#[an’ I owe some replies—]

[blossoms-phan]

phil reposting a tiktok is killing me smsjdjdjhsjd their immediate social media presence when they’re apart from each other is so Loud

[coollyinterferes]

The unmistakable sound of footsteps approaching begins to fill the air. Whoever is coming seems to have brought some company along…

They are getting closer… and closer… and closer…

…and closer…

……until..................

"Goooooood evenin'!!" Comes the loud greeting from a certain blond man. A big smile on his face and all.

"We beg your pardon for our prolonged absence. It was completely beyond our control..." Then adds the gentleman standing by his side, apologizing on behalf of both, offering a genuine smile along with the apology.

"...BUT! We're back!" And hopefully for good this time…

[sickfreaksirkay]

finally texted people back who i ghosted for 4 months and i didn’t throw up (did get close though) who’s proud of me

[cursivebloodlines]

MUSE: Finley 'Finn' Lowe | Test muse - lead singer of some boyband whose name I've yet to think of. They quickly shot up to fame after being part of some reality talent show (think of 1D style lmao or something similar - I'm figuring things out still!) and it's gotten to his head a lil. Feel free to humble him, he needs knocking down a peg or two.

OPEN TO: M/F/NB | Mutuals and Non-Mutuals

PLOT/CONNECTION: Probably self-explanatory but also plenty of possible options! Your muse and Finn have been fooling around a little, maybe casually dating? It could be a secret thing given his fame, or not. Either way, wires are crossed: your muse has caught feelings, wants more from Finley and is questioning the state of their relationship. idk! Anything works!

@indiestarter | Open Starters Tag

Despite the smile painted on his lips, there was a flicker of confusion in Finn's eyes as he leaned against the wall. "What do you mean?" The question left his mouth among some form of...noise (for lack of a better word) that resembled something akin to a laugh or scoff. Maybe both. To say he was caught off guard was an understatement in itself, the words tumbling from his lips with ease, despite the perplexity hiding him, somewhere deep down. "This isn't..." Awkwardly ruffling his hair, he gestured between the two of them. "We're just having fun, aren't we? You know how it is."

[bisexualmcqueen]

Ok listen, I know you literally just posted about McQueen's parents, but I am already so obsessed with them and would love to know more about them!! 💙

ok so this has been sitting in my askbox since JULY (CRAZY??) and ive been thinking about it ever since. thank you for bearing with me<3 quite frankly i needed to reacquaint myself a bit longer with cars/my cars ocs after a 4 year long break!! lightning is about 43 now in 2024, which means i have 4 decades of his story to mentally keep track of (simply the flavor of autism i have). i bounce all over like a laserbeam in a hall of mirrors.

alright. oliver and donna time. blanket warning for varied implied child abuse/neglect. [background info this ask is referencing!!] ***

the very basic core of these characters is looking at lightning mcqueen and wondering how the hell he wound up all fucked up the way he did. hes got all the issues (he thinks hes sooo normal but there are so many things going on that arent right). so i invented a couple of fucked up guys to fuck him up (mildly to moderate) in his formative years.

oliver is the main culprit here. oliver mcqueen. yes- one of the core aspects of this character is "Two Of Them". what if there was Another mcqueen. imagine a second mcqueen man (dear god). he had a dad somewhere along the line. and what a guy, oh i'm sadly a bit obsessed with oliver. hes like if lightning mcqueen was Worse. hes a boomer from the boston metro area and he thinks he's cool as shit like bernie madoff doing investing fraud, trying to get rich. he thinks hes the wolf of wall street of texas. his head is completely up his own ass and hes a mean little idiot worm. hes supposed to be raising monty but all hes taught him is 'every man for himself' and how to close the door quietly. that and other things.

they live in the dallas metro area together from about 1988-1999. oli does not want to raise this kid, so he sort of just throws food and tires at him occasionally. monty spends a lot of time outside, raising hell (where'd you learn to fly like that, city boy?). typical racecar behaviors. (his teachers find him impossible to deal with often as well).

not to say that oliver is some irredeemable evil freak- hes funny, hes charming, hes a bit of a badass, hes sort of a hot pathetic mess in a funny way. he does pass on some decent traits to his son, gives him good advice occasionally. he's crazy, but he works in an office, so most of his schemes are social and criminal. i recently made an AU where he's a racer, so hoping to post more about that as i develop. (a successful oliver is much more frightening than one distracted by failure!)

this has oliver and monty vibes, oddly enough:

don't be fooled- oliver could never hold a candle to the heart of logan wolverine. oliver is a republican and he hates women (he loves women /derogatory). oliver sucks enough that lightning straightup considers doc to be his actual dad. next! ***

ah, donna. origin of abandonment issues, ring ring!

she's less developed than oliver because she exits stage left pretty early on in the story, but we still love her (or hate her, up to interpretation!) i actually recently gave her a full name even: Donna Ann SteelDust. yep, steeldust as in the mythical foundational sire of the American Quarter Horse breed. partly because texas, partly because i love horses, and partly because in the 1950's there lived a pair of quarter horses who were father and son named Doc and Lightning. and they were racing quarter horses to boot! oh, and partly because the mother of lightning mcqueen deservedly needs a badass name.

donna has monty at about age 20, with a godless charmer from faraway boston, out of wedlock, in a small community somewhere towards western texas in the early 80's. oliver is fresh out of uni and a couple years older. donna is a waitress at the local eatery. girl, your taste in men is abysmal. you can NOT fix him. traveler meet-cute gone wrong...

hes miserable enough of a partner that he is ultimately what drives donna to leave. gone in the wind one day when monty is about six. she met someone new. someone who she thinks is kinder.

she puts the tv to RSN every sunday. she likes watching races- radio when theres no tv. when monty becomes obsessed, she gets him a little strip weathers figurine when shes out of town one day that he manages to hold onto til his teen years. they sit in front of the tv and watch together, and have popcorn made on the stovetop. when lightning recalls his mother, this is the first place his mind goes.

she didnt want a kid (as in unplanned). she didnt consciously try to be a good parent (neither did oliver). but she was sweet. well, sometimes, when she wasnt being a hot mess and stirring up drama.

originally, i was going to have her die before lightning became famous. oliver was going to also be dead by now (2024). but ive got some new ideas- oliver is in prison, donna is in denial about her famous son and festering with guilt. she does not reach out to him. (latter idea from Non).

to boil them down further: donna believes in love, oliver believes in money. they go about it the wrong way. they make mistakes. (part of lightning's obsession with money is in unconscious spite of his father- he wants to prove a point, that he was doing it all wrong, he can do better, he can Win ['i'll show him!']. consciously, lightning's money worries are about his own longevity. there is no lightning mcqueen parts factory: hes some sort of rare 1 of 1 anomaly. unconsciously again: death [mortality, time lost, being forgotten] frightens him. out loud, he says wrecking does. he does not connect any of these dots fully.)

a looottt of this is in flux, these characters still need significant development. but its a story about loneliness, about escaping the cycle, about finding your wings. this is not lightning's family, this isnt where he lands. he doesnt have christmas at ma's. you cant go home again- there's no one there for you and there never was. cps doesnt save you. you find yourself.

mostly this all comes from my fascination with lightning's mysterious origin. and frustration with it. what do you mean the only in-film lore we get is "i've been dreaming about it my whole life!" and "glen elen- my first win!". all his convoluted emotional shielding (for a minute there). he jumps at loud sounds and thinks someone is shooting at him. his natural jackass behavior even after he is 'reformed.' his clearly ignored mental health concerns. he drives me insane forreal. lightning mcqueen i will dissect you and put your parts spread out on a clean workbench you bitch. i will label and graph you in 4D space. im putting you in the bee centrifuge.

gonna cap this off with a recent sketch of donna. turns out corvettes are IMPOSSIBLE to draw, send help. more info about this timeperiod/my ocs are filed under the "origin fic era" and "my ocs" tags on this blog (mostly barren at this time though. will add more.). excited to refine these characters even more as time goes on!

thank you again for the ask!

[likeorpheus]

oh god finals week(s) kicking my ass. but I will be here working on things in between other tasks.

[doomxdriven]

The whole 'vampires need permission to enter a home' thing does apply to Bount but its not at all as black and white as the legends make it out to be.

Bount don't necessarily need permission to enter a home, they can technically barge into any home they please, but there are caveats to this, caveats which are collectively known among Bount as the Intruder's Curse, or Fluch des Eindringlings;

1. By entering someones home without explicit permission from its owner, a Bount loses the ability to hide their Spiritual Power/Pressure for as long as they are trespassing within the boundaries of said home. When this happens, a Bount's existence, location, and the scope of their power, are essentially broadcast to EVERYONE in the general area who can detect Spiritual Power or Spiritual Pressure, and that can be troublesome for a number of reasons.

2. Entering someones home without explicit permission will result in a Bount not being able to access the abilities of their Doll for as long as they are trespassing-- their Doll will effectively lose contact with them, and that can be a major detriment if trouble comes their way (of which there is a heightened chance since they will be on the metaphorical radar of every High-spec individual in their general area on account of #1).

3. Trespassing in someones home will manifest great physical discomfort within a Bount-- the exact location of this discomfort will vary between individuals, but the most common discomforts are splitting headaches, intense chest pain, dizziness, and nausea. Older Bount or Bount of sufficient power can deal with these discomforts easier than their less fortunate brethren, but these discomforts will still pose an issue for any Bount-- making it harder for them to concentrate or move, which will compound the possible problems they may face.

4. Any benefits a Bount would normally receive from devouring Souls is drastically reduced while they are within the boundaries of a home they were not invited into. More than that, it becomes very difficult for a Bount who is trespassing to actually devour a Soul-- its very likely it will slip away from them, and be claimed by the cycle of rebirth instead.

Because of these detriments that can befall a Bount, they will usually avoid entering someones home if they are not invited in or given permission to be there-- they can enter if they really want to, there's nothing that will physically stop them, but such a scenario is usually far more hassle than it's worth.

It should also be noted that these caveats, this 'curse', only applies specifically to a Bount entering someones home (be it a house, an apartment, a hotel room, etc etc) without permission, it doesn't require them to seek permission to enter every building or enclosed space they happen upon (that would be silly).

Continued: How or why this phenomena occurs, however, is a bit of a mystery. What exactly enforces this stipulation and then 'curse' (if its ignored) upon Bount isn't definitively known to them or their Dolls, but there are many theories.

In olden times, Quincy thought this phenomena was a form of holy protection that was dealt out by their 'God', to keep their homes and their Souls safe in the event Bount happened upon them in the middle of the night. This idea was eventually watered down and passed into common Human lore with many of the other myths associated with the 'Vampire', that Bount were responsible for.

Jin, on the other hand, believes this 'curse' is something that was woven into the Souls of Bount back when they were still fledgling experiments in the Soul Society's clutches, but this is more of a hunch-- even for all he knows about the Soul Society and the history of the Bount, he has no proof on this.

But, regardless of why it happens, it is a very real phenomena, and one Bount must keep in mind when hunting for Souls at night, or otherwise seeking to enter someone's dwelling for some reason.

[ickybby]

open to: anyone

plot/connections: fawn's a streamer who amassed a large online presence shortly after her first semester of college. she's a virgin who discovers how lucrative it is to start posting on camsites like 0nlyfans while doing raunchier things like dressing in provocative cosplays and stripping when she loses or doing playthroughs while using toys. just girly things <3 she's mid-livestream when y/m walks in on her. connections could be a family member like a sibling or stepfather (her mother can remarry for the plot idc) or maybe a stalker as unhinged as she is? idk bro go crazy go stupid

character: fawn is the baby of a family heavily involved in a cult. her mother took fawn and her younger siblings and ran off to a sleepy suburban town after she felt her children were in danger, severely traumatizing the older kids who can remember where they came from and the people they were forced to leave behind. a family tragedy unearths her family's fucked background, leaving fawn reeling from the loss of her sibling, as well as lashing out in impulsive and reckless ways to avoid dealing with the fallout of her grief and her family's deception.

the gusset of the vibrating panties snug against her slick slit emits a low hum that can't be picked up on the mic's audio, not yet anyway. fawn exhales a white-blue cloud of smoke after she inhales a hit from the joint lit between her fingers, giving the camera a dazzling smile as she watches the view count increase. notification after notification pours in as people tip in droves. "is this the best you guys can do? i can still speak clearly. never mind PLAYING the match. don't forget, whoever tips $100 or more gets to change the intensity." she calls in a sing-song voice, too wrapped up in the enthralling thrill of putting on such a lewd show for paying strangers on the internet to notice her cracked bedroom door growing as another person peeks in. fawn's too caught up in watching a particular notification popup, indicating someone tipped her a generous $250. "thank you! looks like someone wants to see things get interesting." as promised, she uses the app on her phone to turn the vibrator up once, then twice for good measure. the obscenely short skirt allows the camera to pick up her covered mound with ease, her legs propped open against the armrests of the plush computer chair. with the intensity increasing, her underwear becomes more and more translucent as her arousal soaks through the fabric. "mmhh, god. okay, l-lets get this match started." her bravado falters, the pulsating sensation against her clit distracting her from the sillier tasks at hand. she's pausing to read the chat as she waits for the loading screen to change when she reads the comments pouring in about the person watching behind her petite frame. fawn spins around in her chair almost like a comedic villain in the saturday cartoons, her heart racing with a gross mixture of fear and anxiety flooding into the pit of her stomach. "what are you doing, you fucking creep?"

[queenlua]

are there any Final Fantasy 16 enjoyers among my followers here? how we feelin about Final Fantasy 16, gang?

i ask because, ngl, i am cringing pretty hard at how excessively/on-the-nose-ly/tediously the game keeps driving home the "[Fantasy] Slavery Is Bad" theme. i understand is kind of ridiculous of me, given i've written many hundreds of thousands of words of fanfiction about The Other Video Game With A Cringey Fantasy-Slavery Theme, like, surely i'd be inured against this kind of cringe by now, but, hmmm. at least fire emblem por/rd didn't have 18 different sidequests all hitting the EXACT SAME "you help someone and they call you a bunch of slurs" beats over and over, yaknow

anyway! i'm hoping the game eventually assumes i got the message on Slavery Is Bad and moves on to explore other themes, i'm VERY interested in learning more about Cid's whole deal, but who knows

also i've only seen like 0.8 seconds of Dion so far which seems improbable given how much fanart i've seen of the gentleman. hope we see more of him at some point

[lunaetis]

[ tfw you just found out you missed so many of your partners' replies / tagged things bc tumblr's notif had been a butt. ]

[quietlyblooms]

self care is making all the little verses you want for your character bc it'll make you happy <3 even if your character might be miserable themself asdf

[heartintact]

hey <3 i had to go to the office today (even when i wasn’t supposed to!) and it was exhausting and my eyes are red from staring at the fucking screen so… no writing today, i’m sorry </3 i know i owe some starters and i love everything we have planned, don’t think i’m disappearing, i’m not!!

[moistcl1tikal-ao3]

i can definitely see you as a homestuck i can smell it through your writing. you seem like a stridercest type of gal

thanks it's true

i fucking love stridercest i grew up in the brodave trenches and as ive grown i just cannot stop loving alpha stridercest

i typically write for alpha dave against any other strilonde actually (a!dave with either roxy or beta rose being such a big like, not a guilty pleasure but such a big thing for me) but you can't go wrong with guardiancest or whatever. yeah .

idk if i could get recognized as a former homestuck by anyone but someone else who knows tm so . i see you .

[corvuscorona]

Finished a good chunk of chapter 3 this morning so in 🥳 celebration 🥳 here's a bunch of my terrible notes from the parts of it that AREN'T done yet. I feel like it's important that everyone has the chance to see how stupid all of my thoughts start out (very)

[furby-organist]

> "Can I say something controversial?"

[candiedstrwb]

finally settled for today so heart this for a lyric starter & i'll come to you for muse(s) !!!