#i have a comics tag but boy i do not use it consistently

[crown-of-roses-thsc]

Guys….I’m bored, so an impulse contest! Y’all were surprisingly enthusiastic about an art contest so WE DOIN’ IT BOYS!

You don’t have to have read the comic to participate….although it’s recommended that you do, haha!

(Any refs will be in my pinned post!)

RULES:

-The art piece MUST be of a character in CoR! You can use the color palette in the comics, or the ref color palette….heck, go wild!

-Gore is absolutely fine! Ship art of canon or noncanon ships is absolutely fine! As long as it’s not NSFW or fetish-y you can go wild! My only ask is that there’s no art shipping Lefty for this contest ;)

-The format can be anything you want…physical drawings, digital drawings, doodle pages, animations, animatics, page redraws- go wild!

-You can DM me them, tag me in a post, whatever works for you! I’ll reblog any entries, however if you really don’t want me to you can let me know ;)

PRIZES:

I will choose two winners and each will get their OC featured in Crown of Roses! They’ll be put in a nonspeaking role, but be featured clearly in whatever panel they’re on. And who knows, if you’re lucky I might actually give them a line or two of dialogue :P. If you don’t want that I’ll give you a sketch of your OC!!

Rules for OCs are under the “read more”!

The FIRST PLACE winner will ALSO get a fully shaded fullbody piece of their OC, **OR** their character can instead join Ellie’s revolution as a minor character in the comic!

(Minor basically means at least one or two speaking roles and a few consistent appearances :)))

Entries are due on May 10th!

OC RULES:

-I can do OCs with animal ears or tails, but no severe magic powers or super extreme features- I won’t do wings.

-They have to be a Toppat!

-They can’t be a relative of any character that has been shown in CoR thus far.

-I will not be writing them having crushes on any characters, nor involve them in anything romantic.

-Their role will be minor!

-You’ll have to give me basic info on them so I know what I’m doing!

[orionsangel86]

Saz's Sandman Masterpost

Hi there! It's about time I sorted out this blog and put all my Sandman posts in one place. If you're new here, I adore the Sandman in all its forms and my blog has become a bit of a love letter to this masterpiece of media lately. I mostly write meta analysis, love to discuss the work and the characters, and occassionally try my hand at running fandom events. My ask box is always open and I am always happy to answer any questions about Sandman so please do reach out to me if you like my meta :)

I welcome all fans of The Sandman here, though I can occassionally be NSFW so if that's not your jam make sure you have "NSFW" tag blacklisted. I'm a multishipper of the firm believe that Dream of the Endless should be passed around the other characters like a bowl of goth candy. I don't tolerate ship hate. It's all good here my loves.

I have a fairly decent tagging system. I tag all ships, characters, fanart, meta discussions, fanfiction, etc. You can find the list of common tags below.

My Meta Analysis

Masterpost of Dreamling meta - this is an eight part highly detailed analysis of Dreamling in the show and how it differs from the comic and audiobook, with a focus on how queercoding was used to emphasise a deeper relationship between Dream and Hob.

Hob Gadling - A Queer Romantic - a meta about unreliable narrators, Jim/Peggy and Hob's queer potential.

The Problem with Thessaly - an opinion piece on this problematic comic character and how the show could solve this issue.

Lucienne/Lucien - How the Librarian Became the Chief - a thorough analysis of Lucienne's character in the show and how she differs from the comic and makes everything so much more hopeful.

Tales in the Sand/Men of Good Fortune - How a small swap in story placement can drastically change the tone, and foreshadowing.

Dream of the Endless - A Romantic Fool - a deep analysis about Dream and his love of romance

How to Adapt Orpheus - Theories and discussions about how the show can navigate that particular element of the comics.

How to Adapt Orpheus x 2 - definitely worth reading all the discussions on this one as well.

Shipping comic!Morpheus and merging characters in the show - can I hear it for Morpheus/Pharamond PLEASE!

A Collaborative Post about Morpheus as the villain of the story

Could Morpheus ever be content to be single?

Morpheus and Sex - an analytical point of view

Obsessive Desire - Their complex feelings for Dream - an answered ask about the siblings relationship. (I have a draft meta in the works elaborating on this that I can't wait to finish).

Fandom Events

#Death Appreciation Week - To celebrate the release of Dead Boy Detectives which guest stars Death of the Endless, I ran a Death Appreciation Week where anyone could submit fanworks focused on Death. Follow the tag on my blog which also includes a lot of reblogged older works of Death, or follow the main tumblr tag to see just that work created for the event.

#Sandtober2023 - For inktober 2023, I ran a Sandman themed inktober event which was a huge success and inspired hundreds of amazing Sandman art pieces. You can check out the Sandtober2023 main tumblr tag here. I am probably going to run this event again in October 2024 so watch this space nearer the time for that! :)

If you have any ideas for Sandman fandom events you would like to see please send me a DM.

General Blog Tags

I have a relatively consistent tagging system on my blog so to cover the main ones:

#The Sandman - literally every post about the Sandman will include this tag, so if you are a loyal mutual from fandoms past and you want to block this tag you won't see me cluttering up your feed with Sandman stuff (and thank you for still following me even if you're not a Sandman fan!)

#Dreamling - tag for the Morpheus x Hob Gadling fandom ship. I will tag all things Dreamling - fanart, fanfics, fan theories, crack posts, gifsets etc.

#Sandman Meta - any analysis about Sandman will be tagged with this. This includes both my own analysis and reblogged analysis.

#Sandman Comic Spoilers - I tag for any posts that include Sandman story information not yet revealled in the show. In case there is anyone left on Tumblr who hasn't already been spoiled for this 30 year old comic story.

Character Tags - I generally tag for any characters I reblog or post about. So if you ever want to search for posts about a specific character, you can just find the character tag in my blog. For example #Dream of the Endless or #Johanna Constantine

Ship tags - like with character tags, I always tag fandom ships. Usually by the most popular fandom name for them. #morphanna #Gaultienne

Other fandoms - I will also always tag other fandoms. I have a very long running #destiel tag, I also tag for #good omens and #ineffable husbands and I will always tag the show name, abbreviation, and ship names for any other fandoms.

Other tags - I do try to tag for content warnings where I can, but usually only extreme things. Then again, it is rare for me to post about triggering content. Even squicky content is unlikely to be found on my blog. If you ever come across something on my blog that you feel isn't tagged appropriately please just DM me and I will correct that.

A bit about me

If my blog intro hasn't covered it so far let me clarify here. I am an adult, in my 30s and have never stopped being a passionate fan about the things I love. You don't stop loving things when you hit a certain age, you just find you have less time to devote to your hobbies because of work. I am a professional with a full time job, I come here to relax and unwind. I have been in fandom far too long to be remotely interested in fandom drama. Ship wars do not interest me. Weird anti-sex anti-kink purity policing has no power here. I am fiercely anti-censorship. If I hear the word "proship" in a negative sense I will roll my eyes and assume you are a minor who has been horribly mislead by puritanicals. I don't tolerate hate, accusational bullshit, bullying behaviour, cult-like fandom worship, or any form of fandom policing. I have no time for "big name fans" and the culture around them. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt and the trauma. Learn your fandom history lest you be doomed to repeat it.

I do not engage in performative social justice. I have my beliefs, my politics, and they generally revolve around the concept that people should be fucking decent human beings and let people be free to live as they choose. Don't come at me for not yelling about the next big world ending event. The world is always ending, people are always dying, there is always a genocide happening, its fucking exhausting. Just do what you can in your actual lives, donate where you can manage, provide support to those in need, and vote out the bastards who fucked it all up.

If you've read this far and are still here welcome! I hope you love my blog and want to be fandom friends. Come send me an ask, a DM, reply to my posts, engage with my meta, and just generally scream at me about Sandman. I always love it when people scream at me about Sandman. :)

[stackthedeck]

i need someone who understands to commiserate with me.

WHY are people marking spider-man - all media types when they mean "twinky tiny teeny baby tom holland and papá stark and ooh sometimes big hulking predatory gay teen fucker deadpool (i think thats his name ive never read a comic but i know he hears voices oooOohooH)" thats NOT ALL MEDIA TYPES THATS THE FUCKING TOM HOLLAND MOVIES

they can like that! i dont CARE. what i care about is intentionally obfuscating your fic premise, thereby making ME read it 😭😭😭

i know spideytorch is your fav flame but at least many torch knowers know about smth besides the movies 😔😔

(have a good day, i needed to bitch and i was like. he is the only one who will truly understand 💛)

Anon I feel you I bitch about this every day lmao the exclude mcu button on ao3 is my best friend! Like listen mcu fans can do whatever they want but like fandom etiquette dictates that if I don’t like I shouldn’t read so it’s common courtesy for them to say exactly what the fic is so I can know that I’m the type of fan who doesn’t like it so I won’t read it. Like I’ve been 5k words into pretty alright Spider-Man fic and then I’m hit with the “mr.stark” and I’m like god where’s my Spider-Man that doesn’t respect billionaires it’s crushing every time. And like hey mcu fans, y’all are the majority here if people want Tom Holland Spider-Man they’re searching that fandom tag so use it so more of your intended audience can read your fic!

I’ll be honest with you anon the reason I’m so into spidey torch is because 1 it’s a semi popular ship and 2 spidey torch fans tend to be obsessed with the comics sometimes for both the boys but they’re a super fan of at least one. The fantastic four have had nothing but shitty adaptations so their comic fandom is bigger than their movie fandoms it’s wonderful. I don’t really ship Johnny with Peter beyond like oh they probably were a friends with benefits situation or a Johnny is way more hopelessly in love situation. Nah the real goat of Johnny Storm ships is Johnny and Wyatt Wingfoot that is a power couple that can stand the test of time. But unfortunately it’s a very small tag and there’s quite a few writers who don’t know how to be normal about Native Americans. But my diehard spidey ship is parksborn and that tag is such a mixed bag! Sometimes it’s like the perfect replication of the comic dynamic, sometimes it’s the Raimi movies (functionally two different characters but also fun), something to do with the cartoons (not my thing because they’re kids doing high school drama), whatever the fuck Andrew Garfield had going with that dying Victorian orphan, or Harry is the evil ex but like evil the same way Norman was like fuck off!

Anyway spidey torch is the only spidey dude slash ship that has like consistently good fics but all the other ships you’ve gotta sift through a lot of bull shit but it’d be so much easier to find what I want if people would just tag their shit correctly!

Anyway thank you for bitching with me anon. Reminder: fuck the mcu until Sabra is removed from captain America 4, pirate your movies and comics and don’t buy shit from them. Pirate spectacular Spider-Man comics and every single Wyatt Wingfoot appearance

[bitchlessdino]

a sticky situation

Pairing: fuckboi!sseokmin x gn!reader

Genre: smut

Word count: 800+

tags: degradation, name calling, praise kink, oral fixation, blow job, hair pulling, uncertainty

Summary: You knew a man as perfect as Lee Seokmin, he was way too good to be true.

author note: hiii, it’s been a hot minute. I’ve had the thought of two faced seokmin since last year and only had the courage to write it now. My mental health has been honestly not the best so my writing has not been as of consistent lately. I really hope that’ll change with the change I’m making in my routine. Thank you for your patience guys.

You didn’t think you’d be overthinking over a man, but the man in question was Seokmin. He was positively delicious to look at and had a voice that could move mountains. He lights up every room with ease, welcomes everyone with a smile, and is disliked by no one. He was essentially the perfect man in almost every way possible. At least that’s what you’ve always thought until now.

“Mmh, your mouth looks so pretty wide and open.”

His fingers paw at your lips, a thumb swiping across your lips before pushing it between them. You welcome it with ease. Eyes oozing with want, you patiently wait for his clear instruction. His lips parted slightly watching yours at work, coddling his thumb in your mouth shamelessly. He always found it easy to get you to succumb to him.

“I’ve been thinking about this all day, wondering when will be the next time l get to use this again.”

He pulls his thumb away, smug when you pout as a result. His hand begins to trace along your jaw and grip from under your chin. “Good thing you answered my call when you did. I have a lot of things I wanted to do with you.”

Your eyes flutter up at him, soft gasping closes the gap between your lips and his. He kisses you with such force, you're short of your own breath and feel your body fall defenseless in his sheets. Barely managing to sit up, you grip the duvet underneath you with dear life, your heart pounding like a loud drum in your chest. His tongue, thick and hot, explores your mouth with no resistance from your end. He dips your knee into the bed, crawling over your body.

“S-Seokmin…don’t keep me waiting,” you moan.

“Just waiting to get that signal from you.” He unbuckles his belt and tugs his pants off in sonic speed.

Comically, you stretch your mouth, ensuring you’re ready for what happens next. The man before you chuckles. He found it weird the first time you did when you did, but lucky for you, he found it sexy how hard you try.

“You’re so cute when you warm yourself up for me.”

His cock stiff in his hand, he strokes and sees your hand replace his. You salivate, scooting closer, and close your mouth around the tip of his cock. Like every time, it’s bigger than you could handle, but that’s never scared you before. 

You push it past your lips and have your cheeks squeeze around his girth. Your eyes flutter up at him, the familiar bliss of his cock blocking your airways, having for you depend on your nose for oxygen.

His hips rock back and forth in your mouth, thrusting in your mouth to a highly favorable pace. His hands roam through sections of your hair, pulling it against your scalp, and pushing it down on his length. “Your mouth feels so good. Like a good little slut.”

The faster I got, the louder Seokmin got. He was ecstacy inducing. The sweat on his brow, how his messy hair hits his line of vision, and even the clenching of his abdomen; you still get surprised by how incredible he looks naked. The good boy act he does all the time does straight out the wonder when he stuffs your mouth. You hum around him, drool out of the corner of your mouth, drunk on lust. 

“Shit, do that again, but louder. Wetter.”

You follow his orders, shamelessly moaning his name incoherently, hearing Seokmin announce how gets closer and closer. Your chin glistening in your spit, lubing Seokmin’s cock perfectly, and just enough to get that unique taste that Seokmin finds home down your throat. It was warm, filling, it made you feel how it always did: leave you wanting more.

“You’re such a good cumslut. Come sit on my lap.”

Seokmin readjusts his body, sitting up on the bed. Pulling on your arm, he makes you straddle his lap. He wiped away the cum, lingering from your face, “You got something there. I told you before you shouldn’t waste a drop, didn’t I?”

He sticks the cum wiping finger in your mouth, giggles releasing from you the moment he does. “Mmh. Thank you.”

“Of course.”

He leans in for another kiss before you stop him, hands on either of his shoulders, “Um, I wanted to ask you something.”

“What do you want to know,” he asks with a welcoming smile.”

“What are we…exactly?”

He gives you a puzzled look. “We’re us. What do you mean?”

“I just…” you shifted in his lap anxiously, “We’ve been fucking around a while. I just…want to know where this is going.”

And there’s where your problems laid.

He tucks a strand of hair back behind your ear, squeezing the flesh of your thighs, all before smiling intoxicatingly the way he does. “Baby, you know I like you. There’s no need for labels. Aren’t you happy with how we are?”

“Right…yeah, sure.”

[super-hero-confessions]

Big chunks of fandom are going to be super disappointed or pissed if they honestly expect a happy wholesome ending from The Boys show.

Especially for Homelander or Billy Butcher.

Setting aside the fact that neither is likely to survive the final battle if Ryan isn't the one who ends up dead and Homelander goes berserk, which is definitely unavoidably happening at this point like there's been a build up and it's a done deal, the most likely option if they do survive is something bittersweet with enough death to counterbalance that and make it feel rotten.

Pretty much the only people guaranteed to survive in the series are Annie and Hughie. That's it. I wouldn't even hold my breath for Ryan because things are getting that bad and every sign that shit is going to hit the fan in the worst way possible is there.

And the thing is, this was always the case. It was always going to be the case.

The show started with a woman getting liquefied from a speedster literally running through her.

And much like the comic, it hasn't slown down. If anything, it's surpassed the source material and we haven't even reached the end yet.

This isn't even to say that the comics are the end all be all for the direction the show will take, obviously they are different. But the parallels are there and you'd be a fool to ignore them. If you didn't enjoy the comic, you're going to hate the way the show ends.

Becca survived in the show.

Really only to postpone her death. And what a coincidence she was accidentally killed by her son, just like in the comic. How long do you think Ryan's death will be postponed? How much do you want to bet it's going to be the same guy who kills him?

The story itself is not wholesome and never has been.

A literal rapist has custody of a child he forced on a woman, after getting her killed. That is not a good thing, it is not wholesome in the slightest, and it should not be viewed as such.

It's brutal and grim, and people are latching onto small moments and romanticizing, and I can tell you now. You're going to cry and scream and suddenly turn to hating the show for... Continuing on the path it always had set.

And you'll really have no one to blame but yourself at that point for expecting that the story suddenly change to not be what it has always been. If anything, it's been consistent.

There's a tag in fanfiction that reads:

"Dead Dove: Do Not Eat."

That is the comic. It's also the show.

A happy ending isn't just the wrong thing to expect, it wouldn't be appropriate for the story being told. And from a more personal perspective, I think it's important to realize and accept the brutal reality that not every story is going to be happy, real life or fiction. And not every story should be or has to be.

It's kind of the lesson that The Boys teaches us in both iterations.

[saint-starflicker]

Spring Awakening Fandom Tag

(By @winter-asleepening )

1. How were you introduced to the show?

2007(?) OBC sountrack on compact disk gift from a friend.

2. Seen a production live?

My honest answer is going to get me in trouble around Question 17, isn't it.

3. Dream role/character you relate to most

Ilse Neumann.

4. Favorite male character

Moritz.

5. Favorite female character

Ilse. Is that redundant with Question 3? Martha, then.

6. Deaf West Revival or Original Broadway Cast?

The OBC soundtrack got me through a very rough time in my life, but as far as the cast goes I'm going to say the Deaf West revival cast. I'm glad it was revived, I'm glad that cast is cast in that cast, and I'm glad they're the introduction for a new generation of Guilty Ones.

7. Favorite song

I love them all equally.

8. Least favorite song

...I don't care for Mirror Blue Night.

9. Favorite quote/line

I'm more of a melody person than a lyrics person.

10. Favorite TV performance

Deaf West Touch Me THEY TURNED INTO A BOAT

11. Favorite cast member(s)

I don't really play favorites with cast members, I just try to find what each new actor brings into the role.

12. Favorite cast member moment

I don't really follow the behind the scenes anecdotes either, but Jonathan Groff forgetting the lyrics to Left Behind except for "all things" is as inspirational as it is horrific to imagine going through. If he can get through that and live to tell the tale, then I can get through a bad day.

Also every time Michael Arden says, "All my best ideas come from [ Andy Mientus ]" is like d'aww they're cute together.

13. Do you write fan fiction?

In this fandom, no, I'm more of a reader.

14. Do you make fan art?

I could.

15. Do you cosplay?

Not really...I don't like the late 19th century fashions? I'm more of a Merveilleuse type (no bra no corset just Spirit Halloween chiton).

16. Don’t do Sadness or Blue Wind?

Those are two halves of a whole song!

17. Word of your body or the Reprise?

OBC I did not like the Reprise because even through the Discman (... that's a Walkman for CD's) I had the sense that it was a "comic relief" moment that relied on the existence of gay boys as the joke.

The Deaf West production kept a sense of respite and relief, and some comedy in the relationship dynamic between Ernst and Hanschen rather than playing on preexisting stereotypes...even though it didn't change a word of the script in that scene, which is amazing on a text analysis level like what happened who used the Captain Planet power ring with the power of heart in this scene, what sorcery is this?

So it depends, because the non-reprise Word of Your Body does a narrative job—Melchior haters can feel free to hate, but I can understand what the musical version was trying to go for with his character, and Word of Your Body was part of that.

Groff's Melchior came off more smarter-and-better-than-you but sort of giving up his pretensions in the process of seduction, and I can understand why that aspect might look appealing.

Doyle's Melchior doesn't have that "he's a ruthless boy but maybe i can change him"—I think he plays Melchior as more sad and desperate, and putting that energy into studying is how his Melchior thinks he gets a handle on his own feelings.

McKenzie's Melchior is an oafish, bookish 14-year-old boy trying to act smooth as he condescends to a Deaf girl. He has as much primal sexual energy as a newborn beagle puppy, which to be clear is none at all. I think that can be endearing, that he doesn't really know what he's blathering about in terms of life experience.

Wendla's a consistent constant performance-wise, all three versions I think balance out to a constant average...so it's really the Reprise that determines which one I like better.

OBC Reprise was very much worse than OBC Word of Your Body...but, Deaf West Reprise was a little better than Deaf West Word of Your Body and a lot better than the OBC Reprise. But I like the OBC Word of Your Body better than the Deaf West Reprise, at the same time that I like the Deaf West Word of Your Body an equal amount as the OBC Word of Your Body, contextualized comparatively being different than the chronological context that defines its vibe in an individual show's run time.

18. Touch Me or My Junk?

My Junk as a tune — but the Deaf West Touch Me did turn everybody into a boat, that was kinda cool.

19. Explain the song of purple summer.

Ilse recovered from her trauma and now owns her sexual identity, despite the history of everyone in her home and community doing their worst to her in ways that directly targeted that very intimate part of her. Her story is not the main plot of the show, but the fact that she survived and found personal definition means she now has her own voice on which to carry the wisdom of her life. That will be what heals and inspires others. Red or pink sunsets plus blue evenings make the sky in summer purple. At the end of the day, there still is beauty in living.

20. Explain the song of purple summer (wrong answers only)

Butterflies scatter ergot fungus while they fly around, so everybody thinks that everything looks purple this summer. The sky is purple. The rain is purple. The corn is purple. The horses are purple. The fungus is eating everybody's brains. They're all going to die.

[mothbagel]

Intro

1st impressions are difficult and easy to fail, so here are a few and you just choose which one you think works best

Hello fair traveler! I see you have stumbled into my area of the internet. But HARK! Be careful......here take this, it will aid you on your journey *hands you a silly moth*. Be wary, it is dangerous to travel on your own (insert plug of ask box/chat because interaction)

OWO what's this?? A COOL PERSON WHO I HOPE HAS A FANTASTIC DAY?? WOW, I AM SO HONORED TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE

~exclaims eldritch horrors here~

Alright, now that is out of the way, time to talk about myself.

My name is Moth (& Co) and I use he/him pronouns (imma epic dude man bro)

Part of a plural collective called The Voder Neighborhood, not interested in partaking in syscorse.

My media interests are plentiful, but my current favorites are bolded/yellow: Watchmen, Inscryption, ULTRAKILL, All Hail King Julien, Omori, ENA, Witch Hat Atelier, Camp Here & There, The Stanley Parable, Jordan Peele movies (Nope, Us, Get Out), Superjail, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi), Falsettos/In Trousers, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, Welcome to Nightvale, most indie horror projects (ex Skinamarink, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, The Mandela Catalogue, Bugbo, Vita Carnis, Monument Mythos), Jesus Christ Superstar, The Magnus Archives, Electric Dreams (1984), The Book of Mormon (musical), The World of Mr Plant, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Portal, Gundam Witch From Mercury, Vocaloid, Beastars, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Team Fortress 2, Llamas with Hats, The Boys (tv), and Nyan Neko Sugar Girls to name a few

As for music my favorite bands are Ghost and Pals, Will Wood, and IDKhow

I am super normal about birds, internet horror, moths, comics (specifically marvels symbiotes/symbiote adjacent things), vocal synthesizers, robots, and religious symbolism

I REALLY LIKE CRYPTIDS AND CIVIL DEFENSE SIRE

My name is Moth (& Co) and I use he/him pronouns (imma epic dude man bro)

Part of a plural collective called The Voder Neighborhood, not interested in partaking in syscorse.

My media interests are plentiful, but my current favorites are bolded/yellow: Watchmen, Inscryption, ULTRAKILL, All Hail King Julien, Omori, ENA, Witch Hat Atelier, Camp Here & There, The Stanley Parable, Jordan Peele movies (Nope, Us, Get Out), Superjail, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi), Falsettos/In Trousers, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, Welcome to Nightvale, most indie horror projects (ex Skinamarink, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, The Mandela Catalogue, Bugbo, Vita Carnis, Monument Mythos), Jesus Christ Superstar, The Magnus Archives, Electric Dreams (1984), The Book of Mormon (musical), The World of Mr Plant, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Portal, Gundam Witch From Mercury, Vocaloid, Beastars, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Team Fortress 2, Llamas with Hats, The Boys (tv), and Nyan Neko Sugar Girls to name a few

As for music my favorite bands are Ghost and Pals, Will Wood, and IDKhow

I am super normal about birds, internet horror, moths, comics (specifically marvels symbiotes/symbiote adjacent things), vocal synthesizers, robots, and religious symbolism

I REALLY LIKE CRYPTIDS AND CIVIL DEFENSE SIRENS

I do art and writing (not that well lol) as well as just general talking. Most of my art will be fandom related, but I'll also post some ocs here.

I mainly communicate strong positive feelings via capitalized letters and keyboard smashing cause expressing emotions is hard.

NS

I do art and writing (not that well lol) as well as just general talking. Most of my art will be fandom related, but I'll also post some ocs here.

I mainly communicate strong positive feelings via capitalized letters and keyboard smashing cause expressing emotions is hard.

oc sideblog: @motholith

I'm working on having consistent tags, but I'm using #nyacaw for just me talking, #the arts for my art (oc and fanart), and #thanks for the ask :3 for, yknow, asks.

speaking of tags, tone tags are really helpful to me but not crucial

please don't send anything NSFW towards me

Because DNIs don’t really help, here’s an “I Don’t Interact With”

Don't support mental health and mental health recovery or “fakeclaim” people, I don’t know what’s going on with someone mentally and I don’t have any authority to say so

Are a steward of "cringe culture" here to make fun of me or anyone else (like seriously come on, you're just wasting both of our time)

Support/encourage non-con/incest/rape/MAPs fuck off

Are against or tease/make fun of people for using good faith identities that do not harm or have the potential to harm

Are very involved in discourse of any kind

with that in mind, I also use the block button as much as I want. I can’t control your internet experience, but I can and will tailor my own.

thats all!

[xiv-wolfram]

Wolfram's Character Inspiration Chart

This took me a while because I've answered variations of this one before but forgot who I said. Honestly I consume a lot of media so… Wolf is basically 80% me with character traits thrown in from shows I like. I'm focusing more on personality/aesthetic/narrative than physical inspiration here... Ok maybe if Ravi and Eliot had a kid with Geralt's muscles and green eyes from somewhere?

Xena - Xena: Warrior Princess A person with a dark past seeks redemption by traveling around and doing good deeds. Wears lots of leather. Their primary weapon is a sword. Consistently flirting with their best friend. After writing the synopsis of his character story I realized Wolf is basically Xena… ok he looks more like Ares. Whatever, it's my bi-awakening show I can do what I want! After realizing this, I had to give Wolf some chakram lore too for the comparison to be complete! (which was easy with the Thavnairian dad)

Geralt - The Witcher Excellent fashion sense plus Wolf is also a person who tries to be neutral but will do anything to protect their loved ones. Mostly, Geralt is on here for his fighting style. Wolf uses more magic but he also has a very active/fluid way of combat. This is due to his dancer training and why he's so evasive, but I imagine it looks similar to how Geralt fights in the Blaviken scene from the first episode of season 1, just with the occasional VerFlare.

Ravi Chakrabarti - iZombie Did ya'll know Wolf is a bit of a nerd? I try and show it sometimes but due to the subject matter of many of the comics, it may not be obvious. He's really smart. Figures things out before others (like how did other people not realize Liv is a zombie?!) Unlike Ravi, he didn't have a formal education. He only knows the common language but reads a lot and even asks Y'Shtola to translate tomes for him. When he's around friends he's extremely talkative, usually about his interests (Mhachi history, cuisine, non-traditional uses for magic, etc). Also, Ravi's relationship with Peyton is (usually) really great power couple stuff. Plus they're good friends who joke around but are very sweet and flirty with each other. (Rahul Kohli is also Wolfram's voice claim btw!)

M.M. (Marvin Milk) - The Boys For some reason, I'm the only person I know who watches The Boys?! Anyway MM is great. He's got stuff from his past that really weighs on him but he fights through it for his friends and family. He's usually kind of the moral center of The Boys with a strong sense of right and wrong even if it doesn't align with those around him. He's also the paternal/fraternal figure trying to look out for everyone.

Jessica Jones - Jessica Jones She's got kind of a dark and snarky sense of humor. Leather. Alcoholic with PTSD but she doesn't let it stop her from doing what needs to be done and being a hero. Honestly I just really love characters who save people while not really knowing how to save themselves but hanging on anyway. Wolf's also got a pretty strong vigilante side…

Eliot Waugh - The Magicians Absolutely the most relatable depiction of depression I've seen on TV. He's usually really friendly and charismatic. Always joking around. It's all a mask for his major chronic depression. Drinks a lot. Also, very smart and talented mage without having to put in as much effort as Alice (read the books) which can be a double-edged sword. His biggest enemy is himself.

tagged by: @talion-graves (Thanks! This was funnnnn!!!)

tagging: This part always makes me nervous I'll forget someone. So just - anyone else who wants to do it - I wanna see it! The original template is here! I just tweaked it a bit for me.

[lumilasi]

A surprise ask game! List 10 facts about your ocs and then tag 5 other people to learn things about theirs!

(I actually got this a little while back but forgot about it, since I'm getting tagged a lot this week, figured might as well do this one too now lmao)

I decided to pick 5 characters with 2 facts about each, as I have so many lol

1. Yoruga’s name, Yoruga Shirushi, is not his real name, but the name he chose for himself after leaving his birth family behind. 

2. Yoruga is basically his bestie Kiyoi’s wingman, often helping him with his crush issues (and he does do the same with the said crush who’s also his friend lol. It’s basically that Toothless meme of hiccup being in the bush like “You’re doing great buddy!”)

3. Azul, (one of my older characters I haven’t drawn that much lately, I’ve abandoned my boy oh no :(( ) used to be single and not meant to have a love interest, but then I realized his dynamic with Diojas (another oc of mine) was far more fun than shipping Diojas with Azul’s brother, so I changed it lol

4. Azul has changed the least visually from his first appearance out of all of my characters; I only really upgraded his outfit somewhat. 

5. Toshiko’s voice claim is Rukia from bleach; their personalities are somewhat alike, with both appearing serious at first glance, but also having this kind of awkward side to them. 

6. Toshiko is often VERY embarrassed by her little half-sister Akiko’s shenanigans (they share the same dad but have different mums, their parents had/have a polyamorous pan relationship, which means the mums were a couple too, not just a case of a dude with two wives), though she does actually genuinely appreciate her efforts in trying to bond with her.

7. Jurou’s relationship with his mother was strained at first (this is a recent story update for his BG story I’ve decided to make, as the current one needs too much suspension of disbelief in some aspects) and he can still sometimes be a bit harsh towards her.

8. Designing him was super hard, but once I got it he became one of my favorite characters lmao, Spider Dad is just too much fun to draw

9. Belladonna is probably my most well-rounded villains so far, lot of her actions/reasoning feels fairly believable and human, namely bad choices/bad stuff humans can do willingly. It all also ties well to her personality and feels consistent without too much need for suspension of disbelief; I still need to work on the other ones more in comparison. (this is all stuff only in her bio so far, but I do want to draw some things pertaining to it eventually)

10. Belladonna is one of the few villain characters in this “story” that if this was a real manga/comic, she would not get redeemed in the end, namely because I feel her character doesn’t require it. Unlike some others, all the bad things coming her way were caused fully by her, by her own knowing actions, by her refusal to take responsibility, and even now she doesn’t necessarily regret them. (not saying you can’t redeem characters like this, but I personally wouldn’t feel the need to do that for her in my own story lol)

EDIT: So apparently Tumblr refused to tag people properly, let me try again >:C

@macckenchiz (right back at chu mu ha ha ha) @itsmikatheghost, @bothvinforfaen, @mad-hatter-rici​ aand....I don’t know enough people with ocs to tag a fifth I think? oh well

[ufonaut]

are you liking the jsa series? i’ve been reading reviews on comic geeks, tumblr, and other websites and it seemed pretty well liked until i went onto twitter and i’ve seen like majority of justice society of america fans there hate it. either because of retcons like judy garrick and huntress’ future jsa or the fact that’s it’s geoff johns on the jsa again. thanks for your time!

AM I LIKING THE JSA ONGOING!!!!! if you go into any jsa-related tags chances are 90% of it consists of my billions of panels posted after each new issue so, yes, i'm loving the new jsa series and i think that's plenty obvious from a glance at my blog. i don't think you can count most people on here or twitter as jsa fans though lmao interacting with out of context pages from afar hardly warrants their opinions being taken seriously

the new golden age initiative is the best thing to have happened to the justice society since the '76 revival and in many ways, it's a genuine return to form for most of the team -- both in characterisation (like in alan scott's case) and in the actual physical return of legitimate golden age characters like jimmy martin, the newsboy legion, little boy blue & the blue boys etc etc. like man, outside of roy thomas, i really can't name a single other writer who's as knowledgeable as geoff about the literal golden age of comics and who loves these characters half as much. it may be hard to admit for those among us who don't think doomsday clock is the best comic ever published (which i certainly do stand by forever) but geoff's kept the jsa alive for thirty years and counting and we owe him a great deal despite the occasional misstep.

i also love judy garrick! i love the future jsa! i love this take on teddy knight's future! i love vlad & ruby sokov! i'm here for all of it and i'll never get over how strange (and i'm being kind here) it is that most complaints come from infinity inc enjoyers as if every part of that series isn't the retcon to end all retcons.

i've got my misgivings about a detail or two, there's a couple characters getting the spotlight when i'd personally much rather forget their existence all together, but all in all? best damn book on the stands right now and you better believe i'm buying every issue & every variant like my life depends on it!

[gallus-rising]

I posted 9,401 times in 2022

That's 4,185 more posts than 2021!

518 posts created (6%)

8,883 posts reblogged (94%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@/ prussian-lullaby

@/ s-nnoh

@/ blazing-spectre

@/ acreaturecalledgreed

@/ roach-works

I tagged 5,838 of my posts in 2022

Only 38% of my posts had no tags

#mp100 - 878 posts

#*furious pecking* - 730 posts

#jjba - 554 posts

#one piece - 457 posts

#flight rising - 265 posts

#yard birds - 247 posts

#riverside - 201 posts

#do you know the muppet man - 196 posts

#fma - 182 posts

#oc talk - 164 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

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I sent 1 gift in 2022

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

listen to me

(ignore how crusty this looks)

127 notes - Posted November 16, 2022

#4

what if arceus shits Ingo back out into Unova and no one (including himself) cares i think that’d be funny actually like get back on the combat train Train Man it’s time to do train fights you’ve got a backlog Train Man so get on that Don’t Forget You’re Here Forever Train Man

129 notes - Posted February 11, 2022

#3

underrated thing in mp100 fanfic: fics where Reigen’s been possessed by a spirit that’s trying to impersonate him and the final straw dead giveaway is when he calls Mob by his actual name

221 notes - Posted August 6, 2022

#2

flip on the typical “Eddie thinks Venom doesn’t know what sex is” no. Venom thinks Eddie doesn’t know what sex is. like, sure, it’s how humans reproduce but they’re clearly not having any fun with it. after all, the primary human courtship method seems to consist of multiple public interviews over the course of several days (weeks? months?? years????) as opposed to something fun like ritual combat, or very loud vocal displays, or perhaps even doing a sexy little dance

for fucks sake, humans aren’t even bioluminescent

523 notes - Posted January 27, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

ONE gives us a comic of Reigen about to shit himself in public and the next day new Halloween art has dog boy Reigen on a leash just so we remember that the staff of Bones desire him carnally god bless

1,357 notes - Posted October 7, 2022

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[ladybeug]

I've been drawing a bunch of comics with @carpisuns and this is my favorite one so far

[house-of-slayterr]

Micheal Myers

Tag: @slutforguts got asked this and I loved the prompt so hers Micheal enjoying teen moment with his significant other

Cw: slight sexual references

You bounced up and down on the ball of you feet as the popcorn went off in the microwave. Tonight was going to be media night, a tradition you’d come up with when you were little. It consisted of reading books, comics, looking at trashy magazines, watching movies and lastly the part you’d added more recently, live-streaming your favourite video games. You could feel Micheal’s eyes on you the second he silently snuck into your house. You liked to let him think he could catch you off guard but he never really could.

He watched at how giddy you were, tilting his head in confusion. You let out a small squeal when the microwave went off and practically ripped the bag from its spot. You had prepared popcorn, pizza, ice cream floats, and a candy tray just for Mikey. You twirled on the ball of your feet, snatching a piece of candy and skipping over to the behemoth. You held out your empty hand to signal he do the same, when he obliged you dropped a Hershey’s kiss in his hand. The second he bent down enough to inspect the candy you snuck a kiss on his cheek. Micheal would have been angry but the giggle that emitted from your mouth made him feel warm inside. You grabbed his hand and dragged him into the living room.

“Ok Mikey you better strap yourself in big boy, we’re not leaving this house until sunrise!” You announced.

He watched as you gathered supplies, spreading out different books you had picked out, preparing the music to your favourite station, putting on mood lighting. He marvelled at the impressive fort you had built in the living room, one that was actually big enough for him to squeeze into. You explained the rules of the night and Micheal didn’t protest, which made you quite happy.

You sat down to read a copy of The Maze Runner and you had given Micheal the Divergent series. Both of you were quite fast readers so you sat together as the music played in the background.

“So Mickey, what did you think? I know it’s a little silly but I really like the concept. Imagine if it wasn’t a teen rated book and they could have taken the plot further. It would have been interesting to see just how far that society could be pushed to the edge don’t you think?”

You never expected Micheal to answer which he knew, but he listened to you with so much intent. Next you busted out the comics. You got to explain to Micheal the joys of John Constantine and King Sharks relationship. He watched as you ‘fangirled’ over the hero’s, and was intrigued when you even expressed sympathy for some of the villains. He’d never admit it but it made his heart swell. He questioned constantly how someone as good as you could be with someone like him. He constantly feared someone would come steal him away from you, wether it be some stupid frat boy, the pretty girl at the library, the nonbinary coworker you’ve been far to kind to. But worst of all he feared Dr. Loonies would take him away from you. Or even worse, the crazy doctor would declare you insane for your involvement with him and send you to Smith’s Grove.

You paused when you noticed Micheal’s attention had wandered. You scrunched up your face as you saw the glazed look in his eyes. Your hand gently found it’s way to his mask. As expected her caught your hand rather roughly, but you didn’t mind, you’d managed to capture his attention.

“Hey, none of that. We’re supposed to be enjoying ourselves tonight. Leave work outside please. You’re safe here with me my love.” You assured.

Micheal nodded and let your hand continue on its path to comfort him. He wasn’t used to such gentle touch but he absolutely adored it when it came to you. You dropped your hand with a satisfied smile and left the fort to go grab the pizza when the bell rang. When you came back you were shocked to find Micheal without his mask on. It took everything in you not to squeal at the moment and startle him. Micheal was quick to notice your starring though and made a quick grunt noise. As he reached for his mask, you lunged at him and actually managed to knock him off balance. You threw the pizza to the side, long forgetting the food. Micheal starred up at you with a blank expression as you sat on top of him. You looked back with the same intensity.

After a few seconds when Micheal didn’t attempt to move you, something you both knew he could do with ease, you planned your attack. You leaned down and slowly peppered his face with kisses, taking the most care over his scar. You gently ran your hands through his hair in a soothing manor. You wanted to show him just how much you adored him and how grateful you were that he was comfortable enough to take his mask off around you. Micheal suddenly caught your hips in his large hands and smashed his lips into your roughly. As the kiss got more heated you pulled away with a giggle.

“Only good boys get treats Mikey. We gotta finish up our plans for the night, then I’ll let you have whatever you want.” You promised him. “I’ll even let you use the whipped cream tonight like we saw in that one movie.”

When Micheal didn’t move his hands, you frowned and crossed your arms over your chest like a child. You suddenly remembered the sucker you had snuck into your pocket earlier and reached for it. Before Micheal could react you shoved it into his mouth and pushed yourself off of him, tumbling to the ground beside him.

“Ha I win!” You shouted.

Micheal would have whined but he simply enjoyed the sugary treat you had gifted him. Next you sat down to watch My Bloody Valentine, and you spent most of the movie watching Micheal if you were honest. His face didn’t move much, but you’d gotten good at reading him. He was enjoying himself. When a scary part came on you flinched and nuzzled yourself into his chest. This caused you to spill the popcorn which Micheal stared down at. When you followed his gaze you rolled your eyes, of course he was upset about the ruined snack. You got off his lap to clean it up when an idea hit you. You tossed a handle full of popcorn right at his face. Micheal stared at you wildly. You had dared to do it again.

“Bad” he grunted.

This shocked you, you weren’t expecting him to speak today. He tackled you to the ground and hovered over you. He pulled a piece of popcorn out of your hair and popped it into his mouth. You squirmed under his firm grip.

“Mikey we have to finish the day, I worked so hard setting everything up” you whined.

He simply shook his head. As you plotted your escape you noticed his mask was right next to you. With a smirk, you kneed him in the groin and grabbed the mask, running away from him. Of course Micheal recovered quickly, you hadn’t actually hurt him, but he was having to much fun watching you be this amused with yourself. He chased after you around your house until you ended up cornered in your bedroom. You had his mask on and he had to admit you looked adorable. It made your body look even smaller which he didn’t think was physically possible. He stalked toward you and you pretended to play the victim.

“No Micheal, don’t hurt me.”

It would have stung if you were actually afraid, but he could hear the playfulness in your voice. With zero effort, The Shape of Haddonfeild hurled you over his shoulder and threw you onto your bed. The rest of the activities of the night were long forgotten as the two of you got caught up in the moment. It was rare you saw Micheal happy, and you weren’t about to do anything to jeopardise it. You’d give this man the world, and anything he desired within it. Micheal was yours, and you were his, and the two of you stayed in this moment were nobody could hurt you. It was the perfect evening.

An: ahhh this prompt was so much fun, I love childish Micheal so much. This man deserves everything

[ask-lu-wild]

Ask-LU-Wild

Hello and welcome to the show! Ask-LU-Wild (ALUW) is a blog that consists of primarily comics and text posts where you get to ask the Hero of the Wilds the questions you've been dying to know!

Please remember that as of the "Fairies, We Shrank the Wild" (previously "a not-so-wild child") arc, Wild uses the pronouns They/Them. They still identify as a boy currently. This is subject to change in the future.

My name is Author. I'm 21, and my pronouns are Vi/Viol, as in Violet.

Ask-LU-Wild Started out as a fanfiction of Linked Universe by Jojo, but the story and characters are vastly different. As of 14 April 2022, despite the name of the blog staying the same, its association with Linked Universe is somewhat distant.

CONTENT WARNING: Ask-LU-Wild contains scenes that are highly graphic in the blood, gore, and body horror sense. Viewer discretion advised.

If you would like to still read the blog but still filter specific subjects, please refer to the Trigger Warnings section in "A Link to the Tags". Remember that the more graphic content will be labeled under Nightmare Fuel. Please filter this tag if you feel you need to. Because our main character is low-key immortal, death is not a trigger warning.

Rules

Use the inbox to only interact with the characters. If you would like to ask me, Author, something, please use @author-main.

I'm not a teacher, I'm a storyteller. I can't explain everything down to a science, and I'm learning as I go along. While I do research topics when needed, some of the things I write about are from experience and observation. Please respect and understand that. If there's something you want to help me understand, please use my main blog's inbox.

Even though this blog is no longer that connected to Linked Universe, I would ask that we keep the no NSFW/Linkcest rule. Though the Links in ALUW may be very affectionate/loving to each other, it's all platonic. That being said, I don't have a problem with a little raunchy humor every now and again. If jokes or light talk about sex bothers you, it's not constant, but reader discretion is advised anyway. Know that this isn't an attack on people who enjoy NSFW and Linkcest content, it's just that I'd like to keep the found family trope on this blog, and just... not deal with NSFW here.

Please keep personal experiences to a minimum, especially if they're heavy. They've started throwing me off and I want to keep the heavy stuff from the audience to a minimum.

If the story is getting a bit too rough for you, please leave, or take a break at the least. Your mental health is important. However, if something upsets you, please don't attack me or the story because of that. I don't know you. I don't know what you don't like, nor what hurts you. I am not responsible for you. You are your own responsibility. Please remember that.

And on that note, I think it's important for me to say that tagging triggers aren't mandatory. I didn't tag them because I'm obligated to. I have no obligation to do anything, not even make this blog. Tagging is a courtesy.

Please respect my headcanons, ships, design choices, character choices, etc. I respect all of your ideas for Linked Universe/LoZ and I request the same respect for ALUW.

I want to make note that no specific mental illnesses are chosen for these characters, except for the obvious PTSD, and occasionally depression. Things like insomnia or paranoia have been named, and symptoms of mental illness are present and touched upon.

I'm in the process of figuring out all of the Zelda games to write this story. If I miss something, bear with me, please. I don't think my versions of Four and Wind will have gone through Four Swords Adventures and Spirit Tracks.

As of this point, no manga. However, there is a potential that this rule might be retracted.

You can complement the Links, but do not ask to kiss them or act in a lewd way, especially the minor Links and other characters (Wild, Four, and Wind). Sex jokes are allowed but make sure they aren't too graphic and maybe only say those jokes around adult characters.

Links below

A Link to the Tags: all commonly-used tags in ALUW. This includes trigger warnings, character tags, and arc tags.

Note: "A not-so-wild child" has been renamed to "Fairies we Shrank the Wild"

Author-Main: My main blog. A lot of stuff happens there. I don't tag spoiler content though, so watch out for that.

Angster's Paradise Discord: A discord run by @hiddenteddy and me.

Wild's Sheikah Slate Discord: A discord mainly meant for ALUW updates and stuff. It's only run by myself.

Ko-fi: I don't get paid for this blog, obviously. But as a broke college student, I would appreciate it if you donated. Every now and then I do commissions too. So I recommend staying.

Youtube: Occassional speedpaints.

[isomorphismes]

There are no theorems in category theory.

Emily Riehl, Category Theory In Context

Mathematicians often tell her this; hence the book.

If I had to summarise her views in one sentence, it would be:

Everything is an adjunction.

I also like the division these mathematicians are making to her: essentially, a theorem is anything that solves Feynman’s challenge: by a series of clear, unsurprising steps, one arrives at an unexpected conclusion.

Examples for me include:

17 possible tessellations

6 ways to foliate a surface

27 lines on a cubic

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 28, 2, 8, 6, 992, 1, 3, 2, 16256, 2, 16, 16, 523264, 24, 8, 4 ways to link any-dimensional spheres.

the existence of sporadic groups

surprising rep-theory consequences of Young diagrams, Ferrers sequences, and so on (you could say the strangeness of integer partitions is really to blame here…)

59 icosahedra

8 geometric layouts

Books which are bristling with mathematical ideas of this kind include Montesinos on tessellations, Geometry and the Imagination (the original one), and Coxeter’s book on polyhedra (start with Baez on A-D-E if you want to follow my path). Moonshine and anything by Thurston or his students, I’ve found similarly flush with shockng content—quite different to what I thought mathematics would be like. (I had pictured something more like a formal logic book: row by row of symbols. But instead, the deeper I got into mathematics, the fewer the symbols and the more the surnames thanking the person who came up with some good idea.)

Note that a theorem is different here to some geometry — as in The Geometry of Schemes. The word geometry used in that sense, I feel, is to have a comprehensive enough vision of a subject to say how it “looks” — but the word theorem means the result is surprising or unintuitive.

This definition of a theorem, to me, presents a useful challenge to annoying pop-psychology that today lurks under the headings of Bayesianism, cognitive _______, behavioural econ/finance, and so on.

Following Buliga and Thurston to understand the nature of mathematical progress, within mathematics at least (where it’s clearer than elsewhere whether you understand something or not—compare to economic theory for example), there is a clear delination of what’s obvious and what’s not.

What is definitely not the case in mathematics, is that every logical or computable consequence of a set of definitions is computed and known immediately when the definitions are stated! You can look at a (particularly a good) mathematical exposition as walking you through the steps of which shifts in perspective you need to take to understand a conclusion. For example start with some group, then consider it as a topological object with a cohomology to get the centraliser. Or in Fourier analysis: re-present line-elements on a series of widening circles. Use hyperbolic geometry to learn about integers. Use stable commutator length (geometry) to learn about groups. Or read about Teichmüller stuff and mapping class groups because it’s the confluence of three rivers.

Sometimes mathematical explanations require fortitude (Gromov’s "energy") and sometimes a shift in perspective (Gromov’s (neg)"entropy").

This view of theorems should be contrasted to the disease of generalisation in mathematical culture. Citing two real-life grad students and a tenured professor in logic (one philosophical, one mathematical, the professor in computer science):

I like your distinction between hemi-toposes, demi-toposes, and semi-toposes

I care about hyper-reals, sur-reals, para-consistency, and so on

Abstract thought — like mathematicians do — is the best kind of thought.

(twitter.com/replicakill, the author of twitter.com/logicians, ragged on David Lewis by saying “What do mathematicians like?” “What do mathematicians think?” —— And Corey Mohler has done a wonderful job of mocking Platonism, which is how I guess the thirst for over-generalisation reaches non-mathematicians.)

Paul Halmos knew that cool examples beat generalisations for generalisation’s sake, as did V. I. Arnol’d. And it seems that the people a Harvard mathematician spends her time with make reasonable demands of a mathematical idea as well. It shouldn’t just contain previous theories; it should surprise. In Buliga’s Blake/Reynolds dispute, Blake wins hands down.

[solcheeky]

our secret

summary: fratboy!donghyuck turns paperboy! when he needs some extra money for college stuff like textbooks. he thinks delivering way outside of campus will save face from being a measly paperboy, but little does he know, the front yard light he hits (and breaks) belongs to his significantly well off classmate... (3k)

warnings: strong language here and there genre: enemies to ..friends? a/n: I’ve merged these two requests together! meaning I have and haven’t included aspects of each, hope that’s okay! (2021 edit: hi I found this in my drafts from last year and idk why I never posted it so yeah, here we go)

“You’re late.” Your professor calls out as Donghyuck fails to sneak into lecture hall unnoticed

You sigh, you’d think he’d at least look ashamed to step foot into class at such a late time

You suppose with Lee Donghyuck, things were always different

The boy winces comically, inhaling between his teeth brazenly, and students stifle their laughter

Then with a simple raise of his hand, he gestures a flimsy ‘my bad’ and a ‘continue, continue’ before charmingly wiping the sweat off his brow and sitting in the empty seat saved by his friends

The professor frowns, “you’re late.” He repeats as if to encourage the young rebel to at least say something

“I’m Haechan,” the rebel says under his breath, flopping his backpack onto the desk, “not ‘late’” a sarcastic smile stretching his lips as his friends snicker at his dumb joke

You roll your eyes, he was unbelievable.

“Alright, alright, that’s enough.” The professor claps his hands. “And Mr. Late,” he emphasizes, “don’t think you’re getting away with anything.”

So he drops it on him like a bomb: “For the rest of this week, meet me in the office an hour before classes start.”

The grin on Donghyuck’s face immediately wipes off his face and his heart drops to his stomach

“Prof!” He whines back

Karma, you think. That’s what he gets for being so up his own ass

It wouldn’t kill him to wake up a little bit earlier. He relied so much on his ‘so loveable’ personality and popularity, you couldn’t stand it

If you even attempted to do half the things he got away with, you’d be expelled by now

You drop your pen and lean back into your seat with a sigh, you had no choice but to sit back and watch him waste valuable lesson time over this insolence

“You can’t do that!” Seriously, Donghyuck would do anything else other than doing extra hours in the morning

“And you can’t be late to my lectures all the time. What are you not getting here Mr. Late?”

“But I can’t.” Donghyuck immediately regrets saying that out loud like that; the vulnerability in his voice a little too close to home

“And, why not?” Your professor bounces back thankfully brushing past the genuine desperation in his students voice

The reason why not was something ‘Lee Haechan’ couldn’t say out loud. If he did, he’d lose everything

So instead, he sticks with his usual tongue-in-cheek mannerism, “because I don’t want to.”—A sneaky beat around the bush on his part because, little did everyone know, Lee Haechan, the star player and everyone’s favorite goofball, was a measly paperboy

Why?

Because he was dumb broke.

It was a job that required him waking up extra early to race around neighborhoods on his bike, something he had to do regardless rain or sun just tossing as many papers onto people's front porches,

Something he already was finding so much of a difficulty doing: racing to class and acting as if his muscles weren’t burning or the fabric under is backpack wasn’t drenched in sweat

But now this ‘meet me in the office an hour earlier than classes start’ bullshit

That would mean he’d have to wake up even earlier than he already did!

“Doesn’t matter if you don’t want to, you’re going to.” Is the last thing your professor says on that topic before swiftly moving on.

Oh to be born with a silver spoon in his mouth, is what he always thinks as he cycles his rounds in the wealthy neighborhood

If there was one thing he didn’t have, it was this. 

He looks at the blaringly affluent homes that surrounded him and heaves another sigh, the same road he rides every morning (and now this extra early morning) effortlessly reminding him of how absolutely poor his ass was

Grumbling under his breath in a tantrum about his professor in his head, he angrily hurls newspapers onto doorsteps

It was the fact that he had to deal with this at ungodly hours in the morning—as if this job wasn’t already enough

Donghyuck frustratedly hurls another newspaper, but this time around, it shoots straight into someone's front garden post light, knocking it over and completely disrupting the perfect order in which the other trail of foot lights were set in

What the heck?

Immediately, he hits the breaks, his tires screeching loudly in the quietness of the early morning

Profanities frantically leave his lips as he hurriedly drops his bike onto the sidewalk in a clatter, and runs ahead to see the damage he’s made

The lamp was perfectly struck to its side.

Well, that’s just great—he can’t afford college textbooks let alone the broken path lamp on some rich persons lawn

So, his first thoughts are to pull it back into the place, completely irrational, but it’s the only thing that runs through his mind when he’s on a time crunch to get off private property

Except, the damn thing is stuck; literally cemented into this lopsided tilt

Man, Donghyuck swears he could tug all day and it wouldn’t get back into place

It was like the universe was having fun being against him

You, on the other hand, were watching this boy struggle to fix your light back into place from the comfort of your window.

He looked ridiculously cute trying to tug that lamp back into place, curled almost into a ball in the middle of your lawn, his eyebrows sewn into a line of frustration and lips pursed

You knew he was your paperboy from the start of his laborious cycling trips, but did Donghyuck know he was delivering papers to his very own classmate every morning?

You guess not.

...Until now

You knock three times from behind the glass, successfully capturing the boy's attention before mouthing, “what are you doing?”

The agitation on his features drops and immediately his eyes widen at your familiar face

Except, he isn’t given much time to reply before the lamp between his fingers gives in to his weight and recoils back smacking him right in the nose

“Holy shit!” You forget you’re only in socks when you open your front door and race towards him

Donghyuck automatically drops the (now broken) piece of your lawn to cup his bruising face

“Ah- Fucking shit- Ow!” He bends forwards on his knees into the grass, forehead pressing into your lawn before he rocks back up again to scrunch a deep frown up towards the sky. “Jesus-”

“Are you okay?!” Dropping to your knees, you place a cautious hand to his back

“Yes.” He groans into his palms, rocking back down towards the grass again

He definitely wasn’t.

But he needed to get out of there quick; there’s no way he’d let you recognize him

Yeah, you weren’t that stupid.

“Let me see,” you carefully bring him up by his shoulders, your head leaning down towards his to see the damage

“No- Ow! Crap-”

“You’re bleeding!” You try to pry at his wrists but he rips away from your hands

That’s when Donghyuck finally looks up to scowl at you; a frown stitched hard into into his forehead, eyes watering, hair all ruffled, but most alarmingly—a scarlet ribbon of blood running down his wrists

“I’m okay.” He muffles into his hands.

And wow did he look like an idiot.

“Sorry about your-” 

“Jesus Hyuck, you’re not fooling anyone.”

The boy visibly stiffens at your choice of his name

“Haechan.” You quickly correct yourself

He gulps

You glance away

“Let’s just put an ice-pack on that.” Then you’re dragging him into your house

“Quit moving!” You dab a wet cloth across the cut above Donghyuck’s lip

“Well, it hurts.” He tries to complain without moving his mouth too much

You purse your lips and Donghyuck attempts to adjust the ice pack on his nose despite your warning

With a sigh, you take his wrist and bring his arm down to his lap, “Hyuck, if you keep-” you feel him stiffen under your touch. “Haechan.” You keep doing that. “Sorry.”

He just diverts his eyes elsewhere and mumbles, “It’s whatever.” under his breath

So, you bring your attention back to cleaning his cut, your cheeks heating up at the thought of how much of a creep you probably were by calling him by his old name

“I’m-”

“Y/n.” His voice was a little clearer this time, a soft frown on his face, “I remember.”

He kind of wished you didn’t though. This was so embarrassing.

You pull the cloth away from his reddening cheeks, that annoyed flustered look on his face pulling at the nostalgia in you

It was only natural to call him ‘Hyuck’ because you had been going to the same school as him for years

Ever since you were kids, through highschool and now somehow, still impossibly in college, you’ve been with him

You almost had every class with the loud idiot back when he was still ‘Donghyuck’

For as long as you could remember, he had always been the center of gravity in every class, his punchy personality and almost too friendly way of speaking easily giving him the ‘popular’ tag 

It made you have a bit of a crush on him when you were younger, but who didn’t? 

Now, you found him irritating. 

The only thought you had about him consisted of wishing he’d stop using his status to his advantage and just come to class right instead of wasting your lesson time

“Can I ask you something?” He dodges your hand for a second, eyes looking down as if to hide away his embarrassment 

“Sure,” you naturally reach forward again to dab his cut, but he stops you at the wrist

“Can you,” you lift your focus away from his lip to the slight grimace on his face, “not tell anyone about this?”

You blink at him, and a muscle works in his jaw

“Seriously, people can’t know about this.” 

But you simply pull your wrist out of his grip and go back to tending to his wound

You hadn’t told anyone since you’d found he was your paperboy, and that was weeks ago. So why was he so worked up?

Hadn’t the situation already called for it anyway? Who in their right mind would tell anyone after this? For you, it was obviously common courtesy

But before you can reply, he tilts his face into your line of vision. “Are you listening to me?” The frown on his face deepens and he instantly brings the ice pack in this hand over his face at the sudden pain through his nose

That attitude of his easily drove you crazy.

“That was a stupid question.” You give up on cleaning the blood on his lip and push the ice-pack deeper into his face, “if you used that stupid, egotistical brain of yours-”

“Ah! Ow- Ooow-”

“Maybe you’d realize I’ve never told anyone about your paper rounds before.”

“Ow!” He wrenches away from your frustrated grip, the look on his face just as annoyed as you. “You’re going to break my nose!” 

“You broke my yard lamp!”

He looks at you with a huff; a slight puff to his reddened cheeks, furrowed brows and tears ever so slightly brimming his eyes

If that lamp didn’t cost about five times the price of his bike he’d say something back.

You easily read that off his expression

“You don’t have to pay for it.” You start to pack up the first-aid kit you’d opened up on your coffee table just to not look at him in the eyes when you say that

As much as he irritated you, you weren’t that petty

“Really?” The genuine doubt in his face relaxing the annoyance in you a little

“Yeah.” Money wasn’t a problem for you, it was his attitude

But the casualness Donghyuck catches in your tone reminds him of the starkly different worlds you live in

So he musters it up within himself to at least show some kind of gratitude, “...Thanks.” 

And it’s almost inaudible when he says it under his breath like that

But you catch it as you pull a bandaid out of the box before you close it

“On one condition.” You turn to look at him dead in the eyes.

One of his brows slightly quirk up in interest

“Hand.”

He opens his palm to you and you purposely slap the bandaid into it.

“Stop coming late to class, you’re wasting everyone's time.”

Instantly, his jaw goes slack. 

Unable to say anything he stares as you rise from your seat in content, first aid kit in hand, before walking behind the sofa towards the kitchen

You didn’t have to say it like that.

He swings an elbow over the back of the couch, “Sorry for bringing you the paper every morning!” Maybe he was a little offended

You turn on your heels to face him, noticing the bandaid now crushed in the fist of the hand he had over the couch and ice-pack abandoned on the coffee table (the full glory of his bruising nose and cut lip on show)

“I said ‘don’t be late’ not ‘don’t bring me the paper’.” Then you disappear into the kitchen.

Donghyuck has to close his eyes for a second, exhaling a frustrated sigh before standing up in a huff and following your footsteps.

How could you say something so insensitive? Yeah, maybe he broke your lamp or whatever, but he tried to fix it!

And sure, he was sort of bleeding over your couch and used your ice pack, but he totally said thanks

“That’s just- You’re so,” He’s standing at the doorway by the time you’re done, bandaid still stuck in the frustrated grip of his hand

“So what, Hyuck?”

Seeing the all star, team favorite class clown crumble at the simple play of his old nickname made something in your stirr

“Insufferable.” 

You? Your lips turn up in amusement. He was the insufferable one, you almost scoff

“You and your big house, fancy first aid kit, stupid lamps on your lawn,” he takes a bold step forward at every reason until he’s one step to being chest to chest, “I’m just trying to do my job, and go to class.”

You look at him straight in the eyes. “Well, you’re hardly succeeding at either of those.”  

You...

Donghyuck runs his tongue across his inner cheek before biting down on his bottom lip in a brazen attempt to act unfazed by that fatal side comment

A coppery, metal taste pricks his tongue, and he realizes he’s reopened up the cut on his lip again

But that was the least of his worries. You had no idea what it was like being broke. If there was anything he didn’t have, it was everything you did. You probably couldn’t even fathom the type of shit he’s had to go through and even more so: hide.

The way you acted as if his biggest problem in life was as easy as brushing the dust of his shoulder just pissed him off.

“Have you ever thought of waking up earlier?” 

Ah, there it was again, Donghyuck wants to roll his eyes

“I sleep late.” He says dryly.

“Then sleep earlier.”

“I have other shit to do, like study.” 

“Then, manage your time better.” If he really wanted to ‘do his job’ and ‘get to class’, he could’ve done it by now.

He was always messing about with friends and organizing parties, stories spread around like wildfire on campus about the things he occupied himself with other than ‘having shit to do like studying’, you weren’t stupid

It was by the end of high school, when you began to see him as a person who valued himself with the amount of friends knew or the amount of partying he did

And at first you were mad that he had the things you never did, but seeing him easily get washed up by it all made you think maybe you didn’t need what he had

Now you figure his ego was so far up his ass he couldn’t even sit right—that’s probably why he couldn’t cycle to class on time

“And don’t use your bike, you’re clearly slow on it.” You tack on.

“I don’t even have a car!” He snaps back

He made you want to pull out your own hair. “Jeez, first this, then that, god Hyuck, you keep-”

“You say that as if it were so easy,” his words overlapping yours as you continue

“-making up so much bullshit because the only thing you really put effort into is your image,” Your words running over his too.

“-if I could get a car, don’t you think I’d have one already?”

“Then I’ll just take you!” That puts both of you to a stop.

“So, quit giving me stupid excuses to ruin my lectures every day.” If the things money could buy were what he needed, you had it

You snatch the bandaid out of his fist, rip it open and harshly stick it across his bottom lip. It was annoying to see him ignore it like that.

“You usually finish an hour before class right?” You frown up at him

Donghyuck opens his mouth then closes it again.

“Because if you reroute and make me the last house, I’ll take you with me by car.”

“What?” He manages to say. What the hell just happened?

a/n: okay so there was a lot more to the story and character development but it ran too long I had to cut it off bc I cba to edit lmao 

also I seemed to have gone way out of the request lines near the end my bad my bad, but I at least hope you’ve enjoyed it! thoughts???? a part 2?