#I will make a Valentines day art with my fave ships

[shinmiyovvi]

Y'know what...

I'LL FUCKING REDRAW THIS SHIT >:3

A self-ship art just for the perfect occasion 👉👈💖

(It's Feb 15 right now, but that doesn't stop me from posting these two here)

[karaokebearwithal]

HEARTS DAY 💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘

(or whatever they say in Faerûn for Valentine's)

Pictured here doing a lil' dance to celebrate (despite being dressed for a completely different holiday depicted here) Are the local faves Asheera (@optiwashere's Tav) and Shadowheart!

The addition of clothes when it comes to animating brings up something I have never considered before. - Did you draw them the same in each frame - Fabric moves slower than the body, are they moving like that?

Hey Bear, you forgot a boot in a previous frame and now the past two frames you drew had no boot guess you gotta go back

If the hair moves in this frame but not in that frame, why do my eyes hurt?

The belt is heavy so it moves slowly

Needless to say, I ate this up. 😌 Doing this also realised I can just animate anything! So I'm gonna jump into the deep end and try doing Aylin's wings! It can't be that hard.

[roaringheat]

Big doodle dump from the past months to remind myself art is fun :^)

[rockitmans]

fic writer 20 questions - ask game

I was tagged by @bitbybitwrites, @special-bc-ur-part-of-it and @shame-is-a-wasted-emotion . Thank you my darlings 💖

tagging... probably a bunch of people that have already answered. @cerriddwenluna @heartsmadeofbooks @kurtsascot @backslashdelta

1. how many works do you have on ao3?

8

2. whats your ao3 word count?

134,215

3. what fandoms do you write for?

Only Glee/Klaine at the moment but I teeter enternally on the edge of writing for Red, White and Royal Blue

4. top 5 fics by kudos

Spinning Out (306) Blaine Anderson vs. Valentine's Day (221) Smart With Math, Stupid With Love (215) No Take Backs (166) Witch Wanted (161)

5. do you respond to comments? why or why not?

Yes, although if I get distracted for even a second it will inevitably not happen. If things are out of sight they are out of mind 😅

I do like to reply because comments absolutely make my day so I wanna acknowledge that. Even if I'm just like "fanks 🤓", inside I'm screaming.

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

Witch Wanted has an ambiguous ending which can be read as angsty depending on how the reader interprets it. Personally I take the happy ending but either way the purpose of it is more about choosing to love each other through any challenge, however it ends up.

7. whats the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

All the rest haha. I think Blaine Anderson vs Valentine's Day is the most straightforwardly light hearted fic. Smart With Math has the best progression. And No Take Backs is the most cathartic and hopeful.

8. do you get hate on fics?

No. I've had people disagree with some stuff like writing Kurt Hummel as a Slut in Spinning Out (he deserved a slut phase ok). Personally I always think the point of fiction is exploring other avenues for the characters but I don't mind if people disagree with that.

9. do you write smut? if so, what kind?

Yes and as to what kind... The kind where sex happens?? Not sure haha. I guess I tend to write bottom Blaine with slightly subby undertones but y'know I've also written possessive top!Blaine and wall sex and soft sex with a lot of ~feelings~ so I'll try anything really as long as it doesn't squick me.

I also tend towards writing sex in a way that I think fits the fanfic mold rather than how I feel it strictly exists in reality. I don't think there's anything wrong with that though. The mold is good.

10. do you write crossovers? whats the craziest one youve ever written?

Nah. I'm writing a Red, White, Royal Blue AU currently but it's not a crossover in the sense that characters from the book will appear. I don't currently have any plans to write one but maybe.

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

Don't think so

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope

13. have you ever cowritten a fic before?

No. I'm open to it but terrible at writing to a schedule so it would have to be a patient soul to put up with me. I've written to prompts and for art though which is a different kind of collaboration that I really enjoy.

14. fave all time ship?

Klaine but I had a pretty hefty Merthur era in my youth and they still have a special place in my heart.

15. wip you want to finish but doubt you will?

I kind of intend to finish all of them even if that's entirely unrealistic. Nothing is formally abandoned that I've written more than a few thousand words for because... sunk cost fallacy.

It's possible the fic I was writing for Back to School may fall by the way side. It was competing choir directors with a lot of dumb rivalry and banter which I do really enjoy but I'm struggling to structure the story.

16. what are your writing strengths?

Dialogue, humour and smut. At least comfort in writing those things - it's hard to judge the quality of your own work objectively.

17. what are your writing weaknesses?

Exposition, capturing any emotion other than pure stupidity, and getting the guy from one place to another.

18. thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in a fic?

Wouldn't do it personally, I would probably indicate a character was speaking another language within the prose rather than writing it out. But to be fair the only other language I speak is BSL which does not translate well to text 😝

I don't mind reading it as long as there's translation somewhere because your boy is lazy and doesn't wanna look stuff up

19. first fandom you wrote for?

If we're talking unpublished, it was a Jack/Ianto Torchwood fic. I think Jack was the first canonical queer man I encountered in media but I could be forgetting someone.

20. fave fic youve written?

Spinning Out is my baby and I the urge to write a sequel grows daily. I love the boys' dynamic in that fic.

But from a pure reread perspective it's probably Blaine Anderson Vs Valentine's Day. It's just light hearted silly fun and still makes me smile.

[cupcakerias]

roy for the list thingy pretty pls!!!! (ur super cool btw >:3)

AWWWW THANK YOU i’m glad you think this blog is cool 🥹 it’s my favorite blog of mine i’m really proud of it… i don’t wanna waste time being sappy tho soooooo

roy🍕

fave thing about them: oh my god i like everything about roy lol. i admire roy so much. his personality is hilarious. like he’s a coward and apathetic at the same time. it’s so relatable. a lot of people may think that’s a total contradiction but if you’re a true #sufferer you’ll get it. also when he gets super pissed at willow/james for rear-ending his car it’s so funny. i think roy should be allowed to be an asshole sometimes he deserves it. also he’s the only chef who doesn’t smile at the beginning of the day in the original pizzeria THAT’S SO DAMN FUNNY but he’s happy sometimes too and that’s cute to see in the promo art (i specifically like that one christmas artwork with papa and joy and the gingerbread apartment it’s SO CUTE) anyways yay #peaceandloveonplanetearth

his design is one of my favorites. i love the pizzeria uniform AND i love his B style it looks so casual and it’s JARRING because when you see roy you never assume he’s just chilling. but that’s why it’s so funny. literally half of his B style is still work clothes. also read this old ass forum post it makes this even funnier

also i kinda like how he has an established family. idk if it’s apparent yet but i always end up thinking more abt family dynamics rather than ship ones… i don’t mean to favor that over romance bcuz i love shipping as well but IDK that’s just how my brain works. he has a cool ninja older sister and a weird ass uncle and i think it’s funny how he’s like the only average one of the bunch. lol 👍

also his orders are really good it’s like flipline understood the assignment with roy every single time. they never forgot…. also since he likes valentines most of the time most of his orders look super cute LOL i love that

least fave thing about them: there is not a single bone in my body that hates roy. you could not make me hate roy. never ever everrrrrr

brOTP: JOYYYYY i think they have a good relationship. i see interps of them not getting along which makes me kinda sad 🥲 but it’s a totally valid interp anyway so i try not to care especially if the fanwork isn’t focused on them anyways lol. idk roy has “fond memories” of being with joy (mentioned in her flipdeck) and she even “lovingly” based her kart off of her “dearest brother” LOL. also they both like berries and teriyaki and cookies and possibly other stuff as well and i just think it’s so funny how their taste is almost the same sometimes except for like a few things lol. i’ll have to look at that again but it’s such a pain in the ass cuz ninjoy and joy orders are separated on the flipline wiki LOL

OTP: so basically i see roy as the boring dating sim protag so i like ship him with like way too much people 😭😭😭 fave is probz roy x allan tho

nOTP: i can’t believe i have to say this but joy and papa louie 😓

random headcanon: i think he’s a really good cook in general and he could probably take over every other restaurant if he wanted to. but he DOESN’T want to. i think he has no idea what he wants to do so he just goes around and helps papa louie all day lol

i actually think he is well-liked by most customers because they don’t think he’s a gloomy dude, they just think he’s the brutally-honest reality check type of guy which is actually fun to have around LOL. he probably just thinks everyone hates him cuz of anxiety XD

he has “normie anime protagonist who is born into a family of greatness” energy basically

unpopular opinion: he doesn’t COMPLETELY hate his job he’s just kinda just doesn’t care abt it lol. he likes it when people enjoy his food and he takes pride in that. he’s like “GOD i can’t take it anymore i’m gonna quit” but the next minute he’s like “This is great. I'm going to get a good grade in pizza, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve,” lol

fave picture of them: too much LMAO but probably this holiday picture cuz i think the tracksuit/hoodie (?) looks nice over the uniform and he is smiling :) awwww how nice!

shout out to this one from the pizzeria DX ad on youtube tho i use it at a reaction image all the time now 😍

[evillexieart]

Sooo I've been listening to a lot of Britney Spears lately, and a lot of her songs make me think of Rouge. And when I think of Rouge, I think of my fave Rouge ship, Manouge.

And I thought, hey, why not make a Manouge drawing for Valentine's Day??

So this is that.

If anyone is curious, there's two songs in particular that I feel match the vibes of their relationship from Rouge's perspective

Passenger

Trip to Your Heart

I adore this ship but I don't want to ramble - So I'll stop here lol

I will say if you're starving for more, I have a lot of old (read:bad) art on my DeviantArt of this ship.

[itscherrylipsforme]

Your valentine's event is sooo fun, I love all the love quotes you picked for the event prompts!!

🫀 You have bewitched me, body and soul Alternative: tell me about you and I will ship you with a character from my list and tell you why

I'm a straight female and my pronouns are she/her

Physical description - I'm 5'9 and I have long and curly dark brown hair and brown eyes. I have a fair skin tone, I'm slim and I've got full lips and fairly large eyes. I also have these dimples that I really like!

I love reading, my favorite genres are poetry, Russian lit, and mysteries! I love learning about new things and knowing a little bit of everything. I adore adventures, witty and playful banter, joking around and having indepth discussions on anything and everything! I adore all forms of art and I have quite a few creative hobbies! I listen to a lot of modern/indie rock and I love watching films very much! It takes me a while to feel comfortable around new people but once I do, I become really talkative and outgoing. I love helping out and I'm the therapist friend, people come to me to vent or for advice and comfort. I'm smart and ambitious; I love being the best at everything I do. I'm quite the hopeless romantic and I love being in love! I adore big and small romantic gestures and I love domesticity sm!! My love languages are acts of service and quality time. I'm a ravenclaw, my mbti is infp and my enneagram is 4w3!

Thank you very much! I hope you have a lovely day ❤️

Event's requests list

Hi lovely anon, I am glad you like the event ! I think you would make a good pair with Regulus Black, here are some reasons why:

He is definitely a bookworm (I have the headcanon that Crime and Punishment is his favourite novel, but Fathers and sons comes pretty close too. Also don’t really know why, but he seems like a Rilke and Kafka enjoyer too me).

As for being knowledge thirsty and wanting to have deep discussions, don’t worry. He is your average “2 am talking about how infinite and yet small we are while you lay on my arms” kind of boyfriend, so he has you covered

He would be more than pleased to listen to your fave songs and watch your beloved movies as long as it makes you happy

I think your personalities could match quite well. You share that trait of being reserved at first and more open later. He would value your ambition and witty too. And being honest, he truly needs someone to listen to all the worries that trouble his mind and you could be that person

He is secretelly a hopeless romantic too (I find it related to his liking for poetry), so expect a lot of cute gestures, details, inside jokes and teasing between the two of you

Bonus: He would love to play with your hair every day and kiss your dimples before falling sleep

[seaside-lovers-archive]

Tags Guide

All tags are "general" tags; if a post applies to a romantic F/O, it will also have a version of the tag with their emoji.

#yearning hours → any posts I make involving my F/Os, relationships/love posting, or crush posting

#ship info -> my relationship info pages

#pinned -> old pinned posts

#kate's creations -> anything I make - art, writing, memes, crafts, moodboards, picrews, etc.

#💞 Valentine's Day Prompts -> Valentine's Day 2023 prompts

#waves.txt -> catch-all tag for all my original posts

#ask response -> any responses to asks

#imagines

#positivity/reminders

#writing/headcanon → fanfiction, headcanons, etc

#incorrect quotes -> incorrect quotes style posts

#stimboard

#moodboard

#prompts/resources

#💖 → soft/comfort posts

#🎨 art gallery -> fanart of f/os

#img -> official art/gifs/screenshots of f/os

#about me/relatable → posts i relate to or share about myself

#customization → headers, icons, dividers, etc

#polls

#fave → posts i really like

#reblog game → any games involving reblogging - "reblog and tell me", "reblog and get x", etc.

#creations for me -> any creative things done for me

#quest -> any self ship related quests

#reminders -> pictures that remind me of my f/o and don't fall under stimboard/moodboard

[taixju]

𐐪 a note from emi 𐑂

hi pretty peeps ! it’s been a hot minute. with valentine’s day right around the corner, i wanted to host a lil self-ship art event <3 i know i haven’t finished my other self-ship art collab and to be completely frank, i probably won’t finish it. I apologize to the people who I didn’t get to but i lost motivation to complete it *cry*. perhaps i will revisit it again one day and try to finish it but as of now, it doesn’t look like I will :( i think i overwhelmed myself with too many art pieces at once. so for this event, we will start with 5 for now!

𐐪 what is it 𐑂

welcome to emi’s valentine raffle! step right up to enter your name for the opportunity to win a free self ship piece. emi’s wheel will be accepting entries till the end of january. once the month comes to an end, all the entered names will be placed in a randomized wheel and 5 lucky winners will be selected to receive a self ship piece with an anime character of choice!

𐐪 how to enter 𐑂

If you are interested in entering, you can enter here 💌 ……… to make this a lil more fun you can provide the character of choice n’ your favorite dessert ! reblogs are also greatly appreciated hehe i’m excited to get started n’ bring you n’ your faves to life !! i hope to see you in the entries, good luck !!

𐐪 support 𐑂

rb n likes are more than enough however all of my self ship events are free n’ if you’d like to further support future events like these, tips on my ko-fi are greatly appreciated !! 🥰 i also offer customized self ship/fanart for purchase if that is of interest to you !! Thank you !!

love, emi <3

[rainbow-filmnerd]

SE: Soulmates

Happy February, folks! Time for some ship related art! Might make one more before Valentine's Day, but we'll see what happens. Decided to draw my fave ship from Soul Eater, because I feel like they would start dating after the ANIME (manga? never heard of it). I just want Crona to have the happy ending they deserve. ;3;

[themarauderstheoutsidersandpeggy]

could i also pretty please have a marauders ship?

my pronouns are she/her and i’m in ravenclaw :)

i’m pretty short, maybe like 5’2-ish? i have short blonde hair, i’m white and have brown eyes. i’m on the chubbier side and always wear a bit of makeup. my nose is my favourite part of my body?

i never leave the house without wearing my docs (with the rainbow laces, ofc) i love dresses with long sleeves (bc i get insecure about my arms sometimes) i looove reading, painting, watching movies, (my fave is alice in wonderland) singing! i'm a lover of art <3

when i’m around people i’ll always try to kind, and am very bubbly and smiley! sometimes i can get carried away when i talk to people, i’ll just go on about something in extensive detail-

OH I LOVE HALLOWEEN and all things spooky! i live is australia so we don’t really celebrate it which isn’t fun :( i love the city and days out, i’d always rather go out than stay in. my fave subjects are media and art, and at hogwarts they would probably be potions and herbology.

eek! i hope that was enough!! <3 🥂

we’re having a sleepover! please please send things in, read this post to learn more!

I ship you with James!

I think you two would be fantastic together!

He's not the tallest person in the world, but he's got some height on you, and he uses it to his advantage

If you're reading, he'll yank the book away from you and hold it over his head

but if you really really don't like it or get worked up over it he'll stop

basically teases you 24/7 but oh my god are those tears in your eyes he'll stop he'll take everything back and he'll swear on his mother's life that he'll never do anything like that again

If your nose is your favorite facial feature, it's his too

He knows how much you like it, and he thinks it really compliments you

He likes watching you do your makeup, but it's not always in a cute, adoring way, sometimes it's in a 'oh my god why are you putting black stuff into your eyeball? darling that's a marker it doesn't go in your eyes!' way

not sure how short you meant by short hair but he really loves messing with it

sometimes you have to practically fight him off with a stick because he's just glued to your hair

he had not realized that you can just,, wear boots,, instead of shoes,, every day,, he's been wearing shoes for his entire life,, and then you waltz into his life in rainbow-laced boots and his entire life changes

probably buys you a pair of boots for special occasions, if it's valentine's day or your anniversary, he gets you ones with hearts on them or worked into the design, if it's halloween they're orange or purple, etc

he notices that you usually wear long sleeves, and he loves the way they make you look, but if you ever want to talk about your insecurities, or want help trying to feel better about them, he's always there

he just doesn't want to push you, so you'll need to come to him, but once you do, he's 100% on board

don't let him in the room while you're painting

it might seem like a fun pastime with your boyfriend but oh my god he will get paint everywhere

there's paint in his ear within five minutes and you just don't know how it happens

he's not familiar with technology so when you show him movies, and the first one you show him is alice in wonderland, he's convinced that every single muggle is on hard drugs

"That's just an acid trip!" "But it's a pretty acid trip, James!"

he tries to get you to sing all the time and if you deny him he's gonna get pouty but just hold his hand and he'll get over it

if you end up going out to an art museum he'll spend the day staring at you while you're staring at the art

"This one's so intricately designed, I like the way they- James? James, are you listening?" "Hm? Of course darling, it's a very pretty picture."

you're always going on about things to him and he just :D at you the whole time, i swear he's such a good listener and he actually does listen, he asks follow up questions, he remembers what you talked about even months later, etc

you smiling makes him smile and then because he's smiling you smile harder and you guys just never stop smiling at each other oh my god

when you spend halloween at hogwarts with him, he goes all out

probably enchants spare sheets to be 'ghosts' even though he thinks its dumb because 'Darling, the bloody baron just passed us, why do you need little sheet people?'

you two barely spend days in, but when you do they're cozy and warm and lazy and soft

you honestly just run around the castle with him a lot like do you know where you're going? no

but are you having a good time going there? yes

once he finds out you like herbology it's over

literally every occasion that he can find for gifting you plants he takes it

you've had to enchant them to hang on the walls and from the ceilings because there's so many you don't have table space anymore

[goodbysunball]

Ten weeks away, six beats off

Been a whirlwind year so far but I'm back in the saddle. I'm busting at the seams with drivel on records and the best way to unleash it is in these grouped posts. Small plates, quick bites - bon apétit.

Bobby Would, World Wide World (Low Company)

Can Low Company just come back as a label and a record store already? These releases trickling out after its demise are cruel reminders of how essential those self-effacing tastemakers were. The Anti-Clock LP is a doozy, and this second Bobby Would record sounds like a classic right off the bat. Mr. Would sticks to the same stuff that made Baby so damn good: dusty loops, barely discernible vocals with a catchy melody, bright spindly guitar lines for days. Songs like "Natural Killer" and "Walk Away" are the immediate favorites, upbeat on the exterior but bleary-eyed upon close inspection. Repeated listens have revealed that the hungover haze of "Maybe You Should" and the last call sway of "Raft," which might be my favorite, are where he really shines, tempos slowed to a crawl to make room for the rich warmth of his reverb'd mumble and his sparkling guitar. Yeah, I'm crushin' on Bobby Would, but so's everyone I've forced this record upon. Sharp but unassuming, and endlessly listenable, World Wide World is the balm until better days arrive. Top notch, highest recommendation, all the fixin's.

The Begotten, Temidden Laaghangende Wolken (Aguirre)

I'm a new dad and that means I'm searching for music that I can listen to with my daughter without disturbing her, and music that isn't Raffi. Typically that means a lot of drone, and a lot more quiet, introspective music, like the reissue of Lol Coxhill & Morgan Fisher's Slow Music that Aguirre did. Because the reissue job on that record is so good, I decided to roll the dice on a contemporary offering from Aguirre that also sounded like it fit my needs. My initial reaction to hearing the Begotten's music online was that this trio was approaching zones tread upon by Fabulous Diamonds circa Commercial Music, but subsequent listens have decidedly not taken me that far out. While it's clear the band is made up of exceptionally talented musicians, the music tends to be pretty safe and stays close to the shore. The B-side's a bit better: "Eiland Zonder Oceaan" and "60 Manen" are as close as this record gets to the "dub with tears" descriptor from the label, and the gossamer drone of closer "Klauwzeer" is cool, but nothing really sticks once it's over. Seems like these guys could probably freak out the crowd at a traditional jazz club, but Temidden Laaghangende Wolken keeps the listener at arms' length, simmering but ultimately tepid once you're beneath the surface.

Cube, Drug of Choice (Alter)

Fave record of the year so far! I caught Cube (aka Adam Keith) burning down the Pilot Light what seems like an eternity ago, touring on his last LP, Decoy Street. Nothing on that LP approached the fiery performance I saw, but he's definitely harnessed that energy on Drug of Choice. The record flows seamlessly, corroded breakcore flooding into all corners, causing machines to gasp and whirr and burst, and Keith's intermittent vocalizations are as sinister and biting as they are introspective and philosophical. "Natural Selector" has all of the above, but for my money it's the closing duo - the frenzy of "Moderator" and the terrifying strobelight beatdown of "Cusp" - that really show the piledriving exterior/groaning interior dichotomy that makes the record so magnetic. The label said it best: Drug of Choice "deliver[s] something that feels as much focused on artful constructions of private experiences as it does the cathartic qualities of noise." Alter's quietly releasing some of the best contemporary records, but Cube's Drug of Choice has all the right stuff to justifiably blow up their profile. Wildly intense and devious record; grip a copy and lose your mind with me. While you're at it, check out Adam Keith's amazing Baited Area zine - some of the most engaging arts 'n culture writing/interviews this side of Demystification.

The Gagmen, s/t (iDEAL)

Aaron Dilloway, Nate Young, Joachim Nordwall and apparently Andrew W.K. teamed up as the Gagmen for a performance a few years ago, captured here and put to wax by Nordwall himself for his iDEAL label. I was expecting a pretty blistering assault given the clientele, but what you get is the opposite: slow loops, spare instrumentation, Young's sleepy vocals, all stark and creepy and forcing you to lean into it. The end of the second track gets a little intense, with some wailing loop and white noise combining to tickle your ear hairs, but aside from those couple of minutes, the bulk of The Gagmen is like a black breezy night forcing things to move that usually don't. Puts a knot in your stomach, it does. Hey, it's not for everyone, but if you loved the Komare LP from last year like me, you're gonna find a lot to enjoy here.

Monokultur, Ormens Väg (ever/never)

Glad to see Monokultur continuing their relationship with ever/never, not least of all because those overseas shipping costs hurt. Ormens Väg is the Swedish duo's second LP, and right from the jump they're seemingly headed in a more accessible pop direction. It's a good look for them: opener "Decennium" features big warm keyboards and probably the most exposed vocals from the band yet, kinda coming across like the Knife covering Berlin. It's followed by my favorite track, "För sent," which has a bass line that melts and soothes your ears, topped by JJ Ulius' forlorn (I'm assuming) spoke-sung vocals. The band nods at an earlier incantation of themselves on the buzzed descent of "Kanske blir det sämre", but for the most part the rest of Ormens Väg continues in this gorgeous, warm and spare mode. Take the beautiful instrumental "Vårdagjämning," which almost sounds like it was lifted from the xx's cutting floor until the tape loops emerge like swirling smoke to cloud the proceedings. By the track's end the band somehow ends up on Robert Turman's turf but everything feels cohesive, all of it delicately presented. Shit, even the snippet of "Silent Night" emerging at the end of the title track doesn't take the record off course. Pretty much perfect little record, and yet another early favorite from this year.

Nina Harker, s/t (Animal Biscuit/La République des Granges/Le Syndicat des Scorpions)

This record came out in the middle of 2020, but I missed it then and it's a current obsession now. Shoutout to @dustedandsocial, Yellow Green Red, Fuckin' Record Reviews and everyone else who pointed me in its direction, late as I may be. I don't have a whole lot of info on Nina Harker but it appears that it's the work of one Valentin Noiret, some mad multilingual genius working between the lines connecting Dome, La Grande Triple Alliance and Enhet För Fri Musik. "L'affreuse" is pretty illustrative of how Nina Harker condenses genres into bite-size packets: the woozy, seasick synth topped by Xasthur-like vocals, which are then joined by what sounds like despairing Japanese, the shuffling song slowly building up to this terribly simple guitar part that just levels you when it hits. Not everything is so busy: "Müssen Wir Noch Aufblühen⁇" is a fantastic slice of minimal synth, and the two late night strummers "το κορίτσι γαβγίζει" and "Muto" are disarming in their stripped-down simplicity. The hum that overwhelms "Muto" razes the field to make way for the robotic waltz and maniacal ravings on "Du Schaffst es Nicht," one of many catchy, totally bizarre moments on the record. Nina Harker is riddled with anxiety, moving from frenzied to haunting without batting an eye, but it's also an absolutely singular approach to the dread and restlessness lurking in the corners. Perhaps more prescient than they would've guessed when they made this record. Stunning, hits the spot every time, track down a copy posthaste.

[fuckyeahspones]

It’s so fun to read everyone’s answers to these questions! Thanks for putting this together.

How did you start shipping Spones (brotp or otp, either is fine!)

I started shipping spones a few episodes into season 1 when I was watching spirk fanvids on youtube and came across this video (Kirk/Spock/McCoy | Unfaithful): https://youtu.be/2nAmEwIooZ8

I watched half of it and got too sad at the concept of McCoy being sad, realized I was in danger of liking spock/mccoy more than spock/kirk and then went looking for more spock/mccoy fanvids, specifically TOS content since I hadn’t watched AOS yet. I mostly ship AOS spones because I came into AOS having already gotten into TOS spones.

Why did you ship them?

I don’t know exactly, I think their relationship is really interesting. I think they care a bout each other a lot but don’t always know how to deal with that and they don’t always approach problems from the same perspective. I like how they work together and I love the moments where the strength of their relationship is made clear. The katra sharing is also extremely compelling.

What are the some of the reasons you like Spock as a character?

I think Spock’s in a really interesting position as a person and in his career. I like watching him be good at things, and I like how he struggles to balance showing his caring about people with being generally reserved. He’s also funny.

And McCoy?

McCoy is my favorite character in the series, as much as I love the other characters too. Like Spock, I like watching him be good at things, he’s also funny, he’s often in positions where he’s dealing with a slightly different dilemma than Kirk and Spock and I think that makes his parts of the episodes really interesting. 

Some of your fave things about liking Spones: tropes, fics, headcanons, etc?

There’s a ton of amazing spones fic and I’m thrilled that there’s an active community still talking about them! It’s wonderful to have people to share ideas with. I started making online friends through spones fandom so that’s very special to me. I think they have so much potential as a pairing to fit with such a range of interpretations of canon and tropes and AUs and things like that. Platonic or not I just love the idea of the two of them (three including Jim but mcspirk is a separate topic :P) finding each other and being such important pieces of each other’s lives for so many years.

Thank you! I had fun trying to figure out the right questions to put for this weekend because I wanted it to be easy to answer, things that would connect people, but also not alienate others because well. Not everyone has good associations with Valentine’s Day and I didn’t want to bring any notions to go with it.

I love how many of us, including myself, just accidentally stumbled upon this ship. It’s like ‘oh, now this is a thing for us??’ and it’s quite amusing. Though through a fanvid is VERY new but also the amazing power of those fanvid creators making you feel FEELS with their amazing editing and song choices! Props to them! Video editing is HARD.

Your reasons for shipping them are similar to my own along with why you like Spock and McCoy. They’re just so fascinating, to quote Spock lol.

There truly is such amazing Spones fic out there and the community has been wonderful and it’s still nice to see it being active! I’m glad you’ve made friends in this community -- I have, and some of them are now some of the closest, dearest friends I have. And you are TOTALLY right about the potential of all those ideas in fic -- this fandom has I think only started to scratch the surface for what can be explored in fic and art that other pairings have already had a chance to do.

And VERY MUCH YES on the idea of them finding each other and being such an important part of each other’s lives for so many years! Even if it’s just in a platonic sense, the idea of having a person with such a lasting, long, close friendship is amazing -- even when all others have gone.

(Ahhh, mcspirk, also a great ship, but that is another topic all together lol glad to see more multishippers show up.)

If y’all are interested in OnlySlightlyObsessed1′s work, check it out on AO3 here!

[ We’re doing a Spock & McCoy appreciation weekend, so send your answers to these questions or anything related you’d like to send! ]

[foxsbeloved]

Hey y'all so it's Valentine's Day and I'll be releasing a few fanfics today and tomorrow if I don't finish them by today but I wanted to gush a little cause THREE of my fictional boyfriends Are very underappriciated and there's not a lot of content for them so bear with me

First is dastardly Danny from ROTTMNT! I truly love this goof look at that adorable face. I want to smooch. hes amazing and he's honestly a super personal F/O. He's not a main character but when he's on screen I get so so excited. Like LOOK I love him so much he's amazing and incredible and honestly he needs more love in this fandom

next up is Choo Choo from top cat! Art by my beloved mutual @ghostiedoll hes so silly and goofy! He always makes me laugh and puts a smile on my face. He's been special to me for a while and I think he's neat. I'd love to cuddle him.

Last but CERTAINLY NOT LEAST! is Mime from Happy Tree friends (if you ship with a HTF charecte I beg of you interact) he's a silly lad. He's crazy and feral and I want to pet and kith 🥺🥺💖

as you can tell I'm not good at gushing but I wanted to give some love to my underrated faves for V Day

[monicawoe]

Fic Writer Tag Game

Tagged by the lovely @denugis and @ameliacareful Thanks!

AO3 Name: monicawoe 

Fandoms: My top 3 fandoms are Supernatural, MCU, and Venom, others include various Marvel comics and TV shows, Alien Covenant, Forever Knight, Good Omens, Hannibal, Legion (tv), Lucifer (comics), Preacher (tv), and The Mandalorian

Fic you spent the most time on: In terms of longest time spent writing? Probably Burdens Doublefold, co-written with @quickreaver just because it was such a beast of a fic: still my longest at ~67k words, and still one of my all-time faves.

The longest one from conception to actually completing the fic though was On His Head a Crown which I started thinking of while season 5 aired (back in 2009!) and then didn't write because canon went in such a different and also fascinating direction that I ended up writing more canon-adjacent fics at the time. This one veers off wildly from 5x03 with Sam as the Horseman Conquest, and was finally written last year as part of the Sam Winchester Big Bang featuring glorious art by @slytherkins. That means it actually took me a full ten years to get around to writing it. Glad I did though ; )

Fic you spent the least amount of time on:  A tie between Letters of Resignation, a cracky collection of letters written from the POV of the demons killed by Sam during My Bloody Valentine and Hunt, the first Sharp Teeth fill I ever did for the prompt Wile E. Coyote finally catches the Roadrunner.

Longest fic: Burdens Doublefold, as noted above, a 67k retelling of seasons 1 & 2 co-written with @quickreaver, aka the fic where I wrote myself into shipping Sam/Brady forever.

Shortest fic: a 100 word BuckyNat poem Mirror

Most hits: How They Make You a Weapon at 18,619 , Winter Soldier POV beginning with Bucky being captured by Hydra through and beyond the end of CA:TWS) This is the only fic I've ever written in second person but I found it worked rather well for the Winter Soldier's POV accentuating his missing sense of self.

Most kudos: Ink at 2165, Venom (movie), Venom admires Eddie's tattoos.

Most comment threads: Also How They Make You a Weapon at 133, likely largely due to the fact that this was posted as a WIP, which I don't normally do, but at the time I felt a burning need to immediately share all of my Winter Soldier Bucky thoughts!

Fave fic you wrote: Wow that's a tough one. I love so many of them for so many different reasons. If I had to pick one favorite from my top three fandoms it would be:

MCU: Bad Becomes Worse. I suspect it might be one of the best (albeit angstiest) fics I've ever written, you tell me.

Supernatural: Counteroffer and its sequel The King's Guard - I still really love the unreliable narrator POV in the first one and the unsettling tone I think I achieved there, and as for the sequel, writing Sam as physically containing all of Hell was just so damn fun.

Venom: Wedding Party (because this one was just SO MUCH FUN to write!)

Fic you want to rewrite/expand on: So many. Early on in my spn fic-writing days I ended on cliffhangers a lot because that's what the show liked to do, and I myself enjoy the open-ended nature of them, but some of them really are begging for a sequel. If there's any particular one you'd like to see a time-stamp to let me know and I’ll likely add it to the list.  

I am currently working on a sequel to my most recent Venom fic Many Thousand Feet Beneath because I'm told I can't just leave those biotech millipedes under San Francisco! (and you're right readers, you're right!) It will take me a bit longer because ::gestures at everything this year:: but I promise I'm on it!

Share a bit of your WIP or share a story idea that you’re planning: (see longish excerpt of my WIP of Kale!Sam / King of Hell Sam under the read more tag below)

Tagging : @wetsammywinchester , @slytherkins, @brendaonao3, @rokhal, @tigerlilynoh, @hafital​

a WIP fill of a prompt for the 2020 round of Antichristmas: Sam Winchester's Birthday Prompt-fic extravaganza (still accepting prompts if you want to join the fun! fics due in May, for Sam’s birthday)

Sam stood in front of his new Mirror™ and smoothed down the front of his moisture-wicking tank top.  He could feel the increased definition in his abs, but it wasn't quite where he wanted it to be. Not yet. He was, as ever, determined to be his best self. That's what he'd built his whole career on, and he had to embody it wholly.

"Alexa, start Mirror, play Morning Pilates," Sam said, getting into starting position on his PVC-free yoga mat.

He moved through the first three exercises with ease, looking forward to the upcoming side plank with grim eagerness. He'd been getting better at the advanced version and was confident he could hold the position perfectly. When the time came he held the form without any quivering in his arm or leg, so focused on using his core to hold himself still that it took him a few seconds to realize the mirror was glitching. Sam's reflection wasn't doing a pristine side-plank at all it was just standing there. And it was wearing a suit.

A suit he was pretty sure he didn't even own.

"Alexa, restart mirror," he snapped, annoyed at this interrupt. He could hold side-plank a long time, but likely not all the way through the restart and plus he wanted to make sure his other side got an equal amount of attention, and— The mirror hadn't turned off. A bright red line was flickering down the middle. And his reflection—still wearing a black suit with a dark maroon silk shirt—was looking right at him, a crooked smile creeping across its lips. 

Unsettled, Sam pushed himself to his feet and moved to turn the damn thing off manually. He pressed himself up against the glass, reaching around the back with his left hand to find the reset button, and then the glass wriggled under him, and a hand grabbed him by the throat.

Sam choked as he was lifted two inches clear off the ground by himself. Or somebody who looked exactly like him. Except for the suit and his eyes which flashed golden-yellow just before he tossed Sam unceremoniously to the floor.

[antiquatedfuture]

Zine Care Packages (Antiquated Future Spring Newsletter)

What a challenging time. Things have felt pretty bleak and I debated about whether to send this spring newsletter a lot, but friends convinced me we're all in need of good news. If nothing else, I want to say two things: 1) We'll still be shipping orders (with plenty of hand-washing and sanitizing) several times a week. 2) While we always appreciate and need your financial support, we'd also like to offer the resources we have to any of you who are having a hard time. 

In short: We're offering free zines (and tapes and books) to anyone who's currently struggling financially, mentally, or physically right now. No need to tell us details, just email and say "I'd like a package," and we'll send one your way. Let it be a surprise or make a list of what you'd like and we'll send you what we can. Feel free to spread the word to your friends and community through our Facebook or Twitter posts. It's not much, admittedly, but hopefully it's something.

In more general distro news: we have a few more calendars & planners in stock (and very very on sale), we’ve been restocking things as much as we can, and we accidentally left up our temporary store-wide cassette sale (that also includes a decent handful of LPs and CDs) as well as our zine sale on select titles. We also just posted a newsletter from the record label side of Antiquated Future. We're currently lending some small financial assistance to Portland writer Martha Grover as she recovers from a brain surgery by selling a fundraiser pack of her Somnambulist zine. And if you're in the Portland area, we're helping do porch deliveries of food, baby supplies, and various resources. Please reach out if you'd like one or you know someone in need.

NEW ZINES Antonia- A rare, almost-sublime zine about place, memory, and lost history. About the ways things change and stay the same. About how the place you're from shapes who you become. About growing up in a small Midwestern town without a zip code, a place not on most maps. ($5) Behind the Zines #9: A Zine About Zines- The latest issue of newest best zine about zines around. Within: the evolution of DIY comics culture, zine-fest history, imagined zines, One Punk's Guide to collaborative zines, a history of that one Crimethinc poster, The Most Unwanted Zine, confessions of a sex-zine zinester. Contributions from our own Gina Sarti, as well as John Porcellino and so many others. ($3) Brainscan #34: A Dabbler's Week of DIY Witchery- In the wake of the controversy surrounding a recent viral article about spending a week "becoming a witch," Alex considers what her guide to a witchcraft practice would look like. The results are a day-by-day guide to trying out her particular variety of secular witchcraft (that she lovingly refers to as "DIY witchery"). ($4)

Caboose #12: Jury Duty- A personal story of serving as a juror on a medical malpractice suit. As usual, Liz Mason's playful, endlessly curious take on the world makes this a ride worth taking. A peek into the court system through the eyes of this long-running zine-star. ($4) Clock Tower Nine #15- One of our favorite Seattle zines is back with tales from the record store counter, long walks in various locales, dangerous doppelgängers, and 8-track tapes. As Clock Tower Nine ringleader Danny Noonan describes it in the introduction: "This fanzine is like a bunch of people sitting around a fire in late fall, all taking turns telling a story." ($3) Cometbus #59: Post-Mortem- How does Cometbus, after 38 years as a zine, just get better and better? It's a mystery, but it does. Issue 59 is a deep dive into both death and longevity in the underground. In short: what does sustainability look like in counterculture? This question takes Aaron on a journey from the Epitaph Records and Thrasher magazine offices to hanging out at a punk-owned vegan donut shop and a tamale stand at the farmer's market with Allison Wolfe (of Bratmobile). ($5)

Doris #23- A back-issue fave from one of the best zines ever. Long personal stories that look both outward and inward in surprising ways. ($2) Doris #26- Shy-punk-girl comics, social ecology, the cynical hour, a grandpa who built malls, hammer and nail history, and more. ($2) Eulalia #3- Two issues of the art zine Eulalia in one. Grief and romance, hand-in-hand. Gorgeously designed! Letterpress-printed covers. Each issue is bound with a special do-si-do binding, so each half can be read separately. ($10) Fluke Fanzine #17- Since 1991, Fluke has been creating great variety zines covering all realms of punk and underground culture. Graphic novelist Nate Powell, skateboard magazine historians, Maximum Rocknroll, R.E.M., '90s women-led punk, the Soophie Nun Squad family tree, more. ($3)

Forever & Everything #5- Comics on parenting, depression, coffee, therapy, alcohol, Willie Nelson, Charlie Brown, and living in New Orleans. ($5) Good Days Gone Cold Days- A photography zine/art zine made while living and working in "a house without heat, without doorknobs, and without much insulation or electricity to speak of" for a late fall in western Pennsylvania. Comes with homemade bookmark, building permit, and banjo tab. ($12) Keep Loving, Keep Fighting #8- A reprint of this 2008 issue of Keep Loving, Keep Fighting. Forty pages of feeling at home in New Orleans, communication between friends, death, visiting Montreal, and moving away. ($5)

Learning Good Consent- An essential compilation zine about consent. From personal stories to worksheets, approaches, definitions, resources, and beyond, Learning Good Consent is here to help us all feel more comfortable and be more respectful. ($4)

Little Leagues #1- The companion comics scrapbook to Simon Moreton's epic Minor Leagues series. Prose, comics and photos about being in Japan, making chutney, experiencing autumn. ($3) Little Leagues #2- Comics about being in the snow. Drawings and photos of spring. A fold-out cover with facts about lesser-spotted dogfish. ($3) Our Lady of Near Death Experiences- Jodi Darby writes about becoming a cross-country truck driver as a 23-year-old woman in the mid 1990s. A mini-memoir told in vignettes, Our Lady is a twisted love song to the road in all its complexities. A gorgeous reprint of this zine classic from 1998. (And we have the last few copies before it goes out of print!) ($10)

The Paruretic #1: The Story of a Guy Who's Pee Shy- The first issue of one of our favorite new zine series. The Paruretic tells what the intricacies and complexities of life with parusesis, the social phobia of being pee shy. Illuminating, accessible, and worth reading every issue. ($2)

The Paruretic #2: The Story of a Guy Who's Pee Shy (College)- In this issue, Mark recalls figuring out the debilitating effects of his bladder issues when he goes to college and, for the first time, navigates living in dorms, drinking at college-town bars, and hooking-up. ($3)

The Paruretic #3: The Story of a Guy Who's Pee Shy (Vacation)- In this issue: searching out acceptable bathrooms while on the road, not urinating for ten hours while in the air, and a bathroom-by-bathroom diary of experiences. ($3) The Paruretic #4: The Story of a Guy Who's Pee Shy (The Search for Help)- In this issue, Mark reaches out, looking for help, and is met with a less-than-sympathetic medical system. Within: clueless medical professionals, almost losing a job over a urinalysis, and finally finding someone who understands. ($3) The Paruretic #5: The Story of a Guy Who's Pee Shy (Dating)- The dating issue covers how Mark handled (or avoided handling) dating in high school and college. It's a chronicle of, as Mark says, "how my shy bladder has driven every part of my love life." ($3)

Somnambulist Zine Pack Fundraiser- For the past 17 years, Portland memoirist and illustrator Martha Grover has been publishing Somnambulist zine, an expansive and playful look at the world at large (and easily one of the best zines running today). This pack includes all nine in-print issues of Somnambulist (a $40 value for $25!). All proceeds go straight to Martha's brain surgery recovery fund. Help a great writer, get nine amazing zines. ($25) Somnambulist #33: How to Survive the Portland Winter- A fun how-to guide from Portland-born writer Martha Grover. Within: dealing with all the rain, taking care of your mental health, venturing out, staying in, eating soup (with recipes!), and the truth about umbrellas. Illustrated by Liz Yerby. ($5)

Somnambulist #34: The Starfish- A single, long-form essay about Martha's journey through Cushing's disease and Addison's disease, and the lingering tumor she's chosen to not demonize or see as something separate. The Starfish is a surprising and exciting meditation on what it means to be in a body. ($3) Surely, They'll Tear it Down- A short zine letter about gender, race, identity, and not-knowing from the author of Fixer Eraser and We, the Drowned. ($2) Tattoo Punk Fanzine, Issue 3- A jam-packed new issue of Tattoo Punk, the fanzine about tattoos, punks, and tattooed punks. Edited by Ben Trogdon of everyone's favorite artsy punk paper, Nuts! ($15) Valentines Every Day- Weirdo anytime-valentines from zine-seller extraordinaire, Julie Wade. Funny, bizarre, off-kilter, occasionally unsettling. The perfect gift for that especially-odd someone. ($6) What Happened- A dreamy comic from UK artist Simon Moreton. Set in a '90s boyhood of meadows, sci-fi VHS tapes, MTV, crushes, first kisses. ($5) 

NEW BOOKS & MISCELLANY The Collected Plays by Portland Preschoolers- In short: One of our favorite little books around! A modern classic, even. Five years of collected plays written by Portland, Oregon preschoolers. Hilarious, invariably bizarre, oddly brilliant, sometimes surprisingly profound. Perfect for putting out on the coffee table, reading aloud to friends, impromptu group performances. ($10) Four-Year Depression- A book about figuring out how to love your family in the Trump era. From Billy McCall of Proof I Exist and Behind the Zines. ($10) Zine Game- A long-time favorite in the zine community, now in a fancy, professionally-made version accessible to all game lovers. Playing like a cross between canasta and Magic: The Gathering, Zine Game is all about building your own zines. A really fun time with tons of possibilities. ($16)

NEW MUSIC & SPOKEN WORD Alice Notley "Live in Seattle"- An LP of one of the most adored living poets. Alice Notley pushes boundaries, and it's an absolute joy to hear her reading her work. (LP + digital download) ($16.95) Annelyse Gelman & Jason Grier "About Repulsion"- A collaboration between poet Annelyse Gelman and sound artist Jason Grier. About Repulsion mixes songs, sampled poems, textural walls, beats, noise, to create this EP of one-of-a-kind soundscapes. (LP + digital download) ($16.95) Eileen Myles "Aloha / Irish Trees"- The legendary poet Eileen Myles, on vinyl for the first time. Aloha/Irish Trees features nearly an hour of Myles live in the studio, reading past and present poems. Intimate, playful, raw. (LP + digital download) ($16.95)

Harmony Holiday "The Black Saint and the Sinnerman"- Harmony Holiday's record of poems and sound collage. Adventurous and accessible, twisting cultural images into something surprising, political, socially aware. In conversation with Charles Mingus’ classic 1963 album The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. (LP + digital download) ($16.95) Rae Armantrout "Conflation"- Fifty-four surprising and gloriously unique poems from Rae Armantrout, a Pulitzer-winning poet of great gifts. (LP + digital download) ($16.95) Susan Howe & Nathaniel Mackey  "Stray: A Graphic Tone"- Made in collaboration with Shannon Ebner, Stray: A Graphic Tone juxtaposes historic and recent material from poets Susan Howe and Nathaniel Mackey. An adventurous LP of spoken word delights. (LP + digital download) ($16.95)

Stay well, take care of each other as much as possible. Xo, Antiquated Future