mind-rivers

[thegreatimpersonator]

🤶- When did you become a fan of Taylor’s music?

became a proper fan somewhere between red/1989 era, was a casual listener since I'd say fearless/speak now!

[the-prophecy]

Hiiiii bestie 💓 I hope your Saturday went well and you continue to have an amazing weekend! I wanted to ask about how you felt about me mailing you a lil gift for swiftmas?? Totally fine if not! I understand if you're hesitant.

(ps I saw your tag after I sent my other ask...and I don't think we're mutuals...I did already follow you but I don't think you follow me 😂 but maybe we can be mutuals after my identity is revealed!!)

❤💚🎅🏽

Ho there santa !! My Saturday went amazing I hope u have a great weekend too <33

So about the gift thing I'm not comfortable sharing my mail account (sorry) bc it's my real name and all which i haven't even shared on Tumblr but u can do it as @/santaswiftie said by sending it to them and she'll post it with everyone

(can't wait to know who u are !!!)

[hwang-hyunjin-enthusiast]

ahhh naruto...that does take me back. i totally feel you on that - i feel like i tend to reread stuff a lot just for nostalgia. oh and FMA hardcovers!!! i hope you manage to collect them all!

i've gone ahead and posted your gift -- i hope you like it, and i hope you and your loved ones are having a good one this christmas. happy holidays!!

-🎅 (for the last time ^^)

Thank you so much! It was lovely chatting with you this month, and I'm excited to see your gift! I hope you have a lovely holiday as well <3

[asheanon]

Also, in the meantime, while I'm writing... For those who may see this:

There is a mysterious hot chocolate (with marshmallows, whipped cream, you name it... and NOTHING missing - no scandalous sips have occurred!) sitting in a place of convenience, waiting for you.

Perhaps an Ethereal of the Sal variety delivered it to you personally. You may or may not have seen her drop it off; if you did bear witness, one could liken it to spotting Santa or seeing a shooting star - lucky you, if so! 🌠☕💕

[all-about-kyu]

Hello~

Its me, your secret santa ❤️

I think my reindeer told me a lot about what kinds of things you like, but just so I know I've got my list of naughty and nice right, I'll ask.

What's the top five of your f a a v o r i t e tropes you feel you don't get to see enough of?

I've got a little pocket of magic and something nice cooking in the kitchen, but I want to make sure my dear friend gets to smile this holiday season c:

Happy timezone to you, friend! Stay hydrated

- 🎅☃️ anon

hi!! hopefully I'm on that nice list 🫣

favorite tropes I don't get enough of....... honestly I have an obsession with arranged marriages, forbidden love (ie King of Pride if you know that book), chaebol aus are something I love but I don't get to see a lot of, fantasy aus like with fae and mythical creatures and such, aaaaaannnndddd um... honestly I love a good "why choose" but idk if that's really a trope or not 😭

I appreciate you and all the effort you're going to for me this holiday season 🥺 I hope you get all the same in return!!

happy timezone to you too and you stay hydrated and happy!!

[noxsoulmate]

Hi it's your Tarlos Secret Santa checking in.

I just wanted to check a couple of things with you about your prompts to help me out.

For the meet cute how do you feel about an AU meet cute or do you prefer in Canon/ canon adjacent? Also what part of a meet cute specifically are you thinking....I'm kinda struggling a bit to come up with something.

And for the fantasy/fairytale au prompt is there anything in particular you really really don't want. Like specific fantasy shows or movies that are just really no go's?

Hope you have a great day 😊

Hii 😍🎅 so sweet of you to check in with me - I'm sorry it took me a bit to get back to you, it was my dad's 70th birthday yesterday so... lots of RL stuff going on.

Anyway, let's get to your questions:

The meet-cute setting

I'm a big fan of meet-cutes (or even meet-uglies) in general, no matter the setting. I do love the canon world our two boys live in but if there's an AU you've always been meaning to write, I'm only all too eager to read it. If you would force me to decide 🤔 mhh, I guess currently, a cute AU with canon undertones would be my first choice. But truly, go in whichever direction you prefer cause I'll love reading it either way.

What part of a meet-cute am thinking

Oh, that's a tough question 🤔 I do like those where they meet "in action", either helping/saving each other (like, imagine Carlos saving the paramedics in S2E8 and this is how Tarlos meets) or a third person (for example, if the incident with the bus driver in the season 1 finale would've been their first meeting), but I also love fluffy stuff, like both of them reaching for the last donut on display or whatever. Also very cute: the ones where an animal or a kid is the reason for them meeting for the first time... Buttercup running up to a stranger (Carlos)? Carlos' nephew falling off a tree and a cute stranger helping cause he's a paramedic? Yeah, these kinds of things 🥰 But please know that all these examples just came to me right now - you're not obligated to use any of them, they're just here to show you the kind of things I like.

no-no fantasy/fairytales

Honestly, not that I can think of. I love the world of fantasy and fairytales... maybe not the dark undertones and "deeper darker meanings" (yes, I studied those at university, don't make the same mistake) but the general plot of quests that have to be conquered, of being able to overcome struggles so that it all always reaches a happy end, of the couple coming out of any obstacles victoriously - you know, something positive compared to our cruel world 🙂

I also often love how the couple meets for the first time in most fairytales, so writing a nice meet-cute in a fairytale setting would totally be an option 😏

Generally, I just want you to have fun with creating this story - if there's something you feel isn't what you would normally write, don't force yourself just for me. Write anything you like and I'm 100% positive I will love it 🥰 just the thought of someone creating something for me is amazing as is.

I hope this helps, if you do need me to be more direct with a prompt, let me know, otherwise I'll see you in a few weeks and can't wait to find out who you are 🥰🥰🥰

🎅🎅🎅

[gizaoyas]

Hmmmm I don’t know how I’d feel about Vegapunk being the last crew member. *I* would be surprised LMAO. He’s a fun addition but he seems like a temp member to me like Oden, but we’ll see! Did you see Oda’s message from Jump Festa? He said OP isn’t going to end as quickly as he makes it seem which makes me think there’s a lot more content left 🙏 I know you said you work a few days, but do you have anything fun planned for the holidays itself? - Secret Santa

Dhsjkssbb me neither, but i can consider that possibility (let's be honest, we know Oda so it might become true 😂) i dont know if i do prefer to see Vegapunk as the last crew member (maybe not the last?) or as a temporary member 🤔

Omg no I did not see that message!!! I was so worried that Oda had a specific deadline to follow in his head for the end of his manga, and now what he said has eased my mind 😭😭😭 we still have to see a looooooots of things, i'm not expecting to see everything in the main story, but if by chance at the very least, at the very end, we can get some data books (to the things we possibly would not have answers) one shots, etc, I'd be fairly satisfied somehow!

Oh I haven't planned something big, I'm just gonna spend Christmas with my family around a big meal, and having a lot of rest during the days I have for holidays!! I've recently started to play at Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (i ADORED xenoblade 2 with my whole heart ❤️ though I haven't played that much to the first xenoblade) and only with 3 chapters completed for now, I can say that I already love that game very much 😭💕 that's almost all I've planned to do for holidays dhsjsksks what about you Santa ? 🎄

[nulltune]

Positivity anon is back again and wishing you and yours a very happy weekend! Do you have any upcoming holiday plans that you're excited for? Or, if you don't celebrate the holidays, then is there anything you're looking forward to that's happening in the next few weeks? Also, if I happen to not be around for this, I'd like to wish you a very happy holidays and a Happy New Year as well! Keep on shining, you wonderful star! ♡

i'm hella late for thissss but welcome back positivity anon!!!! i'm a homebody so i just like to stay and chill at home during the weekends- nothing really eventful outside of hanging out with friends and yadda yadda. i really enjoy a chill weekend like that tho!! it's an absolute w for mee <3 i'm not really a festive person, but i'll probably just use the holidays as an excuse to treat myself to sth nice GGDKFGSKD (HAVE BEEN EYEING THIS FANCY BENTO BOX IN THE CONVENIENCE STORE....) (<- this lowkey sounds kinda sad in a funny way but trust me i am a convenience store luvr 💖) oo and i do have a lot of plans with friends for christmas and new year's too !! ✨️✨️ which is always nice no matter where we goo :DD

happy holidays and a happy near year to you too, positivity anon!! ❤️💝❣️💕💓💖💞 not to be granny, but DAMN ICB TIME FLIES SO FAST IT'S ALMOST 2023???? waaoowww... but i hope u have good one as well!! IM TOO LAME TO BE A STAR SGDKSHFJ but tysm 🥺❤️ keep thriving andd slaying, you wonderful ray of positivity!! (i am literally so bad with words goob bye-) TYSM FOR THE ASK AS ALWAYS 🥺🥺

[talkfantasytome]

Hi this is your secret santa. Just to say that your present is incoming very soon! Just in case you thought I'd forgotten you

I hadn't! But appreciate it all the same. And no rush! 😄 I'll be traveling most of tonight anyway - driving so can't be looking at a screen. lol

[iknowyunholeeknow]

ah no its a gift for you not me! your prefences should always be at the heart of it!! how are you today?? any fun christmas plans coming up? i unintentionally spent the afternoon watching muppets christmas carol yesterday oops

-🎅

It's morning for me but I think other than that my day will be pretty great. We all have time to decorate our tree and we sorted the ornaments so we'll only use the cat safe ones on the tree. Three of them keep trying to climb it and one of them keeps chewing on the lights, even when they're unlit (if you want cat photos go ahead and ask). Do you have any pets? My family has four cats.

It's not exciting but I'll be seeing my great grandparents on Christmas, they're not doing so hot anymore so getting to spend important time with them is always nice to me. I also have a DND game coming up with some friends and I'm pretty excited for that. What are your Christmas plans?

I spent so many of my non- productive hours playing Coral Island. I took a break from crochet (and creating in general) over the weekend due to burnout (I got better) and between that and yesterday I made way too much progress in the game lmao. So I completely cannot judge you.

[thegreatimpersonator]

🤶- I need to stop sending food asks bc it always makes me so hungry

What are your top three albums?

dkdkdkd sameee, and oh by taylor? 1989, speak now, evermore, in general - 1989, badlands and maybe unreal unearth

[the-prophecy]

hiiii it's your Swiftie Secret Santa!!!

i just saw your post 😂 and I'm here!!! My last few days have been crazy but i didn't forget about you I promise!

to get us started...tell me a lil bout yourself...favorite color, a few things you like, your favorite taylor song or album or era??? or anything else you want me to know about you 😊

thanks bestie ❤💚🎅🏽

HEYYY !!!!

Oh oh no don't worry i know how busy something's can be (literally went through it) it's okay if u don't send asks i was just worried u forgot that i existed

Ok sooo fav colour purple 💜 my fav era is rep i don't have a specific fav song (we all know it's hard to choose) but I'm always obsessing on ithk other than that I'm a kid trying to survive college (almost perished today) i love cats and piano and Taylor Swift and thats all i can think about !!

What about you what's ur fav album

[hwang-hyunjin-enthusiast]

i haven't read any of the books you've mentioned but looking them up, they do sound pretty interesting. i'll have to give them a shot when i get the chance. i'll probably never have the patience to read through all of one piece tho HAHAHA, tho i also like reading manga. i'm currently reading jinmen (a horror manga, tho i'm a sucker for shoujo too) are you currently reading anything?

oohh coral island sounds fun! i feel like farming sims and just sims in general are just a good way to unwind...the last game i played was the sims 2 too, tho i have yet to reinstall it in my current PC. i should get around to doing that again.

oh and about your gift -- just wanted to ask, what timezone do you live in? tho i suppose i can post it on my 25th too and you can have an early present just in case ^^

-🎅

Re: gift, I live in EST but honestly I don't mind at all when it's posted, whenever is most convenient for you is fine by me!

I've been rereading the Naruto manga recently, actually. It's been an absolutely blast and full of nostalgia for me, since I mostly read it from elementary school up until the manga ended when I was a freshman in high school. I'm currently up to date with One Piece, which as stated is my favorite manga of all time, and I've been buying the Fullmetal Edition of Fullmetal Alchemist (fancy hardcover copies with all the og color art actually in color, instead of grayscale like the standard manga volumes). I keep meaning to catch up with Jujutsu Kaisen's manga but the Naruto nostalgia hit me like a truck;;;;;

And yeah! Coral Island is a stellar game; it doesn't feel quite finished yet despite having been officially released, but the current game is still very good and I'm super excited for the upcoming updates (hi yes I need to marry the mermaid princess ASAP she's too damn pretty for my heart to handle). If you ever get into Coral Island then know that I'm absolutely ready to talk about it whenever lol.

[juiceofmoons]

hi again! do you have any favorite concepts? I love your supernatural creature mood boards & it made me curious 🎅 💌

hii! thank you so much! I really enjoy making them 😊 they were actually what got me into making mbs and eventually gifing because I really wanted to make jeongin into a mermaid lmao. I would say my favourite concepts are the mythical creature ones and the gemstone ones!

[all-about-kyu]

Happy time zone my dear c:

Hybrids, you say? I like to think I got a grasp on something like that 👀

For science, since my reindeer have given me a list of your biases, Santa wanted to know about how you feel about crossiver fandom fics 👀 *clicks pen and holds up tiny microphone*

Stay hydrated, eat well. *throws snowflake shaped glitter* much love and joy to you, Santa is excited to gift you something magical

-Secret Santa ☃️🎅

SANTA!!! Sorry I responded so late life’s being… life 🫠 of course hybrids are always welcome here (my masterlist is very clear proof of monsters and hybrids) 🫣 cross overs are always welcome here!! I don’t see them a lot but know I WILL inhale it like I haven’t eaten in weeks 👁️👁️

You better stay hydrated and eat well too!! Best of luck and much joy and love in return ✨✨

[riptidexbackbiter]

Hello! 🎅 Merry Christmas, or how we say in Poland - Wesołych Świąt! Here's your not so secret anymore Santa ;) I had a really nice time talking with you, hope you had it, too! 😊

Your way of celebrating is awesome, too! 🥰 I have been cooking with my bf for 2 days straight and now we ate some of it with my uncle, we are lying on bed so full it is hard to move... It wasn't the smartest idea 🤣 at least my cat has a nice time lying on me.

Well, when it comes to snow, there was a lot of it so it still hasn't completely melted, but it is quite warm now (around 8-10*C) so a lot of it melted and the rest is mixed with mud, it is not really Christmasy anymore 😅

I am keeping my fingers crossed for you and your exams! 🥰

Hey Merry Christmas my secret santa🎅

I had a wonderful while time talking with you especially with that anon form it was so good😂❤️❤️

2 days straight 🤯 man I would die 💀

I'm pretty sure the cat would have had a wonderful time 🤣

I think it's kinda good I don't know about you but I love a warm temperature

But snow or no snow your Christmas is still going to be epic

Thanks a lot😘🫶