#there’s 14 people on my list

[doggybr3ath]

Not even kidding. I am so stressed, crunching for money and attempting to figure out how I’m going to manage Christmas this year.

[haunted-xander]

tbh one of, if not my absolute favorite part about ffxiv, is the small little moments/sections where nothing super big or like. Plot Important happens, but that give both the characters and us, the players, some much appreciated down-time to just. Feel things. And to process what's happened and what's going on or to just. Let us exist, in the moment. In a much more grounded and human way than when there's Big And Important Things happening.

The biggest(imo) and earliest example of this is right after the Waking Sands get raided in ARR, and WoL turns to the church for guidance. The entire section of us helping them gather and bury our fallen comrades, and especially bringing Noraxia home to Little Solace so she can be laid to rest in her homeland, by her own people and in their own cultural ways, was so so important to me.

Because it wasn't just replacable allies cast aside for shock value anymore, it was real. These deaths were real and meant something. I got to actually process what just happened, and I got to watch Banana go through it right with me. And not only did it make it feel real, it also gave me a sense of closure. These people, these friends, are dead, but they also got to be treated with the respect they deserve and laid to rest properly.

And that, more than anything else, made me want to save the world. It's grounded and grounding. This world, and these people, meant something to me, the player.

And there's tons of stuff like that throughout the game, especially in shadowbringers and endwalker.

In shb we have, for example, Lyna venting her anger and frustration after the sin eater attack in Lakeland. She's on her knees yelling on the verge of tears while punching the ground, so furious at her helplessness and powerlessness, at everyone having come so far yet set back because some megalomaniacal tyrant deemed it so.

In ew we have Urianger being approached by Moenbryda's parents, who confront him about not confiding in them about his grief. When Bloewyda starts to scold him, he of course reacts guiltily, believing they blame him, only for him to be completely caught off guard when she instead goes in to hug him, telling him he should have let them grieve with him. And he just. Breaks down. He's been holding these feelings, this grief inside him all this time, and now that he is not only told it's okay to let it out, but by her very own parents at that, he just can't keep it in anymore. He cries for Moenbryda, right then and there, being held lovingly by her family.

And the thing is, these scenes aren't necessary, strictly speaking. The plot at large could go on without them, the events that happen around them are not changed by these moments in any way.

But still, they are so so important, to the world, to the characters, to the players. Everything feels real and impactful now, every death means something, every tragedy, every person, feels real.

And that, to me, is what makes this story so special.

[ishipmutualrespect]

-

[dykeyuu]

every day when i wake up i say to myself “dykeyuu you are not purchasing any sanrio merchandise today” but then i find the deal of the century……..

[park-jimin-isnt-real]

⏤𝐰𝐢𝐩 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞

tagged by: @still-with-koo

𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 : post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous they are. let people send you an ask with any titles most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have wips. (you can make your own post or reblog this one!)

I actually literally posted all my wips yesterday, so here's the link to that post where there's more details about each project. Here's the short versions:

》》 edge of tonight [knj] series, mafia au, currently ongoing

》》 dusk [myg] series, urban fantasy au, kpop twilight retelling, currently planning

》》 war of the gods [kth] series, fantasy adventure au, currently planning

》》 in this neighborhood, on these streets [jjk feat. kth] series, bullet fic, high school/college au, coming of age story, currently planning (title subject to change)

》》 eot: monsters [n/a] series, mafia au, midquel, currently planning

》》 eot: a love like war [pjm] mini-series, mafia au, exes to lovers, eot companion story, currently planning

》》 ruffled feathers [ksj] series, swan princess/beauty and the beast au, currently brainstorming

》》 book club [jhs] series, road trip au, currently brainstorming

》》 flying shadows, falling stars [pjm] series, peter pan au, currently brainstorming

》》 just take it easy [knj] one-shot/drabble high school au, prom, currently writing

》》 eot: sinners & saints [ksj] one-shot/drabble, mafia au, small eot spin-off, currently writing

》》 ready to go [myg] one-shot/drabble, high school au, opposites attract, currently writing

》》 question [pjm] one-shot/drabble, celebrity (non-idol) au, club au, currently writing

》》 if it's worth it [kth] one-shot/drabble, biker au, opposites attract, currently writing

》》 mixing fireworks & gasoline [jjk] one-shot/drabble, biker au, toxic relationship, currently writing

tagging: @alpacaparkaseok @oddinary4bts @hobisuniverse @theharrowing @writtenwhalien @moccahobi @euphor1a @daesukiii @daechwitatamic @caelesjjk @kithtaehyung @mirahuyooo @myplaceforstories @yoongsisbae & anyone else who wants to!!

[mbat]

i was trying really hard to make a post about how i keep seeing jewish characters in shows that seem to never escape the stereotypes/patterns that ive noticed are basically always there, but man im really not the person to try and talk in depth about things, im not very good at it

that said, literally even what i would consider the better rep of jewish characters still seem to fall into the same stereotypes/patterns of every other jewish character and its like... why is that? even in shows that seem so aware of every other issue being faced by minorities, jews are the ones left behind?

and its not necessarily bad that they fall into these patterns, especially if theyre given more depth and allowed to be people outside of those things, but like... those things are still there. idk maybe im being weird about it

[lovely-v]

Ughhh my fanfic’s haunted again but it’s 2am so I’m gonna go to sleep and hope it gets unhaunted

[lesbiankoby]

Kakashi's too depressed to adopt as a teen and young adult, but god damn, if he really wanted to he could just walk in and leave-- like a Doordasher. Just fucking picks up baby Naruto from whatever crib they've got him in like "mine now", and the nurse's like "aight 😐". Like damn, Konoha just leaves orphaned children in an apartment alone at age 5, there's LITTLE that could stop ppl from snatching children no consequence if they rlly wanna

nrjdjrjrjr i mean i’m sure hiruzen would have opinions about kakashi just taking the kid apropos of nothing i just think kakashi is on his list of approved caretakers if they ever bothered to ask him about it (for instance i think jiraiya COULD just up and grab naruto for various reasons though he is incredibly incredibly unsuitable as a guardian on all fronts)

[paradisetemporarilymisplaced]

.

[crashthegates]

emotionally i am that small child in a granada episode being lifted to my feet by sherlock and watson

[little-ajax-56793]

Oog I want to commit murder

[that-wildwolf]

For what it's worth i really love your writing style and genuinely enjoy your works so much! Youre an excellent writer 🙂

I really don't think i can believe these types of things lately. You're sweet to try and cheer me up and say nice things! But when it comes to my fics, I've been hearing too many bad things lately to accept any positive feedback as anything other than pity or a well-meaning attempt to make me feel good about myself.

And i know this sounds dramatic or fatalistic or whatever, but that's just how it is right now. I feel like I should take a step back and reevaluate my work, my priorities, everything.

I know that people don't enjoy my works and it hurts me, but it also makes me want to try to write something people will like. I just need to... figure out how to do that.

Fuck, I don't know. It's scary. I feel like I've wasted so much of my life on doing this one thing I thought I was good at and it turns out i just... Whatever.

Thanks for the ask, anon. For the kind words. I know you were trying to be nice and make me feel better, and i appreciate that. But an excellent writer? That I am not.

[tirednotflirting]

what’s up everyone happy monday i am officially burnt out

[kathles]

today i had the thought “maybe i should make more mutuals” but then i realized id have to start following more people to do that and then i thought “oh god, oh fuck”

[downsteepy]

tomorrow is going to be hell day at work (we had a ufo convention today and yesterday) and i am so ready to cry and throw up once i get really overwhelmed

[guideaus]

SOMEONE ON MERCARI SAID THEY WERE GONNA SELL TRIGUN #3 TO ME FOR $10, AND WE WERE LITERALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF TALKING THROUGH IT, BUT THEN DELETED MY LISTING AND SOLD IT IN A BUNDLE TO SOMEONE ELSE