#i say that with PURE affection anon lmao

[cloudcastor]

I know this is a longshot buuuuut Baldr from khdr? 🙏

he’s just a little fucked up actually !!!!

[ao3commentoftheday]

Hi! Love your blog and your words, thanks for answering all these questions! I wanted to seek advice because I'm on a discord server where I used to talk to fandom friends but since I stopped writing fic I stopped interacting there I tell myself I'll stop lurking when I finish my wips and have something to share but it hasn't happened yet lmao

Do you only allow yourself to interact on the server when you have a fic that you can share? I can't say for sure just based on what you've written here anon, but it seems like you might have created a rule for yourself that really isn't working for you.

You don't need to have something to offer people in order to earn their affection. Your friendship is enough. You don't need to give them a fic, as well.

Fandom can be a wonderful community, and discord is one of the places where that community can happen - but community isn't dependent upon a quid pro quo system. You can just exist in the same space with others who have a shared interest, and you can discuss that interest and the creations of other people without necessarily bringing a creation of your own.

Try testing the waters by responding to a general conversation topic, or by talking to another writer about their fic and see how you feel. Try asking in the server about how others motivate themselves to keep writing. Or maybe even post snippets of your unfinished work, if the rules of the server require you have something to share.

And if the server does have that kind of requirement, maybe try floating the idea of a purely social channel. Everyone has periods where their writing is slow or when they're blocked or they have no ideas. I'm sure your friends would like to have space to participate in those moments too. ❤️

If you'd like to discuss this on Dreamwidth, you can find the entry here. Otherwise, I'd love to hear what the rest of you think in the notes. Have you ever been in a situation like anon finds themself in? How did you get past it?

[skubean]

what about luxiem with a bold person?

hi hi, anon! thank you for the idea!! i actually like this idea since it's the opposite of what i wrote bfr for vox and luca. sorry it took a while to do this, i'm a little sick rn T.T anyways, hope you liked this one <3

Luxiem with a Bold! Gender Neutral Reader

characters: luca kaneshiro, shu yamino, mysta rias, ike eveland, vox akuma

notes: gender neutral reader, i wasn't sure if i wanted to make reader be in a romantic or platonic relationship but i guess you can interpret it as you like, i used different interpretations of bold here so some might be slightly suggestive, nothing else enjoy!!

luca kaneshiro

you know how luca's always saying how he's not bullyable and tends to (playfully) bully others instead?

yea so when you counterattacked his teasing, safe to say this guy was absolutely shocked.

like, he knew you were cute and all, but he didn't expect for you to be on the same level as he is when it comes to teasing.

it's like he'd be all brave and kusogaki, and then you counter him, and the next thing he knows is he's a mess, a blushing mess.

you're pretty observant, so you notice the way he reacts, which will only entice more reaction from him.

one time you playfully touched his thigh while he was gaming, and the poor dude started stuttering so bad.

an idiot, for sure.

he's fine with pda, but for some reason, you like teasing him while touching him, so he's wary of it (like he gets really red)

overall, this man is too pure for the world. you'd feel a little bad but how else will you be able to see such a reaction from a mafia boss?

shu yamino

believe me when i say this, but shu definitely is chill as hell when you act all bold around him.

you'd say the most shocking thing, and this guy will just snicker at you.

which is why you get braver around him, just to get that reaction out of him.

if you're lucky, he'd say stuff back to you.

kind of like the type where you flirt and say stupid shit, but he says it back seriously and it just goes haywire.

if you're someone who's bold with the way you talk, i believe shu is like your #1 supporter. he doesn't seem like a man who would say much, but this guy would have your back no matter what. it's you both against the world fr fr.

i believe in bold and flirty shu agenda (real!!)

though shu won't like it if you do bold stuff around other people/in public, because he doesn't want you to get hurt.

to top it off, i believe shu is pretty cool with have a bold person around. don't piss him off though, he's feisty.

mysta rias

mysta's pretty bold, isn't he. so i expect a you + mysta combo to be double the trouble.

the unstoppable duo that just does whatever they want, says whatever's on their mind.

you both just fit right with each other (match made in heaven)

but trust me, if you reciprocate back his words, this guy goes brain dead from it.

kinda like the type that can tease you, but can't handle being teased. sort of like luca in a way, except he's more brazen.

y'all did the pokemon pass or smash thing, and this guy is just dead ass surprised from your play at it bcs what the fuck.

mysta's a sweet boy though, he still gets really shy when you say stuff.

he's gotten used to your affection, so i don't think it bothers him anymore.

but hug him for too long and this guy goes craaazy (because he's shy lmao)

anyways, mysta + you duo is deadly, physically and mentally.

ike eveland

ike is a man who's good with words, you can't fight him, nuh uh.

my lord have you seen eki? exactly.

he'd act like he's tired of your bs or like doesn't really like what you're doing, but you know this guy loves it, he's just tryna mask it.

you being bold either puts a nasty grin on his face, or the loudest sigh ever heard from mankind.

told him your darkest deepest secrets and this guy stares back at you, mouth wide opened tryna process what he just heard.

you just giggle in response.

ike lowkey likes seeing you be bold and defend yourself when people do things against your beliefs. he thinks it's endearing.

though he doesn't ever tell you, he just lets you run free, only holding you back when he deems necessary.

10/10, tsundere. acts like he doesn't like it, likes it like hell.

vox akuma

vox himself is already one hell of a bold guy T.T

some days, it's like a competition to see who's bolder. (you lose)

y'all could be platonic or dating, and this guy still says the sluttiest shit ever, and gets you a blushing mess.

he likes that your energy matches his, so it makes him really happy.

i'd say it's pretty crazy to see two people with such brazen language (ykwim).

he's a sweetheart though, kinda like the type that let's their partner say mean stuff, while they support wholeheartedly.

the first time you did a bold move and pretty much sat on him, this guy had the most shit-eating grin you've ever seen.

he held onto you, which made you panic, and then laughs seeing you get all red.

trust me, it doesn't work. he's too powerful T.T you think you're bold until you face vox akuma.

a/n: hi, sorry this one's pretty short and somewhat really ooc. i wrote this based on what i picture each member would be like! also, i'm getting a lot sicker so i'll probably not be able to write a valentine's fic today, but i'll try tomorrow since it might be valentine's in other places of the world! happy valentine's by the way everyone <3 stay safe! - eden

send requests here and read the rules here!

[murder-cookie-dust393]

(🪶 anon)

maybe a yandere poly between wildberry, crunchy chip, and clotted cream?? 👀👀

GRAGH GRAGH GRAGH GRAGH GRAGH- YEAHHHHHH

Tw: mentions of violence, murder, and psychological torture. Brief kidnapping, framing MC.

Imagine MC as a part of Pure Vanilla's group, maybe a diplomat or another bodyguard. They don't really like the hostility between everyone, especially between Clotted Cream and the three royals.

No matter their role, they meet Wildberry and Crunchy Chip because their royals are friends. (Clotted Cream not as much because they're cautious of him)

Wildberry is immediately drawn to them because he thinks they're cute trying to keep their guard so much. He has an urge to protect them and keep them taken care of. If anybody suspicious is approaching them, Clotted Cream he protectively stands in front of them.

Meanwhile Crunchy Chip...I've forgotten my past headcanons about him, but he gives "I'm gonna be doing everything for you so I can prove how great I am". Basically, he tries to do everything for MC. Whether it's protecting them from nasty Clotted Cream or literally grabbing them food. He's just a dog trying to be cool lmao

Clotted Cream is a hidden admirer for a long while, primarily because of MC's hesitancy and the fact he wants to observe you more before striking. He's going to try and know what your likes and dislikes are. Whenever there's a small sliver of time where he can talk to you without Wildberry and Crunchy Chip interrupting, he'll act all sweet and charming. He's trying to bring you closer to him.

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Soon enough the boyfriends (Wildberry and Crunchy Chip) notice that Clotted Cream is trying to get closer to MC and confront him. Literally, them screaming at him, "Get away from them you manipulative bitch". Clotted Cream's responding attack is trying to make a deal with them. He offers to work together with the two to keep MC taken care of, and away from any dangers (including suitors).

After bouts of more arguing, they agree.

The three all try to get with MC, trying to trap them away from others.

Wildberry and Crunchy Chip tend to show affection through actions whether it's doing tasks for them or just hanging out. Clotted Cream is more on the verbal side, saying both sweet and cringe lines.

Whenever they get MC to fall for one of them, they literally take MC and put them into Clotted Cream's home (cuz it's big. They'll work out a permanent house later). The three are completely indulging themselves in their obsession.

Wildberry likes to hold you a lot. Sometimes he just randomly picks you up.

Crunchy Chip needs head pats and head scratchies. So you better give him some.

Clotted Cream constantly wants validation. Any form of praise or compliment makes him extremely happy.

If anyone tries to look for MC (Most likely Gingerbrave or Pure Vanilla's team), then Clotted Cream makes up an easy lie to frame them. Wildberry and Crunchy Chip are the ones who support/confirm him to deceive the group.

Now, if the rescuers keep insisting, Wildberry and Crunchy Chip have no problem beating them up or brutally murdering them. Sometimes they let Clotted Cream mentally torture the victim(s) before they kill.

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Ngl, Clotted Cream is slightly jealous that Wildberry and Crunchy Chip are lovey-dovey without him sometimes.

(Sorry if this was messy! My organization is worse on a general than a specific scenario haha-)

- Celina

[taylortruther]

In the midst of all these deeply controversial and infamous lyrics of Taylor's, I've always wondered about Question, one of her most confusing songs till date for so many reasons.

First of all, for a song so obviously inspired by one of her exes, Taylor is very bold for including lyrics like "You painted all my nights a color I've searched for since" And "Does it feel like everything's just like second best after that meteor strike"???

I mean firstly I can't for the life of me pinpoint WHEN Question was written, or atleast supposed to be written. It's obviously looking back at a relationship in retrospect (hence the first lyric being "I remember") so like...was this written DURING Joe? Is she seriously saying that the two month situationship that happened more than a decade ago screwed her up that much?

Also speaking of Question, it also reminds me of the insane "star crossed lovers" and "soulmates" narrative she was hinting towards during the OG 1989 era. She was going HARD on the superlatives; We NEVER go out of style// You know for me, it's ALWAYS you// I'll NEVER forget you as long as I live// I would stay FOREVER if you say don't go etc...like it confuses me SO MUCH you have no idea.

What do you think? I really wanna hear the theories on Question. Midnights, atleast as per Taylor's own words, is a purely autobiographical album. I don't think she has ever alluded to anyone else being "the one that got away" this bad in all her other songs. It's a pretty popular theory that The 1 is also about Harry.

Anyways what do you think?

well, i think harry makes sense, given the ootw references with color and ootw intro.

as for writing those things in her present: i don't really find it strange that a writer would write about previous relationships and how they affected her. even if they affected her in a good way. i think if you look into your own past you'll find that you're still hurt, or fond, or whatever, of people in your past and they informed who you are now. and if you're an artist, maybe they still find their way into your work.

i don't pearl clutch about how joe might've felt about her writing about exes. idk. if he had an issue, they presumably talked about it.

also, this logic is funny (not laughing at you anon, but just this idea, which i've heard many times before) because it implies that taylor is unique in that she reflects on the past. but she's not. she's unique in that she puts out albums, but the rest of us still deal with our regrets, memories, the ones who got away, the what-ifs, we just suffer in silence LMAO. however, this is something i learned as i got older, because, well, regrets take time to pile up.

[xplrvibes]

As we are now in the last month of the year, it's time to do a year roundup I think? (if you are willing) Of all their channels which is just their main one and reacts I guess.

Best Sam and Colby video of the year?

Worst Sam and Colby video of the year?

Saddest/most emotional Sam and Colby video of the year?

Happiest Sam and Colby video of the year?

Funniest Sam and Colby video of the year?

And what do we all hope for, with the upcoming year? (Like what do you want to see more or less of?)

(I sent this to a couple SnC blogs cos I'm super interested to see what peoples answers are)

I LOVE this idea, anon, and am excited to see what the other blogs who answer this come up with!

Edited to add: I just realized that I completely forgot the react channel was a thing and didn't take any of that into account here, lmao sorry about that!

Best Sam and Colby video of the year:

From a statistical analytic standpoint, the best video they did this year in terms of hype, viewership, engagement, etc. was by far episode one of their Conjuring video. That video sold out movie theaters, got mainstream interest (good and bad), trended on youtube for days, and will honestly probably be the thing that wins them a Streamy next year...maybe even a Kids/Teen/People's Choice? Who knows!

But, as far as what I, personally, resident grandma of snc tumblr thought was the best? I have to give it to Chillingham, with Hell Fire Caves following closely behind. I loved everything about Chillingham - the guests were perfect, snc's vibes were great, the place was spooky, they had fun but not the kind of fun that debunkers will cancel them for lol...it was just peak, perfect snc. Hell Fire runs a close second for the same reasons, and honestly would've gotten first except for the fact that I preferred the Chillingham tour guide over the HF Cave tour guide (no offense, if you're out there somewhere, but the Chillingham guide was awesome).

Worst Sam and Colby video of the year:

Again, purely from a statistical standpoint, the Whaley House video in January seems to have performed the worst - and honestly, for good reason. It was boring, and Lexi was clearly not into doing this type of content. She seems like a lovely person, no knock on her, but when someone just does not want to be there, it does not translate well.

Also, it's important to note that this video was filmed 4 days before Colby was diagnosed with cancer, and tbh? I think the bad physical health vibes came through in this as well. He was in pain and not really in the mood to be doing this stuff, and no matter how good you are at putting on a brave face for the camera, things like that will seep through and affect the vibe.

Now, is that my least favorite, or the one I think was the worst? No. It was close, but I honestly didn't even watch all the way through of the one with Celina and Kris in the mansion, cause I found it so annoying (yes, I find them profoundly annoying at times; do not come screaming into my ask box about it) so by default, that one wins my "worst of" for the year.

Saddest/most emotional Sam and Colby video of the year:

Statistically speaking, I feel like the Conjuring Epsiode One has this one in the bag.

But, I think we all know the cancer vid was truly, deeply emotional for a lot of reasons. What they both (primarily Colby) went through with that journey over a period of six months and the way he told his story was just...emotional. Happy emotional, sad emotional, scared emotional...all the feels. And it ends in a feel good way, so that's fantastic!

Happiest Sam and Colby video of the year:

This one was hard, because honestly, I think all of their videos have an element of happiness to them, simply because these two just love being together and filming together with their friends.

That being said, I'm going to think outside the box here and say any of the podcasts they appeared on this year. That's where their giggly, happy personalities really shine through.

Funniest Sam and Colby video of the year:

Believe it or not, I found the video with Tommy and Jack to be hilarious (for probably the wrong reasons, but hilarious nonetheless). Tommy and Jack were the irreverant, disrespectful young teen jokesters and snc were the horrified, shocked and out of touch old people trying to parent these children the entire time. That made my old ass laugh a lot.

And what do we all hope for, with the upcoming year? (Like what do you want to see more or less of?):

Above all else, all I want for both of them in 2024 is good physical and mental health. They've had a roller coaster this year (especially Colby on the health front) and even though they claim to enjoy the roller coaster ride, I think it'll do them well to have one year filled with peace and maybe just a nice, leisurely ride on the lazy river instead, or something.

Video wise? I think I've said all this last year and none of it came true lol, but a girl can dream. All I want are 3 simple things:

Less streamers

More snc solo investigations

Can Colby please start leaning a little more into his intuition and "empathic" energy? Please?

Oh and a bonus #4 that I know @golbrocklovely will back me up on: please god do a whole series in Pennsylvania. We could give them a million +1 ideas of cool places to go to in PA if they would just...show up, lol.

[banjjakz]

"oh shit someones already figured it out" hehe i saw right through ur tricks LMAO just thought that gloomy yandere shoko would b Very hot (oh pretty neurotic woman w eyebags... u have captivated me). that was my argument. that one meme that says "my pussy has led me to places i wouldnt even go with a gun" HAHAHA

and abt final girl thoughts... squeezes ur gojo in my hand.... hes so dear to me, in all of his charming asshole and eldritch horror glamour. no cuz the way he chuckles and grins while demeaning reader !! he is not driven by pure love but by deeply rooted obsession, and its only suguru whos at its core- not reader. i love how neither gojo or reader respected each other despite their interactions taking place in the "gojo route". sure it is an otome route but you get no sweet lovin at all! you get literallyreduced to shreds, dissolved into particles scattered across the universe instead! sighs dreamily. anti-otome final girl fanfiction written by banjjakz youre so dear to me........

btw the gojo dsm comment took me out LMAO kinda unrelated but i know psychologists would NOT b welcomed in the jjk world lmao. the stigma around mental health matters between non-sorcerers pales in comparison to how a mental health professional would b treated by a higher-up, for instance. supposing ur goal is to have young sorcerers manage their negative emotions so that they dont go mental and die before they turn 18 then youre unfortunately getting executed for sabotage at best... i remember reading a yuuta fic in which it was mentioned that he had seen a psychologist after the rika incident. makes me wonder if thatd mean hes learnt (within that au) lets say breathing exercises and if he practises them whenever he gets anxious. every other sorcerer watching him like: https://www.tiktok.com/@androidg1rl/video/7291743972991503649

anyways sorry 4 rambling lolll thanks 4 writing final girlll loved it smmm and will be waiting for the secret endings eagerly :> !

no truly like serial bereavement was written for yuuta fans sure whatever but the actual intended audience is the #real sick and twisted individuals with a penchant for off-putting women who lowkey look like they'd be into consensual vivisection

"anti-otome" why am i obsessed with this label LOL wow this is really high praise anon like thank you???? crying.... we are inventing new genres of fiction over here..... just another day on banjjakz.tumblr.com

as for gojo's route, yeah, to be quite honest i can't in good faith imagine him in any lifetime or in any universe with anyone other than suguru. not even in a sappy stsg otp way, but like, just going off of my own personal notes of his characterization.... to me, pairing him with someone else -- even a self-indulgent MC -- would be egregiously out-of-character LOL. this was actually a point of writer's block for me as i was drafting final girl. like, i knew i wanted to tackle satoru. but i also knew there was no way i could convincingly or ethically produce a route where you were the object of his affections. had to take the cowards way out and have him kill you, lol, but at least we get lore? (more will be revealed in the final updates... i promise...)

KJHKSJDK mental healthcare in the sorcery world is actually insane like let's focus on physical healthcare and increasing the life expectancy first maybe

also if you'd like to slide the link to this therapized!yuuta fic.... [eyes emoji]

[ask-serendipity-sky]

Im absolutely flabbergasted by army lol. It's the way they show EQUAL hype to all members projects announcement. Idk how can someone pretend it like that. How can you be 24*7 hyped about 7 different people's works which is announced back to back ? I'm still not over FACE. 'Oh Namjoon will release a song aknzkwmxnskzkwms' next second 'oh Tae will release an album znndkwksmsmamnsn' the very next second 'oh JK will release a minialbum akndjwndoowzndks', How lmao, I can't even pretend.

Oh Yoongi release concept pics ? Let's be a cult and change everyone's pfp to same pic. Oh JK announced new song ? Let's add 'by JK' to our dn. Oh hobi releasing JITB ? Let's add a joker card to our username Etc etc. So pumped and so dramatic only to give them 7 different treatments lmao. The numbers don't lie and this over dramatic response to each and every new song announcement is not translated to output.

JK gets a 10M stream on 1st week average, Jimin gets a 6M stream, Yoongi get a 2M stream, Joon barely on chart by end of the week and hobi already out after a day 💀💀💀💀 so all those drama for what ? To show they are as excited and equally supportive of all 7 members ? To prove they are OT7 to the core ? Then why results are not seen lol. There are many factors which affect the numbers but being out of chart in a week too extreme while other member stays for months is not giving 'Army treats everyone equally' shit.

I think people should be really honest with their reaction to members announcements. There's no need to 'pretend' and give fake hype only to drop them after day 2 and let other small fandoms drag them. Idk if it's to get followers or to live upto their pure blooded ot7 agenda lol but either way it's not working and it shows in result. It's like giving members too much expectation during project announcement and release only to drop them after the 2 days of release

Hi anon,

But it's social media and this is expected. You got to be ot7 or you are an anti. You are a Blink!

Like the other day when someone sent me an ask saying they thought I didn't like BTS because I write mean or sad things or don't mention them (something like that). Because I don't live in lala land and write what I see.

But in real life, I buy their solo music. Which is what the guys need. Support in their solo projects. And I add most of their singles or collabs to my Jimin playlists. Most.

I don't make a big deal about it on twitter but then I see the people with the little 7s and Celine and FACE with D-day and Jack and CK with Dior lol

I get your frustration lolol I really do.

But if people were honest, they would all be solos probably. So it's easier to pretend along.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

By the way, you all know the picture that Jk had for a tiny bit on weverse? This one:

So when Jk did that, EVERYONE did that. But that has been my pfp since I opened twitter. And by now, you all know I'm petty as hell and I was so mad because everyone looked like me! And it seemed like I was part of the sheeple copying Jk but I just really like this picture of Jimin.

Jk and I are so alike, I swear. Sometimes, I have dreams where we both go in search of Jimin lol like we are buddies. I get you, Jk. I really do.

[d10nyx]

i enjoyed your Toji fic so much it's insane. i'm making typos and grammatical errors left and right while texting this from the pure delight.

firstly, you did great at depicting his personality. imo, this is the closest one to the canon i've seen. and i love how you portrayed his carelessness and how it has affected his kids. reader's reactions throughout the entire work was relatable and realistic.

and i absolutely adore the smut part. you just find the right words for everything! despite the overall "problematic topic", there's NO INFANTILISATION of the reader: they are fully mature.

i was going to write a whole ass essay but couldn't really do something marvelling, sadly :(

i hope you have a great day & tons of motivation n inspiration!!! (and some magnet-like money attraction. your salary sent from heaven /j)

omg hiii anon :)

firstly i just want to say thank you so much? this is my first ever like... long ask and i'm so, so so happy that you liked my fic so much? like... lil ol' me?

but also i am so honoured that you think the way i wrote toji is so close to canon? i was trying my best to characterise him properly and... like hearing that is making me smile sm like tyyy <3

and yeah a big thing i want to avoid at any point is infantilising the reader, especially w a fic like this... like i might write darker topics but that's one thing i don't like at all and will never write in this kind of context lmao

honestly this ask has just made me so like... wow?? like i can't believe you took the time out to write this but tysm honestly like this was so nice to read

hope you have a great day, too!! <3

[vonlipvig]

Not to be another anon NFB ask or anything but I'm glad there's like one person in the fandom that appreciates Megan Wolfe. She leads most of the broadcast and developes from messing up "welcome back" to becoming news anchor through the most unexpected means and had to be brought down with Channel 1 and devolve to mindless entertainment. I don't see people talk about her enough aside from her angry bits (albeit funny) which is so criminal so thank you for your service

(nfb asks, anon or not, are always more than welcome, this game lives rent free in my mind anyway lmao)

BUT YES, IT'S ALWAYS LOVE AND APPRECIATE MEGAN O'CLOCK IN THIS BLOG, BABY

but yeah, as you said, i love joking about her as much as the next guy and i'll always find a way to mention TAKE A HIKE, BRUSH BOY--because god, she's so freaking funny--but SHE'S SUCH A GOOD CHARACTER. she starts out as this young newbie who's wildly ambitious and willing to network and align herself with the people who will boost her up that corporate ladder (advance, even sophia rymmington), but at the same time she loves what she does and understands the responsibilities she holds and she comes to regret a lot of the things that got her there in the later game, but finds that her hands are tied after all.

(and there's something to be said about how she doesn't react the same way jeremy does in that situation, not only because she has seen how much damage that did to her friend, but because she doesn't have the...freedom to do so? she owes a lot more to advance than jeremy ever did. i also think that it has something to do with her being a woman, which kinda parallels with julia's position a bit. food for thought).

and yeah, she's so flawed, and i love all those flaws in her! she's fun and friendly, she's a bit of a diva, she's hardworking, she's a bit of a kissass, it's great! we see her grow--both in her career and as a person--and you can always see how much she cares. one of my favorite scenes is in the 20 week war during the clement laments sequence, when peter is like "and you know what? you get more like him every day", and she stares him down and goes "i will take that as a compliment", like AUGH IT KILLS ME (even more so if jeremy is dead).

and of course, how the different finales affect her character can vary in such interesting ways. the jeremy dies/alan dies branch, especially if you play the tape, absolutely destroys me. when she says “We were journalists. The gatekeepers of truth. And now? Now we’re this shit-show. The great misdirection played nightly, so bright and fun and shiny that you can’t see what’s happening right in front of your face. Well, that’s on us. That’s on me.”? LIKE HELLO WHAT A CHARACTER ARC. it's great and I will never stop hyping her up.

and also, like....she's really hot. that's purely a bonus, but man, she's really hot lmao.

anyway, megan wolfe appreciation hours are 24/7 baby i love my babygirl so much.

[dreamedofyou]

TopMew are so boring and awkward as a couple. The chemistry is so off between ForceBook, which is strange because they do have chemistry. At first, I thought it might be intentional, but I think the main reason is that Top's character just isn't well-written. What's wrong with him? We have no idea. Not like we do about the others. Does he have commitment issues? Is he a drug addict? Does he have trouble saying no because of past trauma? Or is he just a rich asshole? Maybe it's all of the above but, I don't know, it's a huge turn off for me. Also, I wish we got less TopMew and more SandRay in the last few episodes. A bunch of their scenes felt unnecessarily long and added nothing to the plot. 😔

Oof, this is a tough one for me, anon, because I agree but only partially. I do think they're a little boring and awkward (the second one mostly from Mew's side) but I still believe it is intentional because for all of Mew's confidence on the outside, he is still new to all of this and inexperienced. I also think ForceBook have chemistry on this show but it's a little dampened by Mew's aforementioned awkwardness and inexperience.

My problem with topmew, however, lies in the fact that I find it hard to understand why Mew fell for Top so hard. I know that sometimes we just develop a crush on someone or become instantly attracted to someone because of their looks/vibes but everything we know about Mew gives me the impression that he's not the type to just fall for someone based purely off of that. As you said, we kind of don't know much about Top besides the superficial stuff (he's hot, rich and popular). The only deeper thing is his childhood trauma but that was mentioned once and then never explored further. I think that's why I sometimes wonder what's so special about Top to make Mew - a person who hasn't really fallen for anyone hard enough to want a relationship/to have sex with them before - so in love with him. Sure, Top showers Mew with sweetness and affection but almost everyone does that when they like someone, so it's not special and unique to Top.

I do think now that Mew knows about Top and Boston the two of them will become much more interesting to watch though. I personally cannot wait for Mew's bad bitch era. 👀 (I think we're already getting it today.)

Can't argue with the SandRay thing, since they're my favourite couple on the show (surprise, surprise lmao) so I always crave more scenes of the two of them. 💀

When it comes to Top and Mew, I fill in a lot of the blanks with my own headcanons about them because the show itself hasn't told us a huge lot about them. However, we still have a lot of episodes to go so there's a chance more will be revealed in the future.

[llitchilitchi]

I saw a tag on the au comic of George wrapping the burn from sapnap about making excuses to push that nothings wrong and it’s been churning in my head since, is George’s willingness to ignore the bad stuff something that gets confronted or addressed?

Like does George see it’s affects on dream or when a particularly bad reaction to a trigger gets worse? Does dream bring it up in anger about what he sees as a transactional relation (his life for George’s kingship) or when he pushes down his trauma too much and backfires? Is it something sapnap notices once he doubts dream’s trauma less or (if the situation with the burn isn’t the only time his anger hurts dream physically/mentally) is it guilt that sees how pretending nothing wrong is causing more cracks?

Or does it resolve slowly as they trust more and begin to see what’s really happened?

Sorry if this is too long or a bit confusing! I’m a bit of a sucker when it comes to angst that gets worse before the healing starts 😅

ohhh this is a juicy one, thank you anon

for a disclaimer I want to say that while a lot of the fun in this au is the exploration of how thoroughly toxic c!dream team would be if they were to team up now and address their problems in an in-character way (which is not addressing anything at all lmao), I as a major dteam enjoyer would feel far too guilty about not trying to fix their relationship. so while I have no plans of a direct confrontation of MR!George's attitude and blantant ignorance of issues at hand, especially not by MR!Dream, he will eventually have to face reality and change his attitude and live with the simmering guilt of telling Dream to suck it up after Sapnap defended the man who tortured him for months in his face.

before anything else, Dream does try to make the relationship as close to purely transactional as possible. he finds comfort in putting a pricetag on everything he does and doesn't dwell on anything that happens between him and George or him and Sapnap, at least not externally (though he does keep track of things, for his own safety).

George takes care of him, mentally and physically, but he never goes beyond what is absolutely necessary, and Dream very much sees it as a good thing! it gives him space he needs and the fact that George "doesn't care enough" to pry means that the relationship is transactional and not something much much deeper (even if it hurts and he wishes they could go back, sometimes). he treats it very much like c!dream treats his relationship with c!punz - definitely close, definitely friends, definitely give each other enough space and don't ask uncomfortable questions so they can keep a vague facade of both of them doing it for personal gain.

because George will wrap the burns, and he will check on Dream's injuries daily, and he gives Dream regen potions, and he holds him in his arms when Dream has a particularly bad panic attack, and he knows when to step back because Dream faced an unexpected trigger. but he doesn't ask what the trigger was, doesn't ask why Dream cried for Sam in desperation through a nightmare. and I will not say much more since the next comic should cover this (hint hint: dream has a fringe in this au despite the rest of his hair being long)

it does become significantly easier for them to actually notice things when they are willing to look though. when they actually think about the subtle changes, the flinch away from Sapnap's axe, the crease in his brows when Sam or Quackity are mentioned. it's an equal part of Dream revealing something after being pushed and the two of them being more willing to listen after he has said (in Dream's opinion) far too much.

but the resolution is a slow process. threads unravel on their own when given enough time. and once the unraveling goes too far they can't go back, so might as well make the best of it and maybe for once, in a quite out of character way, sit down and communicate.

tl;dr: it's a mix of natural progression of time and a series of incidents that prompt them to actually confront their views and properly talk. there might have never been much of a change without Sapnap pushing until Dream snaps, or Dream having a moment of weakness and telling Sapnap how he views his attachments, or him melting into the familiarity that is George's hands cupping his cheeks as George counts to 10 and Dream slowly remembers how to breathe.

[idyllic-affections]

Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo

Tis' I, 🐉Anon!

I enjoyed those brainrots between you and Kaixserzz about Kaveh and Younger sibling![Name]'s relationship with each other and their... "differing" views of their mother, to say the least- and how it affects their relationship as the siblings grow up. I always enjoy those sort of part-character analysis part-drabble fics(?) That really dive into the perspectives and nuances of the characters, as well as address the issues that come up with issues like your mom deciding to bounce and re-marry… while both her children are still clearly wrestling with the grief of their fathers’ death (and one of them maybe or maybe not blaming himself for their death). Quite the intriguing read all around! The dichotomy was just lovely.

And oh yes. Yes yes YES! Dragon parents for the absolute W I N!!! Dude, dragons are the absolute coolest fantasy creatures, it ain't even up for debate. And dragon babies going through their growing pains ;-;Since dragons are reptilian, do you think they shed their skin like irl reptiles do? I imagine it'd be as painless as the horn shedding (I can't get the image of somebody witnessing that for the first time- maybe while giving the lil' guys™️ headsets and unintentionally brushing up against a horn- and just fucking FAINTING on the spot from sheer shock).

Oh oh, imagine dragon parents waking up (or getting woken up) to their dragon kiddies teething on their horns of tail, they're a tiny bit annoyed by it, but also find it really cute, so they decide to be wilfully ignorant for that moment.

Oh oh oh, you know how often in fantasy settings, how dragons tend to have "hords" of valuable items (most often loads and loads of prescious metals and gems… which would be oddly fitting for Zhongli, in spite of his horrible financial skills lol). Imagine the Dragon kiddos having their own little hords, but rather than gold and jewels and gems, they collect pretty looking rocks, feathers, sea shells (from visits to the beach with papa dragoon)... and maaaaybe some gold/mora/credits that they just so happened to find strewn around the streets.

hi lovely hello!!!! i'm sorry that this response is a little late but i am here to reply now ajskahahf <3

that's why i love having those kinds of discussions! it really creates a good opportunity to exchange thoughts and ideas about how such a specific scenario might affect each child differently. there is a ton of nuance in issues like that. i personally cannot sympathize with faranak. i don't like her. i don't care if she turns out to be genuinely sweet like kaveh. i do not like her whatsoever and i don't think her actions are justifiable. but from a writer's pov, it is... a lot more nuanced than that. and that's why i find such discussions to be really fun and enjoyable!

YESSSS DRAGON PARENTS...... pleasejshssng...... that is such a good question though! i feel like they would shed. or maybe some specific types of dragons would shed. but if they did shed...... imagine them taking little baths with warm water to help make it easier... i feel like that could be very soothing and comforting, especially if the dragon has a friend helping (because sheds have been known to become stuck sometimes, so i imagine it would be helpful to have someone gently hold on to the skin. i am planning on getting a snake soon so i have a handful of random bits of information related to this kind of thing stored in my brain!). i definitely agree that it's painless, though. AND THE HORN SHEDDING THING LMAO I LOVE THAT fucking PASSING OUT because the poor victim--who is presumably not a dragon of any kind--is just in pure shock

PLEASE teething on their horns and tail... i imagine it would be a little uncomfortable, but it's just very cute because this baby has the most innocent look in their lil eyes. and dragon parent also happens to know that it's probably helping relieve some of the pressure caused by their teeth coming in, so... they just deal with the slight discomfort it causes. maybe they also gently chide their kid later, but it's not severe punishment or anything.

YOU KNOW. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS A LITTLE HOARD OF GEMS AND MINERALS... i like this idea. i grew up collecting seashells and pretty rocks and honestly it's such a cute idea that the dragon children would do something similar. also you're so right about zhongli AJSHAKFHSNZG

[auspicious-poppy]

hi I saw your comment on another users post about the mlm twitter homestuck discourse that you used to be anti-johndave? but it looks like you're no longer that and can I ask what made you change?? just so curious bc it was such a popular ship back then. feel free to delete this if you don't want to answer <3

:O Wow, thanks for sending this through, anon! You're the very first ask here and boy, you sure asked a spicy question. Just to clarify, it's more accurate to say that JohnDave was my NOTP back then; I didn't hate it to the point that I would actively bash on the ship. And yes you are right that I don't hold those opinions anymore, it's actually my favourite ship from Homestuck now.

I will start with context: My reasons for disliking the ship mostly had to do with how I engaged with shipping back then. See, I was just a typical "straight" teenager when I first stumbled upon the Homestuck fandom years back. My viewpoints regarding shipping went along the lines of "it needs to be validated by canon11!!1". So the moment I read John's famous "I'm not a homosexual" line in the webcomic, my immediate reaction to seeing ANY gay John ship was "but he's not a homosexual, he's straight!"

Alongside this, I had VERY little exposure to LGBTQIA+ media and so I was affected by heteronormativity, which then made it hard for me to see gay ships (unless they were explicitly stated like DirkJake). So I interpreted all of John and Dave's interactions as purely platonic, I didn't understand the popular interpretation that Dave loved John. I constantly thought "They're just best bros!! 🙄 Dave just cares for John a lot ugh not everything has to be about romance!" Yeah, it was ironic I thought that considering I shipped DaveJade to death at the same time lmao. With all that, I couldn't understand why so many fans loved it and being the edgy teenager I was (who wanted to be "not like the others" and "rational for following canon evidence"), it became my NOTP.

So fast forward to 2021. By this point, I've learnt more about LGBTQIA+ from friends and got more life experience. My shipping opinions also mellowed out, so I didn't care a whole lot about canon validity anymore - if the ship is cute and not illegal, it's cute. So I revisited Homestuck content and found out about Dave's Pesterquest route. His bisexuality crisis tugged at my heartstrings so much, I jumped into most kudo'sed JohnDave AO3 fanfics. That's the moment where I finally understood the appeal and on boarded the ship. :') Their dynamic is adorable and has so much range - you can make diabetes-inducing best friends to lovers fanfics, to angst time travel ones!

TLDR: basically I just got more open minded as I got older.

[convexers]

I saw that in your anon you said you have thoughts about why you think Grian doesn’t fit the eye. I completely agree, I think most people are attributing him to the eye because of the watcher! Headcannons they have from the Evo days. I find that so interesting since isn’t the point of most watcher fics is that Grian doesn’t want to be/doesn’t fit as a watcher? It’s almost like defeating the point of that.

Anyways this is just a long winded way of asking why you think the eye doesn’t fit? -V

thank you for the ask! i am going to preface this by saying there might be some Light Shade when it comes to fanon and fanon characterizations. that being said, people are entitled to interpret canon however they want and i'm just a fool on the internet who has her own opinions.

most of what we consider "watcher lore" is majority fanon; the watchers are never stated to be outright malicious and yet we characterize the watchers as purely evil beings... hm. this is used for griangst which wouldn't be a problem if the watchers weren't very ooc and people didn't push watcher!grian onto everything. this kinda thing becomes annoying as hell when it's affecting how people interpret canon characterizations (think familial sbi type beat).

now before we get to the next part i'm going to explain what the eye is as a fear. it is the fear of being watched, of your secrets being known. but it also manifests as the need to know, to learn, even if it destroys you. notice how interference isn't mentioned? because they watch, they do not interfere.

mkay lets get to the actual tma part of this. because of the name "watchers" and their role as the audience your immediate reaction is to go "oh! they must be eye aligned then!" but really the case is that audience stand-ins are hardly ever eye aligned. i said once "i dont think ive ever consumed a piece of media where the audience stand-in has been strictly the eye. maybe the muppets." i've also said "if anything. audience stand-ins tend to be desolation imo. like. we LOVE causing chaos."

i believe that the watchers are more extinction aligned. if you want a more in-depth explanation of the watchers as a extension of the extinction my siblings, solar arc, made this wonderful post! [link]

before we get to why i think grian doesn't fit with the eye and does with the desolation i'm going to explain the desolation! the desolation is the fear of mindless destruction, of pain and loss. jude perry (an avatar of the desolation) describes it as "the light with the comfort of fire stripped from it, leaving nothing but the terror of its approach." my friend @rocnix says, "the fear of a change for the worse, but you don't see it's a change for the worse because it's destroying you and you're enjoying the destruction too much to notice it's yourself being destroyed" that's a bit paraphrased but it was on a vc and i can't remember their exact words.

okay now to the actual grian part (finally)! you're right when you say that fanon grian almost never wants to stay as a watcher! he's always in the middle of it all, spurring conflict on. that is not what avatars of the eye do. avatars of the eye watch and record what they see, they hardly ever interfere. (i do not count s5 of the eye, i feel like it is ooc for the rules established in earlier seasons for the eye. you can also ask me about this if you want.)

it makes much more sense for grian to be an avatar of the desolation, it fits with his canon characterization. he was there in the civil war, the s7 elections, the turf war, the shopping shenanigans of s8, even the diamond tower conflict from our current season! he does not watch, it's no fun to just watch!

this is super long winded my apologies, i really love this kind of analysis of fandom and then... fixing it LMAO. again i'd like to mention, absolutely no hate to people who enjoy watcher/eye!grian. i've been known to enjoy a good eye!grian from time to time :) <3

[hoghtastic]

"https://www.tumblr.com/hoghtastic/734432441105891329/this-is-the-video-where-he-says-the-n-word-btw?source=share"

Looks like you're bending over backwards to defend him. yikes. If Johanne displayed a fraction of this racist behaviour you'd be quick to jump on the hate wagon immediately against her. If you think the mockumentary he did was purely fictional then you are really deluding yourself. His energy, attitude and behaviour in the N word video is almost exactly the same there and like other anons have previously mentioned in less structured interviews where he is paying less attention to his behaviour he behaves almost the same way as he did in that "mockumentary". I understand that it was meant to be a bit over the top but it is clear the title was meant to be ironic, why else do you think he included all the people he was close to in his life in it? He can't outright show his real personality on camera because he would get hated and this was just a clever and subtle way to do it, all those looks he gives to the camera should've been a clue. And frankly the old "uneducated/ignorant" excuse is getting old by now. People have called him out many times and he just blocked them. He portrays himself as being "woke", visited the U.S many times, and he was clearly around and hung around black people before. He is just a privileged white male celebrity who associates with POC when it suits his purposes or when they can give him the "pass" to say the N word or where he can do the cringey "wakanda forever" sign with them lmao.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this, anon. 😊 However, I'm not defending him, or anyone for that matter. I even stated I never noticed Johanne doing anything similar when it was mentioned, and genuinely asked for some examples. And I agreed with this anon that his support for the BLM might have been not because the cause spoke directly to his heart, but because it was the most politically correct thing to do at the time.

I understand this is a very sensitive topic and everyone has their own thoughts and opinions, some people have been much more affected by this than others, and I totally respect that. All I did was present a different perspective that doesn't immediately demonize Alex or his intentions. I didn't say his behavior was right, it was uneducated and immature, but I also don't believe he is this mean racist person. I wouldn't even be here if I did.