#I don’t totally consider it canon but HOLY COW

[skyward-floored]

Sudden surge of love for alttp zelink

[pain-in-the-butler]

salutations, gamers

it’s been quiet around here, but what say we spice things up a lil with the official unofficial season 4 of the Black Butler Hunger Games

It all starts with butler on butler violence. Fitting

Alas, we’ve already lost R!Ciel, so I guess there will be no twin shenanigans this time 😔

Even in the Hunger Games simulator, O!Ciel is trying to protect Soma from finding out he has a dead twin......... I’m not crying you’re crying

EVERYONE IS OUT HERE PROTECTING THE GOOD AND PURE BOYS (I wonder how long that will last)

That... might actually be stronger than his canon death scythe

gold star, bud

that was probably the right call, Lau

GDI WOLFRAM, IT HAS BEEN TWO MINUTES (though I guess that’s still less ridiculous than Sieglinde starving to death after half a day)

And thus, it begins

Day 1

Curious if we’ll see the return of responsible Father Phipps and his casual adoption of a child character amidst the carnage

Sieglinde really said “this ain’t my first rodeo”

it’s just a regular day of playing hide n seek in the garden for Finny

I love Harcourt’s weird energy, because whether he’s popping up in the Hunger Games or in the Kuroshit manga itself, he’s just kind of There making things feel Less Canon

stag party + Macmillan

I promise you he’s still not worth it, girl

I mean, maybe he’s worth it?

Other events:

Ran-Mao fishes

Lizzie finds a river

Bard runs from Soma

Ronald gets some boom boom dynamite

anyway,

Night 1

this is like one of those parties where two people know each other really well and talk loudly the whole time while everyone else are virtual strangers and just kind of awkwardly avoid eye contact the whole time

SIEGLINDE THAT IS ***NOT*** HOW I WANTED YOUR POTENTIAL REIGN OF TERROR TO START

Lizzie has never gotten her due, RNGesus please I beg you

is Sebastian fending them from his fire or is he doing a weird hoppy demon hell dance while Ronald, Grell, and Mey-Rin decide to leave because it’s uncomfortable

good boy squad

do you think the fight was about whose vision is the worst

okay so we’re clearly dealing with Blue Cult!Soma and not Curry!Soma got it

yeah that was a lot to take in, thanks for reminding us to hydrate Mr. Tanaka

Agni, please, he let you have the bag, must you antagonize him

Also, Undertaker receives an explosive as a gift. That was a very eventful night holy cow

Day 2

AGNI INDIRECTLY MURDERED HIM. WE ALL SAW IT

we stan a fast queen

Tanaka’s seen enough. He knows Will’s out for blood

I didn’t post this, but Lizzie took a trident from the cornucopia...................

the Midford sibling killers dealing with the psychological aftermath of their crimes

Bard really did win last time by just having fun and being himself, so I guess he’s giving that approach another shot

do you think they’re in neighboring bushes

Father Phipps considers his next adopted son

There were other highlights, but guess what tumblr didn’t save this properly and they got eaten (fortunately this was the only thing that was totally unsalvageable)(tumblr also ate my original and second explanation for this, thanks tumblr!)

Over the past twenty-four hours, we lost Lizzie, Ciel, Lau, Edward, and Othello. The salute meme is really more fitting here, but I already used it 1.5 times

Night 3

Soma and Agni talk happily during their whole shift, then two others take over and it’s silent as death

You know Undertaker dug that pit as a grave for whoever he managed to kill next, climbed out of it, started laughing, lost his balance, fell into the pit, and died

That HAS to be just. The most interesting conversation

Tanaka doesn’t fuck around with fires anymore

THE PHANTOMHIVE SERVANTS ARE ALL TOGETHER AGAIN.......... wait I just realized I don’t have Snake in this omg. Snake, how could I do you like this

Harcourt is really bringing his canon energy to this round

I would probably have nightmare too if Harcourt were out in the woods screaming

You kill Best Girl and it all goes downhill from there

Day 3

Will actually killed the Phantomhives and someone’s out here supporting him. Unbelievable

Sebastian gives Sieglinde and Finny advice on how to “get over” killing someone

Aww, it’s really kind of Ran-Mao to make Macmillan feel like he’s an actual threat to anyone, especially her, she even sprained her ankle in the process, #1 big sister mug for you Ran-Mao

my man

NO!!!!!! STOP KILLING MY DAUGHTERS

Grey decided Soma got a little too Blue Cult Arc for his britches

Other highlights:

Harcourt goes fishing

Father Phipps is gifted some food

Grell has a lil nap time

Bard stalks Tanaka

Night 3

Strong DadBard energy in the chat

We love you, rare pairs simulator

Nighttime Seb is just completely feral

Why do I feel like I’ve never seen this status before. It’s nighttime, and Ran-Mao just goes to sleep. She doesn’t do anything, nor does anything bad happen to her. She just has herself a good ol rest. Let the sun set on this cesspool of degeneracy, huh girl. What a mood

Father Phipps can think about murdering everybody. As a treat

Other events:

Finny gets clean water and reminds us all to hydrate

Ronald gets even more boom boom dynamite

William gets medical supplies as a gift, even though he’s the one out here causing the most injuries

Day 4

leave my wife alone you BASTARDS

they’re just playimg tag ;;;;__;;;;

I’m really feeling Ronald’s struggles on a personal level

Meanwhile, I’m just not sure what Agni’s energy is this round

WEE WOO WEE WOO WEE WOO

Other highlights:

Harcourt also gets berry-picking ouchies

Grey gets a first-aid kit

Ran-Mao chases Phipps

Wow, no one’s died in a day. Will definitely wants to change that

Night 4

damn Phipps just made four enemies, though I’m at least vaguely convinced Ronald was just in the wrong Ronald place at the wrong Ronald time

Tanaka, nooo! It’s a trap!

Well, we found the fire that Phipps saw

the rare pairs sim knows no bounds

Finny was a war machine in the last Hunger Games, but this time he’s just the ultimate soft boy, and I don’t trust Agni not to kill him

wtf, the boys are so so wholesome this time

Day 5

Grell gets it

When the berries prick you from the inside, you know it’s all over... For you, Grandpa Tanaka, I’ll pour out the meme one more time

Oh my god, you guys, I don’t think Ronald was in the wrong Ronald place at the wrong Ronald time. I think he’s gone to the bad

Father Phipps....... you will be missed

looks like someone partied a little too hard around the hellfire

Reluctant my ass, season 4 Hunger Games Agni is unhinged

Other events:

Sieglinde overhears Father Bard and his son Finny talking in the distance

Ran-Mao picks fruit and bides her time

To make up for yesterday’s quiet, today four people were offed: Grey, Phipps, Tanaka, and Harcourt. Gotta say, as usual I have no idea who’s going to win, but I’m very pleased that so many of the girls are left, even if Sieglinde had to be the one to kill Lizzie (never forget)t

Night 5

at last we’ve unlocked the common pairs simulator

Even though everything is random, these four have cemented themselves in my mind as the biggest dangers to the other contestants

Grell is a mom now

holy shit, I somehow forgot Will was actually the one I found most worrying, but he just took himself out so that’s not a problem anymore either

also Macmillan got an infection but don’t worry, he treated it, he’s a good boy scout

You know when this happens it means we’re about to experience some shit

Am I going to keep selling the idea that this is a repercussion from killing Lizzie? You know I am

guys, I’m gonna be real with you, I’m PMSing a little today and Finny’s arc in this Hunger Games anime could make me cry if I thought about it too hard

There is way too much girl-on-girl violence in this round and it’s making me Displeased

GUYS, RONALD SERIOUSLY WENT TO THE BAD, AND IF HE HURTS FINNY, I, I JUST DON’T KNOW

Day 6

NO. THIS ISN’T HAPPENING

NOOO

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-

OH COOL, I’M GLAD SOMEONE’S HAVING A GOOD TIME

Oh, what’s wrong, hellboy? Fire too blasé for you in the daytime? Look, I’m sorry for snapping, I’m just really upset about Finny okay

Ronald. Listen. I never thought I’d say this but... I need you to kill Grell. It’s... It’s the only way. It’s the only way we can move on from the pain

Six people lost today. William and Agni? They were kind of asking for it. Sieglinde? Well, she killed Lizzie. Ran-Mao? It hurt a little, not gonna lie. But MACMILLAN. And FINNY. THEY WERE JUST CAMPING. You really didn’t have to do it to em

Night 6

Four left, and they’re all just hanging out. Ronald, who started out so relatable and turned out so dark. Grell, who was a mom, until she betrayed her sons, and thus betrayed me. Sebastian, he's a simple demon with simple pleasures. Bard? He’s the hero we need. Who will it be? I feel that the answer is just on the horizon...

Day 7

okay, so it turns out the answer was not just on the horizon

Night 7

Is Ronald luring Grell into a false sense of security so he can stake out his kill? Bard is fucking around; meanwhile, Sebastian is feeling fucked up, and girl, same

Day 8

Wait. Uh. Holy shit

So, I always feel like I get rabbit-punched by the abrupt endings that Hunger Games sim doles out, but emotions fail me even more this time. All the shit hit the fan at once. Just as Seb decided he was jealous of Grell’s goodies, Ronald forgot to hydrate and sweet, wholesome Bard went kablooey. So look at that. Sebastian won. But what a circumstantial victory. I tell you what, I usually only get so invested in these Hunger Games sims, but this one really took the cake. My writing/pics kept getting deleted (thanks, Tumblr) and it actually took around three hours to make this entire post (not including some edits from future me, who is writing this bit in parentheses), so that might create some added emotional weight. But still. What a roller coaster. Incredible. Seb, inarguably the hungriest character in Black Butler, at last has his own Hunger Games victory.

[junikshanasar]

bnha chapter 323 thoughts

im backkkkkkk from Alberta and also bnha deprived!

and yet somehow there are only two chapters to catch up on ಥ_ಥ

But wow, WOW, what a chapter to return to

For one, I love how we finally see how smart Principal Nezu really is. His intelligence as been alluded to multiple times, and heck, his quirk is literally being super duper smart, but so far it feels like UA’s safety system has been overstated, what with being broached by villains twice, but consider that nobody actually broke into UA? It was always in a separate facility.

And nice, this cute rodent set up such an intricate system based off his intuition! What a chad

Nezu just feels so reliable, somehow it feels we can’t go wrong when he’s involved. I also love how he didn’t wait for all the admin stuff and went right ahead to pay out of his pocket, really shows how much he cares for his students, and also what a incredible person he is in this world.

Like oh my god?!! And it totally makes sense he’s a major contributor to quirk morality, as a literal lab rat that we’ve seen holds memories of the way he’s been treated before.

Honestly kaminari is so perfect, he’s just me this entire chapter

Kiri and Tokoyami just pointing at each other lol

I actually really love how we can see the closeness between characters now

Look at Bakugou and Todoroki, I said this before but they are for real such great friends now, and honestly my favourite friendship because their dynamic is just hilarious

Also I lowkey miss the Shiketsu kids, in particular Inasa and Camie. Bring back the Disaster Squad!

Also, awwwwwww we all seem to ferget that these kids have parents! And families!

She’s so worried oh my god poor Mama Midoriya, when I saw this I couldn’t help but want to yell at the crowd to see that this kid they’re all bashing is so young, and has a worried mother crying her eyes out

(also look at Mitsuki holding her back so she doesn’t get hurt, I think these two are still friends? I don’t think Inko or Mitsuki actually knew abt Bakugou’s bullying. Regardless, it’s sweet to see camaraderie between the UA kids parents)

Eri! And Monoma. These two got close when practicing with her quirk, that’s cute. Everyone likes to put together Shinsou and Eri, though I don’t think they acc ever interact in canon. Not that I hate Shinsou-Eri sibling life, but just saying Monoma’s got the older brother role down pat too =￣ω￣=

Kota! And Ragdoll. Is she still quirkless? Eri could technically reverse that, right?

This acc made me laugh, because I genuinely couldn’t recognize Endeavor in this get up

Also holy cow I am so close to beating these civilians up

There’s just so much spite and hostility, Mido’s danger sense is going haywire

But it’s ok, because we have Uraraka, the true mvp of this arc. She does what we all wanted to do, and screams at everyone to open their eyes and look:

Actually you can see she’s been brewing about this for a while,

You can see she took the tackling with full power to heart, and throughout the confrontation with the crowd:

She’s been watching, until she finally decides to take it into her own hands.

Also lol, did you really need the megaphone present mic??

And yea, I love how Nezu’s thoughts about surpassing All Might are over Uraraka’s panel:

Bakugou says it himself, they’re all here to step up when Midoirya can’t by himself. Surpassing All Might isn’t just Midoirya’s duty, but the duty of all of Class A, and the rest of the future generation of heroes.

Truly an inspiring chapter, but anyway im yeeting to go read the next one so look forward to my thoughts on that tomorrow!

[charlietheepicwriter7]

Ruche and the Miraculous Order

So, I love zoe-onee-sama’s Scarlet Lady AU as much as the next person, but I couldn’t help but think...

What if Chat Noir didn’t want to be the responsible partner? 

It makes sense why he does so in Scarlet Lady, since he’s paired with Chloe of all people for a Ladybug, but... Canon Adrien uses Chat Noir as an escape from his responsibilities. It’s his freedom. Plus, he did kinda enable Chloe for most of their childhood--certainly, he didn’t know how she was like at school, but wouldn’t he have seen how she treated her butler? Any other children around them (like Felix)? Hell, maybe even Sabrina? He didn’t call her out on her behavior until school, and while he probably doesn’t know better, it still happened and is still bad. 

So, what if he doesn’t want to be the leader of the Miraculous Team?

First, Paris would be in chaos. Not every day, no stop to the panic chaos, but akuma battles would take hours, because Coccinelle (I don’t want to use Scarlet Lady since that is zoe-onee-sama’s thing and seriously, read her comic, it’s great) and Chat Noir keep goofing off and getting caught. It’s an outright miracle that their miraculous haven’t been taken yet.  Coccinelle doesn’t say a heroic speech to Hawkmoth’s floating head at the end of Origins, so Paris doesn’t really have a lot of faith in Coccinelle and Chat, but there is no one else to rely on and they still technically get the job done, so that’s what matters, right?

(Nevermind that the two just hide or give up during a few of the less destructive akumas bc they don’t want to do anything, so Hawkmoth just calls back the akuma). 

Second, there’s no guardian in this. Mostly because I don’t like Master Fu, but also because there’s no reasonable explanation why he wouldn’t take the miraculous back once he saw how these two were behaving. So the miraculous are just... floating around everywhere. 

Third, Chloe and Adrien totally know each other’s identities. Chloe would have demanded after Origins (after harassing poor Ivan) so they know. This gives Chloe leverage over Adrien so he doesn’t end up making friends with most of the class, since Chloe threatens to out them every time he misbehaves. This allows Adrien to be sympathetic while also still allowing him to be a minor antagonist. 

Yeah, I said antagonist. Because Marinette is the protagonist (and I’m a sucker for villains to lovers).

So, Marinette is still trying to fight back against Chloe. She doesn’t have her miraculous, so she’s not as confident about standing up for herself, but that’s helped by best-friendship-pals, Alya and Nino. They’re a trio who supports each other. Mari doesn’t get her crush on Adrien, since Chloe is keeping him directly under her thumb, but she does pity him, like she does Sabrina. Mari gets akumatized pretty early on in this ‘verse, probably because Chloe used Coccinelle to harass her and she snapped. That fight was the worst the duo ever faced, nearly killing both heroes, and it was only because Alya filmed the starting incident that Chloe didn’t manage to get Mari thrown in jail. Still, the rest of the school thinks she’s snap any second now... everyone but Bustier’s class, anyway. She’s low-key a punk now.

Alya still has her blog, but it’s centered around the akumas rather than Coccinelle. It’s called the Akuma Report and is the only blog out there with a built in alarm feature warning about akumas (since fights are hours now, a lot of people get footage). She is also the only blog that can criticize the miraculous duo; Chloe got her father to take down blogs for fake libel accusations and SLAPP suits to then drag it out into court and waste everyone’s time. The only reason the Akuma Report is spared is because Alya’s got Max as a co-creator on the sight. 

Nino, since he isn’t friends with Adrien in this AU, so he mostly hangs with Alya and Mari. He still has his crush on Marinette, only to get another on Alya, so he’s now crushing on both his friends at the same time (which could lead to poly!heroes, idk yet). He’s the mom friend of the group, since Alya and Mari build off each other’s chaos. 

A few months after Coccinelle and Chat Noir’s debut, Mari, Alya, and Nino start finding their miraculous. I considered other combinations, but I think Bee! Mari, Fox! Alya, and Turtle! Nino work best (originally I considered Turtle!Mari, but I don’t think Nino would clash well with the Fox. But just imagine Nino trying to put the Bee comb in his fuzz hair). They each find it one at a time--Mari finding the comb at a thrift store while looking to upcycle some clothes, Alya found the necklace at the lost and found at the Hotel, Nino’s was a gift from his grandfather (who could also have been a former guardian but is too old to use it anymore idk). The point is, they all get them independently from each other, probably Mari and Alya first with Nino coming a little later. 

Mari has no intention of coming forward to help the Miraculous Duo, since her anxiety convinces her that they’ll think she’s an akuma and attack right away (in fact, that was basically what happened in Volpina in this ‘verse), so she stays to the shadows. She goes out on patrol, since Coccinelle and Chat don’t and are only out and about when other people can fawn over them. So, she patrols and practices until she finds a fox-shaped person--Alya. 

They do the Spiderman meme, thinking the other is an akuma and tussle for a bit, not that Paris notices. Alya knocks Mari down and snatches the comb, what she thinks is the akumatized object, and surprise! It’s your bestie! And it’s not an akuma, it’s a miraculous. Alya detransforms and they have a little freak out that they wailed on their best friend. Until they realize--their bestie can fight. They have the means to fight Hawkmoth. They’re going to fight Hawkmoth. 

But there’s no akuma for a while, so they meet up in secret to train. Around this time, Nino gets the Turtle and learns from Wayzz that the Fox and Bee are active, so he searches for them. They think’s an akuma and, just like the first time, they wail on him until he detransforms. He’s kinda annoyed until he realizes that, hey, these are his best friends, holy cow. They tell him their plan to fight Hawkmoth and he joins in. 

The only problem is the Miraculous Duo. See, without the Ladybug Miraculous, they can’t fix the city and, like it or not, Coccinelle still occasionally uses Miraculous Ladybug. So they need to get the Ladybug Miraculous. 

It doesn’t make sense that only Ladybug and Chat Noir can purify/destroy an akuma, so I say all holders can purify akumas (but not fix the city) and until I figure out how each, they just eat the akuma. They eat the akuma and burp up a purified butterfly. That’s how it works now. 

So, imagine. It’s Hero’s Day, Coccinelle and Chat Noir are totally overwhelmed by the massive amounts of force being thrown at them, they’re about to die, when three figures come into save them. The three are a well oiled machine, covering each other’s weaknesses, with the Bee at the head. They manage to push back the akuma’s to get to Hawkmoth, the Bee delivers her hero speech about how they’re not afraid of Hawkmoth and how they’ll be the ones to defeat him (learning that the Bee is called Ruche, the fox is Rena Rogue, and the turtle is Carapace). They push Hawkmoth back, clearly saving the day to Coccinelle’s ire, and then, turning to the duo, demand: 

“Give us the Ladybug Miraculous.” 

[sage-nebula]

1 3 5 7 and 12 for Iron Dad + Spider Son!!

1.) If you had to change their very first meeting, how would you change it?

Honestly, if we consider the fact that their very first (unofficial) meeting was in Iron Man 2 when Tony saved Peter at the expo, then I wouldn’t want to change it. Even though Tony didn’t really know that was Peter at the time, everything about that moment is just so perfect to me, because:

Peter, despite being such a little boy who was just wearing a toy helmet and (I think?) glove, actually raised his hand as if to blast the robot that was attacking him. He couldn’t do anything to it, but unlike all the adults around him who were running away, Peter stood his ground and tried to fight back, and if that’s not foreshadowing for the fact that Peter would one day be a hero in his own right, I don’t know what is.

Instead of jumping in front of Peter to blast the robot, Tony stood behind Peter to do it, thereby making Peter think (at least for a second) that he was the one who did it. Tony even said, “Nice work, kid!” afterward as if to reinforce this. Sure, Peter couldn’t have and didn’t do anything, but he tried, and Tony recognized that, and Tony wanted to take two seconds out of the battle to give Peter that encouragement. There is no doubt at all in my mind that that particular moment was what made Peter idolize Tony so much in coming years. Iron Man not only told him he did nice work, but also saved his life. Even though I’m sure Peter never brought this up to Tony, I highly doubt he ever forgot it. (Bonus: I bet after that Peter went on and on and on about it to May, and so she was well aware of how much he loved Iron Man, and so no doubt when Tony showed up at their flat in Civil War, that look she gave to Peter with the raised eyebrows and all was totally your hero is here to see YOU, isn’t that something? Like she was excited and happy for him not only for the grant, but also because that was his hero and she no doubt could tell he was wigging on the inside. (For different reasons than she suspected, but still.)

THAT MOMENT CARRIES SUCH HIGH OCTANE MUFASA AND SIMBA ENERGY. Specifically—okay, so Tony stands behind Peter and blasts the robot, therefore making Peter think (at least for a second) that it was him, right? Well, do you remember that scene in The Lion King where the hyenas have Simba and Nala cornered, and Simba keeps trying to roar to scare them off, and then this massive, ear-splitting roar shakes the air, and for a hot second Simba thinks it’s him, but then he turns around and realizes it was Mufasa who appeared on the scene to save his son? MMHMMMM. The only difference is Peter didn’t get in trouble (at least from Tony) after the fact, but otherwise? MUFASA AND SIMBA, CLEAR AS DAY.

So I don’t think I’d change anything about their first meeting there, even if it was unofficial. As for their official first meeting in Civil War … honestly I’m not sure I’d change anything there, either. Maybe I’d make Peter a little more excited to see Tony at first, before he realizes that Tony is there because he discovered his secret and panics / gets upset. I might also nix Tony’s “I’m going to pretend you didn’t just say that” line about Peter’s homework, because Tony actually takes Peter’s schoolwork seriously (he wants Peter to go to MIT ffs), so I can’t see him being so dismissive (although maybe from his perspective it’s because he was like goddamn this child is young, but desperate times called for desperate measures). But other than that I loved that scene, too, especially with Peter explaining why he does what he does and that resonating with Tony so deeply, gosh. (Also the fact that Tony had a spidersuit ready-made? He was planning to meet Peter and give him the upgrade long before Civil War. It’s just that Civil War pushed that deadline up.)

3.) What is your favorite AU/prompt idea/trope for your pairing?

AU: MMMM, well, honestly, I’ve loved all the ones we’ve talked about, and I do have a favorite but I don’t want to say so publicly just yet because I plan on writing it soon! You can probably guess it, though, because we’ve talked about it recently … I also really like the Venom AU, though, although with the movie that came out recently I’m hesitant about writing that one because the Venom in my AU is definitely villainous, and I wouldn’t want to tick off any fans of the Venom movie, haha. All of that said, I also have plans for a Fix-It AU for Endgame, so … we’ll see how quickly I can get that written and posted.

Prompt Idea: Listen, I am 1000000% here for anything where Peter is hurt or put in danger and Tony engages the Papa Wolf Protocol. Like, I do want it to be in reason—fics where Peter is taken down or out too easily / without much of a fight aren’t my jam, because this kid is a superhero, he’s Spider-Man, he lifted a building off himself when he was wearing pajamas, he can do so much more!—but I absolutely love Tony being a protective dad for Peter who will rain down hellfire on anyone who dares to hurt his kid. Give me all of that, I can never get enough.

Trope: Just give me all that beautiful, glorious, Papa Wolf, but I’m also here for Parent In Distress wherein Peter helps out Tony, as we saw in both Infinity War AND Endgame. But I’m really here for all genres of Iron Dad and Spider-Son. I honestly, truly cannot get enough.

5.) Favorite canon moment of them?

I love pretty much every single moment they had together (even that dressing down in Homecoming, as painful as it was), but god, I’m going to have to say the hug in Endgame is the ultimate. Everything about it is just absolute. The way Peter saves Tony right before they reunite; the way Peter immediately starts rambling on without taking breath as soon as he runs up to Tony (and also, “Holy cow, you would not believe what’s been happening!” Peter, sweetie … he has more of an idea about it than you do right now jdkslfds); Tony’s fucking face, the way you can see him being a bit dazed at first, then his eyes lighting up as he sees Peter in front of him, then the way he swallows and his face contorts as he’s physically fighting back tears; the way Tony says “hug me” right before he pulls Peter into a hug (it’s so quiet it’s hard to hear but it’s THERE, I’ve watched a camera rip of this scene 93058349058403543 times with the volume all the way up); the way Peter says, “Oh, this is nice” as he hugs Tony back; the way Tony hugs him TIGHTER after Peter says that and the way they both close their eyes into it. We started at “this isn’t a hug, I’m just getting the door for you, we’re not there yet” and now we’re at “hug me” and god FUCK my entire heart is crying in the BEST way.

I just wish it wasn’t followed by so much TRAGEDY afterward.

7.) Favorite headcanon? (Your own or someone else’s)

I have to say, I loved the idea of Peter being a groomsman at Tony’s wedding, and I’m so sad that couldn’t happen for obvious reasons. I love that we’ve all collectively agreed that he is Morgan’s big brother, because obviously, yes. Also, as much as it kills me, I love the idea that Tony listened to all of Peter’s voicemails and watched all of his vlogs (including the “little video diary” he made of the trip in Civil War / Homecoming) over and over, and saved them all, never once even thinking about deleting them after Peter’s death in Infinity War. It’s so painful, but I can’t imagine any other possibility.

I also love the idea that Tony and May co-parent Peter (with Pepper helping out sometimes as well). Because let’s be honest, they do. They’re 100% on the same page with regards to Peter’s safety, there’s no way they wouldn’t be successful co-parents.

12.) If you had to take them and plunk them into another fandom, what fandom would that be? Why?

Well, there’s the obligatory Pokémon AU where Tony is a veteran trainer (perhaps even the Champion on top of being CEO of Stark Industries, which would make pokémon tech in this universe) and Peter is a new trainer that stumbles across Tony’s path and that Tony takes under his wing. It’s obligatory because I love Pokémon so much how could I not consider this?

Other than that, I’m not sure! They work so well where they are I’m not sure I have very much compulsion to move them, especially since I’m not really into other superhero series so I’ve not got many ideas that would necessarily fit their powers / abilities, haha.

[larryfanfiction]

Ao3?   

objectlesson

Tumblr?   

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Name?  

Phoenix

Age?  

26

How long have you been a fan of One Direction?  

Oh god, I only got into them in May, and even then I wouldn’t have felt comfortable calling myself a fan until around July or August. So only about five months! I’m a baby Directioner, probably why I’m not dead inside yet.

What is your favorite fic?  

Wild and Unruly by 100percentsassy and Gloria Andrews. It’s seriously one of my favorite works of art in the entire universe, it’s the romance novel I wish I had when I was seventeen and longing for queer cowboys and drama and star crossed lovers and angst. It’s perfect. I feel like they looked into my soul and saw how much I needed ranch Harry singing Dolly Parton to a cow, and an almost kiss happening after he sucks amniotic fluid out of a calve’s nose. That is just so up my alley. I absolutely adore that story, everything about it. It probably helps that I have a cat named Jolene who I’m more than a little obsessed with.

When did you start writing?  

I’ve been writing since I was a tiny child (my mom would hand bind my ‘books’ with ribbon!) but I’ve been writing fan fiction for like fifteen years. The first fic I ever wrote was when I was 12, and it was bandom slash so I apparently haven’t changed much.

What was your favorite fic to write and why?  

My favorite 1D fic to write was probably A Little Love is Better than None because it was one of my very first ventures into the fandom so I was still figuring out their characters and voices, which was such a pleasure. It just sort of flooded out really easily and naturally too, like it was waiting to be written. I also LOVE to write pining and Harry pines HARD in that story.

How and where do you find inspiration? 

 Everywhere, honestly! I’m a people watcher and I really enjoy writing in chaotic environments like the food court at the mall, partially so I can constantly be observing the mess of humanity around me and draw energy from that. I’m also really inspired by the raw material of this fandom. You probably noticed I mostly write canon fic, and that’s largely because this canon is so incredibly rich with lore and evidence and text, it’s begging to be mined for the sake of storytelling. I watch interviews all the time (there are so many holy shit) and I take so much inspiration from them, just watching these boys interact and observing their power dynamics and their body language and their patterns and evolution and chemistry. I’m not sure I’ve ever stumbled into a fandom so inspiring, honestly.

Are any of your stories influenced by personal experience?   

VERY MUCH SO. I draw enormous amounts of inspiration from my own experiences as a queer teenager navigating sexual exploration and heartbreak. I love writing queer coming of age stories in part because I wad so deeply and indelibly affected by the love and pain and longing and newness I felt as an adolescent, the first time I fell in love or has my heart broken. I love trying to capture the enormity and terror of teenage love in my writing.

How do you get over writer’s block?  

I go read fanfiction!! Nothing helps be reframe my own writing than reading talented authors who are perhaps telling the same story (two guys meet and fall in love and are changed forevermore) but telling it in an entirely different way.

How often do you sit down to write? What does your ideal work setting look like?  

I try and write every other day at least but it gets hard with life and work and whatnot. That being said, I usually write at least three times a week for several hours when I’m really in the middle of something. Ideally, I’m at a corner table with an outlet at a busy Peets Coffee, listening to a playlist I made specifically for whatever I’m writing, and sipping a latte! I love writing in chaotic, crowded places with lots of people and energy occupying the space. Unfortunately, I don’t always get first pick of coffee shop and end up writing a lot at the Starbucks by my work, which is not ideal but definitely my stomping grounds.

Pick 3 things that are absolutely necessary to make a good story!  

TENSION, MUTUAL PINING, AND DRAMATIC RESOLUTION!!! I absolutely LIVE for slow build stories with lots and tension building over thousands of words. Live for it. I love those moments where the air is crackling and they’re both breathless and electric and terrified, wanting each other so bad without knowing for certain the other is truly interested?! My absolute favorite. Of course, there has to be a resolution though, and the ones that work best for me are dramatic and have a double reveal…like I totally enjoy the tension breaking over something physical like a kiss, but I really love when they actually talk about if afterwards. Like, “I had a crush on you the whole time!!” “No way, me too!!!” Only…better written, you get the idea.

A good character in literature is usually one that goes through a lot of changes and grows dynamically from beginning to end. What is/are your favorite character arcs, and could you give us an example of one from one of your stories?  

My favorite character arc is when a teenager is starting to really explore and understand his or her sexuality. Navigating the terror of that desire, forging the storm even though it’s scary, and being rewarded ultimately with mutual love is something I never, ever get tired of reading in all its incarnations. For example, Louis figuring himself out in A Taste of Poison Paradise, realizing how his experiences with Hannah compared to what he was feeling with Harry, and attempting to shore up that part of himself and his history in the face of falling in love so suddenly. MY JAM.

What is your favorite genre/tag to write? 

PINING!!! Also love Hurt/Comfort and a number of different kink tags I wont go into ;)

Are you currently working on something? Can we have a little preview?  

I’m working on sooooo many different WIPs! Here’s a little teaser from one of my many X Factor stories in the works:

Louis scrolls through his music for the right song and Harry steals glances at his face, the sharp line of his cheekbone somehow existing alongside the soft curve of his cheek, his blue eyes scanning contemplatively across the screen, his pink tongue poking at pursed lips. Harry’s neck gets hot. Louis is the cutest boy he’s ever seen in his entire life, he’s thought so since the second he saw him, and frantically texted his friends THERES A BOY WHO LOOKS LIKE FRANKIE FROM THE SATURDAYS HERE!!!! shortly before actually meeting Louis and sending the follow up text: frankie boy is named louis like lou-ee and im in love. he seems gay but he has a gf apparently?? :(

That text seems like fate now because he was obviously joking about being in love then, but he did end up falling in love, fast and hard and sudden, the kind of love that he didn’t even have time to talk himself out or or get frightened by because it was just there, choking him like a vine, covering the whole of his heart so that he could not move without gouging himself on a thorn. It just was.  He sighs to himself, thumbing over Louis’s earbud, imagining all the times he laid in his bed in Doncaster with it in his ear, listening to music while he was studying, or feeling sad, or wishing he wasn’t alone.

“Found it,” Louis announces, and Harry considers the fact that Louis might not ever feel alone, not like he does. He’s probably surrounded by friends all the time, loud raucous groups of theater kids and football blokes, the girlfriend Harry hasn’t heard anything about since meeting in his lap, holding his hand. Harry has loads of friends too but he still feels alone sometimes, still lies in his bed with his headphones in listening to love songs and wondering what it would feel like to want someone so badly. He winkles up his nose at himself and smiles, because now he knows. It feels like a vine, like thorns, like the whole night sky and all it’s stars.  All that crazy, poetic stuff he used to be skeptical of, here in his own chest. It’s insane. 

Anything you would like to say to your readers? 

Thank you so, so, so much for reading and reviewing and accepting me so eagerly and wholeheartedly into this wonderful fandom. Big fandoms can be intimidating because there’s so much excellent work, and it’s a challenge be noticed amid such brilliance, so I’m endlessly grateful for and stunned by the reception I’ve gotten. Every time I end up on a rec list alongside my favorite authors, or every time one of those authors comments on one of my stories, I’m just so, so fucking blown away. Thank you. 

Thank you, Phoenix!! We absolutely love your fics and are so happy to have you in this fandom!