#//also i'm gonna put stan on the multi

[troublcmakcrs]

//i got... a really good url for a sp multi so I GUESS i'm doing it

[itspbandjellytime]

"The Assistant" [Hailee Steinfeld x Fem!Reader] - Chapter 2

Plot: Y/N Waldorf is fresh out of college and her first job is being Hailee Steinfeld's personal assistant, but what Y/N doesn't know is that Hailee is hiding a huge secret from the general public and from her, as her assistant.

Notes: This is a multi-chapter fic, you can also read this on wattpad under the same username "itspbandjellytime". This fanfic is also going to contain NSFW themes in the near future, so if you're under the age of 18 please don't read this. Thank you! If you haven't read chapter 1, here's chapter 1: Chapter 1

Word count: 2k words

[Y/N POV]

Few days have passed since I've moved from Washington to California for this job and stay with Jackie temporarily, I didn't realize that living with your friend could be this fun. I've never had any roommates or anything when I was living in Washington and studying, well I have Kelly who visits me from time to time but things get a little bit lonely when you're not with people. For my case, not anymore.

Jackie and I spent our days going out to eat, look around the city, and talk about stuff that we needed to catch up on before the big day, which is me starting my job as Hailee's personal assistant. I still like to think that this whole ordeal is a fever dream, cause there is no  way in hell or heaven that I got a job as her personal assistant. And of course, I decided to dress nice even though Laura didn't e-mail me about the dress code, I still need to look my best when I am face to face with Hailee Steinfeld. I put on a pair of slacks and a pair of black high heels and a while long sleeve button down shirt, my hair is down and I added some light make up and  jewelry to make myself a little bit mature and presentable.

"So how do I look?" I asked Jackie, a smile forms on Jackie's face seeing how well  put my outfit is "You look amazing! One more thing." Jackie says, standing up from the couch to roll my sleeves up so my forearms are exposed "Better, you look like a Victorian boy with the sleeves down. And I bet it's gonna turn your boss off." Jackie says, jokingly which I rolled my eyes and gently slapping her arm. 

"Jackie, I am not there to turn my boss on." I said, chuckling as I straightened my clothes. I checked my phone and my eyes widened to see that it's already 9:25 am, Laura expects me to be at the building around 10:30 am. I start to panic and pace around to grab the essentials that I needed from the counter top, which concerned Jackie a little bit "Y/N, you good?" She asks me.

"I just realized that it's already 9:25, Laura expects me to be there around 10:30." I explained to Jackie, Jackie walks up to me again and asks me "Do you want me to drive you to the office?" Thank God, I became friends with this woman from stan twitter. If I wasn't friends with Jackie, I'd be living on the street by now. "Please!" I said in a dramatic tone, making us both laugh. 

Jackie didn't bother glamming up, since she's just gonna drop me off the building I will be meeting Hailee. Jackie just threw in a pair of sweatpants underneath her old gym shorts and a jacket, she grabbed her keys, phone, and wallet patting my back "Alright, I'm set. Let's roll." Jackie says heading out of the apartment, and I followed suite.

After braving the Los Angeles traffic, and a few road rages from Jackie here and there, we managed to arrive at the building at around 10:25. I wouldn't say it was picture perfect but, at least I am not late. I got out of Jackie's car and stared at the huge building in front of me, I turned around and waved goodbye to Jackie before she headed back to her apartment.

My hands start to shake and my legs start trembling, I can already feel the nervousness rushing through my veins as I look at the building right in front of me. I take a deep breath and proceed to enter the building. I walked up to the front desk with a confident smile on my face, my eyes fixate on the name plate the front desk lady has and back at her "Hi, I am here to see Laura McKinnon?" I said in a costumer service-y voice. 

When all of a sudden, this woman came out of the elevator, she's blonde and has green eyes, and is also wearing something that a mix of casual and corporate. She's walking up to me with a warm smile on her face, turns out that woman is Laura "Y/N, it's nice to meet you in person. Miss Steinfeld is already expecting you, follow me." Laura told me as I follow her to the elevator, once we were at the elevator, Laura presses a button that leads us to the 12th floor of the building.

As Laura and I arrived at the 12th building, she lead me down the hallway and made me stop outside the door of an office which I assume it's Hailee's. "Wait here for a while Miss Waldorf." Laura says, as she enters the office. I stood there for at least thirty seconds, and after waiting Laura came out of the office "She's ready to see you now." Laura said with a smile on my face as she left. 

I took another deep breath and reached for the door knob, twisting it as I enter the office. Once I was there, I was greeted by none other than Hailee Steinfeld sitting on an office chair with a smile on her face, holy hell she's very pretty up close. "You must be Y/N Waldorf." She says, with that smooth sounding voice that will get me weak on my knees in a matter of seconds but I have to be on my best impression and not say anything out of pocket. "Yes, I am Y/N Waldorf. It's a pleasure to meet you Miss Steinfeld." I said, trying my best to be confident in front of this gorgeous woman.

Hailee smiles at me and chuckles "Have a seat." She said, gesturing towards the chair across her. I walked up to the chair and sat down, my eyes are now looking into her hypnotizing hazel eyes which caused me to twiddle my thumbs under the desk. "So tell me about yourself, I like to get to know people a little more." Hailee said, I cleared my throat and fixed my posture before I start to speak.

"Well I just graduated college a few months ago, I am born and raised in Washington and I drove all the way from Washington to California... And I live with my friend who I met on Twitter because we are such big fans of you." I said, smiling at Hailee hoping to break the ice between us. Hailee chuckles again, this is the second time I made this woman smile already... I think she likes me. 

"You're so dedicated Y/N, just what I need for my team. Also how long have you been a fan of me? Just curious." Hailee asks, the smile not leaving her face. I chuckle and smile at her "Well ever since I've watched The Edge of Seventeen, I loved you as Nadine and yeah... Never looked back ever since." I answered as I keep that smile on my face. Hailee nods, leaning back her chair "Interesting, I love that. Y/N quick question, how long have you been staying with your friend?" She asks, leaning in closer to me, resting her elbow on the desk and her chin on the palm of her hand. 

"For almost a week now, I am apartment hunting right now and all I can say is that living in LA is kind of expensive." I say, Hailee chuckles as she moves a strand of hair away from her face "I agree, as time flies the rent in Los Angeles gets higher. I don't blame you, this along with New York, are the cities for dreamers so there are a lot of people living here. Speaking of, do you want to live with me for the mean time?" Hailee asks me her eyes twinkling. 

I froze for a second, did Hailee Steinfeld ask me if I can stay with her at her house? In Malibu?!? I looked around my surroundings and looked back at Hailee "Are you serious?" I asked her, hoping she was joking or not. "I am being serious, after all I need to be close with my personal assistant and you won't worry about being late. So what do you say Y/N?" Hailee asks me again, this time a warm smile forming on her face. A smile formed on my face and I nod "Sounds good to me, when do I move in?" I ask her, Hailee leans back again and sighs "Well, how does tomorrow sound? We got some serious business to deal with tomorrow." She asks me back, raising a brow.

"Tomorrow sounds good." I respond, smiling at her with pride as I slowly but surely get used to her now "I am glad to be on this journey with you, Miss Steinfeld." I say, Hailee laughs and shakes her head, she stands up from her chair and I follow suite. "Please, Y/N. Just call me, Hailee instead." Hailee said, extending her arm out for me to shake. I grabbed her hand and I felt how soft and smoot her hand is, which made my heart skip a beat, I shook her hand and gave her a stern nod. "Yep, I'll keep a note on that." I said, letting go of her hand. Hailee smirks and winks at me "Welcome aboard Y/N." She said.

After that, I decided to take an Uber back to Jackie's place. I still can't get over all of this happened today, it still felt like a dream and I can't believe that this job will be the one that will probably change my life for the better.

"Wait, you're gonna live with Hailee?!?" Jackie exclaimed as she grabs a bag of chips from her pantry, I smiled and nodded as she sat down next to me "Yeah, insane right? She said that she wanted me to move in with her." I said, still shocked as I grabbed a handful of chips from Jackie. "You are basically living every fans life, and I am jealous! But at the same time proud of you." Jackie pats my shoulder, putting her arm around me as we binged watch Parks and Recreation.

[HAILEE'S POV]

I had dinner with my manager Laura to discuss things after I met my personal assistant, I sit down across her as our food was served by the server. "Hailee, we need to discuss about your bold move of moving Y/N in your house." Laura said, I furrowed my brows at her words, tilting my head in confusion. "What do you mean by that Laura? I am just doing an act of kindness towards my new personal assistant." I said taking a sip of my beverage and putting it down, Laura sighs as she rubs her temples "I get that, I think it's a good idea. I don't have a problem with that, but however... What if she knows about your secret?" Laura says opening up about the secret. 

I swallowed hard, looking around if someone is hearing our conversation "Laura, I've known Y/N just today, I rest assure you that she is a trustworthy assistant. And I bet she won't know what I do behind closed doors." I reassured my manager, I have a feeling that my assistant will not be a huge tattletale despite the fact I've known her already after my conversation with her earlier in my office. "Alright, I trust you on this one." Laura told me, chuckling as she takes a sip of her drink. I smiled at Laura, this woman has been my manager ever since I was a little girl, she's like my second mother at this point "Thanks, Laura." I said as we continued to have dinner. Excited for Y/N to move in with me and start to do some serious business together.

[slytherinshua]

i'm not really one for new years or rly doing anything for it, but i thought i should at least thank all my friends who have made this year infinitely better for me. i'm ngl, this year was really hard in many ways. it felt like me and my family particularly were hit with new things to deal with as soon as the old ones had ended, and we just desperately wanted a break.

my way of getting a break was talking to you all, writing my silly little delusions, and being able to have a space here to share my work. so thank you. whether you were a silent reader, liked, reblogged, followed, or gave feedback for my writing-- all of you have helped me so much this year. the love that my writing has received has given me such motivation to keep going and to keep trying, and i don't think i would've otherwise.

now to thank my lovely friends, who without, i wouldn't be here today :( in no particular order...

@aravrs,, @kyrjnie,, @nyukyujs,, @etherealyoungk,, @rubywonu,, @kyeomyun,, @idubiluv,, @minholing,, @welcometomyoasis,, @dinotoro,, @wonijinjin,, @hannieheartuu,, @mangocustard16,, @amara-mars,, @glosskirt i don't like putting you all together because each of you mean so much to me individually, but i was worried i was gonna forget some of you especially since i don't talk to you guys as much </3 i love each and every one of you, and you have made 2023 such a fun year for me since i was able to talk to you all!! thank you for wanting to be moots with me and for talking to me, talking with you has been so fun and comforting this year <3 cheers to 2024 🫡

@blue-jisungs axe you were one of my first moots ever, and the first blog i followed. we became friends last year but i feel like we became so much closer this year. we watched kdramas together, spammed and ranted to each other, fed each other brainrot and delusions, and just generally enjoyed each others company :( i cannot see my life without you in it, you are so so so important to me now and i want to cry whenever i think about how amazing it is to have you as one of my best friends. i love you more than you know <3

@fairyhaos yena! you were one of the first blogs that i saw and went "woah" bcuz ur writing has always been so amazing. i seriously love it so much, i'll never get sick of it. once i got to know you as a person, i realized that you're even more amazing than your writing is. you're fun and kind and sweet and caring-- thank you so much for being my friend this year and i can't wait to make more memories with you next year 🫡

@weird-bookworm sky you are truly one of my closest friends. we've spent so much time talking and i've enjoyed every second of it. i feel like we have a unique dynamic cause unlike my other friends, we're constantly teasing and bullying in each other in the best of ways <3 in a weird way, the fact that i still know someone who is as big an army as i used to be is comforting. you feel like nostalgia-- like the old me in 2021. and even tho ur older by a bit, you feel like a younger sister to me sometimes skdjsk i really love you a lot, thank you for being my friend this year!!

@haecien cien my only guy friend 👹 talking to you has been especially fun this year. introducing you to the new loves of ur life, listening to you scream about minghao, harua, seungwoo, hyunjae, shin and gaon, playing stardew valley, and sharing some nostalgia from the philippines is all so comforting to me <3 i love u so much and i hope that i can find some more guys to add to ur loml list in 2024 🤞

@kkooongie sarah!! we've talked quite a bit since we met, and it's always been so fun and nice to talk to someone who is as much of a multi as i am <3 finding someone who also stans groups like victon and verivery is extremely hard??? and i'm so happy that there's someone out there who loves silly little nugu kpop men just like me <3 i love you a lot, and i hope you never forget that 🫶

@evalevaeva eva.... ur just incredible to me sometimes?? from writing the best fuma delusions to stressing out abt ur auditions (don't go to cube istg) talking to you has always been so fun!! i'm still so glad that you reblogged that one so mun fic, otherwise i would've never found your blog or talked to you </3 the sieun delusions are real and stan lucy for a better life 🤞 you always make me laugh and smile so much, and i hope i do too cause otherwise that would be a little awkward... 🧍‍♀️ PLS I HOPE IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO LIKES OUR FRIENDSHIP 👎

@caramel-maveeato viv </3 my wife fr 🥹 whether it was screaming about the men i love the most to dying over your art or fics, you've always been someone who was always comfortable to talk to. i just love talking to you so much its so therapeutic??? stop rizzing me up tho it must stop before i go insane 🙅‍♀️🚫 no more rizzing in 2024 okay 👹 i hope we talk a lot more and stay as close as we are now bcuz talking to you has always been one of my favorite things to do, i love you so much 💖

@candewlsy mizu my baby </3 I LOVE U SO MUCH LIKE PLS PLS PLS KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE U IM GONNA SCREAM I WANNA SQUISH U?? what. ur just so fun and silly and comforting and I LOVE U AND UR HUMOUR 🥹 i love how you allow me to introduce you to new kpop men and actors, and how you love them just as much as me!! you're just as delulu and slightly deranged as i am AND THATS WHAT MAKES IT FUN 😭 i love watching kdramas with you, and i hope we can finally get through our list of kdramas to watch in 2024 cause its getting l o n g e r 🧍‍♀️ thank you also for reblogging my fics bcuz ur reblogs have to be some of my favorites ever </3 they're so fun and entertaining to read, i always end up giggling :(

@wheeboo rania :( i know i usually bully you and you bully me back, the whole divorced wives things but idk i'm feeling a little emo rn so i'm just gonna be appreciative?? i know we have talked recently, but it feels like we haven't talked enough since before christmas cause i've been busy and you've been busy... and idk i've just felt that void a bit?? talking to you has always been so fun and relaxing, and it's guaranteed to make me smile and laugh and just be an escape from anything i've been thinking about. watching k-dramas and having little music sessions were some of my absolute favorite memories of this year. it's just so special that I can call you one of my best friends, and i hope that i can continue to talk to you for years to come because you're one of the most comforting people i've ever met. not to mention that you write like an absolute goddess?? i still remember proofreading psycho for the first time and just being so shocked bcuz how does anyone even write like that????? i love that i'm ur little go-to for fic spoilers pls don't ever replace me or i'll cry 🧍‍♀️ and whenever i'm struggling with a fic, i always go to you as well <3 i can't express how much i love you and how much you mean to-- words just aren't enough 😭 i'll never get tired of talking to you

@eternalgyu i saved you for last cause i know this is gonna be a long ass paragraph.... ppl are gonna be dying to scroll past this so i wanted to make sure u were at the end. saving the best for last yk 🫡 hannie you have changed my life. like from the day i met you my life was completely changed. it felt like i had finally found my missing puzzle piece?? the best friend that i never had was finally in my life. and my life has never been the same since. everyday when i wake up, i text you. my brain is just "hannie hannie hannie hannie hannie hannie" that's all it is now. when you weren't able to text me for 3 days, i felt like my world had stopped. i couldn't think about anything else, i couldn't sleep. at this point, i need you to live. i need you to be able to function. you are the reason i kept writing. you are the reason im alive. and you will always be my favorite person on this entire earth. i'd choose you over everyone and everything in a heartbeat. it's not even a question at this point, but i know the answer is gonna be you every time. i know this isn't an accurate number of the messages i've send to you, but just on discord, in 2023, i've sent you 183,422 messages. i'm sure ive sent thousands on instagram, and hundreds on other social media too. if you ever stop talking to me, i'll literally find u. LIKE U CANT EVER LEAVE ME CAUSE UR STUCK WITH ME FOR THE REST OF TIME >:( i'll start sending you daily emails pretending to be car insurance or smth like idk ill think of smth... anything to keep you as my best best friend for eternity. i know i say that i don't believe soulmates exist, because the idea of romantic soulmates is a little too fantastical for my realist mind. but since meeting you, i can say for certain that platonic soulmates do exist. we fit together so perfectly, i couldn't imagine anyone else as my best friend.

i remember one time before i met you, i tried to make an irl friend here and my dad said "i hope that you'll find your diana". obviously they didn't end up being your diana, but it's fine. because i did find my diana. you are my diana, and i am your anne. if i could spend the rest of my life talking to you, it'll still not be enough, so please keep talking to me in heaven or something.... the beomgyu to my taehyun, the jeonghan to my joshua, the sejun to my subin, the hoyoung to my gyehyeon, the wyatt to my yuto, the anton to my sohee, the taesan to my jaehyun, the yechan to my wonsang, the chanhee to my changmin, the jeongin to my seungmin, the moonbin to my rocky, the jo to my yuma, the jake to my jungwon, the theo to my jongseob, the taehyung to my hobi, the hwiyoung to my hwiyoung (what), THE HWIYOUNG TO MY DAWON (there we go), THE TAEYANG TO MY HWIYOUNG (even better), the jihoon to my minhyun, my one and only hannie. i love you more than anyone and anything. even though we're so different, we work so well together. we have different biases, and different habits. different religions and different plans for our lives. but we both have plans to meet each other, and i know it'll happen eventually. my life won't be complete until i can run up to you at the airport and give you the biggest hug. i'll probably start crying when that happens since i'm crying just think about it. i won't let go of the hug for maybe 5 minutes because i need to make up for all the hours spent that i couldn't give you a hug. i don't usually like hugs, but giving you one is all that i want to do. there's been so many times where i wished i could hug you. whenever you're struggling or feel depressed, whenever you feel hopeless and lost and uncared for and unloved and overlooked. i just want to hug you when i hear about them, because even though i don't know how to help you in those times, even when i don't have the solution, i know a hug would make things just a little better. when we eventually get ourselves a little apartment with a couple of cats, you can always come to me for a hug when you feel down. i'll bake you some brownies or cookies and we'll watch some kdramas together. we'll reminisce to old kpop songs from our childhood (like... srr SUGAR RUSH USH SUGAR RUSH USH SUGAR RUSH USH UH) and we'll eventually be old porch grandma's still bopping to txt's emo songs. i'll spend my teen years with you, and my adult years with you, and when i'm old and wrinkly, i hope you're still by my side. cause i don't want anyone else as my best friend. only you. pls don't cry while reading this cause ik you might AND I DIDNT MAKE THIS W THE INTENTION OF MAKING U CRY BUT LIKE IT MIGHT HAPPEN..... i rly rly love you. seriously. i love you so much. every memory i've made with you in 2023 is precious, and i know we'll make millions more in the years to come. please stay my best friend for the rest of time, because i'm never going to get sick of you. i love you the most, i hope you know that <3 i hope this is a good paragraph cause i forgot everything i wrote at this point, i don't really plan to write this much but whenever it comes to writing an appreciation for you, i always have more to say. you're my favorite person in the entire world, so ofc i would never run out of words to describe how much you mean to me. please be happy in 2024 and talk to me a lot <3 we'll meet each other for real soon and share a long hug together. until that day, let's continue how we are 🫶

happy new year to you all!! i hope 2024 is filled with love and joy and happiness <3 i love you all very much!! - zanna

[imdopperpines]

"My name is Dopper. DIPPER. Dipper Pines."

This is a brand new rp blog that I'm trying out, given my returning interest in Gravity Falls after The Book of Bill's release. As of so far, I don't have any rp mutuals, but I'm open to anyone!

⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋

Just need to lay out some information first:

Hi, I'm the mod! You can call me CC! I'm transmasc, and use he/it pronouns.

⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋

RULES:

🌲 I, the mod, am a minor (I'm 16), and so is the character I am roleplaying as. I will not be RP-ing smut at all, and most likely not any shipping content, either. No matter what, I don't want any content regarding: i.ncest or p.edophilia (put periods in those so it hopefully doesn't show up in searches regarding those things).

🌲 I don't mind if you're a personal account, but I will most likely only be doing rp with actual rp accounts. But I'll answer asks from personal accounts/anons in character as well probably!

🌲 It's alright if your muse is also Dipper! In fact, I think that could be interesting/fun!

🌲 I'm gonna be tagging anything triggering on here as such, but if you see something I missed, please feel free to let me know! I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable!

🌲 This is my first RP blog, so I ask that you be respectful about that. I don't mind advice and such on how to better set it up/run things, just, again, please be respectful!

🌲 I will block you if I see that you are racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, intersexist, acephobic, arophobic, etc! I'm not afraid to block people--and will be doing so as I see fit.

🌲 This blog is first and foremost for me, as Dipper is a huge comfort character of mine, and also a character I heavily relate to. If there's something I'm not comfortable RP-ing, I won't.

🌲 I will be roleplaying Dipper as transmasc, whatever that entails. I'm transmasc, and I see a lot of my own experiences through Dipper. If you have a problem with that, don't interact with my blog.

🌲 I will probably be primarily doing multi-paragraph responses, as I tend to write a lot of information. This means responses might take varied amounts of time.

🌲 I don't mind crossovers or AUs, so long as you specify what the crossover/AU is! There are a few fandoms I probably won't respond to/interact with (v.ivziepop fandoms, primarily), but other than that, as long as I know the fandom, it's mostly open reign!

🌲 I think that's all the rules - if anyone has any suggestions for rules and such to add, I'd love to hear them!

⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋

SPECIFIC TAGS (as of right now, might be subject to change):

#🌲 | pine tree (rp) - general roleplay tag

#🪩 | disco girl! comin through! that girl is you! (ooc) - this is for anything ooc

#🔍 | uncovering the mysteries (rb) - for reblogs

#🧢 | dipper’s thoughts (open rp) - for just random thoughts from dipper that are open to anyone to rp with

#💫 | mystery twins - for anything involving mabel

#❓ | pterodactyl bros - for anything involving soos

#📔 | the journals!!! - for anything involving ford

#🥊 | time to get to work - for anything involving stan

#👁️ | ugh. him. - for anything involving bill

⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋

NOTE: all RP icons I use come from here: https://misery-icons.tumblr.com/dippericons

⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋⇋

I believe that's all! So, uh, bye!

[xplrvibes]

I am so sorry, guys. I intended in getting to the asks about Kat's songs but then I accidentally fell asleep 🤣.

It's been a chaotic day/week/month and I am old lol.

Anyway, I have many asks about it and the general consensus seems to be that the song itself was good, but didn't pack as much of a punch as people thought. I'm going to just make this one big blanket post with my thoughts because that's probably just easier.

Also, I am putting my thoughts behind a cut. If you are a person who does not want to hear about this, or if you are a person who doesn't want to hear any criticism towards someone you stan, do NOT click the read more. Keep it moving.

So, the song itself is...fine, I guess. I'm not a huge fan of this genre of music, so I wasn't expecting to be blown away by it from a musical standpoint (and I wasn't). I do think that more can be done from a technical aspect to mix her vocals in better so they are legible (cause they are NOT), but that is a production issue and not a Kat issue. I do want to say that I slowed the song down to .5 speed to try and decipher the lyrics and wow, it lowkey kind of rocked at .5. Very, very grungy sounding 🤣.

Anyway, the song itself was fine. I feel like they were going for an Abril Lavigne or even Paramore type vibe, which is cool. 🤷‍♀️

The elephant in the room of this song is the lyrics, and Sam, and Sam and Kat.

First of all - maybe I'm hard of hearing, but boy were those lyrics hard to decipher lol. I still don't know what the hell is being said in the chorus (in fact, anyone who can tell me what is said right after "how nice of you" wins a prize), which was part of why it took so damn long for me to get to these asks.

I don't know if the problem is the mixing of the lyrics with the music, or if there isn't enough enunciation when they are actually being recorded, but wow.

Anyway, the lyrics. Look, I know that a lot of people were expecting a full-scale evisceration, but let's be honest - that was never gonna happen lol. I think this was about as far as it was going to go.

There are a few biting lines -

the cry on cue line: this was especially of note to me because it validated something I said back when that break up video came out, which was that those were crocodile tears. I took heat for saying it then but sorry- it's true. Man cries and does shit in videos on purpose for attention sometimes. He's always been doing it, and probably will continue to do it. If I'm allowed now to critique him as a person without kicking up some drama, I'd say it's his middle child syndrome mixed with a pinch of narcissism and some insecurity to boot that causes that. But I probably can't say that, so I won't 😂.

The 50/50 like a teenager line: I need an explanation for this one. Was this multi-millionaire, 2 (soon to be 3) Mansion owning, self-driving tesla having rich guy making his much less financially well off girlfriend split every bill in half? Cause if so, he is both a cheap ass and kind of just an ass-ass lol. I'm sorry, but think about the absolute disparity in their income, and then think about the lifestyle he lives. Now imagine you are dating this man and he's taking you to Gordon Ramsey's kitchen and racking up an $800 bill on whiskey that comes out of a glass case and that fucking creepy ass beef wellington shit, and then the bill comes and he look at you and goes "halfsies?" I'd nut shot him. Fuck you, I could've gone to Red Robin and been just as fine. You wanna live bougie and you want my not-rich ass along for the ride? You're gonna have to pay the lionshare. Also - if I'm going to live in your house, and pay an equal share of the bills, you don't get to tell me that I have no say in decorating said house.

The "you sleep well cause she keeps her mouth shut" line: Oof. If I'm interpreting that right, she is saying she could very well destroy him with the shit she knows/shit he's done, but she won't. He's probably very lucky she isn't an Olivia Rodrigo/Taylor Swift type and this is as far as she went, judging by that line.

The tesla line: I think this is a dig at that day that Sam took K on the date to the LA Abandoned Zoo and then K posted an Instagram story in the tesla afterwards? I think? This could've been worded better, I feel, but if that's what she's digging at...double oof lol.

The 6 months line: 🤣🤣🤣. The amount of people that were shocked by the 6 months thing is really just proof positive that nobody stalks and dissects this man's moves the way they do Colby's, cause y'all had Colby and Ms Singer married after ONE DATE and talked about it ad nauseum for MONTHS and meanwhile, guess who was two steps behind him on said date? He and K were coupled up all through Halloween, dressing like Hailey and Justin Bieber, taking couples photos at the parties, but all I heard about was Ms Singer and the pool. Just saying 👏. Also, people can move on from shit whenever they want and however fast they want, but the people who were left behind and devastated and have to watch those people move on with lightning speed have every right to feel jilted about it, especially when the injured party took all the shit for the breakup and the other party was praised for being the sad reluctant hero in the whole thing.

I'm not dissecting the rest, cause the POV switches too much and I can never quite tell if she's talking about herself or K lol. But those lines were notable to me.

Overall...it was a good effort on Kat's part, and I can tell it has been therapeutic and cathartic. If anyone is upset about this cause you feel that Sam is being unfairly kicked down in this, I implore you to remember that this man enjoyed a full year of being able to freely say that he has been so much happier and more confident after breaking up with her, while she has gotten death threats for saying he blindsided her. She is allowed her day in court.

[drawnaghht]

tag guide anyone? + differentiating between usagis (thinkpiece)

I'm really just curious now if something like a "tagging guide" would help? If you would like this, or know if anyone else has posted something like this, sound off in the comments or like/reblog to agree ^^ 

I posted a poll about this on twt and it looks like 13 so far really want one, so I’m putting a lil test post around here too. I also found while researching for this post that apparently on tumblr, the first 20 tags show up in search! so I guess they changed that from 5 to 20 at some point. huh. that’s a bit more helpful than just 5 tags!

I’ve noticed sometimes people have no idea what to tag with a show like Usagi Chronicles that is less than 2 years old and is based on existing IP, but also that ppl use a lot of tags in general, perhaps confused about what is the “main tag” or most used tag for a character in rottmnt for example. So I started writing a little tag guide, which I’ll post the draft of at the bottom this thinkpiece. The main issue around tumblr seems to be excessive mis-tagging or multi-tagging i.e when a character isn’t there. I think I’ve seen this in some other fandoms too (primarily bigger fandmos), but I’m not gonna get too deep into it. You can skip to “tagging guide” via CTRL+F to search it on the page. I’ve also included a little character “separator” part with graphics, cuz it seems some are having trouble seeing the characters differently from fanart alone. I thought it would help to post more of the “source” materials ^^

Also if you have problems differentiating between the two in general…aside from both being white long-eared rabbits they are almost as different as night and day, at least on the surface ^^;; Here is a helpful post by Freakova, about how to tell the difference between Miyamoto Usagi and Yuichi Usagi, ancestor and descendant respectively: 

https://freakova.tumblr.com/post/707461151549702144/i-made-this-for-my-besties-to-help-explain-the

But I kinda get it! Especially if characters are intentionally obfuscated a bit (e.g. there are characters in the show who can’t tell between Miyamoto and Yuichi Usagi, but it is mostly used as plot hook/humor). But they have different names and characteristics and slightly differing fanbases on a site like tumblr, so separating them in tags is helpful. I think part of it also comes from the name confusion, but I already wrote a post about that. Imo, if you have your own design already and it looks like neither of the two characters, you can just use “Rise Usagi” or “rottmnt Usagi” or other variations as tags, those are popular and used enough already that you don’t need to use the main character tags ^^

Personally, I would only like to see Yuichi Usagi in his own tags when it applies (he’s in the pic/fic), but if he’s not, well, what are you doing tagging him there?

I also get that some newer/younger TMNT fans apparently didn’t know the Usagi characters are from their own franchise for a short while last year (but ppl probably learned, right? I’ve literally only seen posts/tweets asking what the series is abt and unrelated posts exasperated that ppl don’t know) but visually they’re quite distinct, even if they are all white rabbits. I’ll post these comparisons just so I can use the tags properly and not piss off anyone else.

We have the original Usagi and his 1000-years later descendant.

Stan Sakai based Miyamoto Usagi largely on his childhood inspiration of samurai films, mainly “Samurai Trilogy” starring Mifune Toshiro playing Miyamoto Musashi, a real-life samurai who inspired many other films and adaptations. You can hear more about how Stan created Usagi here in this Portland Art Museum video where he explains and draws his Usagi. The story usually goes that he drew a rabbit with a chonmage (the edo-period top-knot) and suddenly, Usagi was born.

In the show he has a slightly older-looking design? but in the comics his look varies slightly because the series has been going for 40 years and the character has developed over the pages. so he can look slightly different cover to cover, page to page, but mostly it’s all him, the same character, just different situations, life periods and emotions. So he can look different in official material depending which publication period you start reading from, but mostly the same. 

Then we have both the Miyamoto Usagi’s in different animated mediums,

And Yuichi in different media (show itself in 3D and 2D and merch by Stan)

And then there’s also Jotaro (very important Usagi Yojimbo character introduced early on/vol 1) and Yamamoto Yukichi(introduced in later stories/vol 4), who I think people aren’t mixing up with any of the previous rabbits yet, but who knows, i don’t look through absolutely all the tags myself after all and tumblr seems to have a problem of not showing much older posts in the public tag search anymore, so I can’t find older posts I used to see anymore ^^;

More thoughts on tagging + being a fan under cut. 

This … is not really a vent or analysis post, I can't get that upset about it myself. with real life worries etc - fandom is supposed to be a fun outlet for creativity, at least for me. So I try not to feel anything about it. But tagging has always seemed fairly straight-forward to me and it’s mostly to organize a blog/find other people with similar interests. Writing non-structured non-essays is basically how I interact with a piece of media when I feel like fanart is not enough. And because tumblr posts now apparently Do Not HAve Limits, this is a better alternative to tag rambles.

-------------------

So when I saw the post about the Miyamoto Usagi tag I remembered that this was why I didn’t use the “follow tag” feature + the “your tags” tab as much myself (aside from not having it before and not being used to it on tumblr). Because usually with bigger fandoms, people do mis-tag or tag their other shows/fandoms into it without including the main character, this happens on occasion because there are a lot of people using the tag. I also don’t follow the Leosagi tag anymore for the same reason, that people can’t seem to differentiate between the characters and it becomes hard to tell what they want to post or which character they are talking about/drawing ^^;

As pointed out by Tamalinvonpineapple's post about it, people mis-tag Yuichi Usagi and Miyamoto Usagi and that’s a problem for people who would like to see just one of those characters but not mis-tagged as the other. I’m not gonna assume these are made in bad faith e.g. intentionally to piss off other fans, cuz there can be so many different reasons for people doing this. This post is also not gonna get into ship tags much because that is a contentious topic and tbh, left for a separate thinkpiece (I also already wrote smth abt tags for myself).

I tried to find out more possible reasons for mistagging in general or what the general consensus on tumblr is about tagging but it seems (or we can assume) it is a “bad practice” from how social media sites have given a slightly different use for tags tiktok/instagram/twitter - “tag for reach” - so like those social media accounts for companies that spam other tags. I do see this in anime/manga fandoms occasionally. Not just for the different spellings of characters (e.g, when a dub would give the character a new name; japanese vs western way of writing names) but specifically when 1 character is the only one there and the tags then have 30 other characters listed as well so the post/media would show up in search. But I wonder where this habit is from? Aren’t people curious to see what other tags their character/show have? I remember that on sites like blogger, we only tagged so that we could find things later, so people often made their own custom tags, i.e. "my work on the show" or "midnight doodlies". if a show got tagged, for example TMNT or Usagi, it would probably get 1-word/1-phrase tag (i.e. “turtles” “turtlies” “mutant turtles”) or just the series title tag - either the abbreviation or full name of a series/comic/cartoon depending on content. When it comes to tumblr tags, I remember getting annoyed at NOTPs permeating the tags as well. Or just posts about other seriesM multi-crossovers where your blorbo is only there to die, but then is still tagged after that; edits that have no relation to the character but they share a name or tag for whatever reason and you keep seeing these unrelated posts in the tags. I’ve seen more than enough from almost any of the fandom tags I’ve visited on tumblr. So I get how annoying mistagging itself can be.

But basically in regards to tags on tumblr itself, it seems people misuse them mainly because they don't know or don't like the tags for the other shows. Folks also like to see their posts get to as many people as possible, which I understand, I do the same on instagram, cuz that’s what I’ve learned by other artists example. Seems to make sense that more tags = more views. On tumblr, this sort of doesn’t always work this way. I could post a drawing from a popular cartoon and get maybe 5 notes total in 12 years, while a scribble I deemed too ugly to tag properly might get 54 notes on it’s first day. It’s almost like a Murphy’s Law of Tumblr that what you expect to do well, doesn’t. It’s just how it is here and I’m so used to it, it feels weird to complain about it, even on other sites with actual algorhitms and working apps etc.

Well, as a fan of the Usagi Chronicles show, perhaps what makes me more sad is that this has had the adverse effect of older TMNT/Usagi Yojimbo fans being so angry that they can’t stand the show/character itself now, even if they already disliked it before seeing other fans post about it. Which is just plain sad because some people even make up stuff about it just to discredit it as a show that Stan Sakai worked on. I understand that people have different reasons to dislike the show, most probably valid, but they also assume many things about it, to the point of stating them as fact when the opposite is true. I have… a different post about it. In general, we can say that being online seems to be the common thread between fans annoyed at fans.

In some ways, what’s even sadder however is an empty or unactive tag. Imagine that the last post you saw in that tag is still the one from 2013 you made yourself. It’s a bit annoying seeing people mistag or post unrelated fanart in it but hey, maybe this means they also read the tag? A chance to educate or get more views on your own fandom? Just a chance for communication? I know that doesn’t seem very appealing when those same fans are the ones mis-using the tag, but it just seems better than something completely empty. Of course, this is not a problem for TMNT fandoms perhaps, but from my experience in smaller fandoms, or being a fan of smaller/less popular media. And with how much there is mainly ship-related posts in almost all the Usagi Chronicles tags, this seems to be a matching experience I’ve been having so far in the Usagi tags. The comic series tag itself is also often full of other things, or only ship things, or sometimes only TMNT things for a short bit, but overall, I guess at least people use it?? But I would still like it that Samurai Rabbit, SRTUC, etc stuff gets tagged with those tags so I can actually find it instead of combing through multiple tags at a time just to see something new. While the newer “Your tags” feature on tumblr makes this a bit easier, I can see the easy annoyance at when people tag a character but then don’t include the character. and to add insult to injury, they tag a different character, but without acknowleding the first character at all.

But this is now like a joint fandom for a crossover for two franchises which have had crossovers before and now… there’s sort of a joint fandom? Sort of? So because it’s a bit bigger, it feels nice when other fans are considerate of small things like tagging. Now, on the whole, while many do still mistag and the leosagi tag is still mainly yuichi x leo for many, I’ve also seen in my own tagscrambles that not as many do this as much anymore, or going through a tag in time, the newer stuff seems to do this less. So like I’ve written in previous posts, my honest hope is just that fandom will adapt and grow into healthier online habits. Still, there are a few other things in the tags that I just can’t help but notice each time. it’s also why I don’t bother too much with repeat-viewing tags unless I’m looking for something specific.

It often feels like people just make up their own versions of any Usagi and/or write off the show as “too bad to watch”. And. idk, this just makes me feel sad about it because as mentioned above, I’ve seen it before in other smaller fandoms I’m in. In transformative works, it’s fairly normal that people make their own versions of a show or it’s characters, because that’s something fun to do with fanart and fic. But to openly hate a character? idk man, just feels weird to me personally. Like I don’t have the energy for hatedom. I know my little sibling really gets into hating one series that really disappointed her as a viewer, but even she now says that it’s an odd way to spend time, when she could be making fanart of something she likes instead. And I get that. I also spent my earlier non-internet days being more hateful of new media I disliked at the start, and while expressing that isn’t always bad (it’s just an iopinion), it became weirdly detrimental to me actually enjoying stuff in my tweens. Everything me and my friends and their friends ever talked about, was related to somehow being more above others or knowing better than others, being hateful of anything new or popular. And without quite realizing it right away, that was really tiring. Even if I spent time on things I did like, hobbies I enjoyed, that hate and childhood snobbishness sorta simmered there. I remember that for me it mainly came from “oh, I want to be a real animator one day, I should act like a real profesional adult and always be critical of the media I view, because that’s how I see adults treat real serious film.” Fast-forward 15 years, I’ve been through making comics as a tween, making fanart as a teen, I’ve been making a lot of different kinds of “cartoon art” in general as well as some actual art education, thinking, maybe I want to have some more general art schooling too. Later in my mid-twenties, I met someone with this similar mindset to my childhood self, who at first I got along with. We laughed at cartoons we didn’t like and made fun of the bad endings of those we did. At some point, I listened to them talking about getting to visit a big animation festival. And how they completely unironically expressed their hate directly at a leading crew member of a cartoon they didn’t like. And then I realized like. Wait a fucking minute. I don’t wanna act like this to other people! And this is why I don’t really “shoot the shit” about cartoons I don’t like as publicly anymore as I maybe once would have online on tumblr etc. Like I just don’t get it anymore. At most I’ll write down my thoughts somewhere private or to friends and try to understand why I don’t like the thing. And if it’s a very simple dislike, I just don’t spend time on it.

So like, I don’t get the hate the show (SRTUC) and character(Yuichi Usagi) get. Like I can understand sort of where people are coming from. but I don’t get why they gotta publicly tag it, announce it, or put it in the reblogged tags sometimes. the og poster sees that after all? so that’s like a bigger thought for me when it comes to tags.

I believe people can learn to be nice about a show they don’t like, but if they start to feel annoyed at fandom parts of the web they see online, they also start to feel hate toward a specific show, even if the show or thing itself might not be as bad. Example - I have this toward Star Wars for example, it’s a big fandom. I feel indifferent now, but in my youth, I found it annoying that everyone was talking about it as if it was the best thing ever, when it was spoiled for most of my childhood for me, and also felt like a generic movie series after all that. Something growing in popularity, or being really popular in a niche fandom can make ppl dislike it in general and that’s fairly ordinary as fandoms go. Often, people just don’t like a popular thing. Just think of series of like GoT/ASoIaF or HP. But then again those go down the cultural road so easily, I suppose in countries where western-media is really popular/common, it becomes like a cultural osmosis and fans can assume *everyone* likes it, even if not everyone does. I’m thinking about the fresh 30+ dads from 10 years ago I read about who only interacted with their kids through their own nerd interests. Pokemon is such a culturally permeated thing, it’s everywhere and everyone seems to assume everyone has played it or at least knows about it, even if at some point, some of us were big fans of Digimon instead, or some don’t like it at all. At some point, my dad gifted me a Harry Potter book, even though I (non-vocally) disliked it, but it was in the cultural osmosis here so strongly that it was everywhere and he just assumed I was into it (bless his heart, he genuinely didn’t know). HP was something that I initially disliked because it was so popular, but the idea of a “basic magic premise, but extended” seemed interesting, and it was required reading in my middle school, so at 11, I went to see the movie and thought, alright, maybe I’ll give it a chance. But reading the book I found things that didn’t make sense to me, that didn’t match what seemed like the themes of the book (the whole slave freedom plot for example) so I always sort of kept it at arms-length - not quite getting into it, but also not turning it away if I found anything, not saying anything upsetting to people who were fans of it. Everyone at my school read it though to varying degrees, or at least everyone knew things about it even if they weren’t fans or weren’t invested at all. (This was all before we knew JKR is a vocal TERF, so now I feel a bit validated in my dislike, even if I feel sad for the fans who got something positive out of the series).

So point being, fandom can have different types of people in it. A type of media will often accrue a specific type of fan and sometimes it won’t match what the show itself puts out. E.g. fans acting in ways that go squarely against what the media talks about (Steven Universe is a popular show with many fans that comes to mind), or a show having an unexpected viewership next to it’s intended demographic (us 90s kids still being cartoon fans in our late 20s/30s/early 40s). It’s slightly unpredictable in a general way. 

Of course, TMNT fandom is a bit different from those bigger properties because it was an indie comic made in the 80s that was so different and off-the-wall indie for a comicbook, it sold out and gave its creators Eastman and Laird a hefty legacy, lasting careers and actual money. Good for them! Personally I think it’s thanks to how genuinely creative and collaborative their work was then. Like Usagi Yojimbo, it’s an old comicbook/franchise now, so the “fandom” as such differs from generation to generation, from childhood to childhood. I met the turtles for the first time with the 87 series in the early 90s, then the next time w the 2003 series, which i initially hated as that angry, cartoon-critical tween, but was surprised at how much it seemed to take from the comics. I think I was initially angry about it for different reasons, mainly, “why is it so serious? why are the jokes so lame?” and also because I had invested so much emotionally into the idea of seeing something as good as the 80s cartoon again... but then found that it grew on me and now 20 years later I can look at it with nostalgia. As a result, my reaction to the 2012 series was mostly “wow another TMNT cartoon?” and “huh it looks interesting” and “oh I’ve seen this person work on another cartoon before”. My little sibling on the other hand only saw the 2003 cartoon and their reaction the the 2012 adaptation was “Wow, THEY’RE FINALLY TEENS” because as kids, we thought the 2003 TMNT looked and sounded “too much like boring adults”. But from many online fanspaces back then a lot of the more vocal reactions was around “THE 3D IS SO UGLY” and “WHY ARE THEY SO YOUNG”. You’ve probably heard similar sentiments of various degrees if you’ve been a fan or viewer of any TMNT cartoon. 

Usagi Yojimbo is unique in this sense because Stan Sakai has been the only one drawing and writing the comicbook for 40 years. Some of the visual style and writing tone change from book to book, but it’s gradual because Stan has changed as an artist and writer too. If you look at any comic series like this, it’s actually a natural part of many comics i.e. webcomics used to be a prominent example of this, as the creators were often complete novices at the beginning and graduated to a more consistent style. But even from a surface level view, lets say, reading other people’s reviews, you can see that people really enjoy Usagi Yojimbo for how consistent it is with it’s treatment of its characters, story and Edo-period culture. Stan Sakai really does his research and puts respect back into fiction inspired by samurai. Even though guides will often tell you that you can jump into the series from any point in the series, there’s just something really consistent about it as a whole. Sakai gets to do whatver he wants with his books and what he does seems to be thought-out usually. Even if the early animated adaptations were a bit incorrect, comic readers in general have a lot of respect for Stan and his work. My favourite part about this all is how Usagi Yojimbo is actually used to teach about japanese culture in a college course in the US.

Because both TMNT and UY are originally creator-owned comics (still so with UY regardless of publisher or adaptations but not so much TMNT as Viacom bought the rights in 2009), perhaps the general fan experience is more similar to original comics fandoms in Japan. Although whether a series is creator-owned varies from series to series, the manga and magazines culture in Japan seems wholly different from what US comicbooks were in the 80s and even what they still are now in that regard. Because a series will more often be written and illustrated by the same creator/artist/team, there are less variations and book-to-book differences both visually and tonally. In the US, a comicbook series can start with an artist-writer team, but then switch if the editorial decides some change is needed. This is something that often affects consistency and a story or character’s canon eventually and in a convoluted way, it’s the reason why we got “alternate earths” and “multiverse crossovers”. Which, while fun, make american comicbooks hard to read for some newer readers. Even with TMNT, once Eastman and Laird started having less time to make the comics and their other problems, it led into breaking off their creative partnership and never speaking again. But they had to continue the comic. If before the feud, they would just have fun passing the pages between each other, now they actually  so they wrote it he series became different based on who was writing it. One more sci-fi leaning and one more martial-arts and mysticism leaning. You can see this difference in the TMNT animated adaptations as well. The 2003 series namely is more based on Laird’s storylines in the comics and he was also consultant on the series. After the 2009 sale of Mirage to Viacom, we get the 2012 series, where Eastman acts as consultant, so it’s more heavy on his ideas of what the TMNT are. In 2019, the documentary series “Toys that made us” brought them together for the first time in almost 2 decades. And then we fans got to have The Last Ronin, a collaboration between the two again.

(What I’ve paraphrased here is mostly based on this video overview of how the comic became a franchise “How did a violent indie comic become a $15,000,000,000 franchise?” by matttt if you’re interested in seeing and hearing a more picturesque summary of this)

So getting back to fandom, because it’s mostly been one comicbook series, both the more avid and casual UY comics fans might not be used to there being adaptations of Stan’s Usagi. Yes, even with the visual examples I brought up above, perhaps some simply haven’t seen the animated adaptations because these are still marketed “for kids”. This is like the only reason I can think of that people who are 30+ adults, go online to complain about the Chronicles series online, even though it’s obviously for kids, meaning they probably didn’t even watch it. Folks are “surprised” Stan “let Netflix ruin his series” etc - even if it’s explicitly in a new futuristic setting to avoid affecting the comics canon. It will be interesting to know how people react when or if Sakai puts out his “Kagemusha” anthology, where the idea is about different creators telling different Usagi stories.

Even TMNT fans, many of whom don’t know Usagi beyond the animated adaptations, might jump in with this similar mindset of “different = bad”. Maybe there’s a manga/anime adaptation out there with the fans having similar concerns about their adaptations. Sailor Moon comes to mind, but as always, people’s grievances with an adaptation may have good reasons underneath. But also I’ve personally never seen an avid Sailor Moon fans be as annoying as the casual Star Wars fan. It might also depend on the age and lifestyle of the fan. Someone who is a teacher or parent, maybe they’ve met more people, put more thought into it, might feel milder about new or different things vs someone who is used to going online to see people angry and enjoys getting into arguments.

If I start to think about it, I can get a similar reaction out of myself. It was hard to look at mid-00s fanart of Usagi because it always felt a bit “extreme” like fans changed things about Usagi to suit their own understanding or image of samurai, which was always more based on popular movies or anime rather than the comic. I think this is just a general thing about fanart over the times. I still balk at some fanart, either UY or SRTUC, if for example the sides of the clothes are opposite - right over left, for burials vs left over right, like the letter ‘y’ - because it just means the fanartist didn’t bother to look up even references. Most times people just don’t know about this sort of stuff, they might be anime fans or they might even be part of a different asian culture, but it it’s not something that’s taught, of course it won’t reflect in something like fanart. But then, it’ll just be something new to learn. To me it also speaks of a wider annoyance of people liking things only for the surface-level appeal.

Usagi Yojimbo I’ve noticed has much more of a fanbase than fandom. I know fanbase doesn’t get used much as a term these days as more and more media gets an active fandom rather than staying at a fanbasem but it’s a term I’d like to use in this case. “The Wilkes Beacon” in 2014 defines the difference so: “Not everything with a fanbase has a fandom, because a fandom is a group of committed fans who are always vocally interested in their “thing,” usually expressing that on a social website such as Tumblr. Just because you’re a fan doesn’t mean the fandom will accept you.” Indeed sometimes fandom feels almost like being in a separate part of the club, only for people in the know about it. The origin for fanbase is attributed to early 20th century baseball fans. The origin of fandom, most well-known as a portmanteau of fan + kingdom, is often attributed to the original Sherlock Holmes fans who actually gathered to mourn the character when Arthur Conan Doyle decided to kill him off (bless your hearts and souls, sometimes it feels like fandom has never changed) but also from early 20th century sports fans and 60s Trekkies, who saved their show. A lot of different sources give different origins and histories for these words and many will also equate them as synonymous.

My own experiences tell me that a fanbase is more general - any fans of a thing, whether they attend conventions, buy the media or no (i.e. Sherlock Holmes readers, sports fans) and will comprise the “base” of any activity - the larger number of fans that exist for a piece of media/sport/celebrity. A fandom will be the more “active” part, more interested in being connected with each other within that fanbase. Of course, to any other person outside of fans, both of these will be synonymous and a fan will look weird and fanatical regardless of how little they invest themselves into a media. But I’’m making this distinction to describe what I see as more casual and more active “fanbase as a whole”. Fanbase as a word feels more general, while Fandom sounds more specific. So as an example, the One Piece “fanbase” might feel large and more everywhere, like with pokemon or Sherlock Holmes the book, but the OP fandom can feel more active and particitative, like the .It’ll depend entirely on what way each person interacts with the media. Do you have friends who are also fans of the series? it’s like a fandom. You just watch it but don’t participate as much? You’re in the fanbase, but you might partake in fandom activities if you feel like it. You might be a more casual fan, but you might have more avid feelings about the series as well, but you’re not that interested in making fanworks or posts or reacting to other fans at all. A fandom might be big, but more ubiquitous, more silent and conversely, some fandoms may be small, but still very active and vocal. I’ve often theorized that this is because So UY online fandom sorta feels like the latter, but more under-the-radar. Small and active but also more silent and appreciative. With the previous “big fandoms” example, it’s also the juxtaposition between Old and New that comes into play. An old Spidey fan from the 70s might have become an official Spiderman fanartist, but they might not partake in all the fan stuff they used to anymore. Still a fan, but maybe the newer and younger “fandom” as such is just not appealing to them in the same way.

The larger or more advertised a TV series or book is, the larger and more annoying its fanbase in general. If a piece of media has less popularity, it will ergo have a smaller fanbase and sometimes no “active fandom” at all. So now with the Samurai Rabbit: the Usagi Chronicles TV show as an animated spinoff-adaptation, we have a similar problem that TMNT fans have been familiar with over the decades. Thanks to the show, there’s a more active, slightly younger fandom who want to connect over the series and maybe even read the comicbook, know more about the source and origins, they might want to even know how the show was made, make fanart or fic. So fans like any other, but just that the media they’re a fan of now, is still relatively new. Maybe these newer fans act or write differently online from how older fans are used to. Maybe they even treat the original source comic differently or just don’t know anything about it. In any case, new series and new fans will generally seem annoying because culturally that’s what we’ve started to associate some of fandom with. Otaku culture etc. So it and it’s fans might get the “new thing” treatment as mentioned above with the TMNT animated adaptations.

The difference here is that Stan Sakai has been wanting his own animated adaptation for a long time (just look at the Space Usagi pilot for proof) and while many suggested projects to him before, this one actually piqued his interest bc they did something new with the characters. You could say that what people don't like abt this series are some decisions resulting from this being a netflix cartoon for kids. the decision to set it in a near-future with a new younger for example, was made in the beginning by netflix and I haven’t found any articles yet that’s found a legit reason for why it stayed this way. My guess based on interviews with Stan and crew is that Stan found it interesting as a possible new way to get more readers to the comic. Something for the younger generation. Although many readers and even parents will attest that the comic is child-appropriate (and really, it is), the TV-Y7 ratings and so on exist for a reason. And while I would love for more western studios to get funding for more adult animation in general (I’m not from the US myself and animation such a large medium, the way that genres are explored or what gets made for adults vs kids feeks so different elsewhere), I think it’s good that the first full series based on UY is this “non-violent” (your mileage may vary). Because a lot of the more vocal adult fans of UY seem more focused on the violence vs what kids might get out of it. A popular quote from Sakai is “Once, a mother asked me, 'What is Usagi Yojimbo about?' and before I could answer, her son said, 'It’s about honor.'"   (Komai for JANM, 2011). Sometimes it seems like the “older adults” or the “more casual” fans of UY sort of don’t get it.

Even the naming of the series and character has reasons, which I’ve seen some Rise Leosagi shippers make their own reasons for. So the various hate from “older fans” I see about it is strange because all evidence points to the show having Sakai’s approval and his full involvement. Of course, I could also be wrong, but watching the series, it doesn’t feel to me like an “empty cashgrab” as one angry TMNT fan put it. It feels more like something made by other UY fans, those more familiar than I was at the time, with both Usagi Yojimbo lore as well as the culture and lore behind it. In their quest to properly honor the comic series they loved, crew put a lot research hours into making sure both edo and post-edo periods got to be part of their show. Like “trips to japan during a pandemic” type of research. The show is an interesting fusion of old and modern in futuristic setting and feels wholly unique as an experiment.

Another aspect of course is also the shipping parts of fandom. I can never quite get my head behind this “arguing about ships” because it just reminds me of my Grandma and her older sister fighting over their soap operas and who should get together with who. And alright, maybe this was fun for them...? I’ve never been that invested in this myself but it can be fun to have a pairing you root for in a show, when it’s just a bunch of connected ideas over the story, there really seems like a real genuine connection between the characters or if there’s a chance to connect with other fans over it. That’s kind of what fandom is for me in general, but with crossover ships, it’s like a strange and interesting combination of “oooh what interesting similarities and differences” and “lets find out” with fanworks. 

This is the main way I enjoy making crossovers in general work, even if I’ve never finished an actual fic (I’m more of an artist) and even if the works sometimes don’t go together (it’s like a fun challenge). I wonder sometimes if the SRTUC crew also imagined crossovers with TMNT? As in this fanart post on facebook by Samurai Rabbit character designer Andry R, I wonder what that could have been like. After all, if many of the crew are fans too, it just makes sense to think about that? it’s fun to think of crossovers after all! And since it’s fanwork, I personally don’t feel as obligated to make some of the quality as insanely good as I would have in my younger days. I want to enjoy the art making process too, so putting research and sketches into a piece is sometimes my own “enough”. So I don’t really care about views either because I know even now, tastes might still just be not geared toward something sketchier that I make.

Even so, despite the experience with online sites and social media people have in general, or other artists/fans encouraging to feel a bit less worried about socmedia algorhitms, it might be frustrating that posts are not as popular even if your idea feels great.

So connecting all of that fandom talk, I can only assume people mistag between a popular and non-popular series for similar reasons. As said earlier, fans might assume everyone prefers the popular thing and that it’s better to tag that popular/bigger/older thing. Because at least that So in our case, I’ve noticed more that ppl tag Yuichi Usagi with the Miyamoto Usagi tag. From the surface, it seems like people don’t know about the Yuichi tags/show or they just don’t like it for some other reason. Now Tumblr is more a “home of fandoms” than casual fans, as most of the user-generated content is entirely by people who get much more invested in a series than a casual fan. Similarly I’ll see people tag their TMNT 2012 inspired fandesigns as ROTTMNT as well, because that is simply seen as the popular fandom at the time ergo, more attention on your post.

Maybe a solution for the mis-tagging could be smth as simple as fandom outreach, something active to unite the different types of fans into using tags correctly, but of course, something more active and social might feel more unnatural, as most of us are more wall-flower than social butterfly - working off the assumption here that most fans are shy. I used to be pretty shy as a fan and now I’m more active and out-going in general in my adult years, but at the same time, doing something socially more active is still a scary thought in my brain so I can understand that it’s easier to just tag and hope it’s correct. Or easier to make ticked off posts vs something with a different kind of effort. But then again, as brought up in my examples of other fandoms, being a fan can make people very active in taking part in similar fan activities. As we all enjoy the same thing in different ways or different media in similar ways, we are all still fans at the end of the day. Whether casual or more involved, that’s a unique experience that should unite us. So I’ll have my peace with the older cartoon-hating fans who only view Usagi Chronicles as an empty children’s cartoon etc etc. 

So, because I’m an adult, but also an artist and animation fan, this is how I’ve been approaching TV cartoons for the past 5-10 years. Against my first reaction of “oh, this is too slow for me” the way I chose to view the series once I saw more of it was “I’m an adult, and this is a cartoon made my other older adults, for kids - let me see what it’s about”. It’s more about curiosity and seeing what other creatives have done to put connective tissue between one idea to another.

Personally when it comes to tagging I try to keep to a general amount of “minimum amount of tags possible” bc I’m a bit lazy but also, I will never find anything on my own blog later if I used more than 20 tags about a simpler fanart post. So maybe like 1-2 tags for show/series, 1-2 tags for characters and my own art tags. I am lazy but I also like being considerate with other people. But also because of my previous experience with blogging, I like to keep tags I re-use as consistent as possible so I have the same experience. Of course, sometimes I forget what I’ve actually used if there are many tags i.e. many characters. so keeping the tags short is a boon for that end.

Here is the draft version for the UY and Usagi Chronicles tag guide, i'm gonna change this more but this is mostly how I've been tagging stuff (or have tried to so far) and I wrote a small guide back in march before all this, but have been coming back to it now with more general and character tags in mind. 

== Tagging Guide ==

Hello Rise of the TMNT and Usagi Chronicles joint fandom! Here’s a guide on how to tag Usagi Chronicles/Samurai Rabbit stuff! Mostly it’s my own view on how to tag things based on how I interact w the fandom stuff posted here but also from my experience of using tumblr and older blogging platforms - how I see the most common/make-sensical ways to tag characters/shows. But maybe you will find this useful too, fellow fan!

Usagi Yojimbo - the name of the original comicbook series - I decidedly reserve this for posts and reblogs ONLY about the Usagi Yojimbo comic (pages covers,, screenshots, memes), or general fanart of the comic or its characters. This helps me keep it separate so I can find posts about it later.

Usagi Chronicles - personally I use this for all content for the show, but especially the crossover stuff and my own art posts. This seems to be the most commonly used unique tag about this show.

SRTUC - acronym, good for short posts, for quick tagging. but I also use this to tag general reblogged posts about the show

Samurai Rabbit - I only try to use this if it is about the official stuff, like interviews and GIF/screenshots in bulk (more than 2). This tag gets used a lot for both the series but before that it was also used for posting general UY comics content and alternate covers by other artists, as well as for original samurai rabbits unaffiliated by UY. It is too general for me to use it on my own posts outside of text posts maybe.

Samurai Rabbit the Usagi Chronicles - mostly I use this tag for more general posts, but also reblogs if someone else has made something directly related to the series.

SamuraiRabbitNetflix - lol I only use this one on twitter, bc I saw someone from the crew use it and it has stuck for most of my more finished posts I guess ^^ Literally nobody else on tumblr uses it which is fine, but I think it’s a good way to separate the series and the more general posts people make about the comic or guest art of it (or sometimes original art unrelated to UY)

Characters:

Miyamoto Usagi - I try to mainly use it for just comic Usagi and fanart, but occasionally I will use it for fanart depicting

Rise Miyamoto Usagi - Any Rise!versions of comics Usagi. Usually these are fandesigns, but sometimes fans will adapt it wholesale (usually adapting him from his younger years). Sometimes it is unclear which version it is based on or it is a completely original version so I simply tag these as Rise Usagi.

Yuichi Usagi - pretty self-explanatory! I only use this for posts/fanart including Yuichi Usagi (but not when he is only mentioned in passing). Sometimes it is hard to differentiate between these versions however, 

Usagi fandesign/Yuichi Usagi fandesign/Miyamoto Usagi fandesign - I use all these tags to organize the fandesigns ppl make of all these characters, reserving “Usagi fandesign” when it’s really an original design based on various canon Usagi concepts or more of a “general” Usagi than a specific one i.e. meant for the Rise or 2012 TMNT crossover AUs. This counts for me in reblogs also when the OP hasn’t really decided what the character is and has tagged both characters. Lol there is a lot of different fanart of these characters and for my own sake, I tag these separately where possible so I can find the fanart easier later (especially if the posts themselves have text which doesn’t use these names, or if tumblr search is not working on blogs)

UY character - I use “UY” as the common acronym before characters from UY, but I also generally tag their names in reblogs. idk, this just makes it easier for me to find them later in my own blog and that’s all (Kenichi and Mariko for example are quite common Japanese names)

Tomoe Ame - This character just deserves her own tag, but also, I think the 03 version, while quite different, can fit in the same tag because people don’t post about them as much ^^;;

--

And now for the TMNT tags!

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - the official name! long, but good if you are tagging official stuff i.e. screenshots, gifs, concept art, tweets from crew etc

ROTTMNT - good short catch-all tag, lots of ppl use this to tag their reblogs quickly, but shorter posts can also go under here

Rise of the TMNT - Slightly longer tag than the full acronym, but more descriptive, if you wanna make sure people know it’s a TMNT show

Rise TMNT - I’ve seen a few ppl use this as a tag and it’s a valid way to tag (short and unique) but it’s not as popular as the others

2018 TMNT - again, general tag for the series. Common way to make a tag for a TMNT series - adding the year of airing before the TMNT acronym. Same with TMNT 2018. Same for the comics! I’ll use IDW TMNT as a tag for example, bc it seems widely used and understood.

TMNT18 - same as the previous one, but shorter! There are a lot of TMNT media besides the comics, (movies, animated series, etc) so it’s a general easier practice to tag via year. Ppl also sometimes use the variation 18TMNT. Anything is basically fair game with these general tags as long as the author of a blog finds stuff later.

Characters![I’m not sure about the characters yet bc I use the tags differently than other people apparently. my blog my rules i guess!]

rottmnt [character] - reserved for when i tag this character in crossovers, eg rottmnt April, rottmnt donnie. I generally use nicknames for the rottmnt boys cuz I am lazy.

Rise [character] e.g. Rise Leo, Rise April - I try and use this just for 

April O Neil (full name) - for when I’m tagging them in general and just want to see them in this tag with the other versions

12 April or 12April - for the 2012 TMNT versions of the characters. I often write the tags together bc I am just lazy but in the case of numbers, I can also forget. On tumblr I try to remember to use spaces cuz that is allowed here lol.

----

And that’s it! I have more in the list, but that is the gist of the style of it. Basically hust explaining what I’ve seen and if/how I use it on my own blog. Let me know if you have more thoughts about this. I’m curious to know what other fans of both series think!

[la-pheacienne]

Rhaenyra is usurped because she is a woman that’s the message GRRM wants us to understand in his story and using any other factors that contributed to the Dance to justify Rhaenyra being fucked over in the line of succession means they are misinterpreting the message of the story. Yes the green can be complex, yes the Greens can have layers, but that doesn’t mean they’re not evil. That doesn’t mean they don’t usurp Rhaenyra because she is a WOMAN.

Exactly. I won't even bother putting links to the 57483939 posts that have been made about this, some by me and some by 4637388 other blogs. This is a general reminder that just because you have a very "in-depth", "multi-layered" take on a story that doesn't mean it is the correct take. Sometimes the truth is staring right at you. Sometimes it is that simple. Is it really simple though? Misogyny is apparently still very difficult to condemn, that's why people are still confused lol.

Also I want to add something to the discussion. I identify as a Rhaenyra Stan first and foremost. Many people do. The team black people generally do. That doesn't mean that we literally believe that Rhaenyra is OMG SO FLAWLESS GURL SLAYYYYYY. Ahm, no. That's not...that's not it. Of course we acknowledge Rhaenyra became a tyrant. It's just that we identify the reasons why this whole thing turned out this way. We read the story, we made the correct assumptions, we understand why exactly the realm was destroyed, we understand all the process that led to Rhaenyra being a tyrant. That's all. Rhaenyra isn't a girl boss, nobody seriously believes that. It's just that she was the one who was wronged in the story and that caused the Dance. The Dance shouldn't be attributed to the Targaryen inherent vileness, that's just.... extremely simplistic in reality. It's so simplistic that it can LITERALLY be applied to ANY tragic story concerning a noble house lol. That's how NON-deep this take is. It's like watching a TV show about an important President of the USA and being like "yahhhh that's a tragedy because being a President of the states is Bahhd so the whole story shows how bad it is and how bad the President is because he's a President" and that is presented as a sophisticated metaphor somehow? Ahm no. If I'm watching a TV Show about the President I wanna see wtf did the President achieve, what did he do or not do, and I'm not gonna criticise them for being the President lol. I wanna see the story, the facts. Fire and blood narrates specific events. See the facts, make sure you understand them, make sure you're giving the blame where it should be given, and then we'll talk about the vicious circle of power.

When a particular event that is universally considered bad takes place (usurpation, kinslaying, murder of a child, start of war) and you choose neutrality, that means you side with the people that made it happen. It is a deeply political position. Again, I won't bother explaining why, people much wiser than myself have been saying that for like the past 1000 years. Read.

[ceremonyanddevotion]

I posted 3,856 times in 2022

That's 1,027 more posts than 2021!

102 posts created (3%)

3,754 posts reblogged (97%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@copiasass

@blacklight-ghoulette

@mxmephistopheles

@leshyyx

I tagged 3,745 of my posts in 2022

Only 3% of my posts had no tags

#era 5 - 1,391 posts

#papa4 - 1,387 posts

#art - 1,037 posts

#ghouls - 835 posts

#papa3 - 467 posts

#ghost/volbeat tour - 459 posts

#imperatour - 378 posts

#aether - 312 posts

#dewdrop - 307 posts

#copia - 300 posts

Longest Tag: 118 characters

#its honestly amazing how he has found singers from such diverse backgrounds musically that still work so well together

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Source

163 notes - Posted February 2, 2022

#4

there's something comforting about Call Me Little Sunshine, maybe it's because I've been having a shit time with my mental health, but not only is Ghost back, Tobias said "You will never walk alone, you can always reach me."

That whole some is just a nice message to hear during this shithole times

170 notes - Posted January 20, 2022

#3

In regards to fandom behaviour: Volbeat.

I'm utterly disappointed and disgusted with how a lot of the fandom (I suspect newer, younger fans are the bulk of this group) have acted towards Volbeat, you're not cute or special being disrespectful towards them, and with news they've had to pull out of the next show due to covid, you lot have become next level disgusting, hoping they'll pull out of more shows 'because I only care about Ghost!'

Look I'm not a fan of multi line up shows, but that's because I'm disabled and can't handling being up and active in a concert for hours and hours (I've done it once, I sat underneath a bench while the main act played bc my chronic pain killed me).

You are showing this fandom in a bad light, you are acting like fucking kpop stans with the lack of manners and respect.

I'm not asking you to become Volbeat's no. 1 fan, I am just saying you need to stop with the mocking, as it will effect the two band's relationship with each other.

You do realise the only reason we have a Ghost tour is because the two bands put their finances together? Do you honestly think you would've gotten a solo Ghost tour? Ghost is an Expensive band to tour with all the set pieces and gear, I 100% believe they teamed up with Volbeat to off set venue costs during year 3 of a fucking pandemic.

Also the ageism, who the fuck cares if Volbeat has an older audience, it's not cute to make fun of older people enjoying things? Ghost is a band of people all ages, and let me break your ageist hearts, Aether is in his 40s, are you gonna mock and bully him for being cringe too since he plays around on stage? You do realize that none of the ghouls, apart from Rain, are young right?

What may be the worst part is that if a Volbeat fan turned around and said we were cringe, I know the exact same people would be yelling and crying on twitter about how mean Volbeat fans are.

Grow up, shut up and enjoy Ghost's part of the tour.

186 notes - Posted January 29, 2022

#2

I just want to say for the show, if it does turn out not all Prequelle ghouls return, DO NOT go onto their social media and get angry at them, to not go there a guilt bait with “aw I’m gonna miss you!”

Hired musicians move on all the time. They have a right too and with covid, they have every right to do what is right for their health, psychical or mental.

Also, if there is any new ghouls, you DO NOT go on their social media and yell at them for “replacing” your favorite, they did nothing wrong.

308 notes - Posted January 25, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

You know what I love right now? the idea Copia is OBSESSED with being better than Papa 3

Imagine it, as a lowly cardinal helping Nihil he watches Terzo, he's confident, flirty, charming, handsome, everyone gets along with him, Nihil doesn't hate him. The siblings of sin swoon over him and his 'stupid' jawline (as Copia calls it).

Copia has had to watch this, while he's had to work his way to the top, and what did that even get him? Nihil hates his guts, sure Sister likes him, maybe even a little too much, but many in the Clergy sees that as a negative.

But then, Sister informs him, "it's your turn Copia". It's not an easy road, this hasn't been done before, many object, including Nihil, many are shocked, shocked that the Papas are dead, and even more shocked that Copia is now in charge, they would rebel, but if Sister says it's ok, then what choice do they have?

He finally becomes Papa, over time people grew used to him being in charge, maybe some liked it, in some ways the old Papas become a memory.

But soon it's not enough, he still sees that awkward cardinal in the mirror, he wants more, he wants to be the handsome papa, the one that swoons the clergy, the one that his flock dreams about at night, he wants to be obsessed over.

A little self care is in order, suddenly that once stupid jawline isn't such a bad look, it just had to be on the right person.

He changes his skull paint, get rid of the rat bone nose, no more rat boy, soon it becomes cleaner, almost like his, but it's not, he swears he wasn't inspired at all by him.

Don't dare mention him.

He needs more attire, we wants to look his best at all times, too look confident and sexy. He has intricate suits made, gold lining, flowing fabrics, it suits a man as powerful and attractive as him. His clergy notices how the once awkward rat man walks, with power and weight in his steps. They begin to adore him, or fear him, he can't tell the difference anymore.

As long he is all they think about when they think about Papa.

308 notes - Posted January 27, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

[i-luvsang]

hi! how are you doing? i wanted to check in and catch up earlier but i took some time for myself to rest after my exams and some other stuff. i passed all my exams and passed all my classes overall throughout the year so i'm really happy! i've been trying to catch up with all the new content but it's so overwhelming tbh.. especially as a multi stan trying to catch up with older content from multiple groups too! but i'm getting there eventually... ALSO THE ATEEZ CB??? god it's so fucking good.. i love the concept so much and the stages are so good (i still have to watch some of the stages tho..). i love all the songs on the album i can't seem to find a favourite song for some reason. do you have a favourite song on the album and if you do, which is it? also i saw the yeosang pc you traded for and i'm so jealous it's so cute :,). i pulled double yeosang in my digipack album asjsh, i wish i could insert a picture but since i can't it's the close up one from the digipack album, like where his head is slightly tilted to the side and argh i love it so much, the other pc is the digipacks hello82 europe exclusive i think? it's in the same outfit as the digipack pcs and he holds finger guns against his face yk? if it wasn't obvious, yeosang is my bias (and also seonghwa!! i'm seongsang biased but i don't think that comes as a surprise). i think that's everything i wanted to say for now? i'm probably gonna watch the content i've missed out on since i have nothing else to do today. i hope you have a nice day! — 🎧

hello hello sweetest !! i'm good !! how are you ?? i'm glad you took some time for yourself you so so deserve that!! and i'm glad you popped in to say hi hehe <33 that is so so awesome omg !!! huge huge huge congratulations on passing exams and classes, that's a really big achievement and i hope you're proud of yourself for it !! seriously, great job !!!

and omg catching up on content is so hard, i never stay fully caught up at this point lol and there's no shame in that !! you don't have to watch anything but it's definitely fun too!

but AAAA OMG !!!! this comeback is so so so incredible i'm just so so happy and impressed with it, genuinely i feel like they look like their having so much fun while performing bouncy it's amazing!! there are so many fun and great moments from the stages!! pFFT THE ONE FROM THIS MORNING WAS SO ADORABLE !!!!! and the end what hilarious when wooyoung pushed yeosang and he fell BWAHAHAKFJS yeo is so cute i cannot !! (yeah tbh i don't know anymore if i've seen all the stages i think i've missed a few lmao) dUDE PICKING A FAV SONG IS PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE TBH i don't have a definite favorite because each song is genuinely just sososososososo enjoyable for me but! outlaw is totally putting up a fight and i think a huge part of that is the dance! i loveeeed the showcase stages for it and yeosang's part at the end has be gAGGEDKAHFKJA

yEOSANG PULLS OMG !! yeah i traded for almost all the yeosang ones i have from this album lol and the second i saw the glasses one you're talking about I KNEW I NEEDED TO HAVE IT ITS SUCH A DORKY PHOTO AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH like i'm not the craziest over pcs tbh but i had to have it. i think i have the other yeosang from the digipack too !! omg but i love love love the one you're talking about mMMM hes so cute i cry.

yAYYY A FELLOW YEO STAN we can scream cry about him together and BRO seongsang stan WOW that is so so true bro <33 when i was first getting into atz like idk a million years ago genuinely could not pinpoint exactly when i got into them LOL hwa was putting up a good fight for the bias title. clearly yeosang one out and ever since... i've been a yeo stan through and through LOL jongho's my bias wrecker for this comeback tho ahkfjasdflk he has me screaming everyday all the time i cannot. seonghwa is just seonghwa sooooo yeah hes so akdhfakfdjsd also MMMM anyways!!

i hope you have fun getting caught up and have a lovely lovely day yourself !! thanks for popping by <333

[studioweus]

hello frankie!! hope you've been doing well 😊

vidéo therapy is also one of my fave b-sides (I loved it as soon as I heard that instrumental in the opening I was like "oh yeah she's a fave")! as for lyrics I really love the moonshot lyrics - especially that if you wanna change be not afraid part, it's so uplifting, it feels almost like a rallying chant -, seunghyub rap in video therapy, i also love how the opening line of like a flower sound (i like the general theme of that song but I specifically like how that line sounds in korean lol) also on a more fun side, the main line of I like you, "I'm doomed! I'm in love with you" (also another fun one is the opening of hot potato where they're like what do you want to be when you grow up? a potato!). I like how they often reference stars/space/nature (moonshot/fate/like flower/firefly) in their lyrics while also making more fun songs (like I'm gonna) and going all out

ok so my questions this time are : do you have a specific playlist for n.flying or do you usually listen to one album at a time or just play their songs on shuffle or mixed with songs from other artists in a themed playlist?

also I noticed on your blog (and also based on your url lol) that you like quite a lot of other bands and groups, do you mostly listen to bands? which one (can be a band or a group or both) is your favourite and do you have any song recs (if it's not n.flying)?

your secret n.fia ✨

also random question that I just thought of but when a new album comes out do you like listening to teasers and highlights previews or do you wait until the day? do you read the lyrics (and the translation) as soon as they're out? do you watch the mv before listening to the album or the other way around? it can be different for different artists but I tend to go : no listening teasers + mv first then album at once when I'm at home (+ sometimes lyrics/translation of my fave songs after a few days - there are a lot songs that I've not yet checked the translation of, I'm going with pure vibes)

your secret nfia ✨

a rallying chant! that's exactly what it feels like when they sing that part in moonshot 🌙 the main line of i like you is very catchy too! haha that part of hot potato 😩 the first time i listened to that song and i heard that line, i was like??? a potato??? a hot potato??? it's even funnier when you see hweseung's smile after he says it in the mv and that's all i ever see when i listen to the song. now that you've mentioned it, i didn't even realize that a lot of their lyrics reference space and nature themes! that's really neat 👀

i actually don't have a dedicated playlist just for n.flying but i do have a k-bands playlist and that's where i would just play on shuffle! i know some people tend to have certain playlists of songs they want to listen to for specific vibes (happy, sad, angry, etc.) but i generally just put all my fave k-band songs into one playlist. how about you! how do you sort your songs into playlists? 🤔

haha yes, i do like a lot of bands and groups - but i only closely follow/buy merch and albums for a handful of them (being a multi-stan is a bit heavy on the wallet 🥲). i noticed that i do tend to gravitate more towards bands tho! that's probably because i listened to a lot of pop-rock bands/songs growing up.

n.flying recently became one of my fave bands, but my other fave ones are onewe, lucy, and hoppipolla 🥰 and my top fave groups are seventeen, golden child, and verivery!

i put a read more break just so i can list off the song recs here! since i have waaaay too many recs (esp for onewe because their entire discography is just *chef's kiss*), i've tried to limit it to 2 songs per group as well but here it is!

onewe - montage // rain to be

lucy - flowering // snooze

hoppipolla - enough // about time // bonus rec is their cover of 'creep' because it sounds so hauntingly beautiful 😭

seventeen - rock with you // shadow

golden child - wannabe // breathe

verivery - o // privacy

how about you? do you have any other bands and/or groups that you like! i'm also always down for any and all song recs so please feel free to send them my way if you have any 🥰

hmm if it's one of the bands and groups that i mentioned above, i would most definitely listen to the teasers! i feel like it gives me something to look forward to, and it hypes me up even more before the actual album drops.

i watch the mv first too! i like to closely look at the lyrics, just so i can get a better understanding of what the song is about 🥺haha i try to get a grasp of the song on my own before any translations are posted! but recently my translation skills are a bit whack due to lack of practice

it's almost the weekend, but i hope your week is going well! 💛

[owlf45]

*yeets a few fic recs from the bag*

hits range: 100-30k max

took me a while but hope I'm not late-

ill be sorting them out, since some have some dark themes, while others are oneshots, so ill be arranging them like this:

/°= half warning, aka its at the beginning/end and not the whole fic (like a slowburn, etc.)

°= warning (major character death, etc.)

°°= two warnings (Graphic Deceptions of violence, Major Character Death etc.)

°°°= so on

things in italic are not izuku centered oki

also since they're alot if i put a full description for each it would take days so yep no descriptions :) you're on ur own bud

^^ enjoy

Multi-chaptered fics:

Is a Reaper a Spirit?° (AMAZING. ITS ONGOING AND AMAZING. HIGHLY REC IT)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27504541/chapters/67256956

Quirk: Gained (gamer izu gamer izu gamer izuku-) https://archiveofourown.org/works/26731861

Orpheus°° (*chefs kiss*)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13533219

Legacy In Crimson°° (kiri- no dont cry-) (https://archiveofourown.org/works/24153463)

Safety In Fire/° (WHOLESOME)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21795670

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising - Alternate Endings°°

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24153463

Phoenix Breath (ever wanted sassy mikumo and chaotic izu? and twin shenanigans? and glorious writing? well this fic is for you!!) https://archiveofourown.org/works/26742970/chapters/65243497

Malware°° (bueatiful. well written. gold. an amazing BR fic that is just way too good its illegal)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27029674

Learning Curve (a monoma fic for the soul of 1b stans)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27114007/chapters/66209560

if you could change the past.../° (chaotic izuku at its finest)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27220240/chapters/66492445

Hope Is The Thing With Wings° (series where izuku *ahem* and hawks saves him so i tw it)

https://archiveofourown.org/series/2000800

Endings And Beggings° (10k hits is nOT enough)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24856234/chapters/60130390

One for All (No Matter Who You Are)°

(AAAA ADORABLE POKEMON AND IZU CROSSOVER LUV IT-)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19465498/chapters/46333381

Insomniac: Life Is Hell°°° (its well written and angsty but sadly discontinued :') but give it a try!)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23412562/chapters/56111065

And It Hurts Like Hell (can people stop hurting bby izu please why-)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27193849

Inheritance (so... Angsty.. a-afo izuku (kinda)) https://archiveofourown.org/works/27511546

On The Shores Of Freedom (new fic but still great and,,,, exciting) https://archiveofourown.org/works/27648604/chapters/67652722

I Can Tell We Are Gonna Be Friends (hehe Izuku's and Katsuki's fists go brr) https://archiveofourown.org/series/1598899

Oneshots:

Why Phone Calls Should Always Be Private, A Memoir By All Might (pls read it it's way too cracky i highly rec it also there's a second part cmon)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27138640

Rooftop Dreamer (hurt/comfort)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16837828

Growing up (growing out) put your roots down (dig them up) (*waters broccoli boi with glitter*)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26967340

console reset° (*looks distantly* there are things.... that hurt till this day..)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20696207

ii. explosion (shirakumo??? Dadzawa and twins shinsou and izu? more likely than u think)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20870834

Fire Hazards°° (aAAAAA ROE WHY DID U HAVE TO MAKE THIS SO ANGSTY-)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26852737

The Story Of The Stolen Class (*wipes tears with handkerchief*.. wonderful world building)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26098903

Yuuei Sing And Dance Festival (a 2015 fic thats just pretty crack at this point khvjgc)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/3148019/chapters/6829742

Wraped Reflection (*softly* izuku no-)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27510142

i have a few more if you'd like :)

ty for reccing these <3

[hobixboo]

kpop multi rant

There is nothing wrong with being a kpop multi.

This isn't really a big deal but it has been pissing me off for months and even more so over the past few days.

It's obvious but I stan BTS and Seventeen. I'm not gonna have some rando on twitter dot com tell me about my "loyalty" to a group or the "priorities" I should have.

If I get one vote on MY account, I am a person that can make decisions on my own about who to vote for. When I had two I was able to vote for both. Seeing as BTS was already winning and thinking that SVT also deserves to be top 10 (honestly deserved higher) I am going to vote for whoever the fuck I want to make that even. That is in no way putting BTS down because I would have jumped to vote for BTS if the roles were somehow reversed. Even in the end, BTS got the award they DESERVED as a top spot AND I am still proud that Seventeen made top 10. Of course, I am disappointed with where they placed, but they still placed. What I'm not gonna do is say BTS didn't deserve their award. THAT is the mistake people make in calling out "multis". If you think anyone that you stan should have won something INSTEAD of the other or if award shows are boring because the same people are winning, don't call yourself a multi making all of us look bad. If you wanted to win, you should have voted. If you think it's boring and the person that won shouldn't have then you are not a part of that fandom and it's as simple as that.

As an armycarat I know the shit that both groups go through on a daily basis but each separate fandom doesn't. The fandoms continuously talk shit about the group instead of what the other fandom is doing and the ignorance is what pisses me off. Enough of this he said she said bullshit and focus on the group. They are some of the most talented men who make the best music, have the best stages, have great personalities, are super funny, and good-looking and are probably friends IRL. Don't insult another GROUP because you let troll user yoongistoes or shuasnips get to you. (especially since they might see it....!!). I don't stan pledis or bighit or army or carats. I stan BTSVT.

[lilfellasblog]

A - I am SCREAMING AT YOUR ANSWER TO 14 HOW DARE-

B:

2 - What is your favorite fic of yours?

3 - What fic of yours do you think is underrated?

4 - What fic of yours were you surprised by how popular it is?

12 - Do you like to switch pov's a lot or stick to one character?

17 - Do you have any wips that you can tell us about? What are you most excited for in your wip?

19 - What is some random info you happen to have that you used in a fic?

2) I think HBW would be too obvious of an answer, so I'm gonna have to go with Panic! at the Analogical. I re-read that regularly because it makes me crack up. I think it's genuinely funny!

3) I would say A Prince's Hart. It's mostly fluff, with a bit of angst, autism, and steaminess thrown in with a sprinkle of asexual Virgil. I posted it alongside a ton of other fics while other people were posting a lot of fics due to the time of year, so I'm not too surprised it hasn't performed as well as some of my others, but that was runner-up to Panic! at the Analogical. I put so much love, personal experience, and heart into that fic and I really think it shows in its quality.

4) I think Do You Looooooooove Me? surprised me the most. I had underestimated the Demus stans! XD

12) It really depends on the story. Sometimes, I'll switch pov's within chapters, sometimes they'll get their own chapter, it really depends on the story's needs and how to make something smooth narratively speaking.

17) Well I do have some absolutely heart-breaking (see what I did there?) Patton angst coming down the line. Through the use of a multi-chapter fic, I break Patton. >:) I'm most excited to show how allowing harm to come to yourself in a bid to spare others and "do the right thing" is a terrible plan. And also very excited to make Patton suffer, have I mentioned that?

19) I used my knowledge of the chemical process that alcohol goes through as the body breaks it down in Devil's Nectar (which is also a hilarious fic).

[slytherinshua]

SILVERY genre ➳ fluff. rocky as a dad. warnings ➳ none. pairing ➳ husband!rocky x fem!reader. wc ➳ 500. a/n ➳ when I first started writing for astro (when rocky was my bias) I never thought it would take me this long to write smth for him... especially with everything that's happened with astro this year. god, it still feels a little weird to try to write for them but I'm trying my best still 💔

Minhyuk had texted you that there was a small break for him in the shooting of their new music video for ‘ONE’ and asked if your daughter, Yujin, wanted to stop by to look at the sets. You said you would be there, of course, since your daughter had been missing her father since this morning anyway. 

You arrived at the filming location and greeted the staff, holding your daughter’s small hand and making sure she was well-behaved. You were always a bit scared that she might throw a tantrum and interrupt filming so you never took the risk of visiting the set when Minhyuk was needed.

You spotted your husband from across the room and walked over to him. He seemed to hear your footsteps as he broke the conversation he was having with Eunwoo and turned around. As soon as he saw his daughter, the biggest grin broke out on his face. He picked up the cute two-year-old, cooing at the small pigtails that you had put in her hair that morning.

It seemed like Yujin was also interested in hair at that moment. Her eyes were wide looking at her fathers hair, specifically the delicate silvery chains that were laced in amongst his black locks. She stared at them in awe, not focusing on anything else, and eventually tried to reach out to grab them.

Minhyuk chuckled once he realised why she was so focused and fascinated. He carefully tried to separate one of the strands of jewellery so she could look at it closer, but that was a hard task to complete while also holding her in his arms. You eventually stepped in to help, carefully piecing away one of them from the others and holding it closer so your daughter could touch it. 

“Thanks, baby.” Minhyuk murmured with a goofy smile as he still looked at his daughter. She reached out to touch the chain and high-pitched giggles left her mouth when she did, creating a domino effect. Soon almost the whole set was laughing from her contagious moment of delight. 

Unfortunately, the break was called to an end quickly, and it was time for you to leave again. Minhyuk kissed his daughter’s cheek and then her forehead, making her giggle more. She returned the favour, kissing his cheek in the most adorable way, making him pout. 

“You're gonna be a good girl for mommy, right, princess?” He whispered, sparkling eyes mirroring Yujin’s. She nodded and hugged him as a final goodbye. “I love you.” He told her, eyes closing as he held the back of her head with one of his hands.

“I love you too, daddy.” She smiled.

Once he set her down, he turned to you, pressing a quick kiss to your lips before you both had to wave goodbye to him and the other members as they resumed their filming. When Minhyuk came back home late at night, he insisted that the little visit had made the filming go smoother.

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ astro taglist: @yeonjuns-redhair,, @hannahsophie0103,, @justhyunhoer,, @ddeonudepressions,, @multi-stan-jenny

[kingdomtual]

Oh, I don't know much about oneus, apart from hwanwoong. He's the only member whose name I remembered. I think I've listened to no diggity once before? (You'll notice a pattern with me and memory loss, just a heads up) If you have any songs to recommend me, I'd love to listen to them.

Whenever I hear kingdom, my mind goes to the mnet show (I haven't watched it though lol). Are they a rookie group? I've never heard of them before.

Yes, SVT is a great group. Whenever I feel down, I put a svt crack moments video and the smile comes back immediately on my face. My bias has to be minghao too. There's something (some things is more like it) about him. His style? On point! His dance? Elegance in its purest form. His sense of humor? I'm rolling on the floor.

Honestly, I can't relate to you being a multi mess lol. The more I listen to kpop, the less groups I stan. That said, I still have a few groups I like. 1. SHINee. The only boygroup ever! They have it all. Vocals, dance, sense of humor, iconicness. KINGS. My bias is kkoongie, jk it's Taemin. 2. NCT. It's been a year since I've been an nctzen and this was a wild ride. It's the first group that made me realize how hard it was to have a bias lol. Biases are jeno (#1 in my heart), renjun, haechan, chenle and sometimes jungwoo & taeyong. Like, how can I have that many biases? No idea... smh 3. Red Velvet. It took me some time to become a reveluv but now I am. Biases are yeri, joy and seulgi. 4. To all the disbanded ggs that still hold a very dear spot in my heart: f(x), 2NE1, miss a, 4Minute, Wonder Girls... I'm gonna stop here before I cry my eyes out.

I do like other groups but I don't remember (told you my memory wasn't good sigh)

Sorry, that's a long answer. :( I tend to get excited talking about my faves. ^^

Do not be sorry!!!! I love long answers okay!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Omg recommendations for Oneus: To be or not to be, come back home, Lit, a song written easily, and twilight. Those are some of my faves!!!!!!!

Kingdom is a rookie group! They debuted in February and just had their first comeback. Their title song for this comeback is Karma and I’d strongly recommend a listen!

AHHH I LOVE YOUR FAVES!!!! Shinee? Icons. Minho is my bias but Key is like right next to him LOL

NCT DREAM ARE MY BOYS!!! I love all of nct but Dream has always been my faves, and wayv!!! My bias is Renjun, but my other two faves who are like MY SONS are chenle and jisung. Love them.

RED VELVET MY QUEENS!!! Your taste is immaculate, my dear anon. Seulgi is my fave, I love her ❤️❤️❤️

Ahhhh I’m so happy we have so much in common!! Definitely going to be fun talking about our faves :D (also everything you said about minghao was facts. Straight facts)

[blbabysworld]

I feel like I need this to be said. I'm a kpop stan. A multi fandom kpop stan. I don't stan BTS nor Blackpink, but I also don't downgrade them. I don't say I hate them or they're ass or anything like that. But I get downgraded and bullied because I'm not the biggest ARMY or BLINK in the world!? Tell me how this works? I'll admit there are some BTS/BP songs I like but it's only 2 or 3. I'm not gonna say something stupid like "BTS and BP are SO overrated! Yuck!" No, why? Because I wouldn't like it if someone was saying that about my favorite group. But I do see it as a HUGE stereotypes for K-pop fans. If you're talking with a non K-pop person they'll automatically assume you're a koreaboo for BTS/BP. Idk about you but I don't feel good when someone labels me that. For me it's hard to find someone who I can openly talk to about why I'm not going crazy for BTS/BP, it's hard to find content online with BTS/BP being the first thing I see and the next 56 pages, it's hard to find a place where you won't get judged because you're not giving your life to BTS/BP. ONCE AGAIN I'M NOT DOWNGRADING I'M JUST EXPRESSING MY OPINION BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE ONE. For me BTS is hyped up WAY too much and the direction their music is going in isn't the best. But I'm not saying they're ass. Why? Because I'm not Big Hit and I don't own them. You might say "Well BTS makes their own music and like you said everyone is entiled to an opinion." And YOU'RE NOT WRONG. I mean hey! Stray Kids makes their own music and I love it. Let me put it like this. Some music is made for Audience A and some for Audience B. Some people like A, some like B, and some like both but that doesn't mean you gotta trash any of them because not all music is meant for everyone. In conclusion, don't bully a person in BTS/BP, don't bully a person out of it, don't bully a person because of it, don't bully a person who's not into it all. Thank you for your time.