#It's interesting :) I mean it's interesting either way haha it's a fun concept!

[sysig]

Dr. ZEXenstein (Patreon)

[theminecraftbee]

you know what au concept i have flashed back to recently? the jimmy dating simulator hell au. which is to say: an au idea i had and i think posted about before where jimmy gets isekaied into being the protagonist of a dating simulator with all of his friends (that he flirts with/are commonly shipped with him) as the dating options and at FIRST when suddenly, all of his friends are OPENLY into him, it's great! he's preening under the attention, he's like "yes. haha. actually i AM great glad you finally noticed." and then bit by bit he's like. oh no. wait. what happened to my friends. and has an existential crisis about the world suddenly and horrendously revolving around him.

anyway i have been thinking about that again. i'm still not sure how i'd write it without either being A) too mean to the concept of dating games (which is to say, i don't really play them, and i worry i would come across as an outsider making fun of them because of that more than 'i love video game existential horror') or B) being too mean to the idea of like... fanon and shipping (two things i am Fine With, to be clear, i just love the idea of 'you are forced to meet a warped reflection of someone you love, and they have become warped around you'.) but it's also SUCH A GOOD PREMISE and if i can figure out how to make it work i'd love to. (or love to see someone else make it work if that happened.)

anyway all of this is to say: i know in the original post i joked about jimmy figuring it out because grian's too nice to him. but you know what, dating games absolutely have the tsundere one. i think it would be interesting if jimmy figured it out because scott was too nice to him. because like... in a lot of ways, THAT ONE would be the right kind of warped for jimmy to go. wait. this isn't someone fucking with me for the bit. .......why isn't this that.

all of this is ALSO to say: undecided on whether i like this premise as pretty fully horror (only jimmy knows something is wrong) or i choose someone who i think is like, wholly unattracted to jimmy even in fanon (and also honestly to make it work, basically wholly unconnected to him in the plot) to make stuck as the One Other Guy who knows something is wrong. if i had to do that i am thinking real hard and landing on. maybe cleo? that might just be me being a cleo guy but i think honestly cleo or like, ren might be the most effective ones for that slot.

all of this is ALSO ALSO to say: so like do we make this just a "jimmy has to live his life like this" horror or add the "time loop to get all the routes!" flavor of horror to it. so many options,

[yersina]

a linguist* plays chants of sennaar (pt 1)

*i studied linguistics for four years and concurrently did three years of sociolinguistics research, but i'm not currently employed in a linguistics-related field.

[pt 2] [pt 3] [pt 4] [pt 5]

thought i'd have some fun breaking down the languages in cos and stretch my rarely used linguistics muscles in the process! disclaimer: can't promise that i'll have any insights that a layperson wouldn't have, this is kinda just me thinking through the grammar of the language out loud haha.

this post covers the first language and will contain spoilers! it also assumes that you know what each of the symbols means already.

so the three glyphs from the devotee's language that you get introduced to right off the bat already tells me a lot: it's a pictographic logography (real life example: chinese characters), which is probably a good place to start for people who are new to language deciphering (also, none of these languages are spoken so an alphabet would be pointless lol). a logography is a writing system that represents whole words/concepts with a single character, as opposed to representing the sounds that the words make (like alphabets or syllabaries). i haven't completely finished the game yet (most of the way through the fourth language), but i'm p sure 1) all of the languages are logographies and 2) the devotee's language is the most true-to-life with its pictograms.

with these three words we can also begin to establish a pattern--verbs most likely have a line on the bottom, which holds true for the rest of the characters. i think the only exception to this rule is the character for "greeting", which is also used as the verb "salute" later in the game (an interesting choice (considering etymologies for greetings in irl languages), but it makes sense when your language is only 40 words lol). other patterns include the curved line for tools, the semi-open box for structures/locations, and the half-circle with the line for things relating to sight (which amusingly is also the overall game symbol for examining something). (not gonna include things like "man" and "music" and "plant" in this list cause they're defined in game.) i do think it's kind of fun that they introduced "i/me" and "you" before they introduced "man"—it validates that you'll find patterns haha.

(while writing the prev paragraph, it finally hit me that the symbol for "key" is open-tool. isn't that cool!)

i did notice at one point in the game that there was a devotee word that was cut off in one of the stone carvings that looked like it might have been the equivalent for "fortress"--it was the room radical with the two opposing arrows from the word for "warrior". although it's not validated by the game's automatic translation function, it does seem to be evidence that the language elements are fairly flexible and recombinable!

this language is SVO (subject verb object), like english, which again is a choice that makes sense in terms of easing people in. it uses reduplication with nouns to indicate plurality, which as far as i can tell is unique amongst the languages in this game. there's no tense markers, which is common to all the languages in this game (again, as far as i can tell without having encountered the last language yet). given how simple the languages in the game need to be, i'm not surprised that there aren't really auxiliary verbs or indications of infinitives either.

questions that still remain unanswered: - "dead/death", "seek", and "find" all have dots that don't show up in the other characters. not sure why that's the case. could be a representation of something metaphysical? - the character for "go/pass" has a "room" radical on the right side and something else on the left side. wonder if that was intentional

[spacecasehobbit]

Slowly regaining some of that magical concept known as free time for writing, which means...

I'm finally making more progress on Chapter 2 of the Groundhog Day AU!

(Technically Ch. 3 according to ao3 labeling, but the first one was just a prologue and thus doesn't count in my head, haha.)

It's been a longer wait than I'd hoped for, but it's also turning into a long chapter. (The longest one so far, though Ch. 3 might give it a run for it's money based on the current outline.)

5k words into Ch. 2 so far, probably a few more to go, and then I'll finally be able to clean it up, do a last editing pass, and get it up on ao3!

The beginning of this chapter gave me endless trouble, but it also has one of my favorite scenes so far, and I am excited to finally be getting it close to posting-ready.

Hopefully someone has as much fun reading that bit as I had writing it, but it still makes me laugh either way. Given that amusing myself with Felix's inability to escape this Very Bad, Extremely Horrible Worst Day Ever is most of the reason I started writing this AU, this scene will stay one of my favorites regardless just for giving me motivation to keep working even as the beginning took approximately a zillion rewrites till I finally figured out the right way for it to go.

In the meantime, here's the current Ch. 2 summary in my notes for anyone interested:

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Felix: Fine. Clearly, Oliver is getting his Saltburn party. Doesn't mean I can't ignore him all day, anyway, until this time loop ends! Oliver: Fine. Who cares about stupid Felix. We're in a time loop, Felix hates me forever, and apparently I've had a lot of repressed anger that I was trying to ignore... Guess I don't have to worry about repressing that anymore! Felix: Wait... Is ignoring this problem even harder, like, not going to solve it? Even though I don't want to deal with it?? What do you mean, I might have to talk to someone when I don't wanna??? Oliver: Oh. Oh. So, if I kill enough people, Felix eventually stops ignoring me and pays attention to me again. ...neat! Felix: Um, obviously I'm still going to ditch you forever and never speak to you again as soon as you stop killing people and we get out of this loop - no, wait, what are you doing, please put down the knife for the love of-

[gaycavendish]

Ok ok ONE more question abt Time Travelers Trio. Are Cavendish and Dakota still time Travelers as well at this point, or have they like retired or smth? Just curious as to what's up with them? :^D

finally going to answer this question! i have thought long and hard about it and come up with two answers: the short one and the deranged rambling one!

the short, less satisfying answer being: i think it could go either way! i really truly could see them either scrambling their way back into time traveling or finding jobs in the 21st century. Although.. i find the latter choice not quite as entertaining. So i prefer to think on the idea of them returning to time travel!

Now, The long answer:

(TLDR for it first: I think they may continue time traveling. Eventually Cavendish & Dakota start their own, rival to the time bureau, Time Traveling Agency. Whether the trio will be part of this agency is undecided but a probable yes.)

ok, so, theyre banned from time travel, full stop... But i mean, they know the guy who INVENTED it. its a silly solution, really & truly very goofy (although i think in line with the silliness of dwampyverse overall) but .. They could ask doof to make a rule that theyre allowed to continue time traveling. Total oversight by block to trap them in the century where doof invents time travel. Of course block wouldn't just Let this happen, or anything, but cartoon shenanigans ensue and im sure you can picture something sufficiently entertaining and set to the scooby-doo-door-chase song here.

The interest for me in this theory lies also in what dakota and cavendish would do up until the point where they return to time traveling! Trying to imagine them working regular jobs for like, a 10-15 year period.. i simply cannot.! The one ive found myself having the most fun thinking about is the idea of them helping out with the creation of the time machine, as well as coaching the trio on it a bit once they start testing doof's prototypes (although, theyre not the best people to ask for time traveling help i imagine HAHA). But in any case.. i also think they would change what they do with their time traveling quite a bit. I mean, neither of them WANT to do the pistachio stuff.. It's shown you can travel through time AND space, although they never leave the planet on screen (for pistachio purposes i would think). If they were in charge of their own missions, i quite think they would be doing much more exciting things! and. hopefully dying less...! CAVENDISH...

OK I SWEAR IM GOING SOMEWHERE WITH THIS. Because at this point i feel they are getting old and perhaps wishing to do something less dangerous.. Ok get ready for this.. This has been my favorite thing to think about today... What if they started their OWN time travel agency! A Ha! I might find this more exciting than other people, but nonetheless, i think its fitting. I mean, Block is a terrible boss. The bureau of time travel was never very kind to cav and dakota, and given that they have the resources (Doofenschmirtz! Love That Guy!) why not, right? plus, this gives the opportunity for some Secret Agency vs Secret Agency goodness. Which I always love. I only thought of this concept recently, but It's definitely my favorite of the bunch, so probably what I'll go with! Just left to decide whether the trio are part of this agency or not (probably yes).

[chibishortdeath]

Had to remake this entire post cause I got gunk in my eye and set my phone down for two seconds to clean it and it crashed (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)

Anyway, unfortunately slightly less excited/passionate version of this post it is then ughhhhh

Explanations yippie!

I got requested by some friends to draw Simon with short shorts and so I delivered. Really happy with the anatomy on this one :3

Yes this is Fuma slapping his ass and yes it was also a request lol

Simon did not expect that—

But it was a welcome surprise ;3

Simon and Fuma are cuddling in this one! It’s a little hard to make out what’s going on with their arms and legs tho whoops

Just a doodle about the artstyle crisis I had a bit ago with his hair. It didn’t last long and I ended up going right back to drawing it how I usually do anyway, but it was an interesting concept to try. Maybe I’ll try it out again someday cause it looks nice, but ehhhh I just didn’t end up enjoying drawing it very much tbh (TwT ).

To pair with the first image, I drew Simon in his cursed era with short shorts too hehe :3. I also started adding little dark vein patterns to the curse in this doodle :O. I think it’s giving cursed a lot more than just the bloody scratchy patterns I usually draw.

I like to think that maybe if Simon succumbed to the curse he’d end up a vampire. I mean, it’d track with vampire folklore surrounding the vampires’ curse. There’s a lot of stories where the vampire, even when dead or buried, can still long distance drain and inflict someone with illness and the end stage of it is death and coming back as a vampire or other spirit/ghoul. Aughhhh I had a much better rant about this written before the crash but I just can’t replicate it properly aaaaaaa curse you memory problems (;_; ). I’ll have to rant about vampire folklore in a separate dedicated post eventually, it’s fun :)

Yay, pose practice :3! Also this one is never getting finished, the anatomy was too fun to cover with big clunky armor 😔😔😔

This one I am also so proud of X]. I think this is my best depiction of the effects of the curse yet tbh. I had an explanation of the traits I usually depict it having before the crash, so I’ll try to make another one. First things first, it drastically affects the healing process. Things just don’t close up properly or at all in most cases. Old scars tend to open back up a lot easier and this is in part because of the second major effect: rotting. Rotting is a very explanatory word when it comes to physical ailments, implying decay or necrosis! It usually starts at the extremities or around the edges of wounds with skin darkening, bleeding, and either a dryness or wetness, then spreads inwards and downwards or through the blood to other areas. Especially in extreme cases, which I think 6 whole years qualifies for 💀. Simon would probably have very fragile skin in the most affected areas and long story short his hands and feet are probably raw most of the time yikes, ouch, this poor guy :(. I imagine that he probably has some kind of Belmont specific regenerative and resistant ability that’s kept him from dying from it for so long, since they are kinda implied to be a little superhuman in some way. Which is probably a blessing and a curse in itself because on one hand it did allow him to live long enough to fix the problem, but on the other hand that had to absolutely suck (haha, Drac haha). I’ve explained other elements of it in another older post now that I think of it, so I might have to gather all this stuff together and make a more in depth post about it cause it’s really neat to talk about :3! I had like a huge special interest as a kid for injury and disease cause I started making ocs and ran into a bunch of “how to write realistic injury” posts and I’m glad for it cause it comes back any time I’m writing or drawing something that requires that knowledge. :)

[obsessivelyloved]

I've read a bunch of your stuff for a while now, and it only just occurred to me that you don't really write for the Yan who attack their affection. I mean, yeah they get "punished" but not actually killed or maimed. That's not a bad thing! I just noticed cause I write Yan totally different and its p cool!

Like, I write them as a horror trope. All the obsessiveness building, a desire to take and control, to dissect the target socially or mentally or even physically, so the Yan knows them inside and out, and no one else can know them the same way. And if that hurts the target, then that doesn't matter.

Meanwhile, you write it more as a romantic or overprotective thing. "The world is bad, and I'll keep you away from it", where its more delusional(? Sorry, I don't know a nicer word for it) than straight up possessive.

I don't mean anything bad by this. Honestly, I think it's super cool! A base concept being two entirely separate subgenres(?) based on interpretation is just awesome, imo! And I'm not trying to say the two styles are exclusive, either! Just a sliding spectrum type deal.

I love your work, and would love to hear your thoughts! Like, do you intentionally stick to Possessive and/or Protective, or is it something you don't even think about? What inspires you? What's your go to trope when thinking about a new au/Yan?

I hope this isn't too much of a bother! Honestly, it's not even really a question, more of just an observation/admiration.

It's not a bother at all! This was honestly fun to receive as no one's ever asked me questions like this. I'm so sorry I got so rambly and excited that I'm gonna have to put this under a read more 😭

I do intentionally stick to the whole Possessive/Protective/Delusionall way of writing for my fics! Growing up, nearly all the yandere fics I could get my hands on and read were violent. I loved reading yandere stuff but so much of it had me baffled and wondering if the yandere even loved their love interest. A lot of it was yanderes hurting and berating their love interest. I just could not wrap my head around the why when I was younger, especially since I was facing abuse at home. My reasoning when I was a pre-teen was a yandere was supposed to be insanely in love with a person, why behead them? (Actual fic I read on devientart)

You can probably tell on my blog since I do this now still, but I bounced a lot between platonic yandere and romantic yandere. Some of my platonic works float around somewhere (I wrote platonic yandere father England to America for Hetalia at some point LMAO) but not much of my old stuff is in my docs. My dad would go through my shit every once and a while and so I was so paranoid with my writings that a lot of stuff is just sitting in one google docs of an email that I can't quite remember.

That was quite long-winded but it's just my go-to. It started out as intentionally writing stuff this way and now I hardly ever think about it. I'm not sure how easy this is to tell from my blog, but I've been suffering from depression for years. I get periods where I feel so energized and alive and ready to write that I spam this or my other blogs with writing. Most of my inspiration comes from those periods, when I receive asks and am actually in the headspace to get the picture out of my brain.

Half the time though, I get the inspiration from stuff I read or watch! And I'm not sure if this counts as a trope, but quite a bit starts as a platonic yandere thing. I think of Tord mainly, being overprotective over a child, and then once I get that out of my system the au shifts. The Android Tord au actually started that way before I shifted to Tord focusing on the other 3! The platonic thing also started when I was young, again from the abuse I was facing at home.

If that doesn't count as a trope, then I suppose robots/unhuman entities! I have quite a few aus like that on here haha. I just love the concept and use it a lot for different aus/scenarios. A concept I've kept in my brain for a long, LONG time is of Zombie Tord taking care of a small child alongside a robot version of himself that he built. Bits and pieces exist in my docs but I've never really written anything coherently lol.

Wait now that you've got me going!!! HOMESTUCK!! I have this bigass au that's remained in my brain off any docs or paper for YEARS! I've tried writing it in a way to post but I've just never gotten very far since there's so much lore and detail that I need for people to understand but get too overwhelmed. A loooot of stuff starts from that au and branches off into whatever single entity I wrangle it into.

Aside from that, I also just don't bother posting anything from it because man people do not like anything that isn't an x reader or even a reader insert. A lot of my stuff flops hard because it's not x reader-based. Whole other can of worms that I won't get into though!

Thank you so much for sending this! This was so surprising and pleasant to receive!

[xkatylinnx]

The third and last part of azbin Hotel - Swap!AU with Angel Dust, Cherry Bomb and Sir Pentious as Vee's! This one is about their relationships!

Previous part: Part 1 (Angel Dust and Cherri Bomb)

Previous part: Part 2 (Sir Pentious)

Part 3 (The relationships)

As for their dynamic and relationships it's also pretty variative. Personally I am not a fan of any ships at all (neither threesome of Vees', Vox/Valentino nor Cherrisnake or whatever ships in show basically) but you may consider it either plain business partnership and friendship or the lovers-triangle if you wish. I really can see it work all the ways possible. They can barely tolerate each other or be connected only by Angel or Cherry and keep fighting in a funny silly ways all the time. You know, like Vox is a glue between Val and Velvet or how Velvet used to be a glue between Vox and Val before the show. They can be an actual family supporting and caring for each other genuinely and deeply inspite of their disagreements but still play on each other nerves from time to time. Similar to what we've got in the show among the Hotel-cast, you know. Or may be they are kind of trio of goofballs hanging together and getting in silly mischievous all the time. Just like it was in pilot but Pentious is in team too instead of being the one off out! Or maybe it's a classic "Angel and Cherry being bros" and "Pentious being in love with Cherry" if you want it this way. I mean, sure, why not? It's still basically canon. Weather Cherry is cool with it or totally pissed is up to you. They may even be an official pair if you want them to! With Angel being a proud matchmaker haha! Maybe he keeps an eye for them both and gives advices always hearing both points of views from Cherry and Pentious respectively. Or you may even have Angel to fuck with both of them (Angel/Cherry and Angel/Pentious) or just Angel/Pentious and Pentious/Cherry (is Cherry/Pentious and Cherry/Angel is a thing? Like only her with boys?) or them all three do it among themselves, separately or simultaneously, whatever honestly. I mean, there is still a joke about two dicks, you know... Eh, I don't know, haha, I'm aroace actually, I don't get that part. And considering their roles in trio, is it that one of them should always be a voice of reasons in the group and they switch this role or is each of them just go separatly on their own business and they bearly influence each other? Is it like they have "a serious one", "a dorky one" and "a between one"? Or does it depends on situation? Do they fight a lot and just how hard? Do they play pranks on each other? How do they cooperate their work and spheres? Do they help each other out on their respective problems? Like Cherry and Angel using Pentious's inventions or Cherry letting Angel's employees use her clubs and security and stuff like that? Just like Valentino uses Vox's cameras and other techs for his shootings. So many ways to put it into! And so much fun! Just think of it, really! Ah, well, thank you so much if you read it all. I got myself in rumbling a bit, sorry! But this concept has really flooded my mind today and I really wanted to share it. I also have some funny ideas for other characters in this au (like maybe Husk for Zestial and Veggie for Carmilla and few other roles) but I guess I'll just make a few separate posts maybe. I'll consider it anyway. Thank you! Share you concepts and how you see that, too! I'll be really interested in it!

[abeinginsand]

you're THE sparrow blog so him, but I'm also rly curious what you think of lark and normal?

Smiling at that compliment, thank you for thinking so!! Makes me very happy hehe!! :D Sparrow, my beloved <3 [was surprised by this] [<--same person drawing/talking about sparrow every other day asdksadssea ] Also thank you for the Sparrow ask as well @lex-the-lesbiann :) I'm back from work so here's the bingos! I rambled mostly about Lark and Sparrow but do mention Normal a bit more in the last two paragraphs. Sorry this took so long! Sparrow:

Lark:

Normal:

I liked how energetic and bold Sparrow and Lark were in season one (and silly haha). Took me a bit to understand what the parenting issue was (or atleast part of the issue) at first? But eventually I got the vibe of not knowing how to deal with anger part as well as that the twins may benefit from a different style of parenting in general. One that Henry struggles to do (as shown with how Darryl and Glenn do manage to connect with the twins a bit by being somewhat playful/competitive).

We are missing a lot of Mercedes point of view on stuff and I wonder if maybe she has an easier time being playful/competitive? I like to think they get some of their mischievousness from her. Both parents did work together to set up a chore based dnd campaign for their kids to play for example. Its brought up in detail in the season 1 patreon newsletter...think its very cute and proves that they are definitely trying to better engage with the twins interests.

I felt for them all as they got tossed into the adventure and the family bond was put to test. I think the reason I'm more attached to Sparrow is due to his interest in drawing, fascination with wolves (and power), and especially his struggles with having to be a mediator between his loved ones. While I do not know much about wolves, I did love cats SO much as a kid that I wanted to be one as a job. I did not understand jobs as a concept yet haha. I'm sure if I was offered some way to be a "love" cat for greater good when I was a pre-teen...I would have said yes before Henry even finished talking lol. Wild shape is such a fun spell (and shapeshifting magic in general).

About the "so mean" square, I have seen a few harsh takes about adult Sparrow. I think a part of why Sparrow gets scrutinized so much is because we get most of the scenes from Normal's view (since he's one of the main characters). And for some reason, (maybe they were both super close in between seasons growing up?)--Normal seems to focus on his father's reactions much more heavily than his mom or uncle. Even though both Rebecca and Lark have also shown to either not like the mascot interest that much ("let me teach you something more useful" -Lark ep 1) or Rebecca being concerned (like his dad) about how Normal's going about it. Both his parents are concerned about the poor hygenie especially because it could make him sick after all.

And even in the calzone conversation, Sparrow explains that a lot of his reasoning comes from worry (and his own past). He doesn't want Normal to get hurt, physically or mentally...and especially doesn't want him to be hurt in the same ways he was before. Were his words harsh? Yeah, he was also drunk and being influenced by a eldritch god too. He wouldn't have said that out loud otherwise and clearly he has never said that before otherwise Normal would not have been that shocked. Sparrow does love both his kids and he's trying really hard (in my mind at least). I think it'd be great if they could all talk again at some point. It would be a nice start to understanding each other better. :[

This isn't explicitly stated but I imagine both the twins were bullied in the various schools they went to. As a unit, they were comforted with each other and quickly felt like others weren't worth there time. They'd rule the world someday, get strong enough so others would not dare to bother them! Which leads to the fires and fights and I think the rumors probably stuck from back then too. Sure, Sparrow comes back vowing to be a lovewolf and actively tried to be nicer (while still mischievous)...but I doubt their classmates would be accepting of the change. Not instantly anyway, but Sparrow is stubborn and keeps on trying for better or for worse which...takes a big hit to his self-confidence, self-love too.

And in contrast, I think Lark stops caring all together about outsider opinions. He cares about his family and friends and anyone else can either get out of the way or put their fists up if they have an issue. He's got an apocalypse reversal to work on! I think...both are angry at the world but Lark embraces the anger--hides behind it while Sparrow feels like he must pretend his anger doesn't exist at all. Unless he is masquerading as Lark...then well suddenly its easier to express it, to not be so scared of it--because he isn't scared of Lark ya know? No matter what, they have each other's backs.

Anyways, I will get to the point haha. The oak-garcia-swallows family is precious to me and I'm often thinking about their relationships with each other or to themselves. I focus most on Sparrow yeah but I do love Lark and Normal too! Specifically for Normal, don't have much else to add but I love his little facts a lot-- marching band cover enthusiast, the mens wear, the fanfic writing etc.

I liked Taylor and Normal right away when I started s2 while both Link and Scary took me more eps to warm up too. Its fun to see them all bouncing off each other when things are silly but pretty compelling in the tough times too (in recent eps). Speaking of Taylor and Normal--they don't get along that well, but I like to write scenarios where they are close friends! They are a very silly and creative duo to me.

[temunitu]

John Bishop, 2012 Irma, Rise Karai, 1987 Donatello

ooh, a bunch!

John Bishop (i assume you mean 2003?)

First impression: woag. cool government guy :] tryna slice my boi D:

Impression now: oh my god holy shit. he’s the coolest guy ever and the most intimidating (sorry shredder)

Favorite moment: uhhh the train one. y’know. or like the battle over splinter. just. wow. love that guy. y’know what i don’t HAVE a favorite moment all of his moments are good

Idea for a story: hhhhhhngf i would like to know more about his past so. i’d probably do that. OR i would do the concept of the canceled FF episode where he teams up with turtle titan. if done right, their dynamic would be hilarious

Unpopular opinion: i have mixed feelings on his redemption. on the one hand, it feels natural for him to become President, but on the other hand, i don’t really like it how one of the coolest villains got redeemed??? he seems so set in his ways and i get that it’s possible he’d have a change of heart, but it would have to be BIG and i don’t really feel like it was in FF, y’know?

Favorite relationship: he’s kinda a lone wolf so there’s not many options…? the gay little look he and stockman give each other in fast forward was GREAT though

Favorite headcanon: body horror body horror body horror boDY HORROR. i mean it’s canon but it’s so good

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2012 Irma

First impression: oh cool! another iteration of irma!! :] (please don’t be a love interest, please don’t be a love interest…)

Impression now: fine, i guess? good that she’s not a love interest. the utrom council take was new, which was kinda a cool concept.

Favorite moment: probably the reveal for kraang subprime. i love his VA and the panic of Irma’s head swiveling was funny.

Idea for a story: human irma moves to town. shenanigans ensue

Unpopular opinion: i liked evil irma more than “rook” or whatever the utrom council’s codename/rank was.

Favorite relationship: there’s not really many options... it was nice for april to have a normal friend for once i guess

Favorite headcanon: what. what headcanons? does anyone have any???

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Rise Karai

First impression: whoa!! could it be???????? my queen my darling the light of my life?????? IT IS :D

Impression now:

Favorite moment: ALL OF THEM SHUT UP but especially when mikey gives her the drawing 🥹

Idea for a story: i need to be honest. i had an idea for a story BEFORE we knew about karai in rise - i made a version of her that was heavily based off 2003 karai. except she was part of a prophesy and said to wield the armor. this was back when season one hadn’t even completely aired. ANYWAY now i would do just about anything to get the canceled episodes we were PROMISED BY NICKELODEON of the boys bonding with gam-gam karai

Unpopular opinion: my only complaint is that we didn’t see more of her. i know that’s not unpopular but it’s all i’ve got

Favorite relationship: hm…

Favorite headcanon: i think she should slay at air hockey idc if she was trapped for years she’s just that good

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1987 Donatello

First impression: haha NERD

Impression now: oh wait he’s. Unhinged

Favorite moment: in the ninja sword of nowhere, they’re in battle with shredder and donnie tries to bat a watermelon at shredder with his bo. he just ends up covered in watermelon bits fjsjfhs why did he think that would woRK (maybe not my fav moment but it’s the first that comes to mind that sticks out)

Idea for a story: heard a tidbit from the show where donatello has a monologue about how they’re “outcasts from society” so i’d either do an angsty thing like that OR put that kid in the theatre he was killing it with the drama

Unpopular opinion: 87 in general gets a lot of complaints cuz people don’t wanna sit through 10 seasons (which tbf i’m still tryna get through) but like. it’s SO entertaining. i am a little disappointed that turtles forever took the route of making fun of 87 :/ donatello is no less smart just cuz his world’s logic is cheesier than other iterations

Favorite relationship: donnie and raph in 87 are like. so fun together

Favorite headcanon: i’m not well versed in the 87 side of the tmnt fandom but i think donatello is a theatre kid and no one can tel lie otherwise. put him in a lil costume and send him out on stage ok he has a LOT of pent-up drama and sass

[yourmoonmomma]

Hello love!

I wanted to ask some questions if I may❤❤

° Lilith in pisces 11th house: What are my hidden emotions?

° Chiron in 9th house Capricorn: how can I heal my traumas etc?

° North Node is Gemini: How can I develop and master my current life?

° Ceres in Aquarius: How do I take care of myself?

° Mercury X MC in Aquarius: What is my career and what can I do to achieve it?

Thank you in advance and if you can't do it you can ignore! Thanks a lot ❤❤❤

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Hi hi! You certainly can (and I find these questions particularly interesting, I enjoy when I have to think a little about the answers!! So thank you for asking!!! <33)

Lilith in pisces 11th house: What are my hidden emotions? I will admit, the term "hidden emotions" is somewhat difficult for me to understand. That isn't on you, of course, as that's a very common phrase, but I think it's just a concept that is a little too complex for my autism lol. So I hope this answers good enough!! You may struggle to express your spirituality to your friends, or have a fear of being teased/bullied for the ways you want to change the world or the beliefs you hold. You may tend to suppress your judgment and jealousy of others, to the point where you either feel guilty when those feelings come up, or struggle to understand where others are coming from when they are acting out from a place of those emotions. You may struggle to accept your need & deep love for platonic relationships in your life, choosing instead to embrace other types of relationships as they just "feel easier".

Chiron in 9th house Capricorn: how can I heal my traumas etc? Through helping others experiencing similar situations, even if you think they haven't done the same amount of work/effort that you have into their own healing. It is important to live a life of truth, and be willing to change your mind/opinions. For example, (and a very small, simple example at that) admitting part way through an argument that you were incorrect, and that the other person was right, will be a small step towards healing. As well, learning to live without needing the reassurance of others that you are on the right path.

North Node is Gemini: How can I develop and master my current life? By speaking up and speaking out. This may be difficult, with your 11th House Pisces Lilith, but the more outspoken you are about your beliefs (especially if you're able to apologize and change them if necessary!) the more you will develop this life and become closer to your soul's potential. This placement works so well with your Capricorn Chiron in 9th, in the sense that it continues to emphasize a past life where you were too steadfast in your beliefs (potentially at your own downfall). Mastering this life, means being willing to change and learn with the times, and advocate for those who need it, even if they do not realize they need it.

Ceres in Aquarius: How do I take care of myself? By letting yourself be the person you feel you are meant to be. By being quirky and following your "weird" ideas to the end, whether others support you or not. By being authentic and true to yourself.

Mercury X MC in Aquarius: What is my career and what can I do to achieve it? Tying into your Gemini North Node, public speaking or writing could be a good career. Even, perhaps, motivational speaking? It is important that you are pursuing a career where you feel you can make a difference in the world, or at least your community, otherwise you will not feel fulfilled. And again, this does not have to be in the sense that everyone else thinks "changing the world" looks like! You have your own sense of what that means, trust in yourself. And in terms of achieving it, networking will be your best friend here, and putting yourself out there! Go to protests, rallies, community events.

I hope this is what you were looking for haha! Thank you again for the fun questions <3

[genesic-archives]

Nunnally's Halloween Ch 1-1: Hello, Halloween 

This is a translation of the first section of Nunnally's Halloween. This chapter shows Nunnally gets handed a book by Gigi while she and Liu Ki are researching stuff to host a Halloween party when them, Hong Yu, and Lelouch get swept up inside the terrifying book.

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The story opens up inside the big library inside Fimbulwinter (kind of like the library sections in C's World during R2) with Nunnally and Liu Ki (a character from the story 'Crimson of the Blood Path') are searching though a few bookshelves.

Liu Ki: Let’s see, this is... a 'European Industrial Revolution’ manga. This one is...'A Beginner’s Guide to Orange Recipes'. This one is...umm. 'Britannia Style Superlative Checkmate Guide’?

Liu Ki and Nunnally suddenly spring into view.

Nunnally: Well, that’s a book my brothers would like.

Liu Ki: Is that so…? 

Nunnally: Yeah. My big brother Lelouch and other brother Schneizel often enjoyed playing chess. Oh right, chess is played according to specific rules. It's a game where you compete for each other's pieces.

Liu Ki: Come to think of it, Liu Cang was also fond of such things. It's good for formulating strategies.

(AN: Liu Cang was was a Chinese politician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. For those who don't know, Crimson of the Blood Path is a historical fiction of the fall of the Han Dynasty so the characters from that story that are here [Hong Yu, Liu Ki, and the aforementioned Liu Cang] are from that era [around 200 BC] which also explains later why the two of them get very confused around the concept of Halloween since they did not celebrate it in this era).

Nunnally: It seems so. How did my brothers do it? I was always too eager to see if I could checkmate my opponent.

Liu Ki: Come to think of it, lately the men have been getting together and talking about war a lot. Maybe they get excited about things like that.

Nunnally: That's right. It seems like your brother is also getting really feverish as well. 

Liu Ki: I guess that’s why you've been looking a little lonely lately.

Nunnally: Haha, maybe so.That's why I'm glad that you invited me to look for something. Oh, by the way, what are you looking for?

Liu Ki: Hmm. I can't find it. Maybe I'm searching the wrong way. 

Nunnally: Normally, if you ask Archive, they will bring it to you right away.

Light footsteps are heard as Al walks up to the girls.

Al: Huh? Nunnally and Liu Ki, are you looking for something?

Liu Ki: Yes. I'm looking for the book about ‘Halloween’ that Nunnally told me about.

Al: Halloween? Oh, that thing about dressing up and getting candy?

The screen fades into a flashback Al has of Gigi dressing up as a bunny girl during chapter 2.

Al:  ...Ah, if Gigi hears about it, I'm sure she'll make a fuss about cosplaying again!

It then abruptly cuts back to Al and the girls talking.

Nunnally: When I told Liu Ki about Halloween, she asked me in detail what kind of event it was… I don’t know much about Halloween either.'' Milly once told me, ``When you think of Halloween, it's just like cosplay!'' Which is just what I told her.

Al: Yeah, if you say what the chairman said is correct, it matches up.

Liu Ki: Cos…play?

Nunnally: We all dress up like cats and wolves and have fun together. Plus, there's a lot of candy.

Al: ‘Trick or Treat’. It’s a phrase that means ‘if you don’t give me some sweets, I’ll play a prank on you’.

Nunnally: Al, are you familiar with this holiday? 

Al: No, not at all. I'm a person who knows something even if I don't remember it, but when it comes to Halloween, I only know about it as a seasonal event. You make pumpkin lanterns, dress up in costumes, and have parties with lots of sweets and food.

Liu Ki: Wow…That sounds so interesting! 

Nunnally: Hehe. If you're okay with it, How about we all have a Halloween party?

Al: That's a good idea. Even though time has stopped, that doesn't mean we can't hold seasonal events.

Liu Ki: Are you sure? Our mission is to defeat the ‘Moon of the End’...

Nunnally: I think it's fine. Sometimes you need to rest your mind. 

Al: That's right, Nunnally has a point. Let's talk to everyone else later!

Liu Ki: Thank you so much!

Nunnally: I’m looking forward to it, Liu Ki. 

Liu Ki: Yes! 

Al (whispering): For that reason, I need to research Halloween properly. I think I'll also look for Halloween books for Liu Ki and the others…

Al then starts muttering to himself while looking for books around the library.

Al: Hmm, I think a book like the history of civil events would be good. Where are they? Archive... seems to have disappeared at the moment. What a shame. Huh? Is that…

??? (Hong Yu): In other words, this formation...was it a Pattern Shiguma? This guy's tactic is to lure the enemy out and attack them all at once.

??? (Lelouch): You're quick to understand. But that's not all. Even if we don't resort to diversion, we can take the initiative.

Lelouch and Hong Yu now pop into view, seemingly deep into a conversation about their battle tactics for the upcoming Battle of Shantraj (mentioned in the main story).

Hong Yu:  I see. Even if you set up a choice between the two, will you be able to make sure that your side has an advantage? 

Lelouch: That's right. That's the summary. Did you understand the contents? I want you to remember this for future operations.

Hong Yu: Ah, it's alright. Anyway...

Lelouch: What is it? 

Hong Yu: I'm glad you weren't our enemy during our time. You’re as good a strategist as Liu Cang. I envy those who can fight under your command.

Lelouch: Hmm... It's quite an honor to be ranked next to a great strategist who left his name in history. However, a good strategist is not necessarily a good person.

Hong Yu: Hey now, what’s that supposed to mean? 

Lelouch: Strategies sometimes require discernment. This includes cutting things off and giving up on them, no matter how good or close the person is.

Hong Yu: Ah, I see. But that includes you, right? In that case, I believe in your plan.

Lelouch: Hong Yu… Heh, you’re quite a strange man, aren't you? 

Al: I'm sorry to interrupt your passionate discussion, but could we talk for a moment?

Hong Yu: Hey, it’s Al. What’s up? 

Al: There's something I'd like to ask Lelouch. What book should I look up to find out about Halloween?

Hong Yu: When you say ‘Halloween’, do you mean like a talisman or something? I heard that guy Tamaki was having a party or something...

Al: I guess that person just wants to have a party.

Lelouch: Hong Yu wasn’t wrong when he said it involved talismans, but it was originally known as a folk event that had its origins in a harvest festival. Does that clear things up? 

Al: Actually, I was thinking of having a Halloween party...

Lelouch: Hmm. Al, are you talking like Tamaki too?

Al: No, that’s not it… 

Lelouch: We need to defeat the 'Moon of the End' and move the world forward. Our… No, we should be fighting for the future of the world itself. At this time, it's probably Halloween. However, this is not the time to be involved in parties and such. It's rubbish.

Nunnally appears again, looking upset in the background.

Al: Hey, Lelouch! Watch your words…

Liu Ki: Nunally, can you tell me what happened just now…

Hong Yu: Liu Ki and Nunnally. What's wrong with you two? You look so sad…

Al: Well, you see, Nunnally and- 

Suddenly, Gigi pops up out of nowhere, jumping on top of Al in an attempt to jump scare him, dressed head to toe in a witch's uniform.

Gigi: THE AIR’S HEAVY! BOO-! 

A loud sound of clattering and banging is heard as the two splatter on top of each other.

Al: GYAH-

Hong Yu: Hey, are you guys okay? It sounded like you crushed a frog.

Liu Ki: That was the sound you hear when you accidentally splash a big puddle on a rainy day…

Gigi: What's wrong, everyone? The air feels heavy. Like about 1085 hectopascals heavy.

Lelouch: That's the pressure of a typhoon. It's not appropriate to describe the air as that heavy.

Gigi: Alright, alright, no more small comments. Instead, take a look at my outfit!

The camera takes a moment to pan upward to fully show off her new look.

Liu Ki: Wow...that's such a cute costume.

Gigi: I know, right!? I call it ‘Gigi’s Halloween Party Style’!

Lelouch: I got it. Now if you don't hurry, your boyfriend will suffocate to death.

Gigi: Oh no, for some reason my butt feels ticklish.

The screen then fades into Al popping back on screen, looking flustered.

Al: Puh! It’s so hot! Jeez! What’s going on all of a sudden?! I mean, why are you already cosplaying?

Gigi: I just heard from Nana-chan and the others and went to go change my clothes, alright? 

Al: Since you just changed clothes, do you by any chance prepare cosplay costumes for each event?

Gigi: Uh-huh~! 

Al: No, I'm not praising you. I'm not in that kind of mood right now.

Gigi: I know, I know. That's why I brought this! 

Hong Yu: Huh? Gigi, what is that book? 

Gigi: A present for Nana-chan~!

Nunnally: Me? 

Gigi: Yup! It seems like a book related to Halloween. Look, the cover is a pumpkin!

Liu Ki: Then, is the book about Halloween? 

Gigi: Maybe, maybe, probably!

Hong Yu: That’s kinda vague. 

Gigi: There is nothing certain in the world, Hong Yu. Now, I'm going to present this to Nana-chan. Go on, open it~! 

Nunnally: No, I just wanted to find out for Liu Ki to…Wha!?

Suddenly, white light flashes the screen as Nunnally becomes en-covered in a golden light with pumpkins popping out of every direction.

Al: What?! What's this light? No, this feeling...!

Lelouch: Nunnally! 

Nunnally: !?

The screen slowly fades to white as the sound of a Geass goes off as all the characters get summoned into the book, letting it fall flat on the floor. After a moment, Archive finally arrives within their library.

Archive: Oh? It sounded like I heard voices from inside the library, but…There's no one here… Oh. What kind of person would treat a book so poorly? It's a barbarous act to leave a book on the floor and walk away.

[yalocalfanficaddict]

As a part of a challenge i send this your way!

All writers assume themselves to be faulty or bad, when in all actuality they aren’t. So i dare you to write negatives and positives, try and counteract what you see as negatives with more good/positives. ✨

Have a lovely night/day!.

My good sir/ma'am/captain, this is quite an interesting concept! However, I have no idea on how to interpret this challenge... ;-;

Do you mean write something using my negatives...like things I try to avoid because I don't like them? 'Cause if so, oh boy, am I in for a ride trying to use words such as "moaned", "slobbered," and "giggled." (Okay, "giggled" isn't too bad based on the character, but iykyk...)

But in terms of genre's I don't like, I have no idea how on earth I'll be able to write a sci-fi fic...actually, scratch that. I could probably do it. I won't be able to do anything vampire or were-wolf related unless it's a one-shot of an otp of sorts. (Sorry, but the Twilight movies traumatized me and the fact that there's a line in the book that goes 'Aro started to laugh. "Ha ha ha," he chuckled' makes me want to throw myself off a cliff more than Bella wanted to- /hj)

Now, about my own writing, I'd say the negative(s) would probably be that I feel that either I go waaay too into detail [see KiriBaku 'Home For Christmas' for example] or sometimes I feel like I'm barely able to scrape through. [see MatchaBlossom 'Love Bites' for example] I mean, another thing too is that there's so many different things shifting it's hard to just see one thing clearly as a "negative," it's always a mix of "somethings not right", "let's re-work this paragraph", and "how does this character act again?" that it feels like there's always something changed in my writing haha!

Sorry if this didn't answer the challenge properly! I can gladly do it again if you'd like! However, please note that I'm still on a bit of a hiatus with my current projects which might be a Hanahaki AU fic and another project which is in collaboration of a few fanartists on here! (Doesn't that sound fun? I'm personally excited!)

Due to personal reasons, I won't be able to explain why I'm having a hiatus, but I'll gladly fill out asks in my Inbox that aren't related to one-shot requests! Thank you!!

And I hope you have a lovely day/night as well, dear Annon! ✨

[lesbiansanemi]

Can I ask what your kny oc concept is?

Haha yeah sure! Like I said, she’s not super fleshed out, and was based on this conversation with a friend

Basic basic lore for her is that she is a demon (obviously) with connections to Akaza. I can’t decide if I want to make her someone who took him up on his offer of turning them, or if he just found her and took her in one day after she had already been turned. Either way, they’re close, and he taught her his fighting style (AKA Soryu), so she’s a demon with a heavy emphasis on brawling and brute force physical attacks. Still need to come up with a blood demon art for her

She mostly works with Akaza to search for the blue spider lily, but isn’t directly involved in the Kizuki ranking system. Muzan was never interested in her, and she never desired challenging anyone for a Lower Moon rank before they were dismantled, despite Akaza’s attempted heckling

Very similar to Akaza, she has an intense bloodlust and glee when it comes to fighting someone who challenges her (it’s part of the reason they get along so well). She doesn’t have any morals against harming women, but she does prefer to eat men. The only time she considers eating women is when she finds one she really, really likes and gets obsessed with, because it means she can “keep” them forever

Like I said, no super fleshed out backstory, but I’m definitely making her a lesbian, and I want it to relate to some tragedy involving that, and living as a demon presented her a much better opportunity to be true to herself and desires regarding women

Eventually, when Akaza is going through his own “stalking a Hashira” phase with Kyojuro, she sometimes tags along, and catches glimpses of Shinobu. She really intrigues her, and she wants to know more about her, so she goes out of her way to interact with her, and their relationship starts to develop from there, though I haven’t quite decided in what way

I do know it will cause tension between her and Akaza though, due to his intense dislike of Shinobu due to her fighting style and poisons

I am very much leaning into “cringe is dead if I want a super edgy OC that is besties with all my favs I will HAVE her you can’t tell me what to do!!!!!”

So yeah. Bare bones for her rn, but I think she’s kinda fun. She still has no name though 😭

[edenatday]

So as someone who wants to start with art but also likely has aphantasia do you have any tips for how I could go about drawing something I can't get a reference for?

For example: I wanna draw one of my characters but I cannot for the life of me get anything visual about them onto the screen so I have no reference to go off of, and with no reference I cannot figure out how it properly looks. Might you have any solution for this or atleast know of anywhere I could go to find some?

Oh gosh I appreciate the ask! I wish I had some expert advice but I’ve literally only just figured out I have aphantasia about two days ago lol! So this is poured out of my brain from being an artist for 30 years and my own common sense - you can decide whether it can be trusted haha and sorry it’s not a quick fix either.

The approach that comes to mind is to start building a library of your own so you can start self referencing. But that means initially letting go of that specific idea you have that you can’t find a reference for.

My suggestions are…

Find any pose with a similar body build to your character and use them to sketch your oc so you can practice drawing them in different ways. Then find poses you like regardless of the shape and try “mapping” your oc to that pose. (Such as picking a slim figure and using it as a frame to draw your muscly oc) you’ll be able to fit your oc to any reference, so it’s less vital to find such a specific reference. Don’t be too attached to the concept you’re after you have so you can explore. Looking for one specific reference can be a block, and also not much fun.

In terms of other references to enhance a character, I’d probably start a Pinterest board with outfits and accessories and do lots of little quick studies of them to slowly add more complexity & details. I’ve definitely made the mistake of trying to do all the things all at once and over complicating a lot without doing this kind of work! Start simple and build. I think this is key. Think of it like a puzzle, we have to build all the pieces individually outside our brain bc we can’t put it together on the inside. And like in a game we don’t get all the best weapons and armour at the start, you can upgrade over time.

Having to externalise the visual building blocks others are able to do in their heads, means we have our work cut out for us. But I think there are ways to make it fun and interesting. If they’re a knight, what do they look like commuting to work on a bus reading the newspaper? If they’re a old granny, what do they look like performing the high jump? This will give you an exciting visual library all of your own, you can then start to reference your own work!

Aim to have a toolbox of poses, activities, outfits, scenes etc. Those can be Frankenstein-ed with new external references to develop your work. So it becomes less vital to find that one reference, and more about learning how to build the blocks of your oc through exploration and familiarity.

I haven’t got around to it yet, but I’ve got a list of aphansasia artists to study. Glen Keane is the illustrator for The Little Mermaid. If he can create such an iconic character, so can we! I want to learn from his other aphantasia artists, so I suggest doing the same.

Most of my art is drawn from life or I make my own references specifically to paint from photos, I do a lot of portraits for example. So for me it explains why I’ve longed to do character design or fan art and just been so pants at it and it felt so hard I got 0 reward and gave up. I always return to realism, it doesn’t rely on my inability to internally visualise. Now I know about aphansasia, I can change my approach entirely maybe I’ll attempt some fan art again :)

I’m literally pulling this out of my head off the cuff. So I’d love to know if any other aphansasia artists have similar or better methods they can add to this, this because I am learning anew too.

Any feedback welcome, let’s work this out together :)

[yersina]

Tbh I wanna ask the whole thing but to stick to the realm of reasonability may I ask 7, 10, 14, 23, and 29? And anything else you might want to answer if there's any. 🦭 [decompresses from the lack of pressure]

[weird questions for writers]

7. What is your deepest joy about writing?

Ohhh what an interesting question! I think what I love most abt writing—why I still write even if it only results in unfinished wips—is… hm how to put this… an execution of an idea? Putting my own spin on a concept? Bringing smth to life from my mind and onto a page? Like I just love thinking about things, and writing gives me a way to share that w other ppl or put it into words, and that’s what’s best about it!

10. Has a piece of writing ever “haunted” you? Has your own writing haunted you? What does that mean to you?

LOL uh the first definition that comes to mind for a piece of writing ‘haunting’ me is in the ‘god why did I write this’ sense, in which case I’d probably say my fanfic from my hetalia days……. A full ten years ago at this point…… But I’m also an advocate for not being ashamed of your writing no matter how old or cringy it is bc we all had to start somewhere right? And it still brought me joy at one point even if it doesn’t anymore, so I wouldn’t exactly say that it really does haunt me per se haha

The other sense of ‘haunting’ is probably ‘I think abt it a lot’ in which case—my wips haunt me. OTL

14. Do you lend your books to people? Are people scared to borrow books from you? Do you know exactly where all your “lost” books are and which specific friend from school you haven’t seen in twelve years still possesses them? Will you ever get them back?

I do! Not as much (read: at all) anymore bc my friends and I have all diverged in terms of preferences and also physical location, but in high school, sometimes I’d even give my kindle acct in order to share ebooks haha.

But I’ve also always been a library person, and my physical collection is exceedingly small. I also don’t tend to reread anything? So I only buy books if there’s a reason I’d want to display it and/or come back to it. And it’s hard to lend books if you don’t own them haha. I would lend them if I had any though!

23. Describe the physical environment in which you write. Be as detailed as possible. Tell me what’s around you as you work. Paint me a picture.

So. Most often I’m on my bed (full size, cheap, IKEA) and on top of my blankets (cheap, Amazon). I do most of my work in bed and lying down lol and also on my phone bc if I waited until I had my computer I would get nothing done. It’s probably either late at night or very early in the morning (bc I am unfortunately both a night owl and an early bird—no sleep for me!), so the light is rather dim. I have several larger stuffed animals w me on my bed (one is ice bear from CN, one’s a weighted dragon plushie, and one’s a really loooong shiba-dog-thing that’s probably close to my height) that I can prop my head up on or squash beneath me, depending on my mood. I also have an extra pillow to put against the wall for if I do decide to do anything while sitting up (currently cuddling it as I write this). A lot of what I own is a shade of blue or green. There’s a string of white Christmas lights around the wall next to my bed bc I can’t stand the brightness of the overhead light. Currently there’s a half-finished quilt rolled up beside me.

Really tho I write anywhere inspiration strikes me. Once I wrote a decent chunk while sitting in my car in the parking lot of a homegoods lol

29. Where do you draw your inspiration? What do you do when the inspiration well runs dry?

Hm… my inspiration probably comes most often from other people! I had a ton of fun with all the sctir prompts I got a while back :) A lot of my favorite ideas that I’ve executed comes from putting a spin on an existing trope or concept, or from seeing smth around tumblr or twitter and wanting to write my own version.

My inspiration well runs dry very often, actually. I’m a huge binge-writer—most of what you see from me is stuff that I wrote within a couple days, which is why most of my fics tend to be short. I’m definitely not one of those ‘write a little bit every day!!’ kind of people—that would never work for me, and kinda drains my soul. Trust me I’ve tried lol (case in point: I managed to do an entire nanowrimo a couple years ago (the whole 50k!) and never touched or looked at that fic ever again. Was a fantastic exercise, but just not the way I work). Usually if I have an active wip, I do try to go back to it every couple days, just to make sure I don’t forget about it entirely haha. If I’m not actively working on an idea, I try not to let it bother me too much; the waiting is as much a part of my writing process as the actual writing. I’m all for making it easier for yourself—fanfic writing is a hobby, not a job, and I’m here for my own enjoyment more than anything else. I want to lean into it most when I’m happiest, yknow? :)

Bonus question for fun: 11. Do you believe in the old advice to “kill your darlings?” Are you a ruthless darling assassin? What happens to the darlings you murder? Do you have a darling graveyard? Do you grieve?

Yes absolutely!!! This isn’t to say that you should ruthlessly get rid of what you love most in your writing, but definitely don’t be too attached to every single word you write. The writing advice that I’ve found most helpful so far in my writing journey is: if you’re stuck in your writing, the problem isn’t with the current scene or paragraph, it’s what happened before. I’ve also had an English teacher suggest to us once that we should try rewriting something from memory to pare down to what’s most important (bc anything you don’t remember isn’t essential). I start over all the time if smth’s not working for me and I delete and go back if I get stuck. If I’m getting rid of smth that’s longer, I do try to keep it around or move it to a separate doc in case I need to use it later, or to try and incorporate into a different scene so that I’m not dropping it entirely, but I’ve found myself doing that less and less as I go. It’s annoying, maybe, but I don’t grieve haha

Kill your darlings, for sure 🔪

(ALSO the best part abt fanfiction is that even if a scene that you really love doesn’t work in the main sequence, you’re allowed to write spin offs and side stories and extra scenes as much as you want to lol. Like killing your darlings doesn’t have to mean you resign it to never seeing the light of day, maybe you just fake their death and move them to a different neighborhood skdnejcbjdd)