#Idk you guys are. So insightful. It's. Wow. It's really special.

[bsaka7]

i did finish the fic!!!! gave me the like “omg what do i even do with these feelings now” hahaha it really is such a masterpiece!

the character foils were everything!!! obviously pierre and esteban at the core but even the relationship of pierre and charles compared to his with esteban, pierres career compared to estebans, pierres family etc etc it all interacts to create such a wonderful picture of who they are and how they have… become who they are??? like even from the beginning, when theyre karting together and estebans first feelings are “i want to win and i want to be in the kart but hes going first :(“ and that… changes but never really goes away because its important to him and the little moments that show their diff upbringing too like… pierre asking for like. snacks for instance, and not having that fear of being rude and having something taken away from him that esteban has, like his interactions with pierres family made me want to scream because like. the cautiousness and politeness like so so so real

estebans ENTIRE relationship with crying. AGGHHHH!!!!!

and pierre not understanding why he cant separate on and off track but like. estebans put his whole self into it in a different way to what pierre has, and just exactly what its like to be kind of. insular and awkward as a kid because that DOES follow you, his difficulties fitting in with his peer group etc etc

the playing COD together made me 😭😭😭 😭 ESPECIALLY when pierre was like dude was that ur mum??? and its like. in my head ratatouille flashback pierre and estebans parents. AND ESTEBAN ADDED TO THE GROUP CHAT AND HES LIKE… im inside now :) UGHRJFJ SOBBING

omfg and all the unsent texts when pierre got demoted… esteban im literally reaching thru the screen to make u press send sorry anyway. beautiful beautiful beautiful fic thank u so much!!!! mwah!!! <3

Thank u!! This is long so under the cut haha

ahhh that's amazing to hear 😭😭 I love when writing makes me feel like that so it's an honor to be able to do it for u!!! I'm really glad I was able to flesh out that world in a way that felt real!!! I was sort of debating whether to tag this fic as a bildungsroman or not (obv I didn't) because I didn't know if there was enough character change/on loss/psychological focus... like they grow up but i wanted to keep that raw competitive core and also keep the elements of - Pierre's parents saying they tried to protect his childhood, but he moved away so young. Esteban saying he grew up quick. Etc. like you said - 'insular and awkward'. the stuff about crying (este talking about crying after getting scratched from Australia 2019 testing with merc. It destroys me). It sneaks up on u. You never escape that!!! And if you do, you have to work for it!!!!

the triangulation of Charles/pierre/esteban is like. Everything to me. I need a proper messy love triangle. i need Charles pov on the whole thing. the way Charles is. he's in a different league than them and he knows it but he wants to be loved anyway...

i think also capturing how people interact with each other online is - hard. i literally just sketched out a Cinderella story au with @nicotineteeth lmao and i keep thinking about it like. about the idiot by batuman. how can you know someone so well online and not know how it will flesh out when you meet each other. can you talk past each other without realizing it. obv here - and in most of my fic - i try to stay in the present but even with relationships like that. i feel like saying things you mean in text is. almost even worse. that was the only scene in this whole fic where both pierre and esteban weren't there and i was honestly debating it but like that's a connection too. ok sorry to ramble about something so tangential haha.

I really appreciate ur message haha. Screenshotted and saved!! I'm very glad you enjoyed my little fic and I really enjoyed hearing ur comments!!! ❤️❤️

[marimopeace]

there's a limit on how much you can be an isekai intellectual...

a bunch of analyses have been popping up before me all day so i wanted to throw my hat into the ring. all love to ppl who are exercising their creative minds + ppl like geoff here who just talk about these things because of fan interest but i feel like there reaches a point where exploring the "types" of isekai is pointless? i've seen ppl list out the different types of villainess revenge isekai or fantasy mmorpg isekai but eh why fit them all into separate boxes like that?

i think it's easier to think of isekai as a "type" (genre) of itself with only two categories: 1) a focus on isekai (lit. another world) 2) tensei (lit. to be reborn). this allows for a variety of applications and thus tropes that ppl see so many trends of!

with isekai - in another world

you see everything from:

pure fantasy (inuyasha, digimon wait maybe not the best example but in my childhood mind i count digimon as pure fantasy, fushigi yugi)

mmorpg inspired fantasy/adventure (.hack//legend of twilight, sao ugh, log horizon, overlord (LOVE OVERLORD!)

otome game-esque worlds >>> this is where it gets complicated with "villainess routes" since i admit there are multiple villainess tropes but this is why it's nice to not think of this as a "sub-type/genre" bc it frees you from those complications! (the saint's magic power is omnipotent, the white cat's revenge as plotted from the dragon king's lap soso cute!, the savior's book cafe in another world, i'm a villainous daughter so i'm going to keep the last boss wait i can't remember if she's reborn in this one lmaooo see this is why rules make everything hard)

with tensei storylines - being reincarnated/reborn in another world as *insert character/role*

you see...

the same tropes!!

pure fantasy (a returner's magic should be special, reminiscence adonis, the lady and the beast, light and shadow, i can't think of a manga off the top of my head for this ah)

mmorpg inspired fantasy/adventure (so i'm a spider so what i stan kumoko so hard, her majesty's swarm, can't name another off the top of my head ah i hate lists shorter than two things...)

self-insert based games/novels (fiance's observation log of a self-proclaimed villainess, who made me a princess, death is the only ending for the villainess, the villainess wants to marry a commoner, honestly games vs novels are different applications but i'm not in the headspace to try to remember a bunch of both lol)

*insert line break to give random ppl a break from scrolling but tl; dr just enjoy things for what they are no need to micro analyze*

similar variations occur in both genres (if ppl want to be super technical i guess i'm arguing that isekai itself is a massive genre that has the "another world" subgenre and "reincarnation" subgenre tl; dr) so i think it's honestly a huge pain to try to separate all these trends into so many different types of stories. for me personally it's easier to not get overwhelmed by this gigantic umbrella of "isekai" that spans light novels, manhwa, manga, and mobile games by just stripping each story down into its trademark tropes (aka character archetypes, story structures) and slapping "oh this is a person going to a world that's not ours" and "this person gets reborn as blank in another world". none of this "omg this power fantasy is such a this kind of isekai moment" or "there are 14 different types of villainess revenge stories and this series fits into this" bc AH labels! limitations! circle-jerks via ppl trying to compartmentalize everything and sound smart for leaving a comment on story analysis instead of ooh-ahhing over a character's face! dividing things into light novel manga vs manga vs korean manhwa ft. female characters!

the last bit is mainly why i feel frustrated by ppl's insistence to group everything?

the video linked at the beginning of the post (honestly good video essay, i enjoyed it, i just kept thinking in my head the whole time "marimo these are tropes do not take the genre talk literally") has a baby comment thread talking about "korean isekai manhwas" as a genre featuring nothing but reincarnated villainess' and i can't.

like i cannot acknowledge that as a genre of any sort. the energy i felt reading through some of those insights takes me back to 2012 when all yt americans discovered k-pop and deemed all korean music k-pop from then on! (ppl still do this now, yes you are seen and don't talk to me pls i don't like you. k-pop is korean pop music and nothing less and nothing more. take a few seconds and try to parse apart aspects of korean culture instead of slamming everything into a monolithic label that has the letter k and a hyphen.) it feels so odd to see a bunch of young ppl on ig and tiktok acknowledge korean media that happens to be in the form of a webtoon as "oh stories all about young girls becoming villains in stories they made/played" bc it feels so reductive u.u

(positionality disclaimer that i'm praying isn't actually necessary: i am a 3rd-generation korean of japanese descent do not fite me i am exhausted irl of ppl asking for validation/verification bc massive shove off.)

breaking news! korean manhwa...is just as multifaceted as japanese manga...bc how can comics as an art-form not have multiple genres...huh such a shocker?!?! same likely applies to media in other parts of the world like chinese manhwa and french comics--not my place to explain either of those i just know those industries exist bc of wakfu and donghua shows by Tencent.

at the end of the day it's not like analyzing any kind of isekai is wrong--absolutely not!! i think it can be super fun to think about how isekai elements complicate a story (MCs trying to go back home, ppl from the og world, reincarnation plot-twists) or maybe even bash a series for including some kind of other world element when they could have just written a super fun fantasy.

insert marimo's brief ramble that hey you can get sick of truck-kun's hitting disillusioned guys who happen to be super duper smart or girls who happen to be master chefs/craftsmen but transporting a fully-grown being into a fantasy setting is the ultimate cheat code for making mundane modern technology seem cool and overpowered, and being reincarnated as a fully grown person in a world with a pre-made story/game set-up completely bypasses the need for an author to slowly flesh out world-building in a natural progression so isekai is actually a really smart writing tool it's just that there are some series where the author didn't use it well at all and it's cheesy or clearly isekai was misused as a vehicle for character/story development and it was pointless *DEEP BREATH OUT*

in this essay i will argue...lol i am such a culture studies major!! if i were an english major i would be talking all about writing but here i am having a side-tangent about world-building via someone being reborn wow i love this for me (don't get me started on when an author has someone reincarnate as a baby and the story is mostly them having warm fluffy moments with their family--typically father figures--and getting lots of powers i could and would and probably will rant about east asian toxicity)

but anyway am i crazy????? like yes for being passionate about the technical use of a word like genre (i am a scorpio rising let me be fussy pls) but i don't think it's a lot to ask for ppl to not unironically see "villainess revenge isekai" as the definition of korean manhwa.

idk as someone who resonates with why japanese isekai is so popular domestically + why a lot of korean manhwa feat. the same tropes (it's not for great reasons lads it's actually depressing tbh) i'm just starting to feel kind of pained by the generalization and need to separate "cute japanese girl in an otome game"/"japanese boy finds a harem in another world" from "korean girl dies and comes back as a villainess" bc they are just! applications to the same story device!!

recommendations for any who makes it this far down below <3

// also gladly recommend any of the examples i've listed in the above rant as i've read/watched all of them and adore them v much! //

save me princess

super refreshing fantasy manhwa ft. a princess and her ex-boyfriend having to save the world!

the beginning after the end

an AMERICAN web novel turned into a comic (but see it being not korean/japanese doesn't really matter when you just consider isekai as a genre...isn't it nice to not overthink it?) ft. a super-powerful wizard king reincarnated into another world and starting from scratch--gives mushoku tensei vibes but huge twists!

the reason why raeliana ended up at the duke's mansion

love love LOVE this story--read the title and you'll learn how this girl reincarnated as the character raeliana in a book gets married to a duke!

trash of the count's family

such a good novel!! a guy gets reborn as a lazy oaf and he takes the hero of the story under his wing...plot twists come up later on!

this time i will definitely be happy!

v good and refreshing for a shorter series! she's been reborn 3 times and remembers every time the hero's stabbed her in the back, and now she just wants to break up with him!

silver diamond

older manga but v good adventure w intrigue! a boy who loves plants get sucked into a desert world with demonic lizards and a mysterious bodyguard by his side. shonen-ai not BL but wonderful vibes nonetheless + great side characters!

the princess imprints a traitor

adore everything in this from the world (not in that way this society makes me so angry) to the machinations at play and the dynamic between the fl and ml

[magnhild]

im sorry WHAT happened w/ genl/ock??? i havent watched the show in forever and barely heard about it until your posts- what the actual fuck?? (u dont have to provide any more context im just Baffled)

first of all disclaimer that i refused to watch the rest of s2 after hearing about episode 4 so this is just what i've heard.

okay so rooster teeth ended up having to pass the show off to hbo max so it got a whole new writing team for season 2 and the first three episode were actually pretty alright! we got some neat backstory for yaz, found out what happened to chase's mother and sister, more insight on the union and how they're literally a suicide cult, albeit with some weird pacing and some scenes that were perhaps. unnecessary. and starting in episode 3 we get some gender-questioning kazu, which was really exciting and interesting because wow, trans character arc in an animated show!

and then episode 4 rolls around. kazu comes out as trans way too quickly, and then is instantly killed off for no reason. it was almost as if the writers rushed the coming out on purpose just so that it would hurt more for the audience when they killed him (she? they? i have no idea if there was a pronoun change). as far as i've heard, it served no purpose except to make all the other characters, but especially val (bc they were a canon couple by then), sad. literally bury your gays but make it trans. apparently it was also a very quick and sudden death, so no buildup or even time spent lingering on it, like it hardly had any effect at all.

episode 5 then went and made it worse. because apparently cammie brought into the union's 'if you die in this special ceremony you can ascend to a better place' bullshit and went and fucking joined them. one of the smartest characters in the show, everybody. but then i think she gets depressed about her family and stuff and so she kills herself? and i have no idea of it was through the weird ceremony thing or just a straight-up self-inflicted suicide. if anyone knows they can let me know or something idk.

and then i don't know the specific details for the rest of it but it all turns out that the union, even though they're a creepy religious suicide cult who've massacred and traumatized tons of people including yaz, are apparently the good guys all along! because that's a good message to send! and their goal is to have all of humanity kill themselves in order to achieve permanent genlock and live within the nanobots (the microscopic little dust cloud robots). and so cammie comes back somehow?? and kills val and yaz so they can turn into nanobots too and everyone lives happily ever after in these microscopic robots that can't feel or do anything, expect kazu, who has to be permanently dead because fuck trans people i guess.

and yeah that's all i know but if anyone has any extra details or corrections feel free to add i guess? but basically the new writers decided that season 1 was too tame and filled s2 to the brim with awful horrible edgy(TM) shit so that it can be as 'mature' as possible. sacrificing everything that make s1 so good in the process. and i'm super fucking pissed about the missed potential, especially regarding kazu.

[shinjaeha]

itsay ep 3 (thoughts + spoilers)

itsay ep 3 fucking obliterated me so here i am with some more thoughts on this episode (drama) in general. this is just me being an incoherent mess bc my mind is basically just one long !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after having watched this (once raw and again subbed). this isn’t an analysis, it’s literally me just gushing over the ep as i watch it bc boy oh BOY.

WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT EVERYTHING HITTING DIFFERENT AFTER THE BOAT SCENE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if i thought the tension in the boat knocked the breath out of me, this whole ep was that x10000.

they really started us off with a bang having continued straight off from last ep with teh smelling oh-aew’s hair, huh?? teh rubbing his face with the coconut paralleled with oh-aew smelling his coconut scented shampoo?? excuse me as i cry into my hands.

teh wasn’t willing to wake up early for tarn when she wanted to draw early in the morning, but when he sees that oh-aew wants to wake up early to study, HE’S the one that makes sure that oh-aew wakes up (and he stays up to keep oh-aew company, even if it’s just over the phone). then again when they’re at the resort...love that tarn realises that too. boy ain’t subtle. also, how is it even possible that they can have that much tension just speaking over the phone?? they’re not even in the same room and the tension between the two of them is so thick i can barely breathe.

the “let me know when you’re home”!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOYFRIEND BEHAVIOUR. as soon as oh-aew asked teh why he always asked tarn that, i KNEW they were gonna put that in there for him and oh-aew and i’m glad i wasn’t disappointed :))) the look on oh-aew’s face when he saw the text!!!!!!!!!!! the way he stopped in his tracks!!!!!!!!!

i already had a feeling that oh-aew was going to be the first one to properly realise and accept his feelings for teh based on the teasers (makes sense since he already knows he likes boys...he’s more sure of his sexuality, which would of course make it easier for him to accept based on that). seeing the way he used the ‘if you get close to him and he doesn’t move away it means he likes you’ theory that teh initially told him to try on bas with teh too was really cute. and the jealousy over tarn. i LOVED that we got to see a more petty side to him when he announced he was going to room with bas partly bc of how lowkey jealous/mad he was about teh and tarn talking over the phone. it left teh so unsettled and confused (the piano music was PERFECT in that scene), and is 510% something teh would have done too (based on the previous two eps). they really are a perfect match huh. but poor bas being caught in the middle of the two of them ;;;

i liked that a lot of this ep was from oh-aew’s perspective. i feel like we got mostly teh’s pov in the first two eps, so it was really nice to see things from oh-aew’s pov too. gave us all more insight into his personality and he’s honestly SO MUCH more flirty than i thought he was going to be omg. the potato chip scene where he just crawled over to teh and ate that potato chip all the while staring straight at teh, then lying on his lap?????????? teh was (understandably) flustered after that AND SO WAS I. i was not expecting that whatsoever. i was also really impressed with how honest oh-aew was about his feelings. i love that he’s stayed true to their previous heart to heart in the boat scene last ep where he basically told teh that he wanted transparency between the two of them. he’s sticking to that, and i admire him so much for being able to be that vulnerable and true to himself. i thought there might have been more confusion with bas, but it looks like as soon as he realised his feelings might have faded/that he was feeling things for teh now, he just went with it. i know in my last text post i said that oh-aew is usually the more cautious/pragmatic of the two, but i feel like when it comes to his feelings, he seems to be really in tune with who and what he wants (more so than teh). this of course makes sense bc he’s likely had more time to come to terms with his sexuality...which is what teh’s figuring out for himself now. on top of that, oh-aew’s feelings for teh are a lot stronger than the ones he has for bas. and since he’s also more certain that teh likes him back, he’s so much bolder in how he approaches teh. and teh, to his credit, returns that honesty too when oh-aew basically pushes him into acknowledging that there’s ~something between them (hammock scene). i was kind of expecting him to push away from that/deny it, but he didn’t. he’s obviously just a lot more confused with his feelings and still needs some time to understand them and process them fully. on a related note, hammock scene was so loaded and SO well acted by the both of them. the fact that they can move from playful in one scene too achingly intense in another always throws me for a loop.

another thing i really love about the two of them is how they push one another to be better. it’s that rivalry that makes their bond even stronger, but it’s also something that worries me for future eps ngl...

but i honestly feel SO BAD for bas...clearly, he likes oh-aew, and although oh-aew was initially confused with the two of them, he’s definitely more convinced when it comes to his feelings for teh. but when bas essentially asked oh-aew out, and oh-aew said let’s invite the rest of they guys?? he looked so sad and my heart kind of broke a little. it’s like watching the poor second lead in a kdrama. and tarn too :( i really hope that when teh accepts his feelings for oh-aew, he doesn’t keep her hanging on the way that most BLs tend to do. she deserves so much better than that. my heart really hurts for the both of them, but at the same time teh and oh-aew are just magnets being pulled together at this point. they can’t stay away from each other.

the scene where teh rubs the smell of oh-aew’s coconut scented pen (from what he’s written) all over his face bc he’s at his limit and can’t stand all those pent up feelings anymore, only to race out to their special meeting place on the beach????? the moment he sees that oh-aew’s there too and he chases after him entranced (and the smile on oh-aew’s face)????? the way the instrumental ost just swells the moment they see each other????? the way they tease and dance around another yet again?????  PURE ART. A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE. THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DRAMA I HAVE EVER SEEN. this whole sequence has to be my fave scene in this ep. god, that part where the camera closes in on them and they’re face to face before oh-aew steps away again had my heart trying to flutter its way out of my CHEST. THEY HAVEN’T EVEN KISSED IN THE SERIES YET AND THEY CAN REDUCE ME TO THIS. honestly, their power is something else. the fact that they can stir so many emotions in all of us just by the way they glance at one another, by the way they dart around one another barely touching...there are dramas/movies with multiple kiss/love scenes that can’t even create that tension and longing. it’s the kind of chemistry that burns you inside out. it’s so palpable.

the thigh massage scene had me CAPTIVATED (like all their scenes tbh) and then teh’s mum came to wake me (and the both of them) up haha. but for real, there’s just something so tentative about what’s happening. these feelings are new to them, and they’re easing their way into it. always toeing the line, but not overstepping it yet. it’s primal. they keep letting those feelings build up more and more and more. and you can always feel the way it’s leading to something else. and of course it leads into the next scene where teh’s tutoring oh-aew again but the atmosphere is so incredibly heavy, so tight, that they can’t contain it anymore (i mean, the fact that they contained it for so long when they’re teenage boys with feelings for one another is already astounding enough to me). teh tries so hard, but then the back scratch happens and...THIS ICONIC SCENE...i thought they were going to kiss then (before oh-aew turned around), but then we got something else entirely and the intimacy of it all. just wow. literally not a single kiss and it was one of the most sensual scenes i have ever seen in a BL. it’s just the way they get so caught up in one another. THE YEARNING OF IT ALL. this whole ep was just pure anticipation, and i have never ever wanted two characters to kiss more than i do these two. it’s the build up that gets me (idk if this can be considered slow build since there’s only been like three eps but it sure as hell feels like it!!!!!!!!!). then teh pulls away and it’s like a smack in the gut...but at the same time, i get it. he’s not ready yet. there’s so much for him to take in and he’s not there yet (not the way oh-aew is), and just like oh-aew, it keeps us all hanging on, so close but not quite there yet.

so much of this felt like this cat and mouse game between the both of them where one of them would advance, then retract...it makes the tension between the two of them even MORE overwhelming bc you keep anticipating something, and you get fleeting moments of it, but then it’s over by the time you blink. they keep toying with one another, but not crossing the line YET bc they know that that’ll change everything the moment they do. it’s such a testament to the writing AND the acting bc it’s the chemistry that bkpp have with one another that creates all of that push and pull dynamic, that yearning and desire. having to wait a whole week again is just devastating...i think next ep seems like it might be the climax?? i’m pretty sure it’ll be the ep where teh accepts his feelings (or at least won’t be able to hold himself back physically anymore), where all the build up finally properly erupts, but at the same time, i just know that the angst is going to start piling up and idk how to feel other than terrified bc i’m way too invested now tbh.

anyway, this drama is absolutely magnificent, and all i want to do is rave about how damn good it is. so high quality. it feels so fresh, like they’re reinvented the tried and true coming of age tale in a way, and we’re all just along for the ride. it transcends the typical thai BL story (and i now understand why they were hesitant to label this as BL when it really feels like it encompasses so much more than the usual BL tropes and story). one of my fave dramas of the year by far (BL or otherwise). it’s just a class apart from any drama i’ve watched before and ticks every single box for me. stunning in every way. down to every detail and every feeling and emotion. it’s so raw and real and i can’t praise what nadao and the team have done with this enough (and we still have 2 more eps to go!!). there’s just so much meaning in every little thing, and in all those little things you can see the time and care it’s taken them to make this.

[itsakpopalypse]

Lou/Kim Hosung Astrology: How He Loves

OML he’s so precious i wanna squish his cheekies

As always 18+ under the cut

“omg i loved your astrology ask - romantic breakdown with Ayno so much! Can I get one for Lou, please?😊” - @randomkpopfiction

A/N I'm so happy to hear you’ve been enjoying my posts ! Here you go , I hope that you like it !!

Let’s talk tall boi

okay so his big 3 by our best estimation is Aries Rising, Sagittarius sun and Taurus moon, 2 fire and an earth

His chart lean is pretty evenly split between fire and earth, with one more earth and one air. no water whatsoever

that’s notable because water is the emotional element, so that suggests he isn’t prone to big emotional driven actions

we will get into that more as we go 

it’s just something that sets the tone of his chart

also his perfect split between mutable and cardinal suggests he can take the lead or be incredibly adaptable

so he actually seems very chill just looking at those facts 

for the romance-y stuff lessgo

Aries are confident go-getters, so he will seem pretty sure of himself in all situations

whatever he does he puts his WHOLE DAMN ASS INTO IT

we do not half ass anything in this house we whole ass it

can be a little brash, but his moon will help stop that from being too prominent since Taurus is basically the slowest moving most careful earth sign. 

since Aries is a cardinal sign though, he may seem a little intense and take charge in situations where others don’t seem to have their stuff together

Sun in Sagittarius, he is adventurous, lacks fear, and longs for intellectual insights, like he will ask you so many questions and fire back anything he thinks fits his own life

is really interesting to converse with

probably really laid back but still willing to talk to anyone

the kind of person who could make friends anywhere and with anyone

probably super curious and less cautious than he should be 

Taurus moon is affectionate but a bit shy and likes things to be very familiar

they are generally uncomfortable with change so his sun is a great balance to push him into more outgoing settings and to try new things

even if his moon will be a little filled with butterflies 

aw im soft

since your moons is the depth of your feelings he is steadfast and intentional

slow moving but once he has chosen for himself it is his focus

he will be a steady and reliable partner, but still be fun and spontaneous since his sun is so fiery. 

honestly looking through this chart I’m like he would be anyone's coolest best friend and just vibe in the most interesting way what a neat person?? where do i get one ???

let’s translate these and his other signs into a relationship starting with 

FLUFF

listen Sagittarius is the peter pan right? 

he doesn't WANNA grow up 

he wants to experience life and DO THINGS

but his Taurus moon will probably make him shy away even though his heart is BURSTING OKAY

Taurus is also one of the more artistic minded and sensual signs 

so he is creative and romantic and probably loves a cheesy rom com with cuddles

you may have to encourage his courageous side when emotions hit but you may have to chill him out where danger is involved

since his Mercury is Capricorn which is the cardinal of earth he will be really smart about his communication

so he will think things out well and be incredibly clever and quick witted

it suggests his humor is a bit sarcastic and savage and honestly 

like i consider Cap the most ‘millennial’ humor 

as in sarcasm and self deprecation 

but since that Aries stands proud he will probably still simultaneously know he’s pretty fantastic

like he knows he is awesome but also judges himself really hard probably

Venus in Sagittarius so this is interesting

of the fire signs it’s kind of more reserved romantically

Has REALLY high standards when it comes to what he wants in a relationship and intends for them to be met

not like how you look or sound or whatever

but will not tolerate disrespect of degradation on either side

has a lot of pride in keeping his relationships solid and communicative

an enthusiastic speaker, once he has set you as a comfortable person to communicate with he will lean into that and probably has a zillion incredibly interesting things he has pondered over about life and love that he wants to have deep conversations about

he would be the coolest to have talks about really relative things

might need some pushing if you want to discuss emotions 

that Taurus moon will win out only if you nourish and validate his feelings

so if you meet and he likes you somewhere a long the line, it will be a push and pull between Sagittarius wanting to love everyone and Taurus wanting to be sure of someone

the philosopher mind of a Sagittarius will draw him to you platonically and if you are affectionate, steady and warm his Taurus will basically flop down like a huge dog and beg for pats-metaphorically

His venus suggests that he would love to entice you with his wit, his spontaneity and his laughs,

He knows he is charming and full of life and he will use it against you 

and probably tease the ever living shit out of you for it

say he is cracking jokes or being adorable and you stare at him fondly, or giggle at a joke

he will be playful back

expect him to call you out

he is going to say something like “Oh I know I am beautiful but you’ll wear my face out staring like that.” with a wink

honestly a little shit sometimes wtf

doesn’t get jealous and doesn’t tolerate jealousy

so if you start as friends it will be this seamless fit into his friend group and he won’t even care if Ziu lays all over you or whatever

it won’t even seem abnormal to him even if he likes you

in fact he will probably just join the cuddle huddle or make sarcastic jokes about it

Sagittarius venus love fun and new experiences but they are not about to enjoy a shallow relationship

expect him to solidify boundaries and ask you out officially pretty quickly 

They are not a flighty sign even though they are a bit in the clouds sometimes 

the love an intense and passionate love and will not settle for less

Get you those healthy boundaries Lou

so i imagine as adventurous but thoughtful as his blend of signs is, especially with a Virgo Mars

he is going to think of the most interesting and sincere way to ask you out

maybe plan a day trip somewhere special

idk a hike or the beach or something 

and after he’s spent the entire day building memories with you 

he will ask you if you want to keep making these memories

maybe show you a little album on his phone of the selfies he’s taken with you for the last few months

wow soft and cute i love it 

and if you say yes he is going to start by being like oh yeah okay cool

then he will walk a few steps away and turn his back and start freaking out about how happy he is

a bouncy giggle mess over there and you’re like.... are you okay

he’s like.... *cough* yes I am FINE

sure you are

his north nodes is Libra so he is likely to need you around as he accomplishes goals

basically he wants to experience life with you and not separate from you and will work to make sure those goals align with each other

probably neither against nor particularly for public displays of affection

it will matter most to him that you are there with him, and if you want to add affection into it he won’t be opposed

but expect snark

“If you need to hold on to me you can.”

I also see him as the type to fall asleep on you during movies and really relish if he wakes up still in your arms

really low key affection is his thing

probably writes i love you on your leg with his finger when you are in the car or around people but he doesn’t wanna shout it out

likes to put his chin on your head and kiss the top of your head so gently

gently cups the side of your face and stares into your eyes all dreamy 

HAND KISSES

so cute I’m soft 

soft hours are closing

18+  below the cut

must he do this I’m scared

WOOOP 

spicy talk 

INTENSE

playful but intesnse

Sagittarius are exploratory signs  so that will probably make it into the bedroom ngl

like they like new experiences

so he is going to be learning things and sitting you down to talk about hard yes’s and no’s

we stan healthy communcation

maybe a little switchy?

I think he prefers to be in charge of your pleasure but I think he would be down to try laying back and letting you take the reins

to be honest he seems like he would really be into blindfolding ?

like blindfold him and tell him he has to make you cum but he has to do it with just his hands

jfc those hands i think you’ll be okay

lives for excitement and trust in a relationship

it has to go both ways, the Taurus moon demands it

he wants you to trust him with your whole being and he will give that in return

he wants you to be greedy with your own pleasure

“Touch yourself for me baby, I wanna see you”

looks at you like a work of art he wants to paint with his hands and tongue and cum

probably nasty but in the absolute most intimate way

hey you know what he sounds like saying give me more already I expect that’s what you hear after your third orgasm sorry I don’t make the rules

with a Virgo mars (his actions) mixed with so much Sagittarius expect him to treat you like his own personal experiment

really wants you to be as vocal about it as he is 

communicate what you like and don’t

wants you to ride him so he can watch you and comment on how beautiful you are

“you want me to fuck you hard you have to earn it.”

teasing little shit i stg

the Taurus makes me think he is kind of really intimate about it all

the kind of guy who might spank you , but will massage it gently after, 

holds onto the back of your neck and pulls you into his thrusts 

probably furrows his brow in concentration

and he has this like.. excitable side with all this fire energy that makes me feel like he gets really energetic about the whole ordeal

like he is SO AMAZED you are letting him touch you that he just kinda 

implodes

probably makes the softest little groans when you run your nails down his chest

wants to be marked in places no one else can see

doesn’t think of it as ownership or “marking” in  a traditional way

thinks of it as little reminders on his skin for only you two to know about 

that’s kinda beautiful tbh 

aftercare is probably haphazard but it will involve a lot of touching,

like none of his signs are particularly care-taker-ey 

but he will be sure you get lots of affection after more intense sessions so  you feel loved and protected

probably kisses your face all over and pulls you into an embrace

mumbles about your future together as you fall asleep 

it’s really cute aw

TWO MORE MEMBERS and both have been requested, expect them soon!

thank you for requesting and while I have a few more astrology posts and one request for a short story coming down the pipeline, I also have a oneshot I wrote on my own and am currently editing coming. Expect some stuff!!

Requests are open !

[tonystarkstan]

I really love the irondad fandom tbh. I feel like we make up such a genuinely nice group of people (except me, who’s an asshole) and idk it’s just really special.

@losingmymindtonight and @underoosstark are two of my best friends in the World (I could go on about them for days and days), the two loves of my life, and I would die for @parkrstark in a heartbeat. @tamaranianprincess is one of my greatest supporters and best friends and I appreciate her so so much. @yellowdistress is one of the most talented writers we have and the absolute sweetest person I know. @the-reverse-mermaid is my favorite cheerleader and also an absolutely amazing writer. @madasthesea pumps out some of the rawest, most beautiful fics ever and she’s just. Wow. @ironfamjam is one of the kindest people I know and her writing is some of the best. She’s so sweet and bubbly and wow!! @abyssal-glory is another favorite cheerleader who’s always there when I’m feeling down. @cantabile-l is my wife, my love, my girl. I love her to death. @howlingdawn was my first tumblr friend ever, and even though Fantastic Beasts brought us together, Marvel kept us together. @theoceanismyinkwell has unprecedented talent and randomly sends me posts and I love it. @whumphoarder is so so so talented and kind and lovely to talk to. She’s so insightful and yeah.

I’m sure I’m accidentally leaving people out, but my point is that, in the 6 months that I’ve been on here, I’ve been welcomed into the community in a way I could never have imagined. And whether I talk to these people everyday or send nothing more than the occasional ask telling them they’re amazing, I’m just in really good company and that’s so special to me. Thank you guys so much. 💙

[blyanten]

THE DUCK AVENGER PK2: #16 SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE

After the previous issue, which gave answers to several of the questions driving this story arc, gave brand new insight to the Ducklair family, set up a very personal enemy, kickstarted the final arc of this story and possibly changed the relationship between various characters forever, this issue, wait for it… ignores all of that for shenanigans in space!

AKA “Who the fuck thought it was a good idea for this issue to go here?”

Angus tries to steal Everett’s parking spot, and Everett’s driver shoves his car out of the way. With his own car. This motivates Angus to try and dig up some dirt on Everett, but that’s interrupted by weird noises and a small earthquake coming from above.

It’s a spaceship. Right above Ducklair Tower.

Everett, who should be kind of paranoid about that sort of thing, haven’t noticed, because his office is isolated from external influences. Brilliant idea, clearly. When Birgit tells him, he goes and activates some hidden security measures, just in case. The ship doesn’t look Coronian, but you never know.

Angus, having found himself a spot on the sidewalk, starts reporting, wondering if they’ve finally discovered Everett’s secrets. So close! And yet, no.

At home, Donald catches Angus’s broadcast, and immediately recognizes the spaceship. It’s Lady Elenthari. From all the way back to PKNA #27, Mastiffs of the Universe.

The Duck Avenger goes to investigate, causing a fight between Angus, who wants to blame it on Everett, and Geena Onair, who wants to blame it on the Avenger.

The Avenger goes inside Elenthari, which then takes off again, and is greeted by sergeant Q’Wykenon. Remember the robot?

Turns out Neopard isn’t there. 

Maybe be a bit careful about this? This guy wasn’t exactly honest last time.

He’s busy fighting a small war, which got complicated. Enough so that he’s sent for the Avenger to come help, and helpfully left a holorecording to explain everything. 

Come help, bring lots of weapons.

Unfortunately, that’s not an option, since the Avenger no longer has access to the insane number of weapons he used to. Therefore Avenger decides to stop off at Q’Wyn’s planet to get something better than the Duckmobile, before going to help Neopard.

While this is going on, Neopard is outnumbered, outgunned, but luckily, manages to find a fortified location to hide in.

Subtle.

He decides to explain the situation to the audience his robots, for some strange reason. The Cosmining Company had the place built by the omniversal Goompah Contruction Sites, and then decided that Goompha having gone over budged, allegedly, they could keep it without paying. The Goompha disagreed, and here they are.

Omniversal? That’s quite a claim.

The Avenger and Q’Wyn arrives at the right planet, called Armadha, get it, they’re greeted by a friend of Neopard, who is rather skeptical at first about this stranger on Neopard’s ship.

Also, it turns out that “Neopard” is a battle name (wow, I can’t believe this is what comes back later) and Neopard’s real name is Groft van Moor.

After the not-so friendly welcome, everyone seems to be more or less friendly. The Avenger gets invited to a drink, learning a few facts about the place. Like how the only thing they export is mercenaries, because the planet has nothing else to offer. On the bright side, living there makes you well-suited for dangerous work.

The Avenger decides it’s time to go shopping, but of course Neopard didn’t give him any cash, since this was the Avenger’s own idea. Luckily, there’s still one place to go, Darkstep Valley. 

Neopard’s friend explains the way, and the Avenger takes the Duckmobile to get there. Turns out he should have taken public transport.

How does this place not have lots of extreme sport tourists? Fire desert, ice desert, sure this must appeal to the kind of people who, IDK, climb deadly mountains or some stuff like that?

Neopard is still in trouble, and now his robots are failing.

Darkstep Valley turns out to be less a valley and more a giant mall. 

A drive-in mall.

Of weapons. Very expensive weapons. Eventually, the Avenger gets sent to Honest Kruth, so he’s about to get swindled.

Kruth’s full name turns out to be Kruth van Moor, but the Avenger doesn’t seem to notice. Kruth is happy to try and sell the Avenger various weapons, though most of them doesn’t seem very useful, but when the issue of payment comes up, he loses interest as the Avenger still can’t pay.

Until he sees the Duckmobile.

The man is nicknamed “honest”. He might as well have “do not trust” tatooed on his forehead.

It’s worth nothing, of course, except to a collector, but maybe they can make a trade. The Avenger says no, and Kruth is thrilled. Apparently, he really likes to bargain. He takes to Avenger to show him something really special, but only as long as Q’Wyn stays behind. Can’t have the robot call him out on his crap take photos of the top-secret weapon.

The Avenger agrees to the deal, because of course he does.

Neopard is still fighting, but jumps out of his battlesuit when Lady Elenthari comes in for landing.

Turns out it was a trick. 

Oh, good, they know each other.

Captain Alyoness takes him captive, and they banter a bit as the real Elenthari comes into orbit.

Girlfriend or wife?

Q’Wyn is just finishing installing a translation card, so the Avenger can understand him., in case the Avenger needs tactical advice. The Avenger doesn’t think so, after all, he made such a good deal. I swear, his IQ has dropped in this issue.

Neopard and Alyonesse are still bantering when they notice the Lady Elenthari.

Alyonesse is rather confused as to why Q’Wyn would take Elenthari down in the most fortified place on the planetoid, but Neopard brags about his brave terrestrial ally. She leaves him behind to deal with this, and he is clearly up to something, but we cut away to the Avenger before we can see what.

The Avenger, faced with a bunch of soldiers decide to unleash the superweapon.

How exactly did that get on board the ship without Q’Wyn seeing it?

It looks good, to people with no clue, but as a very frustrated Q’Wyn explains, it’s not a battlemachine, it’s a “wreckotronic dynodozer”, meant to clean up after really big disasters. The kind where you gather up the still useful stuff and demolish everything else.

On the other hand, it’s also pretty much unstoppable.

The enemy soldiers try to stop it anyway, leaving them distracted to the Avenger and Q’Wyn can go occupy the center. Thanks to the dynodozer, they don’t even have to work very hard to get it, as it destroyed the walls.

Neopard, meanwhile, has reprogrammed Alyonesse’s robots, and now they work for him. He takes her captive and claims he’s won. She disagrees and tells him to look at what the Avenger has done. Neopard does and decides it’s time to notify the clients.

Whatever it is, it’s long term.

The Avenger gets ready to set up an exchange for Neopard, but Neopard walks in and tells him that’s not necessary.

Could be.

Neopard does admit having been lying a little, but he was captured soon after for real anyway. So the Avenger did arrive just in time and thanks to him they lost.

Short version, both sides wanted the planetoid intact, but when the Avenger destroyed it, it became nothing but a waste of money to keep fighting over it. And since Neopard wasn’t defeated, but his bosses surrendered, that mean Neopard gets paid anyway. And so does Alyonesse, because she won.

What a reasonable system. We should get on this.

The Avenger thinks he should get something too, but since he doesn’t have a contract, he doesn’t get paid. He even lost the Duckmobile, so it sucks to be him.

Not as much as it could have though. Neopard might be a greedy liar, but he also values a good ally, and just so happens to be related to Honest Kruth and can make him give the Duckmobile back by threatening him with angry clan elders.  

You don’t swindle family, it just makes everyone unhappy.  

The Avenger gets the car back, and Neopard buys him a box of obsolete weapons. Obsolete to them, to the Avenger and against his Earth-based opponents,  however, they might be quite useful.  

The Avenger tells them thanks and goodbye, not wanting to hold Neopard and Alyonesse away from their next battles. They’re not overly concerned, they’re planning on taking a vacation in a five star system. The Avenger is surprised they’d go together, and Alyonesse asks what’s weird about that.

Neopard apologizes, having forgotten to inrduce them properly.

Duck Avenger, meet Lady Elenthari Lleyr Dalagh, AKA the girlfriend. Cute that Neopard named his ship after his girlfriend.

The Avenger takes off, he’s got work in the morning. He can’t resist checking out what’s in the box first though.

Century kind of explodes. It’s an old, sturdy building though, so it’s mostly the windows that suffer.

At work, Bloom seems to have finally had it with Donald not showing up for work, when Donald finally does show up.

Mostly the windows.

I don’t like this one, it relies way too much on “haha, the Avenger is dumb”, when it could have relied on “the Avenger is in completely unfamilar territory” and it really, really doesn’t belong in the qudrilogy. As a breather before that, sure, but I think the quadrilogy needed this issue to build from the previous one to the next, because this series was cancelled and had to finish up fast, right? Well, in the next two issues, for all that I like them, it kinda shows.

[wreckshavocmoved-blog]

    i cannot believe i hit such a huge milestone recently. I’m blessed with such amazing people and writers on my dash. #shookaf yeah i’m going to make that a hashtag. i cannot express how happy i am that more than five hundred of you have stuck with me with a blog that i’ve only had since january. and though this may be something small, just know that i appreciate every one of you. thank you for giving me and my portrayal of veronica a chance. even if we may not write together, just remember you are hella amazing. i hope you guys have an amazing day/evening wherever you are.  

            stuntin’ gang

 @vanityriot / @spellmage :  OMG where do i even start with you? this has been such a wild ride. so wild that we got to know each other so quickly in a span of six months. and it’s weird because i feel like i’ve known you my whole entire life. i’d totally believe we knew each other in a past life ( :thinking face: ).  i can’t believe you’re seven hours away from me and you’re the first person i’ve met on tumblr in RL, an experience that’s unforgettable. you know how b & v were forever forged, well rita and krislyn are forever forged. i guess we just knew from one meme that this was going to be it, that we were going to write reggie and veronica the way we’ve been doing. our writing and just in general, your presence, the vibes we’ve given off each other just cement how much you’re in important person you are in my life. i’m so happy and blessed to call you my bestie. i can’t believe we have so many similarities in interests and in our personal lives. i admire you so much, you’ve always motivated me to workout, to just be a better person in general. and i’m forever blessed by that. here’s to many more hangouts, drinking parties, sobbing about reggie and veronica, korean drama binge watching, and being there for each other. you know i’ll always be here no matter what. that’ll never change. just like somehow my day isn’t actually a day until i’m talking to you. #rideordie can you believe we were sleeping on each other until the river.dale fandom? 

@valiidations : okay i couldn’t tag your other blog, but i hope you can see this. leela, leela LOML.the river.dale fandom wouldn’t be complete without you. i remember we connected over a rant about kevin. and i think i knew from there you were just going to be someone special in my life. i’m so honored we were able to explore kevin and veronica, the way we have, and how in a way our friendship mirrors their own. i mean that in the way that we’re very close friends. we’ve been through a lot of things and despite that i’ve always loved despite the hectic schedule going on with our lives, you’ll always make time to talk to me. even if it’s just a little hello. you don’t know how much that means to me, how much happiness i get whenever i see you pop up. you never have to apologize for taking breaks, i’ll always be here. same with everyone else <3

@welldriven / @leftown:  lee, lee <3 wow, i can’t believe that this was another person i was sleeping on. i still remember being hella nervous to talk to you on jughead because your writing and your mannersisms were just so on point. and i’m like what am i doing ? i’m just this awkward mess. but we’re both cheese balls at the end of the day, we’re going to unite with that. your portrayal of all your muses and the love you put into them are just hella flawless. you know i’m always going to listen to whatever is bugging you. and we can definitely relate with a few things. next time, when we’re all united together we will be definitely going to that bar and yes we’ll have rum together. lol. i made you a promise about that and i’m not going to forget that. i’m just glad with how close we are and i can’t thank you enough for being there for me. also our snap rants stay iconic af.

@steeledveins :  sam ! my OG meme dealer, my cooking expert, and lover of all things HOT DOG BOI!!!! i will never forget that we bonded over gordon ramsey and we watched kitche nightmares while i was in the process of moving. good times and also many more rabbi.t adventures. it’s facts that we watch movies together. you never fail to make me laugh all the time, you’re so ridiculous, and i appreciate that we have the same type of humor. i’m blessed to have met you tbh. and i’m always in love with seeing you thrive on roman, aka the only roman for me. we’re pretty much the same in how we put a lot of effort into our muses. like we’re extra af when it comes to research and you get my struggles when we gotta make it on point as possible. i’m always happy to hear your thoughts on roman and i’m always happy to each about anything else you’ve been willing to share with me. thank you so much for being an amazing friend to me. 

@kefsana / @sonderlai  : miza, you’re here because ?? honestly i don’t think my dash would be the same without you. i’ve always admired the way you write. how you describe how your muses feel with such precise words like it stays making me cry. i love all the effort you put into your muses, whether it be from something philosophical sayings or just the random back and forth in our conversations that are insightful. we don’t have to be in the same fandom, i just love to admire you and everything you do. also, no matter what i’m always going to be here for you. i hope you know that. so, just thank you for being a blessing in my life <3. still pretty convinced you’re real life sana ? xoxo @ithurielbled : i have to include you, you know you are my love even if we haven’t written anything on veronica. i love you and clary to pieces. you’re such a sunshine and truly your words always bring me to tears. you’re so good to me, like you’re always spreading positivity through our convos and i know you do the same with others. you’re always making me smile and i’m convinced you’re an angel. also the way you detail how clary views someone or even the metaphors you use are so well thought out. your writing is very beautiful to me. also i always die with your rants about SH, they crack me up so much because of your passion for clary, the books, and your ship gives me joy. it’s a highlight i look forward to after watching an episode. i love you <3

@dangeress / @heartlikegold : dani! i think what makes me cry about you is that fact that i somehow inspire you to be a better writer/ you admire my writing?? idk, i’m always shook that someone would think that way about me. like that convo that we had about that really touched me. so thank you for that ? but also thank you for being hella supportive of my ideas and just in general. regardless of whatever happens, you’ve always remained resilient through it all. and i just admire that quality about you so much. thank you for being friend and blessing me with your portrayals. good shit if i say so myself !!!

@ithurielblade : MY GUUURL!!! i think you’re such a blessing in the SH fandom and i’ve always admired your honesty with anything. i’m always going to be proud to be your friend, and even if we are not always in the same fandoms i know that we’ll always find each other. are you sure you aren’t tracking me? jk jk. though we deffo need one soon, i love our ps4 calls and just our bonding of animes or video games. i think ffxv will forever hold such a special place in my heart because it brought us closer. i’m not sure i can imagine ffxv without because of that 3 hour call lol and supporting me through that post game quest. lord oh lord. and also, thank you for being such an understanding and lovely friend. you are of course my shade to my himalyan salt. one half of the most amazing thing and best inside joke we’ve come up with. we’re forever going down in history like that. #matchingdiscordusernames 

             people i love and admire ( whether or not we’ve written anything doesn’t matter):

     @steeledwill @joneshead @chaosblossomed @eatsboys @glossedlip @bravewitch @nightswarriors @crimsonuproar @atomicked @cinephiliac / @halfwithered @piinkperfection @scrveuse @daayaan @beedork @jerkisms @awesomegaydar 

[phynnhai]

Okay so im gonna use this to follow up on mh last post and try to explain how i feel on this:

1. Im a white person i cant police the nword but like i dont understand why moho saying "n*bba" is so bad when i know like 20 white people who use the actual nword as a harmless joke but then there are those who use it to degrade poc, in context i just dont see how her intentions could have been racist here

2. I cant give much insight into this bc i dont know the full context but i mean there is a difference between the "trap" archetype which is usually like an anime thing that people just use as a character trope and is not the same thing as being trans!! A lot of her post is cut out so its hard for me to understand how her use of the term trap was meant to be transphobic but ill probably dig up her original post later

3. psychologist thing; yeah she came off kinda rude but like i mean i dont think she really knew how to deal with someone asking her for advice when shes probably not someone whos used to giving advice especially to someone who may have gender dysphoria when she herself knows she cant help. Directing them to a psychologists who could actuay help them asses their problem and help them find a comfortable way to transition isnt a bad thing? And yeah gender dysphoria and DID are real fucking things and it ia extremely common for people to transition and regret it later on, or just do it to feel special and ita actually shameful to people with dysphoria so i dont blame moho for asking someone to be cautious if their considering the idea of transitioning when a decision like that will change your life forever

4. "making fun of trans men" nonono that was her making fun of her old art, everyone knows she used to draw Thicc Tom for aesthetic appeal but realized how bad it was and made an effort to learn better male anatomy. AS FAR AS I KNOW- this drawing waa just made to poke fun at her old drawing mistakes and has literally nothing to do with tom being trans (unless its actually a post regarding how some people draw their trans characters which is actually a real thing that should be talked about more)

5. I think when she was reffering to all the boys being straight i think she meant in cannon??? Because in cannon all the characters are based off REAL STRAIGHT MEN (except for maybe tom who leaves his sexuality to be ambiguous) but like seriously the charm of eddsworld has nothing to do with the characters all being straight white cis guys but rather the "cringy" but nostalgic humor it brings to the table like seriously the show wouldnt be any different if they were all girls or all muslims i think everyone totally missed the point there

(Also were all so lucky the creators even let us made headcannons like these or draw porn because we all know that even if matt or tom asked the fandom to stop more people would just harass them sooo??)

6. Ok so like is everyone who draws gay porn a fujoshi now...like moho makes other types of nsfw like straight and lesbian shit so you cant just ignore that?? Also "draw tom in a binder" gee wow idk if you know this but wearing binders during sex is a fucking safety hazard!!! And risking your health isnt cute or sexy!! Please don't wear your binders during intercourse its really not worth hurting yourself, and the whole trend of giving every character a binder so you KNOW their trans is kinda bs bc A. Anyone can bind!! And b. Not all trans people choose to bind!!! And like im all up for interpretation but i could go on and on about how defining media just based of its diversity and representation is really stupid. Like i said, eddsworld wouldnt be any different if its characters were female muslim rabiosexual dragonkins and that kind of thing means jack shit when your making anything art or story related unless your story does actually revolve around that idea, but in eddsworld it doesnt so why cant we just stop trying to push that idea on a webtoon thats basicaly dead and try to encourage more new shows with ACTUAL, CANNONICAL LGBT REPRESENTATION!!

yeah those are p much all the points i have to make. Moho can be kinda rude in how blunt she is, but like some of these arguments just seem really desperate to make her look bad just because she has an opinion on trans folk that isnt totally black or white. I actually cant believe someone started a whole blog to rip on this one person who said like one problematic thing. Since shes already planning to quit, may i suggest we start building communities to hunt down blogs that actually defy tumblrs guidelines instead of just lashing out at someone because they dont fully understand what their talking about or sending death threats to someone just because their cis and dont feel comfortable shoving labels onto characters they dont even own.

Question: what happened? I’m a fan of both you and Moho (somewhat) and I haven’t been in her blog in a bit. Sooo, why is everyone upset with her? I’m not siding with anyone yet, just curious. -Michael

so! hi im forde/lewis!! im tranz and gay. hope yr having a nice day! this is gonna be a REALLY BRIEF THING. if u want more go to @/mohos-callout

moho, in the past, has said racist things, transphobic things, and fetishises gay people. 

by racist things, i mean she isnt black (shes latina?) and said the nword (with the g’s replaced with b’s). shes argued this is because its a meme, but cool, if a meme included the actual nword, you wouldnt say it if you werent black? when we bring this up she just yells “im not racist!” which cool, I DO NOT THINK MOHO IS RACIST, but you can say racist things and not intent to. but you need to apologise; she refuses to apologise. 

transphobic things: she, around 4 weeks ago? in an apology for all of this used a transphobic slur (tr/p) consistently when trying to say she wasnt transphobic. tr/p is a slur that is said to transwomen, claiming theyre just men dressing up as women to trick people into having sex. 

tr/p is a slur u cant reclaim! censor it or shut up!

shes also drawn transphobic things, i.e:, telling someone who thought they were trans to see a psychologist, art making fun of peoples hcs (im gonna pause this to find the picture.)

psychologist thing

makig fun of trans men

the gay fettishisation is.. pretty easy. she draws the boys gay Just for porn. she even said “we know theyre straight” basically when people asked about nb/trans/bisexual headcanons and that the other headcanons are “cringey”

she refused to draw trans stuff because its not canon (shes changed her statement for it just because ‘she doesnt want to’, which is fine, but i still dont see why, when you take kink art requests, draw the eddsworld boys fucking eachother, you cant just draw.. tom in a binder or something for the people requesting it) where we see here she doesnt even hc them as gay! she also said to me, (in pm through a friend) that its easier to change a characters sexuality than identity. which. is also pretty transphobic? because trans MEN, are MEN, despite the genitalia they were born with. saying “Just boys” (or men i cant scroll back up to see) is shitty. implying trans men arent men. 

people have been saying im not satisfied with her apology. her apology was a picture of her sona looking annoyed saying “i apologise” because her previous post, which she stated she was GOING TO apologise, didnt have an apology in it. she just derailed the topic to. “its hard because a lot of people are telling me to apologise :(” people dont seem to understand when you do shitty stuff, regardless of how long ago it was, people are going to be hurt by it. plus, she did it publicly, those things are still up for impressionable kids to see and think is ok because a good artist said them! if she was being shitty in private, she’d need to apologise in private, but she’s being shitty in public, so she needs to apologise in pubic. if i said something offensive then replied with my sona looking sad instead of addressing the issue and saying sorry, id be called shitty for it. mohos not changing because, sadly, no matter how much bad shit she does, her underage fujoshi fans will love her and rb all her posts :/

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uhh...when you spell the wrong “stationery” but are too lazy to redo the title...

Thinking about ordering some thinner pens (0.38 mm), but I thought I would go through some of the pens that I already have before I drop that extra moolah $$. And I figured that I could just share with you guys what’s in my pencil case/provide handwriting samples/review some of my favorites in the process haha :P if you have any recommendations/insight on 0.38 mm vs 0.5 mm pens please shoot them my way!

Firstly, I recently discovered #crayligraphy and decided to try it out for my title with some old crayola broad markers I had laying around the house, so please excuse the beginner struggles lol. Maybe I was so focused on the strokes that I spelled the wrong word LOL

The Pilot Precise V5 RT 0.5 mm replaced the Uniball Roller Stick Micro as my daily driver during my freshman year of college. It’s really smooth and pretty inky so when I write quickly I don’t have to put a ton of pressure which is nice. But it also produces a pretty thick line (imo) even though it’s supposed to be 0.5 mm. ALSO as a result of its inkiness and how often I use them, they run out pretty quickly :( sometimes I go through one in a week depending on how much I’m writing. The Uniball is more scratchy and lines don’t come out as consistently, but I still keep one in my pencil pouch for when I need finer lines.

Another one of my favorites is the Uniball Jetstream Color Series Ballpoint 0.5 mm. This is such a great pen! I love it so much that I only use it for special occasions lol. I want to save itttt haha. But yeah it writes super well. It’s really smooth and really thin even though its supposed to be 0.5 mm, which I don’t mind. It’s not super inky at all either which is a plus.

A ball point pen that I surprisingly fell in love with is the BIC Clic Stic Retractable Ballpoint Pen. (This one is actually a freebie from my school’s writing center so it doesn’t EXACTLY say the name of the pen on the barrel, but it looks like the Clic Stic and it has the BIC logo on it so that’s my best guess lol.) It writes so smoothly and it’s also a really nice blue color. It also gives you that thinning out at the end – idk how to describe it...like a flick? a tail? LOL But I really like that. I feel like it’s something you can’t really achieve with a thinner tip – or it’s too thin to be noticeable. My handwriting also tends to be rounder/happier-looking when I use this pen which I don’t mind. It skips occasionally, but it’s not super noticeable imo. BUT at my school’s writing center, the plastic barrels (not the ink itself) come in two colors – burgundy and gold. The burgundy one works like a charm, but the gold one tends to skip a lot more/ink is not consistent and the blue color is more faint. So, I’m not sure if it’s an older batch or if they changed the ink formula, but I’ll just stick to stealing the burgundy ones when I go keke

Two other ballpoint pens that I carry around are the standard BIC Round Stic and the Papermate Eagle Ballpoint. I do prefer the Eagle over the Round Stic though. The ink flows a lot better – smoother, more consistent/less skips, stronger black color, and I don’t usually have to scribble on another piece of paper to get it going.

I bought the BIC Atlantis Exact Ballpoint for my ochem lab notebook but I ended up not using it LOL I guess it was too thin for my taste? Or I’m just too used to thicker ballpoint pens. I still use it occasionally though. (It works really well on skin if you like to draw on yourself like me lul) It makes smooth, thin lines. Definitely smoother than the Round Stic and Eagle. When writing, the nib feels really hard though and the lines are not always super consistent.

Staples Strata 0.5 mm. The needle tips are insanely inky. The flow is actually ridiculous. One time I was super tired in class and I let my pen tip rest on the paper and it made a huge ink splotch. *cries* RIP notes. I got these years ago (without testing them tsktsk) because they were really cheap. I got both the conical and needle tips in black, along with conical tips in different colors. The conical ones aren’t too bad. They have pretty hard tips, write well on printer paper, and you don’t have to put a ton of pressure because it’s so inky, but on certain papers, the ink tends to feather and appears a lot thicker than 0.5 mm (see picture - i crey). I mainly use the colored conical tip pens which are actually great. They don’t seem as inky and don’t feather as much imo. I think I finished the black needle tips because I write really quickly in class and the fact that they don’t require a lot of pressure to write make them a great class notetaking tool.

The other colored pens I have in my pencil case are the Papermate Flair Ultra Fine 0.5 mm. I don’t use these pens for daily writing – they are more for highlighting important terms/headers. The nib doesn’t really appeal to me. Depending on how you hold it, there’s a lot of line variation. It’s also a little scratchy – you can hear the friction between the pen and paper when you write.

The Uniball Signo 207 Gel Pen 0.7 mm is also a pretty common classic. Forgot how well it writes until I did this stationery test haha. Inky pen, bold lines, & smooth writing. Overall a pretty good pen. I don’t use it a ton because the lines come out a little too thick for my liking. And sometimes when you use a little more pressure, you kind of “push” the ink to the outline of the letter...idk if that makes sense. But the inside of the letter becomes lighter while the sides become darker. lol sorry I can’t explain that very clearly. 

My main mechanical pencil of choice is the Pentel Graph Gear 600 0.5 mm. What I really love about this is that it has fantastic weight. I really don’t like super light pencils – I feel like they’ll just fly out of my hand lol. And with lighter pencils, I feel that you have to put a lot more pressure to get a strong mark. A heavier pencil body kind of does half the work for you haha. 

Another special occasion writing instrument: Pilot Uni Alpha-Gel Slim 0.5 mm. I think the lead really makes this pencil lol. I still have the original lead inside, which is super soft and easy to write with even though it has a lighter body. Really comfy grip too.

I also don’t use the Pilot G2 Roller Ball Pen 0.38 mm a lot. Maybe because I’m not used to thinner lines? But the G2 in this size is also a little scratchy. It does come in handy when I’m in the mood for something a little finer. My handwriting also becomes a little narrower and more “flick-y” when I write with a smaller tip – not sure if I like that or not haha (see the BIC Clic Stic handwriting for comparison). I also borrowed my sister’s MUJI Gel Pen 0.38 mm to try it out. Not too bad actually. Pretty smooth and very gel like haha if that makes any sense. Also has a smooth barrel so there’s not much grip.

wow...that was a lot longer than I expected lol. But I’m thinking of getting some thinner pens (especially as a daily driver) so if you have any recommendations please send them over! Or if you have any insight on 0.38 mm vs 0.5 mm pens please share ^^