#obsessed with potential interactions between ocs from different fandoms

[insurrection-if]

Hi hi, I'm already obsessed with your IF and Fyodor. With such a huge cast of detailed and diverse characters I wanted to ask if there was any specific inspiration behind them or if they were based on anything?

Aha, well, honest answer? (；´∀｀) Insurrection: HAWKS in its earliest conception was a collection of OCs for a fandom in middle school within that universe. As time progressed, I became detached from the fandom . . . yet my fondness for the characters remained.

It became a matter of just daydreaming them into different realities / scenarios to pass the time. Out of all these alternate realities, the one that I kept returning to was a superhuman AU (as Marvel hype had been at its continuous high). Yet, for some, traces of their fandom origin linger. Additionally, the division of the factions are quite reminiscent of their original factions as OCs. Other than that, characters largely came to be inspired by the music I listened to.

Beneath the cut are more details for those interested and the music that inspired Fyodor.

I will admit that few characters resemble their original designs and / or personalities as massive revisions took place between their transfer from fandom OCs to Insurrection characters. Even more overhaul occurred as the series transitioned from linear with Curadora as the protagonist to interactive with the MC as the lead as once minor characters needed extensive fleshing out to undertake leading ensemble roles. Though numerous characters were founded upon music, some were created by taking a major archetype and then just whittling down from there as I incorporated the environment of their new origin / born-into circumstances. Some just organically changed in my mind over time to barely resemble their starting point. (Retriever has swung the pendulum quite a bit before reaching his current balance. (¬_¬) )

The MC is a character that is entirely original to the interactive version of Insurrection and, thus, they had been the most difficult when it came time to consider their Gift (and faction). I had considered granting options for different powers but the code would be too complex. I had also worried the story would seem to stale if the MC was limited to one ability: super strength, flight, speed, and all the other classics. Once I combined the narrative into a tie-in with other original fiction ideas I had (as touched upon further down) I wanted the MC to have a copycat ability, yet my initial idea for a touch-based activation seemed to risk too much overpowered potential. My decision for the MC, however, became final after I re-listened to some songs I had liked in middle school and became inspired by Saints At The Gates by The Golden Dogs. That and a reminiscence on vampiric symbolism that my teacher covered in high school as we read Effi Briest by Theodore Fontaine. Hence, a vampiric copycat MC with some other twists in store for them.

To tie up some loose ends in Insurrection regarding the Gifts that would have otherwise been unnoted upon, I decided to create a sort of "extended universe" between this series and other ideas of original fiction I had. [The strongest ties would have been with In Blind Reverence (Seven Sins and Heavenly Virtues inspired), Hunters (space and mythology, WIP title), and the Faith and Beauty / Rebirth universe (court intrigue with fantasy, WIP titles).] This, too, turned the narrative in an entirely new direction as it gave me more liberty to expand upon the Gifts and their nature.

And due to the specific mention of Fyodor, I have decided to list the collection of songs that heavily fed into his creation:

Tickle Me Pink by Johnny Flynn

Cold Bread by Johnny Flynn

I Am Steve by Hey Steve

If I Ever Feel Better by Phoenix

The Moss by Cosmo Sheldrake

Lay Down by Caravan Palace

Russian by Caravan Palace (in relation to Curadora)

For the Departed by Shayfer James

Winter Windows by Sea Wolf

King Rat by Modest Mouse

White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes

Sleepyhead by Passion Pit (in relation to Curadora)

Better by The Honeysticks, Rick Montgomery

Kalinka as sung by the Red Army Choir

Apologies for the unfocused tant, and thank you for the ask!

[fighterbound]

SHIPPING  INFO ⠀  —  ⠀  ♥  ⠀ answer  the  following  for  your  muse  so  people  know  how  shipping  works  on  your  blog  !!

WHAT  IS  YOUR  OTP  FOR  YOUR  CHARACTER(S)?

As a multimuse blog I got several OTPs for my characters...the list is too long so if you wanna know just ask. Or you'll see me rb art of them! c:

HOW  LARGE  DOES  THE  AGE  GAP  HAVE  TO  BE  TO  MAKE  IT  UNCOMFORTABLE?

I usually go with ten years. If it's more than ten years then naah I'm not for it. With that said, I have no problem if people do write that. Like I state in my rules, you write what you want, just tag it so I can avoid it. You stay in your lane and I'll stay in mine. Anyways once we start passing the five year age gap, then I wanna talk to get a better idea of what's going on with the ship.

HOW  FAR  DO  STEAMY  MOMENTS  HAVE  TO  GO  BEFORE  THEY  ARE  CONSIDERED  NSFW?

Once you start sticking hands down pants! I think that's a good baseline, haha. Or once the undergarments start coming off. Either or. Once the muses are that point, we either move it to discord or fade to black!

ARE  YOU  SELECTIVE  WHEN  SHIPPING?

I can be, mostly because I've learned I need a baseline to work off of. I need an idea of the kind the ship they'd be, an idea how they're dynamic would work. Starting off cold doesn't work well for me I've learned. We definitely gotta work up toward having a foundation together before I can picture a ship between our muses. If doesn't have to be written out either, if we chat about it and throw back ideas back and forth that works too. Once we get that foundation set up, my brain starts opening up and giving me ideas for them and coming up with aus. Fun times, but we definitely gotta get through our awkward phase. Honestly with some muses / writers it happens faster than others, and that's okay. Please don't be discouraged.

WHO  ARE  OTHER  CHARACTERS  YOU  SHIP  YOUR  CHARACTER  WITH?

I'm open to any kinds of ships, honestly. OCs, crossovers, canon characters. Bring it on. c:

DOES  ONE  HAVE  TO  ASK  TO  SHIP  WITH  YOU?

Kind of. We need to have a conversation where we both ask each other if we're okay if things turns romantic. if we both says yes, then that's all I need. I just want to know that my partner is comfortable with a potential romance. If my partner changes their mind I hope they know they can approach me and let me know. This is supposed to be fun and joyous hobby. If you ain't having fun, a conversation needs to happen.

ARE  YOU  SHIP-OBSESSED  OR  SHIP  MORE-OR-LESS?

I have no trouble saying im ship obsessed, but I feel like my blog is ship more-or-less. That's mostly because of who my muses are and I know I can be reserved when it comes to communicating with individuals. But on the opposite side know I like picturing ships, writing them out. That's one of my top fave things to write about! I'm here to rp romance.

WHAT  IS  YOUR  FAVOURITE  SHIP  IN  YOUR  CURRENT  FANDOM?

Well right now b/kd.k is my current insanity. I looove them together, if you can't tell by all the fanart I rb haha.

FINALLY,  HOW  DOES  ONE  SHIP  WITH  YOU?

Interact with me. Keep interacting with me. Respond to my asks. Send me asks. Talk to me. That's the most effective way because it shows you're interested in creating stories with my muses. It gives us opportunities to see how our muses get along through the different interactions.

if you wanna do this, go ahead! i stole this from @amorbloom~! c:

[tren-fraszka]

Fic in a Box 2021 Exchange Letter

Dear creator,

Thank you for taking your time to check my requests. I know my requests can sound a bit tricky, but please don’t be discouraged. I wish you will have good time writing first and foremost!

My AO3 is Tren, if you wish to check it out.

Likes: comedy, casefics, canon compliants, AUs, time loops, bodyswaps, roleswaps, “being hoisted by your own petard” plotlines, snark, pettiness, rivals, enemies to friends to lovers, violence, friendships, and character bonding,

DNW: explicit sex (makeouts and fade to black is okay), A/B/O, mpreg, rape depicted as positive (so no “it’s okay, because the other person enjoyed it/it was what they truly wanted”), trans headcanons, soulmate AUs, stories ending with surrender to fate/destiny, fourth wall breaking in canons where that doesn’t occur, character has cancer or other real-life terminal disease AU, word “queerplatonic”.

Also, I included what ships I’m okay with in each fandom. Please do not include any ships that aren’t canon and I have not allowed in those sections (if you feel really strongly about a ship I haven’t mentioned, you can always ask through mods just in case).

On a separate, but similar note, I’m okay with OCs as long as they don’t overshadow the characters I requested.

Additionally, while I almost never request fanart as possible medium, because I prefer my main gift to be fic, I would be very okay with receiving fanart treats. Also, feel free to peruse my old letters if you get your hands on them. I never stop being interested in fandoms, and if I requested something once I will still want it in the future.

                                           REQUESTS

Medium opt-ins (they are the same for all the fandoms):

Length Opt-In: Drabble Length Opt-In: Drabble Series Medium Opt In: Any - Any In-Universe Documents Medium Opt In: Art - Drawn - Comics Medium Opt In: Art - Drawn - Fanart Medium Opt In: Art - Excerpts from a Character's Sketchbook Medium Opt In: Art - Tarot Card Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Bureaucratic Paperwork Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Excerpts from a Journal/Notebook/Sketchbook Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Field Report Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Mission Report Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Scientific Documents Medium Opt In: Writing - Unreliable Narrator Medium Opt In: Writing - Non-Linear Narrative

MARIMASHITA! IRUMA-KUN

I read new manga chapters as they get translated so feel free to incorporate anything from the manga that’s available in English.

Kirio Amy/Suzuki Iruma

There are many good ships with Iruma, but this one just has a lot things I like. I love enemy ships with both sides being way too emotionally invested into each other so this was inevitable. I love how this relationship starts as this really wholesome friendship and school festival preparation, except Kirio turns out to be a bit messed up and wants to blow up everyone. But then they both accept the outcome and go on with their lives still thinking about each other. Iruma goes through a lot of trouble to keep the club operating even though Kirio has been pretty much expelled. And then Kirio is now obsessed with Iruma as his anthitesis and perfect enemy.

I’m okay with the potential story happening at any point in the canon. I would love both a story set before the festival while Kirio is still hiding his true colors or a story set after it. Maybe Iruma runs into Kirio somewhere after he escapes prison and instead of calling an adult, he tries to stop Kirio from causing trouble on his own. As for pre-festival story. Maybe some upperclassmen steal important parts from the club and Iruma and Kirio set out to get them back.

Naberius Callego & Suzuki Iruma

I love Callego for being a much better take on Snape than original Snape ever was. The second the series made Callego Iruma’s familiar I knew this was about to get good. And it was. I love how Callego slowly warms up to Iruma, even if he is still allergic to his and Sullivan’s antics. I love that Callego is actually a competent teacher who cares about his students, but at the same time he would rather eat a whole lemon than admit it out loud.

For prompts, maybe Sullivan ends up having an important business and Opera isn’t available so he dumps looking after Iruma on Callego for a few days. Or Iruma is struggling with studying since so many things are new for him, so Callego ends up forced to help him catch up with the material (if you are following manga inclusion of Balam is always welcome). Or maybe Iruma gets into usual trouble ends up stranded somewhere and the only one he can call for help is his familiar.

Crocell Kerori | Kuromu/Gyari

One of the last thing I expected to get this year was a canonical yuri romance in this manga, but here it is and it’s perfect. I love how it is pretty much built on mutual pining. I love how Kuromu loves Gyari, but refuses to reciprocate her feelings, because she knows that she needs to remain unattainable to keep their relationship alive, and I love how Gyari is never ever going to give up.

I would love to see more of the time when they worked together. We know it was love at the first sight for Gyari, but I would love to see how Kuromu’s feelings grew. Those hours they spent together practicing, maybe a not-date where they sneak together to scout a venue where they will be having their first big concert, or maybe a small contest that would sow the seeds for their future rivalry. I would love any and all of it. Also, Gyari doesn’t seem to be aware of Kuromu’s civilian identity, so I would love a story where Gyari meets Crocell Kerori rather than Kuromu. Does she recognize her? Or does Kerori manage to successfully trick her? Maybe Gyari makes a full investigation after hearing rumors that Kuromu is attending Babylys. I would also love any sort of future fic for those two.

AUs and ships

I love the worldbuilding around the demon world, so I would ask that if you decided to write an AU that it still incorporates demons. I would definitely love an AU where rather than getting summoned to demon world, Iruma accidentally summons either Kirio or Callego into the human world. Maybe Iruma’s parents try to use him as an offering, but instead he ends up bound to a demon. I would love to see Kirio excited to unleash suffering (even if his weak powers severely limit him in that regard) onto human world just to discover that he made contract with the biggest pacifist possible. Or Callego being torn between wanting to return home as soon as possible (he has classes to teach!) and wanting to somehow help the weird human child that just keeps getting into trouble. Any other demon-focused AU is also welcome. For Gyari and Kurmou, maybe one of them is a human who ends up summoning the other as a demon. How different would their relationship be then? I’m also fine with any sort of AU divergences scenario. Maybe Iruma keeps accidentally sabbotaging Kirio’s terrorist plans without realizing it. Or Iruma ends up summoning Callego more often as his familiar when he gets into trouble. What if Gyari also attended Babylys.

As for ships, I’d rather avoid any love triangle scenarios for this canon, so please focus on just one pairing per character (competing for Iruma’s attention is normal for this canon, I’d just rather not see outright romantic competition). It’s self-explainatory for Kirio request, but if you want to include some shipping elements into the other requests I also ship Iruma/Amelie and Callego/Balam.

VIVY: FLUORITE EYE’S SONG

Solo: Vivy

WB: Any

I would love a look into some alternate timelines or missing scenes. Feel free to go as tragic as you like for alternate timelines, or make a happy end, or anything in between. I just think the core concept of the show has a lot of potential in that regard. For a more specific prompts I would love an AU where Diva doesn't disappear, but maybe she and Vivy end up spliting in some way (I'm sure Matsumoto could find a spare body or something). Or maybe a story where one of the Sisters ends up dragged into Singularity project (I really loved what they did with Elizabeth in the show).

For more worldbuilding prompts I would love a more in-depth look of how Matsumoto as more advanced AI differs from the past eye and how that gap is slowly being closed with each case he and Vivy resolves. Or outsider POV on how Vivy’s and Matsumoto’s actions shape the world. Them turning off the plant producing new androids and the subsequent suicide would definitely get coverage. I would love to know how the whole thing was officially explained. Are there conspiracy theories on the Internet? Sisters are involved in every major incident, would people suspect something?

AUs and ships

I would prefer no setting changes for this story. Any other AUs are fine. As mentioned I would love any look for alternate timeline. I would also love an AU where Diva doesn’t recover her memories and keeps helping Matsumoto while trying to regain them.

Any canon pairings are fine.

SOUSOU NO FRIEREN

I read new manga chapters as they get translated so feel free to incorporate anything from the manga that’s available in English.

Frieren

Frieren/Himmel

I love how this manga is a slow-paced fantasy dealing with loss and inevitable passage of time. And I love Frieren for being one of the best depictions of an elf whose long life actually affects their outlook on life and actions.

I would equally love the insight into Frieren’s present with her charges and the past with hero party. What other shenanigans they get into on their journey? What kind of weird magic Frieren pursued? I would love to see more of her mentoring Fern and Stark. I also love to see her interactions with the hero party. Maybe some more insight into how they fought with demons, since Frieren seemed to have picked up a number of enemies during that time. For some more specific prompts: maybe Frieren accidentally stumbles ona cursed item that erases her memories (or just her memories of Himmel). How would it affect her? What would the party do to help her? Or maybe a demon kidnaps someone from Frieren’s party?

Feel free to include any other characters, they are a colorful bunch.

AUs and ships

I’m fine with AUs as long as Frieren’s long lifespan is preserved. Her perspective is very much shaped by how long she has lived, so I wouldn’t want that aspect to change. One exception would be, a roleswap where Himmel is an elf, while Frieren is a human, and exploration of how both of them would be affected by having a different lifespan. An AU with mythological creatures or similar could be interesting.

I would very much love Himmel/Frieren, though I also enjoy how the manga softly builds on their connection. I also enjoy the budding romance between Fern and Stark.

ONMYOJI

I like all the characters so feel free to include any of them in the story. Bonus points for Ennmusubi doing some subtle matchmaking.

Hakuro/Kusa

I love both of them and how much Kusa looks up to Hakuro. I would love to see them have some adventures together. Maybe they help some other youkai? Or one of the onmyoji? I would also love a deeper insight into how Kusa became stronger after getting inspired by Hakuro. How did she try to improve herself? There definitely was some trial and error and I would love to see that.  

Shiranui/Kinnara

That pairing came out of the left field for me, but I absolutely love the interactions the two of them had so far. I would love to see them meeting more, their feelings growing each time they see each other. I also feel like a story where they keep meeting each other in a dream would really fit them, as they would long to finally meet each other in reality.

AUs and ships

I’m fine with any AU. A modern AU with archer Hakuro and gardener Kusa would be cute. Or a dancer Shiranui and a musican Kinnara. Alternatively an AU where one of the two is onmyoji could be very interesting.

I’m fine with Hakuro’s admiration for Hiromasa being present as long as it doesn’t overshadow her relationship with Kusa. 

DRESDEN FILES

Harry Dresden/Lara Raith

I was sceptical of this pairing all the way through Peace Talks, but then Harry and Lara had this intense falling out, Murphy had died, and suddenly this is a supernatural arranged political marriage and I love everything about this situation. I mean everything. Harry still being in mourning and absolutely not wanting to be forced into this arrangement, Lara still being distrustful of Harry, suspecting that Dresden is using their brother as a bargaining chip, Mab expecting both of them to present themselve as a couple for political reasons. It’s just terrible time for both of them, but so much fun for me.

I would love to see them forced to attend various supernatural events to present themselves per Mab’s wishes. How badly would Dresden handle it? Also it was confirmed that he was marked with true love which means he and Lara probably can’t even touch directly. How well do they hide that fact from everyone? How much guilt would Harry have once he realized that the mark has weakened or disappeared now that he started to develop feelings for Lara? How much chaos will ensue when the wedding does happen?

AUs and ships

I don’t want any setting AU for this fandom, because the existing setup is just too perfect. I’m fine with a divergence AU as long as Lara and Harry are still forced into arranged marriage.

I would want for Harry’s past relationships be acknowledged mostly because him being in mourning is part of what I find appealing about his situation. I don’t expect any scenes actually showing him with his past lovers, but I would be very okay with them appearing.

TALES OF CRESTORIA

Feel free to include other Tales characters. My faves are the cast of Xillia, Symphonia and Graces, but I’m also fine with including other characters (I would appreciate proper introductions in that case, I still haven’t played some of the games, so I might not recognize everyone just by their name).

Solo: Lloyd Irving

I would love more insight into small, but murdeous Lloyd. Seriously I loved the idea of Lloyd originally being manipulated into killing Colette and would love to see Lloyd remembering his lost memories at some point (bonus points for also exploring the idea of Colette as an artificial construct). Also I'm always a sucker for Kratos and Lloyd awkwardly trying to rebuild their familial bonds. What if Lloyd went with Kratos after all? What would happen if they ran into each other again. 

Stahn Aileron & Leon Magnus

I would love more of Leon's utter suffering as he searches for a way to turn his best friend back into human, so people stop thinking he's crazy whenever he tells his sword to shut up. I would love to see him reunite with Crestoria’s main cast and getting annoyed at how chaotic they are. Or running into Sorey again. Honestly, I would love seeing him interact with pretty much anyone, and grumpily helping them kill monsters/do charity/etc. Or exploring Stahn’s and Leon’s past. I would love to see their childhood and how they grew to be such a good friends.

I haven’t played Destiny, so please give me context if you want to include any elements that aren’t in Crestoria.

Velvet Crowe/Milla Maxwell

I thrive on the twisted codependency those two have in Crestoria. I will take both good, tragic and/or ambiguous ends for this relationship. Whether Velvet decides to forgive Milla or kill her it will be great. Give me all those twisted emotions, the hesitation, and pain both of them are carrying.

For straightforward approach, maybe the two of them stop in a town while chasing the last Incarnation and Milla decides to throw a party (because it’s some sort of festival, or maybe she found out it’s Velvet’s or Laphicet’s birthday and wants to make some amends however small). Or maybe one of them gets hurt during the fight with an Incarnation and the other ends up nursing them to health.

For some more levity, maybe Velvet and Milla ran out of money and pick up some side-job to have enough money for an inn. Maybe they work as waitresses and are both great and terrible at it at the same time. Or they have to take care of kids. Any other amusing job is also good.

AUs and ships

I’m fine with any AUs, though for Stahn&Leon request I still want Stahn to be the sword. I’m okay with Stahn turning human (or from human to sword) in the course of the story or being human when showing his past with Leon.

I don’t want Velvet or Milla paired with anyone else or Asbel/Cheria. Other than that there’s too much ships. Please inquire through the mods about specific ones.

FATE/GRAND ORDER

WB: Any

Please only include NA content, I want to avoid JP spoilers

I would love to explore any part of the setting really. I especially love the various interesting connections Servant have with each other that might not be obvious at first glance (like the fact that Iskander is also a pharaoh). I’m just fascinated by all the intricate historical connections. I would also love to see how some Servants would react if they were taken to Singularity/Lostbelt/Event they weren’t a part of. 

Alternatively I would love to see exploration on how different the protagonists upbringing is from other mages especially given how bad they are at magic. We get some of it with Crypters (I loved how frustrated Kadoc was at the fact that the protagonist is even worse at magic than him), but I would love to see more of it. Maybe some Servants try to teach protagonist magic or prepare them for interactions with Clock Tower mages.

I'm fine with both male and female protagonist. Feel free to do anything from a serious character exploration to zany antics. I love both moods FGO jumps between, you can't go wrong with that. Historical context always welcome. I'm fine for any usual suspects when it comes to plot ideas: be it training simulator shenanigans, "oh no we lost comms and are stuck in Singularity", Moriarty scheming, to someone wanting to make Master happy in their own special, dysfunstional and/or possibly destructive ways

Some of the characters I enjoy: Gilgamesh (any), Mordred, Karna, Medea, Saint Martha, Ereshikigal, Danzo, Jeanne D'Arc Alter, Mysterious Heroine XX, Sitonai, Moriarty, Goredolf, any character from pairings section solo. Though honestly I love pretty much everyone in Chaldea except Columbus.

AUs and ships

Obviously, no setting changes AUs, but feel free to Canon Divergence

Pairings: Amakusa/Semiramis, Izou/Ryouma, Kintoki/Fuuma, Romani/Merlin, Romani/protagonist. Also feel free to assume protagonist/everyone (except the "child" Servants). Feel free to ask about other pairings through mods, I’m definitely missing some

[autorepliicant]

get  to  know  the  mun!             repost,  don’t  reblog.

———  BASICS  !  ♡

(PEN)NAME  :  Desi

PRONOUNS  :  she  /  her

ZODIAC  SIGN  :  Libra

TAKEN  OR  SINGLE  :  *Cries in alone*

———  THREE  FACTS  ! ♡

I’m active on Tumblr since I was around 13 or 14 years old. Back then I was roleplaying as a somewhat self insert / persona OC of mine; A blonde angel! I don’t know what was with me and angels back then, plus my horrible, HORRIBLE English back then that people had to endure! And I had some RP partners back then so it’s a miracle they didn’t complain about my grammar xD Then everything got to a weird turn when I was into the Creepypasta fandom and my weird obsession about Jeff the Killer still makes me cringe so hard QwQ 2012 I got into Marvel / the Loki Fandom and still roleplay as him on my other account and I still love this mischiefmaker to death! 

I’m a metalhead and I annoy every new person I meet with his very fact and I have a weird preference of creating goth/dark supernatural OC’s for some fandoms, but I try to get away from this concept on Tumblr because I know not everyone likes dark looking characters or the overall goth aesthetic, so I try my best being as neutral as possible when it comes to faceclaims and choosing singers or actors I like or having a pretty face in general, hehe. Though I have two goth OC’s I might give them their own blog. Let’s see

And for a rather shorter fact: I love the concept of the future technology and I’m a lot into space! Like the space we’re floating in, with planets and stuff, it’s scary but fascinating at the same time! ;D

———  EXPERIENCE  !  ♡

The DBH fandom in general is a bit odd, but in my one and a half years I never really met an intense asshole. I don’t like the shipping atmosphere mostly but I just avoid that and stay focused to my own ideas. I met a lot of wonderful people in the fandom who I had really awesome RP’s with, It’s kinda sad to see that the fandom is getting a little quit, so I hope there might be a similar game in the future or DBH 2 so we can get lit again xD I revived my blog for my android boys and i’m happy I can write with them again (Even if my friend is the only one interacting with them right now xD LOOKING AT YOU THEA I LOVE YOU! ) I still try to look for similar muses or direct DBH muses. As things for Marvel, I have seen worse days honestly. It’s mostly all about canceling people for their ships or not agreeing to the canon character in general, which kinda made it diificult for me / Loki to find someone for close interaction, as I have to mention I’m picky when it comes to writing style and portrayal. I had a share of bad experience myself, obsessive fans that forgot reality and believed my Loki being kinda real? But this was a long time ago but it kinda still is burned in my brain. There are still a handful of people I follow but I still need to talk to them more often ^^; 

———  MUSE  PREFERENCE  !  ♡

I prefer writing male characters and mostly prefer interacting with male muses, mostly, not ALWAYS with males I sure do like writing with females too. I don’t know why but writing a female kinda is a hard thing for me to do, even if I’m a female???? It kinda is complicated being in a female mindset and it’s much easier to be a man and analyze his psyche and behavior and probably making a version of a man I’d like to REALLY talk with? Though the behavior of my muses vary, one is a very kind, caring and gentle person who never gets angry, the other is a cynical misunderstood little shit who just wants to try to be a better person but has a hard time doing so, I love creating characters with different basic emotions and characteristic so I don’t write the ever same thing.  I add a lot of verses for this purpose too as I like to change the muse’s personality a little bit when they change into a new AU so I can experiment with alternative emotions and behavior too ;D  I have no issue of what kind of species my RP partner muse is or what species I will do mine, it’s always a mix of supernatural/fantasy, Cyberpunk or basic human muses.

———  FLUFF  /  ANGST  /  SMUT  !  ♡    

FLUFF  :  It’s basically the thing I prefer. I love building a mutual bond with my muse to my RP partner’s muse, to see what kind of path they will enter, platonic, romatic etc. I’m a hopeless romantic and find little gestures of attention to my muses absolutely adorable! But this doesn’t mean I will automatically ship with anyone, unless you’re a friend of mine. I like to keep things spontanous and if the chemistry feel right to me, I will approach you to ask if they want to have a potential ship as well or not ;D But Fluff and romance are topics I really ADORE to write, I kinda get into that emotionally as well when there is a romatic thread going on it’s incredible xD 

ANGST  :Angst needs to happen for me sometimes when things mix up with the romantic path, I don’t know why, I love writing or interacting with dramatical muses with a hard backstory and as soon as they find someone they trust and love, they will reveal any little detail of events they regret and can’t make right again, to finally be free of things they kept inside for so long, knowing they will expose everything to a person they love with tears in their eyes and hardly sobbing - while I might cry as well when I write or read angst xD 

SMUT  : It isn’t THAT necessary for me, but when Smut happens, I will always try my best not to make it sound nasty. I will avoid dirty words like Cock or Pussy because they don’t sound aesthecially pleasing to me when you write a scenario between two lovers. I sure get into details of the level of lust but that’s about it, I write a story between people that (might) love each other and MAKE LOVE with each other, not starring in some random porn video using naughty words xD But yeah, I like writing smut but it’s the least thing I care about during a ship honestly, but when it happens, I’m fully into it :D 

PLOT  /  MEMES  :Looking at things, I’m more a writer that prefers semi plotted things like, characters, setting etc. Mostly it’s enough for to get information and write a scenario, but sometimes Memes make it easier or harder when you can’t get an instant idea, but that’s a challenge I like being a hobby writer, to let your imagination grow ;D People I don’t interact with always have permission to send me an ask I happily answer or write small RP’s with, but I prefer multi paragraphs with a setting we both agreed with and the rest of the RP plotting is kept spontanous mostly, but I will always come to help when a partner struggles with a certain scene and decide to make a little skip perhaps :D So I don’t mind both honestly but my preference surely goes to Plots Tagged by: @undeadunalive​ ILU You know that? <33 Thanky you so much!  Tagging: @oblivionlotus​ and other people on my Loki blog when I reblogged this one over

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ANSWER THE FOLLOWING SO PEOPLE KNOW HOW SHIPS WORK ON YOUR BLOG

WHAT’S YOUR OTP FOR YOUR MUSE? :

I’m not one for picking favorites of anything, especially between the two ships I have in two different verses for Kanaria. Nothing yet for Alaric or Johann... yet.

HOW LARGE DOES THE AGE GAP HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE? : With my muses, the most apart it can be is 5 years apart if the other muse is younger, 6 years if the other muse is older than them. anything more is more than likely a “Nahhhh”.

ARE YOU SELECTIVE WHEN SHIPPING? :  

I’m a bit selective. I would like to discuss such beforehand with the mun, especially as the two muses in question try to get acquainted with each other & end up on good terms.

HOW FAR DO STEAMY MOMENTS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY’RE CONSIDERED NS/FW? :

The moment it becomes more than making out & the clothes start coming off, it’s going under a read more.

WHO ARE OTHER MUSES YOU SHIP YOUR MUSE WITH? :

In Galar Verse, Kanaria’s in a relationship with @tetsuwan-atom’s Bowen Chuuno, who’s another OC muse. Still a bit surprised with that one. Meanwhile, Faller Verse’s Kanaria (’Variance’) is married to @reconnaissance-for-the-light‘s Dulse & even has twin daughters with him.

No one as of yet for Alaric or Johann at the moment.

ANY NOTPS? :

Any ships with minors is a big no from me. That also goes along with aged up muses.

DOES ONE HAVE TO ASK TO SHIP WITH YOU? :

I would prefer if someone does so, more so if we’re mutuals that have gotten to know each other for some time & if our muses have interacted enough.. Really lets me see if there’s a potential relationship between the muses in question.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU LIKE TO SHIP? :

Somewhat often, especially if there’s chemistry with the muses.

ARE YOU MULTISHIP? :

No, but I’m reconsidering on becoming multiship again at some point if enough people want to ship with my muses. Especially since work is slowly becoming less overwhelming in the coming months.

In the meantime, I’ll consider making an AU for each possible ship.

ARE YOU SHIP-OBSESSED OR SHIP MORE-OR-LESS? :

I ship more or less. This goes especially for Kanaria & Alaric as they do usually take a bit of time to really get them to show their true selves to others.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SHIP IN YOUR CURRENT FANDOM? :

Ahhhh. I have too many honestly in the Pokemon fandom alone

FINALLY, HOW DOES ONE SHIP WITH YOU? :

I’d like to have my muses try to at least get along with the other muse before I really consider such. If the other muse’s mun tells me that they think they would be a nice couple, then I’ll put in under consideration. ---

Snatched it from @riderwilliewantstobattle Feel free to snatch it from me!

[geometragic]

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 & 𝐍𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄;  𝘔𝘶𝘯 & 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦 - 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘦.

Fill out & repost ♥ This meme definitely favors canons more, but I hope OCs still can make it somehow work with their own lore and lil’ fandom of friends & mutuals. Multimuses pick the muse you are the most invested  in atm.

Tagged by: The amazing @illdivine​ ! Thanks a bunch for tagging me ! ^^ Tagging: @extravachance​ @grandordergirl​ @kimintsugi​ @royaltywritten​ @daitoku​ @pragmarage​ @teniras​ @deviilscry​ @foolslaugh​ @wrathlead​ and anyone else who’d like to do this meme ! ^^

My muse is:   canon /  OC  / au / canon-divergent / fandomless /

Is your character popular in the fandom?  YES / NO / IDK

Is your character considered hot™ in the fandom?  YES / NO / IDK

Is your character considered strong in the fandom?  YES / NO / IDK.

Are they underrated?  YES / NO / IDK

Were they relevant for the main story?  YES / NO

Were they relevant for the main character?  YES / NO / THEY’RE THE PROTAG (( He was one of the poster boys for Sengoku Basara 4, so...that counts for something, right ? XD I don’t think that Sengoku Basara really has a protagonist, though. Just a bunch of different characters. ))

Are they widely known in their world?  YES / NO (( I’m putting ‘yes’ if only because Mitsunari, who never remembers anyone, remembers who Katsuie is. XD I think that, in general, some characters know Katsuie and others don’t ? ))

How’s their reputation?  GOOD / BAD / NEUTRAL (( Bad in-universe, somewhere in between neutral and bad in the fandom. ))

How strictly do you follow ‘canon’? — I’d say that I follow canon pretty strictly ! Though I do add my own headcanons. ^^ I need to update some of my pages so that they’re more in line with canon, though. Especially Katsuie’s modern verse, now that the Basara Academy anime has been out for over a year... XD

Sell your muse! Try to list everything that makes your muse interesting (in your opinion) to make them spicy for your mutuals.  —   Katsuie comes off as really normal and very chill at first, which lets him easily have a first meeting interaction with most muses without angering them / fighting them / killing them / etc. But the more you delve into his thoughts and the things he does, you can see how warped his mindset is when it comes to certain subjects / people. ^^ And he’s a depressed emo kid, so I'd imagine that a lot of people on Tumblr would connect with him over that. XD 

Now the opposite. List every reason why your muse might not be so interesting (even if you may not agree, what does the fandom think?).  —   Back when SB4 first came out, Katsuie got a lot of flak for his creepy obsession with Oichi, which is admittedly pretty bad. Since she’s, you know, married, and Katsuie’s willing to go so far as to kill Nagamasa, her husband, for a chance (?) to be with her. Not to mention Katsuie’s anime route, where he gets himself kicked out of the Oda clan, destroys his own hopes and dreams in the process by killing everyone in the Azai clan (Nagamasa, Oichi, and Maria), and finally gets mercy-killed by the former shogun. Yikes. ^^; I’m honestly surprised that, in my five years roleplaying Katsuie, no one’s sent in anon hate to me because of Katsuie’s behavior. (Unfortunately, a former rp partner of mine once got anon hate years ago for shipping Katsuie and Oichi. ;u;)

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐏 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄? —  Katsuie’s actually my very first muse ! ^^ I started writing him at the end of my senior year of high school. I think I’d been into Sengoku Basara for a year or two at that point, and I’d been reading translations that people were making for SB4. I’d also been following Sengoku Basara roleplayers / ask blogs (there were several active ones around back then), and I really enjoyed reading their interactions, so I wanted to pick a Sengoku Basara character so that I could roleplay with them, too ! I tried writing for a couple of potential muses in private to test them out, but it felt most natural to write for Katsuie, so I went with him as my first muse ! I probably chose him because I’d gone through a bunch of not-so-fun stuff in high school, so I saw Katsuie going through a bunch of not-so-fun stuff in the Oda clan and sympathized with that.

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆?  —  To my knowledge, I’ve been the only one roleplaying Katsuie semi-consistently over the past five years ? He’s just such an interesting character to me —– it’d be too sad to close this blog and not see anyone’s Katsuie interact with other people’s muses anymore. ;u; It’s something I’ve been a little worried about recently because I know I’m going to be more busy in the future, since I’m (hopefully) going to finish up my research this year, get my master’s degree next year, and then go straight into a serious full-time job. I don’t want to give up rolepaying, but if I get too busy next year... >.< 

Also, playing the mobile game Sengoku Basara: Battle Party every day helps ! And my rp partners are awesome. ^^

𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐍

Give your mutuals some insight about the way you are in some matters, which could help them get more comfortable with you.

Do you think you give your character justice?  YES / NO / IDK

Do you frequently write headcanons?  YES / NO

Do you sometimes write drabbles?  YES / NO

Do you think a lot about your Muse during the day?  YES / NO

Are you confident in your portrayal?   YES / NO

Are you confident in your writing?  YES / NO

Are you a sensitive person?  YES / NO

Are you good at accepting criticism about your portrayal? —  Yeah, I’d say I’m pretty good at accepting criticism !

Do you like questions which help you explore your character? —   Yeah ! I’m happy to answer whatever questions everyone has about Katsuie ! ^^

If someone disagrees with a headcanon of yours, do you want to know why? —   Yeah, because it’s interesting to see how other people view Katsuie ! From my point of view, if someone disagrees with one of my headcanons on Katsuie, it means that they’re interested enough in him and have thought about him enough to have their own opinions on him. It’s so so so so difficult to get anyone interested in muses from a series as niche and JP-only as Sengoku Basara, so I’d honestly be happy if someone cared enough about Sengoku Basara and Katsuie to disagree with me on my headcanons for Katsuie, as strange as that sounds. XD

If someone disagrees with your portrayal, how would you take it? —  I think my answer to this question would be basically the same as the last one. I probably wouldn’t change my portrayal at this point, though ? I’ve had it for a long time and I’m actually really happy with it. ^^ Probably the only reason why I’d change my portrayal is if someone found / made more translations of the games that Katsuie is in (SB4, Sumeragi, Sanada Yukimura-den, Batopa, etc.) and I found canon details in the new translations that really clashed with details in my portrayal. In that case, I’d change my portrayal to match with canon.

If someone really hates your character, how do you take it? —  That’s fair, honestly, especially when it comes to things Past!Katsuie / Kaioh has said and done, and even just things Default!Katsuie has done. Katsuie’s a really messed-up dude, and his views on things can be really twisted sometimes. And hey, if someone hates Katsuie, at least that means that they care about him on some level, right ? XD Apathy is the one thing that really kills my muse.

Are you okay with people pointing out your grammatical errors? —  Sure ! If they can find them. XD I edit my drafts A LOT before I actually publish them, so usually I manage to catch all my mistakes, although the occasional mistake slips through every so often. Hemingway Editor is honestly a lifesaver when it comes to finding simple spelling errors and helping me write my sentences so that they’re a reasonable length and don’t have too many adverbs / phrases written in passive voice / etc.

Do you think you are easygoing as a mun? —  I think so ! ^^ I just want to roleplay my muses and have a good time watching them grow and form relationships with other muses, that’s all. If there’s something I don’t like, I know to mute / unfollow / block / etc. and move on. Life’s too short to get involved in drama.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵!

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ANSWER THE FOLLOWING SO PEOPLE KNOW HOW SHIPS WORK ON YOUR BLOG

WHAT’S YOUR OTP FOR YOUR MUSE? : Top three: Rhaegar/Elia, Rhaegar/Lyanna, Rhaegar/Dany 

HOW LARGE DOES THE AGE GAP HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE? If the writers are consenting RP partners willing to RP age gaps, and pretty verse dependent, I would say something exaggerated like 30+ of gap is where the uncomfortable would come in. 

ARE YOU SELECTIVE WHEN SHIPPING? : Personally, I am not very picky if the RP partner is someone I am familiar with and have chemistry and such, but the muse is picky. It requires plotting and development and even then, it is not a guarantee that shipping can or will happen. Unless they are canon ships ( in his canon story ) and so far, those are only to Elia and Lyanna. Even other ships, having taken place already, does not guarantee it will happen with every blog of the muse. It depends a lot on the RP partner, the kind of plot/development and the muses. 

HOW FAR DO STEAMY MOMENTS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY’RE CONSIDERED NS/FW?: When the getting aroused starts happening and the acting on those desires takes place, then it’s NSFW for me on the smut category. 

WHO ARE OTHER MUSES YOU SHIP YOUR MUSE WITH? : Rhaegar/Ashara is the very top of the other ships that have developed through the RP, and also Rhaegar/Arthur on demand of the muse pretty much. Not necessarily romantic in shipping but platonic with romantic potential in some way, definitely. Rhaegar has been shipped with others in the past ( and present ) but mostly through arranged marriage/engagement and alternative plots so those two are the other ones I personally ship if going in a closer to canon path. Note: I do not have to like a ship to write it, and vice versa. 

ANY NOTPS? : Not really, none that I can think of now. 

DOES ONE HAVE TO ASK TO SHIP WITH YOU? : Yes, that would be nice indeed. Probably a ship won’t happen if it’s not discussed first. 

HOW OFTEN DO YOU LIKE TO SHIP? :  Depends on the Rhaegar muse, he’s the complicated one. 

ARE YOU MULTISHIP? : Yes, I do not practice exclusivity of any kind for ships or non-ship things, though I do have mains. Partners are free to have this blog as an exclusive but I will not do the same because I believe in every muse, even duplicates, being unique in portrayals despite similarities between them and interactions will be different with different blogs of the same muse. I think it offers more character development in exploring the different interactions from different portrayals. Note: I do not have to personally agree or like all about that portrayal in order to ship, as long as it doesn’t go against my own portrayal. 

ARE YOU SHIP-OBSESSED OR SHIP MORE-OR-LESS? : Personally, I like shipping, doesn’t have to be romantically, could be platonic or even problematic as long as it stays with the portrayal. But as for the muse, I’d go with more-or-less. 

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SHIP IN YOUR CURRENT FANDOM? :  .....I don’t think I have one. But if we go with how Rhaegar is pretty much my favorite character in the ASOIAF fandom, then my favorite ship for him is Rhaegar/Elia. If I can add AU ships in the fandom level as in, OC/Canon ships, ofc I adore with all my heart the Vaedar/Ashara ship with @ashccra and the Vaedar/Dany with @lastxdragon over on my OC @vaedar. 

FINALLY, HOW DOES ONE SHIP WITH YOU? : Talking, sharing headcanons, plots, contributing, respecting my portrayal as I will respect theirs. But most importantly, actually talk and express the interest in shipping in the first place. 

TAGGED BY: @donahontes

TAGGING: whoever wants to do it!

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SHIPPING INFO.       Answer the following for your muse(s) so people       know how shipping works on your blog. REPOST.       Don’t reblog. 

{Mun Note: Did this all the way back in July of 2017 and in January of this year. A lot of things have happened both within the fandom, new characters have been added to the series with new content, and I’ve had some experiences RP wise that impact my stance on shipping with Nappa, so I figured it’d be nice to update this meme!}

WHAT’S YOUR OTP FOR YOUR MUSE?:

Since late February of this year, I finally defined Nappa as a Single-Ship blog. Which means whoever his shipping partner ends up being would be his true OTP on the blog.

At the time of writing this, Nappa is still a single muse, and I still have no OTP for the Nappa I play here on this blog. I do have a crack!ship OTP but that’s for my fanfiction.

For a short time in the Summer of 2017, he had a fun time flirting with and developing a brief crush on someone’s OC named Poharu. Her mun and I had agreed that although they had fun flirtatious chemistry in the threads we had at the time, we both were not interested in doing a ship. Both Poharu and her mun are no longer with us due to their need to focus on real life matters. But she and I still talk once in awhile off Tumblr. I will mention Poharu from time to time when portraying Nappa in his Xenoverse mentor verse because I liked her character and she is fine with it being brought up. Her character was one of the first muses to interact with him in that verse, so naturally she played a part in his character development within that verse’s continuity.

Since Poharu, Nappa has not had strong chemistry with anyone. I have mentioned to someone else that I, the mun, can see potential chemistry with someone else’s muse, but our writing has not taken a romantic turn there. It might never go there either, which is okay with me. :3 Overall, I’m not in a hurry to hook up Nappa.

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO RP WHEN IT COMES TO SHIPPING?:

I’m not entirely sure what all will happen if I end up shipping Nappa on this blog. I can only guess at what Nappa will want to do while in a ship or when he feels attraction to another muse. With my headcanons he’s not been in a relationship for at least 20+ years or longer depending on the verse being used in a thread.

I headcanon that Nappa is into tasteful PDA and is affectionate – both verbally, and physically – with women he’s involved with in a romantic way. He’ll have a bit of a Saiyan twist to his affections, but he’s a genuine person with how he feels so that part of his personality can easily lead to romantic fluff once he’s comfortable in a defined relationship. He just might be silly or awkward with it because Saiyans aren’t exactly romantic in conventional ways, especially in the beginning of their relationship. But I swear I will usually play this up for cute and endearing comedy. If things are uncomfortably awkward for either muse, that’s not a good sign and the ship probably isn’t gonna happen unless we figure out how to fix it, if it can be fixed.

Romance will be very experimental, because I headcanon that Nappa’s never been in love romantically (by our definitions) before. Nappa is proven to be capable of unconditional love in canon thanks to a cutscene in Extreme Butoden. It just has to happen with the right person for him, y’know? I’m also not opposed to one-sided feelings on either of our muses’ sides.

Because I’ve spent a lot of my roleplay experience writing Nappa in a situation where he’s left with unresolved anger and bitterness for what happened to him in canon, I’m not up for doing a toxic or unhealthy ship. He wouldn’t be happy, and that wouldn’t be fun for me to write responses for. That isn’t to say that a ship with Nappa wouldn’t have some problems come up, but I’m not gonna go out of my way to ship him with a muse who don’t seem like a good fit. (If it’s not that apparent I’m pretty protective of this muse in many ways.)

 HOW LARGE DOES THE AGE GAP HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE?:

A huge NO on anyone under 18, and even at age 18, that’s really too young for my muse. 20-30 year-olds may even be too young, unless they are mentally mature. Nappa can be childish sometimes, but he’s still a full-grown man who’s about 60 years old (or older depending on the verse) with lots of life-experience. If your muse is young enough to be his kid, that’ll be on his mind. He’s not going to be comfortable with anyone as a love interest if they act overly childish and bratty, especially for little to no reason. He’ll complain about that sort of person if they’re in his presence, even if there’s no shipping potential going on. If your muse acts like a child, he’ll treat her like one.

Age gaps are going to be a thing I have to deal with since few people play muses as old as mine, and if they are older, they don’t look it or act too differently from 15-30 year olds. I’m not fully against age gaps, in fact I think they’re interesting, so long as the characters can respect one another and are even with mental maturity.

Respect and maturity are two key things that have to be there for a ship with Nappa to work. It’s okay if the two bicker at first, or don’t always see eye-to-eye, but they need to get along. There has to be a strong friendship or at the very least some fair amount of kindness from the other person before Nappa can feel any sort of romantic and sexual interest he’ll think about or want to act on.

 ARE YOU SELECTIVE WHEN SHIPPING?:  

Yes, because my muse is selective about who he wants to be with, and I don’t want to force him into a ship for the sake of shipping. 

Nappa has an elitist attitude, and because he’s never experienced romantic love, he observes male-female relationships with the perspective of if he and the woman in question will make desirable children, and if she’ll make a good mother. That is just how his mentality works. It would take a lot of chemistry and a woman with a lot of desirable personality traits to make him overlook some of his hang-ups. The woman has to get to know and accept who Nappa is IC – the good and the bad – in consistent roleplay threads.

If things are rushed, there’s a high chance Nappa won’t feel the same interest as your muse and he’ll friend zone her. (But that’s not always bad because remember there has to be friendship before anything more can happen.) But it will make both of us feel uncomfortable TBH unless we’ve planned OOC for there to be one-sided feelings for a time.

In general, I’m still not actively looking for a ship to happen with Nappa on this blog. But if a ship happens it’d be a pleasant surprise.

 HOW FAR DO STEAMY MOMENTS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY’RE CONSIDERED NSFW?:

When it comes to talking, anything that starts to get dirty with graphic sexual activity details is what I’d consider NSFW.  Detailed descriptions of sexualized body parts, groping/stroking of genitals or breasts are things I consider NSFW. Also detailed sexual fantasy thoughts and emotions felt during physical activity can be too. Basically if you could get into trouble for getting caught reading it at work, or I don’t think the content is suitable for minors to be reading, I’d consider it NSFW, tag it accordingly, and may even use the Keep Reading cut.

Blatantly stating things like: sex, penis, vagina, kinky, “let’s fuck” or other such things, I wouldn’t think are worth labeling and tagging. Grabbing, smacking, or rubbing a butt isn’t NSFW to me unless said butt is bare and/or the muses are starting to do something sexual in nature.

 WHO ARE OTHER MUSES YOU SHIP YOUR MUSE WITH?: At the moment there is no ship for my muse with another muse. (He would only have one because his blog is single-ship.) @cruciatusxcervus has mentioned having an interest in shipping with Nappa, and she is currently involved with my other muse, Raditz. I’ve already mentioned that I’d need to see chemistry build up between the muses in our threads before confirming if a ship can happen or not. (And I’ve been on a hiatus for this blog this past Summer so the two still are only acquaintances as of writing this.) I mentioned to @ayekanaru months ago that I could see potential for a ship with our muses, but our writing has not gone in that direction, and she’s been on hiatus too. The chemistry they have as friends is very nice so if they stay that way it would be fine with me.  

DOES ONE HAVE TO ASK TO SHIP WITH YOU?:  

YES! OOC communication is important if you would like a ship to happen. Decent communication about our muses and the direction of our threads can help out a lot. It won’t guarantee that a ship will happen but it does more good than harm. (Unless I’ve already expressed that I don’t want to ship with you and your muse.)

I’m fine with playing things by ear, but this can also lead to our characters saying or doing things that might piss each other off and make it harder for a ship to happen.

I can’t be the only one putting in the work either. If you’re not going to put in any effort – be it IC and/or OOC – then you probably don’t care that much about it, and I’m not going to either.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU LIKE TO SHIP?:

Whenever I see potential chemistry. With Nappa, I’ve only seen natural chemistry happen like…once in all my years of roleplaying him.

Not kidding when I say he’s hard to ship with.

 ARE YOU MULTISHIP?:

Not on this blog. For Nappa, I decided months ago that single-ship is what’s best for him.

I’m not against multiship blogs. However as I am multiship with Raditz, I have seen and dealt with the kinds of complications having multiple ships with others can create. There are more demanding expectations for thread responses, comparisons between shipping partners, and it can also bring out the worst in people who can’t control their jealousy/envy. Honestly, shipping drama between multiship blogs is a big reason why Nappa is single-ship along with how picky he and I are for a shipping partner for him.

 ARE YOU SHIP OBSESSED OR SHIP MORE-OR-LESS?:

I love shipping and crack!shipping with fandom stuff. When it comes to roleplay though, I like when ships happen naturally. It’s a fun surprise! If ships happen, they happen! Though I will admit, when I feel a lot of investment in ship I will be enthusiastic about working on it. 

I used to have a healthy interest in shipping, but I’m noticing that I’m becoming more protective and guarded, especially with my Nappa muse. I worry that I come off as too negative about it, even though I’m just sticking up for both his interests, and my own for him.

I’ve been through a lot of negative experiences regarding shipping in the last two years. I do my best to be very considerate of others’ feelings to avoid force-shipping from my end too. A ship between fictional characters is never more important to me than an IRL friendship or rp partnership.

 WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SHIP IN YOUR CURRENT FANDOM?:  

I do vicariously enjoy Raditz x Nappa (when they’re both adults) because of one of my friend’s older content. But outside of their stuff, the ship isn’t something that tickles my fancy much. In general though, I don’t *personally* see him having a lot of chemistry with other dudes.

For the heterosexual side of things, I didn’t used to see any canon women from DBZ who would be good with Nappa either. And I’ve seen some things. (It’s all pretty awful too, even if there could have been some good potential.) I will admit that Nappa x Android 21 is the closest thing to a canon character pairing I see happening, but I’m more in favor of a partnerSHIP rather than a romantic relationSHIP. (I wouldn’t want to ship it for RP either honestly. It’d be too unhealthy for my liking. I’d rather write my own one-shot or a brief fic if I get an itch for it. There’s nothing for it out there on the internet either, so it all pretty much happens in my head. Something I’m all too used to for a lot of my ships.)

TBH I’m more open to crossover ships or OC ships with Nappa. (Just please no Nappa x Ami…just no. That’s a NOTP for both Muse and Mun.)

 FINALLY, HOW DOES ONE SHIP WITH YOU?:

Talk to me about it and also roleplay for awhile with me and my muse before deciding if you really want to ship with us. As I’ve mentioned before, because of my headcanons and who Nappa is, he’s not really an easy person to ship with.

Thanks to anyone who sat through reading the second revision of this meme. There’s some old and new content here that’s worth reading if you’re interested in this dumb topic.

TAGGED BY. Nobody recently. Just felt like updating this since I’ve become single-ship and a lot of stuff has changed since January 2018. TAGGING.  Whoever wants to do this meme!

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SHIPPING INFO // Answer the following for your muse(s) so people know how shipping works on your blog. REPOST. Don’t reblog.

★  WHAT’S YOUR OTP FOR YOUR MUSE?: I will give my first born child for a well-developed McR.eyes ship. 

★  WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO RP WHEN IT COMES TO SHIPPING?: I’ve come to terms that while I do want to have all the ships that I want to explore, I can only have the energy to ship what interests me. I don’t want to be a disappointment to anyone when I can’t give as much as they want me to. :c

★  HOW LARGE DOES THE AGE GAP HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE?: Taking a lot of things into consideration, I wouldn’t mind the age gape so long as both parties are consenting adults. This would mean muses as young as 21 can match with Jesse who’s 38.

★  ARE YOU SELECTIVE WHEN SHIPPING?: SHIPPING GIVES ME ANXIETY. I have to be comfortable with someone before I can commit to a ship between muses. So, I’m selective about it. 

★  HOW FAR DO STEAMY MOMENTS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY’RE CONSIDERED NS.FW?: Kisses below the neck ( save for hands ) are considered nsf.w. This is directed at non-platonic/sultry gestures. I’m personally careful when it comes to putting things under a cut.

★  WHO ARE OTHER MUSES YOU SHIP YOUR MUSE WITH?: Despite my preferred ships, It really depends on who I’ve come to see chemistry with my M.Cree muse. Based on whatever little canon Blizzard had, and with some prior interaction I’d personally say Gabriel ( Reaper is a different matter entirely ), Jack, Angela, Sombra, and Hanzo. Well-developed OCs work too !!

★  DOES ONE HAVE TO ASK TO SHIP WITH YOU?: Please ask me first. I would like to be clear with whatever is going on between our muses. I also promise we don’t need a romantic ship to write together !! I love platonic interactions as much as romantic ones. Heck, I’d even give you my kidney for a familial/rivalry connection. ; w ;

★  HOW OFTEN DO YOU LIKE TO SHIP?: When it happens naturally? Most of the time. Sometimes someone just jokes “I kinda ship our muses.” Then I go, “Shit u right. I ship them too. Fuckin’ majestic.”

★  ARE YOU SHIP OBSESSED OR SHIP MORE-OR-LESS?: I can say I’m fairly into shipping. Just not as much as I used to. I do however get excited when I find someone who’s muse meshes so well with mine. :3c

★  ARE YOU MULTISHIP?: Yes. <3<br>

★  WHAT IS ( ARE ) YOUR FAVORITE SHIP(S) IN YOUR CURRENT FANDOM?: m.creyes, mcdaryl ( with @vestwings​ ), wid.owmercy, mc76, rea.pfist, reinzo, mcm.ercy, mc.hanzo, rein76 — There’s really too many to mention. A lot of potential ships. 

★  FINALLY, HOW DOES ONE SHIP WITH YOU?: First off, our muses have to have chemistry. Second, we’ve interacted prior to shipping. Lastly, I have to be interested. I promise, once I ship with you I’d love you forever with as much as I can muster.  Once it’s all said and done, honestly, be prepared for random messages full of headcanons, au prompts, music, and fanart or our ships. I’m a butt because I’m slow and asleep at weird times because I live across the world from almost everyone here, but I swear, I will reply to you as soon as I’m not a caffeine-induced eldritch creature that barely sleeps.  TAGGED BY: @ibellator Amore mio. <3<3<3<br>TAGGING: @chainreaped ,  @firstdrawn, @apmeka , @herbounty , @vestwings , @sombrc , @joutouda , @mythsworn , @intoxiiquer , @tracercrocs , @concinnitum, @breakiitdown , @chronal-anomaly , Anyone who wants to really. 

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SHIPPING INFO | ABOUT MUN REPOST DON’T REBLOG

✧ WHAT’S YOUR OTP FOR YOUR MUSE? Uuuuh. she’s an oc so it’s a bit different to pick an ‘otp’ because all the interactions that lead to shipping are on here and not in any original source material.

✧ WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO RP WHEN IT COMES TO SHIPPING? I’m usually up for anything, but I won’t rp anything involving a muse that is underage. There’s a few other things but they’re more nsfw-related which won’t be much of a thing on this blog so nothing to worry about there.

✧ HOW LARGE DOES THE AGE GAP HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE? aaaaaaah. i think i’d prefer it to be within a 10 year age gap just because of the level of maturity that comes with age gaps. cause idk fam every year i feel like i grow a bit more y’know?

✧ ARE YOU SELECTIVE WHEN SHIPPING?: Yes...ish. I much prefer to ship when we’ve already interacted before as opposed to coming up with no prior interaction but if someone can give me a way in which our muses could fall in love ( ie, personality, scenarios, AUs ) then I could do that as well.

✧ HOW FAR DO STEAMY MOMENTS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY’RE CONSIDERED NSFW? Like...It’s just a personal thing for me but like once a hand like...goes underneath some clothes or somewhere else, then it’s time to fade to black but other things are okay.

✧ WHO ARE OTHER MUSES YOU SHIP YOUR MUSE WITH? *cracked voice* i do... love me some...matt x irene. wtf prez w T F ???? um...i have potential ships that i’ve given a thought to about concerning how i personally think their interactions would go, but they’re just...out there...floating around

✧ DOES ONE HAVE TO ASK TO SHIP WITH YOU? you have to come to me either in im or ask box, typically after a few ic interactions and if you feel like our muses have chemistry. i prefer people to just be direct with me in general when they have something to talk about. 

✧ HOW OFTEN DO YOU LIKE TO SHIP? i like having a ship bc it gives me the ability to tag people in couples-related shit, but it really all depends on the circumstances and the muses that i’ve got.

✧ ARE YOU SHIP OBSESSED OR SHIP MORE-OR-LESS? ship in-between obsessed and more-or-less because sometimes when i have a ship on a blog i’m like ‘holy shit’ but other times it’s perfectly fine if there are no ships

✧ ARE YOU MULTISHIP? aaaah no. maybe i might expand to at most 3 ships for this blog but for now it’s going to be singleship mostly because i’ve found it’s an easier way to avoid drama and such.

✧ WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SHIP(S) IN YOUR CURRENT FANDOM? I HONEST TO GOD DON’T SHIP ANYTHING IN THE FANDOM I FEEL SO BAD ABOUT IT LIKE I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BE INVESTED IN AT LEAST ONE SHIP BUT I’M NOT. I’M EITHER INDIFFERENT OR I JUST DON’T LIKE IT. 

✧ FINALLY, HOW DOES ONE SHIP WITH YOU?: RPing with me is the best way. That way I can get a good feel for how our characters will interact and see what I like about how their personalities bounce off of each other. 

tagging: no one, but you can take it from me!

[archiveacademics]

Tags, Terminology, and Tropes

So let’s talk tags.

No, not gang tags. Tags on fanfic. 

If you’ve interacted with fanfic, or even just fandom at large, you’ve likely experienced tags. Hell, if you’ve used Tumblr or Twitter or I think even Facebook at this point, you’ve experienced tags. Tagging is, by now, a digital way of life, a way to organize the chaos that is this giant cultural archive and project of capitalism that we call the internet.

So. Why are tags important?

I’m glad you asked, hypothetical reader! Tags are important for a number of reasons. For one, they allow others to find your fanfic. Whether you read on Tumblr, Wattpad, or AO3, there are thousands upon millions of stories to wade through and it can be hard to find exactly what you’re looking for. Hence, tags.

Fansplaining has a great episode called “Cataloging Fandom” where they discuss tags from an academic standpoint. If you’re into that sort of thing definitely check out that episode. Meanwhile, Tumblr user salt-of-the-AO3 has a great post explaining the who, what, when, where, and why of tagging. It’s a great starting point if you’re just learning about tags. They even have a list of tags to get you started, whether you’re writing something and want to post it or looking for something new to read.

Say, for instance, you want to read a story about Harry Potter. You type “Harry Potter” in the AO3 search bar. But wait!

You don’t have the time, much less the energy, to wade through over 240,000 stories. So maybe you decide to narrow it down a little. You still want to read Harry Potter, but maybe you want to focus on Draco Malfoy, because you’ve got a thing for bad boys.

Yeesh. That’s better, but still not great. So now you’ve got to decide: do you want to read a Draco love story or a Draco adventure? Since you’re a hypothetical construct and an extension of myself right now, you want to read a love story. Results for “Draco Malfoy, romance”?

Ok, that’s a bit more manageable, when compared to 240,000. But it’s still a lot to sort through. So we’ll give it one last shot. Who do you want Draco to be in love with? Not Harry (that would shoot our search results up through the roof again). Not Hermione, or Ginny. You’re looking for something to read, not trying to sort through thousands of hits. So let’s go with Lavender Brown. 

Eh, good enough. You’ve got it down to under 1,500 hits. From here you can either start sifting through the results to find something you like, or you can go even more down the rabbit hole and try another search by character and event. Draco and Lavender go to the Yule Ball. Draco and Lavender at a wedding. Draco and Lavender in a coffee shop AU...

The tags are your oyster, is what I’m saying. Or the world is in the tags. Or some clever reuse of a common phrase that replaces one of the words with “tags.” 

But Chris (you hypothetically ask) what the heck is an AU?

Ah, my dear sweet hypothetical reader, I’m so glad you asked that, because it brings us to the terminology part of the post.

To start with, a fanfic writer that goes by the name of Moonbeam has a great Fanfiction Terminology master post. It covers a lot more ground than I’m going to get into today, so if you’re very curious, it’s a good place to poke around and find out what things mean. There’s also an article by Aja Romano called “Canon, fanon, shipping and more: a glossary of the tricky terminology that makes up fan culture” that’s a really good starting point for this stuff. Thirdly, the podcast Fansplaining has an episode on this topic called “~fanspeak” you can listen to. Or you can just continue reading.

Now, back to AUs.

AU stands for alternate universe. An AU usually takes the characters of a story and puts them in a new setting. There are many popular types of AUs from coffee shop AUs to high school AUs to magical AUs to either a historical or a modern AU (depending on whether the story itself is modern or historical). An AU can also change the plot of a story, taking familiar characters and sending them down different narrative paths. What if someone didn’t die like they did in the canon? Or what if they did die at a critical point? Either change could send your characters down a wildly different narrative path.

So in your hypothetical search for a story, maybe you decide you want to see Draco Malfoy the barista fall in love with Lavender Brown the Instagram Influencer who comes to his shop everyday. Or maybe you want to read a story that takes place at Hogwarts where Lavender becomes obsessed with Draco instead of Ron. Either can be considered an AU.

Now, I used a word up there that may or may not be familiar to you, depending on how deeply you live in the world of fandom. 

Canon.

Canon is the original, the progenitor, the common ancestor from which all fanfic descends. Harry Potter in all it’s seven book glory is canon. As are all seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And however many there are of Angel. And all the comics... What I’m saying is, canon is the original work that fanfic is based off of. It’s the official, some might say the “real” version, but there’s a bit a value judgement there, so I wouldn’t. Anyway, that’s canon.

(If you don’t already, you’ll get why this is funny in a minute.)

The word “ship,” in the fandom sense, is short for “relationship.” In the vaunted old days of the early internet and the X-Files fandom, fans who wanted Mulder and Scully to get together began to refer to themselves as “relationshippers” or “r’shippers”. Eventually, the term became shortened to simply “ship” and became both a noun and a verb. A ship is the pairing of characters you want to see together. To ship is to want a pair of characters to get together. 

In our hypothetical example, for instance, you ship Draco and Lavender. 

If you’re still a bit confused by the term, the podcast Fansplaining has a great article about it called “To Ship or Not to Ship,” and they also ran a survey that garnered over 16,000 responses which are gathered together and presented for your perusal here. And last but not least they produced two episodes called “The Shipping Question” and “The Shipping Answers.” 

Alright, I’m going to go through a couple more definitions as fast as I can because this post is getting long and I haven’t even gotten to tropes yet.

So, in no particular order I present...

Slash: A word used to denote a male/male pairing, original so called because of the “Kirk/Spock” fanfic of the Star Trek zine era. 

Fem Slash: Like slash, but with women. 

OTP, or One True Pairing: Your favored pairing in a fandom. 

OC, or Original Character: A character you introduce into a story. So maybe the new transfer student to Hogwarts or the new Starfleet lieutenant on the Enterprise. 

Headcanon: Your beliefs about the motivations of a character or potential plot points of a story that may or may not be supported by the canon (but are at least usually not actively disproved by canon).

Fluff: A fanfic that is short and sweet and not at all angsty. There’s is generally not much plot advancement but the stories are comforting and often domestic.

Crossover: Where characters from separate works are thrown together. For instance, I have a friend who writes Batman and One Piece cross over. 

Gen fic: A story without an overt romantic element. While pairings might happen they happen despite the story, not because of it. 

Filing off the serial numbers: When a fic writer scrubs their story of all recognizable copyright (names, places, vampires or wizards or whatever) in order to publish it. Think 50 Shades of Grey. 

Self insert: An original character that is obviously, consciously or not, based on the author. 

Mary Sue: A character who is “special.” The word has a pretty negative connotation these days. It’s usually a self insert character who is better and stronger and smarter than everyone around her and without whom the problem of the plot could never be solved. The line between what is or is not a Mary Sue (or Marty Sue/Gary Stu if the character is male) is pretty blurred these days, with trolls sometimes shouting that any female self insert character is a Mary Sue and thus obviously sucks. Elizabeth Minkel, of the Fansplaining podcast, wrote a great article about the issues of Mary Sue and the patriarchy and she and Flourish discussed those issues in an episode of the podcast.

There are so. Many. More. I could go on forever talking about different terms. But these are some of the big ones that I tend to throw into casual conversation, and, well, Google is your friend. If you don’t know the definition of something, look it up. I still have to do that sometimes. 

Now, let’s talk tropes!

TVtropes.com has a great explanation about what a trope is:

“A trope is a storytelling device or convention, a shortcut for describing situations the storyteller can reasonably assume the audience will recognize. Tropes are the means by which a story is told by anyone who has a story to tell...

Tropes are not the same thing as cliches. They may be brand new but seem trite and hackneyed; they may be thousands of years old but seem fresh and new. They are not bad, they are not good; tropes are tools that the creator of a work of art uses to express their ideas to the audience. It's pretty much impossible to create a story without tropes.“

Tropes in fanfic are fun. “Five Tropes Fanfic Readers Love (and One They Hate)” is a another survey run by the folks over at Fansplaining. You can read the article above or listen to the episode on the topic. They discuss the variety of different tropes that are either loved or hated by the more than 7,500 respondents to their survey. 

As TVtropes discusses, “Tropes are Tools.” They aren’t good or bad in and of themselves. They simply exist. Fanlore.com has a great list of different tropes. AU fic itself is a trope. And thus we’ve come full circle. 

Thanks for sticking with me this long, this post kind of got away from me. 

Make sure to tag your tropes, folks!

[sanzoumon]

Sometimes it really sucks when you get into a fanservice-heavy anime / manga that actually has legit good characters and character development, plus it gives you lots of feels...

Because the fandom is pretty much a constant stream of mindless fanservice art and that's it.

Mindless fanservice doesn't bother me. I prefer meaningful fanservice, personally, but eh.

Just wish there was more variety.

I mean... I don't wanna sound sexist when I say this, but... it's just a difference between how many men vs. how many women are in the fandom.

A lot of women chalk up fanservice series to "gross fanservice" and even the women who do like it tend to cater to it from only the fanservice aspect. It's not that it's bad to do this, it's just that that's all the fan content there is for it.

In fandoms with a lot of women, they generally have less fanservice, OR they have something else that cancels out the fanservice in it. They may have manservice, but not necessarily. When it's mostly women in the fandom, honestly, there will generally be more variety in content. Women go all over the spectrum of content while men tend to more or less stick to the sexual, absurd, or disgustingly adorable. It's not 100% of course.

Of course you'd also expect blatant fujobait to actually bait fujos but then... nothing... and suddenly with a 99% male cast, over half the ships are het because OC self-insert fantasy fulfillment. And strangely attracts anti-fujos. Weird.

And then I'm just over here like: I'm into the characters and their interactions with each other, as well as sympathizing with them. Fluff is good. Angst is good. Sex is good. Pain is good. Love is good. Sex is good. Friendship is good. Familial relationships are good. Drama is good. Hurt/Comfort is good. "What Ifs" are good.

It's all good because to me I care about the characters.

But I mean God help me for liking a fanservice anime that's actually a good show, because I get to see such lovely quality content as multiple photos of some guy having jizzed all over a character figure and it's an incredibly popular post.

Or like I watch / read a series and come up with so many potential ideas that I'd assume other fans would pick up on, because I'm used to seeing other fans want similar things... but no... just tits, tits, ass, tits, futa, vag, all of the above, tits, jizz, nude figurines, the same official pin-up art spreads posted a hundred times, girls in cosplay, girls in skimpy cosplay, girls in cosplay but also it's pron, gifs, tits, vag, futa, futa, guro, tits, people complaining, tits, futa, vag, tits... in that order.

On top of that: Almost no fanfic and even if there is, none of what I'd like to see even if canon gives PLENTY of material to explore it. Like okay, read FREEZING, Satella has a half-brother named Louis who is obsessed with her and abused her a lot growing up. There's tons of bad things you could dream up to further explore that. Or a "what if" Satella just consented to having sex with him as opposed to telling him "do what you want since you're going to anyway" (which isn't consent, which he wanted her to want it - not endure it). Like the complex emotions you can explore with that. How it would eventually impact their reconciliation (which is to say, he chooses to be better, and she loves him in spite of all he's done - even tho she's been angry at him and has clear trauma from his past abuse, trauma she's been slowly overcoming and and healing from). Shit like that. Or addressing the fact that he chose a partner who looks almost exactly like his sister.

Or like shit, how about when Satella was able to stand up for herself? She's a supersoldier now, she can break Louis in half like a toothpick, she came so close to getting out from under him completely - but... unfortunately physical intimidation doesn't do much when he has blackmail on her. And she sinks back into her old submissive personality.

Interesting compelling shit. Sure, the manga isn't always the best with shit but it's a legit interesting sci-fi / science fantasy action story that happens to have a lot of fanservice. Granted the anime focused more on the fanservice but the manga showed it as the result of the violence that was going on.

But the fandom? Nothing.

And it's all really annoying when the series actually makes a point of showing the girls as more than just fanservice objects. But I guess since they tend to have big tits, all they can ever be is fap material.

*sigh* I'm not saying "no fun allowed" or "sex stuff is bad" either. I just wish more people into these kinds of shows had more variety in content they produced.

Honestly even just having sexual content shown in a more emotional context, rather than purely physical, would be good. Like hate sex, loving sex, sad sex, fun sex, something that connects emotionally. Instead of just empty sex where one is basically just a doll to use (which again, I don't hate it, it's just it's all I see).

The sad, sad awful truth in the case of FREEZING is that you can only get the kind of material I'm describing from the actual creator. Yeah. He makes these non-canon doujins for his manga, often straight up hentai but he at least puts some emotion behind it, bases it off scenes that have occurred in the manga.

OF COURSE THE ULTIMATE IRONY IS THAT I KNOW A FEW PARTICULAR HENTAI MANGA THAT HAVE MORE OF A LEGIT PRODUCTIVE FANBASE BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT THE CHARACTERS AND BECAUSE THE HENTAI BOTHERS TO MAKE THE CHARACTERS INTERESTING AND ODDLY RELATABLE IN SPITE OF THE GENERAL WTF SHIT GOING ON.

It's all by the same author tho so there's that. Lol

Long story short: Fandoms are weird.