#(but yeah if you're the person who made the fic and you're on Tumblr: hello :D)

[incomplete-ruler]

OMG i just checked the Reoshiki tag and there's three fics now (it's also quite long too)! Idk if it's because of me or something else, but it's nice to see that the tag is growing 'cause they definitely deserve it.

[edelwoodsouls]

hi hello i read your AMAZING aaa fics on ao3 and now im stalking you on tumblr (sorry) but you're like the only other person ive seen who understands billy in a way that fits with my brainrot 😅😅 so thank you very much for that!!

i was just wondering what other thoughts you might have about him that you havent had a chance to work into a fic yet?? 👀👀

hey hi hello and thank you!!! i have many thoughts most which are just unintelligible screeching

unfortunately i have not read the comics (yet) so my brand of brainrot is at a slight disadvantage, HOWEVER. the thoughts persist and so do i

most importantly, billy has body dysphoria, and i will die on this hill. i've already covered it a bit but i will be endless about it!! that boy was a baby and then five and then ten in the space of like three days, and then suddenly he was in a different body and thirteen!! of course his body fits wrong!! (and projecting trans feelings onto characters is a hobby of mine so. yeah.)

i am a HUGE believer in the "billy has some memories from Westview" theory. i don't know how many, but i think the only thing that explains the shift in his behaviour after the sigil breaks is that his memories were hidden by it. i also think he does, at some point, regain tiny bits of william kaplan's memories too- his whole thing is mind magic and resurrection, you can't tell me there aren't fragments of william floating around up there

also now that we have morally grey billy confirmed i would love to see him go down the same road as agatha and wanda, which i think is very realistic. both of them, at one point or another, refused to accept that death was the end, and fought accordingly. billy meanwhile, who was essentially raised by two all-powerful witches and an undead supercomputer, who resurrected himself and then his brother, has literally never seen death as a permanent state. i fully believe it does not compute for him!! which is why sharon and alice's deaths especially threw him over the edge because he could not understand what was happening. i would love to see him and rio becoming nemeses of sorts, especially now he has ghost agatha kicking around with him encouraging his worst habits- because okay, rio let him go one time because she made a deal with agatha, but i am expecting him to just. keep resurrecting people. it's never had a direct consequence for him before so why would it now?

do i have more thoughts? almost definitely but i must let them cook further i think (watch me rewatch the show seven times just to dig the brainrot deeper)

[pressedink]

hi it's me back again (shadys back tell your friends (idek ignore me)) so i just read the new chapter and i think i might die. literally SOBBING

i knew they were probably gonna kiss but i was reallyyy hoping they wouldn't. i actually screamed and had to put my phone down when they did i don't think ill ever recover from this

ik i've said it before but i absolutely LOVE this fic so here r some things from that chapter that made me scream :)

"Barty is obsessed with it. He needs to book a tattoo appointment immediately." literally screaming barty would def be the type to get things like that, he'd have so many tattoos dedicated to evan that evan wouldnt evan know of all of them😭

"Because friends is what Evan wants" no it's not u oblivious idiot

"...that loving Evan Rosier is something he can control. But it isn’t. It never has been." i'm fucking screaming i love them sm😭

"Oh god, Barty's struck with a sudden deeply upsetting thought: he’s acting like James Potter. Barty physcically recoils" STOP THIS MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD😭

"Evan was the first person who made him feel like he was truly loved. How could he stop himself from falling in love with him?" stop i'm gonna cry😭

"Evan just kissed him. They kissed. They have less than 4 hours left, and then they can never see each other again." oh wow isnt that fun. i'm going to kms/hj

PLEASE TELL ME THERES A HAPPY ENDING I DONT THINK ILL SURVIVE IF THERE ISNT😭

there's like. so many other scenes i loved loved loved (and made me scream ofc) but i'd probably end of pasting almost the entire thing if i added literally everything😭

hello Eminem! thank you for gracing my tumblr inbox. had no idea you were a Marauders stan tbh but welcome!!

lmao HI WELCOME BACK TY FOR ANOTHER ASK THAT'S MAKING ME BLUSH AND SMILE AND GAH

it's the way i almost didn't have them kiss too. i was fully prepared to just let them hash it out without the tiny little added complication of you know, never being able to see each other again, but where's the fun in that?

you're so right about Barty and his tattoos, like every single one is about Evan whether he knows it or not and Barty will just make shit up to make them connect like 'oh this frog riding a motorcycle? Evan's eyes sometimes have a little bit of frog green in them' or 'yeah my Fruit Loops Toucan Sam tattoo? Evan's fruity and hates cereal'

Evan isn't really giving Barty a ton of clues to be so real, like yes he's being oblivious and literally has now stated he understands Evan doesn't ask for what he wants ever so why would he lie and pretend he wants Barty now? but that's the key point: Barty thinks Evan wants him, not loves him. he's in denial because yes Evan loves him as a friend but how could he ever love him more than that?

James Potter as both Barty and Evan's standard of 'yeah, i've done something wrong here' is SO real and i love that they both just silently use him in their heads without voicing it out loud to each other

i can't confirm or deny a happy ending (bc again i ask, whereee is the fun in that?) but i can say [redacted] >:)

you're a star, light of my life, my favorite tumblr human. thank you so much for taking the time to not only read but hop over to tumblr and rap in my inbox :,) i'm honored, and hope you have the best day!! take care my friend <3

[padfootastic]

hi! i've no idea how i came to your page but i realised i'd read two of your one-shots in ao3 before and had adored them (you'll probably get comments from me in future, btw) and i just wanted to say thank you for your writing and thank you for your prongsfoot<3

i've been very critical of this sort of new, cool and aloof and martyred version of remus lupin for quite a while now (honestly, where did all those traits come from?!) and gosh, you're so eloquent when talking about him!!!

i was wondering what your thoughts were on regulus black? because i think he's getting the same sort of royalty treatment as remus does by making him sort of-- er, perfect? i mean. i've seen so much recently of him basically saving the world single-handedly and i-- ugh. and james is always just there, like a useless idiot? it makes me irrationally angry, and this is coming from someone who enjoys jegulus quite a bit. my problem is that i don't know if this rejection i feel against those two comes from a place of genuine dislike of them or from a place of wishing sirius and james were not done so dirty.

anyway, again, thank you for your writing. it's truly beautiful. hope you have a great day!

omg hello 🥺 i’ve periodically opened tumblr, giggling like a loon, and logging off multiple times just to see this ask,,,,thank u sm , ur way too kind <3 and ur comment on ao3!!! i was just,,,,yeah,,,no words. thank u.

ooooooh i remember being asked something similar a while ago and i took the safe route and basically went ‘remus lupin-ification of regulus’ iirc. that still stands. but but. i’ve also got another answer here! all hail tumblr’s search system today!

i still basically stand by all of it, but adding onto the jegulus + sirius bits of it:

annoys tf outta me when regulus is turned into a victim and like sirius damned him to hell when he left . i have thoughts about the way both of them were treated (which,,,another time,,,this post is already getting too long lol) but i imagine the day sirius left to be a Good One for reg bc he thinks he’ll have his parents undivided attention now. i also think regulus is severely defanged in a lot of characterisations, as if he wasn’t a baby DE, as if he wasn’t a slytherin from the house of black, as if he wasn’t walmart sirius black. like man i’m almost offended on his behalf. i’m sure his shaking his lil fist up at us from wherever he is.

with jegulus…okay, i’ve only read a couple oneshots but that doesn’t mean i haven’t tried. i genuinely went thru so many fics trying to get something, anything to stick and i think the problem is me. fully. completely. without doubt. i just can’t deal with a situation where j&s aren’t each others no.1, or at the very least, equivalent to that. that’s where my issues w wolfstar started, same w this. jegulus also has the added horror of ‘james and reg sneaking behind sirius’ back’ which is just,,,,gosh,,,,i have So Many Thoughts ab that. all personal opinions, but still. they’re strong. it fucks me up just thinking about it. i also think the ship tries wayyyy too hard to fit the ‘best friend’s brother’ trope and ends up sacrificing characterisation for it. which,,,again,,,that’s fine but it’s all the ‘oh this is how it was!’ that gets to me. and then james :/// he gives off such weird energy lol. jegulus gives me drarry vibes, and james is treated almost exactly as harry is in a lot of those. reg also gets the saviour treatment, like draco, and both of their fuckery is toned down until they’re almost normal, like they never did any reprehensible shit. j&r, and d&h are placed on the same moral equivalence and it’s just a bit. hmm. okay. (my issue with this is how it leaks into the writing and suddenly i’m made to sympathise with draco bc harry slashed him w sectumsempra, but we conveniently forget he was gonna use an unforgivable, ykno?) so overall it just feels…pushing reg up and pulling james down to get them on equal footing. very similar to wolfstar lbr.

anyway. that’s a ramble and a half lmao.

also!! ‘a place of genuine dislike of them or from a place of wishing sirius and james were not done so dirty’ in my mind, both of these occupy a similar plane of existence. so very valid. for me, personally, hating remrem started as the latter and i eventually realised it’s also the former lol i was just mad a how sirius is bastardised to justify his ~deification and it eventually moved on to ‘wow i just. do not like him’. damn.

[queers-gambit]

Hello,I wanted to say I admire your work and hope you continue with your wonderful stories.

I would like advice as a new fic writer myself. How long did it take before your work got noticed. Did/do you have any doubts? I know I have. TYSM for the fics -🍋‍🟩

hey, poppet. thank you for popping in, it's so very kind of you! more advice? fuck yeah, 50 points to Slytherin!

this got a little longer than i anticipated.

new fic writer, huh? so... you're, like, the new sheriff in these here parts? well, i only got ONE thing to say to the likes of you...

that's exciting! welcome! this town is big enough for all of us!

let's jump in -

soooo i've been reading fanficition since i was a kid, right? it's a comfort, it made sense in my brain, and it was something so deeply personal, i never shared it with anyone - friends or family. so this was always very niche to me.

being said, i've been an author most of my life. i've been legitimately published a few times - first when i was about 9/10 and last around 5ish years ago. no, not professionally, i didn't make a cent on those publications. so, i've been in the game for a while - BUT i didn't start PUBLISHING my fanfictions until the past, say, 3ish years?

now, look: technically, i started writing fanfics when i was first hospitalized in my early teens, using a pen and notebook because i was poor and couldn't afford a laptop (no shame, pen and paper are underrated). night shift came every 3 hours for vitals, so, i didn't get a whole lot of sleep - but i was able to write. a lot. it distracted me, it comforted me, and it was 100% mine which meant i never had to show or explain to anyone what i was doing.

i say this to try to illustrate, i didn't just walk on the scene as a writer and BOOM! got all this recognition. i started writing for myself, nobody else.

the thing to remember is that you're not writing for instant gratification - and if you are, you're setting yourself up for failure because it's going to feel stressful and "not worth" because your fics aren't getting hundreds of likes. don't let your self-worth be decided by numbers: height, weight, money in your bank account, fanfiction notes...

however, being said, i fucking get it. first thing i published was HC's about dating Eddie Munson because i had read so many and felt a couple ideas were missed or overlooked, so, i just had this compulsion to write. then, it was this thought of, "well, if i had this idea, maybe other people have, too, or at the very least, might like to read it." so i sat on the front step of my house, overtagged my HC's, and hit publish. it garnered a couple hundred likes within a few hours, then every time i opened Tumblr, there was 99+ notifications. i felt like my soul lifted, realizing, "hey... maybe i could write some more? i have a few other ideas and it feels SO good to be recognized. validate me, internet strangers!"

so, i weaponized my mania and published some more.

but i still struggle with this on occasion. yes, most of the times, my fics warrant X numbers of likes, but i find myself disappointed in the amount of written responses - like comments or messaged praise. i see other authors having full on debates, conversations, theory projections, and being inundated with messages; and think "damn, maybe i'm really not that great since nobody comes around to express their impression; to feed me compliments!" but you see what that is, right?

it's Imposter Syndrome. none of this shit actually matters.

your writing is GOOD whether at 2, 20, 200, 2k notes and the only person who can bestow this title or confidence is yourself. you're the architect, the driver, the artist - so stand by your writing. stand on business. then nothing can touch or phase you; you'll become your own worst enemy and most supportive critic.

nobody's opinion matters if YOU have pride in YOURSELF.

got it? great. now -

here's my advice:

🍒 learn to tag. -> tag your fic appropriately by Muse, fandom, pairing. -> the more tags, the wider the audience it'll reach. -> if i want to read Aemond Targaryen, that's the tag i go to. if i want Daemon, that's the tag i go to. Readers do not want to scroll through Daemon fics on the Aemond tag - so learn to do it properly. -> it's respectful, you know? and it def helps picking up a few followers because they peep you respect the rules.

🍒 practice summary writing. -> give Readers just enough to hook them. -> i recommend just giving the basics so Readers can decide if your fic has the general gist of what they're interested in reading. i like alluding to plot twists in summaries because it piques Reader interest. -> i personally do not read fics that have no summary. i want to know what i'm jumping into, if this is worth my time to read, if it'll satisfy whatever craving i have. -> you can use a trick i learned in a journalism class where newspaper headlines have to be a single sentence that essentially answer "who, what, when, where, why?"

again, tag your fics properly because if i'm looking for angst (in the angst tag) and the summary alludes to something more fluffy, i can move on.

🍒 sharpen your diction and syntax skills. -> diction is your word choice and syntax is sentence structure. so play around with what sounds most natural in your head. -> what words would your Muse actually use? how would they say it? do they use flowery language (like TROP Elrond) or are they gruffer (like ST Billy Hargrove)? -> diction gives stories personalities. i said what i said.

🍒 give "enough" detail in your introduction. -> this is your fic's elevator pitch. -> i like listing: what's the summary, who's the Muse, what fandom, word count, any author notes, and content warnings. it gives your audience an idea of what you're about; like dipping a toe in water instead of diving in. -> a very frustrating feeling trying to read something that you have no genuine interest in but you don't know until you get X% of the way through it. -> again, i can't speak for others, but i won't entertain fics that don't have introductions - or at the very least, summaries.

🍒 get comfortable with your own humility. -> not every fic is going to be a hit. own that. accept that. -> do not gaslight yourself into thinking just because a fic has less notes (or kudos, whatever) it's lesser-than writing.

example: i was SO excited to publish Don't You (Forget About Me) because i thought it was so good. like, arguably some of my better work, but it didn't do well with Readers. it was disheartening but also humbling because while the fic picked up traction, i remind myself that i'm still a fanfic reader at heart and so long as i like it, who cares how many notes it has?

🍒 if you have a story, write that shit. -> don't be discouraged, "oh, nobody is gonna read this, nobody wants this," because who cares about that? you have a story to tell, so write that shit! tell your story! i promise there are people out there that will entertain it!

🍒 praise yourself because if you wait for strangers on the internet to do it, you're not always going to get the response you WANT.

🍒 be kind. -> to yourself. -> to others. -> to me... please 😂

i gave another anon some advice a bit back, you can check that out here if you'd like!

i hope this helps even a little. i encourage everyone to write, no matter what the driving factor. have fun with it, challenge yourself, practice practice practice.

come back anytime, poppet, and when you publish (or not, whatever), send it my way - i'd love to give your work a read! all my very best! i hope writing can do for you what it's done for me.

all my love 🖤

[baahsu]

hi hello baahsu its me the person who wrote two (give or take) whole ass vscest smut fics in your inbox now returned after a sudden month long disappearance to (hopefully lol) continue yelling happily about this ship with you!! :]

tldr i got back into op again and noticed how incredibly dry tumblrs vinsmokecest tag is and realized itd prolly be best to add to it lol, but alas i don't rlly know what to talk about rn :,)

uh. how about this!! what do you think would be the siblings' favorite outfits to fuck in, iydm me asking??

kinda generic but i think 124ji would lose it (/pos) if they got the chance to fuck sanji in his raid suit, mumbling and raving in his ear about he should just keep it on all the time as they take turns destroying him. reiju, although not as crazy abt it bc shes a *liiitle* more sane lol, would probably find it decently hot as well. sanjis no better tho- he sees his siblings, (especially yonji and reiju cause. tits :o]) all hot from battle in those skin tight suits and his nose is GUSHING

and heads kinda empty rn so cant think of much BUT i do have two ideas that im curious abt ur opinion on (and these are purely self indulgent lmao):

i srsly think ichiji has a feminization kink, though he doesnt really realize it 'less he gets emotions. it mostly crosses his mind whenever he sees sanji or niji in more effeminate clothing, like blouses, dresses, and ESPECIALLY skirts and is abruptly hit with the Vinsmoke Horny Gene™. he probably wouldn't piece it together unless reiju (ever the attentive vouyer) just straight up told him lmao

and SPEAKING of reiju, whether its her or one of her brothers wearing them, i feel like she has a thing for stockings. especially fishnets 🤲. especially TIGHT fishnets 🤲🤲. obviously all of them have good bodies that could rock stockings, but if we're going for a lower/bottom heavy build clearly sanjis the way to go. idk i just think that if reiju were to ever see sanji in any type of stockings (ESPECIALLY nice, snug fishnets) she'd just destroy him. like suck the soul outta him lol

YEAH thats all I got rn hqdyaduqfuqf good to be back yelling in your inbox about My Thoughts again have a good day/night :,]]

Welcome back anon!! I missed you 💜💜

I've said this before but I don't even bother looking at the vinsmokecest tag here bc I know there's never any new content in it (tho I'm surprised there's no hate either, guess this ship is unpopular from all sides lmao)

I actually never thought about any of these outfits options and my mind just went 🤯 at sanji's raid suit. Like, I can totally imagine the brothers praising sanji so much while wearing it?? "You're so pretty in it, it fits you so well, look at your thighs, it was made for you, you should just come back to us so you can always wear it, your ass looks so delicious in it too" they'd do it so much even reiju would have to say something, maybe just a subtle "they're right, you know" that would instantly disarm sanji

A more obvious outfit is lingerie, with how they are just the sight of a lacy bra strap or the peak of a garter belt or thigh strap would get them going. They'd be walking around the castle and catch a glimpse of it through the collar of a shirt, see the lines under one of their pants, and they'd pull the other into the closest room, sometimes not even that, the hallway is good enough and the staff passing by doing their jobs be damned (I can't decide if they'd enjoy putting on a show or if they'd get ridiculously jealous and rip their heads off tho)

[cinnaminsvga]

omg so i saw your account pop up on that bit at the side with accounts to follow and stuff and immediately was thrown back

i don't know how long ago it was actually but based on the fact I've recently revived my own writing account after like 3 years away and forgetting tumblr even exists, but it's been at least that long since I last saw your account but immediate like nostalgia

this sounds terrible but i genuinely can't remember what exactly I read of yours (other than probably most of it back in the day) but I just remember you were one of my fave writers, i don't really read bts anymore because i'm up seventeen's ass these days but ima have to go through your masterlist and reread stuff for the memories now

im pretty sure that there was one specific fic series you wrote that you made group chats for on kakao maybe, i was there for it i just have terrible memory. now watch it turn out it wasn't even you that did that 🥴

i actually meant to send an ask last night when I saw your account and followed you (i think i used to follow you from my personal but idk) but it was late so I thought "hey let's wait until tomorrow when you can string together more cohesive sentences, yeah?" and then this shit show happened. but at least im not actually screaming at you in this ask like i probably would've last night

anyway, just wanted to just idek just sort of reminisce a lil and tell you that it made me really happy to see your account after these years even if you're not always active, it's nice to see that you still pop back now and then 💖

(I apologise for the mess of this. i'd say im usually more eloquent but that's a fucking lie, im a complete mess all the damn time <3)

WOAGH this was an unexpected letter in my inbox i'll tell you what (a pleasant surprise!) but hello hello welcome back and thanks for taking the time to send a message after all these years :D the tumblr algorithm, in all its mystery and dysfunctionality, sometimes makes little fun things happen like this lol

judging by your description, that fic series you're talking about is very likely "the lonely hearts club", which i suppose is an smau rather than a fic but yenno... it was something alright... if you were there during the peak of it, when i had kakao group chats for it... then it must have been 6 years since youve been around these parts (i posted that in 2018!! aint that a strange thing!!)

also, i appreciate all and every screaming ask sent my way HAHA this was actually very fun to read because like you said, i'm not very active on this blog, but getting messages once in a while is still a sweet treat!! nice to know that strangers on the internet just feel... compelled to talk to me, yenno?? especially you, who had somehow stumbled onto my patch of land by some algorithmic miracle :D it's nice reminiscing with ya!! if you really were here back in 2018, then you've known me a long time (even if you forgot most of it HAHA but i dont blame ya... my memory is pretty foggy even on a good day) so thanks for making a short stop my way <3

[kdj-225]

Hey, sorry to bother you but I wanna ask, I'm not active on twt (infact, I deleted the app) and im not that active either on tumblr but i followed your acc here and reread your fanfics when i have the time.

And yesterday i remembered your orv au/fanfics threadfic on twt, after remembering that i planned to reread all of them but when i open your masterlist theres not a single orv related thing whether that fanart or threadfics.

Im just wondering what happened to it? I'm sorry if you already says about this before or maybe answered similar question ;;

(Oh also im sorry if I was rude or make any mistakes when im asking, English isn't my first language 🙇‍♀️)

Anyway I hope you have a great day!

omg hi hello!!! and yeah, my orv fic moments/thread got deleted bc twitter is a little shit and made it non-functional ): so yeah, it wasn't a personal decision...twitter deleted it without my consent 😔there's still a thread for my latest orv art/fic, but other than that, the older ones are Gone gone💔

no need to apologize for anything, you're the first person who asked tbh! your english is also great!!

i hope you have a great day too 💜

[m4x-smashstappen]

Hello! I just wanna say: If you wanna step away from Lestappen, go ahead! :)).

You are far from the first person that has complained about bias in Lestappen, and sadly, you will not be the last; I'm guessing this is because both of them have such commited fanbases? I would like to hear your opinion, if you are in the mood, because it is quite clear you're very frustrated right now.

I had a similar experience with a different rpf pairing, where many fics turned on my ship in the 'last chapter' (or they never really supported my ship from the start; the red flags were there but I crossed my fingers and sailed on anyways) and they always left a very bitter taste in my mouth. It was so clear that these people were fans of the more 'popular' one of the two and always removed the other from the story somehow (made him a depressed a-hole, made him an addict, killed him in the end, the list goes ON). I was a fan of the less 'popular' one of the two, and stopped reading fics and only read fics my friends recommended because of how many fics got on my nerves.

I, to this day, have only read two Lestappen fics, because I am scared of the same sh't happening (because I know there are so many Charles fans that don't really care for Max or Lestappen, or worse, self-insert using Max). It is your decision to step away from Lestappen, I am happy for you, and I hope if you ever wanna be in the community again, you don't end up reading content from people who are so clearly biased. I also hope you kept posting on Tumblr :D.

Regards, from a Max girlie (SORRY for this entire 'Bible' worth of text)

Hi, nony!

First of all, never apologise for sending long asks or any asks at all, you are more than welcome to rant and vent to whatever length you want.

Second, I'm going to be honest with you anon, as much as I go on a tangent about things, some are pretty much set in place and unlikely to change, ever, lestappen is one of them, the genuine mutual respect and clear fondness they have for each other, nony, as long as that is there I will alway love lestappen, even in the darkest lowest point in lestappen's interactions, the famed Austria 2019 or the inchident, it was still there, yes, they were angry with and at the other, but there was still that possessiveness of 'my rival', so yeah, very much still obsessed with lestappen is me.

Though, I will take a big step back from interacting with the lestappen community. It's not the bias in this ship that bothers me that much, it's the fact that the more popular it grows the more people who have no interest in them as drivers start claiming to like lestappen so that they get readers or followers.

I can see how the Charles fans, who are almost like a...I don't know a good word for it but...the best way to explain is this: Charles has always been Ferrari and Ferrari is a religion. I am going to take a short journey to the past (reference very much intended 😆 I think I'm funny, but really, I'm not), Ferrari is the oldest team in F1 and not just F1, Ferrari has been a force in motorsports and a name associated with racing cars since the creation of this brand (watch the movie Ferrari, it explains much better than I could ever why Ferrari is so important for motorsport), coming back to F1 Ferrari is like the royal house, it's not even about them being the most successful team in F1, which they are, and having the most championships, almost double the 2nd team, it's how deeply intertwined Ferrari and Formula 1 are, to the point that there is no Formula 1 without Ferrari (speaking of, the thing that bothers me about new fans is them not looking into history and dismissing just how important Ferrari is to F1, Formula 1 is Ferrari and Ferrari is Formula 1, one should learn from history, but nope, for annoying new fans there is only the now, history is past; idiots). I think you get the picture, Ferrari is big, Ferrari is a religion, Charles being basically raised as Ferrari has a huge, devoted fanbase, so yeah his fans are very committed.

Max, on the other hand, is relatable, real, human, he is not charming, not PR trained (when I say PR trained I mean the actual final result, the careful with what they say, perfectly knowing how to play the media, how to look like a victim, what to say to look favourable, shifting blame without actually doing it, public image oriented etc, not just the PR training all drivers go through, some drivers are more or less sticking to their PR training, but mostly it's PR all way always), he is blunt, what you see is what you get with Max. He is representing a country proud of its athletes and nationalistic, but I don't think it plays any role, at least not in the lestappen dynamics (nor any tbh, there are so many, maybe more than Dutch fans, people who support Max without being from the Netherlands, but we are talking about lestappen here so). Max fans are protective of him mainly due to the immense unjust hate he has been receiving. Since he was so young when he started in F1, his honesty and bluntness weren't chiseled so it got people freely acting like Max is this arrogant pr*ck, also him not revering the Brits and calling them out, calling out the bias in this sport, it pretty much made him the main target, it also didn't help that he is incredible and the full package, talent, hard work and brains, it's so rare to have all 3 in a champion, even less in a driver, so you have the perfect person to hate in Max, envy for how good he is and the tails he steps on due to his bluntness. This made Max fans very protective of him.

So you have the totally devout Charles fans with the fiercely protective Max fans in lestappen.

I don't know if I answered your question how you expected anon, sorry about that. It comes down to why these fanbases are how they are to their favourite drivers. You could say they are committed, but I think it's a bit more complex.

Anyway, the bias in fics is due to the influx of people who are multi-shippers, and multi-drivers fans, which don't care much if at all about lestappen, writing fics about this ship for various reasons, but the one causing most conflict, so to speak, is writing because it brings readers and not actually caring about the pair.

I'm sorry you experienced that, anon. Also it is very bad writing etiquette to not put warnings, no-one gives a f*ck about your 'it spoils the plot', b*tch, it's fan fiction, not an award winning novel, put the d*mn warnings and if you have multiple ships, state which is endgame, for f*cks sake, you are no competing for a literature Nobel prize, show some sympathy to your readers.

But people are greedy and horrible, so my advice, anon, is to wait for the fic to be completed, go straight to the end/last chapter and see who ends up with whom. This way you won't have an unpleasant reading experience.

As you can see, not even the popular ships are safe, and the more popular the ship the more people who only care about having kudos, comments and many views than they ever do about the pair they write.

Funny story, when I first started reading F1 RPF, that was before Charles' pretty face graced F1, I was a multi-shipper and I read all sorts of pairs, but I did like maxiel, it was the puppy love, Max's teenage crush on older cool Daniel, it was cute. That being said, there was a tendency there to diminish Max, Daniel was the greatest and Max always needed to thank all heavens Daniel even looked his way. Anyway, the fic that ended maxiel for me was one where, long story short Max was in love, Daniel acted in love, Max tells him he loves he, Daniel doesn't say it back, Max crashes in the race and dies, Daniel some time laters meets someone else and gets married, whatever, the drop which filled the glass for me, and ended the ship, was Daniel saying at his wedding speech how he never loved Max, he didn't know what love is until he met x person he was marrying, and I was like no, done with this. Then Charles came into the picture and lestappen and I actually got it, I understood what that author meant, ironically. Maxiel was cute, puppy love, crush, but lestappen is equals, fierce, real. For me Daniel and Max as brothers or best friends in fics make so much more sense because of their close bond, even Max had a crush on Daniel and they figured out they work better as friends, that makes sense too. Lestappen is the real deal, endgame.

Moving on because this ask has turned into an encyclopaedia lengths answer 😅

I won't give up on lestappen, I'm way too obsessed with them, unhealthy amounts of obsession, but who care, I'm more the cuddly kind of obsessed anyway.

I was thinking of making a list of lestappen safe ao3 authors, but right now there are only 3 names there, maybe 5 if I stretch a little. I will start on it, but it might take some time to go through the tag.

I will not interact with anyone on tumblr tho, there are too many claiming to like lestappen because they are popular or Max is the current WDC, not to mention the multi-shippers, and I haven't figure out yet which, if there are any, blogs are lestappen.

Anon, I'm such a mess, why would you wish horror upon the max and lestappen tag with my posts 🤣😂

Still, feel free to talk to me anytime, fellow Max girlie (isn't Max so incredible, adorable, talented, smart, cutest lil duklin, delightful, sweet, bold, enchanting, brilliant, fascinating, resourceful, captivating, nicest person, a joy to watch racing, especially in the wet, he is stunning, a beast on track and a kitten outside it, our little meow-meow, the best tho, simply lovely, we have such impeccable taste 🥂)

Thank you for your kind message anon, it made my day reading it 🤗

[ashlinxsloves]

–Umm.. Sir? This is a Wendy's– <Dean Winchester/reader>

Summary: you're a broke college student majoring in linguistics, working part-time at Wendy's. What could go wrong when some idiot decides to order a pie and argue..?

Notes: This is my first ever written fic here on Tumblr, and yes it's gonna be Dean Winchester ^^.. Dean might also be a bit OOC, so I'm sorry for that, I tried my best ;-; I have a few wips on the way, so have fun with this short fic for now lolol <3 also note that I'm a bit rusty since I haven't been writing for a few months due to personal reasons ^^; Cross-posted to AO3.

word count: 1099

Tags: Dean Winchester/you, Dean Winchester, Castiel (he's like there for... a really short while), Sam Winchester, no y/n, reader works at a Wendy's, I did my research and asked my American friends about this, Dean needs his pie, Wendy's night shift?, reader's a sleep-deprived college student who needs to pay for their bills, they're a sassy bitch, Dean's POV at first, kinda fluffy?, idk, I was PMS'ing when I wrote this fic, a bit of swearing ig, lots of fucking sass.

It was 2 am. Dean, Cas and Sam were on their way to Bobby's place. Everybody was tired after a case and Dean was starting to crave pie.

"Sammy, mind checking if there's any diners open anywhere," he drove at a slower pace as he snapped his fingers near Sam's face. "Dean–" Sam swatted his brother's hand away, "no sane owner would have their diner open at this hour." He sat up on the passenger seat straight as he yawned.

Dean grumbled under his breath, rolling his eyes when his eyes landed on a billboard saying there was a Wendy's drive-thru in 18 miles.

"I guess we're going to a Wendy's," he shrugged, driving to the fast food restaurant.

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You were stuck working the night shift because one of your co-workers called in sick and you were the only one who could come in without any complaints. I mean hey, they did promise they'd repay you with a free lunch. That made you and your two other colleagues working tonight. Thankfully, the night wasn't too hectic with only a few customers driving in. Customers are the occasional couple driving late at night or roadies. 

Then, one of your co-workers, Jim called for you, "Yeah?" "There's some guy in the drive-thru who wants to order a cherry pie..." 

A pie..? A fucking pie? You've gotta be kidding me, who in their right mind orders a pie at Wendy's?! I don't get paid enough for this-

You sighed, taking the headset reluctantly from Jim, and shooing him away as you put it on. You took a deep breath, trying to act as professional as possible, "Hello, sir, what would you like to order? My colleague here informed me just now that you wanted to order a pie..?" "Yeah," you heard a gruff, voice from the headset, making your knees go weak from how he sounded. 

"I ordered a cherry pie, three cheeseburger combos one of them with no pickles and- and a what, Cas?" "Two chocolate frosty's." 

You had the urge to throw a trash can at this man's face. Grumbling profanities under your breath, you rubbed your temples, tired and done with your job.

I'm gonna fucking quit at this point, bloody hell. I hate this job, I'd rather rot under a bridge-

"Sir, I- I don't think you understand," you exhaled through your nose slowly, "I can easily get you the cheeseburger combo and the frosty, but not the pie.. We don't sell pie here," you swallowed the lump forming in your throat, trying to keep your cool.

"What do you mean you don't sell pie?" The guy grumbled, clearly sounding annoyed. You clenched your jaw, begging if there was any god out there that could hear you and give you the patience needed for this asshat ordering something that isn't on the fucking menu.

"Yeah, we don't sell pie, so- uhh, that'll be-" "Are you sure you don't sell pie?" 

He cut you off, making you audibly groan into the mic, clearly your patience was wearing thin. Was this guy serious? 

"Sir," you started, teeth gritting as you spoke, "let me make myself clear... We. Do. NOT. Sell pie. If you want to get a fricking pie, go to a diner about 4 miles from here, wait until 10 am so they can open, and get your goddamn pie there! This is a Wendy's for Pete's sake, how many times do I have to repeat myself..." You huffed, breathing unsteadily from getting riled up and snapping at him. Jim and your other co-worker, Jane were looking over from the counter, their faces grimacing as they looked at each other, clearly knowing that you were officially pissed.

"Woah there, tiger, calm down, no need to get your panties in a twist, 'kay? I'll get those three combos and maybe your number on the side," he added smoothly, causing you to scoff and shake your head. You put down the order and told him to drive down the window.

"That'll be-" you blinked as you saw the man in the driver's seat looking back at you with a cocky smirk. He was hot. Like, super male model typa hot. You felt another lump in your throat as you tried your best to keep yourself calm and collected. Clearing your throat and giving him his order, your fingers slightly grazing each other, making your ears go pink, 

"Tha- That'll be 18.57, sir." You didn't dare look at him straight in the eye, causing him to smile a bit wider. Good lord, he was fine. Your little daydream got cut off by another voice coming from the backseat of the car,

"Dean, I ordered two Frosties, where are they?" The man complained, looking at the green-eyed man that you figured was Dean. "And I asked for a salad, not a burger-" "Both of you shut it!" 

Dean glared at the two passengers then looked back at you with a flirty smile, "So, this was the pretty little lady behind the speaker.. Cas what flavour Frosty do you want?" "Two large chocolate Frosty's, Dean," the man in the backseat stated, and you signalled Jim to get the Frosty's done. Once they were, you handed it to Dean. 

"So, uh.. About that number-" "32.34$"

........ cricket silence.

"Huh..?" Dean was caught off-guard, making the other guy in the passenger seat chuckle. "The payment," you stated bluntly, staring at Dean with a deadpan expression. 

"Oh- yeah, right.. Give me a sec, sweetheart- shit." He gave you a very slightly crumpled 50$ bill, making you sigh inside. When you open the cash register, he clicks his tongue, catching your attention for a brief second, "Keep the change, doll," he grinned, driving away.

You finally let out the breath you were holding, took the headset off and went to where Jim and Jane were. You pointed at Jim, giving him the nastiest 'Bitch you owe me.'  look, "You're closing this shift and the next one after this, understood? I'm so done.." You grumbled under your nose, shaking your head from the shittiest shift you've ever experienced. then you felt your phone vibrate from your back pocket, irking an eyebrow in confusion. 

You noticed Jane sneaking Jim away, causing you to become more suspicious as you opened your phone to be greeted by a text:

'Tell your buddy - Jim..? Thanks from me. And try not to be so pissy, beautiful, that frown I saw earlier doesn't fit your face ;). 

 - Dean Winchester.'

You scoffed at the message, yet smiled softly, kind of liking the outcome of your shift.

dividers by: @benkeibear, @cafekitsune & @arleculus

work made by: ashskennedy©

[luveline]

Hello hello!!! First of all i love all you shy reader fics 😭😭😭 that's literally my favourite part about tumblr!! Also if you can, may i request sirius x shy!reader. something like reader does something cute and sirius goes all mushy and fuzzy because they are so cute!!!! and showers them with kisses and cuddles . Also you can choose if you want to make the reader female or gn!! Thank you

tysm! and thank u for ur lovely request, i hope this is somewhat what you meant ♡ gn!reader

Sirius spots you waiting for him outside of the museum and beams. He checks himself before you can catch him smiling, forcing his expression into one of a cool neutrality. 

"Hey," he calls. 

You do as he'd done; you beam, catch yourself and tone it down into a sheepish little grin that makes him want to kiss you badly. 

He tries to abstain from public displays of affection. He knows they're your worst nightmare, though how he can be expected to contain his affection when you're looking as lovely and as ridiculously happy to see him as you do is beyond him. 

Your shyness has slowly, slowly abated over time. You remain moderately hushed, but you can meet his gaze without flinching and you've accepted a great handful of goodnight and goodbye kisses.

Sirius is used to begging for your affection otherwise. He's happy to do it. He always wants to go at your pace, of course, but he wants to be close to you so deeply it aches. He's far from too proud to ask when he wants things. 

Sirius nudges the back of your hand gently with his and waits for you to nudge back before he intertwines your fingers and pulls you into the museum. 

"Where do you want to go for dinner after?" he asks, all business.

"Where do you want to go?" you ask, almost tripping over the step up into the main auditorium. Great stone carvings line the walls, the room deathly silent. he catches your arm and steadies you without complaint.

You gaze up at the seemingly endless ceiling and your lips part. Sirius watches a dawning sense of awe slacken your previous features. 

"How about Mazzio's?" he asks.

You blink back to attention. "Pizza?" 

"Is that not what you want?" 

You avert your eyes to a large doorway made of porcelain skulls. "I'll go wherever." 

"You sounded surprised." 

You drift around the room together and pause at a smaller statuette. It seems to be a woman posed against a wall, her hip, face and little stone feet meeting at the same invisible point. 

"Maybe we could go somewhere fancy," you suggest.

He pushes down his surprise quickly. "Yeah, sweet thing. Wherever you want." 

You take the lift upto the second floor and walk through the gallery. Old oil paintings stretch up the walls, meticulously placed. 

"I just… want us to," you squeeze his hand unthinkingly, "do what everyone else does." 

"Who's everyone else?" he asks. 

"Normal couples." 

His eyes flit to your face, surprised and delighted. You're looking up at a painting, your face once again slackened in awe. He watches your eyes take in each corner of the painting and his heart skips.

"We're a couple?" he asks.

You flinch. "We're not?" 

He throws his gaze around the room before stepping close as he can and taking your face into his hands. You gawp, plainly, eyes widened and lips pulled into a shocked smile. You're the cutest person Sirius has ever met. 

"Is that what you think?" he asks softly, so you know whatever answer you give is okay. 

"I did think that, until… you know, a few seconds ago." 

Sirius can't believe it. This whole time he thinks he's courting you and you're already seeing him as – well, as your boyfriend. 

He kisses your cheek. When your breath hitches happily he kisses you again, again and again and again until he must've kissed every inch of skin on your lovely face. You giggle at his touch and he can feel the heat of a warm flush bloom under his hands. 

It gets harder to kiss you as your laughing grows, his own laugh summoned in turn. 

"Sirius," you beg, giggling, "stop, stop." 

"We aren't a couple," he says, which horrifies you, until he continues, "because I haven't had the chops to ask you yet." 

He steps back, takes your hands, and gazes at you steadily. "Can I be your boyfriend?" he asks seriously, though fondness for you lightens each word. His exuberance is catching, your eyes lit with mirth. 

"Yeah," you say. You nod voraciously. "Yeah, you can be my boyfriend." 

He takes you by the waist and spins you. 

That really makes you laugh, louder than he's ever made you laugh before. It's the best sound he's ever heard. 

"Sirius," you plead, a mixture of weak and giddy. 

He stops his attack of affection and settles for just holding your hand. 

He doesn't know about you, but he barely takes in the paintings. Monet, Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Raphael, John Constable, Birmi. All masters, and yet none of them could make anything as pretty as you, flushed and giggly and clinging to his hand for dear life. 

[yunojeyes]

Why Her?

He needs to confess quick, after all he's not the only one in line.

Pairing: Lee Jeno x Reader

Genre: Fluff, a little angst ig??, bestfriends to lovers

Masterlist: here

Fic recs: YuuYuu2

a/n: Please note that all of this is fictional and the personalities of the characters are made specifically for the story! Please do not copy the story and post it elsewhere or on Tumblr!

Why Her? is copyright 2022 under @yunojeyes, all rights reserved.

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“Have you seriously never considered what it would be like dating your best friend?" Minjae asked, reading off of the list of questions her got from a twitter QnA. You laughed with blushing cheeks, "Not really, I mean Jeno and I have always been close, I've seen his exes and he's seen mine but we've never thought of dating I guess." You shrugged while laughing as Minjae wiggled his eyebrows at the camera, clearly not convinced.

"It's true, well I mean we've never actually sat and down seriously talked about this but I think we both know where to draw the line." You said while hugging the plushy, a twinge in your heart as those words left your mouth. "So you're saying if I were to call Jeno right now and tell him I have a crush on you, he wouldn't mind?" Minjae asked as he took out his phone to look for Jeno's number. "Go ahead, do as you please" You chuckled as a cunning smile appeared on Minjae's face.

"it's ringing....hello jeno-yah" Minjae greeted as Jeno's confused voice resonated through the speakers, "Oh Minjae, what's up" his sleepy voice asked, "well, you know how you're really close with y/n" Minjae asked, "yea...", "I actually have a crush on her but I don't know how to confess to her, I've liked her for 3 years so I really hope she likes me back." Minjae said as you gripped tightly unto the plushy. It was silent for a while, "hello?" Minjae called out as Jeno hummed in acknowledgment, "oh, so you really like like y/n... why not someone else?" He asked, his voice dropping an octave lower as rustling could be heard on his side.

"Well, y/n's sweet, pretty, kind, she's just the whole package y'know" Minjae listed as he looked at you to see your reaction, "yeah, she is but don't you have other girl friends? Who are not y/n?" Jeno suggested, Minjae covering his mouth as he's realized that his plan has worked, "Why though, do you like her, cuz if you do I'll back off man." He said as Jeno grumbled in frustration. "Just, just don't like her okay, please.." He said, Minjae's jaw dropping at his persistence.

"To be honest...y/n is here with me right now, I don't actually like her that way, is there something you wanna say to her?" He gestured for you to take the phone, "hi jeno.." you said as you covered your mouth, anxious for his reaction. "y/n..is this a prank?" He asked, you could tell he was slightly hurt from this misunderstanding, "no it's not a prank, Minjae just wanted to see if you would have a reaction to him saying he liked me romantically since I told him that we're just friends.." you said while bitting your knuckles in anticipation.

"So... did you say that we wouldn't ever have a chance of dating?" He whispered out, you could hear his knee bouncing as he spoke. "Well, I didn't say that, but I mean you don't have feelings for me anyways so I guess not?" You said with uncertainty, "You don't know that, you've never said that you liked me romantically either y/n." Jeno stated, "Well, I just assumed that you didn't like me like that since you were okay with me dating other guys and you were dating other girls so I thought you just felt nothing for me." You claimed slowly getting worked up at the fact that it felt like he was blaming you for allegedly being inconsiderate. "Can you not see the way I look at you? Where were the other guys when you were crying? Would a normal friend hold you to sleep while kissing your forehead? Would a normal friend be as jealous as I was when you first introduced me to your ex(s)? Y/n I've left so many clues for you and yet you chose to ignore them, so please don't say I've never expressed what I've felt for you because I’ve been dropping hints for decades, so now I need to know, do you think of me as just a friend? " Jeno expressed with an desperate sigh.

"Well..I like you too, I know that whenever you would try and confess I would change the topic and avoid it, I'm sorry I made you feel this way. But I really like you too and I also felt like gauging ur ex’s eyes out whenever they would purposely kiss you around me." You said as Minjae smiled at you, encouraging you to express all your feelings to each other. Jeno chuckled, his heart feeling light again, "I forgive you y/n, how could I not? Let's take this slow okay? I'll meet you later tonight, maybe a sleepover like we always do?" Jeno suggested as you nodded, though you knew he couldn't see you. "Okay, I would love that." You said as you ended the call after saying your goodbyes. "Your welcome y/nnie, ya'll would've never confessed to each other if it weren't for me, do you hear that guys, Lee Minjae has brought your favorite people together and made them into a couple and now the whole world is happy!" Minjae shouted as he danced, shaking his hips and running in circles.

original work of @yunojeyes

[waitwithwaluigi]

Why I like Quirkless!Midoriya AUs

TW: explicit mentions of discrimination and bullying against disabled (ends at ***)

TL;DR at the bottom

So I've got mental illness. (I know, I'm a pretty rare find on tumblr) Despite the fun cocktail of disabilities I had, I wasnt diagnosed until later in my teens. As you can guess, school wasn't very fun. I was disadvantaged because I was different. I was treated as less, as if I had something missing and nothing I could ever say or do could fix that. I didn't know what people thought of me though.

Dont get me wrong- I am not my disabilities. But I can say for certain, it's been a huge factor in how I see the world now, how I move around it. The protective rage and resigned acceptance I feel when I see discrimination against minority groups might not be the same as an able person. The desperate kicking and clawing to establish better resources for people like me isnt the same. The frustration and exhaustion I feel when the school board sees my 'condition' listed and having to prove myself competent over and over again isn't the same.

I've had my fair share of Fun!! and Exciting!!! experiences in discrimination!!!!

Like saying hello to the koi fish while trying to rescue my school bag that a teacher had flung out of the classroom after she got tired of my ADHD ass. (I bet you can guess how I felt when I saw That™️ koi pond scene) I was called out to the front of the class and told to unpack my bag and and show my classmates how disgusting I was (I was depressed and decided to just carry all my books around instead of unpack and repack according to schedule). I remember sprinting after my packed lunch but being so depressed and exhausted to keep going for more than 5 minutes. I was made an example of when I forgot my things and had to go back to school during the afternoon classes to grab the worksheet I left in class.

Through it all had to keep quiet. I was less, after all. If I wasn't, why did so many ignore the bullying? Why did they let go of me and say I was exagerating when they found me Too Much To Handle?

(Not looking for pity btw, just giving context)

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Now, I initially began reading MHA fics because I was a teen who saw pretty people and cool fighting and was like "damn shawty, I'm gonna need more". (All hail Yaomomo) Then I came across the Quirkless Midoriya Izuku tag and was like huh.

Pretty interesting concept, right? So I read. And I read and I read and I read. And something just clicked. It wasnt like one of those mental illness success stories where they where overly positive or ones where I had to keep taking breaks because I kept getting reminded of the bs I went through. It was just removed enough but still relatable to my experience. Midoriya wouldn't be less if he didn't get a quirk.

In these fics, he found ways to work around it. Like yeah, maybe finding a work arounds when fighting your besties with god-like abilities while you have nothing isn't the same as finding a way to study that best suited my ADHD ass. But the fight to be considered equal, the ways I had to find creative ways to problems that my classmates thought nothing of. It resonated with me. (The fantasy and escapism were bonuses too)

It gives me a little extra push when I get too exhausted after the 100th time that day I have to prove that I am just as capable as anyone else.

While I'm not really a fan of Quirkless Villain!Midoriya cuz its typically a little too edgy for me, I do like it when its written well. Fuck the system and fuck the assholes who doubt us, right?

Something Fun!! I've experienced with disabilities is that you sometimes have to ignore any system entirely and just Do It. Just kick people in the shins and carve out the opportunity that nobody would bother giving you. Maybe one day they'll recognise you, maybe not. But you're doing what you've always wanted to do. That's something I feel when I read Quirkless Vigilante!Midoriya fics.

Quirkless AUs aren't like Batman where he's Super Intelligent and has 70 black belts. There isnt as much angst oof. He was just some Dood with determination and some smarts. We get to see him train, see the emotions and struggles all written out. Not to mention, I was a teen when I found MHA so it was extra relatable. I'm very sure that there are superheroes who fit that description but this niche is what I found.

That's why I like Quirkless!Midoriya AUs so much.

Do I think him becoming a hero will change a lot? No, not as much as me becoming a world famous super star would. But it would inspire. Even if it inspired just one person, stopped one person from doing something bad to soothe the ache, wouldn't it be enough? It inspired me at least.

Tl;dr: I seeing people with 'less' ability than their peers be equal and overcome challenges using creative solutions since they arent as 'catered' to, just like a disabled person. Its also easier to read without getting triggered compared to an actual book about mental illness discrimination.

Please enjoy this adorable panel as thanks for reading

[dayseternal-blog]

Hi Days ! I was wondering if you had/read any “hiddden gem” naruhina fics or oneshots. Ones that hardly any one knows of or has read? I just read one called “Sunrise Salutations” by ohipstaplease that I cannot recall seeing on any rec list. Either way it was soooo sweet and lovely, it made me wonder about what other gems I have yet to dig into. Thank you for all your finds, AND your own writings. You really are so appreciated and such a gift to the nh community

Hello! "Sunrise Salutations" is a cute fic!

It's been months since you sent this, and I haven't responded to this request because I don't know how to answer it 😅. I personally don't think of ohhipstaplease as being a "hidden gem" writer because [1] their fics average well over 100 kudos per story (which is like....really huge stats on AO3...), and [2] they were quite active in the Tumblr NaruHina fandom for awhile, so they are very well-known and supported in the circles here.

It seems like you're asking me for fics that I've never recommended before. I hadn't read "Sunrise Salutations," so...uh yeah...it wasn't on any rec list. I have over 200 posts in my #naruhina fanfic recs. Attributing my rec lists to what's popular or well-known is a misunderstanding because (I've said this before, but I should say it again) at this point, I've recommended almost everything that I've ever read. And if I haven't personally put it on a rec list, I've reblogged or boosted almost every naruhina fic and writer I've come across on my blog.

By "hidden gem," maybe you meant fics that I think deserve more views? The problem with that interpretation to me is that I've dedicated hours on here trying to get fics to have more views or to make sure other writers' posts get seen. So.... please visit my #naruhina fanfic recs link and have at it. I'm sure something on my lists will fit what you're looking for.

Oh, another issue is that I'm not in a good position to figure out what is popular and what isn't. I think almost all writers are undervalued. My views are also probably skewed as a writer who has gotten a lot of attention. My views may be influenced by the fact that I'm satisfied, whereas there are definitely writers who are not satisfied.

So you should probably ask an active reader rather than a writer for "hidden gems." They can probably answer your request better than me. I'm probably overthinking something like this.

Maybe try asking @your-internetfriend, @bornonthebreakofdawn, @shamylicious-blog, @raseng0ne, @waddles-88,...don't know of who else consistently reads fanfiction and would be willing to talk to you...

or if anyone sees this post, feel free to link fics here that you think are hidden gems!

[jessepinwheel]

hello! so i just read dielectric breakdown and, it was magnificent? you're a genius? i have, feelings, and stuff, etc.-- anyway, i guess i was just sort of wondering about your thoughts on the mandalorian clone vibes the swtcw fandom is so attached to? like, hmm, idk, do you wish there were more fics out there where it went a little differently? or where the mandalorian aspect wasn't there at all? idk, i guess i just got really curious, haha-- also, have a great day!!! <3 <3 <3

yeah okay I'll swing at this hornet's nest

in honesty I don't think it's unreasonable that, if the clones were trained by mandalorians, that they might have picked up some amount of mandalorian culture, whether that's a little bit of the language or a couple of the customs, the way that someone living in a different language-speaking household would probably just pick up those things growing up

however. I don't believe the trainers would ever actually go out of their way to teach the clones their culture. I don't think they would be fluent in the language because nobody would bother to (or want to) teach them, and I don't think they would be invited to participate in whatever mandalorian things mandalorians do, if they're not explicitly excluded from it. I think I've made my opinions on "jango is a good dad actually" takes pretty clear (as seen by the story I'm working on where jango is literally such a bad dad that he ends up directly causing the destruction of his own empire)

(brief aside, clones using mandalorian as their personal private language is ridiculous not just for the "who the hell would have taught them" reason but also because it wouldn't be fucking private if literally every single trainer could understand what they're saying. this is why I gave clones private sign language that's derived from military sign, because it's easier to conceal and clones probably lived in an environment with extreme noise discipline.)

the insistence that clones are mandalorian and would speak mandalorian and have all these specific cultural views was baffling when I started reading star wars stories and it's still baffling now. my understanding (from talking to people who actually watch star wars) is that there's pretty much nothing in the actual canon to indicate that clones would be mandalorian or care overly much about mandalorians.

yes, I have stories (asynch and related works) where I mention mandalorian stuff in passing with relation to the clones because, again, I think it's reasonable that it would be part of their culture, but I've stopped doing that in all my other works because the fandom obsession with mandalorians is fucking annoying. it's similar to why I made dielectric not romantic--I'm not against clones having some amount of mandalorian influence, but the way people read it is that any quantity of mandalorian culture, no matter how small, will completely eclipse the culture that would develop organically from having four million identical men raised in weird prison boot camp hell

I can only assume that people want clones to be mandalorian so bad because either they want to write fandom mandalorians (fandalorians, as the kids call it) but the clones are the only characters available to put that archetype on, or because people want clones to have fun cultural stuff so bad but don't want to actually build some organic homegrown clone culture, or because despite people saying "blood doesn't matter" they think blood does matter a lot actually and jango being mandalorian means all his clone sons who he sold to the republic for his weird genocide plot means that the clones should definitely for sure also be mandalorian just by virtue of sharing genetic material, which. sure is a take.

I would be less annoyed about the insistence of making clones some quantity of mandalorian if it wasn't fucking ubiquitous, but the tumblr star wars fandom is [gestures vaguely]. if there was a wide variety of interpretations of clone culture, and one of them was that they had mandalorian elements, that would be fun and cool, but the "mandalorian clone" thing has taken over pretty much the entire fanfic sphere like a rampant c. diff infection, which is fine if you're into that I guess but when I want to read about clones I don't want to read about tumblr's workshopped mandalorian culture I want to actually read about the clones.

me writing clones where they are explicitly not mandalorian and reject jango and have their own distinct culture is my attempt at increasing biodiversity. will it inspire people to homebrew their own clone culture and make something that hasn't been repeated ad nauseam? considering I occupy the smallest possible corner of fandom and don't interact with the star wars community at all, probably not. but they're stories that I like and they're out there for anyone else who feels similarly (which, based on my statistics, is a not insignificant number of people).

obviously people can write what they want. it's not other people's duty to write stories that appeal to me, and two cakes etc. I don't read that much star wars fic anymore because I'm bored of reading the same +/- 10% story and mandalorian clones is just one part of why that happened

[fernlessbastard]

Suppose it's high time I made one of those

Hello, I'm [insert some shortened version of "fernless bastard"], I use he/him, 21yo

I have accidentally become an internet father figure for like half of the tntblr, but honesly, I'm perfectly fine with it (I'm ok with being called "dad", if you want to do so)

I'm just a ND artist here on Tumblr sharing my hyperfixation(s). Tnt duo currently owns my life, and it doesn't seem to be slowing down (2024 edit: yeah, still balls deep in this hell/lh), but I sometimes do some other stuff too (not a lot tho--). Can't keep a consistent schedule, don't worry if I disappear for longer periods of time, I'm just a little silly like that

If you wanna commission me:

Also, LINK TO TNTBLR COMMUNITY THAT I KINDA ACCIDENTALLY MADE!!!! You're more than invited to join :]

I also run @tntblr-community-official so follow it to have all the community updates in one place

Anyway, I also have Twitter, Instagram and AO3 so feel free to check them out

Asks are very welcome, and even encouraged, and although I might not answer immediately, I'll get to it eventually, pinky promise

btw as a bonus I made a post explaining the context for the iconic tntduo kissing image for the newer folk (some crucial tntduo fandom lore and context for what you might see in the earlier content of the two)

Tags:

#fernless bastard - my art

#ferns spicy art - my more raunchy pieces (some are tagged as mature content) - MINORS DNI.

#fern writing - some snippets of my writing, as well as links to my fics

(old tag) #losing face quackbur - my fic on ao3 - “Losing Face”, feel free to check it out!

#ferns faves - self explanatory

(old tag) #fern - more personal stuff, a general tag

#fernless rants & #fern rambles - both positive and negative rants and random thoughts

(old tag) #tw quackbur shipping - a joke tag i sometimes tag my quackbur posts with

#support art - I try to tag all drawings I reblog as this

#support writing  - I try to tag all pieces of writing / fic links I reblog as this

#support animation - I try to tag all animations/animatics I reblog as this

#support music - I try to tag all music I reblog as this

(Old tag) #thank youu - I tend to respond to reblogs that say something, so, idk, yeah

Some great people you should check out! 

(aka the tumblr users I’ve accidentally adopted + my bitch)

@octobre-ackedia my beloathed<3 unhinged ramblings

@eggicup she does art and writing!

@ace-of-tnt also does great writing!

@quacktities my beloved son with major brainrot /pos

@your-best-emo best boy *pat pat*

@pebblebrain-by-lovejoy my sweet boy who does art and writing!

@pupperish another chaotic child /affectionate

@tntduocore my baby who also has major brainrot

@tnt-my-duo another delightful, brainrotted person whom I adore

@lookineedsleep does art and I’m so proud

now, these two arent adopted, but

@brrxmbll my fren who does very pog art!! :DD

@peachtub my other fren who does very pog art!!! :DD