#TWO of my posts in the tag previews...this is epic

[oonessawness]

Marmien nation NEVER fails me

[foundtherightwords]

🏛 👑⚔️"Gladiator II" thoughts 🏛 👑⚔️

Before I start, I have to say that (and please don't throw me into the Colosseum for this) I think the first "Gladiator" is just okay. A solid epic historical/action flick, sure, but to me it's no more than that. And... well, "Gladiator II" is more or less the same, but with a less tight script and therefore less emotional resonance.

It's my biggest issue with the movie. The spectacles are great and the action sequences are solid, but I'm not interested in any of the characters (with the exception of the emperors and Macrinus.) They're all very one-note. To be fair, Acacius doesn't require a lot of dimensions and Pedro did a good job with the character, but Lucius and Lucilla... meh. For a movie that is 148 minutes long, it feels oddly rushed; I felt like I never had the time to get to know the characters or become invested in their fates.

On to the good parts: like I said, the emperors and Macrinus. The review that says Denzel is acting on another level and Joe is the only one that comes close to matching him is spot-on. Out of all the characters, Geta and Macrinus are the only two with some depth. Denzel is amazing, affable and gregarious one minute and then chilling and menacing the next. As for Geta, maybe I'm just biased, but it's so easy to make him one-dimensional too, except Joe imbued the character with nuance and subtlety, so although we don't get to spend a lot of time with them, we understand these two emperors and their dynamic very well. Fred also did great with Caracalla - in fact, if his character wasn't so deranged and erratic and Fred didn't play that to perfection, Geta wouldn't stand out as the sane one as much as he did. They really were the perfect double act.

OK, so those are my spoiler-free thoughts. If you haven't seen the movie, click away now! It's going to be all spoilers from here! This is your last warning! (Oh and I'll start posting my Geta fic next Tuesday. Here's a preview; if you want to be tagged, drop me a comment!)

Now if you don't mind spoilers, read on...

When we found out that Ridley Scott had done a switcheroo and made Geta the elder brother (interestingly, the subtitle at my theater has Caracalla as the elder, which suggests the translator did more historical research than Sir Ridley and his writer!), I guessed that the movie would still follow a bit of historical facts with Macrinus manipulates Caracalla into killing Geta (OK, the bit about Macrinus manipulating Caracalla is not historical, but Caracalla killing Geta is), and then Macrinus would kill Caracalla to take the throne. Well...

And Geta's death is... my God. I gasped out loud in the theater. The head afterward was a bit goofy, but I can't say it's not effective. Poor Joe. Not only his characters always get killed, they often get killed in the gnarliest ways too.

I'm very annoyed at those early reports saying that the emperors have about 20-30 minutes of screen time though. It's more like 10! This video?

That's basically all of Joe's scenes! (Fred gets more, obviously, but not by much.)

And again, I wish they would stop using cut scenes as promo (like with AQPD1), because this still?

Never happens.

The final fight between Lucius and Macrinus is weirdly anti-climactic. Macrinus is never set up as a great fighter anyway, so there is no tension in Lucius facing him.

Also, I know I complain a lot about the lack of historical accuracies, but the ending particularly annoys me because it makes it seem like Rome is finally getting better, except it wasn't! After the terrible reign of Caracalla, we get the even worse reign of Elagabalus, and then Severus Alexander, which is basically the calm before the storm that is the Crisis of the Third Century. So if Sir Ridley is doing "Gladiator III", I'd like to see how he wriggles his way out of that!

[jcmarchi]

2XKO Preview - Finding The Fun Fast - Game Informer

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2XKO Preview - Finding The Fun Fast - Game Informer

Back in 2015, I sat down with fighting game community staple and former Capcom employee Seth Killian for a demo of the first game from Radiant Entertainment – his then-newly founded indie studio – Rising Thunder. The title, which featured robots fighting one another, aimed to give players a 2D fighter with simple controls and little barrier to entry. Rising Thunder showed a ton of promise, so much so that League of Legends developer Riot Games acquired Radiant Entertainment in 2016. This led to the cancellation of Rising Thunder, which was at that point in alpha, with many of the core tenets transferring to a new game, codenamed Project L, which was announced in 2019.

However, around the time of the announcement of Project L, Killian left Riot Games to work at Epic Games and now Netflix, but development continued on the title at Riot Games. In February of this year, Project L was officially renamed 2XKO. I finally got my hands on the upcoming fighting game set in the League of Legends universe during a recent visit to the Riot Games campus in Santa Monica, California.

“When Riot acquired the studio, [the developers] were like, ‘What do we want to do here? Do we want to stay on the same path?'” game director Shawn Rivera says. “Rising Thunder actually innovated a lot; one-button specials with cooldowns had really never been done. You see that in modern games like Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, but looking at this IP and looking at how the Champs fight together, we actually changed it quite a bit.” 

The foundation of Rising Thunder was solid, but something didn’t quite fit the theme of a League of Legends fighter. “Being honest, [the original vision of Rising Thunder] wasn’t testing as well as we had hoped, and so we’re just like, ‘Hey, let’s revisit,’ and then we kind of landed on this team version of the game,” Rivera says. “It’s more fun to play with friends. What if we could just build it from the ground up like that? We kind of restarted, but there was a lot of inspiration from Seth and everybody that came before.”

Despite the rebuild to be a tag-team 2v2 fighter with a roster full of League of Legends Champions, some of the key elements of Rising Thunder persisted, including the one-button specials. As a result, the game is supremely playable from the jump. Rivera tells me that one of the core ideas was allowing players to find the fun as fast as possible while retaining the depth fighting game fans crave. 

The build I got my hands on featured five playable characters – Darius, Yasuo, Illaoi, Ekko, and Ahri. Darius is a slower, stronger character with a unique bleed effect where if you’re at the correct range with his specials, you deal extra chip damage. Yasuo is the Wind Samurai with several effective sword slashes in his arsenal. Illaoi is a big, bruising Champion who can summon tentacles from a totem to aid her in a scrap. Ekko is a punk genius who can manipulate time. Ahri is perhaps the most agile character in the build, complete with air dashes, a faster movement speed, and long-range projectiles. 

For my demo, I play a team of Yasuo and Ahri. The art style is immediately appealing, which goes hand in hand with the gameplay’s design to grab you from the earliest stages. Alongside a set of attack buttons with different intensities, the controller layout includes two Special buttons, one team button, and a parry button. Having the Specials mapped to single buttons may sound like it makes gameplay too simple, but in actuality, it opens up myriad possibilities to combo Specials together without much fear of imperfectly executing the motions or holds required in more traditional fighting games. The strategy and depth really come out once you experiment with holding in different directions as you press the Special buttons.

On Rivera’s advice, I combo together Yasuo’s forward Special 1 and Special 2 to launch my opponent. Then, from there, I take to the sky and juggle the opponent mid-air with a combination of two Special 1 strikes and a Special 2 to send my enemy plummeting to the ground. Then, before they can recover, I land and perform a downward Special 2 and put an exclamation point on an extremely flashy combo I would have never been able to pull off in a fighting game with more traditional controls. But pulling that off wasn’t easy; I still had to memorize the long combo and then execute it all in order – almost like how you have to when you’re hitting mits in boxing training.

I spent the rest of my time experimenting with combo-ing together different Specials and tag-team moves before messing around with the Ultimate system, which is equally as simple to pull off using the two special buttons at the same time when your character’s meter is full. These damaging, flashy attacks are awesome for pouring it on during a crucial time in the fight. 

My time with 2XKO came to a close just as I started to understand the tag-team mechanics and how to effectively combo various Specials and standard strikes. I loved what I played of Rising Thunder nearly a decade ago, and 2XKO, while different, delivers that same level of promise that I felt back in 2015. Thankfully, I won’t need to wait as long as the now-eternal wait for Rising Thunder, as 2XKO is currently set to launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC in 2025 as a free-to-play title. 

[potatoesimblr]

genuinely debating going through all of the objects in sims and making a list of what each kind of object has what tags.

like. i already have a text file with that started. like the section for mirrors is set up like this:

(the reason i have the brackets is bc i have it saved as a css file so i can fold the sections and make it easier to navigate)

its split into Comfort, Surfaces, Storage, Entertainment, Electronics, Plumbing, Appliances, Lights, & Decorative

comfort, surfaces, plumbing are the most complete.

entertainment, decorative are the least.

HOWEVER i cannot for the life of me figure out what the fuck makes specifc things have a venue tag and others not. Dining Tables? some of them have Wedding venue, some do not. almost EVERY freestanding sink has the Karaoke venue tag.

what decides if a sink/bathtub/shower/toilet has the Off The Grid tag? i thought it was just like old timey ones but nope!! only TWO bathtubs have the tag. The Woodworked one and the Mo' Koa Wood Bath from Island living. NOTE: this is not including shower/bathtub combos. only THREE of those have the tag (Under the Sea Clawfoot from base game, Sheer Will Clawfoot from vampires, and Epic DIY Shower from strangerville) normal showers?? FOUR. 3 of them are unsurprising. two from Outdoor Retreat and one from Island Living. the only basegame shower that has the tag is the Post Modern Shower Stall which doesn't look like the other three at all!!!

AND THE SCRATCHABLE FURNITURE TAGS

??????????????

i literally just havent been acknowledgeding they exist.

AND WHAT THE FUCK DOES "NO ROUTE UNDER" MEAN. like yes. it means no route under. but i found chairs that a pet could fit under with it ticked off.

AND THE ROOM TAGS. WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY USED. the ONLY item i can remember/have it written down for as having any of them are the alarm clocks!! NOTHING ELSE.

if a chair has the Dining Chair function tag, it does not have the Energy tag and vice versa. Shower/bath combos ONLY have the Shower function tag. only SOME plant deco uses Pot or Vase function tags, sometimes both. what decides if an item has Environment Score +/- 1/2 or the Ecofootprint. what makes something a pedestal.

literally what. if there was an easier way to LOOK at this shit, i wouldn't be so frustrated. but NO. object previewer. EXCEPT BASE GAME ITEMS AREN'T ALWAYS GROUPED WITH ALL THEIR SWATCHES. i want to rip my hair out why am i doing this

[ladyartemesia]

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Once Upon a Bracelet

Pairing: Prince Jungkook x Sorceress Reader

(Featuring Platonic Jin x Reader Friendship)

Genre: Fantasy • Soulmates • Enemies to Lovers

Predicted Word Count: 7K (Teaser is 1K)

Rating: Explicit (18+) (Teaser is PG-13)

Summary: You were born to nothing, but your powerful craft caught the eye of a charming prince.

However, his distinctly un-charming younger brother challenged your betrothal and is routinely challenging you.

Jeon Jungkook is (probably) a former necromancer and (definitely) the wrong prince...

But the bracelets tell a different story.

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Prologue: Blood Magic

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Blood magic was the oldest and most powerful of the ancient crafts.

The best and strongest blood crafters hailed from Dionysia, where the heart of all blood magic, the Sanguine Well, rose up from the earth. The people of Dionysia served as caretakers and protectors of the Well and, in time, reverence of the blood craft wove into the fabric of their souls.

Their culture thrived around it. Their beliefs embodied it.

Even love bowed before it.

Bonding bracelets were born of blood magic.

The ritual creation of a bonding bracelet pair marked the transition from childhood into maturity. When a man or woman reached their 20th birthday, they and their family traveled to the Sanguine Well.

Four cuts were made on the right hand. Six drops of blood offered to the water...

Then the Well would churn and rise with violence, swelling till the overflow swept over the youth who fed their blood to the currents.

When the water receded, the bracelet pair remained.

One bracelet for the man or woman who sought the well.

One for their soulmate.

Only the first of any soulmate pair (the first seeker) to perform the ritual received the bracelets. Many who traveled to the Sanguine Well left empty handed because their soulmate had offered blood first.

The first seeker’s bracelet formed fully clasped around their wrist. The second bracelet remained open and would only close for the first seeker’s destined mate.

When an unclaimed bracelet united with its true host, the open ends stretched and intertwined to form a rune.

From that moment on, the first seeker and their mate were blood bonded; their powers and abilities joined in a sacred union that was – to all known craft – unbreakable.

The strength of a blood bound pair could be quite formidable and, over the centuries, powerful soulmates rose to become great warriors, crafters, and leaders of their people…

For this reason, Dionysia did not take the gift of bonded soulmates lightly.

All proposed matches were registered and approved by the Ruling Council before an open bracelet could even be tried on by a potential partner. Both parties were required to present evidence of their commitment to one another. If the alliance was approved, the betrothed pair participated in a public ceremony where the first seeker’s intended mate would activate the bond by finally placing the open bracelet around their wrist.

The Royal Council believed this care and reverence honored the craft and the gods, thereby allowing the sacred tradition to continue.

In 900 years of recorded history, only five bonding ceremonies ended with a bracelet that did not close.

Now there were six…

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Once Upon a Time...

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“Jin!”

Your voice echoed dismally down the dusty corridor of Silent Truth Hall. “I’m sorry…I—”

Jin whirled on you, shaking his head vehemently.

“None of this is your fault.”

“There are many reasons why this could’ve happened,” you offered breathlessly.

“There’s only one reason why this happens.”

He sighed in defeat as you rubbed your temples in frustration.

“I don’t understand. The Council gave permission!”

The Ruling Council was a sovereign governing body of three kings and three queens, one monarch from each of Dionysia’s six royal bloodlines.

“The Council isn’t all knowing… ” Jin collapsed against a nearby wall. “This is a disaster,” he whispered.

And it was.

You had no family, but all of your friends from the Academy were there.

Jin was technically an orphan as well, but his adopted family, the Jeons, were there.

Jeon Alaya was high queen of the Ruling Council, so half the kingdom was there to see her (adopted) son bond with a craft prodigy from The Wastes.

Half the kingdom, but not her blood. Not her youngest son, you thought bitterly.

The two of you were silent for several moments while your minds struggled to process the shock.

“Do you think the rumors—what they say about me—is true?” you asked solemnly.

Jin’s head shot up in an instant.

“No,” he swore, “they’re absolutely not true.”

“But it didn’t close—”

“It didn’t close because we aren’t soulmates—not because you aren’t one of us.” His expression softened. “We were a good idea… just not the right one.”

Tears begin to burn at the corner of your eyes.

On some level you were not surprised. You cared for Jin but–

Yours was not an overly romantic attachment.

It was a strong friendship—one that spanned several years. When you decided to apply to the Royal Council for bonding, it seemed…

Logical.

Friendship was an excellent basis for blood bonding. More than one bonded pair applied as friends.

You believed in the wisdom of the Royal Council—everyone did. If you and Jin were not meant for each other, then surely the Council would see it. They would turn down the application. Someone would object…

Someone did object, your mind taunted.

But you were approved.

The date was set. Announcements made. Invitations sent out. The bracelet was placed on your wrist and…

Nothing.

Nothing happened.

Jin’s bracelet remained stubbornly un-closed.

And you had never felt so mortified, so exposed… so profoundly alone in your entire life.

It was a scandal of epic proportions, one which potentially called into question the judgement of the entire Ruling Council.

“Listen,” Jin said at last, “I need… I need to clear my head and think about the next steps. I know an expert on bonding bracelets. Maybe I can convince her to help. There might be another explanation.”

His hands slid up to grasp your shoulders in a familiar comforting gesture.

“Head to my house outside the city for a while. No one will bother you there, and I’ll be back tomorrow.” He gave your arms a brotherly squeeze. “We’ll work through this.”

You nodded, extremely grateful for the opportunity to be alone for a few hours.

Jin helped you slip out the back corridor to avoid the insanity still unfolding in the Hall (where the failed ceremony took place), then you parted with a final hug and quietly walked the few miles to his beautiful manor near the lake.

Technically, Golden Starlight House was one of many homes owned by the Jeon family. This one, however, Jin shared with his younger brother…

Jungkook

Jeon Jungkook was a sore subject for you. In fact, you preferred not to think about him at all if possible—and you certainly would never agree to hide at his house if you thought he would be there.

But Jungkook left weeks ago… right after the betrothal was announced.

“I cannot stand by and watch my brother make a mistake like this.”

His horrible words echoed in your mind as you unlocked the door, prepared to simply collapse fully clothed on the chaise when—

“Shouldn’t you be off playing bride-to-be literally anywhere else?”

You turned, already knowing who you would see.

“Jeon Jungkook. Of course.” A mirthless laugh bubbled up before you could stop it.

Just what I needed right now.

Full story should be posting very soon! Please let me know what you thought of the teaser! 🥺I would really appreciate it and it really fuels my creative process! I promise I treasure every word!

Let me know in the comments if you would like to be tagged for this story!

Tagging: @lemonjoonah @xjoonchildx @ppersonna @hobi-gif @untaemedqueen @underthejoon because you ladies are my heart and I always want to show you what I did right away 🥺

Important Note: I previously published a version of this story for a different fandom (Star Wars). So if you see it elsewhere (though I have made considerable changes) I promise it’s me and I can prove it. Tagging @wwilloww because she read the original way back when 😂🤣

[nailamoonsi]

My own art of Layla, Alia, Antonio and Alejandro from left to right. They’re OCs within Blue Horizon, which has an ongoing comic (on both Webtoons and here), a character blog (originally on Tumblr and transcripted on Neocities), AND an epic science fantasy novel (and side adventure light novel) I’ve finished and am doing edits for. It was formerly code-named “Another Sky verse” due to initially attempting a tradpub path, but it is now a solo and indie project! (03/12/24 edit.)

05.14.24: A Blue Horizon Kickstarter is in the works! The summaries and previews for the first 5 Kickstarter short stories can be found here.

07.03.23 edit: Another Sky WIP is complete at 214k words! It involves many POC and LGBT characters who are pretty invested in “ancient Earthian culture” (i.e., somewhere around our era) within a planet across the galaxy, tens of thousands of years after Earthians began exploring it.

Here’s a short summary:

Thousands of years after a distant planet becomes disconnected from galactic societies, its humans are back on their feet again. The world reaches for the future, and the Protector will lead the way. Ranvir and Armando, two boys from the Protector's class, begin to discover eerie happenings upon the planet as their friend group begins to merge. Including the sudden arrival of children who seem to be from that future. Including their son, Antonio.

A lot of my previous information about the project is on Twitter. Including more detailed info, synopses, and snippets. However, I’ll slowly be shifting my focus here [as well]. Posts related to WIPs are largely tagged Blue Horizon (formerly #AnotherSkyVerse, which is now retired), but are also found at #mywrites and #myart and #my oc drawing. I now have a website for info on the OCs, including art.

P.S. This was the first time I drew digital art of human protags! Drawn with Clip Studio Paint. The flower is a brush by   ▷流河!

ALT under the cut:

Art 1: Layla has a red eye, eyepatch, and an odd smile going, is dark brown with wavy white-silver anime hair. She wears a light green suit with green shadow, and a red shirt. Alia is also dark brown, has falling anime ocean blue curls, with a noticeable aqua highlight. She's smiling to herself and wears a blue-violet coat. 

Art 2: Antonio has red eyes, a grin, is brown, has lighter ocean blue hair that falls like ocean waves, and has grabbed onto Alejandro, who looks a little shy, is sienna brown, has long violet hair, fuschia eyes (a power-up of red eyes), dark pink dyed locks in front of him, and he's wearing a pink shirt, as is looking back at Antonio. They both have slight blushes. 

Art 3: Full art of OCs with repeating alt text. Layla has a red eye, eyepatch, and an odd smile going, is dark brown with wavy white-silver anime hair. She wears a light green suit with green shadow, and a red shirt. Alia is also dark brown, has falling anime ocean blue curls, with a noticeable aqua highlight. She's smiling to herself and wears a blue-violet coat. Antonio has red eyes, a grin, is brown, has lighter ocean blue hair that falls like ocean waves, and has grabbed onto Alejandro, who looks a little shy, is sienna brown, has long violet hair, fuschia eyes (a power-up of red eyes), dark pink dyed locks in front of him, and he's wearing a pink shirt, as is looking back at Antonio. They both have slight blushes.

[wuxian-vs-wangji]

Can you do your next show rec as gose? 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Since it's a variety show (vs a drama) I'll just do it here instead of doing one of the bigger style rec posts :)

GOSE (Going Seventeen)

** the descriptions are as of the latest eps when I made this post. Don't @ me 4+ months down the line if they've done something from 2020 in 2021 as well.

A variety show following the 13 members of the kpop idol group Seventeen as they complete various missions or events over the weeks.

For the most part, each theme covers 2 episodes, with special extra footage coming after the preview for the next week's program every time.

Because of the ever-revolving themes, it is hard to say specifically what is done one episode to the next, and episodes can be watched in any order (just watch #1 before #2 of a particular theme).

Some of my favorite themes have been:

Don't Lie (Played 3 separate times across GOSE 2020 and 2021).

Don't lie features Seventeen playing a game where they try to figure out which among them are "Mafia" (and the Mafia try to kill the rest of the team) while simultaneously hunting around various sets for hundreds of dollars of real money. Cutthroat and chaotic, it's always worth a laugh! (They did play just the Mafia Game in the 2019 season (I think), but the treasure hunt modifier is the best thing ever done).

Mousebusters (2020 series and god I hope they play again).

9 members of Seventeen don jumpsuits, arm themselves with food-coloring water guns, and across a massive outdoor warehouse area must hunt and capture 4 "rats"- members born in the Year of the Rat- who are hiding throughout the area. Members can escape capture, be broken out of prison, and use a variety of special skills to try and evade the other 9 until time is up and the losing team is doused with flour.

Debate Night (I believe this week's episode of GOSE will mark the third time they've done this).

Members of Seventeen divide into two teams of 6, with member Wonwoo as moderator for a series of chaotic screaming matches intellectual debates covering important topics. Previous topics have included "Which is better, being immune to heat or cold?" and "Travel through time for 3 seconds or teleport for 10 and risk member Joshua coming back from the bathroom still peeing".

The Ad Lib Game (Done in 2020 and 2021 (2020 is funnier))

Members are given a scene to complete- such as planning video content or auditioning to become trainees at entertainment companies. They must keep the flow going and keep it ridiculous... but each member has on their shoulder or neck a TENS device (electric massage) that will start zapping them if they laugh. The goal is to not get zapped while also ensuring the other members are tortured as much as humanly possible.

Let's Go Seventeen (2021)

Members are let loose inside a gym with a massive inflatable obstacle course and must race against one another (and keep their pants on (harder than it sounds with these guys)) in order to determine who claims the top spot. And, in the epic finale, all 13 members attack at once.

13 Raiders (2021)

Members of Seventeen are taken to a deserted island (no really, it's an island with nothing on it) and must follow fragments of treasure maps to find the complete map and claim the treasure hidden on the island... Unless you're S.Coups and Jeonghan, in which case you immediately zero in on the picnic area and spend the entire time roasting meat and eating ramen while the other members scramble to find the treasure before their 3 hours are up.

The Tag (2020)

Members of Seventeen- some in groups and some individually- must enter an office building and search for missing keys in the dark. Only one key will unlock the front door and allow them to escape, but they will be hunted by three murderers within the building who are trying to take them captive (and apparently one ghost who only 2-3 members saw)...

--And 4 members will have to be rescued by the production director after accidentally breaking a door handle and trapping themselves in a supply closet. Because of course they did.

Four Wheeled Rider (2020)

Members go to a small cart track and compete in 4 wheel bike races mario-kart style, with powerups, boosts, and penalties carried out by the other members. Penalties include being attacked with squirt guns, having barricades (some of them human) put across the track, spinning in circles, or having to eat entire bananas before being allowed to continue the race.

All episodes can be found on the group's YouTube channel fully subbed. For most I recommend setting the play speed at 75%, they are chaos personified.

** Drinking Game Modifiers: Do a shot any time Hoshi mentions (even indirectly via gestures or wardrobe) tigers || Do a shot every time the captions mention Jun was a child actor.

[shoumandee]

244 posts created (28%)

615 posts reblogged (72%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 2.5 posts.

I added 1,638 tags in 2021

#reblog - 560 posts (ah yes, reblog)

#mha - 155 posts (mha supremacy ig)

#bnha - 155 posts

#boku no hero academia - 153 posts

#my hero academia - 149 posts

#nartothelar - 109 posts (nart epic artist)

#random - 96 posts (rndom is rndom)

#black and yellow - 92 posts (they)

#hush up mandi - 86 posts (shuts up)

#i ramble - 83 posts (i ramble a lot)

Longest Tag: 81 characters

#i finally post and here u are abt to punt me virtually just bc am snack sized /lh (LMAOAO)

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

can't find the full piece at the moment but thIS IS IMPORTANT

HELLO?? THEY ALL LOOK SO FINE??

AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON SHINSOU'S HERO COSTUME REVEAL- HE FCKIN HAS SPEAKERS ON HIS LEGS + DEM FINGERLESS GLOVES

JUST- AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH I LOVE HIM

cr to horikoshi 🛐 (mha artbook art thing)

141 notes • Posted 2021-05-17 09:41:48 GMT

#4

.... i'm not ready for next weeks episode..

ok but like despite the upcoming sadness, these two look fine (mha s5 19 promo art)

143 notes • Posted 2021-08-08 02:22:22 GMT

#3

HELLO WHAT

BIRD BOIS?!?!?!?? (hawks + fumikage whm teaser)

242 notes • Posted 2021-07-14 01:13:58 GMT

#2

MHA S5 Episode 19 / 107 previews

i'm honestly excited and scared at the same time (look up)

360 notes • Posted 2021-08-12 13:43:55 GMT

#1

new gengas for S5 19 / 107

i'm still not prepared (look above)

629 notes • Posted 2021-08-14 04:45:05 GMT

(honestly my top posts r very predictable. btw i removed pics bc with it the post will be very long)

[jadescribbles]

Masterlist

Hi! You can call me Jade. My main is @jadenightthewriter

Welcome to my Look I Made A Thing™ sideblog :D

WRITING

All writing is on my ao3 account, and will be tagged with “my writing” until I think of a tag. (Suggestions accepted!)

Detective Conan/Magic Kaito ✯ Stamped and Sent (Sagukai, penpals, incomplete) [1] [2] [3] [to be continued...] ✯ Facets of a Red Child (Akako character study, complete) ✯ Not Here (Kaito angst poem, complete) ✯ Bloodmoon (Coai/Shinshi-ish horror fic, complete) ✯ Coai Week 2020 (I somehow can’t get the post links but all 7 one shots are here) ✯ The cat that chose us (shared cat fic, kaishin, for @nagiru, complete) ✯ A Winter Day (platonic-ish sagukaishin, for @thrushsong-kvaris, one shot, complete) ✯ Tranquility (CoAi drabble collection, fluff, for @rux363)

Keeper of the Lost Cities ✯ Rusted Roses (Dex angst fic, incomplete) ✯ Warmth in the Cold (Kam, human AU, fluff, complete) ✯ Burning (dark Linh angst, complete) ✯ A Little Blooming Water Lily (Delivvy fic for @we-have-no-bananas-today, WIP) [preview] ✯ “Destroy you.” (Keefitz angst for @vibing-in-the-void, complete) ✯ Blooming Together (Marellinh Week 2020, Day 5: Flowers/Fireworks, fluff, complete) ✯ Countdown (Sokeefe drabbles, incomplete) [1] [to be continued...] ✯ Don’t think (of him) (Kam, angst drabble, missing scene, complete) ✯ Two Stars (Kam angst, Soulmates AU, complete) ✯ Stolen Away (Kam/Marellinh Pirate AU, complete) [1] [2] ✯ Just a second of your time (Kam fluff, drabble, complete) ✯ Don’t cry (Keefe & Tam centric, angst drabble, complete) ✯ As the rain drowns my thoughts (Kam fluff(ish), drabble, complete) ✯ Glimmer character analysis (as of book 8.5 Unlocked) ✯ I wished for you (Solinh, coffee shop magic AU for @isapizzas, fluff, one shot, complete)

Septimus Heap ✯ Extraordinary (Marcia angst fic, incomplete) [1] [2] [3] [4] [to be continued...] ✯ Rosemary -Day 2: Rosemary (Beetle drabble, complete) ✯ Put Back Together and Torn Apart (Septimus angst fic, complete) ✯ Forest Whispers -Day 4: Regal (Ariel’s POV, SandRider scene, complete) ✯ It’s Midnight -Day 5: Midnight (Dragon Boat poem, complete) ✯ Chameleon = Chaos (Modern AU, crack, complete) ✯ Tails of Castle Cats (Marcia, Septimus, Tod, and a whole ton of cats, incomplete) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] to be continued...] ✯ Wings and Flyte (Septimus Heap Wings AU, collab, series, incomplete) ✯ Some of @septimus-heap’s absolutely amazing fics that I’ve linked on tumblr for him. Here, here, and here. ✯ Unbroken Wings (Wings AU angst, Marcellus and Syrah POV, one shot, complete)

Wings of Fire ✯ like the jade dragons (Jade Winglet-centric, band au, human au, multi-chapter, incomplete) [1] [chapters 2-9 on ao3] [to be continued...] ✯ In the Shadows of the Leaves (Sunlow fluff oneshot, human royal AU, complete) ✯ A Storm on the Horizon (Qinter oneshot, human royal AU, complete) ✯ Two previous entries are now part of a series. Can be found here.

Naruto ✯ Window to Your Soul (KakaObi soulmate AU, oneshot, angst, complete) ✯ And If the Wind Changes (Sand Siblings & Naruto & Kakashi, fluff, part of a series)

ART

Please do not repost my art, whether here or on other sites. All art is tagged with “my art” until I come up with an art tag (again, suggestions accepted!)

No Fandom ✯ My former blog icon ✯ Fanart for an amazing friend’s WIP comic :) ✯ Lime Racoon ✯ Blueberry Panther ✯ Succulent Fox ✯ Bisexual Visibility Day! ✯ Sketch(es) [1] ✯ Header for my main blog

Wuthering Waves ✯ Yinlin sketch! Keeper of the Lost Cities ✯ Sokeefe digital art ✯ Linh and Wing!Tam ✯ Studio Ghibli AU (Song Twins ft. Fitz, Sophie, Tiergan, Prentice, + Wylie) ✯ Fedex fae!AU mini comic

Septimus Heap ✯ Sarah -Day 1: Flourishing ✯ Akhu Amulet ✯ Modern AU Marcia ✯ Coral Color Pallet Jenna  ✯ Heaptober 2023 (Days 1-6) ✯ Art for Sep’s epic time travel AU

Detective Conan/Magic Kaito ✯ Chasing Clouds moodboard ✯ Shiho and Akemi

Yuri!!! on Ice ✯ “Room aesthetic moodboards”: Victor & Yuuri

REMEMBER!!! REBLOGS >>> LIKES

Love you all~♥

[henrydangerismymiddlename]

THE POST-FINALE HENRY DANGER OPINIONS TAG:

I was tagged by @chenryhart : )

Here’s my answers, first of all:

What was your favourite part of the show and why did it initially draw you in?

I remember when it first came out and they were showing previews on Nick. At the time, I didn’t watch much TV and only watched shows that happened to be on when I turned my TV on. Things have changed. After they constantly aired season one 24/7, I started to realize that I loved the show. Henry’s character especially drew me in. I like to say that I started watching it for the excitement of being a hero and the epic fighting, but I stayed because of Ray and Henry’s father-like relationship. I sadly didn’t discover the Tumblr fandom until over halfway through the show, but I’m thankful for all of you!

Who was your overall favourite member of Team Danger and why?

I’m so cliche and non-apologetic. It’s Henry. Every kid wants to be a hero, and Henry was around the same age as me when I started watching. I got to watch his character grow up and become this strong, brave, loyal superhero. Don’t get me wrong, Charlotte was always a close second. I loved her confidence and style. As the seasons progressed, I also loved how Jasper’s character matured. But until the end, I could relate to Henry so much. Him freaking out about what the heck he was supposed to do with his life? Yeah I’m close to graduating and kind of freaking out too. Henry Hart will always be my favorite.

Who was your favourite duo in the show (romantic or non-romantic)?

See I’m kind of weird. I never really had a ship? All the times that Henry went on a date in the earlier seasons, I was just like...this is going nowhere. So I have to say that if the writers were going to set Henry up with an endgame relationship, it should have been within Team Danger and revealed much earlier. But I actually didn’t mind that they didn’t give Henry a long-term love interest (canonically speaking). Why? Because they got to focus on the duo that started it all. The mentorship that blossomed into a friendship and a father/son relationship. Yup, I’m talking about Henry and Ray. I cannot express how much I love these two. In the beginning it was purely protective and professional, but it’s almost like Ray saw that Henry was growing up and let himself relax in the later seasons. I don’t care how ridiculous he can be, as we saw in the blimp scene, Ray loves Henry so dang much. And Henry cares about Ray just as much. I love seeing strong platonic relationships, especially when they are as comedic, passionate, and deep as Ray and Henry’s.

Describe your overall emotions/feelings regarding the show being over and the show in general, looking back on it as a whole, with one quote from the show

“I love you, buddy”

Seriously. I love this show. I love these characters. I love the actors. I love the relationships. I love the fandom. I love you guys. I’m not ok, but I feel good. It was time for this to end, but I won’t stop loving this show.

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copy and paste the following questions and answer with as much detail as you want and when you’re done tag at least 2 other blogs to do the same, let’s go!

Who was your overall favourite member of Team Danger and why?

Who was your favourite non-team danger character and why?

Who was your favourite villain and why?

What were your top five favourite Henry Danger episodes of all time and why?

What were your top five least favourite Henry Danger episodes of all time and why?

What was your favourite running gag and why?

What was your favourite one-off throw away gag and why?

What episode, which character and which duo made you laugh the most?

What episode, which character and which duo made you the most emotional?

How would you rank each season from 1 to 5, one being the best and five being the worst?

Who was your favourite duo in the show (romantic or non-romantic)?

What was your favourite Henry and Ray moment/episode?

What was your favourite Chenry moment/episode?

What was your favourite Hensper moment/episode?

What was your favourite Chensper moment/episode?

If you could go back and change one element of the show, what would it be?

If you could say one thing to each main character in the pilot, what would it be?

If you could say one thing to each main character in the finale, what would it be?

Were you satisfied with the finale? What part was your favourite and what part was your least favourite?

What would your ideal Henry danger spin off look like?

Where do you personally see the characters 10 years from now? What are they doing, who are they with, where are they in their lives - what do you think happened to them? Most importantly, are they happy?

What was your favourite part of the show and why did it initially draw you in?

What was your favourite part of the fandom and why did it initially draw you in?

Describe your overall emotions/feelings regarding the show being over and the show in general, looking back on it as a whole, with one quote from the show

If you were able to add one scene in the finale, what would you add?

One twist: when you answer this for yourself, add one new question at the end for the next person to answer. Remember to tag at least two people so we can get this around the whole fandom so everyone can have their proper goodbye! And feel free to do this even if you don’t get tagged, I want to see how everyone feels!

I tag: @chenryhart (I want your opinion too <3) @bitchmilsky @henryhearts @ginger--binger @lady-gravity-129

[sephyathredon]

SephyAthredon Sideblog Masterlist

  Hey there! One of the things I wanted to do is compile all my sideblogs in one place so that you all know where to find me RPing another muse that you may possibly like from another fandom.

  There is also a blog for Aizawa from BNHA in the works for the new year so I’ll add that one once I make it.

  None of the art in the blog previews belong to me.

Blog Name: @sephyathredon

Muse: None/Personal (Formerly an OC clone of Sephiroth from FFVII)

Activity: I’m always reblogging FFVII Remake stuff! Very few posts actually made by me

Content: Purely FFVII, most posts that are not FFVII are tagged with ‘not FFVII’

FFVII and FFVII Remake spoilers, as well as spoilers for Crisis Core, DoC, and AC.

Other: This is my main blog, so all sideblogs will be linked to this one.

Blog Name: @not-what-i-meant

Muse: Finn, from the Blue Sky film Epic.

Activity: Very dead, unlikely to be revived.

Content: Everything Epic, including some of my own photosets and memes that I made.

Blue Sky’s Epic spoilers

Other: This blog is the oldest blog that I have, that I haven’t deleted yet. It still has one of my favorite blog layouts. It’s tag is Not-what-I-meant-Finn. Also, check out @isabeau25‘s blog for alot of Epic worldbuilding that I helped with (I’m FTL).

Blog Name: @ask-masa

Muse: None (It says Masa from House of Five Leaves but 0 RP has been done on this blog)

Activity: Dead, save for one or two posts a month

Content: Anything and anything that crosses my Dash that is House of Five Leaves related.

House of Five Leaves Spoilers

Other: This blog is only really kinda active because I get stuff on my dash from Danikaze that I always reblog.

Blog Name: @durinbrothersrp-archived

Muse: Fili, and occasionally Kili, both from the Hobbit Trilogy

Activity: Dead and archived

Content: Stuff from the Hobbit movies, including some analysis of some of it’s scenes. 

Spoilers for the Hobbit Movies

Other: I had a lot of fun on this blog, but I don’t see it ever being used.

Blog Name: @compassionate-spirit

Muse: Cole from Dragon Age Inquisition, will also occasionally play my Lavellan

Activity: Dead but will occasionally come alive with an inquisition related reblog or two. Has a high chance of being revived. Hit him up if you want to RP with him.

Content: Anything Dragon age, inquisition or otherwise (Not DA2 though)

Spoilers for Dragon Age Origins and Awakening

Other: I love playing Cole mostly for the way he speaks. If you would like Cole to read your muse’s mind, talk to me about it OOC first so we can get the backstory and stuff squared away.

Blog Name: @willfulwayfarer

Muse: Terra from Kingdom Hearts (Will RP BBS or Post KH3)

 Activity: Very Active at the moment. This is the blog I have the most activity on.

Content: Mostly fanart and stuff about the Wayfinder Trio, but I also reblog other things from Kingdom Hearts as well.

Spoilers for Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts 3

Other: This blog also has a whole page of verses to choose from, just include the verse name in an ask or a starter that I’m tagged in.

Blog Name: @lukas-the-loyal

Muse: Lukas from Minecraft Story Mode

Activity: Not active for now, but my interest in MCSM is sporatic, so I may write something and put it on there sometime in the future. I would also love to RP as Lukas, but I don’t know any other blogs that would be willing to do so.

Content: MCSM reblogs and my own writting. It’s mostly Lukesse, though I do sometimes try to explore other characters.

Spoilers for Minecraft Story Mode

Other: None

Blog Name: @sorrowfuldreemurr

Muse: Asgore from Undertale

Activity: Dead for now, but let me know if you would like to RP. I always love playing Asgore.

Content: Undertale related stuff, though sometimes I reblog the posts of some of my friends in the Undertale fandom that don’t necessarily have to do with Undertale.

Spoilers for Undertale and Deltarune

Other: The existence of this blog led me to one of my favorite off-site RPs and I’ll always be grateful for that. Also, check out Fractured, one of my favorite RPs ever. It’s a continuation of something else by my partner. i linked to three different things having to do with it, so check that out first.

Blog Name: @kurogane-takashi

Muse: Kuron/Kuro (Clone Shiro) from Voltron Legendary Defender.

Activity: Sorta dead because I don’t follow any Voltron blogs anymore and I’m super salty about canon, but I have an interest check up for people who would like me to bring him back.

Content: Voltron stuff, but mostly things about Kuron

Spoilers for Voltron Legendary Defenders

Other: This blog was originally made based off the fan theory about Clone Shiro, but that changed with the later seasons.

Blog Name: @ffviitextboxes​ 

Muse: None

Activity: Kinda dead, but will come alive next time I get on FFVII, which will be soon, considering the remake’s coming out soon.

Content: Only text boxes from FFVII that I find interesting, amusing, or notable.

Spoilers for Final Fantasy VII

Other: Probably the least pretty looking blog that I have, but it does what it’s supposed to.

Blog Name: @diplomatictranslator​

Muse: Gren from The Dragon Prince

Activity: Active, since the newest season came out recently.

Content: I reblog alot of TDP things, and I even make my own photosets if I’m motivated enough to.

I wait a week or so before posting spoilers for new seasons of The Dragon Prince, but otherwise, this blog has heavy spoilers.

Other: I am trying to get some RP going on this blog! Wish me luck!

*Picture redacted because of too many DQXI Spoilers*

Blog Name: @oleandertheluminary​

Muse: The Luminary (for me named Oleander) From Dragon Quest XI

Activity: Semi-active

Content: So far, only photosets that I’ve made, that are DQXI related. 

HEAVY Spoilers for Dragon Quest XI

Other: I am also going to see if I can get some RP going here as well!

[sweetbitterpdf]

Did I read your tags incorrectly/am I dreaming or are you really planning an ancient greece AU 👀👀

indeed i am!! i’m still working out some of the details, but i’m almost ready to make a preview/summary post! 

as far as ancient greece AUs go, this one is a bit different! 

rather than being based on the pantheon and on the gods and mythology, as most are— and i love them— this one is more so based around the theatre of the athenian golden era— specifically sophoclean tragedy, is what i have planned, but i’m also planning on including some references to/inspiration from the homeric epics and the greek oral tradition as a whole! 

basically this an entirely self-indulgent AU that allows me to project my classics bitch energy onto my two fave boys

the general premise is that eliott’s an actor/playwright/general artist, acting and studying under sophocles. he travels from athens to visit the oracle of delphi. she gives him a mysterious and cryptic prophecy— as she often does.

he arrives at the first rehearsal for sophocles’ newest play. sophocles introduces the chorus that will be accompanying the actors, which lucas is part of. lucas— along with the rest of the chorus— are young, off-duty soldiers. eliott knows with one look that lucas is the boy that was mentioned in his prophecy. 

he then spends quite some time trying to figure out if he’s drawn to lucas because of godly words or because of far more human things.

[queenofthebench]

06/20/19

This week has been pretty long,  and not too great. I’ve been up and down with nausea for the last few days, which has made working a bit difficult. I’ve been trying to push through when I can, but it seems to hit me at random times, and I it’s hard for me not to feel guilty when I have to leave early or cancel plans I made with other people. I think it’s also being made worse by the fact that I’m stressed out. Now that I have the goal of a paper looming over me, every experiment I do feels more pressure than the last, especially if one doesn’t work out the way I want it to. It’s hard to know when to stop and when to keep going if things aren’t working. Part of me gets to the end of a bad week and feels like “Ok I tried my best and I will approach this again next week.” while the other part of me feels like “I haven’t got anything to show for this week, so I need to put in extra time over the weekend and try to make up for that.”

Sometimes I let the first thought win, sometimes it’s the second. I really am not sure which is the “right” way forward. On one hand, I have been working a lot to try to move my project forward, and I recognize that I need time to recharge. On the other hand, I know I have a deadline, and every week that passes where I’m not moving closer to it gives me stressful feelings. *Sigh*, if anyone has advice for how to regulate these two emotions, please help me out! I don’t want to be a slacker or get behind in my deadlines/disappoint my advisor, but I also get really annoyed when I put in a lot of hours and then also have to give up my weekend. The fear of failure didn’t crush me this hard when I didn’t have a hard deadline. Trying out new things and troubleshooting is fun for me, until it feels like I need to be on a road somewhere and I have yet to leave my driveway.

In other news, my partner has been away for the past week, and it’s been a bit lonely in the apartment. I’ve enjoyed the quiet time, but I also feel very odd without him. It’s weird because I consider myself pretty independent, but whenever we are apart it always gets me a bit down/lonely feeling, so I guess I’m dependent after all! I just feel like my schedule gets all messed up and I lose my desire to cook and do things as much. I’ve been trying to keep busy with friends, but it’s been a little hard the last few days with me feeling sick. On the plus side, I’ve rediscovered my GameBoy Color and have been replaying Pokemon Blue, which has brought me so much joy! I didn’t realize how much I’d missed it! 

Also random... I’ve entered the world of sci-twitter. Not under this blog, but as a real human. And I’m terrified! It’s hard to know what to post, and most of the time I just like other people’s tweets. But at the same time I don’t really have anyone to show me the “etiquette” of twitter. Like...is it ok to “like” something that one of your followers has retweeted, even if you don’t know the original person who tweeted the post? Does the answer to that make a difference if the original person is more famous, or if it’s a regular person with not a lot of followers (so my like would be more creepy?). How come you can’t preview twitter posts?! I finally worked up the courage to post an image I took on the microscope today, that I had tweaked a little in photoshop to make it into a desktop background, and twitter downsampled the image or something and the photoshop edits showed up in the background, even though they were not visible on my computer screen! I deleted it, but felt so embarrassed, especially as a scientist, because we are taught that editing photos = BAD. For art purposes I believe it is ok, but there is still that little part of me that was horrified that people could see it. I got so stressed from that that I think it turned my stomach even more, and I had to take a walk to calm down. Sounds stupid, but I was sweating! Because not only was the photo looking bad, I had tagged someone in it who had release the look-up table I used to color-code the image, and that was also a big move for me since I don’t know him except on twitter! So as soon as I posted it, he “liked” it, and then I deleted it and tried again, only to realize that the edits STILL showed up. He like the second post. Now I was starting to panic. Deleted that one too and then just never tried again. Part of me is wondering if it’s possible to “like” anything that mentions your twitter handle? His likes were pretty instantaneous for both posts, which was kind of weird. Either way, I was mortified and it will be a long time before I post something of my own again. At least, something that has to do with my research. 

So there you have it. I’m a nervous ball of anxiety and loneliness this week! Looking forward to tomorrow being Friday and just being able to go home and relax a bit. 

How are you guys doing? As always, feel free to drop me a message if you want to chat, or submit an epic win/fail :) My inbox is always open.

-Q

[capri-bigbang2k21]

Big Bang Rules and FAQ!

What is a big bang? A big bang is a challenge where authors and artists are paired together to create epic works. For this bang, authors can choose between a Big Bang or a Mini Bang.

What is the difference between a Big Bang and Mini Bang? Big Bangs will have a minimum word count of 25k words and two pieces of art. Mini Bangs will have a minimum word count of 10k words and require only one piece of art. There is no penalty for going over the limit, in either words or pieces of art.

Every author will have the choice to wait and determine their bang type as their story progresses. You mustdecide by the second check-in because that will affect the artist assignments.

Artists will be paired with first priority towards corresponding bang types (mini/big), but depending on the scope of the event there might be some miss-matches.

What is required of an author? Just to restate: big bang authors will need to submit a story that has at least 25k words and mini bang authors will need to submit a story that has at least 10k words. Every writer will be required to write and submit a new work that meets the minimum word count. This story can be anything you want (canon-verse, Modern AU, bakery AU, reality TV), just so long as it is a new work. Chapters added to an existing story will not count.

You can write a sequel to a story, but it should be able to stand alone for the most part. It wouldn’t be fair to write a sequel to a story that people have to read before reading your big bang story. (Especially to your artists!)

What are prompts?

Prompts were introduced as a way to allow the fandom at large to contribute to the Bang, and to inspire writers who don’t already have a story idea. They will be published after July 8th.

What is required of an artist? To reiterate, if an artist chooses a mini bang fic, they will need to create one piece of art for that story. If they chose a big bang fic, they will be required to create two pieces of art for that story. The summaries of the stories will be marked accordingly when that time comes.

What if I need to switch to a mini bang? You can switch at any time up until the second check-in.

What if an author has to drop out? Things happen. There won’t be a penalty or anything like that! But just remember that there will be at least one other person counting on you.

For those who have to drop out, we will be hosting a round of works for pinch-hitters to claim. Pinch hitting is someone stepping in and taking over a story or artwork in order to finish it.

What kind of art is allowed? Generally the traditional mediums are most used (graphics, sketches, digital paintings, photo manips, picspams). You can also make fanmixes and fanvids as well. If you are inspired to do something else (i.e. a knitting AU and you want to knit that scarf Damen was doing a video to) you need to talk with your author first and then send a message/e-mail to me just to make sure it’s something that will work.

Fanmixes will need to be at least 8 songs with some sort of cover art.

Fanvids will need to be at least 1 minute long.

Again, there’s no limit to how many pieces you can do, just don’t overwork yourself!

How does matching work? By the second check-in, authors will submit an outline of their story including any major warnings or tags. Artists will be given the opportunity to claim fics based on these outlines, on a first come first served basis.

Where can I post my story? You can post your story on AO3, in the Captive Prince Big Bang 2018 collection created to host Big Bang works. After all stories are posted, they will be linked to on this blog.

I’m not an author or an artists, how can I participate? You can leave prompts the authors can use to write their story. You can sign up for beta reading if you’d like. You can support authors and artists through the event and reblog the previews that participants choose to submit to this blog.

The most important thing you can do is after the posting starts, read the works. Leave kudos and comments on every fic. Track down the artists’ tumblrs and reblog their works with comments in the tags. It would be absolutely awesome if this was a big bang that took the time to really comment and give feedback back to the people creating these works.

Anything else I should know? Remember that this is a collaboration. While the author is creating the story, they cannot dictate what type of art or which scene or what there artist should do. If they have a favorite scene or would love a fun page-divider, let your artists know but do no demand that they create one.

Just remember to treat people kindly and respectfully and work together!

--Thank you to the previous Bang runners for letting us re-use some info from their FAQ!

If you have any questions or need any clarification, don’t hesitate to shoot us an ask! To refer to these rules or FAQ at any time, visit the about section of this blog.

[squirenonny]

For fic ask: 14, 22 & 25!

@space-mouse said: “13, 14, and 21 for the ask thing?? :D”

anonymous said: “1, 11, 14, 21, 25″

anonymous said: “Hi! #3, #21 and #25 please :)”

@yellowmagicalgirl said: “13″

(Doing these all in one post because there were a couple of popular questions haha. The full list is here. You can still send me questions if you’re curious about one that’s not in this post!)

1. favorite fic you wrote this year

It’s so hard to pick just one omg. I had a lot of fun with a lot of things this year. If I can say Duality as a whole, that’s my answer, because I’ve put so much into that series and I love so much about it. Honorable mention goes to “Sorry, Who Are You?” my childhood friends Klance AU featuring Keith with prosopagnosia (face-blindness). I projected like hell onto Keith and I still really love it

3. favorite line/scene you wrote this year

The entirety of the Someplace Like Home finale, but (spoilers) specifically chapter 26, either Akira’s “Hollywood lied to me” line or Meri’s “Get your quiznaking hands off her!” I’d been building to all those reunions for so long, and it was so damn satisfying to finally get there.

11. shortest wip of the year

Shortest WIP that has at least one chapter published? That would be “Dungeons & Dwarf Stars,” the Duality side story where the cast plays various tabletop RPGs. It’s about 7.5k right now, and while I haven’t started the next chapter yet, I recently DM’d for the first time ever (hello, new special interest) and if that becomes a regular thing, I have a feeling I’ll suddenly find myself in possession of a bunch of new inspiration for that story.

In terms of unpublished WIPs, my shortest currently at 2.5k is A Genealogy of Demons, the sequel to Handbook of Demonology. I had been working on Genealogy for the Supernova Bang, but I dropped that bang because of... well, life in general conspiring against me. I’m sill working on the fic, but at my own pace. Don’t have a definite date yet for when it’ll start going up, but probably in the first half of 2018.

13. favorite writing song/artist/album of this year

For 90% of the year, I defaulted to my video game & movie scores Pandora station, but just recently I’ve switched over to The Black Piper’s Kaladin album. (Holy shit) and the Leverage soundtrack. Kaladin is simply the best for epic scenes, and Leverage is so full of energy and nostalgia.

14. a fic you didn’t expect to write 

The Monster in the Mirror. I mean, I knew I was going to do something for Shatt Week, but then season 3 dropped and.... Yeah, I wrote 42k in, like, 10 days? Granted, I had no other projects going on at the time, but still. That idea came out of nowhere and swept me right off my feet.

21. most memorable comment/review 

There have been a lot of great comments. I save some of them in my inbox on AO3 for when I’m having a crisis of self-confidence. The ones that really stick with me, though, are from people who comment because something in the fic resonated with them on a personal level. Keith’s face-blindness in “Sorry, Who Are You?”; Keith’s touch-aversion in my Heith Week fic, “You’re the Reason I Believe in Something I Don’t Know”; and so many on Duality, be it about neurotype, disability, gender/pronouns, orientation, ect. Comments like that are the best, because in all honesty, that’s a big part of the reason I write. So much of my fic is me projecting (especially re: identity/representation that I don’t see anywhere else, or not often enough) and it means a lot to hear that I’ve filled that hole for other people, at least a little.

22. events you participated in this year

Starting from the beginning: I had a couple of pinch hits for last year’s Voltron: Legendary December! event, along with the two fics I did for Fandom Tr*mps Hate. Then I did Heith Week and Shatt Week in the summer, followed by a Zethrid/Narti fic for the Lunar Ladies Exchange. That’s everything that’s been posted so far.

Events I worked on this year that will post in 2018:

Horror Bang: (gen) Hunk- and Pidge-centric suspense/thriller fic that should be up sometime in February (I don’t have the specific posting date yet.)

Galra Bang: (lowkey Antolivan) Kolivan-centric fic that also features the rest of the Blade, including Keith. December was brutal on a lot of people in the bang, so the posting is getting pushed back some, but I’d expect it’ll still be sometime in February or early March.

(Supernova Bang - ended up dropping it for various reasons)

Lancito! Zine: I turn in my final piece in a couple weeks, and then preorders will open. Stay tuned for more info and a preview as we get closer to the preorder window!

25. a fic you read this year you would recommend everyone read

Just one? Nope, you know what? Three people asked for this one, so have 3:

The Last Aspect by Spazzcat (@vldaspect) - Ongoing. Time-travel fix-it AU. So good. Klance and Shatt. This fic has great action, lots of emotional impact, and a couple of great twists to keep things interesting. Honestly, if you like epic Voltron AUs (and if you read my stuff, you probably do) you’ll love this fic, so go check it out!

Stardust, Silk and Steel by CalicoTomcat - Ongoing. Hasn’t been updated in a while, so may remain incomplete, but what is out is so worth reading. Canon divergence where the wormhole at the end of season 1 dumps Pidge out near Earth. Lots of great worldbuilding (and a kickass Mama Holt, which you know I love.) Intense and somewhat graphic violence at times, so mind the tags, but a great ride. Gen with a few small hints of a potential future Hidge in the latest chapters. Very much Pidge-centric.

The Lost Paladin by prettyshiroic (AnalystProductions) - Complete, long oneshot. After the war, Keith leaves before another family leaves him. Years later, he runs into Lance and starts to wonder if he made a mistake. This fic. Goddamn. Incredibly emotional, literally made me cry. Finished reading it in my car after work because I couldn’t make myself drive home without getting to the resolution. Gen.

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INFERNO: YURI NO ICE - PROGRAM:02 PREVIEW

HEY GUYS so it’s been...around 4 months since this AU’s last update, but no worries it’s very much alive ^ ^; I don’t have a set release date yet but hopefully the next chapter will be out in August. It’s a two-parter, which means two separate posts, and gives you a glimpse into Victor’s past within the Dome and the events that led to him leading a revolution.

Thank you so much for having so much patience with me and supporting this AU! I won’t be rushed, I really want these comics to be quality, and I hope the wait will be worth it ^ ^;

NEW TO THIS AU?

THIS is actually my main heavy-investment long term project, not Future!Verse ^ ^; It’s an epic-scale post-apocalyptic/dystopian/sci-fi YOI AU inspired in part by Guang-Hong’s FS, The Inferno. Inspired also in part by many, many other things, including but not limited to Mad Max: Fury Road, and Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind >.>; Set in an original world, it’s bloody, violent, action, and PAIN.

CHECK OUT THIS POST FIRST FOR THE STORY:

INTRO/SYNOPSIS POST

Then the prologue and first chapter!

Program:00 - Rebellions are Built on Hope

Program:01 - The Inferno

There will be plenty of announcements and before the full chapter goes up. The chapter will likely also be available first on my upcoming Patreon (and in higher quality, less watermarked versions to upper tier patrons). The tag I use for this AU is also #Inferno:YuriNoIce

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