#I like romance i just dont like pop fandom’s idea of romance

[blueiight]

claudia still gets infantilized by media surrounding iwtv despite this being core to the tragedy of her condition

i think shes always been infantilized & ppl dont see the merit of her arc bc ppl rly only care about female characters in relation with romance or if they are children [or someone’s child of sorts?] in so far as they relate to the men rearing them. [cue 5001 lestat-claudia webweaves]. claudia is both selectively infantilized & excessively adultified whenever convenient to character/s [somehow both a ‘child interfering’ and both powerful enough to ‘turn louis against lestat’] nd to a certain extent by the fandom too. speaking of the show here too - show!louis now wanting claudia as his child is never disseminated for what it is in relation to louis (how he wanted children, and how hes forcibly exiled from the public sphere & makes do with the quasi-domestic) or claudia (in her want for a companion in immortality & wanting to understand the origins of their existence. in both the book and the show its claudia who initiates the question of ‘who made lestat/vampires as a whole’) but rather ppl render show claudia inert solely as a fictional moral bludgeon to character bash louis or make stuntin like my mommy/daddy posts with lestat. i was thinking too the other day how people often talk about iwtv in the sense of outcasts but never mention claudia… which is insane bc this line in the show alone says so much

But it was 1939, and the only N* allowed in first class was the porter, and the N* passenger rode the rear. The N* vampire made do with what was left, which was fine with her.

neither second-class passenger nor porter directly serving whites: claudia is the black vampire sitting in the stowaway with the dogs and people’s luggage, earlier hiding out in university corners pretending to be the cleaner’s child, engorging herself on blood and taking body parts from her victims to put in storage all if it means she could have something for herself. shes really the ult. outcast of sorts.

[tempestuous-tempest]

•When You're Here•

[One-shot] [GhostxReader] [COD Fandom]

Includes: Wholesome//Fluff//Romance//Not Well Written// Simon "Ghost" Riley

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Fair warning; I havent written in well over several months because of writers block and overall obsession with making my writing perfect so this might be really bad or might not. I'm also not a Ghost person but this idea popped into my head none the less. Relatively very short. Written during several early mornings between 1 and 3:40 am.

You always meant more to Ghost than you could possibly imagine. Will he ever truely admit it? Who knows. But even if you dont always notice them, there are times where he will show his love. Though very rarely will it be with words and even rarer will it be a basic "I love you".

No, because Ghost isnt like that. He's tough, quiet and focused. He distances himself from people, even those he likes. To him, trust is as much as a weakness as it is a strength. People always have a motive. These are his beliefs, and yet things seem to change when he's with you.

He's laying on his bed in his apartment with you laying peacefully on his chest, fast asleep. It a comforting silence as he tugs the covers a further over your shoulders with one hand, the other resting on your lower back. He kept his eyes on the ceiling, thinking over every fond memory with you and how much he truely didnt deserve this.

When you're here with him, he can somewhat relax. He can finally get some real sleep instead of quick power naps. He doesnt have to fear being shot and killed as he feels quite safer. You're his sanctuary, and if anyone threatened to take you away from him, he'd put a bullet between their eyes.

He looked at you, admiring your sleeping form and kissing your forehead. He watched you shift at bit in your sleep and it made him smile a little. He closed his eyes and his breathing slowed, drifting into a slumber. When you're here, everything was just right.

[witchcraftandburialdirt]

🔥 give me two , one about shipping , one about following / unfollowing — all good if you don't have an ' unpopular ' opinion per se ! just happy to hear your thoughts

✧ ━━ 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐃 "🔥" 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐍 𝐔𝐍𝐏𝐎𝐏𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝙼𝚄𝙽𝙳𝙰𝚈 𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙿𝚃𝚂

I'm really glad you said that the opinion doesn't actually have to be unpopular because I have no idea what's considered a popular opinion or not (☛ ´∀｀*)☛ I know I'm always writing on here but I genuinely know nothing about anything on tumblr outside of the circle that I'm in, and I don't really take part of fandom except at cons. So I'll just list a few things I guess and we'll go from there ━

I don't like the idea of characters "deserving each other". I think what matters most is that the feelings are mutual and not one-sided. Not only that but sometimes people use this as a way to justify horrible things happening to said ship or between them? I dont know I'm just not a fan of the connotation.

Shipping real people feels ... icky to me, and like an invasion of privacy. I know a lot of idol/ k-pop companies push it, though. I'm not talking about "oh they look so cute!" I mean like ... 20+ minute analysis videos. If someone made one about me I'd be horrified so ━ I can't really support it being done to somebody else, even if it is innocent at heart, the feeling behind it is just ... not good.

I genuinely can't stand it when a ship that's going to inevitably be complicated and rather fucked up gets turned into a purely fluffy relationship. Granted I enjoy fluff as much as the next person, and anyone can show tenderness towards those they love, but my goodness please let the characters continue to be messed up.

Thaaat being said I can’t see any enjoyment in watching or reading two characters mercilessly abuse one another in a nonconsensual or purely hateful way. Play fighting, both being equally weird and mirroring eachother or general bickering doesn't count - obvs - but if a ship becomes abusive I'll step back from it. I know I know! But Egg you JUST said "keep the relationship and characters fucked up"! Yes! I did, and that doesn't mean that that messed up relationship is abusive or horrible for those characters specifically because its something they both enjoy/willingly take part in. Continuing about this because this is for my own tastes: Its okay to enjoy darker ships and toxic ships! This doesn't mean the person who is enjoying the content believes abuse is alright.

I find that stories that only revolve around romance tend to be extremely dull to me a lot of the time. There should be an idea of where the story is going without romance included, and if the ship comes along then it does. I think those are the ships that tend to feel the most natural since the characters interact without a specific romantic end goal in mind, which makes it all the more sweet when they do come to recognize their feelings as its come from them and not the destined plot ━ I just like it that way though and people can like whatever, y'know?

Possessiveness in ships is like ... very hit or miss for me in how it's portrayed. There's certain instances where its fun but others where it makes me wanna die. Mutual possessiveness/obsession though? Ohooho that is fun to play with, so long as it doesn't become abusive or unbalanced/unwanted by one of the parties. Man - tsk - idk anymore I feel like my opinion is so all over the place but like this all spins back to the toxic abusive relationships being a no no for me like as long as the insanity is consensual between two adults that both like it ? Yeah - that's fine. Does that make sense? I could probably go into stuff about Vladibin with this ( me and borb were talkin about it ) but I won't because I will go on forever and this is already WAYYY longer than I originally intended.

As for unfollowing it's ... whatever to me? There's obviously mutuals that if I lost I'd be really confused/wondering what happened + sad about it but I would still keep my distance; but for the most part I'm unaffected by it ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ I used to care a lot but I grew out of that within like ... 4 months. I know people grow out of their likes and what they want to view, or that they assumed my blog was something else and upon it not being what they wanted, unfollowed - which again, is valid! I don't know I just don't think unfollowing is anything personal ( like, 95% of the time ofc there's always the small percentage that is ). Don't harass people who block you or try to get around the block, things we've heard a thousand times. ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ ̀ˋ I think though, that if you have been mutuals/friends with someone for a while and plan to unfollow - I think it would be most polite to message said friend to briefly explain why; especially since so many of us have anxiety sometimes it seems like an unfollow means the other party hates the other. It's just nice if you have a history with someone, not necessary, just polite (ง ื▿ ื)ว

[rush-the-stars]

for the Nai pet-name ask, my immediate thought was what ive read on/off from Avatar fics (im not into the blue people but i have a friend who has NO ONE else into it and, again, im also not into it; but she knows im always down to read fics for fandoms im not in, bc 70, 80% of my joy for fanfics comes from how well-written they are over who theyre about or how in-character they are. so, bc i love her and i love good craftsmanship, i read whatever Avatar fics she likes (off-handedly, youd probably like "daddy issues" by makoodles on ao3, thats one if the Avatar fics my bud has sent me and it seems like your vibe if youd be into that fandom/reading fics regardless of if youre in the fandom or not)) and the reader in the fics ive often have been sent, when she is being romanced by someone like Tsu'tey who was born one of these aliens (as opposed to the dreamwalkers with "demon bodies" who were originally humans (some can switch back and forth still, but Jakesully and Quaritch only have their alien bodies now. but, still, originally human so they wouldnt call a human!reader the insults someone like Tsu'tey would). but yeah the Avatar people fucking HATE humans as a species generally (which. fair. considering the context) hence why im looking at them for the human-hater that is Knives) will go from insulting them to gently calling them the insult as a term of endearment. it usually is "my human" (or "my sky-person" since thats a synonym for human for them, but that isnt applicable here) or "little demon" which, idk, im always weirdly soft for Weird Nicknames Of Endearment esp when they start off as insults but then become full of affection

but yeah i just think thatd suit Nai too, maybe not the terms themselves (tho i can see him using "(little) demon/devil" bc of the Christianity thing tho, i will admit) but rather the concept of an Insult He Would Use For Any Human then becoming a specific term of endearment for the reader. itd be like an illusion of control over his feelings. hes still insulting them, he still hates the reader/all humans, see?? hes insulting them still (pay no attention to the fact that its become less and less insulting over time and spoken with more possessive affection as you take less and less offense to it. maybe the reader has one back for him. (the only time i saw the reader in the Avatar fics ive been sent was in another one by makoodles, where the reader called Tsu'tey "big guy". idk if thats a befitting exchange for someone on the level of Nai tho lmao rip)

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now, the ask could end there. but, in case you dont like any of the above but do like the idea of "insult to endearment" pipeline, i do have a list of "pet-names" in my notepad app for character inspo so lemme look through my insults section (you might get lucky looking for something Christian-specific tho for Knives but, alas, i wasnt ever raised with that religiok so i only vaguely know it via pop culture osmosis. maybe something with "sinner" or "infidel" or "nonbeliever"?? maybe "angel" in a wholly sarcastic/mocking way, but that feels more modern!Knives than canon-universe!Knives) idk. anyway) similar ones i know that are unrelated to those fics for a fandom in not in would be: hellkite (its a regency era insult im super soft for, for absolutely no reason lmao rip), spitfire, princess/pretty boy, speck (it was a shortened form of "speck of dirt" that became affectionate, kinda like "squirt" but less kid-oriented. i came up with it for a story ive since abandoned for the Male Lead to call the person he has a slowburn hate-to-love relationship with and felt very clever lmao), baby (ive laughed so hard at the "baby"/"now is not the time for pet names"/"im not doing that. im insulting you. you are such a fucking baby" misunderstanding meme as soon as i saw it ages ago), tornado, harpy, nerd, idiot/jerk/dork/pansy/bonehead/dummy/twerp/blockhead/dimwit (aka some of the Schoolyard (Common) Insults though theres others in this list that could also qualify to be here), asshole/bastard/bitch/fucker/dickhead/smart-ass/jackass/dumbass (aka the Includes A Curseword (Common) Insult), heathen/scoundrel/cad/cassanova/rake/ruffian, airhead, pervert/perv, deadbeat, bugger/git/prat (The Brittish Variety), freak, weirdo, coward, scavenger, chicken, missy, hermit, walnut/peanut, punk, porcelain, doll/dolly, charming (as a shortened form of a sarcastic Prince Charming), wannabe, my toy, pet, livestock, furball, poppet, stringbean, flower, kitten/kitty-cat, cupcake/muffin, ladies, canary/parakeet/mockingbird, pretty, carrier (kinds like of disease, to carry a disease, a carrier. could similarly work with an actual illness, like calling someone "herpes" or "pneumonia"), ladybird, morsel, meatlet/meatbag, maggot, sonny/buddy/bestie, "feeble turtle duck" (which is what Eska refers to her "boyfriend", Bolin), Bambi/Mickey Mouse/Minnie Mouse/Seasme Street/Cinderella/Sniw White/Rapunzel/Ugly Duckling/Little Red (Riding Hood. similarly, "Big Bad" or "Mr Wolf"/Princess and the Pea/White Knight/Muppet, pest, colonizer/squatter/settler (close companion ideas that i dont want to attach but also dont, bc the following would only work in a sci-fi sense: planeteer/terraformer/parasite and i tried to think of some more plant ones for my own purposes (tho maybe Nai would call his human something closer to an antonym of a plant, idk) so heres the related listing i came up with for my own devices for your in tandem needs pollinator/weedling/harvester/reaper/uprooter), my little monster, mastercard (as in "my little wallet" kinda sugarbaby talk or something idk), bossy girl/needy thing/runner boy/errand dog, lamb/lamby (as in "sacrificial lamb"?). i hope something here is either to your fancy or inspires you to something that would be ♡

if you want my vote for what i listed that i can at knock my head around and see Nai using as an Insult Of Endearment, id pick from my own wordbank the following: (beside the Christian or anti-plant ones i already mentioned. i think anything here would come to be attached with a possessive "my" inbtime tho) "my human" (maybe also "my mortal"? idk), little demon/devil, spitfire, speck, "my toy", "my pet" (bc i can see him initially rationalizing his attachment to his human as like that between an owner and a pet, or as a plaything of his, or something like that anyway), pest, parasite (this one i specifically like bc he would use it as an insult against all humans but then, in time, it would come to allude to how he wants your existance to depend on him, need him, to survive), livestock, squatter, morsel, meatlet/meatbag, harvester/reaper/uprooter, little monster, needy thing, lamb, canary/parakeet (in a "caged bird" way anyway)

tangentially, if he picks an insult like "my little monster" or "my pet" or something, i can imagine him also becoming obsessed with you allowing him to put his fingers in your mouth as an extension of how hed like controlling you, whether thats to look at and mock how ineffective your mouth would be to defend you or because he wants to be a pest and pull at your tongue. just him going "bare your teeth for me" or "open your mouth" and grazing his fingers along your canines with contemplation (at first to mock you but, in time, to worry how defenseless you are and allow himself to poke at his own bruise). idk. anyway)

ill still make a vote in your poll to my favorite of thr listing but im too shy to reblog yet, forgive me, but i thought you might like this consideration via anon if nothing else considering how skittish i am otherwise with attention. i hope thats okay, and that you have a good day!!

gonna put this under a read more so it doesn’t get any longer!!

firstly anon thank you so much for taking the time to come to my inbox and give me all your thoughts on this i appreciate them greatly 💕💕

now to get into it!!

so i’ve never seen the avatar films….i never saw the first or the second. i know very little about them actually LMAO. however!! i could absolutely see the similarities that you’re pointing out and i think it’s so lovely that you support your friend and their obsession and i think it’s great fun that you’re drawing parallels to other fandoms/thoughts/etc.! that’s what it’s all about baby!!!

(side note: i believe i have read makoodles my hero academia fanfic back in the day and they are a wonderful writer!!! i have a bit of a harder time getting into fanfic of characters/stories i don’t fully know but i’ll absolutely take a peak still!)

okay okay now onto the actual pet name portion of it. first of all your roster of them is crazy expansive. and kinda wonderful to have on hand!!!

also like i think you hit the nail on the head with the idea of a name given as an insult sorta becoming one of endearment over time for nai?? i like that a great deal. i think it’s pretty fitting for him too. if the reader is human, ig!! i have toyed with ideas of a fic where the reader is another independent? bc i think there are others….? elendira the crimsonnail is one right?? or a hybrid of some kind-? and for that reader i definitely think he’d have something a lil more reverent? i could then see something closer to “little one” “dove” or following the religious theme of “angel”

continuing on that note…i was unfortunately raised roman catholic and went to a catholic school most of my life SO. i do have a wide knowledge of this hfksjska i think “lamb” really stood out to me. i could also maybe see (and everyone feel free to boo me and drag me off stage call me crazy etc. etc. BUT)….like a scornful Biblical “child” as in, “Bow your head, child.” that sort of speak.,.,that sort of demeaning version first where he’s trying to assert that he’s older and wiser and better and that you have much to learn from him and then softening later into a gentler term of endearment. but idk i’m not as obsessed w that one it’s just a Thought.

i do like “lamb” quite a bit tho. i am….TUCKING THAT ONE AWAY.

i do like wretched readers and a more specific nickname nai might give them…..wretched little thing, needy little thing, brat, etc. etc. the caged bird is quite intriguing too…songbird, canary, etc.

now finally…..that lil snippet at the end ab nai putting his fingers in your mouth?? oh i’m ILL. i’m SICK. yeahhhh i fan absolutely see that. i think he thumbs at your dull lil canine teeth. and absolutely calls you pet while he does so. THIS IS A GOOD THOUGHT ANON. it’s gonna stick around in my head yup yup yup

ANYWAYS THANK YOU!!! for all your thoughts and ideas 💕💕 i appreciate them greatly and appreciate you taking the time out of your day to message me 💕💕 hope you have a good day as well 💕

[valsshadow]

i rank the entire of 1D’s discography

considering that it is really really close to exam season. i probably shouldn’t be doing this. (by that i mean when im making this, tomorrow is my paper and i haven’t started prep yet but it’s fine)

now then, why am i doing this

^^ 

according to spotify and going by the number of plays, we have

night changes

story of my life

drag me down

what makes you beautiful 

perfect

and you see. I HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THIS LIST AND I HIGHLY DISAGREE WITH IT. what makes you beautiful is below night changes, story of my life and drag me down?? i call bullshit.

therefore. i’d like to present my own ranking on 1D’s entire discography. 

disclaimers: purely my own opinions, feel free to fight with me about it. i’d love to hear what other people think. also haven’t been deep in the fandom for a while. directioner phase peaked in like 2021 and that’s quite a while ago

also a lot of these tie with one another. but in the name of a ranking list, ties dont seem very fun. 

there are gonna be 2 parts to this. one would be the slow and sad romance songs. and the other would be all the other songs. (theyre all romance so-)

ive just checked, there are a total of 89 that i need to listen to. i still have papers to do but HERE WE GO-

Pt. 1

perfect

have you ever heard perfect and taylor swift’s style mashed up together

it goes so well i love it

but omg i love perfect sm

1d perfect >> ed sheeran perfect

i want this played at my wedding

last first kiss

imo this is one of the best 1d songs

this makes me want to fall in love too

i’m in love with the chorus

what makes you beautiful

perfection

i take no arguments

although i prefer perfect more

its the best to jam to at a party

name me one person who doesn’t know this song

calls me out at the very first line

18

makes me want to fall in love with someone

seriously, this song makes me feel things

if i could marry a song it might just be 18

kiss you

i would blast this in my room on repeat and throw my own party

the lyrics and they way they sing it is so playful 

i love it

its such a fun song

i should have kissed you

i live for this

the lyrics to the melody

one of my all time favs

steal my girl

everyone loves it come on

can’t go wrong with this

diana

i really really really love this one

brilliant for when i’m sad

i played this on loop for so many months

better than words

so good. literally so good

from start to end 

its amazing

live while we’re young

my friend’s favourite

also a brilliant party song

would totally blast this during a road trip

drag me down

classic. really like the drum

and the way it just- starts.

like just goes “ive got fire for a heart” straight out of nowhere 

rock me

jammed to this for the longest time ever

repetitive. but i like it

they don’t know about us

again, classic

love it

lowkey fanfic material

story of my life

another classic

for good reason

i have no idea what this song is about

but its good

strong

“i’m sorry if i said i need ya, but i don’t care i’m not scared of loveee~

the verses are so good too

ready to run

i would sing the chorus on repeat

it’s giving running to the sunset on an empty street with your best friends  

temporary fix

sus song. 

i love it.

the lyrics 👀

why don’t we go there

love the chorus

bop. 

no control

makes me wanna dance

so good

apparently the lyrics are a bit suggestive

midnight memories

pretty popular

catchy

best song over

a little overplayed

but still a banger

she’s not afraid

the chorus>>>

don’t forget where you belong

“if you ever feel alone~ don’t~” very helpful i’m cured

love the pre-chorus and bridge

up all night

teenager party song energy 

back for you

likewise, catchy

lyrics match the song really well

loved you first

kinda sad

but i like the song

seems like a song that would trend on tiktok

stockholm syndrome

it’s the sort that get sticks in the corner of your mind and randomly pops up from time to time

nothing compares

i quite like it

the chorus reminds me of another song but i cant remeber

heart attack

really really catchy

love the beats

the “you-oo” and random “owws!” make me laugh so bad

everything you do

a bit repetitive at the chorus

but still catchy

i didn’t think id like it but it kind of grows on you

one thing

cute

catchy chorus

tell me a lie

pretty ok

typical pop song

cant go too wrong

i would

catchy chorus

magic

has coming-of-age movie energy

disney 

hey angel

cute song 

fireproof

gets a bit boring after a while

a lot of harry styles energy from this song

c’mon, c’mon

it’s ok

history

i really like the verse and the start. chorus not so much 

still the one

the chorus is nice

olivia

yknow hows theres not actually supposed to be that clap right before the chorus

i still know the exact beat

end of the day

catchy but a bit too typical

does he know

yes, 1d is mr steal-your-girl

illusion

not bad

i want

a little repetitive but i like the verse

also pretty funky sounding intro verse 

cool

wolves

funky intro tune 

pretty decent

na na na

pretty decent for their first album so

but a little too repetitive for me

alive

decent?

through the dark

not particularly memorable

gotta be you

kinda mid

all i hear is “youuuuuuuuuuuuu”

act my age

very early 2000s energy

change your ticket

eh

girl almighty 

eeeeeeeee

spaces

very country music

clouds

nope

little black dress

repetitive

little white lie

same thing with little black dress

not as repetitive but still is really repetitive

what a feeling

“through the wire through the wire”

another world

a bit of edm vibes

stole my heart

very edm

not exactly very 1 direction so no

never enough

don’t like the tune/melody of the chorus 

a bit of sussy lyrics in the verse

happily

i just listened to it but i remember nothing from the song

stand up

i dont see the meaning in this

boring

[this was so hard to make. you have no idea how wrecked i was trying to decide the ranks of the top 10]

unfortunately i did this in my ipad notes no i couldn’t find a way to format it nicely while at the same time keeping it easy to edit

[i said repetitive a lot. kinda ironic]

[actualbird]

🌿 popping in to wish you lots of rest after your harrowing day! Also, I can't stop thinking about Giann and Vyn being ready to open their research center and having no idea what to call it. Giann's all "why don't u ask ur students lol maybe they'll have some good ideas" and Vyn figures why not, it wouldn't hurt. They have no idea what they've unleashed bc the shippers are READY. (Imagine Vyn finding out and sure, it's a lil weird, but he's mostly insulted they think GIANN would be the top jksj)

eyyo, herb!!! hhh thank u for the well wishes :') i indeed got a lot of rest bc when i clocked out at 8pm last night i basically just went to sleep immediately kjKJBKFG

AND LMAO THE SHIPPERS SKJDFBSJGDSJK!!!

pls pls im so into the trope (which im not sure if it is a trope, it's kinda specific) where people who know character A but do not know them Well just assume/HOPE that character A is in a relationship with this other person. except that other person is ABSOLUTELY SOMEBODY THEY R NOT ROMANTICALLY INTERESTED IN EVER, NO, NO!!!

thats basically the entire rationale for my the stellis detective fandom that exists in canon ends up shipping luke and sphynx (much to luke's horror) minific concept

idk i just think itd be funny to subject otome game characters to perceived romance by outsider povs but the other party in that perceived romance could NOT be any fucking further from both 1) the truth and 2) what the characters involved would ever want

if i mashed both this vyn/giann misunderstanding with my previous luke/sphynx misunderstanding to happen in the same universe.....

set in the future of current canon where giann (and neil) come back and theyre safe and sound, vyn is very happy but also Not by just a tiny tiny degree cuz an issue from before is now happening again...

vyn: //massaging his temples, mildly stressed

luke: hey you okay? if ever you wanna like, vent or something, im free right now

vyn, sighing: i assume it could not hurt to share this trouble

and so explains that a portion of his students who had thought that vyn and giann were a thing before giann's disappearance are now VERY MUCH EVEN MORE CONVINCED that vyn and giann are a thing now that giann's back. cuz giann is quite happy with being back and is also tryna make up for being missing for so long to the people who matter to him. so he hangs out a lot with marius so they can get their bro bonding they didnt get to do for a long time. and also hes always stopping by the university to take vyn out for lunch. and some students are getting the WRONG IDEA and when he TELLS THEM theyre misunderstanding they figure that vyn is both in denial and pining. and now theyre tryna give vyn love advice. those students mean well, he acknowledges, but have also just connected two dots that are not connected at all.

after the explanation, luke nods. theres a strange yet deep sympathy in his eyes, as if he completely understands vyn's problem

luke: looks like the shippers got to you too, huh

vyn: the...what?

luke: sh---uh. like. ship is short for relationship. and a shipper is---actually, i feel like the less you know about this, the better

vyn: why do you know this then?

luke: dont make me explain my part. please. oh god.

[densewentz]

D E N S for the ask game uwu

Lee I have no idea what fandoms you expected me to answer these for but rip

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t.

Alucard/Greta in Castlevania tbh. I’ve got nothing against Greta honestly I just fly into a rage when allusions to new romances pop up almost immediately after major trauma via different romances. But alas, I cannot get over my simmering rage enough to even indulge this ship.

E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom? If so, what?

I once wrote a crack!fic for bandom where the members of Panic! At the Disco were assorted food products in a refrigerator. There were a lot of horrible puns. It was a dark time and I wish I could scrub it from my own memory

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice)

Ive been rewatching a lot of AtlA so im gonna answer for that (granted ive never watched LoK so i dont know how much was addressed there but rip). These are really just things I wish had been more prevalent in the show moreso than the fandom (although i never have enough fanart tbh) 1. I wish there was WAY more insight into the relationship between Zuko, Azula and their Mother. 2. I’m fascinated by the parallels between Zuko and Katara as characters, both in their backgrounds and behaviors/personalities. It would have been nice for that relationship to have been explored with more seriousness (not even in a shippy way although yes, but just because of how deep it runs) 3. I’d have been interested to see more attempts to push the limits of bending. We get the bloodbending from Katara, the lightning from Iroh and Azula, and the Metalbending from Toph, but obviously that means a lot of the ‘limits’ of bending are a matter of perspective and nuance. It would have been cool to see that more explored in depth and the emotional toll pushing those limits would take (ie katara and her conflicted feelings about the bloodbending)

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged) I’m obsessed with the idea that in Teen Wolf season 1 when Peter Hale offers Stiles the bite and Stiles says no, and that he ‘doesn’t want to be like you’ but Peter calls him out on lying, Stiles wasn’t lying about not wanting to be a werewolf. He didn’t want the bite, he wanted pack. That was what made his heart skip a beat. Stiles doesn’t need the bite to already be twice as pack oriented as the rest of the actual wolves in the show. I also headcanon that that's the main reason Peter actually listened and didn't bite Stiles. Because at the end of the day Peter is a viciously pack driven character as well. like recognizes like and all that.

[uh-velkommen]

I remember every single detail regarding the first time I discovered Fall Out Boy.

When I think back on it I'm actually surprised, they were such a big band and I had been searching for months before of a band that could get me into rock music, how have I not heard of them before?

I was in the living room of my new house on Clearfield Street all alone. We only lived there for about two months, though it was a nice house in a convenient location. At this period in life, I really tried to keep my "emo" identity a secret so I always waited until I was home alone to put on the Alternative music channel on TV and let it play in the background until I heard something I liked. And on that day I just so happened to walk by the Tv, to get another box to unpack in the kitchen, as the Pre-Chorus to My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark played. I stopped in my tracks and went, this dude sounds nice but its not really what I'm looking for? And then the chorus struck, that I'm on fire was perfect.

It was a great balance of screaming and singing. I had tried bands like Suicide Silence, Asking Alexandria, and even Heavy Metal and none of them intrigued me enough, it was too much screaming and it scared me off. But when I heard that song in 2013, I fell in love. I remember looking at the title going, Oh no! The songs almost over, how the heck am I going to remember that title!? And I shuffled through boxes and boxes as fast as I could for something to write with and something to write on. I didnt have a phone or a computer or even internet. I just had to remember "Fall Out Boy"

I didnt even know just how emo they were, granted now I consider their old music more Punk Rock, because the only image I had of them was their Save Rock and Roll era. The next few songs of theirs I found were Dance, Dance and A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me. I thought, Geez these guys love their long titles...

This was around the time Instagram had just gained popularity. (I like to brag that I've been around since the start of Instagram) I fell into the Fall Out Boy fandom which finally got me hooked on Panic At The Disco (and I have a whole story for them too) and eventually Twenty One Pilots, but My Chemical Romance never had a shot until the end of 2013, just after they had broken up.

I dont know why that moment was so special to me, discovering Fall Out Boy. I dont know what kind of hold they had on me or why they were so important. I think they just jumpstarted my immense desire to be an emo kid. Months after that I was in my Grandmothers car and put on a random blank CD from the glove compartment and about 5 songs in, I heard monkeys. I got so excited because that intro sounded very familiar. Someone had burned the Thnks Fr Th Mmrs music video onto a mix tape and that CD had been sitting in my Grandmother car since 2009! After that Fall Out Boy popped up everywhere and I felt like an OG fan (not even aware that they hadn't just started up but in fact were coming back from a hiatus) I couldve discovered them so much earlier and I had no idea...

[minecraft-miku]

so i finished hamatora. i’ve always wanted to talk about the animes ive watched but never get the chance to so ill just spill my thoughts out. so a new thing on my blog? anime reviews but its just my subjective opinion? fuck yeah! if you dont want to read the rest, its ok. heres my score: 8.5/10

summary: hamatora is about this group of people who have these abilities called minimums. they get hired by people to do stuff for them like solve cases or body guarding. one day, they get a job that is connected to a serial killer and they have to find that serial killer with their detective friend.

things i like about it: oh boy, i have a lot to say. i really like the main cast of characters. their designs are very unique and you can tell each of them apart. you cant really hate a character (unless theyre evil, duh) and they feel like one big happy family. i always love it when the cast of characters feel like a family to me. it makes me super warm and fuzzy inside.

second thing i really like: the animation. the animation in it are great. in the first season, its colorful and its unique. it really pops out from other anime with its color schemes and character designs. episode 5 of season one was an animation train wreck tbh but we can forget about its existence. i really like how they toned down the colors in later episodes, especially season 2. its really evident when they start activating their minimums in season 2. i have no idea if it is because of the budget or animation studio but im glad that they toned it down. it was hard to look at.

story was, aight. got really confusing at times and somewhat boring at the talking parts but thats just me with any anime. i dont really like long talking parts. it all really clicked together at the end and it wrapped everything with a nice bow on top. i cant find any loopholes, i dont have the brain for that.

another thing i like: THE PROTAGONIST. his? minimum? is? super? cool? and? hes? pretty? hot? every time he is on screen i just, cry. hes so cool god i love him sm.  

look at him... perfection

last thing i like is the season 2 op god damn. its so good. sen no tsubasa? absolutely wonderful its great perfection. i cant pass it on osu sadly… things i dislike: i put some dislikes in the likes oops. but ill restate them and add on some more stuff one thing i disliked is when the characters used their minimums. the filter they use... it hurts my eyes. super grateful they got rid of that in season 2.

look at this shit. wack. its very unique but it just... hurts to look at.

another dislike: the fighting. i wish the fights were longer and more thought out. like, more strategic fighting. but this anime is more mystery based so ill let that slide.

this next dislike is a spoiler so skip it if you havent finished re: hamatora:

i really disliked how they put in the romance at the end. hajime and nice barely interact in all of hamatora. they shove in the chemistry at the end of the series to act as a motivation for nice. they didnt need to force the romance for a motivation, them being friends is fine.

i was gonna write down my before/after thoughts, but im really lazy right now so ill leave it here. i sorta wish this series was more popular and had some kind of fandom around it. really underrated.

[blueiight]

I like romance i just dont like pop fandom’s idea of romance lolz

[lactosecarrotsoup]

My thoughts on Sean & Finn’s kiss

This will be long and of course contain spoilers, as if you can’t tell by the title... thingy. So, be warned. This will also contain my opinion(s); which is a very sensitive subject in this fandom. 

We’re all entitled to our own thoughts, opinions, beliefs, etc.

With that said, let’s get started!

For those who are new to this game... I will give you a short summery. Life is Strange is a video game series ran by DontNod. A great company who loves to make players cry. This season has new characters from the other season and DLC. This season takes place in Washington where you play as a 16 year old boy, Sean Diaz, who’s a regular teenager. He loves drawing, skating, and of course stereotypical teen stuff such as drugs and parties. Taking away the partying and drug usage, he’s your typical shy-ish guy. He also has a little brother named Daniel, he’s 9 years old.

Both of them are Hispanic, including their father (Esteban), making this season’s cast more diverse than the first season, where the main characters were mainly white.

Speaking of their father, he dies. Yep. After Sean forces Daniel out of his room, Daniel runs to their hot-headed neighbor and accidentally spills homemade zombie blood on him. Sean over see’s the neighbor about to hurt Daniel and rushes out the house, protecting him. After a few racial slurs/crude remarks to Daniel, Sean decides to fight him. Sean shoves the neighbor onto a small rock (which I still dont understand how that injured him), and he lays on the ground in shock/going unconscious.

A cop shows up and hell breaks loose. The cop only see’s the “blood” on the neighbors shirt and Daniels, thinking nothing but the worst of the situation rather than questioning them. The dad comes out, trying to reason with the officer and he gets trigger happy, shooting Sean & Daniel’s dad, killing him. Daniel screams in shock/anger/horror and Sean blacks out. Whenever he wakes up, the entire street is destroyed and more people are dead/unconscious. He grabs Daniel and they runaway, not wanting to get involved with the crime. It’s later found out that Daniel has powers (similar theme to LIS season 1) and can move objects with his mind.

More shit happens, yada yada yada.

NOW.

Episode 3 just released. In episode two, the brothers meet quite a few people. But most notably for this post, Cassidy and Finn. These two are regular friends (or maybe even “fuck buddies” as Finn and another girl described their relationship), who are a lot like Sean and Daniel. Cassidy left her old home life to live on the road. Finn, I can’t remember if he said anything or not. But I would think it would be for the same reason or something crime related.

Anyways, point is, they all group together and live in the woods. But, they all also work for this dude who runs a farm with nothing but pot.

Yep.

A nine year old and sixteen year old kid are working at a pot farm.

This leads to Finn, Cassidy, and Sean to get high, drunk, etc.

Finn get’s a hair up his ass and decides; “Hey, why don’t we steal all the cash from our boss? Who cares if he may know about Sean & Daniel’s backstory, has security footage evidence of them, and shotguns?!”

Cassidy is against this. But you, the player, have the option to accept or refuse his plan to rob the big dude with the cash.

And in the words of Chloe Price from season one; he’s got some “hella cash”

SORRY I HAD TOO.

But still, you can either rob from the guy or go against it. But HO HO HO! This choice doesn’t matter that much. Finn does it anyways (with a fUCKING NINE YEAR OLD HELPING HIM AND RISKING THAT KID’S LIFE) and Cassidy gets upset and worried. So, if you disagree with Cassidy, you end up meeting with them anyways so you can stop them. You get in trouble either way, btw.

But, let’s back it up.

If you agree to join Finn’s plan, he’s happy and you have the chance to romance him. Which, at first thought (including mine), was great! In the first season, Max was bisexual. You can flirt/romance with Chloe and/or Warren. With Sean romancing Cassidy and Finn, the developers made him bisexual.

But... it’s not all roses. Let me give you my first reaction. I do actually have it recorded.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGJ8lg5clHM

2:29:55 - 2:34:24

If you don’t watch it, basically I was excited and shocked. I didn’t like Finn at first but in that moment, I shipped them. I wanted Sean to be happy and happy enough to open up about his sexuality, if he hadn’t already.

But, I realized something.

Finn is most likely 20+. Sean is still 16. This means Finn is an older guy kissing a minor, which is of course, illegal. Not to mention that earlier in that episode, he was teaching Daniel to throw knifes and such. He smokes and drinks and admits his sexual relationships in front of a kid, too.

Speaking of his sexual relationships, it would be highly toxic if Sean and him dated/had casual sexual intercourse. Just based on Sean’s personality and how he had a crush on that Jen girl in the first episode, and how close him and Cassidy warmed up to each-other, he wears his heart on his sleeve. One thing this season has done WONDERFULLY is not distribute toxic masculinity. Sean and Daniel have both cried several times. Most men don’t like to talk/show their feelings because they feel weak and such, which is horrible. No guy should feel that way and should openly express them-self.

Sean does this, which is amazing. Yet, still can harm him.

Right after you agree to Finn’s plan, you can kiss him. Throughout the episode, he also flirts with Sean. Of course you have the CHOICE to kiss him... but it’s only after you accept his agreement. You can kiss Cassidy (and sleep with her) but she will storm off, angry, without kissing you, if you agree to Finn’s plan. Which is reasonable. Or, you can lie to her, saying you thought his plan was dumb, and she’ll kiss you. Both reasonable (in my opinion) responses to each situations.

But, how come you can’t kiss Finn regardless? Sean can say no and they could still talk about their feelings, leading to a kiss. Instead, they do nothing.

Finn is manipulative. He used Sean’s emotions to get to him. He probably noticed how close him and Cassidy were and how much love he has for Daniel, openly saying it every now and then, and wanting to protect him. Finn noticed how open Sean is and took advantage. 

Imagine if this wasn’t a choice base game and the story automatically follows Sean agreeing with Finn.

He flirts with him throughout the episode and is very charismatic. Since Daniel notices how close Sean and Cassidy are getting, he rants to Finn. Finn takes in this information and uses it against them. He becomes “cool” in Daniel’s eyes by being super chill, rebellious, and showing him how to violently protect himself/hurt others. In a sense, he becomes Daniel’s temporary older and “cooler” brother, making Daniel look up to him. With Finn’s flirting, he admits (once again, if your choices didn’t matter) that he has feelings for some guys.

Finn takes note of this.

The idea pops into his head to steal from the man who runs the pot farm... thing. I’m an innocent bean who hasn’t done anything harder than prescribed drugs for anxiety and stuff. So forgive me if I’m getting these terms wrong, LOL! But, the point still remains, he tells Daniel who is automatically on board. I doubt a 9 year old boy truly cares if they have enough money or not. I bet his main thought was “If I do this, then Finn will think I’m cool! He’ll treat me like an adult and so will others.”

In fact, I bet you that was his exact thoughts, just based on what he said to Sean and how he acted towards others.

If you really look at it, guys... it looks similar to a Mark Jefferson/Nathan Prescott relationship in season 1. I’m not going to go into many details for the people who haven’t played/watched season 1 yet, but I’ll give you guys a basic rundown by what I mean.

Nathan was mentally ill. He suffered from possibly multiple disorders and had an abusive father. His father wanted him to be the best of the best, not for his sake, but for the families sake. This got to Nathan and he hated his father. Mark Jefferson was a teacher who noticed this, befriending Nathan, and becoming a fatherly figure. The two teamed up to do sickening plans and crimes together which ended up getting them caught in the end.

Now, who does that sound like?

Daniel just lost his father and he’s angry. He probably has PTSD and anger management issues, based on how he’s acting and the situations he’s been through. Finn is an older figure and tricks Daniel to follow his plans and crime, as they’re stealing. They end up getting caught by the boss no matter what they, Sean, Cassidy, or the player does.

Sean is in the same boat, minus the anger issues. He probably suffers more from depression and PTSD (since he talks about the past a lot to others and how they know their story). Since he does talk about his feelings, Finn uses to his advantage.

When Sean agrees to the heist, Finn and him (can) kiss as an award. An award for falling into his trap and doing whatever he wanted.

Nathan got fatherly love and praise from Jefferson, resulting in him to continue their disgusting plans in order to feel loved.

Sean (and Daniel) and becoming the Nathan of this season.

We have to watch out who will be our jefferson.

I also have to address another elephant in the room.

We’re the reason this happened.

If you go through old DontNod/Life is Strange official posts (I suggest instagram or facebook, where i saw mine), I saw nothing but comments saying how much they want Chloe and Max back. I assume this is because of how you can romance Chloe. They want their love story/friendship to continue. Even though we did get a comic series based on them, it wasn’t good enough.

DontNod probably got sick of it and forced this to happen. While they were probably writing Cassidy as a love interest in the beginning, and Finn as probably just a random stranger or a brother of hers, the noticed all the hate and said “fuck it!”

As a result, we got the chance to kiss Finn... before you could write him off by injuring or killing him. Which, many people were pissed about.

But if you REALLY think about it, we were the cause of that. They probably didn’t want that, wanting to focus on Cassidy and the actual story. But many people wanted LGBTQ+ moments (which is understandable) but didn’t want Sean and Daniel’s story. Or they did get involved in their story but wanted a LGBTQ+ character.

The story of Life is Strange (both seasons + DLC) is nothing more but teens/young adults finding themselves through very difficult times. This with the responsibility of super powers, which are hurting those around them. It’s not meant to be a romance. It’s meant to be a drama, sci-fi, and angst story. (And thriller bc of Max’s nightmare bc that shit scared me)

While yes, I was happy and excited at first about Sean & Finn kissing. I was happy that there was potential for things to be “normal” and Sean to be happy, there was a lot of red flags. The age differences, the manipulation, the parallel's, and how forced it was.

Thanks for coming to my TEDTalk! Before you leave a hateful response, please know my opinion is valid like yours and others. Not only that, but I’m not the first to point some of this out. :)

[nightfayre]

hi im the anon ! i dont remember what i said >

and I’m alarmed by the fandom mentality. Maybe HT means good - but how would we know? we don’t have access to his thoughts - but we must judge his actions, and his actions are for the least very troubling. It’s always abt coercing Mo and not respecting his boundaries. I see the trope “when she says no, she means yes” here and once again, the fact the fandom swallows it uncritically (bc HT is a poor, hot tortured boy) is alarming. Forcing Mo to wear his gift stinks of “this is my possession, don’t mess wt him” 2/5

Maybe im pessimistic n its actually to protect him by distance, but once again he totally disregards Mo’s will. What if he doesnt want to be protected ? what if he doesnt want to be an object to be pass around between self-entitled psychos ? The first step to protect and help someone is by listening to them. I hope Mo will react strongly and will tell HT that by saying this, he’s no different from She Li. And i hope that would provoke HT to self-reflect a lot - smth he lacks tremendously. 3/5

That being said i love HT and tianshan! And what i love is how realistic and flawed they are. Theyre both hyper violent, distrustful, and severly lacking in communication skills. Im thrilled to see how theyre going to evolve -for the better or the worse, both is good for me. But i’m very disappointed by the fandom reaction like “ooh how cute hes possessive it means love!” or “actually its not bad doing HT doing that bc his intentions are good”. 4/5

And I will be vry, vry disappointed if OX decides to follow this trend and to not show how this kind of actions is detrimental to their reliationship and use the tired and dangerous trope of “being violent means that you care”. I trust them to be more nuanced than that bc until now they are great at drawing grey relationship. So yea i hope next chapter, tianshan plunges (before being better). Anw sry for the rant, and plz continue the good work !! 5/5

phew. there’s a lot to unpack here – but I agree wholeheartedly with you. since this post is already kinda long, I will put my answer/explanation under the cut!

the parts that I bolded in your asks are what I intend to focus on in this answer. strap in, because this is going to be a long one. 

before anything, let me put a disclaimer: I love He Tian. I love Guan Shan. I love Old Xian. I love tianshan, and I love where they are headed in the manhua. does that mean I also love where tianshan are right now? no, it doesn’t. and I’m here to explain why I look forward to their potential rather than their current relationship’s dynamics.  

one of the hardest parts about being in a fandom is being able to separate fiction, reality, and morality. this is especially hard when a fandom is as old and endearing as 19 Days, and when you fall in love with & are rooting for all the characters. furthermore, 19 Days is not a tragedy. of course, when Jian Yi disappears, it will be tragic. but otherwise the majority of the manhua is a comical, romantic slice-of-life plot. as such, it’s easier for what would usually be seen as blaring issues/problems in tragedies to be disregarded for comedy or, in some cases, romance in a comedic, romantic slice-of-life. 

this is exactly the case with tianshan. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: He Tian’s current relationship with Guan Shan is not healthy. he doesn’t listen to Guan Shan. he doesn’t respect his personal space. he doesn’t know where to draw the line. he doesn’t know how to properly communicate with him, and thus resorts to violence or threats. tianshan just have a problem with communication. and, sure, maybe it can be chalked up to the fact that they’re young and stressed and don’t know any better. but that excuse is almost as bad as the “boys will be boys” excuse, and that doesn’t make it any better nor does it justify their actions. 

He Tian’s idea of relationships is so twisted, and as I talked about in a previous answer, it can probably be stemmed back to his trauma with the puppy Cheng took away from him. I won’t get too deep into that since I explained it in detail in that answer, but keep this in mind nonetheless: He Tian grew up in a family of violence, distance, miscommunication, and lies. it’s all he’s ever known, and that’s what he’s applying to his relationship with Guan Shan. does that make it right? no, absolutely not. but he’s learning. 

when Guan Shan had a panic attack at the restaurant, He Tian learned that people aren’t robots/pawns to use at his disposal and rather have their own strong emotions/backgrounds that shape them. thus, he brought Guan Shan home without a word. when he had his night terror and woke up to Guan Shan holding his hands, He Tian realized that there are parts of Guan Shan he still doesn’t know and, potentially, an aspect of their relationship that they’ve only started to uncover. thus, he thanked him without preamble and with a bowed head. 

what I’m trying to say is that He Tian does have good intentions at times, but not always. he’s learning as he goes, because god knows he didn’t have a family to teach him how healthy relationships should be. there probably is a part of He Tian that only wants to protect Guan Shan against She Li, but he certainly doesn’t show it in the right way. he acts possessive because he knows that if he doesn’t, he’ll lose what he loves (*insert flashback to the puppy*). again, does that make it right? hell no. jealousy and possessiveness are not cute and are entirely unhealthy in a relationship. the fandom should view them as such, but should also keep an open mind when considering He Tian’s background. 

and honestly, the reason why I’m focusing so much on He Tian right now rather than Guan Shan is because if it were up to Guan Shan, he would’ve dropped He Tian within the first few days (maybe even hours) of meeting him. but because of He Tian’s persistence, Guan Shan has no choice but to be involved with him and retaliate when He Tian verbally/physically/emotionally attacks him. nonetheless, Guan Shan has tried to walk away from He Tian on multiple occasions when He Tian’s teasing became too much, and on those occasions, He Tian has given in. (ex. I can’t find the exact chapter, but there is a chapter in which Guan Shan refuses to use He Tian’s fork to eat He Tian’s leftovers, and he gets up and says, “I’m going home,” to which He Tian replies, “Fine, fine, I’ll buy you new food.”)

so yes – tianshan certainly have flaws. He Tian holds too much power, and Guan Shan can’t catch a break. the fandom romanticizes their interactions, but if you take a moment to think realistically and recognize that character flaws are essentially bad but also critical for character development, then there is an even balance in the readers’ relationship with the manhua. don’t support He Tian’s violent interactions with Guan Shan and claim “omg He Tian loves Guan Shan sooooo much when he forces Guan Shan to do XYZ,” but rather support the fact that he hasn’t physically manhandled/harmed Guan Shan in many chapters. support and celebrate He Tian’s development, not his flaws. 

and as for what you said about Guan Shan telling He Tian that he’s “no better than She Li”? while I don’t think He Tian is truly as bad as She Li, I actually think that would be a painful, great, and pivotal moment in their relationship. after all, the most consequential scene in tianshan’s relationship thus far has been the kiss. at that moment, Guan Shan had told He Tian outright that he disgusted him and to leave him alone. since then, I don’t think He Tian has ever looked so… taken aback. unsettled. 

and guess what? their relationship has only gotten better since then, and He Tian hasn’t touched him like that again. 

I don’t know, anon. it’s a tough call. I think tianshan have a lot more chapters ahead of them, and I don’t think Old Xian will allow them to end on bad terms. actually, I don’t think Old Xian will allow them to end on the terms that they’re on right now. they can only improve from here on out, but how Old Xian will go about showing that improvement is unknown to us. there are many paths this story can take, but rather than worrying about what might happen, let’s focus on the here and now. let’s focus on the problems at hand, and let’s focus on the development the characters are undergoing. 

don’t ignore the wrongness/cruelty of characters’ actions, but don’t romanticize them either. if you do, you’re only doing a disservice to the character’s personality, existence, and the author’s intentions.

(and as for this newest chapter specifically: I see why people can get excited about He Tian telling Guan Shan to wear the earrings. He Tian wants to verify to both himself and She Li that Guan Shan is with him now. that Guan Shan is no longer under She Li’s control. who doesn’t love a little verification of their OTP’s relationship, especially when it involves an enemy?

but at the same time, it’s unhealthy. Guan Shan doesn’t have a say. he’s being handed around like an object. I don’t think this is pessimistic thinking; I think it’s the truth that no one wants to acknowledge/hear. but I’m not saying that tianshan is wrong in this chapter; I’m saying that He Tian has good intentions, but he’s not showing them correctly. and there will be a chapter in which he does show them correctly, but we must travel this rocky road before we get to that point. patience is key, and I cannot wait until He Tian and Guan Shan reach that moment of clarity. you can’t have light without the dark.)

[lesbianshadowheart]

what is with that tweet about tswift being lesbian? are there any realistic signs that she is? honestly i‘m gay but i have no clue where the author of that tweet got the idea from 🤨

oh dear god ok basically

there is an entire subgroup of tswift fans that have believed for a VERY long time that shes secretly a lesbian and all her public relationships along with her entire straight icon serial dater reputation are a FRONT created for the sake of a successful public image. and like, if there’s anyone who’d be willing to fake their entire personal life for their career i feel like it’d be her..just seems like the kinda gal

so basically as long as you’re willing to open ur third eye to the magical world of PR and believe the things above, everything else makes sense. if you wanna jump right into the deep end, there’s some masterposts of proof  (mostly focused on her relationship with karlie kloss jlfndsk) 

now PERSONALLY i dont find it a sure thing and i think similar claims could be made about almost anyone if they had a giant fandom obsessed with detail but once u get into it it sure does make u go hmm and most of all i just love it. i fuckin love the idea of the straightest most generic pop icon being a secret lesbian. and it just makes her whole thing so much more interesting?? and not to be home of sexual or anything but it would make her work deadass so much better..like listen to Dress with a gay mindset and tell me its not poetry..

anyways i wouldnt call it proof proof but some of my faves include:

- when she sings live and ‘you’ or ‘your’ sound SUSPICIOUSLY like ‘she’ or ‘her’

- when shes never as happy and sincere as when covering songs about women

- made this video for her fiddle player emily in like 2007..romance isnt dead it just got fired under misterious circumstances by taylors management

- cant find it right now but there was a recording of some guy who was talking about being friends with taylor and said smth like ‘yeah i love being friends with women, especially gay women’ and the other guy was like what. and he was like what??  loved that

- every single conspiracy theory ppl have about her and karlie is art. go in the gaylor swift or kaylor tag and go wild

- gaytexan.jpg

[lavellington]

My Top 10 DGHDA fics

Since this lil fandom is expanding with the advent of season 2 (and since we are all still REELING from yesterday’s phenomenal episode oh my GOD), I thought I’d rave a bit about my favourite fics. I know if you’ve been in the fandom any length of time then you’ve already read all of these, but rec lists never hurt, especially with new faces popping up! 

Please note, this is a list of my personal favourites, and therefore is very biased in favour of Brotzly, and very biased in a multitude of other ways. There are lots of other great fics on ao3 as well, I’m just very otp-focused. 

(Also, I decided I wasn’t going to have anyone on here twice, but I have both inky and neko on here twice because they have written such a high number of iconic fics)

1. Universal Truths by inkyfishes ( @inkyfishes​ )

Author Summary:

“...Very long story short, until yesterday, it hailed as my greatest case: one of deception, danger, double-crosses, and an all-round perversion of high emotion and - dare I say it - romance…”

What do horses, robots, time-travel, false identities, alternate universes, flagrant homosexuality and the University of Cambridge have in common? Probably not much, but it's all Todd Brotzman has to work with after he falls through a hole in space and time, arriving at St. Cedd’s College for the first day of Svlad Cjelli (not yet notoriously known as Dirk Gently). There's a case to be solved, but it refuses to start. For both Todd and Svlad, and Dirk and Farah, events unfold in exactly the way you'd expect at Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

(This work is canon-compliant as per the end of Season 1. It refers to canon set out in the two Dirk Gently novels, the Dirk Gently 2010 TV Series, the Dirk Gently Comics "The Salmon of Doubt" and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, but none of that is needed to understand the work.)

My gushing:

It’s a close call, since there is a lot of great stuff in this fandom, but this is my personal favourite Dirk Gently fic. The ambition and scope of this story absolutely blows my mind. It unites pretty much every form of Dirk Gently, from the original novels up to the most recent BBCA version which forms the main focus of the story, and its take on the characters is both original and convincing. Beautifully written, funny, sad, and with romantic tension that will knock your socks off. This is an epic journey. 

2. The Dolphin Paradox by nekosmuse ( @nekosmuse​ )

Author Summary:

Having lost his job at the Perriman Grand, Todd takes a job selling vintage vinyl to unappreciative hipsters while trying to put his life back together. Dirk Gently is a somewhat regular customer. That is, until Dirk can fix the timeline and get Todd his memories back.

The Record Store AU that's not a Record Store AU.

My gushing:

I’m still so grateful to have been a part of the fandom while this was in progress. Waiting for the updates, which were phenomenal every time, and watching the story unfold, was such a blast. Even if you’re wary of AUs, I recommend you give this a try. The slightly different version of Todd is so interesting and the love story is so very sweet. Not to mention the plot is riveting and clever. Fandom classic, must read.

3. you can break a thing, but you cannot always afterward guide it into the shape you want by cosmicocean, princessparadox ( @cosmicoceanfic​, @princessparadoxical​ )

Author Summary:

He does not think about home. The memories feel like they burn holes in his mind.

AU where every Blackwing subject is a changeling, except for one: an abducted fae, who will answer to no name but Icarus.

My gushing:

Dirk is a fae! This fic unites the sci-fi sensibilities of the first season with magic and mythology in a way that now feels kind of prophetic, given the events and tone of the second season. It’s gorgeously, gorgeously written, with an intense soulmate vibe that is counterbalanced wonderfully by top notch banter. All the characters shine so brightly in this, but powerful yet vulnerable Dirk is my favourite part. Frigging epic.

4. objects in mirror may be closer than they appear by sharlook 

( @aceabed​ )

Author Summary:

You’re alone, with your arms wrapped tight around a pillow at god knows what time in the night, and there are tears running down your face because you can’t seem to stop thinking about it, not even in your dreams.

And then clutching your covers you get an idea.

(In which Dirk has nightmares about Blackwing, goes to Todd for help, and is really, really, really in love.)

My gushing:

This fic absolutely blindsided me, with the kind of writing that seems quiet and delicately wrought, but is simultaneously incredibly powerful and poignant. A wonderful portrayal of Dirk dealing with his traumas and anxieties, while being very in love with Todd. May make you cry.  I have so much love for this story, and so much admiration for the prose. Achingly beautiful.

5. split the secret up by piggy09

Author Summary:

He asks if Dirk can hear it and Dirk just laughs, the sound reassuringly human.

Well, not reassuringly. Reassuringly would mean Todd had to be reassured.

It’s just – it sounds human. Which is good. Because Dirk is human. Definitely.

My gushing:

Fic in which the Blackwing subjects are not quite human. Featuring eldritch!Dirk. This story is beautifully, meticulously written, and very evocative and unsettling. Yet Dirk is still somehow the sweetest eldritch abomination I’ve ever heard of.

6. Blood Is Thicker Than Water (But You Know What's Even Thicker? Cookie Dough. Tastes Better, Too.) by DontOffendTheBees ( @dont-offend-the-bees​ )

Author Summary:

'“Dirk… you know how to make cookies, right?”

The detective glanced between Todd and the ingredients, brow furrowing. “Actually, I was rather hoping you did…”

Todd sighed. He was gonna need another beer. “Let’s Google it.”'

In which Dirk and Todd ill-advisedly try to bake cheer-up cookies for Farah at 3am, and maybe confront some feelings in the process. Fluffy, very lightly angsty anonymous prompt fill, rated teen for a spot of language and mild drunkenness.

My gushing:

I found it very difficult to pick one of Helen’s fics, but in the end I went with this, the first instalment of the baking series, because it is a gift (although I also highly recommend her big bang fic). The dialogue is insanely adorable, it’s perfectly in character, and it exactly satisfies my craving for sweet, domestic fluff. Rendered all the more plausible by the beautiful friendship we’ve seen between Todd, Dirk, and Farah in season 2. :’)

7. Piranha in the Stream of Creation by sarkywoman ( @sarkywoman​ )

Author Summary:

"We got tuned into each other's radio stations. Let's say that. I got to walk through life ending others and she got the patterns. But it's not all right. Sometimes we're muddled. I'm never sure if I'm doing the right thing. "

Role-Swap AU. Dirk is the holistic assassin, Bart the detective.

My gushing:

The summary above says it all, really. This is such an interesting premise, and I was so happy to see it so well-executed in this fic. Dirk and Bart are very different, and yet still somehow very in-character. A fascinating read from start to finish, and flips your initial ideas on their head in much the same way as the show. I love my holistic children in this story.

8. The Furthest City Light by nekosmuse ( @nekosmuse​ )

Author Summary:

Dirk Gently (as he's taken to calling himself) has spent most of his life in Blackwing custody. In that time absolutely nothing of any interest has happened. Instead, a good deal of not-very-good or possibly even very-bad things have happened. These mostly involved a number of people in white coats poking and prodding him while making him guess at numbers. Outside of these unwanted visitors, the vast majority of Dirk's time is spent alone. And then one day a technician leads Dirk into a room where a boy around his age sits behind a table, looking sullen and perhaps a little nervous. Dirk likes him immediately.

Alternate Meeting AU, in which 21 year old Dirk meets 20 year old Todd while still in Blackwing custody.

My gushing:

This story will pluck at your heartstrings, while simultaneously making you want to beat up Riggins even more than you probably already did. Young Dirk and Todd are so convincingly written here - just a tad more vulnerable, more raw than in the show, but still good for each other in so many ways. Dirk in particular will make you cry. Stunningly written as you would expect from neko.

9. A Pattern of Errors by coloursflyaway ( @coloursflyaway )

Author summary:

Dirk picks Todd up for a road trip he never planned to go on, with a red cabriolet and a bright smile and a thousand places to go. And although Todd doesn't know what he expected, he definitely gets more than he bargained for.

My gushing:

Beautiful multi-chapter road trip fic, featuring soft boys holding hands, emotional self-sabotage, and eventual declarations of love. Very calming, dreamy, and emotional.

10. Pray for the Thunder and the Rain by inkyfishes ( @inkyfishes)

Author Summary:

A Farah-centric slice of a possible future.

Everything has gone wrong. Everything is broken. Farah works through her anxiety whilst beginning their lives on the run. Her place in the universe is, as yet, undecided.

(Set immediately after the end of Season 1. Written before airing of Season 2.)

My gushing:

Farah Farah Farah!! A very convincing look at what might have happened post the clusterfuck ending of season 1. This fic is so beautiful and captures Farah’s voice WONDERFULLY, with some bonus Faranda just to make it perfect.

[aristarshower]

Questions tag

@dragonscanbeplantstoo tagged me in two versions of the 10/11 question tag so I’m gonna answer the 21 questions at once and put them under a cut so I don’t clutter everyone’s tl!

Thank you so much for tagging me!!!!!

1. What’s one genre you really love the idea of, but are disappointed when you go to read/watch it?

Fantasy. I’m just so tired of the misogyny, racism and homophobia. So fuckinh tired.

2. Feelings about fire in general? (where my fellow pyros?)

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm no.

3. Which of your OCs is the kinkiest?

oh boi. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I don’t know????????? My stories don’t have a lot of romance or smut in them?(Not against either in other’s stories I’m just not good at storylines involving romance?)

4. What is the one thing you most want a fan to say someday?

idk I’m pleased by the smallest things. Just an I love your stories is more than enough for me. But what I truly want is the insanely detailed meta that fandoms produce like wow never planned that but thats neat kind of meta you know?

5. Which OC do you think readers will like the most?

Kai i think? ik everyone will hate aux cause she is a confident female character. But I’ve seen people fall in love with kai so easily lmao.

6. Were your OCs born naturally, with pharmaceutical assistance, or via c section?

I’m not sure if you are asking in canon or if this is some kind of metaphor?

But in canon, kai was natural. 

Fun side note tho: I have a whole world (it’s in the ideas folder for now. I haven’t written anything for it I think.) in which the difference between c-sections and natural births are really important and kind of form the basics of world building and the magic an individual can have.

7. What is the single emotion that is the absolute hardest for you to write? (loneliness, loss, hopelessness, joy, etc)

uhhh hopelessness is the hardest cause it hits me hard. But actually writing it is easy cause I feel it so much?

8. If your OC were a cookie, what sort of cookie would they be?

Kai would be oatmeal chocolate chip cookie

9. How important do you think it is to describe a character’s appearance?

I tend to go  under than over with physical descriptions. But that changes with the POV. Kai files away important info especially strength and societal position and hidden weapons because of his past. But Sacrus on the other hand is attracted to the shiniest part of a person(as in the most attractive like a brilliant smile or pretty hair or twinkling eyes) because his artist brain is already figuring out how to put it on paper.

10. And, spitballing off that, which OC do you think is the prettiest?

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm they are all pretty in their own ways but the thing is none of them are conventionally(read euro centric) beautiful. 

I’m putting the other 11 questions under the cut!

What cable news channel does your favorite OC turn to for information when something dramatic happens?

no cable in fantasy land. we have vampire telepathy tho.

One of your OCs is on an impromptu road trip and stops at a gas station in the middle of the night to pee and grab something to eat. They pick a drink, a salty snack, and a sweet snack. What are they?

kai would go for blood obviously, he wouldn’t really pick something salty unless he is in pain because salt is a vampire painkiller in my verse, he would totally go for cakes tho(sweet tooth idiot) preferably something blood flavored.

Your absolute most evil OC is startled by a toaster popping. What happens next?

the evilest of my ocs is an otherwordly eldritch horror that sucks life magic and color out of the world so uhh it would probably destroy the toaster?

Your sweetest OC goes up to the McDonald’s counter to get their order only to discover that after twenty minutes of waiting, the order is wrong, and this is the third time this has happened today. What happens next?

I don’t really have sweet ocs tbh but the closest is sel who would just accept his fate and drink the wrong drink. He would probably tip them too. But if it happens to someone he loves the barista would probs get a strong talking to and the drink returned(he would compensate with a bigger tip tho).

One of your OCs is in a Disney animated movie. What’s the “big” song of that movie? (Pocahontas’ was “colors of the wind,” Aladdin was “a whole new world,” Hercules was “zero to hero” etc.

None of them are straight enough to be in disney movies but kai would probs be let it go(sorry but it kind of fits him?)

Do you think having to write while stuck out in the wilderness by yourself (in a heated cabin, food and water but no wifi, tv, or phone service) would help or hurt?

help probably? unless i get terrified. For someone who loves isolation I sure am a wuss.

But not having wifi might hurt cause sometimes i get fixated on one little detail and it would help to just get it out of my system(like naming a character or some fact) by just looking it up.

You have written or thought about writing dirty fanfiction. What is it?

I used to be a fic writer lmao. I deleted everything so eh. I’m not gonna go into details tho.

Someone offers you thirty million dollars to ghostwrite a book about how Hell is real and all dogs go there, good or bad. Do you do it?

uhhhhhh yes? what kind of question is this? Do you know how many dogs I can have with 30 million dollars?????

You will automatically get a million dollar contract for anything you write, but it has to be at least five thousand words long AND you can only use as many letters of the alphabet as complete pullups you can do. How does that work out?

I’ve never done one(1) pull up in my entire life. How dare you?

Your dog turns into a person and writes a book about your lives together, and it gets turned into a movie. During the premiere of the movie, your dog turns to you and tells you that Hell is a place of our own making. What kind of popcorn do you order?

classic salted. maybe butter and salted if im feeling wild.(we dont really get a lot of options for popcorn in movies here? its usually just salted and maybe caramel? i dont like sweets oops)

What’s a genre of fiction you don’t think you’d ever get the hang of writing?

romance or horror? romance is a really hard genre to write tbh. (for me). I have mad respect for romance writers. Horror is a no cause im a wuss.

[ayahne]

i can’t write, i say as i write 8 pages on Word

I discussed this simple little idea i had with @adelmortescryche from 2AM to 5AM and now it’s not a little idea. A lot of ideas thrown mostly randomly together on the same fic idea i will never write cause i write baaaad.

I call it : EdRi!!! On Para-Ice

- When Yuuri arrives at Wayne State to major in buisness and become a pro skater, he meets the four people with who he's going to share lodging.

- Ling is his age, he's a Xingian diplomat son that want to keep it low-key, and he's majoring in political science. He's a funny, eccentric kind of guy, and he makes Lan Fan mad.

- Lan Fan is « totally not » his body guard, and she's majoring in chemistry. She's a strange blend of calm and hot-temper. He likes her.

- There's also Phichit, ; he's younger, but so nice and enthusiastic ; he wants to do photography. (he's Thai and doesn't speaks much english, but everyone helps him and stick colored notes cards to everything and he learns quickly).

- And there's Edward Curtis, who is half cyborg, hot tempered, foul mouthed and full of shit and loyalty. He's younger than him, but more advanced than him in his studies. (« He's a genius », explains Lan Fan.) They got on like a house on fire.

- Strangely, even if they're so different from each other, they share the apartment fine. Lan Fan and Ed go run in the mornings, Ling cooks, Yuuri and Phichit go to the ice ring... They fit.

- Ed is a bit hyperactive, and when Lan Fan is too occupied to spar with him, he gotta finds something to do. (« No Ed, you can't punch people in the face. ») He visits Yuuri and Phichit at the ice ring, and he tries a bit of skating ; it's challenging, he likes it.

- Yuuri starts to teach him simple figures : a single-toe-loop, a sit-spin... Ed spend his time falling on his face because the automails are destabilizing him, but he's tired and happy when he masters a new move. From there, you can't stop him. Skating becomes the escape to his problems, and the guilt he feels.

- He comes to every of Yuuri's event to cheer him on ; he manage the panic attacks like it's nobody's buisness, and Yuuri starts to feel more confident. It's great time, they have fun.

- But one day, there's an accident ; the huge score board fall on Yuuri that just finished his routine. They have to amputate his arm.

- Ed has lived this before, and acts quick. He's there through everything, the hospital ride, the hospital stay, the therapy. With the others, he persuades Yuuri to get an automail (« Hey, we match now. ») He never let him wallow in his depression, and he puts him back on his skates with his therapist acceptance.

- They fight, with all the others, through Yuuri's terror of the ice, and slowly, slowly, he finds back his love for the ice ; he starts to skate again, to being confident. Ed does it all with him, he's his crutch. (« I miss two limbs. If i can do it, you can do it better. » And Yuuri does.)

(beware of the cut)

- "dude you can fucking make a quint and fly on the ice " says Yuuri "dont care still jealous" answer Ed, and they laugh and Phichit posts it on instagram

- Yuuri's like, welp, if you can do it, I should at least try and everyone screams NO because he's older than Ed. Except Ed, who's rolling his eyes being like, he could totally do it, he's older than me and just as flexible.

- They're both ULTRA flexible

- Cue Ed teaching Yuuri how to make some of his fighting moves on ice

- Cue Yuuri teaching Ed more quads

- All those EdRi comments. The first few are just fujoshi slobbering over them and their bromance, then someone who actually knows something about skating figures out what they're seeing and they sCREAM.

- And the skating fandom has a meltdown.

- Phichit posting out of context photos, like warming up when they're in weird yoga poses, and it seems a bit more intimate than it is.

- With tags like '#MySmolSonsBeFlexi' '#MustNotLetEdSeeTagsHeWillSlayMe'

- Phichit and all the others being DEADLY TIRED than his frighteningly prodigious friends not getting recognition just because they've got automail.

- Doesn't people realise that automail makes it harder ?

- “It's easier with automail ?” * Ed proceeds to detach his own arm and dump it on the stupid fuck's lap who crumble under the weight. * “Try lifting something that weight more than yourself higher than your head, and even spin with something ressembling grace when you have a brick instead of an arm”.

- Pole dancing class as part of the automail recovery therapy. Yuuri smiles, and he's like, this was totally for medical reasons.

- The ports gets cold and hurt when they're too long in the ice ring, so for when they train Phichit knitted them horrible arm socks (and leg sock for Ed). Knitting is not Phichit forte, and the mitts are ridiculous at best.

- Yuuri's favorite is a kaki monstruosity with purple polka dots, orange stripes, and some brown squiggles that are supposed to be flowers.

- Ed's are one atomic pink with red hearts on it, and a blue one with barely recognisable hamsters.

- The photos of them with it become viral.

- He decides to go back to competing, and he slays the handisport section. He wins all of the gold medals in the juniors, and then in the seniors.

- He's got a new coach ; she's pretty, kind and maternal, attentive to his anxieties and the fact that Ed is basically is contra-phobic object ; she's perfect, and exactly what he needs. Her name is Gracia Hugues.

- For his galas, he always do something with Ed (and either they do funny shit things, either they some mind-numbing show of skills mixing Ed's talents in flying martial arts and Yuuri's adaptability- anyways they're breathtaking)

- There's a fanbase dedied to their bromance, and some people do RPF with them.

- Ed browsing deviantart and diying a little bit (but save the nice, bro, safe ones on his phone.)

- Yuuri reading fanfictions, selecting the crack fics and the AUs to laugh with Ed, Phichit and Lin. (and Lan Fan. She's there, silently laughing)

- They're so much more low key about the bromance than Phichit and Yuuri that people have a lot more opinions about their bromance. And are sure it's a romance.

- Yuuri obviously finds it hilarious.

- Ed and Yuuri doing shit like this on purpose.

- One day on tv, some jackass ask if he doesn't miss his limbs, and Ed answers "thats equivalent exchange" while looking at Yuuri. The shippers goes mad, Yuuri goes awww cause he knows Ed meant it very innocently

- They only pop up in Phichit, Ling, and Yuri social medias because they dont take vids themselves or photos and even less post them

-  One day, there's an hORRIBLE rant made by a dude that says that Ed and Yuuri are lucky to have found the other because who would want any of those disgusting cripples

- and they're a bit hurt but not much because they told themselves the same thing since they got their accidents

- But Phichit sees red. He takes THE photo.

- the one after the showers after practice, where you can see skin, soft scars, glinting metal, muscles and cloth making it SFW, and no comment under it like he use to.

- It broke twitter

- (Yuri totally roasted the guy that DARED insult his idol.)

- Roy Mustang is an ex-man-single prodigy. He was adored by the public. When he retired, he decided he wanted to go into Amestrian politics (ie, the Army).

- He's the one that presented his old buddy from the army, Maes, to Gracia. (people all around the world whined when they announced that it was Maes marrying Gracia and not him.)

- Roy isn't sure if he's happy for both his friends because Maes became 1000% more annoying after meeting Gracia. (That's a lie, he loves them both and is more than happy.)

- When he became a state alchemist, his fans where like “fire alchemy ??? U SURE ?”

- Yuri Plisetesky is a die-hard Yuuri Katsuki fan, and he finds it unfair that

    1. no same sex couple on the ice, and it sucks because those two could do some pretty awesome shit

    2. Ed doesn't compete because not enough money and he don't care much for the competition ; he's there for the fun and for Yuuri

    3. he'd love to skate on the same ice as Yuuri but, eh, handi sections and mainstream ones doesn't mix. He hates the federation so much.

    4. no one knows about the handi athletes apart of Yuri and Otabek (because he whines at him) and he finds it the most irritating thing in the world, it's a TRAVESTY.

- And just, one day, he goes to Yuuri's ice ring, and he watches him, film him for future reference and manage to catch on film a *quad axel*.

- And the regular skaters, they're like "wait what" when they see the video of the first quad axel in history

- "but we don't know that guy"

- and Yuri goes in a screaming rant about how they're all stupid, it's “FUCKING YUURI KATSUKI YOU HEATHENS HOW DARE YOU FORGET HIM HE COULD HAVE BEEN THE BEST RIVAL FOR GOLD IF NOT FOR THAT ACCIDENT HE HAD TO LEAVE MAINSTREAM SKATING AND NOW YOU DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HIM?!”

- And one day, Viktor, dense fridge that he is, find irl EdRi doing some figures in a public ice ring. He goes to Yuuri, says something like you skate nice, have you considered going pro, and ed punches him because the dunce doesn’t remember sharing the ice with Yuuri

- "I was too fucking kind i should have decked him with the metal one"

- Yuuri is nrgh between "he punched Viktor" and "am i that forgettable"

- Yuuri's also like Ed No Ed Stahp. While smiling happily because spiteful savage Yuuri. Who doesn't want Victor to get hurt, but he forgot.

- "We said no punching, Ed"

- ”Ed we talked about this.”

- ZE discussion they have all the time ; "Can i punch that dick in the dick" "No u cant"

- And he can only punch people if Yuuri is okay with it because everyone deem that if Yuuri thinks a dude deserve to be punched then he deserves it.

- If Yuuri thinks it's time to punch someone then it's time. Yuuri's everyone's moral compass. Except he isn't a good moral compass, because sometimes he's sassy and spiteful.

- Yuuri with really long hair after he stopped mainstream mens singles.

- First he was too depressed to cut it, then he realized it's easier for the automail. The hair gets stuck less in the joints and if they're long you can take them out easier.

- Phichit doing artistic© photos of tanned light hair Ed and pale dark hair Yuuri and destroying Instagram

- Al and Ed have been apart since they were 8 and 10 and they had the failed transmutation that left Al in a coma for 3 years with nearly no memories of his brother, and Ed without limbs.

- They went to different foster families ; Ed with Izumi and Sig, Al with the Rockbell. And Al doesn't remember Ed much, only what Pinako told him (he loved you more than anything, he was persuaded the accident is his fault)

- Olivia Armstrong is Ed social worker. The whole Briggs team work in social services.

- Ed refusing to search for his bro cause he's sure Al hates him, and, sure, Ed hates himself but not to the point of subjecting himself to that.

- Yuuri comforting him when he has nightmares about it, not saying a thing when Ed cries at night cause he misses Al.

- Phichit  stalking the whole internet to update Ed on how Al is doing.

- Al being so admirative of E.Curtis works in "Alchemy Actual". Pinako wince in the background.

- Al finds it hard to connect E. Curtis to his brother because E. Curtis is notoriously secretive. No one knows anything about him.

- Al doesn't watch ice-skating, and isn't much a fan of phichit-chu. And no matter how many times he falls on a video of Edward C. he can't connect either of them to his brother. Pinako's starting to wonder if he's ever going to realise Ed-on-screen and Ed-the-alchemist is Ed his brother. She shighs in exasperation and wonder why he's so dense.

- May being Ling's pint sized badass little sister (one of many but his favorite even if loves giving her shit)

- May is irritating and wonderful and god he wishes he could introduce her to Al.

- May find Al by herself and is like “... most beautiful boy i've ever seen in my entire life omg”

- She posts photo of her and him on insta, and Phichit send them to Ed, he becomes crazy.

- Al being in a perpetual state of “Wait what” concerning her.

- “Beautiful girl came out of no where to talk to me and flirt with me and take pictures with me what'

- She starts talking alkahestry and suddenly he doesn't register her pretty face anymore she's clever who cares about pretty I can talk about alchemy with her !!!

- May finds him adorable

- Cue budding romance while their big brothers are having aneurisms on the side. Yuuri, Phichit and Lan Fan finds it hilarious.

- And at LEAST Ling can interact with his sister and NOW AL but ED REFUSES and he is sad and frustrated so he goes skating cause he has too much energy and "you can't punch people for the lolz Ed"

- Yuuri just sighs and pats him on the back while Ed screams at the sky and goes throwing quads all over the place.

- So frustrated he tries a quint toe loop, but "not a quad axel, i'm stupid but not dumb, only quadsuki can do that"

- Ed having super nice automail that Yuuri offered him with the skating money ("look, we match !", he says, a twinkle in his eyes, echoeing what Ed told him a few years ago.)

- Since Ed doesn't want to see the Rockbell and has a « 0 interaction » policy, Yuuri found that guy that lives in a remote part of Australia that does incredible machinery. They go once a year with the gang.

- Ed considering himself « toxic » to those he loves. Lan Fan decked him in the gut, Ling rolled his eyes so hard it had to be inscribed in a book of records, and Phichit insulted him in Thai. He tried this bullshit with Yuuri exactly once and never did it again.

- Mari straight up hit him with a pan. She reminds Ed of Izumi.("My foster mom hits me with her pan, too.")

- Following that sentence, people start to be suspicious about his foster mom, until they figure out Izumi and Ed love each other. Their love is just... violently displayed. And filled with martial art montages.

- Izumi and Sig already have a biological son when they adopt Ed. Aoi is totaly enamored with his « big brother »

- They adopted another child, a little girl named Nina. Her dad tried to kill her, and as of such she's sick. Her and Al are the reason he started studying organic alchemy in more depth.

- Envy is Ed biological punk rock but so nice older half-brother. He's androgynous and loves confusing people. ("Are you a girl or a boy ?" "no.")

- Envy avoids Al cause he feels guilty too. He felt he shoud have been there for his two lil bro, no matter how angry with their dad he was.

- When Ed and Envy gloom together, Lin/Phichit/Yuuri/Lan Fan comes to hit them and like "no we love you yes we said love shut up, up, we going petting rabbits"

- Hiroko, Izumi and Minako being BFFs and drinking together. It terrifies everyone. They comiserate about their spawns.

- Izumi's kid is in awe of Mari (as he should)

- EdxAngst + Yuuri/coming-to-terms-with-his-anxiety

- "Where did your... special style of skating came from, Mister Curtis ? *behind, a video extract where Ed is doing a double backflip on the ice, before launching into some capoara moves while Yuuri smiles and just cartwheels for the lolz*"

- Roy calling Ed “a backflipping maniac”

- Cuts to Ed doing a triple back flip and a single hand cartwheel or something right after. Just to see the expression on Roy's face.

- Roy having ten cardiac arrest a day. Riza laugh in the distance. (She laughs at his pain all the time)

- "Curtis, when your in an ice ring you spend more time in the air than on the ice, it's not natural"

- One of Phichit most liked photos is one of Yuuri and Ed twirling Elicia around

- Even if Ed isn't an official competitor, he has die hard fans, that calls themselves « Ed's Homunculi », and they're led by 5 people that nicknamed themselves with the primary sins.

- Yuuri snickers at just their mention. Ed complains all the time. (« NO FUCK LET ME GO IM NOT EVEN A PRO DONT PuT YOUR BOOBS IN MY FACE DONT EAT MY HAIR WTF. Why are you all so DISTURBING »)

- Envy founded the fanclub because he finds this deadly funny, now he’s mostly in charge of the social medias.  Ed is horrified.

- Scar is married to Lust and follows her everywhere, to every competition sighing all the time.

- THE PRESIDENT OF HIS FANCLUB IS THE FUCKING FURHER OF AMESTRIS

- The idea of Amestris’s Furher being enamored enough with Ed's skating to give himself a stupid nickname kills all of his friends of laughter inside

- Aerugo is near greece

- Xing is in east asia

- Creta is near italia

- Drachma is between finland and sweden

- Amestris between germany and poland, and Ishval between poland and Austria

- Father couldn't arrange another full country array, and eventually decided to let it go.

- Envy's real name is Nichola Elric

- Lust is Veda Campos

- Wrath is King Bradley

- Pride is still Selim Bradley

- Gluttony is named Emilio Abatucci

- Scar is Luca Campos

- Izumi’s kid is named Aoi Curtis