#I'm a sucker for alliterations

[thelassoway]

Ted Lasso S01E06 Two Aces || Ted Lasso S03E06 Sunflowers

[thetreetopinn]

Happy New Year!

Say hello to Gabby, the surro-goat gamer goblin girl!

Art by Riddle August

The pun on the shirt came straight out of my brain and I am so proud of it.

The dialog "Misogyny is just a skill issue" is a statement of actual fact.

[cweercrippledcrafter]

biconic-rosa-diaz >>> cweercrippledcrafter

I set my old username because Rosa was the first bi character to call herself that that I'd seen on TV and it meant a lot to me, but I've been uncomfortable with having a copagander name for a while.

[song-writer-melo-wrath]

Silly Game Time: What're some of your favorite curse words, expletives, and swears?

If you prefer, they can be more polite substitutions (heck, frick, etc.) or old-timey options (tarnation, excrescence, etc.) so long as you genuinely like them. Oh! If you speak multiple languages, include your favorites in those, too!

I'm a fan of a lot of them, honestly. Damn, fuck, heck, tarnation, hell, bloody hell, curses, goddamnit, goodness, oh stars, are a few that come to mind.

In Spanish, I'm a fan of both puta and mierda. I'm particularly fond of the Chilean “puta la wea” and the no-native-speaker-actually-says-this-one, “madre mierda”. Or, as my roommate jokes, mother shit.

Oh, and I do like that in ASL "Fuck you" is but a flick of the wrist, so to speak.

[britishchick09]

i had an ai write a blurb for the rewrite! :D

In "Phantom of the Opera Rewritten," follow the story of Christine, a timid singer who discovers her true potential under the tutelage of an enigmatic masked maestro, otherwise known as The Phantom of the Opera. Set in the romantic city of Paris in the year 1888, this reimagined tale of passion, ambition, and tragic love will transport you to a world of soaring melodies, haunting harmonies, and unforgettable characters. Will Christine find her voice and impress the audiences of the grand Paris Opéra? Or will the Phantom's mysterious past and tormented soul keep them both from living the life they deserve? Dive into this captivating retelling of a timeless classic and experience the magic of the world's most iconic musical like never before!

[windovvaving]

"yes you," aileen confirmed. she hadn't really thought about the storage aspect, figuring a closet and nightstand were good enough. any guests could live out of a suitcase while they were at her house. "would a closet and dresser be sufficient? make the room more like a regular bedroom. but then that's just the same storage as a regular bedroom. hm."

She jumped a bit at the foot coming towards her, even though it was low to the ground and didn't hit her. She just hadn't been expecting it. "Me?" she asked, making sure they had the right person. "Um, I guess a relaxed atmosphere and comfortable bed. Decent storage space is ideal too, but not too much if you want them to leave eventually. Personal touches are also nice, things that show it's your kind of space but not overwhelmingly so it doesn't feel like they're sleeping in your room."

[viviraptor-art]

a nice sunset can make you do the weirdest things... ☀️

just something sappy for a certain someone's special day... and i'm a sucker for sunsets. is that enough alliteration? anyway, happy birthday, weevil! 🪲

[s1lv3rp4w3dc4t]

ii ships I don't even care about I just want to make fun names for them

nickel × cheesy: "grate deal" (knee slap) I swear I'm cooking here I literally don't care about them but. cheese pun and a play on a "great deal" which refers to nickel being a low sum of money and the great deal of patience you'd need to deal with both of them lol.

tissues × suitcase: "coldcase" imagine them as a detective/cop/forensic scientist duo solving a crime really badly. I'd pay money to watch that. i would.

marshmallow × mic: "sweet melody" idk it sounded nice and gives them a really soft vibe.

silver spoon × paintbrush × cabby: "silverpaintcab" I just wanted to try and spell my name out. we all know they'd kill each other within a week lol.

lightbulb × balloon: "lightloon" im a sucker for alliteration. you want to know how many suitcase ships I cut because this. also "lightheaded" or "airhead" or something because. duh.

microphone × pickle: "band equipment" because microphone and then pickles name shortened is pick like as in guitar pick. trust!!!!!!

trophy × oj: "first place" I think you get it.

test tube × microphone: "mic test" testmic shippers must not be very observant. mic test is right there and you go with it's invert.

clover × candle: "safetyspell" because clover's luck acts as a safety net for her and candle. is candle. alternatively this is life ring and candle.

tissues × mephone4: "snotcolate chip" I'd like to apologize to everyone forever.

[stargazerlily7210]

I'm just in love with the implication that The Pantheon of Pandemonium (I know no one's calling them that. I'm just a sucker for a little alliteration, okay?), an all but literal Pantheon of Chaos Gods. Have their own folklore of The Lord Temporal.

The one being powerful enough not only open the doors between worlds, but after doing so, to beat, banish and bind their progenitor deity in salt.

[wazzappp]

dandandan au but it's robbie and lisa

Do you have any idea what you've done. I have literally been thinking about this for a week now and you've given me an excuse to talk about it. I am in your walls now you cant get rid of me you did this to yourself.

ANYWAY. LETS GET STARTED.

Lisa is fairly easy to just slot in as Momo tbh. She's popular, stylish and actively looking for a boyfriend that fits a very specific criteria. Also idk WHY but it is INCREDIBLY easy for me to see her being raised by Sekio. She doesn't really have a canon family and I think the most important part of her family life is that she grows up fairly well taken care of and loved, which Sekio does! You know. In her own way.

Sekio raising her also makes it very plausible for her to be the kind of girl who carries a brick in her purse and roundhouse kicks scumbags trying to pressure her into sex in the throat. Just maybe a little nicer than Momo is sometimes lol. Being raised by Sekio also means she keeps the attribute of being well educated about ghosts.

I can see her adapting to her psychokinesis pretty quickly, just like Momo does. I do like her emotions influencing her powers just a little more than they seem to effect Momo in canon. Just because I'm such a sucker for her keeping that mask of a smile on her face while unintentionally making cracks in the wall with her powers.

Lisa is also... mildly jealous I think. We can see that in the comic where Robbie and Ms.Marvel have a crossover hangout. She is VISIBLY relieved when they decide they're 'Crossover Besties for Life' so her being a little possessive of Robbie when Aira comes into the picture also stays making sense (smacking the pink bitch on the head with a pan for daring to make fun of her man my beloved).

I cant talk about Robbie and Gabe without first talking about Eli, unfortunately. Eli sucks ass in every universe so yeah he's still working for the Russian mob. Bad news though, he's been getting too much attention for killing the wrong people. He's been visiting Alejandro and Julianna Reyes (who is very pregnant with Robbie) frequently enough that his enemies are aware of them, which means they're actively in danger. So Ivanov uses this as an excuse to send Eli to Japan so he can oversee some drug deals they've been doing with the Yakuza. He has to give his businessmen some scary dog privileges and all that yk. His caution does not last very long at all and he starts making a habit of taking his victims to an old abandoned tunnel on the edge of town for killing and disposal.

He manages to last a whole 5 years in Japan but it's not really voluntary. Ivanov has realized he has a great way to pawn off this liability and he's milking it to the extreme. Eventually the Yakuza decide 'This guy is actually so fucking shitty its worth it to kill him and potentially jeopardize our relationship with the Russians'. So they kill him, and his family, which leaves Robbie and a very small Gabe in Japan.

Because of all the people he killed in that tunnel, Eli's spirit goes to rest there. Rumors had spread of a Mexican guy, high as balls on coke, killing people in there so he earns the name 'Turbo Tío'. Cause 'Turbo Granny' is a INSANE name and I could not resist the dangling chain of alliteration I mean it's RIGHT THERE.

Robbie and Gabe's story stays mostly the same. Robbie is still working on cars but I think it would be reasonable for him to start looking at apprentice work on Trains once he's out of high school. Eli still had his tantrum and threw Julianna down the stairs while pregnant with Gabe, so he's still working to provide for his brother.

Robbie as Okarun changes a few things but surprisingly not as many as I would expect. Okarun is awkward, insecure, lonely and bullied. It's why he attaches to Momo so quickly. Robbie is ALSO awkward and lonely but he's got a lethal murderface and a 'dont fuck with me' attitude so he doesn't have the same problems with bullies. He DOES have the same problems with friendlessness though.

Gabe. The most specialest boy ever. He is an entirely NEW part of the equation and as a result I'm giving him Specialest Boy powers. Gabe is very spiritually sensitive. He can see things most people cant. He pretty quickly learned to Not Talk About It very much and expresses what he sees by drawing. Robbie just thinks he's very imaginative, and he is but this isn't because of that.

Because of this, Gabe has an interest in aliens and supernatural phenomena (the cryptid 'Ninja Wolf' is an obvious favorite). Robbie likes to check any books out in the library that he might like.

This changes things for Robbie once he's cursed because now he has MULTIPLE reasons for wanting to get rid of it.

The obvious. He would appreciate having his balls back, thank you very much (unsubstantiated, based off my research, but rumors spread that because he was with the Russian mob he castrated people in the tunnel so like it or not its part of his lore now.)

Having this curse is putting a target on his back and therefore putting Gabe in danger.

He REALLY does not have time to be fighting all these ghosts and aliens while holding down a job and going to school.

Please for the love of god he wants to incinerate that little cat Eli is being stored in.

BUT theres also a bit of a conundrum there. Lisa can defend herself 100% but with all the shit getting thrown at them its really helpful to have Robbie around (he would. very much prefer for her to not get hurt). And the really big problem: being spiritually sensitive could put Gabe in danger in the future, and if Robbie cant defend him whats the point of all this anyway?

SO. Considering all of this, Lisa and Robbies first meeting and subsequent dare goes a little different. Heres what I'm thinking.

Lisa is super in her head while walking down the hallway because she broke up with her shithead boyfriend. Robbie doesn't see her because there was a new shipment of books to the library and he's carrying as many as he can that he thinks Gabe will like. Naturally they run into each other.

Lisa is pissed at first, saying he 'needs to watch where he's going'. But feels bad mid stomp off and turns around to help. Comments on the subject material. Something like,

'Aliens, huh? I've seen you around school I didn't take you for the type to be into that. At least you've got a little stuff about ghosts here too, thats more reasonable.'

Robbie takes offense on his brothers behalf, 'What the hell makes ghosts more reasonable than aliens?'

Their fight escalates, Lisa makes him a deal. He goes to the most haunted place she can find, she goes to a place with lots of reports of alien activity. First person to back out owes the other 50 bucks (which is like. 7487 yen. Damn). For Robbie thats an entire meal and he's confident he wont fail. Lisa just thinks he's sorta cute and she likes proving people wrong.

I'm willing to bet you can guess what happens from there.

Also, because it's me, they get some fun physical side effects to their curses. Robbie has a portion of his hair that stays white after his transformation. He tries to dye it at first to stay under the radar but eventually its just to annoying to keep up with. I think he should keep black fingernails too. As a treat.

I!! WANT!! SIDE EFFECTS!! FOR TELEKENESIS!! So fuck it I'm giving Lisa funky green face marks she covers with makeup. They can be funky together.

Alright thank you for coming to my ted talk bye

[thedomesticanthropologist]

I don't know how Whimsical Halsin would be realistically, but I'm a sucker for characters who are old/wise enough to fuck around with their younger companions,

For example:

Saying incredibly SPICY things mid convo,

Or tossing in cringe levels of rhyming/alliteration at unexpected moments

but being absolutely deadpan and not acknowledging that he did it, slipping them in poetically mid conversation in a way that would make people groan and sigh if a bard did it, but because it's HALSIN they all just do a double take like *did he do that on purpose???* and here he is staring straight forward with the most benign facial expression like he has no idea he just made everyone do a spit take.

Example: they see a dragon fly overhead. Everyone's looking up

Halsin: Ah, such majestic beauty. To see a scaled serpent take to the sky with such grace is a privilege. Reminds me of a time in my youth where I found myself beneath such a creature, rutting until the sun rose above us in a cascade of light, casting illumination upon our tangled bodies within the cave that we had taken refuge. Anyways, shall we press on?

Literally everyone: what the fuck did you just say to me right now

[vinelark]

thank you for the alliteration compliment, I confess it was harder than it should have been. also i've checked and all of your hades AU wip asks have been from me im so sorry 😭😭. but it looks like ive contained myself to only asking every 1-1.5 months so that's good at least. im a sucker for canon welding of xover AUs, it's so hard to do well but when it is it's so juicy. the thought that's goes into combining two very different universes with very different rules that guide them makes me lose my mind. anyway good writing big fan thanks for responding to asks 👍

tbh you're showing impressive restraint considering i said the third installment would be out "soon." (i did think it would be! 2024 had other plans.) and thank you! i'm really glad you like the au!!

[ravenwitch45]

How about Crimson with an Imp reader who is much bigger then Crimson?

Okay, I like this idea, not sure what you mean by bigger though, that means a lot of things, So I'm gonna take it as taller and thicker built cause that sounds like a fun way to go, but interpret the writing how you envision I suppose, grumpy Mob boss flustered at being so small compared to his partner, let's do this XP

Crimson with an Imp Reader who is much bigger then him

Ah... Okay then.

Most of Crimson's men are shark demons, which are just generally taller then him for the most part, so he's kinda used to being the physicaliy smallest in the room, but he still feels like he's the strongest since they listen to his every whim after all. You on the other hand were different, whenever your close to him or touch him, he ends up feeling very small and vulnerable, and he refuses to boss you around, Satan knows what happened when he did that with his last partner.

He of course usually keeps his cool, tough as nails demeanor even though he's pretty flustered internally just being around you, even if you've caught him just looking you up and down, for varying reason, awe, attraction, wanting to just nuzzle up to your large form. But you can bet he's not admitting any that. He is very grumpy if you ever pick him up, just pouting and crossing his arms till you set him down, glad his only scars are around his eyes making his blush hard to notice.

Short jokes or teasing him about his height make him even madder, you don't do them often cause of that, but it's cute to see the angry blush. Don't get me wrong tho, he can manage not to be a blushy mess, he eventually adjusts to be able to keep up the composure to turning the teasing back on you, also you can bet he likes to top you when he can :3 Some of the teasing is innocent tho, like laughing when you bump your head on a doorway without your height in mind, or a ceiling fan tassel (Tall struggles I can confirm XP) Which always makes you fire back with you easily reaching the thing he just can't, you love to tease eachother about the height difference essentially. You sometimes recruiting one of his more lighthearted men like Chaz to tag team tease him. He doesn't take teasing sitting down though, if you get a little too bold, he'll sweep your legs right out from under and catch you, kissing you while your too flustered to respond, making you a stammering blushing mess. Which then makes any partner you recruited tease you right back, so hard to find loyal help these days am I right XP And while he allows that, thinking you deserve it a bit for getting too bold with him. If anyone teases you about it out of the blue, or Satan forbid insult you about it for some dumb reason, he'll roast the shit out of them, and probably arrange for them to get shot later if they talk back, Only he's allowed to tease you, or someone can with his approval, otherwise Fuck around and find out suckers. But sometimes? Sometimes he melts, clinging onto you desperately as you hug him in an encompassing embrace, only admitting to himself that you make him feel safe from all the regrets he refuses to agknowledge. Just grateful he still has you.

(Also thanks to my boyfriend @aveismaschine for the "encompassing embrace" alliteration, true genious dear) Overall it's a pretty wholesome relationship, filled with teasing and one upping flustering the other, along with genuine sweet moments that come with any good relationship, or at least that's my spin on it, thanks for the idea Anon.

[monstersdownthepath]

If you were to come up with new titles for all the demigods that lack a unique title, like the Qlippoth Lords, Kami Lords, Protean Lords and the Empyreal Lords, technically (giving them unique titles that fit along which type of Celestial they are.), what would you give them? I already say you or someone else call them? I saw either you or someone else call the Protean Lords "Protean Maestros", and I thought up Primordial Qlippoth and Kami Kannushi myself so that leaves only four more.

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I think I've made this post before, but I can't find it while I'm at work, and I never renamed all the Empyreal Lords, so:

I've been using Protean Cantor and Qlippoth Primordials! I've used Cantor so much I legitimately forgot they were just called "lords." I like Kami Kannushi, though this is because I'm a sucker for alliteration.

As for the good side, what I have so far and which is subject to change is

Empyreal Authority (Archon)

Empyreal Guru (Agathion)

Empyreal Muse or Maestro (Azata)

Empyreal Arbiter (Angel)

[dreamtigress]

#79 please!

79. Do you have any writing advice you want to share?

I am seriously honored to be asked this one.

Of note, my advice is geared towards the way my neurodivergent brain works, so mileage may vary. AuDHD for the win.

In whatever way you like to write/keep notes, make an Ideas/Notes document, and jot down all of the ideas that come to you. Be they snippets, a new piece of headcannon, a chunk of dialogue, whatever. Whenever they come, and you can get 'em down, nail those suckers down. You might never use them, or they might get edited beyond recognition, but I know that if I make note of them, I won't lose them to the ether. To that end, if I'm driving and an IDEA comes, I call and leave myself a voicemail. I can access my notes doc from any internet connection, and jot down ideas ALL the time. It is so advantageous.

I don't always write linearly. I have a ongoing timeline to keep track of my stories and ideas in order, and what things happen when, but I tend to write when the muse hits for a specific piece. I do sit down and try to finish things, in some semblance of order, but I don't force it. I allow myself to work on the piece that is speaking to me, that is delivering the dopamine. I can swap back and forth between WIPs fairly easily now.

Go back and re-read your own work when trying to find or remember a specific characters voice. Often, when I sit down to write a POV, I will go and skim other sections by that same character to give myself a refresher on how they sound in my head and look on the page. As I expand into more varied character POVs, this has become super helpful.

My workflow tends to go:

Rough/First Draft (get it all down, even if it is a little choppy.)

First Edit Run (soon after finishing the rough draft, if not immediately. Refine dialogue, add in bits of background, describe emotions/moods, double check if the physical blocking makes sense.)

Second Edit Run (Usually a day or three after the First Edit. Double check that all the additions FLOW.)

Find _ Edit Run (Using Find to look for repeated/overused words, like 'look', and any 'had hads' or '*'d hads'. I dislike repeating words, and the Thesaurus is my friend. This one goes super quick.)

Read Aloud Edit Run (Read the entire work aloud to myself. This is so key in finding hidden repeated words, badly placed alliteration, clunky dialogue, and run on sentences. It also helps me place punctuation better.)

Final Edit Run (Usually weeks after the original writing. I give myself time and space to 'forget' the work, and then come back with fresh eyes. I usually change very little at this stage, but sometime there's last minute tweaks. If Beta readers have given me feedback, this is usually when I implement it.)

@stormkpr I am so jazzed to get to answer this question, seriously. And it has actually helped me clarify some of my own thoughts on writing, so THANK YOU!!

From here: https://www.tumblr.com/dreamtigress/745684465673748480/fanfiction-writing-asks?source=share

[lightladytv]

Day 9 Pattern!

Welcome to Pattern Playa (I'm a sucker for alliteration lol)

I wanted to keep this one a little more simple build wise so the pattern in the blankets and campfires would be more noticeable. I kept trying to make everything in patterns like the path ways. I thought I was done too and then I went hmmm why not add a boat pattern lmao

Happy day 9!