#might make a poll on twitter or something...

[luludeluluramblings]

The Tape... Part Two

Reader and Conner are in the cave dealing with the fallout of their Sex tape getting leaked... Reader has a plan...

Part One

Warning: Fem!Reader, NSFW themes, no actual smut, pure crack nonsense, fake Twitter post

The silence was loud. Very very fucking loud. And, so incredibly awkward. Honestly, you were surprised that this hadn't happened before. Gotham media literally had poll last week on who the hottest of the Wayne Family Orphans was. (You had placed fourth, but it's okay. You're pretty sure your ranking just shot up to first now.)

It was a PR miracle that there hadn't been a sex tape, nude, or dick pic leak before this. There had been swimsuit pics. And, someone had managed to get a picture of Dick in grey sweatpants. Lot's of people had been thirsting in the comments, talking about how they'd like to give him a son. Some of them were even women too. Internet people were feral.

Although, you try to shake that thought from your head because certainly you were in trouble.

Sitting in the Batcave with everyone - and you do mean everyone - giving you and Conner disapproving looks. The only reason Conner wasn't tied up and stuffed with kryptonite like a holiday bird was because Clark had joined the family. And, Jon was holding back Damian.

"In my defense, I did try to get it out of the carpet. But, I didn't want that to ping that in my search history. I know Tim checks that on the regular." You started, breaking the silence after what felt like hours of awkwardness. It had been twenty minutes. Still too long, but not that long. You could here a outraged 'Hey' from Tim and Alfred's exasperated sigh. You might actually make him retire at this rate.

"Is that really all you have to say on this matter?" Bruce is already using the Batman voice. And, still in his Batman gear. Not good. Wasn't he in a Justice League meeting earlier? Oh, well.

"I mean, do you want me to say anything else?" You're question causes multiple scoffs, guffaws, and Conner to choke on a laugh.

Such a shame he couldn't get to you fast enough. It was your fault really. You'd both gotten distracted in discussing where would be the best place to flee to. It had spiraled into an argument and then he had to fuck the brat out of you… So yeah… Didn't escape in time. Oopsie.

"How about an apology?" Jason had the audacity to say. As if he didn't literally murder people once upon a time.

You just shrugged. Not really feeling sorry about the situation. "Sorry for traumatizing the internet."

The grin Conner gives you is filled with glee, but he quickly hides it. There's only so much leeway he can get from Clark's presence before a little green crystal gets shoved into a newly made orifice on his person.

"I am… disappointed in you." Bruce barely manages to say through gritted teeth. And, it causes you to tear up.

"Are you saying that I'm officially the family disappointment?" There was way too much glee in your voice and a series of groans leave the rest of the family.

You had probably just earned the most coveted title in this family held together by a butler, costumes, fancy toys and BatBurger runs.

Bruce finds himself pinching the bridge of his nose when he realizes what he's done. This is the real reason he doesn't tell any of his children when he disapproves of something. He learned this with all his kids. He had genuinely thought he'd gotten lucky when you turned out normal.

He was wrong.

"Do you understand what you've done. You've just put a massive target on your back. Anyone that wants to get to Superboy will come after you now." He jumps into lecture mode instead. Trying to give the logical reason for being upset with this.

Though, in reality he was livid that, not only did Conner have sex with you, he had to do it in the damn parlor. The one they usually had family meetings in. He wasn't going to be able to sit in there anymore. Mentally, he made note to have the room renovated. And, to replace the carpet.

"Look I have an idea on how to fix that."

"Oh, and what's that?" Stephanie pipes up, trying not to grin. She knew you had something planned. And, she couldn't wait.

Almost everyone else tensed. Because they knew your plans could go to shit quick or work in the most convoluted bullshit ways imaginable. It was a gift, really.

"Give me like three minutes." You mutter before pulling out your phone and opening up your Twitter/X app. Typing out a quick sentence and sending it off.

There's a ping on the Bat Computer and Barbara pulls up the newest tweet from your account for everyone to see.

A/N: I didn't really plan on continuing this, but I thought why the heck not. Kinda short, bunch o' nonsense.

A/N: Forgive me if I seem absent, I got low energy right now and I'm stressed. I broke a tooth and I hate going to the dentist. But, I went, and I need surgery to fix it... Friggin AO3 curse hitting me and I ain't even posting on there yet.

[disneyprincemuke]

not a gamer * fem!driver

lando manages to convince her to start streaming on twitch with him, leading her to influence others to join her

pairings: max verstappen x fem!driver, lando norris x fem!driver, oscar piastri x fem!driver, logan sargeant x fem!driver

warnings: butt load of stupidity

notes: initially, i was gonna write a fic solely about max because he was talking about fornite the other day... but i thought how funny would it be if it were to be with some of the guys so here i am

(series masterlist) | (📂 the rookie season)

"hello, everyone," she smiles, reaching forward to adjust the camera as she squints her eyes. "is this a good angle? let me know if it's flattering, okay? i can't not look good on twitch."

lando has managed to convince her to join him for a stream on twitch, insisting that she should start an account as well. she initially refused, claiming that she's not that well-liked to start an account and have a loyal following. even adding on the fact that she's not even a good gamer to begin with.

but lando said that it doesn't matter, and proved her wrong by setting up a poll on his previous stream just to get her to make an account. which, the effort was very endearing.

"you always look good," she squints, turning away the right where her other monitor sits. she scrunches her nose and turns to the camera to stare into it. "logan, how did you even know i was streaming tonight?"

she rolls her eyes when his reply rolls in, claiming that he follows her twitter where she announced it. "it's time for you to go out and do something else besides stalking me, logan," she scoffs jokingly with the roll of her eyes.

"okay, so this is my first twitch stream!" she beams, sitting up straighter as she grabs her mouse. "i'm just waiting for lando to finish setting up, so i'm afraid you guys are stuck with me alone for a couple of minutes. let's get to know each other, i might be doing this pretty often this winter break just to have a bit of a hobby.

"i wanna know what you guys want to see from me."

a comment immediately rolls in.

user1: i wanna see you play fortnite with lando and max

she grins sheepishly, dropping her head. "guys, i'm not much of a gamer. never have been so this is actually my first time-ish touching games in a long while. my longest experience was playing roblox with my younger brother when we were younger."

user2: how about oscar or logan playing some games?

she presses her lips together, thinking of ways she could be able to convince her best friends to join her for some online games. when, neither of them has really dabbled much in the hobby. "i'm sure logan will be pretty keen to try, but i'm not so sure about oscar. i'll try to convince him, though he's back in australia for the majority of the break, unfortunately. the timezone difference is absolutely insane."

logansargeant: guys, ask her what her hobbies are

"logan, get off my chat!"

logansargeant: im gonna expose you on twitter for cyberbullying

logansargeant: #endcyberbullying2023

user3: #justice4logan

user4: #justice4logan

user5: u should talk about taylor swift

“oh, my god! i should!” she squeals. “we should host a listen party when she releases reputation! how good was the 1989 vault tracks?”

user6: omg ur so right

user7: iion slaps

user8: slut! is my favourite i think

“1989 had the best vault tracks,” she nods, lips pressed together. “my favourite is ‘now that we don’t talk’ because i like calling my mom.”

blythe.yln: where is lando!!!

“guys, i don’t know. he texted me 5 minutes ago saying he was setting up his pc,” she grins into the camera. “hopefully he’s here soon.”

dalton.yln: i miss oscar

oscahpastry: i miss u too

“you’ve got phones, yeah?” she grins, “use it instead of flooding my chat.”

user1: yeah guys, some of us are trying to get her attention

user9: u guys get that enough

user10: leave some for us pls

user11: yeah y so selfish

she scoffs. "right, guys? can you believe these people?"

the discord sound makes her jump, lando's voice filling up her headphones. "yo, i'm sorry! i was looking for my keyboard."

"where'd you find it, lando?"

"under the bed. apparently, that's where i kept it the last time i streamed," lando laughs. "okay, let's start off with a little horror game? it's called phasmophobia."

"a scary game?" she looks at the camera. "why would i willingly play that?"

"lando, i'm gonna kill you!" she screeches, eyes closing as the creepy sounds from the game boost in her headphones. she peeks through her eye, watching the two hands on her screen before the screen goes foggy.

lando's laughter replaces the eerie sounds of the game, making her roll her eyes. "i told you to hide and close the door!”

“i didn’t know where the stupid door even was!” she screams back, slamming the table. “lando, i don’t wanna play this game anymore!”

“but it’s so fun!”

“lando!”

logansargeant: that was funny

logansargeant: lemme join u some time

user11: omg

user11: half the grid’s gonna be on twitch?

“yeah, i’m so nice, right?” she jokes. “i’m letting them explore different career options. influencer era or something, i believe.”

oscahpastry: i only created an account to annoy her :/

seb.v5: same

user12: no shot thats actually sebastian vettel

maxverstappen1: so we are all just here waiting for an invite from these two???

logansargeant: theyre gatekeeping the stream from us :(

maxverstappen1: i wanna play fortnite

seb.v5: wait i know that game

maxverstappen1: let me join or i’ll report your account

“that’s not very nice, max,” she frowns. she looks away for a second. “lando, max says he’ll report my account if we don’t invite him to play fortnite.”

“oh, let him report you. just make another account, mate!” lando laughs. “ask him to join us phasmophobia! it’s so fun seeing you scream.”

she turns to the camera with a lopsided grin. “chat, tell lando you don’t wanna see me scream in phasmo anymore please. i’m sick of this game, i’ve got no idea what i’m doing, and i haven’t guessed the ghost correctly this entire time.”

logansargeant: keep playing phasmophobia u pussy

oscahpastry: yeah pussy

user5: its v entertaining icl

maxverstappen1: but phasmophobia costs money

“costs money?” she repeats, confusion on her face. “max? do you need financial aid?”

user10: isnt max a millionaire??????

user13: bro is complaining about a game that barely costs anything while getting paid millions a year 💀

oscahpastry: that’s wild ngl

maxverstappen1: wow i just got cyberbullied.

maxverstappen1: i’ll go get it now damn.

she sighs. “guess we’re continuing with this stupid game.”

“lando, where am i going?” max shouts, her character watching max’s go around in circles, flickering the flashlight on and off. “what am i even supposed to do?”

teaching one person how to play a complicated game like phasmophobia is easy. teaching two, however, is absolutely absurd. lando doesn’t know how much more of this he can take.

“lando, there’s something written in the book!” she cheers, crouching her character down. she leans into her monitor as she tries to make out what it says. “bitch, it says run!”

she quickly gets up and walks out. “don’t have to tell me twice.”

“run where?” max shouts, his character still running in circles. “(y/n), where are you? escort me out.”

“guys, just stay inside the house and help me out!” lando whines, his character flickering the flashlight at max’s. “turn around, max. i’m here with you.”

“i’m going to the van.”

“no, you’re not! come here and camp the ghost with us!”

“absolutely not! i’m so scared shitless!”

“we should’ve just played fortnite, you know.”

“guys, please! you just have to hold the equipment for me.”

“oh, my god! oh, my god! the front door is locked!” she screams. “the front door is locked!”

logansargeant: lol dsurv

oscahpastry: not so tough now (y/n)

user8: LMFAO THAT GHOST IS HUNTIN

user14: dude the chaos is insane

user15: i need her to stream everyday actually

user16: she’s gonna be an influencer i can feel it in my bones

user17: u guys should try valorant

oscahpastry: i’d join if they play valorant

user4: omg thats crazy

user18: i kinda want to see it

user19: max playing valorant? the rage that man would feel

“lando, i’m dead again!” she screeches, slamming her mouse down into her desk. “we should’ve just played fortnite.”

logansargeant: ur issues with the door are hilarious

user4: i’ll be thinking about your inability to hide in a room for days

oscahpastry: evidence that u wouldnt survive a horror movie at all

seb.v5: maybe you should stick to sitting there and looking pretty

user20: OMG SEB CALLED HER PRETTYYYYY

user21: are we all so shocked?

user22: yeah, he looks at that girl like she aligns the stars in the sky on a race weekend

user23: him during her podium celebration cured my depression (real)

logansargeant: girl why r u just stalking lando as a ghost

“lando,” she whispers. “i saw the ghost in the corner for the room.”

“what?” max asks, voice trembling slightly. “what corner?”

“that corner.”

“what corner?”

“there. i’m pointing at it.”

“i can’t see you, stupid. you’re dead.”

“then that’s too bad.”

“i figured what type of ghost it is!” lando cheers. “follow me, max. let’s get out of this stupid house and play your stupid fortnite or something.”

“oh, how lovely! i saw (y/n)’s chat… something about valorant,” max mutters, following lando through the dark house. “i’ve seen that on tiktok and it looks kinda- lando, why’d you close the door?”

“i told you i saw the ghost lurking more than usual,” she mutters.

“i don’t even know what that means!” max shouts.

“i didn’t close the door, mate!” lando laughs. “go and hide in a room, max!”

“where? i don’t know where to go!” max screams, frantically running around in hopes of finding solace somewhere.

her character follows behind the entity in the game, clearly running around to find max. “oh, she’s coming for you, max! she’s angry!”

“i don’t know where to go!” max screams, his character running by the entryway in confusion. “lando, where do i go?”

“max, she’s coming! go in the closet!”

“what closet? oh, okay! i see it!”

“close the door, max!”

“what door- oh! okay!”

“did he live?”

“i think so. the ghost is lurking outside max’s door,” she grins into the camera, watching the entity walk back and forth outside the room max is in.

“don’t come out yet.”

“not even a chance, mate.”

“okay, she’s gone,” she sighs. “i’m gonna log out and create an account on fortnite.”

“we’re not gonna play valorant?”

“okay, chat, we’re waiting for oscar to finish the tutorial,” she smiles. “we should be in our first game in a couple of minutes.”

user24: bro ur tutorial was horrendous

user25: i love watching people be bad at valorant

user26: shes so real for that though

user27: she’d play sage for sure

seb.v5: i can’t believe you got oscar to join you

user28: and logan 🤨

user17: outrageous that i’ve been begging the grid to join lando’s streams and here she comes casually getting them to play silly games

user3: real

user28: everyone say thank you (y/n)

blythe.yln: i can’t believe u didnt ask me to join u

blythe.yln: i’m the best at valorant

blythe.yln: i’m better than dalton

user29: YES BLYTHE SPEAK YOUR TRUTH

“so, what do i do again, dalton?” lando asks softly. “what’s the ‘e’ button do?”

“puts up a wall,” the younger kid says. “and then it heals you too, but damages other people. even your teammates.”

“who’s this eminem looking bro?” max asks, giggling slightly. “frank ocean, i saw on tiktok.”

user30: my roman empire is blythe being a pro valorant player but this is the first time her sister is trying the game

“well, i’m sorry for doing other things than playing valorant,” she jokes with a smile. “but, yes, guys! blythe plays valorant for a living which is exactly why we didn’t invite her to play.”

user31: blythe is a pro val player!!?!?!?

user31: since when??

blythe.yln: yeah guys follow my twitch, i’ll treat u better

“i’m going to ban you from my chat if you keep marketing, blythe,” she frowns, though a smile creeping up on her face. “where is dalton?”

blythe.yln: dalton is my valorant spawn… i taught him what he knows

user31: dalton to go pro in a couple years?

user32: omg that’s crazy

user1: the yln’s are gonna take over the valorant scene

user6: blythe getting a redbull gaming clutch would be to die for

“mate, dalton, what’s this girl in the yellow jacket do? she looks stylish,” oscar asks.

“she’s got a turret and grenades,” dalton answers simply.

“alright, how do i get her?”

“you gotta play the game.”

“oh, what? that’s so unfair.”

“yeah, i’m sure that sucks that you’ve got to play the game, oscar,” she says. “where is logan?”

“i’m sorry,” the sigh in logan’s sentence making her laugh. “i got stuck.”

“how?” oscar asks with a laugh. “they literally tell you what to do.”

“i couldn’t find the buttons they were asking me to press,” logan mumbles with a hint of disappointment.

“are you actually intellectually hindered, mate?” she cries with a laugh, covering her eyes. “do you not frequent a laptop?”

“not really, no.”

“it shows,” oscar adds on.

blythe.yln: he’s gonna be shit

user5: so real i can alr see it

user11: dude they’re gonna be screaming at each other soon

“let’s do a quick test game,” dalton mutters as logan’s in-game name pops up on the screen. “just a short game.”

“with real people?” lando asks in a small voice. “that can trash talk me?”

“just trash talk them back, mate,” max answers. “easy.”

“just find their ip address and hit them,” logan suggests. “that’s easier.”

“what?”

“don’t pretend like you wouldn’t do it too, (y/n)!” logan whines. “come on, let’s start!”

“how do i defuse the spike?” max screams, looking at the ground as he runs around. “where even is it?”

“your left,” dalton says. “keep walking.”

blythe is now sat next to her older sister, leg propped up in her seat as she watches the screen.

“okay, okay, go to the right and look right here,” blythe mutters, pointing at the screen. “and then aim right here,” she adjusts her sister’s mouse, “when you see somebody, shoot.”

“that’s not fair. (y/n)’s literally got a pro helping her with the game,” oscar complains.

“you’re dead. literally doesn’t matter if someone’s helping you or not,” logan states. “we suck, man.”

“okay, i figured out how to defuse the bomb,” max says softly. “what now?”

“learn to play better,” blythe says loud enough for the microphone to pick up her voice. “i’ll teach you guys.”

“thank you for tuning into my stream,” she grins with a clap. “i appreciate all of the support and teaching me how to play the games. and roasting me.”

logansargeant: bro we suck

seb.v5: should stick to racing and leave gaming to blythe and dalton

“i read each and every comment you guys sent in the chat and they’re all very endearing. except yours, seb,” she stares into the camera with a stern expression, “yours were just outright unnecessary and kinda mean.”

oscahpastry: start a podcast next

maxverstappen1: i wanna be first guest

user16: please stream regularly!!

user10: make oscar play lethal company or i’ll cry

oscahpastry: stop giving her ideas

user21: when r u streaming again

“i will try to stream in a couple of days, after my shoots and marketing stuff with the team,” she grins. “thank you for watching me scream for 4 hours. catch you guys soon. stay kind and stay safe.”

user2: i’ll miss you 🫶🏼

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[hotjaneaustenmenpoll]

Third Place Poll

Propaganda...

Colonel Brandon (1995):

Alan Rickman has the sexiest voice. Just listen to him reading poetry to Marianne at the end to witness how hot he is.

Alan Rickman simply embodies the truth of Col. Brandon in a way that no one else every could. It's the perfect merging of actor and role. He brings the perfect combination of honor, decency, sensitivity and passion. He is the ultimate mensch.

Brandon propaganda in which even the film's director agrees that Brandon is sexy.

More Brandon propaganda! This photo could only be published in black and white because it would have been too powerful in color (the original color version is currently being used to provide electricity for a medium sized town in Devon. It's THAT powerful).

The brim of the hat falling over his eye. The casual lean. The hunting rifle slung across his leg. The puppy bestie. The fact you know he could row that boat while you watch and wish you were the boat.

From Emma Thompson's diaries which she kept while they were shooting Sense & Sensibility. Emma Thompson said vote Colonel Brandon.

The man has just heard her sing for a minute and he’s positively awestruck!

also adding his adorable adorable smile just bc i can.

Mr Knightley (2009):

Johnny Lee Miller as Knightley is JUST SO. I mean the way he says "if I loved you less I might be able to talk about it more" IS JUUUST. The dance scene. The tentative shy smiles. The fact you can see in his eyes the entire time " I am completely in love with this woman. She'll never love me back BUT I DO NOT CARE I'LL LOVE HER FROM A DISTANCE ANYWAY" IS JUUUUUUST

We need to appreciate Mr Knightley more for both his snark and for those soft eyes just so full of love for Emma

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I was just going to send in the actual dance but the little panic he has when Emma says she knows his secret is just soo charming. There was some thread on twitter a few years ago about how a romcom man's most important quality is knowing how to look at a woman and JLM is just the master of it in this Emma

I really feel like the pictures say it all. He stands there, head tilted to one side. He is listening to you. His posture is relaxed. His gaze open, frank, candid. He's not trying at all. He just is.And that's why he is Knightley.

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Some propaganda, not just for Jonny Lee Miller, but the general interpretation of 09 Knightley. I have some excerpts here from my review of the 09 adaptation:

What I really think is great about the 2009 interpretation of Mr. Knightley is what an easy and comforting presence he is, without being apologetic when he scolds Emma. I think this is communicated especially well by how often we are actually shown Mr. Knightley taking his almost-daily walks to Hartfield, how smoothly he comes and goes, and how happy Emma is every time she sees him coming up the path (usually, just at the perfect moment when she needs something to put her back to rights.)

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Here is Emma, feeling lonely after Miss Taylor's wedding. And in the background, walking up to Hartfield--there's Knightley. He's always been there for her, and he always will be.

And also this Mr. Knightley is as understated as ever, but I wanna highlight this outfit and why I love it: This is Knightley’s first appearance in the series and it’s the perfect establishing shot that shows the viewer everything they need to know about Emma and Knightley’s relationship and how it has always been. He sort of materializes, out of focus in the background, but Emma immediately knows he’s there. And to accentuate how much Knightley is part of her home and scenery, his clothes (similar shades of pale tan, white and minty green to the wall behind him) almost camouflage him and make him seem at one with the moulding of her home.

Additionally, Jonny Lee Miller captures Knightley’s playful qualities, and his exasperation is so endearing

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I can’t be the only one tickled by this Knightley’s frustration with Emma! JLM FTW!

Jonny Lee Miller is mesmerizing in any role he inhabits. It’s 2009 Knightly all the way.

no but can you actually go vote for mr knightley he was FOUNDATIONAL for 16 year old me my favourite portrayal of my favourite austen man cannot fall at this hurdle!!!

He is my ultimate Austen Dream Man, I'm with him until the end. Honestly this adaptation is my very favorite of them all (P&P 1995 is a VERY close second) because it made me fall in love with Emma as a story? Honestly no other adaptation or indeed even my reading of the book made me love it quite as much. My crush on JLM goes back to 1995 and I do think he is one of the better actors of his generation - his range alone is just impeccable. The fact that he can go from Sick Boy to Mr. Knightley to Sherlock to Jordan Chase is really something. Of all the actors I know, his range is the most impressive. But i love how bright and sunny this adaptation is. The colors, it is as vibrant as Emma should be! The Kate Beckinsale Emma is dark and terrifying to me, not at all suitable an adaptation. I like the Paltrow Emma a lot, but it's got the same issue the 2005 P&P has for me -- it's just too short. This is tonally just right, and the casting is lovely, and JLM is just at his dashing best. His face is so expressive, he is so capable of communicating so much without saying a word. His open jealousy of Frank Churchill is delightful to watch. His face when Emma tells him his secret is out at the ball! JLM is maybe the most underrated actor of his generation and I LOVE that he has been multiple Austen heroes. I maintain that in a future adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, an older JLM would make an EXCELLENT Mr. Bennet. He would convey the right amount of grumpy but fond beautifully.

Look. Do people realize JLM hates wearing period clothing AND hates dancing? And yet in Emma he's sashaying around in pink jackets looking amazing and is THAT convincing? That's called BRILLIANT ACTING!!

A tiny bit of Mr Knightley 2009 propaganda but I love that they put in that bit from the book where he looks like he's going to kiss Emma's hand when he's saying goodbye but then he hesitates and doesn't and I just...it's such a tiny detail but conveys so much!

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It’s the only Emma adaptation that really hits the romance notes well. Knightley’s crowning moment of awesome really feels like it (when he rescues Harriet from humiliation) and his subsequent dancing with Emma does make you feel a shift in their relations. Love this adaptation. - This Knightley and Emma in particular are equals. They quarrel, not because he’s telling her off, but because they can have an argument because they know each other, trust each other and care about each others opinions, and there is never a sense of domination of one over the other. This adds so much fire to the romance, and it’s so unusual for a romance of that era (or even one written today!!). - Emma is rich, clever and beautiful and as powerful as a woman of her age and situation could be at the time and she married Knightley for no other reason but because he’s her best friend and his company for the rest of her life will enrich her. - He even leaves his house to move in with her!

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[shouyuus]

can i be nosy and ask your vi wips 👁👁

ahhh there's a... a lot LOL so. uh. just -- let's... go? let's GO? i did a poll recently to see what ppl would be interested in seeing posted first; and then obviously i posted the thing that ppl were LEAST interested in seeing bc i am a #Rebel (mom, it's nOT a pHase) sldkfjds but i can break my wips down into three categories: "i actually have something written", "these r just ideas floating in the ether", and "this is an ask i got that i want to expound upon" so here we go: (things in bold are working titles!)

"i actually have something written":

bunny: in which vi goes to babette's and finds her childhood friend there; light angst and smut ensues (this is the one im working on most "consistently" right now)

beautiful, beautiful, beautiful: drabble in which reader calls vi beautiful

take a pic: reader thirsting over vi's back (this comes from a few asks actually)

"these r just ideas":

nepobaby/inventor!reader x vi -- in which vi gets roped into showing reader around the undercity and quickly realizes that you're way more than meets the eye

mage!reader who's being used by the piltover council for her powers over the arcane (that to the best of their knowledge doesn't have a repercussion; i mean other than the fact that it causes her pAIN) and vi's assigned as her enforcer "watcher"/guard; dark, stockholm syndrome, power dynamics, vi being conflicted about the blatant abuse of power at play in piltover

vi having sensitive nipples

vi having a thing for your neck

vi teaching you self defense

vi with a kinda exhibitionist thing

slow hands: vi realizing u have a hand/arm/shoulder kink

you're the first good thing vi gets stuck on: fluff and angst kinda

highschool!au where u and vi meet in detention (??? question as to whether or not i'll actually write this LOL)

"this is an ask/req that i got": (these are just things i have in my askbox i find interesting, i might or might not write all of them!!)

xmas decorating w/ vi

jealous, one two three: vi fucking the jealousy out of childhood friend!reader

eating vi out as she deserves

vi sleeps in nothing but boxer shorts (this is the shirtless sleeper vi anon pls everyone send ur praises)

slow sex w/ strap!vi

vi getting addicted to making u squirt after discovering ur a squirter

morning sex w vi

subtop!vi w older reader

hugs n kisses w/ vi

vi being into hyperfemme women who might leave her for a man (based off of a few tiktoks lol)

double ended dildo w/ vi

desperate, needy (jailhouse?) sex w/ vi

wife!vi hcs

barista!vi and tattoo artist!reader ("tell me, pretty, how many espressos will it take to pay for this ink?" "how about you just take me out on a proper date instead?")

being vi's prison wife (i had to look up what prison wife meant yall)

pulling on vi's grown out hair from s2

vi with an s/o who's quiet during sex

vi getting jealous of ppl staring at your at your workplace and fucking it outta you later

college roommate!vi x thigh riding

vi's different laughs

college rommate!vi reacting to reader getting drunk and flirting with another girl in front of her

toys that vi would use (besides a strap)

reader saying something wild during an argument and short circuiting vi's brain

more college roommate!vi (lmfao yall pls)

reader meeting college roommate!vi's fam

how vi college roommate!vi would react to someone being an asshole to reader

reader getting quiet/colder after college roommate!vi brings home another girl hookup

sitting on top of college roommate!vi when she's lifting (based off a twitter fanart)

college roommate!vi teaching you how to vape

admiring college roommate!vi's back tattoo, and then realizing she's got no shirt on actually (this might be meshed with the take a pic drabble above)

how vi would react if you had an audition tomorrow

ANDDD THAT'S IT FOR NOW. holy shit LOL i didn't realize how many there were until i listed them all out like that

thankfully a lot of the asks are just gonna be like shorter headcanons, but i do wanna write a few longer pieces for some of them as well :)

[qqueenofhades]

Walz was my top choice, but seeing Republicans SEETHING that she didn't pick Shapiro confirms it for me! A man who gets approval from both AOC and Manchin and seemingly singlehandedly freed Democrats from the shackles of "when they go low we go high", his experiences with education, his fairly progressive policies, and also his personal experience with IVF making the Harris/Walz ticket feel very strong on fighting for reproductive rights- what's this feeling? Is it hope?

Walz is actually incredible on abortion rights (he met Harris when she became the first sitting VP to visit a Planned Parenthood in Minneapolis in March), he's outspoken about how he and his wife only have their children because of IVF, and wow, it's nice to see Democrats actually embracing "basic bodily autonomy for women is a good thing and we're not going to back down/run away from that" as a winning message, because IT IS. Abortion rights are polling some incredibly high number in Florida (Florida!!!) and they are on the ballot there in November, along with other places. And we remember that every time they ARE on the ballot, regardless of how red the state might usually be, they win.

This is a great issue to be running on, to be able to run on so strongly, and Harris/Walz are exceptionally qualified to do it. As for the GOP seething about Shapiro, all this tells me is that they were banking on having their pre-written attack ads ready to go, their "Democrats in Disarray!" psy-ops ready to roll out, and everything else. They don't give a shit about antisemitism and they certainly don't get to talk about suddenly acting like they want anything other than white Christian-evangelistic theocracy, because they don't. So yeah, like... Shapiro is genuinely very strong in many ways and I do like him and will support him if he runs in 8 years, but this was something the GOP/the corporate media were COUNTING on to destabilize the Democratic ticket, and we took that away from them. The stakes are too high to run the risk of any more distractions, whether or not it's fair or justified or any of it. We need to pull together and become watertight if we're doing this unprecedented thing, and because the 2024 election cycle has turned out to be so short (at least in terms of the actual tickets) we cannot, CANNOT afford to be manipulated by bad actors, which in turn means making choices to give them the least opportunity to do so. Which has happened here, and... yes. I think... I think this odd feeling might just be hope, especially as I look at all the Twitter videos of thousands of people in Philly eager to get into the first Harris/Walz rally tonight. Lord love you, Philly. I remember the pure euphoria I felt as those massive batches of blue ballots rolled in in 2020, and I am very, VERY ready to do it again.

[heihua-exchange]

HEIHUA EXCHANGE 2025

Welcome to the Heihua Exchange, an an event dedicated to the pairing Xie Yuchen/Hei Xiazi from the 盗墓笔记 | Daomu Biji fandom. In this exchange, participants will be anonymously matched to create gifts for one another during a seven-week long creation period.

Heihua Exchange on x/twitter | AO3 Collection |

This exchange is open to all the DMBJ canons - books, movies, TV series, comics, donghua, etc. The gifts can be fic, art, video, podfic or some other form of creation you feel inspired to gift to your recipient, but all of it must be focused on the ship Xie Yuchen/Hei Xiazi. Since this exchange will take place on AO3, an AO3 account is required in order to participate – if you don’t have one, you can request an invitation code here. If there isn’t enough time, please contact the mods so we can send you an invitation.

The mods decided on the schedule of the exchange based on the results of a poll ran with this express purpose and we have done our best to ensure that the overlap with other DMBJ exchanges like the Pingxie Exchange and the Rarepair Exchange will be minimal, as much as that's possible.

Schedule

August 5: Sign-ups open

August 18: Sign-ups close

August 20: Assignments out

October 12: Assignments due

October 16: Work Reveals (and deadline for pinch-hits)

October 23: Creator Reveals (& deadline for treats)

Rules & Guidelines:

1. Your creation must focus on HeiHua. While background ships are fine (unless listed as a Do Not Want), HeiHua must be the primary focus. 2. You will be expected to create a gift matching your recipient’s request. Filling any specifying prompts is not obligatory, but try to create something you honestly think your recipient will enjoy! 3. You must not include anything that your recipient has listed as a DNW (Do Not Want). 4. The minimum requirements for the gifts are 500 words for fic or one sketch on unlined paper for art (traditional or digital). 5. After the matching is done, all the requests will be made visible to everyone to allow for treating! There are no minimum requirements for treats. You can also create manips and fanvids for treats. 6. This is an anonymous exchange: please refrain from discussing your assignment in public. After the works are revealed, there will a period during which the creators remain anonymous before the creator reveals. 7. If at any point you need to drop out, just click on the “default” button on your AO3 assignment page; we’ll find a pinch hitter to create a gift for your recipient instead. If you need an extension to finish your gift, please contact the mods before the deadline. 8. Make sure to leave a comment on your gift, within the first 24 hours if possible.

Sign-Up Information:

Sign-ups will take place on AO3, ending on August 18th. There, you can fill out details about your request and offer. You can edit your sign-up at any time until the sign-ups close on on August 18th.

When signing up, you can choose fandom and genre tags, as well as specify any additional details.

You will have to select the DMBJ canon you’re interested in creating and receiving a gift in. If a fandom you want is not there, you can specify that you request it in the description:

怒���潜沙&秦岭神树 | Explore with the Note & The Lost Tomb (TV)

沙海 | Tomb of the Sea (TV)

盗墓笔记 - 南派三叔 | The Grave Robbers' Chronicles - Xu Lei

盗墓笔记2之云顶天宫 | The Lost Tomb 2: Heavenly Palace on the Clouds (TV 2021)

盗墓笔记重启 | The Lost Tomb Reboot (TV)

终极笔记 | Ultimate Note (TV)

This does not mean that you’re limited to requesting or creating a work during the canon timelines for those series/books. It’s just to mark which canons you’re familiar with to allow for easier matching: some participants might have a preference for a particular canon era, some might not be familiar with all the versions. You still have to choose your preferred canon eras even if you want to create or receive an AU.

You will also have to specify genres you’re interested in:

Action/Adventure

Alternate Universe

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Angst

Canon Compliant

Crack

Dark

Domesticity

Fluff

Humor

Hurt/Comfort

Porn With Plot

Porn Without Plot

You can include requests for other media forms if you have any, for example music genres you like or if you prefer a certain art style.

🍜 Requests

Fandom - you have to choose at least one. If you’re willing to receive a gift in any canon era, you can just click “Any”!

Genre - you have to choose at least three tags.

Relationships: Relationships indicated with '/' are strictly romantic, while relationships indicated with '&' are strictly platonic. You must pick at least one and the tag 'Xie Yuchen/Hei Xiazi' is required for this field.

Ratings - you have to choose at least one. This will help your gifter know what you like and are comfortable with when they're coming up with ideas to fill your prompts.

Warnings - you have to choose at least one. This does not mean that you will receive a gift with warnings, but it just lets your gifter know if you are comfortable receiving a gift with warnings or not.

If you are not comfortable receiving a work with one of the AO3 warnings (Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death (MCD), Rape/Non-Con, Underage Sex), please choose 'No Archive Warnings Apply'.

'Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings' is for when you are comfortable receiving a gift with any/all the archive warnings but you don't wish to specify which one.

Description - here’s where you can go into more detail about your perfect exchange gift! You can include:

General Likes: your gifter may, but doesn’t have to, include them. This isn’t a place for detailed prompts, just general themes you enjoy, like getting together or established relationship.

DNW (Do Not Wants): things that your creator must not include - squicks, triggers, characters or things that you simply don’t like. You don’t owe anyone an explanation about why something is a DNW, and DNW are not meant to be taken personally. Just list the things you don’t like, “DNW: X, Y.”

Please list if you have any audio or visual triggers (such as flashing lights). This could be in your DNW or could be separate. Please also list song/music DNWs (e.g. "please no lyrics that use the n-word" or "please no lyrics in [specific language]" or “please no [specific genre/s of music]”).

Prompts/specific ideas: if you have any prompts, you can also put them here! You can be as general or as detailed as you’d like, but remember that while your creator will try to make the best gift for you, filling a specific prompt is not obligatory. You can include a crossover prompt (with other DMBJ verse or other canons), but make sure it’s not the only prompt you have.

For vid prompts, please list things like genres/styles of music you like (or like in videos), vibes/tone/theme you’d like to see (e.g. “angsty amnesiac Xiaoge”, “Fuba crack”, etc.), and things like that.

If you chose novels as one of your fandoms, you can use this field to list the ones you’re familiar with, such as ‘Books 1-4′ , ‘main series only′, ‘main series + specific extras’, etc.

The requests will be made publicly visible after matching is done, so that others will be able to create treats (additional gifts) based on them!

🍜 Offers

Fandom - you have to choose at least one. If you can create works for any canon era, you can choose “Any”!

Genre - you have to choose at least three tags.

Relationships: Relationships indicated with '/' are strictly romantic, while relationships indicated with '&' are strictly platonic. You must pick at least one and the tag 'Xie Yuchen/Hei Xiazi' is required for this field.

Ratings - you have to choose at least one. This will help matching what people are comfortable creating with what people are comfortable requesting.

Warnings - you have to choose at least one. This does not mean that you will receive a gift with warnings, but it just lets your gifter know if you are comfortable receiving a gift with warnings or not.

If you are not comfortable receiving a work with one of the AO3 warnings (Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death (MCD), Rape/Non-Con, Underage Sex), please choose 'No Archive Warnings Apply'.

Description: - in this field, you can tell us more about the kind of works you like to create, for example if you really prefer established relationship, feel best with certain kinds of AUs, or like writing darkfic. We’ll take it into account when matching! By the same token, if there’s something you really don’t want to write, let us know here as well.

If you chose novels as one of your fandoms, you can use this field to list the ones you’re familiar with, such as ‘Books 1-4′ , ‘main series only′, ‘main series + specific extras’, etc.

In the optional details of your offer, you can also name people you don’t want to be matched to, for example your regular beta, and we will do our best to avoid matching you!

The offers will only ever be visible to the mods; never to anyone else.

Your Assignment:

You will be matched to create a gift for someone who requested at least one of the fandoms that you offer, with as many similar genres/likes as possible. This exchange will be hand-matched, after using AO3’s matching algorithm to first generate the potential matches.

If you have any issues when you receive your assignment (you have a question about it or think there’s an issue with it), contact the mods as soon as possible. Do not contact your recipient on your own.

You will have to create a gift for your recipient, fulfilling the minimum requirements of fandom, genre, and ship, and avoiding any stated “do not wants”. Filling exact prompts is optional, but try to create something matching your recipient’s likes that they will enjoy!

You will have to post your gift to the exchange AO3 collection before the due date, using the “gift this work to” option to give it to your recipient. Your work will remain in the collection only visible to you and the mods until the reveals happen. Remember to tag your work appropriately or use the “chose not to warn” warning.

💚 Treating:

Treats are additional gifts for the participants! To allow for treating, the requests will be made visible when matching is done. You can create treats at any time until the creator reveals! There are no minimum requirements for treats, and every form of media is allowed in addition to fic, art, gifs, edits, vids, etc. As with assignments, you have to respect the recipient’s Do Not Wants, and while the optional details are optional, try to create something fitting the listed likes. One treat can only be gifted to one person. For the assignments fics, art or videos are allowed; for treats any form of media is acceptable. You can do anything you want if it isn't on a DNW list.

🖊️ Pinch Hits

In case someone needs to drop out, we will look for a pinch hitter to complete their assignment. Pinch hits will be posted to this tumblr or our twitter/x account. You do not need to be signed up for the exchange to claim a pinch hit, but an AO3 account is required.

🕑 Extensions

If you think you can finish your assignment, but you need a few days more, you can always ask for an extension. Please contact the mods (@tiesanjiaoshenanigans or @lunanoc) via tumblr or discord.

🗒️ Multi-Chapter Fics

If you are writing a multi-chapter fic for the exchange and don’t want to drop the entire fic at once, these are the posting guidelines for it:

Multi-chapter fics that are assignment fills must be fully written and at least the first chapter posted by the assignment deadline, ready for the fic reveals.

All chapters of the fic must be posted by the time of creator reveals and end of treating on October 23rd.

Multi-chapter fics that are treats can begin to be posted at any time, but must also be fully posted by October 23rd.

Other Important Information

Make sure to check the email you use on AO3 frequently during the exchange, as it will be the primary means of communication. We might contact you if there is an issue with your sign-up or if your gift creator has a question for you. If you’d rather be contacted on your discord or tumblr, please leave your handle in the offer section of your sign-up.

There are no penalties for dropping out or failing to post a complete work, but finishing a multi-chapter fic or making sure to drop out timely are highly encouraged to make sure your giftee will receive a complete gift in this exchange and make sure everyone has a nice time with the exchange!

Follow this blog to avoid missing an announcement or a deadline!

If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to contact the mods here on tumblr, discord, twitter/x or though email.

[joannechocolat]

Content Warning: contains scenes of graphic kindness; wokery; tolerance; profanity.

A few days ago, I posted a little Twitter poll, asking readers (and authors) what they thought of trigger warnings. I followed this up with a short thread, outlining my own thoughts on this, and how they have changed over the years.

The Daily Mail immediately seized the idea, and without contacting me, or asking for further clarification, published an article quoting my words, under a headline that was both inflammatory and untrue: Trigger warnings should be put on EVERY book to make readers feel 'safe', Chocolat author Joanne Harris says.

Predictably, this caused a frenzy of reaction from Daily Mail readers and Twitter trolls, including accusations of censorship and “pandering to moronic snowflakes”. Several people (who I suspect, have never even picked up one of my books) swore never to read them. One charmer wrote: “Fucking pathetic. What a dick the author must be.”

I don’t blame the writer of the article; most clickbait headlines are added by someone else - in this case, by someone who couldn’t even be bothered to read the article, let alone my original thread. It has since been quietly changed, presumably in response to my comments, although once again, without any communication with me. But as a result of these comments (and some more polite ones from people asking about the poll), I think it’s time I made it clear, both where I stand on trigger warnings, and why the public perception of them, fuelled by culture wars debates, is both skewed and inaccurate.

First, the result of my poll: about 35% of the people who answered were in favour of some kind of content warning. About 30% were against, and the rest were undecided, curious about the result. To me this suggests that most people are generally positive or undecided on the subject. From the comments, it seemed to me that many of the people who were against trigger warnings were afraid they might lead to censorship, or spoilers, or editing of the classics, or stopping people from reading the classics, or authors losing the right to free speech.

But here's the thing. Trigger warnings are nothing to do with those things. Here’s why people have been misled, and why it matters to put things straight.

First, this expression; “triggered.” Like “woke” and “snowflake” it has been weaponized to mean something like “upsetting the libs.” Reader, that's not what it means. The concept of triggering only applies to someone with PTSD or some kind of serious psychological trauma. That makes it irrelevant to politics. Anyone can have trauma. Anyone is potentially vulnerable to mental illness. And that’s why trigger warnings exist; to warn people who might suffer a relapse, or some other kind of serious harm, if exposed without warning to certain images, scenes or narrative strands. Some of the obvious ones might be sexual violence; graphic images; mental illness; eating disorders; suicide. I’m sure there are lots more. But we’ve had content warnings (if you prefer) on films for decades without any resistance, and TV shows routinely flag up scenes with flashing images, etc. that might trigger (that word again) an epileptic seizure in anyone susceptible.  

And yes, it makes sense. I mean, why would you want someone to have a seizure if you could just warn them against it? Who but a sadist would argue that people with epilepsy should be forced to have seizures, or that having regular seizures will make them more resilient somehow, or that people afraid to have seizures should just stop watching films and TV altogether, or that warnings against flashing lights would somehow spoil other people’s enjoyment of the show? And yet those are all things that people have said to me recently about content warnings.

To me content warnings in books are like content warnings on packaged food. Most people don’t read them, unless they have a special interest or need to know. Why do they need to know? There might be any number of reasons. Maybe they’re vegan, and want to avoid eating animal products. Maybe they have a religious dietary restriction. Maybe they have a mild allergy to peanuts or to shellfish. Or maybe it’s a more a serious allergy that could even result in their death. Either way, details are useful. Content warnings in books are the same, except that instead of triggering a physical attack, certain things trigger a mental one.

I'm not talking here about things that might simply cause offence. I sometimes use profanity in my books; I sometimes write about topics that people may find challenging. That's not going to change. I won't add content warnings for swearing, or nudity, or paganism, or LGBT issues. None of those things cause trauma, though I'm willing to believe they may in some cases cause offence.

But mental trauma is just as real as any physical injury. It’s not just “in your head”. It requires adjustments in the same way that any other condition may require adjustments - whether that's a wheelchair ramp, or subtitles on TV, or studs on the pavement to help the blind.

And yet, the culture wars narrative – led by a right-wing media - is leaning increasingly towards a “survival of the fittest” mentality; repeatedly encouraging able-bodied people to question disability, white people to question racism, rich people to question poverty, and urging those who have never experienced mental trauma to dismiss the needs of those who struggle with it daily. Empathy and kindness are presented as political gestures, earning “woke points” (whatever they are), rather than the elements of basic human decency. And of course, people who talk about “decency” in the context of nudity, LGBT issues and profanity often see no problem in labelling themselves “anti-woke”, or sneering at the “Be Kind brigade”, or making dismissive judgments about the lives of people they will never know. Somewhere along the line, somehow, basic human kindness has been reframed as a tool of the left, and those who hold right-wing opinions are encouraged to reject it.

Well, fuck that. People are better than this. Some people need content warnings, and it’s not up to you or me to decide whether their need is valid or not. That’s why, from now on, I’ll be adding including content warnings to my books, and to my author website. Ignore them or not, as you choose.

But to those who are offended by the concept of inclusion, here’s a trigger warning just for you: Contains tolerance; scenes of moderate kindness; depictions of graphic wokery. Read my books at your peril. Or don’t. Isn’t freedom marvellous?

[deadbeatbirdmom]

Happy Valentine's Day my fellow RWBY fans. This should be a day focused on love. Which is why I'm going to talk about something that's been troubling me for a while. This isn't about any single post, and I'm not singling anyone out. I'd put this under a read more cut but I think it's important enough not to do that. Scroll down for TLDR and a poll.

One of the common courtesies of tumblr etiquette is: don't tag hate with things like a ship tag or character tag. Or should be common, but let's face it, it's more like uncommon.

A good chunk of tumblr users who I end up blocking are those who post hate in tags like the 'Bumbleby' tag, or 'Yang Xiao Long' tag (it'd be the 'RWBY' tag too, but I don't often go there and rarely post in it). No, it's not toxic to block people, it's how you control your tumblr experience. It's how I avoid seeing hate, or try to.

But there are some tumblr users who I don't want to block but also end up putting hate in the tags: some of my fellow fans. It's not intended the same way as those who do it out of spite, but the end result is the same: your fellow fans end up seeing stuff they might prefer not to.

There's another rule, an old one that predates tumblr: don't feed the trolls. Don't give them attention. Please delete anon hate rather than answer it, although I definitely understand how trolling trolls can be fun. Just please don't tag it with the main tags or you'll do the anon's work for them if it's hate about a ship or character.

I see all too much fan art around that gets far less engagement than posts trying to fight back against hate (and unfortunately share the hate at the same time, especially when it's something from elsewhere like reddit or twitter). If you like the art, don't only hit that heart button, reblog it too!

RWBY fandom isn't dead, but we do need to do our part to encourage artists to make and share more art. Likes alone don't help the art get in front of more fans. I don't think everyone looks in the tags to find art, some will rely on those they follow reblogging art. This goes for sharing fic too! And giving fic writers comments (and kudos on AO3).

This is an appeal to keep negativity out of the main tags. I'm not saying you can't post whatever you want, just when it comes to tagging: please spare a thought for your fellow fans who are incredibly tired of negativity. If all else fails, maybe include a tag that can be added to filters? 'Wasps' for posts about Bumbleby hate, maybe?

I don't know about anyone else, but if I wanted to see hate and get angry, I'd be on twitter or reddit. I check tags here on tumblr to find fan art, and to see fellow fans talking about how much they love RWBY and its characters and ships, and find interesting theories and analysis.

I'm also not entirely sure how tumblr works with followed tags and words mentioned in posts. Do untagged posts still show up if the word appears in the post? Does that mean breaking the word with a backslash or something to avoid it showing up? I don't know, perhaps something to consider.

TLDR: please don't feed the trolls and don't tag hate with main tags. Show RWBY fan artists and fic writers some love and reblog their posts, and comment on fics!

One last thing: a poll to find out if I'm an outlier and posting hate is actually normal in this post-twitter world.

[haletostilinski]

So, I said my next poll(s) would a character battle, so...here we go!

Now that we finished a wild Ship Battle, it's time to move onto a new set of polls. A character battle. Who do you feel is the best Teen Wolf character? So, a few things first:

I believe I got all the important players. There are 64 Teen Wolf characters I was able to come up with. A few are a bit like "wait, who?" but once again, getting it to 64 characters keeps it nice and even, so a few characters who are lesser known or somewhat forgotten on the whole slipped in there. Quite a bit of the smaller characters *didn't* make it in, though, so I'm sorry if one of the smaller characters that you like didn't make it into this poll. 64 is a lot of Teen Wolf characters, though.

The matching up for this was perhaps a bit more intentional by me than with the ship battle. Mostly to keep it a bit interesting. Although a match up might be kinda 'meh' for the first few rounds for a few of them. But bigger characters might be matched up earlier because there's many of them and they couldn't all be spaced out like I was able to do with the bigger ships in the ship battle polls.

WARNING: Obviously, NO CHARACTER HATE IN THESE POLLS. Keep it civil! You can disagree with the winners if you're bummed yours didn't get through to the next round/didn't win, of course, but don't go hating on the other character or its stans. Also no fighting amongst each other, either. That will not be tolerated and if I see that I will either delete the comment if I can/give a warning/block the user/or if it's too many people going too far I will shut this WHOLE thing down. This is meant to be fun and not serious. Remember that, please.

No character and character stan hate ANYWHERE, on ANY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. Not on twitter, tiktok, freaking youtube or instagram, wherever.

HATE WHILE LINKING TO AND ASSOCIATING WITH MY POLLS which could mean quoting or replying to someone linking to my poll! - WILL NOT BE TOLERATED

Also, given what happened in the shipper polls, this has to be warned for just incase: If there is ANY significant spike in the votes in a very short period of time - like say jumping 10% points or something in like an hour of time or something (outside of the initial votes being given at first, of course - I will assume botting has taken place. If someone is making more than 1 account on tumblr to vote, i.e. fake accounts, that is also cheating and THAT CHARACTER WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED. Again, with what happened with the ship battle, this needs to be said. NO making multiple accounts or there will be consequences.

Comments/laughing at/hating on a character that's included will not be tolerated. If you're bewildered by a character winning, just keep comments to a very nice and polite "huh?" As I said above, I will shut this whole thing down if there is too much judgement/hate/etc...

Because this is a character battle, there will be two characters per poll. So you're about to see a LOT of poll posts from me...just a warning if you're wondering why there's going to be continued character poll posts from me 😭

As always, every poll will have a 1 week duration. I will show the brackets as they stand below. And after every round, I will show the updated version, pinned to my blog if you're curious to see every winner of every round.

Lastly, have fun! Let's see what character lands on top 😎

Here are the brackets - ignore the numbers on them, the site I used just did that🤷‍♀️ (and you'll have a pretty good idea who the winners will be up against next round as well). I will start posting the polls momentarily (but might not get all of them up right away, that might be staggered.)

[putschki1969]

Submissions for Hikaru's Upcoming YouTube Live Broadcast

Today, at 21:00 (JST) Hikaru will do a live stream on her official YouTube channel "Hikaru ch." to celebrate 5000 subscribers.The other day, she did a poll on Twitter, asking fans how she should be celebrating this special occasion. Most people voted for a casual live stream of her answering questions/responding to messages while eating something. Go to her Instagram Stories to leave a comment/question/etc.

Hikaru's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@hikaruch.0702/featured

Will be adding the live stream link to this post as soon as it is available. Hopefully, Hikaru will be archiving the video.

Some highlights:

She's trying to enable Superchats for fans but apparently it's not working. A shame, seems like everyone want to show their support by sending Superchats.

She received close to 300 questions and seems determined to reply to as many as possible XD

Hikaru says she doesn't know yet if she will archive the video. Meh >_< (it's getting more and more unlikely the longer her broadcast lasts but she'll think about. BANZAI! She decided to keep it!)

Looking at her mini sips is always so much fun. It's a running gag during her live MCs to watch her bottle content barely being reduced despite her taking several breaks to take a sip. [I'm the exact same when it comes to my drinks XD]

Seeing her struggle to eat that honeycomb thing is painful :P

Excited to find out that she is a clearfile addict just like me.

Something she'll never compromise in her career: The fact that her fans come first, they will always be the most important thing for her.

Hikaru can't really talk about any future Kalafina activities but she shares Keiko's hopefuly sentiment of “叶うならまた~/And if my wish would come true, maybe[we can do this/sing together] again~”

Someone asks about the changes of her voice compared to her early days. She's aware that she was able to produce higher/longer notes back then but her body changed throughout the years. She's tried very hard to retain those abilities from back then (because she liked what she was able to convey with it) but despite her efforts, it just wasn't meant to be. She's made peace with the fact that her old voice is not coming back but she is determined to make the best of her current voice. There are things she can convey now that she wasn't able to convey back then.

Seems like the girls might not have received all of the gifts that were put in the boxes during the Kalafina Anniversary Live. Some fans on Twitter got together to create a fancy message book for each of them but apparently Hikaru hasn't gotten it (yet). She says there are some organisational problems with her being freelance and the other two having their own separate management so maybe some things got mixed up. She will ask the other two if they know anything about any missing presents.

Awwww, to hear Hikaru say "Wakana-san is really amazing" (in regard to her being able to sing those super high notes) is such a treat.

WOW! She really went through ALL questions. Impressive! And she wants to end the live stream at 1:23💙🖤🤍

She will do another live stream like this when she reaches 10.000 subscribers.

[hookedwayfinder]

Hope you're all having a wonderful weekend, everyone!

Just to clarify - we reblog Hooked Wayfinder related posts that we find from tags such as Hooked Wayfinder, Moaui, Moana and more... We ran a poll the other day to ask if we should also post more non-Hooked Wayfinder content and the majority agreed that non-shippy content was ok too! We will still strive to keep the majority of the content related to Moana and Maui, but you might see a Tamatoa or Matangi here every now and then - though it probably has to be a really awesome post about them then.

Personally I'm also a sucker for concept art, development, meta and behind-the-scenes pictures and you might have already noticed we have been reblogging a bit more of that too.

We don't like art theft and would like to encourage people to give proper credit when taking edits or arts from other people - there are some people that are really good at this, crediting others and linking back to where they found specific arts. (Awesome fanartists like RyukiGaryu on Twitter have no presence on Tumblr, but luckily some of their arts are being put on Tumblr with proper links to the original post - so that there's no misunderstanding about who the artist is and you can easily click through to check them out online.)

Should it be possible to post their artist name and the title/description of the piece (if there is one) underneath the art, that would be perfect! (However, as Loto says: perfection's a myth!)

If there's no link back to the original artist and no name visible, we will usually not reblog the post. So, just as a reminder: proper credit is really important to us - if you need an example:

The post I screenshotted above had a link to the instagram of Jason Hand - so there was no doubt who the artist was or where the art came from.

While nobody's saying you can't use your tumblr as a pinterest board where you upload works of others (without credit!), it's not really what Tumblr is used for and it's sort of frowned upon in fandoms. (Which is also why pinterest has such a bad reputation among most fandoms) It's not something we want to encourage either, even if we appreciate your love and appreciation for the ship. If you want something on your blog, we recommend you reblog it. If you do want to make a collage or mood board, give credit to the people whose arts and edits you use, or better yet - use unedited screencaps or promo materials from Disney itself. Feel free to save whatever you want on your pc for private use, but refrain from reposting it.

We're not trying to be Tumblr police here (though it's likely it appears that way), but also just want you to know that if you have questions about how to post specific things to your blog, we'll gladly help out. We want to be able to reblog your posts, but we do not want to do that if your post consist of other stolen images. It gets messy.

Also, YES, Wayfinder February is definitely happening! We currently have 17 days filled up already and more entries are still welcome! Read more about it here.

[callophelia]

[𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬(?)] 𝑽𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒔

God… where do I even begin?

Here is the second part of me trying to figure out my Persona Venti design for my Persona Crossroads AU, and I might not even use them (≖_≖ ) If you’ve read my first lore dump Tumblr post about the au, you’ll find that I’m currently going through another crisis in regards of who my protagonist’s persona should be, but even if I do end up sticking with Venti, I can’t say if I like these drafts enough to use them as the final design (especially since I made a good chunk of these while utterly burnt-out), but hey! Here they are anyways for your perusal in case you were curious ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

When designing these, I wanted to lean more into Venti’s Archon outfit since I wanted to leave the bard outfit for a third awakening (even tho I’m not a fan of his Archon outfit lol). I added a halo to tie into an alternate form he has for lore and made his twin braids longer with cecilias threaded through them (inspired by @blehbet-arts’ Aeon Venti drawing) for dramatic effect! I would have also added eyes everywhere to but couldn’t figure out if it would make more sense for the extra eyes to be open or closed, and in my indecisiveness, left them out entirely (╥﹏╥)

The first design draft was inspired by a cool Zhongven fanart I saw on Twitter (I can’t remember who the artist is though since I can’t find the artwork anymore though I did use the Venti’s outfit in that drawing as the inspo for this design) where Venti had harpy-like wings instead of arms and I thought it was the coolest thing ever, so I made a design based around it! ( ˶ˆᗜˆ˵ ) Unfortunately, a lack of actual arms meant I wouldn’t have been able to do what I had in mind for the original pose where I envisioned Venti holding his lyre in one arm and the orb from the Mondstadt statues in the other, but then I remembered this one drawing I saw by @gierosaji of Witch Venti from their Madoka AU and got so freaking inspired, so I made the wings lyre (or I guess harp?) wings! ฅ^>⩊<^ ฅ

The second design is based on another fanart I saw (but was unable to find the artist’s name again (っ◞‸◟ ς)). I… found myself really struggling with deviating away from the original fanart because after the first design, I had this weird “confirmation bias” in my brain that really liked the harp wings but felt like I had to experiment with various ideas just to cover all bases. In the end, I ended up utterly burnt out and frustrated with this design and a good chunk of the others, and as cute as this design ended up, I don’t think it screams Venti.  "( – ⌓ – )

Because the burnout has robbed me of whatever originality I may have had, design 3 is basically a copy of a gierosaji’s Boss Venti design. Design 3 was honestly something I had to force myself to make so that I’d have 5 drafts, but on account of lack of originality, this one can’t be considered a candidate for my make-believe design poll. As freaking awesome as the eye of the storm inspo is in gierosaji’s drawing, it definitely wasn’t working in mine since the pose of my Venti muddles the whole silhouette up. Though if I do end up sticking with Venti for Arilette’s persona, I would probably mix this Design 1 and 3 together, somehow…

Once again, I practically had to hold myself at gunpoint to make design 4 which is why, once again, no originality and practically a copy-paste of a Venti drawing made by zen_krt105’s because I wanted to try a more Wind-Wisp-themed avenue and got tired of keep on keepin’ on-ing (っ- ‸ - ς)

Design 5 is when the slight I was starting to feel inspired again (too bad it’s the last draft (╥﹏╥)) Although I took some inspiration from aliciarose’s fanart of Venti in Greek-inspired garb, I tried to incorporate some other ideas such as ornaments that resemble eyes (since throughout all of this, I still haven’t made anything with eyes as a theme) and a veil I think I saw in another fanart that inspired me. Unfortunately, I don’t really like the final result ᵕｰ́_ｰ̀ Not only do the eye ornaments make me squeamish, but the veil just doesn’t look good (¬_¬)

If I do end up sticking with Venti as Arilette’s persona, I think I’ll probably scrap most of these drafts and redo this phase of the design process all over again x-x Some cool design ideas I picked up since I made these were harp horns! ( • ̀ω•́ )✧ An artist on Tumblr by the name of woolmasterleel made a P3 Protag design for their AU with lyre horns and that is def an idea I want to experiment with (,,•o•,,) Another one was this one Zhongven fanart I saw by @noredemptionarc on twitter where Venti had a cute outfit on, feeling inspired ngl •⩊•And yeah, that’s all the notes I can remember, lol

Time to bedrot with my cat again ≽(•⩊ •マ≼

[lythecreatorart]

I am late bc I been doing 50 pages reading but

Whoever have twitter

VOTE FOR GENO

with how late the poll is, he might lost but I want him to win for many reason

He is what I got into the community in the first place, I love his character so much

Him win against Error is gonna be hilarious bc it make Error lost the third time, TO HIS PAST SELF

So for this moment, and despite measure, if yall got vote GENO to win and he Won?

You can get whatever art request from me

This is not just for inside the utmv fandom, I know some lads from IZ and Hazbin fandom want me to draw something, this is your chance :]

[tbhkpairdoodle]

Akane -> ? Event

(After adding tumblr and twitter responses, the second option won!)

After a moment of deciding, you decided to Look at the signs on the wall… maybe there are clues… which made you notice the evacuation map on the wall. The evacuation map showed the nearest exits and the classrooms that had first aid. Luckily, it seemed like the cooking classroom was one of them… which makes sense. Somekids might accidentally cut their finger or something… yikes…

The way to the cooking classroom seems to be…. down the hall to the left. Huh, you had a feeling you should’ve went there, darn it! Maybe you should’ve trusted your instincts better…

You speedily walk towards the classroom, hoping nothing too bad happened. You knock on the door before entering the classroom. There was a student busily moving around the room, grabbing different ingredients from the cabinets while cursing under his breath…. He must be Akane.

“Hello, are you Aoi Akane? Your teacher asked me to supervise you.”

The student snapped his head back to stare at you before slightly bowing his head. “Oh of course, hello there. Thank you for taking your time to watch over me.”

He then rushed back to whatever he was doing… maybe he’s really busy. You didn’t really know what to do and just stood awkwardly near the door. It was a bit weird but you didn’t want to intrude on a student’s project or something… But you also didn’t want to do nothing…. You opened your mouth to ask if the student needed any assistance when he asked you first.

With nothing better to do, you agreed.

You take the list and head out to the nearest grocery store. As you head there, you decided to read the list and woah…. yikes…. this handwriting is really dogshit…. it’s hard to read…. and you promised to get them so you can’t really back out now… Maybe you should try and get it right…. the crossed out ones are probably not needed so at least that gives you something to work with… That leaves 4 ingredients that aren’t crossed out, which isn’t too bad.

-> There will be 4 polls! Pick which one you think is the correct ingredient!! Poll will be closed tomorrow ^^

edit: haha i lowkey did this wrong but there's a first time for everything!! there are 4 polls in the blog so option 1 is looking through the blog and option 2 would be clicking these links to go to the polls. sorry lol 😓😓

[soupiestzilla]

OKAY OKAY I'M SEARCHING AND I THINK I FOUND EVERYTHING- btw do know that many things here will come IN THE FUTURE AND NOOOOT THE NEXT UPDATE!!!!

First of there was a Kahoot hosted by Qwel and it costed her 300$- COUGH-

There will be a new pack, similar to Startime skins and this time it will be Showtime and it will cost the same as the Startime pack. The pack will have Looey, Yatta, Blot, Razzle & Dazzle and Vee and Qwel showed us 3 skins-

You will also have the option to gift a pack that costs Robux to someone, whoever you want, can be ur friends, family anyone anyone

Halloween update is confirmed to come this year, spooky toons incoming, Connie is not a Halloween toon as some thought-

Discord poll which was asking everyone if they want to hear Bobette's or Bassie's last name and Bassie won so her full name is Bassie Bloomington.

There will be a button while in the elevator in the future where you can press it alone or with someone together and it will match you together with other players in other servers that also pressed the button, this is for those that want a team immediately immediately instead of server hopping to find a run already, you can still host runs in the lobby ofc, the button is optional!

Different types of machines

3 new maps and maaaaybe some new lore in them

Stickers will be added in the future for easier communication with your team or for silly stuff (like showing them off). Idk if all stickers will have messages on them but they will contain messages where you can talk easier like "gte", "I'll handle the twisteds", "I'm on the last machine" probably those types of messages (this is huge for console players who can't use chat at all), no idea if the stickers will have characters on them, maybe some?? No idea. Free stickers will be given by default and the rest you have to collect/buy them with ichor, idk if you have to actually collect them around the maps?? Also apparently one (Golden Shrimpo Brick??) will cost 10k ichor I genuinely have no idea if they'll add it but omg it became a meme-

Qwel showed us an idle Cosmo animation in the works (it might change) where he reaches behind his back to grab his Sweet Charm bracelet, look at it before putting it back, as if checking/making sure it's okay, if I heard right apparently Sprout and him will have matching idle animations with their trinkets (also yes they 3D modeled the Sweet Charm lol), I managed to find a GIF of it in Twitter so click here if you wanna see it!

Yatta "I eat bricks" skin coming soon too

The keychain plushie merch thingy ships in a few days or soon or something idk those blind bags and also apparently Qwel is planning new merch like clothes, higher quality plushies and more (shit doesn't ship in my country I'm cooked fellas I really want them sobs)

Razzle & Dazzle got optimized and they'll have new animations and it'll be different in the lobby and during the game too. During the game, whoever is active will have their own animations and it also shows who is active better (like for example, they both will have different extracting animation) so that's very noice for the RnD fans

They said they'll tweak the hitboxes/make them better or something idk something like that, let's pray the air doesn't attack us randomly fellas

Qwel has more people to help push out updates/optimization stuff faster

Dandy is getting more dialogue options, expressions and more interactions with what the players do (The YouTube stream I was watching lagged in general so I didn't hear that much, idk if it's only the lobby or shop during a run or even both but he's getting more content)

I THINK THAT'S ALL BUT PERSONALLY I VIBE WITH A LOT OF THESE, IDK ABOUT THE VEE SKIN THOUGH SOBS- BUT LET ME KNOW ZILLA, WHAT DO YOU THINK AJDHAJDHAJS I HOPE I EXPLAINED THEM WELL LMFAOAOAOAO

HOPE YOUR DAY IS GOING WELL, ZILLA!!!!

DUDDDWWWWWW

Grabs you will all ten fingers on my hands im so ready to yap

That RND SKIN????

GOING STRAIGHT TO THE GARDEN OF GODS AU LMAO/SILLY (its gorgeous thank god dude)(their current seafoam one was basic so phew)

Yatta looks like startime sprout and i was gonna say that but then i heard its a showtime pack so yeah lol she looks neat

Ok yeah i answered another ask on this but yeah zilla yaps down below lmao

ok hear me out anna

The vee skin

Listen

The first time i saw it i actually grieved a little inside lmao

but

But hear me bro

LIKE??? LOOK AT IT A BIT??? I THINK

Ngl i think

I think its like

Cute in a stupid way

Like she looks different but like - NGL MAN I CAN SEE MYSELF GETTING USED TO IT??? DO U GET ME LOL??? im already predicting a collective community crashout on the vee skin but tbh man its like

Ill vibe lol not that bad imo

MATCHMAKIMG??? GO POPPIES????? GO BOXTENS???? YOUR TIME IS NOW BRO????? (thank god man getting public runs otherwise is a whole case lol)(Maybe in the future it could expand into even more quality of life updates yk)(like pro runs becoming an actual thing based on rank and stats or yadda yadda)(but yk)(anywho)

I heard about the different types of machines. Wild dude lmao

ALREADY HYPED AS HELL FOR SPROUT ROOM DUDE LESGGGGGOOOOOO

Yatta new skin???? Another win for the lgbtq community (i eat bricks??? Asexual flag)(i swear shes just a different pride flag each time lmao)

fruitcake shipper stay calm breathe breathe its just friendship lore please (fruitcake shippers go wild)(i know id lose my entire mind too if it were shellvision so)(go crazy lmao)

Golden shrimpo brick my beloved i always knew you were a thing

QWEL HAS MORE PPL HELPING???? NEW DANDY DIALOGUES???? RND ACTUALLY???? BEING???? LOOKED AT LMAO??? RND FANS UR FIRST EVER WIN????????

Dude personally- i love qwel as a developer , she is absolutely cooking on these updates recently and ngl i fw most of those too lol, so hyped man even if vee looks like a kfc cardboard cutout now