#i am not a good writer guys. do not expect anything very good lol

[journen]

Siblings, am I right? - Ch 1/3

So uh, I tried my hand at writing a fic. It is to fit into our modern Codywan au(Mustache!Cody au).

Relationships: CC-2224 | Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi(pre relationship, but they are pining lol), Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker

Rating: Gen

Summary:

While spending his afternoon at work with Cody, Obi-Wan receives an unexpected call from his brother that throws any plans he had for that weekend far out the window!

Obi-Wan frowned, sounding more serious. “What's going on?”

From the corner of his eye, he noticed his shift in tone drew Cody's attention from across the room, his brown eyes flicking up attentively away from the stack of papers he was working through. But Obi-Wan kept his eyes downward, and awkwardly shifted on his feet as he waited for Anakin to reply.

“Well uh,” His brother took a long pause, seemingly thinking. Obi-Wan could still hear him walking.

Suddenly, the silence began to feel heavy. “Please don’t hate me for this.”

“Hate you for what, Anakin?” His voice turned deep. Irritated and puzzled, he turned his back to the room, to Cody, but spoke more quietly into the receiver, bracing himself for whatever on earth Anakin was about to tell him next. “What is going on?”

Read here on ao3!

Mustache Cody bingo card under the cut!

[judesmoonbeauty]

The Past Records: Ellis & Jude Chapter 1

Fan translation only. Not 100% accurate. Please expect grammatical errors. Cybird owns everything. Feel free to reblog, but please do NOT post my translations elsewhere.

Translation notes are marked with ***

We met four years before we entered Crown, I believe.***

The night I drifted into the town of London, I passed by a bridge looking for a place to stay and saw a man looking up at the moon.

I looked at his empty-looking profile and thought he was going to fall straight into the river when he finished his cigarette.

So I just had to ask the question.

Ellis: Are you happy?

Jude: What's the point if I'm happy or not?

Ellis: I'll make the happiest moment of you're life....last forever.

Jude: Ha. What is that? Are you crazy?

Jude: The happiest I've ever been in my life. Maybe-

Victor: Working again? I heard about it beforehand, but you are very busy.

It's early morning at Crown Castle. Victor comes into the dining room for breakfast.

He called out to them in passing as they were about to go out after finishing their meal, which was already too early.

Ellis: Sorry, Victor. We'll be back tonight, so we'll talk about the mission then.

Victor: Oh, how industrious! It's totally okay!

Jude: Shut up. You don't have to apologize every time you deal with a freak.

Victor: Jude is so harsh. I love that about you, though. (SO DO WE!)

Jude: Disgusting.

Ellis: We're off.

The two left the castle with opposite expressions on their face.

Liam: I'm impressed that you don't get down at that rate every day, Victor.

Victor: Well, I'm the one who recruited those two.

Liam: I joined Crown on the condition that I could keep my current job, but those two guys seem busier than I am.

Liam: I wonder if they have time to do their duties for Crown?

It's been a few days since Ellis and Jude joined the team, and they haven't even had their first mission yet.

William: Well, it doesn't matter when their first mission is.

Harrison: Hey, can we really trust those guys?

William: Why do you say that?

Harrison: It's said he's a trader, but I've heard some fishy rumors. I hear he has a lot of enemies here and there.

Liam: Oh, I've heard that too. It's even talked about mong the fellow actors from time to time.

Liam: Some aristocrat got ripped off and had all his money squeezed out of him.

Harrison: I don't care if he's just a crooked merchant. If he's a spy, I can't just sit idly by.

Victor: You can't trust them?

Harrison: You're a random weirdo, but I know you have a good eye for people. It's just....

Victor: !Did you hear that, William?! Did you hear what Harry just said about me?! (My guy is an excited chihuahua LOL.)

William: Oh, I heard. There's more to come.

Victor: Yes, you may continue!

Harrison:.....you're a real pain in the ass.

Harrison: It's just that his background is too shady to be trusted beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Harrison: I don't think we should let those two act individually too much, do you?

Victor: Hmmm, well I don't want to restrict....their freedom too much.

William: Why don't you just make sure? Whether you can trust them or not?

Victor: Make sure....I like that!

Liam: Haha, looks like something's about to start, doesn't it?

Harrison: I have a bad feeling about this.....

Victor: So, all of Crown is together! We are going to observe Jude and Ellis' way of life!

Liam: Oh! *Claps*

Alfons: Is this another one of Victor's dimwitted projects? It's the best.

Victor: I want everyone to observe the two of them and report back to me.

Victor: The theme is: Are those two worthy of Crown?

Harrison: Damn...I shouldn't have said anything. I'm too busy for this.

Elbert: What are you busy with...?

Alfons: As I recall, you were in the middle of a reviewing job with no time to meet the deadline, and the first draft had not been submitted by the writer.

Alfons: It's as he said, “I'm going to have to stay up all night just before the deadline.”

Liam: Well, wouldn't it be nice if Harry acted as the command center?

Liam: The investigation will be shared among the members other than Harry!

Alfons: A stealth mission, sounds like fun.

Elbert: I don't mind.

Roger: Well, that's good, isn't it?

Harrison: By the way, what's your reason for not doing it?

William: I don't think we'll get that far.

Harrison: ...right?

Victor: Then let the investigation begin!

***Note: I just wanted to affirm that Ellis mentions it had been four years since he met Jude prior to joining Crown. This is not a mistranslation.

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[robyn-goodfellowe]

Hi uhh idk how to say it but any tips on writing in general? I really wanna write my story I have stored in my doc but I don’t know where to start.

hello!! i am very honored that you came to ME to ask because i love to talk about writing, so thank you :) with that being said this might get a little long so ill put everything under a readmore, but all of my advice can be summarized like this

tl;dr: just start!!!

i KNOW. in my soul. that there's genuinely nothing more every aspiring writer hates to hear than "just start" lol but it really does come down to that. just start. whatever you put on the page doesnt have to be PERFECT, it just has to be there. my first drafts for anything are never solid. my initial drafts are NEVER the quality of the final

and its through careful, consistent rewriting that it becomes something more palatable and fun/easy to read. what ive noticed a lot of new writers do (and i used to be very prone to this as well) is that they go into their drafts expecting to drop their final product there, and aim for perfection. i cannot stress enough that perfection is THE ENEMY in literature. you can rewrite things thousands of times for it to turn out imperfect in the end, and thats OKAY. you'll end up with a draft you like eventually, but don't expect yourself to find it right away. it takes me a lot of consistent writing sessions to have a paragraph that im satisfied with. itll come to you naturally

but the best advice i can offer is really just ... START. open google docs and just write down your thought process, whatever that looks like for you. maybe its the summarisation of a few scenes you like, maybe its a chunk of an out of context paragraph. whatevers in your head, put it on paper and see where you can go from there. thats really the only way you can start

outside of that some of my big things are being consistent and READING. i write for at minimum half an hour every day (not always fic lol! i am a creative writing major, am working on my manuscript and also trying to get published in some small-scale literary magazines and sites. so im always working on something, basically) and its probably the only thing in my life i am super consistent about. maintaining a habit and making yourself write even when you dont "feel like it" or cant find motivation is the best way to keep writing long term. and reading, well, how i like to put it to my friends is that creativity is like a well. you cant keep drawing from it without filling it up eventually. you need good writing and good words to inspire you so you can keep drawing from your creative well. when im not writing im reading and you should be too. you really cant have one habit without the other

are really immersing myself in the world that i've created for my silly little guys. i am, at all times of the day, immersed into my stories one way or another. im almost constantly curating pinterest boards, or making playlists, or sharing it with my friends (the last one is highly important. the best way to stay encouraged is to have someone to share with) and so theres not really a day when im not thinking about what i want to write to some extent

but yeah basically thats all of the advice i can offer. write, write, write and don't be afraid for it to be not perfect. nobody is perfect, you are human. so just have fun with it

hope this can help ssomewhat! :)

[engrossedindulgence]

Transmasc Manga Reccomendations

OK so I have a anime planet list of transmasc manga but since anime planet doesn't have every manga that features a transmasc in it, I'll be putting it here! This is specifically transmasc cuz A. I am transmasc and B. if I tried to name every manga with a transfem this post would be too long, if u want good resources on how to look for trans characters in manga I'd recommend checking the transgender character tag in baka updates manga!

I'll also add TWs in case u need it though in general these stories deal with topics of homophobia and transphobia

After School Mate:

The final chapter just came out so now's a good time to read it! It's sweet, not the best tbh (very simplistic and the story is kind of boring) but it's a wholesome slice of life

Bokura no VR

One shot, a comedy but doesn't treat the trans character like a bit, pretty good, but doesn't focus on transness

Boys Run the Riot

I (personally) don't like Boys run the Riot BUT it does the job! It's nice, the themes are a bit heavy handed and it makes some....shitty ass points but hey I'll take any representation !

Claudine

TW for suicide if reading

Personally, I didn't really like it LMAO just cuz of how wordy it is (a lot of old, historical manga is incredibly wordy, take Paris no Ken as an example) but it's pretty good !

Family Compo

TW for sexual assault

Ok so like. This is bad <3 Read it if u want but don't expect anything

Fire Punch

TW for sexual assault, zoophilia/beastiality, a LOT of gore, nudity, and a lot of sex jokes LoL

Fire Punch is very good, if u haven't heard of it it's the first serialized manga by the Chainsaw Man guy ! It's better than Chainsaw Man imo but I have terrible taste and I think a trans person being in a story elevates it to god tier status LMAO but there's also a lot of heavy subject matter (if u couldn't tell from the TWs) so read with caution (but it's very good if u do choose to read it, it's my favorite manga)

G. I. D

Not translated BUT I have raws if anyone wants to...y'know...translate it.....hi :3

Haikei Seken Sama

Also not translated (except for a shitty translation I made I never uploaded cuz it's bad) but it's pretty good!

Heart no Daiya

The transmasc in this manga is a very minor character but I actually really like him LMAO would recommend

Honey & Honey

Mainly about a sapphic couple BUT a LOT of the secondary cast are trans men (also I think the writer ends up getting with one of the trans men in the story so good for her!)

Level E

Would heavily reccomend! It's good and has a happy ending :3

My Hero Academia

Never watched or read but Tiger exists so I have to put it on here LoL

Orange Sweet Olive Blossoms

Ok so this is incredibly debatable BUT the main character declares they are a man and had seen themselves as a man for their whole life so.....I'm counting it

Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare

Tbh this is a good manga I just remember none of it ! The trans character is a background character with a pretty short plotline but it's a good read regardless

Paros no Ken

Same case with Claudine of being really wordy, but still good! I really like the main character LMAO

Sakura-Chan to Amane-Kun

My icon.....um I like this one a normal amount ! Please read it it's so cute

Seton Academy: Join the Pack

Don't read <3

Shonen Note: Boy Soprano

Also debatable, but a character is implied to be transmasc (though never fully stated)

Sket Dance

REALLY minor character who shows up in the last dance arc, but really cute story! Would recommend

Stop!! Hibari-Kun

Trans guy only shows up in one chapter but also I love him, please read

The Gay Who Turned Kaiju

Good manga! Have only read once, but I liked it :3

To Strip the Flesh

ALSO really good! Would recommend. I'm running out of things to say

Villain

Main supporting character is transmasc non-binary I think ? Idk there's only been four chapters so I'm not too sure

Wandering Son

TW for sexual assault

Kinda boring but I'd still give it a shot! I have never fully read it through tho LMAO

Welcome to room #305

Pretty cute! I never read the full manga (only the arc about the trans character) but I liked what I did read

Yuureitou

TW for sexual assault, a lot of nudity, a lot of blood/death, trans misogyny

I wish I could recommend this one cuz I LOVE THIS MANGA but also.....a lot of it is terrible....but I love it.....if u wanna read it I'd recommend it just heed the warnings please!

Yuzu no Koto

Pretty cute! I'm running out of things to say LoL

Zenbu Kimi No Sei

TW it's an ecchi manga....so....nudity and fan service...a lot of it

A gender bender ecchi manga BUT it does have two transgender characters (one of them got a major plotline recently) and tbh it's pretty well written! I'd recommend it

Chiguhagu

Good! I liked it

Silkscreen

Only read this once but it was really good from what I recall!

Croquis

TW for sexual assault

Ok so this is gay porn so be 18+ to read it, tho it's cute!

[zombieekittens]

Wanted to jump on here and make a positive post, since I saw a post targeting newer comic artists.

I just want to say that just because you see people talking badly about Asmundr / Home ( and yes I’m using this one as an example because it is a very popular comic. ) don’t feel discouraged. Cause the thing here is, we’ve all tried to help Kique, in the 10+ years he’s been making his series. As a new writer, you WILL learn more and more as you write and create your comics, because honestly, I can overlook A-LOT of things in a comic as long as it has a good story to follow. Art / the overall design of the comic doesn’t really matter to me, again, as long as it has a good story I can read a comic with stick figures all day lol. The problem here with Kique and why everyone rips into him, is because he is not new to this. He has been doing comics for a decade now and is only getting worse at his craft. Nobody can give him an ounce of criticism or you will be booted from his circle and possibly even banned from reading his comic. As an artist or writer who develops things for the public, you will need to expect criticism. 80% of the time it’s from other people who are genuinely trying to help. The other 20% are actual trolls, because unfortunately they’re out there. I can understand with Kique why he may feel attacked sometimes, but if someone is just pointing out something that doesn’t make sense and you give them the ban hammer, yeah, you won’t step off on the right foot with the public lol. I will say, I am trying to write a comic myself and I have spent MONTHS trying to perfect the plot before I even start on it. If you’re going to make a role play comic, that is fine, but at least specify that in your description. We all believed Kiques sequel was going to be another part of the Asmundr story, but come to find out it’s is basically the Sims game in comic / animal version lol.

To be honest, Kique sets the bar extremely low for what it takes to be a comic artist. If anything, people should use it as an example of what not to do. Again, we’ve all tried to help the guy, but he takes it as a personal attack and goes extremely over the top to get back at people, which is extremely immature. Bottom line here is, produce your comics, if it makes you happy. Don’t let what you see affect your comics about the critics pointing guns towards Kique because trust me, he pointed first lol. And again, I can over look a lot in a comic if it has a good story and a plot that makes sense and carries the story well.

[actuallyitsstar]

CHARACTER ASK GAME

Pete "Maverick" Mitchell + 21, 24 and 25?

✨ send me a number and a character! ✨

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?

i actually already answered this question here, so i will give an honorary mention for this ask, in addition: i am a big fan of the whole tgm-mav-lowkey-being-the-daggers'-friends'-cool-dad trope. like. the idea that they get to know him after the mission and he's obviously taken a genuine interest in all of them and their wellbeing so they all just...stay in touch. the idea that the call and check up on him when they know rooster is deployed, that they start to leave a few extra things at mav's place because he usually hosts their squad movie nights and it's just easier to crash there sometimes, that they realize he doesn't have many people to spend the holidays with now outside of obviously bradley, and they all come together and drag him to a surprise christmas party with them before they go on their own leave for their respective family christmases. that's their emotional support old navy captain and if u wanna mess w him u gotta get thru 11 daggers and 1 son first so good luck!!!

that being said, tho, it can go too far i think, if we're not careful. barring a couple specific circumstances (jake and whatever fucked up childhood/non-existent parental relationships he has had comes to mind) the daggers all have families of their own, and entire lives before meeting mav. i don't think he's like. their DAD per se. he's their friends' cooler than expected dad ('your dad is an ace? that's so cool! i wonder if he has any stories to tell us! he once flipped off a mig while inverted? THATS SO COOL') that they can become friends with and look out for too, and i KNOW he'll be looking out for them. if they need anything he's right there, because that is within his nature. but for the most part, they're all adults who have friendships, and not like. Extra Children. if you know what i mean. except for jake idk i think he needs a role model or something but i guess that makes mav a secret third thing to him idk

24. what other character from another fandom reminds you of them?

oof that is tough!! i think that on most levels, mav is very different from the characters in other fandoms that i have imprinted on the most, so i'm not going to be able to do a 1:1 comparison here. but believe it or not the very first character that came to mind for me is ezra standish from the magnificent seven tv series, and it's not an exact match but i'm just going to provide my presentation on the matter (i am specifically comparing tg86 mav with ezra bc i have no one to compare tgm mav with lol):

horrible quality images (yes i did make these gifs but theyre very old so lets not talk about it lol) bc this is an obscure 1990s b-budget tv show shot on vhs probably. but this guy right here is either the second or third youngest member of his found family group (the seven ~lawmen~ a local circuit judge hires to manage an old west territory because it's so dangerous the sheriff and deputy he'd previously appointed ran out on the job). he's very accomplished at what he does, for his age, and has had way too many shitty life experiences and is much too world-weary already. everyone who works with him comes into it with a preconceived notion of how he's going to be. and how could they not? it isn't that the other six guys are short-sighted in assuming, exactly. ezra is direct about who he is and what he stands for, downright in your face about it, actually. you expect him to be kind of an arrogant asshole, and he tells you he's gonna be one. and then, for a while anyway, he kind of is.

loner type, doesn't need anyone, he's going to do everything his way because he knows best, needlessly theatrical about it in the process. they expect him to run out on them during their battle, and he does.... kind of. but he also comes through for them in a critical moment when he's needed most and they least expect him to do it, single-handedly taking out multiple enemies to save their lives. immediately, he adopted into the group, essentially, but ezra doesn't know enough about really having friends to recognize that it's happening until much later. additionally, his entire life and livelihood is overshadowed by his mother (who can be seen sitting in the bg of the larger gif), who is still very much alive, in his case, but whose actions and words define him, whether he wants them to or not. he had a shitty childhood bouncing between a hundred strangers' and distant family members' homes alike and is just overflowing with abandonment issues, and he expects the other six to give up on him at the drop of a hat, but they never do.

25. what was your first impression of this character? how about now?

the very first time i ever saw top gun was before tgm was ever a thing. i remember my favorite character being goose (isnt he always tho <3) and thinking mav was kind of a bland action hero guy with a story arc i did not understand at all or care about. i was like fifteen, tho, and hadn't seen hardly any movies or tv shows at the time because i had a kind of weird sheltered from media sort of childhood, so i don't think i had rly learned HOW to watch and interpret media and characters yet, tbh. when the sequel was coming out i rewatched top gun with my partner in preparation bc my parents were making me watch the new one, and they had never seen it. i was like oh !!! he's smol and traumatized. i bet there's fic about him and that blonde guy. i should look that up later. and then we watched tgm and that was it for me. i was like never mind him and that blonde guy i need to know if hIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS SON TURNS OUT OK......MY HEART..... and that was that lol. my dna has not been the same since <3

[noroi1000]

Honestly, I don't know what to say.

Even though I haven't shared anything lately and haven't been very active, you guys still did it.

Half a year ago it was 2k. I was so happy then. Now I didn't even notice it happened. I never thought that as many as 3,000 people would click the "follow" icon when accessing my account.

It was the thing I least expected. When I started, I didn't even think about how many followers I would have. I even forgot to think about it. I never thought about observing because I wanted just to try.

Now, I have three thousand of you, as well as one and a half thousand on Wattpad.

I don't deserve someone as wonderful as you guys.

I didn't share anything, I didn't even write much. A lot of things happened that I can't undo, which also influenced my writing. I'm a terrible writer who stopped caring about readers who are just here to read something.

I still want to be a writer. Such a real writer. I would like one of my original books to finally be written and for someone to read and appreciate it. I don't stop writing. Even if people tell me to do it because I can't.

As the game characters sing in the song: „Haters gonna hate”. No matter what people say about me, it's may be true. I may be shitty, but arguing doesn't help. Haters gonna hate, no matter what.

I've been watching a lot of anime and reading a lot of manga and manhwa lately. I'm also playing otome games (the Japanese ones because they are the best).

I've almost finished writing the entire More Twisted Than Love draft, and I'm quite happy with the results. I'm not sure about the date of publication, because as you know, the frequency of my shares is not the most interesting. I am not a public figure. I'm not what you would call a blogger or anything else. I simply exist.

I've also been wondering about "Noroi" lately. Noroi is a curse. I am a real curse. Since I was born. I'm like cursed. And no one who doesn't know my heart will understand it. And there is no one like that in this world. I probably sound like a crazy person now.

I want to tell you to never give up, no matter what is taken from you.

The number of followers will disappear someday. This will be taken from me but I will never forget. I will not give up and I will always keep you in my heart.

Do you know that a previously damaged heart holds what is good stronger? It holds it tighter and doesn't let go. It doesn't forget. Iy always feel it. Because it puts a band-aid on the cracks. The stone heart will move and the frozen heart will melt. Even just this once.

I'm writing about weird things now lol

I wanted to thank you and tell you what's on my heart right now. Discovering that you have 1k more followers makes you feel proud and think more. This is the reason.

I love you so much guys ❤️

[queerponcho]

WEEWOO WEEWOO i finally watched spiderman across the spider-verse and i have some THOUGHTS-

i’ve been avoiding spoilers so like i am probably not the first one with these thoughts but here we go:

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS

- we all know; miguel o’hara = hot as fuck

- BUT everytime hes on screen the music that was played sounded very similar to the vibe of the prowlers theme in the first movie. coincidence? i dont think so👀

-EVERY spider was shown having doubts about their position. they ALL doubted their stance when miles said ‘we’re supposed to be the good guys’ everyone BUT miguel

- WHAT IF miguel isnt actually his universes spiderman

- WHAT IF miguel is ACTUALLY his universes KING PIN

HEAR ME OUT-

- when hes introduced he says ‘i am not like the other girls- spidermen’ while he is LITERALLY injecting himself with some typa green liquid??? like tf is that????

- maybe that shit actually gives him those spidey powers BUT do we actually ever see him like sticking to a thingie upside down or anything? he is always upright and he doesnt have the spidey stickiness

- he only gets like feral kinda and even his webs are like gleaming red??? and his mask is like SUPER evil and as pointed out by dad peter (aka nick miller) HE ISNT FUNNY

-Literally ALL of the spiders have some kinda funny thing or like cool power

- this man only has vampy teeth (hot) and is fast??? and like has these elbow slashes like???? he has nothing unique like all the other spiders.

- like gwen has her entirely different colours scheme and her ballet movements or the british one (kill me i forgot his name but i LOVED this guy) has his punk and guitar, fuck anarchy thing. like all of them have smth thats their thing but all of miguels traits are like super evil and sussy as fuck…

- AND he was SUCH a dick to miles. any actual spidey would NEVER be such a prick to another spider EVER- my guy is afraid of miles and wanted to break him down which brings me to the motive…

- idk what his plan is but he might know that miles can/ will be his doom. OR he knows that one of the spiders might find out and kill him so he makes this elaborate web of lies (pun intended) about these canon events and like scares everybody into thinking they have to just let these bad things happen when in reality he is just looking for this control. this might be a bit far fetched BUT IDK WHO KNOWS the writers lol

that motive thing i am not so sure about but i am certain hes afraid of what miles can do and will do cuz he is acting like a racoon trapped in a trashbag (shoutout to taylor tomilson lol) and gaslighting everybody onto his side…

then theres his alleged backstory;

- he went to a different universe to live his dream life and conveniently that universes miguel DIES????? MMMMHMMMM and u expect me to believe that mr sexy o’hara????

- he literally did what king pin tried todo in the first movie- and it failed

- thing is WHAT IF it failed not because he just went there and took his place BUT because he killed off that other daddy miguel

- what if the universe just collapsed cuz he went there and actually changed the entire universes future by killing this other miguel????

honesty its like 1am and i watched the movie like 5 hours ago so all this might not make sense. BUT I BADLY NEEDED TO TALK ABT THESE THOUGHTS- again i am for sure not the first one i just really need to speak this into the void lol

PLS if anybody wants to geek out over this movie PLEASE dm me i am BEGGING YOU i so badly wanna talk abt it cuz i love it SO MUCH

[lilalbatross]

What are your thoughts on the latest season of Fire Country? I thought Bode would of been in jail longer than he was and not allowed back out to fires due to his failure at the test. I don't know why but I was expecting his dad and Manny to be trying to find out the truth and figure out how corrupt the system is and save Bode before he gets hurt or taken down for life never getting out or something.

oh man, okay. first off i wanna say i think the writing on FC is always a bit of a mess. i mean that with love cause this show has burrowed way deeper into my brain than it has any right to, but also it's never gonna get an emmy nom for writing, ya know?

I also thought the prison stuff would last a little longer??? not half the season or anything, but at least like...an entire episode lmao. at the same time i get it, cause Three Rock is so central to the show and we need Bode in Edgewater so the plot can turn, but it also made it feel very much like everything in the finale was for shock value in the moment, without the slightest consideration for how it would affect the plot once they had to actually deal with it

but then that's classic FC really (remember that time Eve was an alcoholic for like two episodes and then it never came up again?)

in terms of everything else:

my biases are no secret, but Vince is easily the best part of the season so far. you can feel the claw marks where he's trying so hard to hold everything together, cause someone's gotta when Bode's in prison and Sharon's fucked off doing whatever. Vince is miserable which means Billy Burke's making kicked puppy faces left and right and i'm just gobbling them up. and bitchy 2x03 Vince had shades of Miles Matheson, which is always a good time

2x01 and 2x02 Sharon didn't feel like Sharon. like at all lol. the writers were trying something and it wasn't working for me. 2x03 she's back, babyyyyy. but also why the fuck has she taken like three demotions if Jake now outranks her. and how long does it take to recover from a kidney transplant, considering the first time skip was only five months and she was at the campaign fire for three months????

loving the moments between Manny and Sharon cause they actually feel like friends, instead of last season where they kept saying they were friends but the vibe was fully just "i am sleeping on my boss' couch and this is weird for everyone"

i'm on the fence about Eve. love her to death, but the handling of her Three Rock transition feels clumsy from a writing perspective. but i'll be patient. also give my girl a love interest who doesn't vanish please i'm begging

Jake's plots feel like nothing so far. i'm hoping s2 will give him more to work with, cause in s1 he was either criminally underutilized or set in opposition to Bode when the show wanted you to root for Bode. which. sucked.

Bode and Gabi, together and as individuals, are always the least interesting part of this show to me. Gabi's engaged to a guy she just met. sure. whatever. i guess that's a thing she'd do. i'm already tired.

Genevieve. i was pissed when they teased this plot in the finale, but actually she's perfect and i love her and they've given her a very french name for some reason????? anyway i want hours and hours of her interacting with Vince cause the Scorsese moment was Everything to me. she's precious. this is my daughter now.

[ashthemadwriter-archived]

ok, ok, I'm back. I don't find that mbti type relevant enough and I despise tags, maybe because I have multiple personalities 🤣 instead, I will give you a quick description. Oh, and I choose Haikyuu as the fandom.

Adult girl, short, brunette, skinny with a big ass👀 I am very understanding and kind until someone really steps on my nerves. I have quite enough patience, however I multitask a lot and freak out when some things don't go according to plan.

I'm bi, if it matters, dom with women but totally sub with men (tbh, just my bf, but you get the point).

As of interests, I am a writer (started off with porn, but now I write mostly angst). I am also a photographer. I like to read, swim, watch series and well.. write. I do that way too much, never enough.

I like all animals besides birds 🙃 but my favourites are dogs and horses. I tolerate spicy food, but don't expect me not to cry while eating it. Oh, and speaking of crying, I cry SO EASILY when something touches me (be it a positive or a negative thing.)

If there's anything you need to ask, go ahead and dm me 😌

Fandom: Haikyuu

Format: Headcanons

Warnings: Nsfw content cuz you're VIP

Word Count: 0.K

A/n: tysm bestie :D Here you go

I match you with...

Hajime Iwaizumi!

Ok tbh I always imagine Iwaizumi every time you talk about your boyfriend lol idkw

Oof I see a relationship between two understanding people. Iwaizumi has a HIGH common sense, and he has a high tolerance too, despite what people think of him.

:readmore:

He's not one to freak out (thankfully lol) so he would be there to calm you down by talking to you or helping you with your tasks. In the end you feel relieved cause the results are far better than expected, due to the help of your supportive boyfriend.

Lmao you a sub with men? That's nice cause I definitely see him as a top and let me tell you, he's a pro in bed🚶🏻‍♀️takes care of you like no one has ever had, and might be a little mean but it's just a teeny tiny bit and ngl it turns you on but you didn't hear this from me lol🚶🏻‍♀️

YEAH so overalls, a really fine man in bed :D I see him as the type of guy who would want to make his s/o faint from pleasure. He loves the expression you make when he drives you crazy with his cock so I contact is a must for him, which is why I think missionary is his fav position cause he gets to hit that sweet spot inside you and watch you roll your eyes back as you moan his name.

Did I mention that he's supportive? Like, A LOT. Would encourage you to do anything you want to as long as it's not harmful lmao. If it's kinda dangerous and you still insist on doing it then he's coming along, you cannot stop him.

MAN HAS THE MANLIEST VOICE EVER. Imagine him reading one of your favorite books before going to bed. He would have your head on his chest, holding the book with one hand and caressing your cheeks with the other one. If you're in for it then his hand might go to other places too🚶🏻‍♀️But it's rare cuz he just loves how you stick it to him and he gets to watch you drift to dreamland. He will slowly plant a kiss on your forehead, adoring how pretty you look when you're asleep.

He would always how his arm on your waist when you're out in public cuz mf is POSESSIVE as hell but is really good at hiding it. If anyone dares to flirt with you, he will give them a death stare and also a peace of his mind if they don't stop.

Treats his s/o like a princess. Anyone will forget about their problems once theyre out with him, and you are no exception. Would hold you and comfort you when your crying and will remain quiet, if you need him to be.

So yeah he's a gentle man, so you better not lose him🚶🏻‍♀️

Tysm for participating biscuit, and I hope you like this! :D

[vorchagirl]

i am so sorry this is so delayed, but here’s my fanfic asks for you - prepare yourself, my friend! ^•^

16 - 18 - 32 - 38 - 46 - 53 - 70 - 80

*80: what are some of your least favorite ships to read AND write?

16. Do you write by hand, on phone or on laptop?

I do the bulk of my writing on my laptop, but lately I've been writing more and more on my phone because I often find myself with spare time while I'm out and about. I do write by hand sometimes, but honestly, I find my phone more convenient now that I've mastered the art of phone writing, lol.

18. Do you enjoy research? Which fic of your required the most research?

I do not enjoy research, lol. But it's an important part of writing, so I do it when I need to. I think the fic that required the most research was Lights in the Sky - I had to do a lot of research for trauma (emotional and physical), different types of wounds, and I had to contact Spanish friends for some help with my Spanish for Vega, and I had to ask my Russian friends to do some transliteration for Rennah's Russian lines. I think Sweet Little Lies is a close second - I had to do a ton of research for that fic too.

32. Do you take fic requests? Why/why not?

Not really, though I hesitate to say definitely no because I never know when an idea will grab me. I'm always open to drabble requests and love when people send those in, but full fics? Not reaaaally.

I used to take full fic requests, and I had some bad experiences with people acting like they owned my work or getting very obsessive with me and my fics. Mind you, I also have had some great experiences. I'm writing Distance because of a fic request, and the lovely person who requested that fic has been nothing short of friendly even though the fic has become much more than intended!

38. What is your most self indulgent posted story?

Lol, this one is easy. My Mass Effect Andromeda x Harlequin Mills and Boon style romance fic 'The Charlatan's Seduction Plan'. This was a labor of love because I genuinely love trashy romances, and my great friend Kit did the art for it. It was so much fun to write, but totally self indulgent!

46. If you could only write one type of AU for the rest of your life what would it be?

Probably mirror-verse fics where a good wholesome character becomes evil and obsessive. Like my Subject Zero Kaidan fic 'Through A Mirror Darkly'. I like when a good guy goes bad and gets obsessive.

53. What is the most used tag on yoru AO3?

'Romance' - which shocks me. I thought it would be 'shameless smut' XD

70. Are you subscribed to any writers on AO3?

I'm subscribed to 15 or so writers - not as many as I should be, but I have a bad habit of following fics instead of authors. Though if you post a fic or chapter and I review rather quickly, it's probably because I follow you!

80. What are some of my least favourite ships to read and write?

Honestly, and this is not hateful at all because I love that some of my best friends are passionate about their ships and characters, but my least favourite is anything with a male Shepard or male Pathfinder Ryder, no matter what the pairing. I just don't especially gel with a male Shepard. I guess because there is such an overwhelming lack of female representation in media I gravitate towards strong female characters in fics.

If we're talking specific ships which I struggle to write or read, I suppose my top 3 are probably Ash x Kaidan, Male Shep x Miranda, or fRyder x Jaal.

Having said that, I can usually read anything if people ask me to - and sometimes I love fics which I never expected to. So I'm always open to everything.

Thanks for the ask - sorry this was so long!

[gh0stsp1d3r]

Just a simple question as I'm interested to hear about what people think of Scott from Senseless, but what do you think of Scott? He's the blonde rich guy that was always competing with Daryl and being quite rude, I feel like it was more like banter for some of it though. I just want to hear more opinions about him as I found him quite interesting especially the part where his father cuts him off because he didn't win, I expected to at least see what happened to him as well in the end but sadly we don't get anything as I remember.

When I learned there was no fandom wiki for Senseless I was disappointed but I expected it. Also you're my most favorite writer as of now, I'm always looking forward to what you post! Thank you for writing for Tim, been feeding everyone good. I hope you're having a nice day or night! ^^ (Also, not my anxiety getting to me. I swear his name was Scott, I don't think I'm wrong but if I am please correct me someone. 😭)

his name was Scott!! Ngl I forgot about him, he’s very forgettable. He serves as the antagonist for Daryl. His whole thing with Daryl was pretty intense lol, they really hated each other. He’s kinda narcissistic in a way, always trying to beat Daryl and thinking that he’s the only one who deserved the spot.

His ego was hugeeee, he did annoy me but an antagonist should. Academic rivals is always pretty interesting, and it’s hard to actually do tbh, at least in my experience. But the movie really does show him in that egotistical light, as it should.

Ahhh! I’m glad you like my stuff!! I hope u have a good day/night too anon (: mwah

[coulsonlives]

Well that FNAF movie was, um.. not very good. Idk what I was expecting, but I was expecting a little more.

The production value was good overall, the music ruled and the animatronics were really well done. But Vanessa's dialogue and constant 'i am mysterious lady character, dun dun dun' deflections every other sentence made me wanna pull my hair out. Even though there was a reason behind her not intervening/warning Mike and his daughter about the springs, it really didn't come off like that, it just came off like she was an inept cop, like some random lady cosplaying as a cop instead. The movie was total garbage at showing any kind of genuine subtlety or ulterior motives, so everything just came off as the writers not being good at their jobs. The way the camera moved to Afton when he was a career counsellor also screamed 'i'm a villain twirling my moustache' and it was super corny.

And tbh, Josh Hutcherson wasn't on his a-game here lmao. There were scenes where we should have seen some kinda surprise or emotion, but legit ALL he could do was stare like a dead-eyed bass, and I was like cmon man.

Also, still super pissed that they totally RUINED the big payoff with the kids being the ghosts in the trailer, and the movie wasn't any better with revealing it, there was no real surprise or anything. And I'm just thinking, if someone didn't know the franchise, they would've just groaned like, 'i can see this coming a mile away'. Detective Pikachu wasn't that amazing either, but at least people who weren't into Pokemon didn't feel supremely ripped off like they saw the entire movie in the trailer. A lot of people I know didn't see the 'twist' in that movie coming. This one, it basically smacks you over the head with it and says 'enjoy, fool'.

Also, I can't remember which animatronic it was, but the person getting bitten in half was kinda unrealistic. It was way too fluid and smooth! Bitch be trying to get through bones and shit, human bodies come with a lot of resistance. There would be at least a lil bit of that, even for an animatronic with decent bite pressure.

The animatronic eyes didn't bother me as much as I expected them to, which I guess is another plus, but I'm still wondering if it would've been better with the creepy eyes. And some of the shots were good (Afton being dragged back into the closet oml?!), but it doesn't make up for the rest of the movie unfortunately. Except maybe the poor lawyer guy, he was amazing lol.

TLDR, it wasn't good. Probably worth a watch if you can see it for free.

[hongism]

Hey bestie heeeeeey~

I'm officially caught up with MOC so now I can tell you my feelings~

So, first of all, how dare you? There's no reason for the emotional whiplash I experienced reading this monstrosity (positive with all the love and respect in the world i promise) yet here i am... a further damaged woman lmfao

But forreal though, you have a great ability to pull emotions out of your readers and thats just amazing in my eyes, especially as a fellow writer myself :') theres nothing I love more than making the ppl who read my own fics suffer emotionally so congrats to you!

I love how you write everyone in the story, they are so incredibly flawed and fucked up and human that it just makes me shed a tear. Thats why MC frustrates the HELL out of me, even though I adore her. Her flaws make my ass itch but all i want for her is to heal and be happy in the end (same with the others! I be wanting to punch the shit outta them sometimes 😭)

ESPECIALLY Hongjoong cause my guy is just unhinged but i love his character the most honestly because unhinged is hot to me. Im still kicking my feet and twirling my hair lmao

The relationships are so real and just... messy. Messy messy in the best way. But i just have to cheer them all on.

That chapter when mc and yeosang banged I was quite literally going bonkers like HELLO?????????????? I didnt expect that but now i want more of it cause their dynamic (especially when it comes to wooyoung) is so juicy

MC is such a tragic character and I feel for her the most. I love how we started off thinking Jisung was this great person but turns out that hes a fucking lunatic. You, Caly literally manipulated us into thinking so, like how Jisung manipulated MC and idk if that was intentional or not but it was brilliant. And Hyunwoo turning out to be like *that* was a punch in the gut. MC being betrayed by the ppl she cared for so much makes her question everything on the crew, especially Hongjoong and that's why I cant be too frustrated with her lol

I dont want this ask to be so long cause i can go in about every little detail 😭 but youve dont such an amazing job. The world building is beautiful, and i dont rly read a lot of scifi like fictions set in space, but when i first got into ateez the first thing i thought of were pirates / space pirates and i even started my own fic with that premise bc i cant help myself but be self indulgent trash so 🤷🏼‍♀️ but thats beside the point

I cant wait to read more of this masterpiece and see how things go. I want everyone to be happy cause you are putting them through the fucking ringer 😭😭😭 please go easy on them I cant take more of this 😭😭😭😭

hehe emotional whiplash is my specialty!!! i too am very much damaged after writing moc. and the damage will continue. for the good of the plot!!!

i'm so touched you think so, i really love evoking emotion out of the reader in my works and i'm glad that im effective in doing so <3 one of my goals from the start of writing moc was to create an mc who isn't always likable or enjoyable to read bc i find those sorts of stories unrealistic and sometimes boring, because even tho the setting is very much not real, having characters who do feel real has always been huge to me! i love creating characters who have peaks and valleys, who grow and stumble along the way, and to really show a journey of growth!! hongjoong is just. pure insanity at its finest LOL he's gonna take a lot to fix but we'll see!

i honestly had way too much fun writing that chapter too, i love love looooooove a good hatefuck and it was just too tempting to NOT do >.<

it was fully intentional to sort of bring the readers in on the manipulation yes hehe! i like playing my cards very close to my chest and not giving anything away until the absolute last second i can!!! i think you hit on something lots of people who want her to just give into hongjoong forget - she's experienced so much betrayal from the people she trusted most and that does really stick in the brain and cause lasting trauma, and our poor mc is deeply traumatized by many things that have happened to her! it only makes sense for her to be retaliating and distrustful of those around her in these circumstances!!

thank you so much for enjoying everything so far and for all the lovely compliments they really mean so much to me i cherish them a lot 🥹🥹❤️❤️

[purpleyoonn]

Hello Mari, how are you? I hope you are doing wonderfully well(;

Anyway, let me ask you a few questions! First of all, out of all the fanfics you've written so far, is there one that you consider your favorite? Are there fanfics that are more difficult to write and others that are relatively easier? Or are they all the same difficulty level? Ever thought about writing a physical book? (In my opinion, you have a lot of potential! I would definitely be one of the first in line at the bookstore, lol!).

And finally, how does your creativity work? Do you think about your stories very often? Or are there specific times for your creativity to kick in?

(OBS: Sorry for the list of questions! Don't feel pressured to answer, and forgive me if my English is bad! I'm still learning🙃).

A big hug for you dear, take care(:

Hello!! I am doing okay! Just normal life stress seeing as my car is now taking a turn for the less good and I might need to start looking around for another one😭

Out of all of my fics, I think baby might be my favorite one. I live the vibe of it and the way that it is going. I have so many ideas for it including different idol interactions and btsxmc interactions. I feel like the love in the bond is so pure that sometimes instincts overwrite normal thoughts or expectations.

I think there are definitely some fics that are more difficult to write than others. The most difficult one for me (because of the headspace I was in) is definitely a hand to hold. I truly think i might discontinue it. Petrichor is also a hard one to write for mainly because I have so much written for it in terms of world building. Im also trying not to take away from the mcs personality and her tenacity as she becomes an omega. I don’t want her to be a stereotypical omega in that right. I want her to have the same fire in her as when the met the boys and that’s kind of harder to maintain than I thought. Also, I find I like steering away from smut, and there is definitely going to be smut or at least mating between namjoon and mc within petrichor. I’ve been building up to it for 17 chs now and I don’t want to take away that build up from you guys.

Baby and tlblw are definitely some of the easier fics for me to write because I am more or less writing about my own experiences with my disabilities and just making them more or less something easier to understand and read about when it comes to an mc. Plus, people relate a lot to those mcs which helps a lot. They are more like self inserts than reader fics but I still write them as a reader fic.

I have actually thought about writing novels before. Last year I started world building for one, but quickly lost interest in it ngl. I think I could like rework some of my fics and publish them but mainly enchanted, dot, and petrichor. I have so many TikTok’s saved about publishing and self publishing. I wanted to be an editor/writer in a publishing house in high school but unfortunately listened to family and pursued teaching instead.

As for my creativity, I think about ideas and world building all the time. Even at work I’m constantly in my head, coming up with different stories or working on ones I’ve already thought up. I do have specific times though, where I absolutely need to write something down and my mind won’t let me do anything else until I do. I am very thankful for my notes app when this happens😂

pls don’t apologize and thank you for the big hug🥰🥰❤️❤️🥹🥹🥹

[castielmacleod]

I used to feel like Crowley's unrequited love for Dean Winchester was out of character. It was definitely there because it was intentionally written that way. But I always feel like Crowley, unlike Castiel (who was programmed albeit against his will to be a soldier and a follower), would not tolerate being talked down to and dismissed the way Dean did. So I really disliked that part of the show.

But I see you seem to consider Crowley's unrequited love for Dean essential, and would love to hear more of your thoughts on it (of course you don't have to explain yourself, I am just genuinely interested).

Hello! Sure, I’d be happy to. As a bitter Crowleyguy who used to be VERY into Dr*wley I sure do have Thoughts about that whole mess

To start, I think you had an absolutely fair and correct assessment by the way. Crowley should NOT have taken any of that from literally just some guy in jeans. Crowley SHOULD have obliterated him, and if the writers had let him keep more of his early seasons fire and self-respect I know he would have. But I think the very fact that he had canonically kind of fallen to a point where he didn’t or even couldn’t push back as much as we might’ve expected him to is what is so horrifically compelling to me in the first place?

The thing is that I think Crowley being in unrequited love with Dean is abhorrent. It bothers the absolute bloody hell out of me. It represents a tragic an frequently degrading storyline for a canon mlm character. It seriously compromised him, contributed to his depression, and kept him fruitlessly at the Winchesters’ beck and call right up to his suicide, which they pretty much drove him to. Back in the day when I was more tolerant of fanon Dean I used to be a big requited Dr*wley guy because I thought bending Dean to my will and fabricating a version of events where he genuinely loved Crowley back was like, the least Crowley deserved, but I really had the wrong read of it because actually the least Crowley deserves is to be fucking free of Dean for good lol. So if I were to rewrite the series from scratch now I would not even START to go near any of this, or at least not in such a literally horrible and anticlimactic way. But as far as canon goes, I view Crowley’s unrequited love for Dean more or less the same as I view Cas’ unrequited love for Dean. It might be annoying and sad and so very rage inducing but I can’t bring myself to ignore it completely for a couple of reasons.

The first reason is that I tend to love characters who make me sad.. I’m not sure what it is. I’m not the kind of guy who like, ENJOYS it when my faves are miserable or anything. It’s quite the opposite. Crowley’s misery throws me into a searing fury just as easily as it depresses me. But I guess I’m a melancholy person and I just easily get attached to tragic characters who are sad for what I subjectively find to be sympathetic reasons. Gay demon whose one desire is to be truly loved ending up trapped in unrequited gay love is definitely that. The more sympathetic it is for me the more I tend toward exploring it in my writing, headcanons, etc. And I loved Crowley from the first moment I saw him given that he was funny and homosexual and a breath of fresh air but as soon as the show started making me SAD about him, like miserably sad from thee 8x23 into 10x01 onward, that’s when I REALLY latched on. So I actually get the most out of the character when I’m engaging directly with his awful depressive spiral and by extension the Dr*wley situation, in the sense that I’m either venting about it (cathartic) or writing something drawn from personal experience so as to explore the emotion behind it and/or let Crowley come terms with it and move on (also cathartic).

The second reason is that I do find Crowley’s infatuation with Dean very fascinating and revealing from a character analysis perspective, particularly in the way it extends the 8x23 Crowley thesis that he really does just want someone to love him. It says a lot about Crowley and just how desperately freaking lonely he actually is and it’s just. So much. Like post s8 it’s certainly a very different Crowley than the guy we met in s5, and I think there is a strong case to call him ooc in a LOT of ways (most of all the ways in which he was defanged and dumbed down like please 😭 the s12 Lucifer shit I mean GOD………………) but the way I personally understand how we got to his seemingly unconditional love for Dean circa s10 is that it was very much a result of the botched curing ritual. That event permanently rewired something in his head like for real. He never went back to normal after the human blood and whether that was shoddy writing or because it actually changed him to be more open and outwardly emotional, I don’t know, but I think the latter could be compelling. He tried to use Dean for his own purposes but then accidentally got attached to him and went on to spend SIX MONTHS. In trashy American dives, just to have Dean beside him. And as I’ve indicated my Dr*wley warrior days are so far behind me but I won’t be so disingenuous to say they didn’t genuinely connect on some level while Dean was a demon… they shared a room and called each other pet names and shared personal stories and had sex and like. Crowley was in love with him. He proposed to him, in total earnest. To me it’s like he truly projected this Hallmark romance over top of what was going on between them and I just find that so devastating, but also. Very humanising. If that makes sense.

In my assessment the Dr*wley break up only made Crowley’s loneliness worse because now he had a fresh memory of what he was missing AND had a specific face to miss, but to me it wasn’t…. actually about Dean himself. It wasn’t so much Dean as it was the concept of Having Someone that Crowley just could not move past. A friend, a boyfriend, a family member, just….. someone. I don’t even think the “summer of love” was about Dean himself like I genuinely think Dean could have been anyone. It’s not that there was anything special about him, it’s just that I think Crowley was in such an affected state in s9 (i.e. post-ritual) that I think he would have imprinted on anyone he spent enough time with, and that just ended up being Dean. And that break up leads directly into Crowley letting Rowena into his court and trying so sincerely with Amara in a familial sense, and then trying to reconnect with Cas in at LEAST a friendship sense. He continued to help the Winchesters, paying special attention to Dean. But all of these people (with perhaps Cas as the barest exception) outright rejected him in some way, sometimes over and over no matter what he did for them, and it drove him suicidal…. that’s another post entirely. But my point is that Dr*wley is a watershed in Crowley’s post-8x23 “arc” (too strong a word for the amount of non-writing that was happening with this character but you know what I mean) that sets the stage for understanding his frame of mind in his last 3 seasons. It’s the first in a long series of rejections that will eventually lead to Crowley killing himself. And trust me I fully recognise how demeaning and terrible this all is for the character and how pathetic the writers made him and it IS infuriating but at the same time the sheer brutal tragedy of it is just. Man. I really can’t get over it.

Anyway, I’ll reiterate that this is all my personal interpretation, I don’t really have citations or receipts on hand, it’s just how this particular canon arc of Crowley’s has settled into my head in a way that makes sense to me. Essentially everything in the paragraphs above can be boiled down to the following: I can’t help but acknowledge Dr*wley and consider it essential to examinations of canon Crowley at least because I think it’s critical to understanding so much of his character motivation from s10 on, and also because I just find it so cathartic to rant about or to let Crowley recover from it in my own writing. That’s kind of that!

If I haven’t already bored you to tears then I also have some recent semi-related thoughts on 12x23 and Crowley in a post-8x23 landscape in general that you might be further interested in here.