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brbsoulnomming · 1 year ago

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Tell Me Sweet Little Lies Part 24

Rating: mature

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The next morning, he and Robin drape themselves over a pair of pool chairs to get their lounge on while Steve works on getting the pool in good enough shape for their upcoming party.

It means watching Steve in nothing but a t-shirt and a pair of cut off shorts, so Eddie's very on board.

Robin scoffs next to him. "I am so glad you got your shit together so I don't have to tiptoe around you drooling right now."

"I'm not drooling!" Eddie insists, though he does wipe his hand over his mouth just to check.

No drool.

"Metaphorically," Robin clarifies, grinning at him. "By all means, oogle away. Just know Steve's probably showing off a little on purpose."

Eddie squints at him, and sure enough - there's probably no need for Steve to be lifting things that often.

"I hate that it's working," Eddie grumbles.

"Of course it's working." Robin rolls her eyes.

Right, of course it is. Eddie's always known that Steve was very attractive - it used to irritate the hell out of him, that he was susceptible to the same allure as the rest of the masses of Hawkins High. The fact that he thought Steve was a douche used to counter it, but, well.

Now he's pretty much in love with the guy.

Eddie leans forward a little, fiddling with some blades of grass by his chair. "Steve's, uh. It's true, right, that he's had a lot of sex with a lot of girls?"

Robin nods. "It's true. He was in a slump when I first met him, but before - well, before you, he was complaining about all his meaningless relationships that were just about sex when he wanted a real connection."

That's… Eddie doesn't know exactly what that is, actually, or how he feels about it. He thinks it should be weird, talking about this when they're both dating Steve, but - it doesn't feel weird, not really. "That doesn't bother you?"

"Does it bother me that he's been with more girls than I can count before I even got my first kiss? Not really. I mean, sure, I guess a little, in an ugh why is it so easy for him and so hard for me, but, you know. We both had our different ways of finding our other soulmate. Apparently neither of them were successful, since the Upside Down brought you to Steve, and I'm still striking out." She pauses, then adds, "Plus he's like really good at eating girls out, so I'm not going to complain about getting to benefit from him demonstrating his technique."

He takes it back, it's weird and uncomfortable and that was way too much information about their sex life.

Whatever face he's making gets her to laugh at him, eyes crinkling.

"Don't worry, it probably translates over decently well. Besides, I've seen him practically deep throat a banana so you're probably good. Oh, has he gotten to do that thing with his tongue yet?"

Eddie squeaks. He's pretty sure his face is bright red, considering how much it's burning, and Robin's laughter turns into a cackle.

Steve overhears the laughter and turns towards them, hip cocked as he squints at them.

"What's so funny?" he calls.

"Just asking Eddie if he's gotten to experience your tongue skills yet!" she calls back.

"Robin!" Steve yelps, dropping the pool net to come over to them.

"What?" she asks. "Weren't you the one who was whining at me about how you wanted to choke on his dick and then eat him out until he cried?"

The blood that had been flooding his cheeks immediately rushes south, and Eddie has to lean over to adjust his pants and try to make that less obvious.

Yes, please, sign him up for all of that.

"In confidence! I told you that in confidence!" Steve sputters.

Eddie leans back, tipping his head up at Steve with a slow smirk. "I'm feeling a little hurt, here, Harrington, how come I haven't gotten a fruit demonstration?"

Steve gapes at him for a moment, just long enough for Eddie to start to regain his footing.

Then Steve's eyes narrow.

"If I was demonstrating for you, Munson, it wouldn't be on fruit," he replies.

Steve turns his back on them and returns to the pool, leaving Eddie to make a protesting noise - that is not a whine, no matter how much he can read that in Robin's eyes while she laughs at him.

"Do I need to shove you in the pool to cool you off?" she teases.

"Shut up," he mutters, adjusting himself again.

Then he tips his head back and closes his eyes, because if he looks at Steve again in the next fifteen minutes or so, he might need to take Robin up on that.

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They eat lunch all jammed together on the couch, plates balanced on their laps. Steve's eating with his left hand, because his right hand is holding Eddie's left. Their fingers are laced together, and Steve refuses to let go, and Eddie's pretty sure his cheeks are flushed red, but he's really not going to complain about it.

There's a little bit of sauce on the corner of Steve's lip, and ridiculously, it makes Eddie want to lean in to lick it off.

Fuck, he really wants to kiss him. Is he allowed to kiss him, is that weird? Steve and Robin haven't kissed in front of him, but Eddie kind of figures that's because they knew he had hang ups about the sharing thing.

Ugh, if he wants kissing Steve when they're like this to be on the table, it's probably going to be on him to talk about it.

Eddie clears his throat. "Hey, uh," he starts, but has no idea where to go after that.

Robin makes a little encouraging noise.

"I appreciate you guys holding back on the PDA around me while I figured all this out, but you don't have to anymore," he says.

Steve's eyebrows raise. He looks down, where Robin's toes are shoved under his thigh and he'd been in the middle of eating the olives off of her plate. "I hate to break it to you, Eds, but we haven't been holding back all that much."

"Well, yeah, not for that, but-" Eddie pauses, switching to come at this from another angle. "Not a lot of people know about me. And I'm guessing - not a lot know about Steve?"

Steve nods when Eddie looks at him for confirmation. "Just Robin and you, and Max and Lucas."

Eddie smiles a little. "Same, but Uncle Wayne knows about me."

"Just you and Steve, Max and Lucas for me," Robin adds, which -

Eddie hadn't known that, actually, but it makes him smile brightly at her. It makes it even better, knowing that Robin's in the same boat as him and Steve - that she gets it. "You're the only one who knows about me and Steve, and me and Steve. I don't know how you feel about telling the others who know?"

Steve considers that. "I feel okay," he says finally. "But if we tell Lucas and Max, we have to tell the rest of the party. It's not fair to have them keep that secret."

Eddie doesn't disagree, but - "Table that for now, then. So yeah, just you. And I'd really, really like to just kiss Steve without thinking about it when it's just the three of us, so it'd be really shitty of me if I told you not to."

There's a moment of silence as Robin and Steve look at each other with near identical expressions of confusion.

"Eddie," Robin says after a moment. "I like girls."

Eddie frowns. He thought they just covered that. "Yeah?"

"Only girls," she clarifies.

What.

"But Steve-" he starts.

"Is not a girl," Robin finishes.

"Definitely not a girl," Steve adds.

"Wait, so you - so you're not -" Eddie stammers.

Jesus fucking Christ.

"Oh my God, Eddie, have you thought we were dating this whole time?" Robin shrieks.

"Yes! Of course I did! Look at you!" Eddie gestures at them.

"You said you told him!" Steve hisses at Robin.

"I did!" Robin protests.

"I think I would have remembered that!" Eddie counters.

"We were sitting in the kitchen! I told you that Steve has two soulmates, a platonic," she gestures at herself, the motion just as exaggerated as the word. "And a romantic!" She gestures at Eddie this time.

Eddie closes his eyes, fights the urge to just keep repeating Jesus Christ, and opens them again. "Buckley. I wasn't looking at you while we were talking."

"You weren't - well that's just rude, Munson! What were you so busy staring at that you couldn't pay attention to me in the very important discussion we were having?" Robin demands.

Eddie's eyes cut to Steve.

Her gaze must follow his, because she groans. "Of course you were looking at Steve. See, look at that, another person ignoring me because they're obsessed with you."

Eddie squawks. "I wasn't obsessed with-"

His jaw snaps shut as he realizes that might not be a lie.

Shit.

Steve grins at him, looking just a little bit too smug. "It's okay," he says. "I'm kind of obsessed with you, too."

Robin groans, face planting onto Steve's shoulder. "How did we miss this?"

"I thought we were being so mature," Steve agrees. "So open and communicative."

"In my defense, you two did shower together," Eddie points out.

"Not like that!" Robin says.

"How do you shower together but not like that?" Eddie demands.

Steve shrugs. "The same way you wash someone's hair but not like that?"

Eddie makes a face at him. "Yeah, that doesn't count, I wanted to jump you the whole time."

Steve opens his mouth, then closes it again. "Yeah, okay, me too," he admits. "You kept making these little sounds, I just-"

Eddie waggles his eyebrows. "Keep going, Stevie, you just what?"

"Get sidetracked later," Robin cuts in. "The point is - technically, Steve showered while I was brushing my teeth, and I showered while he was doing his hair care routine. We're soulmates, it's not like it matters what we see."

"But - there was giggling, and smacking, and - other noises," Eddie protests, but it's a weak one now.

Steve shrugs. "My back was all fucked up, man, you know that. Rob was helping me with the bandages."

"And Steve was doing his stupid shower characters," Robin adds, rolling her eyes. "He makes himself a dumb beard out of shaving cream or a stupid hairstyle out of shampoo and does terrible voices, and it's awful and I don't hate it at all."

Eddie - Eddie can imagine that perfectly, actually, and fuck, something so stupid shouldn't make him want so badly, but there it is.

"Stop," he whines. "I'm already in love with you, stop making it worse."

Both Steve and Robin freeze, but it still takes him a moment to realize what he just said.

Oh shit.

Eddie swallows, building up his courage for a moment before he sneaks a look at Steve.

Steve's looking back, just a little bit awestruck. "You love me?"

Eddie can't pull his hand free to fidget with his wrist brace, so he plays with Steve's fingers instead. "Well, yeah. I kind of thought that was obvious."

Then again, apparently some things all three of them thought were obvious were very much not obvious, and he grimaces.

"Yeah," he says. "I really do."

Robin kicks Steve in the thigh, leaning over and snatching their plates out of their laps. "Upstairs, now," she informs them. "I know that look, Steve, and if you're going to make out with him you're not doing it sitting next to me on the couch."

"Upstairs?" Steve asks, and who the hell is Eddie to say no to that?

"Just remember you're supposed to pick Dustin up for patrol in half an hour!" Robin yells up after them. "And I will not be stalling if he walkies asking what's taking you so long!"

"Guess we shouldn't waste any time." Eddie turns to Steve with a smirk, one eyebrow raised, only to find himself pinned to the wall in the upstairs hallway.

Steve crowds in against him, kissing him in short little bursts, like he keeps trying to pull back to say something but can't make himself stop for long.

Eddie doesn't make it easy for him to pull away, chasing him every time he does to kiss him again. He drags his teeth along Steve's bottom lip the next time he pulls back, but this time, Steve actually does stop long enough to speak.

"I love you, too," he pants out against Eddie's lips, the words muffled by how close they are together.

And Eddie - yeah, part of him had known. Like he told Uncle Wayne, it was obvious that Steve cared about him, and it was just as obvious that Steve was really into him.

But mostly knowing about it and hearing it confirmed are two different things, and Eddie surges forward to kiss him again.

Steve presses him back against the wall, one thigh wedged between Eddie's legs - still in those cut off shorts, and if Eddie could bring himself to break the kiss long enough to look down, he's pretty sure he'd get more than a flash of hairy skin. Eddie groans, rolling his hips up so he can at least grind against his thigh.

"Yeah?" Steve asks, before his tongue slides into his mouth at the same time his thigh presses up and up, giving Eddie more friction to rut against.

Which he immediately takes advantage of, grabbing Steve's ass with both hands and holding on as they rock together.

"Wanna make you feel good," Steve says, dropping little biting kisses along the line of Eddie's jaw. "Want you to tell me everything you like."

Eddie huffs out a shaky little laugh. "I, uh. I've never done this before, Stevie."

Steve tips his head back to look at him, brows furrowed for a moment before he seems to get that Eddie means, like, ever.

Despite the fact that he's mostly sure Steve isn't going to make fun of him, his stomach still drops when Steve groans and drops his head down into Eddie's shoulder.

"Steve?" Eddie asks.

"We gotta stop," Steve replies, muffled. "We've only got like twenty minutes left now, and that's really not enough for everything I want to do with you."

Eddie's dick throbs where it's still pressed against Steve's thigh. "It's enough for something, though, come on."

Steve pulls back to look at him. "Eds, your first time is not going to be a quickie in our hallway with Robin downstairs and Dustin waiting on me."

Eddie considers that, then rolls his hips up again, grinning smugly when it makes Steve inhale sharply. "Yeah, I'm pretty okay with that for my first mutual orgasm experience."

Steve makes a face at him, the impact of which is a little ruined by his slightly glazed eyes. "I'm not."

Eddie grunts. "I'm not a girl," he manages to growl out.

Steve looks down between them, where Eddie's still very hard and very pressed into him. "I noticed."

"Then don't treat me like some delicate little virgin," Eddie snaps.

Steve huffs. "It's not like that, it's - fine, why did you tell me, then?"

"What?" Eddie asks, thrown.

"If it's not a big deal, why did you say anything?"

"I… I don't know," Eddie admits. "I just - thought you should be aware, I guess, in case you were expecting something else."

Someone who knew what they were doing.

"Eds," Steve breathes out, tipping his head in to kiss him again. "I'm not expecting anything but you, I promise. Just you, that's all I want."

"That's all?" Eddie asks, and he means it to be teasing, but it comes out a little shaky.

"I want - look, I know it's crap about virginity being special and your first time being perfect and all that, but… it's also not crap."

Eddie raises an eyebrow.

"It's - it should be good, Eddie. You deserve to have something go right. I want to take my time with you, not be thinking about how we have to rush."

Well when Steve puts it like that.

"You're such a romantic," Eddie teases.

Steve's ears go a little pink, but he shrugs. "Yeah, I guess I kind of am."

Eddie pulls him back in for another kiss. "I love you," he whispers against his lips, part because he does and part just to see if he can get Steve all riled up again.

"Not fair," Steve mutters back.

Eddie can't help but laugh a little. "It work?"

"Yes." Steve kisses him again. "But it didn't change my mind."

He steps back, though Eddie's pleased to note that he looks both rumpled and reluctant. Eddie sighs, then reaches out to fix Steve's collar, run his fingers through his hair. Steve does the same for him, and it feels -

Well, pretty fucking good, actually.

They head back downstairs. Robin cheers for them, shouting, "Three minutes to spare!"

Steve rolls his eyes, leans over to kiss the top of her head.

Then he drags Eddie to the front door with him so they can kiss again, long and lingering, before Steve finally heads back out.

Eddie drifts back into the living room to sit down next to Robin again, trying not to look too dazed.

She huffs at him, and it's only then that he realizes this is the first time they've been alone since she told him she was coming back for him.

"You still pissed at me?"

Robin rolls her eyes. "No, you fixed that last night. For the record - it wasn't at you, not really. Steve was miserable, which gets my hackles up. I know, he said he was happy no matter what, but I know him. He would have been hung up on you for ages. Plus, the boy likes sex," she adds matter-of-factly. "It would have been awful dealing with him pining and all pent up from not getting laid."

Eddie snorts.

"What?" Robin asks.

"Nothing," Eddie replies. "Just - I'm really glad we don't have to work out a schedule for both of us having sex with him."

Robin lets out a sound that's some unholy mix between a giggle and a shriek. "Okay, first, thanks for putting that mental image in my brain, I need at least three shots later tonight to get that out. Second - oh my god we would run him ragged, he's pretty insatiable but I'm not sure even he could keep up with the two of us."

Eddie cackles, head tipping back in a laughter there's no way he can contain. "I really love you, Robbie," he says quietly when he's managed to calm down.

Her eyes are soft as she looks at him. "Yeah," she says. "I do, too."

"I can't promise that I won't ever hurt him," he says. "Because, you know, sometimes I get up in my head about stuff, and sometimes I miss things. But I love him. It's always going to be him. I won't - I won't ever leave him, or give up on us."

Robin's quiet for a long time. "You and I aren't really soulmates, you know. I can't tell if you just lied to me."

Eddie knows what his knee-jerk reaction to that is. But he sits with it for a moment, breathes in and breathes out, and then decides knee-jerk was the right reaction. "Yeah, you can."

Robin smiles at him, reaching out to tug on a lock of his hair. "Yeah, I can," she agrees.

He opens his arms, and she hugs him, then shoves him off.

"Come on, Steve left us to do the lunch dishes."

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Steve brings home pizza for dinner when he gets done with patrolling.

"Hey, I was thinking - do you want to head out to Forest Hills when we're done?" Steve asks while they eat. "There's not really anyone there anymore, we could see if there's anything left of yours you want to get."

Eddie considers that. Part of him isn't sure he wants to go back there, ever, but the other part kind of feels like he needs to see it. To make it real again, and not just a thing in his nightmares.

So he agrees, and they head out after they clean up dinner - Robin refuses to get stuck with it this time.

It still feels strange, driving around in the front seat of Steve's Bimmer, but mostly a nice strange. They don't pass many cars on the way out there, and Steve's got Trooper's Thick as Thieves album playing quietly, and Eddie can just lean back and alternate looking out the window with looking at the beautiful boy in the driver's seat.

Steve pulls a couple of empty boxes out of the trunk when they get there, and Eddie sees him hesitate over the nail bat that's still in there from his patrol earlier.

"Here," Eddie says, taking the boxes so Steve can grab the bat.

There hasn't been any sign of Vecna or the Upside Down on their patrols yet, but Eddie's pretty sure they'll both feel better if Steve's carrying it.

The trailer is barely holding together, a huge chunk ripped out of the living room, and Eddie swallows back a surge of tears.

He knows they have insurance, knows what Uncle Wayne said about the stuff in the trailer, but - it was the first place that ever really felt like home to Eddie. Even though the home was more about Uncle Wayne himself than the physical trailer, it hurts seeing it like this.

"Hey," Steve says softly. "We don't have to do this tonight, we can wait."

We.

Like it's just a guarantee that whenever Eddie does decide to look through the shattered remains of his life, Steve will be right there with him. No question.

It shouldn't be, but it's still a little bit of a surprise to realize that Eddie believes it.

"No," he says, though he does lean in for a kiss. "I want to get this over with. Come on, let's look in my room."

His room isn't as bad as the living room, but it's still pretty trashed. He gets to work rifling through the debris while Steve hangs out in the doorway, nailbat on one shoulder and keeping an eye on the dormant but still not closed gate in the living room.

Eventually, Eddie manages to find about a couple of boxes worth of clothes, most of his jewelry, some D&D things, a few other odds and ends. It's not a lot, but it's more than Eddie thought he might have, which lifts his spirits a little.

"I can stop borrowing your clothes all the time," Eddie tells Steve.

Steve makes a face like he's trying not to say anything.

"What?" Eddie asks.

"…I kind of like you in my clothes," Steve admits.

Eddie barks out a little laugh, then sets down his box so he can sidle into Steve's space. "Oh yeah?" he asks, cocking one eyebrow. "You want me to wear your letterman jacket?"

Steve tips his head, which Eddie is pretty damn sure means yes, but I don't want to say it.

"Steve Harrington," Eddie teases as he hooks his fingers in the waistband of Steve's jeans and gives it a tug. "You wanna be my boyfriend?"

"I'm your soulmate," Steve replies, rolling his eyes, but he doesn't stop himself from being reeled in.

"You wanna be my boyfriend," Eddie repeats, voice sing song, and steals another kiss.

"You were the one who said you wanted the full Steve Harrington experience," Steve teases back.

"I was joking!" Eddie replies, but he realized the moment he says it that - well, no, he kind of wasn't.

Steve grins widely at him. "No, you weren't," he retorts, with all the confidence of someone who's just felt a new lie being written on them.

Eddie raises his eyebrows at him. "So what are you going to do about it, then?"

Steve leans in to kiss him one more time. "Come on. Let's get out of here first."

And, well, all right, Eddie can't exactly protest that.

He picks up two boxes, leaving Steve to grab the third and his bat, then the two of them head back out of the trailer.

They're not too far from what's left of the front door when the sound of footsteps crunches on the gravel nearby.

It's probably just one of the handful of folks too stubborn to leave Forest Hills, but - it's dark, and Eddie can't see anyone, and he can't help the rush of panic that he feels. It must hit Steve the same way, because when he turns back to look at him, he sees that Steve has gone still, head tilted like he's listening.

The sound of a gun cocking rings out far louder than it should.

"Don't move," Jason Carver says.

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Part 25

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batsplat · 2 days ago

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casey if you want the showers-

https://www.tumblr.com/kingofthering/766887733130084352/sounds-fantastic

random thought: maybe being a part of a structure like the academy might have fixed teenage casey stoner……

(x) he's getting in the shower, he's enjoying the sausage, he's having it all

and oh hm this is SUCH an interesting idea that had never occurred to me. with the academy, I often think about how valentino himself never ever would have joined it... just this implicitly subservient position to another rider, any restraints placed on individualism, losing the ability to define himself to the same extent... I do actually think valentino would be pretty good at team sports, like it's not a loner mentality that would be the dealbreaker - it's just that specifically the academy vibe would not have been for him

with casey... I mean, yeah, maybe? yeah, I reckon you're right. that could have worked miracles for casey. the closest he got was being one of alberto puig's kids for a while (hence the 27 to dani's 26), but obviously that was a very different vibe. this is how puig is being described in 2006 (x):

Puig is a very powerful figure in the paddock, running teams in the lower classes, as well as the MotoGP Academy, widely acknowledged as the best route into premier class racing for young riders. His influence is hard to exaggerate, and when you add in his forceful personality, known for attempting to silence those who criticize his riders, this makes him a potentially disruptive figure in any team. He is, like so many people involved at the very highest levels of professional sport, utterly driven, and people who are so driven often find it difficult to keep a sense of perspective. Alberto Puig is concerned with only one thing: that the riders he coaches should win. Nothing else matters. In a sense, this is totally understandable: He is paid to nurture young talent to produce winning riders, and he is remarkably good at his job. But his focus and his drive rubs off on his protégés, and can turn them into single-minded, dour automatons, concerned only with their own performance, and little else.

not very valentino, is it. like you do probably want an actual academy-esque structure where the kids within it actually get the chance to... y'know. bond. care about each other. no puig

and while puig did play a critical role in casey's career, that's still a connection that had more or less fizzled out by the time casey gets to motogp. so obviously no real equivalent in casey's career. and... I mean, yeah, surely it would have changed a lot. it always comes back to the same few things with casey, doesn't it. casey, who was bullied at school, who was frequently made an outsider even in the australian motorcycling community until he was eventually pushed out of the country entirely... the impact of this hypothetical academy structure does depend a bit on when it would GET to casey - because by the age vr46 typically steps in, a lot of casey's formative experiences have already happened to him. he doesn't get a racing licence from the AJRRA (the australian road racing association controlled mainly by parents of kids casey had been beating most of his life). he has to leave the country. they leave his sister behind. they depend on the charity of others in england. his family is 100% financially dependent on his racing success. every opportunity feels like it could be his last. like... this is stuff that's kind of set by the time he's 14-15. the contrast between his childhood and valentino's is discussed in this post:

and yeah, obviously a lot of that stuff would have already happened. then again, having somebody step in when he was... what, maybe 16-17-ish? and give him some job + financial security... I mean in blunt terms, I know this ask was probably more thinking about the community aspect - but you cannot understate the importance that these practical elements would have had for casey. and yes, there's the more emotional element of... finally being let into a club, of having someone fight your corner, of knowing you've got this structure looking out for you. of handling your contract negotiations - casey also talks about how he and his father frequently just felt like they didn't GET the paddock politics; the insider/outsider dynamic is so foundational to his experience in the sport. all these unspoken rules casey just didn't know... having someone there who DOES know and is looking out for you and can take care of everything bar the riding would have made such a difference

and my god, yeah, there's the community aspect. so much of casey's time in the sport is defined by how deeply, deeply lonely he was. the childhood friendships he'd had either get left behind or are eroded by competitive tensions. he never gets close to another premier class rider, doesn't get particularly close to his team either. in 2009, he said his only friend in the paddock was his wife. and... y'know, while I have no doubt the paddock could feel like a pretty hostile place, I also reckon it would've been a good thing for someone to force casey out of his shell a little bit. like, I get not getting close to your direct competitors, I doubt I'd be massively different, but maintaining that level of distance from basically everyone you travel with most of the year feels... not ideal. at least befriend some of the mechanics my man. looking at some of the canonical vr46 academy riders - naming no names, but I can also easily imagine them in the loner category if the academy hadn't picked them up. and at least THEY could still fall back on childhood friends and acquaintances if they hadn't had the academy, more so than a bloke who moved to a different continent aged fourteen. casey needed some friends!! and maybe just an occasional reminder that not the whole world is out to get him

so YEAH I do agree an academy-esque structure would've made a MASSIVE difference... to the extent that it's almost tough to imagine that version of casey. it does make you realise just how foundational all of this angst feels to casey, in a sad way. what does he even look like without his isolation... you might wonder whether that change would take a bit of his edge away - it's just undeniable that he got a lot of motivation and drive out of his oppositional dynamic with the rest of the world. he wanted to show everyone that they were wrong about him... the rejection by the club back home in australia made him angry, the rejection of teams in motogp made him angry... and well, his circumstances did make him desperate. they made him hungry. it's what he talks about here, isn't it, the feeling that some young riders just aren't taking their riding seriously enough, contrasting it to how he knew he had to take every single opportunity he was given. valentino vs casey about young riders (2009//2013):

(remember that the question valentino got explicitly referred back to an earlier answer about casey - "serious and sad" is kinda his characterisation of casey specifically)

then again. saying this pain was necessary to casey's success would be needlessly myopic, casey has plenty of drive even without piling on the horrors when he was 16-20, give the kid some friends y'know. you can still be plenty neurotic within an academy, you can still cultivate a persecution complex, look at pecco. also, y'know, obviously sports success isn't worth miserable children and never will be. and I suspect casey himself has softened a bit from the stance expressed in his autobiography - I've been thinking again about that podcast interview he gave earlier this year that takes a more explicitly critical view on how his parents forced their dream on him

speaking of, another big benefit of the academy is in outsourcing the role of enforcing discipline so that it's no longer the parents doing it, which again just feels considerably healthier. casey basically says as much in his autobiography:

though, again, I wouldn't call puig a particularly helpful influence either, and jorge's experience with amatriain should be enough evidence that it doesn't take a parent to establish an unhealthy (and even abusive) dynamic. obviously, the assumption here is that you drop casey in a vr46-esque academy - for all his sins, the academy valentino set up in no way resembles how these other 'talent spotters' manage their charges. it's just... it's a safety net, isn't it, in every sense. financially, job security-wise, socially... obviously it's always going to be performance-dependent, yes, but that bit's never going to be an issue for any version of casey

so, yeah. maybe not 'fix' casey exactly, but it would've changed so much for him... it does feel like it would've been an unambiguously positive presence in his life. no, it wouldn't just erase all his issues with the sport - but if he could've found a place within an academy structure like that, he would've been a lot happier for it. probably could've loved the sport more than he did. certainly would've felt a lot less alone

#:(((( blacked out when writing this and now reading it back i'm kind of sad :(#in a small way the academy does kind of represent a breaking of the cycle #i spent a lot of my teenage years observing the myriad ways in which sports can twist and warp parent/child relationships #and idk. within individual sports it does make you feel like a structure like that is something quite rare and precious #similarly valentino-the-mentor would've also been an unambiguously healthier presence in jorge's life -#- than all of jorge's actual mentors. though admittedly i'm pretty sure a raccoon on acid would also clear that particular bar #//#brr brr #heretic tag #batsplat responds #spec tag #lads im gonna continue to gradually make my way through the ranch stuff in my inbox as i continue to have new. thoughts #this post really went places from 'enjoying the sausage' huh

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kiragecko · 1 year ago

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What do you think Cass would be like as a kid? I've been playing with Cass adopted early aus lately. I've been imagining her as like her 17 year old self but less serious.

The Cass fics I recently recced match what I think pretty well.

I'm not sure if I'd consider her less serious. Less aware, maybe?

The factor I've childhood I think is most important here is how kids think their experiences are normal. It takes a lot of observing the world and perspective taking to recognize how some of the fundamentals of our lives are actually really abnormal.

When we meet Cass, she's angry. Hates both herself and Cain. She's recognized what he did to her is wrong. The pain of watching someone die at her hands has festered for long enough to leave an abscess in her soul.

I think a younger Cass might not be as angry. The hurt is still hurt. She knows what happened was wrong, but hasn't really internalized that it was a unique wrong that few other people have had to experience. She probably wouldn't think that people getting turned into weapons was universal, but it would be a frustrating fact of life. Killing someone was probably something a lot of kids were asked to do, and maybe they were smart enough to do the right thing.

I think she'd be happier, because the self-blame hasn't burrowed as deep, yet. But, in some ways, I think she'd be even more serious. Training was her entire world for so long! She had to learn how to have fun, after. To take time for herself. Her sense of humour feels like it was built on top of the despair, a sign of her strength and recovery, rather than a bit of her previous self peeking through. (Not that she HAS a previous self.)

I think there would also be a LOT more fear. Her self-assurance is based on her experience of being able to handle anyone except Cain. As an eight year old, Cain was a lot bigger percentage of 'anyone' than he is at 16! (Ie. Cain was 25% of her spars when she was 8, and could drag her out of other spars at any time. At 16, she's built up another 8 years of non-Cain conflicts where she's been able to stop anything she doesn't like.) She also didn't know how few Cains there were when she was 8. Anyone might want to turn her into a weapon. Anyone might have his level of skill.

But she'd also have a much easier time learning to work with others. 8 years of taking care of yourself changes someone. 8 years of learning that no one can do the things you do, that everyone needs protecting. I don't think a preteen Cass would be the type to nerve strike Spoiler because she's too weak to help. She'd be more likely to assume Steph knew what she was getting into.

I think her smile would be similar. Her simple staright-forwardness. Her rigid beliefs about what is right (but maybe not her reaction to people disagreeing).

I don't think she's changed a lot since she left David Cain. But she has changed.

#CASS!!#gecko's meta

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ailelie · 2 years ago

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Plot Bunny: Wen Qing Reincarnates

Wen Qing reincarnates into the Nie sect almost immediately after dying. She grows up Nie Lian and has a great aptitude for medicine that surprises her family. As soon as she starts learning to use a saber, she realizes the problem the resentful energy will cause. She has an intuitive knowledge of resentment she cannot explain. She does experiments that help her immediate family, but her activities do not draw much other attention. Nie Huaisang is aware of her talents, but he is also very distracted with revenge/justice and feigned incompetence. He supports her by not opposing her.

Then, when Wei Wuxian returns to the world, Nie Lian wakes up with the memories of Wen Qing. She is only 16 years old, but she is now both Lian and Qing. She's less guarded than before given how much support and protection she'd enjoyed as Lian, but she also gets a bit sharper and less patient as the memories settle in.

At first she does nothing. Then everything at the temple happens. Then she learns Wei Wuxian is alive again and her brother still lives. Then she learns the Golden Core Transfer is no longer secret.

She requests permission to visit Yunmeng and Gusu under the guise of expanding her medical knowledge. In reality, she wants to see Jiang Cheng for herself and find some way to apologize now that he knows the truth. Then she wants to hug her brother and hit Wei Wuxian for wasting her and the rest of the remnants' sacrifice.

She introduces herself as Nie Qinglian. She refuses to deny either part of who she is. While she is in Yunmeng, Jiang Cheng is injured. His usual doctor is absent (doing rounds along the pier probably) so Qinglian steps forward and takes command of the situation. She helps him. Then, when she thinks he is asleep, she talks to him. She apologizes for the Core Transfer and for keeping Wei Wuxian in the Burial Mounds for so long. Then she says she wishes she had kept the comb.

The problem is, Jiang Cheng had been asleep, but her voice coaxed him awake. Given how confusing her words were, he'd continued to feign sleep. When she mentions the comb, though, his eyes fly open.

"Wen Qing?"

And this 17 year old Nie disciple stares at him, her face slowly turning pink. "You were supposed to be asleep."

"Who are you?" he demands.

"Apparently I've reincarnated," she tells him. "I regained my memories last year. From what I understand, it happened around when your brother returned."

Jiang Cheng snorts. "Of course this is his fault."

"Would you like me to leave?" she asks, dryly.

"No," he says, sitting up too quickly and wincing for the effort.

"Lay back down. I didn't spend the past five hours saving your life only for you to undo all my hard work."

He lays back, but reaches out to catch her hand. "I'm glad you're here."

"I am sorry," she says. "I don't know if you heard that part."

"You can make it up to me."

"How?" she asks.

"Stay," he says with a yawn. "All I've ever wanted is for people to stay."

"All right," she says.

When he awake again, Jiang Cheng realizes that Wen Qing or Qinglian as she is now, will want to see Wen Ning. And Wei Wuxian. And that Lan kid they're pretending isn't actually a Wen.

He calls for some paper and writes his brother a letter.

A few days later, instead of a reply, Wei Wuxian descends on Lotus Pier with Lan Wanji, Lan Sizhui, and Wen Ning in tow. They all have a very tearful reunion. Qinglian both looks nothing and everything like Wen Qing. She is so much younger than he is now. He'd thought nothing of her when she had only been Nie Qinglian, but now that he knows she is also Wen Qing, he wants to hold her and never let go.

Qinglian does stay in Lotus Pier. Nie Huaisang has figured out who she is and does not insist she return. She and Jiang Cheng engage in a strange courtship where both sides are very uncertain of the other's regard. He doesn't want to trap her. She worries he can only love part of her. But after about a year, a few days after her 18th birthday, they share a kiss and he asks her to marry him.

She accepts.

#jc/wq #chengqing #reincarnation #wen qing #mzds #fic i want to read #plot bunny

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strandnreyes · 1 year ago

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weekend wip game

thanks @welcometololaland @orchidscript @alrightbuckaroo! I'm a one wip at a time person, but i'll try my best lol

Rules: List your WIPs below (if you only write one fic at a time, feel free to include future WIPs/ideas!) then answer the following questions. Then, tag as many people as you have WIPs (or more).

1. WIP List

a chain reaction of countermoves (formally known as funky cabin to some) - the only one I'm actively working on at the moment

collab with @welcometololaland! (is this a secret? SORRY)

collab with @heartstringsduet!

Carlos escaping his past meets wanderlust TK au - hardly anything more than an idea

a few more time, curious time installments

a third story in the vampire universe (maybe. one day. MAYBE).

2. Which of your WIPs is currently the longest?

a chain reaction of countermoves. the only one with words lol

3. Which WIP do you expect will end up the longest?

probably the collab with @welcometololaland because it's us

4. Which WIP is your favourite to write/the most enjoyable to write? Why?

well, the only one I've written anything for is acroc so... that one

5. Which WIP do you find the most intimidating to write? Why?

um probably the collabs because I've never done one and my mind is kind of a mix of ?????? and feeling like I've never written a word in my life

6. Which WIP do you experience the most self-doubt about. Why?

acroc - it's a style I haven't done much of and I'm hoping it’ll all makes sense, doesn't come across as cheesy, etc.

7. Which of your WIPs will you seek out a beta/sensitivity reader for? Why?

all of them to make sure the characters aren't sticking four different hands somewhere or something of the sort

8. Have any of your WIPs been struck by the curse of writer's block?

I haven't been writing a ton lately and I can't tell if it's writer's block or if I'm just busy. maybe a little of both

9. Which WIP has your favourite OC? Tell us about them?

okay I don't count this as a wip because I'm done writing it, but technically it's still a wip for you all and I have to go with my boy Lucky from meet you after dark. you'll meet him on tuesday! he's the cutest, sassiest, prickliest little baby boy and I love him dearly

10. Which WIP is the sexiest?

ummm maybe the collab with @heartstringsduet ?

11. Which WIP is the angstiest?

the modern day time, curious time installment because they're going to be so sad over their past selves and not even know it. the also third vampire story would also be very angsty for different reasons

12. Which WIP has the best characterisation (in your humble opinion)?

I think the @welcometololaland collab really leans into their funny, bantering side and that's going to be really fun and full of moments that will feel very them. but also acroc is set in canon which really allows me to dig into some big thoughts and feelings

13. Which WIP has the best scene setting (in your humble opinion)?

I think the wanderlust au setting will be gorgeous. I'm thinking small mountain town. (when I said this is barely an idea, I meant it)

14. Which WIP have you worked the hardest on?

acroc. this is going to be another fic where I end up doing a bunch of random research for. can't wait to learn adsfad

15. Which WIP do you have the highest expectations for? Why?

the collabs because I want don't want to let people down. I think acroc will be very cool if it all comes together the way I want it to

16. Do you dream about any of your WIPs?

No, I wish. Imagine waking up and you already have an idea, that sounds like a dream (ha)

17. Do any of your WIPs have particular complexities that your other fics don't?

one time, curious time installment is historical, the third vampire story has well... vampires, and acroc has [redacted] so they're all pretty unique

18. Which WIP is the funniest or has the most humour?

the collab w/ lola. plotting it always has me grinning

19. Do any of your WIPs contain outside POVs or a deep dive on a character other than the main ship? How are you finding that process?

not that I have planned at the moment, but I do want to write an outsider pov at some point for something

20. Tell us one thing we don't know about one or more of your WIPs.

how about one for each?

acroc - the setting is a fictional place in Texas because I couldn't find exactly what I wanted, but I'm basing it off of a place I've been to a few times

collab w/ lola - if you think no one is capable of looking hot in a blurry, breakroom employee of the month photo while wearing a polo, Carlos Reyes is about to prove you wrong

collab w/ michelle - this is pretty well known, but it's inspired by taylor swift because it's us

wanderlust au - I got this idea about two pages into reading a book. it was all inspired by the setting. (didn't finish that book though)

time, curious time installments - the lifetimes I have ideas for are chapter 5 (baker/blacksmith) and the modern, canon lifetime

vampire au - the plot of this fic is making me laugh now based on recent events surrounding meet you after dark

following the rules and tagging 6 people: @reyesstrand @carlos-in-glasses @heartstringsduet @three-drink-amy @liminalmemories21 + open tag for number 6!

#tag game

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sassyfrassboss · 2 years ago

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Harry and Meghan Netflix special.

Episode 1 Notes:

1. From the outset we are told this is a first hand account, using footage from their own archives. And members of BRF have declined to comment.

2. For some ridiculous reason, first scene is at an airport arrivals lounge. Private jet Harry's documentary starts with scenes from a commercial airport. Lol. Appary he has just landed at London in March 2020. Probably traumatic because this was the first time they had to take commercial lol

3. It's quite evident that this started as a video diary (Meghan's idea?) around March 2020. Way before they finalized the netft deal. So ...this is how they pitched to platforms? This is the behind the scenes look? Scheming bastards.

4. They are addressing all the little criticism - private jets. How little she knew of Harry. Media scrutiny. Archie. How she gave up everything to marry him and then he voluntarigave up his life to join her world.

5. There is a LOT of footage of the kids. Basicat it's their iPhone gallery made into a movie with piano music.

6. She and her friends really overexplai. That she was single "SINGLE" for a couple of months in summer 2016. And travelly the world with her girlfriends. And that those trips were planned to enjoy the world. Girl doth protest a bit too much.

7. Oh btw they met on Instagram. Lol new twist. And she got to know his through his ig feed. Lol. He is photographer ok guys. And he asked to meet her. So not a blind date.

8. They also show their private chats. URghhhh!

9. Harry is such a doofus. All he wanted was to get married and that's a bit creepy ok. It comes across as if he would have married anyone.

10. Nacho is there. URghhhh

11. Meghan didn't know him guys, at all. Did not know anyone. But told all her friends. Hahaha... And they are all here telling us she didn't know. Hahaha... And well... it would all be cute but it's them. So Diana is mentioned a few times. We get to know about their first meeting. And then it cuts to commentary from the day Harry was born, and how special Diana was and how everyone loved baby Harry. Sneaky!

12. We see a lot of footage of innocent diana talking about Harry and Harry doing cute stuff. Just in case we forget. Harry says he doesn't have early memories of his mom. But, dear viewers, we do, right? So that's more important. We all loved Diana.

13. Everybody who has ever spoken/written anything favorable about the couple is in this series. Noone who could present the other side. It seems a bit glaring.

14. So much royal footage. So much of the queen. If she was alive she definitely would have been offended at this. I'm sure. This is disrespectful. Because it makes it seem like "Meghan against the institution". Instead of Harry and Meghan the lovestruck couple.

This is the undertone that I think Meghan may have wanted to distance herself from.

15. When Harry talks about his childhood it does make a but of sense, esp with the skiing footage and Eug and Bea look overwhelmed.

16. He says what she shared in panorama was her experience and truth. Even if it was obtained in the wrong way.

17. Harry is such a simp. Meghan tries to be, but personally she seems like she is overacting even in their old home videos and facetimes. How is that possible?? And Harry says she is so simar to his mum. ewww... the mommy issues!

18. Lol there really are Diana's pictures on the wall in a tiara in the nursery. Didn't Harry hace any private pictures of her he can show his children because this was literally from a magazine photoshoot. WTH!

19. When he talks about his mum's death, they show a photo of the two brothers. With William looking at Harry, and Harry staring into space. That's heartbreak. Truly. The only time I wished the brothers were still close. What would Will think if he sees this??

20. This episode does a good job at presenting Harry's childhood issues. And his fears. He seems self aware. And you empathise with him up to that point. But then I wonder, with all of this, how could Meghan make this whole thing about herself?? His problems are real and massive and he had so much support. And she and him, they make this all about her not being able to adjust and how unfair it was for her to leave everything behind (for all of 1.5 yrs lol).

21. I think, this maybe one of the reasons that Meghan hasn't liked this series. We get to know the Harry that we liked and loved and thought we knew. It makes her feel.like a nobody. And he overcompensates ofr that constay. But the showrunners, director, Netflix won't overcompensate. They tell us who us the more valuable one.

22. Harry is White Knight-ing in Africa. You know, the wayward, heartbroken lad who just wants some warmth and acceptance... It's a bit much, this narrative. esp in these times. This impression of Africa the land of authenticity and finding yourself, even if true, is something we should all avoid now.

23. Harry's issues are so obviously here, I believe if Meghan hadn't come along he might have stayed on the straight and narrow. She didn't value and respect his heritage. And he mirrored her to be able to keep her. (My opinion from this episode)

24. Whenever Lindsay Roth speaks, I feel like she is auditioning for the best friend's role in a Hallmark movie. Whenever nacho comes on screen I want to scream, he is a skeez.

25. They show Harry's tiny makesft tent. To quell the glamping rumours.

26. Abigail Spencer and her bad extensions. Uffff!

27. There's some friend of hers called silver tree. Lol what? Who is this woman? I bet she is a stand in for Gina Nelthorp Cowne. Poor Gina, was ghosted but would have loved to do these interviews.

28. They are saying that initially it was much easier for her to come to London and stay at KP with him. And then they would drive to Windsor and walk around frogmore and have all this space and privacy without anyone ever noticing. So much privacy in london. Hmm.... The exact life they left behind. Weird (not!)

29. It's all bad media, intrusive media.

30. Pictures of the Halloween party, the night before the news of the relationship broke. Eugene's costume, yikes! Also, did they take permission from her to use these photos because she is a literal princess. The palace would and should protect her. (IMO)

31. Harry says, after the news broke, he didn't know what he was walking into. Lol poor dude never thought Meghan would be thriving on getting papped every where. She really did milk this opportunity and was probably acting all innocent in front of him. Because his concern seems genuine, her shock less so.

32. Some of the news headlines, articles, voiceovers they show here are not from this period. They are from.much later, before the wedding. Not from 2016 i remember back then everyone loved her. And she got a lot of positive press, esp in the UK.

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Thank you!!!

#submission

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the-empress-7 · 2 years ago

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Harry and meghan Ep1

Notes:

1. From the outset we are told this is a first hand account, using footage from their own archives. And members of BRF have declined to comment.

5. There is a LOT of footage of the kids. Basicat it's their iPhone gallery made into a movie with piano music.

7. Oh btw they met on Instagram. Lol new twist. And she got to know his through his ig feed. Lol. He is photographer ok guys. And he asked to meet her. So not a blind date.

8. They also show their private chats. URghhhh!

9. Harry is such a doofus. All he wanted was to get married and that's a bit creepy ok. It comes across as if he would have married anyone.

10. Nacho is there. URghhhh

13. Everybody who has ever spoken/written anything favorable about the couple is in this series. Noone who could present the other side. It seems a bit glaring.

This is the undertone that I think Meghan may have wanted to distance herself from.

15. When Harry talks about his childhood it does make a but of sense, esp with the skiing footage and Eug and Bea look overwhelmed.

16. He says what she shared in panorama was her experience and truth. Even if it was obtained in the wrong way.

24. Whenever Lindsay Roth speaks, I feel like she is auditioning for the best friend's role in a Hallmark movie. Whenever nacho comes on screen I want to scream, he is a skeez.

25. They show Harry's tiny makesft tent. To quell the glamping rumours.

26. Abigail Spencer and her bad extensions. Uffff!

27. There's some friend of hers called silver tree. Lol what? Who is this woman? I bet she is a stand in for Gina Nelthorp Cowne. Poor Gina, was ghosted but would have loved to do these interviews.

29. It's all bad media, intrusive media.

PS: these are just my first impressions. I do the same for ep2+3, provided I can sit through this nonsense for 2 more hrs.

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Thank you so much for this. I have so many questions.

To start with, Harry's IG was private and incognito. So how exactly did she know whose. DM's to slide into?

#submission

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tintagel-or-cockleshells · 1 year ago

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WIP GAME

Thanks for the tags, @welcometololaland, @affectionatelyrs, @happiness-of-the-pursuit, @orchidscript, @daisymae-12, @kiwiana-writes! I am looking forward to reading yours. (Hen do, hosting international friends, wedding gubbins - it's been a busy (fun!) but busy weekend).

1. WIP List:

Strictly AU

We used to know each other way back when, now you need my help but you're still a prick AU

Came Back Wrong AU

Sparkly witch Alex AU

Everything must be perfect for my sister's wedding! Hey what are you doing manhandling me, you're the coordinator AU

Podcast fic for good measure

2. Which of your WIPs is currently the longest?

Podcast fic by a country mile, and also by virtue of being the only one committed to paper right now.

3. Which WIP do you expect will end up the longest?

We used to know..., I think. It's going to be full of flashbacks. Alex will have a lot of behaviour to recontextualise.

4. Which WIP is your favourite to write/the most enjoyable to write? Why?

Probably My Big Sister's Wedding. I've been through enough Wedding Stuff to really have an intimate knowledge of the bullshit of the wedding industry (i.e. the groom doesn't matter, everything is so expensive, I will cry if this isn't the right shade of blue) and will have fun skewering it.

5. Which WIP do you find the most intimidating to write? Why?

Came Back Wrong. I mean. It's deliberately writing Henry OOC. He didn't come back RIGHT

6. Which WIP do you experience the most self-doubt about. Why?

The Strictly AU. Despite the ballet AU being my first fic in the fandom, I'm not a dancer and know nothing of the ballroom/Latin world beyond what I see on BBC One every Saturday.

7. Which of your WIPs will you seek out a beta/sensitivity reader for? Why?

ALL OF THEM HI CCF I LOVE YOU

8. Have any of your WIPs been struck by the curse of writer's block?

Honey, everything is giving me writer's block right now. No new words will be written between now and the wedding. I will only Think AU Thoughts.

9. Which WIP has your favourite OC? Tell us about them?

We used to know..., mainly because I'm basing a character on a reality TV judge who cries when stuff is really good and I love that about him.

10. Which WIP is the sexiest?

It's GONNA be Sparkly witch Alex. Magic is sexy.

11. Which WIP is the angstiest?

Came Back Wrong, although Podcast fic has had its moments.

12. Which WIP has the best characterisation (in your humble opinion)?

Podcast fic. Because I've actively written it.

13. Which WIP has the best scene setting (in your humble opinion)?

I think I'm going to do good things with the Strictly AU.

14. Which WIP have you worked the hardest on?

Podcast! Hours of my life went into that.

15. Which WIP do you have the highest expectations for? Why?

I'm bad at this. I worked SO hard on Ghosted and yet an off-the-cuff three chapter thing blew it out of the water when it came to reaction. So I can't answer! It'll be wrong!

16. Do you dream about any of your WIPs?

No, I rarely dream.

17. Do any of your WIPs have particular complexities that your other fics don't?

Strictly will. I'll need to know dance terminology.

18. Which WIP is the funniest or has the most humour?

Sparkly witch Alex will be frothy and light, like foam on a fine dining plate.

19. Do any of your WIPs contain outside POVs or a deep dive on a character other than the main ship? How are you finding that process?

Ask me when I start writing! I don't plan my WIPs beyond a few bulletpoints. I laugh at the concept of a plan.

20. Tell us one thing we don't know about one or more of your WIPs.

A surprising amount of them are based on shitposts.

Tagging @clottedcreamfudge, @dumbpeachjuice, @gloriousclio, @celaestis1 and @everwitch-magiks!

#wip game

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gimletagain · 2 years ago

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Harry and Meghan Netflix Ep1

Notes:

1. From the outset we are told this is a first hand account, using footage from their own archives. And members of BRF have declined to comment.

5. There is a LOT of footage of the kids. Basicat it's their iPhone gallery made into a movie with piano music.

7. Oh btw they met on Instagram. Lol new twist. And she got to know his through his ig feed. Lol. He is photographer ok guys. And he asked to meet her. So not a blind date.

8. They also show their private chats. URghhhh!

9. Harry is such a doofus. All he wanted was to get married and that's a bit creepy ok. It comes across as if he would have married anyone.

10. Nacho is there. URghhhh

13. Everybody who has ever spoken/written anything favorable about the couple is in this series. Noone who could present the other side. It seems a bit glaring.

This is the undertone that I think Meghan may have wanted to distance herself from.

15. When Harry talks about his childhood it does make a but of sense, esp with the skiing footage and Eug and Bea look overwhelmed.

16. He says what she shared in panorama was her experience and truth. Even if it was obtained in the wrong way.

24. Whenever Lindsay Roth speaks, I feel like she is auditioning for the best friend's role in a Hallmark movie. Whenever nacho comes on screen I want to scream, he is a skeez.

25. They show Harry's tiny makesft tent. To quell the glamping rumours.

26. Abigail Spencer and her bad extensions. Uffff!

27. There's some friend of hers called silver tree. Lol what? Who is this woman? I bet she is a stand in for Gina Nelthorp Cowne. Poor Gina, was ghosted but would have loved to do these interviews.

29. It's all bad media, intrusive media.

32. Some of the news headlines, articles, voiceovers they show here are not from this period. They are from much later, before the wedding. Not from 2016. I remember back then everyone loved her. And she got a lot of positive press, esp in the UK. She seems to out the responsibility of "protecting her" solely on him. Strange.

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PS: I have shared this same on another blog (sassy). If you don't want to publish this please let know, I get it.

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thank you for this! honestly, I woke up at 4 am this morning thanks to my toddlers and scrolled dm with dread anticipating how much more crap the RF has to put up with. But there’s actually very little beyond the workings of a totally deranged narc who took iPhone videos of everything over the past 6 years. (Who the f does that? This isn’t normal.)

My jaw dropped reading Oprah and the reactions on my IG feed. It’s not like that now, at all.

#submission

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strangefable · 2 years ago

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can i get micah for the oc questions please~?

thank you, verb! <3 <3

01. Full name: Micah Hale Duncan

02. Best friend: Nick Rye, Boomer. formerly it was various dogs she's had throughout her life, as well as a few other wild critter friends. Nick's the only human she's ever counted as anything that close

03. Sexuality: Bisexual

04. Favorite color: Blue, specifically the exact blue of John's eyes

05. Relationship status: It's Complicated™ (That's an understatement of the situation, tbh)

06. Ideal mate: John Duncan Seed

07. Turn-ons: confidence, vulnerability, swagger, blue eyes, beards, aggressiveness, intelligence, wit, being swept off her feet, romance, single-minded focus, being the center of her lover's attention, (one might say someone who's obsessed with her), violence, being desperately wanted and needed

08. Favorite food: she's not really that particular, food is fuel first and foremost, taste isn't something she puts much thought to. that said, her favorite meals are the intimate ones she and John cooked alone together in Atlanta

09. Crushes: John. Joey Hudson. she felt a jolt of attraction to Kim the first time she saw her, but shut it out for Nick's sake. she low key thinks Faith is cute too

10. Favorite music: country, gospel, folk, general backwoods vibes. she was raised in Hope County, after all. she also learned to like some hiphop and R&B in Atlanta, as well as jazz and orchestra/symphony. but she mostly likes a simple tune

11. Biggest fear: being unloved and misunderstood forever; anything bad happening to John, or his being mistreated

12. Biggest fantasy: the life she and John had planned in Atlanta, before Joseph showed up (she didn't know about Joe at the time). they were getting married, and she was going to move up to being John's socialite wife as he became a partner at his firm. they were going to conquer the world together. the truth is, being John's is still the thing she wants most

13. Bad habits: loving John is probably her worst one, otherwise it's her sleeplessness, her restlessness, her determination to carry every burden alone, to trust no one, to be so fiercely independent and aloof. she's also got a temper and a stubborn streak

14. Biggest regret: when John disappeared, she didn't do anything. she knew something was up, but she let him keep his secrets instead of forcing it out of him. she wishes she fought harder back then, but she was too young to know how at the time

15. Best kept secrets: her past with John from the resistance, the resistance's plans from John

16. Last thought: her last thought is always about John

17. Worst romantic experience: every date she attempted to go on after John disappeared; she couldn't stand anyone else for very long. she could've made a real go with Joey, if the woman hadn't shot her down point-blank

18. Biggest insecurity: oh she's a bundle of them; she knows she doesn't fit in, doesn't really understand normal social customs. her education is inconsistent and weird, her competencies in normal things are low. she also thinks she's not very pretty, too hawkish and masculine and muscular and tall and the resting bitch face.

19. Weapon of choice: silent and deadly. sniper rifle, bow and arrows, any gun she has must have a silencer to muffle her shots as much as possible. she likes the distance and taking her time, though she's lethal with a knife or her bare hands as well. she's intensely trained for killing, even before Jake's trials

20. Role Model: her father, whom was a hard and distant man, but who taught her everything he knew and loved her in his silent way. also, John, who taught her almost everything else she ever learned

#micah hale #fc5 oc #strangefable writes #forgive me for taking so long #and rambling forever #i'm just extra obsessed with micah #she's my baby #thank you for asking for her! <3

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trucbiduleschouettes · 1 year ago

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For that ask meme!!!! Apoleia!!!!! [I'm not sure if I need to put the numbers in or just the name but I nominate all of the numbers]

Let's fucking goooo-

01. Full name: Apoleia

02. Best friend: herself-

03. Sexuality: lesbian

04. Favorite color: maroon

05. Relationship status: single

06. Ideal mate: someone who would let her still have freedom and not try to keep her from her interests; athletic; music enjoyer; who can handle her personality and help her grow without trying to change who she is

07. Turn-ons: strong women; pretty smiles; bold personalities

08. Favorite food: a good grilled meat, followed by fresh fruit slices

09. Crushes: none currently

10. Favorite music: she'd love Linkin Park probably. And Woodkid, and Skillet, and Three Day Grace- the kind of music she can turn on when flying and just half sing/ half scream to her heart content while flying.

11. Biggest fear: Being on her own for the rest of her life; always ending up left behind no matter who she gets close to

12. Biggest fantasy: Getting herself a ship that makes her feel at home whenever she sits inside to drive off; participating in an athlete competition and winning

13. Bad habits: Leave her leaves-hair in the shower and clogs it. Refuses to let anyone else take care of picking the music/ change the volume if she's the one behind the wheel. That one friend who won't smile on group picture if you don't tell her to.

14. Biggest regret: Listening to her dad the last time they saw each other.

15. Best kept secrets: he doesn't consider himself a secretive person; he is good at passing himself as a man when the situation demands it (safety) and won't let people know of his homeland if he considers it dangerous for him.

16. Last thought: " malakía!"

17. Worst romantic experience: Apoleia was a bit tipsy and her date told her to sneak into her room once she had gone to bed. Apoleia tried to sneak in but got the wrong window and was caught by the girl's parents. Had to run away from the dogs let loose on her and spent a whole night hiding in a tree.

18. Biggest insecurity: That she's maybe too unlikeable or doesn't feel trustworthy enough to be kept around.

19. Weapon of choice: shortbow

20. Role Model: women athletes who defy gender roles and norms

#OC: Apoleia #My OC #Truc Answers #thank you for asking!

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rolkstone · 1 year ago

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What about Bob X Jack Lassen? OTP Ask.

1 Who most initiates PDA? Bob

2 Any sleep habits either had to get used to? Jack had to get used to Bob getting up often in the middle of the night when he had a sudden brilliant idea, or when he'd sing in bed. Jack could sleep for hours past morning, which Bob finds irritating.

3 Hot and Steamy or Soft and Tender? hot and steamy, though there are times when they are soft and tender, like after a fight

4 How did they first meet? In prison. Jack was a guard and he noticed one of the prisoners was obsessed with killing the same kid he hated, Bart Simpson.

5 What is their love language? Bob: doing things, acts of service. Jack: verbal affirmations

6 When did they realize they loved each other? For both it was during prison; they had been massively trauma bonding and having sex and then feelings began to develop

7 Who is more sentimental? Bob

8 What’s one way their personalities complement one another? Jack is hot headed, fiery, strong, passionate, and acts on impulse. Bob is careful, thoughtful, passionate but able to control himself (sometimes). Jack is more down to earth and literal while Bob is dramatic and poetic.

9 How are their personalities different? One is more cheery and happy and able to laugh, the other very stormy and quick to anger. Both are very impulsive, but Bob is a much more careful planner, enjoying the act of scheming almost as much as the act itself.

10 What are some non-sexual activities they do together? Dancing, engaging in performance art of any kind. They like to do social experiments and people watch and judge and laugh about their findings. They like to explore the area and plan and scheme for their next heist or big plan. Sometimes they drink together.

11 Which member is more physically affectionate? Bob

12 Which member is more verbally affectionate? Bob

13 Which member steals borrows the other ones clothing? Neither; they can't fit in each other's clothes. Though sometimes Bob will lend Jack an accessory or two.

14 Are they an introverted couple or an extroverted one—AKA would they prefer to go out to a party or event together or would they rather stay in? Extroverted; they really like to paint the town red

15 Who is more likely to make an impulsive decision and who is the voice of reason? Jack; Bob

16 Who stays up way too late and who tries to drag them to bed? Bob; Jack

17 Who fell in love first? Bob

18 What song fits them perfectly? TBD

19 How do they deal with being away from each other for a long time? Bob is pretty good about it; he will dive into his schemes and plans and seems content to wait it out. Jack will indulge in dangerous but exciting activities to keep himself busy. He will also visit with his friend Ashton.

20 Who holds a grudge the longest? that is very hard to determine...

21 Which of the two is quick to speak and which one is quick to listen? Jack; Bob

22 Who gets more easily embarrassed? Jack

23 Who overthinks the most? Bob

24 Which of the two is the most competitive? Jack

25 Who’s the most stubborn? also hard to determine; probably Bob

26 How do they comfort each other? Jack will do things for Bob like get him drinks, cook for him, just anything to help out; Bob will massage him, stroke his hair, sing to him, offer to break someone's legs for him

27 What random everyday object/activity makes them think of each other? A TV reminds them both of each other, though for different reasons. Anything neon will remind Bob of Jack.

28 Do they get along with each other’s friends and family? They haven't met each other's families. As far as friends, Bob has many that Jack doesn't know about. Jack's friend Ashton is still a prison guard and Bob isn't interested in knowing him.

29 What is their sex life like? Passionate, hard, kinky, with plenty of loving aftercare

30 What is their favorite place to kiss the other? (Cheek, hand, closed eyelid, neck, nose, etc.) Bob: neck, hand, nose Jack: lips, belly

31 What’s the relationship like? Smooth? Rocky? Very rocky.

32 How do they resolve their arguments? Badly; they will usually keep fighting till Bob almost always wins usually by Jack relenting after a while. They both keep some bitterness inside them from every fight.

33 Who has the most nightmares and how do they deal with them? Bob; usually he's used to sleeping alone so he can just scream it out. But now he tries to be careful about it. When he does wake Jack up he apologizes and laughs it off.

34 Do they give each other nicknames? Bob calls Jack "dear thing" and "darling" and "love"

35 What movies do they enjoy watching most? Comedies, but also violent slashers which end up being comedies to them as well

36 How’d they meet each other’s families? n/a

37 What do they like the least about each other? Jack: Bob's temper and violent streak Bob: Jack's impulsiveness and tendency to run his mouth at the worst times

38 What was their most memorable date? Probably when Bob took Jack to a stroll around the tire fire where they talked and caught up and just spent some time together, one on one

39 What other couple would your otp get along with the best? other "evil" couples like Michael DeGraaf/Marshall Goldman, maybe some mobster couples outside of the DiMaggios.

40 Who makes the other smile with almost no effort at all? both

#otp asks meme #asks: answered #jack x bob

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arch-knightinsourarmor · 2 years ago

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@lovepurposed asked:

When did you start writing on Tumblr?

Have you any old muses that you’d love to bring back?

Favourite trope? Least favourite trope?

Who is an author that inspires you?

♡ Munday Meme ♡

1. When did you start writing on Tumblr?

Answered here!

12. Have you any old muses that you’d love to bring back?

Honestly, 99% of the time, when I pick up a muse, I don't drop them ( not even Daisuke who only has. . . one rp partner to write with? ). Levi's an exception. I tried to write him a few years back with no succeed in finding roleplay partners. In my second attempt though, I found a wonderful writer who trusted me, and I owe to their excitement and wonderful writing, that I found Levi's voice. Levi was so difficult and complicated to write, so I hadn't the guts at first to write him, but eventually he became one of my most active muses ( even if I still don't have many people to write him, and I do in AUs mostly ). So you can say, I've already brought someone back.

Another character I'd consider adding back is Chisaki. Once upon a time, I had made Chisaki his blog / docs / everything, but immediately dropped him? I don't know why, but it's probably because of the disgusting villain he is. Maybe, now having more experience in writing villains, I could bring him back, but still he's a villain I find interesting in discovering but also hate the most. Maybe in an au setting, maybe in canon-divergent portrayal. I still don't know.

14. Who is an author that inspires you?

I have an immediate answer to give cause I've had this conversation recently: F. Scott Fitzerald, Albert Camus and Nikos Kazatzakis. These three writers are the ones I like the most and their writing inspires me to no end. I think they all have a similar way of writing ( in my perspective at least ): simple writing ( not too many fancy words ), full of emotion where every sentence is poetry, and solid ( they don't use excessive words ), if that makes sense. Fitzerald is a writer I love since I was very young. Camus is a writer I discovered in the past year ( or two, time flies fast ), and Kazatzakis is a famous Greek writer I have the luck to read in his ( and my ) mother language, so I have an even better opinion of his writing ( I don't know in English Translation, but in Greek he's a difficult one to read, but his writing is wonderful. Sometimes translation from Greek to English tends to 'simplify' the meaning a bit ).

My point: this is the kind of style I aim for. Where I can trigger plethora of emotions with a single sentence that doesn't say too much, but enough. I have a long way to go, though, but I'm young and I hope for the best. 🤞

16 & 17. Favourite trope? / Least favourite trope?

I love it when two people meet, and at some point in writing, one gets to meet a different side of them. Meaning, once a certain bond is estabilished, for one muse to meet the one they thought they knew in a different way: have they turned to a child? A universe where their course of life had taken a different turn? A villain au? Anything that will make one muse see different sides of the other and understand them in a different level.

Castiel if he hadn't met Dean for example. Or Levi when he was an innocent child who had nobody in the world, or in his time as a ruthless criminal. Shoto when he was a child who wasn't haunted by trauma ( or right after his trauma ), or maybe him choosing to become a villain, instead of a hero. These kinds of things are my favorite scenarios, and I think mostly because many of my muses, don't reveal much about themselves, and these are the chances they will. It's the sort of scenario when: ‘ I've finally known the best and the worst of you ’.

Least favorite trope I think would be these sort of scenarios where muses pretend to be in love for some reason ( family or something ) and fall in love after. I just feel as if love is something that's MEANT to happen, and shouldn't be faked before it gets real.

#( omg thank you so much orion! i'm always so happy to find you on my notes either is it replies or some asks to get to! )#—× ooc.#—× ask.#—× ask (ooc).#lovepurposed

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wanderingblindly · 7 months ago

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@monacotrophywife tagged me to redo this, so let's see what's changed since November 2023 :) If anyone else has an old copy of this, consider yourself tagged again!!!!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

28 (up from TWELVE? jesus fucking christ get a LIFE)

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

159,730 (I ALMOST FUCKING DOUBLED IT?)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Still just F1! No interest in any others tbh.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos? -

Is It Gay to Watch Your Teammate on Tiktok? (Landoscar) - Still my top fic!

Hot Pink Ring Pops (Landoscar) - New addition from last time!

Middle Child Syndrome (Lestappen) - Still here, still cannot stand her hahahahhahaha

Second Time's the Charm (Lestappen) - Moved up a place!

Rules of Engagement (Lestappen) - Switched with Second Time's

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Still totally agree with previous liquid!! I view comments (giving and receiving) as a wonderful part of the community, so I love to reply!

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Still a pretty spineless worm, but I think that I've written a few... open but hopeful endings? That might leave a bit of angst on the tongue. Maybe 'I Know Your Name (But Not Who You Are)'?

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Yeah same as last year, i fucking love a getting together trope, so a lot of mine are happy endings hahahaha.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Nope!!!!!! Shoutout to all the lovely F1 readers!!!!!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

...yes... repeatedly....

LIMA HAD TO INFORM ME THAT I FUCKING APPARENTLY WRITE 'HARD KINK' WHICH LIKE, WHO WAS GONNA FUCKING TELL ME THAT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WASN'T MY GOAL BUT SURE OK

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Still no!! Also my ex cheated on me and she can fucking choke!

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

No one's had bad enough taste to claim mine as theirs lol << lmao still true

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

I've now had two of my F1 fics translated! Beggin' is available in Polish and Middle Child Syndrome is in Czech :)

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

@monacotrophywife and liquid official co writing when

14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

Sebchal was my first F1 love, and therefore will always have a special place in my heart. That said, I think it would be a tie between sebson and sewis? Sebastian is the common denominator, as always, and there's something about... them seeing him grow from red bull to ferrari, the trust and respect? I can't articulate it but god I love them.

Ok i still stand with the above from past-liquid. I love landoscar so deeply, but time willl tell if they become all-time for me.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Will I ever finish my angsty-domestic sebchal will I ever fucking finish it no i wont' but god fuck if i dont' wrangle with it at least once a month

16. What are your writing strengths?

Still really hard to say! I think maybe it's.... a willingness to try new things? 2024 has been a departure from my usual romcom and fluff content, and I've been experimenting with new themes (cannibalism, smut, pining). Idk if that's a strength, exactly, but I think it's a good thing :)

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I :) cannot :) shut :) up :)

Probably pacing as a result of my obsessive exposition dumping. I also frequently get arrested by the "he wouldn't fucking say that" police tbh.

Oh, and I'm trying to break the habit of writing in a way that sounds good in my very specific mental inflection, which often doesn't translate well when someone else reads it. That's a hard habit to break. << still guilty of this, though I think I've improved a bit.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I don't mind it if it has a thematic purpose, but just for funsies? I don't see the value add << also still agree!

19. First fandom you wrote for?

... Visual Kei ... the GazettE had content on livejournal back in the day

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

I'm very thankful to my earlier fics, especially 'Changes, Beginnings'. That writing experience felt really formative to my finding my voice, even though it's still developing and solidifying.

But favorite... I actually really really love Choking on Greatness. It was incredibly niche, and hardly romantic at all, but it was SUCH a stretch for me and I feel like I? Executed? What I wanted? Which is not something I can often say about fics -- especially unusual ones.

Tied for favorite is probably You Bring Me Closer to God. Similarly, this theme felt really new to me, but I feel like I conveyed exactly what I pictured. I also love the whole universe it spun in my head, I so rarely create expansive, sprawling concepts that getting to play around in one has been delightful (there... there will be a sequel,,, one day)

20 questions for fic writers - from the ever incredible @like-pilot-lights!!!!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

12! Although I've purged this account multiple times, so god only knows how many there used to be.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

84,147!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Currently just Formula 1, but my history is... questionable. (Dan and Phil, The Amazing Spiderman, Visual Kei)

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos? -

Is It Gay to Watch Your Teammate on Tiktok? (Landoscar) - genuinely had no idea this would garner so much interest?????

Middle Child Syndrome (Lestappen) - with love, this fic is the bane of my existence. Pacing whomst? Embarrassing to read tbh.

Rules of Engagement (Lestappen) - domestic fluff, my beloved!

Second Time's the Charm (Lestappen) - idiots in love, my beloved!

All The Stars We Cannot See (Lestappen) - this holds a fond place in my heart

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Always! The neglected youngest child in me craves validation like no other lol. Plus, I like the feeling of community it gives, especially when I see the same people in multiple works ^^

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I am a spineless worm and cannot write angst :)))))

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

uhhhhhh I'd say they're all similar? Ish? Love a "getting together" trope, man.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No, and I've never seen hate on any F1 fic I've read! Thank god

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

No, but -- according to my old fic archives -- FIFTEEN YEAR OLD LIQUID THOUGHT SHE COULD???? WHY????

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I haven't! Though my gf and I have a running joke of a Yuri on Ice!!! x F1 crossover

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

No one's had bad enough taste to claim mine as theirs lol

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes!!! It's still on my AO3 lol, but someone translated one of my Amazing Spiderman fics into Mandarin (it haunts me)

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? no, although

Not formally, but @like-pilot-lights and I basically spam each other in chat until we find the plot so... she's basically my co-author on everything lmao

14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

oop the sequel to Second Time's the Charm has been in my drafts for.... ages.... and for some reason just won't come to me. I'll never say I won't finish it though, the idea could hit at any time!

I've also had a lestappen twitch streamer AU in my drafts for ages, but I can't seem to nail down the tone? The characterization, maybe.

16. What are your writing strengths?

If I'm honest, I'm not entirely sure? I don't think I'm consistent enough in my writing to have any strengths. I guess my writing occasionally has a pretty specific style to it, so maybe 'stylizing'? If that's a strength?

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I :) cannot :) shut :) up :)

Probably pacing as a result of my obsessive exposition dumping. I also frequently get arrested by the "he wouldn't fucking say that" police tbh.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I don't mind it if it has a thematic purpose, but just for funsies? I don't see the value add

19. First fandom you wrote for?

... Visual Kei ... the GazettE had content on livejournal back in the day

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

Although I don't think it's my best fic, I have a soft spot for The Sum of Our Parts (sebchal). It was my second fic in the fandom, and it was the piece where I felt like I found my personal tone.

It was also the moment where I proved to myself that I could write more than one fic, that I could still come up with ideas like when I was younger. It was a very... solidifying experience, if that makes sense?

I'm thankful to that fic, despite all its flaws.

I think everyone I know has been tagged? Throwing a few people out there though, zero stress if you don't wanna do it <333 @felixsaysstuff @jennarations @f1-giuki @lattesqueeze

#crazy how much has changed in just a few months!!!!!#Tag games :)#writing.txt

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lumentears · 3 years ago

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Bloodborne NPCs rated by how well they would treat me on a date, from worst to best

Gascoigne's daughters obviously excluded.

21. Suspicious beggar

Listen, I know we all want a gentleman in the streets and a beast in the sheets, but we literally find him hunched over eating some people meat, and honestly, I'd rather you just take me to Denny's.

Rating: Even I, as a monsterfucker, must decline.

20. Skeptical man

I bet he would spend the entire time telling me about his upstart cheap funeral business. Scratch that, he'd take me to his upstart cheap funeral business and expect me to be impressed by his predatory installment payments and hidden fees.

Rating: No, I don't think buy-one-get-one-free is appropriate here, my guy.

19: Lonely old woman

I don't want to come off like a DARE-enthusiast but she literally needs sedatives in order to treat my like a human being. If you're going to need to pop some pills to stand the sight of me, I don't think we're right for each other.

Rating: Winners don't do drugs or something

18: Patches the Spider

Now, not to victim blame myself in this hypothetical situation, but with Patches, you know what you're getting into. You don't date a guy called Patches the Spider expecting him to be your one. You expect him to be the one that leaves you with the bill at an expensive restaurant.

Rating: Sends the most pathetic apology texts.

17: Old Hunter Yamamura

Big conspiracy theory vibes on this guy. Not neccessarily harmful, but you just can't keep a conversation going with a man who insists on reading you his conspiracy themed slam poetry.

Rating: Bad dates are a curse, and a curse is a shackle.

16: Iosefka, the real one

Please remember that this list is only concerned with the datability of the NPC, not how cute I personally find them. And, sadly, I think Iosefka gives off big married to her job vibes. Lots of so sorry, i got swamped at the clinic texts at 8pm while I've been inhaling free breadsticks at the Yharnam olive garden with nobody to stop me and only the pity of the staff for company as I insist my date will show up any second now.

Rating: *shoving old memes into my purse* I have to leave immediately

15: Provost Willem

It's Friends reruns at his place or nothing with this dude. Will not get up from his comfy chair and you'll have to find the snacks at his house on your own.

Rating: "Fear the old blood"? Not very adventurous of you.

14: Fauxsefka

Very hot and cold. I am 100 % aware that any date with Fauxsefka is going to end with me being experimented upon, but until then, I'll be in for a delightfully sinister night. The most unselfaware evil date of them all.

Rating: "Don't worry...I'll be with you for the rest of your life."

13: Vileblood Hunter Alfred

Yeah, yeah, I know he's dreamy. I just don't have the energy to listen to a guy who's clearly still hung up on his ex. I don't want to compete with a dude named Martyr Logarius.

Rating: Looking for a martyr in your relationship just doesn't seem healthy to me.

12: Brador

He's got the YA bad boy vibes. Just look at his laid-back lean, his long hair, his antlers...

Imagine going out to do whatever YA bad boys do on a date...smoking in public and heckling skaters at a skatepark or something, only to find out that the dude you're on a date with used to be an assassin for the church. What are you going to talk about now? Can you even ask questions anymore? What he lets something slip you weren't supposed to know and now he has to kill you?

Rating: 20 questions is probably off the table.

11: Annalise, queen of the vilebloods

She's always a tad distant, don't you think? Like yes, I will take the 5 bad leftist points and admit sometimes thinking about being courted by a queen like in the good old times is big sexy, but in reality as long as she insists I kneel before talking to her we'll never see eye to eye.

Rating: Also she canonically rejects you after offering her the ring of betrothal and I don't think I can handle that.

10: Valtr

Not a bad guy, per se. Definitely has the influence to take me somewhere nice. I'm just very uncomfortable by the fact that he apparently has never heard of trapping the vermin under a glass and putting it outside. Valtr, you don't have to kill the wiggly blood centipede because it's gross!

Rating: Fake date scheme: Instead of calling an exterminator, fake date a hunter.

9: Adella the Nun

It pains me very much to say this, but realistically, Adella probably wouldn't be the best date. You'd ask her where she wanted to go and she'd be all like "oh, I don't mind as long as it's with you" and you'd be left thinking "what a nice sentiment, but we've been dating for five months and I still don't know anything about your interests!"

Rating: Voted most likely to say I love you on the first date.

8: Simon the Harrowed

A tad gossipy. He would be all like "Do you know why this Six Flags was closed last summer? Apparently two kids got flung out of the roller coaster only two months apart, and all they did over the summer was raise the minimum age of that coaster." Like, thanks for the fun facts but do you think you could have chosen literally any other point in time to divulge it than when we were being strapped in for the roller coaster ride?

7: Retired Hunter Djura

A compassionate man! Also a man that would have his house filled with a shit ton of animals he rescued, and would introduce you to each and every one. That's cute and all, but you're never quite sure if he actually knows what he's doing with all these animals.

Rating: Do...do you have a license to keep that alligator?

6: The Doll

Makes you the best tea. Actually, she would take you on the best date, but there'd always be something missing. I'd always be wondering if she isn't just mirroring what she thinks I'd want out of a date.

Rating: Don't mind me spiralling over the moral implications of dating the doll.

5: Saint Adeline

She's kind, gentle and incredibly sweet. She'd also mention some fucked up self-depricating thing about herself or her past so offhandedly that you wouldn't even know where to begin to talk about it, and she's dropped that verbal bomb like it's nothing, but it would leave you a tad uncomfortable nevertheless.

Rating: Hold up. Wait. Just a second. You know it's not healthy to refer to yourself as nothing, right?

4: Gilbert

We're both outsiders in a city that's notably very unfriendly towards outsiders. There's so much to bond over, and we could help each other with our respective troubles! Sadly, he is in the process of turning into a beast, but he's being safe about it and everything!

Rating: Suspicious beggar wishes he were you.

3: Arianna, Woman of the Night

If common theories are to be believed, she really is the best of both worlds: Descended of the Vilebloods but also one of us common folk. And she's got a stable income, honestly, what can't this woman do? Of course, there's the whole eldritch pregnant with an alien baby situation, but honestly, it's your loss if you're not up to it.

Rating: What more can I say but MILFBACAL (mother i'd like to fuck but also cherish and love)?

2: Oedon Chapel Dweller

Seems to me like a real picnic date person. Definitely has some moments of uncomfortable self-deprecation as well, but I think they just need some support in order to get the help they need to find their way out of those patterns.

Rating: Hands just the right size to hold.

1: Eileen the Crow

She's just got it figured out. Of all of the Bloodborne NPCs, she's the one who's got her life together, well, as together as one can have their life in Yharnam. She's got a stable job, she knows when to quit, and even if she's grouchy about it, she will accept help when she needs it. She's an outsider too, but she's also got plenty of experience in Yharnam and in life in general.

Rating: Sweep me off my feet any time!

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