#imma.... reblog this just to keep it as my most recent post on my blog but opksposk

[headspacedad]

so you're ready to socialize

You've got your blog set up. You've posted or reblogged something. Your icon isn't a faceless orange shape. You're no longer in danger of being blocked on sight as a bot.

Now what?

I recently got an ask in my inbox for help with this whole 'tumblr' thing. The person that asked me had a lot of the basics down so I focused on expanding your social circle - except it took me so long to write that I saved it in my drafts to add to and only then found out that once its in your drafts you can't reply privately.

so - Imma post it here without the actual ask so if the person didn't want to be mentioned they won't. Let's go!

First off, doing what you're doing right now by sending me an ask is a great way to get the ball rolling. Reaching out to other people and engaging them is a big part of how you can build a circle on tumblr.

You can do that with inbox messages.

You can do that with DM/PMs (the box that pops up to the side where you can have real time text conversations).

You can do that by reblogging other people's posts and leaving notes in the tags commenting about the post (most posters read these, though they're more for your followers to get your thoughts on a matter, like whispering in a movie theater except without the dirty looks)

reblog their post and add your own comments in the body of the post, basically chaining a response to their post, usually used when you've got something that adds to the original post like a continuation of the joke or more facts, etc.

and you can comment on the posts via the little speech bubble next to the reblog button, which is kind of like replying personally to the post (interacting with the poster themselves).

Not everyone will automatically engage in response. Some people are just here to chill and don't want to be social (some days I know I don't have the brainpower for it). A lot of people do want to be social though and so the more you comment outward the higher your chances of finding other people you can jive with. A good way to make your chances better at finding someone that will back and forth with you is over shared interests. We're a very interest based site. So find something you're excited about - maybe its a hobby like knitting, maybe its a streaming series like Good Omens, maybe its hamsters, maybe its Elizabethan neck ruffs! Whatever it is that you're interested in punch the words that will get those kinds of results into tumblr's search bar and look at the posts that come up. I tend to search by 'newest' instead of 'most popular' because it guarantees me people that are currently interested in whatever I am, who are actively putting their posts out there for others to find. Often if you start reblogging someone's posts, they'll see it and check out your blog. If you really want interaction though, the best way to go is one of the above bullet points, especially inbox or speech bubble commenting. It shows you want to talk about something they want to talk about too. A lot of times this is a great way to get more interaction with others and widen your circle (as well as find new stuff about something you enjoy). It might be slow going, I still haven't figured out what the magic is that gets someone a blow up of followers overnight, especially not the all important holy grail of Interactive followers but slow and steady still builds a good group of people you can enjoy sharing things everyone's interested in and it keeps growing over time.

This also works in reverse. A good chunk of my followers (friends honestly) come from my days in the Voltron fandom. I was VERY active making posts while the show was airing. Lots of fanfiction, lots of meta, lots of speculation, just lots of being loud and excited (and then loud and not excited). A lot of other people were interested in VLD too at the time and they found me and bounced off my ideas with ideas of their own and things really ballooned. To this day, a huge hard core of my social group are ex-VLD fans who have moved on to other things (mostly) but still hang around because we built that core and we enjoy seeing what the others in the group have moved onto and found to share with the team. So, again, find your interests and make posts about them so that other people with the same interests can find you. The more popular something is the more attention its going to get - but also the easier it is to get lost in the shuffle of everyone talking about a thing. Not every post is going to get responses. Sometimes I'll post something I think people will enjoy and get crickets. Sometimes everyone and their cousin jumps onboard. Don't get discouraged. DO use the tags. tumblr sucks when it comes to finding things in the tags but its still worth doing because sometimes, randomly and with no pattern, it doesn't suck. The first five tags are the really important ones. Make sure you put the biggest details there. For instance if you're making a post about the One Piece live action from Netflix your first five tags should be something like: one piece, opla, netflix, zoro, swords are cool. You want people looking for One Piece posts about Zoro and his swords to be able to find you easily. And, once they find you, hopefully to engage you about Zoro and his swords.

There are a lot of ways to find other people to interact with on tumblr. One of the pleasures of the site is you get to take things, for the most part, at your own pace and level of comfort. Just remember, the more active you are interacting with other people and their posts, the wider your circle will grow. Its not a 100% success rate, like I said, a lot of people are just here to vibe after a long day of having to be socially 'on' all day, but a lot of people are happy to find other people to get to natter about interests with. Do what you're comfortable with and before you know it, you'll have a group of people that interact with your posts, and you, regularly!

[mobolanz]

For the OC questions: 5, 24, 31 and 40!

Sweeeet!:D thank you for yet another ask oml <3 🤧

Let's see!(⁠ﾉ⁠◕⁠ヮ⁠◕⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠*⁠.⁠✧

5. If you could make only one of your OCs popular/known, who would it be?

Oh pretty much my semi-self insert & sailor moon oc Mia Hideno (Amethyst as a villain) 🤧 I mean it's also the one I have the biggest history with, and my 2nd most developed and thought out one after Evelyn(unless we speak lore/inspo wise where it's an equal footing) . Like imma be fr here I'm surprised that an anime/manga that named 90% and counting of its villains after minerals/gemstones there wasn't anyone in canon after that (like,,,it can be the sailor earth of villain ocs <3). Plus I'm very much set on how her story goes (with multiple endings.) So all I need is to resume my SM rewatch that was paused after aot pt.3 trailer was released and I'm on it! (⁠ﾉ⁠◕⁠ヮ⁠◕⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠*⁠.⁠✧

And like,,, her and demande,,, my og oc ship that's still kicking today 😆💎💐 what I clung on to until creating reinelyn :")

24. If you could meet one OC of yours, who would it be and why??

Ahhh right, I knew right away who would it be and that reminded me- I don't think I've introduced aya here yet have I?:3

Because shopping with her would be the dream tbh. Your wardrobe would feel like a blessing had struck it. Also she sweet 🤧🤧

31. Pick one OC of yours and explain what their tumblr blog would be like (what they reblog, layout, anything really)

Just one? :c I'm going with main trio for this one

Evelyn: mostly just pretty and cute aesthetic pictures and philosophical/ motivational quotes. She doesn't have that much free time on her hands so when she does it rather be in a positive territory that doesn't drain her further. Although should she befriend anyone also continuously support whatever they make by sharing it with commentary.

Mia: exclusive art account. A close resemblance to the one I have myself indeed (semi-self insert indeed xD). Should she have a personal one kinda like Evelyn's but also a lot of character meta/analysis posts reblogged. For certain a villain apologist 😆

Cecille: mostly short personal posts, doesn't bother with anything that isn't pfp and a snarky line for the blog title. probably gets anon hate claiming her attitude is ass so she replies with one 🥱 (as in "ain't reading all that") and leaves it. (I love her 🤧)

40. Any fond memories linked to your characters? Feel free to share!

Honestly nothing overly specific of an event considering I kept a lot about them to myself for a long time but,,, let's say these

For Mia just about how everytime I have a brainrot for her it's like the muse had struck me I had to keep a list if I burn out before doing them all so it can be pulled for next time 🤧💐

In Evelyn's case it's more recent knowing pretty much everyone I talk about her with is interested & likes her🥹. I mean that really gives me a chance to go and further ny writing skill and it's also nice to look in her tag and see old and new stuff

My pride and joy that's what she is ✨ :")

Some oc questions

[nemo-of-house-hamartia]

I posted 3,072 times in 2022

381 posts created (12%)

2,691 posts reblogged (88%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@nemo-of-house-hamartia

@nemo-in-wonderland

@susann-noir

@miss--river

@thatcrazycrowgirl

I tagged 2,920 of my posts in 2022

Only 5% of my posts had no tags

#friends - 339 posts

#nemo sketches - 260 posts

#my oc - 240 posts

#assassin's creed - 232 posts

#my art - 194 posts

#dorothea starrick - 183 posts

#jacob frye - 174 posts

#references - 146 posts

#assassin's creed syndicate - 136 posts

#dorothea vibes - 123 posts

Longest Tag: 136 characters

#“grumpy emotionally constipated feral kitten will never admit that she loves the way her archnemesis is in love with and devoted to her”

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Ubisoft really went for the heart, with that freaking papyrus and the Library of Alexandria, eh?

Swear to the Gods, if I wanted to keep Alexios and Kassandra safe and sound before, now Imma hid them away, snug in a blanket, where nothing will ever hurt them.

Not even the passing of time.

Because dear Gods, all I can imagine now is Alexios taking care of Barnabas in his final years, because Barnabas is just SO FREAKING STUBBORN and would follow him on the Adrestia even if he is too weak and weary to actually travel.

Or I can imagine Kassandra coming back to Greece, years after wandering around, and not recognizing the places she lived the majority of her mortal life. Like, the place is familiar, yet not the same. As if she were a tree whose roots had been cut off, and no matter how much she tries to reconnect to the places of her birth, they are not the same any longer.

They are just landscapes where only the ghosts of her memories live on.

And oh my heart, that made me so incredibly sad.

I am sorry, I will be busy crying my eyes out for the next few hours or so.

If you will excuse me.

63 notes - Posted April 26, 2022

#4

My Gods, the Unity Cinematic Trailers is still SO FREAKING AWESOME after all these years.

Like, the choice of the song along with how the whole scene develop, the choice of having the Baguette Bois, in the end, standing over the parapet and overlooking Paris.

SO FUCKING BADASS.

SO FUCKING AWESOME.

I cannot even start to say HOW MUCH this trailer fires me up, both in the good sense and in the worst sense.

Like, I get all excited by this story they are telling me in this trailer, about the characters and whatnot.

AND THEN I GET ALL ANGERED BECAUSE THEY GAVE ME *NOTHING* OF IT.

THEY DIDN'T DELIVER ME ONE CRUMBLE OF WHAT THEY WERE PROMISING ME.

NOT EVEN THE BAGUETTES IN COOP MODE.

Like, I know I will probably be lynched for this, but I will say it anyway, because it's just an opinion, and have the right to express it.

I would have preferred LESS Arno/Elise content and MORE Baguette Bois content, because I do believe, in my heart of hearts, that we would have been able to see Arno for how Arno was, and not for how Arno was with Elise. (Much like we got to see more of his personality for how it was in the DLC, but again, this is still my opinion, take it as you want it).

THE POINT IS.

WE WERE ROBBED OF BAGUETTE BOIS CONTENT, AND I WILL NEVER GET OVER IT.

-Nemo

79 notes - Posted July 11, 2022

#3

Almost Kiss

So with the fire still burning bright I wanna gaze into your light If I could see my fortune there You know how flames can hypnotize Do I even dare to speak out your name for fear It sounds like Like a lover

"Cradled in Love" - Poets of the Fall

SO.

I was so enamoured with the ask I got this morning by @miss--river, I was literally held hostage by my own brain all day, I HAD TO draw something sweet with Jacob and Dottie being, well...UTTERLY in love with each other (plus, I recently got new brushes for CSP that I was DYING to try, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone).

So here you have the results of me sketching on this warm-up sketch like a maniac. It took me only an hour, so please, be lenient with me in regards to the whole chaotic essence of it all. I went following my emotions and the love for them, rather than focusing on the details and the cleanliness of it all (because if I did, it would have taken me at least a whole day, and I don't have the time for that).

Let me tell you, these two have me in a chokehold, and they don't have any intention of letting me go!!

I just love them and their love, and it makes me SO IMMENSELY happy to portray them being so utterly in love with one another.

Also, I realized, this is the first time I drew an almost kiss for them, and it was ABOUT TIME (I need to draw them kissing fully tho. That needs to be done).

Well, I hope you will like this! <3

--Nemo

95 notes - Posted May 19, 2022

#2

I Don't know if this has been done already, but after playing with AC Origins in the last few days, and after rewatching The Mummy, I FIRMLY believe that Ardeth Bay descends from Bayek of Siwa.

Like.

It's a fact.

This gorgeous, brave, kind man,

descends from this gorgeous, brave, kind man

See the full post

99 notes - Posted March 12, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Word Counts: 5036

Warnings: None

SFW, Fluff

Pairing: JacobxDottie

See the full post

117 notes - Posted May 8, 2022

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[jbbuckybarnes]

We need to talk...

I knew that this topic of interactions will come up again, because it has never been talked all the way through, so I had this drafted for a while. So much of this old draft still resonated with this permanently unfinished discussion that I just had to edit it and post it, because I feel like it has to be said and put into one post. We can’t keep starting this conversation and then make it so dramatic that there is no conclusion or compromise. The only reason this time is more mellow is because people have better standards for this stuff due to a pandemic going on. This is written for the MCU fandom, but I’ve seen this go down in different fandoms, so here we go:

Things that are NOT at fault for readers not interacting:

The Readers. Should be clear after asking them again and again. And nothing changing. The readers at large are not at fault for a couple people being demanding or hateful. Neither are they at fault for this website and other social medias automatically putting writers at a disadvantage. They do their best with the time they have in their life (just like writers). And after asking them over months to try and reblog more and not much changing, it should be obvious that it isn’t where the problem lies. At least not 95% of it. NOW:

Things that ARE at fault for readers not interacting:

Pushing them, thinking they owe you stuff, while you tear other writers down saying that nobody owes them stuff. That happens time and time again. To me, to friends, to writers I check in with. Don't expect community to come to you when you don't come to them.

Not putting anon asks off when demands and hate get too much. It’s literally THAT easy when people get nasty. It’s sad for the nice anons, but they will understand. Save your mental health! Save the mental health of people reading that hate on their dash. I don’t know how many people constantly answering to hate I have unfollowed and I’m sure people have unfollowed me for doing the same.

Ego and hypocrisy. You can't say numbers aren't a problem and then say they are. In the same post. AND then also deny it later in some of the cases we’ve seen in recent months. Yes, that happened. In several fandoms where this topic comes up semi-regularly. And that might also be the reason people are tired of this stuff and speak out against it.

The fact Tumblr is only used approximately twice a year by most people. And has a shitty tag system. And a shitty algorithm. You are at an automatic disadvantage.

The fact some of you can't understand that 3-5% of your following interacting is a good and normal rate on pretty much all social media. The bigger you get in followers, the bigger the gap gets between followers and interaction (and demand and hate). There are literal statistics on that. 1% interaction at 10k is still good for a platform you have no power over!

The fact some of the people here call anons *haters* for pointing out that you interact w the same 10 people, making that speace seem excluding, when it's literally true what those people say!? Nothing wrong with only support the same 10 people on your blog, but then don't say that you practice what you preach (cause you don’t). You can’t demand more interaction when you don’t interact more yourself. That is how it works, for anyone, not just people of a certain follower count. If I reblog more fics, my blog gets more clout. Logical conclusion. Works for everyone. You have no time for that? Then don’t expect more back. It’s called SOCIAL media for a damn reason.

Telling people asking for Tumblr advice to interact more to make new friends but being the most defensive/indifferent person once they talk to you in DMs. Yes, that keeps happening and I know it from either my own experience or from others sharing their experiences with me. It’s kinda sad. It’s more of a minor factor in people not interacting, but I’ve seen it enough to mention it.

Making shitposts and personal posts all day and then saying you don't have the time in your life to interact w peoples' writings. Like, drabbles exist on almost anyone's masterlist. 5 minute read, easy support for a writer that might be losing motivation. Not every work has to be written like a novel to be great as hell or “quality proven.”

Oh, and there hasn't been a MCU movie in a while, making most of our readership probably currently not care about the fandom as much. Especially after Endgame ended up being a total opinion splitter.

Bonus: The misunderstanding that pushing shy readers to interact does the exact opposite. Not to start about the fact that we are in the middle of a pandemic at the moment. That means they may not have time to read and you may not have time to write. Normal. Logical. The same reason lots of people currently don’t publish. Don’t expect anything predictable and controlable out of current times.

Bonus: Check how you connect interactions to self worth and worth/fun of your writing hobby. Define what success means for you in this space, otherwise you will never be satisfied. It won’t matter if a post has 1k reblogs, you’ll always want more, because you chase an infinite metric.

Bonus: Maybe take a month to concentrate on community, getting outside of your bubble that you deny but very likely have (I’m not excluding myself from this), and actually improve interactions. Some people seem to have forgotten that when you interact with other writers, they probably interact back. Surprise! Your followers already know your tried and true fanfic friends, they want some new stuff without searching for it. Basic Marketing knowledge, know what your audience wants. If you do this for the interactions you gotta look at it from a marketing standpoint and not a pure passion standpoint. Oh: And maybe they find you interacting in the notes of someone else’s post and become an active follower. Win-Win-Win situation.

Bonus: Community is a loop, a net of interactions. Some people here have clique behavior, sound defensive and/or simply don't practice what they preach. That is not me or anyone else hating on specific blogs (I’m also no complete exception), it’s people trying to tell you that you can’t ask for shit you don’t practice yourself. Nothing wrong with supporting your friends only, but then don’t go around expecting new people to find your stuff. It’s literally THAT simple. You can’t have both!

Bonus: Ignoring some of the ride or die readers that are already there. Some of the people on here wish they had that and it’s deadass taken it for granted by some. Meanwhile I'm sitting here with Serotonin levels like christmas when someone I know reblogs my stuff and my fic gets some clout. Imma repeat myself: If you do it for the numbers, you gotta look at it more like marketing and less like pure passion.

And again: You are on a social media platform that will always put you at a disatvantage. That is not the readers' fault. It's how social media works at this point. If you want as much interaction as you can without putting in more interaction work yourself, simply share your works on here, AO3 and Wattpad simultaneously. Problem solved.

Bottomline: If you want more love on your work you gotta go beyond what you currently do, since it’s clearly not working for you. Reblog stuff from people you don't know. I don't give a sh*t if it's a 5k or a 100 follower blog. Hell, there is the whole 366 reblog challenge and some of you deadass went on reblogging the same people when that’s not really what this was made for. I, personally, haven't run out of new people to reblog, so this shouldn't be hard. Actually take time to talk to people in DM's, it takes 10 minutes in the evening to write a few people a message asking how they are or sending a cute gif. If you want stuff, you have to give it. Not leave it. People have come to me before, telling me "the community doesn't owe you stuff", no, they don't, but they do owe if they wanna be owed something back or even demand to be owed something back. Community is about back and forth. You give, you get. It's work, cause it's a big hobby. If you don't have time, that's cool, but then don't be sad about lower interaction. It’s logical that low activity from you leads to low activity from others in the long run, unless you do something worldshakingly new. You don't wanna look beyond a circle of friends or your go-to writers much? That's fine, but don't be upset about barely new people interacting cause they feel excluded or simply don’t find your work because of the same people seeing the same people reblogging the same works. What's not fine is not seeing how readers are NOT THE PROBLEM.

I haven’t talked to a single person about this that DIDN’T find the posts surrounding it demanding and completely ignoring the arguments some others had...repeatedly. Every single time it came up. Not just once but time and time again, whenever this topic comes up. You want interaction? Interact. You don’t want hate? Don’t give it a platform. As harsh as that sounds, I’ve never felt better on this platform since I put anon asks off, even when I miss the nice anons. They probably understand. PS: Again, this was written a while ago and edited to fit into a more general context now. I hope people can discuss this in a civil, non-judgmental way, because that is how I tried to write this. This is not again a specific person or group, it’s pinpointing what I see repeating for two years on this platform now, in all corners. I’d also like to mention that we are still in a pandemic and lives have never looked so vastly different, so you can’t demand anything normal in this very not normal time. Even if you do it all right, your interactions dropped in the pandemic cause people likely stay away form this platform for mental health reasons. There is so many layers to look at, these clearly aren’t all, but I hope it makes some people think about what and when they complain. Numbers will never satisfy you, they will always leave you wanting more if you don’t know why you do what you do and for what. Anyway: Be nice to each other and me in the notes in case this gets shared! No drama please! Ignore any grammar and typo mistakes, lol. Love ya!

[acollapsar]

'right, sorry to any new mutuals that have recently come to my blog and have to read this, but imma be real --- my muse for sebastian have been struggling for about a year now, and even when i try to shift my focus elsewhere as a way to ‘take a break’ from him and eventually come back, i can’t really seem to muster up the willpower that i need to be active on his blog like i used to. i still have drafts, asks, verses and headcanons that i need to work on, but man, it’s going really slow for me. even though i’ve already mentioned in my pinned post that the activity on his blog is low, i obviously don’t want it to be like that. it really sucks when you’ve finally found a muse that you think you could never get tired of, and then you... not necessarily get tired of them, but there’s just something that hinders you from writing them. i’ve tried to plot with others behind the scenes and in those moments, it feels pretty nice. but the feeling kind of withers away as soon as i have to do something else. i don’t have that feeling of “oh, i’m so excited and i really want to get back on his blog so i can write and plot”, and it... yeah, kind of sucks.

it obviously has nothing to do with the people i talk to, or their muses ( honestly, you’re all amazing ), but rather the fact that i seem to find it more and more difficult to reach out to people, to talk to them, to plot with them, and to actually come up with something that i can be excited about again. my brain feels empty at nearly all times, and i feel awful when i can’t come up with an interesting plot on my own that i haven’t done 50 times already ( yes, sebastian’s cat shenanigans and him being tired as hell of the staff is fun and all, but it gets very tiresome and repetitive in the long run if that’s almost everything i write ). it doesn’t exactly feel like a chore, but more that i have a problem with stepping out of my own comfort zones, to think outside the box on my own, and i keep closing myself off without meaning to. and this, too, kind of kills my muse to write. especially for sebastian since he so heavily relies on plotting prior to most interactions.

so... i don’t know what to do really. i have an idea, and i’m going to try it first before i do anything else, and this is it: i’ll see if i can start using his blog as a hub of sorts, where i can try to reach out to new people, reblog musings, aesthetics, visuals, headcanons, etc. but also prompt replies and shorter ( usually winged ) interactions to help boosting my muse a little bit. as for anything longer and more elaborate than that though, i’m going to add my discord tag under the read-more, and i’m going to highly encourage people  ( mutuals only please ) to add me there so we can plot and write anything that’s more detailed over there instead. alternatively, if you’re a new mutual of mine and/or if you’re not comfortable with starting threads with me on discord because we’ve never really talked before ( and cannot possibly know if our writing will mesh well together ), i suggest at least adding me there so we can at least talk and plot about our muses --- because i’m NOT a big fucking fan of the tumblr dms. 5 out of 10 times i’m not even notified when i get new messages, and that is also a really setback for me when it comes to my writing. if the latter is the case for you and you’d like to keep all threads on tumblr, then we can of course keep all of our ic-interactions here. i just... i guess i need a more comfortable environment to talk to people about our muses and their interactions in general, and discord kind of fills that role for me.

✧.° a little 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏stration#6669

please let me know who you are after you’ve added me~

[flashflashhundredyarddash]

i was tagged by @sleeping-lilies LETS GO DISCOWING LESBIANS

1. why did you choose your url? when i was 12 i literally made two lists with random words on them and then combined them randomly to come up with rubixburd and now i use it everywhere. it's not a fandom url it's literally a completely random username that i am very attached to lol 2. any side blogs? like two technically i don't use them routinely or anything 3. how long have you been on tumblr? since 2012 so 9 years that's great that's a great thing to realize. i am trapped here. 4. do you have a queue tag? i do not have a queue tag but i do keep my queue filled and it goes everyday 5. why did you start your blog in the first place? BECAUSE I WAS A BATMAN FAN LMAOOOOO 100% this blog starts as a batman blog because i watched batman begins and the dark knight in preparation to watch the dark knight rises in theaters and it ruined my life so i went on like days long wikipedia binges of the batfam and then i discovered FANART and then i actually deigned to make a tumblr account. 6. why did you choose your icon? i just chose it recently! i wanted a dc icon and just chose the first one i vibed with 7. why did you choose your header? i redid my whole aesthetic to be nightwing themed and that header is pretty cute lol 8. what’s your post with the most votes? THE DC TRINITY ONE IT'S HAUNTING ME 9. how many mutuals do you have? this question is a hate crime 10. how many followers do you have? 1,050 LETS GO LESBIANS 11. how many people are you following? 259 12. have you ever made a shitpost? this question is a second hate crime 13. how often do you use tumblr each day? this question is a THIRD hate crime i use it every waking moment obviously you see my brain chemicals? they are, how do you say... incompetent. 14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? oh god yes. i don't want to talk about it. 15. how do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts? i don't want to see them. 16. do you like tag games? i LOVE tag games 17. do you like asks games? i LOVE ask games 18. which of your tumblr mutuals do you think is famous? imma not tag her but bihoe lol 19. do you have a crush on a mutual? nope! 20. tags hello hello i'm going to tag y'all sorry if you've been tagged the batfam fandom is like that bucket of crabs where the crabs keep pulling escaping crabs back into the bucket

@moonlights-angel @leila4you @endernightmare @nerdyandexhausted @haljordangreenjedi @triforce-shard

[amynchan]

1, 13, 15, 18, 23, 26, 29, 40, 43, 45, 51, 54, 60, 66, 77, 90, 94, 95, 96

That’s...a lot of questions.  o.o

Welp, better get started!

1 Do You Sleep With Your Closet Doors Open Or Closed?

I actually don’t have closet doors, so open by default.  XD

13   Do You Sing In The Shower?

Unashamedly.  XD  It’s a concert for one!

15   Grab The Book Nearest To You, Turn To Page 64, Give Me Line 14.

A subordinating conjunction can be used to subor-

...y’all can guess what that book is about.  X’D

18   Do You Collect Anything?

I used to collect rocks!  Gave that away, though.  For now, I think my biggest collection is probably yarn.  XD  Not because I went out of my way to collect it or anything, but because I bought a lot for projects and ended up not using it all.  ^^;

Oh wait!  If there’s something I do actually collect, it’s music boxes.  I only have two of them, which is why I didn’t think of it, but I have two tiny music boxes and I can’t wait to get more!  *^_^*  They’re so cute and sweet!

23   What Time Do You Usually Go To Bed?

Been going to bed around 10 lately, but I might start turning in sooner.  I gotta wake up pretty early nowadays, so it’s a process.  XD  But 10.  For now.

26   Favourite Tumblr Blog?

@one-time-i-dreamt is pretty fun, but I almost always love seeing what’s up on @petty-revenge-stories and @scary-stories!  *^_^*  Of the three, @scary-stories​ is probably my favorite, though.

29   Post A Gif Of What You’re Currently Feeling Right Now.

There are honestly just days you wanna twirl around for a lil’ bit.  *^_^*

40    Do You Have Any Obsessions Right Now?

I would say I count BNHA as one.  XD  And Fruits Basket’s reboot.  I’m definitely enjoying those right now!  *^_^*  And have made fanart for them.  XD

43   Do You Have Strange Dreams?

Yeah, and they get a bit odd.  Like, one time I dreamt that I was on some sort of alien planet and there were cat people and they kidnapped me, but I was in the middle of convincing them to let me go when I woke up.  It was weird.

45   Name One Movie That Made You Cry.

Ooof, I know there was a recent thing--oh, that was a comic, never mind.  Well, I know that I absolutely cried when the sixth Harry Potter movie came out.  It’s not even when Dumbledore dies, it’s when everyone’s raising their wands!  It just!!  Makes me cry!!  QAQ

51   Do You Like To Read / Write?

Do I--yes.  XD Absolutely.  I enjoy writing in a poetic fashion, and reading is pretty fun most of the time.  *^_^*  Though right now I have to read a book called Broad Band before the next semester starts and I’ve been having a hard time getting myself to read.  ._.

54   Put Your Music On Shuffle, What Is The First Song That Came Up?

Um, my “shuffle” is my YouTube nowadays, so Imma do that.  XD

Aaaand the title is Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again from Phantom of the Opera!  XDD

._.

60   Do You Have Any Homework Right Now? If So, What Is It About?

As a matter of fact, I do.  The next assignment for the summer course I’m taking is to...  *checks*  Develop a 30-45 minute lesson plan that will teach one element of the writing process.

Ain’t it fun to be a master’s student?  X’D  rip me

66   Do You Get Homesick?

For the first few days, I definitely don’t.  I’m too excited about my new environment and I’ve got too much to go out and do and experience to waste my time being sad.  But after a while, absolutely.  I mean, I live currently with 5 other people and I’m used to my little sisters eating food I make if I make too much or my parents wandering around and poking their heads in every now and again to make me socialize.  As annoying as my family is, I do absolutely miss them if I’m gone long enough.

77   What Games Do You Have On Your Phone?

Welp, I’m gonna get some boos.  XDD  But all I have Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery and Merge Dragons.  XD

Okay, I have a reason, though.  I’ve worked too hard on HPHM to let it go and Merge Dragons is sorta left over from when my phone screen actually worked well enough to not accidentally collect stuff when I try to drag it.  And I just don’t get new games because... well, my phone screen is a bit of a butt.  XD

90   Favourite Soda Drink?

I always get a sierra mist, sprite, or orange drink.  I literally cannot stand darker drinks.  They’re too sugary and too syrupy and they just make me go bleh...

94   Name Something That Relaxes You.

Music!  It’s cliched, but you can get a tune for any mood you’re in and then ease yourself into the mood you want to be in.  If you’re too hyper, you can use music to dance yourself out of it.  If you’re too sad, you can empathize with some sad tunes until you find a middle ground that gets you up and going again.  If you’re stressed, you can scream to some ‘why doesn’t the world just get it?’ music until you’re feeling like you can tackle the world again.

Music:  my one-stop-shop for figuring out how to chill out again.  XD  There’s also just something nice about being able to listen to something that just inherently puts you in a better mood.  *^_^*

95   What Tattoo Do You Want?

Well, I’m kind of a scardy-cat, so I wouldn’t get one.  XD  Please keep needles away from me, thank-you!  But if I could have a temporary tattoo...  I’m not sure.  I’d think I’d have the name “Josephine” somewhere on me or some kind of bird.  It’s hard to say since I don’t typically think of it very often. XD

My aunt has a wonderful leg sleeve tattoo, though.  Took her aaages to get.  o.o

96   Favourite YouTuber?

Right now, I’d say it’s Binging with Babish.  He’s just got such a fun and dry way of explaining how to cook that I very much enjoy it.  XD  

Right up there is also Rebecca Parham of Let Me Explain Studios.  Her animations are just so cute and her stories are hilarious and I love her way of talking.  XD  She’s just fun~!  *^_^*

Well, that was a lot of questions in one go!  XD  A lot, but definitely fun!  *^_^*

Well, if you wanna reblog the list or wanna see what else you can ask me, here ya go!  *^_^*

[assbutt-of-the-readers]

Just go answer all those questions for me, k? Okay 💚

Oh my god m e l a n i e.

1: (truth) Who was your first major celebrity crush? (dare) Put your music player on shuffle and post the first five songs.

Truth- Tbh, it was Chris Pratt. I still love that he’s great

Dare- New Divide by Linkin Park,  Really Don’t Care By Demi Lovato, Castle Of Glass by Link Park, Out Of The Woods by Taylor Swift, We Are Young by F. U . N.

2: (truth) What’s the most embarrassing thing that’s happened to you in the past week? (dare) Refresh your dashboard and send an anonymous compliment to the person who posted whatever’s at the top of your dash.

Truth- I sat on food but tbh, that wasn’t that embarrassing 

dare- :)

5: (truth) If your parents knew everything you’ve ever done, what would they think is the worst thing? (dare) Tag the three nonmutuals you admire most.

Truth- Honestly, probably not. I dont do things they would be ashamed of. Would they think im an dumbass? Probably. 

Dare- n o 

6: (truth) What is the last thing you purchased? (dare) Tag three people you’ve thirst followed.

Truth- uh… I think it was beef jerky

Dare- I dont really thirst follow people, i usually just follow back xD 

7: (truth) How many hours did you sleep last night? (dare) Send an anonymous compliment to the last person who followed you.

Truth- like 8 I think?

dare-:D

8: (truth) If you could go on a date with any of your mutuals, who would it be and what would you do? (dare) Send an anonymous compliment to one of your four “Biggest Fans” on tumblr.

Truth- It would be @the-lady-wisteria bc she’s my best friend and I’d probably go to a park or something with her. 

Dare- ;D

9: (truth) How did you meet your best friend? (dare) Refresh your dashboard. Open the blog of the person who posted whatever’s at the top of your dash. Reblog their most recent selfie.

Truth- Through Tumblr and school!:D

Dare- they dont have any selfies :c

10: (truth) What was your favorite band five years ago? (dare) Tag a blog that posts very different content from yours, but that you couldn’t imagine not following.

Truth- Theory Of A Dead Man!

Dare- @coltsandquills

11: (truth) Where did you get each article of clothing you’re wearing right now? (dare) Pick up the closest book to you. Turn to page 39 and copy down line 7.

Truth- Walmart lmao

Dare- “Oh wouldn’t that be the icing on the cake.” 

12: (truth) What are your five favorite girls’ names and five favorite boys’ names? (dare) Copy and paste the 14th line of text from the last document you worked on in Word or Google Drive.

Truth- Girls are Raven, Lillyana, Mia, Emma, and Sofia! Guys are Christian, Nicholas, Noah, William, and Alexander.

Dare-The sun shines bright throughout the ego house.

13: (truth) What’s your most irrational fear? (dare) Tag five mutuals who take amazing selfies.

Truth- Little spiders tbh

Dare- I cannot for most of mine do not take selfies and I’ve already tagged the ones who do :c

14: (truth) If you could only wear one outfit for the rest of your life (consisting of clothes you already own), what would it be? (dare) Tag someone you follow who has amazing fashion sense.

Truth- This beige sweater I have and a pair of jeans with some black boots I have!

Dare- i cannot do that for I am a but a scared chicken

15: (truth) If you could rock any unusual article of clothing/makeup technique/hairstyle, what would it be? (dare) Go to the blog of the last person you reblogged a text post from. Reblog your favorite of their selfies.

Truth- Probably yellow eye shadow or lipstick! I’ve always thought those were pretty but I’d look like trash wearing them haha

Dare- :D

16: (truth) What is your dream job? (dare) Post the four most recent pictures in your camera roll.

Truth- To be a school counselor! 

Dare- ha h ah a  n o 

17: (truth) Where is the last place you went that took over two hours to get to? (dare) Post screenshots of your phone’s lock screen and home screen.

Truth- Indianapolis for Comic Con, I think!

Dare- Nah

18: (truth) How old were you when you had your first kiss? If you haven’t had it yet, how old do you want to be? (dare) Go to the last app/tab you opened. Post a screenshot.

Truth- Never -dabs-

Dare- Imma passsss

19: (truth) What is the first thing you remember having to keep secret? (dare) Tag five bloggers who you associate with being obsessed with something particular, and list what each of them is obsessed with.

Truth- My best friend being bi!

Dare- I am too chicken for this

20: (truth) What does your bedroom look like? (dare) Take one selfie and post it. You only get one shot! (No old selfies or retrying, even if you think you look bad)

Truth- Messy af

Dare- n o p e  i   l o o k   l i k  e  t r a s h

21: (truth) What three fictional characters would you most like to meet? (dare) Write your name down on a piece of paper and draw a quick picture of yourself. Take a photo of it and post it.

Truth- Hmm… Max Ride from Maximum Ride series, Emma Swan from Once Upon A Time, and Charlie from Supernatural!

Dare- nah

22: (truth) What are three things you’re looking forward to? (dare) Tag the last three people you reblogged posts from, and estimate how many followers they have.

Truth- Christmas, Show Choir season, and seeing you at PAX nerd.

Dare- ha no

24: (truth) If you could only own five material objects (not counting life necessities like food/water/a house/etc) what would they be? (dare) Put your music player on shuffle. Post what the first three songs are, and for each one, tag a blog that the song reminds you of.

Truth- My laptop, this necklace I have, two books, and my phone

Dare- High way to Hell by AC/DC which reminds me of @the-lady-wisteria, Mad Hatter by Melanie Martiez reminds me of @ill-spink, Another One Bites The Dust by Queen reminds me @dreamsoffallingstars

25: (truth) What is the last thing you lied about? (dare) Tag three people you want to know better and ask them each three questions about themselves.

Truth-I actually can’t remember 

26: (truth) What’s the last movie you watched? (dare) Reblog the most recent of your own selfies posted on tumblr, and in the tags say two things you like about your appearance in it?

Truth- It was a Harry Potter movie!

Dare-I dont have selfies lmaoooo

27: (truth) What are three things you like about yourself unrelated to your appearance? (dare) Post a picture from your camera roll that you’ve been meaning to post on tumblr.

Truth- I’m pretty patient, I try to always be nice, and I’m pretty friendly!

Dare- Nooooo

28: (truth) How do you take your coffee? (dare) Post the last picture you posted on a social media platform other than tumblr.

Truth- I don’t drink coffee!

Dare- nah

29: (truth) What are your worst habits? (dare) Put your Top 25 Most Played songs on shuffle and list the first five.

Truth- I rip my nail end off and I really shouldn’t 

Dare-Tears Don’t Fall by  Bullet For My Valentine, Emperors New Clothes by Panic! At The Disco, Dark Side by Kelly Clarkson, Bad Company by Five Finger Death Punch, and I’m Not An Angel by Halestorm.

30: (truth) What is the last thing you did that you have to keep secret from someone? Who do you have to keep it secret from? (dare) Tag five blogs with great URLs.

Truth-Buy Christmas presents and just my family and friends

Dare- @staticandglitches, @lum1natrix, @purrtlepuff, @a-sad-bag-of-potatoes, @cinnamon-grump

[bionic-buckyb]

In celebration of my recent 5k milestone, I decided it was time to have my first ever writing challenge!

✿ Rules and prompts under the cut:

✪ Must be following me (@bionic-buckyb) to participate. However, new writer or experienced writer - all are welcome. ✪ Your fic can be anywhere from 500 words on. No word limit really. Write what you feel. You can write a drabble, one shot, or series. Whatever you want! ✪ Any genre is allowed - smut, fluff, angst, etc. ✪ Your fic must be an AU. This is really broad, I know. Do anything with your fic you’d like. Just don’t make your character or reader live in Stark Tower. ✪ You may pick any character from the Marvel Universe. ✪ Must be a reader insert (ex: Bucky x reader) ✪ Your prompt or category must be incorporated in the fic. ✪ Please send me an ask only with the number of the prompt or category you want, and the character. Please also pick a back up, in case yours has been chosen. ✪ Please tag me in your fic when completed, so I can read it! ☺ ✪ Please use #kaits5kauchallenge in your tags, in case I do not get your notification. ✪ PLEASE USE THE ‘KEEP READING’ FEATURE. ✪ If I do not like your fic within 24 hours of posting, please poke me with a stick! I will be reblogging everyone’s entries. ✪ Your entry will be due Monday, June 5th. If you need an extension or to drop out, I understand how life is. However, please let me know up to 48 hours ahead of time if possible.

And now for the prompts…

1. “I accidentally hit you with my car, and I’m the only one who came to visit you in the hospital. This is kind of awkward. Are you okay?” ( @vengeful-alpha - Bucky x Reader ) 2. “You’re being chased by the police, and you just jumped in my car. What the fuck, man?” ( @musichowler - Bucky x Reader ) 3. “We both met on a Saturday morning, during our walk of shame. That’s not weird to you?”  ( @whothehellisbella - Bucky x Reader ) 4. “You’re the asshole who keeps parking in my parking spot! Sorry about the dick art on your windshield…” ( @marvel-ash - Steve x Reader ) 5. “You broke into my apartment, drunk as hell, thinking it was yours. I should call the cops, but my cat likes you so…” ( @kjs-s - Sam x Reader ) 6. “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know this cab was already occupied.” ( @bovaria - Bucky x Reader ) 7. “It’s 1 am, I’m drunk, and I need ketchup for my fries. I know you’re awake, so OPEN THE GODDAMN DOOR!” ( @buckysmetallicstump - Bucky x Reader ) 8. “Listen, I know nothing about camping and all my so-called friends left me at the site. Please, help me. I think I just heard a bear…” ( @werewolfbuckybarnes - Steve x Reader ) 9. “You’re my new neighbor, but I know you’re stealing my wifi to watch porn. Can you not?” ( @girl-next-door-writes - Tony x Reader ) 10. “I’m sorry for setting the fire alarm off in our apartment building for like… the 4th time this week?”( @sebbytrash - Bucky x Reader ) 11. “Why do you keep trying to mow the lawn while I’m sleeping? Fuck you!” ( @holydeanmon - Steve x Reader ) 12. “I’m sorry my dog started chasing your dog. He has no manners…” ( @zimniysoldat-fiction - Bucky x Reader ) 13. “I can’t believe you found my dog! Please, take this reward.”  ( @a-home-for-stray-stories - Bucky x Reader ) 14. “Our boat crashed, and now I have to be stuck on this island with you?!” ( @melonshino - Bucky x Reader ) 15. “I haven’t seen you since we were kids! How did you even recognize me?” ( @justareader - Bucky x Reader ) 16. “I don’t care if you hate me, I don’t care if you dislike me. But why would you cheat on me?” ( @tatortot2701 - Bucky x Reader ) 17. “Just because I don’t physically show you that you hurt me, doesn’t mean you didn’t.” ( @moreinfinite - Bucky x Reader ) 18. “I’m such an idiot. I made the mistake of falling in love with my best friend.” ( @astralbarnes - Bucky x Reader ) 19. “Breaking up was the right thing to do… right?” ( @marvelous-heroimagines - Bucky x Reader ) 20. “If I wasn’t good enough for you, why didn’t you just say so?” ( @babybarness - Bucky x Reader ) 21. “Everyday I need you more and more, and everyday you push me further and further away.” ( @dadbuck - Bucky x Reader ) 22. “Can’t you see I’m trying? Isn’t that enough for you?” ( @empathiccally - Bucky x Reader ) 23. “Do not try and twist this around to be my fault when it’s clearly yours.” ( @4theluvofall - Bucky x Reader ) 24. “I don’t love you. I never have.” ( @buckys-fossil - Bucky x Reader ) 25. “For once in your life, stop pretending that everything is okay. Talk to me!”  ( @goody2shoessmut - Steve x Reader ) 26. “You can’t keep hurting me, and think everything is going to be okay. I’m done.” ( @asseret-sarim - Bucky x Reader ) 27. “What am I supposed to do if you walk away?” ( @sebastianstandoffish - Bucky x Reader ) 28. “No one else knows that I’m leaving. I felt like you deserved to know.” ( @hellomissmabel - Bucky x Reader ) 29. “All you need to do is show me that you feel the same, and I’ll stay.” ( @i-cant-believe-its-not-a-writer - Bucky x Reader ) 30. “Letting go was never an option, until you made it one.” ( @lokid-by-winters-child - Bucky x Reader ) 31. “Please don’t let go of my hand through this. It makes me feel better.” ( @daasrighht - Bucky x Reader ) 32. “All I need is your lips against mine. Right now.” ( @theassetseyeliner - Bucky x Reader ) 33. “There’s no one else I’d rather have in my life than you.” ( @buckyappreciationsociety - Bucky x Reader ) 34. “I’ve made so many mistakes in my life, but you’re not one of them.” ( @cate-lynne - Steve x Reader ) 35. “Can you please come over so I don’t feel so alone?” ( @not-withovt-yov - Bucky x Reader ) 36. “It makes me smile that your voice was the first thing I heard today.” ( @minervaem2 - Bucky x Reader ) 37. “God, why do you always make me blush so damn much?” ( @beccaanne814-blog - Bucky x Reader ) 38. “I’ve been trying to get ready for like, a half hour, because I know you’re going to look damn good and I don’t want to look like a potato.”  ( @roobiecube94 - Steve x Reader ) 39. “I can’t get over how a few months ago I wanted to learn your name and now you’re having breakfast with me in my sweater.” ( @buckys-shield - Steve x Reader ) 40. “Stop smiling at me. I can’t stop messing up my words when you look at me like that.” ( @land-of-parchment-and-ink - Pietro x Reader ) 41. “It’s very rude of you to make me fall in love with you. Inconsiderate, honestly.” ( @greeneyedgirls4​ - Bucky x Reader ) 42. “It’s not like I like you or anything! Okay, well… maybe I do.” ( @wandarific - Sam x Reader ) 43. “If you steal the blankets, I am going to put my cold feet on you.” ( @avengedwritings -Steve x Reader ) 44. “I want to make you this happy for the rest of your life.” ( @serzhantjamesbuchananbarnes - Bucky x Reader ) 45. “I want to be able to kiss you and hold your hand anytime I want.” ( @tori-medusa-belongs-to-bucky - Bucky x Reader )

Don’t like any of the prompts above? Try a more broad category out for size.

46. Bartender  ( @dacianamusik23 - Natasha x Reader ) 47. Soulmate ( @howlingbarnes - Steve x Reader ) 48. College ( @saulof-tarsus - Bucky x Reader ) 49. Roommate ( @sunriserose1023 - Steve or Bucky x Reader ) 50. Model/Photographer ( @supersoldier-buckybarnes - Bucky x Reader ) 51. Coffee Shop ( @t0kistar - Bucky x Reader ) 52. Blind Date ( @another-writer - Bucky x Reader ) 53. Camping ( @wndas-romanoff - Steve x Reader ) 54. Neighbor ( @swtltlmrvlgrl - Steve x Reader ) 55. Teacher/Student ( @buckys-chubby-plum x Steve x Reader ) 56. Mechanic ( @avengerofyourheart - Bucky x Reader ) 57. Movie Star/Celebrity ( @buckysbackpackbuckle - Bucky x Reader ) 58. Road Trip ( @maha-pambata-is-my-patronus - Bucky x Reader ) 59. Vegas ( @imma-fcking--nerd - Bucky x Reader ) 60. Tattoo Shop ( @mindingmyownbusiness - Bucky x Reader ) 61. Biker Gang ( @marvelfanuniverse - Bucky x Reader ) 62. Fake Dating/Married ( @knittingknerdy - Tony x Reader ) 63. Military ( @bucks-metal-fate - Bucky x Reader )

And that’s all folks! I hope everyone likes the prompts and most importantly have fun writing! PS - If you cannot participate, would you mind signal boosting? Thank you, and thank you so much for 5k! ♥

[echoesoffantasy]

A little bit of getting to know the blogger stuff under the fold if y’all want to read it. Once again I’ll tag this stuff #echoesrepeat if y’all don’t want to see if (:

Rules: Tag blogs you’d like to know better

Tagged by @trinity-caswell & @writingpromptsandjunk as both my blogs, axisadjudicator and echoesoffantasy

Nickname: Never really had one? My first name doesn’t translate well to nicknames. But my last name leads to an infinite number of cow puns being made in my presence if that counts.

Zodiac Sign: Aries.

Height: 5′ 11″.

Gender: Male.

Time Right Now: 15:11

Last Thing Googled: “Open Broadcaster Software” Some friends and I are thinking of trying to make let’s play videos.

Favorite Music Artist: Probably Glitch Mob most recently, though I don’t tend to listen to artists so much as find individual songs to obsess over

Song Stuck In My Head: Joey Pecoraro - Tired Boy

Last Movie Watched: Arrival.

What Are You Wearing: Slightly faded jeans, Skyrim dark brotherhood t-shirt, and a black fuzzy quarter zip to keep me warm. 

Last TV Show I’d Watched: Trevor Noah Stand-up Show

What Do You Post: Pretty much exclusively short world-building stories based on images I find on tumblr and the internet at large though I also occasionally just reblog cool art because of its title or theme.

Hogwarts House: Took the test, Gryffindor apparently, which is the last result I expected. 

Why Did You Choose Your Url: Thought about it for a long while trying to figure out a phrase that represented what I wanted to do and was just happy to get the url. Might change it in the future but only a little bit.

When Did You Create This Blog: April 2015 is when I actually started posting reliably, though I posted sporadically on my lurking blog before then.

What Did Your Past Relationship Teach You: Communication is everything, the thing you think you can’t talk about is the thing that will draw you apart until you do talk about it. 

Religious or Spiritual: Imma pass on this one if y’all don’t mind. 

Favorite Color: Cobalt Blue! 

Average Hours of Sleep: I oscillate aggressively between 4 hours and 9 hours depending on how stressful my life is. Today was a nine hour day. 

Lucky Number: 13, I don’t know what it says that my luck depends on the bad luck of others, but there it is. 

Favorite Characters: Oh lordy, I’m going to keep it recent so I can keep this short, but I just read through a little webcomic called Paranatural and I love Johnny Johnny. 

Following: I follow a large group of fantasy and sci-fi art blogs that I use as sources of image inspiration, writing prompt and story writing blogs which I enjoy reading, and a couple friends who brought me to this site who keep me up to date on their lives and world news. 

How Many Blankets Do You Sleep With: Two blankets and Two pillows usually. I can sleep almost anywhere to be honest but I’m oddly particular about the orientation of my head.

Dream job: Ideally I want to work in medicine or biomedical research of some kind. It’s what I’m going to school for and it is probably my largest passion. It would be my dream to contribute to a drug, device, or process in a fundamental way that that saves lives around the world.  

I’ve tagged some folks I’d like to see answer as well: @kandrakelsier @paltrykandra @nerdiestlittleartist and @stirringsagacity

[f1uffy-turtle]

Fanfic Writer Asks

[SOURCE: criminal-minds-fanfiction: Most of the writer ask posts I come across are only like ten or so questions long so I thought I’d try to make a longer one because we like talking about our writing! Feel free to reblog!]

I got this from @wickedobsessed101 and copied and pasted the questions so I can fit my own answers too. You can find the post I got from them here.

1) How old were you when you first starting writing fanfiction? I started around 2011, so I was around 13 years old at the time.

2) What fandoms do you write for and do you have a particular favourite if you write for more than one? I am currently writing for The Owl House fandom, but I am intending on broadening my scope to She-Ra as well as Lord of the Rings, Zelda, and ATLA bc gay fantasy brain go brrr.

3) Do you prefer writing OC’s or reader inserts? Explain your answer. I prefer to write original characters myself. Y/N stuff is not exactly my forte. It gives me more control as to how I know the characters will act depending on their own characterization and backstory.

4) What is your favourite genre to write for? I actually really prefer to write really tense stuff, despite my misleading username. I live for the conflict of the moment and it does lean into some pretty angsty stuff sometimes. I mean, look at Soul Bound. However, I also do like writing light-hearted comedies as well as some fluff whenever I can get around to it. My heart yearns and so too must the romantic tension.

5) If you had to choose a favourite out of all of your multi-chaptered stories, which would it be and why? I really only have one that is published, but it is definitely the one that I do like the most. Soul Bound was originally a story that was going to stand on its own. It was set in a world that I created meticulously from the ground up, taking inspirations from Lord of the Rings, Legend of Zelda, ATLA among other things. I do have other multi-chapter projects in the works that I absolutely love, however out of my published babies, it's SB 100%.

6) If you had to delete one of your stories and never speak of it again, which would it be and why? The Legion of Lenny Faces was a crack fic that I just posted for funsies. I wouldn't mind getting rid of that.

7) When is your preferred time to write? Since I am starting to work again, I'm thinking about starting work on my writing around 2PM. It's normally around that time that I start anyway, so it works out.

8) Where do you take your inspiration from? Movies, music, sometimes even my own songs that I write. Inspiration really comes from anywhere that hits me. However, it hits especially hard whenever I make a playlist for a particular mood that I want a story to have.

9) In your xxx fic, what’s your favourite scene that you wrote? In Soul Bound, my current favorite scene that I have written was the scene in the chapter Confrontations with the scene between Amity and Odalia. I essentially channeled everything I ever wanted to say to my abuser into Amity's words and it was the most cathartic thing that I ever wrote.

10) In your xxx fic, why did you decide to end it like that? Did you have an alternative ending in mind?In The Bean that I wrote for April Fools, while it definitely is a crack fic, I still wanted it to read like an Owl House episode or at least an Owl House short. However, I did think of an alternate ending in mind where the bean just kept on multiplying until it flooded the entirety of the BI. However, That would mean by those rules, duplicating all non-living things on the isles.

11) Have you ever amended a story due to criticisms you’ve received after posting it? I split an entire chapter into two pieces and rewrote another one just because of criticisms that made complete sense to me. In all honesty, I did blame the burnout, however all of that and the small break I did take helped a lot to reinvigorate my love for this story that I am writing.

12) Who is your favourite character to write for? Why? Skara. 100%, she is babey and I love her.

13) Who is your least favourite character to write for? Why? Gonna be honest, while I love King as a character, I don't exactly like writing him. I feel like if I wrote him as more of an active part of the story, it would detract entirely from the whole thing. Second would be my OC, Robert Almade solely because I feel like he can be much more fleshed out, but also because there are parts of his character that I did write that just don't make complete sense to me. This should be worked out later.

14) How did you come up with the title for the xxx? - You can ask about multiple stories. For Soul Bound, I literally asked a Discord server for ideas because all the titles I did think of were shit XD. However, I recently came up with the title for my Skarlow punk band AU, Skara and the Wallflower, based on the book/movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower as well as band names in general.

15) If you write OC’s, how do you decide on their names? I normally think about the themes the character embodies and how they may change and grow throughout the story, and then I translate specific keywords into different languages and trim them in a way that sound like a name.

16) How did you come up with the idea for xxx?[Ask me about a specific story]

17) Post a line from a WIP that you’re working on.“Oh, sure! Protect me from him, but let Amity take the brunt of it and possibly die? What if she is dead, Eda? What if I can’t see her again?”

18) Do you have any abandoned WIP’s? What made you abandon them? I'd rather not talk about it.

19) Are there any stories that you’ve written that you’d really love to do a sequel to? Possibly I may have one for Skara and the Wallflower if I feel up to it, however Soul Bound is going to be a one-and-done deal.

20) Are there any stories that you wished you’d ended differently? Yes!

21) Tell me about another writer(s) who you admire? What is it about them that you admire? @lunanight2012 @quirkquartz @descendantofthesparrow

22) Do you have a story that you look back on and cringe when you reread it? Any story that I haven't published.

23) Do you prefer listening to music when you’re writing or do you need silence? I do listen to music just to set in the general mood and once I get going, I can go either with or without it.

24) How do you feel about writing smutty scenes? I can write smut. However I don't ever feel comfortable publishing smut. It really just isn't for me.

25) Have you ever cried whilst writing a story? YES! I ABSOLUTELY HAVE!!!! SO MANY TEARS BECAUSE OF THE ANGST!!!

26) Which part of your xxx fic was the hardest to write? This most recent chapter was actually the hardest to write because I was already so scared when writing Scrying of the Soul that when I started writing this one, I didn't know how to settle down with this whole thing. I knew Luz needed to process her trauma before I introduced the ghost, but exactly how I felt like I had trouble with.

27) Do you make a general outline for your stories or do you just go with the flow? I have a varied mix of ways I outline. Yes, I do have a list of bullet points about what major plot points go where, but really that's all that comes together before I start writing. Soul Bound is completely plotted out in the very broad strokes, but the rest is just improvisation.

28) What is something you wished you’d known before you started posting fanfiction? That writing would be the single most fun thing that I have ever done and to be fair while I do want my stories to be the best they can be, just the fact that I'm getting them out there makes me happy.

29) Do you have a story that you feel doesn’t get as much love as you’d like? Gonna be honest, my one-shots don't get a lot of love, but it is entirely understandable.

30) In contrast to 29 is there a story which gets lots of love which you kinda eye roll at? Ya know, Imma just say a song title that I wrote that many people love that I've grown to just not like. Ticking Time Away.

31) Send me a fic recommendation and I’ll post it for my followers to see! (The asker is to send the rec, not the answerer)Yeah, sure!

32) Are any of your characters based on real people? The way I characterize Odalia is based on a mix of what is already established. That and a heavy doseage of my abuser and their mindset. Which is kind of why it felt cathardic writing that scene in Conflicts.

33) What’s the biggest compliment you’ve gotten? Honestly, whenever I make a revision and it is heavily praised by either a reader if I edited an already published chapter or a beta reader if I had revised a particular scene they didn't like. I thrive off of any good critique and it makes me want to do better.

34) What’s the harshest criticism you’ve gotten? I mean there are people who wouldn’t read just because what I wrote was a ghost fic, but tbh it wasn't even that harsh.

35) Do you share your story ideas with anyone else or do you keep them close to your chest? I normally share with other writers when I'm really excited so I can bounce ideas off of them, however specific story elements I keep close to my chest because that part feels like my personal touch moreso than the general idea.

36) Can you give us a spoiler for one of your WIP’s? HAHA NICE TRY BEYOTCH YOU JUST HAVE TO READ IT!! (Other than the fact that Amity does get her body back, but that's already been promised.)

37) What’s the funniest story you’ve written? The BEAN

38) If you could collab with any other writer on here, who would it be? (Perhaps this question will inspire some collabs!) If you’re shy, don’t tag the blog, just name them. I would honestly be willing to collab with anybody from the Good Witch Society on Discord. As well as my partner which we already talked about quite a few ideas that we had for stories.

39) Do you prefer first, second or third person? So, I do love writing inner monologue, however if I was ever staying in one character's perspective, it would just feel way too limiting. I prefer third person omniscient so I can at least give the reader insight into what's going on in everybody's heads.

40) Do people know you write fanfiction?IRL, yeah. But I have established that I am using this to exercise my own writing skills.

41) What’s you favourite minor character you’ve written? Emira I would actually consider a minor character in the grand scope of my story, however I absolutely adore writing her.

42) Song fic - What made you decide to use the song xxx for xxx.I write my own songs and to be completely fair, it was really spontaneous in Soul Bound, but I found out a plot point that could definitely weave in extremely well within the story.

Skara and the Wallflower being a punk band AU will definitely be a songfic with all original songs.

43) Has anyone ever guessed the plot twist of one of your fics before you posted it? Actually, nobody has ever really guessed a plot twist yet.

44) What is the last line you wrote? This really can't be good.

45) What spurs you on during the writing process? I already really adore the stories that I write and my goals are to write them and get them out there. I think about how the characters react and how things can go wrong in a way that makes sense.

46) I really loved your xxx fic. If you were ever to do a sequel, what do you think might happen in it?[Ask me for a specific story]

47) Here’s a fic title - insert a made up title. What would this story be about?[Ask me]

48) What’s your favourite trope to write? Friends to Lovers, hands down.

49) Can you remember the first fic you read? What was it about? To be completely honest, the first fic I read was a Zelda fic. I forgot what most of the plot was about, but it did involve Link and Zelda going into Termina and meeting up with this original character who did everything he can to fuck with the both of them. It's very vague, but I absolutely loved it and I never remembered it updating.

50) If you could write only angst, fluff or smut for the rest of your writing life, which would it be and why? I'd have to cave and say angst. I like to have conflict in my stories, but I never like to have it be complete brooding. Just some light trauma, you know?

If you wanna read my stories, they’re all right here: F1uffyTurtle

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PLEASE REPOST, DO NOT REBLOG!  Feel free to add to any of your answers!  The purpose is to tell your partners about the way you write!  For the multiple choice ones, BOLD all that apply and, if you want, italicize if it’s a conditional answer!

– B A S I C S –

NAME:  Jeanette ARE YOU OVER 18? Yes / No IS YOUR MUSE? Yes / No / Verse Dependent WHEN WAS YOUR BLOG ESTABLISHED? December 2015

– W R I T I N G –

ARE YOU SELECTIVE ABOUT WHO YOU WRITE WITH ON THIS BLOG? No (anyone) / Semi (most people) / Yes (some people) / Highly (few people) / Private (mutuals only)

ARE YOU SELECTIVE ABOUT WHO YOU FOLLOW ON THIS BLOG? No (anyone) / Semi (most people) / Yes (some people) / Highly (few people)

All my blogs are under one account, so I follow back from my main. Which means my dashboard is a mess and I’ve actually been unfollowing people just to clean it up.

IF YOUR MUSE IS CANON, HOW MUCH TO YOU ADHERE TO CANON? Not at all / A little / Some / Mostly / Strictly / NA

Timeline wise, there are so few Farscape RPers that I’m willing to bend things, cross things over, etc., to match other fandoms. I think I’ve written more AU for John than canon. As for personality, I do tweak some things a bit, mostly his references. I will reference things John couldn’t actually be aware of if he left Earth in 1999, just because it fits well. For the most part, though, I try to keep him as close to his wacky canon self as possible.

WHAT POST LENGTHS DO YOU WRITE? One Liners / Single-Para / Multi-Para / Novella

One-liners don’t usually last long, but I do them. Novella length stresses me tf out, but sometimes they’re worth it. Basically those suckers better be plotted.

DO YOU USE ICONS AND/OR GIFS? No / Gifs / Icons / Gificons

DO YOU WRITE ON OTHER PLATFORMS? No / Yes

I have Discord and Skype, but that’s just for chatting and plotting.

WHAT LEVEL OF PLOTS DO YOU WRITE? Unplotted / Open-Ended Plots (set up a meeting and see what happens) / Semi-Plotted (one or two steps ahead) / Fully Plotted Epics (plotted beginning, middle, and end)

HOW QUICKLY DO YOU USUALLY RESPOND TO THREADS? Very Slow (more than a month) / Slow (3-4 Weeks) / Average (1-2 Weeks) / Fast (Less Than One Week) / Very Fast (Less Than Three Days)

I recently switched to a queue system, so most responses will come out within a week of me seeing it.

WHAT TYPES OF THEMES DO YOU LIKE? (feel free to add!) Fluff / Angst / Smut / Action  / Tragedy / Domestic / Family / Conversational / Hurt-Comfort

WHAT GENRES DO YOU LIKE? (feel free to add!) High Fantasy / Supernatural / Science Fiction / Historical / Horror / Comedy / Romantic / Drama / Action / Adventure / Espionage

I don’t handle horror super well (as in cannot sleep after watching a mildly creepy movie), so we’re just going to make that one a no.

ARE THERE ANY THEMES YOU’RE UNCOMFORTABLE WRITING ON YOUR BLOG? (not triggers) No / Yes

I can’t really name specific things for certain? It really depends on context, how comfortable I am with the other person, etc. So probably ask first if you want something really dark.

DO YOU HAVE ANY TRIGGERS?  HOW DO YOU REQUEST IT TAGGED? No / Yes

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WHAT TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS ARE YOU OPEN TO? Romantic / Platonic / Familial (Canon) / Familial (OCs)

WHAT TYPES OF PRE-ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS ARE YOU OPEN TO? Romantic / Platonic / Familial (Canon) / Familial (OCs)

I’m not big on pre-established, I like to see how things go first. Though there are exceptions.

DO YOU HAVE OTPS? No / chemistry only / Yes

John/Aeryn is life. I also got very attached to John/Daniel in my little AU verse...

DO YOU HAVE NOTPS? No / Yes

Romantic John/Scorpius. No. No no no no no no no.

WHAT IS YOUR MUSE’S SEXUAL ORIENTATION? Heterosexual / Heteroflexible / Bisexual / Homoflexible / Homosexual / Pansexual / Demisexual / Sapiosexual / Asexual / Ambiguous

John has such a ‘I dunno what’s happening but imma go with it’ personality that if he likes you, he really doesn’t give a shit if you’re male, female, human, or a purple alien thing. Like... chemistry is chemistry, bro.

WHAT IS YOUR MUSE’S ROMANTIC ORIENTATION? Heteroromantic / Heteroflexible / Biromantic / Homoflexible / Homoromantic / Panromantic / Demiromantic / Sapioromantic / Aromantic

ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WRITING SMUT? No / Selectively / Yes

I don’t mind things being implied, but I freeze up if I try to actually write it.

HOW EARLY IN A RELATIONSHIP DO YOU SHIP ROMANTICALLY? Autoship / During Plotting / After A Couple IC Interactions / Several IC Interactions In / Slow Burn / Never (not open to romantic ships)

If there’s chemistry, it usually only takes a few interactions to tell.

ARE YOU OPEN TO TOXIC SHIPS? No / Selectively / Yes / Never Tried It

That is not a thing I enjoy writing. That’s not a hard no, but likely not.

ARE YOU OPEN TO PROBLEMATIC SHIPS? (canon history, age difference, complicated, etc.) No / Selectively / Yes

ARE YOU OPEN TO POLYSHIPPING? No / Selectively / Yes

ARE YOU AN EXCLUSIVE SHIPPER? No / Sometimes / Yes

DOES CRACK SHIPPING EVER HAPPEN? No / Yes

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