#OH I FORGOT TO MENTION

[kimikaami]

merry christmas! here’s some angst from @iusedtohavesixtoes ‘s fic, Blossoming, bc it makes me. feel everything at once.

[tojiscrack]

howve u been wife!! i just got a promotion at my job (super surprising btw because i thought i was way too young to be considered) and now i have even more to spend on you 😈🙏

WIFEYY?? 🫣❤️

i’ve been well (arguing with dude-bros on instagram but that’s nothing new 😔) but yOU GOT A PROMOTION?

CONGRATULATIONSSSSS OMG???

YAYYY LET’S CELEBRATE OML

I’M SO PROUD OF YOU WIFEY <3 THAT’S LITERALLY MY WIFE YOU GUYS OMG, SO PROUDDDD 😤‼️

as your partner in non-existent documentation, i forbid you from spending any money on me 😤 i haven’t even done anything gobsmacking yet for any tips rn, so don’t you dare (i’m serious 😐)

but this is something to CELEBRATE

new chapter of liar, liar later this week? 🤗

[sukirichi]

hi! i have some thoughts about your dusk til dawn series

HOLY SHIT? I BINGEREAD THAT IN LIKE 3 DAYS (and on two of those days I had work so I sacrificed my sleep schedule for this but it was sO GOOD? SO GOOD. I enjoyed it immensely)

ohmygodohmygodohmygod she's PREGNANT and it's RIN'S? or I saw a theory that she used Kiyoomi's used condom or something but IF IT'S RIN'S rahHHHGHGHGH reader deserves happiness

i love how you characterize Tobio as a wee lad because he IS a wee lad and I wish nothing more than to hug him and tell him everything is going to be okay ahhahahah

your writing is delicious. simply scrumptious. your descriptions are so good too i love how you describe places so much

i wasn't a suna rintaro fan til i read this series and i'm torn between kiyoomi x yn endgame or suna x yn endgame and watch it end up being a crazy endgame. like. imagine if the endgame was yn x maiko or something that'd be crazy

also ... why is tooru so nice to maiko alluvasudden ... what happened ... i have no theories my brain is empty but oh my gosh i am so excited to See More your writing makes my brain go BRRRR

hi omg i saw your comments on my fics too and let me tell you, i’m so happy to read everything you said so thank you so much 🥹💓

omg you bingeread it, that’s actually !! i have no words HAHAHA every time someone tells me they binge read dtd, i always get shocked because its a little hard to believe that people could enjoy it that much but its such a huge compliment for me that you guys take the time, you have no idea 🥹💓 also yes it is rin’s !! lmaoo its not out of character of iris to use someone’s condom (😭) but kiyoomi is my favorite in dtd so there’s no way i could write that happening for my man 😭

also thank you !! honestly i was a bit hesitant writing tobio with the way he is because he’s alr 20 years old and i thought he might be . . . idk, immature? but he is very innocent so... yeah, he’s just a wee lad indeed 🥹 and aww thank you again, hearing someone say i write places good is so validating because its one of my weaknesses 😭 not good at all making places sound poetic but i loveee loveee tying environments to one’s feelings so i really have to stare really hard at places and read poems to form ideas in my head on how i can word it sksksks. ANDD AWW welcome to the rintaro train! honestly i wish i could do more justice for him because canon rin is such a cutie but maybe in the future i’ll make him more loveable in upcmoming works hopefully 🫶🏻 and again THANK YOU SO MUCH you are so sweet and you’ve made my day so i hope you are having an even better timezone 💫🌷

[reginrokkr]

✧ @delusionaid & @resolutepath asked: [ META ] + halfdan

At risk of sounding like a sap, I'm a firm believer that Halfdan was someone important to Dain as Dain was to Halfdan. It's hard to overlook that Halfdan, within his broken mind and soul state he was 500 years after their homeland and themselves were taken away in varying degrees in the Calamity, was able to recognize Dain. Not only that, but he has been upholding his honor as a Black Serpent Knight and continued to do his duty and follow Dain's last order to protect every Khaenri'ah without differentiating between races or purity of blood and managed to make other fellow Black Serpent Knights follow it too.

It also resonated deeply within me that for all those years, Halfdan believed he failed Dain and how happy he was when Dain acknowledged his efforts and the others' for 500 years despite what happened. I would dare say that Dain's words filled with pride for him and the others served as a wish come true or a release for Halfdan to let go at long last of that burden, hopefully to a better place.

The way these events unfolded in Requiem of the Echoing Depths are no doubt a reflection of what their relationship was like in Khaenri'ah. I don't think it was strictly one of a captain and his knight, but beyond that to a more personal level of mutual trust. As I mentioned in a previous post, I think that Dain wasn't fully at ease in Khaenri'ah due to its laws and overall mentality in regards of the Abyss if not more topics than that, and that his beliefs strayed from the status quo of the time. Although I see him as the kind to keep to himself that, I'd like to think that Dain and Halfdan shared opinions on certain topics of conversation that thinking any differently would be nothing short of a taboo that none of them would bring themselves to talk about openly. Even less being pure-blood Khaenri'ahns with what that entails in various ways.

[dannybobany]

Another installment for that omori au! I like this one much more then Malice …. I think I might genuinely have to redraw malice because upon going back and looking at that I really just do not like it that much.

Anyway. Yay more omori au! Oh also I’m tagging these Omori!RecoveryAU from now on

[whoreofthecentury]

awful fucking news yall. . .

im done. its over. now what. now what ?? WHAT ????!?!?!?

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NOW ????

that ending was so fucking evil like ?? how are u going to have an ending like that and not have anymore episodes ????+?+??+?

im glad my man is doing well. im so proud of him. It was so crazy to see him not be in trenches. also who tf cut his hair i just wanna talk:))

glad 2 see everyone happy n thriving tho <3

i was gonna cry at the end but i pictured johan jumping out the window with his ass hanging out in that hospital gown and instead laughed for 2 minutes straight.

and then i cried.

also the hallucination scene was so weird...like...

just so many questions left answered ???

anyways back 2 my point. . .

what the fuck am I gonna do now that I'm done watching monster

[networkunsupported]

⚠ TRADE OFFER ⚠

i receive:

information about your new ocs

you receive:

my undying gratitude

oh BOY OH BOY OH BOY ALRIGJT.

sorry i'm like category five nuts over these two bear with me

so basically the hatsune miku lady is a person called anya reyes! she comes from,, not necessarily an overbearing family but ones who are depending on her success a lot (they live in like. an apocalyptic world with its main source of guidance being this very high-up sciencey official corporation and her parents are basically trying to get asylum there by convincing her to build some Grand Scientific Technological Marvel)

which she does! she spends her whole life constructing a...construction called the Orobo- the uh. the. Orub- the um. the Ouroboros Project (which is a nightmare to spell so let's just call it OBS for short) which is the first officially recognised time machine! yayyy!!

( it's important to note that OBS is not the first time machine. it is simply the first recognised one, as time machines are the second-most likely contraption to inadvertently ruin things massively if incorrectly used (the first-most being atomic bombs), and the first-most likely to erase any trace of their existence if REALLY incorrectly handled (mind-erasing devices take second place, as it was deemed the most incorrect usage of them would be as expensive and overly-complicated paperweights.))

this isnt plot relevant in any way. it's literally just random worlbuilding. funfact.)

so. OBS a) doesn't blow up, and b) allows anya and her family asylum inside the walls of this corporation. in fact, more than that, they're SO pleased about this invention that they even rename the corporation! this place used to be called the D.O.S.T. , or Department Of Space Travel after the fact they...made spaceships or whatever, but then renamed themselves to the D.O.S.T.T. , or Department Of Space-Time Travel. THAT'S how pleased they were. had to reprint all the paper napkins and monogrammed towels just for that.

and so, inside the D.O.S.T.T.s buildings, anya meets a guy called viktor cruz- who- you've guessed it! is the other guy i drew. he claims to have been there,, a little longer than her, but not by much- and has got in through the insane and wildly amazing way of umm...(checks my notes) passing the entrance exam. yeah they have one of those. first and last exam that man ever passed- but hey, it was enough!

hes a little less,, caught up on the existence of the OBS than most people- he's like oh sick that's cool but that's about as high as his levels of interest get on that matter and honestly anya appreciates that!! tying your life to one creation you didn't even really want to make yk. kinda sucks.

so they stick together <3 they're besties even- roomies, if you will

viktor helps anya dye her hair and get some periecings and really just be a bit wild with it all and in exchange she helps maintain his prosthetic (and sleep schedule) for that matter!

viktors whole thing is kind of like. he wants to find a nice hospitable planet somewhere and set up his own talkshow/podcast/radio kind of a thing and anyas like fuck yeah i wanna get out of here too can i come be a guest and he's like absolutely you can

what i mean to say is im nuts over them. like so nuts. like they're such,,, they're. you get me.

[mothzarellaman]

im curious because im horribly weak to the heat. consider this a 'at what point do you start suffering' question

reblog for larger sample size. (include your country/its general area if you want, to give us context)

[spaceboysandfieldgirls]

tired of that post that’s like ‘people who were fic writers before they were pro authors all suck’ and using like cassandra claire as an example. sure, some authors who started writing fanfic now make shitty derivative wish fulfillment books with bad adjectives. but that’s such a misunderstanding of what fanfiction is.

fanfic is not an inherently subversive genre, and i personally hate people who’s only queer lit is fanfic. they’re missing like everything important about the queer experience. but fanfic is also not meant to be a societal medicine, a cure-all for queer issues.

fanfic is a space for passionate people to express their love for a piece of art.

just like fan artists don’t make bad artists, fanfic writers don’t make bad writers. it isn’t causative.

however, lots of people in fandom are new to their mediums, or young, or not super high effort. so fandom spaces are flooded with the content of amateurs- people who create out of love.

lots of those people are bad at it. not because liking things enough to write about them makes you bad at art, not because wanting gay people to kiss makes you bad at art. but bc the point of these works is singular: to create for a fandom a thing that is wholly yours, drawn from your love of that fandom.

i go to art school (fake gamer, i know) and all of the most talented artists, especially the illustrators, had fandoms that they drew for when they were young. the fan space allowed them a community to create for, people to encourage those early stages of artistic development.

this is what lots of (i’d bargain most) fanfic is. it’s the beginning of an artistic process. it’s fresh, it’s new, it’s missing constructive feedback and editing and perspective. just like the early works of a million different singers, songwriters, painters, writers, actors, and dancers before them, these artists are laying the groundwork for their future endeavors. and they’re doing it out of love. i think that’s beautiful.

furthermore, lots of fanfic is actually well written. those posts that say ���x is such a raw line you’d think it’s from shakespeare but it’s actually from a stuckky incest fic’ or whatever. those posts are a perfect example of the actual writing ability of some fic authors. i’ve read fics that do innovative things with form, rhythm, plot structure, etc. i’ve read fics that discuss in more plain-clothes fashion topics that are hard to find in most fiction. sure, maybe i do really like it when a character is confrontational in a way no real person is, but that unrealistic behavior doesn’t mark a bad author— fiction doesn’t have to feel like it’s real, it has to feel congruent with its own internal logic. some fic authors understand this better that some ‘real authors’. many don’t.

finally, there are some authors that i’m pretty sure were fic authors before they got published (no evidence, just conjecture) who make incredible work. nora sakavic, lee mandelo, c.s. pacat. their work is all notably fic-y, from some writing conventions to plot points to obvious references to other works. none of this devalues their books, which each have their own merits. the all for the game trilogy by nora sakavic is an awesome fast paced action series centered around stupid mafia drama and a fictional sport (which would be way more fun to play than fucking quidditch btw) and also deeply explores consent, trauma, and what it means to be someone’s family. summer sons by lee mandelo is a beautiful languid southern gothic with some innovative ideas about ghosts and some really intense haunting scenes. c.s. pacat’s captive prince trilogy is undeniably fic-y with a lot of weird plots and sub plots and sub sub plots, alienating dialogue, and an obsession with sexual trauma. and the captive prince trilogy is also the most comprehensive look i’ve ever gotten at battle strategy. i love how the relationship between afflictors and those afflicting harm was discussed- there’s no right way to understand the atrocities discussed in the text, but the characters are people, so they keep living, and they make bad decisions and they make good ones. i’d recommend all of these books.

all this to say that fanfic has its place. there’s nothing to be achieved by acting like it’s some angelic force, but likewise bashing on it needlessly does no one any good. and to close: i got into economic theory because of my sisters ex-boyfriend who had a copy of das capital. i got into queer theory because a fic writer i like mentioned the faggots and their friends.

[bugcrown]

imagine it's the middle of night. like 3:02am. and there's a knock on your front door. imagine it's loud too, like whoever's on the other side of the door is going to leave behind smeared bloody knuckle prints against the landlord white of your flimsy mdf door (you live in a cheap apartment). imagine that by the time you get there the sound has stopped, and when you peer through the peep hole the hallway is completely empty. when you open the door the next day, imagine you find a letter wedged against the door frame. it reads "sorry we missed you."

imagine this keeps happening to you. not every night, but once a week, every week, at 3:02 on the dot. it takes a little while for you to notice the pattern, maybe it's not until the fourth week that you manage to work up the courage to stay awake in your living room, staring at the door. by 2 am your stomach is tied up in knots, and you feel a terrible pressure in your chest. by 3 your heartbeat is pounding so loud you almost don't hear it. the walk from your couch to the door feels like it takes hours, your hands are sweaty and shaking and it's a herculean task to just get the door open.

but you manage it anyway. and standing right outside your door is the killer. and he kills you. wouldn't that be scary?

anyway that's my impression of how adam ellis writes horror

[inkskinned]

you're in the habit of denying yourself things.

if someone asked you directly, you would say that you love a little treat. you like iced coffee and getting the cookie. you drink juice out of a fancy cup sometimes, and often do use your candles until they gutter out helplessly.

but you hesitate about buying the 20 dollar hand mixer because, like. you could just use your arms. you weren't raised rich. you don't get to just spend the 20 dollars (remember when that could cover lunch?), at least - you don't spend that without agonizing over it first, trying to figure out the cost-benefits like you are defending yourself in front of a jury. yes, this rice cooker could seriously help you. but you do know how to make stovetop rice and it really isn't that hard. how many pies or brownies would you actually make, in order to make that hand mixer worthwhile?

what's wild is that if the money was for a friend, it would already be spent. you'd fork over 40 without blinking an eye, just to make them happy. the difference is that it's for you, so you need to justify it.

and it sneaks in. you ration yourself without meaning to - you don't finish the pint of ice cream, even though you want to. the next time you go to the store, you say ah, i really shouldn't, and then you walk away. you save little bits of your precious things - just in case. sometimes you even go so far as putting that one thing in your shopping cart. and then just leaving it there, because maybe-one-day, but not right now, there's other stuff going on.

you do self-care, of course. but you don't do it more than like, 3 days in a row. after that it just feels a little bit over-the-edge. like. you can't live in decadence, the economy is so bad right now, kid.

so you don't buy the rice cooker. you can-and-will spend the time over the stove. you can withstand the little sorrows. denial and discipline are practically synonyms. and you're not spoiled.

it's just - it's not always a rice cooker. sometimes it is a person or a job or a hug. sometimes it is asking for help. sometimes it is the summer and your college degree. sometimes it is looking down at scabbed knees and feeling a strange kind of falling, like you can't even recognize the girl you used to be. sometimes it is your handprint looking unsteady.

sometimes it is tuesday, and you didn't get fired, and you want to celebrate. but what is it you like, even? you search around your little heart and come up empty. you're so used to denying that all your desires draw a blank.

oh fuck. see, this is the perfect opportunity. if you had a mixer, you'd make a cake.

[machinerot]

[ra3kiv]

few recent commissions i made!!

[misfortunegirl]

i actually have a new hobby i got obsessed with and thats translating songs to japanese 🤓

[bluegiragi]

work it out (part 1)

early access + nsfw on patreon

[idyllcy]

class cancelled. see you online - professor!simon riley x professor!reader

In the early years when he first started, Simon didn't cancel class. It was kind of well known at that point. He'd rather spend the class chattering about his wife than cancel class, so imagine everyone's surprise when he sent out the collective email detailing that he was canceling class because his wife was in labor.

What.

He sent them the slides for the day and a previous recording from a while back, letting them know that class on Thursday would be on zoom — a link that he will post onto the class canvas eventually.

He signs off the email with a photo of the baby locked by a password hidden in the slides, and he replies to everyone's congratulations once you're back in the home. He ends up staying back to teach the rest of the term from home because he was taking care of the baby

It was something briefly mentioned on his rate my professor, detailing how Professor Riley had "Moved the rest of our semester online because he wanted to stay home and take care of his wife. How did the school allow this?" and "I for one loved the online classes and congrats to him for finally being a father — 5/5 for my semester tbh" but truth was while the rate my professors ratted him out, his students didn't mention that class was moved online at the time.

So, when he lets his class know that he'll be out for a couple of weeks and moving class online, everyone sends in their congratulations early, earning a furrow of his brows and a laugh from your lips as he reads his emails to you.

"They really read their RMP reviews huh?"

"Sure did. I didn't even mention it this time. I barely talk about our daughter." He hums, hand on your bump as the second kicks at it.

"Well, I think I walked in once or twice." You hum. "Besides, they like it online."

"I do too." He mumbles, pinching at his daughter's cheeks as she giggles. "But most people don't pick up enough when you teach online."

"That's true." You take the berry from your daughter's hand as she hands one to you and presses another to Simon's lips.

"Thank you, sweetheart."

She nods, eyes glued back onto the screen as you glance at the recent check-up results.

"You bet Johnny's gonna cancel class too?"

"Heard he already told his students."

"Crazy."