#[ esp bc i think i'm super late with this lmao ]

[honey-dont]

stex month day 13: flat top!

favorite actors: SO many. ross dawes is my forever fave but i also love delano williamsen, dennis courtney, luuk hartog, todd lester, mark davis, richard mylan, marcel brauneis, and paul treacy! plus whoever played him in tuacahn, i've never been able to find a cast list </3

i think a lot of actors tend to play him pretty one-note so i love when people balance his jerk asshole side with his softer caring side! plus he's always fun comedic relief, shoutout to ross for smacking himself in the face with his own brick. and how can we forget dennistop's goofy helium laugh. love him

favorite songs/scenes: watching him mess around in freight and the blues is SO fun he's so funny <33 the lil spin and suspender snap paul does is adorable, also love him bothering this poor random woman in the audience with his brick. i mentioned ross above but him climbing around on the set like a jungle gym is so so cute!! also tuachan flats getting super excited to see rusty and waving at him!!

love literally all of his and dustin's interactions too, esp when he waves off the rockies for teasing him ough. their little goofy solo in freight!! <3

AND ofc all of his and rusty's interactions! him being a little shit to poppa and rusty jerking him back by his couplers....peak sibling behavior. love him giving rusty his helmet back after he gets beat up, esp how ross does it bc he doesn't tell him to give up!! he still believes in him!! brb exploding

him and poppa/momma are rly fun too, flat top is definitely their least favorite child but they still care about each other <3

honorable mentions to dinah giving him a cheek kiss too it's so cute

OH wait one last thing. when he hears about cb's plan and he looks SO disappointed in greaseball bc that's him finding out that his hero isn't who he thought he was and UGH. it's so good

wait i lied one more. him and rocky messing around during the megamix and throwing the brick to each other <3

favorite costumes: london!! oh my god all the little details are so good like he's quintessentially 80s london punk and it shows. his little socks! the steel toes on the skates!! the bigass frankenstein bolt collar <3 i'm especially fond of his earlier fluffy black & silver wig, it's adorable

i also loooveee the 3d glasses makeup but the bit where he just had graffiti scribbled all over his face is so funny like "hey what should we put on him to show that he's rebellious?" "just write SEX + DRUGS" "ok got it"

also brick on a chain my beloved <3 AND in late london where his belt was made of wood planks to show that he's a flatcar!! so good

i also have a fondness for on ice flats. his stupid nail boots. and tuacahn bc i respect the decision to put him in a crop top and chaps

favorite ships/friendships: flatdust is my train otp i love them i love them i love them <333 they have it all....friends to lovers....sunshine/grumpy....introvert/extrovert....good stuff. their friendship is so sweet to me bc they're total opposites and yet! special shoutout to that one boot where it genuinely looks like they're about to start making out onstage

i love him and rusty too, they're absolutely siblings to me and wind each other up all the time but they still care for each other! also him and cb in a frenemy situation bc cb thinks it's funny to push his buttons

his hero worship on greaseball is also really interesting bc it ties into his whole self-discovery arc imo

headcanons: he's physically the weakest of the freight and he absolutely has a chip on his shoulder about it </3 i hc him as a bulkhead so engines tend to dislike him too due to him being prone to derailing at speed, so he's desperate to prove that is he is cool and strong actually!! he's also like 5'4" without the boots lmao little guy

he's scared of thunderstorms but won't admit to it so dustin will hold his hand and pretend that he's the one who's scared ;-; he also helps dustin out in his garden sometimes but he sucks at it so he just gets to stand there and be moral support. guy who doesn't get the concept of seeds and will just rip up whole flowers for dustin to plant

also very rarely smiles bc he doesn't like his tooth gap :( dustin thinks it's cute tho

unpopular opinion: flat top is such an interesting character bc like. he does NOTHING and yet he has one of the strongest character arcs in the whole show! it's all about him figuring out who he is and where he belongs and it's so fascinating to watch unfold in the background. him racing with rusty in the final would've been such a good culmination of that

also i don't think this is unpopular but on my knees begging him to be punk again like that's his whole point

anyway sorry for writing an entire essay i'm normal about him.

(last two pics are commissions from arachnidal and sparemayonnaise!)

[broodsys]

ive been thinking about this a lot lately and kinda just wanna say it somewhere.

that said, feel free to just scroll on by bc this is heavy. also super long? i just- needed to get it off my chest, kinda.

cw: sexual assault, alcohol and drug use

so, in highschool there were these two guys who were in my friend group but i wasn't rly friends with, we'll just say L and N. L had an obvious crush on me and kept trying to get me to date him even tho i had a boyfriend and he knew my boyfriend - once i ended up going on a date with him bc my autistic ass thought he was just trying to hang out, lmao. anyway, it was awkward, esp once my friends told me uhhh no that was a date? u just described a date.

N was a lot more chill but also kinda... he was nice and all, genuinely nice, but he was also one of those no no i'm not sexist i'm an equal-opportunity hater haha! guys. so i wasn't rly close with either of them

but when i went to college they were the only two ppl i already knew and i was rly overwhelmed about being all alone on campus at first, so i ended up spending quite a bit more time with both of them, in and out of school. and it was fun when it was the three of us! they were amusingly raunchy and we talked a lot about related subjects and went on walks together and idk, it was nice. this was before i realized i was trans but i think it fulfilled a Just One Of The Guys need i had at that time

got p close with both of them, esp L. ended up at his house by myself quite frequently. and, well, we drank - this being before i realized i had a unrelated liver disease. and by this point i was out as trans and my family was AWFUL about using the right pronouns and i had no in-person connections who used the right pronouns and i was... p desperate for validation. while also using both alcohol and weed quite heavily to cope

so, yknow... hang out with someone who calls me 'he', talk about gender shit, sigh and go along with the eight million dumb YT videos he wanted to show me, but whatever, i got free liquor and it was smth to do, right? i was even able to lean into being a system around him! that was super validating.

so, surprise surprise, we ended up becoming kinda fuckbuddies. and i was okay with that - p open that i wasn't interested in a relationship but like, sure, we can fuck around. so we did. usually drunk. usually quite drunk. but that was okay because there was still consent going on

but i had one very clear, very explicit boundary. and once he started to cross it - i called him out on it and he pushed back and i had to tell him to stop several times. it wasn't like... aggressive? just very, very coercive. took me a long time to accept that it was still a form of rape. hell, i still struggle to type that out, i want to add caveats to it. but it just was. and that was the big change for me, when i realized he wasn't actually going to respect my boundaries. still hung out with him for a while after that and we had sex a few more times while i was processing my feelings about everything and trying to accept that he was in the wrong and i had a right to be upset

but after that, i just started feeling rly shitty on the walk home whenever i left him. there were subspace/subdrop issues at play, too, which was another brand-new discovery for me, and no aftercare ever, but it was... yeah. it was bad.

still, took me a while to break off the relationship. i was actually at a conference for a school thing when i did it, because being around ppl who saw me as a man, who respected me, who treated me kindly... it totally changed how i saw interpersonal dynamics. like, that whole experience was a MASSIVE wake-up call for me. so that was when i cut him out of my life

now, oddly, this story isn't about L. it's about N.

afaik, N had no idea about any of this. but a while ago, idk probably over a year now, he sent me a nice text mentioning that he didn't know why we'd fallen out of touch. and i usually delete texts after a while but i still have that one. sometimes i want to reply - not telling him the details, just like 'yeah so me and L had smth weird and i didn't want to put u in a position where u had to choose' but also just- memories, yknow? i associate them together very strongly bc the three of us spent sm time together

but i still feel kinda bad. kinda miss N. i saw him become a better person while i saw L kinda become a worse person. i just feel... idk. torn? ultimately i gotta take care of me because no one else can, but i think about him quite often, and about that text i've never replied to. and i also spent time with N alone, and it was just chill. he never tried to fuck me. when i slept over he let me have his bed and made sure there were fresh sheets and everything. he watched me play videogames at his house and let me spend forever on character customization and made sure i had vegetarian food to eat. he was nice, without any strings attached. and we talked about, shit, everything. once we walked for hours and hours - p much the entire night - just talking. he rly opened up to me a lot, and i opened up to him - not about everything and not about anything with L, but about a lot of other stuff. it was an important friendship.

and i just... i regret losing that a lot. i've been thinking about both of them a lot recently. part of it is just coming head to head with things i was using weed to repress now that i've been sober for a while, granted. bc i've been thinking about a lot of things in my past recently.

relationships are messy. but i regret that a good friendship got stained by a bad one.

[kivaember]

1, 16, 19 for armored core maybe?

like with the other ask, if you look under the read more, you agree to see opinions that may run counter to yours!

the character everyone gets wrong

HM this is tricky since there's a lot of flexibility with the characters to allow for your own headcanons that there's no real incorrect way to portray them. I mean, we've managed to avoid the pitfall of Iguazu being turned into a woobie, bc everyone fully embraces him being a hater loser guyfail, which is how it should be.

Hmm... I think I'll pass on this question bc I can't actually think of anyone that "everyone" gets wrong dfhfdhdf

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

not gonna lie, i sat here for a good while trying to think of something, bc amazingly a lot of people's characterisation/headcanons/etc are pretty close to mine, at least close enough for me to accept or at least understand. mostly i just have nitpicks which seem a bit too petty to flaunt LMAO

like, iguazu being a hater guyfail who's constantly stepping on rakes? freud the fightsexual who in another life 621 would've drawn up a restraining order against? walter caring for 621 but he's so fucking messed up thanks to parental neglect (amongst other issues) that he has no idea how to process/show it? allmind who is both very clever yet extraordinarily lacking in common sense? my fave hcs are widely agreed upon...

HMM. oh wait, there is one minor characterisation i'm kinda meh towards, and that's having Hawkins be like. super old. people have him look like he's in his 60s or smth and almost a grandfather... he didn't sound that old, and while he was certainly old-fashioned in calling Pater 'my boy' or 'son', he came across more like. idk. late 30s/early 40s. that's still being in your prime if you're a fit, healthy human! esp in ac6 verse where humans are likely long lived, esp augmented ones. honestly envision pater/hawkins as like, pater as the young (20s) intern getting involved with his supervisor in his 40s sort of thing. something you'll see in a porno somewhere.

19. you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like...

i am shameless. absolutely shameless. i'm never mad, ashamed or horrified to discover i like anything no matter how weird or degenerate it is. nods.

[thelastsaiyanprincess]

hi! what’s your favorite dbz saga? i’m just curious! i think mine is the cell saga, mainly bc of gohan’s big moment but also because perfect cell had me about to act up LMAO

ohoho i'm SO glad you asked!!!!!

*inhales*

my FAVORITE sagas will always be the saiyan saga and the frieza saga. and that's because if you watch the series from the VERY beginning of the story, OG dragon ball, everything that happens during saiyan arc hits SO MUCH HARDER. in OGDB they establish the strongest earth warriors, all the training they've gone through, and how difficult it was for young goku to defeat all the villains! esp tien and piccolo, who were established as formidable foes! then when saiyan saga comes, we find out the reason kid goku was so OP was because he's a fucking ALIEN WARRIOR & his brother comes and basically solos everyone?! then when mf vegeta and nappa pull up the z fighters stand no chance, they drop one by one, the fighters we thought were the strongest just fucking DIE, and they couldn't just rely on using the dragon balls to bring everyone back because PICCOLO WAS GONE TOO. the stakes were SO MUCH HIGHER and mfs actually took shit seriously!!!

then ofc there's the frieza saga, which (in my humble opinion) is the BEST fight in all of dragon ball except for broly. frieza is also my fave dragon ball villain of all time. and i say that because again, stakes were high, we didn't fucking know if goku could defeat frieza for sure despite all the training, namek was ABOUT TO EXPLODE and these mfs are fighting for their damn lives, lightning exploding around them, magma splashing at their feet, EVERYTHING WAS SO FUCKING INTENSE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN GOKU BECOMES SUPER SAIYAN???? theeee super saiyan legend??? that first transformation was COLD AF & nothing will ever compare to that!!!!

speaking of tranformations, thats one of the reasons i like early DBZ more than late dbz/dbs. no transformations, no colorful hair, no power ups, mfs had to rely on all their training and experience to win and the fights kept you on your toes because you truly did not know how things would play out.

oh and lastly another reason early DBZ rocks is because we get evil vegeta. he's bad af, killing like its nothing, solos young goku (&honestly he wouldve beaten him easily if goku's friends hadnt been there) and is just a ruthless fucking bastard. i'm so in love with him. he could snap my spine and i'd die smiling. redemption arc vegeta is cool too but saiyan/namek arc vegeta has my whole fucking heart.

UGH! i fucking love this show.

[kenobster]

7 and 10 for the opinions meme!

from the Choose Violence Ask Game, thank you for the ask!! ^_^

7. what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

Hate is such a strong word lmao, and usually canon has already gotten me to hate a character before I even witness fandom behavior (i.e. Satine - though I really only hate her in the Obitine lens; otherwise, I like her or am neutral). So I've been really racking my brain for this one lol.

If we change it to "which character began to annoy you" .... there are a few. Hunter from TBB is one. I don't get why ppl like him so much. Fandom be like "he's a hot dad!!!" and I'm just like.... Rex exists. In fact a lot of clones have started to annoy me lately bc fandom apparently thinks they're hotter than Rex, so I think this is a me problem (or maybe a Rex problem, he needs to mind his own hotness).

Another one is actually Luke. Like I am pretty neutral on almost all OT content (unless it's Vader being abused by Palpatine, that's hot). But even then, I'm super neutral on Luke. But there's constant Luke discourse on my dash. Like "Luke's character is like this, not this" or "Luke wouldn't do that, he'd do this" and I'm like who is even saying what these posts claim ppl are saying? Also, most recently, I was reading a fic where I guess Anakin forgot he had twins or something bc he acted like Luke was his only child. So idk, it's definitely been pushing me the wrong way lately.

(These are all spicy takes lmao, so everyone please understand these are my personal interests, not actual analysis or even opinions I will stand by. But also all of you are wrong if you disagree with me. ;D)

10. worst part of fanon

I have so many things to complain about that I decided to narrow this down by defining fanon... For this post, fanon will refer to any popularly held headcanon that I see in fanfic that is generally innocent/harmless and does not regularly get brought up in discourse (I have to eliminate sand ppl things, etc. or we'll be here all day and I'll make so many enemies lol.)

So with that definition, the worst fanon imo is the characterization of Obi-Wan as a master to Anakin. Things like "Obi-Wan never told Anakin he loved him" or "Obi-Wan didn't tell Anakin he loved him enough" or "Obi-Wan never helped Anakin recover from slavery bc he didn't know how to handle such complex topics" (.... yes... surely that trait is how he became a Jedi Master on the Jedi Council, mmhmm) or "Obi-Wan didn't hug Anakin" (one of my BIGGEST pet peeves oh my god, why would he not hug a child????) or literally any variation of these themes. Whether Obi-Wan hugged Anakin or told him he loved him or actually asked him about his needs/wants/past, etc. - none of those subjects have been raised in well-known canon to my knowledge? And based on how Obi-Wan talks to Anakin as an adult in canon and how Obi-Wan treats other children (i.e. Numa) in canon, I'm pretty sure he did every single one of those things while raising Anakin. I have no idea where this fanon comes from (actually I think I do but I'm too tired to whine about how Jedi aren't emotionally repressed right now, esp bc it breaks my discourse rule), but it infuriates me. Anakin had a very good life with Obi-Wan, -glares at everyone on his hellsite-, alright?

Anyway, thank you again for the ask, I very much enjoy angrily spilling tea. lmao

[breathplayed]

17, 29, 48, & 55 😁🫖

oh u GOT me got me lets go

(17) what is your favorite line you’ve ever written? babe plz this one is too hard..... there's too many...... I HAVE 920K WORDS ON AO3 AND ~50K INCOMING I DONT EVEN REMEMBER THEM ALL......... uuhhhhhhhh ok ok ill try to narrow a few down. it's all gonna be recent tho bc that's what i remember most + i have rly been indulging myself stylistically as of late lmao

for just ~pretty language~ my favorites rn are

"Jimin is almost too pretty to mar with mortal hands, but Jungkook finds desecration is half the fun when his hands slip lower" (folie à trois)

"Some floodgate inside him has broken, the last bastion of resistance crumbled, and now he’s a drowning man in the dead waters" (folie à trois)

“I love you,” he whimpers into Taehyung’s kiss like a prayer. Too devout; Taehyung’s hands and lips pause. Jimin’s own lip is already trembling, caught, so he lets the confessional spill like it’s the last Sunday he’ll ever see." (the losing game ch17)

"[Taehyung] used to dream, sometimes, after Jimin was gone, that he was holding him again, that he could crack open Jimin's ribcage and crawl inside to make a home beside his heart before they burned together." (the losing game ch5)

"Sometimes—in his darkest moments, on his worst nights—Jimin dreams about Taehyung carving over each and every one of his scars. Creating clean new edges to each of them, prying fingers in the wound to be as close as possible, rewriting their memories and meanings with a jagged, almost unbearable intimacy." (the losing game ch17)

"The graves we dig ourselves are often the deepest." (the graves we dig..... now thats a real throwback huh)

there's too much i could say for dialogue but.... i'm super fond of the hurtful conversations present!vmin have in tlg (especially ch14, i reread that a lot), ignite the stars ch5 (also reread that a lot), and also i love pretty much everything that comes out of taehyung's mouth in folie à trois lol

(29) give us a spoiler for one of your stories. answered here, but since this one could be answered multiple times i'll bite......... my queue tag ("i'm glad it was queue") is a play on one of my favorite lines in all of tlg that i have been excited about getting to for yeaaaarrrssss. no one but me knows the line yet (or how hurtful its context is) bc it's in one of the final chapters hehehe but it's "i'm glad it was you" ..... :')

(48) do you reread your own stories? the answer to this used to be a strong NO!!!! but that has actually changed in the last two years! i don't rly reread anything older (my writing style has changed so much + there's things i'd change about older fics esp <2020 so it's not an enjoyable experience to me, i'd just fret over editing it) but there's some newer fics i reread bc they are So written to my own taste. i think i really improved a lot getting to write a bunch in lockdown lol + started caring less about whether ppl liked the fic and just wrote for ✨Me✨ so several of those recent fics i'm happy with and do reread sometimes like a stupid idiot narcissus

The ones i've reread the most are "sit, stay" + "sea legs" + favorite parts of "ignite the stars" and my favorite parts of "the losing game". the other scattered pwp's since 2020 have gotten reread about twice each. and i recently reread WBIO for the first time since writing it in early 2020!!! mixed feelings on that one bc i felt like i would change some parts of it if i wrote it today but that's a sign ur growing and improving i suppose

(55) do you have any abandoned WIP’s? What made you abandon them? oh i have so fucking many 'WIPs' it's not even funny. there's probably like ~12 completely bullet point outlined medium length / longfics in my docs down to exact dialogue i'd write, and dozens more fic attempts that have a whole plot and ending. bc as soon as i come up with an idea i already immediately know how i want it to end. which gives me way too many Plot Bunnies that are viable to be turned into fics!!!!! two years ago i made a list of every idea i thought should at least see the light of day in threadfic form if not an actual fic and it came out to 30 fics lol (and that was cutting it down to the essentials)

the thing is, very few of my WIPs are ever 'abandoned' in my mind, it's more like... i put them in my mental freezer. on hold / on ice. and some of them are closer to the front and get taken out and rotated around and worked on more often, while others are shoved to the far back of the freezer as i say "i'll make that someday" and forget it exists til the next time im reminded of it. there's only a few that i'd actually toss in the trash (aka truly abandon and never work on again).

the ones that are definitely abandoned in that i know i dont Want to write them are all on the more domestic romcom side (think like 'meaner than mean' or 'i like us like this') i know people like those but they're the hardest thing for me to write, those were the most annoyed i've ever felt while writing, i would literally groan out loud working on them, i am rly only happy writing conflict/angst or pwp lol

tbh, if i were to be realistic with myself, i'd say most of these wip's are 'abandoned' in that i probably will never get around to finishing them. but i dont want to call them abandoned because i do like the plots, and think ppl would like them, and want to share them!!! i just think they would suck / not be fun to write. Maybe Someday i will do an archival effort and work on translating as many of them as i can into threadfic form so they see the light of day in some format and are no longer abandoned to rot in my docs... bc there's no way that most of them are ever going to be written the way i wish i could do them justice :') and then i can abandon them knowing that ppl at least got to read a vague outline of what could have been

fun fact: i opened the aforementioned list of all these ideas to count and on one of them, a fic i've been poking at since 2018, i have the note "finish this or die" next to it. guess i know which one i've picked atp 🪦

[avoiltaire]

been reading hanlim gym lately to match up my progress on stdygrp & i noticed sth abt the two's differences in how they treat martial art itself as a plot device/etc within the actual story..

like in HGym, its obvious that martial art plays a huge role in the story bc matchups hinge on diffwrent styles of martial arts

HG def has more varieties & interesting martial arts/styles, which makes sense bc they hv to show a new one for every new character & there are a TON, which also makes sense bc its a battle royale & tournament style comic -> needs a constant & huge cast of characters tht r different enough 2 sustain relevance 2 be included in a match..

rn im at szn 2 & they mention kichang lee/grim reaper fighting the toe martial art guy & they actually go in depth n explain the technical differences, which def makes HGym super fun 2 read esp as u learn more abt martial arts while reading

& that got me thinking, did we ever get an equal matchup between any 2 in stdygrp?? cuz it wld be hella freaking fire..

we've seen some range frm stdgrp too, off the top of my head i recall..

siwan chun - kung fu (w/ wing chun base?)

minhwan ma - gun fu/kata (interesting!! esp cuz they can bring guns into stdygrp - can't do so in HGym w/ purely hand 2 hand combat rules)

sunchul kim - tiger fist/claw (style of kung fu) (?)

yoon gamin - JKD/taekwondo hybrid base

jiwoo lee - judo base/MMA (new)

moogyun choi/hong ahsung - aikido

park gunyeob - BKB

i assume sehyun is developing a taekwondo base w/ a focus in punching.. with jun i'm actually super interested to learn how he started learning MA in the 1st place/about his base!!

more abt jun; from what we saw he doesn't rlly have a defined/fixed style but he's pretty flexible both physically (or atleast compared 2 sehyun LMAO) & actual fighting style wise. we've seen, obvi, a shitload of different kicks frm him due to his no-fists policy for a while, like axe kicks & high/roundhouses (both which require solid flexibility).

plus id think his style is less efficient but more just straight forceful? cuz we haven't seen anything like the quick low kicks of gamin's JKD coming from him (or maybe i'm js hallucinating bc its 3am & i cannot remember shit rn) okay thats the only example i can pull up rn. i cant rmb if we've seen him doing like kneeing n shit bc then id say jun only really sticks to big, powerful kicks/strikes - wearing the enemy down instead of JKD principles like fastest possible takedown. ofc hes been learning & mimicking some of gamin's moves so that wld blend a little JKD into his style. anyhoo if i had to name jun's style i wld js say definitely MMA

we've also only seen exclusively gamin with open, flat palms in his stances, specific to JKD as the rest all use closed fists/etc. interesting..

...anyway, point is, I'd love for study group to get more technical abt the martial arts themselves!! they did such a good job with sejun (sehyun & jun lol) (jun teaching him how to punch) explaining fists/punches so id love to see more of that in stdygrp, bc I've been seeing sm of it in HGym. its so good

[angeltism]

YEAH BEING ON ANON FOR A WHILE WILL BE FUN and i did stay up like a lot last night but don't worry about it im actually super used to doing that LMAO alright ALRIGHT TIME FOR THE QUESTIONS oh lord you cant add a read more in asks. uh. sorry to all aqua followers HSJSHSJHS

1- i think we share like a Lot of fandoms actually! basing this off of your extended media you know rentry btw. UHM im a huge huge fan of prsk, honkai star rail, tbhk, bsd, milgram, vocaloid, undertale/deltarune and i think that's it? i wont go into much detail about other fandoms im in because one specific interest of mine could give away the whole answer to my mystery to some of our shared mutuals JSHSHSHDH but aside from that one im also into enstars bandori and some other rhythm games! not really sure what else to add to that list honestly i forgot everything i have ever liked in my life, i also have many irls from those medias :3

2- honestly? i have been having the biggest labels crisis of my life these past few weeks so pronouns aren't something i really have the ability to specify rn, just use whatever you feel like at the moment and i will be more than happy! curious to see what your perception of my gender ends up being so i can get closer to an answer to my, uhm, current dilemma! HSJSHSHJSJSJ

3- OH UH ITS ALL VOCALOID I THINK i can't really say i have specific artists i like outside of that... maybe will wood and that's, really it. aside from just those two its all specific songs from different artists yeah. BUT IT'S DIFFERENT WITH VOCALOID BECAUSE I CAN KINDA DISCERN WHICH PRODUCERS I LISTEN TO MORE! also some utaites i listen to like a looot, one example is Ado! onto vocaloid producers my favorites ever are Syudou (producer of Usseewa!) and Van De Shop (producer of Pheles!), aside from those two i listen to like a lot more just not with that much frequency (its mostly just one specific song or songs i like from those producers. yeah)

4- i have like a gazillion but lately i have grown very attached to periwinkle blue!

5- FOR LIKE A MONTH OR SO? I HONESTLY DONT REMEMBER JSSHSJSSHJSH as for the reasons... in many ways i realized we are like extremely similar (mostly with the yearning and the love and all that yknow) and that just made me start feeling more and more attracted to you because hey! she gets almost all of the things i experience! and well here we are now

6- i can confidently say fried chicken is my favorite food in this whole wide world, as for sweet stuff im kinda. basic. yeah its chocolate HSJSHSJSHDH

- 💌 anon (honestly sometimes i get scared i might end up not pressing the anon button and then ruin the whole surprise. eek!)

LMAOOOO it's ok the mewtuals will forgive uu . they have to or else /silly j

although WOWW OMG YEAH WE DO SEEM KINDA SIMILAR ?? W taste in media and music and colors (<- loves blue . is it obvious ehe) and wowow for like a month . . . wowowowow . . . . that's honestly impressive n kinda endearing wow <3

also i'll purrobably be defaulting to they/them i suppose since idk . for me . i can't rlly assume genders esp for beings i know online ? like my brain soorta can sometimes but other times just . nope . n i can't rlly think if uu give me more masc or fem or just neu vibes . . . like loveletter anon is loveletter anon . to me . y'know . but i hope uu figure out uur identity soon , lol , i know questioning can be kinda eeeh to go through (<- started calling myself genderqueer/multigenderqueer to avoid trying to find out any specifics bc i'm just Me and i'm just Queer Of Gender and other than that idfk lol)

also fried chicken is so good . . . i can't rlly handle bone-in stuff bc of my sensory issues (icky gross for my brain) but flavor-wise it's soo good omg . i just have to like , cut/rip it off of the bone before i eat it . and chocolate is a simple but rlly good pick honestly . it's like 90% of the sweets i eat bc ice cream takes freezer space , baked goods need to actually be made , etc etc . . . ooo wait i'm curious do uu like dark , milk or white better . purrsonally i like dark n milk :3

[seiwas]

Sel😆!!! its the nonie with the young bittersweet relationship again (I find this title long and funny lol)! 

thank you for being so kind and genuine first of all🥺 I love talking about this with you!!! and for an emoji could I have a ⭐️ pls🥺🫶?

and I definitely agree about how it’s possible to be friends with an ex! like I think it is but bc of the history I can also see that it would be difficult😭 and kinda of nerve racking ngl, like that’s how I think I would feel about it, like there is a part of me that would be excited! I just think that I would also be a little scared because who knows how it would go🧍‍♀️because like we did used to be something more but I really did enjoy that friendship and our banter so idk😭🤷‍♀️ (this is obviously still very much causing me to overthink it lol🤦‍♀️). 

AND LMAO THE WAY YOUR BF STILL TEASES YOU ABOUT IT😭 like what that’s so silly goofy of him😭 I’m glad that he’s been such a good sport about it🥺 (also how does he tease you if you don’t mind me asking?? I just find it so endearing that you guys are so open and comfortable with each other to do that😭🫶) and the hiking pics!!!! that’s so cute!!! and especially with their hands around their shoulders like🥹

(also I’m so sorry if this response feels a little incoherent or as if my thoughts were flying in all kinds of directions, I feel like my brain was put in a blender by my professors today😵‍💫) 

I hope your day went well Sel!!! and that you’re week has been going great!!! btw I’m loving the iwa brainrot on here right now😆! I was taking peeks on here throughout the day and giggling like a maniac🤭

I wish you the best weekend ever and I hope you get to rest up and enjoy some time for yourself too!!!🥺🫶💖

omg nonie hello welcome back!! 🥺 that is such a long silly title!! 😭 we can change it to ⭐️ nonie!! hehe

and of course!! aah i love listening to the stories people tell me!! esp if it's smth meaningful to them 🥹 (maybe it's the psych major in me 😭)

i get what you mean!! omg i think esp if it ended amicably, it leaves room for so many more possibilities! who knows how it would go indeed 😭 i love reading exes to lovers tropes but wouldn't know how that'd go down irl tbh 😭 you can choose not to answer this bc it might be a bit touchy, but! do you think if you were given another chance, you'd want to try again w him? or if you were to be friends again, do you think you'd still have leftover feelings?

and my bf is so silly goofy pls 😭 i think i see bits of my faves in him everyday!! (looks like iwa, kirishima + yuuji in how kind and smiley he is, atsumu + gojo in how silly n playful he is 😭, he has a bit of deku in him too from how shy he can get w strangers! it's just a whole mishmash of them! 😭) but he's honestly the best! super chill and such a good sport!!

how he teases me about it omg in some pictures where i'm beside my 'ex-thing', he says rlly jokingly while waggling his eyebrows and smiling: OOOO YOU'RE KINDA CLOSE THERE HMMM; or he'd give me a look every time 'ex-thing' is brought up in convos, almost like he's saying '~~OH OH OH YOUR EX-THING!!' so like waggling eyebrows again and smiling HAHA i always roll my eyes and push him away when he does it HAHA we've been together for a long time and started out as good friends (5 years together + 2-3 as friends!) so i think we can be a bit silly like that bc we've known each other for so long 🥹

also no worries!! omg i feel like my thoughts are scattered all over the place all the time too 😭 i hope your day in uni went well nonie!! 🥹 am gonna start baking cookies rn hihi

AND!! THE IWA BRAINROT oh my god koi's really been feeding us lately w em i can't 😭😭 pls i'm glad u're enjoying it bc i'm dYING HSDBFHAS

hope your weekend is amazing as well nonie, you are so sweet!! don't forget to rest up too!! 🥹💗

[saekkas]

honestly every time you hear from me im like in like a diff anime phase lmao but i am doing good ! omg and i am so happy you're doing better i feel like ppl were just having like a rlly shitty weekend :( i even have to go to the docs to get a referral to get my blood tested bc like,,, i think im anemic LMAOOO but yeah. im gonna be so busy tmrw, docs, seminar for work, hw, and then im going out to the movies w my coworkers to see the little mermaid HAHAHAH

i helped my roommates make up after an argument too ! theyre a married couple too, so i understood pre quickly each side, and i had to explain it to the girl to why he acted that way and she realized how she fucked up without knowing it! i saw them tgtr abt an hour ago, i'm in the kitchen rn bc its pre hot and they both came out to say hi to me and she came to study with me and eat :) im super glad theyre doing better now bc bro the amount of times she almost cried in front of me hurts bc she's like an older sister :(

I ALSO TOOK THE BIGGEST FATTEST NAP LIKE I PASSED OUT AFTER EATING HAHAHAHA and i might stay up a little late today ! i'm actly tryna get back into my jjk grind and at least update a chapter, bc ive been getting lots of notifs on wtp for the series im like well, since it's receiving lots of good feedback might as well right?

AAAAAAAAAA i have a saying: the more anime men you have in your life, the better !! (except if and when they die a gruesome death cough).

wait so have you gotten the results yet? if you are anemic, it'd be best to eat a lot of vit b + c, and also don't forget to drink up !! and i'm glad you played love guru and they're all better !! honestly couple fights are the worst, esp if it's a close friend

and most importantly i'm sorry i'm responding so late sdihskds idk what time it is where you're at but !!! i hope yesterday (?) was nice to you since it was pretty busy and i hope you got a lot of rest hehe AND WAIT HOW WAS THE MOVIE DID YOU ENJOY ITTT?

also hoping today the world gives you a lot of kisses and hugs mwah mwah have a lovely day koca <333

[applejongho]

secret santa here again :) i also wonder if you already know me 🤔 guess we'll have to wait until later this month to find out huhuhu

thank you for answering my first round of q's, i really enjoyed reading your story of you came to bias jongho 🥰 confidence really is so attractive and i think that's also one of the reasons i bias our captain joong <3

definitely taking notes about you liking spooky things 📝👀 black cat nero was also one of my first introductions to ateez and i'm still obsessed with her, very glad we got a studio version :)

now for the next round of questions:

what are some aesthetics you enjoy?

do you have any atz merch? any that you would want?

what's your favorite thing about making gifs?

hope you have a good day!

hi santa! sorry for answering a little late lolol I had exams to do but now im free and am on winter break!

I do wonder if I know u 👀 I have a suspicion for someone but also ik a lot of joong stans, so. funny enough I also bias joong for confidence reasons but jongho is the Main Dude

Also super glad to see u are a black cat nero enjoyer, I Love the vibes of it. It's Very Good.

but now for your Q’s!

1) I love all spooky aesthetics lol. anything to do with the supernatural, esp vampires, I eat up. I also love bikers (leather jackets, motorcycle, causing problems, I dress like one a lot bc I love them a lot!) and rockstars (like, being crazy on stage, loving music, playing electric guitar, the rock on 🤘 hand gesture. another reason why I loved guerrilla so much). anything that basically says “fuck the government” or “fuck society im gonna be who I want to be” is Good Shit. I love also murder (but not in like, a serial killer way???? every time I say that im like pls dont think im insane 😭😭) and darker stuff and dark fantasy. actually I have a writing account and I write basically everything I said, it’s @bikerjongho in case u wanna snoop through my masterlist. the themes of what I write are a good indicator of my aesthetics. I just think death/dying is very compelling! it’s so unknown but everyone will go through it and I think that’s fascinating. anyway im derailing the question so let’s move on

2) I have SO MUCH merch lmao. I have probably about 10ish albums, a lot of their photobooks, a lightiny from going to see atz Newark d1, and way too many jongho photo cards (like,,, 100+. it’s an issue). here’s a photo of all of them! I take pride in them haha. jongho is just a cool dude

3) and I love this q anon, u have such good questions! I take pride in my coloring so I think that’s also my favorite thing to do for gifs. for example I did this series where I made ateez in different aus and made gifs that matched the aus. the coloring was insane to do but I think they all turned out amazingly! here they are if u are curious!

hope u have a good day too anon!!!!

[fiyaerrigan]

for @ascreamintothevoid-blog, who replied "Re your au op…I’m listening " wrt "LET ME RAMBLE ABOUT MY KNIGHT!PETER WIZARD!ELIZABETH and FAE!NEAL AU LMAO"

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oHHHH boy so at the time of writing that response I was way more hyped up on the memory of that AU but after looking at the doc I'm a little overwhelmed at the sheer amount of planning I put into it bc (as I mentioned) it's been a while since I've dipped my toes into WC? I'll do my best to summarize lmao

(apparently i cANNOT do this when i look at the doc bc i psych myself out of thinking clearly so im doing this off the top of my head!!!! apologies, esp re: any "this was like this in canon WC right???" stuff im getting wrong).

Anyways, here we go:

🏰 GENERAL

For starters everyone's a lot younger than they are in the show? Like, Neal's a preteen and Peter and El are in their late teens, I think? This takes place in a kingdom and El (and technically Peter) live in farms outside the main city walls, but pretty much everyone else lives inside them? There's a thriving art community in the city bc 1. Canon ref and 2. I get to use my BFA be a nerd about art things for once

♞ KNIGHT!PETER

Peter? Obvi he's a medieval cop bc i don't make the rules 🤷 and I'm a sucker for cool suits of armor and knight!Peter on a horse, lol. 🏇Jones is his Squire iirc.

🧙 WIZARD!ELIZABETH

Ok so Elizabeth??? A la her dad being a psych(aitrist?), she's a mind wizard! 🧠 "She's an event planner in canon tho!!!" you say!!! Correct. However. She's SOOOOO good with people. She knows how to work them SO well. Hence. Mind wizard!!! Following in her dad's footsteps.

🧚FAE!NEAL

Fae!Neal! Small Baby. Has lived in the Fae Realm up until the start of the fic and escapes to the human realm via an arch-shaped gateway bc my mind is a hellscape operating solely off St. Louis puns, apparently. I had this paragraph I'm proud of where I describe how fucken COOL he looks as a fae but long story short? Since canon!Neal is a con artist, imitating everyone around him but rarely showing bits of his inner self? Mirror eyes🪞

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And that's about it??? This whole thing didn't have a set plot, but I was VIBING off the worldbuilding of it all, even if I'm super vague about it here, lol. Hope this was an okay response!

Peter Burke?

re: this

First impression

oh god. im such an ASSHOLE for saying this but like. I think my initial impression of him (knowing that WC was like, a crime investigation show) was, like, oh boy. Another deuteragonist who benefits from the extant power structure in a story whos like. not gonna understand any struggles the less privileged characters face.

Impression now

He's just! He's just some dude!!! He's stupid! I still think the above part is true but ALSO I have seen him and developed an attachment to him the same way one would a food they love but are deathly allergic to. I cannot let him go. I refuse to.

Favorite moment

hmmmm it's been SO long since i've watched WC outside of gifsets but based on memory alone, the scenes where he's playing off Neal. OH WAIT. Not to be a basic bitch but that whole mustache bit!!! that was *chef's kiss* incredible. OH. and that shit with El's dad??? Prime content

Idea for a story

LET ME RAMBLE ABOUT MY KNIGHT!PETER WIZARD!ELIZABETH and FAE!NEAL AU LMAO

Unpopular opinion

Maybe see "first impression"? Like i feel bad knowing that he is some people's Fandom Beloved lmao but I cannot 100 percent back Peter up on everything he does, personally. lol

Favorite relationship

Peter and El make me believe in true love OKAY BYEEEE lmao

Favorite headcanon

Uhhh shit. I think uhhh. I don't think I have any. It's been so loNG *sob emoji*

[fmdyujinarchive]

fmdmeme002 — compilation.

1. what is your goal for this year/next year?

it’s a fairly common question that yujin’s been getting a lot since 2020 started. her goal hasn’t changed much, and she’s pretty sure her korean fans are all aware of it at this point. “more korean promotions! as a group and not just me. we really appreciate all the love we get from all around the world, but i think some domestic promotions as a group would be nice. maybe also two comebacks in a year?” she eyes her manager who’s hovering over her and giggles in hopes to ease the tension, sending off the fan with a wave.

2. what song would you want to sing to or play for someone you like?

“do you like someone?” yujin’s teasing the fan in front of her because it’s one of their pre-debut fans, someone she’s seen around. “from the way the question is phrased, i’m guessing it’s someone you like but you aren’t really with. am i right?” the fan nods, and yujin can’t help but laugh. she finds the whole situation cute, and she’s happy her fan finds her comfortable enough to confide in her. “how about bolbbalgan4′s some? it can work as a sort of confession song!”

3. what’s your favorite scent?

”i’m a big fan of flowery scents! i think a lot of my perfumes are sort of rosy smelling. but you know what’s really nice? the smell of laundry that’s just been folded. or maybe that’s just the smell of detergent? i pick our detergent so that makes sense, right?” 

4. if you spent one day with a fan, where would you go and what would you do?

”i have always wanted to go on an amusement park date with our fans! wouldn’t that be so much fun! i absolutely love roller coasters, and all the attractions that an amusement park has. the parades that they do for special occasions! even the expensive food! it would be absolutely marvelous, don’t you think so?” 

5. what new concept do you want to try showing fans?

yujin liked to think that element was quite diverse with their concept despite popular belief. sure, some of their songs had similar vibes behind them, but they weren’t exactly the same concept. “as element? i think another suit and tie concept would be nice. we never got to perform don’t recall which i think was the closest we had to that concept so going back to that would be nice.” 

6. which girl group do you like the most recently?

”everybody knows i love aria sunbae-nim a lot!” she clapped her hands together at the thought of her favorite seniors. “lost n found was so amazing and so was wag-zak! i had the best time performing mr. chu back at our gold star nation concert. i’ll practice a few of their songs again and try to upload them for our aether!” 

7. which boy group do you like the most recently?

now here was the trick question. she had it a little easier than other girl groups because of her own male members. people didn’t seem to find her a threat for some reason. it was odd, but it meant that she could be more expressive with such questions. “it’s not because they’re from the same company, but origin sunbae-nim are all so talented, and they’re breaking records! i think that’s really admirable.” 

8. what soloist do you like the most recently?

”our very own @fmdjoosung​! nobody else competes with sung oppa,” she commented. when the fans gave her a few thumbs down, stating how that was a boring answer, she huffed and crossed her arms across her chest. “what do you mean boring? sung oppa is my favorite soloist and always will be. or at least until @fmdsohyun​ makes a solo debut.” 

9. what song have you been listening to a lot that you would recommend to fans?

”it’s weird, but i’ve been listening to songs that i practiced as a trainee again! there’s so many, but for some reason i’ve had lipstick sunbae-nim’s heart attack stuck in my head! so that’s something i’ve been listening to a lot. you all probably know the song because it was so popular, but i recommend you go back and listen to it again! watch the music video too!” 

10. what is your most used app?

she looks down at the sticky note, and its choices. it’s filled with the typical: instagram, kakaotalk, melon, twitter or other. yujin does update instagram a lot, but she’s not sure if it’s her most used application. she ignores the sticky note at first, making conversation with the fan instead, but when it’s time for her to move along, she finally makes her decision. there’s a circle around kakaotalk by the time she’s moved onto the next member. 

11. what should someone do to win your heart?

”sing me a love song!” yujin laughs while leaning over to grab the fan’s hand. “i’m kidding. that’s a little cheesy, but i don’t think i’d mind it?” she sits on the question for a while. “just be truthful and express all your love! that’s more than enough for me!” 

12. what do you want for your next birthday?

she knows that what she answers is most likely what she’ll be getting. however, she didn’t really want fans spending money on her for her birthday. “just lots of love! and hugs! and maybe some kisses from my members!” she laughs before waving off the fan and greeting the next one.

13. what do you consider to be your most charming feature/trait?

”don’t i have a pretty smile?” as if to prove her point, yujin puts on the biggest smile she can manage. it’s the first part of her face that she could think of that she doesn’t even consider personality traits. “i’ve also heard that i’m fun to be around. i think that counts as a trait?” 

14. what is your favorite flavor of ice cream?

yujin’s a simple girl. she pretty much likes any flavor and will take anything. “i like chocolate and vanilla swirled together! is there a name for that flavor?” her burrows come together in curiosity, but the fan doesn’t seem to know it either. “anyway, i think there might be, but yeah, that’s my favorite flavor!” 

15. how should i ask out the person i like?

”just be straight up about it!” terrible advice, but there wasn’t all that much time. plus, it’s not like a high school student had any other options. “tell them you like them! ask them to a movie or maybe to a snack date. get ddeokbokki and maybe patbingsu even though it’s a little cold. that’s a cute date idea!” 

16. what’s the secret behind your good looks?

the question immediately makes her laugh. it’s cheesy questions like these that make her ecstatic for fan signs. she wonders how fans come up with such questions. “love yourself!” she said also writing it down on the page that she was signing. “you know what they say? your inner beauty shines through all the time. so stay true to yourself.” 

17. what do you think of fans of the same gender as you?

yujin adored all her fans. however, she thinks the female ones are a little more special. they seem to be more expressive with their love in ways that make her happy. male fans usually screamed to show their love, but female fans would send her long messages or letters. they’d make sure to ask about yujin’s well being first. “i adore them. they truly make me smile all the time.” 

18. what is the most recent thing that made you happy?

she had just finished wrapping up filming for school 2017, and that was definitely a happy experience. but she thinks it sounds too personal. too non-element related. but it’s not like she had anything element-related to tell her fans. “we had really good chicago pizza when we went to chicago! it was delicious!” 

19. what is your happiness level these days on a scale from 0 to 100?

yujin realizes that questions like this can be misinterpreted. she could give a high number, and they’d accuse her of being fake. if she gives a realistic number, then her fans would worry. so she scribbles down 99, and then writes a +1 whenever i see you! that seems like a cute enough answer that won’t worry anyone.

20. can you give some inspiring words for someone going through a hard time?

yujin wishes she could have the right words to say. she’s good at comforting people through physical touch: hugs, back rubs, things like that. but she never seems to have the right words to say. what would be inspiring for yujin when she was going through a hard time? looking down at the note, she writes down: always stay true to yourself. even if this doesn’t work out, at least you tried, and you fought. that’s what matters. 

21. what words of advice would you give to someone studying for their college exam?

yujin never took the exam. she graduated high school, and then that afternoon she went straight back to practicing. she doesn’t even remember doing too well in school. it was good enough if she showed up. “just remember that you’re smarter than you think you are! you’re going to do great, and all your hard work is going to pay off. i believe in you.” 

22. give yourself a percent ranking from 0 to 100 in the following categories: cute, cool, and sexy.

at first, she doesn’t see the note because she’s too busy talking to her fan. when her attention is brought to it, she tilts her head to the side. “i think i’m definitely a 100 in cool,” she jokes. she writes down 90 for cute, 60 for cool and then 80 for sexy. element’s concepts were always pretty strong and sexy, and she thinks she does her part pretty well. 

23. what place do you want to travel to the most?

element’s been to a lot of places around the world already, and so yujin can’t seem to think of a place. “singapore? we’ve been there before, but we didn’t get to travel! i remember it being a beautiful country though, and i’d love to go back! you know, actually explore the place a little more.” 

24. what language would you like to learn?

”i feel bad whenever changyu oppa has to translate for me so definitely english! but i’m already trying! it’s just hard.” she pouts because truthfully, she has stopped trying. learning languages was difficult, and she could speak a decent amount of japanese. that was easier to learn than english. it was the pronunciation that always got her fumbled up. 

25. what is the first thing you think of when someone mentions your fans?

”how supportive they are! how much love they always send to us! how they’re always anticipating our new music. oh i could go on and on!” she truly could. yujin’s love for their fans was one of the most genuine feelings she ever felt. 

26. what is your favorite movie/book you’ve seen/read recently?

yujin hadn’t read in forever. she’s picked up a few essay books, but she couldn’t find one interesting enough to finish. a lot of books were supposed to be about self loving or teaching yourself life lessons. she thought those were boring, and not something you could learn from a book. “to all the boys i’ve loved before! it was so cute and really cheesy, but still cute. it was a high school romance movie so it just had to be cheesy.” 

27. what are your recent wishes?

she’s not sure how truthful she could be. her biggest wish is for all the individual recognition that she’s been getting to go onto element. she didn’t want to lose her group, but she feels like at this pace, group promotions may continue to be pushed back. that’s the last thing she needed. “for everybody to be healthy! and safe. and happy.” she states all while writing it down on the heart-shaped sticky note the fan has provided. 

28. what are the requirements for your ideal type?

”it’s changyu oppa, of course!” it’s a running joke within the fandom. whenever someone asks for her ideal type, she’s answered her own group member. it was a safe answer, and everybody always took it as a joke, and yujin liked it that way. “don’t tell sung oppa though. he might sulk again!” 

29. what job would you want if you weren’t an idol?

yujin’s one of those people who can’t imagine her life as a non-idol. this is what she was born to do. “i’m not sure. i think i could make a good kindergarten teacher though, what do you think?” the fan nods, and she thinks it’s a good answer for something that just popped into her head. “i can’t imagine myself as anyone other than element’s yujin though.” 

30. what is a hobby you’d like to pick up?

“i think i’d like to try snowboarding! i’m so used to water sports, but i don’t think i’ve ever gone snowboarding before. it looks like a lot of fun! i think i’d fall on my butt a lot, but that’s all part of the learning process! maybe i’ll try it when we have some time off.” 

[illuminiscentboba]

HQ CHARAS DURING RAMADAN AS MUSLIMS !!

feat: shoyo, kiyoko, nishinoya, tanaka, kageyama, sugawara & smaller hcs with kuroo & kenma & omi & motoya

a/n: thought it might be fun to do some hcs on things hq charas would do if they were Muslim & I included meanings to words so that nonmuslims could understand things too :)) they’re all fun and chaotic and I’m glad to contribute to the moderately dead tag “Muslim hcs”

HINATA gets hungry quick into the day but is very determined and tries to hide it, even after his stomach grumbles in class sometimes 💀- he's also super eager to get rewards (improve himself) and keeps a pocket-sized Kitab (Quran) on him and reads it on his breaks and whenever he can. he gets so soft when people wish him "Ramadan Mubarak!" (teary-eyed, genuinely touched) & argues with people who question another person's faith.

KIYOKO would highkey keep a tisbah/tusbah on her and reciting dhikr under her breath as she does classwork/lunch or independent work one of those really pretty ones (a pic of it the pics above with the beads) & she has a prayer mat that she keeps in the storage room in the gym so she can pray before practice, i feel like no one would even notice that she's fasting until days into Ramadan where they're going home and Daichi offers her some meatbuns and she goes "Oh, I'm fasting." but take it home to break her fast with later. her henna always looks amazing every year and she does it herself with a henna stencil at home, though when yachi and her became friends, yachi comes over and they do it together.

SUGAWARA says dhikr before serving like a quick “subhanallah, alhamdulkilah, or astaghfirallh,” and celebrates when he does a good toss/serve after saying it. Suga also tells those scary jinn stories and terrify the rest of karasuno w them LMAOO Suga who can also read people like a book and asks the team to say wallah when he thinks their lying (this has caught noya & tanaka a few times ngl) can't hide anything from suga & he watches those eating channels/mukbang videos

  Naurrr bc I feel like NOYA would b so heartbroken to find out that the brand of jellybeans he was eating acc had gelatin and is haram and feel like a fake muslim and tanaka would comfort him like “Issok at least u said bismillah” 😭😭 but also ask for forgiveness w him and for noya bc he is kind like that- oh and noya is someone I think would be like admired by youngsters for keeping up with prayers, getting good deeds, etc. and he always pushes himself to do more prayers every Ramadan for Tarawih and can actually do a lot without breaking a sweat. Noya is also an early bird and so I can see him vid calling the others to tell them to wake up,,,more than an hour before the eating period ends 💀

I feel like TANAKA sometimes makes late-night prayers for everyone in his life like esp after those movies where he’s hooked and his fav chara dies and he wonders what would happen if his besties die and then starts praying for the entire world tho pretends to b asleep when saeko checks on him

  KAGEYAMA would also be really eager to get in good deeds and competes with hinata about it LMAO, I also feel like kags would b more ahead of Hinata in the Quran and would be glowing when daichi asks him to lead the prayer (hinata is so jealous but turns the jealousy into determination so that he’ll get asked to lead the prayer too 🥺✨) He tries to hold back on going off on Hinata when he messes up during Ramadan and its the funniest thing ever, imagine him trying his best to hold it and hina does one more dumb thing and the man collapses- I feel like hina is so smug too, waiting for him to get bullied but just wait until eid. hinatas days are numbered. oh and sometimes he forgets he’s fasting and buys a milk carton & then gives it to an intimidated first year who is afraid of this tall, looming figure offering them milk-

I’m convinced that KUROO and KENMA'S moms get their sons to drop off some iftar food (food to break their fast with when the fast ends) at each other’s houses often and that suhoor/sehri kenma (basically early morning Kenma) is not to be messed with, Kenma is either half asleep or pondering murder with little to no in-between

  MOTOYA and OMI being mosque besties and also regulars. omi would highkey be anxious sitting by himself and off to the side, looking super awkward until he sees motoya who plops beside him & chats animatedly catching up with him and all even tho he saw him just a few days ago. Motoya is a social butterfly and all the other kids know him and even some parents.

I have more w mattsun, oiks & a few others, would y’all b interested in a part 2? 💛

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thoughts on hotch often on first name basis with (ie. close to) female colleagues

not that they call him Aaron (that's David Rossi exclusive lol) but he calls them by first name.

Katie Cole. It's very obvious they've worked together quite a few times, not clear if she was part of BSU. Interestingly, by all accounts Katie should know Gideon better, but she & hotch seemed much closer. (maybe that's just Gideon being Gideon.)

Cici Hillenbrand the prosecutor. They seemed very amicable, the trust & confidence in each other were deep. Cici let him sit at the prosecution's table during trial, in reality that doesn't happen. She also ran her argument by him, plus asking him out for a drink at the end? Maybe she's got a crush on him, who wouldn't tho?

Natalie Colfax the FBI agent. When they worked again in LA, Aaron went straight to her and said, “congratulations, Natalie.” It's obvious they kept in touch and Aaron thinks highly of her. Also suspiciously friendly given none of others showed any similar friendliness.

Andi Swan. the BAU worked w/ Andi before, but not often. Morgan knew her but that's it, but Aaron knew her well enough to give a comment about how she & the missing undercover agent shared the same trait.

Kate Joyner. This goes w/o saying ig.

Lily Lambert. Not sure if it counts bc Lily explicitly asked ppl to call her Lily. They ARE very close, which makes me wonder if she was in the late 90s BSU/BAU team.

He really gets along w/ female colleagues especially comparing to male ones. He's never called Reid Spencer, rarely calls Morgan Derek, even w/ Sam Cooper he stuck to Cooper, he wasn't as friendly with the detective from Lila Archer case when they met again, and he threatens Axelrod everytime they meet lmao.

Part of it is bc he doesn't fare well w/ other alpha males, and law enforcement is an extremely macho environment. And guys don't usually like showing affection, so he approaches guys differently.

Another is I think he tends to be extra soft with women and NOT in a condescending way. He offers emotional support which is patient, honest and quiet, like a skilled therapist. He makes people fee safe, esp women in an ultra macho environment. In a way he becomes feminine. Nothing is above or below him, there's always emotional response from him. If you want to call him at 10pm to rant about how your fav show is cancelled? You bet he's gonna be there for you.

(I'm not saying he doesn't give emotional support to male friends, but he understands guy like Morgan doesn't want to be coated by him, so he'll show his support some other way.)

Moreover, I think he needs that feminine presence in his life and himself. He doesn't want to be a super macho guy bc vulnerability, compassion and empathy is important. This job will eat him up if he lets it, so he has to find a way to maintain those qualities we so often attribute to femininity. He values those qualities in his female friends/colleagues, and he keeps them close to remind himself of that (and sometimes to remind THEM of that, see JJ&Garcia&Em).

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Hello! I just wanted to say that your writing for Bastion is really really good actually (I assume that one orphaned account is you on ao3?). It's just-- so engaging and has sm different topics and themes and the way you write each character is chef's kiss (esp when you portray Zulf as a sad pathetic man haha). I think I even commented on one of them, but I don't remember what I said exactly, so maybe not the best idea to search for it haha-- I remember distinctly the lack of good comments on your works, and It's just so sad to see honestly. Idk if you will write anything again, and it's fine if you won't!! Just wanted to leave my two cents here, since I don't see a lot of appreciation for Bastion fics. Anyway, just wanted to say thank you for carrying this fandom on your back for so long, bc It's pretty hard to find content for people like me who are 10 years late to it 😭 And your blog gives me life, so, yes, hope you have a nice day!

(sorry if this is a bit incomprehensible im sleepy oop)

omg.... thank you *so* much for this kind nessage. it's like just such a delight and i really appreciate it. i've just loved my time in the Bastion fandom and creating stuff for it. i doooo have something i wrote from a few months ago... perhaps i'll fix it up a little. i wasnt super thrilled with it but i'm sure i can make it at least a little better. also yes i am the orphaned account lmao. it was 3 am and i thought "i'm going to be a teacher i'll have to delete this anyway" and then i dropped out of grad school.

but anyway thanks again for the message, it's always so sweet to get things like this.