#i can't believe it's 2023 already

[ticklygiggles]

Top 22 of 2022

I've been meaning to do this before the end of the year for obvious reasons, but I just didn't have the chance until now! Thank you everyone who had tagged me, you all are so sweet

I apologize in advance, though. My memory sucks and my perception of time is broken sdjfjdhf

Part 1: Fandom Faves 

01. Favorite new fandoms of the year: SPY x FAMILY, Demon Slayer

02. Favorite new ships since this year: SPYxFAMILY - Twiyor, Cynari, ScaraLumi - Genshin Impact

03. Favorite anime/TV show of the year: Extraordinary Attorney Woo, SPY x FAMILY, Pokémon Journeys

04. Favorite movie of the year: Hmm, I honestly don't watch many movies, so this one's hard... maybe Turning Red? Haha

05. Favorite character of the year: Scaramouche/Wandered, Tighnari - Genshin Impact. Uzui Tengen, Rengoku Kyojuro - Demon Slayer. Seo HyunSoo - XXX Buddy.

06. Favorite soundtrack of the year: One of my favorite soundtrack every year will always be Liyue OST - Genshin Impact!

07. Favorite book/manga/comic of the year: sajkhfjdf this year I read lots of new Manhwas and also a few books. Some of my favorite manhwas were Define the Relationship, Perfect Buddy, Actually, I was the real one, Who made me a Princess?, Under the Oak Tree, Love so Pure (side story), Forget About My Husband, I'd Rather Go Make Money, The Marriage Business and mooore.

I didn't like the books I read this year that much, but I guess my favorite was Six Crimson Cranes. Also read some light novels and they were The Marriage Business and I'll be the Warrior's Mother.

08. Favorite game of the year: Genshin Impact and Obey me!

09. Highlight of this year to remember: March 7th when I went to Disneyland JSAFHJ

Part 2: Community Review

10. Favorite Tumblr moments of 2022: Tickletober, my 2k milestone. @vqler and @dokidoki-muffin return aaaand... I think that's the most I can remember hahaah

11. Favorite fan art of the year: I have been blessed with so much fanart this year omg, some of my faves were this one, of course because it's the first time someone drew art for one of my fics!

Also this one, this one, this one, this one, this one, and this one, but honestly, there are so many aaaa

12. Favorite fic of the year: I read good fics this year, I can't choose, but definitely some of my faves are these beautiful fics I got from my dearest friends in my birthday and Christmas, here, here and here.

13. Favorite ask game of the year: The tickly alphabet, this one and the 3 sentence fic

14. My top achievements as a writer/artist/creator/blogger: Participating in Tickletober for the first time! I didn't finish all days, but I'm happy with the result haha. Also getting to finish my 2k milestone event!

15. My own best fic/post of the year: I think I wrote a lot this year, but one of my faves to write was this Koi ga Ochitara one because I've been wanting to write one with them for sooo long!

16. My most underappreciated fic/post of the year: Probably not the "most", but this Mafuyu x Ritsuka x Yuki one?

17. A post of mine that got more popularity than expected: Omg these three Tickletober fics because they don't have a large popularity in the community, but they got more attention that I expected!

Koi Ga Ochitara, Junai Drop Out, Sign

18. Something I changed on my blog since this year: I think I did write more this year, so that was nice!

Part 3: Next Year

19. Something I didn’t post this year but would like to do next year: I'd like to work on this little AU idea thingy I have been neglecting because I feel unsure to write and post, but we'll see!

20. Goals for next year: As for this blog... maybe getting into more fandoms to keep writing haha. Also, Ginny girl is trying to write less trash, but I'd like to keep collaborating with her, because I just love how well we write together aaaa

21. 2023 releases I look forward to the most: MAHOUTSUKAI NO YOME SEASON 2! Aaaand more Genshin updates and also Obey me cards that I can actually get LOL

Part 4: Spreading Love

22. Shoutouts to people who made my 2022 a better year: 

Goodness, here comes the fun part haha:

@otomiya-tickles of course my sweetie girl precious baby boo. I already told you this, but thank you for making my 2022 a loooot better, thank you for your endless support and your love! You are the best and I'm so happy to talk to you every single day! You are so so talented and smart and amazing and I love you!

@ragewerthers my frieeeend, I always have so much fun talking with you! From just daily life activities to our endless hcs about our precious Toshi *teary emoji* you definitely did my 2022 a lot better too and I hope we can still talk lots this 2023!

@wertzunge Maaaax, I think this year we talked more than any other time haha, I'm happy we're both excited about Mahoutsukai no Yome sdbfhsdf I already said this to you, but I hope we get to talk some more this year as well! Thank you for your friendship!! (Also thank you for your kind support during commisions!)

@vqler @dokidoki-muffin we barely interact with each other BUT I wanted to say that you both are amazing and super talented people and I admire your abilities and your creativity and it's so so nice to have you back in the community! You both are GREAT and I get excited every time I see art from you both. Such talented people, let me give you a respectful kiss on your forehead.

@ticklystuff omg hi! I know we don't talk much, but I just wanted to say that I really like you and you are so so so so SO good at writing ome such talent! I love seeing you in my dash and seeing all the cool amazing stuff you write aaaaa I think of you every time I see Childe, no lies. Thank you for being amazing!

@happyandticklish Queen of writing. No words just admiration. Honestly, you are so so so GOOD. I wish I could write like you and you're so kind and amazing help askdjskf We've talked a bit before and I apologize for my awkwardness aaaaa Thank you for showing us all how cool you are and for being a cupcake!

@myreygn Reeeeey! I honestly get so so shy when you mention how you fangirled when I followed you back ahahaha, thank you for always being so supportive with me! You are amazing and I like chatting with yoouuu! I hope we get to talk some more during 2023!!

@thornoisdono Thank you for the generous support in kofi aaaaa, I love every single fic you requested and hopefully, you'll see them up in the next couple of days! Thank you!

@intheticklecloset @zeke-ism @lovelynim @xsezzie @bloominggiggles @ticklish-v-93 @soft-tk-fluff @chibimochii @nnainai @tickles-tea @looneytickles @tiredleekaz @ssnicker-doodless @spongeboblevel25 @justmaybee @itslittlegiggle @tiklart @lovelymessybubbly @italeean @ticklishfanart - whether we had talked before or not, I'm so thankful for you all! I love seeing and interacting with your content. You all are amazing and make my stay in tumblr so much better! I'd love to get to know you all more this year, but I'll be always be awkward, but I want you to know that you are some of my favorite blogs EVER.

[maudiemoods]

MERRMAYYYY!! Yay redesignsssss

No blue background under cut

I really love them 🥹

[f1-birb]

mclaren Austin through the years as LandoNorris heads towards his 100th grand prix. ➡️

[zoros-debt]

ZoNami Holiday Event Day 31: Live Action

[quinns-art-box]

rarepair week day 2: running away/death

i’ve drawn so much cute fluffy art of them (definitely more to come in the future) so i wanted to give them something more thematic and sad!! they make me go a little bananas ok…… the tragedy of it all…….

@dr-rarepair-week-blog

[somegrumpynerd]

Soriel week day 7 - free day

A bunch of random doodles of them being absolute dorks and then one of them on an aquarium date (there was going to be more at the aquarium but I ran out of steam, rip)

Onion-san ships it

[volno-pesh]

Guys.................................................... Do you see what I see?

[alice-the-demon]

Art vs Artist 2023

[harleyquinnsexywomancompetition]

@jokersexymancompetition

@poisonivysexywomancompetition

@penguinsexymancompetition

@riddlersexymancompetition

@twofacesexymancompetition

@catwomansexywomancompetition

@blackmasksexymancompetition2

@madhattersexymancompetition

Don't mind me just seeing who's still active💀

[alwayshappyhoursomewhere]

Before FaoI's second show in Niigata (from guillaume_cizeron's ig stories)

[queercontrarian]

azris week day 7: epilogue

AN: this week was so fun! thank you for doing this event @azrisweek

okay now on to the fluff! no content warnings, they're just disgustingly in love (also insinuated mpreg lol)

Eris found Azriel in his usual space, standing on the terrace, eyes on the horizon. His wings were open wide, catching the last warm rays of the sun. He didn't move when Eris came to stand next to him, but he reacted to the air warming around them, relaxing a little when he felt the familiar magic. Eris smiled when his husband shuffled closer to him, his large wings shielding his back from the cool shadow of the house.

They'd been spending more and more time at their estate on the coast of Caritni, especially Azriel. He fell in love with the house from the moment he first set foot in it during their honeymoon. Eris suspected it was because of the big windows. He could see both the sea and the mountains of Silesia from the balcony facing north. He knew Azriel missed the mountain wind of Illyria more than he'd ever admit and this place was the next best thing.

The house was filled with good memories spanning centuries. Azriel had spent the majority of all three pregnancies here, their children had been born and raised in these rooms. They had learned to speak and walk and fly in Caritni and even though they were all grown up now they still visited this home more than any of the others, the Forest House included.

Azriel had even considered moving his mother here but she flat out refused to leave Illyria.

"What are you thinking about?" Eris asked his husband, whose eyes were still on the sun setting over the woods and hills further inland.

"Did you bring Hila?" he replied. Eris shook his head.

"She was adamant that she wanted to finish the negotiations with Sasha before the end of the month. I have a feeling she might use my absence to light a fire under his ass." Azriel chuckled.

"After dealing with you for over a thousand years, your brother should be equipped to handle it," he said. Eris laughed, reaching for his husband's hand.

"He should."

"She works too much." Despite the neutral tone Eris could tell his mate was upset. He squeezed his hand gently. Azriel preferred Caritni over the Forest House, he always had, but while Eris was willing to winnow every night to see his mate, their eldest daughter was around much less these days.

"She's an Heir."

"Nyx doesn't work nearly as hard," Azriel pointed out. Eris gave his husband a look to show exactly what he thought of his nephew's work ethic. Then he shrugged.

"She's your daughter after all."

"Oh, so it's my fault Hila is a workaholic?" Azriel huffed. Eris bit back a laugh and shook his head, linking his fingers with Azriel's to stop him from crossing his arms to lock in his sulking.

"I'm sure she gets it from both of us," he conceded, "After all, when do we ever sit still?"

"We are right now," Azriel argued, and Eris suppressed the urge to roll his eyes. Azriel trying to lecture someone else on not spending enough time on themselves was so incredibly hypocritical he would have snorted if he didn't know Azriel was genuinely worried for their daughter.

"First of all, still standing. And second, yes - after over a thousand years." Azriel just stared at him, his eyebrows raised so high they almost seemed to touch his hairline. Up close he could see a couple of grey hairs in his dark curls and Eris had to stop himself from brushing his fingers through them.

"What I'm trying to say is give her time to figure out her pace. She'll know what she can and can't handle," he concluded, and Azriel sighed.

"I guess," was all he said and Eris took that as permission to finally move in and carefully wrap his arms around his husband's torso, pulling him close as they watched the sun set over the Autumn Court.

"I love you," he murmured.

"I love you too," Azriel answered, his voice equally soft, then added, "even though you work too much too." Eris kissed him on the cheek.

"Get inside then. I'll show you just how serious I am about my work, as a High Lord, a father, and a husband." Azriel's laughter was slightly muffled as Eris kissed him again, and again, and again, until long after the sun had already disappeared beyond the hills.

[pilgrimagesource]

It’s that time of year again! It’s time for the FOURTH (!!!!!!) annual Diarmute Week! I can’t believe it’s been four years now, I really hope to see some familiar faces contribute this year and maybe some new faces too! It will run from March 19–25 and make sure to use the hashtag #diarmute week so I can find and reblog your post.

How does a fan week work? For the whole week, each day will have a new theme for you to center a fanwork around. Fic, art, gifsets, moodboards, all are welcome! You can participate as much or as little as you like. Do all seven days, or just one day if you don’t have the time! Every submission is appreciated. Post your prompt fills on the corresponding day and join in on the fun! I will be reblogging all submissions.

Reblog this post to spread the word and let me know if you plan on participating! I’m really looking forward to see what everyone comes up with, and of course I will be participating as well!

The Themes:

Sunday, 19th: Body & Blood

Monday, 20th: Halo

Tuesday, 21st: Blasphemy

Wednesday, 22nd: Sacred

Thursday, 23rd: False God

Friday, 24th: Vow

Saturday, 25th: Resurrection

[angryborzois]

January felt so short and long at the same time 💀

[masquenoire]

So, about my contract ending? Work just called and they want me back permanently starting from Tuesday, same hours but less days (just 4 days a week) to cover evenings which works out pretty good for me, leaving me free during the day!

[rawmanticism]

My takeaway from this new piece of spn drama is that all these huge production companies KNOW that queer stuff sells. But instead of applying that knowledge to practice by hiring queer writers (or even cishet writers who are not limited to their own worldview) to give us interesting stories with queer characters, they choose to do it by making a straight actor pretend to be queer for profit.

What the fuck.

[kanerallels]

For day seven of @jacensyndullaweek!

Prompt: Free day

Rating: G

Read on AO3!!

“Remind me,” Trill said, “why am I the one helping you with this?”

Jacen looked up from his tool box, grinning at her disapproving frown. “Cause you’re nice. And you don’t want either of us to plummet to our doom next time we fly the New Dawn.”

“Fair enough,” Trill said reluctantly as he grabbed a pry bar and wedged it underneath a panel. “But shouldn’t you be asking one of your more mechanically inclined friends to help you with this? I don’t know much about ships. And I’m not nice,” she added.

With a loud clang, the panel popped off, and Jacen pushed it to the side. “You are a different kind of nice,” he informed her, examining the contents. “Pass me the spanner and the wire cutters, please.”

Grabbing the two tools, Trill handed them to him one at a time. As Jacen accepted them, he continued, “Besides, my usual assistants are busy. Poe is off being the poster boy for the Resistance with General Organa, and Ezra and Rex are still off planet.”

“What about Ivri?” Trill asked, wincing as there was a loud zapping sound from inside the panel. Jacen bit back a curse.

“Ow. Okay, so the problem’s not there.” Setting aside the tools, he grabbed the panel as he told Trill, “I don’t trust Ivri around the New Dawn, and I say that with love and respect. His methods of repairs on ships are a little insane.”

“Right,” Trill said, staring as he banged the panel back into place. “Nothing like yours at all.”

Shooting her a wounded look, Jacen said, “He uses the Force on all of it. He’s not hands on at all, and you need to be if you want your ship to run properly. He keeps his A-wing going, but we agreed a long time ago that he’d never work on the Dawn.”

“Fair enough,” Trill said reluctantly. She had to admit, Jacen’s half-Mirialan, half-Chiss friend was peculiar. She hadn’t known what to think when she’d first met him, other than she wasn’t surprised he was Jacen’s best friend.

After getting to know him a little better, she stood by that statement.

“Fine, I’ll help,” she told him, watching as he slid under the ship, popping open another panel and examining the contents. She paused, her gaze lingering for just a minute.

Jacen’s hair was bundled up behind his head, keeping it out of his face as he worked. He was dressed simply in gray pants and a tank top that showed off his tattoos. Trill’s gaze stayed there for a heartbeat longer.

She’d seen his tattoos before— back when they’d been in the prison camp together, when Ren had been stitching him up after the beating. She hadn’t taken much notice back then. She’d been too angry at him and too worried about what would happen next.

But now, she found herself curious. She’d found herself curious about a lot of things about Jacen lately. Which wasn’t normal for her, exactly— but she wanted to know him. To hear even the tiniest details about his life.

It was definitely silly, and she refused to think about why it was. But she indulged herself every now and then.

So, as Jacen hummed a tune to himself, examining the insides of the ship, Trill raised her voice. “Can I ask you something?” she said.

“You just did,” Jacen said, and she could hear the grin in his voice. “But I’ll give you another one— pass me that wrench first, please? The one with the tape around the handle.”

Trill sifted through the tools, and located the wrench wrapped in fraying blue tape. Passing it to him, she said, “I’m curious about your tattoos. Is it okay if I ask about them?”

“Hang on,” Jacen grunted, his voice tight with strain. “Almost— KARK!” His final word was accompanied with a loud clang, and a second later, he popped out from under the Dawn. The front of his shirt was sprayed with grease, and there was a matching smear across his forehead.

Looking satisfied, he said, “Clogged valve. We’ll have that fixed in a couple minutes. You want to know about my tattoos?”

“If you don’t mind sharing,” Trill said, feeling a little uncharacteristically hesitant. Are you nervous? Over talking to Jacen, of all people? She thought. He told a First Order admiral that General Fithyhoop was a person, for sky’s sake. Pull yourself together. 

“I don’t mind at all,” Jacen said, grinning easily. Kneeling in front of his tool box, he replaced the wrench and started pulling out a couple more tools. “It’s a good question— they all have a story about them. How much do you know about Twi’leki tattoo culture?”

“Pretty much nothing,” Trill admitted

“I didn’t know much, either,” Jacen said. “But it’s tradition for certain provinces to get tattoos on their leks at a certain age. My gramps got them when he was… fifteen, I think? But plenty of the time it’s even younger. My mom was eight.” Lifting his arm, he ran a finger over the green, curving lines decorating his forearm. “That’s what these are, since I don’t have lekku.”

“They’re beautiful,” Trill told him sincerely.

“Thanks. They’re the only traditional ones I have, but I’ve always thought I might like to get more,” he said. “The Twi’leki people only get them for very important life events, though, so it’ll have to wait. My mom and dad got them at their wedding— Dad has Mom’s lekku patterns, and Mom has his jaig eyes.”

Twisting a little, he tapped the tattoo high on his shoulder— a patch of curving dots and lines, meshing around the shape of a wolf’s head. “This one, Ivri and I both have. Except his has a convor. And then we have this one.”

Jacen hooked a finger in his shirt’s neckline, pulling it down just enough to reveal a small orange shape. “Starbird,” he said with a grin. “Sabine designed it. It’s a Mandalorian style tattoo, so it’s almost more of a brand, not just ink. Here—” reaching out, he caught hold of her hand, lifting it up to press her fingers against his skin. “See? You can feel the difference.”

Caught off guard, Trill was interested in spite of herself as her fingers brushed the raised mark. “That checks out for Mandalorians,” she murmured. “Must have hurt.”

“Says the Mandalorian,” Jacen said. “But yeah, it wasn’t fun.” Trill started to respond as she glanced up— and met his blue-green gaze, startlingly near to her own.

Don’t blush, Trill ordered herself, even as she felt a wave of heat sweeping her face. Do. Not. Blush. But it was hard, standing this close to Jacen, so close she could feel him breathing. She could also see him turning slightly red himself.

Hastily, she stepped back, her hand slipping free from his. “Thank you,” she said, brushing a strand of loose hair behind her ear. “For telling me.”

“Any time,” he said, his voice sounding a little… breathless, almost. Maybe there are some things we need to talk about, Trill thought. Eventually.

But when Jacen spoke again, his tone sounded normal. “Hand me the screwdriver?”

“Sure,” Trill said, pushing the thought out of her mind. It wasn’t time for that conversation, not yet.

So she handed him tools as he worked, and they fell into an easy, comfortable rhythm— Jacen talking intermittently to either her or the ship, Trill shooting back sarcastic comments. It was easy to be around him, even when she wasn’t completely sure where they stood.

She thought their tattoo conversation was over, and had long since moved on to other subjects when Jacen asked, “Do you think you’d ever get a tattoo?”

“Hmm?” Trill glanced at where he was wiping his hands on a cloth, having finished his repairs to the New Dawn. “Oh— I’ve never really thought about it.”

“You should,” he said easily, dropping the cloth back into the toolbox. “I bet it would be a good look for you. We could even get matching ones or something— I’ve been thinking about getting a new tattoo.”

“Didn’t you say your parents had matching tattoos?” Trill asked, before she could think better of it.

He flushed a little before saying, “They had complimentary tattoos, not matching ones. Matching ones is a friendship thing, complimentary is romance.”

“Uh-huh. And don’t Ivri and his girlfriend have matching tattoos?”

“That is hardly the point,” Jacen said, turning a little redder. “I’m trying to ask you a legitimate question here, you know.”

Relenting, Trill said, “Alright, fair enough. I’ll think about it— I don’t even know what I’d get.”

“Well that’s easy,” Jacen said. “Just ask Sabine’s advice. Speaking of whom— I’m gonna check in with Mom and Dad, see if I can’t make them some dinner, and invite Sabine and the kids. Do you want to come?”

“Sure,” Trill said, heading after him as they made their way back to the main part of the Ajan Kloss base. 

For just a moment, her mind lingered on the moment they’d had earlier— a moment which wasn’t unique. There had been more than a few of them lately, and there was a part of Trill that wanted to push farther, to figure out exactly what it meant.

But now wasn’t a good time, what with their battle against the First Order, and Jacen’s sister going missing. Now, she would focus on the next task ahead of her, nothing more.

Apparently, that task was dinner with Jacen’s family. And knowing the extended Syndulla-Jarrus-Wren-Bridger family as she did, Trill had a feeling it would be nothing if not chaotic.

She was already looking forward to it.