#I'm so tired of 'I don't ship this' or 'why this pair' or 'feel free to ignore the romantic implications'

[ezrisdax-archive]

there's a fun thing this website has on phones and computers called:

scrolling~~

it's this neat feature you can use where if a post doesn't relate to you you can move past it without having to comment or reblog with a weird ass tag

[arcadekitten]

Hello! Before I ask anything, I just want to say that I really adore your games. I've been interested in INMIMB since I saw Gloom's playthrough a  couple years ago, and I just really enjoy them in general. I've been searching everywhere for places to play them but I can't find them (I've only played  INMIMB, and it was sooooo good) so a little advice would be nice. I have a few questions (mostly about Embry bc they're my favorite and i love them sm) You don't have to answer anything if you don't want to, but it'd be nice if you did since I love you and your content and I think you're awesome :)

Okay, so a few questions:

1) I've seen someone ask if Dr d light had a favorite flower and I remember you answering sunflower, so just wondering if Embry has one?

2) is Embry's middle name confirmed or do we have to theorize about it forever? (I wouldn't know if you've talked about it since I only joined Tumblr a few days ago and it's tiring to scroll through blogs lol)

3) What's your opinion on Embry x Ryo as a romantic pairing? I'm asking this one for very personal reasons and I really don't want to make you uncomfortable by shipping it because I relate to Embry a lot and them having a partner just gives me a sense of comfort. Like it makes me feel warm inside.

4) Is Embry more of a chorus kid, a band kid, or an orchestra kid? (This is based on the context of my middle school where we have to pick a certain type of music for the whole damn year. I don't know if other schools do that but it's what I'm used to, and personally, I see them as a chorus kid because like I said, I relate to them a lot and I am a chorus kid.)

5) Does Embry have a specific preference with clothing, as in fem or masc, or do they just wear whatever? Just asking because I see them more often in masc outfits than I see them in fem.

6) are there any confirmed specific ages for any of the characters? I get the general idea that the tricks n treats group is all kids and the cemetery mary cast is all adults, but I'm just curious if there's anything specific.

7.  Dr d light's color scheme is very close to the pansexual flag (like literally you could take away the black and white and boom) so I'm just wondering if that's a coincidence or not.

Sorry that this was so long! You don't have to answer any of these (especially number 3 if it makes you uncomfortable) but I just wanna let you know that I think you're really amazing and even if I haven't played all your games yet, I'm positive I'm going to enjoy every single moment of every single game and I hope that makes you as happy as it makes me. So just....you're awesome, your games are awesome, and I'm really excited for the answers to these questions if you feel comfortable answering them.<3

(also one more thing: what are your fans called? Like Taylor swift has swifties, but what do you call us? Just wondering:))

Thank you! I'm so happy to hear you enjoy my games so much!! ♡ All of my games are available to download (for free!) on my itch.io account here: arcadekitten.itch.io

I will try to answer your questions the best I can!

Not sure! Maybe something purple or white like the kind of flowers they'd grow with their mom, but I don't have anything exact yet. ---

Nothing confirmed but I don't think it has to be a "theory" thing either. It's just a name beginning with G and there's nothing more complex to it than that! ---

I don't answer questions about ships unless they're ships I've explicitly shown interest in already (Ex: Mary x Reginald, Capella x Most Circus Members, etc). You can read more about why this is on my FAQ: https://arcadekitten.tumblr.com/faq ---

I don't think Embry is a music kid at all! They are more of a gardening + artwork kid! ---

I feel like Embry's style of clothing is heavily androgynous and it's just that androgyny is sooner associated with masculinity than femininity. Sometimes their outfits might lean more one way than another but in general I keep them pretty androgynous. ---

Nope! I don't do specific ages, just age-ranges. ---

Entirely coincidence! He currently has no confirmed orientation + sometimes colors just look nice together

Thank you very much again for your kind words!! You are terrifically sweet and I do so hope you enjoy my other games as well whenever you may have the chance to play them or interact with them! ♡

Also, I'm not really concerned with fan names! I think someone could just say they're a fan of my work and that's good enough!

[deepdeanvsweston]

oh thanks for answering my George/Hazel ask (and wow those are great)! if you’re still answering for the mmu ask game, what would ur answers be for 17 and/or 18? also, for 30, there was a post about the dss ending, is there anything in particular you don’t like about it?

That's perfectly alright! I had so much fun answering idk if you could tell I'm really into the ship /j

I am ALWAYS answering the MMU ask game!

17. Least favourite canon ship (including past ones)

Hmmm I did have to think for this one! There's nothing I particularly hate with every fibre of my being sort of thing, but I'm saying Daisy x Amina. She was in 2 books max, and I felt I didn't really get to know her very well and also that the fandom was forced to make things up about her as opposed to simply doing it for fun. Additionally, it felt to me that Daisy was written as needing to have a girlfriend by the end of the series to consolidate her being a lesbian, which I also didn't like. In essence, their relationship moved too fast for me.

However, I can very well see the potential and think if Amina had been introduced earlier and they'd been academic rivals to lovers (NOT enemies to lovers mind you I despise that trope) I could well get on board with it.

18. Least favourite noncanon ship

Again, I don't hold particularly strong negative feelings for ships I don't like, apparently just really strong positive feelings for the ones I do! But if I had to pick one, probably Kitty/Beanie. I just find them as a ship a bit boring, though if someone were to write a passionate post being like "HERES WHY THEY WOULD WORK!!!" I might be swayed.

30. Free space!!! Ask anything MMU related :)

And in anon's case they've asked why I don't like the ending of DSS.

Do not get me started I dislike it so much and it makes me slightly uncomfortable??? Listen,,, I LOVE MMU I think everyone who sees my blog can tell this however this grates on me deeply. I HATE HATE HATE how all 4 of the main detectives were paired up at the end. There was no need for it and it felt forced, especially Lavinia (comphet queen in my, and trust me when I say this, professional opinion) and George. Hazel and Alex I can cope with fine. It had been building up and hinted at and so makes logical sense (I don't like the way it was done though as I think what Hazel needed then was not a bf but just friends there to support her). Daisy and Amina felt rushed too, like they had 2 books in which even their interactions were brief. Really felt like it was pushing the fact that Daisy had to have a gf to be verified as a lesbian, as explained above. George imo was soooo ooc to be like "rip Daisy, soz Hazel, but uhhh. Yeah. I wanna wife one of your dormmates up" especially as he usually seems so in tune with what's going on around him, as seen notably in DITS:

"It's not difficult to work out!" George protested, shrugging his shoulders. "Bridget looks rushed. I can smell beef tea boiling. Hazel looks tired, she doesn't have her handkerchief in her pocket and Daisy isn't here. Daisy can't be dead, otherwise Hazel would be crying with her handker chief in her hand. But, if Daisy were simply ill, it would explain the beef tea and Bridget and Hazel would have sat up worrying about Daisy all night, and given Daisy her handkerchief when hers were all used up. See? Elementary."

I suppose it could be blamed on grief but idk.

It also grates on me because of the kind of message it's sending, especially as the book series target demographic is 9-12??? Like 'oh no the book series is ending! All the 15/16 year old teenagers have to be paired up because they can't have satisfying endings otherwise!!!' but also I'm arospec so that is going to give me a biased view, but still.

[cerisia76]

I got tagged by @valtors-bitch on this:

Tag 9 people you want to know better

Thank you and sorry, that it took me so long!

3 ships:

Okay, that's going to be so hard because of the amount of fandoms I have and the amount of ships I have...Like so so hard

Darcy x Riven (Winx Club)

You all know Floranagan is my favourite ship but I couldn't be tagged by @valtors-bitch and not mention Darven/Driven (still prefer the French version aka Darven) because it's the reason why we started talking in the first place. I just feel like Darcy was the only one who could understand all of Riven's nuances and still accept them without forcing him to change while he was the only one who could make her feel vulnerable and even if she hates being vulnerable, with him she loves it because it seems natural.

2. Gwen and Duncan (Total Drama)

I wanted to switch fandoms a bit because it's funnier in my opinion. I know it's a pretty unpopular opinion in this fandom but I don't care. They were free to be themselves only when they were together and are such a good example of friends to lovers and the reason why I love this kind of pairings. They knew the other and their flaws, they accepted it and it didn't prevent them from falling in love with each other. They also match in terms of energy AND aesthetic and I'm a sucker for matching aesthetic!

3. Raf and Sulfus, Angel's Friends

I'm staying with animation because if I started choosing between animated, live-action and Barbie movies (yes they have their own category) I wouldn't make it and I'm already late!

Once again, they aren't my favourite couple in the show but they are my current obsession and the reason why my last song is what it is... I'm probably going to share the video, it's easier! They are so cute tbh and pretty mature for a show that is supposed to be light-hearted (spoiler alert: it's NOT light hearted).

Last song:

My last song is the one I've been listening on repeat for the past two days: Save yourself by My Darkest Days

Last Movie:

I watched Scooby-Doo: The mystery begins last week and it's still one of my comfort movies. Like it's unpopular/forgotten but I just love it with all my heart.

Currently reading:

I'm reading Identity written by Nora Roberts but I wouldn't recommand it, I find it pretty boring.

Currently watching:

I'm actually not watching anything. Like it's been a week now that I can't sleep so I try to go to bed early (doesn't work) to find my energy again. If anybody knows where it is I'd like to have it back!

Currently drinking:

Water. If hot even better. i'm sick and my throat hurts so water is my best friend.

Currently craving:

Sleep! Sadly since last week's full moon I don't have full nights of sleep and I start to feel it. And I already said it in this showing how I'm craving for sleep.

And I tag @vitiligoduncan @gaminsdesneiges @d999666 @queen-erika-the-songful @queenofdarkmagic @crazy-queen-winx @angelle-is-tired @millimononym and @tddoodles (tried to mix people from different fandoms)

[benevxllain]

Who are your favorite Diabolik Lovers couples? I'm a little curious about :D

Ayyyyy!! Wb! I hope you've been doing great in this crazy world of ours! Thanks for the message! Now, allow me to discuss these cuties that live on in my memories. Once upon a time, I was a member of a bustling discord where I was blessed to be in the company of creative people, whose ships and ocs kept me enthralled for months on end. They lived rent-free in my head; I was a cookie monster for every new crumb and detail, and, so, now, let's see how accurately I can describe them for you.

Shitzu (Shu x Mitsuha @crowtunezz) - Mitsuha feels like the modern tomboy we all relate to in our awkward, authentic, and endearingly goofy way. She reminds me of Chizuru Yoshida from Kimi ni Todoke! The way she goes blank when Shu is near, like Mitsuha.exe just crashes is so SWEET and real, while, internally, she isn't confident and assumes she hasn't the slightest chance that he'll ever be interested her in a million years, which ngl makes me root for her OVER and OVER because their dynamic is actually so precious?? He's chill and tired; she's energy personified, without being obnoxious and I can see his face lighting up with grins and laughter he hasn't had since he was a small boy. She brings him to life and he draws her back to her earth with a casual touch - that may or not result in her faceplanting and burning bright red from head to toe with steam pouring out of her flustered ears.

Yita (Yuma x Rita @margherita-dascenzo - Rita is PRECIOUS, built perfectly, and I don't care who disagrees because the way she was written speaks to me on a spiritual level. What girl out there doesn't have aspirations to live comfortably and hold some amount of power in the world? On the surface, she's sunshine and springtime, but behind this social butterfly is a woman in mourning for all she's lost to time - centuries of faces she'll never see again. She and Yuma have this natural chemistry about them that can range from relaxed and lighthearted to chaotic shenanigans to ALL KINDS OF SPICY???? His ears might eventually fall off from the amount of stories she tells him and, honestly, even though that part of her annoys him at times, I love that, over time, he accepts that part of her personality and doesn't try to change her because it is a part of her charm - he's important to her, and she just wants to tell him every single thing she can. On a surprisingly sad note, as I write this out, I realize a huge part of the reason she overshares is that she wants to tell him all she can tell him and solidify what they have because one day she just might not have him around anymore, and like so many, many others long gone, he, their memories, and their future family will remain forever woven into the depths of her heart.

Kalice (Kanato x Alice @eyelessdoll-y) - I tell no lies: I HAD NO TIME FOR THIS DOOD until I met this girl. I couldn't see what Kanato stans see in him, but this is the one that opened my eyes with her masterful insight, as if she'd designed him from scratch herself. From her very first, very detailed post, I was hooked on why he's so critical, so mistrustful, so changeable - and how Alice initially suffered horribly, but also how she redefines his very biased, very harsh preference of the perfect 'doll' girl. It angered and pained me to read how she accommodated him, empathized with him, understood him, and in his recklessness, his arrogance, he's not prepared to accept what's developing in his heart. As the already distraught Alice's mind is further manipulated and wounded by Laito and another Sakamaki who's looked on in envy, coveting the affection she showered onto his brother so dotingly, I feared the worst, and couldn't help but wonder whether or not the pair would ever reconcile. But, when they do, it's honestly the most touching thing - his flustered face, unprepared for how she wears her heart on her sleeve, but also how he dotes on her and wants her to have the most high-quality gowns, shoes, and accessories, to be suitable only for him, happy only with him - my heart weeps???

Kinklett (Kino x Scarlett @kindan-no-rp) - Where do I start? Dare I say the Kinkening? The step on me that started it all? These two have banter for days in the most electrifying ways. I needed popcorn one moment, and all the refreshments in the refrigerator the next. On one hand, Kino is hellbent on proving himself and not being outdone, but the depth in which he likes/loves Scarlett gets to me every single time. I live for his internal panic when they clash or confusion arises, and he faults himself -GASP ACCOUNTABILITY?? IN DL?? Someone pinch me- if/when he's wrong/witnessing her teary-eyed or upset because, despite his jokey, chaotic nature, he's actually very, very aware of how alone he is both in his ambitions and in his social circle - yes, there's Yuuri, but no one actually wants him until now, and he doesn't want to lose her, this woman he's pestered and played with, teased and charmed, and fallen hopelessly in love with, and can't go for too long without messaging her or popping by to spend time in her company, even if only to listen to her at the piano, practicing and perfecting her skill. Commitment is a nightmare to Scarlett, who's known unspeakable torture and enslavement, never again wanting to be tied down, controlled, or vulnerable to anyone - but when the red string of fate combines their lives, sparks fly, there is friction, and, underneath, a fierce, unbreakable loyalty and passion that both can't believe is actually, finally theirs and theirs alone.

[sassy-cissa]

20 questions for fic writers!

I wasn’t tagged *sad face* but decided to do this anyway. Even if no one reads, I’ll have a record.

Here are mine! (under the cut)

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

I have 111 works right now. (mostly fics and some poorly done art)

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

768,637

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Harry Potter!! Mostly Drarry and a couple Snape/Hermione

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

We Found Love Right Where We Are (mpreg)

The One Where Draco Loses his Mind and Gains a Boyfriend

There's No Espresso in Azkaban

Into My Heart

Regardless of desire, life hands you who you are

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? I really try to, but especially when it's a fest fic I feel like I keep saying the same things over and over. Sometimes I try to go back – but truly I suck at responding.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? There are two: First: All you left me (are the whispers in the wind)  and also Then the Tears Fall  Both are MCD…so yeah

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

Except for those two I'm all about the happy ending. I guess the endings I like the best are Every Hour Has Led to This and The White Dragon

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Only once. I took some real shit on a fic I wrote over 10 years ago.

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

Personally, I think I'm an abysmal smut writer. And it's only if a fic if I feel it works. Outside of a few things, I generally don't add smut for the sake of the rating.

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

Nope

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

There's No Espresso in Azkaban into Korean - HERE and into German HERE

The Toad's Hollow School into

German: HERE and into Spanish: HERE

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

Yes – a few times. I co-wrote with  @timothysboxers, and a little ficlet with @lettersbyelise and @maesterchilland. I've also done one with oldenuf2nb.  I'm always up for a collab.

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

Drarry – hands down. Once I found the pairing there was no turning back.

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

A couple. One I'm working on (sort of) and the other continues to lie dormant from 2012. If I do ever pick it up again, I'll have to really almost start over. I think my style has changed since then.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I do okay at dialogue and plot. But honestly I'm a much better continuity beta (for everyone but myself)

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Being overly detailed. I must keep telling myself every minute of every day does not have to be accounted for. It's my nit-picky nature that often tires me out and why things go unfinished.

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

I don't do it much. Lord knows I have enough trouble with English. On one hand it frustrates me, since I don't know what it says and if they add the translation – it distracts me. On the other hand, it's generally not enough for me to hit the back button.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter. First and only!

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

Really…I can't pick one. The two I mentioned above for their endings come to mind. Is it cocky to say if I posted it – I actually liked it? But the one I'm most proud of was my Big Bang fic - Every Hour has Led to This.

No tags, but feel free to do it if you're of a mind.

[lovelylazyraccoon]

KIMETSU ACADEMY AU: "The Rebels"

{Mainly focuses on Zohakuten, Senjuro, Rui, and Etsuko(oc) + maybe the kamboko squad and maybe some other characters}

ANYWAYS, Let me explain this little au I came up with:

"The rebels" is a friend group made up of Zohakuten, Rui, Senjuro, and Etsuko, who all became friends when they met in detention one day

Zohakuten and Etsuko are both 16(mainly because they're high school sophomores, also Zoha is older by a year), while Rui is 15 and Senjuro is 14(both of them are High-school freshmen)

"Who are the rebels?" WELL, IM GLAD YOU ASKED! Now, technically speaking, these kids aren't actual delinquents like Gyutaro or Akaza, but they aren't all innocent either. They mostly just pull pranks around the school on people they don't like, the main targets being the Kamaboko squad because Zoha and Rui don't fw them lol

"Why is Senjuro in this friend group?" Well, in all honesty, I'm tired of there being little to no Senjuro content plus I fully believe in Senjuro having a rebellion arc because we can all agree that his home life ain't pretty sometimes(then again neither is Zoha, Rui, or Etsuko's lmao). So this nugget gets his rebellion phase because i think it provides drama and content that I can easily make into stories.

Well, since we all know that there's nothing better than family/friend drama, that's gonna happen a lot in this AU. So be ready for that to come, especially since I'm gonna have a lot of fun with Zoha and Senjuro and their families.

Oh, they also have a band. Mainly, their music focuses on their feels and lives, kinda a coping mechanism, really. Senjuro is the lead singer and plays bass, Zohakuten is the drums and is a backup singer, Rui is a keyboard/DJ and is also a backup singer, Etsuko plays the guitar and is the fem lead singer since she's the only girlie in this group. However, it's nothing they're really committed too, it's just their way of letting their emotions run free, yk?

Ships may happen, some rare pairs/oc x canon/and canon ships, but it's a maybe since I want to focus more on these kids and their trauma rather than love and blah, blah, blah

So, since this is a modern setting, I already know how I'm gonna set this story up. Kyojuro is still the history teacher. However, it's different with Zohakuten's brothers, Rui's fam, and Etsuko.

This might become a series, I'm not sure yet, but if I do decide to make this a series, expect me to upload about them a lot

I'll explain Senjuro, Zohakuten, Rui, and Etsuko's backgrounds in a different post, so stay tuned for that. But, I think that's it, I'll update this post if I remember anything else I missed. Thanks for reading, my loves ♡

[only-by-the-stars]

Choose violence ask game: 5, 10, 17, 23? If any of those prompts have already been put forward by another ask feel free to just ignore them lol.

5. worst discord server and why

mmm, gotta be the one started by someone who used to run the one I now currently run (long-ass story), for the r/mipha community. lots of the kinds of Mipha fans I cannot fucking stand, plus some z*link people that would post awful takes on Mipha and overrun things with tons of z*link content where it really wasn't appropriate. I gave it a shot, but ultimately peaced out and do not regret it. I was almost gonna say I've never been on a truly bad discord server, but then I remembered that. whew.

10. worst part of fanon

SHIP WARS!!! GODDAMN SHIP WARS!!! they truly bring out the worst of everyone involved and are just painfully stupid and immature to boot. there are a wide variety of bad takes on anything you can imagine, and that's up there too (I hate hate hate the way a lot of people talk about Mipha, and that's from both fans and haters alike), but ship wars have gotta take the cake. jfc. can we all just mind our own business and make/enjoy fanworks for what we enjoy and ignore what we don't? especially mind-numbing is when people are into THE most popular ship in a fandom, the Ever Given of ships, and still feel the need to complain about the mere existence of people who aren't onboard. like do you not have anything better to do. do you not have real problems. please get a hobby that ISN'T picking fights with strangers on the internet.

17. there should be more of this type of fic/art

I would really just like more nice Mipha content in general, please. also more f/f stuff in various fandoms. there's more m/m even in Dungeon Meshi, and I'm just. so so tired.

also Valkyrie Profile fic that isn't Lenneth/Lezard. why. the canon ship is so good and packed with angst, beautiful angst, and y'all want to throw that out the window to pair my girl Lenneth with... her fucking STALKER? like I ain't trying to sound like some purity weirdo, but this one just boggles me.

23. ship you've unwillingly come around to

none that I can think of?

[postalninja]

Fic Author Q&A

Tagged by @cicaklah - thanks babe! (sorry if my answers end up vague or unsatisfying, it's past midnight and i would be in bed if there wasn't a music festival currently happening outside my window - I"m not exactly at my best lol)

1. Why do you write fanfic?

It started from the desire to make fictional characters kiss, which is still a large part of why I do it, so let's go with that.

2. Which of your posted stories do you think about the most, even though the story is “finished”?

I don't really know - I tend to think about a lot of my stories pretty often after they're finished, I'm not sure that there is a specific one I fixate on. They all get a bit of time in my brain, and i tend to go and re-read stuff too.

3. If you could give yourself fic advice from when you first started writing fic, what would that advice be?

S l o w d o w n. Don't be afraid of big word counts, it'll take as many words as it takes, and rushing toward the finish line will just make the pacing suffer. Make room for the moments in between, let the story breathe.

4. What’s your relationship to fic stats?

Lately I've found that not looking at them in too much detail is better. Over the summer I found myself looking at my stats for validation, and of course, not finding it there. But the problem is in my head, not on the stats page. So they are just numbers that are there, and if I need to check something specific, then that's a useful thing to have.

5. Is there a pairing or scenario or friendship you miss writing? If so, why? If not, why not?

I've really fallen off of writing for Hitman over the past couple of years, with only one short ficlet as a recent offering. It's one of the fandoms were my muse has been fleeting, but the fandom is so wonderful that I miss being a more active participant in it.

6. What motivates you to write?

Lately I have a pretty hard time writing without having clear inspiration, so that's the most surefire motivation is just being struck by an idea that grabs me and won't let go until I get it down on the page. But that sort of inspiration is hard to come by, so I haven't been writing very much in its absence.

7. Why do you write for the fandom(s) that you write for?

In most cases it's because I have a ship I'm obsessed with, and if not that than just general love for the game (it's almost always a game, let's not kid ourselves) and the characters. It's hard for me to write for a fandom unless I'm at least a little bit unhealthily obsessed with it.

8. If you’re stuck writing a WIP, what do you do?

Normally I will take a break, and some of those breaks have turned out longer than others... I have a few unfinished wips that are an albatross around my neck, and I'm not sure how to go about finishing them.

9. What do you wish people knew about comments?

They are all an author wants! We want to hear about what you liked and why, and given the chance we would talk your ear off about our fics, so don't ever feel like you're bothering an author by commenting something nice on their fic, we are looking for that engagement and validation.

10. Maybe there’s a question you wish had been on here. What’s that question (and answer)?

What's something you've been excited about/feeling good about recently with your writing? One thing I will mention is that a few days ago I went back and read a bunch of free writing exercises I did for a class last semester that i hadn't looked at since - I had completely forgotten about most of them, but when I read them again the majority of them were so good! It kind of bolstered my confidence that I had that kind of quality output from 10-minute warmups where I wasn't thinking too hard. Like, even though I haven't written much lately, I still know how to write!!

Not tagging anyone specific, just whoever want to do it because I am too tired to think and decide :)

[cindysnuts]

trigun stampede i just finished it and have so many thoughts but i can't possibly process them all so here's a more easily sharable sexuality hc list:

(oh and minor spoiler warning too)

Vash is like ace. he doesn't necessarily crave sex from any humans but could definitely be coaxed into it and fully enjoy it. if his physiology allows for that, i guess. Can probably experience romantic attraction too, but in a demiromantic way. Just demi overall

Nai: also ace but would NOT want to carnally enjoy a human. he'd hate it. has no romantic love for any human. for a plant maybe.

Meryl: idk i'm very gay and don't think about women's sexuality much, but probably bi. she could be straight but idk she has a special something I think. has been following around vash for long enough that she has a strong attachment to him. but is it love? probably. romantic love though? hmmmmm she'll have to figure that one out herself. i would like it more if it wasn't, or if she wasn't the only one... but we'll have to wait and see. she's close to Rem in Vash's mind... so no telling about that one.

Roberto: Old man, definitely straight, has definitely seen it all, has definitely made out with a man. didn't do much for him but them again what has? shared a cigarette with a man once though and it changed something about him permanently. so make what you will

Nicholas: ohhhh bitch. now this is the guy that inspired the list. he's still so young but so tired, he's seen so much. he loved that boy. catholicism has its ways though. not only does he bear that cross for the people he's hurt but for the people he's loved too. all are sins in the eyes of the cross in that way. only ever loved one man but that was enough. seeing straight into Vash's soul though... his vulnerability... his scars he's taken for loving... well let's just say this undertaker had something stir. definitely not love though. no he could never love again. monsters like him can't have love. so he definitely can't love Vash, and he didn't love Livio. or so he keeps telling himself. making that cross a little heavier. not all burdens are beared consciously.

Livio: ah yes, the little boy who fell in love with Nico so hard that he followed him to hell, to be an undertaker. a love so deep it's gonna tear them both apart. definitely gay.

Bluesummers: ah now we're on to the fun ones. these guys don't have the narrative weight to be wrapped in heavy metaphor that I don't wanna disrupt yet, so I'm a little more free with their speculation. this guy seems like he serves Knives like a god, but with that level of devotion who can tell the different kinds of love apart???? me, i can this bitch is flaming literally like f slur.

Zazie: not human, literally a hivemind, so I dont think sexuality really fits them at all. like literally i dont think they even have sex to reproduce?? so sexuality is a no lol. um that said they're also nonbinary cause they literally do not have human sex characteristics let alone human genders. unaligned evil enby you love to see it.

Rem: for catholic metaphor reasons i think she would have to be straight but she's a lesbian its why she didnt marry or have children of her own no i will not be taking questions at this time.

William Conrad: despite having two names that should make me personally feel insane he is instead a beleaguered straight man. he is a Priest, after all.

Ludia and Brad: again, straight probably for catholic narrative reasons, like Wolfwood's sexuality wouldn't be as big a burden if everyone was just gay. that said they are dyke 4 fag pair bonded permanently no i will not be taking questions at this time. actually since they live on the ship outside of the reach of the church maybe they could be gay and have it work narratively... hmmmmm.... homos

Gosef: gay asf you seen his little bowtie??

Prof. Nebraska: transgender mad scientist just loves his son.

Chuck Lee (goon from ep 1 had to google his name): straight subscribes to a space egirl's space twitch channel and buys her used space socks in a cringe fail incel way but he's supporting space swers so we kinda stan in a cringe fail way.

[cookinguptales]

So... the past few years, instead of signing up for Yuletide, I've let my followers send me requests that I endeavor to write as end-of-year presents. Some... end up getting kind of long, like Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, which was originally just supposed to involve Nandor being scared for Guillermo and caring for him while sick. lmao. Others stay short!

It's been really fun, though, and it's how I actually got into writing nandermo to start with! (Both the soulmark fic and the wingfic were also end-of-year fic requests.)

This year... I mean, I still want to do it. That said, it's been... difficult for me to write nandermo since s5. I won't make a whole thing about it, but you probably understand why I feel some frustration while thinking about my dumbass vampire OTP right now.

(I mean... I'm probably still gonna write some fun "that's his boss" spite porn in the coming days, once I'm a bit less tired, but...)

So... I guess I'll say this. If you would like to request a fic, please hit me up. Tell me what fandom, what pairing, what your likes/dislikes are, and maybe give me a VERY brief (1-2 sentence) prompt. The more open-ended, the better. I don't just want to write a prompt, though, but a gift, so let me know what kinds of things you like.

I'm not going to say you cannot request nandermo from me this year, but I will say that... like, I can't promise anything. I mean, I can never promise anything, but this year I really feel like I can't promise I'll get anything for that pairing done. I keep kind of going in and out of wanting to write for it, but I'll admit my feelings remain mixed. lmao

Other than that... yeah, I'm not going to write for media I don't like or for any pairings I don't ship, but feel free to request anything you know I'm familiar with. And yes, sometimes the very niche requests can be the most fun, so don't worry about going too weird.

You can also request origific! I probably won't write m/f but if you give me some other vague-ass origific prompt, I'll do my best.

[leatherbookmark]

for the meme!! arranged marriage, body swapping, enemies to lovers 🫖

aa thank you!!

arranged marriage: HNNNNG A, in that i don't necessarily comb the tags for it, but i'm always Very 👀👀👀 when i see one. it is a bit funny that i love arranged marriage while disliking soulmate aus (ask about my opinion on three tropes, get one for free!), but imo soulmate aus have the Expectation To Fall In Love be like... emotional on top of societal, meanwhile arranged marriages already occur in a setting where love is absolutely not required and the parties involved are often resigned to just Coexisting. which is why it's delicious when they actually realize they like each other as people, and then as people With Romance On Their Minds. also, "help, i'm in love with my spouse, what now :0" is very funny to me personally :')

ah, but one caveat: i'm not a fan of said marriage being consummated right away, on the wedding night! go to sleep in separate beds/have one take the couch/sleep on the opposite ends of the bed doing your best not to touch the other person, it only makes it better when later they finally Do get their wedding night and are happy as a pair of clams about it, lol

body swapping: i admit i'm thinking about md/zs as a fandom when i consider those tropes, and with jgy being my blorbo, obviously body swaps are aways tasty! B, i'd say, for the good crunch of a-yao suddenly finding himself in a body of a strong, physically healthy person, while the other poor sod is like why do i ache all over?? very slow tigers are chasing me so hard??? wait does he have to tolerate everyone being cunts to him On A Daily Basis??? HELP;;; also, it's always good to see the characters trying to act like the other person, especially if one is good at it and the other... not as much... good good good

enemies to lovers: and here i had to chinhand a bit, i admit. because to me, this is less a fic trope and more of a variation on a dynamic existing in canon. as in... if they're not antagonistic in canon, i'm probably not going to be interested in a scenario where they are, as it can often feel too forced and ooc in fics. i don't think i have a particular need for EtL xi/yao, or an au where wwx dislikes lwj back! lol on the other hand, if the canon dynamic already is EtL-adjacent... i mean i Do ship sxx. i haven't talked about it for literal ages, but i do! and i will Never tire of the moment where a character realizes that the person they used to want dead, preferably by their own hand, preferably yesterday, is... important to them now... so i guess that makes it a C?

[ladylilithprime]

A, B, F, I, L, V, Z

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

Geez, do you have a couple of hours?? Sastiel, Wincest, Wincestiel, Sabriel, Casabriel, Sauck, SaRaph, SaMichael, Samwena (I'm sensing a theme here), Debriel, Drowley, Dreamhunter, Dodio, Deonna, Samchit (also your fault), Otayuri, Viktuuri, MilaSara, WinterIron, IronHawk, SpideyTorch, Buckchester (Bucky/Sam Winchester, because crossover ships are too fun sometimes), Asushin, Shinworu, Asurei, Reiworu, Kajisato, Drarry, Rorry, Twincest (Fred and George edition), Twins/Harry, Charlie/Harry, Bill/Harry, Bleur, Percy/Oliver, Ozander, Xander/Spike, Willow/Tara, Xandelia, uhh.... Yeah, there's a number of fandoms where I don't have ships for one reason or another, too, so. That's not it, but it's all I feel like admitting to. XD

B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

Answered here, and I blame you. XP

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom?

Do you mean active participation in., or from inception? Because I don't really consider myself as having left very many fandoms even if my participation in them faltered and lay fallow for a while. For active participation, Supernatural is probably the longest I've been continuously a part of, which is funny since it's the one I resisted getting into the most. From inception, though, probably Animorphs.

I - Has Tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?

Tumblr actually made me dislike a fandom before I was even in it to the point that I refused to even watch the series for ten years before a crossover fanfic piqued my interest in the characters enough to go looking for more and eventually reading fanfic for it without the crossover element, and even then I resisted actually getting into the fandom until I started getting plot bunnies I couldn't ignore anymore and now I've been in the Supernatural fandom for seven years and counting. Go figure.

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you merely dislike. Characters that you absolutely loathe with the fire of ten thousand suns are exempt, as there is no point in giving yourself an aneurysm over a character that you hate.)

Lucifer had the potential to be an amazing, complex character full of head-twisting theological implications of free will and the nature of angels, the incredible and infuriatingly human potential to grow beyond the limits of what he was created to be, and he deserved better than to be Bucklemming's yoyo.

V - Which character do you relate to most?

In which fandom? I don't think I could pick just one, anyway. Online quizzes have put me as "Sam-coded", if that helps?

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! (Prompts optional but encouraged.)

Gah! Every time someone asks me to talk about some unspecified "something", even with the codifier of "fan-related", my mind goes blank. I have no idea. I'm tired and need more sleep than I get and I could really use a hug. One of the best hugs I ever got was from Jared Padalecki at JAXCon in December of 2018. It was warm and solid and felt like hugging a flannel-wrapped tree, and I'm amazed my eyes were actually open in the photo op. Second to that was also the hug I got from Misha Collins that same weekend during an earlier op. Something about him, his presence, was just so incredibly calming that I felt like I had been dropped into a liminal space where a full thirty-minute meditation was compressed into one and a half seconds, and it left me feeling so relaxed for the whole rest of the day. Hugs are really nice, and those two in particular had to have hugged a LOT of people just that weekend alone, but it still felt special and briefly connecting. Good memories, and I'm glad all of us were in the right places within ourselves to make those memories. (I rather doubt I stand out in their memories at all, or at least I hope I don't, I was an awkward bean that weekend and I just hope I'm part of the more positive background blur in their minds.)

[agrimmbrothersgrimmestgoose]

So,

I've been watching disaster/major incident videos lately, specifically ones around like airplane accidents, sinking ships, caving, hiking or mountain climbing disasters etc

And I think the biggest thing I've gotten out of it is... Life Is Risky. There are parts and places of life where it's MORE risky, but weirdly, the key thing always seems to be Changing Your Mind Is Always Allowed,

Like, risk can always get you, but as long as you are okay with accepting that you can be wrong! You can fuck up! But no matter how bad you think things are, dying is ALWAYS worse. Better to eat that 20k trip cost, than ending up at the bottom of a cliff.

I think this is technically better for my mental health than true crime and I HAVE found some excellent channels that give a shit and don't just mine tragedy,

I am still trying to figure why I'm particularly interested in disaster/accident coverage, but I more so think it goes back to that "control" thing, I mean, understanding why these accidents happen feels like it should make these things less likely, but the truth is, the Chaos of Life is simply something that happens

I picked up a quote from weirdly Machiavelli (as stated by an Isekai anime oddly enough): "...fortune controls only half of one’s actions, while free will determines the other half."

Which I think is quite honestly a really good perspective. Especially when paired with Be Willing To Admit When You're Wrong and Be Willing To Change,

Especially since a lot of the major disasters I've seen are in someway the result of a person blind to the changes around them, and unwilling to bend to them.

I can't stop thinking about the El Faro, and all the crew lost thanks to a Captain's unwillingness to realize the severity of their situation... Or all of the climbers who can only see the summit ahead, not the way back down, or the dwindling light and oxygen... Or the divers, who despite their wealth of experience, ignore the tell tale signs of impending doom.

The depth of people's willingness to ignore warning signs, is only tempered by the immense kindness of other people. So many of theses stories involve incredible manpower and horrifying risk in order to attempt a rescue or recovery.

I guess that's why I find disaster stories more compelling. There's way less cops fucking shit up, and way more people trying to live. And genuinely fascinating information about biomes and landmarks I'll never see,

Anyway, I am so fucking tired and I have waaaaay too much to do, thanks for listening to my brain vomit

[scarlettjohanssons-mistress]

You are the light of my darkness

Warnings: Enemies to Friends to Lovers, fluff, boat trip

Word count: 1.6 K

Pairing: Artemisia x Fem!Reader

Prompt: Artemisia kills a traitor from Persia, but she spares the life of Y/N, wife of the traitor, Y/N asks Artemisia for help to get to Persia and she reluctantly agrees.

Requests: OPEN

[Main masterlist] [Eva Green characters]

Artemisia was always a blood machine, a pride for Persia. She had no compassion when it came to killing someone, but seeing the poor damsel, lying on the ground, with those eyes of a frightened animal, stirred something inside Artemisia; then the warrior lowered her sword and raised her hand in the direction of the woman

"Get up" 

The poor girl carefully took Artemisia's hand and carefully stood up. 

"He spared your life... because if I can avoid spilling the blood of innocents, I will do so, in the name of the God King" 

Artemisia simply took the woman's cheek, forcing her to look at her, and kissed her forehead, as a symbol of peace. 

She left the poor girl, and she left, starting to leave the city, but what she least expected is that the same girl followed her to the dock of her city 

"Hey , I need your help" 

Artemisia turned tired of the poor girl 

“You killed my husband, the only person I knew beyond Persia; If you had the audacity to kill him and set me free, the best thing you should do is take me back to my home in Persia.” 

"And why do you think I would do the 'right' thing?" Began to walk 

"Because you didn't kill me" the woman walked back behind Artemisia "when clearly the law indicates that you must kill anyone close to a traitor, so as not to forge new enemies" Artemisia stopped quickly and looked the stranger in the eye "clearly , I am not a new enemy, nor will I accuse you before the king, but, I need a favor in return” 

Artemisia threw her weapons onto the small raft so she could go to her big ship.

"I don't do favors for strangers, especially without anything in return" 

“I will give you what you want, my family has jewels that they can give you” 

Artemisia looked at her again, trying to analyze her odds, the benefits and drawbacks of having another woman on the ship, the insignificance of her pay, and the occasional feeling. 

"Get on the raft before I regret it" 

Thus, the girl quickly climbed next to 3 soldiers and Artemisia herself, before they began to row to reach the great ship. 

"I'm Y/N, by the way." 

"I'm not interested" 

"You are Artemisia, right? You are the pride of Persia" Y/N began to ramble as she put her hand in the water 

"I recommend that, if you came to tell the truth, you better get out of here and swim to shore" 

Faced with such threats, Y/N decided to keep quiet and continue playing with the water 

——————————————————————————— 

"Commander " 

"What do you want?" 

“The damsel Y/N asks to see her” 

“Tell her I won't go to his bloody chambers. If she wants to talk, she will have to come to me." 

The poor soldier returned to the rooms of the smaller woman, just to be able to repeat what the great Artemisia had told him, in doing so, the woman, furious, began to walk around the room 

“She is a damn arrogant, it costs her nothing to come here” 

Without letting the man answer her, Y/N left the small makeshift room and walked until she was in front of the warrior. 

“There he is, the last person I wanted to see” 

"Artemisia, I need to talk to you, it's something serious" 

"If it has to do with you, I'm not interested" 

"It's serious, Artemisia" 

Hearing the concern in Y/N's voice, Artemisia dropped her strong façade a bit, to look with a small flash of fear at Y/N. 

"What's wrong with you, now?" she tried to sound tired, to hide her concern 

"I'm bleeding... from below," the little lady whispered. 

“That's normal, stupid. All women go through that." 

“I know, but, I need the special rags. I left the few I had at home” 

Artemisia just rolled her eyes tiredly and grabbed Y/N's arm tightly. 

" Padme, I'm going to help Y/N with something, you're in charge." 

"Yes ma'am" 

Artemisia went to her improvised rooms, trying to find some rag that could help the annoying passenger. 

"Here, here it is" I throw the cloth in her face "I don't want to hear from you again, for today" 

"Thank you" 

Y/N gave her a sincere smile and ran to her small room, leaving a strange feeling in the warrior's chest, making her heart beat faster than normal. 

——————————————————————————— 

Artemisia woke up, with more noise than normal, talk and laughter were heard. She knew she commanded awe and respect in her troops, knowing that when she was out of sight, her soldiers joked around and felt more relaxed; but this day, much more commotion was heard than normal. 

So, she quickly got ready enough to get out, and start walking to her usual seat, until she saw the young female passenger sitting in the chair, trying to imitate the great commander, making the soldiers laugh, all until she everyone's eyes collided with the blue eyes of their boss, causing everyone to stop immediately and begin to dissipate throughout the ship. 

Y/N quickly got up from the seat and tried not to make eye contact with the sanjuaneara woman. 

"So you're the reason for the fuss" 

"I'm sorry, Artemisia." 

"I don't want to hear anything from you" Artemisia simply pushed Y/N slightly to sit down "and I don't move my nose like that" now she tried to imitate Y/N with a smile, to make Y/N feel more quiet 

"Of course you do" the sweet young woman attacked, with a smile on her face "you do it every time you eat. It is adorable" 

"I'm not lovable" 

"Whatever you say, bunny" Y/N mocked causing Artemisia to let out a groan. 

——————————————————————————— 

At first, Artemisia thought that her torture of enduring Y/N was for nothing less than pure lust. Y/N was the most beautiful woman he had ever met, with beautiful hips that complemented her butt, long legs, beautiful breasts, full lips and dreamy eyes. She was very beautiful, more beautiful than any prostitute in Persia.

Her body had needs, needs that could not be met on the high seas, so the company of a beautiful lady like Y/N would only help Artemisia.

But everything changed when she began to know her. At first I found Y/N like an arrow to the foot; not deadly, but annoying, so she did her best to get away from her, until the days on the ship began to turn into weeks, and Artemisia had no choice but to start living with Y/N, realizing that she was actually a pretty cute person, though the warrior would rather cut off her foot than admit any sympathy for Y/N. 

Because that was what they had, sympathy for each other, so the last thing Artemisia expected was to find Y/N's eyes full of tears at the door of her room in the middle of the night 

"What's the matter?" Artemisia asked trying to hide her concern with her hoarse voice, but she couldn't. 

"I couldn't sleep" her voice cracked 

"And what am I supposed to do?" Artemisia asked trying not to let out a yawn. 

"Can I sleep with you?" 

"Do not" 

"Artemisia, please" 

The taller woman looked at another, seeing how she began to form a pout; And if Artemisia has learned anything, it's that no matter how hard she tries, she couldn't resist those eyes. 

“Okay, just for tonight”

"Thank you"

The woman walked quickly to the warrior's small bed, lay down and waited for Artemisia to lie down with her.

Already lying down, Artemisia about to go back to sleep, Y/N's little voice interrupted her

"Can I hug you?"

Artemisia was going to refuse, but… Who was she going to fool her? She also wanted to be a little closer to the girl, so she agreed, still trying to hide her interest; so she just nodded and felt y/n's warm arms

——————————————————————————— 

That wasn't the only time it happened; things escalated to such a magnitude and so quickly that, in less than a week, Y/N's quarters had been forgotten, and now both of them slept in the same room, sometimes making little jokes and doing late-night pranks one at a time. another, but, other nights, it was just them, having sincere conversations, until one day, the bomb exploded 

"Why did you marry him?" Artemisia asked out of nowhere 

"Do you want me to lie to you or tell you the truth?" Y/N asked as she stroked her friend's free arm 

"I want you to lie to me first and then tell me the truth" 

"Okay, so... Because I was in love" Artemisia looked at her, seeing how Y/N was trying to hold back her laughter "Don't laugh, it was the lie I always told, I even told myself" 

"Now tell me, why did you really get married?" 

"I got married because I was in love with another girl" Y/N blurted out out of nowhere "but she was already married to another man" 

"I'm sorry" Artemisia whispered. 

"You don't have to be sorry" 

Both remained silent again, until Artemisia herself spoke again 

"Have you met another woman you like?" 

"Yes, and you?" 

"I think so" 

Silence reigned again, until Y/N turned to see Artemisia directly, as she gradually approached the warrior, seeing how Artemisia's body began to tense 

"I really want to kiss you" Y/N's gaze flew to Artemisia's lips and back to her eyes "Can I do it?" 

"Yes" 

At the beginning of the kiss, Artemisia tensed, but as the kiss increased in intensity, she began to let go, until her hand went up to Y/N's neck, causing the girl to moan and separate 

"Mmm, who knew that the great warrior Artemisia would get so nervous kissing someone?" 

"Shut up" 

"Shut me up" 

Note:

I hope you enjoy this.

I appreciate the reblogs, the likes and the comments 💕

[tal-vez-o-quizas]

Jumpscare: a Milkvan post emerged on my Dashboard!

Tumblr recommended me a Milkvan post out of nowhere!

I need to share it, wow.

I'm gonna remove the usernames though, because I don't want to cause a mess (even though they named Byler in the post):

Now, I don't go into the Milkvan tag, NEVER, so I don't know if some Bylers have really been going at it on their tag, which is not okay, but there are just so many things wrong in this, lol.

But first, these are the comments on the post:

I'm baffled.

1. Their scenes are super boring? Because they actually talk and try to fix their communication issues? Which actually works...

2. Them saying that Byler interactions "kinda boil down" to Will saying that he's sad and that Mike always agrees but mentions El only happened in S2, with the crazy together. Just that's one scene in the entire S2 and that's it, lol. Mike took it back to them right away and the fact that he mentioned El meant that he knew she will understand Will's trauma because she's been through something similar.

It is true that El is part of many of their interactions, but it's not the center because things tend to go back to Byler. Have they never wondered why though? Mike is unable to balance El and Mike. Will brought El in S3 because Mike was making a big deal out of El breaking up with him too, which seems fitting because teenagers do think those issues are the center of their universe, but her name is never unprompted or out of nowhere.

Also, El is part of many of the Byler interactions because they're in A FREAKING LOVE TRIANGLE that the show is throwing on their faces but they deny to see it.

Besides, Will and El are heavily paralleled in the show...

3. So Byler not having as many scenes of them goofing around and having fun the same way Milkvan "do" means they're not entertaining? It's like saying comedy is the only genre that is entertaining when you also have drama, thriller, horror, terror, sci-fi and more. They all bring many entertaining aspects.

Will and Mike do have fun talking, they have "goofed around" but that is not the chore of their friendship and connection. Notice how this Milkvan mentions that Byler have no fun because they think that being goofy is the only way we can enjoy a ship or like that is the way all couples interact.

4. Byler having no substance it's a lie and they pulled that out from their glutes. Even the GA, who are not shippers by any means, appreciate how beautiful and heart-warming their scenes are. Mike helps Will and Will does the same. It's a 2-way-street.

5. Mike and Will just argue and are sad together? Really? This coming from a ship whose main arc from the last 2 seasons have been their fights and how their actions make them both sad and insecure?! Really now.

6. When did we ever say that Milkvan is boring? No one said that. I think most of us just say that their pairing (powered-girl gets attached with nerd-insecure-boy) is very "been there done that" and that's it. We found them extremely adorable and entertaining in the first 2 seasons. They were annoying in S3 (like most characters that season, lol) but they were still entertaining. S4 brought the "I Love You" situation again and that was tiring, but it had a purpose and Milkvans choose to ignore why (Byler).

7. Lastly, Milkvan is a "healthy, functional relationship"? Oh, so El lying to pretend things are fine because Mike didn't followed up that "I love her and I can't lose her again" vomited declaration from S3 (which made her insecure and made her feel the need to paint a perfect picture to Mike) nowhere near any of the letters Mike sent to her for 6 months is healthy and functional? Sure. El always deviating from the main topic every time Mike has tried to apologize after an issue they have, without owning up to her mistakes and getting far away from from connecting and communicating properly as a couple is also healthy? Absolutely.

Feel free to add whatever you want guys, but please don't tag the Milkvans. I just want to hear your opinions on this nonsense, haha.