#or write a psuedo plot

[ghostlybumblebees]

every hyperfixation needs a special interest crossover au. im calling sburbbound

[abimee]

tried writing about it last night but gave up halfway through cause I forgot why I was doing it but I realized I wanna do it just to talk about B&G. anyway remember the photo of undyne in the track & field team kris stole + these drawings

each main B&G character has a ''song'' that's meant to exemplify their 'pivotal moment' --- a sort of experience either in the past, present, or future that arcs their whole story and is meant to be important to what their plot means. Anyway

Undyne's main song is ''Middle Distance Runner'' by Sea Wolf, and it's meant to represent both her experience in highschool (what is ultimately the vital part of her past that will get worked out in the fic proper) and also her friendship with MTT

undyne in B&G since she was a young lass always enjoyed running/working out and her family saw a future in her as an athlete, even olympic, and track was always what took Undyne's mind off of things and what she considered was her best skill. She struggled making friends with other kids because she was often rough with them and her high-octane personality ostracized her from other girls, and running was the only thing that felt like it blew off the energy she had boiling inside of her.

in highschool she joined the girl's Track & Field extracurricular because it would look good on college applications and of course the runner would want to run in the running sport. Undyne sort of revolves herself around Track because shes not very good at other aspects of school and, again, bad at making friends due to her rough personality. Lemon comes to live with her around freshman year this time alongside Shyren as Shyren has just recently been kicked out of the house by her mother (Undyne's aunt) and Lemon came with because wherever her sister goes she goes, and Undyne is excited to have her around especially since she's a year ahead in grade and so they'll be going to school together.

The only friend Undyne has besides her cousin is ofc her neighbor MTT who she's been friends with since they were little and MTT's family moved in next door. MTT made good friends with Lemon when she started living in the area and formed like a psuedo-crush thing but it's a bit of a point of contention in his past because Lemon was an out lesbian and MTT was having the ~gender stuff around HS so he didn't know what to make of liking Lemon while also being unsure if he's a girl at all. Anyway

Anyway MTT is forced to join Track because his family (mother in specific dont ask shit about her) is worried he's going to become a 'deliquent' with the behaviors hes been exhibiting entering HS (mostly about ditching classes and focusing a lot on his physical appearance and hanging around certain people) but most of this behavior is again related to his upcoming gender stuff. but they think that making him take Track will get him involved in a better crowd and that it'll work out his 'growing pains'. Lemon hangs out with undyne (and MTT) after school watching them practice and this helps Lemon and MTT get close since she's siding sideline and MTT feels sidelined by his group while Undyne is actually focusing on her form and practice.

For reasons related to the main plot of the fic we are Not going into the highschool years outside of the track stuff much but anyway: they really do hit it off because Lemon finds MTT interesting and Undyne isnt... jealous per-say? but it's stuff about how MTT starts hanging around Lemon more than her despite them having been this close 🤞 since they were kids but again MTT's gender stuff, some at-home conflict brewing, and both of them growing up is starting to form a rift and MTT having a crush on Lemon is especially not helping. but Undyne lets it slide cause it's not like she can Hog MTT or anything.

The pivotal moment for Undyne though is around. ~Junior year? Their Track & Field team hosts their junior T&F event where the competing schools from different districts all come to participate in an Olympics-style competition, which Undyne has basically been training for because she sees this as her chance to show herself and her skills and all she's worked for. Her and MTT are matched up in a middle-distance event and MTT tries ro get out of it because he literally doesn't want to do T&F and was just there because he was forced to but their teacher doesn't allow him to swap out because they want MTT to actually try for once.

They end up doing the middle-distance, and of course Undyne is neck-to-neck with another kid but she's positive she can make a final break for it and get first, especially since her family was there to watch her and she sort of wanted to prove herself to them though not in a sort of family-neglect way, but in that Undyne knew her failings and so wanted to feel pride in something for once --- meanwhile nobody from MTT's family showed up besides his agoraphobic cousin Napsta, but Lemon told him beforehand she came to cheer him on in specific.

He keeps a moderate pace but is obviouslty going to be dead-last, but his teacher keeps yelling at him to ''try'' for once, and he wants to because he wants to hear the crowd cheer for him and to be a star, but his body is holding him back and he doesn't want to be seen in /this/ body, he sees it like a faulty machine that's giving out on him and breaking down and he doesn't want to be memorialized when hes like this, and thats when he starts to realize something is wrong and that he feels too hot and cant catch his breath and is struggling to keep upright.

Undyne notices that MTT is really starting to struggle across the track and she wants to keep going and she knows she can make it and her team is cheering her on and everything, but she's also studied a lot about athletic-related illnesses and injuries in her spare time because she wondered about the human body and its limit and in it wanted to learn about the things that can hold you back (this comes back around to why she's a physical therapist as a career), and she realizes that MTT is most likely suffering heat stroke due to over-exerting himself in the spring weather, and like --- she knows she can make it to the finish line and come back around to MTT, but something compells her to hard-turn and cut across the field, to her teammates HORROR, and get to MTT just as he nearly collapses onto the hot track asphalt. Undyne doesn't remember who won the race, only remembers her teamates yelling at her as she yelled for their teacher to get a nurse, and remembers looking at MTT crumpled up on the ground of the track and feeling powerless to stop whats happening to her friend.

The teacher doesnt want this to be a scene though Lemon and Shyren do come running onto the track to see whats happened, and the three are sent away as the nurse takes MTT away, and Undyne returns to her teammates not caring about MTT's sudden collapse and just getting on her for ''whiffing'' the event, and how she shouldve never ran and thst

MTT makes a decently-full recovery but is bedridden for a week or two, while Undyne ends off the T&F event in third overall for events, having done alright at other events but the throw of the middle-distance hanging over her. She goes and sees MTT with Lemon and Shyren, and Undyne sort of blames all of this on him but doesnt say it, and is surprised when MTT gives her a little slip of paper that is the one hanging framed in her house to this day

thats it by [throws confetti]

[darklitost]

welcome to my little corner of filth and depravity. yes, you read that right; l&ds is sorely lacking in darker content on the other side of the web (ao3), so i decided to open up requests here and write for the l&ds girlies who prefer darker content! i will write for every male lead (and some side characters as well), however i do have my preferences. keep reading below if you want to make a request! i'm a caleb girl, soooo, send me your super secret, dark! caleb ideas. please. i beg. check out my ao3 account for examples of my writing.

⌦ ONE. CHARACTERS + PREFERENCE. i am sorely, sorely lacking in writing experience with Zayne. he is far too similar to myself, which makes me dislike him as love interest-and therefore i don't really consume any content with him in it, cards included. however! if you can forgive my mischaracterization from time to time, then i will be happy to write him for you. ⌦ TWO. DEAD DOVE: DO NOT EAT, SQUICK, ETC.

if you've browsed my account and taken a peek at my pinned post, then you'll know that i have some pretty dark/unsavory/morally black ideas for l&ds stories, plots, and headcanons. i can't write fluff to save my life. do i like writing it? yes, but it isn't my niche, so to speak. obviously, if you're a minor, you do not belong here. at all. skedaddle, ye little children! you'll be blocked on-site. the same goes for those who can't seem to control themselves and read things they know they get triggered by (a.k.a caleb's psuedo-incest trope) and fly off the handle. be an adult, or at least act like the age you are, and just exit out of the post if you don't like it. i won't hold your hand and baby you through the dead dove scenes. ⌦ THREE. LENGTH & PROSE.

i have a very flowery, elaborate way of writing. unlike this post, i don't write in all lowercase unless it's for a) headcanons or b) food for thought. my fics can span anywhere from 1k words to 30k words. i have a caleb fic i'm working on that is going to be around 200k words when i'm finished with it, so, take that as you will. you can request a certain length, but generally it depends on how creative i am at the time and/or my mood. ⌦ FOUR. DO NOT REQUEST...

♡. kinks regarding certain (some) bodily fluids (depends on the kink/context) or biological human waste. ♡. vague requests regarding a specific plot. don't be vague, fill up my inbox! gush about what you want! ♡. furries. sorry, local tumblr furries, but i just can't do it. ♡. and expect a certain time for me to post. i'm slow, you all. like... i agonize over perfection.

and that's that! you can shoot a request into my inbox (labeled 'make a request') and i'll get back to you, usually with the request in question. <3

[mrstsung]

My unpopular mk opinions

These are my unpopular opinions,venting,and genuinely how i feel about mk lore and characters.

This is just my personal opinions and feels ok? If you do not agree nor like. Then this post IS NOT FOR YOU! so keep scrolling down. (I can't believe i have to remind people of common sense and how to use their brain functions.)

But yeah. Here they are. It's a long one.

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Ok like i said a but long. But bear with me.

• Im sorry but liu kang x kitana can not realistically happen. At least for long term. They both have too much going on. Kitana has a whole realm let alone her own goals too separate from liu. And no offense guys but liu kang said he wants out in several stories endings. So a peaceful,quiet,normal lady and/or spouce is what he needs. Away from kombat,away from mortal kombat especially. So yeah....sorry guys. But your little fantasy of liu kang being with some badass warrior chick is just that. A fantasy and a boring one at that. Liu kang just needs a simple honey by his side. (This goes for liu kang being paired up with any of the known established lady characters)

• Speaking of which,liu kang should've retired. Not become a god. What was nrs thinking?!

• Kung lao should've been champion and the new chosen one. But y'all allergic to good storytelling.

• I could say so much about the lady characters. But I'll keep it short. Unfortunately guys,sexism exists. And it's affecting men too so if they actually eant people to enjoy fighting games. Dont make your lady fighters like shit and only eye candy. Let alone make them broken because your too lazy to program good movesets for them that actually work.

• Ah raiden raiden raiden. Where do i begin? First,they screw you over AGAIN. they take away you're whole ass personality. Nrs  only pretends now to actually gaf about you. And most of that is lip service. Shall i continue? You should've been retired by now. And not to mention they defang you for plot and treat you like shit as well as your mains. That pretty much covers it.

• Shang tsung my baby sweetheart,look at what they do? Do people care about your character? No. They dont. They never did until you looked lioe a pretty boy band hack. And no offense....they brought back the irl goat shang tsung himself,for what? Only to mock us fans and tease us with the false promises of something actually good? Yeah. Sadly i feel this. Tho i appreciate all of shang tsung's incarnations and iterations. Cary hiroyuki tagawa IS shang tsung to me. And honestly the only one worth mentioning. Because he's honest to god skilled in his craft. Im not saying this out of fandom,to butter his toast nor nostalgia sake. I genuinely feel he does shang tsung like nobody else does. Look guys alan lee is ok. But i feel he NEEDS SOMEONE TO WRITE HIM SOMETHING BETTER. Honey plz let me write for you! I know what shang neeeeeeds!

• That being said. Im sick of people saying shang tsung is eViL. When? Also is he tho? Anymore than anyone else in that world. Dude you're killing. And even if that wasn't a factor,there are worse guys. Shang tsung is actually compared to the likes of quan chi,shinnok,shao kahn,ONAGA,THE FUCKING ONE BEING ITSELF!?! shang's a fairly honorable and reasonable man. He is psuedo-immortal but he was once an earthrealmer warrior(idc what nrs says thats what he is end of story. Because thats what he was truly and it makes for a more compelling story) so unlike the other "baddies" he's the only really "human" one. So he's more realistic and relatable. Which honestly makes for a more interesting antag. Or even neutral character. Seriously guys,it's right there. Why do people refuse to see it is beyond me.

• Bi-han....you dont deserve what you're given. Im sorry.

• Same with mileena.

• Also mileena isn't some disease ridden floosy,isn't secretly shangs kid,she is a clone and an experiment and is a fucked up lil froot loop. She does get a heart of gold later and reconciles with kitana or should. But shang tsung hates mileena,sees her only a an object let alone just a pat on the back for a job well succeeded. Shes an experiment to him. Shao kahn sees her as a means to an end but an heir to be used. Sindel say milly as a daughter but the lesser one and only in high regards when kitana "disappoints" her. Sindel before and after the dark magic purge,was kind of selfish. She never hated her daughters,but she was arrogant. But that's just her personality. Anyways. Mileena is a clone/twin sister of kitana and deserves better and to be her own person and have her own agency. Sorry not sorry but i hate "fandom" mileena.

• Kung lao....my baby.....you deserve better. But you deserve to obliterate nrs for the mistreatment

• Sonya blade deserves to kill more. Let alone never be written by men ever again. NEVER AGAIN.

• We as fans deserve a good game. No gimmicks,not unnecessary dlc,full functional and FULLY MADE gameplay,no guest characters,no characters that was in the main storymode not on the roster let alone some pre order fucking only. No a fully good game. That has minigames to keep you busy. That has a fully open world krypt. A game WORTHY OF THE TITLE OF MORTAL KOMBAT!

I have so much more but....thats it for now.

[manicpixiefelix]

okay so its definitely going to come up later in the story, but im a little bit feral when i think about how Elspeth interacts with the reader because i truly believe reader is the closest thing she has to a perfect child. like obviously she loves felix and venetia the most, but considering what she says in the film, i think childbirth and it's recovery would have been a truly traumatic experience for her. she emotionally and physically distanced herself from her own children because of how visceral and "ugly" parts of their shared history are. she set a precedent for distance from the time they were born. farleigh was also practically raised with them but he has a whole different lot of baggage with him that precludes him from being truly pure of the ugly, pettiness of it all.

therefore reader, with rich, affluent parents who have no qualms but also no financial incentive for their child to join elspeth's, who elspeth herself didn't have to birth, and who therefore does not bring out any (even faint) feelings of guilt as she never neglected them in their most formative years, is the one psuedo-child she feels comfortable enough to physically dote on, even if she's emotionally distant out of a sense of obligation to her own children, if that makes sense.

anyways im rambling and all this to say i made myself so sad about that oneshot i was writing about what if the original film's plot played out with reader there.

[thedawningofthehour]

I don't know how you do the hurt/comfort so well in the book even though it is really messed up.

One example is the chapter 5 in the botanist portion. Specifically the eating the orange section and the “you know what my fathers work is.” hopefully I quote that correctly.

But when I am writing I can hurt but comfort is difficult. Like I feel like I do good with hurt no comfort fics. But I don't usually like those fics.

Ironically, that scene was supposed to have minimal angst lol, they were there so I could show Gale infodumping about plants and let Raph have a swim. Which is why I have Gale cut away when the conversation gets too heavy-that's not the purpose of the passage.

I think something a lot of people get hung up on is trying to do EVERYTHING. They want to acknowledge every injustice, represent every kind of person, explore the entirety of someone's character and trauma or whatever in one scene. (I could write a paper on the new trend of having eight-episode shows and allowing every plot point and character exactly two seconds of exposition because that's all the screentime they can get when the studio wants an epic told in the length of a novella and how this is affecting people's expectations for how storytelling should be done, but my oven timer just went off and I'm gonna eat soon) The thing you have to remember, nothing can be everything. You have to specialize at least a little bit or your ocean of storytelling becomes a wide puddle of meh.

One thing I ask myself is what is the goal here? What are the themes that I want to get across in this scene? Do they work with each other or is it jarring for the reader? What do you want the reader to take away from this? The scene in the first chapter where Draxum and Gale are doing Raph's intake exam, part of it's just exposition and me dumping background information and psuedo-science on the audience. But it's also meant to show how Draxum interacts with Raphael now that he's an ally, and show Raph how Draxum and Gale typically interact with each other. The scene with Gale taking out the explosive charge in Raph's collar is meant to highlight how very much Donnie Gale still is, how he isn't entirely obedient to Draxum and does what he does because he genuinely believes in what he's doing-and likewise, he doesn't believe Raph should be here if he doesn't believe in their goals.

The greenery scene is meant to show Raph's pre-conceived notions of who Draxum is being challenged. He sees Draxum as wholly evil, whose only goal is to do bad, like the villain of a cheap 80s Saturday morning cartoon. So far he's rejected every suggestion that Draxum has genuinely positive intentions and goals besides destruction, that might have a point even if he's going about it the wrong way. Seeing that Draxum grows fruit, that a major area of study for him is agriculture cultivation-food has traditionally been a symbol of life, peace, support, so the fact that Draxum is a horticulturist challenges the image of heartless, evil Draxum that Raph has built up in his head.

But at the same time, in the same place where he grows oranges lovingly cultivated to provide nutrition for the people who will consume them, there's poison meant to kill. It shows the depth of Draxum's intentions and the full breadth of his actions, that he wants to help life thrive but will not hesitate to take life if necessary. And Raph is also coming to terms with what he was created for, what his purpose in life was supposed to be and how he's playing into it now. He wasn't just a weapon, he was a sword meant to be wielded along with a shield. He was made to kill, and Raph doesn't agree with that-but he doesn't wholly disagree with the logic that led Draxum there. And he's very unnerved by that.

Another thing, the actual storytelling is definitely important but don't forget-it's secondary. Your real priority is manipulating the reader into feeling things against their will. You can have a completely shit story and get by if it's told entertainingly or if it made people cry. The most interesting plotline will still be a slog to get through if it's boring. You're trying to write like Donnie, but you gotta be a Leo first and foremost.

[triscribeaucollection]

Slowly losing my mind, there are now six whole stories I want to write that involve dropping people from future timelines/alternate universes into the DCAU, mostly specifically between Justice League Unlimited seasons one and two, but I can't settle on which I want to write fiiiiirst

Within the shared universe:

-Batman Beyond's Justice League comes back in time for an unintended visit, the usual handful plus a few of my OCs, including a new Amazon princess aka Bruce/Diana's grown daughter, who argues with Terry incessantly but she will dropkick the first person who says anything disparaging about the next Bat, that's her psuedo little brother thank you very much (and also her half-sibling but shhh they don't know that yet)

-I've got this very convoluted AU for a Batman Beyond Nightstar that I won't bother explaining all of right now, but I want to take that iteration of a 14yo Mar'iand'r Grayson from the future and toss her waaay back to Batman: The Animated Series, when her dad is still Robin and her grandpa hasn't really socialized with any other heroes yet, and this poor kid is not well versed in the past that's now suddenly the future, but as long as she's stuck with this much younger and smaller version of her family she is Going to Do Her Best to make sure things work okay

-There exists a background character in the Elseworlds comic of Kingdom Come confirmed to be the daughter of Supergirl and Brainiac-5, and I have thoughts about this kid, I want to make a DCAU version of her to be yoinked from the 31st century back a thousand years to meet her Uncle Kal-El, BUT with a friend with a mystery background and this one is sad, guys, I made myself cry at work thinking about ultimate sacrifices and failing to save someone at the last moment and honoring the memory of those who are gone but not forgotten

Then from *alternate* universes, I've got the newest brainrot of picking up 22yo Clark with Lois and Jimmy from My Adventures with Superman to gently deposit in this world, and let all three of them squeak over the differences (older Clark! Plus Kara! The whole League!) and this includes a moment of Jimmy seeing this more mature Superman and immediately going "Ohhh no, nononono, you are not allowed to get BIGGER and BEEFIER! I am putting my foot down!" to the general amusement of everyone else nearby.

Not quite as shiny but just as funny is the thought of nabbing Jon Kent from the comics and tossing him across the path of DCAU Lois Lane, give her a chance to shine while getting the kid in touch with someone who can help send him home, only to find out Oh Hey there are a bunch of other superhero kids who came along with him, including a rather prickly Robin who demands "Where have you been, Kent?" which causes Lois to bluescreen for a minute (cue Clark somewhere off screen going 'oh I'm in danger')

And then, I want to go back and do a re-write of my old Young Justice S1 dropped into JLU S2 fic, my skills have improved a fair amount over the past, oh, six-ish years, and there are some different ways I'd handle various introductions. Not to mention I think I'd actually include an ending, this time, instead of losing steam over a plot I didn't really vibe with and leaving the whole thing unfinished...

Just. The DCAU, folks. I'm stuck ping-ponging between ideas that I sadly don't have the energy to work on right now, but eventually that will change and then WATCH OUT

[corgate-epistolary]

Intro to the Project

The Ruins of Corgate is an epistolary novel being sent through the real-life postal system between @aki-no-hyo & @submerged-in-stories. It is being cross posted to Archive of Our Own [here].

The Setting

Psuedo-Victorian with established magic. Magicians are required to have full time "Agents" who are intended to look after the Magician, ensure their safety & other's, and generally keep the Magician from blowing the world up with a hubris-fueled arcane bomb. Magic is treated as an academic subject, complete with universities, grant competition, and peer reviewed journals.

A set of ruins has recently appeared in the coastal mountains near the village of Corgate. The area is isolated but not unexplored. After an intense competition, Mg. Leland Hawkins was selected to begin the exploration of the site.

The Characters

Ms. Elowen Vance, A.Mg. to Mg. Leland Hawkins (she/her)

Mg. Leland Hawkins (he/him)

Mx. Eris Mirrows, A.Mg. to Mg. Cephei Equlee (they/them)

Mg. Cephei Equlee (he/him)

The Authors

@submerged-in-stories

Writing Elowen Vance & Leland Hawkins

More info here:

@aki-no-hyo

Writing Eris Mirrows & Cephei Equlee

More info here:

Interested in Adding to the Story?

[prpfz]

🌸hey! 21+ writer looking for other 21+ writers to write with! very self-indulgent ad but was looking for plots with one of my ocs I don't get to use super often! nsfw and dead dove friendly, also down for any pairings mxf, fxf, fxnb, trans muses welcome !

can definitely swing some psuedo-gothic horror plots with her, could also do some modern eery small town horror vibes, appalachia or maybe far north. she's fragile and volatile, decisive about very little but everything. maybe she's haunted or rotted, who knows! would love to write her in a religious plot maybe? (repressed characters, holy visions gone wrong, etc.) or like serial killer plots, or weird crime.

morally grey or straight up creep characters- codependent messes, slow tension, blurred morality, and characters who don’t know what they want but want it badly. gimme the freaks!

give a like and anon will get back to you

[ocrpsearch]

hey! 21+ writer looking for other 21+ writers to write with! very self-indulgent ad but was looking for plots with one of my ocs I don't get to use super often!

can definitely swing some psuedo-gothic horror plots with her, could also do some modern eery small town horror vibes, appalachia or maybe far north. she's fragile and volatile, decisive about very little but everything. maybe she's haunted or rotted, who knows! would love to write her in a religious plot maybe? (repressed characters, holy visions gone wrong, etc.) or like serial killer plots, or weird crime.

morally grey or straight up creep characters- codependent messes, slow tension, blurred morality, and characters who don’t know what they want but want it badly. gimme the freaks!

interact and anon will reach out!

[misailurist]

50 Shades of Black(quill)

Sometimes I think about how much effort it would be to rub the serial numbers off of one of my Ace Attorney fanfics and publish it as original fiction...

Take Simon Says, for example, the Simon/Sim(e)on story I did roughly 7600 years ago. Can you imagine how much worldbuilding I would have to do to justify a story in which a psuedo-Victorian samurai prosecutor psychologist death row inmate falconer woos a puppetmaster animal trainer semi-amneisac clown who assassinated the president of a foreign country? And also they're in prison, and also everyone in prison has pets? It would legitimately be less effort to write a completely new story from scratch.

But it's an interesting intellectual exercise. The most difficult problem, I think, is the prison with pets, some of which are wild and dangerous animals. My first thought was to set it in a fantasy universe where everyone has a spirit animal and-- oh wait no that's just His Dark Materials. Damn. OK. There's still something to the idea of a fantasy world. It neatly explains all the defense's magical powers as well as the fact that Phantom is pretty much a shapeshifter. All of which are more believable than "prison where you can have a pet polar bear" in a universe that hadn't already spent multiple installments training the fans to expect the most batshit bonkers worldbuilding possible.

I still can't think of a good reason to justify prison pets, so maybe it's not a prison at all. Maybe it's a military outpost where criminals can be exiled rather than executed, kinda like the Night Watch in Game of Thrones. That explains the super strict rules and why nobody can leave and why they're all scoundrels. They train animals because the outpost is run by a druidic order of some sort, guarding against some forest-based threat that doesn't affect animals in the same way as humans. Since it's not a prison, Blackquill isn't on death row, but maybe he's had a death curse placed upon him. One he can't have dispelled because it will transfer to the next person on its list, who is Athena. As for making him the most eccentric weirdo in the whole entire universe, he can just be a noble from the world's Pseudo-Japan. Any self-respecting anime-inspired fantasy world has a Pseudo-Japan.

Sim(e)on, on the other hand, can be a court jester who assassinated a king, but it was the king of an enemy kingdom so it's like, kinda good actually? Except you can't have a regicidal jester around so they tossed him into exile too. He might just legit be assassin's guild, which is why he gets lots of special treatment. Fill up any word count I'm lacking with some explicit banging, and bam! There's my best-seller.

Huh, did I actually sit down and think up a romantasy plot? I actually kinda like it. Maybe I should--wait, no, no. If I made it into an actual romance then I'd have to give them a happy ending, huh?

lol never mind.

[gyarucoded]

gimme a sec i need to talk about this !!

so i saw a long ass reblog under an anti-sylki blog that started off as something like "actually loki & sylvie has good romance chemistry meanwhile loki & mobius doesn't have any romance chemistry at all"🤓– and in this moment i went "alright best frien i'm not reading all that" then went to block instead of arguing.

didn't try reading that bullshit of a post further either just to anger myself, i know better.

i especially didn't wanna argue cuz i think that was a child..??? (assuming from the miracoulus ladybug theme cuz no adult in their right mind enjoys that trash) but if i'm wrong that just makes it worse tbh, like grown ass ppl who srsly think toxic relationships should be the example of peak romance needs their brain to be studied fr.

i usually try to be respectful for others' opinion but i genuinely can't see where this opinion comes from.

makes no goddam sense to me.

maybe it's cuz i can't view things through a heterosexual lens, maybe not.

who knows?

but...(i won't make this abt lokius but focusing more on the "loki & sylvie" part) this made me wonder like...

what do sylkie shippers even post about?

no i won't check it out myself to spare myself from the headache but do they go "omg today episode's syIkie crumbs was so lovely dovely 🥺" and the crumbs in question is them disagreeing on almost everything and sylvie wanting to avoid loki as much as she can & constantly seeming to be angry at him.

sure, in s1 they did have a couple of cutesy romantic moments like being under blankets despite of them being supposedly immune to cold or the literal kiss but, it truly doesn't take a huge analyzation to realize that this "relationship" became one sided, even in that one little moment when they had to hold hands, sylvie immidiately goes "don't overthink it" like omgggsfg💀😭 and it's also clear that loki eventually got the hint, in ep3 he doesn't try to be with her anymore or gets emotional with her, he silently gave up.

not to mention loki avoiding to mention the kiss, when appearantly the two has nothing to hide? 😕

i don't know where this is gonna be heading off but if they randomly switch up after all this character & dynamic development then i have no hope for marvel's writing team cuz that would basically create a plot hole.

like aside from the psuedo-incest, that used to bother me in season 1 era but now i am concerned more about how this "ship" overall has no appeal, yet some of these ppl genuinely thinks it can work healthily between them and that ppl who are against it are just "petty that their gay ship isn't canon" when there's MORE to this.

in season 2 there's absolutely *nothing* happening with them that would make us, the audience, root for them to be together as a couple like i'm sry.

so yeah you can say i'm doing too much and too crazy over a fictional tv show (yes i know that babes i have full self awareness) but i literally cannot stress enough about how unhealthy it is to think that this is how a good romantic chemistry works.

based on a syIkie shipper's views: we could technically say that me + that one co-worker of mine who we always have disagreements on political stuff with & dislikes me for no reason is my "lover"... since we wanna pretend this is how love works 😀😀 no?

[toon4thought]

Got to see "Wish" yesterday.

I had no real strong feelings going into this celebration of a film going in. I just knew that it all was a culmination of Disney's history with fairy tales. And watching it... admittedly gave me more mixed emotions than I hoped.

Starting on a positive note: the visual presentation. The psuedo-watercolor look to the backgrounds really makes them pop with pretty detail, and while it would've been preferable to also have the characters hand-drawn, the cinematic screen really shows how many 2D sensibilities are actually in their linework and movements. Color work can really stand out in places too. It's not the most storybook-like animation nor most effective blend I've seen, but it feels about right for how I'd expect Disney to handle that.

The plot is, by design, very tropey - pretty much going off the checklist of what is expected from Disney fairy tales - and while it wasn't the most interesting thing in the world, I could certainly wrap my head around the thought process. However, I do have to criticize parts of the writing, in that it often felt like the dialogue was just over-explaining the plot details to the audience. It felt like there was little room for subtle depth when there easily could've been.

Similarly, characters are standard but likable. Asha - while not a new character type for WDAS - is charming and rootable. Her Seven Dwarves-referenced friends do a good job at getting involved in the action and all have their moments to shine. Star is cute, Valentino... eh, I can give or take. And King Magnifico is, of course, a villain you love to hate - starting out with the illusion of generosity, only for his true colors to become more exposed over time. He's not going to make many top 10 lists, but his animation and Chris Pine hamming it up pays off.

The songs - not the best, to be honest. They're catchy enough, are generally brought to life well, and many may well find a standout (my fave was "This is The Thanks I Get"). But you're not going to find a new "We Don't Talk About Bruno" here. I think part of the issue is that the approach to them felt fairly modern-leaning, which I think was a mistake when this is meant to be presented as a classical fairy tale. Though I will say, the actual orchestral score fares notably better on this front.

I think the big saving grace of the film, besides the presentation, is how thematically tied it is to it being Disney's centennial. Not just in how many easter eggs get littered in, but also how the whole heart of the picture is about following your dreams and to not let a higher authority take them away from you. Sounds simplistic, but they litter in enough nuance for it to feel relatable. And apart from it being something people really need to hear sometimes, especially in our late-stage capitalism world; recall too how Walt Disney himself first built this empire by taking chances on utilizing animation that no one else in Hollywood would. There's even precedent to this with a few bits seen in the film, but I'm not going to give that away here. It hits pretty hard, and serves well as a metaphor on its own merits.

I'd say if you weren't intrigued by the trailers, you're not going to be swayed by the film. But the kids and others wanting something to lift their spirits are unquestionably going to eat this up, as it really is the exact kind of tale that made Disney the titan we both love and hate today.

[dearestones]

Sorry to bother you are you still taking death note requests? I absolutely loved your yandere L's and cute Matsuda stories the ending to platonic Yandere L taking his psuedo stolen adult child to the morgue shook me...I like wanted to know what happens next ahhh ! Anyway hope you know I love ypir work so much and appreciate your time to have this blog write our visions we cannot❤🖤💖🦋Your awesome and if my question bothered you sorry 😆 I still love reading your other works here or on ao3 you have a gift for making words come to life !

Hey, Devin here!

I'm so happy that you like my Death Note fics! They were always a joy to make since I get to revisit the characters and plot that made up a large part of my childhood and early anime viewing experience! Unfortunately, I don't really write for Death Note anymore. This could change in the future, but alas, my heart would not be into it and I would not like to give my readers a subpar experience.

Thank you so much for your kind words (the platonic yandere fic is actually one of the fics that I had the most fun writing since platonic yanderes can be quite entertaining) and I hope that you have a wonderful day!

(And, if you ever want to, feel free to ask more questions! You seem like a great person to talk to!)

[runner-owen]

Chewing on the thought of making the smut I'm writing canon. Hit the cut for some context.

In the smut I'm writing, Owen and Aurum have a sexual relationship, along dom/sub lines. It was a deal arranged when Aurum hired Owen - he offered double the pay in exchange for access to Owen's body, to do what he wants with. Owen, understandably, had reservations, but the potential to help people with the money and connections Aurum offered was too good to resist. So he tells himself.

I don't think Owen is restricted to just having Aurum as his lover - he may have a similar, but more religiously tinted relationship with the priest Gideon Valentine. But this does change some things and influence the plot. Like, how secret is this arrangement? Are these kinds of relationships taboo? I know Owen's relationship with his priest is considered "old fashioned" - do people have similar views about Owen and Aurum? What about the power imbalances between a working class detective and his noble, borderline royalty, employer - how would they be viewed by society? How do gender and gender roles tie into this? I'm writing a story about a trans guy in a psuedo Victorian setting, I gotta touch on those topics at some point

And of course, what does the Scarred Man, who desires to turn Aurum and claim Owen alongside him, think about this?

... Maybe I should finish the smut before I worry too much about this.

Anyway, feel free to tell me your thoughts

[daisyishedwig]

8, 9, & 13 from the fic writer asks :)

8. What project(s) are you currently working on? I'm almost done with A Place To Call Home which is my season 4 AU with a Sebklaine ending. I literally just have the final scene to finish, but my brain has been kicking and screaming about actually finishing it.

I have the final chapter of Still Look Like Mine to finish, but I haven't even started on that one.

I finally started writing actual words for my Klaine Secret Santa last night instead of just thinking about it.

My Seblaine Mrs. Winterbourne AU is underway, but I'm still kind of outlining the story and picking which parts of the movie I want to keep and where I want to completely change it.

My Mckinley Skank!Blaine Seblaine AU is always on my mind if that counts as working for it.

And same goes for what I call my Hevans fic but will really be three fics taking place over the course of Seasons 2 and 3 with the first one focusing on Hevans, the second one focusing on Klaine, and then the third one focusing on Seblaine. It's a complete AU starting in season 2 onwards, almost a fix it fic but also more of a what if? I'm really excited to write it, it's just taking so much planning in the meantime since it will be such a long endeavor.

Do you write every day? If you wrote today, share a sentence of what you’ve written! I try to write every day, it doesn't always happen, but since I just got out of bed I haven't written anything today, but here's a sentence I wrote last night.

Blaine taught freshman and senior English, teaching his students first how to be high schoolers and then preparing them for the world outside of the school’s hallways.

13. How much planning do you do before writing? That depends on the fic. For example, a lot of what I wrote for 10 Days of Seblaine was just kind of me winging it since most of those were shorter pieces. I'll usually still be imagining a basic timeline for the fic and have a background and future in the back of my mind even if I don't officially put it on paper to remember. Still Look Like Mine was very much that way since I had a vague idea when I started it and then it really took on a life of its own. I know how I want it to end, I just haven't quite figured out how to get there, which is why I ended up splitting it into five parts so I can take my time on this last part but there's a bit of a psuedo ending after part 4.

Now my longer fics I spend a lot of time outlining and figuring out what I want from them and rearranging plot points. Those outlines will of course change as I write, but I try to have a pretty decent idea of point A and point B and the steps I'm going to take to get there.