#* mutuals ONLY may reblog. xx

[telugu-girl-13]

♡ Hasini's 150 Follower Event ♡

THIS EVENT HAS ENDED! THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE LAST EVENT OF THIS THEME!

Hey, guys! I've been so excited to hold another event, and you helped me get there! I'm officially somewhat famous! And I'm super thankful to every single one of you who has acknowledged my presence in some way. Not just following, but also liking, commenting, reblogging, booping, anything and everything. Every single one of you have a special place in my heart, and I hope you know it! <33

﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖

Back with the theme! If you're new here, I'm crossing my fingers that you love it. And if you're one of the OGs, hope you enjoy the experience of this event once again! I'm obsessed with this, so it's making another appearance! Maybe for my next event, I'll have a few new tricks up my sleeve...

This event will be in the standard ask in my inbox format, with only one request per mutual! All of these requests must be sent between 7:30 AM and 9:00 PM Eastern Standard time, so you're not sneaking out during curfew! (You'll understand in a moment, and if you can't coordinate the timings from another part of the world, it's fine!) This post will be pinned on my blog from November 3 to November 10 and no requests will be accepted after that. Here is the link to my introduction post! Most of these are art-related! Hope you enjoy!

*This request might take a day or two during the school week! Hope you have extra drachmas! (I'm just kidding, the only thing you have to pay is your patience and time!)

﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖

Hello, new camper! You have followed me and passed Thalia's Pine Tree 🌲. Welcome to Camp Half-Blood! Where would you like to go first?

🏐♡ - The volleyball court! To play here, send a prompt for a tag game in my inbox! Let's try to keep the volleyball up by keeping the tag game going!

🏠♡ - The cabins! To stay here, submit your godly parent and I'll provide some aesthetics that I think would fit your cabin (blog)!

🎨♡ - The arts and crafts building! To hang out here, submit your favorite color(s), hobbies, animals, symbols, and more, and I'll create a collage for you!*

🔥♡ - The amphitheater bonfire! To hang out here, sing a lyric of a song (in text, not actually) and I'll incorporate it in a moodboard!*

⚔️♡ - The arena! To hang out here, send a controversial or unpopular opinion about an appropriate topic! Make sure it isn't triggering or harmful, and is something like a ship or a favorite character! Let's battle it out! Anyone who wants can join the debate!

📚♡ - The library! To hang out here, send a headcannon for a book I've read and I'll comment on it and maybe even draw it!*

🏖️♡ - The fireworks beach! To hang out here, I'll compliment you and tell you why you I think you're amazing! Request this if you feel depressed or just need a friend to comfort you <3

﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ࣪ ˖

While many of these may sound similar, trust me, each is different. I included some of the most popular options from last time and put a twist on some of them, hopefully I get a variety of responses! Thank you for participating, and even if you don't, thank you for supporting my blog through its journey! Love you xx!

See tags 50 follower event and hasini's 100 follower event for past activities!

[hismourningflower]

— personal memoires (of the dearly beloved)

the library is quiet, dimly lit by a few burning white candles that cast a golden glow on the nearby surfaces. it smells musty but the most distinguishable feature is the empty shelf in the far corner, missing a particularly unusual series of books that would otherwise stand out among the thick fiction in the library.

reading these memoires will fill you with mirth, joy and conflict. you will see the stories of those who no longer walk with us, in worlds other than your own. do you dare to locate these missing memoires?

“welcome to kai’s 200 mutual collaboration event! thank you so much for 200 followers! as a token of my gratitude, i’m working with my mutuals to provide a series of fanfictions that are prompted by lyrics - personal memoires of people's lives that you may live through. now, should we start searching?”

— rules.

i. mutuals only for this event! ii. fluff, angst, platonic and suggestive are allowed but do tag your memoires appropriately for the minor audiences. iii. you do not have to use these lyrics as dialogue - it can merely inspire the memoire. you are also free to interpret these lyrics as you wish, they’re not assigned to a genre! iv. you are free to do as many entries as you like, the more the merrier you don't have to do only one prompt each! v. this event is closed! when you post your memoire, please tag me and use the event tag:

⊹ ࣪ ˖ personal memoires ⟢

— prompts.

i. “but does he really know me when the lights are on?” | he loves me, he loves me not. ii. “i’d give the world to you, ‘cause i know the sun, the moon, the hurt falls with you.” | eclipse. iii. “everything i used to love, decayed over the years.” | unsweetened lemonade. iv. “you’re too sweet for me.” | too sweet. v. “you got me misunderstood, but at least i look this good.” | we can’t be friends. vi. “i’m here, i’m there, i’m everywhere. but you can’t catch me now.” | can’t catch me now. vii. “the role of a king is a lonely one to play.” | lonely king. viii. “it’s okay if you can’t catch your breath, you can take the oxygen straight out of my own chest.” | atlas: two. ix. “hold back the river, so i can stop for a minute and be by your side.” | hold back the river. x. “ain’t no prayer, ain’t no god, that could save us from our love.” | lovers in the dark. xi. “my love, are you the devil? i would worship you instead of him.” | the fruits. xii. “you are the best thing that's ever been mine.” | mine. xiii. “he did it all to spare me from the awful things in life that comes.” | murder song. xiv. “she’s talking to angels, counting the stars.” | waiting for superman. xv. “oh? did i almost see what’s really on the inside? all your insecurities, all the dirty laundry.” | unconditionally. xvi. “nervous, trip over my words. you’re so pretty it hurts.” | i’m yours. xvii. “i don’t want what you ain’t in, and i don’t wanna go unless i’m going there with you.” | my promised land. xviii. “there’ll be happiness after you but there was happiness because of you.” | happiness. xix. “i don’t wanna lie awake with only you here on my mind.” | on my mind. xx. “do we look like lovers or partners in crime?” | partners in crime.

— located memoires.

i. located by @yaminohimeyume : prompt xii — aventurine x fem!reader | sfw, fluff. ii. located by @mei-sm : prompt xix — blade x gn!reader | sfw, angst. iii. located by @elatedfool : prompt viii — aventurine x gn!reader | sfw, hurt/comfort. iv. located by @amalythea : prompt i — diluc + childe x gn!reader | sfw, angst. v. located by @amalythea : prompt xiv — venti, traveler + kazuha x gn!reader | sfw, angst. vi. located by @lovingluxury : prompt viii — dan heng x gn!reader | sfw, angst.

vii. located by @xianyoon : prompt viii — wriothesley x gn!reader | sfw, fluff.

viii. located by @heiayen : prompt xviii — scaramouche x gn!reader | sfw, angst

— official playlist.

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© thexianzhoujade 2024. | reblogs appreciated | do not re-upload, copy, translate, etc. my works on any form of media.

[thebeautifulfantastic]

hi lovely people of the internet <3

as some of my mutuals may know, I’m an actor (in training) and I was recently offered a place at a very prestigious summer drama course in London. Studying abroad in England has been a longtime dream of mine, and it would mean the absolute world to be able to attend! Not only is this a great opportunity to spend five weeks taking classes on how to approach Shakespeare from an actor’s perspective, finishing off with a performance, but it is also a chance to make connections with like-minded artists and further my career.

the total cost of the course itself is $5,345, not including travel, housing, and food costs. As a college student working part-time, covering the full cost myself is difficult, so I have put together a GoFundMe link. If you feel led to donate, any and all help meeting this amount means a lot <3

feel free to reblog and/or share!

xx belle

[make-me-imagine]

Top Gun Christmas Scenario Game

(Link to Scenario Games Masterlist)

Rules/What you do: Just match the month/day/letter to yourself and you got yourself a cute little scenario to imagine lol. Let me know in the comments or reblogs what you get~

A/N: I also take these scenarios as writing requests as well (only when requests are open obviously- and it depends on the character). Also, there are only like 4 female characters in these movies, so I just put them in randomly lol.

*words in (parentheses) are alternate options/additions.

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Your Birth Month:

You And...

January: Tom ' Iceman' Kazansky -or- Penny Benjamin

February: Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw

March: Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson

April: Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw -or- Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace

May: Robert 'Bob' Floyd

June: Jake 'Hangman' Seresin

July: Ron ‘Slider’ Kerner -or- Callie 'Halo' Basset

August: Reuben 'Payback’ Fitch

September: Javy 'Coyote' Machado -or- Charlie Blackwood

October: Mickey 'Fanboy' Garcia

November: Your Choice

December: Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell

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Your Date of Birth:

1: Go sledding. 2: Have a snowball fight. 3: Go to a Christmas festival. 4: End up as each others secret Santa. 5: Decorate the Christmas tree. 6: Build a snowman together. 7: Make each other Christmas sweaters. 8: Build Gingerbread houses together. 9: Go skiing. 10: Make snow angels. 11: Bake Christmas cookies. 12: Go to a Christmas tree farm. 13: Are reunited for Christmas. 14: Decorate the house together. 15: Go on a Christmas date. 16: Visit a Christmas market. 17: Go ice-skating. 18: Have a Christmas movie marathon. 19: Kiss under the mistletoe. 20: Go to a Christmas party. 21: Exchange gifts. 22: Travel to a new city/country Christmas. 23: Go view Christmas lights 24: Take cheesy Christmas photos together. 25: Walk through a snowy park together. 26: Cook Christmas dinner together. 27: Surprise each other with handmade gifts. 28: Go to a Christmas parade. 29: Make your own stockings. 30: Host a Christmas party. 31: Go on a Christmas themed treasure hunt.

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First Letter of Your Name/Username (Bonus)

And...

A-G: They propose to you (or ask you to be their s/o)

H-N: It is your first Christmas together.

O-T: It is your first date.

U-Z: You have your first kiss.

xx

*words in (parentheses) are alternate options/additions.

A/N: I apologize if your combo/match up does not make sense, it is hard to make sure that every single combination does.  *Please consider reblogging or tagging your friends/mutuals to share this around!

General Taglist: @criminaly-supernatural, @imaginesfire, @onuen, @witchygagirl, @alexxavicry

Top Gun Taglist: @malindacath, @hotch-meeeeeuppppp, @sarcastic-sourwolf, @stargirl-05, @persephonesportal, @springflwer07, @pockyandme, @iceman-kazanksy, @soultrysworld, @averyhotchner, @linkxneptune, @creativitybeware, @callsignmaverick5, @phoenix1389,

[deadeyeedangel]

welcome, glad you're here.

—— an introduction post is more than overdue at this point especially considering this blog is multiple years old, but all that aside i'm happy you could make it. ˚✩ ⋆｡˚ ✩

—— my name is kolya and this is my silly lil blog! i'll occasionally post writing and commentary/theories/general rambling about my favorite media, but more often than not i will be reblogging others' posts. i'm also looking to publish a masterlist for my writing at some point, but if you are interested in finding more of my writing, you can find me on ao3 under the same username!

—— though i have other fandoms i'll write for and ramble about listed below, my main squeezes at the moment are overwatch (moira and junkrat main if anyone is interested), bungou stray dogs, and regretevator (yeah. the roblox game.) so that will probably be most of the content i post/reblog on here! ˚✩ ⋆｡˚ ✩

—

byf —— some of my writing may feature nsfw or triggering themes, but they will be tagged appropriately at the start of each work. i would prefer that no minors were to interact with my nsfw works, and i will only mutual if you are 18 or older, just out of personal preference. i should also mention that i project heavily onto a few characters from my favorite medias for reasons of comfort, so if you're here for strict canon interpretations then i'm not your gal.

—

things i may write for —— overwatch, valorant, regretevator, bungou stray dogs, league of legends/arcane, fire emblem, baldur's gate 3

other interests i may ramble about —— various roguelikes, music of nearly any genre (though i do hold a considerable bias towards australian psych), regretevator and pressure (roblox), persona/smt, resident evil, guilty gear, pokémon, genshin impact, honkai star rail, ensemble stars, twisted wonderland, archive fashion, some animanga (blue period, bleach, jjba)

—

i hope y'all enjoy reading whatever i decide to put out!

xx,

kolya

[alexstewart]

If I may, I think you should tag networks like paletmblr etc, even people who still reblog pale stuff, I’m telling you this bc your icons aren’t showing up anywhere. That’s why your posts didn’t get any notes. Your icons are v pretty btw.

Hi Pookie!! You're absolutely right, I didn't tag anyone and I definitely think it played against the visibility of my post. But unfortunately, I still stand by what I've said. I don't think it's worth it as it takes me too many days, too much energy and causes too much worry. But I want to say thank you for your suggestion, darling. And I mean it, from the bottom of my heart. <3333 The only thing holding me back is the fact that the icons are the only pale edits I post now. And I owe so much to the pale community and my dear mutuals. This was my way of showing my love and gratitude to you guys, through them. I guess we'll see, but as of now, I'm not taking requests. Sending lots of love and warm hugs, babe. xx

[hamiltonvi]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you! Get to know your mutuals and followers♡

awww this is so cute 🤍 i‘d say

1. music because i just listen to music all the time and loooove to get lost in lyrics, beats etc. and discovering new songs and artists. also my favourite show is eurovision and i get sooo excited every year to follow all the national finals and songs during december-may and then watching it all with my family and friends.

2. sports i love watching anything formula (1/2/3/academy) and football. i also like doing sports but only if i‘m actually interested in it xx

3. going on walks it just helps me clear my mind and reflect on the day i had. extra point if it’s evening and sunset time :)

4. languages and geography i love getting to know the world, all the different cultures and seeing what our planet has to offer. i also love learning new languages and currently i speak four (pretty much) fluently !!

5. reading sadly i don’t have much time lately for that because school is kicking my ass but i love to read in bed and getting lost in other worlds

[aosvrse]

featuring blog general rules, request rules, and hashtags.

GENERAL AND REQUEST RULES

i. contains x reader of sfw and nsfw works. minors dni with the nsfw works, as only 18+ may. regardless, anyone may interact freely with the asks! a reminder that mod / guitarist ory is 21, so she will be writing the nsfw posts.

ii. be patient when requesting! all mods have their own lives and are busy sometimes. also be understanding if we deny a request after we discussed about it.

iii. requests are opened for all three fandoms. we do not write for a specific gendered reader. it's mostly gn! reader (hcs, images, drabbles) or fem! reader. no child! readers either.

iv. for the nsfw requests, no weird shit. that's all. no. weird. shit.

v. ps, AOS stands for adelie ory and sen. we are bffies 🔥🔥

CONCERT HASHTAGS

★ ── vocalist sen

☆ ── e-guitarist ory

✰ ── drummer ade

★￤aosvrse (blog essentials)

xx￤tickets (inbox, asks)

vv￤writing (writing stuff)

ww￤advertisement (reblogs)

??￤fan meet (rambles, talks)

$$￤sponsors (mutuals)

© AOSVRSE 2024.

[chingonaclawsarchive]

         🦡  LAURA HOWLETT.  endless edit(s).

[jadegreenimmortality]

Personal Update

Hello there my lovely mutuals, friends and followers!!

It's been too long since I've been around, and I am truly, deeply sorry for that. I've been missing this tumblr and the community very much!

I've been gone for many reasons, but the main one is: a lack of free time of just any kind. Even right now, there are at least four other things I should be doing, but suddenly I just felt such longing for this place that I decided all of that had to wait so I could update all of you on what has been up with me lately <3.

1) As some of you may remember, I said in my last post that one of my cats got ill suddenly. It turned out to be a serious illness with expensive treatment, which left me two weeks doing nothing but looking after my sick cat. He made it through though and I found a way to pay the vet bills, so everything's fine in that department now!

2) University started for me again, in person for the first time since 1 1/2 years and that + work has been absolutely overwhelming. I've basically been out of the house from 8 in the morning till 7 at noon four days a week and studying for hours each day on the remaining three weekdays, it's been crazy. It even got so bad I took two of my classes out of my curriculum to cope. In short: I've been stressed as hell. Jade who?

3) Now to the saddest part: I've definitely fallen completely out of my Bungou Stray Dogs hyperfixation completely. Of course, that's not the only reason I've been around, but definitely one of the two main reasons.

☄. *. ⋆

So what does that mean for the future of this blog?

First off, it means that I will not be writing for Bungou Stray Dogs anymore, at least for now. Should my hyperfixation come back I will definitely do so again as I enjoyed writing for this show and this community heck of a lot. That's why I am also keeping all of the requests I got, the old ones as well as the event requests, just in case. I wish I could write them anyways as some of you send in really great prompts, but there would be no use in forcing myself to do so. I am sincerely sorry for my mutuals who send event requests too, I would've loved to finish those especially <3.

There is a chance I will be writing for other fandoms in the future, but that's just speculation. As far as self-made content goes, I've been thinking that maybe I will upload some of my art. I am aware that people following me are probably not interested in that, so feel free to unfollow me if you wish to! I won't take it personal at all. The art updates will probably also be irregular, so it'll just be something for my own entertainment :).

Else, I will probably be reblogging a bunch of stuff, just like always - but not as BSD-specific anymore.

Last, but not least: I will definitely not be able to be around nearly as much as I was before. But I am not willing to give up this blog and the reason is my second main reason to be on tumblr: the absolutely beautiful friends I made!!!! So friends (including @hanazou, @xo-cuteplosion-xo, @shadyteacup, @pompompurin1028, @requiem626k, @starglow-xx, @atsushiscocksucker, @sirenascales, @moon-mars-ikemen, @perpetuallyc0nfused, @jessbeinme15, @kiyokoxd, @greenshirtimagines, @sonder-paradise, @alittlesimp, @dazsamus, @missrown @infjsnightmare which I have a special need to tag): I will be around from time to time, just to talk to you. I miss you and I want to know what's been happening around here! I hope to talk to you soon. Till then, please take care and remember that I love you all.

PS.: In case anyone is wondering: My current hyperfixation is Star Trek: The Next Generation. Don't ask me how I got from latest anime to 80s sci-fi, I do not know.

[scaranoiia]

☰ RULES + BYF/DNI

ㅤ☆ㅤplease do not interact if you are under the age of eighteen, lgbt+ phobic, xenophobic, racist, ableist, classist, proana/ed, fatphobic, etc. you will be blocked immediately.

ㅤ☆ㅤi do not write nsfw content for those under the age of 18. i also do not age up characters unless there is a post time-skip in the manga/anime/game that they are from, so they are already above the age of 18 if i am writing anything nsfw about them.

ㅤ☆ㅤi post nsfw content + sfw content. everything i post will have a content/trigger warning before the work starts and what i think could be a heavy trigger warning will be put in the tags, ex: "#tw ____"

ㅤ☆ㅤthis is NOT a spoiler-free blog!!! and spoilers may or may not be trigger warned.

ㅤ☆ㅤsometimes i write content for specific body types. otherwise, all of my content will be neutral and inclusive to all body types. if a body type is mentioned in my work, it will be included in the content/trigger warnings before the work starts.

ㅤ☆ㅤdo not recommend this blog on tiktok. i appreciate your support, but putting my work/account on tiktok will attract minors/those under 18 years of age. with that being said, do not share my work to wattpad, twitter, etc. 

ㅤ☆ㅤdo not spam like/reblog!! spam liking and spam reblogging can cause my account to become shadowbanned. nobody wants that. casual liking + reblogging (highly encouraged) is okay! (tell me what you think in the tags of what you reblog! it's nice to hear what others think about my work.)

ㅤ☆ㅤi do not allow translations of my work to be made, so please do not ask me. 

ㅤ☆ㅤthe only writing platforms i have ever been a part of are tumblr and wattpad. if you see my work anywhere else, please tell me immediately and encourage that person to take my work down. 

ㅤ☆ㅤdm me if you wanna play genshin together. (mutuals only!)

ㅤ☆ㅤdue to my mental health, i cannot keep friendships on here no matter how hard i try. it's extremely exhausting for me to keep up. however, i will become mutuals with you and engage in casual conversations!!

ㅤ☆ㅤif we interact frequently, i tend to use nicknames such as "bro, dude, love, babes/babe" please tell me if it makes you uncomfortable and i will stop right away. i also sometimes use "xx" and "<333" when talking to people as a gesture of kindness/love, please don't take this the wrong way and again, if it makes you uncomfortable, tell me and i'll stop.

disclaimer: i've had/have other accounts on here, but this is a fresh start due to me falling out of some fandoms. i won't be sharing my other accounts as i am not active on them anymore!

[lovelettersfromjia]

hello jia! i hope you're doing well :) congrats on all of your big achievements so far! i wanted to come into your inbox because i was wondering how do you make friends on tumblr? because i've been trying to interact with other blogs (ie: reblogging posts and leaving comments, going into their inboxes, etc.) but it feels like whatever i do just gets left unnoticed. a lot of the blogs i try to interact with seem to only interact with the people in their group and despite being in the same fandom, it feels like they want nothing to do with me :( im sure this feels a little heavy, so please take your time with this. if you're uncomfortable, feel free to discard this i just needed to get it off of my chest. thank you, and i love the purpose of this blog so so much :)

♥︎ 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞: 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬

hi anonnie! thank you for the well wishes :o)

i think i want to start off with how proud i am with you being able to tell someone. good job! what i'm going to say may unintentionally be a little blunt, but take it with a pinch of salt, hm?

i would genuinely suggest finding your own group of people instead. some groups may be too tightly-knitted to enter or join. i think – take this with a pinch of salt – that it also depends on how you're going about with it, because some people may be uncomfortable, if that makes sense? for the longest time, i have not allowed dms from non-mutuals on my other sideblog. some people (non mutuals, in this case) dm-ed me there to become friends and i was extremely uncomfortable as well. this eventually led to me not wanting to be mutuals with them. :")

and of course, it may just be that others may be uncomfortable around new people. i'm sure all of us understand the comforting concept of familiarity, and how we tend to stick to those we know and understand the most. this potentially affects how we deal with new people and new relationships around us, i feel. but it really depends on each person.

i suggest finding common grounds as well. you've mentioned that you're in the same fandom as them, yes? talk about your favourite characters. i think you can try to reach out to different people as well. perhaps when one door is closed, another is open! and take your time – time shapes people together and eventually, things will fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.

i'm sorry that you feel that way right now, nonnie – but i wish you all the best in your journey here on tumblr. if you're into genshin impact, my inbox is always open @ohmykazuha, if you'd like to make new friends. :")

all the love,

jia xx

[iliveiloveiwrite]

4k Celebration!!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! ❤️

To celebrate, I am opening my requests for Bridgerton fics only! I adore writing for this fandom and everyone has been so welcoming and kind.

I am so so thankful for each follow, each read and reblog, every like. You’re all so unbelievably kind and I just cannot thank you all enough.

Characters I write for:

Anthony Bridgerton

Benedict Bridgerton

Colin Bridgerton

Eloise Bridgerton

I use plot lines from the show and the books. Please note, I do not write smut though I don't mind writing the occasional steamy scene. All characters I write are of age. 

I’m not putting a time limit for how long it will take me to write your requests. Please know, I’m a key worker - I work full time and I am on two separate courses that require assignments to be completed. I am organised but it may take me a little longer than usual.

Tagging mutuals who I love and appreciate every single day and I want them to know that: @heloisedaphnebrightmore​ @dreaming-about-fanfictions​ @gryffindors-weasley​ @dracosathenaeum​ @dracosaurusrex​ @acciotwinz​ @lenalxvegood​ @poppin-potter​ @wand3ringr0s3​ @theweasleysredhair​ @pxroxide-prinxcesss​ @magicalxdaydream​ @amourtentiaa​ @sycathorn-slush​ @libraryoffandomsuniverse​ @breadqueen95​ @storyisnotover​ as well as those who consistently reblog my work to let me know they enjoyed it - I love you all, you’re angels.

All my love and I hope you’re all staying safe, 

Millie xx

[whattheheehaw]

Hi! I’m sorry you’re getting shitty anons about this and you’re probably sick of it so I apologise for asking this but I’m genuinely curious what made you start actively disliking zutara? Like, considering how much excellent and insightful content/meta you yourself used to make/write? I get that interests change over time and you’re totally valid!! the anons sending you hate over it are really dumb, but if you’d be ok with sharing, I’d be really interested in hearing why you’ve done almost a complete 180 on the ship? Was is just burnout/end of a hyper-obsession? Or was it some of us in the rest of the fandom that turned you off? Or was it even something about the ship/characters themselves that you changed your mind about? xx

In short, it was a combination of burnout, dissatisfaction with fandom, and disappointment in myself that caused my disinterest for Zvtara.

I got asks similar to this one a couple of times before, but I never gave a comprehensive answer, mainly because I didn't know how to articulate my reasons why I don't like it anymore. But now that I've been out of ZK fandom for a month and have had some time to reflect, I think I can give a much more thorough response. Beware, this is long and I heavily critique the Zvtara fandom, so if you're a ZK shipper, keep reading at your own risk.

My first minor annoyance with Zvtara is that the fandom has a tendency to idolize certain fics and creators. And while there’s certainly nothing inherently wrong about that, I feel like the Zvtara fandom does it to such an extent that it influences the type of content that content creators make in order to get recognition. And to illustrate my point, I’m going to talk about one of the most famous Zvtara fics of all time: Once Around The Sun by eleventy7.

Don’t get me wrong, I love OATS. I think it’s a great fanfic and I think the author devoted a lot of time and effort to make it such an excellent fic. The plot, the development of the characters and their relationships to one other, and the messages about family and love were all brilliantly written. I mean, there is a reason why it’s regarded as the “Zvtara Bible”. This one fanfic had such a profound impact upon the ZK fandom, and I think the biggest impact that came from it is the dramatic influx of post-war Zvtara AU fanfiction. 

Because so many people kept reading OATS and recommending it to others, I think there was an overall interest in ZK fics that take place in a post-war setting. And I think that all of the high praise towards OATS made more fic writers start to write post-war fanfics because of this demand for post-war AU.* I normally wouldn't complain about it because more content is more content, but in my opinion, 99% of ZK post-war fics are the same fic but in different fonts.

Like, there's at least 3 of these elements in every ZK post-war fanfic:

Ambassador Katara

An assassination attempt (usually on Zuko's life)

A healing scene between Zuko and Katara (usually Katara heals Zuko)

Aang and/or Mai is pushed to the side or vilified to some extent in order to make ZK happen

A private journey between Zuko and Katara to facilitate #6

S L O W B U R N (that's not really slowburn and more like "I love you and I very much want to be vocal about my feelings but #7 is in this fic" but the love story takes up like 30 chapters so I guess it's a slowburn?)

Zuko's advisers don't want him to get married to Katara because ✨racism✨

Ursa is found

Azula is in the fic because a) she's going to get a healing arc ft. Zuko and Katara and thereby helps them get together or b) she's the villain and thereby helps them get together

ZK wedding happens in the FN

After reading multiple post-war fics back to back, I could tell that the format was pretty much the same across the board, which isn't very interesting for me to read. My only other fic options in the Zvtara tag on AO3 are canon divergence fics which almost always take place during The Crossroads of Destiny or after The Southern Raiders. And to some extent, those stories are pretty much the same too. There's nothing really new or creative going on in the ZK fandom fic-wise, and because of that, my interest in ZK fandom started to dwindle.

My second issue with Zvtara is that it's a very old ship from a very old show. Because there's been 10+ years since the end of A:TLA, every nuanced point about shipping and the show itself have been talked to death.** There's just nothing new to say. It's the same arguments being rehashed over and over again in the tag because there's no other interpretation one can come up with.

For example, there's so many people who talk about why Zvtara as depicted in The Southern Raiders is not toxic and that's great and all, but I (and most likely many others) have read those same points about five times already. And for some reason, each time this happens, people act like someone just discovered the lost city of Atlantis when they bring up their new-but-not-new argument in defense of Zvtara. Honestly, I'm ashamed to say that I'm not exempt from being part of the group of people that reiterate old arguments. I've done it with one of my posts about The Southern Raiders and I've done it again with my Zutara/Omashu parallels post.

There's no new content to really dissect and analyze (especially considering Zuko and Katara are rarely in the same panel in any of the post-war comics), and because of this, people are just restating points that someone else made several years ago.*** And even if someone did have a different interpretation of an episode, their ideas would most likely be shut down because for the past several years, the same interpretation has been recycled through the fandom repeatedly and people are resistant to new perspectives.

This brings me to the third thing that I dislike about Zvtara: the insistence that there can only be one way to interpret The Southern Raiders. For the longest time, I've read take after take that said if Katara decided to kill Yon Rha, it would be ok because that's her grief to deal with and if she thinks that's the best way to mete out justice, then good for her. And again, I'm ashamed to say that I perpetuated that idea in a few of my own posts. I have always thought that "Katara killing Yon Rha is ok" is just a bad take in general, but I didn't want to vocalize that opinion when so many people—so many of the nice mutuals that I made—all shared that same opinion. Taking down a popular opinion of your own ship is completely different from taking down a popular opinion of a ship that you dislike. The Zvtara fandom is the first fandom that I was actually active in and I wanted to fit in so badly with everyone else that I just parroted whatever other people said, even if I didn't agree with those sentiments.

This leads me to my final reason why I don't want to be a part of ZK fandom anymore. I think I established myself as a "meta" person pretty early on and because of that, I constantly felt pressured to come up with new takes on the ship. And when people started flooding my ask box with stuff like "Can you write a meta about your thoughts on the idea that 'Zuko only took Katara on that field trip in TSR because he wanted her to forgive him'?" and "What are your thoughts about antis saying Zuko and Katara are toxic because of TSR?", I realized that I don't need to come up with new takes. People just want me to paraphrase something that 10 other people said about the same exact topic, because if I said what I actually thought about the subject (i.e. there is some truth in what antis say about TSR and it's not as much of a "Zvtara episode" that most people make it out to be), I'd probably get ZK shippers in the replies telling me that I'm wrong because x, y, and z or "you shouldn't tag this as Zvtara".

And that was pretty much how my love for ZK turned into disinterest. I was and still am disappointed that I didn't stick to my personal opinions. For as much as I talk about herd mentality on Twitter, I certainly don't practice what I preach. In all honesty, the only reason why I held on so long to ZK fandom was because I had so many nice mutuals there and we all shared this collective distaste for antis. I think I started to become more anti-Zvkka and anti-Kataang than pro-Zvtara, which isn't what I wanted to do when I made this Tumblr blog.

The thing that made me joke about becoming anti-Zvtara was the fact that some ZK shippers just like to send shitty anons to people whom they've reblogged countless different metas from. Sending shitty anons to people in the first place is wrong, but sending them to people who tagged their posts correctly and did nothing wrong is just disgusting.

*I'm not a fic writer and can't speak for fic writers, but it definitely feels like a lot of ZK fic authors are pushing themselves to write the next OATS, and by doing so, they are proliferating the tag with post-war fics that have very similar aspects to OATS.

**I think that as more people point out the same nuanced points about Zvtara, it diminishes the actual significance of those points. Like, it's hard to explain but the more people talk about the subtleties of the ship, the more those parts become glaringly obvious and I become numb to their actual impact on the characters and the show.

***At this point, if someone wanted to make a new argument about Zvtara, I think they would have to look very closely at every little detail in every single one of their scenes together to find a crumb of new meta material. And speaking from experience, it's not very fun trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. Whenever I post a "meta" like that, I feel like I'm reaching to make a point that doesn't exist.

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911 (Fox) Christmas Scenario Game

12 Days of Christmas: Day 7 Bonus

- This includes characters from 911 Lone Star - though it is not on my fandoms list I have seen some of it, and I may write for it if I like the scenario prompt and/or character -

(Link to Scenario Games Masterlist)

Rules/What you do: Just match the month/day/letter to yourself and you got yourself a cute little scenario to imagine lol. And you can also leave in the tags or comments, what your scenario is :) If you don't want to that is fine, but reblogs are still appreciated!

A/N: I also take these scenarios as writing requests as well (only when requests are open obviously)

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Your Birth Month:

'You And...'

January: Mateo Chaves // Lucy Denato

February: Eddie Diaz // Athena Grant

March: Bobby Nash // Maddie Buckley

April: Evan Buckley // Tommy Vega

May: Owen Strand // Lena Bosko

June: Your Choice

July: Chimney Han // Michelle Blake

August: Lou Ransone // Ana Flores

September: Ravi Pannikar // Henrietta Wilson

October: Judson Ryder // Nancy Gillian

November: Albert Han // Marjan Marwani

December: Paul Strickland // Abby Clark

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Your Birth Date:

1: Have a Christmas movie marathon. 2: Cook Christmas dinner. 3: End up as each other's Secret Santa. 4: Make Christmas cookies. 5: Go to a Christmas festival. 6: Have a snowball fight. 7: Host a Christmas party. 8: End up under the mistletoe. 9: Go on a walk in the snow. 10: Exchange Christmas gifts. 11: Go away on a trip together for Christmas. 12: Decorate the Christmas tree. 13: Make snow angels. 14: Go to a Christmas parade. 15: Attend to a Christmas party together. 16: Go sledding. 17: Give each other handmade gifts. 18: Go on a Christmas themed treasure hunt. 19: Go ice skating. 20: Dance around to Christmas music as you decorate. 21: Go to a Christmas market. 22: Are reunited for Christmas 23: Build a snowman. 24: Go to a Christmas tree farm. 25: Drive around to view Christmas lights. 26: Build gingerbread houses. 27: Make each other ugly Christmas sweaters. 28: Accidentally get each other the same gift. 29: Prank each other with mistletoe. 30: Get a puppy/kitten for Christmas 31: Take cheesy Christmas photos together.

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First Letter of Your Name/Username:

(Bonus) And...

A-G: It is your first Christmas together.

H-N: You have your first kiss.

O-T: You get engaged.

U-Z: It is your first date.

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*words in (parentheses) are alternate options/additions.

I apologize if your combo/match up does not make sense, it is hard to make sure that every single combination does. 

xx

*Please consider reblogging or tagging your friends/mutuals to share this around.

General Taglist: @criminaly-supernatural, @imaginesfire, @onuen, @witchygagirl, @alexxavicry

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I want to thank you all so much following me and putting up with my shit so far. 2020 was a hard year for me and it continues on in 2021, but being on this site, getting to know some people and find fun in making edits and such has made it a lot more worth. Creating this blog, building it up and meeting amazing people has brought me out of a bad mental health dip I had last year, and I am very thankful for that. I really do appreciate all of you and I hope you enjoy this little celebration we’re having.

Just wanna quickly shout out a couple of mutuals that have made my time on tumblr even better and who I admire:

@gwiilymslee @swiftdanvers @cxpaldi​ @sebastiianstxn​ @ilookinthemirrorandcry​ you guys are amazing and I’m flattered you even want to follow me. I like you a lot and you all inspire me more than you think. Thank you for choosing me to follow and stay around 💕

Celebration:

send 💖 and I’ll compliment you/ or your blog

send 💌 and a person or character if you would like an icon request. (see my icons masterlist for examples) pls note: i may not be able to do some as I don’t have photoshop and rely on screenshots to do some icons

send ❔ with a question you would like to ask me to get to know me better

send 🎶 and I’ll give you a random song on my playlist

send 🤔 and two characters and I’ll tell you which one I prefer

Notes:

This celebration will be open for 3 days! (22nd - 24th January). After that my inbox will be closed to the celebration but I will make sure to answer all asks sent before the 24th.

You don’t have to be following me to take part. It’s open to all!

But I do ask you reblog this post to help spread the cheer!

Icon requests will be one per person so I can take my time and not get overwhelmed!

Only Mutuals will get to request two icon packs if they would like to! 

 Questions may be rejected depending how personal I feel they are. I may be okay with some personal questions just not very very personal.

You can ask for more than one of the celebration options or all of them if you would like!

Please be patient as I do have a life to try and control.

 I will be using the tag #emma’s 300 followers celebration 

Thank you once again for 300. It’s hard to believe 300 people want to follow little old me and stick with my annoying ass. I appreciate you all and I thank you for your kindness whilst I’ve been on this blog xx