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[kitkatkey]

HarryKim AU fic recs? I gotcha. Heed each fic tags and double check for smut if you'd rather avoid that.

1) "in the car outside" by paisleycowboys, gym teacher Harry/rcm Kim au fic. They're neighbors, Kim's new in town, and Harry can't help but observe Kim observe him who's observing Kim. They don't get along at first but when feelings catch!!! Oh boy. Oh brother. They're so good for each other.

2) "at this point it was years before..." by RaccoonScientist, originally written in Mandarin translated into English, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND SO MUCH FUN!! Harry and Kim met as children, grow up together as best friends, alternate universe where they do not become cops. I read and reread this fic bc I couldn't get it outta my head.

3) "Static over voice" by sosioban, SO SO SO SO FUCKING GOOD I REREAD THIS RECENTLY (March '24) OOOOOO FUCK!! Harry and Kim meet by chance online playing video game. It is silly. There is pining. They do figure it out.

4) "Du bois coffee" by harvestar, modern au where they work at Harry's coffee shop. Of course they fall in love. Of course they inevitably kiss. Cute fluff. Cuno is mentioned, wish there was more of him in this one.

5) "My Dear Elf with the Clipboard" by Sosioban, more fluff!! Set modern day during Christmas. Kim is a pining mess. He wants Hot Santa so badly it's stupid. Hot Santa is ofc Harry.

6) "Your Turn with the Frog" by sosioban, OH GOD ANOYHER ONE BY SOSIOBAN??? YES!!! love this, read it in one day instead of doing schoolwork. Rushed all that work. Don't regret it. So silly and filled to the brim with smut. Alice, Soona, and Ruby are Kim's friends, Kim is gay, Harry is trans, they're fuck buddies who are both teachers, what can wrong? Kim definitely won't catch feelings. Definitely... WILL BE REREADING THIS ONE

7) "All In Due Time" fic series by Oxycontin. Love love love- so sad sad sad. Kim ages in reverse. His days are numbered. He slowly relearns how to live and how to love and what comes next for everyone else has already happened for him. As time goes on he forgets things. He grows younger. Aging in reverse like Merlin. Some good ol Pale fuckery ya know? I love this series. Extremely well written. Tears my heart up. Read it. I promise it does not disappoint with the angst.

8) "Pale Moon" by greatdistractions, is a werewolf Harry fic set post game. Harry doesn't remember being a werewolf, Kim goes to find him when he doesn't go to work and doesn't answer any calls, and finds a wolf in his apartment instead. They go back to Martinaise. Some cute shit happens. Quick, simple, cute read.

And these last two are set post-game and serve more as continuations than AUs but they're still So Fuckin Good:

9) "birds of a feather flock together" fic series by Thegrimreaperisanerd. OH OH OHOHOHIHHHHHH!!!! I love this series, the second fic is currently in progress and is getting so so so so good!! Taking place post canon, the first fic (Imprinting) is a casefic with Harry and Jean and Harry is so desperate for his new bestie (Kim) he buys a pink phone second hand and does some very illegal very questionable things. DUCKLINGS THAT DROWN is the sequel exploring more of their (Harry and Kim) relationship and their relationships with the 41st. The author is incredibly sweet, highly recommend yall to read and leave em a kudos/comment trust me they'll notice.

10) "Birdcage-verse" fic series by Sarielle, phenomenal writing, excellent execution of a case fic- ADOPTED CUNO ALERT!!! SEAMLESS ORIGINAL CHARACTERS!!! There is so much world building that has gone into this series. I cannot recommend this series in particular enough. Really it has it all.

Wow, genuinely thank you anon, I wasn't expecting such a detailed response! I've read some of these already (incredible tho so i should reread) but I will absolutely check out the others!

[justgayrevolutionnaries]

Of snowflakes and revolution

My gift for @fructidors for the @drinkwithme-exchange ! I was more than happy to make another fic for you, this time I wanted to focus on Grantaire an Jehan and I had so much fun writing about them, I hope you enjoy <3

This one takes place in canon era, a few weeks before the Barrière du Maine episode.

Read it below or find it on Ao3 !

February 1832

“You know, my friend, since you forced me to go out, I feel the least you could do is look happy I obliged.”

Jean Prouvaire’s words seemed to be met with an immediate success, as the man facing him, though he didn't assume the happy look expected of him, was effectively snapped back to reality and considered him with an ironic stare.

“I would apologize, but I should have thought you would be more than eager to look out that window yourself - are you not the same one who would rather talk about the shapes of the clouds than listen to Enjolras pestering us with practical matters ? I am curious what you should have to say about the snow out there.”

In Grantaire’s defense, although he was not usually one to admire the landscape, it was not everyday you could find Paris under the snow, and both of them had a feeling they should revel in the occasion, as they did not know when they would come across such a view again - or even if they ever would. In fact, Prouvaire’s face as he called out to his friend was more bemused than actually upset, as he had barely been able to tear his eyes from the window himself since they had sat down at the Corinthe.

The pair would usually meet at Prouvaire’s apartment, although it was so messy these days that there was barely enough room for him to move around, let alone his imposing and exuberant friend. Not that it bothered the poet in the slightest, it seemed almost natural for him to live amidst a mess of worn out-books, pieces of paper filled with fragmented verses and various flowers all around, and since there was always a bottle of good wine to be found somewhere in this mess, Grantaire did not mind either. This time however, upon finding out that his friend had been so absorbed in his readings that he had completely neglected his mortal needs such as buying decent food, Grantaire had positively dragged him out of the building, claiming that “burying yourself in books will make you even more boring than Combeferre” and that he needed to go out immediately to prevent this unfortunate occurrence from happening.

Which was how the two of them had found themselves walking along the quays of Paris under the freezing wind, looking for a decent place to eat. The streets were cold, probably colder than they had been in years, and although this did not affect their enthusiasm in the slightest, all Jehan could think about was that they would not be able to show their faces at the Musain for weeks to come, as they would never hear the end of it if Joly was to catch them with a cold.

Either way, as one could have expected, their wandering had led them to the Corinthe ; the cabaret was not exactly an establishment that could be qualified a “decent place to eat at” but it seemed any other place would have felt wrong - at least that was Courfeyrac’s usual saying to justify their constant going back. Well, that and the fact the waiter here knew Grantaire so well that she immediately brought not one, but two bottles to their table- two bottles that the man had been eyeing with envy since they had sat down.

As he reached for one, however, Jehan immediately slapped his friend’s hand away, blatantly ignoring the offended look he was met with.

“I will remind you - do not give me that wounded look, capital R - I will remind you that I agreed to come only if you did not inebriate yourself before we even got the chance at a meal together.”

Grantaire merely wrinkled his nose in disgust at the thought.

“Really, Prouvaire ? You, of all people, are going to tell me I am not allowed a drink today ?”

“Actually, I had expected my winning personality was enough to keep you good company - in fact, I shall take great offense if I find you brought me here only to immediately replace me with a bottle of wine. I should be upset, really. Positively vexed.”

The stern words only earned him a sarcastic look from his friend, who was used to Prouvaire’s theatrical lectures enough to know he did not mean one word of it.

However, though the redhead enjoyed teasing his friend about this subject, the truth was that being around Prouvaire had an unexpected effect on Grantaire. While the man was ever the most likely to grab a drink, and had drunk himself to oblivion more than once after a disdainful look from Enjolras, Jehan’s presence often sufficed to help him sober up. Not that the poet himself did not enjoy a drink, he was never the last to hold a glass of good wine to his lips, but he somehow seemed able to soothe Grantaire’s temperament with his mere words - after sharing a meal with the two of them, even Courfeyrac had marveled at the man’s sober self, effectively assigning Jehan the name of a “miracle worker”.

As if to acknowledge this, Grantaire’s eyes softened as he answered :

“And I am more than grateful for that company, Prouvaire. Although I think you are avoiding my question.”

At this point he took a solemn face and leaned in closer, earning him a puzzled look from Jehan.

“You will have to remind me what question you are talking about, R. I am afraid you were not the only one not paying attention.”

Grantaire leaned in even closer if that was possible and, whispering dramatically, he asked :

“What about the snow ?”

Prouvaire smiled as he understood what his friend meant. He leaned back into his chair, taking a puff of his pipe as he assumed a pensive look.

“The snow, uh ? A white mantle that comes to cover our whole city, petals white and pure, as if they had been sent by the gods themselves. For all we know, Chione could still be the one blowing snowflakes down until they reach us, so small and yet all chiseled by her hand, one by one. ”

“Is that all ? You are letting yourself go, Prouvaire. I expected more of-”

Grantaire burst out laughing as Jehan threw his hat at him, deliberately missing his face.

“Would you just let me think, you heathen !”

He closed his eyes to better concentrate, deciding that his friend’s ironic smile was not helping him at all.

“City asleep in the silence

Footsteps of a ghost in the night-”

“A ghost, really ? It seems to me those appear every time you try and write a verse about anything.”

“And why should we not talk about spirits ?” Jehan countered. “They are all around us. But if you have better inspiration, feel free to share it ; I shall be glad to hear what you have to say.”

Though caught off guard, Grantaire was more than happy to oblige.

“Snow falls from the sky like sparkles in the dark- no, this one doesn’t feel right. Keep going, you are better at this than I am.”

“No, no, wait, you had a good one with this. Snow falls down from the sky, sparkles in the dark / Black and white as far as my eyes can see…”

Here the poet stopped for a moment as he seemed to come back to reality, and he blushed slightly at the pride written on Grantaire’s face.

“I can keep going, if you want me to,” he said almost timidly.

“Of course you could. You seem to have a gift for this, you know. Poetry- your sensitivity seems to come almost naturally in your words.”

“You are not so bad with words yourself, my friend. You should consider coming by to help us write a speech, one of those days.”

Though light-hearted and seemingly nonchalant, the offer was merely met with a disdainful scoff from the man facing him.

“A speech ? So I can stand by and make a fool of myself with nonsense while Enjolras tells me to go home ? I don’t see what use I could be there. You should know by now your speeches mean near nothing to me.”

As Jehan was about to answer, his eyebrows furrowed, he found himself choking on the smoke of his own pipe. His friend seemed used to this occurrence, as he began softly patting the redhead's back with a bemused smile.

“I am a lost cause, Prouvaire. You should go waste your time on someone else. Besides, you should know Enjolras would never allow me in the vicinity if he is writing a speech to rally workers - or whatever it is you are trying to do - I would only spoil his credibility.”

“Grantaire, I have seen you go on for hours about the most beautiful of subjects - do you think I don’t remember that time you made up a limerick in just a few seconds, with only a candle for inspiration ? Your problem is not your style of speech, because you are splendid at it, it is merely your convictions.”

The suddenly serious tone of the poet was not lost on Grantaire, who leaned back in his chair to consider him thoughtfully.

“That is quite the compliment you are giving me here. Where are you going at with this flattery, if I may ask ?”

“I heard Enjolras is looking to make a census a few weeks from now- he believes it could be of use soon. He may be looking for someone to go to the Barrière du Maine, and I believe you are a familiar of Richefeu’s.”

Jehan understood he had got his friend’s interest as he saw, for the first time, a glint of surprise in his eye.

“You really have thought about this, have you not ?”

“What I am trying to say is, if you want to be taken as seriously as you deserve, you have to show what you are capable of. I believe you should try and convince Enjolras to let you go, just this once. You might even find you actually have beliefs- whether you are willing to admit it or not.”

As Grantaire opened his mouth to try a last word of protest, he added :

“And if you still think I was wrong about this then, I promise to buy you a meal to make up for it- and a decent one this time.”

Lost in his thoughts, his friend did not answer him immediately ; and when he did his response was lost in the noise of the conversation surrounding them. However, Jehan’s words seemed to have worked like a charm at reinvigorating Grantaire, as when the two of them finally left the café, he was engaged in one of those soliloquies not even Jehan dared to interrupt.

“Your friends may despise me, but I will have you know I am more than capable of starting a revolution if I put my mind to it. I should like to think I am not an idealist, what good did that ever do to anyone ? I refuse to die for your revolution. Prouvaire says I shall become a mere spirit too one day. I call this nonsense. Men will take a look around, and the snow bothers them no more than the sun ; still they talk of battles and oppression. I am more than happy to say I will leave the guns and the glory to you, my friend - although I shall personally be very disappointed to see a gun in your hands. You are, like me, a man of sentiment, and we shall-”

Grantaire’s grandiloquent speech was cut off abruptly as the wind caught a hold of his hat, causing it to fly off along the boulevard, a few feet before the two men. He swore profusely as he began running after it, followed by the redhead who was laughing heartily, turning his face upwards to feel the snow landing on his skin.

God, Jehan loved snow. He really wished they would get to see it fall again - next year, hopefully.

[soeurdelune]

petit guide du rpg sur tumblr;

Peut-être l'aviez-vous remarqué (ou peut-être pas), mais il existe une communauté de rpgistes très active sur Tumblr! Celle-ci est principalement anglophone et hispanophone, mais j'ai songé que concevoir un petit guide des termes, vocabulaire, rites et usages courant du rp sur Tumblr pourrait peut-être contribuer à convaincre certain·e·s rpgistes francophones à tenter l'aventure à leur tour! 🎉

Ce guide traitera donc principalement des bases du système rp sur Tumblr. Si vous possédez des questions à l'issue de votre lecture, envoyez plutôt un ask ou un dm (c'est plus facile pour répondre). Bonne lecture!

Introduction

Vocabulaire basique

Types de blogs indie

Roleplay etiquette et règlements

Lancer un rp

Réponses et mise en page

Faire sa pub (facultatif)

Indications et conseils bonus

INTRODUCTION

Avant toute chose: N'AYEZ PAS PEUR!

Vous vous souvenez sûrement de la première fois que vous vous êtes lancé·e·s dans le rp, que ce soit sur forum ou ailleurs. On a une boule de crainte et d'excitation dans le bide, on sait pas trop ce qu'on fait, si on dit les bonnes choses, si on sera accepté·e...

Faut savoir que le rp sur tumblr, c'est exactement pareil qu'ailleurs. Personne ne vous mangera. Personne ne se moquera de vous. Au contraire, si vous débutez, les gens sont par défaut plutôt gentils (même sur internet et oui)

Dans cette introduction, je souhaite faire la distinction entre les deux catégories de roleplay qui existent sur tumblr:

les communautés rpg (en anglais, rpg veut parfois dire roleplaying group): c'est comme les forums, avec un contexte prédéfini, des admins, des membres qui s'inscrivent etc. vous connaissez la musique normalement!

les indépendants, plus communément appelés “indie players” (ou indies). ce sont des rpgistes qui jouent un ou plusieurs personnages sur leurs propres blogs comme iels l'entendent, et qui ne dépendent donc pas d'une communauté rpg.

Sur ce billet, je vais parler exclusivement des indie roleplayers et de leur système, d'une part parce que si vous connaissez les forums, vous saurez déjà instinctivement comment s'organisent les communautés rpg, et d'autre part, parce qu'une fois que vous connaîtrez le système de jeu des indie players, il vous sera super simple de rejoindre les communautés rpg tumblr si l'envie vous prend.

Je glisse à titre personnel et subjectif que, en tant qu'rpgiste qui a écumé presque toutes les plateformes de rpg disponibles sur internet, Tumblr compte parmi les plus agréables et chill, surtout si vous souhaitez jouer un personnage sans nécessairement vous adapter au contexte d'un forum/d'une communauté. Idem si vous voulez rp dans des fandoms peu répandus, les chances de trouver quelqu'un qui soit dans le même délire que vous sont élevées!

LE VOCABULAIRE BASIQUE

*les termes écrits en italique sont anglais (à prononcer avec votre plus bel accent 👍)

original character (ou oc) – désigne un personnage entièrement créé de A à Z par lea rpgiste.

canon – désigne un personnage ou univers existant, issu d'un média comme un film, livre, etc. – peut aussi se référer à un évènement qui est survenu dans ledit média (exemple: Harley Quinn est un personnage canon, le fait qu'elle ait été psychiatre à Arkham est également canon)

canon divergent – lorsque quelqu'un décide de jouer un personnage canon ou dans un univers/média existant mais en reprenant les choses à sa propre sauce et en y ajoutant ses propres créations/imagination, on dit que c'est divergent ou canon divergent. (exemple: incarner le personnage de Sherlock Holmes de la série de la BBC avec un caractère doux et sympathique serait considéré comme canon divergent, ou encore ignorer la mort d'un personnage dans un média pour le jouer est également canon divergent)

verse – il existe deux définitions possibles: (1) verse peut désigner un épisode de la vie de votre personnage, par exemple sa jeunesse, son premier métier, son premier mariage... si par exemple je joue un vampire et que je propose aussi son “human verse”, ça veut dire que je peux aussi le jouer avant sa transformation (il est donc possible d'incarner votre personnage à plusieurs époques de sa vie si cela vous dit) (2) si vous choisissez d'adapter votre personnage à plusieurs univers existant, cette backstory pour chaque univers s'appelera un verse. (exemple: si je joue Tony Stark et que je l'adapte à l'univers de Batman, je pourrais appeler ça son “DC verse” ou “Batman verse”.)

alternate universe (AU) – c'est tout simplement un univers alternatif; les rpgistes utilisent parfois verse et AU de façon interchangeable, mais pour être plus précise, un AU est comme un verse mais concerne les adaptations radicalement différentes de l'univers de base (exemple: si j'adapte Tony Stark à l'univers du Seigneur des Anneaux, on parlera plus d'alternate universe (AU) que de verse.)

mun – raccourci de “mundane”, c'est le terme qui désigne lea rpgiste (donc, vous!)

ooc – raccourci pour “out of character”, quand vous postez une update ou ce que vous avez mangé à midi sur votre rp blog, on parle de ooc.

mutuals – quand deux blogs se suivent l'un l'autre, on dit qu'ils sont mutuals.

purple prose – désigne un style de prose particulièrement lyrique et caractérisé par un vocabulaire rare ou des tournures de phrase uniques (attention, c'est un terme à utiliser avec précaution car il possède une connotation un peu négative au sein de la communauté anglophone... j'ai hésité à le placer dans cette liste mais il est trop souvent utilisé pour être ignoré)

plot, plotting – le verbe plotting veut littéralement dire comploter, discuter d'intrigues, de manières de lier les personnages, de lancer des histoires, etc.

starter – désigne la toute première réponse dans un rp, le début qui lance tout le reste.

thread ou rp thread – c'est le terme anglophone pour qualifier un rp.

godmodding – acte d'incarner le personnage de saon partenaire à sa place dans un rp, c'est une pratique très mal perçue par toustes.

Ce sont là les principaux termes à connaître! D'autres viendront plus tard dans ce billet, mais si vous rencontrez un mot que vous ne connaissez pas, je vous réfère à ce glossaire extrêmement complet qui saura sûrement vous renseigner!

TYPES DE BLOGS INDIE

Il faut savoir qu'il existe plusieurs catégories de blogs indie:

private blogs – si un blog est marqué comme private, cela signifie que lea rpgiste ne joue qu'avec ses mutuals (donc les personnes qu'iel suit, et qui lea suivent en retour; ce qui signifie que vous pouvez follow ce blog, mais vous devez attendre qu'iel vous ai follow aussi pour interagir avec)

selective, semi-selective blogs – si un blog est marqué comme selective ou semi-selective, cela veut dire que la personne qui le tient est plus ou moins sélective vis à vis des blogs qui l'ajoute et des personnes avec qui iel rp.

si un blog n'est défini par aucun des termes ci-dessus, il y a de fortes chances que lea rpgiste soit ouvert·e à rp avec quiconque, mais il est vital de consulter son règlement pour en être sûr·e, ce qui nous amène au paragraphe suivant...

ROLEPLAY ETIQUETTE ET RÈGLEMENTS

Tous les blogs indie possèdent une page consacrée à leur règlement. + (conseil subjectif basé sur mon expérience personnelle: si vous tombez sur un blog qui ne possède pas de page de règlement, je vous déconseille d'interragir avec).

Les règlements varient de blog en blog, c'est pourquoi il est absolument PRIMORDIAL, VITAL, ESSENTIEL(!!!!) de les lire avant d'ajouter un blog pour savoir si vous êtes compatibles en matière de rp (et éviter de mauvaises surprises des deux côtés).

Dans la communauté anglophone, on parle souvent de roleplay etiquette pour désigner des règles universelles, souvent répandues et respectées de toustes sans la nécessité d'être mentionnées. Par exemple, l'interdiction du godmodding, qui est l'acte de décider/rédiger les actions du personnage de l'autre à sa place et sans son autorisation.

Sur les règlements, on trouve le plus souvent des indications concernant:

le rythme de réponse/activité

si le blog est private, selective, semi-selective, etc.

les triggers (!!!)

si lea rpgiste a 21+ ans (à titre personnel, je recommande de ne rp qu'avec les personnes précisant cela sur leur blogs car il y a encore beaucoup de mineur·e·s sur tumblr et il faut faire attention, pour vous et pour eux)

les indications concernant le formatting (cf. paragraphe intitulé Réponses et mise en page)

en bref, tout ce que la personne estime que saon partenaire de rp doit savoir sur ses préférences.

Les triggers sont importants et majoritairement pris en compte parmi les indies de Tumblr. Ils sont le plus souvent listés dans les tags du billet concerné, ce qui vous permet d'aller dans vos paramètres et de bloquer ceux qui vous concernent. La manière dont ces tags sont notés est également indiquée dans le règlement de lea rpgiste (par exemple, certains les taggeront tw: trigger, ou [trigger] etc. )

LANCER UN RP

Alors ça y est, supposons que vous avez créé votre blog, vous avez rédigé une jolie page présentant votre règlement et vos personnages, ajouté des rpgistes qui vous ont intéressent et qui ont l'air cool... et maintenant, que faire?? comment rp??

Pas de panique les amours ♡♡♡

La première chose à retenir et comprendre, c'est que si vous débutez sur Tumblr, vous êtes virtuellement invisible. Et bien oui, après tout, ce n'est pas comme sur les forums où les noms des nouveaux arrivants sont notés et mis en avant... C'est donc à vous de faire le premier pas, de montrer que voilà, vous êtes là, vous avez poppé comme un pokémon sauvage, vous êtes sympa, et vous êtes disponible pour rp! Même si vous êtes très timides, il y a quand même des façons de procéder qui vous permettent de ne pas trop devoir vous forcer ou vous mettre mal à l'aise ♡ 

Il y a plusieurs manières de lancer un rp sur Tumblr:

la plus classique: envoyer un message privé à lea rpgiste qui vous intéresse pour papoter, comploter, et lancer vos petites aventures! (auparavant, assurez-vous dans son règlement que la personne accepte de recevoir des dm, ce n'est pas le cas de tout le monde!)

les starter calls: vous êtes un peu intimidé·e et n'osez pas aller voir directement quelqu'un pour parler? vous pouvez poster ce qu'on appelle un starter call, qui est plus ou moins un appel à lancer un rp. les personnes qui like le billet vous signalent par ce geste qu'elles sont ouvertes à rp avec vous, vous pouvez alors rédiger un début de rp en les taggant sans nécessairement les consulter, ou bien aller les voir pour en discuter en mp. ——— (exemples de starter calls)

les open starters: un open starter est l'équivalent d'un rp libre. vous postez le début d'un rp, et en le taggant "open starter", ce sera une invitation à qui le souhaite d'y répondre. ———(exemples d'open starters)

les memes: rien à voir avec les blagues qu'on s'échange sur internet (même si c'est amusant quand même); dans ce contexte, un meme désigne une phrase, un bout de dialogue. ce sont des billets qui ressemblent à ça (clique). le but du jeu si un·e rpgiste reblog ce type de post, c'est que ses partenaires peuvent sélectionner une des phrases du post puis la lui envoyer en ask. ceci sera interprété comme le personnage de l'un s'adressant à l'autre, et la personne qui le reçoit peut alors composer dessus. cela peut parfois donner lieu à un starter, puis à un rp. il peut donc s'agir à la fois d'une étude de personnage selon la nature du meme, ou bien d'une invitation à rp.

les rp prompts, sentence starters etc: sur le même principe que les memes, les posts de type rp prompts ou sentence starters sont des posts rebloggés par lea rpgiste, que vous pouvez ensuite extraire et leur envoyer pour démarrer un rp.

RÉPONSES ET MISE EN PAGE

Dans ce paragraphe, on va parler de ce que les rpgistes Tumblr appellent le formatting, aka la mise en page.

Sur tumblr, les rp se font via les billets de type texte, ce qui signifie que vous rebloggez le post avec la réponse de votre partenaire, qui va lui-même reblogger votre post, et ainsi de suite.

PROBLÈME: vous vous doutez bien qu'à force de reblogger les réponses les unes à la suite des autres, le post finira par faire des mètres de long!

Pour régler ce souci, il faut donc faire ce que les anglophones appellent “cutting your post”, à savoir supprimer les réponses précédentes quand vous rebloggez, et seulement conserver l'essentiel (l'essentiel étant la réponse la plus récente de votre partenaire, puis la votre ajoutée à la suite).

Second problème: Tumblr a fait des mises à jour stupides depuis quelques années, qui compliquent le cutting des posts.

Ne fuyez pas! Ça paraît étrange et compliqué, mais c'est en vérité très très simple, il suffit de prendre deux minutes pour lire ceci et vous serez les as du découpage de billet!

TUTORIEL: How to cut posts EDIT!!!!!!! on me fait savoir dans l'oreillette que le tutoriel détaillé ci-dessous ne fonctionne pas systématiquement en raison des dates de création de blog donc en attendant que je puisse réécrire ce paragraphe, vous avec le choix entre deux tutoriels clairs et très complets juste ici et juste là sur la manière la plus efficace de découper les posts!

1. Il vous faut l'extension de navigateur XKit (disponible sur Chrome, Firefox et Safari). C'est une extension totalement safe, consacrée uniquement à Tumblr, qui permet de faire beaucoup de choses mais on se concentrera ici seulement sur la méthode pour nettoyer les posts.

2. Une fois installé, XKit apparaît dans votre barre de navigation quand vous êtes sur votre dashboard en haut à droite:

3. En cliquant dessus, une boîte s'ouvrira qui ressemble à ça:

4. De là, vous allez cliquer sur “Get Extensions” (dans la barre du bas), puis installer l'extension intitulée “Editable Reblogs”:

5. Une fois l'extension téléchargée, en pratique, cela vous permet de supprimer les reblogs précédent sur un post pour l'éditer comme vous le souhaitez.

Voici un exemple avec l'un de mes blogs poubelles. Je souhaite supprimer les reblogs, mais Tumblr m'empêche de retirer le tout premier post:

Je vais donc cliquer sur le crayon à gauche, sous la photo de profil (entouré en rouge ci-dessous) qui est disponible grâce à XKit:

TA-DA ✨ Le post est réduit à un texte simple, que je peux alors éditer comme je le souhaite pour conserver seulement les réponses les plus récentes.

Cela devrait donc ressembler à quelque chose comme ça:

⚠️ N'oubliez pas tagger votre partenaire de rp quand vous rebloggez avec une réponse (@pseudodelapersonne), sinon iel risquerait de passer à côté!

Alors, ce n'était pas si terrible à faire, si? ♡

👏 Fin de la partie chiante du formatting.

Parlons deux secondes des possibilités aesthetic de mise en page:

Les rpgistes sur tumblr utilisent parfois des graph divers pour illustrer leurs persos ou leurs rp. C'est varié, certain·e·s utilisent des small gifs, des rp icons, des gif icons pour illustrer les expressions de leur fc à chaque réponse... Vous pouvez aussi embellir vos textes en ajoutant des couleurs, des jolies typos... En fait, les choix de mise en page vous reviennent. MAIS, que vous partiez sur des icons ultra travaillés ou des mises en page minimalistes (perso, je suis team minimalisme), ce sera toujours l'écriture qui comptera et la majorité des rpgistes n'accordent pas beaucoup d'importance à ces critères.

FAIRE SA PUB (facultatif)

Comme je l'ai mentionné dans le paragraphe Lancer un rp, si vous débutez sur Tumblr, vous êtes techniquement encore invisible. Il vous est alors possible de poster ce qui s'appelle un promo post, qui est tout simplement une pub pour votre blog. (les promos sont toujours optionnels!! ce n'est pas une obligation)

Les promo post sont le plus souvent des graph capturant l'aesthetic et l'ambiance de vos personnages, de vos influences et de votre blog.

————— Vous pouvez en découvrir des exemples ici pour savoir de quoi je parle!

INDICATIONS ET CONSEILS BONUS

Si vous êtes arrivé·e·s là, bravo!! 🎉🎉🎉 C'est officiel, vous connaissez toutes les bases du rp indie sur Tumblr!! Tout le reste, vous l'apprendrez en espionnant les autres blogs indie et/ou en tentant l'aventure vous-même ♡♡♡

Ce dernier paragraphe est donc consacré à des indications/conseils supplémentaires!

✣ ESPIONNER AVANT DE SE LANCER 👀 ———— le plus simple pour bien comprendre, c'est d'observer. pour trouver des indie blogs qui vous permettront de regarder comment fonctionne tout ce que je vous ai dépeint plus haut, vous pouvez tout simplement taper dans la barre de recherche de tumblr le terme indie rp puis filtrer(!!) par les résultats les plus récents et cliquer sur les blogs dont les billets apparaissent.

✣ LE RP ET LES FANDOMS; ———— il y a beaucoup de fandoms représentés en rp sur Tumblr, des jeux vidéos un peu obscurs aux séries les plus populaires, si vous avez toujours rêvé de rp dans un fandom sans jamais trouver chaussure à votre pied, vous trouverez peut-être votre bonheur par ici... pour dégotter des indie blogs jouant dans les fandoms qui vous intéressent, vous pouvez là encore utiliser la barre de recherche de tumblr et entrer des termes comme nomdufandom rp et en filtrant par les résultats les plus récents (pour ne pas tomber sur des blogs inactifs).

✣ ORGANISER SES TAGS; ———— alors vraiment, classer ses posts en utilisant les tags, c'est pratique comme tout et ça vous sauvera la vie si vous avez besoin de retrouver un rp ou un billet rapidement. par exemple, tagger vos rp avec persoA x persoB, ou avoir un tag pour les memes que vous rebloggez.

ET VOILÀ. Encore une fois, à la moindre question, n'hésitez pas. Si vous choisissez de tenter le rp sur Tumblr, j'espère que vous vous amuserez bien et je vous souhaite tout le fun du monde! xx

[laurentdeglicourt]

Hervé Guibert, Le comte et la comtesse Klossowski de Rola, Rome, 1988.

Le Rollei 35 d'Hervé Guibert, Paris, MEP, 2011 © Laurent Deglicourt

Rosée-du-Printemps verse le thé, je sors mon appareil de ma poche, je n'avais même pas pris soin de préparer les réglages, je règle rapidement sur deux mètres au 60e, je vise à peine, j'entends le très léger déclic, j'ai déjà remis mon appareil dans ma poche. Rosée-du-Printemps, qui continue de verser le thé, me lance un regard foudroyant et paniqué, qui veut dire : « Vous êtes donc réellement un voyou ! Et vous avez de la chance qu'il soit trop sourd pour vous avoir entendu, je vais fermer les yeux, mais ne recommencez pas sinon je vous fous à la porte ! » J'ai le coeur qui bat, comme si je venais de commettre un crime. L'avocat raconte l'histoire troublante du voyage qu'il avait entrepris pour fuir le décès de sa jeune épouse, qu'il adorait, et qu'il avait assassiné malgré lui dans un accident de la route : partout où il allait se dressait devant ses yeux un signe du hasard qui le ramenait à son idylle ravagée, et lui interdisait l'oubli. Doria m'a dit au revoir en me serrant sur sa poitrine, c'est la première fois qu'il m'appelait Hector. Son étreinte avait une telle puissance que j'ai pressenti que ça ne pouvait être que la dernière. Doria pressait tendrement sur son coeur celui qui venait de le trahir en lui dérobant son image, préservée avec acharnement comme un trésor durant des dizaines d'années. Angelo ne s'était rendu compte de rien, il était assis à mes côtés, il n'avait même pas entendu le déclic, il m'a dit dans l'ascenseur : « Vous êtes une ordure. »

Hervé Guibert, L'incognito, Gallimard, 1989.

[power-chords]

In “Du vin et du hachisch” (On Wine and Hashish), Baudelaire elaborates the notions introduced in “Le Vin des chiffonniers” and invites his readers to think about the ragpickers, whom he calls “mysterious beings.” He goes on to describe their hard and dirty work, searching the city for everything that it had rejected, broken, and disdained, and the means by which it was transformed it into something new and useful, giving it a second chance.‍[44] The whole scene is set in the dim light of the street lamps, disturbed only by the night wind, similar to the obscured hazy setting in Manet’s painting.‍[45] Baudelaire’s ragpicker nods his head and stumbles on the pavement, like a young poet wandering around all day in search of rhymes.‍[46] Significantly, in “Le Soleil” (The Sun) Baudelaire perceives the poet’s quest for words as the ragpicker’s hunt for debris.‍[47] The poet’s symbolic struggle using the image of a fence echoes the ragpicker’s hook:

I walk alone, absorbed in my fantastic play, Fencing with rhymes, which, parrying nimbly, back away; Tripping on words, as on rough paving in the street, Or bumping into verses I long had dreamed to meet.‍[48]

Baudelaire addresses the city, his inspiration as a poet, and declares: “You gave me your mud and I have turned it into gold,”‍[49] a description that could also have been applied to ragpickers, who saw value in the city’s debris and were the agents through which it was recycled into desirable objects. Both the poet and the ragpicker are fed by the big city. Just like the poet, who sensitively chooses his words, Baudelaire describes the ragpickers as sensible figures, who make intelligent decisions while carefully collecting, sorting, and cataloging potential debris.‍

[dollhousing]

𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐋 ⸻ a wonderland mess. heroína de seu país das maravilhas quebrado. auxiliar de figurino e contrarregra do london opera royal house. aspirante a escritora. chaotic neutral. 23 anos. demissexual. de american mcgee’s alice.

[ ! ] esse resumo contém spoilers de eventos que ocorrem dentro dos jogos american mcgee’s alice e alice: madness returns.

resumo / about: londres, 1863. esse conto não começa com o país das maravilhas, mas com um incêndio. alice tinha sete anos quando sua casa foi misteriosamente assomada por chamas que ceifaram a vida de toda a sua família. o trauma a colocou sob um estado catatônico que durou dez anos, todos os dez miseravelmente enfrentados dentro do sanatório rutledge. sua vida, antes confortável e envolta de sonhos e devaneios, se converteu em um inferno pessoal de fragmentos de memórias, confinamento e culpa. nesse meio tempo, descobriu que seu país das maravilhas — antes um refúgio e santuário — havia se corrompido em um contraste monstruoso de seu antigo encanto e estava sob uma nova autoridade ditadora: a rainha de copas. alice desbravou esse mundo novo, aniquilando todos os seus novos monstros até derrotar a rainha cruel de vez. pouco depois, recuperou o suficiente de sua saúde mental para ser considerada sã dentro dos padrões da londres vitoriana de 1874 e deixou o sanatório rutledge. 

órfã e sem muitas opções, lhe foi arranjada uma moradia e emprego dentro do lar houndsditch para jovens desobedientes, na época sob os cuidados do dr. angus bumby, um antigo amigo da família e estudante de oxford que era tutorado por arthur liddell, o próprio pai de alice, cujo trabalho em seus dias de vida consistia na reitoria dentro da universidade em que bumby se graduava. em todo tempo de sua estadia na houndsditch, o dr. bumby atuou como seu psiquiatra e tentou ajudá-la a esquecer suas memórias traumáticas usando a hipnoterapia, mas essa repressão tinha seus lógicos efeitos colaterais e a saúde mental de alice gradualmente se deteriorou. em um dia agitado, ela enfim retornou ao seu país das maravilhas e embarcou na jornada de recuperar as lembranças reprimidas da infância para descobrir o que aconteceu no prelúdio de tudo: o incêndio de sua família. no fim, o responsável era ninguém menos que o próprio dr. bumby. quando alice soube, ela o assassinou — dentro e fora de seu país das maravilhas.

atualmente, sem um lar e com o assassino de sua família morto, alice encontrou um novo trabalho dentro da royal opera house como contrarregra e auxiliar de figurino, onde tem a chance de viver bem de pertinho a magia e alegria que costumava sentir ao lado da família quando seu mundo era mais simples, mais divertido, dentro da plateia de um espetáculo. escrevendo suas próprias histórias, ela sonha em algum dia estrear sua própria peça. 

personalidade. traços positivos: imaginativa, empática, gentil, astuta, corajosa. traços negativos: paranoica, autodestrutiva, cínica, emocionalmente distante. traços neutros: passional, mórbida, sarcástica.

verses. (under co.) victorian (principal). penny dreadful: trabalha no théâtre du grand-guignol. moderno (século xxi). otherlands: alice percebeu que agora também é capaz de se aventurar no subconsciente alheio, cheio de suas próprias peculiaridades, magias e monstros próprios para enfrentar. essas visitas nem sempre são voluntárias. londerland: com as memórias intactas mais uma vez, sua realidade se fundiu com o país das maravilhas e ela passou a viajar entre mundos sem precisar de seus adoráveis guias externos. esse verse inclui suas habilidades de otherlands. neverland (peter pan). ordem paranormal: o mundo imaginário de alice é tão vívido que suas monstruosidades deturpadas do país das maravilhas encontraram seu caminho para o mundo real. vampire: the masquerade: onde alice é uma vampira malkavian. sandman.

[caesarflickermans]

Twenty Questions: Fic Author Edition

tagged by the lovely @thesweetnessofspring and @bodyelectric77 (my heart is warm for uuu <3)

1-How many works do you have on ao3?

Two (+ a deleted one)

2-What's your total AO3 word count?

89,860

3-What fandoms do you write for?

THG. I’ve been writing in it for ten years (RP before fic), and I much rather go into publishing before I move to any other fanfiction tbh.

4-What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

She smelled like white roses

Burning bright in the city of the night

5-Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Absolutely! I try to, at least! Sometimes I get so excited about a comment that I’ll leave it in my inbox for a few days just to get excited again. Especially with my first fic that is very niche in this fandom, I get insanely happy about the fact that people are interested in it enough that they comment on it.

6-What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

This is hard, as I’ve only really written two works. Burning bright comes the closest, even if the final sentence is more a relief than anything, but it is mysterious throughout. Depending on who readers think the stranger outside is, the entire story can either be very angsty or not angsty at all.

7-What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

SSLWR is technically not finished as it has a second longfic coming up, but it ends on a very happy note. I’ve had THE urge™ throughout the fic and even while planning to kill Virgilia off as a repeated circle notion, but it’s breaking the circle that is so vital. Even if she has succeeded in finding out the truth about the past wife (a mystery from the first chapter onward!), educated herself about our past, and found actual love that exists/is not a fairytale, it’s still not a character journey over. If anything, characters—and on a meta level people—like her deserve a happy ending. Even if just to show that there’s the chance to do a 180, no matter the situation. (Doesn’t mean the horrors aren’t awaiting her though 😊)

8-Do you get hate on fics?

No, and I’m kinda? Surprised lol? Like maybe it’s just that niche that you’d only click on it if you are at least semi-interested, but with the heavy subject matter I had expected some people being very critical of the content—the whole debate what belongs and doesn’t belong in (fan)fiction.

9-Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Sort of? SSLWR included a smut scene in ‘Queenside’. It was very flowery, though. So, yes, but it’s not a very descriptive scene. I wanted to stay true to V’s character and focus more-so on the emotional inner thoughts and meaning of having this moment. That said, of course this isn't the last time they will do it, especially with the next longfic including more romantic couplings, but I don't see the purpose of writing them out. The before and after seems much more important, so if I end up wanting to write it again, it will be similar to the first moment in what it did and did not mention.

10-Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Not in fanfiction, but I’ve done a lot of AUs for Caesar and Virgilia in RP context. Caesar has really been in any kind of popular media from the past decade to roleplay with people’s characters there. He’s been a Tyrell in ASOIAF, and he’s been a former show host in TLOU-like verses. My most used one is a modern AU where he lives in NYC as a late night host. As for Virgilia, it’s been much fewer and I don’t really set her in other media anymore. But she has several modern verses, among those one where she grew up in a FLDS-like cult and escaped eventually.

11-Have you ever had a fic stolen?

No

12-Have you ever had a fic translated?

No

13-Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

No

14-What's your all-time favorite ship?

I don’t really do ships outside of the ones I have; which are Caesar/Cinna, Cressida/Fulvia, and Virgilia/Plutarch. I also have two ships with my rp partner, @beedelia. The first is Caesar/Bedelia Du Maurier from H.annibal, and the second is the sole victor I'm shipping Caesar with; a middle aged victor from 7 who lost his eyesight in the arena.

15-What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

I only have one more WIP planned and it’s going to take some time, but I have confidence in it being finished. I do have some loose ideas about writing some one shots that detail more on tertiary characters, such as Paylor, but it’s nothing more than an idea. Would be in the same style as Tigris' one shot, so it's more a "once I really start, I don't think it will be abandoned".

16-What are your writing strengths?

I think I’m a good character writer. It’s a given coming from RP, but I think I can breathe life into the characters I write, and give them good story arcs. With Virgilia especially, I’m always baffled that people say they like her character or liked her journey, so I’d say that’s working quite well for me writing wise.

17-What are your writing weaknesses?

That I take a long time and overthink everything. I want my first draft to be really good, so I cannot settle for okay. I rewrite sentence and am generally slow because I want what’s coming out on the blank screen to be good. It doesn’t help that—obviously—I’m no native speaker, so my sentence structure or vocabulary is never going to be the best; I feel like both are fairly repetitive. I do try to use Merriam Webster a lot to spice it up, but it can only help so much. I’m also not sure how I’m doing pacing wise. Coming from RP, I was used a lot more to, say, 200-500 word replies where I was writing short scenes with someone else. Pacing was never a question here. But I feel like I’ve improved on this ever since I started writing longer stories.

18-Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

It doesn’t happen in Panem, anyhow. As @bodyelectric77 has said, some headcanon that Spanish is spoken in District 4, but I don’t believe that the fascist government would want to keep any other language than English in its country, because it makes surveillance so much harder. But for a more general approach: I find it unnecessary. If the character doesn’t speak the language, then it’s essentially just a blank for them. Why should they know what the other is saying? If they do speak that language, then don’t build on the reader being able to speak it (or being bothered to look it up. Why do I need google translate for a fic, grr!). Just give me indirect dialogue then (“He said XYZ in Spanish”).

19-First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter back when I was 12 or so. Both in RP and fanfiction.

20-Favorite fic you've ever written?

She smelled like white roses. It’s my passion project. Though I’ve got a feeling that Birds of the Capitol (current WIP) is going to be my magnum opus in a way. Really encapsulating 10+ years of writing (RP/fanfiction) in this fandom. I’m excited, scared, nervous, thrilled. Everything.

Tagging: @mollywog, @lemonluvgirl, @thesmileykate, @districtunrest, @petruchio

[hellsgreatestshow]

Holidays in Hell;

This is lore for my muses built with the help of @hellsgreatestgame. We have carefully worked together to build and expand the Hella-Verse. All these ideas are mine and not to be used by anyone else without permission. A lot of time and effort went into every detail or my lore.

These are the holidays that are celebrated in hell and have various different traditions and activities for these days.

Epiphany Jan. 6. - Start of the new year, warmth and rejoice. This is the date Lucifer fell and is a time of new beginning. The Hellborn celebrate it much like New Years. Apples are a big theme here. The day involves a big feast in honor of Lucifer. Fête du Vodoun Jan. 10 - Vodou celebration similar to Mardi Gras. Imbolc Feb. 1 - Spring coming & St. Brigid day. This day is to celebrate the changes of seasons and the time of year when Hell celebrates blessings. This is a common time for mating and new blessings. This day it is tradition to make various items of protection to gift to those they care about to care, holly, dolls and jewelry is all popular gift. Lupercalia Feb. 15 - hail yourself all about sexual revolution. The days leading up to it is a feast days. The 13 and 14th are basically orgies. Many parties are thrown all over hell to embrace empowerment and pleasure. The 15 a special dinner of figs from caprificus tree and goats milk. The event is ended anointment in the form of a St. Peter's cross being drawn on you by a bishop or Prince of Hell. Feralia Feb. 13-22nd - celebration of death. This is to morn and bring offerings to those long gone but not forgotten. (black beans represent mourning tears and are left at graves. It is thought the dead feel the tears from this act) This is more a holiday for the living but the various acts on earth does effect sinners. Hexennacht April 30 - day of mourning. This is a day to mourn for those fallen in Exterminations or from holy wars. Wearing white is more common on this day than black. Beltane May 1st - Summer day and giving gifts of flowers for rebirth. it is a celebration of life and new chances. Many present flowers to those around them they care for. Many confess their hidden feelings on this day. Unveiling Day July 25 - When the first statue of Baphomet was placed for religious freedom in the U.S. This day is another day that is mostly an Earthly Holiday though over time it spilled into hell. It is about Anarchy and rebellion. The overlords have made this a day for themselves. Lughnasadh Aug. 1 - Harvest & death. This day is about abondance and death. Mostly this date is used to harvest and at the end of the day there is bonfires. This is a time to burn the bad and server ties to the past. Halloween Oct. 31 - This is to celebrate the Hellborn and allows them to travel to Earth to indulge. Offerings are often gifted to the hellborn and they are able to let loose as long as they follow the rules allowed by Samhain who controls this day. Samhain Nov. 1 & 2 - Other known as All Saints Day and All Souls Day, these days are ran by Samhain and act as a conduit between Earth and Hell. Sinners are easily summoned from hell to Earth on this days and on the 2nd, many sinners can break through seals to roam the earth for this day. You must be incredibly powerful for this to happen. Sol Invictus Dec. 25 - Celebration of being unconquered by superstition and consistent in the pursuit and sharing of knowledge. This is an exchanging of gifts still.

The other big Holiday would be for Charlie's birthday. It would be celebrated all throughout hell. It is a celebration of her life and hope. (for my own reasons for now, I h/c Charlie's birthday as June 6th. This can be changed for Charlies I write with but until an official bday is announced I'll be using this date.)

[neongreenllama]

Are you ready to start the actual german Remus Lupin playlist? Obviously some of the already established songs have to be on there, Durch den Monsun is a MUST. But might I suggest Augen zu by Kobito & Sookee for either post moon Remus vibe or berlin hipster remus vibe? What do you think?

Okay, I think I’m ready.

Love that song choice. Remus is just so damp and tired all the time.

Durch den Monsun is definitely staying.

Now, are we still on that original antifa idea? Because I guess a lot of that overlaps with Sirius’ playlist, but I suggest Hey Mr Nazi specifically for Remus. He is antifa, but I feel like he’d play nicer than Sirius.

Also Cottbus by Audio88 & Yassin, Seelentherapie by Toten Hosen, and maybe Schüsse in die Luft by Kraftklub? („Ich war niemals anti-alles, ich war immer anti-ihr / Hab schon lange angefangen mich mit Dingen zu arrangieren“) I feel like these have a tired ‘I wish other people would do something but they’re not, so I guess I have to’-vibe which is very on brand for Remus imo, but tell my yours.

Moving on from antifa songs, I am a bit surprised you didn’t know Udo Lindenberg. He’s not even a musician anymore, he’s like, culture, an idol. He fought to play a concert in the DDR and became a symbol for the Wiedervereinigung. ANYWAY history lesson over, he’s also ….. specific. You have to look at an interview or something and then tell me whether or not Remus has a crush on him. I really need to know your opinion on this.

I’m not incredibly well-versed in Udo Lindenberg, but I think he’d listen to Wieder genauso when he wants to cry (or, if you really wanna go there, in the lost years, or after Sirius dies. Which he doesn’t, but it’s in that weird AU everyone is always talking about)

And of course Hinterm Horizont for the wolfstar feels.

And Mein Ding. Idk, it’s like a hymn for Udo fans.

I also really do think he would love Falco. So I suggest we keep Egoist and Junge Römer and add Der Kommissar. No thoughts just vibes.

For Sido I agree with Löwenzahn, would like to keep Mein Block, and add Rollender Stein because if Remus can identify with something it’s running away and leaving people behind: "Wahrscheinlich ist es nicht so leicht, dis zu versteh'n / Doch ich konnte nicht mehr bleiben, es war einfacher zu geh'n / Aber niemand ist mir wichtiger als ihr vier / Mehr als ich mir selbst bedeutet ihr mir // Vielleicht weiß ich, wann die beste Zeit zu geh'n ist / Aber immer, wenn es wichtig wäre, fehl ich / Heh, ja, ich weiß, was dis Problem ist, ich schäm mich" (back with the remus bashing apparently, but you know it's true)

Also adding Liebst du mich for needy, insecure, head-over-heels-in-love-with-Sirius Remus.

The more I think about this the more important Remus loving Sido is to me.

That's all I can think of for him right now but tell me yours! (and on the tiny chance anyone else is interested in this, they are also welcome to add stuff)

[leseffrontesfr]

— C’est long… — Courage, nous y sommes presque. — Encore un peu et nous aurons aboli toutes les discriminations, tous les préjugés et tous les stéréotypes ! Qu’est-ce que tu verses, là ? — C’est une loi contre les discriminations capillaires. En tant que rousse, je me sens souvent oppressée, mise à l’écart. — Oh, ma pauvre ! Moi, je souffre d’être si brune. Si banale… — Oui, bon… Vous êtes toutes brunes. Je suis la seule rousse parmi les cinquante filles du roi Danaos. — Justement ! Tu as de la chance, tu sors de l’ordinaire. On te regarde. — Mais c’est ça qui m’oppresse ! Je ne veux pas qu’on me regarde sans mon consentement. — Et bien, couvre ta chevelure. Ou fais-toi une teinture. — Là, tu vois, tu me discrimines. Tu veux m’imposer ta couleur de cheveux. — Mais tu me gonfles, à la fin ! Tu es la seule de nous toutes qui ait un petit truc en plus, et tu fais ta rouquemoute geignarde pour rien… — Non, mais… Écoute-la ! Écoute la ! Elle m’a appelée « rouquemoute ». — Gorgophoné, fous-nous la paix avec ta tignasse. Personne n’a choisi la sienne. Continue de verser. Tant que nous n’aurons pas rempli ce vase d’égalité à ras-bord, nous vivrons en enfer. Qu’est-ce que tu as dans le prochain pot ? — Une loi pour interdire de dire des choses malaisantes, même en privé. — Parfait. Nous allons continuer à en verser. Nous finirons bien par y arriver, et alors… Nous serons libres !

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Sunday, February 18th

Riley: Way I heard it. You were all peaceable now. You didn't by any chance go and lose that pesky soul again, did you? Angel: (dangerously) Don't push me, boy.

~~The Yoko Factor~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Futures Past by MadeInGold (Spike/Darla, M)

Моя слабость (a translation of angelus2hot's My Weakness) by B_E_S (Buffy/Angelus, T, in Russian)

Des fleurs pour la St Valentin by MissKitty28 (Buffy/Spike, G, in French)

Murder and Onion Blossoms: A Conversation Between Spike and Andrew by Absurd_Jack (M)

Kiss the Chef by firemanwhenthefloodsrollback (Buffy/Spike, T)

Would you believe it ? by WhiteMonsterEnergy (Buffy/Spike, G)

Until the Morning Sun Has Risen by MadeInGold (Angel/Riley, M)

Eyes Wide Open by CheekyKitten (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

The Kind of Anticlimactic that's... Not by EllieRose101 (Buffy/Spike, PG)

With Grit and Pain by Harlow Turner (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

[Chaptered Fiction]

Raven - Chapter 3 by sparrow2000 (Xander, Spike, OCs, G)

Du fond du cœur - Chapter 1-2 by MissKitty28 (Buffy/Spike, G, in French)

A Slayer of Nightmares - Chapter 1 crossposted with new revisions and art by LJMouse (InuYasha crossover, Buffy/Spike, not rated)

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[sinisterness]

thinking abt how comic verse kat got the chance to deal with the issues she had with her father and went through a (if fucked up) catharsis of letting go of the weight of her family legacy (the blades) and her family's hold (marcus' death) and fully realise her abilities as an assassin and her role in noxus.

meanwhile my hc verse where, even before the comic release, the mystery and disappearance of her father still looms over her head, everything she attempts to do, and literally hangs from her name (general du couteau). No matter what she attempts to do to sever herself, his ghost is constantly at her heels. We see this briefly in the first few chapters of the story where Marcus is brought up in nearly every conversation she has, especially with Talon, get a hobby. (yes this is to prepare the audience for Marcus' introduction but work with me here <:3c) Sometimes in life, you're not going to be able to neatly tie the trauma you went through all your life up with a nice, smouldering from the explosion, ribbon. You have to bear the burden you never wanted or asked for, and find a way to deal with it in a particularly hostile world that doesn't easily forgive even emotional weakness.

[into-september]

MAIN TAG: mlb meta

SHIP STUFF

Put your money on ladynoir, kids

On the merits of imperfection (why ladrien is my favourite side of the love square)

The innage tragedy of ladrien, and why I love it

So here’s the thing: (from the perspective of character growth, reversing the love square makes no sense)

To phrase this better than I did so late at night that it was technically morning: (lukanette is a masterclass in the crucial difference between showing and telling)

The NYC special might’ve sunk lukanette before it ever had the chance to happen

if we’re using “friendship is more important than a celebrity crush” to argue against the love square…

On shipping dynamics within the love square, mainly marichat vs. ladrien

ADRIEN AGRESTE MY BELOVED

Adrien Agreste and the limelight

Adrien Agreste and the question of unmasking

Some speculation about Gabriel’s possible ways out of being Hawkmoth and how they will affect Adrien

To cross your DNA with something reptile (on sentiadrien, because who needs narrative logic when you can have angst)

Being the topic du jour and all (the show has already shown that getting his amok can’t be a ~beautiful metaphor~ for sentiadrien’s freedom)

If sentiadrien is meant to be a commentary on child abuse then someone has no idea how stories work (spoiler: it’s not, because abuse is funny on this show)

SPOILER: I’M A CHLOÉ STAN I GUESS

Ending Chloé’s story as a villain would be a vaste of screentime and that’s why they shouldn’t

This be the verse (let’s just say I’m less than impressed with how early S4 handled the Bourgeois family drama)

Some more Zoé meta

Let’s talk narratological theory to explain why Chloé is an abused child in the text even if the creator insists she isn’t

WHY LUKA ISN’T MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER

Spoiler: Luka Isn’t A Great Character Yet (written in response to some people’s very low standards after “Truth” aired)

In fact he’s so poorly written that he’s pretty much an unintentional parody

Overthinking things (they don’t mean it like that but I saw some uncomfortable sexist themes to Luka’s akuma powers, both times)

Can we please stop blaming Marinette for Luka being a simp

MIXED BAG

Paper faces on parade (comparing and contrasting Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Gabriel Agreste)

On the feminist merits of MLB

The Scarf Came Back (on “Mr. Pigeon 72″ and the meaning of its many callbacks to early S1)

Related: S4 and “Gorizilla”

Jagged Stone is… (a spoiled manchild who’d be an awful parent if he’d stuck around and they were better off without him)

“Gang of Secrets” was underwhelming and that’s a problem

I finally realised where my entire problem with “Gang of Secrets” lies

Right now my main hope for S4 is that I’ll come out of it shipping alyanette like it’s going out of style (this show should’ve put more effort into Alya like three seasons ago)

MLB and the bad rich people

Some observations and a poor attempt at analysing the depiction of wealth in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

No, Marinette isn’t a Mary Sue (because I refuse to acknowledge linguistic drift and “Mary Sue” does not mean what you think it means)

Etymology ragepost, MLB edition

This show just can't up the stakes in battle

NOT REALLY META BUT STILL

Chloé should discover Cat Noir’s identity it’d be great

I also really want Felix to become a gentleman thief

What if all the heroes knew everyone’s identities except Cat Noir’s, wouldn’t that be super fun and not at all heartbreaking

My ideas for the Secret Sibling were way better than who it turned out to be tbh

Did you know that I have a tag devoted to Kagami being a fujoshi

Outline of the Hikaru no Go AU someone else should totally write

“Puppeteer 2″ was a microcosm of the Cat Noir-Ladybug-Nino-Alya mess of S4

Marinette is canonically bi in the Norwegian dub

GOING OFF ON OTHER PEOPLES’ POSTS

The Umbrella Scene Redux in the NYC special wasn’t about Adrien falling for Marinette but a foreshadowing of the importance of friendship going onward

Adrien’s pain lies not in unrequited love, but projecting his abandonement issues onto Ladybug

A small but heartfelt declaration to adrigami

When you have to make your characters repeatedly insist that someone is so totally in love, it’s not coming across as totally convincing to your audience

tl;dr I suspect that the reason marichat is so popular and ladrien is correspondingly disliked is about gender roles, actually

On marichat and ladrien and romance tropes

No really, ladrien is stupid and that’s why I love it

The Reveal is supremely unlikely to happen before the deciding battle against Gabriel and if it does, they won’t get together before it anyway

MLB’s got a bit of a genre problem and that’s why the plot cannot ever move

Chloé is the Loki of the MLB fandom and given how much attention the show proper gave her compared to the rest of the secondary cast, Thomas Astruc has no right to be surprised about it

Chloé can’t be Queen Bee again before she realises that she doesn’t need to be Queen Bee to do good things

More Chloé analysisin’: An irredeemable character wouldn’t need a three-episode storyline to explain her reluctant fall for the villain

Some people finding the sentiadrien narrative a healing parable about emotional abuse does not stop it from functionally annulling the actual emotional abuse the show depicted

[highfunctioningflailgirl]

Les Trois Mousquetaires, Chapter 31

Our boys meet up with de Winter and the three other Englishmen for their appointed duel.

De Winter wants to know the real names of Athos, Porthos and Aramis, refusing to fight with men who carry the names of "goat sheperds". (How dare he?!) And the three actually comply, whispering their true names into the Englishmen's ears - to d'Artagnan's and the reader's immense frustration who can't overhear a damn thing!

Athos cooly tells de Winter that, since "one believes me to be dead, I will now have to kill you, to keep my secret." And he means it.

And then "huit épées brillèrent aux rayons du soleil couchant." ("Eight rapiers glistened in the rays of the setting sun")

(I live for excatly this kind of romanticized swashbuckle writing).

And for Dumas' descriptions of each of the Musketeers' fighting style:

"Athos fought with the same calm and method he displayed in a weapons hall (aka in training)"

"Porthos, no doubt having had his confidence curbed a little by his adventure in Chantilly, played a game of finesse and prudence."

"Aramis, who had the third verse of his poem to finish, fought his man in a hurry."

It is, of course, Athos, the best swordsman of the regiment, who kills his opponent first, with a single thrust, right through the heart.

(As I said, I'm so here for this shit.)

Porthos, meanwhile, only injures his opponent and helpfully carries the man to his carriage. How polite!

Aramis' Englishman very quickly realizes he doesn't stand a chance and makes a run for it.

(I'm so here for this, too.)

And our youngster? D'Artagnan uses a clever strategy of simply parrying de Winter's blows, tiring him out, until he can simply flick his rapier out of his hand.

De Winter stumbles and falls, d'Artagnan's sword at his throat. But d'Art, generous as he is, lets de Winter live - in exchange for the love of de Winter's sister. (Which had been his plan all along.) D'Art is proviced with Lady Clerick de Winter's address and to show up at her place at 8 o'clock that same evening where de Winter will introduce the two.

After an unusually flamboyante toilette, probably using the 17th century equivalent of hair products and a lot of parfum, d'Artagnan, ready for his date, stops by Athos' place on his way, who - wary as he is of anything female - warns d'Artagnan that Milday may be a spy of the Cardinal's. (Remember, dear reader, that, at this point, none of them know who Milady really is!)

They even talk about her being blonde, and Athos about being especially suspicious of blonde women.

But our young Gascon doesn't listen.

In d'Artagnan's eyes, the evening's date goes well, as do three more dates on the following nights. Milady (who turns out to be de Winter’s sister-in-law and not his sister) is nice to him and shows great interest in his person, asking a lot of questions, also about his friends, and if he's considered working for the Cardinal? Or if he's ever been to England?

But d'Artagnan, sweet summer child that he is (and also a 20yo whose blood has entirely left his brain in favor of his dick), doesn't suspect a thing, and neither does he notice that Ketty, Milady's pretty and friendly maid, is desperately trying to flirt with him.

[blackbutler-readerinsertsandjunk]

Alright you called me out with that “there’s no such thing as too many requests” so imma do just ONE MORE for the absolute unit Wolfram and the golden minded Sieglinde. He x motherly reader where reader sings a lullaby to sieglinde one night. I personally find Irish/scottish lullabies to be *chefs kiss* so I beg you to listen to the song Einíní, or at the very least use the lyrics for it in the fic somehow (maybe reader explains their own heritage and history to the very curious sparkly eyed sieglinde??) http://songbat.com/archive/songs/irish/einini

Okay Ty and I’ll go jump off into the abyss now 🙈

all I have to say is this: MY HEAAAAAAART!!!!!!

“… weißt du, wie viel Kinder frühe stehen aus ihrem Bettlein auf dass sie ohne Sorg und Mühe fröhlich sind im Tageslauf Gott im Himmel hat an allen seine Lust, Sein Wohlgefallen kennt auch dich und hat dich lieb kennt auch dich und hat dich lieb…”

When everything else has been taken care of, the only thing that’s left to do in the evening is sing Sieglinde to sleep. Most of the time, WOLFRAM takes care of that; he knows more German lullabies than you do, and which ones seem to comfort her most.

You can’t really say you mind. Aside from this, you don’t get many chances to hear your husband singing, which is a shame. He’s very shy about it, but he’s got a voice like dark velvet, dripping like honey over your entire being. It’s no surprise why Sieglinde loves when he sings to her, because when you listen to him, it’s like no problem or struggle matters.

This one, you’ve learned well enough. It’s calming and soft, especially the way he sings it. Thanks to the two of them, too, you’ve picked up enough German to be able to rough out a translation in English which matches the melody.

For a moment, you’ve been lingering by the door watching and listening, with a hand over your currently very pregnant stomach. You’re sure you’ve begun to hum, given that Sieglinde keeps switching her gaze from him to you. The last verse that Wolfram ever sings is the same as the first, so as he fades into the last of it, you step in and add your own voice in English.

“Can you count the stars that brightly twinkle in the midnight sky? Can you count the clouds, so lightly o’er the meadows floating by? God the Lord doth mark their number with His eyes that never slumber He hath made them, every one He hath made them, every one.”

Almost as soon as you settle down next to Wolfram on the bed, he’s slipped an arm around you and leaned in to press a kiss to your forehead. You like that he seems to smile so much more readily in moments like these. “Liebling, you should be resting,” he murmurs against your hair.

“Shush, love, I’m alright. Besides, I missed you two.” You reach down, tucking the covers up under Sieglinde’s chin a little more tightly. “Do you need one more song to get you drifting off, sweetheart?”

She gives a sleepy nod and pops one arm out of your expertly-tucked blanket to rub at her eyes. “You don’t speak so much German, Mutti. Does your language have a lullaby?”

You giggle. “All languages have lullabies, my dear. Do you want one of mine?”

“Mhm. What will it be about?”

A thoughtful hum leaves you, your fingers gently carding through her hair. Well, which one should you choose? “Let’s see… I think the one about a mother bird singing to all her little birds to go to sleep. There are lots of different kinds of birds in the nest by a wall outside, but she’s being a mother to them all and telling them it’s time to go to sleep.”

Sieglinde offers what you think is a noise of approval. “So maybe I am like a little bird, then?”

“Haha… you’re such a smart little girl.” Although it’s difficult with how big your middle has become, you manage to duck down and give her a kiss on the forehead. (She’s already gotten one from Wolfram, you know, and she refuses to sleep until she gets one from both of you.) “Now, close your eyes.”

Only when she’s done so do you begin to sing. The whole time, you make sure to keep playing with her hair, in the hope that it will lull her even further.

“Éiníní, éiníní, codalaígí, codalaígí éiníní, éiníní codalaígí, codalaígí codalaígí, codalaígí cois an chlaí amuigh cois an chlaí amuigh codalaígí, codalaígí cois an chlaí amuigh cois an chlaí amuigh…”

Wolfram’s arm tightens a little more around you ― protective, strong, loving. Just the way he touches you like this makes you wonder if your voice has the same effect on him that his has on you. He’s even leaning his head lightly against your shoulder, and you get the sense that his eyes want to close if they haven’t already.

Sieglinde, meanwhile, is starting to breathe a little quieter. That usually means she’s beginning to let sleep wrap its gentle embrace around her. She’s clearly listening to you with rapt attention, though, her head tilted so that one ear is turned eagerly toward you.

“An londubh is an fiach dubh, téigí a chodladh, téigí a chodladh an chéirseach is an préachán, téigí a chodladh, téigí a chodladh codalaígí, codalaígí codalaígí, codalaígí cois an chlaí amuigh cois an chlaí amuigh codalaígí, codalaígí cois an chlaí amuigh cois an chlaí amuigh…”

Really, Sieglinde does remind you of a little bird just like in the lullaby. You and Wolfram have cozied her up in the ‘nest’, cuddled around her and singing in an effort to relax her enough so that she drifts off. It makes you happier than you know how to describe to be able to have moments like this with her.

… And with Wolfram. He’s the brightest star in the sky to you; as he says it, your ‘one and only’, the person you’ve been waiting your whole life to be with.

When he shifts your position around, he sets his hand on your stomach. You’re almost certain you feel the baby inside you kick in response, knowing their father is near and trying to get closer. He’s felt it many times already, but it looks like it still makes him feel so much.

These are your perfect days. Perfect nights, fading into perfect mornings and perfect afternoons and perfect evenings.

You can’t wait to go to sleep, so that you can wake up again.

“An spideog is an fhuiseog téigí a chodladh, téigí a chodladh an dreoilín is an smóilín, téigí a chodladh, téigí a chodladh codalaígí, codalaígí codalaígí, codalaígí cois an chlaí amuigh cois an chlaí amuigh codalaígí, codalaígí cois an chlaí amuigh cois an chlaí amuigh.”

After humming the melody a few more times, Wolfram carefully guides you onto your feet. Sometimes Sieglinde complains a bit if the two of you leave before she’s sufficiently asleep, though it appears she’s nearly there. She’s old enough that she can fall the rest of the way herself, now that the two of you have led her most of the way into a dream.

Both of you are at the door when she speaks up quietly. “Mmmh… goodnight, Vati. Goodnight, Mutti. I love you both.”

You have to turn in and press yourself to Wolfram’s chest simply so you don’t start squealing in delight. Not only is it the most precious scene in the world, you also adore it when she calls you Mutti. Getting too worked up will just undo all your hard work, unfortunately. “Goodnight, darling,” you call softly.

“We love you too,” Wolfram adds. “Goodnight, our little bird. Sweetest dreams.”

With that, he blows out the final candle on the dresser by the door, and the two of you slip out so she can sleep.

You’ve only just gotten into the hall when you throw your arms around Wolfram’s neck and kiss him. Sometimes you wish you could just do this forever. The rest of the world can wait a while, can’t it?

“I love our life so much, Wolfram.” You sigh as you lean against him… and in the next breath he’s scooped you up in his arms. You know he’s just going to carry you to bed, probably convinced you’ve had enough of being on your feet for one day. For once, you’re not going to stop him from doing it. “Aren’t you excited we’re going to have another little bird in our nest soon?”

“Ja, of course. When will she be here? The waiting has been long enough, hasn’t it?” It doesn’t even feel like he’s walking with you. It’s like he’s floating, gliding along the floor toward your bedroom.

You chuckle, closing your eyes as your head comes to rest on his shoulder. “Well, I feel like I’m set to pop any day now. When I do, how are we ever going to contain Sieglinde’s joy? She’s so ready to be a big sister.”

There’s a vibration of a low laugh rumbling in your ears as he sits down on the bed with you. “… Thank you. For being so good to her.”

A part of you feels a little sad that he feels he has to thank you for that. You love that little girl. Anyone who’s a piece of Wolfram’s life has to, or he won’t let them in, and you don’t understand how some people can’t love her. “She’s my daughter, Wolfram. I love her.”

“Ja… thank you for it. For loving us.” He snuggles you close, being so delicate with you, and nestles his face into your hair. For a long moment, you wonder if he’s going to say anything else. Then he hums briefly.

“Éiníní, éiníní, codalaígí, codalaígí…”

His accent is terrible, but you fall asleep in his arms regardless.

[nothingtherefornow]

Tout le monde ... applaudissons et soutenons Miles Morales !! Il est temps que les spider-men et women prennent exemple sur lui et disent adios au c !!

Et on voit bien que dans le film Across the spider-verse, les actions et décisions de Miles ont déjà eut un impact positif, car sans lui Peter Parker B n'aurait pas trouvé le courage de devenir parent, et ne serait certainement pas aussi épanouie et heureux en tant que père qu'on le voit dans le film.

Et quelque part, le Miles Morales du récent jeu Spider-man 2 sur PS5 brise aussi ce "rocher du martyr super-héroïque" en choisissant de faire confiance à plus d'une personne de son entourage sur ses activités en tant que Spider-man, là où Peter a pendant très longtemps été seul et n'a eut que MJ comme soutien, il n'était même pas au courant avant le tout dernier moment que sa tante May connaissait aussi son secret. D'autant que grâce à Miles, il reste une chance pour que Peter ne perde pas Harry et ne subisse donc pas une nouvelle perte qui ne le briserait que davantage. La présence d'un Miles Morales spider-man dans la vie du Peter Parker des jeux videos PS4 et PS5 est aussi ce qui permet à ce dernier de délaisser un peu de son poids et de sa charge héroïque, et ainsi avoir plus de temps pour lui et ses proches. Miles est aussi une grande source de soutien et d'amitié pour Peter dans les jeux, et l'a a sauvé de l’emprise néfaste du symbiote

Et pour ceux qui lisent les comics, inutile de vous rappeler à quel point le Peter Parker de la Terre 616 en bave constamment, et n'est presque jamais heureux T_T, car il choisit constamment de se placer constamment "au centre de la tempête" et de continuer d'endurer injustement et sans répits.

Être super-héros et totem de l'araignée ne devrait absolument pas être synonyme d'une vie remplie de perte et de souffrance, et Miles a tout a fait raison de vouloir se défaire de cet algorithme universel et cosmique qui gâche constamment la vie de plus d'une seule spider-personne.

Même Marinette Dupain-Cheng aka Ladybug est la preuve qu'il n'est absolument pas nécessaire de souffrir d'une perte ou d'une tragédie pour devenir un bon super-héro. Et bien que Marinette ait aussi souffert et continue de traverser des moments difficiles, elle n'a jamais perdu d'ami ou de membre de sa famille, et n'a très certainement pas eut besoin de passer par là pour devenir héroïque.

The fact that all the other Spiders believe that they became who they are only because they lost people they loved. That without grief and loss they wouldnt be heroes who save people. And Miles say "Fuck that!!!" to this idea and he's right !

Who's to say that if their loved ones had lived the Spiders wouldn't still be heroes ? Peter Parker and almost all the Spiders are good people to their core. Whether Uncle Ben died or not, they probably still would have used their powers for good ! Miles was trying to use his powers for good even before Uncle Aaron died ! Gwen was helping people before Peter died !

All the other Spiders are resigned to what they see as "fate", even Gwen who is clearly a parallel of Miles in this movie. While she accepts the narrative forced upon her and gives up, Miles refuses to do so. He has to at least TRY. It's not about having your cake and eat it too, it's about refusing to give up on the people you love, and having agency in your own life. It's about hope.

And I love this analysis from a french review of the movie ! It says :

"While most of Miles' counterparts have accepted to be "happy Sisyphus", relentlessy pushing their boulder like heroic martyrs bound to lose everything, Miles chooses to give another meaning to his life and explodes his boulder like the movie explodes the conventions of animated movies."