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[emetoandotherthings]

Do you have an AO3 or something where all your stories are compiled? That way we can reread them and also kinda maybe read in order? Relative order anyway lol. Of Jude and Eden from the past until present. I know it probably wasn't written necessarily in order, but yknow.

I do have an AO3, however I'm not sure if it's all in order there, but you'd certainly be able to find fics easier.

I've got a masterlist on here too, but I think the only things in relative orders are the sagas!

[rontra]

on the eve of the war you ask me if i regret any of this i guess even you need reassurance sometimes you're only human after all

[whetstonefires]

for the record your mom's first cousin isn't your aunt, she's your first cousin once removed. her kids are your second cousins.

your aunts are your parents' sisters, or the wives of your parents' siblings.

english doesn't make much distinction between the paternal and maternal relations and is weirdly inconsistent about how relations-by-marriage work, but it's got a nice precise numerical coordinate system for the consanguinity of cousins. it's all based on nearest shared ancestor; very scientific; you can tell genealogists got involved.

unfortunately as a result hardly anybody understands how to apply it.

[therentyoupay]

im completely feral over all your jelsa stories!!!!!! do you ever write established relationship jelsa or have any headcanons about what they would be like together in a serious relationship or marriage????

THANK YOU SO MUCH. 😭😭😭😭😭😭💕💕💕💕🙏 thank you thank you nonny for this super sweet ask and this really lovely question and all of your love and support!! 💕💕💕💕💕

i have... never actually written established!relationship (in any fandom), now that i'm thinking about it? that said, i guess i can come up with a quick list of some headcanons, maybe? 😂 i will have to think about this more, but for now, here's a quick drop:

elsa is an early riser; elsa helps jack create more sustainable sleeping patterns and habit formations 😂

when jack gets Impetuous Urges to Do Something Rash and Impractically Spontaneous, elsa will ground jack, reminding him to think before acting. (he occasionally Still Does It, anyway.) elsa knows what she signed up for, lol.

jack loves to play Harmless(!) Pranks, just to watch elsa’s reaction. (he is no longer allowed to sneak up on her after The Incident).

they also quibble over the definition of "harmless" and the specific logistical implications of that; for a while, jack was banned from further pranking, but then he got more creative at showing elsa that pranks could be wholesome and genuine, in which they could both be in on the joke. however, due to elsa's deeply-rooted Need to Excel and her (Not-so)Secret Competitive AF Streak, her retaliation in escalating the Cleverness Prank War quickly resulted in jack's prompt implementation of the Prank-Free Zones and Time Periods. (no, he was not scared.)

elsa, usually reserved, has learned to let her playful side show more often with jack. she might still pretend to be exasperated by his antics, but sometimes it's part of the game (or habit).

elsa sill struggles with opening up emotionally sometimes, but she progressively feels safe enough to share her innermost thoughts and fears. with time, she confides in him more about her worries. she still never likes the idea that jack sees her Imperfect Parts, but at least she can tolerate the discomfort (and, yes, take comfort in it) now

(jack loves elsa's Imperfect Parts, and jack admits that he is Weirdly Proud and Competitively Honored to be one of the only people, even including anna, who gets to see them. he also is strangely Comforted and Validated that elsa is, in fact, not perfect because for a while there, he was pretty freaked out and intimidated by how fancy she is.)

until he realized that no one ever let her actually be a Weirdo before, and once he realizes the Truth of Elsa Also Being a Secret (albeit perhaps more Subdued) Weirdo, the Universe Aligns.

jack listens to elsa's Big Conversations intently, activating varying levels of Serious Mode.

jack is getting better at recognizing the moments when elsa needs him to play and needs him to listen or Give His Opinion or any combination of those things.

jack learns that it's not always about Saying the Right Thing (which he is not very good at, anyway, or so our Serially Unreliable Narrator thinks), but rather being able to read elsa's mood and anticipate what she might need (even if she is not aware of it herself yet).

elsa is meticulous about planning and preparing for special occasions.

elsa likes traditions! jack likes tradition only because elsa likes them, lol, and hey, okay, these are more fun than he thought?? (who knew fun could be organized??!!?)

so he really wants to show (off to) her by pulling off Incredible Planning Feats in her honor, too (they do not go as smoothly, lol).

jack will often go out of his way to spontaneously create something meaningful, a moment or a gift or a gesture, that reminds elsa that he cares. he is big on words of affirmation, gift giving (but like, souvenirs that he collects on adventures like, "i saw this rock and it reminded me of your cousin olaf, we should put it on the window after we paint his face on it"), and acts of service, as well as physical touch and quality time. HE WANTS LOVE. he wants TO BE LOVED. he wants to prove that he is worthy of being loved.

(and elsa has to get him to Chill Out sometimes, remind him that he doesn't have to Do Things For Her/Anyone in order to be deserving of care; he is more than what he provides for other people.)

(jack gets its, and appreciates it, but also, the Urge to Provide and Protect is still strong, even after so much time, and sometimes Old Habits Die Hard.)

i get the sense that he'd be the type to he wake elsa up in the middle of the night to take her on a surprise adventure, or convince her to Do a Fun Thing without any preparation (/warning).

and she would Be Alarmed at the Lack of Plan (especially if/when jack Did Not Think This Through), but he also took precautions to ward off Concerns by pacifying her with tea, or reassurances that yes, he did call ahead to make sure the restaurant was open before they left the house, of course he did, he would never just leave home without double-checking beforehand (and frantically googles it two minutes later when he thinks she's not looking; she is, naturally, and even occasionally pretends not to be).

elsa approaches conflict with a desire to resolve things Calmly and Logically. she tries to understand jack’s perspective, even when she disagrees, and she’s careful with her words, not wanting to escalate the situation.

however, she can sometimes withdraw emotionally, fearing that she might say something hurtful if she’s too overwhelmed.

jack was initially (and, honestly, still is, even though he understands more now) hurt by her tendency to shut down when she Feels Too Much, and understands (although it's still hard) that elsa needs time to process her feelings and organize her thoughts.

jack also helps elsa actually Feel her Feelings, instead of just trying to intellectualize and analyze them. (she hates it, BUT sees the value. jack lives for these moments in which he realizes that he's actually contributing positively to her life and helping her in some way, rather than just being a burden or a nuisance, as was/is his fear.)

his initial reaction might be to push for a resolution quickly, but he’s also deeply afraid of Creating Distance between them, so after the first few fights, he really makes an effort to find the right balance between Pushing Hard Enough and Not Pushing Too hard, so that he doesn't drive a wedge between them as they work things out.

jack FEELS intensely, and can be so stubborn. he does not always have the most precise vocabulary or tools to describe his thoughts and feelings, or identify the root causes of what is actually going on inside him; sometimes elsa asks a lot of insightful and guiding questions that help jack come to the conclusions himself, and other times, she Puts Into Words the very thing that he had been thinking or feeling, but could not name, and it is very reassuring to have someone who understands him well enough to be able to do that.

after conflicts or arguments, they take time to Decompress and reassure one another (especially if at least one of them, if not both, was Overthinking again).

when they argue (and healthy couples do, remember!), it’s a dance of patience and understanding: elsa might need a moment to Collect Herself, and jack learns to give her that Space while also making it clear that he’s ready to talk whenever she is, and that he is going to try very hard to be Rational and Patient About It.

in the end, they both prioritize their relationship over any disagreement, always finding a way back to each other.

[evermoredeluxe]

STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT

https://x.com/moonlithoax/status/1832847940672475360

the way she’s smiling up at him I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW

[tadhgbarakat]

O novo diário de Tadhg Barakat, página arrancada. Madrugada após o baile do Imperador.

[alaskan-wallflower]

if i made a community would anybody want to join?

Also I do have a discord server!!

If you wanna hear me yap about my AUs, or you wanna yap about your own, or you wanna show off your art or anything at all! It’s a cozy corner for a reason so it’s a safe space for everybody 💜💜 please feel free to join and lmk if you’re interested (also lmk if the link doesn’t work-

[artificial-absinthe]

Wait, you speak spanish?!

OMG, ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS SPEAKS SPANISH! FELICIDAAAAAD :D

Saludos, visitante anónimo. Sí, español es mi lengua madre <^^> Tu mensaje me tomó por sorpresa, pero es dulce encontrar que un detalle pequeño te proporcione un momento agradable.

[attroxx]

❛ @goldcnpeaks said . . . ☮ — jovie does not recognize axel in their halloween costume! not sure if you wanna do pre-est but this fellow horror freak will be so impressed either way uvu ❜

𝘼𝙓𝙀𝙇 𝙃𝘼𝙎𝙉'𝙏 𝙎𝙀𝙀𝙉 𝙄𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝘽𝙐𝙎𝙔 𝙄𝙉 𝘼 𝙇𝙊𝙉𝙂 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀. each year halloween grows in popularity and while axel is all for it, it's nights like this that make him reconsider his choices. screaming people, neon lights the and scent of fall air are assaulting his senses. tonight's theme ? slashers. his favorite horror genre. creating your own slasher design has got to be one of the most fun projects he's gotten to do since starting at this place. the mask is the most essential part if you ask his opinion and axel had thought long and hard about what direction to go with. but one look at the thrift store had made his choice so easy. luckily the park doesn't seem to mind bringing your own props ( as long as they pass inspection of course ) and have no issue with the mask he'd chosen. it's crow like, the beak slim and all black. but there is texture there, torn feathers clinging to the plastic for dear life. fake blood stains a faux leather jacket, his pants fitting but not too much so. the fabric of his shirt, pants and jacket are all torn up as if he'd just gotten out of a bad altercation. it's not the scariest of his costumes, but the coolest for sure.

through the mask he still manages to spot her despite his shit vision in this thing. he hadn't expected to see her, figuring she'd give him a heads up if she stopped by. but maybe they weren't quite on those terms yet. axel wastes no time, waving in her direction and breaking character entirely. a huge no - no but he doesn't even bother hiding it. guests glance his way before quickly ushering past.

❛ jovie !! ❜ he's met with confusion, as to be expected. using one finger he tugs the mask up from the bottom, exposing just a smirk as the rest of his face is hidden. ❛ i thought you'd at least recognize my voice . . . ❜ with that he lowers it back down. he isn't trying to break every rule. ❛ you shoulda told me you were comin'. could've given you the vip tour. ❜

fall / halloween prompts . . . accepting.

[gilears]

endeavouring to reply to All my unreplied to comments on the o&t series (and, stretch goal, my d20 fics?) bc i am notoriously bad at replying to comments but i do love doing it and also would love to have everything cleared away before o&2 tomorrow.

anyway. wish me luck and sincere apologies for people that have commented on multiple chaps/fics and are about to have their inbox terrorized by ao3 user sulfuric. i love you okay bye

[randomnameless]

Now maybe I’m not one to talk since I did write a college paper on video game characters, but that essay feels so… empty? It reminds me of someone in another fandom who diagnosed a character they didn’t like with hisitrionic personality disorder.

(For the record, my paper was about character design and use of contrasting colour. Mario & Luigi we’re big ones, as was Dante & Vergil, and Superman’s brighter colour-scheme compared to Batman’s more muted one, but I also made use of the Christmas Cavs archetype)

Ooh, your paper sounds interesting, I never really thought about the contrast in colours, but now that you mentioned it, there are reasons why characters have a certain palet in a media and why, idk, "red" doesn't universaly means "enemy unit" but in some media is the color of the hero!

Back to the Supreme Essay...

Well, it's an essay about a game where the devs forgot to hire a continuity guy, and the commonly accepted reason as for why Thales didn't nuke Supreme Leader, Rhea and all of the Nabateans during the Gronder mock battle is because the Agarthans are crap cartoon vilains.

Discussing this game seriously will obviously lead to emptiness, or 60k words of projection but that's basically a fanfic at this point lol.

A redshit post or a redshit essay is still a redshit form of wank, and sometimes you just see behind the tiny veil of "I'm just a normal fan who loves this game/thing so much" that the 10k words using "big" words 75% of the readers don't understand like "feudalism" (special mention to an admirer who felt like they had to tell me, under a shitpost, that feudalism was BaD. Hope you're doing okay !) or "caste system" are just a pretense to give some sort of aura of authority to that fan.

"XYZ wrote 10k words about that topic, that means they thought a lot about it and if they managed to develop their argument that well, I don't need to read it to know they have a point."

"ABC wrote an essay about why PZM is true? Well, it's an essay, it's a serious work, so they must be right!"

I am not saying this is why the person who wrote the Supreme essay did it or anything of the sort - however, after seeing certain patters in this fandom from people who pretend to be BNF and spending a certain time on redshit, I can draw some conclusions.

Nonsensical and shiposting redshits are the most welcoming ones where you're just here to have a quick fun and maybe laugh at a meme or two.

iamverysmart and the other redshits were people take themselves very seriously and exchange in 10k words essay form are a pain to navigate, and from what I could see, the atmosphere there is either toxic, or subdued because you have BNF and their doxa (and armies of downvoters I guess?) and you can't really argue against the flow.

Now, I'm not saying you can't write 10k words essays, for fandom!, about characters, hell I made this blog to rant and nerd about my favorite characters nearly 10 years ago, and sometimes the ranting goes a bit overboard!

But Redshit isn't the place to exchange in 10k words essay form and writing in an essay form doesn't make the thesis supported or the argument or the fan who wrote it themselves "better" than the one who is receiving it/disagrees with it.

I mean, in 5 words or in 15k words, a headcanon is a headcanon lol

But in an era of discourse - especially since redshit encourages and welcomes those kinds of interactions with the karma counter - empty essays are sadly not that uncommon.

[emetoandotherthings]

Your account just may be the best thing I've stumbled across recently. I'm in love with your work

This message absolutely made my day week!

Thank you so much! I do hope you enjoy, because this gives me joy - and it's so lovely that people still like it after I've been away for so long! 💙

[stagehunt]

god i woke up to unimaginably good food today

[josecariohca]

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[slightly-gay-pogohammer]

hot take that i will FOREVER LIVE BY. Shiny Espeon is ICONIC and does not need to be changed. the difference between it and normal espeon are stark, staggering, *magnificent* It has so much design potential and is better then MOST the eeveelutions. with glaceon leafeon and jolteon having barely any differences in there design by comparison. I mean. *Look at her*

Spectacular

hot takes meme

agree with it | partially agree | disagree | i don't know enough about it | it's not a hot take

its too green :(

[evermoredeluxe]

Not indie friends coming to a chiefs game with Taylor, but I hurd

lmfao