#Sorry it takes me a few days to answer

[keitaiijima]

So how do you think of Shinji now? Hate him? Love him? Or just ok with him?

Ooh, good question!

It honestly depends on fanon!Shinji vs Canon!Shinji. And when I say fanon, I spesifically mean interpretations written by people who I personally think write really good fics. Because obviously people's interpretarions vary too! I think I grown to really appreciate Shinji in fics where he is not meant to be taken too seriously and I see him as more of almost a comedic character.

I've also written so much of him myself these last few years so I would probably have gone crazy if I didnt adapt to liking him. Which is all @pimpedoutgreenears fault.

In canon, I am definetly more ok with him now. Probably because of some of the really great fanon stuff that I mentioned above, that kinda bleeds over into my reading experience. I do still find some of his chaptera kinda dull, but I really like most of his interactions with Yutaka.

[front-facing-pokemon]

Could you please post Duraludon today? If possible, both male and female please. For no reason in particular.

i didn't even know duraludon had gendered forms but please refer to the blog description. the reason in particular is that i generally try not to pick favorites and do one person's favorite before another because they asked nicely. so i'm sorry my friend but if all the nickit fans in the crowd have to wait until gen 8 for their fave, you'll have to wait 'til gen 8 for your fave

[fumifooms]

was not expecting how head over heels i'd fall for marchil- i stg there's something they put in the sauce like goddamn! and i've loved seeing your posts analyzing their dynamic, really helped articulate what i was feeling. i was wondering if you had any fic recs, or any recommendations for ships with a similar vibe? i'm hungry for them...

I know right, marchil gripped me in a chokehold out of nowhere and still hasn’t let go… The sauce was designed by the demon for me to get addicted specifically. It’s been too long since I haven’t written fic for them. I’m still chipping away at my Marcille & Chil arc analysis I know I always mention it and I started the draft in January but I SWEARRR… Season 1 is ending next week :/ On the upside I’ll probably be more focused. After that analysis, which is only analyzing in depth like one aspect/half of their intertwined arc btw so who knows there might be a part 2 one day, I kept thinking it’d prob be my last marchil analysis but let’s be real, probably not. Every week I find something new to point out about them aah…… Dungeon food, ahh, dungeon food…

Fanfic rec wise, well first I have my own marchil fics, to which I mostly recommend Grind Me Down Sweetly, and then feel free to browse my marchil bookmarks for what seems good! I don’t know what your tastes are but Shroomyystar makes super good angst (and smut), my favorite being 'Til our fingers decompose, keep my hand in yours about Marcille getting deathly sick and the dilemma to confess or to not confess, incredibly haunting piece of bittersweet but soul-crushing angst AND character study. Like wow! Chilchuck I need to throw you in a river. I want you beside me is cute bedsharing banter. From me to you makes my head spin and makes me shake my screen. And- *gets dragged off before I can mention more* Meanwhile on the flipside, Anita_Amai (the first ao3 marchil writer, still going strong 👏👏) is especially great at offering short and sweet pieces, the tone is usually light and comedic and it always makes me smile and giggle, gives me fluff attacks, the fics always a strong good scene or theme idea too. Just browse and pick any, it’s a good time. There’s soo many more. Honestly I recommend just diving into the ao3 tag and start reading. You can start by kudos and read the highest ones first to dip your toes and get the community classics one out. Early on there was a recurring anon writer who did great bittersweet domestic confession stuff like this one, lifespan angst oughh... Wherever you are now thank you for all your work 😭💖 A lot of new marchil writers are starting to post too! A csm asaden fanfic writer legend just joined the tag so marchil will probably finally get some multi-chaptered fanfics haha~ But yess there’s unrequited angst, there’s self-sabotaging angst, there’s domestic fluff, there’s falling in love and bantery fluff, bunch of good stuff <3

As to ships with similar vibes: The closest I’ve seen so far is honestly weirdly close, it’s the protagonists from a romance comedy josei called Dame na watashi ni koishite kudasai or Please love useless me! I don’t want to spoil but there’s even the guy needing to move on from a doomed love + emotional distance issues and the gal slowly invading his personal life/social circle and my god… They were coworkers, he was rude, he’s a workaholic, he’s reliable, she’s sunshine and needs to get some reality checks... The banter. THE BANTER. He represses and she copes by simping for fictional characters. He made, like, a mutual aid community for ex-gangsters. They dress up in silly costumes sometimes. They’re weeeird about each other in an unlabelable way before dating in a way (in a fun marchil in canon way). It’s so funny she’s cracking open his convoluted personal drama like her morning newspapers. There’s more there’s so much more. Give up on your dreams, make money, love loses 🔥🔥 It’s honestly just a great fun read, it’s such a mood. Haven’t read the sequel yet but there’s one so really if it hooks you you’ll be fed well and for a while. The greatest bits are too spoilery but here, have the vibe.

Howl’s Moving Castle, specifically the book, and there’s a ton of themes and narratives that are so fitting for them that I couldn’t possibly all list, I already made a post on it here if you’re interested in all the details and similarities and my AU thoughts haha.

Teen Titans 2003 the show, Beast Boy x Starfire. THAT’S RIGHT I’M A BBSTAR, BAM! 💥🫶 Jokester that’s dependable x sweet and idealistic but strong and protective. Short gremlin and tall beauty. Friends-coworkers to lovers. Very soft fluffy slice of life ship I like it a lot, and I wrote a fic for it hehe. Might do more one day, I have a bunch of prompts written down and a series I really wanted to get to sob.

I almost forgot to mention Shrek. It’s SO FUNNY how well it goes sometimes… Chil Shrek, Laios Donkey, Marcille Fiona. I want to say Mickbell could be Farquaad but even Mick doesn’t deserve this slander… Shrek 2 fear that he’s not prince charming enough for her oughh. Laios getting to be a horse good for him good for him. Winged Lion singing I need a hero. Someone stop me.

There’s also zenmiyo from Touge Oni but no one reads that </3 I gotta get to my review/lore analysis about that manga it’s sooo good a fave read of mine from last year. Like it’s so fucking good. It keeps just ramping up and getting more crazily good. Scrolling through some pages rn and it’s a unique blend of comedy, philosophy and awe-inspiring visuals and creativity. Well, sort of like late Dunmeshi actually. If it had a fandom any bigger I’d be all over it constantly. And I’d also recommend Harahara Sensei / Timebomb Teacher if it had any english translation, one of my fave mangas also. It’s about mafia, and a goody two shoes willing to go through a corruption arc to save her sister x stern rude mafioso who’s there bc he’s poor and on a revenge mission, never had any other option growing up etc etc. Ok he’s not that Chilchuck but the dynamic does have that "grow up and see the world for what it is, a shithole. It’s been hell for me" vs "ok you have a point. But also have you considered not sacrificing your humanity and emotions in a self-destructive pursuit" (not that she’s in the position to talk lmaoo) like ohh my goood him throwing his popsicle stick in the fire that she lit over a corpse, it haunts me.

From the marchil Discord it’s also fun to notice ships some of us share… Csm asaden, some combination of LotR elf x short guy, fair amount of dunmeshi ships overlap too. Haven’t found the overall common thread quite yet and I’m forgetting many that have come up but lol some off the top of my head.

[postsfromtheportalfuture]

question from futurepropal to junglequeenstaleeeea:

Hey I saw you're in a next step! I've never heard of the show you've got your username from, what vid channel is it on? also just wanted to say like. I think i'm a bit older than you but i'm in a next step too and it does suck right now. Keep having nightmares that I'll be the last one left here :( Maybe even if there aren't people in your year group who feel like you do, people a bit older might get it? I guess the younger ones will still be hoping. Feel free to ignore this btw or just answer the first bit about the show you like if you want :)

junglequeenstaleeeea:

thank you for the ask! i'll admit i almost deleted it without even reading it because i've been getting so much bullshit in my askbox recently 🙄 either people hating on me for not kissing up to earth's perfect little poster girl, or treating me like i'm stupid because i'm not an adult.

i'm not really close with any of the older kids at my next step, but thank you for the suggestion. maybe i'll try talking to one of them. at any rate it will have to be better than talking to my nuking psychologist, who just keeps telling me i have to "let go of my anger" or whatever.

for your first question, my url is from an off-world vid series called stalea of the jungle! my prodad is one of those people who thinks that hospital earth's rules on what content minors are allowed to watch are too strict, so sometimes when we spend time together we watch vids that i'm not allowed to at next step.

though he always skips the most inappropriate parts, so it's not even that different from what i AM allowed to watch. but i still enjoy that time i get to spend with him. sometimes it feels like he's the only one that doesn't treat me like a total child.

[kimmkitsuragi]

tbf it hasn't even been a Month since i came here but it's soooo embarrassing to say "sorry can u speak english :(" to everyone who ever talks to me ever

[attroxx]

❛ anonymous said . . . For Ghost: ❤️ 🍸😞 ❜

❤️ RED HEART — what are three of your oc's positive traits?

this is a tough one LMAO cause ghost doesn't have many positive traits. i guess if i'm being nice i can say he is determined. when he wants something or someone he won't stop until he has it. if he wants something he will get it one way or another regardless of what he has to do, good or bad. ghost can be nice but usually it's just to get something from someone or give them a false sense of security. he has a weird sense of justice . . . like if someone is bothering a girl at a bar he won't hesitate to deck the guy but he will also make sure it's his last day on earth. lol. he can be good i guess but . . . in his own way.

🍸 COCKTAIL GLASS — what is your oc's favorite alcoholic drink, if they can drink?

ghost doesn't drink too often. he has a pretty high tolerance for alcohol so, it's pretty useless to him in that sense. but, if he goes to a bar he'll usually order a rum & coke or just whiskey. sometimes he'll indulge in a beer but that's about it.

😞 DISAPPOINTED FACE — does your oc attract others, or do they tend to be left alone?

um. i'd say he does attract attention a lot of the times. he's tall, handsome and he also has a huge scar across the bridge of his nose which is what most people notice about him first and foremost. day to day he puts up a very kind front to others. he's learned how to fake being social despite not wanting to be. it's all an act though. but if he'd rather be left alone he isn't against giving a death stare. he's pretty good at those lol.

oc headcanon meme . . . accepting.

[40steps]

hey i’m a mutual who dropped out in 7th grade and i just want u to know that things will be ok. i’m going back to school this year and like you can just stop either temporarily or permanently. i promise u it will be ok

:((( thank u so much this means a lot to hear . my plan has been to drop out for like two years at this point but i never really expected it to feel this much like a huge change even though it was always going to be. and my mother asked me if i just wanted to drop out when i told her i didn't want to go in today and it's sent me on a downward spiral. sorry for putting this on your dash board whoever is online and whoever saw it.

[wammys-house-official]

Quick ooc appreciation post for anyone who has ever interacted with this blog and especially the people who told me they like it/it makes them smile etc

[wuffgang-ameowdeus-moozart]

i stumbled upon your post (from like june of last year LMAO) talking abt how you want a fic where steve skips the gay panic and just goes straight into “yes. boys.” WELL DO I HAVE A FIC FOR YOU ‼️‼️ “actually, maybe” by acetheticallyy (judesstfrancis). it’s a oneshot, abt 35k words and it’s so damn cute

(sorry if this is weird - idek if you’re still into st (i myself am a background fan - mostly for the steve harrington fics) but i figured i might as well try)

link - https://archiveofourown.org/works/48229783

hi!

first of all not weird at all !!

I must admit, I'm also not really into ST anymore (not even sure I'm gonna be watching the fifth season tbh); and especially the steddie ship has kind of lost its appeal to me? I'm not sure why rip

Still thank you for the rec!! I'm reblogging it on my bookmark blog so I can find it again - when I get back into it I'll definitely be checking it out <3

hope you have a good day ^^

(link again for easier access)

[ficsforeren]

Hey Kana! I've been a fan of your writings since the past year and I just wanted to say I love them and the way you reply to your asks ❤️ I just wanted to ask a question. How do you deal with the hate comments? Like doesn't it hurt when someone questions your writings? I'm kinda a baby when it comes to tumblr and I just received my first hate comment and it felt really bad. I'm really sorry if I'm bothering you. I just felt like you're someone I should consult about this.

Hello, darling! Thank you so much for sending me a message and you're not bothering me at all! I'm happy that you reached out to me! I don't think I'm the best person to seek advice from but I'll try my best to help! It gets a bit long under the cut, I'm sorry 😭

I have received a few hate comments in the past when I just started writing. Some of them were pretty traumatizing ngl and I had to take like a year break because of it 🥲 so I know how you feel and how upsetting it is. I'm so sorry that this happened to you, sweetheart 😭I'm sending you the biggest hug right now. Nobody in the world deserves a hate comment, especially when you're a writer/artist who creates stuff for free.

I just checked your blog to see the hate comment you were referring to (I hope you don't mind 😭) and I saw that some anon was mad because you wrote a smutty fic involving a character that's still a minor in canonverse.

Now, honey, I'm 10000000% on your side because a) it's your fic, your work, your blog, as long as you've put up some warnings, you can write whatever the hell you want. b) you've aged them up in your fics but even if you didn't age them up in your fics, that still doesn't make it okay for these people to be rude and attack you for it cause they're FICTIONAL. These characters are not real people with real life problems, they're literally just a bunch of drawings. That anon is spending their energy defending lines on paper and hurting a real person in the process.

Tbh I feel like this happens pretty often no matter what fandom you're in and I find it super weird that some people are actually upset about this. It's fiction! It's not real! And it's not like you support the stuff that's happening in the story! Like if you write about character A killing someone, it doesn't make you a murderer. It doesn't mean you support the act. If you write about incest, it doesn't mean you want to sleep with your dad or your brother. It's simply just for the plot, to make the story interesting. To share your ideas and be creative about it. And, the most important thing is, you're not forcing these people to read your fics, are you? They decided to read them on their own. And if you already wrote the warnings and they CHOSE to ignore them, that's their fault. It's like you see a bowl of hot peppers and you know they're spicy as hell but you choose to eat them anyway and when your tongue is on fire, you get angry "WHY IS THIS THING SO SPICY" like what????

A message for that anon: When you read stuff you don't like (stuff that someone wrote for FREE, stuff that someone spent hours or days creating it), the easiest thing you can do is just close the tab. Literally it takes zero energy to do it. Don't attack these writers with hate comments. Don't hurt their feelings. You don't know how hard they've worked on the story, their struggles in real life, or how insecure they are about their writing. One bad comment and they might stop writing forever, even when it's something that brought them comfort before. There are millions of other fics out there that you can read. Just scroll away and move on.

[artheresy]

Hmm, I’m so tired, but I’m happier today :]

[nathandrakeisabottom]

Wait why you don’t write x reader anymore? I probably missed something important

hey friend!!

oh dude, ya girl went through a whole uc4-motivated self discovery emotional rollercoaster off camera, which was why she (she being me) disappeared in the first place. uc and the fandom itself just wasn't jiving with my very sensitive college-grad-during-pandemic-first-entering-the-world brain and it made me feel really sad about life and my place in it for a while. you know how us young folk put too much importance on media and whether or not it's trying to tell us what to do in life. it's a video game. my ass was playing it thinking i was never gonna be happy bc uc4's ending made me sad and i wasn't like elena. boo hoo.

anyway that's a lot of non-answer, but basically just because it all got too personal, i guess. i find it feels weird and inauthentic and honestly makes me a little sad lately to try to write for a general audience. uc4 fucked with me, man. it got personal. this wasn't no fandom shit anymore for funzies, it got me rethinking my LIFE, dude. I voice act and do mocap. Like, that's what I DO now. because i got horny once. it's too much power, man.

anyway in full simple truth, for my own sake, i think it's best to let the intimate, personal stuff stay intimate and personal. even if there is a part of me that would love to share them one day. i just dont know if it'll ever feel like the right, true thing to remove the 'me' part of my work.

i got the biggest fic of all damn time coming in hot that unloads every single thing i have to say about uncharted and basically life itself, so rest assured this bitch has done ANYTHING but stop writing, it's just become it's own thing. it's bizarre. nothing like this has ever happened with a fandom/piece of media before. lucky timing, i guess. or side effect from covid.

anyway i dont think there's any harm and it'd in fact bring me a lot of joy if you wanted to send in a request anyway. i 100% can't guarantee it'll be something that'll click, but maybe a bullet point list here and there wouldn't hurt. i can always see what i can do. or hell, maybe i'll send you a secret file from the vaults if you bribe me hard enough. i mean that.

thanks for the ask, it makes my little actor ass feel perceived by the loving public <3 aaaand makes me smile knowing there's still some of us roaches crawling through the tom holland wasteland

🧡 S

[danielnelsen]

someone was recommending an app for android and i asked if there was an ios equivalent and got the whole “apple sucks, just get an android” like…….buddy where am i getting this new phone from? are YOU gonna buy it for me? i’ve had one phone in my life that wasn’t second hand and that was my first flip phone. if my current phone died right now, i just wouldn’t have a phone until someone i know got a new one and was nice enough to give me their old one. are you expecting me to just turn down their offers until someone just gives me an android?

[shima-draws]

How’s your commissions going?

They’re…going LOL

I wish I could say I’m working on them as much as I can, but I just. It’s a bad time rn. Mostly because of work. I’ve already been putting in overtime but they want me working even MORE overtime so that’s where most of my energy is going. That extra 10-15 hours a week I usually spend doing art is now being used to work more;;

Luckily I don’t think it’ll last too much longer, I want to say maybe a few more weeks and my schedule will be back to normal. In the meantime I will try my best to work on comms when I can but considering all these extra hours (and work already being so so busy without that) I’m literally driving myself into a ditch with stress RIP

Sorry for the long answer lol you probably just expected a “Yeah they’re good I’m working on stuff” but I don’t want to pretend I’m NOT putting them on the back burner, along with art in general, until this mess is over hfndndn

I appreciate everyone’s patience tho again it means so much 😭 And if any of my commissioners have questions you are more than welcome to reach out anytime!!

[yohankang]

Honey, this might be very rude. But like what is your job. I want to save you from the that hell hole bro.

Please do not misunderstand nor feel pressured to answer.

I just hope it gets better.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

i'm an office manager which means that i'm responsible for all the paperwork (all invoices go through me), calls and emails. and i act like an assistant to basically everyone in our office. including shit like booking flights and hotels and taking care of everyone's cars and insurances etc. buying office supplies, taking care of how our office looks, making tea & coffee for guests, booking rooms, making sure our management signs the papers on time etc. etc. etc.

doesn't sound that bad but the 'acting like an assistant' is tricky. because i get like 20 daily requests from people to take care of something asap. like, paying a fine, calling some place to ask about something, scheduling a meeting, making changes in booking, registering a car etc.

now it's extra stressful bc i'm organizing a christmas party for 120+ people and it's not easy when you need to book hotels for 30 people, book a restaurant, decide on a menu, confirm attendance etc. and your guests are dickheads who don't care if you have to change their reservation 4 times in 3 days.

[louisianna]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the ask box for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you. learn to know your mutuals and followers. 💕

🤍🤍🤍

I have a five-year-old niece and I love getting to spend a day or two with her each week. It's hard work, but it's worth it. I love having an excuse to make art just for fun and read picture books and play with Barbies. I worked in childcare for years, and you could say that all children make me happy (happy and exhausted, lol), but she's special to me. I hope we'll still be close when she's an adult.

This might sound weird but being really intentional about expressing my authentic self through my personal style is honestly one of the hobbies I am most passionate about. Even when I was a child, I was cutting up and gluing things onto and sewing together my clothes to make them more like how I wanted them to be, and now as an adult I love that almost my entire wardrobe is handmade by myself or something that I've bought secondhand and edited.

Dancing! One of my favourite things to do at the end of the day is put on a vinyl record and dance around my room.

Something from this week in particular that's made me happy is the show Poker Face. It's a little bit Columbo, a little bit Knives Out, a little bit Monk, a little bit Pushing Daisies, a little bit Life Is Strange, a little bit Psych… It's been too long since I've had such a good cozy murder mystery series in my life!

Pana vegan chocolate, especially their truffles.