#Don’t even get me started on side blog confusion lol

[cozage]

Omg what the heck 2k!?! I’m so happy for you like I remember when you started this blog some time ago, and you blew up fast 😭 also that era when you got shadow banned. I wanted to request the monster trio with option 1. So how about a meeting their S/O after the 2 year gap but they ended on argument so now what would they say after not seeing them for two years.

A/N:😭😭i forgot about the shadowbanned era omg. I almost stopped writing completely then. That was a CRAZY time. Thank you for reminding me of that LOL 

Characters: gn reader x Sanji, Zoro, Luffy Total word count: 750

A Postponed Apology

Sanji

“My love! You’re safe!” Sanji tackled you, both of you falling to the ground entangled in one another. 

He pushed back the hair from your face and covered you with kisses in between his words. “You’re here! I missed you so much!”

“Sanji,” you laughed, trying to push him off. “You’re smothering me!”

“I’ll smother you forever!” He pressed his head against your chest, humming pleasantly as he listened to your heartbeat. “I’ll never leave your side ever again!”

Your fingers ran through his hair as tears filled your eyes. You hadn’t expected this reunion to go so smoothly. You had expected Sanji to never speak to you again, maybe even come back with a new crew member recruit. You wouldn’t have blamed him, not after all the horrible things you said to him. 

“You’re not mad?” you whispered softly, afraid your voice would betray you. 

“Why would I be mad?” he asked, still listening to your heart beat in your chest. “I’m just grateful you’re okay.”

“But our fight…” Tears spilled out of the corner of your eyes and down your cheeks.

“Our fight?” he asked, clearly confused. He pulled his head away from your chest to look you in the eyes, and you could see his soul shatter at the fact he was making you cry. 

“Do you mean the one from two years ago?” he asked. “Darling, don’t even worry about that. All that matters is that we are here together now, and I’m never letting you go again.”

Zoro

It took your eyes a second to adjust to the darkened room, but Zoro’s voice rang out. 

“So, you’re the second one to arrive, huh?”

You hadn’t expected Zoro to be there. He was always getting so lost, you had assumed it would be anyone but him. 

“Nobody else is here yet?” you asked, joining him at the bar. 

“Just you and me.”

Silence filled the air, the heaviness of your last conversation still weighing on your shoulders. 

“Zoro-”

“Don’t apologize,” he said. “It was two years ago. It’s not a big deal.”

“No.” You shook your head, finally turning to look at him. “I should’ve never said those things. If I had known-”

“But you didn’t know.” He sighed, picking his beer up and taking a long drink. “Are you still upset about it? Do you even remember what we were fighting about?”

“Well no, but-”

“Then it doesn’t matter. We’re together now. Let’s make up for lost time instead, okay?”

You smiled, relieved at his words. He had never been one to hold a grudge. 

“Okay.”

Luffy

You kept your distance from Luffy until everyone went to sleep. It had been a long day full of emotions, and he was busy enough with his captain duties. The last thing you wanted to do was inconvenience him any further. 

“Sanji!” Luffy called, entering the kitchen. “I’m-oh! Hey!”

Your heart quickened at his voice. You weren’t ready to face him yet. Even if you knew you had to. 

“Hey Luffy,” you whispered. “Sanji went to bed, but he made this ice cream sundae. You want it?”

Luffy’s mouth grew into a big smile, his eyes growing wide. He grabbed a spoon and slid into the booth next to you. “You’re the best! You know that, right?” 

You gave an awkward laugh. “I guess we need to talk, huh?”

Luffy looked at you, a blank and confused look on his face. “Talk about what?”

It was hard to look at him, but you forced yourself to. “Our last conversation?”

He was trying to remember, you could see his brain going into overdrive as he recalled your last moments together on Sabaody. Finally, he shrugged and shoveled a scoop of ice cream into his mouth. 

“I don’t remember our last conversation,” he admitted. 

You raised an eyebrow. “The fight? Because if you want to break up-”

“Why would I want to break up with you?” Luffy asked. “That’s the last thing I want.”

“Well, I said some pretty harsh things, Lu.”

He knitted his eyebrows in concentration, trying to remember. For a minute you watched him, and you could’ve sworn steam was coming out of his ears. But he shook his head. “Sorry, I don't remember that at all.”

You laughed. You should be surprised or offended. But that was just Luffy. “So we’re good?” you asked.

“Of course,” he said, offering you a bite. “Why wouldn’t we be?”

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

hey i’m really confused bc I’m new to the arctic monkeys fandom, I’ve listened to their music and followed them for years but I never really knew anything about who the members were, their names, personalities, side projects etc. I had no idea about them at all. But a month ago I found out about Alex turner and fell in love with his personality, music, lyricism, everything and so I wanted to see if he did anything outside of the monkeys so I researched and found.. gayness?? I’m so confused right now. In my mind, Alex seemed like the straightest person I’ve ever thought about but then after discovering the last shadow puppets, I decided to quickly watch a performance and omfg I was so startled with how… I don’t even know how to explain it, it’s like him and Miles are homoerotic without even needing the sex part. I looked into Miles Kane, he seems like a nice guy, I like the last shadow puppets music a lot but I never knew that Alex could have that side to him lol. Can you pls explain what miles and Alex are to each other because they literally act more gay than my gay ass if that is even possible and I watched five minutes of their interviews and it’s not even just on stage, they still act as if they’re head over heels in love in interviews too? How did I not know about this?? I found out they had a ship name so I searched it and your blog was the first thing that came up so I’m asking you to explain😭🙏

oh my goodness, i can *hear* me three years ago in this 😂😭 firstly, welcome to the insanity 💗 discovering milex for the first time really is quite an experience, i know i for one have never been quite the same since lol. i mean, i went from "huh, there's kind of a lot of ust between those two guys onstage" to starting a milex blog and writing multiple fanfics about them, so... yeah. trust me, i get it 😅

however, unfortunately i'm not sure i can answer your question of what they are to each other... words that have been thrown at their dynamic from journalists, friends, fellow musicians and fans include: bromance, soulmates, love affair, best friends, lovers, brothers, infatuated, impossible. and honestly... i feel like the truth probably holds elements of all those descriptors. there's never been any official line about exactly what they are to each other, but i think one thing is blindingly clear: how incredibly important they are to each other. like those two men *love* each other. and only they know exactly what form that love takes, but the fact that it's there? absolutely and completely undeniable. the way they act around each other or even just look at each other speaks louder than any definitions ever could 🥺

if it helps, i've been here for years now and it still astounds me quite how... intense and non-platonic the vibes are in literally every scenario whenever they're within two feet of each other (although, as we know, they prefer it if the distance is much less than that). like interviews, behind the scenes footage, onstage performances - wherever they are, when they're with each other they just seem to forget the rest of the world exists and are so wrapped up in each other it almost feels like looking at something so intimate we should look away 😭

in terms of what you said about thinking alex is the straightest person ever: i think that's a really common perception (certainly one i had in my earlier days of getting to know arctic monkeys), because he certainly makes no secret of being into women. however, if you listen to a lot of his songs and are aware of the way he interacts with men too... well, it definitely doesn't seem like it's only women he's into. if you're wanting to get more of a glimpse of that, milex is a great place to start lol. but also you might try listening to songs like catapult, electricity, do me a favour, the jeweller's hands, american sports, and mr schwartz.

i hope this helps a little with the insanity of discovering milex for the first time 😂😅 if you have any other questions i'm always more than happy to help! 😘

[dragon-queen21]

this is a spur of the moment, no plannings going into this one because im not doing very well but shhh!!!!

(first off, im sorry i didnt say something sooner, ive been seeing your concerning posts lately. are you okay? seriously? i dont know if this is a line im crossing but if you want i could drop my blog if you ever need to vent. im sorry if thats too much i don’t understand things like this sometimes, but i genuinely hope your okay.)

but i wanna speak about lil sanji real bad, because i had a dream i was little and ive been having a lot of ideas about him lately and i need to project. also in honor of the sanji fan zine thats coming out (and that im totally not considering buying for 85 dollars as a early birthday gift) (or late since it ships in march lol)

- um idk i feel like hes a quiet little, especially before the crew found out he was a regressor, he doesnt really wanna talk, he just wants to be around someone. like i can see him pre coming out finishing like lunch or something and coming out and just sitting with nami and robin and theyre like “hello sanji kun do you need anything?” only to be confused when he doesnt start twirling like a love sick school girl.

^ or him going up to zoro PEACEFULLY and just plopping down and zoros fighting DEMONS not to say something brash and ruin the moment because sanjis clearly not in the mood, or if he looked close enough, not in the right headspace to deal with a attitude

-or even post coming out i imagine him just making everyone take a turn in holding him, not like pick up holding just. in the aquarium or something sitting on someones lap holding him close. give my guy some comfort PLEASE

- has one specific stuffed animal he keeps with him all the time. like first thing he asks for when hes tiny, f pacis, f sippys, give him his STUFFIE!!!!!!!!! youll never guess what it is (its a fish)

- i know a lot of people say sanji woukd be scared of the bigger members of the crew, and i so agree with that, but BUT the bigger members of the crew holding sanji like a actual baby? proportionally hes closer to the size of one if their hands

- no thoughts in this guys head, its just straight static. when hes younger, he has to like actually try to force two coherent thoughts together. i dont know he regresses really little a lot of the time, id say he stays closer to babyspace/toddlerspace than anything on the older side (he has so much trauma to work through)

ok im done im really sad so im gonna go to something productive to not. be sad byeebywwbyewww

📷

Thank you. I am just… having a time of it right now. People are… cruel, we’ll just leave it at that. And no your not crossing any line, if anything your words warmed my heart. I’m doing alright. Not the best not the worst just, fine.

I’m sorry you’re going through things as well :< We can suffer and be sad together <3

~~~

~I’ve seen talk about that zine floating around. 85 dollars is a lot but it would be fun to get.

Let me know if you do get it!

~“twirling like a love sick school girl.”

<- okay that made me chuckle. I can imgine there were so many alarm bells going off in their head. And maybe the just think that “oh Sanji’s… quiet”

~Zoro just aggressively chomping down on his sword and training to keep himself from saying something he knows will be stupud and unhelpful. And Sanji just seems so… soft and Zoro is like 95% sure this is some horrible mistake

~Attention starved. He’s just attention starved. Give the baby cuddles

~I’m quite partial towards the head canon of Zoro buying him a stuffed turtle. Sanji looking back and forth between Zoro and the plush before declaring “moss.” With no other explanation. Is that the plushes name? Is he just saying Zoro’s name? Who knows, certainly not Zoro.

~See I’m telling you. Caregiver Franky + babyspace Sanji. Just kdbjdbd best duo. (I just really really love cg Franky)

[b3achysurfer]

SBG POST!! (hxh moots please ignore this 😓)

** disclaimer: DO NOT SEND HATE TO ANYONE!!!! whether or not they agree with what I’m going to say, please don’t send hate to them. if anything I say comes off as harsh/rude, just know that’s not my intention.

deadass wasn’t gonna say anything because I genuinely don’t care, but some of my friends/supporters are getting hate and it’s starting to annoy me. also my name got dragged in so it’s free game now 😛 **

posting this on my main for reach, but my side blog for sbg is @b3achysurfur !!

Someone sent me a post that was talking about how the fandom thinks it’s okay to hate Logan for being a nerd but not anyone else for the tropes they’re based on. They also said that people have been “getting defensive about their right to hate a charater”. The person probably has me blocked and won’t see this but idrc bc they were talking about me (to some extent).

no one is getting defensive about their “right to hate a character”. from what I’ve seen (and posted) it was just people pointing out how silly it is to say “oh you can’t hate this character 😡”. that’s literally it lmao. that’s not being “defensive”, it’s just pointing out how stupid you guys sound. also, it applies to you too? you can hate/like whoever you want.

“i'd be stabbed 27 times and set on fire for saying anything remotely bad about aiden but logan gets away scot free bc he's a ‘nerd’ and ppl simply dislike him bc of his trope? the double standards are just odd, that's what i'm addressing.” Scot-free? No I didn’t “get away scot free”. I got sent death threats, sm1 attempted to dox me, my dms were full of hate, and there was post after post of people saying things about me (some of which came from people you associate yourself with op). It just looks like I “got away scot-free” because I’m not a little bitch and can deal with backlash for my opinions.

you guys created this environment where everyone has to like everything! everyone has to feel the same way about everything! and a lot of you have this mob mentality and just follow the crowd instead of having you’re own opinions. There is no “double standard”. You guys hate on anyone and everyone for their personal opinions.

“what's the difference between them and everyone else? i'm "allowed to hate" these characters, but if i posted my opinion on someone like aiden, who is a mostly beloved character by the fandom, i'd get Rattled.” Nothing! There’s no difference! Only problem is none of you have the balls to express your opinions out loud. Not that I blame you tho, from my experience the fandom is very agressive when you disagree with them. And by the way, I was never “allowed to hate” Logan. Can’t even count how many people made posts saying, “dni if you hate Logan/any of the main cast” lol. Which also confuses me op. You can’t really complain about it when you’re apart of the problem, no?

“and anyways i'm talking abt the fact that people are defending beachy for their opinions, the majority of us dislike them but it's still insane the difference” I know people hate me, idrc ab that. but the fact that you complained about not being able to dislike any of the main charaters than added that you (as well as most of sbg tumblr) don’t like me bc of my opinion is so hypocritical. Do you not hear yourself?? Also people defend me because you guys get nasty quick. most of my posts are JOKES. yes I hate Logan, but I’m not being serious when I write things about him. Not to mention most the people who defend me now were at my thoart when we first started interacting.

Having different opinions on characters and vocalizing it is very important to fandom growth. You guys need to understand this. If you force everyone is like a charater then not only does it make the fandom boring to interact with it but it also creates drama. AKA THE WHOLE “LOWAR”. SHI WOULDVE NEVER HAPPENED IF I WAS ALLOWED TO DISLIKE LOGAN LMAO??? Not to mention, it allows you to see different perspectives and versions of the same charater just through someone else’s eyes. That’s why our fanon versions of charaters are just copy and paste of the canon versions. Because you guys never give anyone space to be creative. As soon as you don’t agree with it, you all jump on the person and make it a problem. It’s annoying.

If you don’t want to be attacked for your opinions on a charater then stop attacking others for their opinions. Obviously this problem won’t be fixed immediately but it’s one person at a time yk? Just know if you hate a character, you should expect at least a bit of backlash and debate. Shi I still argue with people and it’s been like 3 months. Just remember to be open minded, respectful, and have fun!!

“Hating” on a charater doesn’t have to be negative/drama. it’s you guys that make it into that. Relax a bit and have a little more fun. Or don’t, it’s ya life 🤷‍♀️

—- btw if you ever have a problem with me, talk to me about it or stfu. Stop attacking my friends/supporters. you can dm me, tag me in a post, send me an ask, comment, reblog, idc. I’ll respond (on my sbg side blog). Or just block and ignore me. Thanks 😛

[mariejordans]

i honestly don’t even know where to begin with this post, so i guess i’ll start with hi! sorry, i’ve been gone so long, though probably most of you didn’t even notice i was gone lol. sorry for not giving any warning to my absence, and i am especially sorry to the mutuals who have reached out to me that i haven’t responded to. i was and still am struggling with anxiety and depression and towards the new year it was getting to be a bit much for me, so i decided to take a mental health break from social media.

i’d honestly been contemplating coming back, but today i received a dm from someone with a link to a post that was accusing me of bullying and creating fake accounts to bully other people in this fandom. first of all, i would like to emphasize that this is not true. attached below is a screenshot of all the blogs that i own (EDIT 2/9/24: i have since deleted the screenshot for my own privacy and i believe that since i made this post, there has been more than enough evidence to clear my name.) milfsociety is my main account, which i have linked before on this blog and many of my mutuals also follow me on my main, and the rest of them are just me saving my old usernames or other sideblogs that i rarely use, but all of them have been inactive for two months at least.

i do NOT condone bullying ever, and to be continually accused of it by this person is very disheartening. it started with this post (seen below) that i made back in november after seeing a post discrediting marie as the main character of gen v. i admit that my language was probably a bit harsher than was necessary, but honestly my intention was not to send hate to op (which is why i never tagged it with any gen v related tags) but to defend marie. it also wasn’t meant to be solely specific to this one person but as a general post because at the time, there were lots of accounts discrediting marie and to be honest, i was just kinda venting bc of how sick of it i was. (also, just to mention, i have intentionally left out their username because the last thing i want is to send hate to this person.) this was the only post i made on the topic and later i heard that apparently op blocked me afterward (which does not offend me in the slightest since i have since done the same thing) so this honestly should have been the end of it.

i honestly hadn’t given this post a second thought until a little under a month later i received this ask out of nowhere, accusing me of ableism and bullying. i replied to this ask, which i will link here. honestly this ask came as a complete shock to me, because i had honestly forgotten all about my previous post.

i responded to anon and in the reply i apologized to their friend for my hurtful comments and expressed that it was never my intention to attack anyone, especially anyone with a disability, which i did not know about when i initially made the first post. i also explained my side, stating why i made the post in the first place, which i still stand by. originally, i had linked their post in my reply, which in hindsight was a mistake that i regret and i should’ve known better. again, my last intention ever is to spread hate and negativity or to bully anyone, so i deleted the link when i was asked by a third party. this person has also since deleted that post about marie entirely.

shortly after i posted the reply, i guess i can only assume that whoever anon was told them about the reply. i’m honestly not sure if they’ve ever actually read this reply or not, but they made a response to my reply, accusing me of harassment and bullying. honestly, it really confused me at the time, since i’d only made two posts in reference to them, and one was a reply to an ask, but we ended up having a third party account who was mutuals with both of us acting as a mediator to settle things and i genuinely wanted to move on from the situation. we both had each other blocked and it seemed to me that anon was just trying to instigate more drama between us, so i thought it best to just leave it at that. i was also going through some mental health issues at the time (unrelated to this situation even though it didn’t help) and had been considering taking a break from tumblr, and so i thought it would be best to just go inactive for a while.

this is honestly the first time i’ve used tumblr in the two months since i’ve been gone, so i have no idea what else has been happening regarding any other blogs and this person, but apparently i am being named as the sole instigator here and i just wanted to once and for all clear up this issue and my name. i’m honestly not sure if this person will see this post or if they’ll even accept it as truth. i can’t force them or anyone to believe me as i really don’t know what else i’d have to do to prove that i don’t have any other secret accounts other than making this post.

i will probably continue to be inactive on this account as i think it is in everyone’s best interest. i never wanted to contribute or start any drama in this fandom, but i feel like i am partially responsible in how this situation has turned out, so i would also like to apologize to you all as well. i’ve never had an account of mine get as big as this one has (thank you to everyone who liked and supported my silly little ramblings!) and i can honestly say i have had the best time interacting and fangirling with you all about this show and these characters that i love so much and i will continue to enjoy and love gen v and marie from afar!

goodbye for now,

rose (aka mariejordans)

[skyward-floored]

R, M, F

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

Well there's you Tellie, you've influenced me quite a bit :] There's a lot of fanfic writers who've influenced me honestly, I doubt I could name them all. @/lloydskywalkers is a big one (her fics always made me cry) as are @/wolfwarden, @/anthemxix... most of the lu blogs I followed before I had a tumblr lol. There's a lot of published authors I've been influenced by too but I honestly can't even name all of what I've been influenced by. Lots of classical books/authors though, fantasy, historical fiction... all kinds of stuff.

M: Got any premises on the back burner that you’d care to share?

Uhhh well I've been purposely trying not to start anything new... I suppose there's the Pup sequel(s) I've got cooking. Haven't worked on them in a hot minute, but I have plans, hehe.

F: Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

Well I'm proud of a lot of stuff... I think this bit from day 2 of whumptober last year turned out particularly well! I love how it turned out, and playing with Sky's confusion was an interesting challenge. Is he talking to Hylia? Sun? Is it all just a hallucination?? The mystery is what makes it :)

He was deathly thirsty, his stomach still hurt, and he still couldn’t remember why he was in the desert in the first place, or what he’d been doing beforehand.

Link closed his eyes again, a sudden wave of despair crashing over him through the confusion and haze.

“I can’t,” Link trembled out again, and tears would have sprung to his eyes if he’d had any water left in his body. “Z-Zel, I can’t.”

“You can,” Zelda replied in a voice equally firm and soft. Link couldn’t stand to look at her.

He kept his eyes closed, and then something moved at his side where his pouch was. He stayed still as it moved, then felt something soft fall over his shoulders, a familiar perfume drifting into his nose.

“You can, Link,” Zelda repeated, her voice encouraging. “I’ll be with you for every step. Don’t fall here. It’s time to get up.”

Link exhaled, and looked into Zelda’s eyes, watching the way the moonlight made them shine.

“Is that a command from my goddess?” he whispered in a barely-there voice.

“No. It’s a request from your friend,” Zelda said as she leaned forward and pressed a soft kiss to his hair. “Now come on, Link. It’s time to keep going.”

[nebulacollege]

Any dark headcanons about each of your characters, I’m terribly invested in them :3

Hi, Ryu here~ I’m usurping this blog’s askbox for this particular ask!

Like Katsu already mentioned, it’s very difficult to write hcs about your own characters, especially if you’re trying to keep everything spoiler-free. Thankfully, I have nothing to do with these boys’ writing and Nebula’s story in general: I’m just a mere artist and designer, so it should be easier for me.

But to be completely honest, it’s kind of tricky for me as well: I can’t write anything that would hint on any specifics of their darker sides in-universe, since the game is already quite dark... but at the same time, I don’t really want to keep it too vague and uninteresting either. 🤔 Quite a conundrum. But too interesting of an ask to ignore it, so I’ll do my best!

Thank you so much for sending asks and being interested in these boys and their story. You being this invested motivates us both <3

My note: I’m going to censor some (actually just one) of the replies either entirely or partially due to things I don’t want to share yet. This makes writing dark headcanons almost impossible lol Because 1. The story is already extremely dark, so these headcanons won’t reach this level of being fucked up. 2. I don’t want them to hint at different things that people might guess are going to happen in the story. If we ever complete the game, feel free to ask this question again!

Once again, nothing of what I’m about to write is canon. Also I’m not sure if you could consider them dark or not. Anyways. Let’s go~

Niall prefers not to use his cunningness in a competition (he is too prideful to win with anything other than his own skill), but he still uses it a lot for petty reasons. For example, if his competitor pissed him off during a game of chess, Niall will focus on winning fair and square, but then orchestrate a situation in which that guy will get hot tea or a bowl of soup spilled all over him. Of course, he’ll do it in a way that there will be no way to blame Niall for that – and he’ll act super concerned too, winning extra social credit.

Niall would never consider himself- nope! An entire headcanon got snatched!

The first time Niall was confessed to (even before Nebula), the person ended up avoiding him for a couple of weeks, looking very depressed and almost always crying. They seemed like the worst thing possible has happened to them, like the response they got from Niall was the something so bad that it’s borderline traumatising. No one really knows what Niall said to them back then… but after that time, somehow they made out and even started kind of sort of dating… for a couple of days, and then amicably parted ways. Ned still remembers being confused by this sudden change of heart by Niall, but Niall said that it was always better to stop things at a better point, right? Like the whole horrible thing never happened.

Ned got aggressively bitten by a huge dog back when he was a kid, and he somehow managed to overpower it, open its jaw and save himself. He had a nasty bite mark on his leg for a while, but somehow doesn’t even have a scar on it anymore, and doesn’t seem to be scared of the dogs at all. He was 7 when it happened.

Another time he accidentally broke his aunt’s gorgeous emerald brooch. He just wanted to look at it closely, and it kind of flew away and hit the wall and broke… He was very upset, but his aunt was kind enough to ensure him that she won’t be mad as long as he finds all the emerald pieces that got scattered around the floor. They found all the pieces but one. Ned’s stomach really hurt that day for some reason.

Ned is kind of bad at controlling his strength, but he used to be even worse at it. He accidentally broke his opponents (in any kind of sport) noses and bones multiple times, he even did it once while he was already in the Nebula College, and a lot of people saw that. There was a guy in his dorm who was genuinely afraid of him to the point of transferring to another school, and it was weird for everyone involved. But it’s not like Ned did anything to that guy, so he couldn’t get punished for scaring him off like that.

Animals really don’t like Liam for some reason. It’s not like they start hissing at him or anything, but they instantly start acting meek and anxious, some almost get paralysed. Liam, however, loves holding animals! He has a lot of cute pictures of himself hugging dogs, holding cats, petting goats and scratching horses’ cheeks.

A lot of people in his dorm don’t really remember Liam’s face. It took some time for them to stop acting surprised whenever they see him, like he isn’t supposed to be there. Liam doesn’t necessarily hold it against them, but he finds it a bit weird and kind of funny.

Liam entered a dessert-making competition once just for funsies, and it ended up being so easy that he got bored by the end of it. He made a super elaborate cake for the final challenge, and then completely ruined it intentionally. He spent 10 minutes just sitting in the ruins of his own cake, looking around at his competitors who got very excited that they finally had a chance to win… and then suddenly felt like he wanted to win again. He made a super easy 5 minute dessert and somehow ended up winning anyway. He remembered his competitors’ crying faces forever.

When Edmund was arriving to the Nebula College, he saw a couple of raven carcasses: one in the forest while they were driving through it, one half-eaten one near the school territory, one right in front of the car as he was getting out of it. He thinks about it every time he sees a raven on his house’s emblem.

Edmund kind of likes it when he’s putting on a sweater with a tight collar and starts feeling like he is suffocating a little bit. He used to be scared of this feeling when he was a kid, but now every time it happens he feels goosebumps (the good kind) and likes that his heart starts beating faster. Maybe it’s just due to the lack of oxygen.

Edmund started wearing his skull ring a long time ago, and he remembers it feeling too big for his fingers. His fingers are still kind of thin, but the ring sits better on it now, so sometimes Edmund grabs the skull part and pulls it very strongly, letting it scratch his skin unpleasantly until it stings. Sometimes he gets carried away doing that, and sometimes he thinks about how it would feel to have someone else who is much stronger than him do it. The poor ring would probably break.

[angelasscribbles]

Sunday Six 7/23/23

I am still working on everything, but these are the things closest to completion.

As always, spoilers and updates are under the cut

Snippets:

Savage Love Chapter 34

“Is there anything I can do to help?”

“Not really….” I trailed off as a thought occurred to me, “Unless….”

“Unless what?”     

I was fine with letting Madeleine stew, but why suffer with my own frustration?

“What would you say if I told you that I just had a pretty intense make-out session with Madeleine that got interrupted and now I’m sexually frustrated but I neither like nor trust her so I need someone more suitable to take care of it for me?”

“Uh…what?” He audibly gulped.

“Would you feel used if I asked you to finish what she started?”

“Fuck no and even if I did, please use me!” He was already inside my room, closing and locking the door behind him.

The De Facto Queen Chapter 4

Liam was oblivious to his best friend’s attention, as his was on the woman at his side. A soft smile played on his lips as he stared at her in open admiration.

As the announcements finished, the umpire stepped forward and held up a hand to quiet the crowd. The horses whinnied and stamped in anticipation. Hana joined Liam in turning her head to give Riley a wide-open grin, but Riley’s attention was focused on Drake, dread pooling in the pit of her stomach as she took in the stormy expression on his face.

Shit! Why had she told him ten seconds before the polo match? What the hell was wrong with her? There was no time to think about it now, the game was starting!

The ball rolled into play and the horses lurched into action.

Dark Elf Chapter 6

“Why are you stopping?”

“I want your blood, Liam.”

“Take it,” he whispered hoarsely, “Just don’t stop what you were doing.”

“You have to say it.”

“Say what?” He blinked up at her in confusion.

She started moving on top of him again, with excruciating slowness, “That you give it willingly.”

His eyes fell closed as he turned his head to the side with a whisper, “I give it willingly.”

A triumphant grin twisted her lips as her fangs slid out.

Coming Soon….

The Dark Kingdom Chapter 1

Chapter one is finished, but I kind of want to finish up Dark Elf before this one launches so no one gets confused between Elf Liam and Vampire Liam lol.

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[your-queer-dad]

Hey so I’m new around here and I’m so glad I found your blog it feels so nice to scroll through. Anyway I have a lot going on that I want to talk about because I don’t have anyone else to talk too so I might break it up into a few different messages so I don’t overwhelm you with my problems lol.

So for starters I feel like I won’t ever be able to come out as trans I’ve known I wasn’t cis since I was 14 but didn’t know what so never come out to anyone even my queer friends. But now that I’m 18 I know a bit more I’m some form of genderfulid or gender flux I think maybe gendersatyr, genderfaun or boyflux maybe (although there are some rare days when I might feel more feminine idk its confusing) but I just kinda identify as transmasc, genderfulid or non binary depending on the day. Anyway back to what I was actually saying my family and a lot of my close friends are religious (Christian to be exact) so are very trans and homophonic but like in a “God made you that way you should not change that” and “love the sinner not the sin” and “pray the gay/trans away” especially my family my friends are very accepting of the people just not the actual things of that makes any sense?

And like perversely mentioned I do have queer friends but before I was really to come out as trans to them my religious and queer friend groups mixed weirdly so now I can’t come out at all.

And I know people say all the time that their not worth having in your life if they don’t accept you but it’s so hard to think like that when they’re genuinely amazing people who have gotten me through some of the hardest times in my life.

Also I thought when I got older it would be better that I could get a place for myself myself in the city or just someplace farther away and that would make it easier to come out but instead I’m working my butt off in fast food still living with my mum pretending to be someone I’m not.

So yeah I think that’s enough from me rn sorry it still ended up so long lol

A. A 🖤 (I hope no one already has this signature) I haven’t actually picked a name yet but for some reason all the names I’m thinking of start with A so..

Hey kiddo, I'm so sorry this is your situation right now. And I get what you mean about it's hard to let go of people who don't accept you- it's really hard. They're your friends after all, and it hurts to lose people. But I am so proud of you. Even if the people around you don't accept you, there's a whole community on your side- you don't have to go through this alone.

I love you and I'm so proud of you kiddo. Keep going and I'll always be here if you need to talk.

- dad x

[lovemyromance]

you post about a lot of acotar stuff especially couples and ships, does people shipping mor and emerie give you the same ick as elain x lucien and az x gwyn, like it’s totally random not text based and power imbalanced like sometimes the people who say that are fine like it’s a crackship and cute and that’s fine but some, coincidentally, elucien’s or gwynriel’s, ship more and emerie, even eris and nesta like they’re trying to ship off all the valkyries to the ic except nesta and it’s just a weird thing to blog about and it don’t surprise me some of them were tamlin and beron even amarantha apologists i think most of them have a ‘post, delete, post, delete’ mentality so they can’t be called out but they definitely posted it just because you deleted it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist and it’s just weird side of this fandom lol i just wanted to know your thoughts because i don’t think i’m the only one who’s weirded out by that stuff

lol I'm weirded out by a lot of stuff in this fandom. I don't engage because I'm not interested in starting fights with people, and frankly don't have the time for that.

It just confuses me, more so, because why are people reading these books if they're so critical of the way SJM writes? They're acting like this is real life and not a fictional story.

I haven't seen any Beron or Amarantha apologists but thank god because I would have to go scream into my pillow if I saw that 😭

I actually was never a huge Tamlin hater, yes what he did was a mistake, but I didn't see it as pure "evil" like some people in the fandom. I don't understand the apologists that insist on a redemption arc though. Like I thought him giving Rhys a kernel of life was his redemption? Idk.

What I really really don't understand is IC/Rhys hatred. Like what the fuck? Where did this come from? Is this coming from just ACOSF and insane Nesta stans?

I love Nesta, don't get me wrong. She's the character I relate to the most. The second I learned in ACOTAR that she went after Feyre to the wall, I knew they could never make me hate her. But you can like Nesta & Rhys at the same time? That's actually the intention of the books? For you to like multiple characters?

It's honestly so crazy how people have gone absolutely insane in this fandom, taking sides like it's real life or something.

As for the shipping thing - people can ship whoever they want but they have to remember it's just that. It's not canon just because they want it to be. It's insane how many people are shipping Mor x Emerie, Jurian x Vassa, Lucien x Vassa, Gwyn x Azriel, Eris x Nesta - when we know jack shit about them. And it's not just that they're shipping them, it's trying to claim this is what is going to happen for sure.

It's crazy. I don't understand why people are reading these books if they just are inventing different versions of the plot and storyline and characters in their heads.

[underaverageheight]

Love (6/8)

LF x gn!reader Fluff Warning(s): none not proofread (ofc lol)

Feel free to reblog and like with feedback, comments are great but I won't be able to respond since this is a sub-blog (found this out recently ㅠㅠ)

“Babe, I’m hungry. Craving something sweet.” You groaned, pulling Felix away from his game. “Make something with me?”

Felix hurriedly pulled you over to the kitchen. “I’ve always wanted to try and make this,” From the cabinet above, he pulled out a thin blue binder, flipping all the way to the back. “This cake, this strawberry cake.”

“So that’s why you bought strawberries,” You opened the fridge, pulled out the strawberries, washed a few, then took a bite. “Mmm sweet, here, try it,” You took the bitten strawberry and popped it into Felix’s mouth.

Felix hummed, “That’s really good,” He pulled flour and other ingredients from the cabinets. Reading the recipe, you started measuring the ingredients. When you grabbed the flour, an intrusive thought entered your mind. What if I just- Poof. A splat of the powdery substance landed on Felix’s forearm as he beat the egg whites. “Love, don’t start now,” he warned, a slight smile appearing.

“But what if I want to?” Mischievously, you grabbed a small handful and threw it blindly, scurrying quickly away. You heard a bowl clatter on the counter.

“Get back here,” You squealed and ran back into the kitchen where Felix came by and tossed a big handful of flour at you. You retaliated with an even larger amount.

“Wait wait,” Giggling, you put your hands up. “Truce! Until the cake is done,”

“Fine,” Felix smirked as the two of you, both a flour-covered mess, rushed to get the cake into the oven. “Now we wait,” He said, as the oven door shut. He walked over to you, planting a kiss on your cheek.

In the meantime, you started the strawberry frosting, adding more sugar as you pleased. The cake was cooling off to the side. “Want to do it?” You passed the frosting to Felix who began to frost the cake. You admired the view. His soft hair was pulled back, allowing you to see his concentration on the cake. His dark brown eyes were unblinking, staring intently while piping the frosting atop the cake. He's so beautiful.

“How does it look? Good?” Felix had a bright smile on his face, flour dusted all over his clothes and hair. Rosy pink splotches of frosting on his hands. He looked like a little kid who was finally let into the kitchen for the first time to bake. You laughed. The joyous sound filled the room.

“Yeah. It looks good. Good job, Lixie. Shall we try it?”

“Pictures?” Felix left the kitchen only to reappear with his phone in hand. Finding a nice angle with lighting, he took a few pictures. “Now we can try it. Close your eyes.” You complied, confused by the request. “Open.” A chunk of cake entered your mouth. It was sweet, the strawberry flavors melting in your mouth.

Opening your eyes, you saw Felix smiling. “Open wide, Lix,” You cut a piece and put it in Felix’s mouth, making a bit of a mess. “More please,” you asked Felix for more cake. Laughing, his hand was unsteady, accidentally smearing frosting on your nose and mouth. You gasped, giggling, as you took leftover frosting and swiped it on his face. “Payback.” You smirked.

The two of you were smiling as you wrapped your arms around his neck, resting your forehead against his.

“I love you,”

Masterlist

A/N: this long await piece is finally out ㅠㅠ ... srsly, seeing the amount people that enjoy my works made my motivation come back quickly

[xavigav]

Making My Own Tumblr Year In Review

So tumblr is not doing the individual years in review for 2023 like they did the last couple of years :(

This is the first year I’ve really been active on Tumblr and used it as my primary social media, so I was really sad to hear that. But then I decided…why not do it myself?

I posted 1837 times in 2023. That’s 5 times per day.

1748 (95%) of my posts were reblogs, and 89 (5%) of my posts were original.

Blogs I think I reblogged the most? Not in order.

@yipeewahoo

@hoodie-sys

@94erz

@namchyoon

@heybaetae

These are just based on me cmd-f'ing my blog using the names of blogs I remember reblogging a lot. It's probably wrong.

My top 15 most used tags (not 5 because i love tagging and want to show more):

#bts - 1045 posts (yeah obviously)

#bts pics - 803 posts (yeah obviously x2)

#queue attack my heart - 691 posts

#memery - 312 posts

#namjoon - 308 posts (i am so mentally ill)

#hoseok - 167 posts

#jungkook - 166 posts

#seokjin - 138 posts

#jimin - 138 posts (i wrote down seokjin's tag first so i put it higher)

#yoongi - 119 posts

#fic & writing - 108 posts

#taehyung - 103 posts

#bts birthdays - 99 posts

#serious posts - 92 posts

#namjoonposting - 59 posts (my favorite tag)

By the way this was so fucking annoying to do. The archive does not show how many posts you have in a certain tag. For every month I counted the amount of rows in a tag, multiplied it by 8, and added in any rows that didn't quite get up to 8. Then I added all those months together. I had to do that for every tag. Tumblr why is there no easy way to see the number of posts in a tag.

My top 5 posts of 2023:

5. Luffy Tab - 20 notes

Still can't believe we just. got a luffy tab. i just woke up and had a luffy tab

4. BTS Post Search - 27 notes

As it turned out. the poster changed their name to something else so that's why i couldn't find the post from tumblr user soupmoths -- they were an entirely different person. oopsie

Also I ended up being able to reblog it! Someone tagged me!

3. 3D Rant - 32 notes

This post got me my first hate reblog <3

In case anyone is wondering. I still agree with everything I said here.

2. Porn - 99 notes

Not doing the big link preview for this one since that on its own is kinda nsfw. Minors don’t click that link.

But yeah. That makes sense.

Even though there’s only 5 reblogs people find it semi-frequently (especially the past few days, no idea why), so I guess it’s spreading somehow? Which makes me happy :)

The Reddit Post - 2.1k notes

Obviously that was going to be it lol, over 20 times the amount of notes than anything else. My notifications were Dying.

Also, this stuff wasn’t in the actual Year in Review(s), but I’m adding them in for fun.

I liked 21k posts in 2023.

I followed 426 blogs in 2023 (not including the accounts I unfollowed).

I gained 69 followers in 2023 (excluding porn bots and regular bots). Nice.

I started 4 blogs on this account, 1 main blog and 3 side blogs.

I gained 15 mutuals in 2023 <3

All this data was as of December 18th, 2023.

[jalebi-weds-bluetooth]

Hi JWB! Aisha this side 😊

How are you doing? I hope everything is fine with you and I genuinely hope and pray that you are doing good, because though I don’t know you personally but with your blog and podcast and everything you put out there, now you’ve become a part of my life. Whenever I feel low or miss iss pyaar ko I just open your blog and then there comes a big smile on my face and I forget what I was stressing about. So thank you dil se for existing and making us happy with all your love and warmth through your blog.

Lol this long above message might make you feel emotional but trust me whatever even written is true.

So my ask is,

Well we all know how Arnav was very bad at expressing love initially though. It was During Akash and Payal wedding he concluded to himself he loves Khushi.

But Khushi being filmy and dramatic to the core, understood what love is and knew she has fallen in love with Arnav, way before even Arnav even wanted to admit that to himself. So why didn’t Khushi confess to Arnav that she loves him.

These days I mean not literally, but from quite a recent times…women confessing their love first, they go for it confidently if they believe in their choice and love and ask out the guy.

So I wonder why didn’t Khushi take the first step. Well I know Arnav being Arnav any girl would think twice if the boy has dark, intimidating and angry personality. But since Khushi had started getting the acidity and dhak dhaks, wasn’t she sure enough to herself if that’s the guy. Or was she waiting for him to have same sort of feelings for her or so??

Because when that Shyam wrote on the mirror to meet on terrace and when she misunderstood that it was Arnav calling her on the terrace, she kinda knew that he wants to discuss something about their growing attraction towards each other.

So with that thought in mind, I wonder why didn’t Khushi confess to Arnav first that she loved him.

Well, I hope you share your thoughts on it and I’d love to read them coz you write those so sweetly and everything you interpret from your pov always makes sense to me. Hehe!!

Lots of love JWB! and I hope I haven’t written a long ask that would make you sleep while reading, haha!

Tumhare jawab ka intezar rahega 💗

Love

~ Aisha

Hello Aisha!

Apologies for the delay in response! I am doing well and thank you so much for the genuinely sweet message. It made my day. I am so touched. All I ever intended was for some little fun over here and your words just made this a very special place 🫂

Have you heard of the phrase once bitten twice shy? That’s the case for Khushi. During Diwali she was head over heels in puppy love for Arnav - they even nearly kissed - but it was all over in a smoke and Arnav had very cruelly stated that it could’ve meant something for her but for him neither she nor do any of their mutual moments mattered.

So when Khushi gets feels again for Arnav and he’s being sweet - she doesn’t want to get hurt and is very confused where it’s coming from. He’s been kind before, he’s even softly flirted before - she is taken aback by the open flirting and interest he shows to her.

Is she imagining things? Is Arnav going to break her heart again? She simply isn’t ready to harbor anything romantic for him and is more anxious than flustered by the romance.

By Haldi she wants him to take the first step. Of clarifying what’s between them. Why did he buy bangles? She’s actually asking him to rise about the silence of whatever’s between them. To give it a name.

But when she watches him be a waiter, happily, while serving food to her guests that’s when we see a huge change in Khushi. She starts testing romantic waters again.

This time fear is replaced with anticipation. She’s more participative in whatever he’s showing. Hence she gently asks for his opinion on the saree and can’t wait to hear what he has to say because everything feels so good to be true.

And unfortunately in her case, it was.

Hope you had a good time reading this answer as well!

Best,

- JWB 💕

[namor-shuri]

I swear your commentary on posts is hilarious af 🤣☠️ These video and photo edits are so cool too. Is there a reason why you don’t post more to Twitter (not that you have to, just an observation)? Thanks for everything

Hey 👋🏾💜 Thank you for the kind words. Y’all need to stop gassing me up. My dad jokes/ corniness will know no end lol.

With my Twitter page, sometimes I question whether or not people think I’m stealing work from this Tumblr page bc both my pfp and handles are not the same 🥲 I made my twt before I made this side blog so the handle and pic was a quick “slap together” choice. The phrase “be f*cking for real” is too funny to me so I just ran with it. And then my brain was completely uncreative and was like “namor-shuri” will do rofl. Hopefully people understand by now that I’m the same person, but alas.

To answer your question, I think it’s broken up into two parts. One chunk of it is that I rant A LOT so this platform makes it easier for me to do so while also being creative with color fonts and all that jazz. I also just love the freedom of layouts and stuff like that. From a creative perspective, of course it doesn’t help that Tumblr messes with quality but what I lose in quality, I gain in possibilities [I swear I don’t work for Tumblr and this is not me promoting them rofl].

The other half of the pie is the stark difference of engagement on Twitter vs Tumblr, in my personal experience thus far. Like I said, I made my Twitter first back in late December of last year. It was kind of a random decision but once I realized I was super into the Namor x Shuri ship, I wanted to engage with the fandom more directly and pour into it. Since then, I’ve been able to have a lot of fun with making different artworks, edits, videos, playlists, you name it! Ya girl has been BUSY to say the least lol And what’s been dope is that this fandom has been a fun outlet outside of my professional artwork and stuff like that. All that being said, what slowly became apparent to me was that I wasn’t feeling as included or apart of the fandom as I initially hoped I would. I would try and engage with people or joke here and there and most of what I would get back was crickets, whether it would be on my own posts or my commentary on others. And to be fair, I know it takes time for people to get to know you and build community but it just felt slightly strange. Especially when I would see new pages pop up and everyone would immediately flock to engage with them. I say this to say that absolutely NO ONE owes you anything in life so to be upset that someone isn’t your friend [whether it’s in person or online] is a human experience but you have to understand that not everyone is going to jell with you. There are billions [billions? *does quick google search] of people on this planet. Someone is bound to hate you, while another will worship the floor you walk on. Someone’s going to think you’re okay, while you being your raw and authentic self makes another person’s day. It’s nothing personal. It’s simply a numbers game. So inherently I understood that but it still hurt the 3 year old in me that was just trying to make friends at the playground, you know? lmao But I think what set it off was when I would look up and then see my edits used for people’s banners, fan art, post ideas, etc without asking me or giving me any credit knowing that they also aren’t following me or even engaging with me in any way. It still wasn’t cool but I think what would have made the whole thing feel a little different is if I was more “in the group” but because I’ve been on the outskirts the majority of the time, it just made it sting that much more.

Then I started to get slightly paranoid and wondered if I was missing something. Did I do something wrong? Did I say something that was off? I felt like a message was being sent and that confused the hell out of me [and lowkey still does]. BUT SOB STORY ASIDE lol I brushed my shoulder off, switched gears and thought “f*ck it, let me make my own side blog and do my thing on there” and that worked for me! I got traction after that, people were responding to my stuff and throwing in their own ideas/commentary/analysis etc. I felt like I could engage with people more, even with the limitations Tumblr puts on side blogs. And just the whole vibe overall started to feel really f*cking good. The funny thing too is that I’ve noticed that a lot of Twitter is on here and vice versa so it’s the same folks but for some reason I think this platform has opened up more possibilities for engagement in my experience. Twitter lends to a wider audience than Tumblr unfortunately but I’ve accepted my humble abode on here.

This rant is getting super long so I’ll end with this; I have nothing against the Nashuri fam on Twitter. Just because I’m not necessarily apart of the “crew” doesn’t mean that I don’t find everyone hilarious or amazing in any way. If you think I’m funny anon, you need to read what these girls say because it is SUPERB *chefs kiss* The talent from artworks to fics to think pieces and everything in between is incredible and oozes from that community. But for me, I think I just haven’t found my footing or people over there and as much as it’s been a bummer, I’m still going to be on there to support the dope stuff that comes out of it. I also want to say that just because this has been my experience doesn’t mean it will be yours. I fully encourage you to branch out on different platforms and try and engage with as many people as possible [fandom or not]. I think I just got my finger burned once and immediately gave up rofl. One of the biggest blessings that have come out of the Nashuri fandom in general is it’s vast bipoc community. As a black woman myself, I haven’t experienced this level of inclusivity when it comes to race, gender, language, culture, ages etc in other fandoms. It’s beautiful and I will always be thankful for that.

I also want to drive home that everyone needs to find what works for them. You owe yourself that. If you feel like your aren’t getting what you desire out of Instagram, move to Twitter and see what happens. If Twitter isn’t cutting it, move to Discord. Move to Tumblr, you name it! I think that move for me made a HUGE difference and honestly made me feel better about being in this fandom in the first place. And also this just goes for life in general but just because you might not feel included somewhere doesn’t mean you or the place is a problem. You might just need some scenery change.

Ps: If you are in the fandom and are on Twitter, definitely hit me up and add me! I would love to be mutuals. I’ve seen some familiar accounts from Twitter add me on here and vice versa and it’s been really cool. I appreciate the blogs that engage with me on there and all that jazz. I’ve never had a Twitter before so I’m lowkey new to that world still but grandma’s getting the hang of it slowly but surely.

Thank you 💘

[foxingpeculiar]

FF16 blogging: heavy spoilers for up through the events at Caer Norvent. (The beginning of the chapter “Wings of Change”).

Okay, some larger scale observations first.

A larger plot begins to emerge. In Benedikta’s flashback (and what a set of cartwheels to avoid showing nipple that was), Barnabas (I think was his name—the king of Waloed) said he wanted to unite the Eikons to fight the blight. And hey, like right after that, Clive absorbs the power of a second Eikon. So… that seems like where this is headed, generally. Collect ‘em all, go fight BBEG. Am curious to see how that plays out.

Even more curious about… erm… I don’t remember his name (it started with M), but The Dominant of Fire and his Attendant (“not his missus, but his pet coeurl, waitin’ to strike” per that lady in Lostwing, which was delightful). First we learn that he shouldn’t exist, then we learn he’s playing some kind of long game… shit is shady, but I’m not 100% convinced he’s a villain, despite the whole Joshua thing. Something weird be going on there, says I.

Lol at Clive basically stumbling into the world’s worst (and most magically-charged) love triangle (quadrangle? I dunno, get it girl). I will say for the game’s overall presentation, the absolute second Cid and Benedikta were in the same place, even before they really started alluding to it, the whole “these guys used to bone and it went badly” vibe was absolutely palpable.

Speaking of Benedikta, her boss fight threw me. Cos I got through the first phase like “huh, that was a little too easy” and then died and had to redo the second one (I ran out of potions). So she’s killed me and I think one other previous boss did as well, but so far that’s it. I’m getting the hang of the combat, to the point that I’m dealing with the ganking better (including the 2-on-2 fight with Garuda’s sisters and that one room in the Caer that’s just kiting like 9 guys around a table), and I’m excited to see what having a second Eikon opens up.

Okay, so Eikons. I think somebody said at some point there were eight? Which means nine, cos the second fire one. So, so far I know about: 1) Phoenix (Fire, formerly Joshua), 2) Ifrit (Fire, that mysterious guy), 3) Shiva (Ice, Jill), 4) Titan (Earth, that guy B’s apparently two-timing the King with), 5) Garuda (Wind, B), 6) Ramuh (Lightning, Cid), 7) Bahamut (element and dominant unknown). That leaves two more. I’m guessing Leviathan (Water) is one. Bahamut might be Holy, but I can’t think of what the other element would be at the moment.

A couple stray thoughts:

Enjoying the mini-boss enemies—the ones that don’t get a boss health bar but are a lot spicier than the randos you’ve been dealing with.

Lostwing is cool, but confusing, both in its layout and why everyone defers to that dude. Even the footnotes call him “inscrutable.” So like, pin in that for now.

Can we get some daytime scenes? This whole last bit was all very visually dark and IRL sunlight is a thing.

I still feel like the game hasn’t opened up yet. I know it’s not open world, but I mean like—access to the hunting board, more side quests, that kind of thing.

I’ll probably play more later, I just need a break for a bit.

[xqueerneurosisx]

No need to respond to this by the way, but I wanted to point out that the original and more correct meaning of proship is simply a person who wants to advertise that they are in favor of shipping, aka they have a "ship and let ship" attitude and don't think people should engage in harrassment. People with self admitted problematic ships are more likely to be proship for obvious reasons (to not be hypocrits), and antis like to confuse the issue by conflating the two, and in general there is a lot of confusion and misinformation out there even among people who are proship.

Being neutral is cool actually. No need to reblog this - stepping into the mess tends to attract people like me who crave discourse lol.

Heyo, I am late because of IRL shit, and I appreciate your concern, but I’m not going to ignore you just because you, or anyone else that finds this wants to open some discourse lmao! If I didn’t want these things I wouldn’t have anon turned on in the first place, my mystery pal! XD

So, for information’s sake, I’m well aware of what I’m doing here. It’s why I made this blog separate from my main. This blog is my separate space FOR discussions like this! There’s no need to worry. Discourse to your heart’s content here.

As for your takes: believe me, I know. Yeep, I was here on tumblr just having fun in the Naruto fandom when the fire nation attacked antis brought their bullshit over here from that website they tried to “scrub clean,” or whatever you want to call it. I know they literally started it by calling themselves anti specific ship names within fandoms first, and I know why and where it lead others to start using the term Proship.

The only two things I would say a little bit differently than you here is:

1) There’s one reason Proship will always differ slightly with each person who uses the label, which has nothing to do with antis lying or twisting words: different people have different interpretations of the fiction they’re applying the term to. Not that the main concept of “ship and let ship” changes much from that, but when you interpret the characters you’re looking at differently than another person who says they’re proship, then you’re going to have slightly different ideas on how TO “ship and let ship,” ya get me? That’s always going to happen, so it might be more helpful to ask “What does proship mean to you?” Instead of just looking for a definition in the most literal way, because you won’t actually find one in the first place.

2) The only thing you have to be careful with when being neutral, on something like this is: you have to make sure that you don’t make it equal being complacent. You can say “I’m neutral” all day, but you’re playing right into the anti side of things, if you look the other way when you actively HAVE the ability and the spoons to report harassment. And that’s not neutral at all. Yeah yeah, and you know I’m not talking about staying away from the dog piles for your own safety and health here. That’s a given.

All this to say, yeah I agree with you, but there’s still a couple of things to keep in mind when coming at these topics. Have a fan-fucking-tastic time of day! ✌🏻