#on the scale from 1 to 10 how in love are you with me rn malia hOW MUCH

[scourgeofmyownbrain]

Good fucking day, Robot enjoyers! Gaze upon the updated semi-accurate height comparison of Bumblebee across the multiverse.

This is an updated version of a chart I made a few months ago. I had gotten some feedback and then TFOne came out and I kinda had to update it. I also added a Gen 1 Optimus Prime for scale, for fun... no other reason... (edit: slight adjustment made, just corrected a slight mistake in the order)

I am also working on at least two more character charts and one universe chart, so hopefully I can finish those soon (for some fucking genius reason I decided to do the characters that show up EVERY FUCKING UNIVERSE so I'm s u f f e r i n g)

*PST! Optimus, Megatron, Shockwave, Soundwave, Ratchet, and Ironhide ones are done now*

Master Post

Listed Heights, Explanations, and Justifications below the cut, bc you couldn't shut me up if you tried and I had shit to say.

Gen 1 - ~10 feet (TFwiki says greater than 3 meters so I rounded up to the first whole number because round)

Netflix Cybertron Trilogy - ~10 feet (He looks identical to Gen 1 so... the reason his photo looks weird is because I couldn't find a good full body photo with him standing straight up facing the camera so I put two images together to make the worst looking photoshop job you have ever seen)

Earth Spark - ~10 feet (There is no confirmed height yet, but using this screen shot (see below) of him standing in front of a barn door, I was able to make a reasonable guess, bc I'm so smart.)

One V1 - ~13 feet (I am well aware of what the TFWiki says: 26.429 feet. And I fully reject that number. A: These numbers are sourced from the Walmart Promotional AR Experience that came out before the movie. B: There are three decimal points, and that number does not convert into a whole number in meters (which is originally what I thought was weird about it). C: The director has said that this movie is both canon to the LA movies and its own separate canon, and Bumblebee in both sets of LA movies does not exceed 20 feet tall. Ever. So, for sanity's sake, I have used the KCV numbers as my baseline. Bee grows when he gets his t-cog so shrink this one down a few feet. Look, I'm working on the Optimus chart rn, and one of the numbers from Beast Wars on the wiki was very observably wrong, and if I can dispute numbers older than me, I can dispute numbers 2 decades younger than me from fucking Walmart. Also, yes, his picture is 3 images sandwiched together)

Animated - 13 feet 3 Inches (There is no actual given heights, but in the comments of the previous version, @phoenix-inanis told me that they had done their own analysis of TFA heights and, gonna be real with you, I am blown away by all of their work and how detailed it is. Go marvel at how much work they put in -> https://phoenix-inanis.notion.site/TFA-Height-Chart-f6ad2960ca8c4c5b859ee4958723aaa4?pvs=4 )

One V2 - ~15 Feet (Please see reasoning above. Since this is as tall as we see Bee get, he's the same height as KCV Bee. Sweet fuck, I have put way too much effort into this shit)

Knight/Capel-Verse - 15 feet (No actual numbers, but Mirage is stated to be 15 feet tall (TFWiki), and he and Bee are like the same height, so... Capel directed the ROTB movie if you're wondering why his name is there)

Bayverse V1 - 16 feet (TFWiki. This is like the first 3 movies minimum, I don't remember when he hits his growth spurt. Also mr bay is king, we have numbers for nearly every character in BV)

Cyberverse - 18 feet (I'm gonna be honest, the only info we have is from a really shitty screen shot of a magazine. SO if any one has a copy of this book from the video below, a high quality scan would be greatly appreciated and I will kiss the ground you walk upon. Yes I found the video where the screen shot comes from leave me alone)

Bayverse V2 - 18 feet (TFWiki. Movie 4-5 I can't remember which one, I'm not re-looking this up. I fucking love the bayverse tho, this is the only universe with concrete and consistent this-character-is-this-height info)

Aligned Cont. WF/FOC - 20 feet (TFWiki/Fandom. Video game info screens you godsend, kiss me sweetly)

Aligned Cont. TFP/RID15 - 21 feet (These two designs are canonically identical, like in ALC canon, Bee has not changed visually at all...Ok, yes I got this number from fandom and they give literally no source for where they got these numbers. But, I can fully believe these are accurate. Just by looking at these characters on the show I can verify these numbers in my mind. Here, let's Compare.

This is Sam compared to Bee from one of the BV movies, I'm too lazy to check which one. Sam is average size for a human and we know Bee is 16 feet tall in the first three movies. Checks out. Let's now look at a TFP Character who is also 16 feet tall.

Jack is average size for a human, and the size difference is about the same. Can you see why I can't question the Aligned heights, even if they don't have a source??!?! They specifically made this universe to be full of freakishly tall robots for some fucking reason.)

Not Pictured: Aligned Cont. Rescue Bots and Rescue Bots Academy Bumblebee - 21 Feet tall. Look, did you want to see all 5 versions of ALC Bee? No, you don't. They're all the same height anyway; the back row would have just been a wall of redundant yellow. 5 different fucking art styles in one universe, why is that one my favourite.

Here's the front row and the back row separated into their own jpgs. I know it's kind of hard to tell which Bumblebee is which when they're all together.

[vivid-dreamscapes]

Period cuddles <3 ~Bakugou x Reader~

(I have hella bad cramps rn and I’m waiting for the meds to kick in, so I’m writing this as a distraction)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tw; Swearing, cause Bakugou. Minor suggestiveness.

Themes; Fluff

Summery; You manage to rope Katsuki into cuddles to soothe your cramps.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pain. Pain. PAIN.

You were lying on your bed in your dorm, one arm draped across your eyes as you waited for the meds to kick in.

It felt like every knife within a 700 mile radius of your was violently jabbing at your inner thighs, abdomen, stomach, and of course, the ever so lovely low room that caused this all.

Cramps. PERIOD cramps. Your heating pad was being borrowed by your best friend Mina, so the painkillers were your only hope right now. And they were failing at being the thing you were here at UA to be,

After a moment, you heard a knock on your door. You looked up to see your ever so lovely boyfriend Katsuki leaning against the doorframe, arms crossed, a plastic bag hanging from his finger.

“Oi, dumbass. You sick?” He said, raising an eyebrow at you, looking at your position. To him, it looked like you were just being lazy, but any other person out there with cramps would understand.

You groaned, clutching your stomach slightly as you looked at him. Lucky ass men. They didn’t have to deal with nothin like this. Cause they didn’t get burn with a uterus.

“I hate your dick.”

You grumbled, getting him to raise his eyebrow higher. Ironic, you had saying the exact opposite two nights ago.

“Remove the ‘H’ babe.” Katsuki said with a completely stoic face, walking over. You rolled your eyes. “Haha.” You said flatly, looking away. He sat down next to you, setting down the plastic bag. Your could see some instant ramen and a really good boba kit in the bag, causing your mouth to water.

“You on your period or somethin’?”

“Wowwww, he had a brain.”

Katsuki frowned and rolled his eyes at your sarcastic remark.

“Shut up, smartass. You don't have to be a jerk about it. But seriously, are you on your period or not? That why you're acting all moody and crap?"

“I’m on a high amount of pain killers, is what I’m on.” You responded simply. Wow. Your sarcastic self still managed to pull through at a time like this. Lucky him.

Katsuki's frown deepened as he heard your response. He knew pain killers could only help so much…

“That doesn't really answer my question, dammit." He reached out and gently pushed the hair back from your forehead, looking down at your face intently.

"How bad is the pain? On a scale of 1 to 10?"

“20697.”

Katsuki's eyes widened in surprise at your exaggerated response.

"Wow, really? Fuckin’ 20697? That high, huh?” He paused for a moment, his mind trying to process the pain level you mentioned. 20697? That seems impossible… “You're just shitting me, aren't you?"

“Try getting kicked in the balls for sixteen minutes straight with a metal leg. Thats about half of what I’m feeling.” You said with a small eye roll.

Katsuki winced at the thought, his hand instinctively moving down to protect his own family jewels. Which of course, almost made you laugh.

"Jesus, that sounds painful as hell. Why do girls have to deal with this shit every month?" He looked at you with sympathetic pity, unsure if there was anything he could do to help. "Is there anything I can do to help? Get you some chocolate or something?"

You paused silently before looking up at him with innocent eyes, ever so subtly poking out your bottom lip. Not in a lay someone would know you were pouting, and yet it had the same effect.

“Cuddles have been scientifically proven to help with period cramps.” You said, looking up at him.

Katsuki raised an eyebrow at your suggestion, his expression shifting from sympathy to a hint of amusement.

“Seriously? Cuddles? You're asking me to cuddle you to ease your period cramps?" He gave a small smirk, folding his arms across his chest. "And here I thought you were just being a drama queen, but you actually want me to cuddle you?"

“It works twice as well if your big spoon.”

Katsuki rolled his eyes at your insistence, but he couldn’t help but feel a little bit amused by your request.

"Of course you want me to be big spoon. Typical…" He sighed heavily, acting as if it was a big inconvenience, before reluctantly crawling into bed next to you. "Fine, you big baby. I'll cuddle you."

You immediately smiled as he got under the covers, and wrapped your arms around him. His own muscular arms found their way to your waist as you scooted closer, nestling your face square in his chest.

You could smell his natural scent as you closed your eyes with a smile. Carmel and Burnt pine. Strange but extremely comforting. Wow. You felt better already.

Katsuki wrapped his arms around you, pulling you close against his chest. He tried to maintain his usual tough and nonchalant demeanor, but couldn't help but soften a little as he held you in his arms.

“You're such a pain in the ass, you know that?" He grumbled, but his voice lacked any real venom. He gently ran his fingers through your hair, his touch uncharacteristically gentle.

“I can be a pain in your ass.” You said with the smallest of smirks, eyes remaining closed.

Katsuki let out a small scoff at hearing your suggestive remark, but a smirk tugged at the corner of his lip.

"You really have a talent for turning something romantic into something filthy, don’t you?" He tightened his arms around you, his hand moving down to rest on your lower back. “Love ya dumbass.”

“Love ya too boom boom bitch.”

“…what did you call me?”

[cccakessslicemeee]

I finished my rewatch of Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go.

Just some ramble thoughts

And spoilers I suppose but you can see it all on YouTube rn a couple people have playlist or see it on Disney plus. Imma get a DVD box set one of these days because Disney might be dicks and use them as a tax write off someday.

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Also haha I fucking clocked it. Nova was ALWAYS supposed to have fire powers.

Holy shit. It's haunting. For a kids show that aired on daytime television it's got a lotta messed up shit in it. The elevator monster is spooky as hell. The episode about The Lug is so many levels of messed up.

Sprx being evil for two episodes was wild. Not because he was evil but because of how the animators were allowed to show him two seconds away from pulling Nova apart. Like oh my god I felt my own joints jump. Ugh.

Valeena was a menace and I wish she stayed around.

Galactic smash should have been a bigger deal it felt pretty large scale. Also I love how fucking petty Maurice was. Like he was a 5 second character who is on screen to gloat. Good for him.

I can't believe the show made it to 4 seasons. It was unapologetically gross when it wanted to be and down right brutal. Don't get me wrong I love the show and desperately want a 5th season or a movie to finish it off properly but damn it had balls. Sure gargoyle could be haunting but it wasn't as cruel or nasty.

That thing with the cult was wild. I know my house hold was not cool with that. Anyway I can see why it didn't sell that many toys or get the views. It was ballsy and brutal.

I also really fucking loved how lived in the city felt. There are so many background characters that we see constantly and like I give a shit about Mr.Gackslapper and his hover burger joint. I can't believe the show was like yeah actually Mr. Cheapers the penguin stuffed animal has a soul in that ONE episode and therefore it could be stolen lol. Regardless its a city full of wonderful people and it's so easy to believe that yes the monkeys and Chiro want to protect their home.

The background art is stunning. Breathtaking even.

The monster of the week was always fun. The green floating head dude is my favorite but scrapperton, sakko, Mandarin, bone clone Mandarin, Gyrus Krinkle are just some of the highlights. Truly a cast of colorful villains.

I can't believe how much stuff they packed in 20 minute episodes. A lot and yet so little.

Is the skeleton king Chiro's father? We know nothing, absolutely NOTHING about his home life. And like all I can base anything off of is that one 10 seconds in an episode from season 1 (I think) where Chiro is like... This is weird these are all my childhood toys in skeleton kings weird underground base. Like what the hell???

So many unanswered questions.

Anyway it was a delight. I'm sad we didn't see them go to war. Oh well.

[hypnoprincesslottie]

What would make you happiest, and why?

You have edged/teased your slave for a week with no orgasm....

Have your slave cum in your mouth.

Ruin your slaves orgasm.

Have your slave watch you with another man, but kept chaste in a chastity cage.

Have your slave cum inside of you, allowing him to use you however he would like! Essentially allowing him to have the power over you.

Hand job to release.

how about i rate each one on a scale of 1-10 >:3

10/10 ! making my sub so needy and desperate to cum is so, so fun.. i love to hear them whine for me <3 and i feel v powerful when i deny them. rest assured, i'd make them cum so hard after they'd be dizzy >:3 but a full week of teasing first??? ugh sounds so fun! 2. 8/10 !! i do love giving head hehehe but i would be lying if i said i don't save things like that as a special reward for very good behavior >:3 and ofc, i'd have to tease them during it and embarrass em a lil to remind em who's in control <3 3. 6/10 ! i do thiiink sometimes ruining orgasms is lowkey hot,, but it's very situational for me! and icl i'm such a lovey dovey mommy type dom ;; i'd wanna make it up to them after kgdjglksfj 4. 9/10 !! so lowkey,,, this isn't an *all the time* kink i have but situationally i think if the sub is into it, it's hot >_< i am a bit of an exhibitionalist after all! ngl, i think it might be better if the person i'm having sex with is a girl thoooo ;; i luv guys but,,, when it comes to fantasies involving more than 2 people i like when one of the other people is a girl :333 5. ahhh this one i'm 50/50 on.... i'm not super subby most of the time (though i can be once on awhile!) but i fkin love creampies 😭😭😭😭 if i'm playing w someone on a regular basis and we're fwb or w/e, i literally want them to cum inside every single time... and i haaaate condoms T_T ... but at the end of the dayyy, i'm in charge! i like to be on top tbh <3 even when i'm subby, i'm sort of a power bottom.... so with THAT in mind, it'd be a 100000/10. the intimacy, the feeling like we belong to each other... ugh i'd die for that! 6. 10/10 !! i love love love hand stuff and i'm happy to say i'm quite good at it >:3 making someone cum using only my hands is so hotttt <3 swear i could have a hfo just from making someone else feel good. in fact, i have a few times before....

as for which ones my favorite??? its hard to say! a combination of so many of these would be amazingggg rn

[loppy-darii]

Can you tell us more about Vane and Rachis?

Man where do i start LOL

I have a ton of made up lore for these two so excuse me while i create a whole essay about them under here rn

I'll at least first mention how i see their relationship/dynamic to me: so firstly we have Rachis, who i kinda see as this kind of like "does really stupid and insane things for the fun of it" when he was a teen.

I imagine him to be childhood friends with the author, being this sort of brawns to the author's brains. The young author would teach him how to write and read (because he was the only one in his family who refused to read), and Rachis would help him in any of his glen related homework.

At one point the two stop talking for a brief bit cuz the author had to focus up during high-school. During that time, Rachis ends up falling in love with Vane after she returned his old ball that ended up in her yard.

Rachis and Vane shared common interests and were practically in sync at their own little activities together. Hanging out with Vane for so long made Rachis realize one thing; it's that she says the most INSANE and specific shit for no reason whatsoever.

Like Rachis says something that goes "hey, on a scale of 1-10, how free are you today?"

And then Vane goes "I'm about as free as [ that one historical year when a part of the glen was ruled by a tyrannical leader. ]"

This doesn't weird Rachis out tho obviously, in fact he likes the insane stuff she says. Even at one point the author would have a private talk with Vane, and he'd go "oh yeah you two were made to be together."

And speaking of Vane, I'll also mention a bit of her own backstory: she was actually born in the refuge, originally living with an older sister and their old parents. Though her mother ended up dying shortly after she was born, so she had to be sent to live with an uncle in the glen cuz their father isn't able to care for her.

There she met Rachis, and she considered him to be "stupid and loveable, like a streets vlogger lost in the forest" in her own words.

The two did everything together after announcing that their relationship is official, though there were people that heavily disapproved of it. More specifically Rachis' father, who wanted to keep their family tree blue feathered. Because of this, an argument ensues, and suddenly Rachis was kicked out of his own home.

But he didn't care, cuz he still had Vane with him, and that's all that mattered.

The two now lived together in Vane's home, and soon they got married and ended up having Calamus during their 30's.

In their parenthood, Vane was considered the loving mother who gave the best advice, while Rachis was this fun dad who'd gladly play any game that Calamus asked him to join in on. Eventually Vane is pregnant again, but it turns out that some complications may occur, and that there's a chance that the baby will end up dying.

Later on, Alula is born, and even though she momentarily stopped breathing for a moment, she was confirmed to be healthy inspite of any health problems that may occur later in life, including having a weak wing.

But nothing would keep the two from loving Alula as much as they did with Calamus. Vane would care for Alula as much as she can, even when she was tiring herself to exhaustion, and Rachis would do as much research as he can to make sure Alula would be happy. He'd even teach Calamus to be kind towards her and anybody who may be different than the other Glenfolks, which influences him to be how he is in the base game.

Things seemed fine for now, but unfortunately it'll only take a couple of years for something to change for the worse.

So this is where i also wanna mention that the most common timeline for them is like:

Rachis moves everyone to the ruins > Rachis suddenly leaves > his wife dies > original game story

But to me it's more like:

Vane gets sick and dies > Rachis moves everyone to the ruins > Rachis dies > og game story

So Vane ends up becoming ill with a pretty rare illness that usually targets Glenfolks, which has a pretty high mortality rate. She ends up passing away when she was asleep, with Calamus and Alula keeping her company in her death. They wake up to a horrified Rachis, and the two were dragged outside by the author. Calamus couldn't understand what was happening, but when he overheard someone talking about taking Vane's body to the sacred grounds, he starts yelling for his mother, attempting to get past the crowd of Glenfolks that surrounded their home.

Rachis was the one to carry Vane's body out of there, his expression unreadable. He and Calamus start grieving for her whilst Alula stood by and watched with widened eyes.

This completely changes Rachis. He initially stopped being this aggressive force back when he was a young adult since he wanted to be better. But in his grief, he went back to old habits and made it worse. He started recklessly blaming people, always resorting to a fight if anybody tries to reason with him. He even lashed out at the author, his closest friend.

He still cared for his children, but they don't look the same to him anymore, he can only see Vane's features, and he's ashamed that he can't even look at his children the same way.

He never felt okay in his house, always looking at the empty bed where Vane originally slept in. So he moved his family to the ruins in a desperate attempt to get her out of his mind.

Still, it only got worse as he started seeing himself as this negative space with nothing worthy in himself. He was this close to doing something drastic, but suddenly he snaps out of it when he feels feathery arms wrapped around his waist.

It was Calamus, staying by Rachis' side in comfort. He looked older than the last time Rachis was able to properly see him, and then it hit him that he had completely ignored his son— his children's life, and now he can't help but blame himself for dragging the two along.

He tries to make up for it, playing with Alula more often, helping Calamus around the ruins, and just making sure he's present throughout their life.

One day he got a letter from the author, asking for help in his work, but it means that he'll have to be away for quite a while. Rachis didn't want to just casually leave his children, but at the same time he didn't wanna just completely ghost his friend, the one friend who actually tried to get him out of his grief.

He quietly says goodbye to his sleeping children, and Rachis takes the walk of shame to the factory.

There he finds out that the author needs help with a project, and that he can only trust this information with him. The author reveals the existence of The world machine being the reason why this world is even alive, and how it's been Malfunctioning so suddenly. He asks for help from his friend one last time, and Rachis agrees.

During their work however, squares suddenly appear in the factory, breaking everything and causing a total collapse of the factory. Rachis and the author rush out with everyone out of the basement and building, but suddenly things collapse, and Rachis and the author are separated. Not only that, but it turned out that the bridge that could let them go out safely is currently up, so everyone is stuck.

The author tries to save Rachis, but then he tells his friend to stop, saying that he's a goner. The author tries to reason with him, mentioning his kids and how they'll handle the idea of him being dead.

Rachis just tells the author to lie to them, lie to them and say that Rachis left for himself, because he could never be a proper father to them after all he's done, all because he doesn't want them to grieve for him like he's done to Vane. He'd rather they hate him than be hopeless.

He convinces the author to go, and that he'll try to set the bridge so everyone could escape. And Rachis does just that. He lets everyone escape while the squares enclose on him, and he knows he's dead by now. He's guilty that he has to leave his children to fend for themselves in the sinking glen, blaming himself for being so irresponsible.

In his last thoughts, he thinks about his children, holding Calamus' hand when he was a baby, playing hide and seek with Alula, and being there when the two needed help sleeping. He smiles as the building collapses, and the squares engulf him.

Alula may have believed in what the author told them (though she never got angry at Rachis), Calamus didn't believe it, not one bit.

He knew his father more than anyone else, and he knows that Rachis wouldn't selfishly leave them behind. Calamus vows that one day, he'll fine his father, either him living or his dead body. Either way, he just wants to see him again.

[seuonji]

QUICK QUESTION!!!! (im asking like a bunch of carats so-) rate svt on a scale from 1 to 13 where 1 is husband material, 7/8 is bf material and 13 is bestie material.

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from aya: OMG?? thanks for asking this!! I LOVE THIS IT SOUNDS SO FUN. okay actually ive talked about this with my friend and i was so passionate lol. ngl i find all of them husband material.

i’m sorry if these don’t make sense. i have the worst stomach ache in the world…

also a lot of these may have been influenced because i’ve seen some of them with children but..anyways.

aya’s standards: funny, sweet. should be a bit mean.

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1, MINGHAO. girlll the the way he said its his wifes choice on how many kids she wants because its her body</3 husband MATERIAL. in general he’s just so sweet, gentle and passionate and he can cook??? also he’s kinda mean and brutally honest. recently i’ve realised i want someone like that.

2, joshua. there’s smt about him that screams husband. the gentleness but joker type, he’s someone i want to come home to.

3, seungcheol he’s actually my husband alr so. i want him for him ofc he’s just the sweetest and he’d definitely treat you right i love him sm, someone i want to come home to as well. we both have dogs, we both literally parent the same kid it would work so well<3 but idk if i can handle the sulking that’s why he’s not number 1</3

4, jeonghan, responsible, trusting, reliable. he’s husband. like i feel like he’s someone that you’ll have so much fun with especially in the long term sense.

5, seungkwan IS HUSBAND TYPE AND PEOPLE DONT TALK ABOUT IT ENOUGH. he can cook, he has great humour and he looks husband. i love the way he is.

6, jun husband quality, someone i would want to wake up to and we’d have fun together. he’s good with kids and he’s just silly + he’d be so nice. also he reminds me of a crush i had when i was younger.

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7, vernon. i have this crush on vernon idk what it is but i have a huge crush on him. he’d be a great boyfriend but he’s also someone i’d admire from afar.

8, seokmin urhhehrh he’s husband type but also he has such first love feels? i’d be super in love with him but it just didn’t work out💀??

9, jihoon actually he should be higher on the list because i’ve always found him funny but it was only recently he started to like going out and as someone that loves going out he’s definitely leaning to husband type. but rn he feels like a boyfriend you learn so much with.

10, chan. he’s someone i’d be so curious in dating. would probably be a boyfriend that made me really happy.

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11, soonyoung HED BE SUCH A GOOD BOYFRIEND. but even better as a best friend—we’re both so loud i’d want him to be my hype man or smt. he’s a bit like me and i’ve dated someone like me i didn’t really enjoy it, i preferred them more as a friend😭

12, wonwoo…idk maybe it’s the fact he reminds me of half of my situationships. but that isn’t to say i’d hate to date him. he’s a green flag amongst all and he’s someone i can see myself going to for like a nice chat with.

13, mingyu. i know y’all are gonna hate me for his placement but like. i want him to be my best friend so bad😭😭😭 like a guy that can listen, he’d cook you a meal when you’re feeling down

thanks for listening.

[sirenofthegreenbanks]

Okay first of all, I like that your ask-box is called briefkasten! And then for the thingy

🍓🧃🔪🐚🕯️

endlich!!!!! wird es gewürdigt!!!!!! danke dir djkdaj also i love that you call it the thingy. see, that's why your way of speaking reminds me of my sister

🍓: how did you get into writing fanfiction?

once upon a time, there was wenzhou.

i never meant to write fanfiction, tbh. fanfiction was my path back to ,, being more passionate about characters, i guess? at the time, i hadn't written anything in years (original work) and i felt way better since making the decision of setting down the pen.

but then. an idea entered my brain. and it wouldn't leave me alone. and i was like: why not????

wellllll. i've regretted that decision more than once since then. i still do, even now. but writing fanfiction has also ,, paved the way to being an active part of fandom and carving out my own niche, i guess?? to being creative again. and, it's true that i've come to rediscover my love for it (writing in general). the way it is now, i enjoy it. but. i mean. sometimes i wish i could travel back in time and . change things

writing is so . consuming. if you know what i mean. it's only been, what, half a year? since i learned to set clear boundaries AND respect them. i used to sacrifice myself for writing, and hated it at the same time, but i couldn't stop either. it was compulsive. just thinking about that makes me want to peel my own skin off brrr

🧃: share some personal lore you never posted about before

hmmmm. i mentioned more than once that i adore horsies, but did you know i learned to do gymnastics on a horse?? in full gallop!! hah! the only thing i never managed was to get into the saddle without help. they're so fucking tall. i'm dreaming of learning to spring up on a horse while it's in full gallop, without a saddle or anything. that would be so cool

🔪: what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

du fragst mich Sachen!!!!!!!! woher soll ich das denn noch wissen shjhsadjhdjsah hast du ne Ahnung, wie lange ich schon im kreativen Schreiben tätig bin ajshjhdsj die richtig weirden Sachen hab ich zu meiner Zeit des original writing geresearched, i guess. zurzeit researche ich nur respektable (ehem) historische Fakten und kulturelle Aspekte.

i mean. i guess i could say that i educated myself on male sexuality and The Penis and such, but that's probably only something i feel weird about because i'm not mature enough. but it's, like, the only thing i can think of rn. god, maybe i'm really boring.

ich wette, mir fällts ein, sobald ich das hier gepostet habe!!!!! wollen wir wetten!!!!

🐚: do you like or dislike surprises?

there are two answers to this question. i love surprises because i love discovery, and a surprise is a positive discovery. but. i have the emotional landscape, worries, and reactonary speed of a trapped prey animal

🕯️: on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that?

12. because!!!! gonna pharaphrase @aiyexayen who said something along those lines in the tags once: it's about cleaning up what's chaotic and messy and making something cool and shiny out of it.

i used to think that drafting is my most favourite part of writing. drafting is a lot like oral storytelling when you're a pantser, and oral storytelling is where my love for creating stories comes from. but it's still a different medium after all, and i've changed too. revising is a lot like ,, using the material you've lovingly gathered and building something cool out of it

truth or dare ask game for writers! (don't mind double answering!)

[kennysboxergf]

Attractiveness scale

Im trying to sleep at the moment but the sleep just ain’t coming ya know so im gonna post this and dip but I wanted to rate the Beta Squad members and a few of the guests by attractiveness for fun 🤷‍♀️

this is personal so like not who’s conventionally attractive but who is to me 🤭

the ten ppl I will be ranking are Sharky, Kenny, Chunkz, AJ, Niko (obvs) and then Darkest, Filly, Gib, HP and Johnny Carey cus i cant remember no one else

also no one talk about the spelling mistakes in this it’s late and i dont wanna spell check rn

Coming in on Number Ten its

10 - Harry Pinero

his hairlines reached the base of his skull at this point and he’s just never really been my fav guest so he gets last place unfortunately 😕😕 i think this is only bcus he violates my faves and I stand up against bullying thank you very much

9 - Yung Filly

ok yall gonna get mad at me for this one but he’s very bf material i cant lie just not very attractive for me? There’s some vids and photos where he’s like FINNEEE but then most of the time he’s mad funny and cute just not that attractive ya know and he looks like he’s 4’3”, like I KNOW he’s taller but he dresses and the way he moves idk he moves short af

8 - AnesonGib

ok so I had him 6th originally but I acc looked at pics of him and changed my mind, I have not seen a single Gib vid like from his own channel, ive seen gib in the Mafia vid, some old Chunkz vids and ive seen his fights but he’s so FINE and underrated as fuck like?? Appreciate this man?? And he seems mad kind. I <3 Gib. I do not know anything about him tho but I recently saw a vid of Chunkz from like 6 years ago with him in it and Young gib? Mad fine but also he looks almost child entertainer ish so do with that what you will

7 - Chunkz

aight ya ok, my BAD, im SORRY but like he’s just not it for me, he’s leng i wont lie but like he’s so authoritative and i cant with that ya know? Like I need a chill man for me im somehow worried this man gonna slap my neck if I talk back and im not tryna get treated like toddler im tryna be your girl? calm ur ass down and we talk

6 - AJ

ok SO I know, I know, im going to get absolutely dragged and maybe even jumped for how low this is but like once again he’s very aggressive and sh and I cnat deal with that, he MAD fine tho he’s so Hahrhdhhfbdnsk but like I rate the others better he is taller then me tho so he can have that

5 - Johnny Carey

YALL SLEEP ON THIS MAN, YALL ARE SNORING AND DROLLING AND EVERYHTING CUS THIS MAN IS SO FINE like I cnat deal with him he’s so fine to me? Like yeah he looks a little wonky and asymmetrical but like? Have you seen the wya he looks at people? Omgmgmmgmg

4 - Kenny

considerably low considering my username but ive developed as a person dont judge me but he mad mad good looking, when he boxes?? 10/10 in a track suit?? 10/10 this entire man is one big SMASH like ❤️

3 - Niko

this man is so cute but also hot its weird to believe he exists like?? I want to climb him like a tree, nuff said and maybe he IS a little lanky but he’s MY sorta lanky (ive always been this way, the nickname for my crush in middle school was lanky tree like taht legit what he called him and looking back he WAS lanky af)

2 - Sharky

Sharky, Sharky, Sharky where do I even start? I think the Sharky girlies on here have said enough for me, he’s hot, he’s cute, he’s nice, he’s funny what more do you even want? And he dresses so NICE and his smile is so SWEET and he’s CARING like omg I might fall in luv and his Hands. Thats it. Look at his hands my Lordy lord.

1 - Darkest Man

my bae, my love, I will defend his bald head for life, Aaliyah has SPOILED me by mentioning how fine he was cus now i cant Stop watching every video ever with him in it, ive watched FootAsylum, his own channel, Chunkz Channel, Sharky’s Channel, even JD sports just to watch him on my screen like he’s so funny I’m cracking up every other second and he looks good doing it too and the faces he makes and HIS HANDS omg dont even get me started heiwkwkskfb I cnat even he’s my no. 1 🫶🫶

Done

ok so taht was my list and now im gonna nominate my mutuals to do this too, you can go for the same guests or choose your own its entirely up to you but I wann see some more opinions so please do it 🫶🫶

Taglist- @b4tasquad @allygatcr @shuuuuush @vctrvn-ls

Sadly that is all my moots, I thought I had more but thats it I guess, I hope yall can find time to do this otherwise its fine 😭🫶

[minnies-puppydoll]

This is the first time I’ve ever wrote feedback so I’m a little embarrassed but I need to say Snowbitten has to be the best smut fanfic I have read in my entire life and I’ve read a lot. Aswell as the first time I have ever read a smut fic where I have zero complaints, everything was perfect, it hit all the right spots ( pun intended ) and had everything I liked. It wouldn’t even be an exaggeration to say that it was the best piece of literature my eyes has ever fallen upon, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for writing this ILYYY, as it has raised my standards, transformed my perspective on life, and will be something that I’ll remember until the day I leave the earth ( serious ). It would be used as reference for my fanfic rating scale with snowbitten being a 11 in the 1-10 rating chart.

In all seriousness though, this truly was amazing and well written, and I love the way you write Chan, the emotions, feelings, praise and the way you captured his small habits like his squeaking laughs and lip bite was immaculate, the way he had his shy and confident moments made it even hotter and more realistic. Aswell as the emotions felt by reader, I teared up at some parts, along with how descriptive you were with everything AAAAAA I don’t have words to describe how much I loved it. Chan is my bias and ultimate comfort so this was really impactful and comforting to me! 💕I would love to see more daddy Chan fics like this by you in the future! Perhaps riding him or him putting you in a chokehold? Or really just anything Chan related 😔 but it’s up to you so no pressure! I also love it when he is a little condescending and mean but also loving at the same time..

By the way have you seen that recent clip of him at the concert with a simple black shirt, pants and curly hair?? Omg I died when I saw that, I think he looks the hottest in casual clothes and natural hair,, If I could I’ll keep on yapping but I have to go to sleep now, I hope you stay healthy and happy, take care!! 💟💟🥹🥹

OH MY GOD NONNIE YOU ARE TOO KIND OMGGGGG IM GIGGLING AND KICKING MY FEET RN!! i honestly was worried it felt rushed or lazy but hearing this was such a confidence boost thank you so much oh my gosh😭😭😭🩷

and yes ofc! on the seungchan kinkmas event there will definetly be more manhandling type content like that so stay tuned!! and sigh black tshirt channie is always a treat. the way his muscles bulge on the sleeves omllll🤭

but seriously thank you again for the high praise you are SO SWEETTTT PLS BE A REGULAR ANON IF UR UP TO IT ILL GIVE U A NAME OR EMOJI LOVEBUG🫶🏽

[chanbig]

🕯🍄🪐📚🔪🌸 (we require Fluffy!)

thank you anna!! 🩷

🕯️ ⇢ on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that? 

6-7 maybe, with the caveat that i enjoy editing while i go, and am constantly editing a fic while im writing it, so by the time im "done" (i.e. finished writing all the scenes) i usually only have to make minor edits/adjustments. ive tried just writing the whole thing and then going back and editing, but i find keeping in the bits that arent working (and i know arent working) makes it difficult for me to write more, as i feel like the fic isnt flowing right and i get stuck. 

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

my headcanon is that big and chan are alive i feel like most of my headcanons are specific to the fic im writing at the time but i do like the idea of big and chan both being very light sleepers due to their jobs and therefore often dont sleep well, but together they sleep very well, just very comfortable 🩷 also that big is verrrryyyy sensitive to chan's touch so it never takes him that long when chan is the one stroking him 😏😳

🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now

they are giving us a pizza party at work (not how they phrased it but...) which is possibly the cheapest party they could give us but!!! pizza 💕 that's nice. 

im learning how to fanbind my fics rn and its really fun so far!! i have a lot of idea about covers etc that im excited to try out

im holding the house in place on the second one, it's glued down now

uhhhhhhh third thing is it's my birthday next month!!! yay!!!!! 🎉🩷

📚 ⇢ what's the last thing you wrote down in your notes app? 

It's a rookie mistake, the kind of mistake Chan has warned against, again and again, with each new class of bodyguard recruits. He's said it thousands of times by now, the words familiar as his breath--

Never attempt a rescue alone. 

Never in the dark, in unfamiliar terrain, with possible enemies still at large. Never unprepared, rushing, heartbeat thundering, the memory of the familiar form on a motorcycle veering off into the trees sharper than the shaky outline of the underbrush in the lone beam of his flashlight.

Not even if he sees Big, there, close, a tangle of limbs in the dark, helmet flashing under the light, body so still--

🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

i cant think of anything truly that weird, like ive done research into a lot of injuries before (stabbing, shooting, detached retina, etc) but that seems pretty normal to me. maybe the weirdest/most intense way ive done research is im writing a story about a college soccer player, and i was watching all of the ncaa games online and reading all these soccer blogs and watching vlogs by random d1 soccer players about their days/training/games/travelling, with so many of the videos having like 100 views and being from like. 2009 😂 and i think most of those people have forgotten they put up those videos. and eventually i was like i need to go to an actual game in person so i got tickets for me and my family to go see a game and we all loved it so much that we've had season tickets for a couple of years now and went to see the womens world cup and we're all obsessed so 👍 all because of a story 😂

🌸 ⇢ do you have any pets? if you do, post some pictures of them

fluffy!!!!!! my baby boy old man 💕💕💕💕

writers truth or dare ask game!

[ramenwritesss]

nobody asked me to answer, but I’m gonna anyways 😝

🎱 ⇢ post your AO3 total stats 

Idk how to do that lol

🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction?

I couldn’t find any fics that I wanted bc I’m too specific, so I started writing. It was purely for fun and I wasn’t fully thinking about the fact that people might actually read it AND enjoy it lol

  🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love

me and some of my moots from TikTok created this playlist lol (it’s, like, 14 hours long)

🕯️ ⇢ on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that? Idk what that means but ima go off of what I’m thinking and that is just editing while proof reading and I enjoy it! 10/10

🛼 ⇢ describe your latest wip with five emojis

🙏👉😁🔥💀 (no, it’s not abt the burning church 💀🙏)

🥑 ⇢ you accidentally killed somebody, which mutual(s) do you text for help?

I’m new here, I have no EXTREMELY close moots so idk. But @paul-ster seems pretty chill so probably them (

🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love

I HAVE SO MANY I LOVE! But if I had to choose rn Soracha for the author and “Ron Weasley and His First Year at Hogwarts” by snoopy_owl. Two of my favs!

💌 ⇢ how many unread emails do you have right now? 

none, believe it or not. I constantly check it for ao3 updates. But I also have three separate yt accounts so I get regular emails abt comments and updates and I normally check them everyday. The only exception is one email I use for spam sites like grammarly, that email has 408 unread emails.

🌻 ⇢ tag someone you appreciate but don't talk to on a regular basis

@fictionalcharactergraveyard

🐇 ⇢ do you prefer writing original characters, reader inserts, or a mix of both? 

ooo, neither tbh. Unless its a one-shot or a mini fic where I add a S/O or like my unpublished Uber fic where I had to add several OG characters, I don’t like adding new ones bc I think it disrupts the story a lot and I normally don’t read fics when people do that. And personally, unless it’s the ones that are supposed to be halrious and satire, I think self-inserts are kinda cringey bc most people who write them over-sexulize the characters and add weird stuff in that makes me cringe (key word: MOST not ALL) but also I just cant imagine myself dating someone let alone my comfort characters.

🧃 ⇢ share some personal lore you never posted about before

I don’t think I have any

🎲 ⇢ what stops you from writing more in your free time?

I just can’t get into the writing mood. But when I start it’s really hard to stop

  🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

PURLY! I love to think Curly calls pony “Mi Amor” or like calls him pet names in Spanish. I think it’s really cute

🧸 ⇢ what's the fastest way to become your mutual?

literally don’t be fake as hell. Don’t be all shy and sweet like, if you are comeback or Yapping king/queen then tell me bc we can yap together. Like, If I can call you Pookie within the first four interactions, we are besties, considered us married at that point

🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now

I’m redecorating my room, I got a new puppy, and- wait, bitch, who gives a fuck, let’s be honest 💀🙏

📚 ⇢ what's the last thing you wrote down in your notes app?

can’t say bc it’s an unpublished chapter of a on going fic 😝

  🍬 ⇢ post an unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character

Harry Potter is kinda an ass

🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

I don’t write anything too bizarre so I can’t think of anything

🦷 ⇢ share some personal wisdom or a life hack you swear on

strive to accomplish what you set as a goal, not what society set as a standard or a must

❄️ ⇢ what's your dream theme/plot for a fic, and who would write it best?

My comfort character gets ignored hard core, makes new friends, get into shenanigans, and then a lot of angst ensues. Who would write it best? Mmm…Fictionalcharacter graveyard or Soracha

🌿 ⇢ give some advice on writer's block and low creativity

if you have a scene you want to write for a fic, start writing it but ONLY WRITE THE DIALOGUE. You can add who said it but I do it all the time and it gives me new ideas and gradually helps me continue a fic. It’s also easier to add detail in between when you are focused on that instead of getting to the next dialogue scene.

🥐 ⇢ name one internet reference that will always make you laugh 

Nick Sturniolos iconic “Then he will taste the rainbow while he goes out”

🏜️ ⇢ what's your favourite type of comment to receive on your work?

“I LOVE THIS, I CAN’T WAIT FOR ANOTHER CHAPTER!” Then they go on an entire yap session about how they think the fic will turn out or parts they’re excited for. It always makes me happy to see someone enjoy my hobby as much as I do even though we have different perspectives 🤭

🍦 ⇢ name three good things about a character you hate

Alr, ik im gonna get backlash but i cant stand Cherry Valence. 1. I will give it to her, she’s a downright badass.

2. her hair is really pretty

3. She was nice to pony at the drive in, I’ll give her some points (still don’t like her too much tho)

🥝 ⇢ do you lie a lot? what's the most recent lie you told?

Not much. Okay, this is gonna sound so fricking clique but that last lie I told was “Yeah, I’m fine, just tired” even though I know damn well I’m probably depressed asf

🦋 ⇢ share something that has been on your heart and mind lately

I have only older siblings and every time one moves out, I stop talking to them so I don’t become the annoying youngest sister, so I’m afraid their gonna forget about me, and they probably will. I only have two siblings that still live with me so that’s only two more people left to forget me before I’m totally alone lol. (Depressed, see?)

  🦴 ⇢ is there a piece of media that inspires your writing? 

book writers that can describe really well.

🍅 ⇢ give yourself some constructive criticism on your own writing

I think I’m too impatient and give myself an unrealistic deadline for stuff

🐚 ⇢ do you like or dislike surprises?

I like them a lot!

🪲 ⇢ add 50 words to your current wip and share the paragraph here

I’ll add that later lol

☁️ ⇢ what made you choose your username?

it was a name my family wouldn’t be able to find. I’m embarrassed to write bc my family LOVES to pick out your insecurities and hobbies and never let you live them down.

🐝 ⇢ tag your biggest supporter(s) and say one nice thing about them

again, I’m new here, so nobody here is my “supporter” but @shae-pine has liked all of my posts so ig them? I got to say, that “The Youngest (The Favorite)” fic I really liked! Ur also just the sweetest person ever! 😭🫶🏻

🌸 ⇢ do you have any pets? if you do, post some pictures of them

I have 7 (I had 8 but my cat passed away yesterday, RIP in the comments for Sophie 🩵)

I won’t post pics because that’s a large file 😭🙏

🎨 ⇢ link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it

I DONT HAVE THE LINK BUT I LOVE THIS

🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?

self insert, too much OOC scenes, pairings I don’t like, oc’s/characters unless it’s the character I’m reading abt, pure smut or p*rn, over sexulization or romanticizing R*pe, over detailed non-con, specific characters are dead, and the fic doesn’t focus on a character that I wanna read about.

[uriekukistan]

THIEF!

waiter waiter can i get uhhhhh:

🕯️🧃🧸🪐📚🎨🌸

sorry sorry 😞 ur tags were just too good

🕯️ ⇢ on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that?

0. i hate reading my own writing. bleh.

🧃 ⇢ share some personal lore you never posted about before

im trying to think of smth i havent told you? considering i am actively sharing my Deep Dark Past with you as i type this 😭😭 although ig it says smth i havent posted....hmmm.

i used to play violin and i was also pretty good at it, i was first chair in my orchestra and i ranked pretty highly in competitions when i did them. but i haven't played since like. 2020. and i've been enjoying having longer nails so.

🧸 ⇢ what's the fastest way to become your mutual?

uhhhhh i think i just go on vibes tbh TT_TT megumi or yuuta pfp is usually a good first impression for me i suppose. also i prefer if the majority of recent posts are abt something im interested in i guess

🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now

um. i am still alive. my cat exists and she loves me and i get so happy whenever i see her. uhhhhhhhhhh. i've written some decent things recently.

📚 ⇢ what's the last thing you wrote down in your notes app?

im gonna ignore the emo shit i wrote last night. not sharing that on tumblr dot com. the last thing after that is me studying for my spanish exam. i would share but it does mention where i live so uh.

i got an A on the exam tho

🎨 ⇢ link your favourite piece of fanart and explain why you like it

this ballet megumi piece by @melloneah is one of my favs, they drew it for my birthday and i was super super touched that they did this, especially bc the posing was so difficult <333 (fun fact the pose is from swan lake, the variation with That One Song Everyone Knows)

also im Always thinking abt hinamie's art. in particular i like this one rn. fushiguro touch-starved megumi...............................

🌸 ⇢ do you have any pets? if you do, post some pictures of them

my baby….her name is daisy btw

send me an ask perhaps :D

[kitpanthera]

chapters 9-10 🎉

traditional notice about not having to answer any/all of them! again, some of them are comments instead of questions, but i included them anyway. thanks! :)))

1. was bill actually surprised about dipper being able to do magic in real life?

2. dipper thinking of himself as an "unimportant, average, weak kid" before meeting bill,,,, what if i nuked california. and him OWING bill for not being that way anymore,,, guess he didn't really escape a transactional friendship.

3. dipper not being concerned about giving more of his mind over to bill! he's really drinking that kool-aid.

4. shoutout to bill for giving politicians nightmares! interesting that one of the first ways he introduces dipper to magic is by doing one of bill's favorite things and getting him to like it too. something else for them to bond over?

5. bill being the only one that dipper feels like he’s able to relate to or feel comfortable around, finally being liked by someone whos not obliged to like him, NOT BEING INVISIBLE TO SOMEONE. i am scaling the walls of my house rn.

his whole "if this is a con, then i deserve to fall for it" if a tree falls in a forest...

dipper being "estranged" from the world -- like the actual constellation, always there but only seen if you look for it! stars are things most people don't appreciate until they're gone,,,

6. of the switched bill has flipped, is one of them dipper not being annoyed that he's never alone?

7. if bill can't be in multiple places at once and he's now with dipper 24/7, does that mean the henchmaniacs were unsupervised this entire time?

8. dipper not even realizing the terms of their deal until bill repeats it back to him!

9. i fear half of my questions are just going to end up being "really or more flattery from bill" because i am once again wondering if dipper is actually a natural at floating

10. of course one of the first things bill teaches him in real life is a defensive shield spell after dipper made a big deal of bill telling him he CAN stand up for himself and defend himself. was that planned or just another opening for bill?

11. do you think dipper felt a sort of kinship with wendy when robbie didn't listen to her since he feels that no one ever listens to him either?

12. i love how you can feel the shift in dipper slowly happening (bill having to "pull him back," being happy that robbie scared of him and that he's powerful)... is this something anyone else beyond bill, dipper, and mabel has noticed?

1. Once again, a matter of timing. Bill is pleased with the timeline here, so he's definitely leaning in hard to the praise for it, because the more accelerated the timeline, the closer he gets to Weirdmageddon.

2. See, it's interesting you say that, because Dipper doesn't really view it as transactional despite his phrasing it that way. Like, to him, everything Bill has done for him, their friendship feels unbalanced, because he feels like he hasn't done anything for Bill. And it's not that he needs to, but like, a healthy friendship, both parties put in effort, and he more so feels here that he has to put more effort in for the sake of their friendship. As a friend, he owes Bill that!

3. Oh yeah! He trusts Bill fully. Kinda. As a kid who's mature for his age, he's confident he knows what he's doing.

4. Yes! Bill sees himself in Dipper, in certain ways, and wants Dipper to mirror him further, and it's a good way to bond, to relate in more and more ways.

5. Comments like this one,, you understand me so well. Bill is everything Dipper has been looking for in this life, and he's someone who Dipper is confident he can't ever lose, since he's immortal and seems dedicated to being his friend. Dipper is seen, he's heard, he's praised, learning confidence, less anxious and more self-assured with Bill at his side. The direct parallel between Dipper and constellations, very intentional (glad you picked up on this!!). In a way, being so estranged, like Bill, they've both always looked to the stars when they felt that way.

6. Yes! Also he's kinda turned down, almost off, his anxiety. In canon, Dipper is a bit of an anxious wreck sometimes, but he doesn't have those same reactions with Bill flipping switches.

7. You mentioned in a later ask my solution was in another chapter :)

8. Yeah he doesn't care! He's just happy to learn magic and hang out with a friend, so what if said friend can access his mind?

9. He seems to be, yeah!

10. It was a good opening for him. Bill wasn't quite sure what he would work on first, but after that talk, he decided that defensive magic was a good place to start, especially since it's far less suspicious than offensive magic. At this point, he's working with Dipper and trying to give him things that might not make Mabel as suspicious, because Dipper wants her to trust him, and Bill thinks it might not be so bad if she did.

11. Yes! As opposed to canon, where Dipper is super defensive because of his crush, he's gotten over that almost completely by this point in my fic, and is so defensive because he knows what it feels like not to be heard or listened to, especially by someone who claims to care about him (such as Mabel).

12. Not so far! Everyone else has been kept at an arm's length and in the dark. And! The only reason Bill pulled him back was to keep his appearance as a good guy.

[killerandhealerqueen]

For your asks. 😁 hope you have fun.

🪐🌵🕯🧃🥐🔪

Thank you darling!

🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now

It's finally the weekend, which means I get to relax

Work (well, work rn is like 50/50 but I'm still enjoying it so I count that as a good thing)

Got back into reading

🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love

A lot of my spotify and youtube playlists are private, so I don't have any links to share, sorry

🕯️ ⇢ on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that?

I don't, so like a 1. Idk, I'm just more of a one and done kind of person, I don't like to go back and fix stuff unless it's like absolutely necessary

🧃 ⇢ share some personal lore you never posted about before

Fuck, there's not a lot of lore that I haven't shared on here...but I guess something is that caffeine doesn't affect me. It makes me more tired, doesn't wake me up so much

🥐 ⇢ name one internet reference that will always make you laugh 

"Road work ahead, uh yeah, I sure hope it does" I say it all the time when I'm driving

🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

Oh boy....literally anything for any of my research papers in grad school. I'm sure the FBI is like what the fuck is this girl looking up, shit

Writers Truth & Dare Ask Game | send me asks

[applestorms]

GOOD OMENS.

CLENCH UP BITCHES WE'RE DOING THIS. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS READ WITH CAUTION my hands are still shaking from finishing season 2 approximately 13.420 minutes ago so everybody clam the fuigk up/down. we're getting IN to this one. 10 sections.

okay, before i get into anything specific, i just wanna say: this series has had some of the best writing i've seen in a tv show & it's really fucking gratifying to watch. this season in particular had some really clear, distinct themes that were evolved upon and executed pretty much perfectly imo, to the point that i almost feel like i can guess what a good deal of season 3 is probably gonna look like (see section 12). this is great!! it means the writers are really paying attention to what the story is doing & what the characters are feeling/going through at any given moment in the story, & it just makes the series that much stronger on a rewatch. this season in particular really hits that sweet spot for me of being overt & clear w/ its themes w/o treating its audiences like idiots, it just. works.

i'm not going to touch on season 1 as much here since it's not as fresh as s2 for me rn, but hopefully this post can help bring some additional analysis/reflection to the new season. not sure how much of this will be totally crazy wild & new, but perhaps some interesting points will come outta the process. hope you enjoy the read!! there's 13 sections so feel free to skip around.

1. aziraphale as the beautiful execution of a flawed protagonist (ft. crowley's pining)

one of the best parts of this season by far comes from the character writing, particularly for the main two & especially for aziraphale. aziraphale was my personal favorite to watch for this entire season actually, he & crowley are both such a fucking mess but aziraphale in particular hides it in such a fascinating way to me. it's not just like watching a car crash, it's like sitting on a park bench watching a man drive a bus into a stoplight, like full on crunch the vehicle in half squish, and then just get out & carry on walking like nothing is wrong & he isn't dripping blood & scraping broken bones across the concrete.

on a broader scale, there is something incredibly appealing about how aziraphale & crowley are presented, even at a very base level. even w/o the fantastic acting of michael sheen & david tennant specifically, it's a pretty common thing that fandom will default to shipping Narrative Foils, & these two are the epitome of that. a demon who can't stop being a nice guy & an angel who keeps cutely being an asshole- this is a great base to work off of, & again the execution thus far has been excellent.

what i like about aziraphale in particular is how complex his character ends up being while still fitting into a very particular role. while crowley to some degree fits into an already pretty popular & well-loved character model (that of the grumpy nice guy), aziraphale has to hit a couple of very important & precise traits, being both outwardly very likeable & endearing while simultaneously constantly fucking up & doing increasingly egregious shit. i really can't commend michael sheen enough for his acting in helping to get the balance right- it would be STUPIDLY easy to make aziraphale the most obnoxious character to ever grace the screen if performed or written incorrectly, the kind of outwardly-kind asshole that does horrific shit w/o reflecting since the show runners seem incapable of seeing the character for what they are & it all just ends up driving viewers up the wall (e.g. emily in paris).

what i think makes aziraphale work is the fact that he is just genuine enough in his actions that when he does something legitimately horrible, it's both so subtle you almost don't even pick up on it, too distracted by the emotions you feel in following his perspective, & just motivated enough that it's easy to write him off w/o thinking any deeper. as much as crowley calls aziraphale out for being a bad magician, i think it's spot on that the one thing he is quite skilled at is misdirection. you spend a lot of time in this show following very closely with either aziraphale or crowley's POV, but in s2 especially the contrast between those two views is quite overt. while crowley's perspective is often a lot quieter, more reflective & also overtly anxious as he throws himself into stressful situations purely for the sake of supporting az, aziraphale's POV is always very loud & chaotic as he runs around, finding pubs & fighting demons & doing whatever the fuck else he wants to at any given moment.

the main flaw of aziraphale in this season is, imo, selfishness, a direct contrast to crowley's continual self-sacrifice when it comes to aziraphale. in both cases though, this is (pushed to become) a flaw that i think ultimately leads to their inability to connect at the end of the season. but in order to understand that more, we're going to have to take a closer look into the circumstances that have thus far shaped both aziraphale & crowley's characters.

2. denial as a defense mechanism: heaven & hell as life threatening danger

if there's one thing s2 has not forgotten when it comes to a&c, it's the circumstances of s1 that led them to their current emotional/mental states.

slight tangent to lead back into this point: in my work as a librarian, i end up dealing w/ a very particular set of clientele when it comes to the kinds of people that regularly use a public library. parents w/ young children, older gentlemen & ladies looking to escape the more extreme weather, and (for my city, at least) lots and lots of people who no longer have stable housing. since an often forgotten about goal of a public library (well, to the general population) is social services, as a part of my training i've recently been working through a book on what is essentially trauma-informed customer service, which has led to a lot of insight.

one point in particular that i want to highlight here is the idea that traumatic instances are both common & intensely significant in how they can change a person's behavior. defense mechanisms that may make sense in the context of a traumatic event will often stick w/ people even as the context they're in changes & the instincts are no longer useful, instead making the individuals' life even more difficult.

if there is one trauma that defines a lot of the current problems that a&c are going through, it's the fear that originates from the constant surveillance and, in turn, threat of complete eradication that comes from both heaven & hell.

significantly, crowley & aziraphale both respond to this threat in distinctly different ways: where crowley clings to the idea of escape, of creating a place where it's him and aziraphale against the world (alpha centauri), in part idealizing aziraphale as both his only friend ("friend") & the only person he could ever truly trust (crowley also likely has some trauma from the fall but we'll get to that), aziraphale viciously denies that they even have a relationship, all the while simultaneously relying on crowley heavily to do a lot of his dirty work for him. (see this post for the endgame twist on that idea.) it's significant to me that a good chunk of aziraphale's earliest morally dubious actions involve lying- since he's been doing it for so long, it's probably one of the easiest things for him to write off as not that bad, so it's natural that he would default to it as a defense mechanism here too.

to clarify, crowley does engage in denial too, though it's obvious from the emotional climaxes of both season 1 & 2 that he is much less committed to it, likely doing it for the sake of easing aziraphale's mind and/or giving himself something to fall back on so he doesn't attract too much attention from the people that can really hurt them. overall though, these are both basically just fight/flight responses- crowley ultimately wants to run away from or fight everyone that can hurt them (& betrayed him by letting him down in the past) and aziraphale ultimately just wants to deny that the problem even exists.

if we see aziraphale's later stated goal of, "Let's change heaven for the better," as an evolution off of his earlier mindset, this is also basically what their final argument in ep6 comes down to: crowley wanting to run away and aziraphale wanting to go & fight for change. what's so aggravating about this conversation is that they also want the exact same thing: EACH OTHER. (idiots.) (maggie & nina were spot on, of course. it's not just nightingales missing in that silence.) this is not even to mention the fact that they are utilizing these defense mechanisms not just in an attempt to protect themselves, but ultimately to protect one another. think about that one late at night if you wanna get up the motivation to key mr. gaiman's car.

it's also interesting to note that in s1 crowley basically wins this argument, getting the chance to settle down (albeit, still under pretty questionable circumstances) as he & aziraphale (supposedly) create their own little corner of the world away from everyone else. it still doesn't work though as neither of their solutions really get at the core of the problem, which is 1. the horrific bureaucratic systems of heaven & hell that Don't Give a Shit about People at all, and 2. their own unspoken fears & feelings (romantic & otherwise).

3. good, evil, & narrative foils: crowley edition

since i extrapolated on aziraphale's character in section 1 and a&c's relationship in 2, i think it's only right that i look into crowley more for 3.

for all the pain & agony & tears that it brings, i really do think that ep6 is the best ep of s2. specifically, i think that ep6 is the one that shows the primary issues of a&c that have been plaguing them throughout the season (& even previously in s1) the most overtly, and this is especially true of crowley.

there are two things that aziraphale gets wrong about heaven in their final argument: 1st, the idea that heaven is necessarily better than hell, & 2nd the idea that crowley would ever want anything to do w/ it again.

i've seen some people talking about crowley like he's the voice of reason this season, but i don't necessarily agree, or at least not entirely. he's completely right when he says that heaven & hell is toxic in their final argument, yes, but i don't think his motivation in saying that is purely from observation either. remember that point i mentioned earlier, about crowley also having trauma from his initial fall? where aziraphale naturally trusts people to a fault (see: gabriel, but also picking up shax, the graveyard, etc.), crowley is plagued by a complete inability to trust anyone around him, & it's my opinion that a lot of this comes from the trauma of his initial fall.

the one exception to this is, of course, aziraphale, who we can see attempting to be a friend to crowley both before & long after his fall, but aside from him crowley Does Not trust anyone else around him & honestly for good reason. while we can write off hell as just being Like That, even if crowley didn't initially want to fall (as is heavily implied in a few flashback scenes), he certainly doesn't want to be dragged back into a supposedly great position that he knows he could lose again at any wrong comment. this is also (in part) why i think crowley reacts so strongly to aziraphale's "Nothing lasts forever," comment- after going through the horror of losing his divinity & all the stress of the last few seasons, the one thing crowley probably wants is stability, & he's been relying on aziraphale as the source of that. you're both doing the dance for this one, boys.

to reiterate: don't forget the graveyard scene when it comes to crowley doing absolutely anything for aziraphale to the point that it hurts him, both in terms of the supposed punishment he got from hell (that az skips over real fast in his narration) & how aziraphale continues to deny both the reality of their relationship & how much his denial hurts crowley.

4. beelz & gabe the weirdest couple imaginable. good for them. good for them. also: heaven & hell as two equally controlling/toxic sides of a bureaucracy

the Big Bads of the last few seasons took more of a backseat for this one which makes sense considering the focus on a&c and all of the parallel couples, but i do think the one point that was emphasized for them is very important, and that's the ways in which both heaven & hell parallel each other as shitty bureaucratic pyramids of power.

if we consider this meme to be true, i think crowley really is right when it comes to his analysis of heaven & hell, though we're probably just gonna have to wait until s3 to see the exact route the show decides to take.

a big running thread w/in either of these two groups is the fight for promotions, both in terms of people clawing their way up to get more power & in terms of people being replaceable. crowley & gabriel getting kicked out of their positions is just a vacancy of power to the companies that are Good Omens Heaven & Hell, and there is a very clear parallel between shax & michael & their desire for control. what's notable is how that parallel might also now extend to aziraphale what w/ his new promotion. all very fitting concepts to cover in a post-covid, writers-strike context, which i have seen our resident mr. gaiman posting about.

5. yuri on ice, hannibal, & the beauty of acknowledged romantic tension

if there is ONE thing i am disgustingly grateful for in this show it's the fact that we finally have some concrete follow-through on the romantic tension between a&c that permeated through s1. there's only so many times a man can call his best bud "Angel" completely unironically before it gets fucking stupid (cough cough dean winchester cough). but also, to put it in the words of another text post around here: I love how the kiss was awful.

even if there wasn't a kiss, the fact that this fucking entire season fucking revolved around love & featured all kinds of parallel couples should be enough to clue you in on the romantic tension between a&c, if you somehow were blind enough to miss it before. that being said, i'm really glad that the kiss was executed the way that it was, essentially summarizing all of the tension & anguish that had been built up over the last few seasons in an explosion. the state of aziraphale & crowley's relationship hurts more because they kissed, because the tension finally overflowed & it still wasn't enough to stop him from getting in the stupid elevator & running away again.

sorry had to take a break to aggressively listen to the better call saul theme song again. anyways, while i know there are some other shows that have set precedent for this in acknowledging the romantic development between their leads, i can't stop thinking about two in particular in comparison to good omens: yuri on ice, for the literal cinematic parallels between the kiss, and nbc hannibal, for the creator acknowledgement & slow lead up to the climax.

what i am desperately hoping & praying for w/ good omens is season 3, since it feels like all too often when we finally get a good, Gay:tm: show it's always this big, flashy thing right at the end that everyone freaks out about & adores (around these parts, at least) but is never evolved upon. i think gomens has a good chance since we've got more precedent now, the creators/actors/etc are more open about it, & the season is clearly unfinished w/ a ravenous fanbase, but something something supernatural trauma i'll trust it when i see it. can't always believe these corporate fuckers. at the very least though they probably wouldn't write this kind of ending if they didn't think they had a good case for another season, so.

ok, a couple shorter sections cause i'm undoubtedly gonna run out of space if i keep at this pace:

6. the resurrectionists was a really good arc that i enjoyed a lot

exactly what it says tbh, the writing for this arc in particular really stood out to me.

i mentioned earlier that s2 has some really good character writing & i think that's in part because it's necessary as a kind of transition season, reflecting on the chaos that happened w/ the first go at armageddon & setting up for the next apocalyptic event that is likely planned for s3. it's for this reason that i think the resurrectionists arc is really strong, establishing in particular all the flaws of aziraphale's character that i went over previously in a very interesting way that still manages to weave into the previously established, albeit quite sparse flashback timeline established in s1. the morally dubious nature of grave robbing for the sake of science & medicine is the perfect context to put characters like a&c in, and the more overt look into class w/ a character like elspeth works really well in helping to ground the more abstract social commentary associated w/ heaven & hell.

7. ramblings about sequels & whatnot

it can be really difficult to write a sequel, especially when the first go at the story cleaned up its plot so well by the end, but where s2 is strongest imo is in establishing the ways that crowley & aziraphale still need to grow.

i almost think that this season had to end horrifically tragic, in a similar way that i think book 2 of the simon snow series wayward son had to end on a pretty dour note. in order for 1 & 3 to have decently high notes, 2 just often has to be pretty miserable to balance it all out.

this is also why i think the maggie/nina storyline is so important overall. not only do those two establish the most overt romantic parallel to a&c, helping to transition the story from s1 & set up for ep6, but they also end on a distinctly hopeful note that's in direct contrast to the scene that comes immediately after they leave. the parallel plants at least the tiniest seed of hope that a&c can sort their shit out if given some time & communication, similar to maggie & nina. it also makes a lot more sense in establishing why crowley chooses that moment of all times to bother w/ a love confession- i genuinely don't think the kiss would work if m&n didn't have a little sit-down intervention w/ him beforehand.

8. SPECULATION: aziraphale vs. crowley apocalyptic fight, dissolving of the current organization of heaven & hell, affirmation of the beauty of humanity & morality?

a list of my speculation about what may or may not happen in s3:

apocalypse part 2 only this time aziraphale & crowley are actually gonna be fighting each other & it's going to be fucking agonizing to watch especially in direct contrast to s1

there's probably going to be some sort of attempt to get crowley into an equal/parallel position to aziraphale in hell. whether or not he actually decides to take this position is kinda up in the air, but either way he's going to fight it at first out of a hatred of both sides. if he does eventually agree it'll be under some sort of condition to save aziraphale, and/or a fake out trick that also is to save aziraphale.

i just don't think i can see a happy ending where heaven & hell stay in their same structure. w/ such big characters as gabriel & beelzebub just fucking gone into the middle of nowhere there's gotta be some kind of re-establishment of the two sides & their relations. the only way it might not change is if the Religion Lore gets in the way, but w/ the established politics of this show & mr. gaiman i can't see an ending that just allows the status quo to continue on exactly as horrible as it's been.

crowley back in his apartment? (plsplspls.) also something really heart-wrenching & emotional related to the car & the bookstore after a&c have been separated from them because of course. personally requesting additional exploration of the car as a symbol of crowley himself/able to be influenced by aziraphale e.g. scooting towards az, yellow is so pretty, etc. etc.

more flashbacks, maybe more from crowley's pov this time? like something to do w/ that period where he was supposedly being punished for helping aziraphale, more about his experiences w/ hell & the fall, etc.

something something affirmation of the beauty of humanity & the world, ft. a&c bonding over their mutual love of it again. they were each others only real friend for how many thousands of years, if they're gonna be fighting OR attempting a romantic bond that's going to be significant.

when the actual romantic reconciliation happens is kinda up in the air, but it depends on what the Big Bad ends up being, an external force of heaven & hell or a&c themselves. personally, i think that heaven & hell are just gonna keep getting weaker but w/ aziraphale in charge maybe that'll change (or maybe it'll be the catalyst lolol). if it's external they'll probably get together earlier in the season, if it's more internal probably not til the end, though there might be a momentary reconciliation for the sake of fighting something else.

i'm a bit more up in the air about this one, but maybe something more w/ satan & god as the top of the pyramid when it comes to heaven & hell? good omens is all about that kind of contrast so it might make sense. this also assumes that s3 is the presumed end of the series, which may or may not be the case.

if this does end up being the end of the series: i really, really, really, would not be surprised if crowley & aziraphale end up fully human. it's quite the obvious answer but it just makes so much sense for their characters, w/ their love of the world & whatnot. then again a lot of their relationship has also been related to immortality, but also then again there's a lot of stories out there about immortals hating their long lives & wanting to just settle down like normal people so. ehh. oh speaking of settling down,

9. they're NOT married, that's the PROBLEM: thirteen seconds.

thirteen. full. seconds. of the Most Awful Kiss. known to contemporary tv.

they're not married that's th eentire fuckigngggng proble m.,,..,,..,.

10. "I forgive you."

this is such a nonsensical line it makes me so absurdly angry. what the fuck are you doing aziraphale. well, presumably the exact same thing crowley was trying to do by kissing you, but i digress.

bonus edit, i thought of this literal seconds before falling asleep & now i can’t get it out of my mind: crowley needs aziraphale for stability, aziraphale needs stability to have crowley. mic drop

[zimithrus]

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You sure absolutely can!! (Sorry for the late response I've finally just had enough time to answer this on my computer!)

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On a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing?

Ooh, I'd give that a solid 9 actually! Most of the time when I'm editing, I just enjoy reading through my fic again while finding little spelling and grammar errors. Most of the time I'll say to myself 'Okay, I'm gonna write tonight, for sure', and then I end up doing a little bit of editing and then I just start reading and yeah, needless to say, I edit more than I write sometimes 😅

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Time for a little bit of backstory here as I've used this username since I was 8. Picture it - the internet in the 00's, online games are popular af, one of those being a little something called Runescape. My older brother gets me into said game, as he and his friends played it any chance there was an internet connection (because back then internet was more of a luxury than it was a necessity). It comes time to name my green-haired warrior girl. I can't think of shit. So my brother helps me come up with a name. 'How about Zimithrus?' And I thought that name was so freaking cool, I was all [8-year-old equivalent of]: 'Fuck yeah!!' And any time I made an account anywhere else (Toontown, Webkinz, Quizilla, etc.) I used that name. Now it's like, my second name lmao. I love being called Zim or Zimi or any other variant. 💚

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What will make you click away from a fanfic immediately?

Big blocks of text. Every time, without fail. No paragraph breaks, no separate lines when characters start speaking, just a massive wall of text. Can't do it. Even if it has my favorite characters and my favorite ships and all of my favorite tropes and genres, it could tick every single box but if I click in and see a big ass wall of text I'm gone 👋😆

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