#in fairness I don't know much about Hamilton fandom though

[chocolatepot]

I need to stop responding to people talking disparagingly but incorrectly about OFMD fandom, because even though they're wrong about shit I'm going to give us a reputation as super defensive.

But they're wrong!

[littlefirefly42]

Greetings fair traveler! Welcome to my blog! I'm happy to have you, why don't you stay a while?

(If you're looking for my masterlist, it's at the bottom of this post)

About Me!

-You can call me Firefly :)

-I'm genderqueer and I use all pronouns

-This isn't just an agere blog, but I am an age regressor and I do make some agere posts and reblog agere content

-I do swear and reblog mildly nsfw content (such as sexual jokes and objective conversations about the morality of sexuality. Nothing explicit, and zero pornographic art, writing, videos, or photos)

-Ddlg, abdl, and other de-aging kinks are not welcome on my blog. Do not interact if you are going to sexualize or hate on age regression

Requests

I love getting requests!! If you want to request a fic, moodboard, or DNI banner don't be shy! This blog is mainly agere, but I do other stuff too.

The fandoms I work with are:

-MCU/Marvel Comics

-She-Ra

-All Riordanverse fandoms except Kane Chronicles

-The Owl House

-Adventure Time

-Crier's War

-Bee and Puppycat

-The Song of Achilles

-The Outsiders

-Stranger Things

-Gone

-Heartstopper

-Over the Garden Wall

-Don't Hug me I'm Scared

-The Dragon Prince

-Goncharov

-It (movies only, chapter one and two)

-Wednesday

-Hamilton

-Dear Evan Hansen (the book and the musical)

-How to Train Your Dragon (the books and the movies/shows)

-Deadloch

-My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Fics

I will only write oneshots, however the length of which can vary and is usually 1000-4000 words.

I will not write:

Incest

Pedophilia

Romantic couples under the age of fourteen

Smut or kink of any kind

Breastfeeding

Padded agere (there's nothing wrong with it but it does attract creeps outside the community)

Pro ED, SH, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, antiseminism, xenophobia, rape/non-con, fatphobia, or ableism (I will still write these things, but not in a positive light)

Certain characters (you can always send me an ask about which characters in a fandom I will not write)

I will write:

SFW agere

Y/N

Mild to moderate gore (blood, stab/bullet wounds, infections, etc.)

Heavy angst (including the angst tropes listed previously, as long as it is not shown in a positive light)

Major character death

Basically any trope that isn't on the previous list

Moodboards

I will do moodboards for whole fandoms, aesthetics, places, time periods, fictional ships, fictional characters, and (positive or neutral) stereotypes. I can even do moodboards of certain headcanons. If you have a request that isn't listed, just message me, I'll probably do it so long as it is sfw.

DNI Banners

Unlike fic and moodboard requests, I'll do a DNI banner for any character in any fandom, even if it is not listed above. I'll even make one for groups of people. Heck, I'll do one for an object if you want. The default for my banners is "____ Protects this Blog NSFW DNI" If you would like it to say something else let me know.

Don't feel bad if your request (for any of the above categories) is very specific! I love specific requests, they actually make my life so much easier, so don't be shy to specify exactly what you want.

Works

I Ate- CG!Mike/Little!Will>> Warnings: Implied ED; throwing up>> Summary: Will is fussy from hunger and Mike tries his best to help.

Tummy Hurts- CG!Lucas/Little!Max>> Warnings: Throwing up; impure regression>> Summary: Max is on her period and is a little more than fussy, Lucas takes care of her.

Glass- CG!Natasha/Little!Wanda>> Warnings: Panic attack; blood; impure regression>> Summary: While Natasha is out getting groceries, Wanda breaks a glass and slips, and chaos ensues until mama nat comes home to comfort her baby.

Rainy Day- Lumax (LucasxMax)>> Warnings: None. It's all fluff. All of it. There is a bit where a character chokes on popcorn?? Does that count??? They don't die or anything though, they cough it up>> Summary: Lucas and Max get to go on their movie date and vecna can kma.

Never Ever- CG!Wanda/Little!Reader>> Warnings: Abandonment issues; blood; yelling; nightmare; very minor implication that reader was abused at some point>> Summary: Your mommy comforts you after a bad nightmare.

Little Monster-CG!Magnus/Little!Alex>>Warnings: Sensory overload; Impure regression; blood; anxious SH>>Summary: Alex gets sensory overload at a Halloween party and regresses. Magnus takes care of him and they just have some fluffy fall fun

Braids-CG!Eddie/Little!Steve>>Warnings: Cheerio violence>>Summary: Steve can't help but play with Eddie's hair. Who is Eddie to refuse the little prince?

Love, Maxie- Elmax (El x Max)>> Warnings: Mental Breakdown; Self harm; Su!cide (not graphic); vomiting (not ED related); Hurt no comfort>>Summary: When Max's letters stop coming, El realizes she's lost the only person she's ever truly loved

Spiderling- CG!Gwen/Little!Miles>> Warnings: Slight blood, semi-graphic description of minor infection>>Summary: Miles is definitely NOT regressed and he CAN help fight. Except... Gwen and Peter aren't buying it.

25 Days of Agere Moodboards

I hope you enjoy your stay, make sure to eat some sleep and get eight hours of water!

[stellocchia]

(Warning the next few paragraphs are going to sound pretentious but I don't know how to talk about this without sounding like a monologuing super villain explaining their tragic backstory)

Hey I just woke up, and I'm looking at your response, and I must express my gratefulness for ability to take what I said in good humour despite my aggressive tone. Now I have read your and ladycatland's response, as well as my own essay I have reflected on my previous opinions, and I come to the conclusion that it's less about the au fics themselves but rather the circumstances of my reading experience (basically I'm just repeating what you guys said but in a more long-winded way, but please do bear with me-)

I need to break this in to two points

1) I plan to be an author one and when you're planning to be an author and learning about structure characterisation and world building and such you start subconsciously paying close attention to how it's done you're favourite stories but it also means you start to notice flaws more easily and it can majorly sour the experience. I noticed this not only with fics but also with many other works, and if certain flaws are too obvious it can put me right off a story

2) I have very limited free time, 2-4 hours a day (explaination: college is hell) and so when I end up picking up a fic that I heard recommended over and over only to find it unappealing it can get . .. frustrating.

When I wrote that essay I had just finished reading a fic recommend multiple times for it's excellent characterisation, and that fic had majorly triggerd me. Now usually I am very much in the camp of taking responsibility for your own mental health, but while I knew the fic would be potentially triggering, I wasn't really aware about how the topics would be handled, and honestly while I'm 99.999% sure this is just my trauma twisting my perspective on it, it just felt like multiple chapters of senseless suffering, like something to be gawked at rather than empathised with. It's actually why I brought up Carson's essay (and I'm continuing to use their name rather than URL because they scare me and I fear for my life if they found out that I took their words out of context), because at the time it did feel like I been tricked into reading traumaporn. I don't know I guess I just felt betrayed? With the fandom or at least the circles I follow. I understand now that I wasn't fair for me to generalize the fandom, especially since there has been fics that I did enjoy produced by it (though I do have to confess most are canon adjacent).

(Also secret 3rd point in my first fandom when I was 12 I stumbled upon a 60 chapter cosmic horror fic that fills me with dread and terror and soft heartbreak till this day and as Hamilton said I never found anything to satisfy the thirst for terror that fic left in me)

(Also another secret 3.5 tell me the name of a major fic with quackity as the center focus that doesn't massacre his character, why does every fic I get recommend with him as a protag characterise him as a heartless fool, man's a terezi kinnie, why do they do this to my boy /light hearted)

Also I did read you saying in response to another ask from a different anon that in my original essay that I presented my opinion as fact, this was not my intention but I understand why that came off that way as I badly struggle with tone of voice (or text in this situation?) Which is a problem if I ever wish to become an author. In fact I actually had to re-write this response several times as it was feeling really guilt-trippy so I tried opting out for a more formal tone but I'm not sure how well that worked. Any advice on that?

Yeah I understand. As I mentioned before, I could kinda guess that it's mostly a matter of you not finding a lot of them personally appealing. Honestly, that's also why I never really read the big extremely popular fics in the fandom? Because at that point I build up a certain level of expectation towards it that is rather unfair and I know that it will lead to me being inevitably disappointed.

Also, I wish I could recommend you some good Quackity-centric fics because I've been looking for one for a while as well, but sadly I struggle to find anything that appeals to me. His character, much like Dream's, is a hard one to get completely right and most people fail at it. Or, at least they fail at showing my interpretation of the character, which honestly probably says more about me than them...

As for tone, I don't really have much advice on that because I also struggle a lot with it. I'm always afraid to be annoying or to sound a bit too aggressive despite not meaning to. The only way I found so far to not come across the wrong way is to state outright what kind of tone you're going for...

[ohboy-herewegoagain]

K to Z for all those fandom asks! only if you want to though, you don't have to all or any of them if you don't want

No I do, thank you so so so much for all the asks!!!!

K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc?

Zuko from ALTA. Really good redemption arc, we stan.

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you merely dislike. Characters that you absolutely loathe with the fire of ten thousand suns are exempt, as there is no point in giving yourself an aneurysm over a character that you hate.)

Hmmmm ok... Wrong Hordak is a dork and I love him for it! (He’s neutral for me, idk)

M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.

Janice from Mean Girls, she seems chill and she knows what’s up.

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

Ok I’ll do She-Ra bc it’s my hyperfixation of the month:

I wanted more Double Trouble. They had like 7 episodes, it’s not enough ;-;

There can never be enough Entrapta lol, I need moreeeee

Post-finale everyone meeting and talking and being happy and aaaaaaaa

O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of?

I’ve mentally created entire animatics with Counting Stars and Everybody Loves Me by OneRepublic for Tony Stark. Unfortunately I lack art skills and art supplies, so they will forever stay stuck in my head lol 

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).

I saw these three animatics with the premise and I got hooked: Sanders Sides as Beetlejuice the Musical. Not mine at all, but i love it a lot.

Q - A fandom you’ve abandoned and why.

Hmmm... I got really into Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss when it first came out, but kinda lost interest after a little while. Plus, the fandom was... not always the nicest. I’ll still rewatch the pilots tho, bc I think they’re funny dang it

R - Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?

My first fandom was Marvel, and the first thing I got into was the Irondad fandom. Still one of my favorites, I’m a sucker for happy platonic love lol

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

Uhhh shoot... don’t really have any? I just collect different theories like a freaking vacuum cleaner lmao

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?

Not... really? Not that I can think of at least, sorry!

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites?

Double Trouble (She-Ra): asdfghjkljjuhygtfyhjuikodfaskdfkhjaods

Alex Fierro (Magnus Chase): asdfghjkiuhygtfrtyjilhuygtfruwiefjh

Micheal Mell (Be More Chill): asdfgjhkijuytgfrd4tyiukjhnbgvfcxrderty (and yes if you were wondering the thing they all have in common is that they’re all canonically LGBTQ+)

V - Which character do you relate to most?

Probably not the best character to relate to, but Janus from Sanders Sides. I too am a compulsive liar who will do everything in my power to get my friends to take care of themselves and will occasionally suggest murder. I just wish I dressed as well as he did ;-;

W - A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.

Hmmmm... not really sure? Can’t think of anything off the top of my head, sorry.

X - A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom.

Does Hurt/Comfort count as a trope? Because if so then yes, all the time. If not, Found Family.

Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (i.e., fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)?

I’ve learned more about My Chemical Romance in the past three weeks than I have in my entire life lol. It’s not a bad thing!!! 

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! (Prompts optional but encouraged.)

Hamilton movie is tomorrow Hamilton movie is tomorrow Hamilton movie is tomorrow Hamilton movie is tomorrow Hamilton movie is tomorrow Hamilton movie is tomorrow Hamilton movie is tomorrow Hamilton movie is tomorrow im so freaking excited i cant

[itsclydebitches]

You mentioned piracy in a recent post and I'm curious. How do you feel about pirating things you simply don't have access to? For a very long time the anime Evangelion was not available anywhere new. Your options as a American were to either buy expensive used DVD's or pirate it. Even Crunchyroll didn't have it. Eventually a Japanese (no subtitles) blu0ray release was made, but it was costly. Finally Netflix got the rights to host it. Before that though could you fault anyone for pirating it?

Overall I’m solidly pro-pirating media because every interaction with a text comes down to the same question: Can I buy it or not? If you can buy it then you give money to the artists who rightfully deserve it and that’s fantastic. However, if you can’t buy it and abstain from engaging with the media at all you’re potentially losing more than just your own enjoyment. What does that mean? It means that: 

Maybe I wasn’t able to pay to see the first film, but pirating the first got me interested in the series so now, two years later, I’m paying to see the second when I have more funds. 

Maybe I wasn���t able to pay for the monthly streaming service hosting this TV show, but now that I’ve pirated it I’m buying related merch. 

Maybe I wasn’t able to buy this book, but I downloaded it, told all my friends about it, wrote a positive review, and potentially set the stage for other copies to be sold. 

You are, in short, functioning like a fandom: you created a thing, I love the thing, I’m going to ‘pay’ you for that thing in ways other than cash and credit. 

Pirating isn’t quite the same thing as walking into a store and snatching a book off the shelf. In that scenario you’re harming the author’s potential (or expected) revenue as well as the very real costs that the store put into buying that book in the first place. When you pirate you’re only cutting into those potential profits--profits that still wouldn’t exist if you’d said, “Well I can’t pay for it so I won’t watch/read it at all.” Now, I want to emphasize that none of the above examples are a justifiable replacement for funds. There’s a reason artists on tumblr rightfully say, “No. You’re paying me for my commission. ‘Exposure’ isn’t a valid form of payment.” What I am saying is that there’s a massive difference among a) not being able to pay for a show created by a major corporation so you gain nothing and give nothing back, b) pirating that major show and giving back in the ways that you can, and c) trying to “pirate” art off of a 21yo college student who’s just looking to buy groceries. Yes, every artist deserves to be paid for their work regardless of whether they’ve sold two copies or two million, but---while a lovely and worthwhile sentiment--that doesn’t acknowledge that a lot of people just can’t. That money isn’t going to end up in the artist’s pocket regardless. 

Ignoring for a moment the fact that a good chunk of us are Millennials/Gen Z and can’t pay for shit anyway, other reasons you might be inclined to pirate include: 

You literally do not have access to this. At all. I’m a grad student out in Ohio. There is no way I can pay/take the time to go to NYC and see Hamilton play. I can, however, download a recording of the show and then buy the soundtrack. 

Similarly, costs are not always just the cost of the media itself. My closest movie theater is a small, non-profit place that doesn’t always play the latest blockbusters. The closest AMC where I could see those blockbusters? That’s an Uber drive away. I can’t afford that on top of a $10+ ticket. 

As we’re seeing now, most people can’t afford to pay a monthly fee for multiple different streaming services. The content isn’t all in one place? We’re only going to pay for a portion of the content then. Just buy cable? Distributors need to acknowledge that we’re moving away from that format too. Most people don’t want media laden with commercials anymore, or media that requires equally expensive, specialized tech to play it on. “Specialized” here meaning it only exists for entertainment. I need my laptop to do my job. Being able to watch stuff on it is a bonus, but I’d need to pay for a laptop whether it could play films and TV or not. Actual televisions though? They only exist as a form of recreation. They’re a pure luxury. 

A common rebuttal here is, “Just buy the DVD.” Except, as said, I don’t own a TV. And Mac took out their DVD player in order to produce another expense by forcing people to buy it separately. Which I haven’t done yet. So not only are DVDs functionally useless to me at the moment, but it’s the same issue as above: the overall price is far more than the cost of the media alone. 

Sometimes---as you point out, anon---the material is simply not available in your country. It might never be available. Maybe it will be, but that’s years from now...and telling someone to wait years to see the thing all their friends are currently invested in is not the most compelling argument. 

Also yes, sometimes media stops being produced and the price skyrockets. I’ve had books I desperately wanted but they were well over $100 used for an otherwise cheap paperback. (Funds that, notably, also wouldn’t be going to that original author, editor, cover designer, etc.) 

People have always had a complex and murky definition of what amount of profit is “enough” for an author. And we need to acknowledge that. Because if we all collectively believed that every individual really had to pay for their own access than we would never lend books to friends. We wouldn’t sell used. Or allow music on Youtube. Or have libraries. No one would ever share their Netflix login. We would be far more concerned with eliminating ALL forms of “free” access if we were truly that concerned with a 1:1 transaction. Whether people want to admit it or not, there’s a middle ground between “making sure an author is fairly compensated for their work” and “making sure that people have access to the media at all.” 

It all comes down to how you’re defining that fair compensation and yes, I do think it makes a difference who the author is and what sort of compensation you’re offering. I buy all my books because pirating those tends to do more damage than pirating TV. Complicating that, I have a Netflix account and watch One Day At a Time there because they need ratings a whole lot more than Breaking Bad does. However, I pirate John Oliver because I can’t afford an HBO account on top of a Netflix account. 

Which brings us to, “Then you shouldn’t watch John Oliver at all. That’s a privilege, not a right, and if you can’t pay for it then you don’t get it.” But here’s the thing: media is important. We do need it. We need stories, almost as much as we need food, water, and shelter. It’s easy to say, “You can’t pay for the Popular New Thing so you don’t get to engage with it” and a lot harder to convince people that they should accept that situation when they’ve found access to it another way. 

You know all that research proving that when given a basic income most people still choose to work? Same principles apply. When people have access to money they will spend it on entertainment. Always. I buy books. I go out to the movies. I buy music on iTunes. I go see plays when I can. But the “when I can” portion is a complex and, for many people, rather rare scenario. I guarantee you, it’s not a dystopian future of, “If we accept piracy then no one will ever buy anything ever!” because most people want to pay artists. They want to support films like Captain Marvel. They want to buy a hardcopy book to put on their shelf. They want another copy of that film to gift to a friend. But there are times when they simply can’t do that... so what are we left with? The issue is much less a moral one than a practical one. It comes down to that original question: Can I pay for it? Most people don’t go, “I can pay for it but am choosing not to because I’m a horrible, greedy person.” They go, “I can’t pay for it so you’re not getting my money regardless. The only question now is whether I’ll lose the enjoyment of your art and you’ll lose anything that I might have given back---even if what I have to offer doesn’t mean as much to you as money.”