#thank you for asking!!!!

[husbandhoshi]

Congrats on 3k!! You deserve it sooo much💌

If you have the time (and only if you have the time!) I would like to request a sort of a short bullet point fic. Or more so just your thoughts on the following: moving in with seventeen. Who is the one that labels every box? Who will live out of moving boxes for the next year. And yeah, just overall the vibes of new beginnings and promises😶‍🌫️

Pls only do write something if any of this inspires anything, if not pls don't feel burdened to write anyway!

I love your writing, so once again: congrats on the succes💗

seungcheol thinks it's one huge adventure. yes, he will be the person lifting the stupidly heavy boxes at the store. yes, he will make it a competition to build furniture as fast as possible (and race to take it all apart when you discover the desk legs are all different lengths because someone thought he could figure it out without the manual). even among the graveyard of boxes and bubble wrap and those huge styrofoam slabs he keeps chasing you with, seungcheol is happiest to lay with you on your bare, naked mattress (because he forgot to order sheets). he's planning what pictures of the two of you he wants to put on the walls. this is the first time he's owned a welcome mat and he's not even mad about it. it's all yours, together, and there's no bigger adventure than that.

his walk-in closet. bowls the perfect size for a portion of ramen, plus an egg. the lego taj mahal with two pieces missing that he insists will turn up sometime. these are some of the things jeonghan's not sure he can bring to your new apartment. it's not that he doesn't want to move in with you--he just doesn't know if he can. hell, you kissed him for the first time on the tiny futon in his living room, and he just learned it's too small for your new place. it's not until he watches you, later that day, play jenga with the toiletries on his bathroom counter because there's never been enough space for the two of you, that he realizes maybe it isn't such a bad thing to try something new. he imagines leaning you against a new sink, with that carrara marble you've been talking about, and he might even say he's looking forward to it.

you don't think there's a day you haven't seen joshua on zillow. look at my pinterest board, he'd say, and you wouldn't have it in you to ask how the hell you're affording that couch or if you really need a salt lamp that badly. you've lost count of the times your thursday nights consisted of a: your favorite chinese takeout and b: watching celebrity architectural digest videos. but joshua can't help it--to him, there's really nothing that would make him happier than waking up next to you in a bed you picked together. now if it was a midcentury modern canopy bed? even better. he can't wait to use his fancy little espresso machine to make your morning latte and grab your coat from the rack you got from that shop in LA before he kisses you before you head off to work. but they're all just things (pretty, shiny ones, albeit)--more ways he can show you the love you deserve.

junhui loves a good open house. early on in your relationship, you would dress to the nines before pretending to shop for a mansion you could never afford. junhui would comment on the door handles and the crown molding like he was a property brother, and then you'd finish the night off making out in the mcdonald's drive-thru. things are a little different now that you actually can afford a home. what if you end up not liking it? will you get tired of the wallpaper? will the closet be big enough? but surprisingly, none of this seems to matter when you walk into the house. (what's on your mind? you ask him. n-nothing, he says.) but he's really thinking about feeding you in that kitchen and spending the morning looking out those bay windows. how beautiful you'll look greeting him from that front door. needless to say, he's sold.

you find soonyoung hiding in the kitchen at your housewarming party. just an hour earlier, he was dumping cans of sparkling water in the jungle juice to make it more "adult" (as if it would erase the fact that an entire bottle of everclear had already disappeared into the mix). the hour before that, he was cleaning like a madman despite there not being much to clean yet. he held the duster the wrong way and you think he got more windex on the ceiling than on the windows. darling, what's wrong? you ask. his little, drunken hands wrap around yours so he can bring them to his cheeks. i just realized this is all ours. like, all of it, he wails, teary, and you realize he is far too many drinks down. it's only after you've sent him to bed with a water and a kiss that you really think about what he said. the hardwood floors, the duvet, the misshapen tiger plushie on the couch, him--all ours.

wonwoo is not an easy person to live with. the first three things he unpacked were, in order, his table, his first monitor, then his second monitor. then he ruined your perfectly curated aesthetic with his neon red keyboard and a gaming chair that would make any interior designer cry. the final straw is when wonwoo manages to kill the one and only houseplant you have, the single thing holding your home decor together. but he's trying, he really is. he's bought a silly little throw blanket for your couch (aren't the tassels fun? he says, wiggling the fabric between his hands). his ugly lamp has been replaced by a strange glowing cat light and there's a sticker on his computer tower. he buys a succulent and you have a little naming ceremony in your kitchen. and it lives, against all odds!

jihoon doesn't know the difference between a chaise and a sectional. cherry and mahogany look the same to him. and god forbid you ask him to choose between terrazzo and subway tile because he really thinks both of them look good and, no, he's not just saying that to make your life harder. jihoon isn't good at the hgtv stuff, but he's happy to move all the boxes. it's only when he's unpacking said boxes that he finally gets it. (the vase that came with the first bouquet of flowers he bought you. the record player you got him for your first anniversary, now fingerprinted, well-loved. matching valentine's day teddy bears, worn and baby pink.) you're standing on a stool stacked on top of another stool trying to hang a poster, and this is what home looks like.

seokmin wants to live in the ikea showrooms. you can't blame him--sometimes, when there's nothing better to do, you'll spend your afternoon in a bedroom that's not yours. seokmin will try on the lumpy blazer from the closet, and you'll beckon him to your sprawling king size bed, the one sat next to the painted on windows and floating shelves. honey, come to dinner, you'd say. he'll peek over your shoulder, arms wrapped around your middle, and you open the lid to a big, steaming pot of nothing. micke or lagkapten? you ask, completely unseriously. but he's thinking about it, really thinking about it. in his mind, he's building a home together, silly furniture piece by piece, counting down to the days when you really can agonize over plants and how many drawers you want in a desk.

when you got the keys to your new place, mingyu insisted you eat jajangmyeon to commemorate move-in day. unfortunately, he failed to account for the series of delays that led to you having absolutely no furniture to move in on said move-in day. but mingyu is nothing if not a man with a plan, so he runs to the store and buys the cheapest assortment of kitchen tools and ingredients for the world's most unlikely dinner. we really don't have to do this, you laugh, the backs of your legs cold on the kitchen counter. but i want to, he insists, holding out a spoon for you to taste. we have to christen the apartment. you eventually do christen it the right way (involving: lots of tongue, even more laughter), but you might prefer, just a tiny bit, the night you sat on the empty kitchen floor and fed mingyu out of a pan.

minghao has rearranged the living room four times now. every time you walk in, it feels like you've entered someone else's house. it doesn't look right, he says, hands on his hips like his life depended on it. you don't know how to tell him they all look right, every single version. in the first version, all cardboard furniture and plastic wrap, you gave up on deciphering the wifi setup and built a fort instead. the second involved an ottoman in the walkway, which you almost immediately stubbed your toe on (and laughed so hard you cried). in the third, the couch faced away from the adjoining room, and you accidentally spooked minghao so badly he almost broke his knitting needles. but it's all perfect, every iteration, because you're doing it together--a hypothesis he's more willing to believe when you shut him up with a kiss.

don't look now, but seungkwan is buying another doodad at your local sunday swap meet. it's a small painted figurine of a bear in a nightcap, which he simply points to and says that's me. you don't have it in you to mention the fact that you're currently unpacking his seemingly never-ending assortment of doodads and you couldn't possibly know where one more would go. it's only when you're getting ready for bed that you catch the little bear in the glow of the alarm clock light. there's already a turtle with a hat in the medicine cabinet (jeju, last summer). on top of the fridge, a woodcarving that says EAT. (tj maxx, 2 years ago. it still makes you laugh). even though you just moved, all these little seungkwan-isms make home a little more home.

you wouldn't call vernon a planner. his version of housewarming is watching you play the sims. but real life doesn't have nearly as much poolside drama or five story houses--just packing peanuts and 50 page appliance manuals. aren't boxes just drawers? vernon asked you one day. no, but that's how it always starts. two weeks after move-in, vernon cooks you breakfast with a pan procured from a cardboard box. by three weeks, you know the exact box everything is in. (you still haven't been able to find vernon's avril lavigne let go album, though.) it's only when you're eating dinner on top of the box that your dining table is in when you say, vernon, baby, i think we need to actually move in. he takes one look at you, who's wearing mismatched socks and his boxers because your shorts are underneath the tv box, and his smile nearly splits his cheeks. yeah, i think so too.

if you had asked chan what his dream house looked like, he would say it had a wraparound porch, a white picket fence, and a pool. your new apartment has none of those things. the length of your bedroom is a little more than one and a half times the length of his body and he's not even that tall. if he looks out the window he can see right into his neighbor's apartment (three cats and no bitches. almost like he's living next to wonwoo). and his feet stick out of the tub. but he's learning how to live in small spaces. he likes the squeeze of your bathroom, how you have to sit on the counter if you want to both brush your teeth together. he likes the bump of your elbows when you wash the dishes together. most of all, he likes falling asleep with you slotted to his side--even in your tiny bed, he wouldn't mind having you a little closer.

[lupi-usque-ad-finem]

@wolfislost here!

I see you mention your handlers relatively often. It's a concept i've been thinking about for a little over a year now. It would be super helpful if you could share what a handler is to you, what that relationship looks like, how it makes you feel, etc.

No pressure of course! And if you've already explained this somewhere, it would be really helpful if you could link me to that post

Thank you!!

Hiya!! Of course, I’d love to talk about it!!

So my handlers are my two human friends in my pack and this dynamic has been so for a good while. For me, having a handler(s) is having a safe space to explore and experience my therianthropy without judgement, having someone who knows they can rely on me as I rely on them, where i’m addressed correctly according to my theriotypes, and a place to express myself as I desire (i.e. wearing my gear, communicating how I want, being in a canine headspace/going full wolf brain mode, etc). I would say my handlers are called so specifically because they aren’t otherkin or alterhuman, but I’m sure there are otherkin handlers!

With wolves and dogs who have/need human handlers, it’s much like our dynamic. Some of those dogs were abused, too aggressive, too shy, left out, and/or have a difficult time trusting others. Their handler is the person(s) they trust, and this dynamic allows me to trust. Our relationship is built on mutual respect, love, and understanding. When I explained therianthropy to them neither of them bat an eye, just said “well obviously, you’ve always been our dog.” It was such a relief to have that, and the rest has just kinda fallen into place!

This dynamic also brings me a sense of responsibility that I really enjoy. I’ve always felt pride in protecting others, and they trust I will do so for them. They know I will be there to defend them, watch for danger, protect them, and they in turn give me the opportunity to exist how I feel most comfortable and accept me. They even address themselves as my handlers to people! It’s mostly as a funny ice breaker, but a few times it’s had to be used as a warning. Obviously I love the whole “you need to muzzle your dog” trope but I get to be THE DOG !!!!!!

If you feel comfortable enough with someone to take part in this dynamic, then do so! Talk it all out and find what you both want from the relationship. I had never had a handler before I met them, but having handlers has honestly helped me a ton with therianthropy and what it means to me. It’s an honour to know I have people who care for me and love me and it prides me to be their guard dog!

I’ve learned that even if it takes a while and no matter how sappy it sounds, that there are people out there who will accept you, and you in fact can exist in the way you feel most comfortable :)

[rush-the-stars]

cieloooo I've come to maybe beg for some more ideas your wretched horror movie geto au if u are willing to share.... 🥺

oh twist my arm why don’t you niku!!!

hehe yes..,.i will share more ideas from this wip..,..,putting this under a read more bc it got too long

the way i’m mostly just talking about set up too…..SILLINESS. i wish i could write this au in 3 hours and show you what i mean. alas…..

cw: bad power dynamics

the premise is that getou (though rather young for this career) has become a pretty accredited and beloved horror movie director/writer. bit of a cult following. maybe not a household name, per se, but anyone who enjoys film a bit more than average would recognize his name and his films

he elicits strong opinions; some abhor his work. some adore it.

his films are known for being deeply disturbing and strangely sexual. most feel like an erotic fever dream. gripping, stunning, and horrible is what most of his reviews entail.

then, of course, there is his leading man; satoru gojo. started as an indie darling doing psychological thrillers and dramas; he and getou go aaalll the way back to university together, where they first met. getou asked gojo to star in his third film, which is the one that took off the most and put both massively on the map. gojo has been in just around half of getou’s films. getou likes to use him a great deal; he thinks that there can be something rather unnerving and powerful about gojo’s performances, if you know how to capture him right

(of course getou thinks only he can capture gojo just right on camera)

gojo, for his own credit, has been called the actor of a generation. a rare gem; the best of the best and anticipated to have an incredible career.

and then you enter the scene; a stage actor with little experience on camera except the two roles in a short film and pilot episode that didn’t go far

getou saw you in an adaption of a tragedy on stage; howling and bloody and crawling across the apron and down into the audience aisles like a wild thing

(he’d fallen in love then, maybe. or, at least, he knew he had to have you. for him, it might as well be the same thing)

he finds you after the show. calls your performance visceral. raw. refreshing. he’d like to keep in touch.

you think little of it, except as a reminder to check out his most recent film again. gojo is in it. you watch alone. you hardly sleep that night.

then, months later, he’s asking you to audition for his upcoming film. he needs a lead.

(once he’d seen you, he could only picture you as the role—rewrote moments just for you. for him.)

and suddenly you’re doing chemistry reads with gojo. tests and audition reels.

after your audition is complete, they both watch you back on the camera with gojo your opposite in the scene, the way you look up at him, eyes alight. you’re bursting at the seams. getou just needs to capture it right. in the scene, gojo’s hand settles on the side of your head, easing so your neck crooks, then the rest of your body tips to his command as you ragdoll. your eyes roll.

“visceral,” getou says again, watching you move like a strange puppet at gojo’s command. it’s eerie; disjointed and uncanny. it’s perfect for what he’s thinking. “she’s visceral.”

needless to say, you get the role.

and begins your own form of horror, caught between these two, in strange sets and odd scenes.

intimate scenes and gross scenes and erotic scenes

scenes where getou gets close and murmurs to the two of you. it’s strangely embarrassing. he says filthy things to the two of you, to try and coax you to new emotions or moments

it’s unprofessional

it’s…hypnotic.

gojo is your constant partner. getou your ever-present voyeur.

in the movie, gojo has command over your character, but on set, getou commands both of you like his own puppets.

you lose yourself.

getou will be the one to find you

[oddsconvert]

Where does August get his blood? If he drinks from Lucas, then where did he get it before?

He does drink from Lucas in our current timeline! With Lucas' consent, of course! And just a little from his wrist, definitely not his neck.

Before Lucas though, I think August paid a pretty penny for some ethically sourced blood packets ;) I imagine bags of blood probably shipped from overseas where vampire and human relationships are a taddddd less tetchy, and maybe there is some volunteer blood-donors for vamps! 🥰

[razrogue]

do gan and astarion have any or many pets post-canon? who of the companions gets scratch? any headcanons for the other beasts (owlbear, his majesty, myshka, etc.) in-game? any headcanons for pet oc's?

They definitely get pets post-canon! Forget what Larian says 🙄

Gan loves animals despite being a nomad for so long (post game is the first time they actually settle down in many decades). Scratch is with Gan and Astarion. When he's not with them, he's with Minthara. Big (owlbear cub) spends time either in a cabin that Gan and Astarion purchased just outside the city or on the road with Shadowheart (who also uses the cabin when necessary). Gan eventually gets two ferrets (Kiwi and Pumpkin) that live in Baldur's Gate with them. I HC that Astarion went back for His Majesty (with the promise of milk daily lol) and it traveled along from post Act 2 and lives with them (they tried to bring Steelclaw too but it wasn't having it lol).

Some HCs about the pets:

Astarion tries to rename all the pets (except His Majesty because their name is regal 🙄😆). He tells Gan he can't chat about how well his kids are doing with names like Scratch and Big. Gan tells him he's ridiculous and leave the kids alone. Scratch never answers to the name Astarion tries to give him when called (Aevan). Big argues with Astarion about his name (Thel) and refuses it. Kiwi and Pumpkin ignore him too (Nyl & Nym). He gets no respect from the kids on this and eventually abandons his efforts 🤣

Gan trains Scratch to "fetch" Astarion when he's in bat form. Gan will just say Scratch go get your father and Scratch comes back eventually with a flapping bat in its mouth lol. He'll wait until Gan opens their hand to take Batstarion from them.

Big likes to cuddle with all their siblings when they visit the cabin. While Scratch, Kiwi, and Pumpkin will curl right up and on top of Big and nap or snuggle, His Majesty declines but will curl up in close proximity.

[risto-licious]

okay so youve told us your favorites from pokemon Y but what are your favorite pokemon overall?

MY FAVORITE BELOVED NUGGETS

[hergrandplan]

What's the first YR fic you read and loved? And the last?

oooooh okay

the first fic YR I ever read was also the first fic I loved, which was such a huge win and kinda. cemented the fact that I was gone for this show, gone for Wilmon and accepted my place in the trenches.

That was A Glimpse of Us by the lovely Spidaya / @simons-purplehoodie . I made the mistake of reading this in public MULTIPLE times (the mistake was cause it kept making me cry). It's very well-written, and I just... I love a childhood best friends to lovers, I love Wille being such an oblivious idiot, I love ice-skating shenanigans and yeah

obsessed!

The last fic I read and loved is one I'm currently in the middle of, one that everyone and their mother and their father and i suppose their second cousin too has read and loved (for good reason!!) and one that I am just so late to the party too

That is, of course, Royally Whipped by the incredible @bigalockwood

The concept in general is incredible (I mean, a bake-off au???? who doesn't love that!) but it's also so funny, and cozy and fluffy and genuinely like a warm hug. Lia KNOWS how to do tension and it has me kicking my feet and giggling every time, but also the way she writes Simon and Wille with such care???? ugh

[izloveshorses]

your anastasia art is incredible! i'm so curious, what are your favourite outfits from the show? (any production)

oooh great question!!

so the thing about me is i am a blue dress truther first and foremost, seeing christy walk out on stage on broadway literally took my breath away. pictures and videos don't do it justice. nothing could've prepared me for the way i'd feel watching it move and sparkle in person. she also has a lovely hair piece that i'd never seen before, and the train/cape was so shimmery and lovely and it all was just. stunning. and it's always such an honor to paint, i'll never get tired of it <3

and then for.,,,,, certain reasons,,,, this look is at the top as well:

as for anya's other looks, the pink dress she wears in phtk from hartford is also a favorite of mine. it's just so soft and it matches the cherry blossom trees <333 if the pink hartford dress has a million fans i am one of them, if the pink dress from hartford has one fan i am one of them, etc etc etc

and then honestly?? her act i blouse/skirt is such an iconic look too. a lot of act i costumes overall don't get much attention compared to the lovely and colorful act ii stuff, but damn. idk it's just what i always picture her wearing <3 and when i doodle anya it's anya in her little blouse <33

but i've also enjoyed the ballet dancers' costumes as well, specifically odette and siegfried. and the romanov family's costumes are gorgeous too. they're just really haunting, you know?? and then i read that linda cho designed the dresses at the top of the ballet scene to look like they're in a gustav klimt painting, so?? stunning inspired gorgeous never been seen before etc etc etc!!!!!

(sorry i know this is a long list and i keep going, i just love this show so much and god linda cho needed that tony i'm never gonna let that go) honorable mentions include the surprise pink dress she wore at the macy's thanksgiving parade?? bc hello?? and these two things constantine/the tsar track wears:

i could keep going bc, honestly, sitting and studying some of these costumes more closely makes me appreciate all of them more and more. everything is so intricate and serves the characters so well, and miss cho spared no expense when it came to detail. but i'll stop here :)

do you have any particular favorites??

[kimpossibooty]

Favorite part of being a dad so far?

Sometimes you make eye contact with your daughter and she’s just kinda zoned out

Sometimes you make eye contact with your daughter and you can tell she’s looking at you to look at you and it melts your heart that she wants to look at you

We taught her to smile and she smiles so big and perfectly

She loves my singing and will fall asleep in my arms as I pace the house soothing her with lullabies

She’s perfect

[word-wytch]

You posted about FOI book & your thoughts on chapters 1-9. I just wondered if you’ve finished it and what you’re thoughts are - did they change or stay the same?

I ask because I finished it last night & I enjoyed it, I couldn’t put it down, but I didn’t like Eddie’s decision with the music & I don’t think that he would do that to his band mates. Also, like you, not sold on Paige - I liked her but just something about her niggled me. The big one being the question she asked him when she found out where he was - what a bitch!!!!

His dad is a prick. So is Higgins.

Ronnie, Gareth & Wayne - lovelies.

I cried at the end.

Hi lovely!! Yes, I did finish FOI and my feelings remained pretty consistent with my thoughts on chapters 1-9, so I didn't feel compelled to write another essay about it lol.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I did as well, and also found it un-put-down-able once I reached the heist portion.

While the decision to leave his bandmates behind does seem uncharacteristic of the Eddie we all know and love, I do think that Caitlin did a great job and reinforcing his reasoning behind doing so. We also have to keep in mind that the Eddie we see in this story is *becoming* the Eddie we all know and love. That the events lead him to uncover something about himself. After seeing the way he is treated in Hawkins, it was easy for me to sympathize with why he would take any opportunity to leave (especially with a girl he had feelings for!), even if it meant sacrificing some friendships.

On Paige -- by the end I still didn't dislike her, and I do think it was generous of her to bail him out and shows that she still cared for him. Paige seems to be a very un-emotional character to me. I think that's just a personality trait of hers, like she's not quick to show emotion and isn't super touchy-feely. I also get dom energy from her lmao. I really didn't like that she demanded that Eddie take his pants off?? It just didn't sit right with me. She's just not tender. And I really think Eddie needs someone tender. She's a bit cold and calloused, kind of unapproachable, and I think that's what I dislike about her personality the most tbh.

Is it weird that I want to write the missing smut scenes though? Like, not because I ship him and Paige, but as an exercise in practicing a different writing style that sounds like it picked up where the book left off. I typically write in second/third person past tense and I really just want to take a stab at writing a smut scene from Eddie's first person present in the same style as the book. I just think it would be fun!

I cried many times throughout the book. Like I truly lost track of how many. I had to take many breaks, I went through many tissues. I think overall it was very well-written and truly a gift to us.

I am convinced that Caitlin spent some time reading fanfiction and headcanons and nothing can tell me otherwise. It's too consistent with so much of what we have speculated and have come to general consensuses about as a fandom (more or less). There are also countless common tropes used that are tried and true for this fandom as well. Nothing can convince me otherwise. This is a fanfiction and was inspired by fanfiction. Caitlin may have penned it but we as a fandom wrote FOI.

[werebutch]

What is your favorite item that you got from thriftshopping over the years? :0

Hi this is a really fun question! I picked 2.. this is just for stuff I wear btw cause if I went into the trinkets etc I’ve thrifted..oh man.. LOL

This sweater (Croft & barrow) is from goodwill and this poncho is from an antique store! I wear the sweater a lot but I haven’t found a way I really like to wear the poncho yet. It’s still one of my favorite pieces :3

I have many sweaters but this one’s quality blows me away I feel so lucky to have found it.. it’s slightly oversized which I like and I especially love that there is like a muted rainbow in it, which means i can match pretty much anything with it hehe. As for the poncho, I’m a sucker for anything with birds on it, and I love the colors.. i just think it’s so beautiful I feel bad it’s not still with its original owner. I think it would pair well with linen pants but unfortunately I have none that match 😿 hopefully I will find the perfect pair soon hehe

[poisonedfate]

Fuck, marry, kill:

King Uther, King Alined, King Olaf 😝

EVIL?!

i'm killing uther. no questions asked. need him GONE at all costs and it would bring me great joy to be the reason why he's dead.

which then leaves me with, well. fuck alined. he's just a lame little dude. there are worse things in life (this is me trying to justify it)

and then! marry olaf, which, again, there are worse things in life. bit overprotective, but, hey, i can live with that. honestly, not that bad of a choice. would not be upset for too long if he turned up on the other side of arranged marriage.

ask me things!

[ladytauria]

hey! 5, 11, 18, 23 from the ask game <333

mayaaa thank you <3

5) character you were most surprised to end up writing

very very surprised to have ended up writing for / enjoying writing for jason so much!! like, in hindsight it makes sense, as he’s the character i read for the most, but. yeah! did not expect that <3

11) what aspect of your writing do you think has most improved since you started writing?

i started posting fanfic at 12 & writing at 10, so. everything. but xD i think my ability to tell a coherent narrative has improved by leaps & bounds, even when i don’t have an idea of where i’m going when i start something. i also think i’ve gotten a better handle on description, which was an issue for me when i started, lol.

18) were there any works you read that affected you so much that it influenced your writing style? what were they?

this is a surprisingly difficult question to answer bc i KNOW there are influences, many of them, but when i try to think of them i keep drawing blanks??? and then the ones i have thought of i keep going 👀 are you sure? is that right? did it influence you or do you just think about it all the time?

which like…

isn’t that what influencing is? but i digress, lmao.

anyway!!!

i know sarah j maas is a bit controversial BUT smth about reading her books made something click in my brain? & i feel like my writing voice actually solidified after

major envy for maggie stiefvater’s prose—reading the raven cycle made me nostalgic for a place i’d never been, which wasn’t something that had happened to me before xD anyway, genuinely love her writing

on the fanfic side

i think about “The Bird, The Fog, The Mist” by bacondoughnut constantly

“Reclaiming Innocence” by murtagh morzanson / cdelphiki is also always rotating in my head (i’ve read it 3 or 4 times) alongside the second (i think) fic in “In for a Penny”. both of them influence how i write younger jason

“The Penny Drops, The Penny Dreads” by batbirdies is the other fic i think of when i think of young jason/jason’s childhood.

the “i guess you were my first boy wonder” series by pissvinegarandacrowbar is jaydick & one of my favorite jason characterizations ever~

and then uh, i would not have fallen headfirst into jaytim / be a jaytim writer at all without “The Many Deaths of Jason Todd” by zoeleo! that catapulted me into loving jaytim <3 before that jaydick was my main ship (i still adore it~)

also every time i read your prose it inspires me to get more poetic with mine <3

23) any obscure life experiences that you feel have helped your writing?

hmm 🤔 i’m not really sure any of my life experiences are particularly obscure. ah, but! when i was younger i came across this little graphic—the only 12 1/2 writing rules you’ll ever need. (i actually used it as my desktop background for ages lol). anyway, number 10— Go for walks. Dance. Pull weeds. Do the dishes. Write about it. that one really stuck with me for some reason, & led to me paying more attention to my body/feelings, especially if i was bored or uncomfortable, bc it was something i could potentially use for writing!

that sort of mental check in also has done wonders for like. keeping an eye on my mental / physical health too lol.

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[miasmaghoul]

6 and 10!

6. An interior design style / era you enjoy?

Oh for sure, but I don't know what anything is called lmao. I think mid-century modern might be the closest to my taste?

10. Do you have a favourite mug or teacup?

YES IT WAS A GIFT FROM @ghuleh-recs LOOK

SWISS MUG

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Please elaborate on the “Sondheim fan Steve” and “villain voice over Eddie” I love it so much I didn’t know I needed this before but it’s amazing

@tuvens WELL IF YOU INSIST. Steve wouldn't call him a musical fan, he doesn't dislike them but the only ones he knows are like Grease and Bye Bye Birdie etc. But when he was a kid his mother took him to see a touring production of Gypsy as a bid to expose him to "more culture," not thinking that that's objectively an insane show for a mother to bring her child to. And Steve liked it, more than he's liked other musicals, but mostly he liked that his mom was sharing something she loved with him. Then he caught West Side Story airing as the late night movie and he was like "oh! That's the same guy!" And he starts seeking out more of his work, at first because he thought this could be his and his mom's Thing and eventually because he found himself genuinely connecting to the lyrics and the rhythm of the music and it scratched an itch he couldn't explain. His mom grew distant and then this thing he he thought could be for Them is now just a thing for Him, this secret thing he loves and cherish and makes him feel Seen. Also something something Steve's mom being the one to introduce him to Sondheim and Sondheim exploring his relationship with his abusive mother through his work look if I love a fictional boy I've GOT to give him a complicated relationship with his mother I just GOT to.

Semi-related I have this idea that Steve likes a lot of oldies, a lot of Motown and pop from the 60s and early 70s. It's not his favorite genre but it's the one he listened to most growing up so he's got a soft spot for it.

VO Eddie: I imagine he had a pretty successful music career so he's already an established name, so when there's a gap between albums and tours he decides to do a guest spot on some kids show for fun, let's say Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It's a goofy episode where the Turtles are trying to stop Shredder from disrupting a concert and Eddie is playing himself, it was just supposed to be a straightforward cameo but he hams it up and makes his cartoon self much more of a diva, leans into the bratty rock star persona and has everyone in the booth howling cause it's so much better than what was scripted. And it's so much fun he loves it, he starts taking on more voice-acting jobs and he's good at it. It gets to the point where he becomes more well-known for voicing cheesy-terrifying villains than his music, which suits him fine. I said this in the tags of the last post but I basically want to give him Mark Hamill's career, I want him to have his Joker or his Fire Lord Ozai, I want him to be the type of VO where you see his name in the cast and you're like oh HELL yeah this is going to FUCK.

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How abouttt 22 and 24 for Roddy:)!!!

22. Give us a headcanon for [character]

Ok might be a little gross but I feel like I want to emphasize his frat boy energy but maybe sometimes he gets so into something or so “busy” he forgets to go to the wash racks sometimes 😭 Ultra Magnus is usually the one to remind him and at first it annoyed Rodimus, he didn’t see it as such a big deal, but then maybe he smelled himself one day after Magnus was too busy to remind him and he was like “oh fuck I need to shower” BAHAHAH

24. What's your favourite thing about [character]?

First of all he’s orange!!!!! I love orange it’s my favorite color!!!!!! (He’s mostly red yes but also orange teehee) and god I love his mixture of overconfidence mixed with genuine kindness beneath it. He really is well meaning he just tends to get in over his head cause of how much pressure he feels for being a Prime. (I ofc don’t know the full extent of his backstory, the most I’ve read of idw is mtmte, but that’s what I’ve seen from most interpretations of his character.) I just love this big dumb cocky idiot asshole <333