#75 Gaming Asks

[its-all-papaya]

For the landoscar word prompt: homesick

okay i'm sorry this one took 55 minutes and still like. doesn't rlly end. idk, i couldn't work it out, have some melancholy rambling ig....

It's snowed every winter Lando's been at university, and this is his fourth, so he really should be used to it. It's just. He'd had an exam in the morning that he'd spent all night cramming for, and it hadn't been snowing on his walk back. It had been cold - enough that he'd tugged on a hoodie before crawling back under his covers - but it hadn't been snowing when he'd set his alarm and started his nap.

It's snowing when he wakes up, though. Maybe there's something about opening his eyes and turning his face out from the pillow and seeing it first that way. The sun's about to set; maybe it's the way it glows in the last afternoon light. Whatever it is crawls under his ribs and sits there like a pill he's swallowed the wrong direction, aching every time he swallows and breathes. He's not even fully awake. The memories are half dream when he blinks out the window and sees the ghosts of his little sisters in puffy jackets and his mum calling them back to tug hats on each of them so their ears won't go too pink.

It doesn't even snow much in Bristol. It snows much more here.

The washer is running when Lando pads out into the living room and he hadn't started it himself, which means Oscar is home from his afternoon class. His bedroom door is closed, and Lando really shouldn't bother him, but his stomach is heavy like lead and it feels out-of-sorts in a way that only his mum's tea would fix. He's afraid if he crawls back into bed he might do something silly like cry about it, because it's past ten at home and his parents will be asleep and he's not even sure calling would fix it anyway.

"You can come in," Oscar calls when Lando finally does knock.

He's sat propped against his pillows in bed, paperback folded open on his knee and blinds drawn shut. Lando's fairly sure his lit class is the one Oscar's just come from, but it would be like him to do the homework immediately after.

"You okay?"

Lando realizes a minute late that he's just been standing. Just staring. He swallows around the oblong feeling and pulls his sweatshirt sleeves over his hands so Oscar won't see him worrying them.

"Yeah," he answers eventually, "Just. It's snowing."

Oscar smiles, says, "Is it?"

He can't reach the window from his bed, so Lando crosses the room for him and pulls the curtains back so he can see - so they both can.

It's snowed every winter they've been in university, and this is Oscar's fourth. He really should be used to it, but his smile is just as awed as Lando still remembers it being freshman year, when they were crowded together around their shared bedroom window, tucked in together over the weekend holiday all of their classmates had gone home for.

"Perfect reading weather, then," Oscar says, settling back against his pillows.

Lando should go. He should nurse the weird, sad feeling with a hot shower, or something, and not by bothering his roommate-and-something-more-too when he's trying to study.

"Can I sit with you?" he says instead.

Oscar smiles. His, "of course," comes out like there weren't even other answers he'd considered.

He's warm when Lando curls up at his side. He's still got the book propped open against his knee and he goes easily when Lando nudges up under his arm and props his cheek against the ball of Oscar's shoulder.

"What's your book about?" Lando asks.

"Um," Oscar lifts it to show Lando the cover like that'll help, that plonks it back down like he's realized it won't. "This orphan girl, bit of an outcast. It's like a coming-of-age thing, I think, I'm not too far into it."

His fingers trace absently along the strip of skin where Lando's hoodie has ridden up at his waist, and it makes Lando shiver.

"Will you read it to me?"

"Yeah. You might be a bit lost, though," Oscar thumbs through the pages he's already been through like an explanation.

Lando doesn't say he'd probably be lost even if he'd read those, too. That it's not about the story, really. He thinks Oscar probably knows.

"S'okay," he says.

"Okay." Oscar turns his head enough that his lips brush Lando's forehead. Lando can't tell if it's on purpose.

Oscar's got a nice voice. Lando thinks he could probably fall asleep to it, and he wonders if he'd wake up without the knot in his chest, whether the bittersweet fog over his thoughts would have lifted. Maybe the snow would have stopped by then, even, maybe it'd all be melted.

Lando yawns into Oscar's chest as he flips a page, and Oscar pauses for a second to turn his head again. This time, his lips press more firmly at outside corner of Lando's eye, where he knows he's still got a pillow crease working its way out after his nap.

"Snowy weather is a bit sleepy, innit?" Oscar says, softer than the tone he'd been using to read with, "Peaceful and stuff."

Lando looks back out the window, where it's gotten heavier - big, wet flakes that stick to the glass and leave trails when they slide slowly down towards the frame.

"I think I'll miss it if I move back home after graduation," Oscar continues, voice sounding a bit like Lando's insides feel. Lando doesn't want to think about it.

Oscar goes back to the book. His hand is warm on Lando's hip, voice warm in Lando's ears, and Lando wonders if someday, down the road, Oscar will wake up to snow showers and think of this moment.

from here

[jtl-fics]

Ain’t no D like tbD …er… - @neilimfinejosten

6/26/24 WIP Wednesday (OPEN) | TBD

Andrew shrugs, “Josten’s not bad looking.” 

It is one of the bigger understatements of fact that Andrew has ever made in his entire life, which is saying something. Honestly, he’s surprised that Josten hasn’t left more of a trail of broken hearts in his wake over the years. Andrew himself had been drawn to him and through the haze of drug induced mania he’d absolutely put his foot in it when he’d drugged Josten at Eden’s.

Knowing what he knows now there was really no chance that Andrew could have come back from that, but he doesn’t regret it. Josten had been beyond suspicious when he’d first shown up with his little crush binder on Kevin.

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[dipperscavern]

at Barnes and noble and found a book on the Game of Thrones costumes with full page photos of Robb and Jon and came so so close to buying it except it was $75

id paint those photos white so fast #PaintTuah #ArtOnThatThing #ImSorry

[oh-three]

Silly Game Time: Who are some of your favorite "rogue" characters? And what do you like about them?

They can be of any class or race/species (in the fantasy or sci-fi sense), so long as being sneaky and tricky (a thief, a lockpick, a con artist, or etc.) is a major element of their job in the story and their identity as a character.

As if it could ever be anyone but this guy.

[bedforddanes75]

14, 24 and 45 ❤️

HIHIHIHIHIHIHI LUCY I HOPE UR WELL!!!!!!!

14 (do u believe in luck/miracles) - oooh. i dont think so?! i do often say like Oh thats lucky but if i think about it i dont really. mostly because im obnoxious and if something cant be Proven Proven Proven then i just. move away. u know what i mean 🙂‍↕

24 (fav part of my daily routine) - ok so. i dont do this every day anymore (curse u curly hair...) but i LOOOVE brushing my hair. its soo nice. but every day Now i think my fav is literally just getting into bed. like its so basic but everyone loves it FOR A REASON!!!!! its so nice!!!!!!!!

45 (what makes u get out of bed in the morning) - mmmmmmm. if we're talking Literally the reason there and then its just when i need the toilet enough to actually move (not in a Depressed way i just love my bed more than anything ever). but if its in like a . metaphorical way. then tbh i just love living i think. i like seeing how others live and i like going outside and i like seeing things and i like my books. my reason is everything i experience 🙂‍↕

[supernaturalist1234]

getting into a media that objectively has a fandom but that fandom is somehow 20 years behind in discourse is honestly such whiplash

[the-black-bulls]

Hiya! What are your thoughts on Vanessa x Zora? 👀

send in ships to get these classifications

hey there!

Vanessa/Zora:

double older sibling figure energy!

does it make sense? It does, yes, just look at these two you know they'd be having a blast drinking and hanging out together for the rest of their lives.

does it compel me? YES! I'm baffled at the near non-existing talk about this ship because they click so well in a way that won't get them acting out of characters which is a very important thing to me when it comes to shipping, here - have a fanart of them!

ooooh, the fandom's favorite crackship.

Zora/Nebra:

zebra as their ship name > zobra as their ship name 😂

does it make sense? of course not lol

does it compel me? similar to yami/william, I have no real answer for this, it's one of those ships I can vibe with as an AU, but not in the main story/timeline/endgame, I enjoy the potential crackness and hate and spite with these two, but not the romance, definitely not the romance.

in general, I very rarely vibe with zora ships that pair him with one royal or another noble because I find it very unfair to his character and makes him act really, really out of character.

[basilpaste]

ANYWAY. OSIS ISABEAU. when you become stronger and stronger and your defense becomes more and more preemptive. wasting less and less time (and you hate it when you notice it)

you are strong. you are the fighter. isnt it good? to not have to struggle to keep up anymore? isnt it nice to attack instead of support?

youre a wall. a thick layer of defense. practically untouchable.

youre not sure you like this. didnt it feel good to help your friends? to support them?

have you ever actually liked fighting?

[bloodydeanwinchester]

JENNA!! 19 29 and 89 for spotify !!

hiiiii sophie!!!!!

19: oh god literally one of my favorite destiel songs

29: my top castiel song<3

89: a post series destiel song

send me a number and i’ll post that song from my spotify wrapped playlist<3

[jtl-fics]

TBD AU please if I'm not too late 💜

8/14/24 WIP Wednesday (Closed) | TBD AU (11/15)

The dinner turns into a round of talking about the third Minyard brother and how insufferable he’d be before they realize that they’re half-describing Kevin. “Should we let Kevin know that he’s your ideal brother?” Andrew asks, holding up his phone.

“Hell no! Kevin wouldn’t have had ice cream to share with me so he’s not my ideal brother.”

“I mean you five were basically inseparable in college.” Katelyn teases. “You two definitely argued like brothers, just with a bit more homo-erotic tension.”

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[cherrypikkins]

FE3H Music Ask Game - Bonus Round

today is a song for Monica (?)

I am the last one you'd ever suspect of setting the fire, of setting the fire. But as you switch on your TV tomorrow morning, you'll hear me saying quietly: whatever you want, whatever you want, whatever you want is fine by me.

Whatever You Want - Vienna Teng

(putting together a playlist with a song for each fe3h character :3 check out the progress in the tag fe3h music ask game)

[adhd-merlin]

Do you enjoy research?  Which fic of yours required the most research?

Hello! thanks for asking :)

(This is question #18).

Do you enjoy research?

It depends on the topic to be honest, but yes, I enjoy going down a weirdly specific rabbit hole sometimes, it's fun! None of the fics I've written required a massive amount of research, to be honest, I do this for fun and as long as it sounds superficially plausible, I'm satisfied.

Which fic of yours required the most research?

I think, ironically, it was the only modern AU story I've written, which is set in modern Brighton. I've been there before so that part was okay, but some things I looked up for this story were:

how long would it take to drive from Brighton to Glastonbury?

what does the M3 look like?

what's the name of a hospital in Glastonbury?

...and other such things (basically, I used Google Maps a lot).

Given that Merlin lived through 15 centuries, I also looked up some random historical events/facts. For example, I was looking for the name of a bottle of "nice" wine that someone might plausibly be able to acquire in 19th century France for a throwaway line, and discovered this bit of trivia:

In the book “Autour de La Lune” (“Around the Moon”) written by Jules Vernes in 1870, three men took a journey to the Moon and they celebrated their achievement with a bottle of Nuits-Saint-Georges. (x)

Apparently the Apollo 15 crew carried this wine into space, and that's also where the St. George moon crater gets its name from. (x)

I found this amusing, which is why Merlin returned from Calais "with a bottle of Nuits-Saint-Georges under his arm".

For another, canon-era story (WIP) I've watched quite a few HEMA swordfighting videos and read articles about fencing (mainly to get some ideas about the vocabulary) -- but to be honest 90% of what I've "researched" won't be referenced at all (nobody cares about the technical terms), and that's been the case with other fics. It's mainly just to get "the flavour" right.

📬 FANFIC WRITING ASKS

[bedforddanes75]

1 , 20!!! Music ask game pleaseeee

- @thinkingabouturmouth

HIIII i hope ur enjoying ur day!!

1 (song i liked as a kid) i LOVED. livin on a prayer by bon jovi like i was obsessed that song was in my BLOOD dude. OBSESSED.

2 (song id put on a playlist 4 the person who sent this ask) OMG omg omg ok hmmm idk if u already know it (u probably do Sorry im just obsessed) but george daniel's remix of the hills by coco & clair clair and deela is AMAZING and id recommend it to everyone ever

[pocketramblr]

srimptesting??? What does that mean??

It means I can't spell "shrimptesting"

[toomuchracket]

12 and 13 💖

12. Talk about a new friend you made this year

the universe put us on different continents because it knew we would be too powerful (read: delulu) if we were in each other's vicinity irl. love her to bits. talking about @kscheibles btw <3

13. How was your birthday this year?

calm! i went for lunch with family and wrote lots of blurbs on here lol. it was nice! <3

[here2bbtstrash]

ALSO JIMIN IS A DOM I WILL FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL FOR THIS HEACANNON LMAO

OOOOOOOH she's a controversial subjecttttt 👀 i mean i literally have arguments for dom jimin, switch jimin, and jimin wanting to be pegged all in here in this mess of an ask box of mine so 🤣 WHAT DO WE THINK JIMIN HOES?!?!?! what is the truth about our mimi 🧐

what headcanon(s) do you have for bangtan that you know - you just KNOW, deep down, all the way to your guts - to be FACTS???