#this is the first real headcanon post i've ever made i hope this is okay????

[fiepige]

Made some more changes to one of my Venom!Hobie concepts (yeah I have several at this point- it's the one with the cat-symbiote lol) and decided that I'm gonna make them a Hobie-variant instead since I've made too many changes to him (both due to his origins- which inevitably would change his behavior and world view + I've made a few changes to his looks as well) to still view him as the same Hobie as the one from atsv.

So now he's a different version of Hobie instead.

(Shout out to @the-cat-and-the-birdie for sharing their version of a Hobie variant to open my eyes to the concept!)

Idk if this version of Venom!Hobie counts as a spidersona or an oc since he's based on a character from the movie?? Or is this called something else? Please lemme know I'm new to this stuff ^^'

[roolette]

loved your smoke nsfw alphabet and hoped that you could do the same with Johnny? thanks 😁

You KNOW I can do that

Johnny Cage NSFW Alphabet

A = Aftercare (What they’re like after sex)

Gonna be real, it takes him some time to get into the habit of doing aftercare. He's used to quick hookups, emotionless sex, etc, and he isn't sure how to go about aftercare. Still, he tries. First, he'll offer you a towel. Then, he'll actually be the one to clean you up. Eventually, aftercare becomes normal for him, and he gets really excited about being able to hold you and kiss you after sex. He likes to lie against your chest and kiss your neck

B = Body Part (Their favorite body part of theirs and also their partners)

All of it. For both you and him. For him, I mean, isn't that obvious? He's THE Johnny Cage, he's sexy as fuck. Specifically, he really likes his hands. For you, he thinks that you're just hot, and he likes the whole package. He really likes your neck, though. Easily kissable and looks great when marked up.

C = Cum (Anything to do with cum, basically)

If you let him cum on your face, he's yours forever. Literally loves the way you look with his cum dripping down your cheeks. Will wipe it off your face and have you open your mouth so he can stick his finger in. He thinks it's the hottest thing.

D = Dirty Secret (Pretty self-explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

He's a total exhibitionist, and really likes the idea of people seeing the videos you two have made together. Obviously, he'd never do anything without your consent, but if you were ever down, he'd make sure the world knew just how good he fucks you. You'd probably be trending on Twitter.

E = Experience (How experienced are they? Do they know what they’re doing?)

Experienced in sex, not as experienced in something as intimate and loving as you two. He'll have to remind himself that it's okay to go slow, that you aren't going anywhere, and he can take his time with you.

F = Favorite Position (This goes without saying)

He likes when you ride him. He gets a front row seat to you loosing yourself on his dick, and it's the perfect view. He'll hold your hips, thighs, and ass while you ride him, making sure you don't slow down. He'll tease you, too, and it quickly turns into banter.

"C'mon, don't tell me you're getting tired already, hun."

"You can't be the one calling me lazy right now."

G = Goofy (Are they more serious in the moment? Are they humorous? etc.)

He makes so many jokes. Quips, quotes, everything in between. "Wow babe, you're so tight, that's so cool." There's just a lot of laughter and love here. You two have interrupted sex because you ended up getting into some weird debate or joke.

H = Hair (How well-groomed are they? Does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

Man is HAIRLESS. Waxed. Such is the life of a star. He doesn't care about whether or not you shave, though. Hair is natural, after all.

I = Intimacy (How are they during the moment? The romantic aspect.)

As much as he's goofy, as much as he dirty talks, there is obvious love and care in every move he makes with you. He wants you to have a good time, and he'll check in to make sure you are.

"Are you good? Like, you're sure? I can move?"

"I've been good for the past five minutes, Johnny. You can fuck me."

J = Jack off (Masturbation Headcanon)

He doesn't WANT to jerk off, he has the hottest partner in the world, so there shouldn't be any need for that. However, his work has him traveling a lot, which means sometimes he has to do what he has to do. Luckily, with the videos he has of you, there's plenty of jerk off fodder. He also likes phone sex if you're down, and he'll send plenty of pictures that manage to have both his face and dick in the picture- gotta include the whole package.

K = Kink (One or more of their kinks)

I've done a whole post on this here, but I'll add on to it! He likes using toys on you. If you're afab, he'll hold a vibrator to your clit while he fucks you. He also really likes lingerie, no matter what gender you are. He thinks it looks so good on you, and he'll pull the fabric to the side and fuck you.

L = Location (Favorite places to do the do)

In your big bed, obviously. Also against the kitchen counter. Besides the obvious, he likes to fuck you at parties, in some side room or in the corner, not exactly in front of everyone, but dangerously close to being caught. He'll hold his hand over your mouth, whispering in your ear.

"Shh, shh... c'mon, you want everyone finding us out?"

M = Motivation (What turns them on, gets them going)

Everything. Breathe and he's hard. He likes when you dress up, and any pretty outfit is in danger of getting ripped off later. Also, if he's sitting down somewhere, randomly straddling his lap will absolutely do it for him.

N = No (Something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

Doesn't like HEAVY bdsm. He likes spanking you, but beyond that, he usually just feels weird and guilty if he hurts you any more beyond that. He's the furthest thing for a sadist. He won't get turned on if you cry during sex, he's going to check in and make sure you're okay.

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

Preferred receiving in the beginning, and still loves it. He likes seeing you look up at him with wide eyes while you suck his dick, holding your hair and guiding you along. Once he got a taste of you, though, that all changed. He could give you head for hours, loves to hear the noises you make. Don't make him choose, he loves both.

P = Pace (Are they fast and rough? Slow and sensual? etc.)

Likes going fast and rough, quickly making you cum before doing it again. He's an energetic guy, and going fast works for him. There are, of course, times when he'll go slow, drawing things out and making you squirm.

Q = Quickie (Their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

LOVES THEM. Thinks they're exhilarating. He says they blow off steam, but he usually just ends up more riled up after.

R = Risk (Are they game to experiment? Do they take risks? etc.)

He's game for the most part, except for anything that will hurt you too bad. Besides that, he wants to try different stuff with you, and he's pretty openminded.

S = Stamina (How many rounds can they go for? How long do they last?)

I don't think this man gets tired, ever. He can last multiple rounds, and he wants to make you cum as many times as he can. Likes to hear you whining and begging for release one more time.

T = Toys (Do they own toys? Do they use them? On a partner or themselves?)

As I've said, likes using toys. If you're down to peg him, he is SO down for you to peg him. He gets pretty bratty and whiney when you top him, taunting you. Luckily, you're quick to put him in his place.

"Is that all you can do? I'm barely feeling it here."

"Shut up, Johnny. I'll give you something to feel."

U = Unfair (How much they like to tease)

He's the literal worst. The type to finger you under the table with people there. He'll whisper in your ear, promising all the things he's going to do to you. And don't worry, he keeps every promise.

V = Volume (How loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.)

Not only does he whine and moan, he TALKS. He will babble on and on about how good you feel, how well you take him, how hot you are. It's flattering, of course, but I don't think he could shut up if he tried. You wonder how he manages to cum when he's so busy talking.

W = Wild Card (A random headcanon for the character)

Thinks it's hot when you wear is clothes. No one can wear them better than him, of course, but he loves the way it's just a little too big on you. He'll fuck you in one of his shirts.

X = X-ray (Let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

Longer than thick, and he knows how to use it.

Y = Yearning (How high is their sex drive?)

Again, breathe and he's hard. He's pretty much always willing, but understands if you're not. He'll always respect your boundaries. Sex is only fun if both people are into it, after all.

Z = Zzz (How quickly they fall asleep afterward)

He likes to stay up talking with you, but since you guys usually do more than one round, it's easy for him to get tired. Likes falling asleep with you against his chest. He feels safe with you.

[cityofmeliora]

kinda late but here is the Terzo childhood headcanons AKA new yorker Terzo post. for @plaquerat <3

ok so. i don't really have a solid interpretation of the lore, and my headcanons aren't very detailed. i'm open to floating a lot of different ideas. here are some that i like:

i've liked the idea that Terzo was primarily raised by his mother ever since i first saw the interview where TF (as nameless ghoul) suggests Terzo may be nicer than Secondo because "he seems to have, i dont know, a kinder mother?" and then i found the official instagram post mentioning Terzo's mother attending his concert in New York, and i was like 'oh! maybe she lives there. maybe Terzo used to live there with her.' it got me thinking...

Terzo was born in california and then moved to new york with his mom after she and Nihil split.

seeing the skyscrapers in new york for the first time was a really formative experience for him. that sense of awe he felt eventually inspired his interest in art deco and futurist art. new york became the base for his imaginary city of Meliora. (this is partly inspired by my own experience as a native californian because we don't really have tall buildings in california and i FREAKED OUT when i visited new york and chicago and saw REAL tall buildings.)

Terzo's mother was an artist and he spent a lot of time in the studio with her and her artist friends. their apartment walls were covered with Terzo's own art.

art and music and culture have always been at the center of Terzo's life. he and his mom would always be listening to music or viewing art galleries or watching movies together. i think Terzo's dynamic with his mother was very much like this anecdote from Carly Rae Jepsen:

My mom and I would sit and meticulously go through Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell lyrics together. Even from a young age I remember her being like, “I’m playing this Leonard Cohen song called ‘Famous Blue Raincoat,’ and when it’s done I want you to tell me what’s going on in it.” She would give me like a fake glass of wine when I was 8, and I would listen and be like, “I think there was an affair.” Pitchfork - Carly Rae Jepsen on the Music That Made Her (2019)

Terzo turned out to be a gifted child. super smart and naturally talented at a lot of things, but he particularly loved to build with lego / blocks and play piano.

Terzo had a great relationship with his mom. she always supported him and encouraged him to pursue his interests and to do his best.

Terzo missed his dad though. his parents had been together long enough for Terzo to remember him. he was just a kid. he didn't know any better.

when Ghost debuted and Nihil became an internationally famous one-hit wonder, Terzo developed this idealized image of Nihil as a cool rock star cultural icon in his head. idolized him a bit.

after this, Terzo decided he wanted to get serious about becoming an entertainer / musician. started doing piano recitals and competitions. youth theater. film club. all the things.

if anyone asked Terzo why he wanted to become an entertainer, he'd tell them it's because it's what he's good at. and he's always wanted to be famous. which was true, but...

what he wouldn't tell them is that a part of him was trying to emulate [his idea of] his dad and secretly hoping that if he shared that interest / became famous his dad would want come back into his life.

he knew his mom was always there supporting him, but every time he went onstage he would look out into the audience hoping his dad might be there to surprise him. (he never was.)

Nihil was the first of many many disappointments in Terzo's life.

oops! i made it sad.

anyway here's a doodle of kid Terzo getting a postcard from his dad... he didn't hear from his dad again for a very. very long time after that.

there are a lot of details i haven't square hammered out, but it's okay because these headcanons are mostly for me to like, frame Terzo's character development over time. might post more later :)

[after-nine-at-the-oasis]

Well. That episode hurt me xD

Accidentally wrote scared instead of hurt because I was thinking about how they were one of the couples of my shows I was most scared about and here we are xD but scared is also accurate lol. Scared me for weeks and here I am now lol xd. All throughout as well xD. Anyway!

Time for the. . .

REVIEW

Not as official as my 911 or tgd ones but yk, just saying that format for fun and because it deserves it :))

I really enjoyed this episode!! It genuinely was a super good episode, even if it did cut me deep in a way that will never heal :). xD But seriously, there were a lot of funny moments, as well as genuine emotional ones, and I had a lot of fun watching it :').

Now, first of all, to get it out of the way (aka it's the longest section, and I still probably won't say everything I want to, but I also want it the freshest in my mind): Jacob and Zach breaking up. I think I've made my feelings in that pretty clear lol, but just in case you missed anything: I hate it. I hate it I hate it I hate it I hate it and how could they do this to me 😭. But genuinely, the reason wasn't awful (like nobody cheated or anything, thank goodness), we got to see Jacob's growth and non-growth through his being honest and his avoidance, and we got some super funny while also super heartfelt moments (mostly separate). I just really wish they didn't break up xd.

A big thing for me is that most of the time, especially if it's something that happens earlier in a show, and that show is still airing, I don't like not following canon. I like to think in ideas mostly canon compliant. But here's the thing: I probably won't really write anything with them broken up, at least right now I don't want to. But if there's ever something I want to write about in the future, I'll want to put them in there as together, and that changes things, and it's just a whole complex thing that I'd rather not deal with. It's a lot of emotional work for me for some reason and it's just annoying lol.

Because like, I have WIPs about them. I've written about them and just never finished or posted anything, and I want to continue writing about them. But it feels weird now, especially because of the anger in the breakup xd. Sometimes I process ways to make me feel better about decisions I don't like through fic, by writing how it works out in my head. I might do that for a getting back together fic, because I really think they deserve not to break up :((.

Anyway, about actual canon now: I am glad they can be happy on their own now. But I still really wish they were together xd. I also saw someone mention how the headcanon that Jacob's parents didn't like each other (which I agree with and have as a headcanon as well, maybe even because of that person lol) seems to fit his whole "honeymoon, hell, married and die" stages thing, and I think that if I do write a getting back together (cough cough coming to your senses-) fic that'll be a big part of the breakup reasoning. Anyway, right, canon xD.

I still really loved this episode, it just hurt me beyond compare lol. Sighh, I honestly don't know why, I just really loved them :'//. I'm honestly still in denial about them breaking up at all, it doesn't feel real and canonical yet xD. I really started to convince myself it would be okay, despite being scared :') xd. But, that's how it goes sometimes. I really do hope that some day they get back together, but I think the writers kind of burned that bridge (maybe purposefully - also, I say the writers because Jacob and Zach could become more amicable in the future lol).

Anyway, I'll probably have more feels later, but that breakup scene was raw man 😭. Honestly, I'm glad the jokes were there to lighten to the mood, but at the same time, I'm like "they deserve to have seriousness for their breakup". This was a four year relationship, man, you know? And they did get some genuine emotion, joke-free, which I appreciate <33. Speaking of, their ACTING was phenomenal!! They really gave us that :D. Their emotions were so real and accurate, it was just really good overall :). Also, if it must be his exit, that was on awesome exit for Zach/Larry xDD (as I saw someone say). Lol, I love these two idiots <33.

I do really hope one day they'll get back together, but like I said, I'm not holding my breath. I mean, I probably am anyway because I love them so much and I want them into be okay, but nonetheless lol. Especially with the anger in the breakup - it's hard to get past that narratively xd.

Anyway, long story short: I wish they didn't break up, but I'm glad they got the focus they deserved when they did. An episode titled for their storyline, an actual breakup scene and no cutaway, the entire conversation, and not even at the very of episode! Still, I already miss them so much <33. I love my boys 😭😭😭😭❤️💔💔💔❤️🥰🥰 <333.

Anyway!! Seeing Gregory be there for Jacob was really sweet :'DD. If we can't have Zach and Jacob, and least we have Jacob and Gregory's bestiesm :DD. They are so sweet and adorable y'all 😭😭😭❤️🥰. I love them going out together <33.

Janine and Melissa were great this episode xD Oh my gosh, I loved Janine this episode xDD. It was so good lol, so many funny moments. Also I loved the nonbinary sub 🥰🥰. Just that little bit of representation was so nice 🥰🥰 :'D.

Mr. Johnson being jealous and angry about Gregory and Jacob spending time together was great xD. Poor guy lol xd.

Ava helping Barbara out this episode SLAYYEDD :DD!! Also I'm so proud of Barbara for standing up for herself :').

The feeling of being ostracized a bit because of being too progressive is one I know and will probably know even more in the future xD. Also her saying a part of it is being friends with "some of the more colorful people" at Abbott 😭. I'm so not okay <33. She's talking about Ava, Jacob, Melissa, even Mr. Johnson, Gregory, and Janine to a point. I know that feeling as well and it is a scary and isolating one. I'm so proud of Barbara for standing up to them, and showing what she believes in, and I'm so happy for her :'D. Also she SLAYEDD that performance :D. And even though it sucks the shade the church ladies were throwing was good. But anyway, I loved the Ava and Barbara friendship :DD!! It was really great, and interesting angle to look at things from :). Also, Mr. Johnson being ex LDS is not what I was expecting on my bingo sheet for today lol /lh. Wild xD, but funny lol.

I am very tired lol, sorry if not all of this makes sense. Probably more later too, don't you worry :)

Overall, I really did enjoy this episode. It had some super great moments, and even though it broke me, I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Whether I'm happy with the decision they (characters and writers) made or not lol xD. Still, super amazing episode :)). I loved it :D.

So, yeah! I loved this episode. It hurt me, but I'm still so excited for the next one. This has been my review of. . .

Abbott Elementary, Season 3, Episode 5: Breakup

It absolutely killed me - wiped me out. But I am interested to see what happens next time, and what stays relevant from this episode. I'll be back next week for my review of. . .

Abbott Elementary, Season 3, Episode 6: Willard R. Abbott

See you then!!

[loregoddess]

2, 3, 8, and 19 for the fandom game, for any fandom(s) you feel like talking about :)

(for 3, fic and/or meta posts, can't actually remember if you've posted straight up fic before haha)

2. My favorite fic from the fandom that I’ve read

I haven't read a ton of fic sadly (although I haven't read a lot in general the last few years due to college making me read So Many academic papers and books that I got burnt out and haven't quite recovered my love of reading. Yet). Although, my friend @lookerdewitt has written literally some of the best fic I have ever read, so I would probably say one of their fics.

3. My favorite fic from the fandom that I’ve written myself

I have actually sort of written fanfic (both legit fanfic, and also a few "thinly veiled technically fanfic if you changed the names" for a fiction writing class that I had to write several stories for and wanted to see if I could get away with it), but I haven't actually. Shared those fics with anyone? Partly bc I have historically almost never finished any fiction writing project that I have started, ever, and partly bc I'm just shy about sharing my writing in general.

I have been working on a LoZ fancomic idea for the past uhhhh four or five years (technically last decade since I first came up with the idea in late high school and then had it sit in the back of my head for several years bc all I had was a setting and a handful of characters), and I have never in my life stuck with a project this long, so I guess that would be my favorite from my personal works bc it's apparently something I care about enough to not abandon entirely. I've actually made a decent amount of progress on my "detailed outline" recently, so here's hoping I can stick it out and actually get to the script and then to drawing pages one day.

For meta posts I think my favorite is actually my analysis of the Octopath 1 cast and how the major antagonists in each of their stories acts as a mirror and foil to each character. I really enjoy analyzing stories in general, but I so rarely write it out, so I was happy to actually do so for once. Gave me a lot of confidence for all the other meta and headcanon posts that I wrote afterwards.

There's also a Legend of Dragoon meta post sitting partly-finished in my drafts where I analyze themes surrounding each dragoon spirit and its wielders, which I haven't finished bc I only remember to work on it when I'm doing my yearly replay of LoD, and also bc it started looking like it might need to be a series of posts due to uh....length. Like I make a lot of lengthy posts, but each dragoon spirit's analysis was about a short essay's worth of words, and there are eight spirits soooo....hopefully I'll finish that one day, bc it's an analysis I've spent years thinking about.

8. Is there anything I wish people would write more about in fics? (A dynamic, an exploration of an arc, just a character that doesn’t get much screentime, etc)

I'm always a sucker for post-canon healing/recovery/rebuilding arcs. Can't get enough of them honestly (when I have the motivation to read). There's something so fascinating about looking at a character who Went Through Some Stuff, but the main narrative didn't look at the effects of that, and so a dedicated writer took up the challenge of trying to explore what comes after.

Most of my favorite characters are weird side characters who don't get a lot of love from the writers of canon or fans, so I'm always glad to see stuff for them as well.

19. Favorite headcanon

Oh hmmm, there's a lot and it depends on which media we're talking about, so if you're curious about a specific game let me know. Off the top of my head though hmm...

Okay I have this headcanon that Milo TriStrat snorts when she laughs genuinely. Like sure she's got the ladylike proper, cute laugh that's part of her spy job and totally fake, but when she is being fully honest and laughing for real, she snorts.

[umbrify]

Okay welcome to wip jail! This is gonna be a bunch of half finished drawings or sketches I made throughout the year that I have no real plans to do anything with.

This one can go above the cut— so I had this headcanon for goblin fWhip that he can shapeshift a little bit to be taller, so as to more easily interact with most of the empires, but that he can also be small for the sake of running around in his silly little cave, and so I made a silly little gif about it

Little guy <3

The rest under the cut

Various scribbles and character concepts. Shoutout to the page of me playing with wings to try and figure out how to draw Grian.

This one was based incredibly loosely off a fic I read at one point. It’s like, Doc and Ren in a run down city during the apocalypse. I say it was vaguely based on a fic because that’s not at all what the fic was about but the vibes were there in one specific scene, and I love apocalypse AUs so I made it into one. Shoutout to the city skyline stamp brush— I did NOT draw that fancy city skyline. I did draw the broken bridge though.

This one was a scene redraw from Chrisrin’s how far we’ve come animatic that I just didn’t have the energy to finish at the time. It’s the scene where Bdubs looks back as the moon crashes and the bird flies away. Thought the lighting could be cool.

This was a scribble I made after the Double Life section where the ranch burned down. It didn't go very far, but like, as a concept, I was compelled. Pretty sure the figure was meant to be Jimmy.

This was meant to be the first half of a series of drawings, but I only ever finished the second one— the one of Jimmy yelling at fWhip, which I did post after a time. it was supposed to be like, something something how the presence of another person can change from comforting to threatening or something like that. This one just didn't have the same hold on me that the other one did, so it never got finished.

So I spent a long time thinking about that confrontation between fWhip and Jimmy from Sausage's episode 20. And I think about the fact that the Gobland banner was taken down from Jimmy's alliance building at some point and that it was never shown. I think about Jimmy choosing to actively shove away fWhip's attempts to try and act like nothing happened— like they could still be friends. Burning the Gobland flag, and trying to be strong about it, and telling himself that this is the right thing to do. I think about it.

Dragon fWhip. Goblin fWhip but he's a dragon. That's it that's the drawing. I used to draw nothing but dragons when I was younger.

I have a favorite guy, can you tell <333

And finally, these two go together. One day I was talking to Nondescript and I was like "damn what do I draw" and they gave me four different ideas and then I put them all in one doodle. And then the idea of fWhip with horns stuck with me, and I made another scribble of it for fun.

So yeah, that's what I've got! Hope you enjoyed the directors commentary, if you got this far. Happy new year <3

[mewtonian-physics]

@hylasregilla sounds like a deal to me! the whole character ask with raikov... let's go

1. My first impression of them

'oh god, why? i hate this. why does this have to be a thing'

2. When I think I truly started to like them (or dislike them, if you've sent me a character I don't like)

suckered myself into liking him april 1 2022. the real april fool was me

3. A song that reminds me of them

hmm. last time i got this particular question i said bubblegum bitch. this time i'll give you the first song on the raikov playlist

4. How many people I ship them with

just ooooooone

5. My favorite ship of them

raikov/the guy @setphies and i made up just so he could finally have a good relationship 2kforever

6. My least favorite ship of them

[points at volgin]

7. A quote of them that you remember

from mgs3? i think about 'do your job' a lot. from other metal gear content? 'regretful'. and if it's about lines i wrote myself, i'm quite fond of 'eat from the tree of knowledge, and pay better attention next time'.

8. Your favorite outfit of them

well in canon he only has two outfits, so... uniform, duh

9. Your least favorite outfit of them

that'd be the non-outfit [grimaces]

10. Describe the character in one sentence

'a lot more complex than official canon would have you think.'

11. What’s the first thing you think about when thinking about the character?

eva theory of course!

12. Sexuality hc!

highkey fucking gay of course. but also ace. he likes men but sex itself isn't something he's really interested in. (he's also sex-repulsed due to trauma but without that it'd just be 'whatever' to him.)

13. Your favorite friendship they have

him and ocelot naturally

14. Best storyline they had

the one i came up with myself

15. Worst storyline they had

official canon

16. A childhood headcanon

he doesn't actually know his own real name. he picked out 'ivan' himself as a child because he hoped it would bring him luck

17. What do you think their first word was?

'cold'

18. How do you think they were as a kid? (Like, were they shy, noisy, wild, etc)

as said previously, he was very survival-oriented and had very few limitations on what he'd do to stay alive. would as soon steal from you as talk to you. still pretty manipulative and he had fun doing it. who'd have thought someone who looked so innocent would rob you blind in a heartbeat? well. he would

19. The most random ship you've seen people have with them

i try not to pay attention to ships with him <3 but i've seen him and ocelot which just feels weird to me

20. A weird headcanon

i think a lot of people in this fandom would consider all of my headcanons about him weird. especially the one where i think he hates volgin with a burning passion. sucks to be them and not get it.

21. When do you think they were at their happiest?

not at any point during canon, that's for sure

22. When do you think they were at their lowest?

that'd be immediately post-mgsv ('but he wasn't in mgsv' shut up i don't care)

23. Future headcanon

that man is going to settle down and find a very normal and average and kind person who treats him like he deserves. and they will have a cat. and he will be genuinely happy for the first time in longer than he can remember

24. What do you think is a secret they have that they never told anyone?

he's a spy lol the amount of secrets he has are insane. but i think he's always going to be very secretive about the exact details of his work. he really doesn't want to talk about them.

25. When do you think they acted the most ooc

when kojima writes him

26. When do you think they were being "themselves" the most?

when i write him

27. If they could meet a character from another show/movie/etc, who would be the most fun for them to meet?

mello deathnote i think he should meet mello deathnote

28. The most unnecessary thing they ever did?

all the self-destructive shit he did because he had serious mental health issues and didn't realize it was okay for him to just not do that

29. How do you think they would be as a parent? (and if they are a parent, how do you think they would be if they weren't?)

spy x family but worse

30. The funniest scene they had?

nothing i didn't write myself

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{ hehe now it's my turn >:D I gotta say, when i first followed you i was really interested in the character selection you had. It's rare to see anyone picking up GF or R&M muses and you had both so i definitely knew it was an instant follow !! And then i saw how good your writing is and how perfect your characterizations for your muses are, i really ended up admiring you for that !

You're just so amazing at everything you do ! Whether it's coming up with plotlines / storylines that fit your muses, headcanons, writing very very lovely replies and also the edits that you do !! You're very multi-talented, even if you don't think so, i can see it and it puts me in awe every single time !

And I can just keep going on about your writing !! I said this to you, uh, yesterday i think ? but you really do paint a nice scenery with your words. You're able to set the scene well and you mix introspection and action flawlessly ! I actually ended up picking up a few lessons from just writing with you !! you're just that good !!

You're also one of the smartest, most nicest people i've ever met. talking to you is so comforting and i wanna say more but i'm a little shy and thinking about saying it is making me flustered xD so I'll just tell you at a later time 🤭💙🖤

Anyways, you've become a real inspiration to me and I truly admire you in every single way. I love getting to interact with you and talk with you. I also adore our many many ships. The Ricks have a special place in my heart xD and I'm just so fucking glad that I met you !! }

Tell me anonymously or not why you follow me || Accepting !

Damn, I guess this is "revenge", isn't it? xD

Kidding aside, I can't express how glad I am that my muses caught your interest, because if they haven't we would have never met! One more reason for me to be glad to have made this blog after so many weeks of pondering whether or not it was worth it or not >.<

Well, if you were admiring me, I was kinda intimidated, because you seem like the best in my main fandom, while I was just a novice, so I was really flattered that you had taken an interest in me. And even more when you messaged me because I liked that famous post x3 It's not even been a year since then and yet it feels like so much time have passed, because we've done a lot together and got to know each other really well, both as RP partners and as people. I feel so lucky to have met you, for more than one reason and I listed some of them in my ask!

Yeah, it was yesterday xD and I think that hearing that someone has learn stuff from me is one of the best compliments I could ever get >.< I don't know what exactly my writing has taught you, but it's a real honour to hear it. Especially since you're already so good yourself!!

I guess I'll wait for a later time, but I supposed it's stuff for us and not for the audience anyway xD so it's okay. And yeah, I don't think I'm that smart, but I try to be useful for my friends, so glad to know that I can do it for you!

You're a source of inspiration for me too, under several points of view and I know that this will be true for as long as we'll be around each other. Which I hope will be a long time! And I love all our ships too <3 The Ricks are...one of a kind, when it comes to ships xD And they have been one of the ships I've been the most passionate for when it comes to RPing, which is a great achievement xD

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since there are so many different interpretations of clint’s deafness in canon and within the fandom, i figured it’s about time i make an Official post about this. although it doesn’t define him, it’s a very important part of his character and it needs to be discussed. so here we go friends !

TIMELINE :

clint has been partially deaf since childhood. he and barney grew up in an extremely abusive household. his father would beat them regularly, and managed to do enough damage to cause clint hearing loss. barney was the only support clint had during this. he made an incredible effort to learn american sign language so he could eventually pass it on to his little brother. until then, clint was forced to learn lipreading to get by. as clint aged, his hearing gradually improved, but just slightly. he would’ve benefited from hearing aids, but never had the financial means to do so, and he was eventually used to life without them.

when he began to operate as an independent young man, clint stopped using american sign language to communicate, as there was never much of an opportunity to use it when he wasn’t around his brother. clint is a very insecure person, but adolescence took things to a new level. it came to point where he’d rarely reveal his deafness to others. clint has always been hesitant to ask for help. it makes him feel weak and incapable, which was the last thing he needed growing up. there was no one to teach him the tips and tricks of life after his injuries, so he lived in a world of missing pieces, constantly bluffing and playing along like he understood every word. 

as clint’s life continued on into adulthood, his skills only got more refined. he learned to live with himself in a way that works for him. unfortunately, all this changed when he meet the clown. an incident in the fight to save his building landed him with arrows shoved deep in both his ears. he woke up in a hospital with his head bandaged and not a clue what had happened. if the arrows were any deeper, they would’ve hit his brain. instead, he suffered severe damage to his middle and inner ear canals. it took a while for him to grasp the reality of his situation. now left 80% deaf in both ears, clint experienced acute unilateral vestibulopathy, which resulted in severe dizziness, nausea, blurry / spinning vision, neck pain, and loss of proper balance. this lasted for quite some time, so he was confined to the hospital while everything was falling apart in the outside world. being the person he is, clint took less time than he should’ve to recover. while fighting the mafia, he was still dealing with his symptoms, if not yet being adjusted to life without sound wasn’t enough. 

somehow, clint managed to come out on top. his building was safe and he finally had time to come to terms with his deafness. after giving his ears more time to heal, he got his first pair of behind the ear hearing aids. while he learned to navigate his world with the new devices, he picked up american sign language once more to polish his skills, and soon reached full fluency. he is currently working to further accept his deafness, and expose himself to deaf cult/ure in an effort to find a community of people he can relate to.

DETAILS :

• the first few weeks without his hearing were absolute hell. whenever anyone spoke to him he was lost, and for a while he didn’t have much motivation to try and understand them. his depression worsened and he found it hard to even put in his hearing aids in the morning. it took him a while to readjust to relying on lipreading for conversation. before having access to hearing aids his world was empty. the only thing reminiscent of sound he could hold onto were his own thoughts. going outside for was incredibly difficult for him for a bit. he used to find comfort in the constant hum of the city around him, and that had been torn away from him. even with his hearing aids, the most he can pick up are remnants of a passing truck. he’s taken more of a liking to riding the subway, since he can hear the trains pulling in and out of the station. occasionally, he runs into trouble around the city, not registering the sounds of honking cars or the disgruntled mumbles of people on the street. 

• clint uses behind the ear hearing aids ( x ). his are purple. of course. they do not fix his hearing, but they help more than he’d imagine they would. he went from only being able to hear very loud, lower pitched sounds, to being able to hear the bass tones in a person’s voice. he has particular trouble hearing high pitched sounds, such as younger children’s voices. when he’s in the field, clint uses special hearing aids made for him by tony s/tark. they sit completely in his ear canals, and are able to connect to whatever comms system his team is using. although he doesn’t look forward to it, clint takes a trip to the audiologist annually, and sometimes lets a close friend tag along.

• clint usually feels left out in conversations, especially ones involving multiple people. seeing everyone else getting along just fine around him is tough. things like seeing people laugh and not understanding why still make his heart drop every so often. even though he can talk your ear off, he’s much more confident communicating through asl or over text. he is extremely embarrassed to ask people to repeat themselves, so he doesn’t do it often. lipreading is hard. clint has has been doing it his entire life, but even when he’s used to the way someone speaks, he finds it difficult to pick up all of what they’re saying. only about 30% of english can be lipread, so everything else has to be filled in. most consonants are virtually indistinguishable from each other without context. fraction does an incredible job of expressing this through writing. for example, clint is talking with jessica, and before he can gather his thoughts, she doesn’t make much sense : 

… but all of that seems almost worth it to clint when he meets someone who knows asl. being able to let his exaggerated expressions and body language flow freely is something he’ll never take for granted.

• clint accidentally raises his voice when he talks from time to time. soft spoken people are hard to be around, even though he occasionally wishes he were like them. he doesn’t like when people quickly approach him for conversation from the side, and gets a bit annoyed if someone he knows tries to talk to him when he has his back turned. if they’re not close, he’ll just nod and pretend he knows what they’ve said. 

• in his own house, clint doesn’t like wearing his hearing aids. they’re uncomfortable. there’s this thing sitting behind and in your ears. once in a while he needs to give them a break. but because of this, he finds himself checking up on lucky more than he probably should, and sometimes leaves the apartment door ajar for him if he knows it’s safe to do so. the subtitles on his tv are always on, and he won’t always put his hearing aids in to watch it. when he does, and he’s alone, he turns the sound up loud and tries to enjoy himself as much as possible. nothing will get in the way of him and dog cops. 

that’s the basics. clint lives his life every day dealing with his deafness and it will always be a part of him. he wouldn’t be the same without his experiences, and wouldn’t change himself if he had the chance to. he’s learning to love himself the way he is. it might take a while, but he’s taking steps to get there. 

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Game Start! The Seven Lords: Beast by Moonlight

Anonymous asked: Hey, so I know you only really write for ToT, Genshin, and Omswd, but do you think you could do one of those Character-like headcanons for a Bungou Stray Dogs character? I noticed your icon, and just wanted to ask if you'd be okay with it. If you are, could you do an Atushi-like Mc for the Demon bros? No pressure though!

These crossover cabinets have been really popular lately, so I've been getting a few more in to keep up with the demand. It took a moment to fully repair this cabinet though, as it was quite the feisty little thing. No worries though, I have made sure it won't shock ya.

(I rewatched Season one and two of BSD and BSD: Wan! to make this as accurate as I could lol, I hope you enjoy it Anon!)

A Weretiger Amongst Demons (Obey Me! Demon Brothers x Atsushi Nakajima-like! Gn! Reader)

Content Warnings: Bungou Stray Dogs is a series that contains characters based on real life authors, with each individual character having an ability based on a book by their namesake author. There is also a character in the series who is Sui///cidal and it is somewhat treated more light-hearted than how it is usually treated in media, and though it is explained later as to why I don't recommend anyone who is put off or upset by that type of content to watch it. Atsushi is not this character though, so there won't be any mention of it in this. This series also contains rather intense battle scenes, so there is mentions of blood and limb loss/limb regeneration in this. Should this premise interest you, I recommend watching at least the first two episodes if you don't want spoilers from those episodes. Also like with any fic that involves Belphie, spoilers for chapter 16-20. Has a little bit of angst sprinkled in because it is attached to my very being.

(There is a lotta stuff cut from Satan's part to prevent this from solely being about him. My inner simp is showing ;w;)

(Note: Atsushi has a very prominent black streak of hair, like a tiger stripe. Whenever I say "discolored streak of hair" or something similar, feel free to imagine what sort of tiger stripe would best suit your hair color.

Also, feel free to look at the bottom of this post if you wanna see what Atsushi's partial and full tiger forms look like lol.)

⚝──⭒─⭑─⭒──⚝

Being a member of the Armed Detective Agency was a job that hardly ever was uneventful. If you weren't busy investigating crimes that had to do with the Port Mafia or Ability Users, you were stuck at your desk doing paperwork as your rather... unique coworkers got up to their shenanigans. Despite how much of a handful they could be some days, you were still fond of them. They were sort of like a family to you in a way, something you'd never had before joining. You had been out in town with Kenji to pick up some groceries for the office today, which turned into a rather exhausting ordeal as you underestimated the pure weight of the amount of snacks Ranpo wanted. Fukuzawa, your boss, had sent you home early afterwards for some good rest. Thankfully, the dormitories owned by the agency weren't too far from the office so you didn't have to walk too far.

Since you had an returned home a little after lunch time, you decided to make up a quick bowl of Chazuke before having a refreshing nap. Yet, after setting the ingredients on the counter you began to feel light-headed. Instinctively you went to sit down in a nearby chair, but the feeling of falling overtook you as soon as you laid your hands on the base of it. You struggled to think as you began falling through what you assumed to be the floor, unable to focus hard enough to call upon your ability. Luckily, it seemed whoever had caused you to fall through the floor was kind enough to give you a soft landing. Your body hit the carpeted ground softer than expected, and while normally you would've tried to roll and stand up or at least brace for impact, you landed face first on the ground instead.

Dazed and confused, you slowly rose from the ground to meet a rather interesting group of individuals staring down at you. Most of them were silently judging you with their eyes, but the tall being dressed in red in front of you looked almost overjoyed to see you. "Greetings, Mc! Welcome to the Devildom!"

Lucifer:

While you were quite the peculiar human, Lucifer didn't care to much to get to know you unless necessary. Thankfully, you were at least polite and respectful, but he wished you'd stop being so reckless sometimes.

When he had first assigned Mammon to watch over you, he was confused when you had timidly assured him that you could take care of yourself. Luci still insisted, since you were a human now stuck in a realm full of demons with no real way to actually protect yourself should one of them decide to devour your body and soul. Or at least that's what he had thought.

Truthfully, you hadn't run into any sort of conflicts until the TSL quiz since, even though he didn't have the best reputation, lesser demons would rather not mess with you when you had Mammon beside you. But when Leviathan had begun to advance towards you and shift into his Demon form. The Avatar of Pride was going to stop him after a bit, but when one of you emitted a rather loud growl in stunned him for a moment.

Levi's growls usually sounded more like a hiss, and if not for his position in the crowd watching your little quiz game he might've thought it was one of his brothers. The growl stunned Leviathan as well, but not long enough for him to miss the chance to take a swipe at you. It failed to connect, however, since a massive furry claw grasped onto his forearm to stop him. You felt a gloved hand rest on your transformed arm suddenly, releasing your grip on the Third Eldest Brother and looking up to meet the bright red eyes of Lucifer.

As expected, he immediately questioned you about your ability. It took a while to fully explain to everyone that there were humans in the Human World, called Ability Users, that possessed powers of all different varieties. Explaining that yours revolved around you being a Were-tiger took a bit as well, but Luci let you off with a warning afterwards so he could have some time alone to think. He was rather embarrassed to have not known anything about your ability, since Diavolo had been in the room. Perhaps he should have looked into the "Armed Detective Agency" listed under the occupations part of your file, since a quick web search once he returned home explained almost everything you already had.

After the events of the TSL quiz, he begins keeping an extra close eye on you. While Diavolo may have been pleasantly surprised by your powers, not knowing the fullest extent of your strength made him apprehensive. You hardly ever shifted into the partial form you had displayed before, only choosing to shift into it when threatened. The only time he had seen you fully transform into an actual tiger had been when you had been protecting Beel and Luke from his fury. He'd never admit it, but seeing you become a literal tiger with the use of any spells or potions was somewhat impressive.

When Belphegor killed you after he was released from the Attic, Lucifer was impressed to see the fight you had put up against your murderer. The Avatar of Sloth had not escaped the confrontation unscathed, decorated with a good amount of claw and bite marks as he cackled over your body.

The first time that you lose a limb in a fight and regenerate it, the old man nearly has a heart attack. You were not allowed to get into fights on his watch anymore after that.

Lucifer is a bit rough with you when you get out of control, but not on purpose. Mostly he tries to pin you down until you're calm, and soothe you after. He'd prefer if you just told him when you're getting too much moonlight for your own good, so he can arrange plans with Diavolo to take you to a sunny location in the Human Realm. Plus, if you let him visit the Agency with you he'd likely get along just fine with Kunikida and your Boss. Maybe don't introduce him to or expose him to Dazai for too long though, not for Lucifer's sake but for your fellow agent.

Speaking of the Agency, there's a decent chance that your demon boyfriend would fit right in. Luci can probably make up a convincing enough fake ability if you want him to, just make sure that he's aware that Dazai's ability can cancel out others. Or just outright tell everyone that Luci's a demon, they probably wouldn't care too much.

Other than your abilities, Lucifer finds your history and personality rather intriguing to say the least. Your file had already mentioned the fact that you were an orphan, but after the two of you become close you confide in him the awful treatment you had received at the orphanage as a child. Luci does his best to subtly boost your self-esteem and worth, and insisted whenever a nightmare strikes you to come to him first. He could be in the middle of working, but he'd drop everything upon seeing you nervously stand in the doorway in your pajamas and tear stains on your face. He viewed you as a part of the family now or perhaps even more, so he would care for you as such. And while he does appreciate your kindness and protective nature, he wished you would be a little less reckless with your actions.

He is a little apprehensive about letting you return back to the Human World and go back to fighting other potentially stronger ability users, but he trusts you enough to take care of yourself at this point.

Mammon:

Definitely tried to trick Lucifer into letting you go out into the Devildom on your own, as you were very insistent on not troubling him. It didn't work, but he did try.

Mammon actually found you rather cute before and after the pact, not that he'll admit it anytime soon. Your polite but nervous personality made him want to protect you, and watching you get excited over things you've never tried before made him squeal on the inside. While at times he did try to motivate you with Grimm into his newest schemes, your moral compass seemed to be to strong to be tempted by his greed. Though, Mammon did manage to rope you into a good collection of small scale pranks on his brothers.

The first time you leap up to protect himself or one of his brothers, he doesn't know what to do. He wants to be upset and pull you out of the way and protect you, but he also wants to admire your tenacity.

Watching your arm shift into that of a tiger's was a shock for him, as if Lucifer hadn't gotten there first he would've tried to protect you from Leviathan's envious rage. At first, Mammon doesn't really buy the whole Ability User thing, since he's often in the Human World and had never caught wind of it. Over time he comes to terms with it, especially with how your ability effects you. Seeing as he spends the most time around you, should you ever begin to become out of control due to the constant state of night in the Devildom he is the first to soothe you. Mammon is aware that when your Tiger side gets out of control, you can get a little rough with him, but in the end you mean no harm. Though, he did nearly piss his pants the first time Mammon heard you growl in your sleep.

After Belphegor escaped the Attic and killed you, Mammon had run to cling onto your battered body. Despite your regenerative abilities, it seemed that the Avatar of Sloth had pushed you to the brink and attacked your weak points. You had been fully transformed when he found you, leaving him to cling to your upper body and cradle you in his arms.

Mammon actually happens to be the first of the Avatars to find out that you purr. The two of you had been having lunch together, but you weren't feeling your best due to staying up all night studying for your exams. The Avatar of Greed tried to coax you into taking a rest for the remainder of your lunch break, despite your teasing about his sudden softness, which lead him to gently stroking your hair. As his fingernails gently scraped across your scalp, you couldn't help but lean in with a gentle rumbling sounding from your throat. Perhaps if you hadn't been too tired to notice, you would have had a similar reaction to the violently blushing demon you were laying against.

Speaking of your hair, Mammon is oddly fascinated by the discolored streak in yours. Not matter how many times you tell him that it's natural and likely stems from your Ability, he always finds himself staring at it whenever he's focusing on your hair for any reason. The strange streak actually landed you a modelling gig alongside Mammon one time, due to it resembling a tiger stripe. You'll never forget the flushed look on the Avatar of Greed's face when you laid across his lap in the playful cat pose the photographer directed you into. It confused you a bit, since the outfit wasn't even revealing or anything. It was just a very cat themed outfit. You would've preferred tiger, but clothes are clothes.

Unless they're details relating to looking after you, Lucifer didn't tell Mammon all too much about your past. You'll need to be the one to tell him the majority of it, but he'll voluntarily become your new security pillow afterwards. Be careful with revealing certain details though, unless you want to hear whispers of how local Orphanage Director was killed somehow by a wild swarm of crows when you get back to the Human World. Actually, probably don't, that guy kinda had it coming. He's still sort of uneasy with PDA, but he'll put in the extra effort whenever he sees you doubting your self worth. Other than that, you may notice a few good luck or good dream charms hung up around your room later on. They carry a strong essence of magic, with a sort of sigil-like signature that changes with each piece. Oddly, Mammon seemed to have a few more debts than before after the charms appeared, but they do work quite well.

Oh boy, is he not happy with the idea of sending you back to the Human World. He's aware that you're a very capable human and all, but you really shouldn't have told him about the near death situations you've gotten in due to your line of work. Before you leave, he makes you promise not to get yourself killed out there and to pick up your D.D.D. when he calls.

In Mammon's case, you'd probably have a better time if you just go out and about in town together rather than hanging around the Agency. He wouldn't really be to happy about sitting around and waiting for you to fill out paperwork all day, and there isn't much else to do because he promised not to cause trouble at the office. Other than that he gets along with your co-workers decently well, aside from Kunikida, but probably don't plan on taking him out on any missions with you unless necessary. Sure, he's got your back, but getting said back might mean a lot more property damage aka more paperwork.

Leviathan:

You're a rather strange normie, but a normie nonetheless. Levi's doesn't really want much to do with you after you make a pact with Mammon so he can get his money back, but he might be pressed enough to admit he's at least interested in your long belt that weirdly trails behind you and waves like a cat's tail. But then the TSL Quiz happens and, was your arm just a tiger's?! That's..... so cool! F-for a normie!

Does become rather invested in your explanation on Ability Users. He can name about 70 different anime with a similar premise, but you're saying that all of that stuff is real and just a realm away? Hey Lucifer, do you think he can take a visit to the Human World to do some Navy business? No? Damn. He'll have to settle for studying the anime were-tiger of his dreams instead. *sigh*

I hope you enjoy playing the role of a storyteller, because he's going to want all of the details you can provide. If you're capable of it, the two of you could talk about all of the stuff you were getting up to as a member of the Armed Detective Agency prior. Leviathan won't force you to keep going if you're getting tired of talking though, and once you begin to lose steam he'll suggest that both of you watch an anime with a similar premise to your experiences. Perhaps with a fresh order of Rainbow Pizza on its way.

He sort of appreciates the way that you're also a bit nervous and timid. Not nearly as shy as him per say, someone's got to tell the cashier at Hell's Kitchen they got his order wrong, but you do share some traits with him. It makes him feel closer to you that you both struggle with similar things. But please, for the love of... Ruri-chan, please stop trying to protect him and his brothers from hits they can easily take. His heart cannot take it.

And when you tell him about your past with the Orphanage and how it's effected your self worth? It was a very same hat moment(the self worth part). Both of you sort of become each other's support, boosting the other's self esteem and comforting the other from their nightmares. These moments of comfort are most often spontaneous, spiking and declining with how the current status of the world around you is effecting your mental health.

Tried for a while to get you to transform and do cool stunts while he watches and or records/livestreams it, but after you tell him about the toll it takes on your body he relents and apologizes. Insists that he'll make it up to you in anyway possible, and helping you calm down when you get out of control is included in that promise as well. Levi actually has a rather effective strategy for lulling your tiger form into a calmer state, but one that he might find a little embarrassing to do in public. Essentially he wraps his long, scaly tail around you like a boa constrictor, soothing you with stuttered praises and shaky strokes through your fur until you've returned to human form or are at least settled down.

Despite being a shut-in, he'll go out with you to the Human World on days that you need to get some sunshine. There he discovers the joys of laying on a rock in the sun, but do make sure to keep an eye on him so he doesn't give himself sunburn or get caught in his demon form.

When him and the others found you dying in Mammon's arms, he failed to notice that he had shifted into demon form when he crouched down beside you. Though Leviathan was a few paces away still, his tail was just long enough to wrap around your torso once. A fact that he grew to hate as he could now feel your fading pulse. While you do come back to life and he forgives Belphie eventually, it becomes a common occurrence to wake up with his tail snugly wrapped around you whenever you sleep together. If you are uncomfortable with it he'll work on breaking the habit, but if not the habit becomes a source of security for him. You may want to invest in a fleece sleeve for it in the winter though unless you're a very warm body, as his scales can get rather chilly in the colder months.

While he's not happy about you going back to the Human World, Leviathan makes sure that you know he's your Number 1 stan supporter. He's very adamant on both of you keeping up on in-game AP transfers, mostly so he knows you're still there. He also loves playing Co-Op with you when you're off of work.

Very excited to see the sights of Japan, though he'll willingly hang around the office if you need him to. Usually he's just on one of the couches on one of his handhelds, but if you're tall enough and comfortable enough with each other, Leviathan is a great lap warmer and headrest for while you work. Just make sure he brings headphones if you don't want to hear Mononoke: BlazingCrimson while you do your paperwork.

Satan:

The thing that stands out to Satan the most is that you work as a Detective. The thought of having someone else with experience to solve crimes with is a very appealing idea, but you'll still need to get through some barriers before he's even willing to think about you being the Watson to his Sherlock.(It's probably the reverse honestly, seeing as you're the only Detective here with a job *cough**cough*.) That belt of yours though... it's certainly peculiar. Oh well, he has more important things to worry about, like planning Prank #29473 on Lucifer.

Satan had told you about asking Simeon about TSL's upcoming 9th novel on a whim, finding entertainment in getting involved in your conflicts. Plus, Leviathan would probably wipe the floor with you otherwise, and seeing Lucifer's blood boil whenever you came out on top of his brothers in conflicts was quite the pleasing sight. Though, it seemed your little trump card was actually a ticket to your demise as Leviathan's claw... oh. OH.

While he doesn't jump at the chance to form a pact with you or steal you away, as much as his heart wants to, he settles for observing you from the sidelines. A lot. It might be a good idea to ask Asmo to pick you out a hat that suits your outfits, otherwise he may burn hole into your head with how much he's staring. You could almost feel the sensation of his eyes burning your skin when you protected Beel and Luke as a full tiger. (He is looking... somewhat respectfully.)

Once the body swapping shenanigans have concluded and the pact is sealed, he's dragging you away into his room for a bit. Satan wants to learn anything and everything about your Ability that he already doesn't know from his observations. Besides obsessing over your feline features, he does want to know the other parts of your powers. Your strengths, weaknesses, speed, agility, anything of that sort. He very well may build an entire obstacle course for you in the garden if he's able. But, he does take a page out of your book whenever you say or he feels he's gone too far or is being overbearing. In the same way Satan is his own person and not Lucifer's Wrath, you are your own person and not just your Ability.

While we're talking about personality, Satan finds your polite yet shy demeanor rather endearing. He enjoys teasing you by calling you a cat especially, triggering the cute reaction of you shouting about being a tiger as your ears and tail emerge on reflex. But he does have a heart attack every time your self sacrificing side comes out, leading him to jump in front of you instead.

He does love it if you indulge his cat loving side every now and then. Smoosh a paw against his cheek, leave your ears and tail out while relaxing, or even purr and this demon is near putty in your hands. While you may dislike being called a cat and not a tiger, you'll admit it's cute to see him toy with the paw pads of your transformed arm. It's a pretty decent ego boost to see him fawn over you in this way. Perhaps this is what it felt like to be a feline in Egypt?

Your tiger form had a major downside when the brothers had found you after Belphegor was done, as Satan didn't really know what to do with himself. He knew healing spells, sure, but those were healing spells for demons. There was a chance that would work on a human, but you were too weak to change back to your human form. Would a healing spell for general animals work? He's used some on the neighborhood cats when they get hurt so would-... It takes Asmodeus ensnaring him in a tearful embrace for him to snap out of his mile a minute thoughts, but you were already too far gone by then. Satan doesn't know who to exactly to thank when you come back to life, but he plans to spend the rest of his doing so.

Often, you'd go to him for nightmares. The Avatar of Wrath learned of your past through your tearful explanations of the dreams, and was more than happy to help you get a good night's rest. His voice was soothing, and having him sit close to you as he read to you was the perfect recipe for a peaceful slumber. Yet, you were perplexed on what to do when you bumped into a teary eyed blonde in the halls. Satan had not intended for you to find him, he was just going to take a walk and let the painful dream fade from his mind. But with you standing there in front of him now it was brought front and center in his brain, causing frustration to boil inside of him as his eyes grew damp. Taking the quicker route, you lifted him up with your enhanced strength and took him back to your room, where he spent the rest of the night. You didn't mind the tearstains on your pajamas, even if he apologized for them in the morning.

As another person that struggles with fits of aggression, Satan is a decent support when it comes to dealing with the negative effects of moonlight. Though you don't really have the capabilities to seriously harm him, you do tend to scratch him up quite a bit. Most days that you seek this form of comfort from him lead to the Avatar of Wrath being covered in scratches that looked like he just came out of the unruly cat section of an animal shelter. Personally, similar with his anger, he'd much rather help you prevent these fits before they happen, even if he can heal decently quickly.

It's easy to see that he longs for you to stay in the Devildom, but he knows you must return home. While he does love hearing your voice over the phone, the two of you often exchange letters full of life updates, loving and tender words, and whatever else you could think of. It's his inner hopeless romantic talking there.

Once you get him into the Armed Detective Agency, you're going to need to call for some backup if you intend to stop him from applying for a job. If not, better start subtly prepping him for the entrance exam so you can say hello to your new Junior Detective(He hates this title)! At least he gets along fine with the other though, but he's biased positively towards Ranpo.

Asmodeus:

Asmo's reaction isn't too different to that of the normal canon at first. He doesn't really think much of you, as he has far too many more important things on his mind than to care too deeply about the human they were hosting in HOL. That seemed to already be Mammon's job anyway. Your timidity and politeness made you rather fun to tease at least. Nothing harmful or extreme, just playful and flirty gestures to rile you up a bit. The Avatar of Lust nearly had a giggle fit when he thought that you hissed at him, but he chalked it up to being a noise made by your Guardian Demon.

But witnessing that initial use of your ability was certainly something that interested him long enough to focus on something other than himself and his niche interests. (He is looking... disrespectfully.) Before the Devildom's moon has reached its next phase, he already has 40 new pet names to teasingly call you.

He makes sure not to show too much interest in you though, as that wouldn't be really any fun for him. He's the Avatar of Lust after all, you're gonna need quite a bit of pizazz to impress him. At least you still have that sweet, sweet angel blood flowing through your veins, making you quite the magic user in combination with Solomon's lent spell. Congrats! You've impressed Asmo and received a pact with him!

While he does have some interest in your Ability, Asmo finds himself falling for and seeking out the you behind the roaring tiger. The most he asks for you to use your Ability is to carry heavy things for him or to try pairing an outfit with your partially transformed form, but he won't complain if you show him more impressive things about your form. Especially those feline eyes and strange streak of hair. A secret that both of you share about the specific strip of hair is that it cannot be dyed, and dying the hair around it makes the stripe change to a color that best suits the dye as a stripe. So don't think you'll get away with black hair, because it's just going to turn white.

On the topic of style, Asmodeus is your go-to demon for new clothes when you enviably rip yours due to your Ability. Asmo is more than willing to take you out on the town and give you suggestions on outfits that best suit your features and needs. Even if you just want baggy, loose-fitting clothing, somehow he's able to find something that flaunts your outer beauty in just the right way. Though, he is aware of how attached you happen to be to the set of clothing you originally arrived in the Devildom with because of its previous owners, so he'll sit down and either sew it for you or teach you how to sew them. Asmo makes sure to always add that belt of yours or something similar to your outfits though, as he finds it far too cute not to.

Upon finding your dying form at the base of the stairs, Asmodeus goes into a temporary state of shock. Once he's out of it he rushes to your side, opposite to Mammon. While his elder brother is cradling you from behind like a porcelain doll, Asmo can much clearly see the injuries on your underbelly from this angle. He can't find it in himself to care about his looks as he wipes the tears trailing down his face off, throwing off his jacket and pressing it into the worst of the worst of your injuries to stop the blood flow. Though you do come back to life as the previous version of yourself disintegrates, the blood still stains his jacket. One would think that he would have thrown it out immediately after, but it actually sits in a sealed box buried deep in his closet. Asmo is unsure as to why, but he can't seem to bear the idea of tossing or destroying the item in anyway, nor can he bring himself to look at it for longer than a few seconds at a time.

Looking for someone to vent to about nearly anything? The demon you're looking for is waiting for you with open arms and a fresh bottle of your favorite beverage. Often, Asmo encourages you to engage in acts of self-care as you two discuss things in your daily life that frustrate you, but he knows when to put the beauty products away and give you some good old fashioned comfort. Talking about your rather rough past is one of those situations, where the demon allows you to speak for as long as you want whilst tracing calming shapes into your back and holding you close with a gentle melodious hum. When you stop speaking, he gently whispers words of affirmation and comfort while tracing much more complex shapes and letters. As you slowly fall into the realm of sleep, he changes into his demon form and surrounds you the best he can with his smaller wings. Even though he hates his sleep being interrupted, he'd willingly not sleep for a week if you needed him to be there with you.

Though Asmodeus is not weak by any means, he struggles at times with helping you calm down from your full tiger fits. He prefers not to be rough with you at all, settling for luring you into a position that he can pin you underneath a fleece blanket and soothe you with his words until your transition back into your human form. After the first time this happens, Asmo begins setting up appointments with Diavolo to let you get a weekly visit to the Human World for some sunlight and you notice a few extra large cat claw caps in his Akuzon cart.

As much as he doesn't want to see you go, he knows that your smiling face will be popping up in his Devilgram feed as soon as you return home. You promised not to tell Belphie or the others, but sometimes at night you and Asmo will talk. His brothers assume the giggles and chatter coming from his room to be the radio or something else, as they know how much Asmo values beauty sleep.

Luckily, he gets along just fine with the other members of the Agency, but how much he gets along with Yosano is both admirable and concerning. Aside from a little bit of hotheadedness from Kunikida at his teases, there is no real conflicts between them. You're actually more likely to find conflict out on the streets of Japan, and directed towards you rather than Asmodeus. It's hard to say you didn't expect it, walking with your arm linked with the most literal Avatar of Romantic Temptation is bound to draw in some jealous. Hopefully none of them are any Port Mafia members who are feeling particularly lucky that day, 'cause they'll either be met with your heel or Asmo's fist.

Beelzebub:

This human is very lamb-like in nature, are you sure they are not food Lucifer? They aren't? Okay. That's about where Beel's main interest in you falters. While he expresses some concern to your well-being prior to the TSL Quiz, it's not to the extent that he would go to for his brothers. Solely, he wants to help keep you alive so that the exchange program Diavolo and his family worked hard for goes smoothly, even if he does miss his twin while Belphie is in the Human World with Diaval.

Beel is unsure how to fully feel about your ability though. It's impressive, sure, but the idea with you having enough power to at least block a hit from the third eldest of his family makes him somewhat uncomfortable. Add on the fact that you have the capability to regenerate, and you have a somewhat concerned Beelzebub. He doesn't exactly think that you have the abilities to go toe to toe with any of his siblings, but there is a good chance that you could at least give them a decent injury. While you don't use your ability often, he still tenses up whenever you do.

Then, you put your life on the line to protect himself and the young angel from Lucifer's rage. Admiration blooms in his chest as you throw yourself in front of the two of them with a vicious snarl, declaring that no harm will come to either of them. Even in your full Tiger form the Eldest easily bats you to the side, but thankfully Diavolo arrives and stops the conflict. Beelzebub easily lifts your unconscious body from the ground as you slowly shift back into your human form, cradling you with as much care as he typically showed to his brothers. A smile crosses his face when your hand wraps around his wrist after laying you down on the bed, and he settles in to sit beside you until you wake up.

After forming a pact with him, you find yourself often working out with him at the Gym. Your Ability gives you enhanced speed and strength, so you figured why not practice with it? The amount of battles you got into back home made the heavy set of weights look and feel like nothing. You even managed to pick up your demon friend himself, hearing a hearty chuckle from him as you held him in your arms Bridal Style.

Beelzebub especially likes running with you, since you can keep up with his pace and at times rival Mammon in speed. Once your Ability has worn you out and you feel like collapsing, he easily scoops you up into his arms and carries you home. With a quick stop at Hell's Kitchen of course.

On the topic of food, you can certainly eat a whole lot. Beel is almost impressed with how much you can eat in one sitting, even if he eats double the same amount.

When Belphegor is released from the Attic and kills you, Beel honestly doesn't know what to do. He's happy at first when he sees Belphie, but then he sees the blood, the scratches, the wicked grin across his face, and finally your dying body on the ground. Should he be happy to see his twin, even though its fairly clear that he just killed the human he was beginning to feel strangely sweet and fond feelings for? As much as he loves Belphie, the automatic response his brain gives is no. Inner turmoil boils inside of him so much that it reaches the Avatar of Sloth's sense, causing a silent standoff to begin between the two. Were this be the doings of other demon, Beel likely would've ripped them to shreds by now. If you hadn't suddenly come back to life, who knows what Beelzebub would've done.

After that whole conflict, the Avatar of Gluttony really needs to fill the desire brewing inside. Not for food though, rather he longs to be by your side as much as possible. Move over Mammon, it's Beel's turn to cuddle with the human for the night. Not that you're complaining though, he's warm and his strong presence helps ward off any nightmares.

Speaking of nightmares, Beelzebub is an incredibly soothing presence to calm down from them with. He has his fair share of them, and he's fully open to listening to you speak about anything you need to get off your chest. Not too long after forming the Pact with him you confided in him about your past, and hearing about the Orphanage slightly dampens the corners of his eyes. Often Beel holds you close, reassuring you that you'll always be a part of his family and reaffirming your worth.

You don't really have to worry about the Avatar of Gluttony when it comes to helping you calm down from a fit of aggression caused by moonlight overexposure. This demon can easily cross-face cradle you and pin you down when you get too scratchy, but he doesn't feel the best about doing it. He'd much rather go out with you to get some sunshine, since Lucifer trusts him to not cause to much of a ruckus in the Human World if you're there making sure he doesn't eat too much.

When it's time for you to head back to the Human World, he's sad but he knows that you'll see each other again. Beel eagerly awaits your call when it's his turn to talk to you, wanting to know everything you've been up to since you've been gone no matter how small the details are.

Your co-workers get along quite well with him, but you find that he shares an unspoken bond of respect with Kenji. Both of them share a high level of inhuman strength as well as a near perpetually empty stomach, the only difference being that Kenji can be full but he will fall asleep soon after. The only one of your co-workers that he may not get along with is Ranpo. Should you fail to fully supply him with snacks, Beel may follow his senses and find one of, if not all of, Ranpo's snack stashes. Just make sure to keep your gluttonous boyfriend well fed and everything will be fine as you do your paperwork or go around town. If need be, you can sit on his lap as you work to keep him from running off.

Belphegor:

Belphie is very much under the impression that you are a normal human when he first meets you and long after. Being human doesn't earn you any good marks though, seeing as he despises the species. He's pleasantly surprised by your personality, but he takes full advantage of your naivety to rope you into getting him out of the attic. You're understandably upset when you find out that he lied to you about being a fellow human, but you dig your heels in and decide to continue to help him for Beelzebub's sake. He'd find it admirable if you weren't a human.

Often he hears the sounds of loud growls, hisses, and snarls that don't sound like any of his brothers echo up to the Attic. Unaware of the situation downstairs, he just assumed that one of his brothers had begun bringing a rather aggressive demon friend around the house. The only time the strange noises legitimately frightened him was one night where a roar filled the area he was fairly certain was the library, followed by a booming slam against the ceiling that shook the house. Once he's out of this prison, he's going to need to talk to one of his brothers about their violent company.

Unless you're feeling generous and tell him about your Ability prior to his release from the Attic, he's going to find out not too long after he begins trying to choke you. While you do switch with your past self, the version of yourself at the mercy of Belphie puts up a rather good fight. You land a good amount of scratches on him, mostly on his arms and torso. At some point during the scuffle he actually manages to tear your forearm off, which disintegrates in his hands and regenerates back in its proper place. In his surprised state, you get a decent-sized bite into his shoulder before he throws you down the stairs. Somewhere along the line Belphegor lands a killing blow, leaving your past self dying on the ground as he pants above them with a maniacal grin across his face. The look doesn't leave his face even as his brothers crowd around your dying body, not until you make yourself known from your hiding space.

After the conflict between both of you is resolved, you have to explain that the were-tiger part of your scuffle was in fact real and not some weird dream. Likely, you have to explain the whole Ability User thing in segmented conversations, just so he doesn't get bored of the explanation and fall asleep halfway through. Belphegor doesn't really mind that you can transform partially or fully into a tiger, since your fur is rather soft. Just don't have him be your sole soother when you get out of control. He's too worried about potentially injuring you or killing you again, and he'd much rather have Beelzebub with both of you during those times.

The first night that Belphie sleeps alone with you, he insists that you be a full tiger or at least mostly tiger. Though he claims that it's because you're softer that way, it's really because he doesn't fully trust himself at that point. He doesn't want to worry about potentially hurting you in his sleep, but this only brings a new thing to worry about. He now has to worry about a heavy tiger rolling over onto him and nearly suffocating him in their fur.

Whether you're sleeping together or not, Belphegor does his best to shoo off any sort of nightmares. He's seen a few of them and you've told him a bit about your traumatic past, so he does his best to replace the particularly nasty dreams with far sweeter ones. Guilt brews in his stomach whenever he recognizes a nightmare that's caused by what he did to you, but unless you find him in a really vulnerable moment or get a truth bangle on him he's never going to tell you about it.

Your strength is something that he definitely enjoys. If Lucifer lets you use your ability around RAD, you can almost guarantee that Belphie will try to get you to carry him to all of his classes. This will need to be something reserved for either just the Avatar of Sloth or one demon at a time, because once his other brothers, besides Beel and Luci, find out about the joys of being carried around by a tiger/half-tiger you're going to be in a lot of back pain. On occasion Beelzebub will try to pick you up while two or more of his brothers are hanging off of you, but that just leads to the rest besides Lucifer piling on. Pray to your deity of choice that Diavolo doesn't happen to witness this display of a moving dogpile, otherwise you may end up with the future demon king on top of all of you with an amused Barbatos and very disappointed Lucifer watching this strange monstrosity.

Since he was locked in the attic at the time you were demonstrating your protective nature at it's finest, he hears about your little stunts second-hand from his brothers. He won't deny its somewhat impression, but he only comes to realize exactly what it likely felt like in those situations when you shove him out of the way of a speeding car one day while you're out grocery shopping. Though you only received a bit of scuffing on your hands from the incident, Belphie treats it as if you nearly died and quickly pulls you away from the crowd. You receive a rather ramblely lecture from the demon, but he can't stay mad at you and the two of you just return home with your groceries. While you're sleeping that night, he slips into your room to press a chaste kiss to your forehead and whisper a quick "thank you" before slipping away.

When it's time for you to head back to the Human World, he's not too happy about how his brothers got to spend way more time with you than he did. Thankfully he manages to find a way to call you more frequently than his scheduled times, so you two talk almost three to four times a week. You try to tell him when you'll be busy with missions ahead of time, in order to prevent your phone from ringing in the middle of an investigation to do with the Port Mafia or other similar organizations. You'd prefer not to return back to the office with about thirty or so bullet holes that Yosano with have to treat with her Ability. It is very much not a fun situation at all.

Finally, Belphie get to accompany you into the Human World for something other than getting some sunshine! First order of buisness? Finding a good spot to nap. Other than that, he enjoys going out into town and looking for things to pick up for his brothers and a few objects he can use to enhance his pranks on Lucifer. He also finds himself enjoying people-watching, mostly just sitting on a bench with you and watching what humans have been up to over the years that he hasn't been keeping up with.

While you're doing paperwork, he does not want to sleep anywhere but your lap. Even if he has to kneel beneath your desk or straddle you, he will be sleeping on top of you while you work. You don't really need to worry about him getting along with your co-workers besides potentially Dazai, but as long as they don't annoy him too much they'll get along fine. Should you chose to take him on any of your missions, he'll either be not awake at all or very awake. He's half asleep when you're doing most of your basic detective work, but fully awake when you're in the middle of a combat heavy mission. Belphie takes it upon himself to take as many hits meant for you as possible, and you might need to hold him back from going overboard on your attackers.

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(Here are those forms I was talking about lol.)

(I struggled to find ones where he's not beaten to hell lmao)

[ghoste-catte]

I was curious what advice would you give to someone new to writing fics? I've been wanting to get back into it but haven't seriously written something since high school. I hope this isn't an annoying question or anything!

Not an annoying question at all! I'm just a little worried that I won't have terribly good or useful advice. To be honest, I also sort of stopped writing in earnest right as I finished high school, and didn't pick it back up until my late 20s. It's certainly an adjustment! But I think the few things that really helped me get back into writing fic as a hobby and something I spend quite a bit of time on would be:

Write for yourself first, then find your other motivations. My original inspiration in getting back into fic writing was that there just were not that many fics I liked for my favorite pairing, and I wanted more of them, and I especially wanted more with the tropes and characterizations I wanted to see. I think at the very core of anything you need that internal spark that drives you. At the same time, for me at least, if I just relied on my own drive, I would not get much done; I need some external guardrails. So having people send prompts, or writing for particular events, or writing stuff for friends really helps me to get my ass in gear and finish stuff. That may not be the perfect motivator for you, and that's fine! You just gotta figure out what is.

Be open to inspiration. Anything and everything can be spun out into a story with the right tweaking. Obviously stuff like music is a classic inspiration source, but I've also pulled ideas from poetry, from memes, from Reddit threads, from YouTube videos, from rambling conversations on Discord and from real life to make fics out of. So many times, someone will post a silly Twitter screencap, and I'll think, There's a fic in this. And a lot of the time, there is! Research is a wonderful thing, but so is serendipity. If you're out there actively looking for ideas, eventually one that you like will stumble past you.

Find your community. I can genuinely say I never would have finished more than one fic if I didn't have fandom friends to talk to about even stupid headcanons, to bounce ideas off of, and to encourage me (and to encourage them in turn!). Discord has been a godsend, and some of my closest online friends are people I met in the GaaLee discord server. As I've gotten more comfortable as a writer, I've also joined general writing servers and Reddit communities and have found them immensely helpful on both a motivational level (bingos, sprints, owe-me challenges) and on a craft level (plot workshopping and writing ethics and live grammar help). It's a lot easier to think about fic ideas and hash through problem moments when I have a constant stream of fandom-related chatter coming from the little people who live in my phone! Ao3 is an amazing website, and it's great as, well, an archive, but it isn't social media by design. If you want conversation and human connection and cheerleading, you've gotta forge out and find it.

Make it a habit ... If you want to produce anything longer than a couple hundred words, you really have to set aside time for it. And writing is just like knitting or dirt biking or painting little model figurines: the more you do it, the more easily it comes. When I was first getting back into the proper swing of things, I committed myself to 30 minutes of writing per week. Just 30 minutes. I didn't even hit that goal every week, but there were tons of weeks I got on a roll and went over that amount, and by the end of the year I'd written over 200,000 words. I used to spend an hour laboriously tip-tapping out 200 words, but now I can easily blow through 1k in a 50 minute sprint. It's all about training that muscle.

... But don't make it a chore. With fanfic, you aren't doing this as a job, and you aren't ultimately doing it for anyone other than you. That means you can take breaks when you need them, you can set deadlines and then fail to meet them, you can write stuff and then decide to never post it. When you start getting burnt out, when the practice loses the joy and energy, stop. There's no 'hustle' here. In our capitalist society we're so trained to push past our limits and keep going even when it hurts us, but the hobby you do for connection and relaxation and whatever else shouldn't be like that.

Ignore metrics. Sometimes stuff isn't gonna get hits, or kudos, or comments. There are some basic 'rules' as to the stuff that does and doesn't get traction, but every time you post something it's a roll of the dice. If you're focused on watching that kudos counter tick up, you will get bummed out fast. And any writer will tell you that the stuff you think is your best work will never be the stuff that gets the most accolades. So you have to find something else to give you a sense of success. For me, it's watching my wordcount go up in my stats and those occasional comments where someone has a lot to say and that one person who always leaves me a <3 emoji (and, shout out to @egregiousderp, having someone to have long one-on-one conversations with about the stuff that never made it to page).

Don't strive for perfection. It's really easy to want your first ever fic to be a complete showstopper, the best fic fandom has ever seen, hitting all the tropes and the ideas and the characterization that you just know fandom is missing and would be everyone's top favorite if only it was written. This is a trap. No one fic can be all things. Most people who want to write an epic as their very first venture will not see the end of that epic, because they haven't put in the practice hours to make something on that scale work. That's not to say you can't start out with a big, sprawling multichap, just don't expect it to be the greatest thing since sliced bread if you're just starting out, and be okay with abandoning it for greener pastures if you get to that point. Think of the first time someone makes a vase out of clay or bakes a loaf of bread. That's never their best vase or their best bread. If they keep up with it, they'll make more and better vases and loaves. Likewise, your first fic is probably not gonna be your best fic. See it for what it is: your launchpad.

You can't edit an empty page, but you can over-edit a full one. This kind of spins off of #7, but if the words aren't there, you can't fix them. Daydreams and headcanons are fantastic (and god, how many times have I wished for a speech-to-text engine that projected my falling asleep thoughts onto a Google doc for later perusal), but they aren't fic. If you want to write fic, you've gotta get comfortable with the idea of sloppy outlines and rough first drafts. You can't build a house without a frame and you can't build a man without a skeleton (I mean, you can, I guess, but he'd be one floppy man). The nice thing about fic is that it doesn't matter if that frame is structurally unsound or the skeleton has 18 too many bones, you can clean that up in the editing process. But you can't start hanging curtains and arranging furniture in something that doesn't even have walls. That's the process. But! Also know when to set down the editor's pen and say, "Okay, this is good enough for government work", and call it done. ("Done" doesn't have to mean "posted", but it does mean, "I'm done picking at this for now, and I'm gonna go write some more stuff".) Over-editing can make stuff seem laborious and forced, and it prevents you from actually improving. To continue belaboring the house metaphor, you can spend your whole life rearranging furniture in just one room, but the end result of that is a pretty narrow existence and a room with a lot of footprints and tracks in the carpet.

Write shit down. When you have ideas, jot them down--in a notebook, in a Google Doc, in the Notes app of your phone, in pen on the back of your hand. You think you will remember that brilliant line of dialogue or sparkling snippet of narration or genius plot that came to you in a dream, but you Will Not. Write it down. Write it down. Write it down! There have been so many times when a fic was completely saved by past!me having written down my shower thoughts about what happens next in the fic, that present!me had completely forgotten about and was floundering over.

Have fun with it! Try different stuff. Try stupid stuff. Try experimental stuff. Do stuff you've never done before that you aren't sure will work. It's important to get comfortable with your niche (for example, I know I'm never going to be the sort of person who writes intricate plots of intrigue or super long 100k epics or detailed battles), but you can't find that niche unless you explore lots of different niches! Figure out what you love and what you absolutely hate, and then keep doing the stuff you love.

Okay, so that was actually TEN things, but ... I hope you still found this helpful. Feel free to send another ask if any of this was confusing or unclear. Good luck with your fic writing and, if you want, send me a link to what you've written once you've written it! I'd love to read it.

[mcyt-imagines]

hi hi ! first off, just a tip if you'd like more requests/asks in general you should prob turn on anon since this is like the only time i've sent a non-anon ask. but anyways, i'm assuming requests are open and i'd like to ask if you would write either just ranboo fluff in general or something like the tommy confession headcanons but w ranboo :D what you've posted so far is great <3

Thank you so much for letting me know! I thought I had anon turned on already, but it’s 100% turned on now! Regarding your request I got a little carried away and wrote both some general fluff and some confession headcanons for Ranboo so this post is a little long... Hope you enjoy! :D

(It’s important to note that these headcanons are a combination of ones pertaining to his Minecraft character in the dsmp and him outside of the dsmp roleplay!)

General Ranboo Fluff

- Dreamsmp Ranboo -

The first time Ranboo cries in front of you is when you confess to him and he is so happy and relieved that you reciprocate his feelings. He even smiles through the pain of his tears as you panic to cover the skin beneath his eyes, so your hands catch his tears to stop the pain.

Ranboo likes to ask if you need any resources from time to time and once you finally give in and answer, he spends the rest of his day trying to collect as much of it as he can. This has led to a few incidents in which you came back to your shared indent in the snowy mountain to find a chest stacked full with polished stone and countless ores. You’ve scolded him but the way he responds with big puppy dog eyes wishing to “just be helpful.” Sets the butterflies caged in your chest free every damn time.

Ranboo in addition to asking you for want you want he is also very observant in noticing what you need. Any tools close to breaking? Brilliant, he’s already got three more of the same tools ready for you to grab when you need it. He also names them using the anvil to some silly super cheesy pet names.

One of his favourite things to do with you is stargaze. You both travel to the top of your snowy mountain and clear out a space free of snow to lie down and simply hold each other. Ranboo has started asking Techno (on the nights you are away) to point out the stars and tell him their corresponding stories. He happily relays all of this information to you in exaggerated detail, looking at you in awe as your expressions change with the twinkling lights above.

Ranboo almost always carries a little umbrella around with him in case it begins to rain. Most of his friends notice and all start to buy him some. He now has a full collection that line his wall just next to the door. It’s those small things that allows him to remember who his real friends are.

Ranboo LOVES having his hair played with. He will fall asleep within minutes of you beginning to tousle his hair as he rests his head in your lap. He may make soft enderman noises, but you don’t dare tell him. Content on keeping that little secret to yourself.

Ranboo has to be kinda careful around snow considering that if it melts it will hurt him. Meaning he has to sit out on any snowball fights that occur. And they occur more frequently than you would think. It usually starts with Phil throwing a rogue snowball at Techno when Phil notices him slumping his shoulders. Which means it doesn’t take long until it’s a full-blown war. You usually find yourself smack bang in the middle of it and have to dive down to avoid getting pummelled in the crossfire. Ranboo will call you over to hide behind Techno’s house. As the onslaught continues between the two. you giggle and commentate over the fierce battle together.

- Outside of Dreamsmp Ranboo - 

Ranboo enjoys watching you whenever you are focused on something. He’s incredibly observant and finds himself mimicking the small little nuances he sees you exhibit. He gets incredibly flustered whenever you notice that he’s picked up on them, but he doesn’t bother to deny it.

Ranboo finds himself staring at you a lot. He doesn’t mean to but he can’t help it. You catch him frequently, “Watching me real closely, hm?” He tries to stutter out an answer to defend himself, but you just smile and tell him it’s okay.

Ranboo finds a lot of comfort in doing ‘domestic’ activities with you. However, one of his personal favourites is when the two of you go out to get groceries together. His mum will give him a small list and he’ll try his best to dawdle around the store whilst swinging your intertwined hands to make the visit as long as possible. It makes him think of a future in which the two of you get to do this every single week and that alone warms his heart.

Ranboo always has to be near you, he doesn’t have to be physically touching you but he prefers to just be stupidly close to you. It always makes you laugh when he sits just close enough to you that you don’t touch, so now he has to do it forever.

Your laugh is one of his favourite sounds. To the point that if you giggle or laugh at something, he will just keep doing it over and over again for as long as you keep laughing at it. Which eventually leads to the both of you red-faced and gasping for air.

Ranboo is a terrible cook. But he tries so hard to follow recipes and they always flop. He also for some reason, cannot attempt cooking without making an utter mess of himself. Whether it’s spilling flour all over himself, getting egg yolk splatter somehow in his hair or just spilling copious amounts of milk on the floor so that he slips. This boy is a walking, talking kitchen DISASTER. So now he can only cook with you supervising him. Which turns out, wasn’t as much of a punishment as it should have been. As your tutelage seems to have slightly improved his cooking skills. However, now you also get flour spilt all over you as well.

Ranboo Confession Headcanons

- Realising he likes you - 

Ranboo denies he has feelings for you at first. Believing that you’re just a good friend whose company he really enjoys. But the more he focuses on your friendship the quicker he realises he would prefer if you were more to him than that.

This thought alone sends him into a little bit of a spiral for a few days. Grappling with the thought of rejection and the guilt he would feel if he ever hurt you.

He spends most of the time grappling with his feelings he continues to try and act as normal as possible around you. You finding out would be his worst nightmare.

Ranboo realises he has absolutely no history in the dating department and desperately needs some guidance. He may ask Phil on a whim who would try his best to give the poor panicked boy some words of wisdom. Ranboo takes the advice to heart immediately, promising Phil he will update him on how his feelings for you turn out.

Ranboo finds himself writing about you in one of his many journals. He finds putting words on the page seems to help clear his mind. He tries to script his confession a few times. Desperately floundering to find the right words, but he always seems to fall short. He usually ends up scribbling all over those pages until you can barely tell someone had even written on them. Hoping to somehow erase the thoughts in the process.  

He even tries drawing you a few times when he finds himself with enough spare time. He doesn’t think they’re any good though. Sure, the sketches look like you, but they don’t make him feel the way you do. When he looks at the page his chest doesn’t tighten because of your beauty, but instead because of the way you’ve made him feel. Which he comes to the sad conclusion is something he simply cannot capture in his words or his drawings. He has to show it through his actions. Not exactly his strong suit. But he’s determined to do right by you. So, he devises a plan.

- Confessing to you - 

This boy plans the whole day down to a t, he has multiple back-up plans just in case his first one falls short.

Ranboo invites you over for lunch. Arriving at his place you notice how clean it is. He spent the last few days cleaning it top to bottom.

You spend a few minutes in the house chatting. You notice Ranboo is on edge almost immediately. Shoulders a pinch too tight, his smiles a little too wide and none of them reach his eyes.

You ask what you’re going to be having for lunch and he reveals a wicker basket from his kitchen. “A picnic!” Your heart warms, “I would’ve brought something if you’d told me beforehand.” He smiles at that, “Exactly. I even cooked without you, you should be proud.” 

He shuffles on his feet a little, wishing to be praised, “We’ll see how the food tastes first, maybe then I’ll tell you how proud I am.” You tease, moving to elbow him lightly. You notice the way his face flushes as you move into his space. His mother appears from upstairs, “Are you two leaving? I could drive you, y’know!” “No thanks mom!!” He is quick to grab your hand and practically drag you out of the house and away from his all knowing mom.

The bus ride is on the longer side and you find yourself feeling brave enough to scoot a little closer to Ranboo. “Hey, is it okay if I?” You gesture between your head and his shoulder, the cute, shocked expression he sends you causes you to grin. “Uh s-sure!” 

You softly press your head against his shoulder, “Thanks, pretty comfy shoulder you got here should’ve asked you to share it sooner.” You tease, nuzzling his shoulder lightly just for a reaction. And you get one alright, his skin goes such a lovely shade of red all the way up to the tips of his ears. You giggle softly, trying your best to hold it in and failing miserably.

You even manage to fall asleep despite your own heartbeat quickening at Ranboo’s closeness. You are tapped awake by him, “Hmm?” You rub one of your eyes knowingly appearing adorable and the way he looks at you makes it all worth it. “It’s our stop soon, we gotta get up.” 

You nod and lazily stand and he follows suit. Only for the bus to brake abruptly, promptly shoving you into his chest. He wraps his arms around you quickly to steady you whilst you desperately cling to the wicker basket, “You okay?” You both mumble to each other before laughing it off and nodding. “Oh crap.” Ranboo grabs your free hand and you both scramble to get to the front of the bus to hop off. Sparks fly up your arm at the extended contact, even as you jump off the bus.

Ranboo happily leads you to a spot he had picked out earlier in the month. A soft patch of grass below a large willow tree that now sways softly in the warm breeze. You set up your carefully packaged feast with haste now that your stomachs are grumbling.

Ranboo forcefully tries to make himself relax knowing you’ve probably noticed his tense state by now. But you choose not to push him on it, taking an educated guess on why he’s so stressed.

You are quick to compliment his cooking skills when he divvies out a freshly baked quiche.  Even though you know his mom for sure did most of the work. It’s the thought that counts. You hope that may snap him out of the stupor he seems to be in. However, no such luck.

“Hey Ranboo, do you want to talk about something?” Ranboo goes into full panic mode. He did not have a plan for you asking something like this. He thought you weren’t confrontational!! You watch as his expression changes rapidly. You look away, “You don’t have to tell me, it’s okay. I just thought you might want to-“ 

He takes one of your hands in his. Why is he doing this??? This isn’t part of the plan at all! “I���” His throat goes dry. All those hours obsessing over what he was going to say to you are sent out the window when he finally meets your eyes.

“I think I like you.” He hasn’t realised he’s even said it until its waaaaaay too late. Your eyes widen, you didn’t think he’d actually admit it to you. You squeeze his hand as you watch his eyes seem to lose focus, “I like you too.” He is silent for several long moments until he starts blinking rapidly, “Huh!?” The look of utter surprise on his face causes you to burst out laughing.

“Wait, wait, wait you’re serious?” He grabs your arm as a grin slowly starts to creep onto his face. “Sure am.” And as you meet his gaze you realise that his grin actually reached his eyes, for the first time in a long while. 

“So, you gonna kiss me now or what?” You tease as his face shines a dark red. “W-well I, uh-“ His stuttering only allows for you to sneak closer and press a firm kiss to his cheek. Somehow, he grows even redder and you sigh pleasantly. “My heart definitely made the right choice with you Ranboo.”

Meanwhile Ranboo is too busy freaking out over the fact that you weren’t even meant to find out he liked you until you were stargazing together later tonight. His plans are utterly ruined! But as you squeeze his hand again to bring his thoughts back into the present, he wonders that perhaps spontaneity isn’t such a bad thing sometimes.

~My ask box is always open if you’ve got any requests or just want to vent about the dreamsmp lore!~

[silentdescant]

Thoughts on new Teen Wolf movie? 😀

OH BOY, HERE WE GO. here are my thoughts, as a timeline.

1. (seeing JR and Ian posting some video on instagram) ugh i don't have time to watch some random trailer for a project or whatever

2. (I was sent the video again from the verified TW twitter, so I actually watched it) uhhhhhhh???? is this real??

3. (actually watched the vids JR and Ian posted) oh shit it is real, this is probably going to be terrible

4. (some frantic twitter flailing) oh god i can't imagine dylan or hoechlin would be part of this, they've both moved on to much bigger things, but i also can't imagine the backlash if they WEREN'T in it, or at least if dylan wasn't

5. (realized that the teaser showed stiles's jeep) oh shit dylan has to be in it, they wouldn't have (SHOULDN'T HAVE) used that if he wasn't

6. (more flailing and confusion as a result of this tweet implying dylan is expected to be in it) maybe it'll just be a cameo... i can't possibly imagine that anything made by jeff davis in this tw universe is going to be good... i'm scared and i want more info asap

6. (linden tweeted that there are sheriff/stiles scenes) OH SHIT I'M INTO THAT, that is encouraging, idk why this settled my nerves so much but it did

7. (went to a meeting and got a bunch of notifs on my phone) oh man people are still asking me about it/talking to me about it a lot, i wonder if there's any more info (there isn't)

8. (now) okay, clearly it's happening and it's real, it makes a LOT more sense now why so many of the cast were hyping up the season finale anniversary a few days ago, and a lot of that cast has been posting about it so i'm taking that as confirmation of their involvement. which is exciting! i like a lot of these people, and most of these characters, and they deserve something fun and cool. HOWEVER, it also seems like a fanservicey cash grab sort of project, coasting on the popularity of a show that is now uhhhhh pretty old, and that always makes me feel weird, but i get it, for a lot of people this is the most popular thing they ever did and they're still asked about it constantly, I GET IT.

here's the thing. the last season of the show was... REALLY REALLY BAD. like, possibly the worst thing i've ever seen on television. that is not to say that the rest of the show was good, because it definitely wasn't (lollllllll). but i'm just Concerned because first of all, how do you come back from that, are they going to acknowledge it? gloss over it? start fresh with everybody a decade later and pretend none of that ever happened? anything is possible with a show that has no concept of continuity like teen wolf.

But secondly... how good can it be, realistically? I have this issue with any kind of creator revisiting canon (this has come up with captive prince recently too, and always with supernatural as well). sometimes it's better to just let things die and hand over the reins to fandom, and fandom then constructs a ton of different headcanons and fix-it ideas and everyone can choose what makes themselves happy. if a creator comes in after all this time and says "THIS IS ACTUALLY CANON" that's going to joss a lot of what people have been imagining all this time, and even if it pleases some people, it will displease others, and there's basically no winning scenario for anyone involved, which is just kind of unfortunate. so as a result of that, I have basically no hope for the plot, my expectations are on the floor, and if they manage to cobble together a watchable movie i'll be happy about it.

what i AM excited for is seeing dylan as this particular character again, because as much as i love him and i like seeing his face whenever he shows it and in whatever weird movie he appears in, i really really really love STILES as a character, and i think he does too, so that is very cool that he can maybe revisit that. (still no word on hoechlin, and i have no hopes for anything good considering how much derek was absolutely shafted in canon; i wouldn't blame him for distancing himself if that's what he does.)

another side note, on the optimistic side....... i'm still trying to keep expectations very low, but if they DID do something like acknowledge stiles's bisexuality..... now that enough time has passed and now it's been on all of the "shows that hardcore queerbaited us" lists.... MAYBE IT'LL HAPPEN. maybe. i don't think it will. i think they'll lean into the stiles/lydia relationship that would never actually last and that'll be that, but it's more possible to acknowledge his bisexuality now than it ever was while the show was airing. so. maybe.

i'm just going to focus on the fact that all the adult characters i care about seem to be involved, and at least there's dylan too. so, chris, peter, the sheriff, stiles, surely malia too... probably lydia and jackson? not sure about any others. (probably not kira considering arden just landed a show of her own, and maybe not hoechlin for the same reason with superman keeping him busy) i like all of them, and i'm excited all those actors can work together again, because they do have lots of fun together and i'm always happy to see that.

this got so longwinded and it's a lot of drama i'm so sorry alkjdsflkajsdf

[mittensmorgul]

Hi, I have a question, and I hope it would be interesting for you too... Could we talk about angel's wings and feathers?..

I always thought that angel's wings were a part of their true form, a kind of energy which we can only see as a shadows or electric sparks or ash or something like this.

And I didn't think that it could be a real wings with feathers as bird's. Until, while rewatch, I've noticed that angel's feather were mentioned in SPN at least twice (maybe you've noticed more?):

1) In 8.12 when Henry Winchester time travels he uses an angel feather in spell. And then Dean tells that Henry stole an angel feather from the trunk of the Impala. So feathers are reall??? Why did the Winchestets keep the feather in the trunk of the Impala and where they get it? (ok, maybe they found it in the bunker)

2) In 12.13 Sam uses a white feather in spell returning Gavin back in time (we know this spell needs an angel feather)

So now we can see how the real angel feather looks like???

Does that mean that the angel's wings can be presented in physical world like a real wings with feathers and this is not fanfiction? I like this idea so much.

I think that the creators of the show didn't let us to see it, as many other great things, that is sad...

I would really like to know your thoughts about this.

(Sorry for my bad english, it is not my native language...)

Hi there! First off, your English is fine! (lol it’s my native language, and I just typed it “Inglish” by accident, so you’re already doing better than I am :’D)

ETA: DON’T REBLOGGY THIS YET. I forgotted something that @thayerkerbasy just reminded me of, and I’m editing this post... brb... okay NOW YOU CAN REBLOGGY!)

As far as I know, those are the only times in canon we ever see or hear mention of an angel feather, and both times it’s for the same exact spell. They reference that it’s Henry’s spell when they use it again in 12.13, but make no mention in dialogue of it being an angel feather. Yet Sam had a whole jar of fluffy little pin feathers, so the assumption is that they’d been collecting them for a while (unless those were either found in the Men of Letters’ spell ingredient stockpile when they moved into the bunker, or otherwise given to them by Cas at some point).

It’s weird, because they seem like a very limited commodity, especially after the angels fell and their wings all burned up. Even after Cas got his original grace back, his wings never seemingly recovered. When we did finally see his wing prints in 12.23, they were still... not healthy... So my thinking is that any spell that would require them will become impossible to cast when their current supply runs out. All the other angels-- at the end of the series-- were either dead or locked in Heaven with their broken wings. We never learned any of their fates. Maybe they were all rendered obsolete under the Heaven Remodel?

A little behind the scenes from the early days of SPN as a bonus, since it’s tangentially relevant:

When they were filming the very early episodes of SPN, they had a lot of choices to make about what to show us based on what their budget would allow them to portray. Think of an episode like Wendigo, 1.02. One thing I see people say often was that it was a shame we didn’t see more of the monster, but only saw like... bushes shaking, or a vague form moving through the underbrush, or a blur. They made a stylistic choice right there to keep it within budget.

The options they faced were showing us a “dude in a rubber mask” type monster and showing it more, versus one really terrifying shot of a Proper Monster™ dying in spectacular fashion. Rather than go full-on cheesemonster, they chose to leave most of it up to our imaginations, giving us glimpses or hints of the monster.

They went back and forth on this a bit over the years, attempting to show us more on occasion, but most of those times the audience reaction has been varying degrees of wtf... Think about some of the scenes where they attempted to give us more than a glimpse at the supernatural, or a blood splatter, or whatever. It didn’t always work well. Think: the wire fight from 13.23...

I mean, it took us until 11.14 to ever see an angel “flap away,” when we saw Casifer zap Dean off the exploding submarine.

For the most part, I appreciate the fact that they understood the limitations of their own budget and didn’t give angels cheap little wings just to be able to show them on camera. Over time, only being able to see them as shadows, or as char after the angel died, became part of the lore of the show.

I blame Adam Glass for writing that spell, because he probably thought it sounded cool or whatever, that it was effectively a throwaway line because no other spell they’ve ever used has required an angel feather as an ingredient, and in story it was only linked into this larger Men of Letters Legacy plot that in retrospect feels like Chuck tying up loose ends and putting previously “deactivated” plotlines back into play.

I do find it kind of interesting that both iterations of this spell (the second resurrected by Bucklemming) were both tied to Abaddon. Henry’s spell in 8.12 brought her into the story from the past, she eventually travelled to the much further distant past to bring Gavin into the present (presumably with her own power alone, no angel feather required), and then after she was killed, they used the spell to return Gavin to his own time. So in a a way, the spell was part of a closed narrative loop, never to be referred to again.

Kinda wild that we’d never heard of angel feathers being a thing for spells until we learn that Dean apparently had some just stashed in the trunk, though... :’D

As for how corporeal angel feathers are/were, they exist in the earthly plane enough to leave char marks when they burn, when an angel is killed, so they must always have had the potential to manifest physically. I can’t imagine they ever would’ve had a budget to show us anything more than what we usually saw, though. It did give them a LOT of flexibility over how exactly they presented them to us when they DID show us. And I can’t even imagine the suffering Misha would’ve endured as an actor spending all those years wearing some weird wing harness rig. It would’ve been... impractical. And the CGI the show could’ve afforded-- especially in earlier days-- would’ve been... bad...

But what they were able to show us? Was often awesome. Remember when Raphael showed off his wings in 5.03? LIGHTNING!

And when we finally did see actual corporeal-appearing wings in 8.23... it was Dramatique™

And for More CGI Is Sometimes A Bad Thing Science, please have the attempt at Michael’s “true form” from 14.01:

It’s kinda a super-letdown after AU!Michael’s previous shadow wing displays from 13.01, but more specifically from 13.22:

those... were... badass... 

Even the pre-wire-fight wing shadows on Dean were badass:

But if they’d tried to show us more of them, to make them move through action scenes for example, it would’ve been... bad...

So what we’re left with is the knowledge that there is some sort of corporeal element to wings that we simply can’t see most of the time, but clearly angels have the ability to show or hide them at will, even from other angels. Could it be an act of will on the part of the angel that manifests a bit of their grace in the form of a physical feather? Honestly, that’s the theory I’ve personally adopted toward canon. In fanfic, I’ve read tons of various headcanons about what angel wings are and how they function-- everything from “a manifestation of their true form” to “angels share a lot of traits with birds” to “an extension of their grace,” and everything in between.

I personally, in canon, like to think of it as akin to how they’ve used angel grace for other spells. I mean, when we recall that angels haven’t been on Earth much for the last few thousand years (aside from at least a couple of known incidents where angels interfered with humanity, like Ishim and Company in 12.10, for example, and the presumptive extension that the Men of Letters knew of the existence of angels and likely summoned one up a time or two the same way Lily Sunder had, giving one explanation for how Henry Winchester knew of this spell and had an angel feather to use for it, but also recontextualized when Lily Sunder taught us that humans can use their own souls to power spells in the same way angels used their grace... which sort of makes the notion of needing an angel feather AND his own soul to charge that particular spell in 8.12 a bit redundant unless Lily’s knowledge of angelic magic was more advanced than Henry’s... hrmpf.... so much tangent... back to the point)...

We did eventually learn of other spells that required an angel’s actual grace, not concentrated in the form of a feather. The Angel Fall Spell in 8.23 being the prime example. Metatron took ALL of Cas’s grace for that one, even if he didn’t use all of it for the spell and left a “fragment” (Metatron described it as “not a lot, but enough.”). 

ETA: HECK. I have 9.03 on the tv right now and it’s distractedly made me disgusted enough to have forgotten something that Thayer just reminded me of: Lucifer’s “fossilized feather” in 12.07. It held enough grace to restore and heal him after Rowena’s spell in 12.03 had degraded him. Which really only adds to the theory that “feathers” are simply bits of grace that have been rendered solid somehow, but that can be transformed back into grace as needed.

And then there was the Rift Spell for travelling to alternate universes that required archangel grace, as well as the time travel/ward breaking spell that Sam found in 11.14 that ALSO required archangel grace specifically. Would these spells have worked with an archangel “feather?” Possibly, if material feathers are somehow just crystalized bits of grace, but since we never got a full explanation in canon, and never even really saw corporeal feathery wings that dropped feathers or could be plucked, and never even had mention of corporeal feathers outside of their use in this single spell, it’s really up to our own interpretation. And I kind of like it that way, because that way we get to have fun little discussions like this one. :D

I know this isn’t a definitive answer, but it’s how it all makes sense to me, in the hand-wavey sort of way that all of canon works. :’D

[fireheartfaery]

As the year comes to a close (thank the gods) I have one group of people to thank for getting me through it: And that's fanfic authors! You guys have saved me every single day this year and I can never thank you enough for it❤️

I started this list in July sometime and it has been steadily growing since then, and I'm sure it will continue to, but I cannot close out this hell-year without thanking these blogs in particular because wow I would not have survived without y'all's works!

@stardustroses Bruna! I discovered your Headcanons first and I fell head over heels in love. I haven't read your gen 2 yet but I promise I will. Thank you for giving us that sweet sweet manorian content we are being so (rudely) denied! And thank you for all the warnette and dramione. Most importantly, thank you for your original WIP. I cannot tell you how much I love your beautiful characters and I hope with all my heart that one day I can hold your book in my hand and know that I read its contents all that time ago and loved it even then.

@ladywitchling Ams! You know I love your writing. You write raw and real and it makes me so sad but heals me so well. Thank you for becoming a friend. Your presence has been a light in the darkness of this year. I will possess your heart is one of the greatest pieces of writing I have ever had the pleasure to read and I cannot tell you how blown away I was! Also Zillah is everything. EVERYTHING

@noodlecatposts Jess! (I hope it's okay to call you that) Firstly I hope you're really really proud of yourself for all you've written and done this year because holy crab cakes you took on a lot of projects. I think I found you because of Noisy Neighbours but I think I only got a few chapters in before I had to call it quits because I cannot handle angst until I know I'm going to get fluff resolution and that did not come for a hot minute👀(I will catch up on NN that's a promise to myself) but obviously I stalked your account because I love your writing style and I found so many beautiful fics! Also I just need to tell you that this one particular ask (and your response to it) will pop into my head randomly and I will die laughing! It was around 20 chapters into NN and the asker said something along the lines of "In another 20 chapters will see rowaelin doing [cannot remember]" and your response was roughly "Oh God I don't think I can write 20 more chapters" and now I think NN is on 60 chapters? That interaction just makes me laugh all the time, and especially when I see a new chapter is up. When you started Kingsflame I knew it'd be my favourite by far. That fic has a special place in my heart and I think about it on the regular.

@sassyhobbits your One Night Standards fic is b r i l l i a n t. I haven't finished it yet but please know that Princess Aelin and Prince Rowan own all the parts of my heart and I loved their characterizations so much! That scene where they go out into the city all disguised and then they have greasy burgers at the diner is so soft and I think about it constantly! Also the one where they had to stage that picnic and the little girl came up to Aelin? Freaking adorable. I adore how badass and wonderful Lysandra is as well! THANK YOU!

@charincharge your Cruel Summer fic was!!! Mind blowing. I loved everything about it and when it ended all I wanted to do was dive back into the world and read about rowaelin having theme park adventures. Thank you thank you thank you for creating that beautiful AU!

@simping4bookboisngrls Cass! The minute you interacted with my crackships post I knew I'd adore you forever!! Your Everybody Talks fic lives rent free in my mind and I love love love every relationship (platonic and romantic) you've created! Also getting to interact with you has been one of the best things about my year so thank you for brightening my dash! (and my life)

Special Mentions:

@tacmc @snelbz Your "Swipe Left" one (two?) shot fic was SOOOOOO freaking cute!!! Everything about it! I love the collaborations you guys do.

@ourlovelybones your manorian fic hello princeling, hello witchling yea I love it and it's so cute and you providing us with the manorian content we deserve? QUEEN! thank you

@highqueenofelfhame I think I've read your writing in pieces here and there and I loved it all but my fave thing is "Sleight of Hand"! That fic gave me so much happy thank you

@rhysanoodle finding you quinlar one shot after reading the blue-balls that was CC was like finding water in the flipping desert!! You are a life saver thank you

@westofmoon your "12 17 days of Rowaelin" was *all the heart eyes* and I think I had like 6 strokes from the cuteness alone!

@darklesmylove your perspective fics where you write about things that could have happened are wonderful!! Specifically "intentions" and "the stars pale" I just loved them so much! I always need me some rowaelin

@starseternalnighttriumphant your kinktober obliterated me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVED ALL OF IT SO MUCH. Thank you for spoiling us. Also your daddy!Rowan AU is g e n i u s

@dawninlatin Queen of Peace is one of my fave manorian AUs of all time and I love that they're just blushing idiots who don't know what going on and need to be pushed together in order to realize they're perfect for each other!! Also Manon rebelling against her grandmother is the greatest thing to ever happen. And Asterin continues to be iconic in any universe

@empress-ofbloodshed THANK YOU FOR THE ROWCAN! I didn't expect it to be such a big part of my year but it has made all the difference in the world! Your roommates AU is the cutest ever

@rhysand-vs-fenrys YOUR CAZRIEL???? Unreal. Unbelievable. Show stopping. You made my cazriel binge that much better and I love you for it!

@nalgenewhore thank you for the rowcan content!! Between you and @empress-ofbloodshed my 2020 has brought only the best crackship! Also I love Kohana!!!! Like I would die for him

@sacksvilles I will never ever be over the perfection that is Nezriel and I want to live in the universe where they're canon instead of nessian!! Thank you for creating the nezriel monster that is me. Also your fic "Illyrian Oral Lessons" is perfection and nothing less!

[rosesloveletters]

Hi dear 💌 just wanted to pop in here real' quick. I saw your post about feeling down and hoping that you'd be anyone but you. I just wanted to say that I hope that you know I appreciate you immensely for just being who you are and always being so so good to me. 🥺 You're one of the kindest souls I've ever encountered and I feel so so grateful that our paths have crossed like this 🥺🥺 your blog feels like a safe place where anyone can freely be who they are without judgement 💗

I hope it's okay if I drop some questions here, I love it when you gush about your F/Os: what's a song that reminds you of them? and what's something that people wouldn't guess about them when they first meet them/that only you know? 🥺

excuse me for dropping for Casanova gushing here 🥺👉🏻👈🏻 something people wouldn't guess about him - given he's always on the move and going places - is that Casanova sleeps like the dead. I can't count the times I've woken up at night and haven't fallen back asleep and then I've just had to lay there alone in silence because the man will not budge. He wakes up on his own just fine but I've yet to meet someone else that can wake him up 🥴

a song that reminds me of him: everybody talks by neon trees 🥺

this is also your reminder that you deserve all the good things the world gives you and your F/Os love you very much 💌😌 -Magda xx (sorry this ask turned out so long lol)

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This was such a sweet message to find here in my inbox, waiting for me🥺 This week has been a thoroughly rough one and I have felt like retreating in on myself and hoping I might cease to exist. This message made things seem a little brighter and I cannot thank you enough for the little bit of kindness which you have extended to me over the past week or so that we’ve been interacting. I try to keep my blog fairly light-hearted and happy (why would I want to come online if it wasn’t happy?) I feel as though I owe it to myself and to others to put on a smile, even and especially when I am anything but jovial. It is an honor to me to know I have achieved that; I value your opinion, darling. I am so happy to know you and you are always, always welcome here on my blog 💗 This is always a judgement-free zone! 

Oh darling, thank you for asking about my F/Os🥺 I haven’t felt quite right with them all week, so that is why I have held off on answering this ask for a bit. Thank you for extending this bit of kindness to me; it means everything that you enjoy hearing about the relationship I have with them and letting me gush.

what's a song that reminds you of them?

There are lots and lots of songs that remind me of my loves. I’ll list a few here, though I will not go into detail as to why they’re special and/or important to our relationship since I can tend to be a little...emotional😅

Faithfully - Journey

Daylight - Taylor Swift

Lover - Taylor Swift

Your Song - Elton John

what's something that people wouldn't guess about them when they first meet them/that only you know?

This is an extremely good question and I absolutely love that you asked it! I might end up listing several that I haven’t spoken about before, since this question made me ponder a bit deeply on my loves’ personalities.

J: 

The only thing about J that is messy or dirty is his hygiene; he is actually extremely clean within his living habits. He does not like his belongings touched/moved/etc. by anyone. He has specific places where he stores things and where he’ll hang his trench coat and those items will not vary from those spots. He likes to know where his belongings are at all times and it bothers him immensely if they’re removed from his assigned locations. 

J loves fruit. He will try any kind of fruit that you’ll put in front of him; he once came home with something called a jackfruit (yes, the name is why he “bought” it.) If you have not ever seen a jackfruit, I suggest a quick Google Search; it is quite the interesting choice, if mainly for the size of it alone. J’s favorite fruit is pineapple (Pat and I have witnessed him eat an entire pineapple at once), but he is not picky and will devour any kind of fruit that he can get his hands on.

J is ambidextrous; he trained himself to be so after leaving the military. He learned that body parts are expendable and how easy it is to lose limbs. He switches from performing tasks with his right hand versus his left quite often so that no one is really aware which was his original dominant hand. Patrick often jokes that J doesn’t even remember which is his dominant hand. 

Pat:

Patrick has an innate fascination with astronomy/space/etc. When he lived in Australia with his mom, he remembered nights when the two of them would go out into their backyard and look at the stars together. (I haven’t ever shared my headcanons for Patrick’s background/early life, so the next few bits might be nonsensical since I haven’t ever shared my thoughts on this.) Before his grandfather left for America, he would take Pat out to the outback and they would climb into the back of his truck and count the constellations and look at the planets through a telescope his grandfather bought. 

Patrick has a pocket watch he carries with him at all times that was gifted to him by his grandfather. His grandpa told Patrick that his grandfather had given it to him when he was a boy and had carried a piece of him around all these years; now, Pat was to carry his own grandfather within that reminder of the pocket watch and so Pat has never let go of it all these years. It brings Pat great comfort to have this physical reminder of his grandpa with him all of the time. 

Patrick is terrified of the dentist and I mean absolutely petrified. It stems from an extremely bad experience that he had whenever he was very young (I won’t go into detail for those who are also afraid; I don’t want to trigger anyone!)

Thank you endlessly for letting me gush like this and share some more personal things from our relationship! I find it extremely fulfilling to delve into these characters more. Oh my goodness, I had no idea Casanova would be such a sound sleeper! It makes sense, given his tendency to a more active lifestyle. It must tire him out to be so adventurous all the time😂 Your relationship with him sounds so wholesome and lovely💗 Thank you for sharing these headcanons with me and that song seems to fit him perfectly! You both are so very sweet and I love hearing about the relationship you share with each other💗💗💗

I hope you are taking care and staying safe! Enjoy the weekend, darling; you deserve nothing but good things💗 (It’s completely fine! Long asks are so much fun to answer!)