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💬 How often do you reply? What would, or wouldn't, change this? Any thoughts on the reply function?

Occasionally. Mostly for ooc stuff that doesn't seem like it should be reblogged. I'm really not sure what would change how often I replied to things. I don't mind other people replying to rp threads occasionally, but again very occasionally because I don't want to clog up notifications.

💋 Is there anything you never get tired of? Something that'd always lift your mood?

Found family plots! I adore the soft moments between characters.

🛒 What's on the list? Any plots or ideas? Something you wanna write?

I have several aus for Ed that I would love to actually RP in. As far as Clarke... I would love to actually write her in the verse she originally came from, where Clu is out attempting to conquer the user world.

🎣 How often do you fish for interaction? Compliments? How? Any tips for those wanting to partake?

If fishing for interactions is sending in asks then pretty often, though I rarely fish for compliments. I also reblog a lot of starters. If you want to partake, the best advise I can give you is not to hesitate to throw in an ask, or reply to that open starter. Nobody's going to get mad at you, and they likely don't realize you want to interact unless you make the first move. And more often than not, you'll get an enthusiastic yes.

🧱 Something you don't involve yourself with? uninterested? Anything you prefer to read instead of write?

Smut and romance. I don't particularly care for either. Everything else, I enjoy just about as much reading as I do writing.

🐹 Do you save anything? What would you look back on, to admire, or refresh your memory on writing?

I have a backup of my blogs on my computer, and most of my threads are archived on rpthreadtracker. I still go back and reread some of my earliest threads either because the interaction was just really good, or other times because I need to refresh on a piece of lore that started in that thread.

💡 How often do you get ideas? What helps?

Mostly starter memes? Or some times from real life events. I also am thinking about Ed and imagining him in situations almost all the time when I'm not focused on something else. I find that going for walks helps get ideas flowing. My mind tends to wander when my feet do.

🍕 Speak of anything else to do with your rp style, tumblr, or how you do things! Wild card!

Oh goodness... what else to say? Some things I would really like to do, are open starters, dash commentary related to threads and other stuff that is more open to anyone interacting with, but I struggle with RP ideas, and I'm not really sure how to go about this. Another thing I'd like to do is make an index of all my tagged rp threads, because I sometimes forget which is which.

[vryfmi]

genuine answer: yes

not to hijack this post but. do people really don't see the amount of skullyle "clues" across the books? or do people ignore them in favour of locklyle? because that's my genuine question.

i'll put my reasoning simply: if locklyle is a beloved endgame ship that everyone—fans and in-universe characters—agrees on, if everyone adores subtle build-up of their relationship from meaningful friendship into a relationship with undeniable signs of affection that have a literal symbol of undying devotion assosiated with them, then why can't skull's lines “Just leave him be. You make too much of him. Always have. He is replaceable, you know. Hey, if you close your eyes or switch out the light, I might be Lockwood” be taken seriously if only just a second.

(i wouldn't say it's my favourite skullyle moment but let's use this one)

sure, the “I might be Lockwood” could be interpreted as skull being a needy bastard that only wants to get rid of Lucy's friends to have her only to itself. but let's look at the whole phrase and context in which it's being said as well as what happens after it. a third of TCS's plot is built upon skull being stolen and lucy having a strong need to get it back.

No, what I wanted, most particularly, was to retrieve the whispering skull. You heard me right. I wanted the skull back. That wasn’t a statement I’d ever have expected to make. (TCS)

lucy later claims that the skull was mostly a nuisance that occasionally was helpful to her. and saved her life. many times. and was her company. for the past months. nothing much yk. only a nuisance yk. but she also voices just how much she and her self-image relies on lucy being able to talk to the dead, to talk to the skull. it seems someone has an unhealthy dependence, huh. what's more interesting, it's a second time in this book that lucy expresses her fondness for skull but here she says how surprised she is by it, like this exchange didn't happen a few chapters back:

The ghost adopted an expression of enormous unconcern. Its nostrils dilated; I heard a dismissive sniff. “Like you care a bean what I think.” I looked around the moonlit kitchen, silent, seemingly innocuous, but drenched in evil. “Dear old skull. I do care, and I’m asking you as a…as a…” “I detect hesitation,” the skull said. “As a friend?” I scowled. “Well, no. Obviously not.” “As a respected colleague, then?” “Even that would be stretching it. No, I’m asking you as someone who genuinely values your opinion, despite your wicked nature, your vicious temperament, and my better judgment.” The face regarded me. “Ooh, okay…I see you’re going for the virtues of simple honesty here, rather than the honeyed words of flattery. Correct?” “Yes.”

here it was back and forth, skull challenging lucy to think what does she really think of it in the moment of distress, at the haunting that was affecting her the most. and now without anyone prompting her with insults thought provoking commentary, she was astounded to find her own inner voice to sound like that, to come to this conclusion herself, that she wasn't "tricked" into thinking it.

now, this was all groundwork for lucy, what about skull's words?

he's jealous. jealous of lockwood and other people for being in lucy's life, taking away her attention, swaying her of the course of the goal she set, the goal skull set for her. skull hates her friends and wants to get rid of them. and it's not surprising he feels that way since we saw it before with bickerstaff. he was jealous there were other followers, ones more eager to serve, to prove themselves to master. skull saw himself as the closest one to bickerstaff, he had to be, he knew all his master's secrets, right? so, he threw wilberforce under the bus, or, in their case, in front of the bone glass. (throw wilberforce at the bone glass, throw lockwood into the gate. hm.)

i saw reblogs to this post say skull doesn't know what love or affection is. and i disagree. skull was clearly loyal to his master, fascinated by him and his deeds. but it was twisted, it was nurtured by bickerstaff to be self-destructive, because it served him to have someone blindly and quitly follow his every word. skull had ability to care for and love people, too bad he ended up with wrong people and learned wrong lessons. now these twisted ways seep into his relationship with lucy. and yet, they had quite a few meaningful conversations (i wrote some more about their dynamic here).

now back to this line, “Just leave him be. You make too much of him. Always have. He is replaceable, you know.” skull longs for someone's appreciation and someone to give him purpose even in afterlife. and lucy gave that to him. not only does she align with his greatest desire and reason for coming back to the world of the living because she can talk to skull, tie it to this side, to the living side, but also, well, they are an item. without lucy, skull is left alone, abandoned once again; and to lucy, well, she defines herself and her worth by being able to talk to a type three. they can't replace another, or their worlds will tumble. (two-sided unhealthy codependent skullyle is my favourite thing ever)

“Hey, if you close your eyes or switch out the light, I might be Lockwood”. do i... do i even have to say anything? that it's clear as day that locklyle is canon and lucy's attraction to lockwood is obvious as hell? and that skull bluntly says he'd rather be in his place? doesn't this line make it clear on its own? like lockwood's alive, free to do and go wherever and yet has a death wish and skull want to live and also lucy's there... you know.

and then there's the trip to the other side. do you ever think about the fact that skull was both the one who suggested, hinted at, led lucy and lockwood to the other side, and also was the one to show them the way out, led them back out. and then in TEG skull saved them from grasps of death at the fittes house twice, again, by leading them away from death. or are you normal?

anyhow, i think at least one-sided skullyle was written intentionally. i would also argue that lucy was on a brink of falling for skull in TEG after, to quote her, seeing skull with a face and body and everything. and maybe she did idk but she sure does grieve a lot after skull's source goes all silent. and she sure does quite a 180 on her opinion of skull to the point her words highlight how she came to see skull as his own person as lucy starts calling skull "he" in the epilogue, no longer the "it"-treatment all other visitors get.

tl;dr: yes, i think skull had feelings for lucy and it was quite explicitly stated in the books. i would also argue that lucy had fallen for skull in TEG but it was too late.

Geuinuine question: Do you guys think Skull is in love with Lucy?

Or do you get besties vibes from them?

[sordidpassionsandlockedemotions]

~Tis the season for winter fics~

Alec was balanced on the back of the couch really Magnus had told him could just use magic meanwhile he stubbornly went,”Come on I’m a Shadowhunter I can easily hang this up.” Maybe that obvious bit of recklessness that never went away but honestly wouldn’t even be that bad a fall if he fell though aware of the slight spark of magic in his boyfriend’s hand either to just do it magically or catch him if needed. Securing the light strand to the ceiling before hopping onto the couch then stepping onto the floor with an brief ‘see’ expression. 

“So what’s left?” All lights,etc were done now and looking around the loft looked much different could be the fireplace though. Watching Magnus scroll on his phone through what could only be a list of what to do before collapsing onto the couch not really tired but a bit exhausted because he insisted so much on sparing Magnus’ magic by doing things manually since they were capable without it. 

That’s when he glanced to see the look in his boyfriend’s eyes that was thinking a moment,”A tree and decorating it but otherwise Alexander practically finished.” Okay much that made sense could panic a bit because if by tree he meant a real one terrible idea on so many levels also wondering how such a thing would survive the cats even a fake one. Before the obvious answer ‘magic’ came to mind but still he would argue so much if came to a real tree especially because they posed the risk of spiders. If he saw a web or whatever would be some major disaster. 

“Right so take it have ornaments somewhere?” That’s when a strange idea came to mind how still hadn’t figured entirely out what the holidays meant for the both of them what to keep of habits,new habits,and all that. “Or how do you go about all this because usually we keep most things in the Institute basement then more or less occasionally free it for the season which take it still have to do,also with our house in Idris.” Pausing not that he really wanted to leave New York or Magnus at any point also usually the whole family was together-. Shaking it all off,”I mean when we do think this year mainly just swap gifts whenever.” 

Magnus looked like wanted to comment but he didn’t probably have the hesitations Alec was which put them both in a sort of slight limbo. “A few think should buy some new one’s along with a tree since my last one was victim to a young warlock’s attempts at a portal last year.” Alec gave a smile before standing up figured best do that now rather than later when he’d want nothing to do with more decorating. 

“Cute? Should get going then because I fully intend to not move much once the sun goes down and by that point same applies to extending all this even longer since have spent all week as is.”

"No Magnus we are not spending that much on an artificial tree,and put the fake snow down because if you put it down my shirt I will not find it charming in the slightest.” Stepping backwards arms crossed till his boyfriend wasn’t armed with fake snow again before walking up to him again,”How about this decent sized tree,whatever shiny ornaments you figure work best and then since already in a store can look around some?” After all he was still working out presents for his siblings,and Magnus anyways. 

Some back and forth mostly Magnus debating getting a colored tree while Alec had reached the point of apathetic indifference since had done it all day with lights along with various things. He really wasn’t that picky of course zoned out a bit when his attention was returned by,”Hey Alexander what about black after all maybe the absence of color’s a good choice.” He scowled at Magnus a moment honestly he didn’t wear all black especially not as much anymore but did prefer dark colors for sure. 

Then changed his attitude,”Okay but only if it’s that one.” Pointing to the literal darkest option yet however the whole exchange did lead to Alec grabbing one of the boxes to dump into the cart that was not what he expected to happen when decided to go shopping with Magnus for a tree but apparently now had a dark black Christmas tree which was not matching any of Magnus’ plans at all if he thought the loft over. 

Took at least 2 hours in the ornament section but eventually winding up with a bunch of silver,red,blue ones carefully put in with the tree. Alec brushed fingers against the more specialty,specific ones always found them amusing probably had a few though he was used to runes and such these were mundane ones everything from names to little ones based on pop culture. An idea coming to mind,”You said you have some I could maybe grab a few from the one’s my siblings probably have sorted through-.” Some of both their lives also maybe find some way to get one idea that came to idea made. “I mean just an idea Magnus that way don’t wind up buying loads.” 

“Sure.”

The tree was all decorated especially with the few Alec had his siblings bring by but felt like was missing something minus the purposely bare top which they both agreed no star,or angel leaving it plain. They had dinner talking about this or that mainly a bit of trying sort out what the plans would be when he thought a moment,”It’s pretty impersonal still.” Magnus glanced at him confused and he quickly followed it up,”The tree like sure has some ornaments with meaning to us but like nothing entirely us maybe it’s just me cause unsure how that even makes any sense-.” 

Took a moment before he got a response,”So what’s it missing then Alexander?” Quiet while Magnus let him try sorting it out figuring what he meant by that. Sipping at his drink messing with his nearby phone since had used it to show Magnus some pictures a moment ago. What progress he’d made felt ruined by this stupid emotion he couldn’t sort out till-. 

“Us I mean nothing extreme like not having my face on it anywhere but maybe like I dunno some type of representation of your cat eyes and my being an archer?” Eyes glancing at the golden cat eyes looking at him which were only briefly glamoured that moment when his siblings dropped by,and their trip to the store naturally. But just them meant no glamour unless Magnus wanted to have his just as lovely brown eyes instead. Waiting for a flicker of amusement or something but there was only a smile followed by a ringed hand reaching out running through his hair a moment.

“So your saying my warlock mark and your weapon of choice is missing because you don’t want to have a picture?” A slow nod followed by Magnus getting up then grabbing his hand pulling him into the living room where they wound up sat on the floor for some reason. Magnus crossed his legs closing his eyes a moment as if focusing on a spell then his hands sparked with magic of course Alec got ridiculously focused more on his really attractive boyfriend than the curiosity of what on Earth he was doing. Quiet,unmoving to not distract him then open eyes looked at him then in hand he had something while Magnus had something in his his. “Think this works Alexander?” 

Looking in his hands sure enough there was a metal ornament that had jewels which looked rather like his boyfriend’s eyes maybe just a bit in awe because when glanced back up Magnus’ eyes held a shine in them of pure adoration. “Cool and uh yeah.” Curious what Magnus had made that was in his hands but then quickly stood up hanging it pretty front and center,”Okay Magnus what is it some black arrow or-.” Going dead silent as right next to the one he hung was a spitting imagine of his bow along with an drawn arrow. “Could you stop being so ridiculously amazing?!” It was a small whisper mostly because how did he get such an awesome significant other so out of his league with really cool magic.

Magnus just laughed wrapping arms around his waist,”Could but you look so amazing when you’re in awe so now real question should I turn off all the lights so we can see what this place looks like with the lights all lit up?” Alec was fairly certain lost his breath enough times as was but gave a nod then naturally with one flick of magic the place changed entirely. But he only took a moment before his hands pulled Magnus close into a kiss. 

Probably be a really amazing holiday season for once after all already planned to spend a lot of time together,and he would hope Magnus had some fun even with his family’s crazy antics idea of celebrating which was usually just pick a time to spend no work or anything. 

[inerevarine]

ROMANCE HEADCANONS, repost, don't reblog!

name:   dagoth vaneyyn. nickname:   vane, most commonly. gender:   afab nonbinary. romantic orientation:   demiromantic pansexual. preferred pet names:   the idea of pet names alone is very endearing to vane, so chances are they’d be fine with anything they get. my love, my sweet, etc--  (almost) anything would work when it comes to making vane smile. so they have no preference. relationship status:   single? self-widowed? it’s complicated. favorite canon/fandom ships:   i adore all of vane’s ships but i am a sucker for vane / vehk just as a concept. there’s so much lore in it. (that said: i write that ship with luna!) favorite crossover ships:   haven’t got one yet. opinion on true love:   yes, it exists. vane is a hopeless romantic whether or not they’d admit it. they love the idea of having and experiencing true love. they are unsure whether or not they’ve felt it before, however. opinion on love at first site:   instinct says no, it doesn’t exist, but vane also believes they’ve experienced this before. intensely. how romantic are they?:   very much so, yet also not really? if that makes any sense? vane isn’t very extroverted, for lack of a better word, with their romantic tendencies, but theyll absolutely pour over it in writing, poetry, music, etc. they’re extremely artistically romantic. ideal physical traits:   androgyny, asymmetry, just appearances that would generally be considered odd looking by the public at large. ideal personality traits:   artistic, open minded, emotional. unattractive physical traits:   hyper-masculinity, too tall. unattractive personality traits:   pushy, too extroverted, too much suspicion, arrogance. ideal date:   being somewhere with someone under the starry sky, with a beautiful view, writing poetry together. :”) do they have a type?:   yes. others who are artistically inclined vane is extremely drawn to. average relationship length:   it varies tbh. vane has actually had relationships of all sorts. one night stands, long distance, long-term and devoted, etc. they’re kind of put off now by the idea of a too serious, too devoted relationship. preferred nonsexual intimacy:   writing or reading together in silence, with occasional commentary. commitment level:   like i said when answering the average relationship length, it varies. usually vane strays toward more casual relationships, ironically.  it’s much harder for them to have enough interest to actually want a devoted, long term relationship. opinion of public affection:   embarrassing to them but vane is willing to put up with it if their partner enjoys it. u.u past relationships:   uhh depends on the timeline. if we go by current timeline, the most noteworthy relationship vane has had was with vehk. they’re extremely sore about it now. otherwise, they’ve had a few casual flings throughout their life, the most noteworthy of these being a casual relationship they kept with an ordinator in vivec city for a few months.

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