#THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE TAG DARLING!!!!!

[write-it-motherfuckers]

[sugarsnappeases]

kara i wanna know allllll about your reg. tell me EVERYTHING <3

so obvs canonically pretty much the only thing we know about reg is his betrayal of voldemort and the cause etc etc so i like to centre that in most of my thoughts about him……

he joins the death eaters bc he’s a loser w a freakish voldemort obsession who has like three friends and bc he’s lonely and he hates sirius and he wants to spite him by joining the group to which he’s so opposed. he wants to prove sirius wrong and prove himself right and i believe wholeheartedly that, even if he was influenced somewhat by the way he was raised and by the circles he runs in, he joined the death eaters completely of his own volition!!! i’m passionate about this!!! i think it destroys the nuance of his character to say that he was forced to join or that he joined w the intention to betray them all along or whatever . to me, he was fucking gagging to be a death eater and he’s so smug when he’s allowed in. i picture him ranting to barty and evan about ‘the great honour that has been bestowed upon him’ whilst lovingly stroking his dark mark

anyway, then he gets scared. he’s just a boy!!! and he realises he’s in too deep when it’s far too late… to me he just can’t stand the violence of the death eaters. like he’s a blood purist and further than that thinks he personally is superior to pretty much everyone else, on account of his black blood, but he hates that he has to get his hands dirty in order to see his idealised vision of the world (sans mudbloods and blood-traitors) realised…. he’s soft and weak and squeamish and lonely and always so so miserable at all times as a rule. he also tries to hide how scared he is by being a massive bitch. classic.

then he realises that tom has a horcrux (and imo he would figure this out fairly easily after the kreacher thing, bc he’s smart but also bc tom read about them in a book in the HOGWARTS LIBRARY!! so it’s not much of a stretch to say that the same book and probs further, more detailed books would be in the library at grimmauld, likewise in most of the darker pureblood family libraries…. this is another thing i’m passionate about. horcruxes aren’t this big secret. nobody makes them bc nobody’s a fucking idiot like tom is. they’re also warned off properly by their rents. tom doesn’t have this…. ANYWAY) he realises tom has a horcrux and that the guy he’s idolised and basically sold his soul to is fucking bonkers (shameless self promo - i write a bit about this realisation in the regulus letter in my fic ‘where can i put it down?’…. makes me crazy) and he’s scared and alone and he wants out and he does the one brave thing of his life in dying…..

and he doesn’t think it’s a brave thing. he tells himself that sirius was a coward for running away and betraying them and specifically him. he tells himself he’s being brave, braver and better than sirius, when he’s like sticking it out, joining the death eaters, following the role prescribed to him, so when he decides he’s gonna go to the cave it’s like giving up, it’s being a coward, its admitting to himself that he’s never been better than sirius no matter how much he want or tries to be, it’s betraying the cause and everything he’s stood for but he HAS to do it. for sirius and for kreacher and for himself and for the chance that maybe he’s not past saving. he spends his whole life trying to be good but in the sense of behaving and then his death, his first (and last) real rebellion, is the only time that he actively attempts to be good in terms of a moral act even if it has nothing to do w a renouncement of blood purity. and i don’t think he fully realises that when he does it bc it’s all so tangled up in other things. and i’m not saying that he’s like morally reprehensible the rest of the time (he’s just a boyyyy) but the majority of his active choices have been kinda bad ones up to this point even if he’s been like . passively good . and also literally just a child. an angsty teen if you will

his life is marked by inaction and bad decisions and his final act is kinda the antithesis of this and it’s tragic bc he’s not ever going to survive it. and sirius is never gonna know. it makes me miserable. does any of this even make sense lmaooo basically he’s a loser and he misses his brother and he’s so lonely and he loves sirius so much even as he hates him and he’s quiet and he wants so desperately to be a good death eater bc this is everything he’s ever wanted but he just can’t in the end!!! he’s just a boy!!! a boy who would nurse birds with broken wings back to health and cry when they flew away, a boy who would hold his brother’s hand and hang on every word he says and exist almost entirely in sirius’ shadow until said shadow is suddenly gone and he’s left reeling, a boy who’s so so soft and gentle but who hides it all behind layers of barbs and cold remarks, a boy who is desperately desperately sad and scared and GOD I LOVE HIM……

[jessamine-rose]

hello jess beloved..... made a little thing for phantom pain bc i saw this pose reference and immediately i think of jiejie and dain hehe

jiejie's pov? ;D

.............rin?? (。_°)☆

KSNE39E3VKVNVKNVRIK RIN WHAT THE FCK I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR USUAL INTERACTIONS HOLD UP WHY IS THERE AN IMAGE OH SHIT IT'S FAN ART RIN WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?? I LOVE IT SO MUCH BUT RIN?? RIN??!!

*clears throat* Thank you so much for your fan art of Phantom Pain!! I rlly appreciate it, and my comments are in the tags <3

[hopeinthebox]

tagged by my beloved no.1 chappell roan stan @cordiallyfuturedwight thanks my darling <33 i can only apologise for the lack of ms roan here... i swear good luck babe has been on repeat i don't know what happened

tagging the usual suspects, apologies if i've already missed yours: @aprylynn @jiminsproof @thvinyl @cosmicdreamgrl @visionsofgideontheninth @hoseeok @kimchokejin @jihopesjoint @monismochi <333 and you dear reader

oh and see here for more of my self-proclaimed songs of the summer if you're interested in that kind of thing

[leviiackrman]

DONATION SKETCH No. 13

Thank you sm Astraea!! || Rénee Watts - @captastra || Kofi Donations

Tag list (ask to be added or removed): @risingsh0t @sstewyhosseini @chuckhansen @roofgeese @statichvm @unholymilf @florbelles @confidentandgood @arklay @jinfromyarikawa @shellibisshe @simonxriley @queennymeria @marivenah @faerune @nokstella @noonfaerie @liurnia @indorilnerevarine @jacobseed @jackiesarch @heroofpenamstan

[rhaenyra-the-gracious]

I was tagged by the lovely Nat @nataliajames, to post my monthly recieptify! Thank you!

I tag: @atlantidea @lyngunn @yenneferschaos @margaritalaux-antille @bloodbuzz-ohio @redthreadoffate @thehiddenbaroness @bymine @killianglyndon @chuckhansen  @danaanruhn @nynazenik

[spinecurlingmice]

okay more on hajime's underwear. . in a world where all the fte's are canon for everybody and not just a gameplay thing, do you think everybody on the island made it like. a bet or something. every single person he's became close with on this fucking island gave him their panties as a token of closeness, so like are they waiting for him to reciprocate?? the one person he gives his underwear to is like. the Chosen hajime person and they get to gloat ? do they ask.

[kedsandtubesocks]

fic titles ask game ✨

thank you to the cutest jalapeño @jolapeno for the tag ily forever jo

Rules: Send me an ask with the title of one of my fics below and I'll tell you why I chose it, the song it's from, the line in the fic that inspired it, or maybe share a snip.

trick or treat

the lake

game changer (national league)

soulless creatures

to the darkness

monster mash

son tus miradas

ancient paths

midnight show

no pressure tags: @perotovar @burntheedges @hauntedhowlett @pedgito @saradika

@tonysopranosrobe @lowlights @morallyinept @gasolinerainbowpuddles @almostfoxglove & anyone else who hasn’t don’t this yet pls this is as your tag to join in!! 🎃

[jazzzzzzhands]

Oh I got an ask!! And ohh it feels good to draw again!

It's nice to have an excuse to doodle!

Please I welcome asks of art requests during this time of art block!

(i also miss my Groovy au if someone wants to send me an ask..)

[carcarrot]

favorite first watches of july 2024

tagged by @mariocki thank you!!!!!

them! (1954)

the adventures of buckaroo banzai across the 8th dimension (1984)

the long and the short and the tall (1961)

columbo "last salute to the commodore" (1976)

galaxina (1980)

the spy with a cold nose (1966)

also tagging @bawnjourno @starringvincentprice @baycitystygian and uhhh any other mutuals who are movieheads. say you were tagged by me!!

[reiverreturns]

ooooooooo 2, 3, 4, 13, 14 for AO3 wrapped >:)

2. First fic you clicked on this year

Man I WISH I had history on so I knew, but my best guess would be May The Sunrise Bring Hope Where It Once Was Forgotten by deathmallow (Arthur/Sadie, RDR2) which I was definitely re-reading over the winter break. I don't ship the pairing as a rule of thumb but this fic is so good I'll read it again and again. Their Sadie is so wonderful and real to me.

3. First fic you Bookmarked this year

Nachalo by phrenitis (Elizabeth/Philip, The Americans). Just gorgeous, tight, efficient prose that's so in tune with the characters. I loved this one. Man I need to watch The Americans again.

4. First fic you posted this year

Nostos (mostly gen, TGM)! My beloved writing warm up that went off the rails. The only fic I've ever written, copy-proofed, and published in the span of 24 hours.

13. Your personal favorite fic you read this year

oh GOD this question is so hard but I love reccing fics. Here's a couple over multiple fandoms I adored reading this year:

never the same river twice by Contra (Andy/Helen of Troy, The Old Guard) gave me full on body chills when I first read it. Gorgeous premise and a beautiful examination of history, time, and women's place in it. It will give you kassandra feels by proxy though you've been warned.

blue and permanent and the smoke that roams by deerscarer (Anne/Jack/Charles, Black Sails) are fics so good that nothing else for this ship could be written again and I'd still be satisfied because I can revisit these over and over.

The Ministry of Pain by elo_elo (Ghost/OC, Call of Duty) has utterly, utterly stunning prose. I read this fandom blind and having zero interest in character/oc fanfiction and still I cannot get the way it's written out of my mind.

Kings of the Air by FabulaRasa (Ice/Mav, Top Gun) is one of those fandom cornerstone fics that sometimes you think might only be popular because it's been around for ages but this fully earns its stripes and then some. Their characterisation of Mav and Ice is so perfect it's out of this world. I read it three times in two days.

14. Your personal favorite fic you posted this year

So I notoriously find most of everything I write cringe for a long while after I post, but I 100% had the most fun writing Rules of Engagement (Phoenix & Rooster, TGM). It's not the best thing I've ever written, nor the neatest, but their platonic soulmate best friend dynamic is something I was hugely passionate about exploring. It might not make the numbers of my big shippy fics but it's the darling of my heart.

Ao3 wrapped ask game

[userwoodz-archive]

[url + core] | pinterest edition

tagged by my mel @lee-minhoe <3 thanks so much beloved !!

i kind of cheated and used both minchanz and userwoodz and picked my fave nine images from those combined but minchanz is part of my soul okay don’t judge me pls. anyways ngl obsessed with the results pinterest said minchanz? did you mean bickering besties soulmates? and we love to see it.

tagging some lovelies (feel free to ignore ofc!): @rainbowrenjun @caratonce @twiceland @yonglixx @moonsua @strayklds @chanrizard @hyunebear

[ghost-proofbaby]

Hour 19 😍 Steve! Such a bad spy. I did a huge comment on ao3 so I won't repeat here, but I saw you'd replied to someone saying that one of them is going to get outed next chapter and I can't wait. They've been all snuggly and cute and awkward the last few hours and it's time to open a can of worms for more drama. So evil. I love it. I hope it's coffee shop related.

Then Mordor! I'm gonna level with you. I haven't read it yet. BUT. only because I need to go back and re-read the last chapter because I don't have a scooby do what's going on because my memory is real bad. But I'll catch up soon. Willow and Eddie forever. IDST.

Also you do the funniest tags on your posts and asks and I always read all of them so just wanted you to know that 🖤

totally fine on the mordor part because honestly it was a bit of a back to back drop 😭 also we’ve all got lives here. it ain’t going anywhere — take all the time you need, and if you wanna scream about it once/if you do read, i’m always here 🖤

steve really is a bad spy. just imagine how the gang would assign him and robin to go spy on their first date and he blows their cover so eddie just sighs as they’re sitting with their coffee, both deciding the torture should end and they can stop putting on a bit knowing both their friends are near by, and he says “steve. dude. you fucking suck at sneaking around.”

the next few hours are a gentle mix of angst, as well as continuing to let these idiots explore all their awkwardness and cuteness, and i cannot wait 🖤

thank you for reading as always!! and oh my gosh, the fact that you read the tags 😭 you’re such a brave soldier. i’m not responsible for what i put in tags (though i do love dropping a good spoiler in them from time to time). <3

[milkpansa-archive]

tagged by @thiansong and @connorjesup thank so so much darlings!!! <3

my gifs really are nothing special tbh ajdkshfj. all i do is darken/add more contrast and then i play around with selective color to see what fits the vibe !

tagging some darlings: @laowen @winphawin @snimeat @mrdumpling @prapais @pranink @pranpats @ashinlae @carloslouwho (as always feel free to ignore!! <3)

[altruistic-meme]

Omar isn’t the musical guest for sure - other people are listed in this segment. I really doubt they’ll let him sing at all. And their segment will be pretty short. Let’s not expect too much not to get disappointed

im gonna choose to take this in the most good-faith way i possibly can, and assume you are trying to just be informative and helpful <3 so im going to do my best to respond kindly in return.

like i said on the other ask, i don't actually watch jimmy fallon's show. i've only seen some clips of random celebrities, so i know nothing about any lineups, segments, or any of that.

that being said, i've seen some posts about it already so i know that it's highly unlikely, or outright not happening! that's not the point! i understand not wanting to get your hopes up, but quite honestly i enjoy the wondering and anticipation. i get that a lot of the times, fans will do that- make up ideas of what they want to happen and get mad about it when it doesn't. but me, personally, i like thinking about things like this. i think it makes the experience better, even when im wrong.

because consider it like this: if i'm wrong, i get to be surprised and delighted to see what they actually do! and then if i'm right, then i was right and i get to enjoy that feeling of guessing correctly! it's a win-win situation for me.

it's about optimism. i know it's cool and hip right now to be a pragmatist, but i have been there and done that and it's so tiring. so i am going to continue being optimistic!

so yes, i hope for a s3 announcement!! absolutely!!! will i understand if it doesn't happen? absolutely!!! it's only been a month and a genius once told me that the s2 announcement happened ~80 days after the s1 premiere, so i know we've still got time for one. plus, i know the show has become huge internationally, but i don't fully expect the announcement to be on a (as you said) short segment on a foreign TV talk show. do i want Omar to sing? 100%!!! it would be amazing for him as a singer, since it's possible that someone who has never heard of him will be watching and will fall in love with his voice. he doesn't have to be the musical guest to sing, either, if it comes up in conversation and he sings verse that would be stunning too <3 but, again like you said, it's unlikely he will bc he isn't lined up as a musical guest. and so on and so on.

it isn't about getting my hopes too high and being disappointed and mad if i'm wrong. it's about considering the possibilities and what they could mean, and enjoying what we get when we get it anyway.

sorry. this got away from me. thank you for the information on the show though, i appreciate it <3 i actually hadn't seen anything about a list for musical guests, so now i have that information

[blindmagdalena]

Hi! I just wanted to say you are one of my all time favorite writers! I'm way too shy to not send this anonymously, but you've inspired me to try my hand at writing too! I'm a digital artist and have never tried writing but reading your imagines, fanfictions and headcanons really inspired me to write something (about the blonde rat man) myself! Should I fail and falter in my noble quest I shall return with many a headcanon and idea to simply send and bother you with. Bestestest regards, anon #286451

omG. that's so fantastic to hear!!! aahh, dearest, thank you! while I totally understand the security of anonymity, I definitely hope I get to see your work (and art mb?? hello? 👀) when you're ready! i'm always happy to talk about our favorite rat bastard.

absolutely never a bother. thank you for brightening my day! 🖤