#last blog post was from just before the first Hobbit...

[shirefantasies]

LIFE/BLOG UPDATE

Posted something that was mostly done and hastily finished today and wow I was not expecting some of the replies I got! Seeing things like ‘return of the queen’ or even that people missed me was very flattering! I kind of just came on here because I forgot this blog existed and got a weird curiosity about my own creation 😆 but now that I’m back, here are some updates for everyone 💕

✿ I’ve moved out of the house where I was receiving enough negativity to feel worthless and suicidal and bullied about my sexuality, so now I have been months self-harm and ideation free and finally fully just accepted that I truly am bisexual and that truly is no big deal. It’s ok. And for once in my life I don’t care about what my parents say or think about me because I’ve lost a lot of respect for them and achieved so much happiness with our distance and have great people who do accept me even for all the things my mother told me repulsed people.

✿ For the first time in my life I’m in a happy and healthy relationship and it’s the most amazing thing in the world 🥹 I’ve never been understood, loved, and hyped like this before and had someone so wonderful and supportive who feels easy to be around and like home! After my last abusive relationship about 2 years ago, I literally cannot believe my luck and even though we haven’t been official very long yet, I could see this being the one 🤞🏻🥺🥰

✿ My first book, the anthology, that I intend to publish is almost entirely done!!!

✿ I’m officially getting, and going to be, a sister-in-law soon 🥹

✿ Blog-wise I’m not yet taking requests because I don’t know yet the volume I’ll be posting, so I hope you guys understand I’m easing into whatever will be comfortable! And now with therapy and moving I actually have a backbone so I don’t feel like a doormat about this anymore muahahaha >:3

✿ I have some drafts I may work on, both LoTR and The Hobbit, just not on any particular schedule and at my leisure! But definitely if I be writing, I return to my promise about representing every character as much as possible and trying my best to make all readers feel included and specify more ‘exclusive’ imagines such as gendered reader, pregnant reader, etc. 😌

✿ Ya girl is NEVER doing matchups again 😎 this is for my own mental health because frankly they were so overwhelming, time consuming, stressful, and the one request set that I consistently got no respect in. As much as I enjoyed the results when people were happy, respectful, and thankful, I often got people who would tell me they knew I wasn’t doing them but should put them first in line when I did, a blog who reached out to me personally with very elaborate detailed matchup requests who wouldn’t answer if they liked it, never thanked me or even reblogged it and made me feel like I put a lot of work into something they didn’t even like (and were rude another time, so subsequently got blacklisted from requesting from me again!). And my mental health is too good to feel like shit again over something silly so I hope you guys understand 🥰

✿ For now I’m leaving the hiatus note up just as I see where things go, but if my spark stays and this joy continues I hope to remove it again even if I don’t quite open requests! The spark was gone for so long and having it back in any capacity is worth celebrating, so I hope we can all do that together 💃🏻

THANK YOU GUYS FOR LOVE AND SUPPORT EVEN MONTHS LATER AND THROUGH CHANGES AND UNKNOWNS 🥰

[0zeeraa0]

Tolkien fans and ASOIAF fans on critical views of the books

so i didn't know weather to put this on my tolkien blog or my asoiaf blog, so im putting it here and rebloging it on them.

i recently saw a tiktok of someone talking about how tolkien fans do not like to engage with the books in a critical way, despite the fact that they often see themselves as very intellectual for being tolkien fans in the first place.

she also brought up the point that asoiaf fans are significantly more willing to do so despite ironically being looked down upon by said tolkien fans.

and i just wanted to talk about why i personally think this might be the case

(also dont take this supper seriously. these are just shower though. literally. i just came out of the shower. my hair is wrapped up in a towel rn)

!! this post is specially about the book fans for each fandoms !!

!! i did not take into account fans of the lotr or hobbit movies, the fans of tr*p, and also not the game of thrones show fans or the hotd fans !!

(fair warning: this post has become a bit of an incoherent monster so just bear with me)

a large part of this in my opinion could be the fact that tolkien's work is often considered to be "perfect" and "flawless" and "the best there is", something that a lot of the superfans tend to take to heart and internalize. and because they think tolkien's work is perfect, and because they are huge fans of that work, they seem to come to the conclusion that they have perfect taste in literature. so whenever that is criticized in any way they take it as a personal attack. like they're taste and they're personality is being criticized instead of, you know, a book.

this is also why i think asoiaf fans avoid this issue. it is no news to anyone that asoiaf has a.... reputation..... and a very large majority of people are already very well aware of that reputation before they even start reading the books. they already hear the criticism before they can get emotionally attached to what is being criticized. that way even after reading the books and becoming fans despite those criticisms, they are a lot more accepting of having their favorite book be criticized. and are a lot more willing to do it themselves.

another aspect of this uhhh phenomenon is the "mortality" of the books i suppose

tolkien's work is often seen as "pure" and (most importantly for this case) "unproblematic". another aspect fans very often seem to internalize, and may play a role in how little self awareness they have when they have a crash out over criticism. they cant possibly be rude and full of themselves when they're fans of such unproblematic literature!! how dare you!! this could also play a role in the superiority complex i often see from these types of tolkien fans, especially towards fans of other books, namely asoiaf.

as for the aforementioned asoiaf, as we made it clear, it has a reputation. fans know what they're getting into. they know about the sex and the violence and the incest, its hardly a secret. they also know they'll likely be looked down on for liking the books and are prepared for that too. kinda hard to sit on your moral high horse when its literally galloping through the "incest fandom"...

the way the story is presented could also be an aspect in the way the fandoms handle, not "criticism" necessarily, but more like a critical view of the books and the stories and characters within it (if you get what i mean)

tolkien's work can be pretty black and white. lange aspects of the stories is good vs evil. the evil morgoth vs the good valar. the evil sauron vs the good gandalf. the evil orcs vs the good elves blah blah blah you get it. it can be argued that this doesn't really encourage critical views of the characters and storylines. some are good and the others are evil. (please note that its been a long time since i last read these books so my memory might be a bit hazy. like pre pandemic) im not saying theres absolutely no moral ambiguity to be had, but there absolutely are many characters that we are meant to see as unquestionably good or evil. and we definitely are meant to see certain actions in a certain way. theres not a lot of speculation to be had in the canon material (but hey thats what fanfics are for right?). this paired up with the moral superiority mentioned before can lead to being told that you're "excusing" evil characters actions just because you questioned their actions and didn't take them at face value. this is especially bad with the silmarillion, which is supposed to be a biased retelling of events but many people seem to forget that and treat everything it says like its the holy bible. you cant talk about certain actions being presented differently than how they might have actually happened because then you're "making excuses" for the characters and you're very problematic for that btw :/ sometimes it feels like the idea that tolkien's work is perfect and genius is the only thing that's stopping these kinds of people from just saying "it aint that deep bro"

asoiaf in the other hand is aaaallll about moral ambiguity. instead of "evil characters" and "good characters", we have cruel actions and kind actions. both of which are done by every character. yes, some lean more towards kindness or more towards cruelty, but there are very few who cant be said to have at leats a little bit of both (one of these few would be someone like ramsay). even extremely cruel characters like joffrey and cersei have motivation or reasons for their behavior that can be seen as understanding or sympathetic despite them still being inexcusable. asoiaf actively encourages you to think deeper into the motivations of the characters. the pov format of the books making this even more apparent, since we see the world through the eyes of one character at a time. were shown their biases and how they may be contradicted by the povs of the other characters.

now, because as i said these were just shower thoughts so sorry if its a bit of a mess or that it ends abruptly. i just kinda ran out of things to say. if you have more ideas on why this might be the case feel free to drop it in a reblog or in the comments.

[magicratfingers]

it's been a minute since i did like, a process feelings post and this is supposed to be a process blog so

i'm putting together a lil slideshow about my makin comics for my day job. It's got me goin through old stuff back to like, 2021 when i first started trying to draw regularly. (I tried to draw a hobbit a day. I don't know why. I don't even like LoTR). I was just messin around trying to find some direction until I started drawing d20 fanart religiously (thank you, ACOFaF) and finally started making comics last year.

I definitely see periods where shit was really fun and effortless and then periods where I was needing to force it. Looking at my archives, last June things were really going great. But then in January I hit that burnout hard and had to take all those months off to konmari my way through it.

I want to figure out like... what happened there. Was it something special about June? Emotional fallout from the first Halloween I spent alone? Or just. Going too hard? I was definitely trying to do a lot AND trying to tell longer stories so I'm not surprised my brain melted.

What I can tell is that the art i like the most was made in periods of silly goofy fun times. very dumb, zero pressure. just having fun. I've been pretty stressy bessy about my dayjorb. So in an effort to get no stakes goofy back into my life I'm redownloading tiktok wish me luck.

One old thing I did that was really fun was the daily oracle. It was before I joined tumblr. Maybe I bring back a silly daily exercise? Shake off some pressure?

Here's some of the oracles. I think they're all on kofi (with their descriptions)

[ducktoonsfanart]

Summary of My Art in 2024

I wish everyone a happy and successful New Year 2025! Lots of health and happiness and I hope there will be no such troubles as in 2024. By the way, I'm posting this on 1.1.2025.

By the way, that's my name on Discord and Deviantart so that no one gets confused by the fact that it says my art blog name on the templates instead of my current name.

This time I finally have my review table, or rather a summery of my drawings that I did in the past 2024. As at the beginning of 2024, I did a special New Year's celebration in Brazil for my beloved friends with two drawings, where adults celebrate on one, while children and teenagers on the other, of course as part of my Quack Pack AU and a crossover of almost all Donald Duck media. During 2024, I had numerous troubles and obligations so I didn't have time to do everything regarding my drawings, so I succeeded in some things, and in some things I didn't. I was certainly glad that I did a lot with you throughout 2024 through special weeks and months dedicated to my favorite characters, although unfortunately I didn't do all the topics. Still, it was fun for me to do certain things. 2024 was certainly a challenging year for me and like 2023 I did new things that I had never done before and I was glad that I managed to do it. Especially regarding the 90th birthday of my favorite duck, Donald Duck.

Unfortunately, like 2023, 2024 also had its tragic events so I did and drew certain drawings dedicated to that, as well as a dedication to one of my favorite manga and anime authors Akira Toriyama who left this world in March 2024, so I drew during the month related to Dragon Ball and I put my favorite characters from Donald Duck media (comics, video games and cartoons) and Duckverse with Dragon Ball characters. Yes, published at the end of April 2024, since I had not done certain drawings before. If anyone asks why I put a Dragon Ball drawing for the month of March.

As in previous years, this time I did some crossovers with ducks, such as Super Mario, Dragon Ball, some adult sitcoms like Smiling Friends and of course a crossover with Looney Tunes. You can also see some drawings related to Mickey and Friends and Looney Tunes. For the first time, I also drew some drawings of my favorite characters from other franchises, which you can see here: https://ducktoonsfanart.tumblr.com/post/761941174545235968/i-have-6-sides-cartoon-and-comic-edition-meme

I also drew on the topic of history, superheroes, fantasy, space, customs, world travel and more. I found it particularly challenging to draw ducks in roles from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, which you can see here: https://ducktoonsfanart.tumblr.com/post/754506451541753856/the-hobbit-and-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-lord-of

Not to mention my favorite characters in roles of historical figures: https://ducktoonsfanart.tumblr.com/post/749604818515050496/donald-duck-as-napoleon-bonaparte-scrooge-mcduck

For the last three months, I unfortunately gave up drawing a bit due to the bad events that happened then, but I did as much as I could, especially in December, because it is not right to give up during the biggest Christmas and New Year holidays. All in all, thank you very much for supporting me during 2024 and continue to support me.

Now, the drawings by month that I did and which were among the most popular during 2024, and in the previous post, my top 10 drawing posts in 2024.

Thank you all and continue to support me and like and reblog my drawings and it will certainly be interesting to see what 2025 will bring. Which would say 2024 will be the year of the dragon. Once again happy holidays and happy New Year 2025 and feel free to like and reblog this, just don't copy the same ideas I perform and create without mentioning me. Thank you!

Feel free to like and reblog and comment on what you liked the most during 2024 regarding my drawings and feel free to tell me your ideas for 2025! Thank you! And sorry for long post, I love writing essays like this. XD

Source for this template: https://www.deviantart.com/peppertode/art/2024-SUMMARY-OF-ART-template-1038351476

[thegreatyin]

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Hello! I’m Yin, he/she/they, and welcome to my part of the hellsite, except with a lot more angels and monsters running amok. I’m primarily a hobbyist artist and writer, though I do aspire to get a proper job in either (or both!) professions someday. I’m a big fan of video games, cartoons, and just generally all that cringe fail nerdy stuff. If you want a more detailed introduction including nitty-gritty boundary information, links to and information about personal projects, and what few other social medias I have, you can find all of that stuff just below the cut. You don't have to read everything, but it's all there if you want to see it.

Also, this blog may-or-may-not convince you to play cult classic niche text-based horror browser game Fallen London. This is your first, last, and only warning... aaaand also beware the massive untagged spoilers for the Heart's Desire storyline from said game, because I can never shut up about my obsession with my made up bat. This spoiler warning applies to literally this entire blog. Viewers beware.

Don't be afraid to tell me if I need to warn (or be reminded to warn) for triggering content, I am always happy to do so!

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~ Do not interact: ~

The title of this section is a joke. I don't actually have a DNI. What I will lay down is a before you follow:

• I am not comfortable with sharing my personal information on any public social media! Please respect this. I am comfortable disclosing that I am professionally diagnosed with autism and ADHD, and identify... somewhere on the LGBTQ spectrum in both orientation and gender. I'm still trying to figure out where, mind you, but definitely somewhere!!

• I am very violently queer and use the word very liberally as a form of self-identification. If this is a serious, major problem for you, I'd recommend you just block this blog and move on.

• This blog is a SFW space and, while I may reblog or post the occasional dirty or suggestive joke, I tend to avoid any and all truly explicit content. Blogs of any caliber are welcome to interact, just be aware my own space will always remain PG-13 at worst. This rule varies when it comes to artistic nudity- generally I will avoid reblogging it here, but if I ever do so it will be tagged appropriately.

• My official stance on any and all shipping discourse is that I prefer to not get personally engaged and keep my own opinions to myself. While I do have personal takes, viewpoints, and to an extent a clearly-defined side on the whole thing, I am not privy to publicly sharing any of these and will ignore any and all inquiries about the topic. I would greatly prefer to be treated as a neutral or otherwise outside party by both sides of the debate, because I do not wish to get involved in any discourse, and earnestly request that everyone respect that to the best of their ability. I'm just a simple hobbit in my own corner of the internet, and boy am I not willing to carry the ring to Mordor anytime soon.

• I write and draw what I want to write and draw. I am an insufferable multishipper and a majority of my works deal with incredibly heavy and graphic topics. These will always be tagged and properly warned for. I will never drop something violent or gory on anyone's dashboards without the appropriate content warnings and disclaimers. As stated near the top of this post, if I ever forget anything, please feel free to remind me about it!!! Other's comfort will always take priority over my own hubris.

• I greatly enjoy eldritch/biblical angel aesthetics and religious horror themes, and they play a prominent role in a good chunk of my personal works. Similarly; body horror, existential dread, various kinds of abuse, struggles with nihilism, and mental health issues of all kinds are either common or at the very least notably existent in virtually all settings I create. If any of this makes you uncomfortable, I would earnestly recommend blocking most of the tags relating to my work.

• This should go without saying, but this blog is open to all sorts of identities and peoples regardless of origin. Short of literally being a crime, I am happy to let people identify however they wish. If you disagree with this statement, please be aware that I block liberally and I block often.

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~ Personal Projects and Settings ~

Acts, Promises, and Faith (commonly abbreviated to "APF"): My main ongoing original fiction project, with a clearly defined cast and setting and (almost!) a clearly defined overarching plot. Set on an artificially magic-infused planet known simply as Mimue, it follows a catgirl shapeshifter as she struggles to deal with love, loss, the baby(?) eldritch spider that crashed through her roof last night, and the most powerful person to ever exist taking a personal interest in her journey to bring that spider home. The main story is not currently published, and will likely not be for years, but I do hope to make it into a webcomic someday. Or a book. Or a game. Or just... something.

Outside of the main protagonist quartet, the setting as a whole has an abundance of side characters (and not so side characters), most of which feature in some shape or form in the official stories I have published on Ao3! These side stories also contain major insights into the lore and overall status of the world at large, and I always have ideas in the back of my mind for how I can make more stuff like this in the future. Just make sure to read the content warnings on all published works, and know that none of those were published in anything close to chronological order 👉😎👉

It is also important to note that you should treat all of those aforementioned stories as you would expanded universe material for an already-existing show or franchise- with the incredibly notable exception of one reoccurring character in particular, a majority of the cast given focus in the Ao3 fics do not star or otherwise provide a major role in the plot as it's written right now. I'm essentially constructing this universe backwards by first introducing everyone to Glup Shitto instead of Luke Skywalker. But that's okay, because now you can have both as your blorbos in the end! Everyone wins!

I am always accepting asks and inquiries about this world, because I love it to death and I love my blorbos to death and Rigel is my favorite character I've ever made ever.

Overall genre: Urban... ish fantasy character drama, leaning slightly towards low fantasy in general. The technology level in most of the world is equivalent to America in the early 60s, and magic originates from an outside force/gift in this setting, but is also pretty much seamlessly integrated into society by the modern day. While the story and themes are closer to darker melodrama than light-hearted action adventure, the world is distinctly not grimdark and the plot is mainly motivated by and through character actions and beliefs throughout the narrative.

Notable Content Warnings: Depression, allusions to suicide, drowning, burning alive, occasional gore, PTSD and C-PTSD, unreality and hallucinations from the prospective of the primary protagonist, body horror

Main Tag: #apf for general content, #apf info for more specific information about the world (these posts are not up-to-date most of the time, upfront worldbuilding questions are always preferred!)

Where to read it?: The APF anthology collection on Ao3 currently contains every published story I've ever written in ideal reading order! You definitely don't have to follow it in the slightest, it's just a suggestion due to how many fics there actually are. This setting also has its very own discord server, but for security reasons if anyone wants to enter it they'll have to DM me personally. Go on, give it a shot, I certainly won't mind!

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"Above": A work-in-progress name for a mostly sandbox (no clearly defined plot) setting about various gods, angels, and demons getting up to mischief across time and space. Dramatically darker in setting and tone than APF, and far less grounded to boot.

The world of "Above" is currently split between two eras- the "past" era, where a newly-born Seraph named Reguel tries their best to follow the wishes of their god, and the "present" era, where the King of Demons campaigns to end a millennium of torment from his cruel patron deity. At its core, it's a science fantasy setting that ends up focusing 99% of its attention on the duo of god-created fantasy races and very little on the already scarce sci-fi elements. Outside of lore about the gods and their creations, the rest of the world is merely a backdrop to demon and angel tomfoolery. To this effect, the actual "main cast" features funny jesters, friendly demon kings that use emoticons every five sentences, murderous malewives intensely in love with their giant goth girlfriends, and one (1) very sexy butler. Truly, some treats for everyone to enjoy.

Also, demons in this setting are floating mood ring space cannibals. That's really just something you have to experience for yourself to understand.

While there is an ongoing askblog based on this world, the events of that blog are not strictly canonical and will probably never be declared as such for spoiler-related reasons I cannot get into... but I'm also not saying the blog isn't canon. Just like APF, I'm always happy to receive and answer asks about this setting, so feel free to send any when you feel like it!

Overall Genre: The past era is a fantastical tragedy, while the present era is largely a nobledark adventure story. The world of the past is seen only through the eyes of an unreliable narrator, while the present is told through many different perspectives across many different species and locations.

Notable Content Warnings: Everything in the book. Psychosis, self harm, cannibalism, gore, dissociation, suicidal thoughts, PTSD, C-PTSD, parental abuse, parental neglect, abusive relationships... this is a dead dove setting, through and through, and it does not pull its punches. Particularly in the past era, but the whole world in general is a dove actively dying inside a paper bag.

Main Tag: #above.

Where to read it?: As this is largely a sandbox freeform setting, there's far fewer defined ways to access information about the setting and lore. The most notable proper story is God Have Mercy on Them, God Have Mercy on Me, a work-in-progress epic set in the past era that describes Reguel's early life and the choices that led them to where (and who) they are today. It has an absurdly slow update schedule because I write in my free time and it's insanely long, but many of its twists and turns are truly something else. One day I will finish it, and on that day it will be my magnum fucking opus. Probably. Maybe. Who knows, really.

The other option is @xx-hail2theking-xx, a currently ongoing roleplay blog centered around King Paimak and his merry band of cannibals. Unlike all other blogs I've managed in the past, it has a clearly defined act structure and is planned to end after a certain point, but that point is still far off. You don't necessarily need to read through the entire blog to jump into the plot at this point in time, but it certainly wouldn't hurt!

Also I've worked on it for like a year and made a bunch of art and writing just for it and it's kind of just my homemade self-imposed summer art project now. In a wacky demon sort of way.

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The Omniverse: Technically not just my project, but deserves to be included here anyway! This is a set of Undertale Multiverse roleplay blogs I participate in during my off time, although currently they're on indefinite hiatus due to unfortunate life and scheduling reasons.

The simplest way to explain the overarching plot- the very loose, very improv-based plot- of both blogs I run is essentially that there are two concurrent stories running back-to-back. In one, a recovering drug addict struggles with terrifying concepts like "having morals" and "caring about people", while in other the self-proclaimed King of Darkness and Everything Evil has to contest with a madman that wants to wipe out all of reality and build it anew and has already done so once before.

Oh, and the recoverer is the brother of the King's spouse. There's a truckload of complicated roleplay lore associated with each and every character from this setting, and it's almost impossible for me to single-handedly cover it all- especially considering I don't own half of the major cast.

Nothing is currently being done with them right now, but rest assured at any given moment I am rotating Caeru in my mind like a rotisserie chicken.

Overall Genre: Darkly comedic character introspection drama, and grimdark action adventure with a heavy focus on worldbuilding and characters.

Notable Content Warnings: Addiction, drug abuse, excessive violence, PTSD, C-PTSD, self harm, suicidal tendencies and thoughts... okay, maybe this one is kind of a dying dove too.

Main Tag: #rp stuff dwbi for primarily general RP content, while #hag for Hood and Greylu's verse in particular (the King of Darkness' verse)

Where to read it?: @official-saltbag and @darkness-regins respectively, however the quality of my old (and I do mean old) writing found on these blogs is inconsistent and contains many plot points and characterization choices I'm not sure hold up well today. While I hold no lingering resentment or specific apprehension about the blogs in general, I would much rather someone read my current work if they are genuinely interested in my writing style... and also they both completely lack a chrono tag, so good luck properly reading through them without a saintly amount of patience.

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Mistakes, Curses, and Mockeries: APF's semi-sequel, but only in the sense that Deltarune is technically a sequel to Undertale. Set in the same world and continuity as APF, but decades into the future- with a completely separate cast and story structure to boot.

One year after the death of his family at the hands of a mysterious robotic "red devil", a young noble named Equuleus comes to the horrifying realization that he's stuck in a year-spanning timeloop. And in every loop, no matter what, widespread disaster and chaos runs rampant by year's end. Potentially at the very same hands that led his family to ruin.

And thus Leus makes a vow; Force a future where everybody lives, or die trying.

...naturally, it turns out "die trying" can be taken very literally in this exact scenario. Things only spiral from there.

Overall Genre: Fantasy mystery adventures, with a touch of character drama and time shenanigans for spice. Steampunk-magitek-medieval-fantasy mixing pot of a setting with the occasional downright cyperpunk jumpscare. Keeps threatening to become a psychological horror and I keep having to bat it with a stick so it chills the heck out already. (It is doing the exact opposite of chilling the heck out.)

Notable Content Warnings: Major character death, dehumanization, dissociation, existential terror about forgetting everything that you are, insufferable nihilists, potentially even more insufferable fatalists, colonialism

Main Tag: #mcm.

Where to read it?: well first you get a shovel and second you start applying it directly to my skull to get the brain out for advanced noclip telepathy strats... is what I'd usually say, but there's actually a singular fic set in this setting now! I know, I'm shocked too.

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~ Contact information / socials ~

Tumblr is and will forever be my main social media platform, and I rarely consistently maintain accounts on other sites. You can, however, nonetheless find me below:

• @luminxlumina on Twitter

• @TheGreatYin on Bluesky

• @TheGreatYin on Cohost (Kept on this list for nostalgia. RIP <3)

• @TheGreatWritingYin on Ao3

• @TheGreatYin on Artfight

• @TheGreatFrostingWind on Flight Rising

• @TheGreatYin on Pixel Cat's End

• @Yinsie on Fallen London (Main Account, endgame and working on the Paramount Presence grind. My alt accounts are Caeru, The Blue Lark, and Greylu, in vague order of priority.)

• ...and that's literally just it!

If you successfully scrolled and read to the bottom of this, congratulations! Have a celebratory cookie. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ 🍪

[whispering-about-the-tmnt]

For the ask thing:

How long have you been writing whump?

What was the first fandom you wrote whump for?

Share one of your favorite whumpy scenes that you have written.

How long have you been writing whump?

I have a hard time actually answering that, because for as long as I have been writing stories, I have been writing about people getting hurt. Yeah, sad... I know. But conflict has to come from somewhere, right? It has at least been since the mid-1980s, though. I remember watching Star Trek at my aunt's house and it was the episode "Specter Of The Gun", where Chekov got "killed". And I, nine years old or so, of course had a crush on Chekov, so I very much wanted to write my own story where he gets hurt, but then managed to rescue himself... so I borrowed my aunt's typewriter and wrote it!

So, I suppose the answer is... four decades, give or take?

What was the first fandom you wrote whump for?

Ah, see, I am not going to go with Star Trek on this, even though that was the first one I wrote. This question is about fandom, and I wasn't in any fandoms way back then (no internet, of course, and I was too young for zines and the like), so I am going to go ahead and say it was TMNT, back in my Stealthy Stories days in the late 1990s. The fic is called Displaced, and I wrote it down in a notebook for my dad several years before posting it online. I am actually in the process of re-editing it and putting it up on AO3. As for the whump factor, poor Donnie doesn't have the best few days in it...

Share one of your favorite whumpy scenes that you have written.

Oh, God... I gotta choose between my children?

Okay, since I got this ask on a TMNT blog, I'll skip scenes from my Hobbit stuff. But if you are interested in them, Collapse has both a bit of physical and a lot of emotional, and The Standing Stone Of The Sigin Tarag, which is unfortunately on permanent hiatus, does a number on Fili both physically and emotionally, as well.... plus Fili has a really, really bad night in And The Water Woke Him.

Where was I? Oh, TMNT. I have a lot, really, but Something Wicked is just loaded with whump, and the chapter I am currently editing is a biggie in that regard... but it is honestly hard for me to pick out one passage. So, in the interest of just getting it done, I'll choose an early one, from chapter four...

Spoiler warning, if you please...

It moved swiftly, grabbing Mike by the side of the neck. This time it didn't squeeze, it lifted him, then brought him down hard, slamming his forehead into the corner of the concrete ledge. Mike saw a flash of light, felt the skin on his brow split; then the thing drew the Turtle's face close to its own, as if scrutinizing its work. It snarled, then lifted him and struck his brow against the concrete once more. Michelangelo's thoughts grew hazy, and the creature pushed him back against the wall on the other side of the tunnel. Mike somehow managed to stay upright on his unsteady legs, leaning back against the curved concrete as his knees weakened below him. Staring at the creature past the blood that was now seeping into his eyes, he straightened up as much as he was able, defiantly locking gazes with the monster, waiting for it to come at him one last time… waiting for it to grab him, to choke him, to tear his flesh… waiting for it to do something… anything… Far away, he heard his brothers hollering again. The creature glanced in their direction, then it slowly turned and lumbered off down the opposite way. Mike watched the thing until it vanished into the shadows, then he took a step towards his brothers' voices; but as soon as his shell left the support of the wall, he stumbled and fell forward, landing face-down in the water. He tried to lift his head, tried to push himself up with his weakened arms so he could raise his face above the surface, but he had no strength left in him, and his lungs were beginning to burn… …Hold your breath… He closed his eyes, trying despite the pain and panic to find some quiet place in his mind, trying to fight back the need for air… …Hold your breath… His brothers were somewhere nearby, their voices were growing closer… they would be there soon… if he could just keep himself from breathing until they got there… until they found him… …Hold your damn breath…

Thanks for the ask!

[skyyknights]

20 Questions For Fic Writers

Tagged by @zeldaelmo @nocturne-side-blog @aegon-targaryen !! Thank you all!!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

59 in total, but only 46 are available to the public 😅 I think I ended up putting some of the ones I wasn't as fond of, or ones that I just didn't feel like updating ever again, to a private collection lol

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

212,020!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

hooboy.

Legend of Zelda, mainly, but also: How to Train Your Dragon, Miraculous, LOTR, 1917, MCU, Narnia, Endeavour, and a few other extremely obscure fandoms hardly anyone else is in XD

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

the faces left behind (LU which I know many people hate but I like it so don't judge lol)

Marinette Has Cookies (Of Course Chat Showed Up) (what an annoying title actually??) (Miraculous)

Just Allergies? (How to Train Your Dragon)

Juli's Tree (Flipped)

The Power of a Hot Drink (Skyward Sword)

wow I am... not good at coming up with fic titles 😂 nowadays I just pick a song lyric from a song that applies and slap it on the title but other than that they're pretty horrible 💀

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes! Although sometimes if there's really no way to respond to it I just mark it as read.

...also usually it takes me a while to get the motivation to reply. I've been known to take months before answering a comment 😬

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Oo hm... I can't decide so instead I shall dump a handful of them

One Last Look - Skyward Sword Zelink, after that scene

Age - Sksw Zelink through the years, with a bittersweet ending

Golden Sands - this is one of the first fics I ever posted (originally posted on Wattpad... oof). but basically it's about the robot Skipper from Skyward Sword, thinking about his past life while broken and unable to move in the present.

Incomprehensible - POV of other hobbits in the Shire, unable to understand why the four Travelers act the way they do, or why eventually their number drops to three.

Regrets - Joandeavour talking about... tough things :(

Please, Ada - Babey™ Legolas wanting to hang with his father and his father does NOT want to hang with him is the happiest way I can describe it

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Take three because I'm indecisive.

Worthy - Edmund Pevensie coming to terms with the fact that he is loved

Spidey - Spideychelle being oblivious. that is all

Rainy Days - TP Zelinkkkkkk

there's definitely more but I think those are probably some of the happiest

8. Do you get hate on fics?

My fics usually have a pretty small reception so I don't think so? The most would be someone saying the plotholes of the fic were killing them which then sent me, a major overthinker, into overdrive, even though it's not that bad XD so no, thankfully, I don't think I've ever gotten any (although anon hate is another thing entirely. LOL)

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

nope! don't ever plan to either

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

erm. I don't think I ever have?? I've read one or two before, but I don't believe I have ever actually written one

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't think so XD

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

again, idt so!!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

nope! It's a dream of mine though, Noct and I have several things planned >>>>>>:)

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

oh boy.

so

this is a tricky question

and

the answer is.

all of them

ok jokes aside I genuinely cannot narrow it down, so I'll list... my top five, I guess.

Zelink, Joandeavour, Spideychelle, Rudy/Liesel, and Hiccstrid

(Hm. Thinking about it Joandeavour is probably my favorite just because it's so heartbreakingly tragic, but Zelink is a very very very close second)

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

hah.

Probably this, a fix-it Spideychelle fic that I have a lot written for but idk if I'll ever have the guts to do much else with it

16. What are your writing strengths?

d. description I guess?? I've never been a good judge at what I'm good at XD

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I tend to be a bit Victor Hugo-esque with my sentences, aka I have to control myself so the sentence doesn't stretch on for five paragraphs

and we don't talk about my old fics <3

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I mean? For LOTR I would definitely sprinkle in elvish just for the vibe of it, also because he did so, but I would also provide translations. For real-world...hmm. I think I did throw in three or four German words in The Book Thief fic I posted recently, but again, the author himself did so, and I think so long as you're not adding a full, necessary sentence that the reader is then required to look up in order to understand what's going on, and if you instead just use a curse word or a muttered phrase of annoyance or something in the other language, I think that's fine.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

LOTR, I believe. Hand-written in seventh or eighth grade XD

(And then I wrote dozens of unfinished Loz fics in the notes app on my mom's ancient phone she didn't use anymore, fics that completely misunderstood any of the games because I hadn't played them yet. It pains me to think about those fics).

(also this is not counting those "add on to the end of the story!" assignments teachers used to give out in middle school)

20. Favorite fic you've ever written?

oh hot dang lemme see

againnnn we are doing several (look my decision making has been ATROCIOUS lately, I cannot be faulted <3)

you feel like home - SkSw Zelink, a teeny tiny bit of angst but mostly fluff (also Link nearly throws hands with Scrapper which is a bonus. When I tell you I cranked that fic out in a day after getting so salty with Scrapper I nearly snapped my wiimote in half)

would I run off the world someday - a very recent TP Zinc fic!! It has traces of Midlink; essentially, it's about Link refusing to stop grieving Midna, and thus hurting himself and Zelda, who is in love with him due to having shared a soul with Midna. It's basically a 4+1 fic and does end happy with the promise of future Zelink, very different from my normal Zelink stuff though

annnd...

Forbidden - Zinc week fic that didn't get as much attention as my other two ZW fics, but I actually really really love it so. <3 I just. idk I love the prose of that fic, I suppose :) and the ending hehe

I do have a few other favorites but I think it's unfair to include them because they're unfinished lol

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[chickensjourney]

It’s time to take some control back in my life.

It’s time to make something of my self.

It’s time to achieve the dreams I’ve dreamt for the past 4 years.

I find myself lying in bed, it’s 11:01pm, one of my cats has abandoned me because I’m annoying her with my typing, the other sit hasn’t come to bed tho I can hear one of them munching on some biscuits left in their bowl before I fill it again tomorrow. I have $17 to my name and only myself to blame.

It turns out going to your first art class as a baby artist lights a fire under your butt. 10/10 I highly recommend.

And who am I? Hi there, I’m Annie-Rose, I’m 30, never been in a relationship, is owned by two cats I named after quidditch balls, and live in a modern apartment that I’m painting to feel like nature has come inside. I also overuse certain emojis (💛🍓🍄🐞🌻) and love Harry Potter and the magic that it holds.

Some simple goals I have: learn to sew and make some hobbit clothes that I can wear all the time. Paint three murals (ones started but is taking me almost 2 years to finish). Learn to crochet at least a head wrap for my sister out of late grandmothers yarn. GET A JOB so I can start to replace my furniture with ✨aesthetic✨ stuff.

I’ve plotted out everything I want to do in my home as it’s my passion. I want to bake and cook and do a puzzle a week (I joined a puzzle club and have done a few over the last couple months so at least the dream has started). I just feel so lost but I need to get over myself because EVERYONE needs to work. And.., oh, my baby girl has come back. She’s sitting on my chest purring. I love this.

This blog had three posts, all from 2022. But I need a fresh start. A new beginning. Tomorrow I’ll apply for some jobs and hopefully win chess with my dad after Pilates and then maybe come home and make something. It’d be nice to plot the murals in the back rooms. Also maybe put up the privacy stuff I want to try out in the bedroom. And clean out the house of rubbish and recycling.

I don’t really know what else to write that could give you a better insight into my world. If you happen to find this, hi. If it’s me reading this in a couple of years, PLEASE ACHIEVE THESE DREAMS FOR YOUNGER YOU.

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[roccondil]

Hey! What's the meaning behind your url?

Hello! it’s actually wicked simple... and pretty geeky...

anyways, it means simply “love of horses”, and is one of several translations of the phrase into Tolkien’s Quenya. This particular spelling I got from one of the pages on the early Tolkien fansite Arwen-Undomiel.com

[henqtic]

magic it made . george weasley x reader . wc: 484.

authors note: unedited . a little summary is that the reader and george have moved into a flat in a muggle neighborhood and attempt to make the bed without magic.

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“this is so hard,” george huffed as he flopped down on the bed — the fitted sheet snapping from the two corners it had finally stuck to and curled over his face.

you’d finally signed the lease to the flat this morning. it was in a nice muggle town, the ones that you see on the television with trimmed bushes and picketed fences.

you needed a break from the wizarding world after everything had happened. losing life long friends, family members, and having your lives be at risk themselves, it was all too much.

he especially, being around his childhood home knowing that some of the most significant people a part of it could have been missing out of the frame.

it had been a month or two since you’d come to the consensus to finally move in together, and three hours since the weasleys and your friends left after helping you move everything in.

the nap you’d taken on the floor in a pile of blankets and pillows had been more unpleasant than being exhausted — so you decided to get up and get the sheets on your actual bed.

which proved to be harder than you thought without magic.

george sighed, pushing the sheet off of his body and sitting up. his legs still touched the floor even with the platform of your bed.

“can’t we just magic it made? that was the first thing mum taught me and siblings because it would never look just the right way if we did it by hand,” he took you by the hips and placed you right in between his legs.

“but honey, we’re living in a muggle neighborhood for a reason — these people do muggle things all the time and i think the least we can do is learn how to make a bed properly,” you reasoned with a slight whine in your voice.

it was sheltering to be a part of a pureblood family, yes. but you had come to terms with that and worked to integrate different ideas into your lives. the last thing you were gonna allow was you and the love of your life to be a grown man and woman who couldn’t make a bed.

“it would be so much easier though love, and then we’d be able to actually use our new — king sized bed, without our families being within earshot. doesn’t that sound good?” he hummed, hooded eyes wandering down your figure like a fox.

he always knew how to steer a conversation.

“i thought you were tired. remember?”

you placed your hands around his neck, giving him an inquisitive look as he found something to answer with.

“i can preserve my energy for. . . better things.”

you hummed long in thought before he interrupted.

“it’ll just be this once, we can ring hermione tomorrow and ask her to teach us.”

“promise?”

“cross my heart and hope to die.”

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Hi, I'm Zephyr, I'm a 30-year-old artist and writer. I started this blog in 2018, I think, that's the date of my earliest post. It started out as a Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit blog and has morphed into a One Piece blog in the last year. This blog is really just a place for me to post stuff about my latest favorite show(s) and to make friends. So if there's anything you want to know about me, go ahead and drop whatever questions you have in my ask box.

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I'm also actually pretty shy about interacting with others, I'm usually worried I'm bothering people, so I just don't try. But if you want to be friends, that's cool, you'll have to make the first move though. Also, be aware, that I'm bad with small talk and social cues and tone.

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[ghostboyjules]

about me

omg tagged first by @mathomhouse-e and then right as I was abt to post this @wordsinhaled tagged me too!! so delighted and honored to be in this wonderful group of mutuals, y'all make my heart warm 💖🥰

Nickname: Jules, I guess, counts? other than that I don't really have a current one... @weirdfishy has been calling me ghostie tho, which I absolutely adore 🥺💕

Sign: Aquarius Sun, Aries Moon, Gemini Rising (Cap Mercury, and if y'all wanna talk astrology my dm's are always open lmaaoo)

Height: 5'7 or 5'8 on a good day (a.k.a when my sciatica isn't elbow dropping me to death)

Last thing I googled: "piercing places" and before that, "images of a shrimp" which I'm including because I thought that was very funny

Song stuck in my head: surprisingly I don't have one up there right now?? well.. I guess kinda,, but it's like a mix of a couple. All Up In Your Mind by Beyoncé, Genghis Khan by Miike Snow, Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac, and In a Week by Hozier.. weird combo of songs but they're kinda cycling through my brain like a weird spirit box-esque radio station

Number of followers: 713 (😳, most of these are like, weird bots or deactivated blogs but still woah..)

Amount of sleep: hmm generally I get anywhere from 3-7 hrs, but as of right this moment (10:38pm) I've had 4hrs 36mins of Actual Sleep (from last night to when I woke up for work this morning) and then a 2 hr nap (before I started dinner this evening)

Dream job: Archivist of Some Sort™ in the Library of Congress,,, with a specialty in Thanatology?? I don't really know the specifics yet but something along those lines ig, if at all possible

Wearing: ..... a gray Cowboy Garfield t-shirt with the phrase "when I die I may not go to heaven. I don't know if they let cowboys in." and black underwear (THESE ARE MY PAJAMAS, OKAY? had to include the undies so you would get the Look™, I can't just say I'm wearing a t-shirt and leave it at that obvi... ajdjakfkg)

Movies/books that summarize you: my brain can't decide which way it wants to take this, so I'm just gonna answer with the Books/movies that I feel has shaped who I am as a person, currently. LOTR & the Hobbit trilogies, The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater, the Conjuring (only the first one 🔪), Spirited Away, and The Labyrinth. OH SHIT almost forgot, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.

Favorite song: this changes daily 😐 rn tho I think probably Blood Upon the Snow by Hozier and Bear McCreary

Favorite instrument: Pipe Organ, Cello, Bass Clarinet, and the voice

Aesthetic: uh... weird goth gay uncle who is lazy and also a witch? is that anything?

Favorite authors: oof alright, well. Maggie Stiefvater, Nora Sakavic, Gege Akutami, Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler), and a handful of Fanfic Authors that I won't list here because I'm terrified of forgetting someone, but know that I am absolutely counting them and will forever remember their names

Random fun fact: I really love playing guitar hero games but I've never once really tried to learn how to play the guitar

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[phoenixisbored]

Back at it with the Sansûkh readthrough

Yes, I know it's been months since I last posted something on this blog. School and life got so crazy during the second half of 2021 (fuck animal physiology, yo), so this just got put off to the wayside. Regardless, school has been a bit kinder to me this semester and I'm ready to continue reading this wonderful fanfic.

Sansûkh Chapter 6: Reactions, Thoughts and Review:

Hey! I'm finally reading this on my desktop, so it will be far easier for me to read and record my thoughts at the same time. Yay!

Right off the bat, there is a mention of Erebor facing terrible winters, which I really appreciate. I'm a big fan of the "Hobbit Under the Mountain" AU, but I don't think enough fics make note of how hard it would be during those first few months/years after the reclamation of Erebor. While I definitely enjoy the more lighthearted stories that focus on Bagginshield fluff, I always commend the stories that aren't afraid to shy away from that. This fic clearly doesn't. - On a side note, I'm reminded of the fic "The Riven Crown", which also covers the hardships after the BotFA. If you're like me and like your Bagginshield fanfic to have a bit of grit and tension alongside a hearty bit of fluff, I highly recommend it.

I've said this before, but the way Bifur's condition has deteriorated since the start of the story is all too real for me. Without turning this into an emotion dump, I will say that seeing Bifur restored and in a place where he can be reunited with family is very comforting to me.

The whole argument between Dáin, Óin and Dwalin about the gold gives greater significance to the Dwarves' possessiveness over their treasures. While it's easy to brush off their obsession with gold as simple greed, it does have cultural value to the dwarves as well. The gold is a part of their heritage, and to be forced to part with some of it due to an agreement made by a handful of outsiders under the threat of war would be upsetting, to say the least.

I don't have much to say about the tavern scene as a whole. It's nice to get some character interactions and to give Nori a bit of a spotlight. The mentions of Dori were fun, especially the talk of him being "the epitome of Dwarven male beauty". Very unique take on an underutilized character.

Oof, that scene with Dwalin definitely hit hard. Short but sweet, nothing more, nothing less. A very poignant scene about the difficulties of surviving in just a few sentences.

Balin... Nooooo. A part of me forgot about the fact that Balin would have to travel to, and die, in the mines of Moria. This is the first scene, I think, that directly leads to an event referenced in the Lord of the Rings. It's hard reading this scene knowing exactly what happens and how it turns out, but just like Thorin, we're only able to watch helplessly.

We're definitely moving beyond the scope of The Hobbit and moving into LoTR material with this chapter. I don't have a ton to talk about with this chapter, but I do want to mention how much I like the way the author does mid-chapter scene transitions. Transitions are very clear in both tone and writing, making it very clear to the reader when the setting has shifted (e.x. switching from a scene with lighthearted interactions with Bifur to a serious, angry discussion with Dain, Dwalin and Oin). I like the new political focus this chapter had, and giving Dain more time to shine is always welcome. The tension has begun to build and I can't wait to read more.

[warrioreowynofrohan]

Today in Tolkien - March 25th

And here we are, at the last day of the Quest. (And the last consistent day of this blog-series. I may or may not make more posts later on, but I won’t be making a point of consistently covering each day, as many have no specific events.) It’s hard to know what to say here, because we all know the events so well that any summary can only seem bland, and there is little to add that has not already been said.

So I will note a few things I hadn’t noticed before. First, the change to a wind from the north is noted in three different places.

For the army of Gondor and Rohan: As morning came the wind began to stir again, but now it came from the North, and soon it freshened to a rising breeze.

For Frodo and Sam: The wind had fallen the day before as it shifted from the West, and now it came from the North and began to rise; and slowly the light of the unseen Sun filtered down into the shadows where the hobbits law.

And for Faramir and Eowyn in Minas Tirith: A wind that had sprung up in the night was now blowing keenly from the North, and it was rising.

These winds help to carry the Eagles of the Misty Mountains south fast enough for them to come to the Battle at the Black Gate, and then to rescue Frodo and Sam.

Second, the comparative briefness of the battle at the Black Gate - and the number of men of Rohan and Gondor who survive it, along with Pippin and Gimli and Legolas - is due to Sauron indulging in spite. He could easily have loosed his assault against them at dawn, or even during the night when they were camped near the Black Gate. But Sauron had a mind first to play these mice cruelly gefore he struck to kill; he uses up a substantial portion of the morning by sending the Mouth of Sauron to taunt them (with gratuitous use of contemptuous-thou) about Frodo’s supposed capture. Given the disparity in forces, if he hadn’t done so the army would likely have been destroyed before the Ring was, and even victory would have left both Gondor and Rohan kingless and heirless. As Gandalf says at Isengard, Often does hatred hurt itself!

Third, related to the above, everything is over fairly quickly - the Ring is destroyed before noon. Again returning to the battle at the Black Gate, there is just time fir the first assault from Mordor (including hill-trolls) to hit the front lines, for Pippin to kill a troll and save Beregond, and then he hears the cry of “The Eagles are coming!” And at that same moment Frodo puts on the Ring in Sammath Naur, and the Nazgul turn and fly for the mountain; and moments later the Ring is destroyed.

Finally, the fall of Sauron, from four perspectives. First, Sauron’s:

And far away, as Frodo put on the Ring and claimed it for his own, even in Sammath Naur the very heart of his realm, the Power in Barad-dûr was shaken, and the Tower trembled from its foundations to its proud and bitter crown. The Dark Lord was suddenly aware of him, and his Eye piercing all shadows looked across the plain to the door that he had made; and the magnitude of his own folly was revealed to him in a blinding flash, and all the devices of enemies were at last laid bare. Then his wrath blazed in a consuming flame, but his fear rose like a vast black smoke to choke him. For he knew his deadly peril and the thread upon which his doom now hung. From all his policies and webs of fear and treachery, from all his stratagems his mind shook free.

Second, Frodo and Sam:

A brief vision [Sam] had of swirling cloud, and in the midst of it towers and battlements, tall as hills, founded upon a mighty mountain-throne above immeasurable pits; great courts and dungeons, eyeless prisons sheer as cliffs, and gaping gates of steel and adamant: and then all passed. Towers fell and mountains slid; walls crumbled and melted, crashing down; vast spires of smoke and spouting steams went billowing up, up, until they toppled like an overwhelming wave, and its wild crest curled and came foaming down upon the land. [The imagery of the final destruction of Sauron recalling the diwnfall of Númenor feels very fitting to me.]

Third, the army of Gondor and Rohan. Gandalf calls them back from the tide of battle that has turned in their favour, and bids them stand and wait.

But Gandalf lifted up his arms and called once more with a clear voice.

“Stand, Men of the West! Stand and wait! This is the hour of doom.”

And even as he spoke the earth rocked beneath their feet. Then rising swiftly up, far above the Towers of the Black Gate, high above the mountains, a vast soaring darkness spring into the sky, flickering with fire. The earth groaned and quaked. The Towers of the Teeth swayed, tottered, and fell down; the mighty rampart crumbled; the Black Gate was hurled in ruin; and from far away, now dim, now growing, now mounting to the clouds, there came a drumming rumble, a roar, and long echoing roll of ruinous noise.

“The realm of Sauron is ended!” said Gandalf. “The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest.”

And as the Captains gazed south to the Land of Mordor, it seemed to them that, black against the pall of cloud, there rose a huge shape of shadow, impenetrable, lightning-crowned, filling all the sky. Enormous it reared above the world, and stretched out towards them a vast threatening hand, terrible but impotent: for even as it leaned over them, a great wind took it, and it was all blown away, and passed; and then a hush fell.

And fourth, Faramir and Eowyn in Minas Tirith:

And it seemed to them as they stood upon the wall that the wind died, and the light failed, and the Sun was bleared, and all sounds in the City or in the lands about were hushed: neuther wind, nor voice, nor bird-call, nor rustle of leaf, nor their own breath could be heard; the very beating of their hearts was stilled. Time halted.

And as they stood so, their hands met and clasped, though they did not know it. And still they waited for they knew not what. Then presently it seemed to them that abive the rudges of the distant mountains another vast mountain of datkness rose, towering up like a wave that should engulf the world, and about it lightnings flickered; and then a tremor ran through the earth and they felt the walls of the City quiver. A sound like a sigh went up from all the lands about them; and their hearts beat suddenly again.

“It reminds me of Númenor,” said Faramir, and wondered to hear himself speak.

“Of Númenor?” said Eowyn.

“Yes,” said Faramir, “of the land of Westernesse that foundered, and of the great dark wave climbing over the green lands and above the hills, and coming on, darkness unescapable. I often dream of it.”

“Then you think that the Darkness is coming?” said Eowyn. “Darkness Unescapable?” And suddenly she drew close to him.

“No,” said Faramir, looking into her face. “It was but a picture in the mind. I do not know what is happening. The reason of my waking mind tells me that great evil has befallen and we stand at the end of days. But my heart says nay; and all my limbs are light, and a hope and joy are come to me that no reason can deny. Eowyn, Eowyn, White Lady of Rohan, in this hour I do not believe that any darkness will endure!” And he stooped and kissed her brow.

And so they stood on the walls of the City of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air. And the Shadow departed, and the Sun was unveiled, and light leaped forth; and the waters of Anduin shone like silver, and in all the houses of the City men sang for the joy that welled up in their hearts from what source they could not tell.

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#5

French Onion, Broccoli Cheddar, and Pho soup :)

French Onion - Who is your favorite author(s)?

there's honestly so many so i'm just gonna name a few:

@jackdaw-kraai with his wonderful Guides

@irndad and the tasm!peter fics

@yellow-feathered-faerie who i really must work on that Mandis fic with eventually

chancecraz on ao3 and their time travel star wars fics

and of course, you

Broccoli Cheddar - What was your inspiration for this wip

this is honestly an odd inspiration but i had an absolutely terrible math teacher last year who used to give the most difficult tests and during winter break, while i was cramming for the 3 tests we had in the three weeks after it, i convinced my mom to rewatch the hobbit with me, and a few days later, at like 1 in the morning, i just started typing up Transported and here we are

Pho - Describe your ideal writing set up

i think i'd have to say like music (probably The Amazing Devil because it makes my brain go brr) playing in the background, my laptop charged and not trying to burst into flames, discord open on the side to share snippets and just talk, and me actually having the time to sit down and write without any interruptions

13 notes - Posted January 5, 2022

#4

Hello! If Lotr/The Hobbit requests are open, I hope it's alright that I request one ;-;

Could you please do something about a Reader who was Merry and Pippin's best friend when they were really little kids but they left Middle Earth somehow. But now that they're adults, she gets back to the Shire and now she's a kickass blacksmith who is still really witty and comforting with them and it's a really sweet and wholesome reunion? You can either do Polyamory or Merry x Reader if that's not your thing. I think Merry would be the most likely to get a crush on a human blacksmith reader with big muscles because he strikes me as the kinda guy who'd like Tomboys

I also have this hilarious idea of, since the Reader is human, Pippin finds out that she became an adult at 18 and he's so jealous because she's officially an adult and he's not lmao. Thanks so so much, I hope you're doing well hun! Keep being awesome!!

okay i finally finished it! this may have taken a slightly different route than you were expecting but i hope you like it regardless!

As I looked upon them for the first time in what seemed like a decade, our time spent together in my childhood and their tweens came rushing back, almost flashing before my eyes. The summers spent stealing from Old Farmer Maggot and hanging out at various hobbit parties that I clearly wasn’t invited to were reminiscent of a much different time.

It had been prior to I had been apprenticed to the only blacksmith near Hobbiton and Merry was forced off to visit some relatives or another for months on end, leaving us with no time to see each other, let alone act upon the last things that we said to each other. Although it sometimes seemed like it had been just yesterday when our relationship began to split from the almost something that it had become, but given the new signs of maturity on his face and the burn scars on my hands, it was clear it had been far longer than either of us expected.

Pippin stood next to his cousin, looking between the two of us as we refused to say anything while we took in the differences in each other’s appearance. I had certainly changed far more than Merry, given the fact that blacksmithing required a lot of strength, far more than I had had last time I had seen either of them. The buff female blacksmith had very little similarities to the teenage girl that had never worked a day in her life.

I suppose if I had known how much muscle I would have to build up to truly become good at making even the simple things that hobbits nearby required, I would have thought twice before deciding on this. But now wasn’t the time to rethink the decisions that I had made for my life. Now, I needed to figure out how to begin a conversation with a figure from my not too distant past.

“So,” I said, not entirely thinking through the rest of my sentence just yet. “Have fun with the Tooks?” Oh fuck that was terrible. I was a fool and I would never speak again.

“Yes.” Thank the Valar, he was just as awkward as I was. “And how is your apprenticeship going?”

I could almost see the wince as he finished speaking. We had to break this ridiculous tension somehow. There had to be some way to talk beyond just standing here awkwardly as Pippin looked on. “I kinda finished that a couple summers ago. My master passed on the shop to me once I was done and left to apparently go adventuring. Imagine a 60 year old man going across Arda in search of adventure. Although I suppose with Bilbo, you don’t really have to.”

He seemed more at ease with this topic, immediately replying, “I’m not convinced he truly went. The Mad Baggins was apparently quite tame before he left the Shire.”

“I don’t believe that. That pipeweed smoking hobbit would have jumped at the chance to do it. Although his stories did speak of some hesitation.”

“A Took could never pass up the chance,” interjected Pippin. “I guarantee that any one of our cousins would enjoy it.”

“But Bilbo isn’t a Took. He’s a Baggins. Baggins never do things like that,” stated Merry.

“I thought he was half Took. So there would have been an equal chance of doing it.” I took a breath before saying, “Either way, I assume you didn’t come here to discuss whether or not BIlbo actually bested Smaug, chiefest and greatest of calamities. What did you need?”

The sudden change in topic seemed to lower the energy in the room, but I could see Lobelia Sackville Baggins coming closer so I needed it to look like I was running a “proper establishment” before she decided to enter. This decision wasn’t driven by a sense of urgency, but rather an urge to escape a lecture before she hands me her frying pan to be fixed again after banging on Bilbo’s door again for an hour.

Pippin started, “Oh! I believe that—”

“Frodo asked us to stop by to inquire after a frying pan that was sent to be mended a few days ago. Would you perhaps have it currently ready?” That was oddly stiff in its phrasing. Did he think I was trying to get him out of the shop? Or did he know that Lobelia, the bane of my existence, was approaching?

“I think it’s back here somewhere. Although I think I need another day to fully work on it.” Okay, this was my chance. I could ask. After years of not seeing him, we could finally have a chance at what we had both wanted. “I needed to take a couple days off for my birthday a week ago and the new responsibilities that have been dumped on me have been ridiculous. They don’t tell you that when you legally become an adult, but anyways, I could meet up with you sometime tomorrow to drop it off. If you wanted to do so of course.”

“Sure, but—”

“You’re an adult?” Pippin asked. “But I’m older than you and I’m still a tween.”

“You’d hate being an adult. You have to do taxes and stuff and you can’t just spend the entire day hanging out with friends.”

“Yes, but it’s about the principle of the matter. I am 5 years older than you and yet I’m not even of age.”

“That’s your loss for being born a hobbit. I however can do adult things and buy a pint without my cousin chaperoning me.”

“Regardless,” Merry interjected. “I believe that I shall be free at around noon tomorrow, so would you like to meet under the party tree?”

“Uh, yes of course. I’ll have it done by tomorrow. As long as Lobelia doesn’t have anything new to bring me.”

“Good then. Well I suppose we shall continue this fruitful discussion tomorrow.” At Pippin’s newly open mouth, he continued, “Alone.”

“Yes. Now shoo. She’s coming in and I don’t want to have to pretend like I’m just a blacksmith in front of you too.”

“We will be back!”

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21 notes - Posted January 31, 2022

#3

i fucking watched the new doctor strange movie and i'm so close to just rambling about the bits of marvel that i hate and the reasons why

24 notes - Posted May 17, 2022

#2

Can I get “that dance, that they did today? it kinda reminded me of when we…” with a pairing of you choice 🥺?

Also makes sure to eat and drink water 🔫

okay so this ended up being a tasm!peter parker x gn!reader fic because i had an Idea so here. also it's kinda implied desi!reader, but it can really be read any way.

also you better do the same 🔫

the link to the dance which i mention is here

Finals were over. My bed was calling my name as I walked back from the horrid chem exam that had caused far too many all-nighteres in an attempt to memorize all of the ions and their charges as well as the formulas that we had learnt only a couple weeks ago.

But now, I could sleep for as long as I wanted until I had to start packing everything. Which was not until tomorrow because the dorms were supposed to be cleared out by next Friday. That left at least 18 hours that I could use to conk out if I wanted to wake up by about 9am tomorrow.

Unfortunately, or perhaps very fortunately, my plan was thrown away as soon as I saw Peter sitting on the stairs in front of the building, playing on his phone. “Did your ethics final finish up early? I thought you were supposed to be out by 4 at the earliest.”

“Kenobi cancelled it. Something about his nephew getting sick.”

“Well that leaves plenty of time for our must watch movie marathon we had planned a couple weeks ago.”

“Wasn’t that supposed to be during packing? So then if it gets far too cheesy, we could distract ourselves with loading up some of the boxes?”

“Yes, but I found out one of the ones I used to watch with my friends recently came back onto Netflix. And because I couldn’t find it literally anywhere else without having to pay an extravagant amount of money for one movie, we’re going to enjoy the experience of this movie without the need for literally anything else. Other than snacks.”

“Of course we would have snacks. Why was that ever in question?”

“With your appetite, it never should be.”

“Hey, you know that’s because of the spider bite.”

“Like you didn’t come over to my house and eat half of my snacks alongside your own when we were in middle school.”

“Well, sixth period P.E. for all three years causes a person to get a bit hungry after school.”

“And that doesn’t explain the time that we went to Build-A-Bear and you told me you wanted to eat a bear.”

“That was something I told you in confidence and something that I didn’t expect you to almost yell in front of your dorm.”

“Everyone deserves to know that you looked at a Gollum plushie and went, ‘That looks like it would be a good snack.’” “Were you like this before your chem final?” he asked. “Because I could have sworn the person I fell asleep next to was not out to kill me.”

“I was a different person then,” I stated while leading him into the building. “I cannot be expected to treat someone who decided to sit out here in 90 degree heat for 3 hours while I took my final nicely.”

He gasped dramatically, playing it up despite the fact that some of my neighbors were coming out to see what havoc we were causing today. “I have helped you study for countless tests and quizzes and even stayed up with you until 4am last night and this is how I am thanked? I shudder to call myself your boyfriend with such poor treatment.”

The Bridgerton marathon shortly before finals kicked into full swing seemed to have done something to him. But honestly, as long as we didn’t get another complaint regarding our arguments prior to the time that we made it upstairs, it would be fine. “And what do you say to the hours that I spent reviewing vocabulary with you for a final you didn’t even take?”

“I thought I had the final until I went to Kenobi’s room and saw the note posted on his door. And when I went to text you, I saw that your final had already started and decided against trying to distract you.”

“Well you should have distracted me anyways. Why wouldn’t I have wanted a text from you? After all, it wasn’t like that final was particularly important, I would have passed the class either way. Plus, you’re far more important than some stupid chem final that is only vaguely relevant to my degree.”

“I’m sure Windu would agree with that assessment.”

“Windu has a stick up his ass. Which I can finally say in front of other people because I’m finally out of that fucking class.” It still hadn’t entirely hit me that the school year was finally over, but the fact that I could hang out with Peter without needing to study or work on a project was beginning to cement it.

“True. I’m not looking forward to when I have to take him next year for organic.” He took a second before continuing, “Are we ever going to unlock your door or are you planning on watching it out here?”

“Right, that. I barely even noticed that we were here.” Which was surprising, however, this could easily be blamed on the sleep deprivation and the Peter’s distracting presence.

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27 notes - Posted June 1, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

so why is my heart broke?

tasm!peter parker x reader

warnings: angst, cursing (as always), and i think that's it

summary: you almost got hurt because of a fight between Spider-Man and the villain of the week. now Peter's trying to stop it from happening again

“I’m breaking up with you.”

“What?”

“I can’t keep putting you in danger like this,” Peter said.

“That doesn’t mean you break up with me, you dumbass.” You took a look at his face before continuing. “Oh, you’re serious.”

“Of course, I’m serious. I can’t see you get hurt again and again because I’m Spider-Man.”

“I get hurt once because I was somewhere the fight got to, and somehow this is what it results in? No, Peter, I refuse.”

“You can’t refuse,” he states, albeit with some confusion. “I’m breaking up with you.”

“Peter Motherfucker Parker, I refuse to let you break up with me.”

“I refuse to let you refuse to let me break up with you.”

“I wasn’t even involved in the fight before the villain of the week fucking crashed into the cafe I was picking up coffee from. How could this have resulted from you being Spider-Man? If anyone else was fighting them, the same thing would have happened.”

“Everyone who I have loved while being Spider-Man has been hurt by this, and I refuse to let you be a victim of the Parker curse.”

“I will stay right here beside you to show you that there is no such thing. There is simply the fact that I love you Peter Parker, and I will not leave your side.”

“And it is because of that that I can’t let you stay. I can’t see you get hurt.”

“Well this is hurting me. I’m in love with you and you just want me to leave? I can’t Peter. I can’t see you getting banged up on TV and know that I can’t do anything to help. I can’t leave you.”

“But you should.”

“When has that ever decided what I was going to do? What we were going to do? Fuck what I should do,” I exclaimed.

“I can’t lose you. No matter how much this would hurt both of us, it would never compare to the pain of losing you.”

“And the same applies to you. Do you think I would be okay knowing that you had, that you had died out there, fighting an alien or some shit? I can barely handle the idea of breaking up with you and yet you want me to live knowing that you are out there risking your life every day without anyone on your side? No one there to patch you up when you get hurt? No one who knows what you’re going through every time you show up with bruises and cuts?”

“And what would happen to me if you weren’t there because of me? Because I can’t live without knowing that you were safe. No matter how difficult it is to leave you, there’s no option here where you’re safe. There’s never been one as soon as you chose me.”

“And I’m going to keep choosing you. I am always going to choose you, Peter. Despite all the dangers and slightly insane ideas, I love you.”

That seemed to cause the last remaining bits of fight left in him to dissipate. “I love you too. Despite your stubbornness.”

“Hey, I think that it’s warranted right now. You were about to lose the best thing in your life because you got scared of something that wasn’t your fault. Someone had to do something about it,” You retorted.

“I’m glad someone did.”

108 notes - Posted April 9, 2022

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~ Welcome one and all! ~

Hello hello!

It is so good to meet you!

The names Stitch and I'm here to write!

As stated above in my bio, I have plans of writing for fandoms and many things.

For fandom writing, I have loads of fun planned! If you like reader insert, oc insert, ships, and headcanons this is a place for you! Down below I'll have a list of fandoms that I will write for! I'll also have a few things I will and will not write, you can find a list of such down below as well!

I will also be doing creative story writing, ideas, prompts, other shorts, and original character creation. With this, it will be anything I either write or create that is not made before. Of course, if anything I write is inspired by a photo or other writer I will give credit to whoever or whatever inspired me!

Now!

I am not the greatest writer, nor am I the greatest with ideas. I am here simply for enjoyment and fun! I will also hopefully learn and grow as I write but, it is not my main priority of mine so if it bothers you then sadly here is the door. Otherwise, buckle up and enjoy the ride!

-WARNINGS AND RULES-

First things first, my warnings.

I curse and will not sensor myself simply because I don't want to. So if you can't handle a fuck or shit. Then you can simply fuck off.

I have a very dark sense of humor, I will not joke about certain things or purposely offend anyone. However, I have a lot of self disrespect than any hater I will ever get out there. I also joke about death and other shit like that, if you are uncomfortable with that, then please leave now.

I think I'm funny when in hindsight, I am probably not, so there's that.

There will also be plenty of crackhead shit in my blog post.

Another thing I will be writing the characters as how I see and how I portray them. If they aren't your cup of tea then sorry but my stories are my writing and I will do how I please.

I cheat and use Grammarly because I can not spell to save my life.

If you are not comfortable or any of these triggers please leave now. Also, I will always put a warning if anything really dark or morbid is said or written so just keep an eye out and read to what your comfort level is. I won't hold you at gunpoint if you don't want to read my stories it's all good.

Rule number 1- I will not ever write anything I am uncomfortable with. Don't expect me to. I will either ignore or simply delete any requests I chose. It won't be personal, but I am here to enjoy my writing so, of course, if it makes me uncomfy or weird I won't write it. I will write what I want.

Rule number2- No smut.

Rule number3- Have fun and enjoy your time with me.

~ Fandoms ~

Anime

Fairy Tail

Fruits Basket

Haikyuu 

My Hero Academia

Black Clover

Naruto 

Soul Eater 

Attack On Titan

Demon Slayer

Cartoons {Movies/Shows}

TMNT {2012}

Teen Titans {ORIGINAL}

Young Justice 

Avatar The Last Airbender 

Rise Of The Guardians

Sing {1&2)

Danny Phantom 

Transformers Prime

How To Train Your Dragon 

Ice Age

Invincible

Voltron

Ruby’s Gloom 

Open Season 

Scary Godmother 

Movies

The Hobbit

Dragonheart Vengeance 

Dragonheart 

Spiderman Far From Home 

Spiderman No Way Home

TMNT {2014&2018}

Deadpool {1&2}

Avengers

Avengers Age of Ultron 

Transformers {Bay Verse 1-5} 

Venom {1}

Boondock Saints

TV 

9-1-1

Outer Banks 

Arrow {Season 1-3}

Teen Wolf

The 100 {Season 1-3}

Total Drama 

OUAT {Season 1-3}

The Order

The Umbrella Academy 

Gotham 

Cobra Kai

Video Games

FNAF

Undertale 

Batman- Arkham Knight 

Until Dawn 

Creepypasta/Slashers

Jeff The Killer

Masky 

Hoddie 

Ticci Toby

Eyeless Jack 

Laughing Jack

Ben Drowned 

Jane The Killer

Sally {Platonic ONLY}

Homicidal Lui 

Bob 

The Rake 

Michale Myers

Jason Voorhees 

Brahms 

Pennywise 

Billy

Stu 

Welp that's it!

Thanks for coming and reading this hopefully I can write and create things you all enjoy. Peace and see you all next time!