#what a mess of tags mb

[xuxudio]

successfully choosing the most doomed ship in any media since 1999

[the-yearning-astronaut]

you can do fun little meta exercises about your blorbos and their vibes by pulling inspiration from other random bits of media just for the hell of it with absolutely no intent to do anything with what you come up with it's just a game but Watch Out....

[sophieswundergarten]

I can't stop thinking about that Wing AU and Sticky plucking his feathers...

(Weird, angsty ramblings that might require some knowledge of bird anatomy to fully understand to follow)

(Basically, when birds grow feathers they start as "blood feathers" which are basically just little sacks of blood and growing cells. After this, they are "pin feathers", and the blood is all inside where it belongs, leaving the feather all rolled up and covered in this papery stuff that rubs off and leaves a fully grown feather. Also, Primaries are the big "pointer finger" feathers at the tip of the wings, Secondaries are the medium sized ones from the "wrist" joint to the "elbow", where they get smaller and are referred to as Tertiaries. That should be it :>)

Because, in real life, it's quite common in pet psittacines (Parrots: so, macaws, cockatoos, budgies, lovebirds, etc.) especially when they are stressed. And it can get out of control really fast and take a long time to train the bird out of even though it's very obviously hurting it.

And I just keep thinking about how young he was when he started being on TV. And for a while the fluffy little baby feathers were cute but an entertainment industry seeking engagement instead of connection demanded he grow up too fast.

And so the make-up/wardrobe department for any competition he was on started pulling some of the downy feathers. There weren't that many left at this point regardless, but they assured him it would make him seem more mature and appeal to a wider audience. And it would be fine, it wouldn't really hurt him, especially since he was growing in big feathers anyway.

So it went. With Sticky being so self-conscious and anxious anyway, he probably kept his wings tucked in tight behind him no matter what people thought about them.

He had never put that much consideration into how he looked, but now he can't stop thinking about it. He doesn't know why it's so important, but apparently it matters to people. He doesn't want it to matter. He doesn't want to be seen or recognised. He just wants to be left alone.

He starts fidgeting with the pin feathers that will one day unfurl into adult primaries, and even though he knows it's counter-intuitive because removing the casings will only free the feathers sooner, he can't help it. A few times he goes too far and starts picking at blood feathers, and even though the red coats his finger tips more often than he'd like, he still can't stop his hands from scratching and pulling and yanking as he grows more and more agitated.

And then he ran away

He ran and he couldn't keep his hands off his wings for more than a few minutes. Tugging and raking his fingers through the feathers in a futile attempt to calm down. The first couple of times, it's an accident.

The first couple of times he's so caught up in soundless panic and all he can hear is his own breathing, it's only later that he notices a small cluster of secondaries, close to his body and almost never seen with how rigidly he holds himself, are missing. Small pieces of the night sky littering the alleyway ground where he'd been hiding.

His wings are so dark in colour, not to mention unkempt after a few weeks hiding and running and flitting from place to place trying to find safety, that the other kids don't even notice anything wrong.

It isn't until a few days later, when they're all in the backyard attempting to practice their Morse Code, and Kate does something that startles him that they really see what kind of a state his wings are in.

Most birds, when scared or on edge, will carefully spread their wings. Maybe not a lot, but they are preparing to fly away or make themselves look bigger in hopes to scare off the threat. (I imagine Milligan having great big owl wings that he puffs up to try and guard the children when the Recruiters come after them in the maze)

But Sticky just draws them in closer to his body. When he is scared, which Constance would note is often, he holds his wings so tightly to his back that they seem half their size. This would be considered odd and in some ways handicapping himself or keeping him from being able to react properly.

But this time, as Kate wobbles unstably out of her cartwheel and lets out a shriek of laughter, landing on the ground right next to him, Sticky jumps. He starts off the bench he had been sitting on, hunching his shoulders and reflexively spreading his wings.

And instead of the fully extended mix of fully grown flight feathers and occasionally wayward piece of down the other kids have, Sticky's wings are a mess. They have a skeletal quality, with just enough plumage that when they are folded in it's hardly noticeable, but when they are extended it's clear there are significant gaps. The remaining feathers have the dull, stunted quality of someone who has been under an incredible amount of stress without nearly enough nutrients to fuel them, and indeed Sticky looks rather like a feral cat in that moment: Spooked and curling in on himself as if expecting a fight.

He quickly realises his overreaction, and then processes that the girls are staring at his wings (Reynie's eye did dart up, but quickly returned to looking at Sticky's face), so he jerks them back into a resting position. Though there's nothing particularly restful about how stiff his posture is, back ramrod straight and muscles so tight he's beginning to shake.

However, this is something that the others know he doesn't want to share yet. And he doesn't need to. Not until he's ready.

So, Kate grabs the flashlight from where it had fallen to the ground, a sheepish grin on her face as she apologises for scaring him.

Reynie suggests they all go inside, take a break and get something to eat before they begin again.

Constance glares at Sticky suspiciously, but right as she opens her mouth she seems to think better of her questions and simply shrugs.

And Sticky is grateful for his friends, grateful that he has these people who love him enough to trust him with his secrets, even though they don't know each other very well yet. So he follows them inside, and if Kate dumps a little bit more food on his plate, and Constance doesn't try to swipe his juice glass this time, and if that night (for the first time) Reynie shyly asks if the two of them could take turns preening each others' wings, when it's just the two of them alone in the room, Sticky thinks he might be able to trust them too.

[megamindsupremacy]

Hi! I just want to say that for a megamind blog you have very little megamind content. I understand you might have switched fandoms, so it's cool! I love your Captain Marvel stuff! Do you have a megamind tag?

Ah. So. Hold up this is a long story let me just

So back in like 2020 on my main account @aromanticgoldfish-deactivated237 (note the deactivated bit is a joke) I made thisss post

Which is unfortunately the version of the post that started circulating. Megamind, allegedly, (I have not watched the movie) has a similar thing going with his hero/antagonist, and people promptly started telling me this in every single goddamn comment.

Which got annoying after like, a week. And I complained about it enough in a discord server and also on tumblr that it became a joke that I hated Megamind. So for about a year it was a whole thing where my friends would tag me on posts about Megamind, I would complain loudly, every so often someone would tag my post as Megamind and I would threaten them with violence etc. Around August 2021 I finally gave up and changed my blog name from @aromantic-goldfish to aromanticgoldfish-deactivated237 in one last bid to get people to stop fucking following me (I gained like over a thousand followers from that post unfortunately). One of my mutuals, I still have no idea who, took my original blog name and made a Megamind fan account out of it and recently they deleted the blog so I have the account name back again.

That’s a huge block of text anyways. In January of 2022 I, while joking with some discord friends, said I should make a blog called megamindsupremacy, because I hate Megamind and it would be ironic. And then I immediately did. So that’s how I made this blog. Unfortunately, I forgot to clarify to people that this is a satire megamind hate blog and not a fan account, so whoops. The blog was dead for about a month because I didn’t use it outside a one-time joke, but then I started reblogging all my fandom stuff to here instead of my main because I was clogging stuff up so much. Then a few of my posts accidentally blew up and I once again have gotten a sizeable amount of followers, and half of y’all don’t know my lore. So honestly the real clown here is me. Anyways I DO have a Megamind tag on my main it’s #megamind hate central and I complain about Megamind on it, which is not what you were looking for but that’s what I have

Additional lore: my main account got nuked for a hot minute like a year ago and my friend made me a 21 gun salute of megamind tshirt cannons

So that’s where I got this account pfp from

Also this \/ whole saga happened like, a week ago, so the original post is in fact gone and replaced with asexual no bitches Jason todd death

[barredandromeda]

i hate change id rather die

[brotherconstant]

GIFMAKING TUTORIAL: PHOTOPEA (for Windows)

Screencapping

Gif Width/Size Limit/Ezgif

Loading Frames

Cropping and Resizing

Rasterize/Make Frames

Sharpening

Coloring (not detailed. Links to other tutorials included)

Exporting

Obligatory Mentions: @photopeablr ; @miwtual ; @benoitblanc ; @ashleysolsen Definitely check out these blogs for tips, tutorials and resources, they're a gold mine. Finally I recommend browsing the PHOTOPEA TUTORIAL / PHOTOPEA TUTORIAL GIF tags. DISCLAIMER: English is not my first language and I'm not an expert on what I'm going to discuss, so if anything's unclear feel free to drop another ask.

1. SCREENCAPPING -> PotPlayer (the one I use) or MVP or KMPlayer

INSTALL PotPlayer (tutorial)

Play your movie/episode and press Ctrl + G. The Consecutive Image Capturer window will pop up. Click Start to capture consecutive frames, Stop when you got what you needed.

Where it says "Image Type -> Format" I recommend picking PNG, for higher quality screencaps.

To access the folder where the screencaps are stored, type %appdata% in windows search, open the PotPlayerMini64 folder (or 32, depending on your system) and then the Capture folder. That's where you'll find your screencaps.

Admittedly MVP is a lot faster but I prefer Potplayer because it generates (at least in my case) higher quality screencaps. MVP kind of alters the hue and it made it harder for me to color my gifs. Still, if you're interested in how to use it, I recommend this tutorial.

As for KMPlayer, every tutorial out there is outdated and I couldn't figure out the new version of the software.

2. GIF WIDTH/HEIGHT, SIZE LIMIT, EZGIF OPTMIZER

At this point you should already know how big your gifs are going to be. Remember the ideal gif width(s) on tumblr are 540 px / 268 px / 177 px. These specific numbers take into account the 4 px space between the gifs. No restrictions on height. Here are some examples:

You can play around with the height (177x400, 177x540, 268x200, 268x268, 268x350, 268x400, 540x440, 540x500, 540x540 etc) but if you go over the 10 MB limit you'll either have to make your gifs smaller/delete some frames.

OR you can go on ezgif and optimize your gif, which is usually what I do. The quality might suffer a little, but I'm not really (that) obsessed with how crispy my gifs look, or I'd download photoshop.

Depending on the gif size, you can decrease the compression level. I've never had to go over 35. It's better to start at 5 (minimum) and then go from there until you reach your desired ( <10mb) gif size. Now that I think about it I should have included this passage at the end of the tutorial, I guess I'll just mention it again.

3. LOAD YOUR FRAMES

File -> Open... -> Pick one of your screencaps. The first one, the last one, a random one. Doesn't matter. That's your Background.

File -> Open & Place -> Select all the frames (including the one you already loaded in the previous passage) you need for your gif and load them.

(I recommend creating a specific folder for the screencaps of each gif you're going to make.)

WARNING: When you Place your screencaps make sure the Crop tool is NOT selected, especially if you've already used it and the width/height values have been entered. It will mess things up - I don't know why, could be a bug.

You can either select them all with Ctrl+A or with the method I explained in the ask: "when you want to select more than one frame or all frames at once select the first one, then scroll to the bottom and, while pressing Shift, select the last one. this way ALL your frames will be selected".

WARNING: Depending on how fast your computer is / on your RAM, this process may take a while. My old computer was old and slow af, while my new one can load even a 100 frames relatively fast, all things considered. Even so, I recommend ALWAYS saving your work before loading new frames for a new gif, because photopea might crash unexpectedly. Just save your work as often as you can, even while coloring or before exporting. Trust me, I speak from experience.

Now you can go ahead and delete the Background at the bottom, you won't need it anymore.

4. CROPPING AND RESIZING

Right now your screencaps are still smart objects. Before rasterizing and converting to frames, you need to crop your gif.

Technically you can rasterize/convert to frames and then crop, BUT if you do it in that order photopea will automatically delete the cropped pixels, even if you don't select the "Delete Cropped Pixels" Option. Might be another bug, unclear. Basically, if you crop your gif and then realize you cropped a little too much to the left or the right, you can go ahead, select the Move Tool (shortcut: V) and, after selecting ALL YOUR FRAMES, move them around on your canvas until you are satisfied. You won't be able to do this if you rasterize first and then crop, the excess pixels will be deleted. I don't know why, I found out by accident lol.

CROPPING

(Cropped pixels: the gray/opaque area outside of the selected area. That area disappears once you press enter and crop, but the pixels are retained, so you can move the frames around and reposition them as you like. In this case I could move the frames to the left and include Silver's figure [curly guy in the foreground] in the crop)

After deleting the Background, you will need to select all your frames (using the Shift key), use the C shortcut on your keyboard to choose the Crop tool. Or you can click on it, whatever's more convenient. Once you do that, a dropdown menu is going to appear. You need to select the "FIXED SIZE" option, as shown in the following screencap.

Once you do that, you can type in your desired width and height. Do not immediately press enter.

Your work area should now look like this. Now you can click on one of the white squares and enlarge the selected area until the edges are lined up. You can then move it around until it covers the area you wish to gif.

WARNING: to move the big rectangle around, you're gonna have to click on a random point of the work area, PREFERABLY not to close to the rectangle itself, or you might accidentally rotate it.

See? When your cursor is close to the selected area it turns into this rotating tool. Move it away until it reverts to your usual cursor, then you can start moving the rectangle. Press Enter when you're satisfied with the area you selected.

RESIZE

This isn't always necessary (pretty much never in my case) - and it's a passage I often forget myself - but it's mentioned in most of the tutorials I came across over the years, so I'd be remiss if I didn't include it in mine. After cropping, you'll want to resize your image.

IMAGE -> Image Size...

This window will pop up. Now, should the values in the Width and Height space be anything other than 540 and 400 (or the values you entered yourself, whatever they might be) you need to correct that. They've always been correct in my case, but again. Had to mention it.

5. RASTERIZE & MAKE FRAMES

Now that your screencaps are cropped, you can go ahead and convert them.

LAYER -> Rasterize (if you skip this passage you won't be able to Sharpen (or use any filter) on your frames at once. You'll have to Sharpen your frames one by one.

Photopea doesn't feature a timeline and it's not a video editor, which makes this passage crucial. When you select all your smart objects and try to apply a filter, the filter will only by applied to ONE frame. Once you rasterize your smart objects and make them into frames, you can select them all and sharpen them at once. Unfortunately this also means that you won't be able to - I don't know how to explain this properly so bear with me - use all smart filters/use them in the same way a photoshop user can. For example, you can sharpen / remove noise / add noise / unsharp mask... but you can't act on those filters in the same way a photoshop user can. When you work on smart objects you can change the blend mode - which is critical if you decide to use a filter like High Pass. If you simply apply a high pass filter on photopea you won't be able to change the blend mode and your gif will look like this (following screencaps). Or rather, you will be able to change the blend mode by clicking on the little wheel next to "High pass" (circled in green in the 2nd screencap), but you'll have to apply the filter to each frame manually, one by one.

Then you can rasterize/make into frames, but it's extremely time consuming. I did it once or twice when I first started making gifs and it got old pretty soon haha.

Layer -> Animation -> Make frames. This passage will add "_a_" at the beginning of all your frames and it's what allows you to make a (moving) gif. As I said in the ask, if you skip this passage your gif will not move.

6. SHARPENING

Some people prefer to color first and sharpen later, but I found that sharpening filters (more or less) dramatically alter the aspect of your gif and already brighten it a bit (depending on your settings) and you may end up with an excessively bright gif.

Now, sharpening settings are not necessarily set in stone. The most popular ones are 500/0.4 + 10/10, which I use sometimes. But you may also need to take into account the quality of the files you're working with + the specific tv show you're giffing. I've been using different settings for pretty much every tv show I gif, especially in the last couple months. Some examples:

followed by

OR

AMOUNT: 500% RADIUS 0.3px followed by AMOUNT: 20% (or 10%) RADIUS 10px

You'll just need to experiment and see what works best for your gifs.

Some gifmakers use the UNSHARP MASK filter as well (I think it's pretty popular among photopea users?) but it makes my gifs look extra grainy, makes the borders look super bright and it clashes with my coloring method(s), so I use it rarely and with very moderate settings. Something like this:

Again, depends on the gif and on what you like. I've seen it used with great results by other gifmakers!

REDUCE NOISE

Sometimes - and this is especially the case for dark scenes - your gif may look excessively grainy, depending on how bright you want to make it. Reducing noise can help. Keep it mind, it can also make it worse and mess up the quality. BUT it also reduces the size of your gif. Obviously, the higher the settings, the more quality will suffer.

These are my standard settings (either 2/70% or 2/80%). It's almost imperceptible, but it helps with some of the trickier scenes.

ADDING NOISE

Adding noise (1% or 2% max) can sometimes help with quality (or make it worse, just like reduce noise) but it will make your gif so so so much bigger, and occasionally damage the frames, which means you won't be able to load your gif on tumblr, so I rarely use it.

You'll also want to create ACTIONS which will allow you to sharpen your gifs much faster.

HOW TO CREATE AN ACTION ON PHOTOPEA

The Action Button (shaped like a Play button as you can see in the following screencaps) may not be there if you're using photopea for the first time. If that's the case click on the magnifiying glass next to "Account" (in red) and type "actions". Press Enter and the button should immediately show up.

Once you do that, click on the Folder (circled in yellow)

and rename it however you like.

now click on New Action (circled in red). now you can press the Recording button (circled in green)

Now

FILTERS -> Smart Sharpen

and you can enter your values. Then you repeat this passage (WITHOUT pressing rec, WITHOUT pressing new action or anything else, you just open the smart shapen window again) and, if you want, you can sharpen your gif some more (10%, 10px, or anything you want.)

Maybe, before creating an action, experiment with the settings first and see what works best.

When you're satisfied, you can PRESS STOP (it's the rec button, which is now a square) and you can DOWNLOAD your action (downwards facing arrow, the last button next to the bin. Sorry, forgot to circle it) .

You need to download your action and then upload it on your photopea. When you do, a window will pop up and photopea will ask you whether you wish to load the action every time you open the program. You choose "Okay" and the action will be loaded in the storage.

When you want to sharpen your gif, you select all your frames, then you click on the Play button, and select the Action, NOT the folder, or it won't work.

Actions can also be created to more rapidly crop and convert your frames, but it doesn't always work on photopea (for me at least). The process is exactly the same, except once you start recording you 1) crop your gif as explained in step 4, 2) convert into frames. Then you stop the recording and download the action and upload it. This won't work for the Rasterize step by the way. Just the Animation -> Make Frame step.

7. COLORING

Now you can color your gif. I won't include a coloring tutorial simply because I use a different method for every tv show I gif for. You normally want to begin with a brightness or a curve layer, but sometimes I start with a Channel Mixer layer to immediately get rid of yellow/green filters (there's a tutorial for this particular tool which you will find in the list I mention in the link below)

[Plus I'm not really an authority on this matter as my method is generally... fuck around and find out. Two years of coloring and I still have no idea what I'm doing. 70% of the time.]

Simple Gif Coloring for Beginners -> very detailed + it includes a pretty handy list of tutorials at the bottom.

8. EXPORTING

Now you can export your gif. Some gifmakers export their (sharpened) gifs BEFORE coloring and then load the gifs on photopea to color them. I'm not sure it makes any difference.

FILE -> EXPORT AS -> GIF

(not colored, just sharpened)

As you can see, unlike photoshop the exporting settings are pretty thread bare. The only option available is dither - it sometimes help with color banding - which, and I'm quoting from google for maximum clarity:

"refers to the method of simulating colors not available in the color display system of your computer. A higher dithering percentage creates the appearance of more colors and more detail in an image, but can also increase the file size."

SPEED

When you export your gif, it will play at a very decreased speed (100%). I usually set it at 180/190%, but as for every other tool, you might want to play around a little bit.

GIF SIZE/EZGIF OPTIMIZER (See Step 2)

And that's it.

P.S.: worth repeating

Save your work as often as you can, even while coloring or before exporting.

[xianoii]

‧ ˏˋ MULTIPLE ﹐ ◜ SWEETENER ! ◞ ̣ ͘ ─┈ I WANNA see what your head game like, do you know what you doin’?

ׄ     ׅ  ★̶̲ HEADCANONS 、how they eat pussy .

ׄ     ׅ  ★̶̲ WARNINGS 、fem!reader ╱ cunnilingus ╱ praise ╱ squirting ╱ overstimulation ╱ multiple orgasms ╱ fingering ╱ minors & dc antis do not interact.

ׄ     ׅ  ★̶̲ INCLUDING 、kaedehara kazuha ╱ arataki itto ╱ diluc ragnvindr ╱ yae miko ╱ kaeya alberich ╱ lisa minci ╱ childe ╱ kamisato ayato .

ׄ     ׅ  ★̶̲ NOTE 、tryna get outta my writing & inspo funk don’t mind me ( i got carried away on the second one mb ) *reposting with working tags!

──┈ ◜ MESSY & SLOPPY ◞ ⠀ ݈݇- ARATAKI ITTO | LISA MINCI | YAE MIKO⠀

they like to drive you wild. a part of it is for their own pleasure—because there's nothing sexier than seeing you writhing and moaning, hearing their names pour from your lips, and your hands grip impossibly tight at long strands of hair. sit on their face or just completely smother them in your cunt - it doesn't matter. they love the taste and the feel of you, and as long as you, their sweet lil’ baby, is feeling good? they’ll eat you until you're soiling the sheets and the mattress through in your juices, your thighs shaking and sticky as they're covered in cum and arousal and your pussy soaked and never recovered from multiple previous orgasms. soak their face in everything you have to give while you sob in pleasure and whimper their names. if you become a mess by their hands—by all means, spread your legs, and let ‘em get a taste.

──┈ ◜ CALCULATED & SLOW ◞ ⠀ ݈݇- KAEDEHARA KAZUHA | DILUC RAGNVINDR | KAMISATO AYATO⠀

he likes to take his time with you. carefully exploring every inch of your pretty body, praising every curve and dip as he goes along. he likes to have his knee between your legs, occupying the growing anticipation behind your panties as he tends to every part of you. his eyes never leave yours as he drops to his knees and peels back your panties, seeing the pool that's soaked through the fabric and the translucent strings of arousal that connect you to your messy panties. he likes to keep them on you and push them to the side, flattening his tongue in your folds and humming. he takes in the way your back arches as he does so and how you fight the urge to moan, sinking your teeth in your lip. it's almost agonizing how he twists his tongue between your folds, slowly trailing closer and closer to your clit. circling around the bud before letting the tip of his tongue flick it. he loves to get you desperate - to hear you plead and beg for more as he meticulously maps out your cunt. and though it drags on for much too long and your pussy aches for adequate pleasure-- it's not long before his lips are wrapping around your clit and he's sucking, humming, and flicking it rapidly with his tongue. his tongue is magic, and you realize soon that all that agonizing teasing was for you - to get you in the right places that have you incoherently chanting his name and praises like a mantra. and when he uses his fingers to toy with your clit while his tongue moves in and out of your hole, you feel as though you're about to pass out. and it's those low mumbles of “c’mon angel, give it to me...cum on my tongue, pretty.” that have you lightheaded. it doesn't take long for you to come undone and trap his head between your thighs as your orgasm breaks over you like a flash flood. but he doesn't stop, and he isn't sure if he will, because your body cooperates with him, and you're too pretty as a mess to leave after one orgasm.

──┈ ◜ GREEDY & SELFISH ◞ ⠀ ݈݇- KAEYA ALBERICH | CHILDE

he just wants to taste you. any time, anywhere, spread those legs of yours and suffocate him in your taste. it’s every time that he does this that he doesn't stop until he’s satisfied. try to push him away or sob out ‘stop’, he’ll pin you down and fold your legs back and lap incessantly at your glossed cunt and puffy clit. the way you taste, it's addicting. he won't miss an opportunity. sit you on the dining table after a meal, on the sink after a shower, sneaking under your desk at work— whenever, because he’s greedy and can't help but feast on what you give him. your pussy is his and his only, and he makes sure you know that. spelling his name with his tongue along your folds, slurping every bit of cum that spills from your hole, and always reminding you as he speaks against your clit, “taste s’good, princess. mmh, i love my pretty pussy.” you're all his, and real obedient. open those legs, spread that pussy and get comfortable, because as long as he’s with you and in control, you’ll be there a while.

[trentcrimminallybeautiful]

AO3 Tag Game!

Tagged by @mvshortcut :) I'm gonna stick with just this fandom/this account for this one to make it less confusing

How many works do you have on AO3?

44. (Including snippet collections.) For this fandom/account. Far more if you count bi-demon-ium or my old account or my older account or

What’s your total AO3 word count?

Okay this one it won't let me separate by pseud or fandom so you're just gonna have to live with being lumped in with all my MBS and a few other misc fics at "653,461". Didn't get the other accounts though. Man, I'm a mess

How many fandoms have you written for, and what are they?

Okay, well, this one by nature is also not solely for this fandom,

(number in parentheses is number of ao3 works posted)

Ted Lasso (obviously) (44) (including snippet collections)

The Mysterious Benedict Society (116) (also including snippet collections)

Instinct (2) (one is a small snippet collection--)

House MD (1)

Death by Dying (1)

Gravity Falls, technically, but it was one crossover (1)

ditto with The Legend of Zelda (1)

King Falls AM (1)

The House in the Cerulean Sea (6)

Shadowhunters (??? at least 36) (some now hidden/lost)

Professor Layton (1)

The Librarians (2)

The Sandman (1)

The Mentalist (2)

Star Trek (AOS) (1)

Sanders Sides (at least 1)

Miraculous Ladybug (1)

Rosewell: New Mexico (2)

The Dresden Files (1)

That's stuff posted to ao3/finished. There's also, technically,

for stuff I published when I was twelve and I now refuse to acknowledge (not all bc of the fandom but bc the fic was Bad):

Doctor Who

Supernatural

Sherlock

Psych

Castle

Welcome to Night Vale

Avengers

A Series of Unfortunate Events

And then stuff I've written for but never finished:

Warehouse 13

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016)

Dirk Gently (2010)

SurrealEstate

Zoo (podcast)

Once Upon a Time

Scooby Doo

Person of Interest

The Goes Wrong Show

Spy Kids (???)

Ace Attorney

The Adventure Zone

Criminal Minds

Star Trek (TOS, TNG, and DS9)

Haven

MacGyver

Trollhunters

exactly one (1) joke The Magnus Archives fic

Percy Jackson and the Olympians + The Kane Chronicles + Tales of Apollo

Leverage

Pushing Daisies

The Sarah Jane Adventures

Megamind

Bones

Avatar: the Last Airbender

Lucifer

Some of these are deeply questionable and/or only have like two (2) wips or even posted works at most, but I'm thorough. Also, I will write about almost anything bc my brain loves to process things like this. I may have even missed something

Top five fics by kudos:

Ted Lasso Kisses Trent Crimm On The Mouth (1125)

semaphore (977)

off the handle (719)

linger (699) (nice)

a preacher, a bikini, and a kiss or two (641)

Do you respond to comments?

I really try to, but then I get all in my head about it and/or am really really tired and put it off so long it then feels like it would be weird to respond because it's been forever. However, if there's a direct question or something I want to address/respond to, as in, I have something particularly unique to say or a question to answer, then I'll usually respond really fast

What’s the fic with the angstiest ending you’ve ever written?

Honestly, I'm not a huge unhappy ending person, a lot of the time I'll have a first chapter I was initially going to end really angsty (see ink sunset and make a mess of you) and then added more to fix it at least somewhat. As is... maybe the somewhat unresolved emotional tension (for Ted and Trent, at least, Roy's doing great) in something to get off my chest, the +1 for betrayal's sting / absolution's balm? I have some worse ones in an old fandom on an old account but. meh.

Do you write crossovers?

Not often, but I rotate them in my brain. Honestly, though, I'm more inclined to write a fusion than a crossover proper. And even so, I tend to just be thinking about it rather than actually writing it. I've only written one crossover in recent memory (recently, that is) and it was mostly a joke about a shared actress made into actual angst.

Have you ever gotten hate on a fic?

Yeah lmao

Do you write smut?

😏 sure do

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

👁️👁️ not in this fandom

Have you ever had a fic translated?

yes!! also not in this fandom

What’s your all-time favorite ship?

In this fandom? Trent/Ted. overall? no idea, because recency bias, my all-time favorite is whatever I'm into right now, which isn't really objective but hyperfixationitis.

What’s a WIP that you want to finish, but don’t think you ever will?

:( so many. AND there are a lot of posted fics I want to write a sequel/companion piece for and idk if I'll ever get the energy...

I guess off the top of my head, for this fandom, I'd go with lost sight of (who you are) (motivation died because it's old enough no one knows it exists anymore lkfgjh) and ink sunset (I WANNA FINISH IT I DO I DO I DO)

What are your writing strengths?

I think I can write a really funny string of dialogue, and I'm also fond of fun metaphors, both in the elegant poetic way and in the more Douglas Adams/Terry Pratchett way (which is to say, still potentially elegant but also comedic as hell)

What are your writing weaknesses?

Motivating myself to write anything; being overly self-indulgent

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fics?

I'm extremely bad at linguistics in general, so if I must include someone talking in another language in my fic, I think I'd tend to cheat and do italics or some other indication that this is 'in another language' (ie "Where are you going?" she asked in Russian), but that's admittedly a lazy approach. But I also think it's probably better than butchering it with an auto-translator? Also, when people just include the translation in the end notes, even with a link (although that makes it marginally better) it breaks the flow of the story and makes it hard to read. Making an effort to at least match grammar is good (which I would do if it was for longer than a single scene, probably) but I think the best solution is when people know what they're doing and like, have an actual translation with a little html code so you can click on it and it reveals what it means? Or if you're clever, revealing what it means using context around it, but that has its own limitations. So that both like, uses the actual language and doesn't break up the flow. It balances accessibility, flow, and respect for the other language in question well. But you've got to both know what you're doing with the language (either asking someone/hiring someone/knowing the language yourself) and the html (although there are guides for that you'd have to spend time figuring it out + know it exists in the first place to look). And this is fanfiction, something we ultimately do for free in our spare time, so the lazy approach, I think, can be understandable. Maybe not in every context, but it's not worth stressing a lot over in a few random lines or anything, you know? It is really cool when people do know a language well enough to include it properly in a fic, though, it can say a lot about a character or dynamic; and their background(s) and like. it's neat :)

What was the first fandom you ever wrote for?

Ever? Doctor Who. In a shitty little notebook in middle school. Then there was some Star Trek (both TNG and TOS) and Avatar: the Last Airbender and Marvel and such, and then Supernatural (my first smut? extremely terrible Destiel smut. rip) and I think the first thing I ever posted was Welcome to Night Vale? Not sure.

What’s your favorite fic you’ve written so far?

Oh, man. I have no idea. Here's a few favorites from this fandom:

matters of the heart

trick & treat

vita nova

melt like this

"second impressions"

"reveal"

probably those time travel snippets, just in general

tagging:

PLEASE, if you want to do this, I'm begging you, tag me in it and do it. i'm too tired to come up with names im so sorry

[daaydreamy]

AND spellcaster!harry coming to his house after a long day and finding everything a mess like all his potion bottle’s cut into pieces and like everything is floating and mb if him and y/n have a cat it’s like floating in the air running from a couch chasing it and y/n just sitting peacefully on a floating chair while reading a book ❤️

welcome home

summary: harry comes home to… something.

warnings: none.

pairing: harry styles x fem!reader

•••

“I’m ho-…”

Harry’s lips parted in shock from the sight he just came home to, looking around in pure astonishment. He let the keys in his hand fall to the ground and he started walking around, seeing spilled potion bottles that were from his little potion closet that nobody was supposed to open and mess with because those potions were very real and could lead to some very strange things when used in the wrong ways.

The most obvious thing though, was that almost everything in the house was floating as if gravity wasn’t a thing anymore.

“Harry, if you do not fix this immediately, I’ll make noise all night. I do not enjoy floating.” Rutherford, the talking grandfather clock in the living room, suddenly boomed, causing Y/N’s head to lift up from where she had been reading a book, smiling once her eyes fell upon Harry.

“Hey, baby.” She smiled sweetly, waving at him from a floating loveseat, book in her lap.

“Hey, babe, er… what- what happened?” He chuckled awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck as he looked up at her. He glanced at their cat that was also floating, running after one of her toys that was very close to the old wood of Rutherford. He looked back behind him where all the potion bottles were opened and dripping onto the floors, some of them bubbling and sizzling.

“I know just as much as you do.” She shrugged and Harry scrubbed a hand over his face, pinching his nose.

a/n: i love spellcaster!h so much 😭😭😭

🏷: @crow-i-guess, @planetflos, @harrycanyonmoonn, @bxtchboy69, @sweet-as-lilacs, @lyricalniall, @venusincleo (couldn’t tag you!), @bxbun111, @tenaciousperfectionunknown, @emispleased, @goldenhrry, @cinnamongirlrry, @manifestrry, @sadqn1, @judesgfirl, @taylorsreputationsversion, @violetsandfluff, @phoebebridgersforqueen, @a-strange-familiar, @moonlightbea-33 (couldn’t tag you!), @famedrs-blog, @coochiesteak, @blahblahblah-888 (couldn’t tag you!), @milesisntdonewritingyet, @harrysgoth, @walkingintheheartbreaksatellite, @cinnamonlola, @youcan-nolonger-run, @velvetrylie, @vamprry, @ellie-loveshs, @gorlsinmultifandoms

[popponn]

hehe popon !!! i'm like trying my best to keep my eyes open bc i am v tired 😞 so i am apologising in advance if there are any grammatical mistakes in this chunk of text 🤞🏻😸 but hi lovely:

WISHING U A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, POPON !!!! i not sure whether it's like ur birth date where u live yet, but it is for me, so i hope this mssg is on time ! but happy birthday to one of the cutest, cleverest and sweetest yoichi kissers in the world 🫶🏻😽 isagi loves u sm and giggles and kicks his legs when u post him on ur blog (real. bro told me and i was "damn yoichi 🤨")

on my friends' birthdays, i usually write a letter and give them my thanks for a number of things. and i think the number one thing i wanna say "thank u" to u for is definitely our interactions <3 u have always been friendly to everyone who interacts w u, including me, and i reckon i'm rly lucky to met u this year !!! u're a kind soul w a lot of love to give, and i think that's why we all love u sm !!! and i'm super thankful for all the times u've visited my inbox/mssges 🫶🏻🫶🏻 it makes me happy hehe

i must also mention that i am so thankful that i was able to find "coincidences and flickers" one fateful day,, like that series has the potential to forever change me as a person and even make me become a temporary isagi kisser (never forgetting who i am 😤) <33 it was that series that helped me find ur blog and realise the insane amount of talent u have for writing !! my favourite writers on this platform often changes (sometimes it's a, or sometimes it's b), but i think u have a fixed position up there <3 i truly adore u and the way u write, so thank u for all the works u post 🫂 it's such an honour to be mutuals w a v skilled writer

i also wanna thank u for all the reblogs u make on everyone's works <3 when u reblog my fics w a bunch of tags, it truly makes me feel like that the effort i have put in didn't go to waste bc there was someone who appreciated what i wrote. also like,, the quality of my writing often fluctuates (😞💔), but u reblog them anyways, and i will ALWAYS thank u for that !! i love uuu (⁠づ⁠￣⁠ ⁠³⁠￣⁠)⁠づ🫂💞

oh, and, thank u for constantly feeding my reo delusions 😸😸 not sure if i'd love him the same without u telling me that reo loves me too lol 😽🧎🏻‍♀️

i do hope that everything will treat u nicely today !!! and every other day bc u deserve it <33 eat cake, laugh w friends and mb be silly for a little while—u're not a grandma yet, so have fun being in ur twenties, popon !!!!

love u always 🫶🏻☹️

(i hope u like words bc this was a bit of a read lmao)

SAKI IM SOBBINGGG???????? WHATT????? D: JESUS I WILL BE WORDY TOO!! HOW DARE U MAKE ME ALL SOFTTTT thank u so much for typing all this despite being very tired omg ;;;; im gonna bawl mom im so glad i meet saki the sweetest adgudk (also...my grammar is also a mess i hope this shall be forgiven as i am sincere ( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈♡))

it already is!! :">> thank u for remembering it bae :""" and omg yoichi did all that? i get even more in love :(( pls tell yoichi i also kick and giggle when he breathes :(( AND HEY YOU ARE OVERPRAISING ME WHAT IF MY HEAD GET BIG [ahjussi voice]

saki :(((( im also very thankful i get to meet you this year ue ue ue ;;; i never thought i will ever talk to you (or anyone here at all tbh sksk) like i was very shy and hesitate a lot, but then you are there?? being so sweet friendly and welcoming ;;; like you are one of the reasons i'm here and i mean it??? like you are one of the person who gave me courage to be more friendly here too hehe <3 im so glad i meet someone as kind you saki <3

im gonna start blushing and bawling fr now. IM SO GLAD I MAKE THAT SERIESS ;;;;; (CHAPTER WILL COME SOON TRUST!!) hdfkdj idk what to say here before sounding like a madman so uh ;;;; pls know that i was so happy too when u commented and reblogged so positively ;;;;;;; ghjk saki your praises i think i read them over and over girly u r too sweet for me sometimes ;;;;;; ♡( ˘ ³˘)♥︎

okay channeling my coolness energy a bit, saki 🫵i like your writing GENUINELY!!! okay! so im glad you like the madman ramblings in the tags :>> and come on buddy fic writer to fic writer, it would be impossible to like everything we write SKSKSK remember that one time i immediately lose it after posting that rin studying fic. sigh. stupid ass me. BUT YOU AND EVERYONE WERE THERE AND IT SERVED ITS PURPOSE HOHOHO SO I TOO FEEL IT WASNT A WASTE HEHEHEHE

and i will keep feeding ur delusion get ready (❀❛ ֊ ❛„)♡ also quick mention real quick your cats are cool sunglasses or not

THANK YOU FOR THE WISHES SAKIII!!! omg :((( thank you so much for?? writing all these gosh uhuhuu i will reread this over and over again a lot of times today hehe (no matter how busy and hard it is to open tumblr today!!!) this make my day so much ;;;;;; uhuhuhu and aw <3 i will!!! i wanna make a grandma joke again but for today i will spare saki uwu

i love you always too!!!! 🫶🏻😤

[ang3lfory0u]

~ Always liked girls ~ (Nancy Wheeler x fem!reader) (Nancy Wheeler x platonic!robin Buckley) pt. 2

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Second part to Nancy discovering her sexuality all thanks to you-with some help from Robin ofc ♡

Sorry this took so long mb 💋

Tags 💫: @retr0uvailless @ordelixx

[Set after Part 1 duh]

Nancy Wheeler x fem!reader <3

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Nancy felt like she was going to throw up and the shaking of Robins car wasn’t helping. She felt like the car was smaller than the last time she’s been in it-like the vehicle was slowly shrinking until it compressed her into a small ball.

Robin had taken it upon herself to pick Nancy up from work and drive her back to her house with the intention to introduce the girl to the person she had been gushing over for the past few days after seeing her for the first time. Nancy was not prepared and her anxiety was eating her alive. She’d almost chewed her nails down to the nub and almost completely smudged her lipstick by constantly licking her lips out of worry.

This wasn’t going well.

“What if she isn’t into girls like me?” Nancy stated for what felt to Robin like the 75th time, “what is she is but I’m just not enough?-”

“Nancy” Robin murmured.

“Oh god this was an awful idea!”

“Nancy.”

Nancy pulled down the cars mirror and agitatedly examined her face, “oh my god! I Look like a mess!”

“NANCY!”

Nancy snapped out of her flap and turned towards Robin, “WHAT?”

“CALM DOWN.” Robin let out a sigh, still trying to keep control of the vehicle, “calm-calm down, everything’s going to be fine, she’s gonna love you and you look great.”

She smiled softly at Nancy, “you look great Nance.”

Nancy breathed out and then grinned back, “thank you Robin”.

The sound of a car door slamming alerted the girl who had been in her room, painting on her walls yet again, and caused her to rush to the window. She knew dam well that the only person who regularly left their house in this neighbourhood was Robin. She grinned at the thought of seeing her friend.

However, she was surprised to see not only her ginger friend but also-Mikes sister? How strange. Y/n soon realised that the pair were walking towards her house, in seeing this, she decided to rush to the door to greet the two girls. She swung the door open before Robin or Nancy even got the chance to knock and flashed a wide grin at the sight of them.

“To what do I owe the pleasure?”

Nancy gaped at the girl I front of her, she looked even prettier than when they had first met.

Robin chuckled, “do I have to have a reason to visit my amazing neighbour and friend?”

Y/n rolled her eyes, “course not but it’s not everyday you show up with a pretty girl without warning”

Nancy must have resembled a tomato. Pretty?

“Ah you noticed? Yes this is Nancy-y’know Mike’s sister, our age by the way. She wanted to meet you, isn’t that right Nance?”

Nancy managed to get out a response, “y-yeah yeah I did”

This made the girl smirk, “well it’s a pleasure to meet you love-may I call you that?”

Nancy definitely short circuited, “I-uh yeah”

“Excellent” her eyes never left Nancy, staring almost through her soul. Nancy gulped.

Robin looked between the two beaming, this was going great.

Y/n cleared her throat, dragging her eyes from Nancy and towards Robin, “wont you both come in? I was about to start dinner.”

The brunette looked to her ginger friend with an almost pleading look. Robin shook her head in amusement, “of course, we’d love to.”

Nancy had to suppress a grin but clearly, Y/n had caught onto it as she shamelessly grinned at her.

Ever since that one small meal, Nancy and Y/n became attached at the hip. Everyday after work, Nancy would practically sprint over to the girls house and spend hours there with her. They did everything from talking to painting to cooking, you name it they probably did it.

Over this time, Nancy’s feelings grew 10x more and it was getting harder to keep pretending that her feelings were completely platonic.

Today was just like any other, Nancy was making her way over to Y/n’s place after work, as she always did. However, slower this time and her usual excited smile was replace with a nervous one.

She had decided that it was finally time to confess her feelings, or at least come out to the girl. Nancy had grew to trust Y/n with her life, she knew that her sexuality would stay hidden even if she were to tell her. In fact, her feelings for Y/n would probably stay hidden even if she were to tell her.

How would Nancy do this though? Just randomly say it? Make a whole speech? Write a letter? She had no experience with confessing to girls-not to mention she’d never felt this strongly about anyone, boy or girl.

Considering she was lost in her thoughts, Nancy almost walked past Y/n’s house. She retraced her steps and stood it front of the house. Right, this was it.

She stared at the door for a moment, outlining it with her eyes, it seemed as if she was trying to summon the girl who was inside to open the door herself. After a few moments of contemplation she decided, fuck it. She had to tell Y/n.

Nancy stepped towards the door, raised her hand and tapped three gentle knocks on the wood. They were light but loud enough to be heard.

She waited a few moments until she heard movement from inside. Nancy sucked in a breath, she was terrified. Her plans began to sweat and her heart rate increased. She wondered if she should just sprint away.

Before she could though, the door swung open to reveal a smiling Y/n. Nancy didn’t know whether the sight of her made her calm down or more scared.

“Well if it isn’t my favourite Wheeler, come in Nance”

The girl spun around and walked into the house, Nancy anxiously followed, shutting the door behind her.

The house felt as it usually did, calm and safe. It always felt safe to Nancy. But this time it also felt tense.

She must have zoned out for a second too long because Y/n noticed.

“You okay love? Did something happen at work?”

Nancy snapped her gaze to her friend, “uh-no no I just,” she paused, “…have something to tell you.”

Y/n’s expression relaxed, “oh okay-have a seat.”

She gestured to the arm chair next to Nancy, before slumping into the sofa opposite.

Nancy sat down awkwardly, avoiding any eye contact with the girl facing her.

“So? What’s up?”

Nancy took a deep breath, this was it. This was either going to be the best or worst day of her life.

“Well-you see, I like..” Nancy figured she should acknowledge her newly found sexuality first, “I like girls, I mean I still like guys just also girls..Robin already knows and I know she likes girls and I know-I know you do,” she slightly squinted at the uneasiness she was feeling.

She was ready to continue but Y/n stopped her, obviously unaware that there was more, “woah okay, I mean that’s cool with me of course-how’d you find out Nance?”

Ah shit. The difficult part.

“Uh-well,” her voice wavered, “I met someone, who is a girl, and I couldn’t stop thinking about her, she’s really really pretty and then I spoke to her for the first time and realised she’s also the coolest, sweetest person I’ve ever met and I can’t stop thinking about her.”

Nancy finally lifted her gaze to meet Y/n’s to see her with a playful smile on her friends face, “woah she sounds awesome, do I know her?”

Nancy pursed her lips, “yeah you do, very well actually.”

“Hm let’s think, someone I know very well huh? You met them recently, ooh I don’t know, who could it be?” Now Y/n wasn’t stupid, she knew well by now that Nancy had feelings for her, it was very obvious at this point. All the nervous touches and constant blushing. But she was really enjoying playing with this. “Aha! Could it be…Robin perhaps? Orrr maybe someone at work I know? Orr, oh! I think I got it.”

Nancy was dying inside, she couldn’t tell if you were being serious or not. But either way this was humiliating.

“Is it,” Y/n lent down, propping her elbows on her knees, staring right at Nancy, “me?”

Nancy turned a bright shade of red. Shit.

Y/n grinned, “I think that’s my answer.”

Nancy just stared at her, mouth agape, watching as Y/n began to laugh to herself.

“Cute, but let me hear you say it.”

The words took a moment to process in Nancy’s mind. When they did, her eyes widened. She wasn’t fully prepared for this but oh well, “Uh-yeah so I,” she stopped and let out a sigh, “okay yes you’re right,” she made eye contact with Y/n, “I like girls, always liked girls, I liked you ever since I found you sitting on my kitchen counter. I was panicking, I’d never felt that way about a girl before so I went to Robin for advice, then she introduced me to you and my feelings grew cause-I mean you’re Amazing in every way and I really really do like you. Is that what you wanted to hear?”

Y/n scoffed with a smile, “wow Nance wasn’t expecting all that, but yes,” she smirked, “that is what I wanted to hear.”

Nancy waited, she was expecting an answer to a question she hadn’t even asked yet, “well?”

Y/n chuckled, “yeah yeah-I like you too Nancy, a lot.”

She got up and walked over to Nancy, this caused Nancy to also stand up. Y/n, without warning, gently grabbed Nancy’s chin and kissed her. The kiss was soft, and long. At first, Nancy’s eyes were still wide open with shock but eventually they fluttered shut as she became familiar with the sweet feeling. Her hands nervously cupped Y/n’s cheeks.

After a while, the two broke apart, both smiling. Y/n continued, “you are the loveliest girl I’ve ever met-not to mention the prettiest.”

Nancy smile grew, she didn’t know what to say, “I-uh I’ve never kissed a girl before”.

Y/n laughed softly, “Hm well I’m proud to be the first”. She then pulled Nancy back in for another kiss.

That went better than expected.

[i-write-hurt-not-comfort]

Who do you think of the boys 'deserves' yui the most or fits with yui best?

thank you anon! now this is an interesting question because who deserves yui the most and who fits with yui the best are different things. and i have two different answers which i’ll explain below. under the tag will be general spoilers for all the games. 

who deserves yui the most? 

azusa. definitely azusa. of all the guys, i’d say he’s the only one who has never had any malicious intent. all the other characters have, at one point or another, believed they were better than yui and/or wanted to see her suffer simply for her to suffer. because they wanted to watch her in pain for their enjoyment. 

now, azusa was never really like this. sure, he’s kinda creepy at first. and he does hurt yui, that’s true, but his reasoning is because he likes pain and he enjoys it, and he wants to make yui feel GOOD, so he hurts her. he’s unable to relate to her not wanting pain due to his childhood trauma. and obviously that’s not an excuse for hurting her, but i think it’s better than the others because his intentions WERE good. none of the other guys hurt or humiliated her because they wanted her to feel good. they did it to hurt her. 

azusa also never really insulted or demeaned yui. most of the other guys, some more than others, very intentionally put yui down just to make themselves feel better (again, childhood trauma caused this, but they still did it). i feel like azusa is the only character who ever saw himself as equal to yui. 

as the games progress, azusa obviously has his downfalls and he continues hurting others (lost eden, especially) but he always apologises. azusa is generally very good at recognising when his actions have hurt others and this is one of the reasons i think azusa stands out from the others. he always tries to make things right when he messes up and when he does, he shows very obvious remorse (crying, for example, which he does a lot) which again, the others don’t really do. 

so yeah, i think azusa deserves yui the most. is he my FAVOURITE ship dynamic with yui? no. 

who fits with yui the best?

ayato. i know. ayato? he’s an asshole. unlike azusa, he’s very obviously hurt yui for his own enjoyment, put her down and humiliated her, and in general was not good to her for the whole of HDB, most of MB and he falls back into those bad patterns in LE again. 

but there’s just... something about their dynamic which i love. ayato spent his entire childhood being put down, called worthless, never thinking he was good enough. and he grows up as a narcissist because of it, deep down he’s vulnerable as shit. 

and i think the one thing ayato needed in his life was someone the opposite of that. someone who saw good in him even when he was a piece of shit. someone who stuck by his side, was always there for him no matter what, and repeatedly told him he’s not bad. the moment for me where i really realised ayato and yui were meant to be was in ayato’s lost eden when yui finds ayato in the rain after reiji was mean to him. and she hugs him, tells him he’s a worthy king. and you know what? he cries. my man deadass cries. 

there’s other scenes too. like, ayato’s chaos lineage is great. when he apologises to her for how he acted when he didn’t have his memories. and for someone who comes across as quite emotionally immature, ayato is fucking good at heart-felt apologies. 

and then when he tells her he can do anything as long as he’s with her? gah. i was sobbing. 

and in MB after story, he goes to university for her! ayato would do anything for yui. and i mean, all of them would, but i just feel like ayato and yui are meant for each other. he’s goofy, he’s a dork, he’s stupid, he just wants attention, and yui will give him that. he needed someone with such a good heart to soothe his broken heart. 

honestly the development ayato makes from more blood, through dark fate, then to lost eden is my favourite development. and how yui brings him closer to his brothers too. aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. she always looks so happy around him too and the fact they can make each other smile like that...

i just love ayayui. they’re perfect. 

[bi-demon-ium]

AO3 Tag Game!

Tagged by @mvshortcut :) I did it here as well but now I'm doing it for this fandom/account bc I CAN (a lot of this will be directly copy/pasted if applicable im sowwy)

How many works do you have on AO3?

116. (Including snippet collections.) For this fandom/account. Far more if you count others,

What’s your total AO3 word count?

Okay this one it won't let me separate by pseud or fandom so you're just gonna have to live with being lumped in with all my MBS and a few other misc fics at "653,461". Didn't get the other accounts though. Man, I'm a mess

How many fandoms have you written for, and what are they?

Okay, well, this one by nature is also not solely for this fandom,

(number in parentheses is number of ao3 works posted)

The Mysterious Benedict Society (116) (including snippet collections)

Ted Lasso (44) (also including snippet collections)

Instinct (2) (one is a small snippet collection--)

House MD (1)

Death by Dying (1)

Gravity Falls, technically, but it was one crossover (1)

ditto with The Legend of Zelda (1)

King Falls AM (1)

The House in the Cerulean Sea (6)

Shadowhunters (??? at least 36) (some now hidden/lost)

Professor Layton (1)

The Librarians (2)

The Sandman (1)

The Mentalist (2)

Star Trek (AOS) (1)

Sanders Sides (at least 1)

Miraculous Ladybug (1)

Rosewell: New Mexico (2)

The Dresden Files (1)

That's stuff posted to ao3/finished. There's also, technically,

for stuff I published when I was twelve and I now refuse to acknowledge (not all bc of the fandom but bc the fic was Bad):

Doctor Who

Supernatural

Sherlock

Psych

Castle

Welcome to Night Vale

Avengers

A Series of Unfortunate Events

And then stuff I've written for but never finished:

Warehouse 13

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016)

Dirk Gently (2010)

SurrealEstate

Zoo (podcast)

Once Upon a Time

Scooby Doo

Person of Interest

The Goes Wrong Show

Spy Kids (???)

Ace Attorney

The Adventure Zone

Criminal Minds

Star Trek (TOS, TNG, and DS9)

Haven

MacGyver

Trollhunters

exactly one (1) joke The Magnus Archives fic

Percy Jackson and the Olympians + The Kane Chronicles + Tales of Apollo

Leverage

Pushing Daisies

The Sarah Jane Adventures

Megamind

Bones

Avatar: the Last Airbender

Lucifer

Some of these are deeply questionable and/or only have like two (2) wips or even posted works at most, but I'm thorough. Also, I will write about almost anything bc my brain loves to process things like this. I may have even missed something

Top five fics by kudos:

I was gonna have the snippets collections not count but I've got so many exact ties it doesn't matter.

gemini schmemini (136)

kate and her bucket sitting in a tree, S-P-Y-I-N-G (98)

caught (81)

[insert poetic title here] (81)

affectionate gestures<3 (81)

of rube goldbergs and weather machines (74)

tumblr snippets: mbs edition (74)

keeping out the cold (70)

birdsong (70)

Number Two Regrets Her Life Choices™ (68)

timeline? i don't know her (68)

That's actually 6 bc I made a mistake but I've already color coded them so whatever

Do you respond to comments?

I really try to, but then I get all in my head about it and/or am really really tired and put it off so long it then feels like it would be weird to respond because it's been forever. However, if there's a direct question or something I want to address/respond to, as in, I have something particularly unique to say or a question to answer, then I'll usually respond really fast.

And this fandom's smaller so if I'm slightly more likely to respond 😭

Also when I know who's commenting personally which is al ot more likely

What’s the fic with the angstiest ending you’ve ever written?

Honestly, I'm not a huge unhappy ending person, but. uhhh

solo

bring me home (in a blinding dream)

hollowed

seasalt

checkmate

dark side of the moon

wretched clarity

cruel kindness

green-eyed monster

the naming of cats

curled & crushed

oops

I didn't even look at the snippet collections lkgfhjh

Do you write crossovers?

Not often, but I rotate them in my brain. Honestly, though, I'm more inclined to write a fusion than a crossover proper. And even so, I tend to just be thinking about it rather than actually writing it. I've only written one crossover in recent memory (recently, that is) and it was mostly a joke about a shared actress made into actual angst. :)

Have you ever gotten hate on a fic?

Yeah lmao

Do you write smut?

😏 ......not for this fandom. That I'd post anyway

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

👁️👁️ not. Directly in this fandom

Have you ever had a fic translated?

yes!! also not in this fandom

What’s your all-time favorite ship?

In this fandom? Nicholas/Milligan. Overall, ever? Recency bias/hyperfixationitis says whatever I'm into the most at the moment. But generally for MBS I prefer gen (although I've written a lot of Nicholas/Milligan, that's partially because it's blissfully easier to find gen already)

What’s a WIP that you want to finish, but don’t think you ever will?

:(

SO many

Particularly minotaur, the dearly departed, and the "paralyzed" series. Oh and the hanahaki AU

What are your writing strengths?

I think I can write a really funny string of dialogue, and I'm also fond of fun metaphors, both in the elegant poetic way and in the more Douglas Adams/Terry Pratchett way (which is to say, still potentially elegant but also comedic as hell)

What are your writing weaknesses?

Motivating myself to write anything; being overly self-indulgent

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fics?

I'm extremely bad at linguistics in general, so if I must include someone talking in another language in my fic, I think I'd tend to cheat and do italics or some other indication that this is 'in another language' (ie "Where are you going?" she asked in Russian), but that's admittedly a lazy approach. But I also think it's probably better than butchering it with an auto-translator? Also, when people just include the translation in the end notes, even with a link (although that makes it marginally better) it breaks the flow of the story and makes it hard to read. Making an effort to at least match grammar is good (which I would do if it was for longer than a single scene, probably) but I think the best solution is when people know what they're doing and like, have an actual translation with a little html code so you can click on it and it reveals what it means? Or if you're clever, revealing what it means using context around it, but that has its own limitations. So that both like, uses the actual language and doesn't break up the flow. It balances accessibility, flow, and respect for the other language in question well. But you've got to both know what you're doing with the language (either asking someone/hiring someone/knowing the language yourself) and the html (although there are guides for that you'd have to spend time figuring it out + know it exists in the first place to look). And this is fanfiction, something we ultimately do for free in our spare time, so the lazy approach, I think, can be understandable. Maybe not in every context, but it's not worth stressing a lot over in a few random lines or anything, you know? It is really cool when people do know a language well enough to include it properly in a fic, though, it can say a lot about a character or dynamic; and their background(s) and like. it's neat :)

What was the first fandom you ever wrote for?

Ever? Doctor Who. In a shitty little notebook in middle school. Then there was some Star Trek (both TNG and TOS) and Avatar: the Last Airbender and Marvel and such, and then Supernatural (my first smut? extremely terrible Destiel smut. rip) and I think the first thing I ever posted was Welcome to Night Vale? Not sure.

What’s your favorite fic you’ve written so far?

Oh, man. I have no idea. Here's a few favorites from this fandom:

cain's lament

minotaur

shades of green

a hope in hell

Number Two Regrets Her Life Choices™

tagging:

PLEASE, if you want to do this, I'm begging you, tag me in it and do it. i'm too tired to come up with names im so sorry

[sophieswundergarten]

Mental Literature

Reynie had always had a habit of "writing things down" in his mind, he found it helped him remember important details and organize his thoughts. Certain words he liked, or ideas that came to him when he didn't have pen and paper handy. Often, these little notes become lists, or, less often, letters. After all, he had no one to write to at the orphanage.

The lists he used most commonly were the ones that contained new words he'd learned. When he came across one he didn't understand, he'd go get a dictionary from the reading room (One of the few books actually available at the orphanage, and one that had sat through many years of dusty disuse until Reynie had come along), looking it up and tracing the letters with his finger until he had fully absorbed the meaning.

One day, when he was sitting outside enjoying the pleasant weather while the other children ran around on the grass and played various games amongst themselves, he found himself cataloging their names. There was Susan Pennyworth, and Thomas Deerhart, and Jane Poll, and several others that moved about, swiftly engaging in a game of tag. A boy a few years older than Reynie himself walked up to where he was sitting under the ash tree. Vic Morgeroff, Reynie noted.

"What're you doing, Muldoon?" Vic asked in a bored way. Reynie wondered for a moment why he was asking, if he seemed so disinterested.

Quickly, he went through his list of new words, excited to try one out.

"I'm just enjoying the breeze under this large, deciduous ash tree, Vic. How are you doing today?"

Reynie hoped Vic would ask him what the word "deciduous" meant, as he himself had just learned earlier that day. Maybe he would even already know what it meant, since he was older than Reynie, and they could talk about it.

Vic's eyes sharpened as he listened to Reynie's response. "What did you just say, Muldoon? If that was a swear, I'm telling the director. Don't think just 'cause you're quiet and always hiding in one of your books you won't get in trouble."

"No, no," Reynie immediately jumped to correct him, "It's not a swear word, I promise. It's a word I learned this morning, it describes the tree, since it loses its leaves in the winter, as compared to an evergreen, which doesn't."

Somehow, this didn't seem to calm Vic.

"Oh? And what makes you think you can use that word, eh? Is it 'cause you're reading all the time? Think you'll impress someone? Knowing big words doesn't make you special, Muldoon. It- It just makes you a freak, who knows too much."

Apparently satisfied, Vic stalked off, shaking his head and muttering to himself, "Little weirdo, thinks he's better than everyone else."

Reynie watched him go, slightly stunned that his word had evoked such a violent outburst. After a few moments, he sighed, shoulders sagging as he shifted to lean against the tree trunk, closing his eyes. He started a new list. "Unpopular Words".

Months passed, and Reynie was summoned to the director's office.

Mr. Rutger was sitting behind his desk, tapping a pen on it when Reynie entered.

"Come in, come in." Mr. Rutger gestured with his free hand to the chair sitting across from him. Reynie sat down obediently, wondering what this was about. He hadn't caused any trouble lately, although his "Unpopular Words" list was beginning to get long enough that he'd had to start reciting it to himself in the mornings, so as to not forget any. He'd avoided Vic and his friends as much as he could, and continued to do well in all of his classes at the orphanage academy.

"Now, Reynard," Mr. Rutger set his pen down and steepled his hands together just below his face. "Do you know why I asked you to come have this little chat with me?"

Reynie shook his head. What strange thing adults do, he considered, to summon a child purposefully without telling them what is going on and then ask them what they think about it. How is the child supposed to respond?

Mr. Rutger frowned at him, as if that was the wrong answer.

"Well, Reynard, your teachers have reported to me that you've been asking about... opportunities." He said the word as though it was an oily worm that had slipped out of his mouth. "Opportunities to attend other schools. Now, why don't we talk about this? Here you're comfortable, you know how the system works. Your friends are here, and it wouldn't make sense to send you away. Besides, it's against policy for a student to be placed in an external education facility."

Reynie hadn't thought he was asking for "opportunities", he'd spoken to his teachers about taking extra classes only because he was nearing the end of the high school work books, and that was as far as the orphanage curriculum went. He was about to explain this to the director, and add that he didn't have any friends, but Mr. Rutger seemed to have decided that the conversation was over.

"There we are, Reynard." He clapped his hands together, leaning back in his chair, seemingly satisfied with his solution. "See? You'll be much happier here. Oh, and be a good lad and try to clean up that reading room you're always in; it's so dirty."

Reynie nodded, standing up and walking out of the office. He paused on the other side of the heavy doors, taking a deep breath before heading back to the room he shared with four other boys. He added "opportunities" to his list.

Not long after that, Reynie entered his first class of the day with the dull resignation to finish the last few pages of his geography workbook. He'd been trying to take as much time as possible and stretch out for as long as he could, since he knew that once this one was full he'd have to content himself with sitting in the back of the classroom and listening to the teacher go over material he had long since learned. However, upon wishing Mr. Green a good morning, he was told that he had been excused from his classes, and was to report to the main hall.

Reynie walked slowly on his way to the main part of the orphanage. He wasn't quite sure what had changed, but some part of him was hopeful that Mr. Rutget had changed his mind and would let him start taking classes somewhere else. He knew there was a local community college not too far, and he'd be happy to walk there if he could only get permission to attend.

His daydreams were shattered by the sudden image of the orphanage director's expression whenever he had approached him about... anything really. He'd asked, more than once, if they might be able to get a few more books for him to read, if the school kids might take a field trip to the museum, if there was any way that he could help pay for further education, he'd even offered to go through the orphanage's policies and Stonetown's bylaws himself to see if there was an exception or loophole that would allow him to attend the Boatwright Academy. All of these queries had ended with Mr. Rutger looking down at him, lips pursed in a sour pout. This had been going on for so long that Reynie noticed the same expression twisting Mr. Rutger's face every time he even entered the same room as Reynie.

He prepared himself to see that expression before opening the door to the main hall, but instead he found a woman. One he had never seen before and knew didn't work at the orphanage because she was wearing a lovely pink sweater over a floral patterned shirt. No one at the orphanage wore nice sweaters or bright colors. Everything there was drab, as if the color was leeched out of it upon crossing the threshold. This woman was certainly not drab, and smiled warmly at him as she rose from the table she was seated at.

Reynie smiled back at her shyly. He felt a slight, pleasant surprise at her seeming excitement to meet him. It had been a while since someone had smiled at seeing him.

"Hello, I'm Miss Perumal. I was told to wait here for a 'Reynard Muldoon'? Is that you?" The nice lady took a few steps toward him, smile faltering a bit as he hesitated.

"Oh," He started, shaking off his thoughts. "Yes, that's me. I'm Reynie." He hurried down the steps, stopping just in front of her. He paused, awkwardly trying to decide if he should shake her hand, or if she would find that "off-putting" and "too mature for a boy of his age", as his French teacher had once said.

Luckily, Miss Perumal stuck out her hand to him, her friendly smile returning in full force.

"Ah, I'm so glad. I was worried that you might have had somewhere else to be, and I was delaying you. As I said, my name is Miss Perumal, and I have been hired to be your new tutor. I am delighted to meet you Reynie. Do you prefer 'Reynie' to 'Reynard'? When I met the director he referred to you as 'Reynard', so I wanted to see what you'd like."

Reynie's mind was whirling with all that this woman said. She was "delighted" to meet him? And she wanted to know which name he preferred to be called, even after Mr. Rutger had spoken with her? He was stunned once again, and only pulled himself out of it when he realized that she was continuing to look at him, waiting for a response.

"Um, yeah. 'Reynie' is good, thank you, ma'am. You said you're my... tutor?"

Reynie wasn't entirely sure what a tutor was supposed to do. He had a vague concept of someone who is supposed to help students with their homework if they were struggling in school, because a teacher had once suggested he tutor his classmates, since he was so for ahead. It hadn't worked out, though, because only one student had approached him, and when Reynie had looked up in the middle of an excited explanation about the French Revolution, the boy had been staring at him in disgust, before abruptly pushing his chair back and leaving. Reynie had created a small mental note for himself, deciding that once he was able to think of the word without recalling that nightmarish, uncomfortable situation, he would find out exactly what the word "tutor" meant.

Miss Perumal nodded at him, her expression growing more serious.

"Yes, I am going to be your tutor. The word is often used to mean someone who will help students as a supplement to traditional teaching, but in our sense it is going to mean that I am a sort of private teacher, just for you."

Reynie appreciated that she had defined the word for him, but he was still a bit apprehensive about this strange woman. She seemed nice, but if she was just going to be a different kind of teacher, that likely meant that she would just hand him a new workbook and try to cover her surprise when he finished it in a few weeks. He didn't want her to be like that, she smiled at him and her eyes seemed kind, and he didn't want her to be just another adult who came to look at him with that distasteful expression that all of the other grown ups at the orphanage did.

But Miss Perumal wasn't finished yet.

"Now, Reynie, I understand that some students need a little bit of different help than most teachers can give them, but you aren't one of them. Mr. Rutger has shown me your transcripts, and you have excelled in every subject and class you've been placed in. You are a very gifted child, Reynie, and something tells me you haven't been given nearly enough opportunities."

She turned then, rummaging in the bag she carried over her shoulder, which Reynie had not noticed before. Producing a small book with a soft blue cloth cover, she handed it to Reynie.

"This," She explained, her smile back again, "Is for you. It's a book on Tamil, the language I grew up speaking. I really think that you'll enjoy learning it, and we might even be able to start having some conversations in it soon, if your record with the limited French available here is any indication."

Reynie accepted the book with a wondrous expression. This woman was willing to teach him, she gave him a book right after meeting him, she wanted to give him opportunities. He searched for a word to describe her, and he found so many good ones that he had to create a "Miss Perumal" list on the spot. She was glorious, she was exorbitantly compassionate, she was a paradigm he wished all adults followed, she was an assiduous researcher, and she was the antithesis to Mr. Rutger.

He took a deep breath, holding it in his chest next to the spark of hope he could feel glowing there. Running a hand over the book, he felt a smile growing on his own face. It had been a long time since he had smiled.

"Thank you, Miss Perumal. I would love to learn Tamil from you, as well as anything you'd want to teach me."

Miss Perumal looked excited, excited at the thought of teaching him. "Well, then, Reynie, I don't see any reason we shouldn't start right now." She gestured at the chair opposite the one she had been sitting in. "Why don't you begin reading through the introduction of that book, while I go over a few more of my papers. We can work on basic pronunciation once you're done."

Reynie sat down immediately, opening the book and still smiling to himself a little. He felt a lot less lonely as he began reading, and added "Friend?" to his Miss Perumal list.

[juiceofmoons]

15 questions, 15 mutuals

I was tagged by @snug-gyu @euphhorias @haenglixie @thnx4thefish @yonglixx @babycatlix ✧˖°.

1. are you named after anyone? kind of but not really, its based off someone's name

2. when was the last time you cried? yesterday rip

3. do you have kids? no lol

4. do you use sarcasm a lot? not really

5. what sports do you play/have you played? I loveeeee martial arts but I tore my achilles last year and I can still only walk (occasional jog of 50 metres) and even then its still painful. I also really want to get back into dance sometime this year when my foot is better

6. what’s the first thing you notice about people? umm I suppose how sociable they are mainly bc I am introverted but if the other person is too I try to be more extraverted

7. what’s your eye colour? blue 💙

8. scary movies or happy endings? I love horror movies (but like not the supernatural ones because I get too terrified) especially horror comedies <3 hard to choose bc I hate crying but I think I would still choose scary movies

9. any special talents? um I used to be a javelin thrower until I messed up my arm (you will notice from these questions that my body is a wreck from sports lmao) I also like to think that I am good at colour matching for mbs 🥺 

10. where were you born? Australia!! pls some of us do not say naurrrr its nowe

11. what are your hobbies? drawing, painting (if I have time and motivation) gifs/mb making, watching tv... i'm wracking my brain for an outdoor hobby but not coming up with much,, maybe walking in pretty areas??

12. do you have pets? yesss my beloved Zoe (family dog) who I am seeing tomorrow night <3333

13. how tall are you? 173cm

14. favourite subject in school? ancient history and biology

15. dream job? I have never really had any career aspirations but I would like to do something related to design/art, but I mainly would prefer anything with short hours so I have beloved free time

so many people have already been tagged lol so idk if i'll make 15 but I will tag @seokmingming @missyedits @15lix @luvrli and @hyunebear <3

[phtalogreenpoison]

20 Questions for Writers

@myfairkatiecat and @nobodysdaydreams Thank you so much for tagging me, both of you!!! <33 :D

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

7! I don't have a lot, that's for sure, but hopefully people enjoy it.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

15,936 words! Which is not that much compared to some of you, but I tend towards the shorter side of things anyways.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

So far, just the Mysterious Benedict Society and lately Bungou Stray Dogs. Which is funny to me because they are so wildly different. But! I also plan on writing for the Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern eventually because it's one of my favorite books. Nay, dare I say my favorite book.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

I'll also just list all of my fics, because I don't have many.

The Sweat Beneath One's Eyes - This is my Reynie as a Messenger/Executive what-if fic, which while I had a lot of enthusiasm, I was still new to the writing of longer form fics.

Fish Eyes - This is my Dazai one-shot. I love himb. He is quite messed up (but honestly not darker than canon)

Food for Thought - A Number Two one shot.

The Brightest Eyes - Sequel to the TSBOE and from Martina's perspective :).

I Will Not Be Swept Away - This is actually fanart of Sticky and the Whisperer, but you guys seem to like it!

Sweet as Cherry Pie - Moocho/Milligan one shot!! I LOVE THEMB. They are my sweet big guys.

The Door Opens... - This is my OC & Dazai one-shot. I am currently obsessed with the idea. I don't care if no one else likes it. This is my baby.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

YES!! I love getting comments, but I mostly write niche what-ifs, so I don't get too many. I will respond to pretty much every comment if I am able. <3333333333

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Probably either The Door Opens or Fish Eyes. They are kinda sad and angsty. If you read these, consider this post a free hug.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Probably Sweet as Cherry Pie. It's just tooth-rotting fluff and gahhhhhoaoodihfiods.

8. Do you get hate on your fic?

Not hate per se, but I've had a slightly negative comment before. I was still kinda a mess over it, but I got over it.

9. Do you write smut?

No. Just not for me! Also definitely not for MBS, and I don't have the will to do it for BSD.

10. Do you write crossovers?

I've contributed to some what-ifs on tumblr! But that's kinda it.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't think so? I trust that it wouldn't happen for MBS, and I doubt my stuff is appealing enough to the masses that it would happen for BSD.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, but that would be super cool if it happened!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic?

No, but I did come up with a BTXT au on Tumblr with my friend @1001galaxygal!!!

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

Currently at the moment, shin soukoku. I LOVE THEM. They were enemies, they were rivals, to lovers, to everything. They would die for each other in a heartbeat. They bully each other relentlessly. I just ahiofewihofwioiomowiijedshnvgowoiwejroiweirowioefjioeewioioew. THEM.

15. What’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I'm worried I might not finish my sequel to The Brightest Eyes, but I AM working on it. It just might take me forever.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I'd guess characterization, dialogue, and inner monologue/stream of consciousness, but you tell me!

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I can't write long fics like ughhhh I just want to write short poetic stuff, and even though I have longer ideas, I get bogged down in the planning and execution of longer fics.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I think I could do it but probably only for a language I somewhat understand the mechanics of (not like fluent, but just a basic understanding of how it works). Otherwise I'd have to do some research.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

MBS! This was what drew me to finally get an AO3 of my own and also what I initially posted a lot of on Tumblr!! I'm really grateful for all the support from the fandom I've gotten, even though I'm relatively new and haven't done a lot.

20. Favorite fic you’ve ever written?

Probably Fish Eyes. With Maybe Food for Thought in second. But OOH I really wrote some banger lines in Fish Eyes. LIKE. Please. Ask me questions if you're interested.