Last Series: Red Stitch Report, finally catching up

Last Movie: probably Theater Camp, which was hilarious, everyone should see it

Last song: 'Drops in the Lake' by Lord Huron

Sweet, Savoury or Spicy?: Sweet, I have a sugar tooth, and a garbage spice tolerance.

Currently working on: moving in, and bracing myself for o-chem this upcoming quarter.

Tagging: @sablegear0 @acergi @therabbitknight @nedstannis

[phen-akism]

Get to Know Me ask meme! Kindly tagged by @hayleysayshay

Favourite colour: i really love forest greens

Currently reading: I’m currently reading “the mad house at the end of the earth”! It’s a dramatised telling of the belgicas expedition to the North Pole. I really love reading in the summer when I can

Last Series: I concurrently watch/ play lord of things. I just finished the xenoblade 3 DLC (I adored it) and good omens (very fun) and La by night season 5 (broke my heart in a good way)

Last Movie: well me and my friends ended up forgetting to bring anything to watch movies online on while on holiday out in the boonies so my most recent movie was “zootropilis” which we watched on a scratched to shit dvd that we found in our rented accommodation

Last song: a cover of “oak and ash and thorn” by “eat bake sing”

Sweet, Savoury or Spicy?: probably savoury, but I love sweets. I’m an absolute wuss with spice

Currently working on: a number of personal projects! Namely at the moment the outline for “north” which is a story about the spirit north and a kelpie to take revenge on the hunter that hunted them and bring under control norths herd of sacred deer that the hunter set stampeding across the land.

Also finally writing down my VTM v5 setting based on the Hebrides of scotland

Tagging: no pressure to do it but @sidera-resonat @commiemartyrshighschool @lowtideandhightea @well-fuck-me-son

[communistzuko]

London, Prague

london: when you visit a city, do you take in the tourist points or the more unknown places?

i try for a bit of both, but ideally more unknown places. i like to do walking tours with local guides because often you’ll still walk by the big touristy spots (and if not, they’re easy enough to find on your own time), but then you get to see a lot of cooler + less touristy places and learn more about the history (and present) from a local’s perspective!

prague: rivers or forsests?

this is tough but i gotta go with rivers. what can i say i simp for bodies of water

[essayofthoughts]

Yknow that could be a fun game lmao. 'Would you write BLANK', if yes spout an idea or a couple lines for it, if no gotta write three sentences in a current WIP (or turn it into a drinking game by changing that last bit into 'take a swig').

Anyhow! Would you ever write a C1 fic with its main pairing not including Percy?

One day. One fucking day. I will write my slowburn as all fuck Cass/Desmond fic. One day.

I know no one appreciates Desmond. I know no one cares. I know more of the ship attention for Cass is on Cass/Kynan or Cass/Kaylie or Cass/OC but! BUT. I raise you:

Cass and Desmond are closer in age (Kynan is a little older than her - thank you @hayleysayshay for the correction, Kaylie I believe is a little older, Desmond is about the same age) have shared experiences of the Briarwoods as both terrifying and protective/helpful, both have reason to resent Percy and! Look! Percy suggested that Desmond be given employment in Whitestone! To make up for the fact that you know, he maimed the poor lad. And initially that was for Desmond to be a courier but you know, Dragons Happened.

So. So. Cass taking on Desmond as her manservant, her personal aide, to help her with all of her responsibilities and duties as the ruling Lady of Whitestone and that eventually. Slowly. Blossoming into something more. Something soft and quiet for the both of them.

Just imagine.

tl;dr Yes, one day!

Send me an ask that says “Would you ever write…” and continue the sentence.

[hayleysayshay]

Deleted the twitter app off my phone, I keep automatically tapping the place it used to be even though it’s gone. Think it’s probs. Haven’t deleted my accounts, I enjoy Critical Role twitter, but I also use it for politics and it’s quite a lot at the moment

[blorbologist]

Tag 9 people you want to get to know better

!!!! Tagged by @sharkodactyl!!! AND @unicyclehippo ?!!!

Favorite color:

Blue! It's versatile and cool and just!! So good. Royal blue has to be the fav followed by aqua. Navy does such hard work too.

Currently reading:

Ok, it's been a while since I've had much time to read for fun, so here's a paper I'm referencing that's SO cool; Social security: can rattlesnakes reduce acute stress through social buffering? by Martin et al. (The answer seems to be yes! They put electrodes on the rattlers to measure their vitals when exposed to stress in a bucket. Some were alone, or paired w a rattlesnake-sized rope, or a same-sex conspecific. Signs of stress appeared reduced in those who experienced the stressor with a buddy!!! And I love that they looked at populations from different habitats too.)

Last song:

Reaper by Silverberg ft. Jordan Frye! Look it's a fun song to bop to... and imagine PMVs of fics to... not too fast not too slow just hits hard

Last series:

Watched Prehistoric Planet (again for me, first time for him) with my partner! Really fun to nerd out about dinosaurs in good company <333

Last movie:

Hmmmmmm fuck I don't watch movies often, when - OH it was Nimona last weekend, also with my bf <3 He had read the comic, I just knew tumblr gifsets and meta, man what a gorgeous and fun ride.

Sweet, Savory, Spicy?

SWEET SWEET SWEET I have a huge sweet tooth I'm a Fiend about chocolates. Not fond of candies tho.

Currently working on:

My proposal orz and the presentation of it orz BUT as a treat I'm poking away at my last @percahliaweek prompts - Dawn/Treasure is soooo close to being complete and Reborn has got a good start to it now >:D

Tagging:

If you wanna do this feel free!! I'm just tagging people I don't know well n wanna know better, per the tag game; @catraboobwindow @hayleysayshay @percivalium @mushrooms-and-antlers @aq2003 @heraexmachina @officialtrashbin @chaseyesterdays @nilesdaughter tbh anyone in the perc'ahlia week server <3333

[thefollow-spot]

Tag Game

Tagged by @hayleysayshay – oh god hi I’d better do this before it seems like I’m ignoring you (honestly if you ever tag me in something and I don’t do it, it’s not because I hate you, it’s because I forgot I’m so sorry)

Nicknames: I dunno, once long ago my internet nickname was Maple, but I think I’ve since outgrown that so I honestly don’t know? My AO3 is Ynnealay, so y’all can call me that I guess. Also I answer to my URL.

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn. Chinese zodiac says I’m an Earth-Tiger.

Height: Uhh... lemme grab my driver’s license. 168 cm.

Hogwarts House: Slytherclaw, but the Official Quiz says I’m Gryffindor except the quiz is fuckin’ wrong. So.

Last Thing I Googled: “Bullet wound.” I was looking for references since I was writing about a character of mine having been shot.

Song stuck in my head: Pompeii by Bastille.

Favourite musicians: Hozier, Bastille, Lorde, Bishop Briggs, Lights, Taylor Swift (don’t @ me I’ve been into her since middle school and I’m not giving up now).

Following: 109.

Followers: 228.

Do you get asks: NO BUT I WISH I DID. PLEASE TALK TO ME.

Amount of sleep: Ideally, a full ten hours. Almost never get that, though.

Lucky number: I don’t really have a lucky number, but due to Lord of the Rings I am obsessed with the number nine.

What are you wearing: A button down denim shirt with the cuffs rolled up halfway, and these gay-ass brown pants I got at Value Village that have giant homemade pockets that can hold an entire stapler.

Dream jobs: Actor, director (stage), writer.

Dream trip: I want to take my girlfriend to see Pompeii.

Instruments you play: I don’t play anything, but I do have 3+ years of formal voice training.

Languages you speak: English, enough French to go to a grocery store, enough Cantonese to order dim sum, and some Sindarin pleasantries.

Favourite song: It changes, but right now it’s Another Place by Bastille.

Random fact: If I’m not getting a Blizzard at Dairy Queen, I get a Peanut Buster Parfait, which I always mis-order as a “Peanut-butter nut-buster.”

Cats or dogs: Cats.

Aesthetic: Quirky, a little gay, a little dapper, with lots of texture and warmth.

I tag @whoawhataconcept and @aceofsass – get it done, friends!

Also @dianecrayton (I’m so sorry I haven’t done the one you tagged me in, I swear I forgot all about it until this moment)

[rockingthegraveyard]

Top 5 TLOK moments or scenes etc

Thank you so much!! This was, like, a lot harder then I thought it’d be, haha.

[FIVE] 

That scene where Mako shoots Amon with lightning. Why one may wonder? ......... It’s entirely because of that face. That’s it.Honestly it might be the most detailed expression we got from Mako. The way his nostril was flared, the scrunched bridge of his nose. There is clear strain and anger there and I love this expression so much. I mean Mako shooting lightning was boss but it’s was this that really made it great, haha.

[FOUR] 

Asami fucking taking the glove from her father and then not only zapping him but KOing the fucking lieutenant, which had single-handedly taken down both Mako and Bolin in a previous episode. Her shakily taking that glove and Mako’s soft “no” before she decimates them. Asami is so god damn amazing. She deserves the world.

[THREE] 

Lin’s sacrifice. I loved everything about it, it was so great. The way she absolute tore up the airship with the music playing behind it. And then, even on her knee’s she held her head high. Ah, and that whole part where she was slowly falling after her bending was taken? It was just so good!

[TWO] 

Korra gets the last of the poison out of her body. The music! The pain! “That fight is over” I just love it so much. The way the music shifts as she gets the very last of the poison out of her body. It’s so god damn amazing and perfect. Seriously,  my heart cries every time I watch it.

[ONE] 

It probably comes as no surprise when I say my very top is Mako’s sacrifice. You have this great moment leading up to it with Mako and Bolin. And the music was a m a z i n g. Along with the coloring, the intensity, Mako’s gorgeous, messy, “I could die rn but at least I die sexy” hair.  It’s just a great scene!!!

[projectvoicebend]

would you guys ever consider a patreon or something similar? not that'd i could afford much but y'know

we’ll answer your question with a question: if we did make a patreon page, what kinda rewards would appeal to you guys?