#[edit to add: if you know where the fandom I'm seeking is and it's on reddit

[the-real-couchrat]

Post ending / rescue AU / recovering Curly is everything to me, so I’m making a list of other people’s posts that feature him. (The links will connect to a reblog of them in case anything ever happens to the original post)

If anyone ever see’s posts like these ones, PLEASE tag me in a reblog!! All posts are welcome, not just art!

Please note that I don’t decide what to add to this list based on shipping, opinions on the metaphors in the game, the accuracy of burn scars, the morality of Curly, or anything else that causes discourse in the fandom. I just add any posts that I come across that include Curly recovering from his injuries in any way. Prosthetics, wheelchair, wig, crutches, It just needs to have him in better shape than when he first got injured.

No NSFW

(Also this post is edited to add new ones when I find them)

Rehabilitated Curly

Party with no Jimmy

Stand around in medbay party (Idk if this counts, but he has prosthetics so I'm saying it does)

Happy abortion!

Post-ending speculation (text)

20 years later (I AM NOT WORTHY TO LOOK UPON THIS WITH MY MERE MORTAL EYES)

ANYA’S GRADUATION DAY

Post ending

Rescue/Recovery AU

My own post! (text)

Aftermath Curly

Good ending

Best way to approach captain’s disability?

A little sketch

They care

“I wouldn’t want to frighten her”

Anya doesn’t quite overdose

They’re safe

Guys rate my fanart

WWI face prosthetics

Less fucked up Curly AU

Fix-it type AU

Silly recovering time

Curly got some gifts for his b-day

Imagine Curly survived (twitter)

Curly with a service dog

I’m not a dog and you’re not a mare

Drawing the dentalcare crew (does this count?)

The quality will not be questioned

Fix-it AU

Want to make Curly some cool new mechanical hands so he can strangle Jimmy

One can dream

He’s got a wig now

Happy ending where they all survive (devianart)

It hurt my heart (twitter)

God forbid I get sick (translated?)

This might be controversial but… (text)

Let’s get you out of the house!

Cyberpunk AU

Cartoons with breakfast

Old-school surgeries (text)

Post-ending fic prompt (text)

Post-rescue AU curlyana

Post-rescue curlyana part two

Why is this goddamn white boy so hard to draw?

Captain stop infodumping the baby

Maybe never forgive

Draw Captain Curly having a prosthetic limb

Curly from Mouthwashing (good ending)

This is how I imagine Curly post OP

whats the worse fate, whatd be better for the tulpar crew

Wip

🐈

Mouthwashing AU (Reddit)

Curly if he survives (Reddit)

My own art

I’ll give him smoochies, prosthetics, and skin grafts

Art dump time✨

Hoppin on da trendin train

The crew built curly a mechanical hand

How to give Captain Curly a voice (idk if this technically counts, but it’s a disability aid so I will)

Doodle of the Tulpar crew post-rescue!

New hyperfixation just dropped

Hi Tumblr. Funny seeing you here

Another rehabilitated Curly

Who up washing they mouth rn

Don’t use the dog buttons (text)

Haunted part one and two

Prosthetics

AU were someone saves them

Mouthwashing doodles

A New Ladder-Reader x Curly (I’ll add the original art videos when I can) (also I didnt read it. if someone did read it, please let me know if it’s SFW)

I know he always have his headphones on

More rehabilitated Curly✨

You guys like this right

Anya, what’s it like working as a medic on a spaceship?

This is how we can still get the good ending

“I’m sorry Anya”

More cringe mouthwashing art be upon thee

Curly’s happy (and recovering) ending

Writing an AU of mouthwashing where the crew survives

Most people seem to be giving him prosthetics…

Doing a bit of study

2

Ladonb Kokosa (TikTok account, LOTS of great videos )

Giving the mouthwashing characters what they deserve (TikTok)

Zest for life

How I think the Tulpar crew would make YT videos

Some recovered Curly art

Edit: I am no longer seeking out these posts, and new ones will only be added if I’m tagged or such

[otrtbs]

saw a post recently describing the marauder’s era fandom as ‘the worst mass delusion since the dancing plague’ and i was wondering what u think of all that? i don’t think we give jkr more traction which is what the post accused us of so i was just wondering your take is. i saw so many ppl agree with it and i was so confused (i realise u prob won’t answer this publicly but i’m too scared to ask off anon and i’m sorry for polluting ur ask box with this sort of negativity) love ahb! it changed my life

hi!! you caught me at a time when i had my computer handy so we're gonna have a little chat. you are NOT polluting my inbox and i think that these are important conversations to be had, so i'm gonna do my best to articulate my thoughts under the cut <3

i haven't seen the post so i can't really get into the thick of what that person was saying, but based on the context you've provided me here, i do wanna hit a few points.

i definitely grapple with the fact that my participation in this fandom can/could/and does lead to more traction (increased relevance/visibility/revenue) for jkr inadvertently. i think that the very nature of being in this fandom, in whatever capacity, but especially for me as a fic writer, means that i cannot sever myself entirely from her views and actions and act as if i am operating in a sphere completely free from her influence and traction.

i can make my stance clear. i can denounce jkr and her views, i can take actions to counteract the harmful rhetoric and real violence she seeks to enact on the trans and other marginalized communities. i can use the power of my dollar to ensure that she never sees a single cent from me. not from merch sales, or theme park visits, or new book editions, or lego sets.

but, at the end of the day, i can't agree with the sentiment that "we don't give jkr more traction" because we do. and i see it happening all the time. people in the marauders fandom still go to the studios, still buy official merch, still give her money. and the part where i struggle a lot....is in the way that fics and fic reading has become more promotional in content w the rise of tiktok fandom spaces. which, inevitably, may (and does) encourage people who once liked harry potter to re-enter the fandom in a new capacity. and i can't control what they do and how they spend their money and where they go etc. all i can do is make my stance clear, and put my money where my mouth is.

but i am always aware of it. that i have a harry potter fic out there and it's an easy read and an au so not hard to get behind if you're new to the fandom. i'm not out here recruiting people into this space, but sometimes, with tweets and tiktok posts that anyone can view, i know that it happens. and if someone stumbles across my fic and gets into the marauders and decides to watch the marauders reboot??? that's not something i can control. but it IS something i think about. a lot. all the little ways that being in this fandom can lead to more jkr traction.

i would love to be like "no! fuck jkr and i wash my hands of it,,, i'm not giving her traction." but i think that would be disingenuous and superficial. just because *I* am not giving her money doesn't mean that the collective *we* aren't. because *we* are. and my fics may help that along in minute but unignorable ways. i do my best to mitigate and counteract the potential harm, i'm starting to add notes in my fics and on my navigation asking ppl to keep comments/thoughts/opinions in my tumblr ask box and ao3 comments only and off twt/tiktok/ect but i also cannot confidently say that my presence in fandom doesn't provide jkr any traction. i was talking to a friend abt similar topics a while ago (s/o rae) and they were like "in an ideal world harry potter fandom would be like a closed practice and die out eventually" and yeah. exactly. but as it stands today, it's not a closed practice, and i think it's important to be mindful always of the impact you're creating. i don't think most if any of us here sit down to "promote" harry potter or the marauders but obviously, with the reboot that's happening, there is some influence happening there.

i love writing in this space, i love writing in this fandom. i love this little corner of the internet that we've carved out, i love the friends i've made in it. the stories that are being created in this space are kinder and more diverse and more reflective than the source material, and the fandom has brought me and many others a lot of really great experiences. but that contradiction (i reject jkr and her politics but i still create fics/art/videos rooted in her works ... or even if you eschew canon and work strictly in au's you're using her characters from the original text) is always there. and there are always going to be ties back to her. and i don't think it negates the value of the stories we're telling, but i also don't think it's something we can just ignore and pretend to be be innocent/ignorant of either.

okay this was so long and rambly but those are my thoughts. i think the topic is messy to grapple w for me <- girl who is horrendous at being articulate but hopefully this lays it out somewhat?? <3 kk love you never feel bad abt sending me asks like this beloved <33

[vinbitism]

Emh fans when they're asked to stop sexualizing Evan Jennings and his characters because it makes him and his wife uncomfortable:

hope y'all are so happy with yourself for going against his wishes and being fucking freaks to him. You're all why he's barely online anymore. you cannot behave and you cannot be normal and you all have ruined what could be a very fun fandom.

Everyone in this fandom sees Evan as a piece of meat basically, you all only care about his character because Evan is a good looking guy. I mean!! let's be real here!!! let me quiz you on the lore!!! let me see just how fucking much you know about ALL the characters. let me see how much you ACTUALLY give a shit. Because all any of you do is post about how attractive you find Evan/habit and it's honestly so annoying.

I'm not saying you can't compliment him??? or appreciate his looks?? but drawing him in sexually compromising positions, writing in great detail about what you want him to do to you (PUBLICLY. no one gives a SHIT what you fucking do in private.) Or you're fucking mixing up habit and Evan, and just acting like you know his story when CLEARLY the most of you have watched habit compilations on YouTube and NOTHING else.

You cannot even convince me otherwise because I deal with people coming in my comments all the time asking about BASIC INFORMATION. like IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE PRINCETON TAPES ????? WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT THE FUCK????? YOU NEED THAT FOR THE SERIES. YOU CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND HALF THE THINGS WITHOUT IT???????

This isn't saying you can't write fanfiction or shit like that this is JUST SAYING BE RESPECTFUL?????? these slenderverse actors ARE NOT A LIST CELEBRITIES. they're not like fucking Oscar Isaac or whoever people are obsessed with right now. THEY'RE NOT FAMOUS. THIS IS NICHE. THIS IS NOT POPULAR MEDIA 😭😭😭😭

Emh literally made NO money from their series, they didn't create it to gain anything like that. they created something fun and NOW YOU ALL ARE THE REASON THEY HAVE NO PART IN THIS FANDOM ANYMORE.

you robbed them of being able to love their creation and I hope you're all happy about that honestly because it seems like this fandom is only gonna get worse in this area. and I'm deeply disappointed.

edit: I would like to add one thing, Vincent caffarello had to deal with situations of extreme sexualization as well, and his got to the point to where he had to leave. Vinnie used to be very involved with the fandom, he even used to read fanfic which he had to stop doing because people would be writing characters to SEXUALLY ASSAULT HIM or others and he just couldn't continue to read things like that. He delt with minors sending him explicit photos and messages and that's literally all kinds of FUCKED UP. He did NOT want to be involved with that stuff.

It's like when Evan had someone impersonate him to try to get with minors. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT OBJECTS FOR YOU TO SEEK OUT PLEASURE WITH. THEY ARE PEOPLE.

they are HUMAN.

if they were women?? would you be doing this as much??? or would you realize how messed up it really is.

[starlight-bread-blog]

Why I No Longer Ship Zvtara

Warning: This is a very anti zvtara & pro kataang post. This is your chance to leave.

As some of you may know, I am (or rather was), a Zvtara shipper. But lately I've been shying away from the ship. A lot of the arguments I used to believe in, for me, don't hold water anymore. And given how vocal I was about shipping Zvtara, I feel like I owe you an explanation. In this post I will go through common pro Zvtara & anti kataang arguments and unpack why I can no longer support them in good faith. (I will kinda burn through them though, it's just that feel like I owe you this).

"Zvko and Katara's character arcs & characters are parallels"

This is interesting because I wrote an essay on this very subject, and I still stand by everything I said in the essay, but only as a platonic reading of it. See, A:TLA is full of parallels and symbolism. Zuko also has parallels with Aang, Katara has parallels with Azula, etc. In a show like this, the parallels between Zuko and Katara don't carry enough weight to justify some specialness. They have a great, incredibly well written relationship, but in my opinion, the extent of it can remain platonic without standing out.

"Tui and La represent Zvtara"

Tui and La are The Ocean and the Moon spirits and very explicitly represent Yin and Yang. I can't see Yin and Yang as Zutara for two reasons:

1) Yin is the moon, feminine and shade. The moon & feminine, that's Katara. But Yin is characterized by dark, wetness, cold, passivity, disintegration etc). Katara might have an edge, but she is not dark. Not to mention passive. And disintegration seems like the opposite of a waterbender. Katara fundamentally is not a Yin.

2) Yin and Yang is a dynamic. A self perpetuating dynamic of two opposites creating and controlling each other. Katara and Zuko never created each other. While you can argue that they control each other by being "capturing the avatar" vs "protecting the avatar", the only time this conflict of interest ever turned into a dynamic was in the north pole, and by then Zuko would go on a season long journey far away from Katara.

"Making Zvtara canon would be thematically cohesive"

I also wrote an essay on this subject, and just like my other essay, I still stand by a platonic reading of it. I even went back and edited it to make that reading more prominent. The thematic cohesion is already achieved through their platonic bond. In any show, naturally the relationships between characters are going to reflect the themes, that's just how writing works. It doesn't mean the relationship should be romantic. They already have a thematically cohesive relationship, making it a romantic one doesn't add anything.

"Aang idealizes Katara"

For context, there are some instances where Aang is dismissing Katara's anger. For example, in The Chase:

Toph: You're blaming me for this?

Katara tosses aside her sleeping bag and gestures with her hands, challenging Toph to move closer. Aang jumps in between the two.

Aang[Desperately.]: No! No, she's not blaming you.

Katara[Angrily.]: No, I'm blaming her!

Rather these instances reflect of idealization, or merely of Aang's peace seeking nature that's trying to de escalate the situation, is up to interpretation. I choose to interpret them as the latter, because of The Southern Raiders.

Katara: We're going to find the man who took my mother from me.

Sokka pauses and stands up, surprised.

Zuko: Sokka told me the story of what happened. I know who did it and I know how to find him.

Aang: Um ... and what exactly do you think this will accomplish?

A really common talking point in the Zvtara fandom is that Aang just assumes that Katara is going to murder her mother's killer, instead of simply confronting him. Either way, he knows\thinks she's talking about murder. If he'd idealized her, he'd make a different assumption.

"Kataang harms Aang's character arc"

This is referring to the dilemma presented to Aang in The Guru. He had to let go of his attachment to Katara in order to master the Avatar State. The assumption is that his chakra was blocked, therefore he didn't let go. I disagree. We see him open his seventh chakra right before Azula shoots lightning at him.

One might argue that nothing changed about Aang's relationship to Katara, so the dilemma rings hollow. But something did change, Aang was romantically braver than he was before. He got more confident. Compare his flirting from The Headbend (b3) to The Fortuneteller (b1). It's night and day. And if you ask me, this is the natural consequence of feeling less attached.

Furthermore, when he explains to the GAang why he couldn't master the Avatar State, he cites Azula's lightning as the reason:

Toph: So, what's your strategy for taking him down? Gonna get your glow on and hit him with a little Avatar State action? Aang: I can't. When Azula shot me with lightning, my seventh chakra was locked, cutting off my connection to all the cosmic energy in the universe.

He couldn't master the Avatar State because of Azula's lightning, not because of his attachment to Katara. (I heard some people say this was confirmed that Aang was still attached, but I'm a big believer in Death of the Author so I don't really care if it's true).

"Kataang was one sided"

The general consensus in the Zvtara fandom is that Kataang is framed from Aang's perspective, and while the show teases us about Katara's feelings to create a "will they get together or won't they" tension. But can all of these hints really be contextualized that way? Some can, others, not so much. For example, Katara is show to be jealous of Aang in The Headbend when he dances with On Ji, and when they dance she gives him a loving look; in The Cave of Two Lovers, Katara smiles when she suggested they should kiss, and she blushes at the end of the episode. All of these moments cannot be swept under the rug in favor of a reveal that Katara didn't love Aang.

"Katara passing herself as Aang's mom is maternal"

I never really understood this argument, if I'm being completely honest. For two reasons:

1) In Howl's Moving Castle, Sophie works as Howl assistant and falls in love with him, but she's cursed, looking like an old lady. There's a scene where she too has to pretend to be his mom, and it turns into her realizing her feelings towards him. She becomes young again, a girl Howl's age. It's a beautiful confession, while pretending to be his mom. No one criticized that, becuase pretending to be someone's mom for the sake of a mission isn't maternal.

2) Sokka is also there. I don't think it's controversial to say Sokka isn't at all a parental figure to Aang. That's because the point of this joke isn't that Katara actually is motherly towards Aang, it's that they aren't actually similar to [Aang]'s supposed parents and this entire situaton is very silly. The implication behind this joke isn't that Katara is maternal towards Aang, but that she isn't.

SO! That's all I'm covering. Now, I hope I can put this subject to rest and discuss the many other great aspects of A:TLA.

[nekoannie-chan]

Summer kisses

Title: Summer Kisses

Fandom: Marvel, Captain America.

Ship: Pre-serum!Steve Rogers X 40’s!Reader.

Word count: 229 words.

Square: 2 “Neck kisses”.

Rating: Teen.

Summary: You and Steve are shy.

Major Tags: Neck kisses, someone interrupts.

Additional tags: My entry for the @fandom-free-bingo Book Night Edition.

Links: Wattpad, Ao3, Spanish version.

@saiyanprincessswanie

My native language is Spanish, so I wanna improve my writing skills in English. Please let me know if you notice any mistakes, and I will correct them.

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Summer 1940, Brooklyn

Steve looked at you shyly, often averting his gaze when his eyes met yours.

You both walked, talking little but occasionally exchanging glances. You watched Steve out of the corner of your eye, noticing how he rubbed his hands together as if looking for something to say but not daring.

“I like walking around here,” you said, trying to break the silence, glancing at the stores. “It's so quiet.”

You kept walking until, finally, you came to Steve's apartment. Steve moved closer to you, his eyes looking at your lips and then back to your eyes. Before he could say anything else, you reached up and gently touched his face. The brush of your fingers on his skin made you both stand still for a moment.

The next movement was slow, almost imperceptible, but at the end, Steve moved closer and kissed you, then continued and deposited a kiss on your neck, just below your jaw.

The brush of his lips on your skin sent a shiver through your body. Steve pulled away a little, seeking your gaze to make sure everything was okay.

“I'm sorry... I don't know if that was...” he started to say, but you interrupted him, touching his lips with a finger.

“No, Steve,” you whispered, ”it's okay.”

They continued kissing until someone knocked on the door…  As always, Bucky would come to interrupt them.

[caprisunisgud]

Hello Tumblr :D (for the 3rd time now)

Who am I? Great question, here's what I can describe:

My name is Capri, write it down, you'll be hearing of it a lot.

I participate in many fandoms, purely digital though, I've yet to get a j*b. A few of the big ones are Dark Souls 1 (bit of a love-hate relationship there (fucking Blighttown)), Sonic the Hedgehog, Kasane Teto and Hatsune Miku, I guess I'm still into Helldivers 2, Subnautica, and Genshin Impact. I've been drifting away from Genshin recently, though. Turns out I don't like gambling.

All I'll say about how I look is that I'm a tall mf, 6ft, have long ass dirty blonde hair, am pale asf, and am underweight.

In terms of disorders, I've got enough to fit in. Autism, ADHD I'm pretty sure are the only diagnosed ones, but I might have OCD. The autism is high-functioning, so some people can't quite tell.

LG TV? Absolutely! Pansexual (might say I'm bi, they have a cooler flag), non-binary questioning, going by he/they for now 'til I make up my mind.

Any more personal info I'm willing to disclose? Eh, not much. I got a puppy, lil' mini golden doodle named Penny, and two cats named Jinx and Woo. Jinx is black and chill, Woo is white/grey and loud, doesn't like strangers. They both little shits tho :) /aff. I'm 16 years old, February is my birth month but I won't say what day (privacy and all that). I am very lonely and want a partner, but don't approach me with that intention, this is Tumblr, not to mention I'm a minor so...

*Edit here, wanted to add some DNIs for anyone checking out my blog:

Pedophiles (kill yourselves)

Zoophiles (seek rehabilitation)

Therians (not actively against, just weirded out by)

Probably most furries (y'all are horny and I DO NOT need that)

Young people, under 15 (I post some, stuff, occasionally, and I don't want you to end up like me)

I have some rather radical thoughts, them being that the highest evil there is is tainting the purity and innocence of children, both men and women have issues that are intertwined and are equally important, "people" who use Christianity as an excuse for doing monstrous shit shouldn't be called Christians, and we should eat the Cheeto Man like the Dutch did back in 1672 (could be interpreted as literal or metaphorical (in Minecraft)).

(Probably should've put this in the queer section but whatever) My tastes are very refined and diverse, including a wide range of body types. To make a little something to elaborate; A little pudge is nice, good for cuddles. I imagine that muscles feel really nice (I've never felt them before). Tall? Hell Yeah. Taller than me? HELL YEAH, although it is rather rare, seeing as I'm 6 foot. I'm not sure if I like beards or not, but I like mine.

In short, I like pretty much anyone as long as they can make me feel safe and loved :)

*Edit 2, didn't know where else to add this, but, Femboy activist. I appreciate you for more than just your bodies 🫡

Background? Hmm... Well, for starters, my blood is 100% European. Not even kidding. I'm about 65-75% German and that area, 15-20% Baltic area, and a lil' bit of Welsh sprinkled in. My mother's side are descendants of the Volga Valley Germans, who apparently fled Germany shortly after or before WW1 to live peacefully in the Volga river valley and made a deal with the Russian Empire saying that they didn't have to fight for them. After the Russian Empire went back on this, my ancestors packed up and moved to America instead.

I'm a bit lacking when it comes to parasocial relationships, unfortunately (mutuals). I've got a few, yes, @vanillaveil, @cartoonmadness2230, @spashadow, and @emptiest--sink (that last one being my bestie <3), but I would like more. If you'd like to become a mutual of mine (for some strange reason), you can ask me just about anything and I'll try to engage with you! Do be warned though, I'm a yapper and I love talking about the lore of the novel universe I'm drafting. Also, I make gay jokes. A lot of them. Be warned.

[mercurial-chuckles]

Hey there, thanks for putting together this lovely September Fest of Smut!

Sooo, how about Steve Rogers x scientist!Avenger!Reader and the prompt of "8) oops, we were just hiding in this closet, but then the close proximity get us too turned on not to fuck"?

Maybe they're on a mission? Or maybe they're just playing hide and seek in a silly party? Maybe they're avoiding the press (ohh that could add a fun layer of 'Oh my god we definitely shouldn't do this here but I can't wait')?

Could be an established relationship or a 'Idiots in Love / Mutual Pining' kind of situation, where... confessions are made and feelings are executed on?

Please no dark!Steve, if you do end up writing this. Very protective and slightly feral is more than welcome though.

No worries if this doesn't inspire you - in that case, let me know and I might take a swing at it myself! I hope you have a lovely autumn and thanks again for organizing a fun fandom activity!

(I'm also planning on writing a fic for the fest, it's in the draft stages!)

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Pairing: Steve Rogers x Reader

Word Count: 2.2k

A/N: This is my second entry to Smutty September Fest, and this fic is inspired by @stellar-solar-flare. Thanks for the amazing ask, Stella! I hope I did justice to your juicy request. Fair warning, I recently started dwelling in the realms of Smut writing, and it's safe to say, I am getting there! :D Eagerly looking forward to know your thots thoughts on this, love! Also, I'm super psyched to read your entry ;)

Warnings: Mature Content, Minors DNI. Smut, Fluffiest smut, Steve short-circuiting reader's head because he is hot AF. Sweet Steve, quickie, consent is freaking everything, 'tis just smut my dear hoes, some curse words. Lemme know if I miss anything.

GIF credits to the creators. Thank you :)

Unedited. Will edit as soon as I can.

Note: Do not Steal, Copy or Plagiarize any part of my work!

Check out my other works: Masterlist

Wanna peek more into their relation? Read Dear, Disparate Husband

Indulge Away!

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You run down the stairs into the basement, hurriedly making as little noise as possible. The basement is cozy yet rustic, with exposed brick walls and wooden beams that give it a warm, old-fashioned charm. Your gaze settles on the massive antique wardrobe—your Nana's—made of dark, polished wood with intricate carvings on its doors. It is in the corner of the room, tall enough for someone to easily step inside, with deep shelves and hanging space for coats and dresses. It holds the scent of aged wood and faint traces of lavender from the sachets your Nana used to keep there.

You make a beeline for the wardrobe, thinking you've found the perfect hiding spot, stepping inside with a giggle, but you squeak. "Shh…," you heard the raspy chuckle, "It's just me," Steve says, and you turn around, shocked.

Through the light sifting through the intricate patterns of the double doors, you find Steve already wedged inside, his broad shoulders barely fitting between the shelves, looking ethereal.

"You're in my spot, Captain," you narrow your eyes at him. His broad shoulders completely cover your form as he crouches a little, and Steve's right side is cast in a beautiful glow from the warm light outside the wardrobe.

Fucking handsome little shit!

He leans forward, one large arm wrapping around the small of your back as he pulls you completely close, his hard, muscular body engulfing you in his warmth. He rubs your side, tickling you.

"Really?" Steve teases, smirking as he shifts to make just a sliver of space.

"I don't see your name written anywhere." He pushes your hair over your shoulder, rubbing your throat with his fingers; you teetered unsteadily, holding onto his chest. You clear your throat, getting your bearings right, and scoff at him exasperatedly. How dare he? You have ancestral rights to this wardrobe. You are about to say the same thing to him when a realization dawns upon you.

"That's where you're wrong." You state, prying out of his hold, and he reluctantly lets you. You crawl to the side, squeezing beside him as you pull out your phone to light up the narrow space.

"Actually," you say, pushing the coats onto one side and climbing onto the sturdy shelf. Steve was immediately behind you, holding your sides and firmly supporting you. "What are you doing?" Steve whispers, confused, but you ignore him and you aim the flashlight at the top back panel of the wardrobe, searching around. There it was, faint but still visible, your childhood scrawl etched into the wood. "See? Right there. I wrote it when I was six."

Steve leans his entire body onto your back to get a better view, and you feel yourself lean into him involuntarily. He squints his eyes a little and snickers, his deep voice rasping with amusement, tingling you as he nuzzles his slightly grown stubble onto your neck. You sigh in delight at his ministrations, letting out a small moan.

He places a small kiss before slowly turning you around, and you flail in his arms, but he carefully sits you on the shelf, facing him. You can see that stupid grin when he gets a one up on you adorn his face as he licks his lips, biting the bottom one, enticing you to pull it free, and placing both his hands beside you, leaning forward. He is inches away from your face, and your breath hitches.

"That's not your name," he says confidently. Despite feeling your belly tighten and the temptation to kiss him overpower you, you hold your ground. "It is so."

Steve shakes his head, moving close to your ear; he places a kiss right underneath and whispers, "Doll, you spelled it wrong."

"What? No, I didn't!" You retort.

"Pretty sure you did," he says, placing a small kiss on your cheek, his breath warm against your skin as he leans beyond your shoulder to inspect it. His smirk widens, and despite the playful bickering, the closeness between you starts to shift the mood.

You push him away slightly as you turn around to focus the light on the scribbling. Oh, he's right! It was not like you knew how to spell your own name when you were busy playing in the family closet that your cousins called the Narnia Closet as a kid.

"Well, I was five," you mutter defensively, realizing your mistake but refusing to admit it fully. Steve's teasing gaze softens, and his hand gently grips your waist; his other moves to your face, thumb brushing over the underside of your jaw in a way that sends shivers down your spine.

He chuckles, nodding at you as he lifts your chin and rubs his thumb on your lips. Your lips part in anticipation. He holds your gaze, and you look into his light blue eyes, which are illuminated by the flashlight.

"Besides," Steve whispers, placing a kiss on your nose. He pulls your chin upwards with a slight pressure, his fingers still caressing your chin. His lips ghost yours, tempting you; a sliver of heat settles in your core. "You are mine. So, if this wardrobe is yours, it is mine too," his words tickle as you lean up slightly, "Right, Mrs. Rogers?" he asks, and you nod like a bobblehead.

Steve can make you agree to anything, literally anything. He was the reason you were hiding in the closet, too. After the excruciating hours at work and a new coalition project with Dr. Banner and Dr. Cho, things had been busy. Steve went into Captain mode, adamant about you needing rest before getting all burnt out, and you agreed. So, the long weekend turned out to be an impromptu get-together with all your friends and their families joining you.

Tony cornered you, sharing the idea of a project he's been up to, and pestered you to take up responsibilities on the new project. One thing led to another, and you both got into the zone, discussing the possibilities. Steve had waltzed into the discussion, handing you a drink and coaxing Tony to take up barbecuing duties with Sam and Clint, successfully separating you both. The kids were having a blast and demanded everyone to play hide and seek. Steve and you, ever ready to entertain them, agreed to play with them while the other hung outside. That was how you found yourself in your husband's arms, delectably pressed to his muscular body in the surprisingly spacious wardrobe.

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Steve leans forward, pulling your hair slightly, his own lips parted as he licks them once before kissing you senselessly. He breaks the kiss, and you whine, pathetically pulling him back. Steve shushes you, and that's when your sense of hearing comes back, and you are acutely aware of the door to the basement opening, and the stairs creak slowly. "Careful, sweetheart," you hear Scott's voice come from the hallway upstairs as he keeps a watchful eye over your five-year-old daughter.

Sarah shushes Scott dramatically and loudly. Steve was about to laugh, but you shake your head, turning the flashlight off. You both can look at your daughter through the tiny gaps, thanks to the patterns on the door. She squints her eyes as she combs through the room, the tiny bathroom, and even underneath the stairs. She stands in the middle of the room, her eyes crinkling just like her father, as she puts her arms on her hips, making you almost giggle.

"Dada…Ma…you there?" she asks sweetly, making you coo at how adorable she looks. You bite on your cheek, holding from making any sound, and you know the way Steve's shoulders slouch; he was ready to make a noise, wanting to be caught and let her win, but he doesn't make a move when she starts talking.

"Don't worry, I will not catch you, dada. You can tell me," She convinces, and you roll your eyes playfully as Steve winks at you, feeling like he's on top of the mountain. As much as she loves you, Sarah Winnifred Rogers was very much a daddy's girl.

"I will catch the others first," she continues to convince him, still looking around. She did try the wardrobe, but the doorknob was a little beyond reach. So, she moves away, and you both lean closer to see what she is up to.

She started dragging the wooden stool from beside the small settee, and your heart thuds, worried she'd fall. Steve turned the knob, creaking the door open slightly. A sudden laughter resounds in the hallway upstairs, and she gets distracted, giggling excitedly as she slowly climbs up the stairs. Your heart sighs in relief as she carefully reaches the top step of the carpeted stairs, and Scott shuts the door to the basement.

"She is trouble just like you," he sighs, taking a few deep breaths as he shuts the wardrobe. Steve's protective instincts shoot up to the next level when it comes to your daughter, and you don't blame him. She is adventurous, wild and a free spirit, just like you and her dad.

"Thought you would give away our spot, Daddy," you whisper innocently.

"I was going to, Mama," he rasps. However, there was a shift in his demeanor.

He chuckles darkly, pulling you impossibly closer to the edge of the shelf, and you hold onto his shoulders tightly, his muscles clench under your touch. He doesn't give you any warning before pulling you into another kiss, tongue and teeth; he devours you. He taps your legs, and you obey, winding them around his back. He rubs his bulging hard-on right against your clothed pussy, and you cry in delight.

"Quiet, gotta be quick," Steve groans as he rolls his hips deliciously into you, nipping your ear and lips, biting your jaw, and within a few thrusts, you are climbing into an orgasm.

"Steve," you whimpered as you felt his delicious onslaught of thrusts. "My needy darling," he grunts.

"Glad you brought snacks," he rasps, pinches your clit, "wanna fucking eat you out in this ancestral wardrobe," he says inappropriately, squeezing your tit and making your breath hitch. You hit him on his bicep, taken aback, to which he snorts, "Don't worry, I'll only fuck you… for now," he pushes down his boxers and jeans, and when he claws at your denim shorts, ready to tear them down, you swat his hands.

"Careful," you giggle, helping him out as you pull your shorts down without any damage, and he runs his fingers down your drenched panties, pushing them aside and cupping you.

"My sweetest girl," he whispers softly, so reverently, unlike his dominating touch. He moves his hand away to grab his leaking cock. He brings it close to your drenched heat, rubbing his cock deliciously up and down, giving you enough friction as he collects your wetness and slowly thrusts inside your heat, and you gasp at the sudden intrusion. The discomfort soon fades into pleasure as Steve sets a quick pace, huffing as he winds his large arm around your back and holds the side of your tit in his palm, squeezing the flesh. You groan louder than you intended. "Shhh," he mutters as he wraps his other palm around your throat, and you cry, looking at him with that innocent look that makes him feral every fucking time.

Steve abruptly stops. He pulls out of you, and you both hiss, and you cry in disbelief. He lets out a hoarse chuckle as he stands you down on your feet, holding you steady as your knees buckle unceremoniously. "Hands there," he demands, catching both your wrists in one of his palms and placing it on the side panel. He then motions you to arch your back as he holds your hip with the other. While slightly angling his knees, he quickly enters you from behind.

"Yes," you cry, your breath hitching at the new angle. You could feel everything in this angle.

"Nghh," he grunts, biting down on your shoulder as he thrusts into you deeply, with much more vigor, and your breath hitches as you feel another orgasm tumbling over you, teetering to the edge of pleasureful torture.

"Squeezing me so tight, my good girl," he groans into your hair. Steve glides his fingers from your wrists slowly to your throat, leaving a hot trail in his path, and his touch burns every bit of the skin he hovered over, leaving goosebumps. His thumb rubs sensuously on the side of your neck as he grips your throat with the utmost gentleness, and your eyes roll as you feel the pleasure right there.

"Let go, cum for me," he orders, angling you a little more and hitting the spot he knows will make your toes curl, and you do, biting onto your lip as you cry in pleasure, squeezing him. He lets out a low growl. "Ahhh…fuck, I love you," he cries out, almost pushing you into the side of the wardrobe, and you move your hand to hold the side of his face; his jaw clenches under your palm as you rub his cheek softly while your other hand finds purchase in his hair; his hips stutter as his thrusts become more sporadic before you feel the warmth filling you.

As you come down from your high, he softly carries you to the bathroom nearby and cleans you up. You were fucked out, completely and half aware as you listened to your husband coo, 'I love you's and how he loves to ruin you.

Steve Rogers was a closeted bad boy, indeed!

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[crooked-wasteland]

It's still bad character design and anyone can tell you that. The fundamentals are lost and the body types are identical leading to they all have identical personalities.

Variety is necessary when you are seeking for your characters to differentiate from each other. In Klaus, the titular character is designed big and blocky as a way of making him imposing, but it also says how stable and stubborn of a character he is. It's the same character type as Pacha from The Emperor's New Groove, but while Pacha is soft, his literal soft body reflecting his paternal nurturing persona, Klaus is hard and stiff like a rock to show how he has been jaded by tragedy.

Kuzco and Jesper are also parallels. Kuzco is spindly to show how pampered he is. He is physically weak while juxtaposed with his tyrannical abuse of power, and his entire design is littered with triangles. Jesper just is a triangle. His pudgy stomach shows how pampered HE is, while triangles are the visual tell of a character being untrustworthy. Kuzco and Jesper are both liars.

Having a few spindley characters for those like Alastor and Valentino work because the character design says they are more than what they seem. There is something perturbed and rotten about them like a corpse that literally refuses to die.

Visual design is a key component to character and stylized or not, every single character being given the same body type just adds to the lack of story, originality, planning and care. Have their design actually mean something and diversify your cast. You should conceptualize the story as you design your characters, instead we had OCs before we had a story.

Edit: I don't know why I'm so surprised by the vitriol of a fandom that allegedly bullied a child to suicide. However, I stand by what I said. The characters all are the same person. As in they feel like dolls being played with by a singular individual where all their "voices" or the internal sense of identity, feels the same. Aside from an immature sense of personality (this one is happy and bubbly, this one is ominous, this one is grouchy), they don't stand out from each other at all, and that additionally goes for their designs.

If I had silhouettes of all the characters and removed their heads and extenuating features (props, extra arms etc) you wouldn't be able to tell them apart. And they still all lack vital character design fundamentals that results in them being difficult. Even in their simplified form, they are a nightmare to animate. That all boils down to the creator prioritized a singular aesthetic over the character of their character design.

"Vivziepop's character's are too skinny!!! Where are their organs!" It's called an art style, dumbass. They're MEANT to look all spindley. It's a cartoon, body proportions aren't always going to be realistic. Artists like CottonValent also have spindley proportions for their characters so it's not just her. It's stylized, and deep down you know that.

[elizabethrobertajones]

Saw you've been sucked into the MMO life in the form of FFXIV and I was wondering if you had any input into the debate I've been having about what class archetypes tfw would play. I think Sam would be most likely to tank because it requires a reasonable amount of leadership and is also more of a quiet, backbone type role compared to dps. Dean seems more the type to be singularly focused on the big damage hits tbh. He also tends to take more of the charging in and fighting role in their normal life with Sam being the one reading up on everything more carefully and being his backup. Which leaves Cas as healer which may just be me projecting because I play healer/support at every opportunity but literal angel healing aside I think that sorta fits too, he cares a lot for them and tries to keep them safe and shield them as best he can in their adventures? Idk half formed thoughts please completely contradict me if you want I'm genuinely curious about other people's opinions here

Heyooo :D It is less sucked into and more like I’ve returned to the warm cushiony nest of MMOs lol

If you’d asked me back when I was a WoW player I’d have fully agreed because you could only have one class per character and these are definitely the snap decisions that the fam would make when on the character screen. Dean would grab the sexiest DPS, Sam the stoutest tank especially as he’s the one who has read into the classes and strats beforehand, and Cas would ask what to do and be given the healer role because the other two in this scenario would know better about the game and sort of lump it onto him like, oh, we need a healer and you can do this.

(In my own gaming journey, this is what my friends and brother did to me, as they needed a healer to round out their party... I took druid because it was spoopy, and discovered in WoW that while you can’t change classes you can pay gold to respec your character’s role within that class... Promptly re-specced to a melee dps/tank feral druid instead of the healer one, and had a lot more fun :D)  

In FFXIV you can take all the classes on your character (which I have done, natch) and it’s a much more interesting levelling approach, especially seeing how my friends playing the game have gone when it comes to taking classes as they level and why they claim to have tried and then rejected others. It’s an enormous personality test, even for peeps like me and my brother who have all the classes up at max level, which ones we prioritised and which ones we sort of struggled with or found a bit meh. 

Hm so in the scenario that Charlie comes bursting into the Bunker demanding that she needs some friends for dungeons and raids and they’re all sitting on their asses scrolling the internet between a case, they can bloody well play final fantasy with her for a bit, let’s go for some headcanons :D Long because FFXIV has become my current obsession and I have the same in-depth feels about it as I do about SPN but I just never get to write about them with anyone... 

First off, Sam of course has deep nerdery about it and will ask Charlie a ton of questions about what the right class to play is and do the same thing as we’ve already discussed and go for Paladin (which starts as gladiator), and also take all the crafting and gathering side classes because he’s a nerd and you learn nonsense lore while doing it. He’s also in the same starting zone as Thaumaturge which transitions to Black Mage and I BET he’d be tempted to have a little safe witch!Sam emotional release on the most un-Sam class. It’s the big unwieldy spell caster whose literal class quests and stuff make fun of how you’re small and squishy and will be standing in a very bad spot debating whether to finish a long-cast spell and get hit or stop DPS and run for safety. I think he could do with the perspective and learning to be selfish either way to blow off steam from tanking and also learn to prioritise himself IRL :’D Also the paladin quest is WEIRDLY pro-cop from 30 onwards for some reason until the writers saw sense and just. stopped. doing paladin stuff and went back to the Gladiator storyline for the class quests, so idk if he’d enjoy that or start to question other things. Whatever it is he’s getting challenged XD

At 60 he grabs Gunbreaker because it sounds more cool and is thankfully way less emotionally stressful tanking as it’s entirely about being a badass bodyguard and sick flips. This is far more aspirational for Sam, especially as he could just tie a knife to a sawn off shotgun and do these moves for real in his day job. He won’t, but like with black mage, the thought that he COULD is very emotionally satisfying to him.

He might also have decided to check out scholar to see how healing is but idk if he would be able to handle Dean teasing him for having a fairy follow him around so he’d only dabble with the nerd class on the side :P  

Now, Dean can’t take ninja until level 10 or machinist (gun shooty DPS class) until 50, so his start point as DPS would either be pugilist (eeeey brass knuckle class!) or the other DPS classes to start with are Thaumaturge/Black Mage, Arcanist/Summoner, Archer or Lancer. Now. He’d probably think the first two are sissy because magic is for girls/arcanists literally only have a book as a weapon. Archer becomes bard and I think is ultimately a place he’d be very happy as it is a very supportive class to the whole party and basically the mom friend class. But I would love if he went lancer/dragoon because the level 50 class weapon is (folklore inspired name) “Gae Bolg” and every time I equip it I can’t help giggling at the name even though I know it’s a real thing and I shouldn’t. But. Like. It’s the class about waving enormous lances around. It’s got Implications, and Dean is drawn to those. 

He’d probably, however, take rogue/ninja as soon as he could because stabbing things with knives, and the class trainer is the kinda guy who’d have wild gay tension with him while they both try to boast about women to each other, were they to meet irl. Ironically, the rogue trainer (a womanising charmer) and the ninja trainer (an intense, honourable guy bad at social cues even among his own people who ends up falling from grace and choosing to stay in the vicinity of said rogue trainer) are an interesting pair of NPCs to teach Dean about where to stick knives. :) 

He’d go back and power-level dragoon once he starts Heavensward though, because Aymeric is also super intense with messy dark hair and big blue eyes that see right through you. :D He’s getting that gae bolg for him, you know? 

If they’re going to bully Cas to be their healer, he’d probably get really dedicated to the discipline especially as he can stay up all night to play and doesn’t need to take breaks to pee so he’d probably level conjurer/white mage (nature healing) and scholar (ancient book lore with a class quest which mixes ancient curses on a whole people, family drama and a bit of interspeciesish love) and then also pick up astrologian, which is good because it’s spooky star and making your own fate magic. The storyline for that is garbage in the sense that it’s really weakly written, but my favourite character randomly picks up AST in the latest expansion, and has an absolutely fucking wild subtextual romance with another character, including SPN level adopting of a random child who matches Jack in many respects, with said character. And in many respects emotionally they’re Cas and Dean but without any of the personal baggage between them specifically so they really are just chill and married, whatever else they’re stressed about (I say, dreading the next patch is going to finally bring up some questions about what is going on with them as it’s getting weirdly conspicuous while still utterly unsaid). So I would hope if Cas started projecting onto an astrologian character it would be him :P 

Cas also would get into summoner as the other branch of scholar because honestly those two classes are about as close to the random sigil drawing and reading things from books etc analogy to his own occult magic, except you can summon cool dragons and elementals to fight for you. 

they’d buy Jack a boost to 60 and he’d pick up dark knight and white mage probably just to subtly fuck with Dean 

(I am still not over Dean trying to test him to see if he was evil or not by whether he chose devil or angel cake) 

[thetiredstuff]

This is just mostly a handy little post for me but I asked people to rec me some destiel AU best friends to lovers fics and this is what I got:

Recs from ltleflrt:

okay, cupid. by orange_crushed On Air by wincechesters Just Turn Around and Go by @porcupine-girl Version 2.0 by Elizabeth1985 aka @cocklesheadboop Ignore the Butterflies: Best Friend Advice from Dean Winchester by impatient14 A Match Made (and Misunderstood) by surlybobbies More Views. More Money. by herbivoredinosaur Remember When by VioletHaze aka @scones-and-texting-and-murder When In Vegas by Dmsilvis & TobytheWise

Recs from doctorprofessorsong

One of my favorite fics of all time is Evangelist by @valleydean. It's really enemies to friends to lovers but the enemies part becomes friends pretty quickly because they are deeply obsessed with each other. One of the classics if you haven't read it is To Build a Home. Childhood friends who broke up and find themselves back in each other’s life. It is very angsty but they have a lifelong friendship so you get a lot of childhood and teenage friendship moments. If I may self recommend, I just wrote Can't Fight the Moonlight in which they are in this post canon partnership and both want to add sexual intimacy but the partnership is soft so you get some really fun platonic intimacy. It's not AU, obviously, but may have something of what you want. Seraph by @dothraki-shieldmaiden is a superhero au where they are friends and roommates to lovers. It has great world building. More than Kisses by @friendofcarlotta is a friends to lovers epistolary romance. Dean and Cas are pen pals and they share an absolutely gorgeous emotional intimacy. Tiamatv has a few that fit the bill. I'm gonna mention Marchen because I love the world built in that one. Dean Winchester is a prince locked in a tower. Feel free to also skim my fic recs. @riversrecs

Recs by castiellesbian:

tiamatv's "It's the End of the World (As We Know It)" is a friends to enemies to lovers if that counts? They were childhood best friends in that one "A Midterms Night's Dream" by Englandwouldfall is an au where they're roommates (oh my god they were rommates). "In Some Sacred Place" by schmerzerling is a good one where they're friends throughout most of the fic, but it's kind of depressing overall

Recs from porcupine-girl

Just Turn Around And Go (roommates-slash-best-friends): https://archiveofourown.org/works/4228830 Like four weddings and a funeral but without the funeral (Sam POV, Sam is clueless and doesn’t realize they’re together): https://archiveofourown.org/works/6225625 Go Down With This Ship (online fandom besties, don’t realize they know each other irl): https://archiveofourown.org/works/8023642

Rec by trampledundercas

#i thought of ‘ready to fall’ by lemonsorbae on ao3

A whole bunch of recs from dean-you-assbutt-cas-loves-you

A Tale of Two Tropes by Amelia_Clark (E, 7k) As You Walk On By by MercyBraavos (E, 23k) Are We Any Different? by LeviathanBlue, SerpentCountess (T, 41k) More Than Kisses by  FriendofCarlotta  (E, 29k) things i knew when i was young by stormwarnings  (T, 16k) Alright  by  turningthepages  (T, 46k) To Build a Home by intothesilentland  (M, 383k) When In Vegas  by  Dmsilvis, TobytheWise (E, 16k) The Ocean Between Us  by  noxsoulmate  (E, 27k) Room for Two (The Mattress AU) by  almaasi  (E, 14k) Honey-Baked  by  mishaminion69, sydkn3e (E,  89k) The Ones We Choose  by  lightmyway  (E, 82k)

EDIT: MORE:

Recs by bexfangirlforlife:

The Graveyard Shift by riseofthefallenone. PurgatoryJar Evangelist by embrancsxx0 Stay with me Sweetheart by Mandalarose We are what we pretend we are by tricia_16 Tricks of the Trade by Trenchcoat_Impala

Recs by impaledbeetle:

okay, cupid by orange_crushed Seek to Know You Better (E) by ahurston Après (E) by Imogenbynight Here's a couple aus that i really really enjoy that aren't necessarily best friends to lovers: spirit of the west (M) by teen_dean Parachutes (E) by chaoticdean (this one literally changed my life it is so good) And This, Your Living Kiss (M) by opal_bullets (again, this is life changing) Roll With It (E) by saltnhalo (this is a The Proposal (movie) au) Shut Up (Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is) (E) by kototyph

Recs by butch--dean:

spirit of the west by teen-dean (everyone should read this 90's horse girl dean au where he befriends cas, a local veterinarian) I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart) by unicornpoe (I am a sucker for all "cas using dean as a vessel" fics) Après by imogenbynight (surely everyone has read this? dean and cas in paris what more can you ask for) under the midnight sun by northernsparrow (dean is the caretaker of a research station in the arctic and cas is a mysterious bird researcher) (I also rec you can keep holding on by this author but be warned that it is very grief-driven - but it is an in-depth study of the way they care for each other) though the course may change by imogenbynight (fake dating AU at a couple's retreat - another one that everyone has probably read but is so worth mentioning in case you haven't) there's no cell service in the afterlife by screamsintothesun (cas gets back from the empty and his phone blows up with dean's voicemails & texts) Gold in the Edges of Our Vision by SewingNatural (dean and cas eat peaches together on a hot summer evening. The writing style on this one is really really lovely) these are just a few from my bookmarks but also there is a really good rec list here & here (this one has a link to a specific friends to lovers list here) that I refer to often when looking for new fics/authors to dig through!!

Recs by mercurialkitty for some reason tumblr won't allow me to add them to my post so just click on their name to go to their post!

These are all the ones i've gotten up til now but will def edit if I get any more. If you see this post and think of a Destiel AU best friend to lovers fic that isn't on here or just a Destiel AU (no abo) fic that isn't on here: PLEASEEEEEE GIVE ME ALL THE DESTIEL AU FIC RECS (no abo)

Also i didn't tag the people who recommended it cuz I don't wanna annoy them but I linked back to all of their original posts or comments!

A hugeeeeeeee thank you to everyone who replied to my annoying messages for fic recs cuz I really really appreciate it. thank you all so so so much!!!!

[kitkatopinions]

Hey guys, new RWBY season drops in like two days, so I just wanted to make a post because every time we get a new season, we also get A. An increase in people posting RWBY criticism. B. An increase in people complaining about seeing RWBY criticism. And C. An increase in people asking what RWDE is. So I thought I'd give some advice on how to avoid criticism (if you want to) and posting criticism (if you want to.)

This is one of the only times I'm using the main RWBY tag, I usually try to avoid it since I'm a RWBY critic. I'm using it now in an honest effort to help, please no one send me hate anons. :)

What is RWDE? RWDE is a tag used for any and all criticism of RWBY. The fact that it's a play on the word 'rude' doesn't actually mean the criticism must be mean spirited. Most people who post in the rwde tag were ordered to by other rwby fans who demanded we use the tag as a filterable (and not use the main rwby tag either,) so we didn't really choose the name, and use it as a courtesy to other fans. RWDE is used for anything from complaints saying the whole show is a wreck to the tiniest nitpick. Like any tag, people who use 'RWDE' range in opinions, there's no 'rwde hivemind,' I myself have been in fights with other RWDE posters in the past.

What to do if you don't want to see RWBY criticism? Filter out the 'rwde' tag, as well as 'anti rwby' and 'rwby criticism.' This is pretty simple. Just go to your settings, scroll down to the 'content you see' section, go to filtered tags and click the little edit icon, you'll get the option to add a tag to filter. If you do this, then Tumblr will hide posts tagged with 'rwde' from you, and you'll have to make an active choice to seek it out. If there are certain characters you'd like to avoid seeing criticism of, rwde posters frequently use anti character tags as well. I personally have 'anti Blake Belladonna' filtered out because I don't like to see too many posts complaining about her. Another trick is looking up rwby with a hashtag # at the front like #rwby, which I've heard helps avoid the 'this post mentions rwby and therefore appears when you search 'rwby' even if it isn't tagged' feature (which I know is a headache to deal with.) Also please don't avoid blocking out of some belief that it makes you a coward or a bad person, the block function is for everyone's benefit, and if you continuously see someone posting things that annoy you or are just taking up space or you just don't really wanna see, blocking them is a good way to get them out of your life without any fighting.

What to do if you want to criticize or critique RWBY? First off, criticizing RWBY at all in any way is something that does come with a risk. This fandom can be really toxic towards critics and defensive of the show to the point where even minor objective nitpicks will be called hysterical fits of rage. It's unfortunate, but if you want to post criticism, it's best to be aware of what you're getting into. I suggest using the rwde tag when you criticize despite the venom against it, because that's the most well known criticism tag and is the one most likely to have been filtered out by people that don't like seeing criticism. Not using the rwde tag might result in you getting people in your comments or ask box angry at you for the fact that they saw your posts. If you want to critique without being associated with 'rwde' and don't want to use that tag there's only so much you can do (popular RWBYtubers have been labeled rwde just for criticizing RT,) but you can use tags like 'crtq' and 'rwby criticism' and 'rwby critique' that might get less of a venomous response. Also I would again suggest that you be free with the block button.

If you heard something about how horrible rwde and rwby critics are... Please actually look into actual rwde posters and read actual rwde posts (in their entirety, not just screencapped parts of posts) before you believe anything from other people. Just because someone says 'rwde posters think X, Y, Z' doesn't mean it's true, and again there's a wide range of opinions you'll see from rwde posters. I'm not saying you have to like us or seek us out or anything (again, you've got the filter and block option and I suggest people who don't like criticism do so and we'll leave each other alone,) but don't buy into the 'htdm' stuff without even looking to see what's true and what isn't please and thank you!

Anyway, whether you're looking forward to the new RWBY season or dreading it, good luck on Saturday!

[slivensays]

🗣 + 📄

So, if I'm reading this right: Talk about your favourite WIP + What’s a WIP you never finished that you would like to go back and revisit?

Oh, this is just right up my alley.

So.

Ok.

My fav WIP right now is my current fanfic “Finding new words”, which ties right into the only fanfic (to date) that I never finished. Which I have been given (or taken) the opportunity to go back to, and which, by the general layout of storyline, I will finish this time around.

Right. So, starting the wrong way around, the WIP I never finished was “Lost dreams of Rohan”, a story in which I meant to dive into the past of Gríma Wormtongue to try to figure out why he became a man ready to betray his country and what his motivation was. I had a plan for a linear story, starting in childhood and leading up to a pompous, yet yearning sort of character that would evolve into the Wormtongue best known to the general audience.

I think I meant for the story to be somehow connected to dream sequences, as I wrote the first chapter as a kind of summary; Gríma recounting the people in his life to ever have had dreams (or hopes) for him;

“Coming back to my homeland after many years, finding it smaller, smellier, the wind more cold, the plains much less impressive… in my memory, it was never so. I nursed a dream then, of change and of glory. But dreams can be dangerous. Dreams deceive us. And, in the end, so few things manage to live up to our dreams.

I should know. I, who hardly ever lived up to anyone’s dreams. And there were those who held dreams and hopes for me, once. You may not believe it, but there were. As the first, and only son, there was a father’s dream. It spoke of legacy, of bravery and glory. Perhaps it was the hardest dream to live up to.

No, I tell a lie. There was a mother’s dream for me, it sang a soft song of affection, of a life full of love and acceptance. There were eyes resting on me once, asking nothing of me. And then those eyes were gone, forever closed, and the world asked everything of me, and I crumpled. This was the hardest dream to live up to.”

Ah. In fanfiction, writing in first person is a bit of a turn off for a lot of people. Dunno why. Anyway. One of the weaknesses in this storyline is that there is no conflict. Which may or may not be the reason I couldn’t finish it back when I started it, nor find the motivation to revisit it.

But.

But.

But.

But by the time I wrote “Lost dreams”, I had recently finished another fic (“Seeking Knowledge”) which I had left hanging because of life and stuff and what have ya (it has its strengths and weaknesses, but I’m proud to have finished it).

And I had written a fic for the Gríma/Éomer niche of the fandom (The King’s Mercy), which was in fact initiated as an iteration of the “Gríma lives”-branch of the fandom that I had found by then.

So. On to question no. 1: my favourite WIP: “Finding new words”

Gee. What to say. I’ve taken some of the premise of “Lost dreams” and reworked them into a “King’s mercy” storyline, and I think it’s working just fine.

It’s (selective parts of) Gríma’s childhood and youth. About what shaped him. About that vulnerability that Brad Dourif managed to bring to the character, and where it came from.

I had the urge to write a short piece as a sequel of “King’s mercy” and was asked about a detail in Gríma’s past. And there it was, as though “Lost dreams”, was urging to me; this. This is it. This is how it begins. And it was.

…I just needed to follow all the red flags down the road from there, honestly.   

I’ve had a real blast with the world building for this fic, though. I’ve developed a bit of a mania for Viking/Medieval board- or dice-games, so… feel free to add interesting links to such, if it so pleases you.

… If there is a discord for ancient board games, say hi!

Edited to say thanks for the ask! :D

[hergan416]

AO3 (Writer) Wrapped 2022

Not sure where others are getting this, but I'm just aggregating it myself because I should have all this data anyway. I know how to get it and I don't write that much.

Alright! So far in 2022 I've written 25,107 words of fanfiction and posted it on AO3.

I also archived 12,438 words of Dorian Gray analysis, originally posted here on tumblr on AO3. (I haven't advertised this yet, but if you want to see the full tag archive it's here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43362990/chapters/109003806)

I feel comfortable with this. Last year I posted 22,881 words of fanfic alone, so I'm up, and that doesn't include the fact I've gotten back into roleplay and have been having some SERIOUS word count a paragraph at a time, no-pressure, no editing fun between friends in the last two months. (Or at least it feels like it. I don't really want to dig through discord and/or tumblr to verify.)

(Did I mention 2021? Look at last year's metrics.)

I posted 6 new stories (2 One Piece and 4 Yugioh) and continued 2 stories from last year.

Of the WIPS I mentioned last year I added to Seek and Ye Shall Find, posted the smut addition to my kidlaw one shot Conquest, and posted 3/4 chapters of the fic that had been delayed due to my concussion (the only part that hasn't been posted is what I had started pre-concussion, actually). I didn't update "The Fic That Shall Not Be Named" but I do still plan to... When I have spoons to deal with the graphic design elements of writing it.

I participated in two Yugioh fandom gift exchanges, and had a blast. I absolutely adored my prompts this year, especially the Dark Valentines of Dimensions exchange which I hadn't participated in before. I hope to participate again in 2023, but have to get time to read the prompt list and sign up.

I've seen people put their top fics by kudos/hits/etc. on these, but that's not really what I want to focus on. I'm going to put my top fics by my own metrics, how I feel about them now, regardless of stats.

Heartsick Rated: G(eneral) Prideshipping (Yami Yugi | Atem/Seto Kaiba) When Kaiba finally manages to pull Atem out of Aaru, they come back ten years later, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was an absolute blast to write. I got to play with Sugoroku's character, write some playful banter, and add in some Mokuba angst on the side.

Chronology: A Case Study Rated: M(ature) Prideshipping (Yami Yugi | Atem/Seto Kaiba) This was meant to be Kaiba's birthday fic last year, and I had to abandon it due to getting a concussion. I'm so proud of myself for not only having an outline of what happened when, but sticking to and with it. Granted I don't have the last chapter posted, but I have a fair amount worked on, and expect this fic to be finished early next year. The fic bounces across space and time, but only ever occurs on Kaiba's birthday, October 25, which is where it gets the title. While the fic suffers some minor continuity issues, the fact that I even stuck with a multiple chapter fic, even a short one is such an accomplishment for me.

Seek and Ye Shall Find Rated: M(ature) Chapter fic with no "main" pairing. There is, however, Violetshipping (Jounouchi Katsuya | Joey Wheeler/Seto Kaiba), Heartshipping (Ryou Bakura/Yugi Mouto) and unrequited Prideshipping (Yami Yugi | Atem/Seto Kaiba). This is my self-indulgent, Katakuri-centric Yugioh/One Piece crossover fic and honestly, I'm still super excited and stoked about it. It's the thing I have written the most for me of anything this year, even if it hasn't been updated in a minute. I do know how I'm pulling Katakuri out of Aaru and some of what I want to happen between him and Atem before I do. I just need to spend some time sitting down and writing it.

Thanks for reading, and for all the positive feedback on my writing. I feel so blessed to be a part of the fandom, especially the Dark Pride of Dimensions Prideshipping Discord server, the Truth or Dare Yugioh RP group, and a pair of small discord communities of One Piece fans. Thank you for being a part of my life.

[enderon]

Are Torchwood novels actually considered canon or fanon by the fandom? Personally I only consider the tv series, audiobooks and big finish radio dramas to be canon. Some of the novels are silly and quite contradictory and seem to be much of Gwen worship for my taste. Also the characterization of the characters are very off in some of the novels which is my biggest issue with them. I don’t recognize the characters sometimes. Do you consider the novels canon?

I personally consider them canon, but to an extent, and I feel like others in the fandom agree though I can hardly speak for everyone.

Basically, it comes down to my hierarchy of canon information: on top is the show itself, after that is the Big Finish Audio dramas and the radio plays on about the same level, then the audiobooks, then the novels, then the short stories and comics.

Going off of this hierarchy, I basically use the higher levels when determining what information is canon or contradictory to canon. So if the show says one thing but the audio dramas say something that's contradictory to that, then I go with what the show says rather than what the drama says, so on and so forth.

There are, of course, situations where contradictory information could be interpreted in a certain way that allows for both to be true. An example of this would be in 'Fragments' where we are told that Ianto was a Junior Researcher back at Torchwood One but are then shown that he was Yvonne's PA in 'Before the Fall'. While this information might otherwise be contradictory, with interpretation it actually makes a lot of sense and can add more depth to Ianto's story as a whole, with a person being able to believe that Ianto, desperate to get the job with Torchwood Three and knowing full well of Jack's notorious distaste for Yvonne Hartman, would doctor his own file before seeking out Jack.

Honestly it's all a matter of personal judgement and you in no way have to follow the same judgement as anyone else. If you don't want to view the novels as canon, that is completely and utterly fine and you should in no way be harrassed for it. We're all engaging in the media in our own ways and things do tend to get a bit complicated and confusing when 'extended universe' stuff starts getting created.

On the subject of my opinion on the novels though? Because I only have so much money, and by the very nature of how my brain's hyperfixations work, I literally only own and have read Torchwood Novels that have pretty a pretty substantial Ianto presence, so I am in no way an expert on the subject of the novels as a whole. I will give this though, about the amount of Gwen spotlight. Cause, tbf, she is technically the protagonist of the show, so I can't blame the novels for giving her the spotlight a lot. I will commiserate on the complete fuck up they did with her character and likability, but as I've said in other posts, I no longer blame that on her more that I blame it on bad writing by men.

EDIT: Also, there are some things that are canon that I just personally choose to ignore cause I don't like them, and if a canon is provided in another piece of media that I find I like and agree with more, I'll probably go with that, cause I'm just here to have a good time if I'm being completely honest.

[procyon-podcast-network]

Hi! This is just a general question for people who are already in the podcasting business: I'm someone who writes, and I have an idea for a podcast that I'm really excited about. But my skills are limited to writing and some sound editing. I have no experience with acting or directing or production, and I have no idea where to find people who know about those things. Do you have any advice on how to find such people? Thank you!

Hi there!

As it happens, we pretty much started out in the exact same boat -- except without any sound editing experience until we roped in our sound engineer Erin, which we did because we knew that was a gap in our collective skills.

It sounds like the best advice we can probably give you is to flesh out your idea a lot more before you even start looking for anyone to add to the project in any capacity. Identify the limits of what you can do, want to do, and are willing to do. “An idea for a podcast that [you’re] really excited about” suggests there’s still a lot of gray area and unspecified details there, and if you need to reach out to friends or other resources to find more people to help you get this thing off the ground, it will immensely benefit you and anyone you ask to join the project if you have a clear understanding of what the relevant boundaries and expectations are.

Ask yourself a lot of questions about every aspect of the project, and be honest with yourself in answering; not to cast doubt on it but instead to increase your own clarity.

Do you want to act in the podcast, or are you just assuming you’ll take a role because you may not get enough interest from actors? Do you want to find someone to be a director, or do you want to figure it out yourself? We didn’t really have directing experience previously -- to a certain extent you can figure it out as you go, even if all you can tell an actor at first is “this sounds wrong but I’m having a hard time putting into words why.”

Production-wise -- what do you want the show to sound like? What’s the structure going to be? How long will episodes be? How long will the show/season be? If you’re going to write everything yourself: who will beta/edit/review your scripts? (Note: ”Yourself 5 days later” is not a valid answer.) If you’re going to recruit one or more co-writers, what will the breakdown of work be? What will your release schedule look like? When are the key deadlines you’ll be working toward and what happens/what’s your plan when a deadline is missed? Are you good at time management and working to deadlines or do you need external motivation, such as someone else cracking the whip and telling you what to get done when?

The more you work out questions like this, the more you should start to see the shapes of the roles you need, and the more you’ll also have a compelling pitch when you do go out seeking people to fill them.

When you reach the point where you feel confident you have that understanding, then honestly, start with your friends and various social circles. Is there someone you’ve already been telling about this idea, who’s been your cheerleader for it? Do you want to bring them on as a co-creator/writer/director/whatever? If so, crucially: how much are you willing to share creative control? Are there people you regularly talk to and like who listen to the same kinds of podcasts you do? Do you think you’d like to work with them? Ask them! Is there someone whose work you admire that in your wildest dreams would get involved with your podcast? DEFINITELY ASK THEM.

There are enough audio drama fandoms out there that this should let you cast a fairly decent-sized net while avoiding some risk of pulling in some internet rando that you won’t be able to get along with at all, because you really do want to get along with the people you’re going to be working with.

And when it comes to actors specifically -- a lot of actors you might hear on shows you like are interested in other work. It’s worth reaching out to them on Twitter or through other social media just as you might to anyone else. Other options are places like @podcastingcalls and https://www.castingcall.club/.

Sorry this got super long without a lot of concrete tips, but we hope it helps! Good luck!

-Phoebe

[teatotally]

I've just been rereading some of your wonderful longfic and you write such good action i'm so envious, especially Don't Wait Up for Me. Someone said it was cinematic and I think thats a good description. Whenever I try to write action I just can't or it doesn't seem very good, and I wonder if you have any advice as a writer and editor about how to write action scenes, or just any writing advice in general.

First, I have to apologize for taking so long to respond; it’s been hard to get back in the swing of things after surgery. Second, thank you so much for the lovely compliment, and I’m so glad you liked Don’t Wait Up for Me, because that’s one of my favorite things I’ve ever done.

To your question: I sometimes feel like I could write a book, just based on the sheer volume of crap I read for my job and the way all these things pile up for me, but there are hundreds of writing advice books out there, and some of them are even actually good so no one needs another one. :-D But I think there are some specifics to writing action, and in particular action within fanfiction, that are fairly unique and not always addressed in tutorials.

When I’m copyediting fiction especially, I often find my attention wanders or my eyes glaze over because of flabby or weak writing, and that’s just death for a scene where people are supposed to be doing stuff and hooking the reader. The same mistakes kind of pile up and up, and this is pro published stuff. Fan readers are pretty forgiving mostly, but a lot of these issues have an unconscious effect on us, we forget fics that could be memorable because we skimmed over stuff that should engage us.

Years ago at Slate, I copyedited a book review that made me laugh, because it was a lot of these problems in a nutshell:

His writing is riddled with clichés that are daily struck down by conscientious high-school teachers. The characters always think “for a moment,” as if a sustained thought is impossible in the Wagnerian world. “Silence” plagues the pages, and it often “follows” speech. The thunder claps “Whrromp!” Every glance is recorded, for no discernable reason—everyone is “looking” or “focusing” all the time. The faces repeatedly “light up.” People don’t smile—they “start to smile"—and they do things “a little,” even if much happens “all of a sudden.” Here is a typical passage: “Liz started to smile, then started to say something, then thought better of it. Her smile faded for a moment, while she seemed to concentrate on a thought.”

That’s the kind of writing that can just utterly kill action scenes. So what would I tell you to avoid that kind of stuff? :

1. Use strong verbs. If you can do one thing, it’s to use strong verb forms and avoid constructions with lots of to be verbs and -ing forms. If you consistently use five words where you could use two, readers can tire or tune out without even understanding why they do that. I read a lot of otherwise good stuff that just wears me down with the “he was going to have to” and “she was starting to think” and “he’d been working in” and “I’ll be needing to” or what have you. It doesn’t seem like much, but pages of that can drag your prose down fast and tighter forms can help–”he had/wanted/would have to” and “she thought (ran, cried, etc.)” and “he’d worked in” “I need to” and so on. Even in this paragraph, you’ll notice I’ve used mostly stronger verbs, not many helper words.

A lot of fan writers don’t edit themselves after writing, and this is one area where it shows the most. We tend to want to share our stuff right away, get some fannish love, or we have to hit a challenge deadline. But if you want to write better action scenes, reading over your work to find those places where you could tighten the verbs can really help. (When we speak, we might say, “I’m going to be reading over my work and finding weak verbs.” Totally normal. But in actual writing, punchier forms like “I will read over my work to find the weak verbs” are livelier, and that really adds up in action.) I spend the bulk of my fic time looking for places where I can use one or two words where I wrote five or six in the initital stage of getting it all down.

2. Omit needless words. Most editors I know respect, but don’t use, Strunk & White’s Elements of Style, because it was written by prissy old white guys and pointlessly fussy. But this one is advice that many of us would agree is pretty useful, and in an action scene it can be the difference between eyes glazing over and a rapt reader. It’s heavily related to the first point. 

There are some writers I love but who frequently put me to sleep with that five or six words where one or two would do issue. But it’s not only verbs where you see it. Speech is less formal, not carefully constructed or edited, so in dialog it’s not as bad, but when describing movement or setting, the tighter the focus, the easier it is for your reader to get caught up in the action scene. You’ll often hear writers lament certain words they use a lot of–just, really, sort of, a little, etc. We all have those tics, and it’s worth it to search and replace, because those add flab to the writing. They’re not inherently bad, and I don’t like discouraging new or learning writers from perfectly fine words (I have a HUGE rant about the “never use adverbs” bullshit which I’ll spare you), but it’s always illuminating how much we can undercut the action with a lot of filler words. It took me years to break myself of the habit of using finally, for instance, and now when I notice it I always ask myself when I edit if I really need it. Is everyone doing things just “a little”? I slice it out.

3. Vary your sentence structure and length. This is another thing I see a lot of with newer writers, where their sentences are often constructed in the same way (”Steve walked into the machine. The doctor injected him with serum. Howard was turning his machine on. Then Steve screamed and Peggy was yelling to shut it down.”). That’s an overly simplified example, but it’s stultifying. Action scenes tend to require shorter, choppier sentences anyway to make them dynamic, but a steady diet of that will put you to sleep. Including some details, using different types of words, playing around with clauses and phrases and listening to the cadence of what you write can really enliven things. Where can you combine two sentences, or three? 

4. Punctuation is your friend. This isn’t (only) because people are picky about punctuation: you’d be amazed at how punctuation can affect the pace of an action scene. Like, I see writers frequently add commas where they don’t need them, which once or twice, no big deal, but sentence after sentence where you’re taking that comma pause as you read can really grind the pace down. Fanfic isn’t academic or severely formal writing, and there’s nothing wrong with people punctuating how they hear things in their heads, but it can leave the reader frustrated or confused, and with action that might not be the desired outcome. Missing punctuation, or using the wrong thing, can trip people up and throw them out of that big action set piece, or fatigue them. 

I see it a lot with commas around a little, just as an example, where you don’t need them, and if you’re a writer who qualifies every action with that (”Steve smiled, a little”) it’s amazing how fast those add up. Em dashes (aka long dashes, double dashes) are a wonderful tool, but if every sentence has them, that slight pause can get frustrating, particularly if it’s in the middle of something that should be fast-moving.

5. Blocking. Make a little movie in your head, block it out. Know where your characters are at any given moment, whose hand is where, that sort of thing. (You can do this after you write the scenes, so you won’t bog yourself down in self-censoring.) Many people suffer from White Room Syndrome, where they can’t see any details about their world and everything happens in a white room—I always told students that if they did, then watch movies or TV and steal details and world-building from them, or just use stuff in your own personal life. But try to imagine it and block it out once you’ve written down the basics, so that your reader can follow along with you and see where the action is taking them.

Those are the main things I can think of off the top of my head. Whenever people compliment my action scenes, I realize most of that’s probably due to my ruthless self-editing in fic: I edit the fuck out of action segments to tighten, tighten, and then tighten some more. There are a ton of good grammar and writing books out there; one of my favorites, especially for beginners or people who aren’t sure about things like English-language punctuation, is Diana Hacker’s A Writer’s Reference. And practicing, examining what the writers you admire are doing, looking at your own work and seeking out constructive comments, can be so helpful. Fandom’s got a really rich group of people involved in creating fanworks, and many of them are willing to help you learn stuff or share their knowledge.