#UGGGHHHH the feels

[bird-inacage]

A Prapaisky Gifset | Parallels: First Meeting (LITA EP8) VS Wedding Day (Wedding Plan EP1)

Look at just how far our babies have come🥹 From Prapai callously reaching out to touch Sky without his permission and Sky immediately stopping him - to Prapai gently cradling Sky's hand in his own and kissing it reverently as Sky watches on.

[neverjustblue]

Jason was supposed to die, as far as Hera had been concerned. Storm or Fire, except Hera had already decided which the world would fall to.

Leo, her Lion, her hero, who always strayed from the path to create another. Her Contrarian. Her fighter. Leo, whose life she intervened in relentlessly, Leo who suffered in particular and cruel, but most importantly, mortal ways. It made him real.

And Jason, an afterthought to save her Lion. The Lamb, who she’d lead to the slaughter. Jason, a follower, who’d always walk the path presented to him. Jason who lived an always mythical life, Jason who believed in duty and fate and challenged neither. He was manufactured and crafted. Not to live, not like Leo, but to die.

And the, for the last time, Leo rejects the path in front of him, making his own, overwhelming Jason’s ability to follow the path he’s been given.

(this is based off a fic i read, where jason was the one who was supposed to live and leo was meant to die. thought it’d be cool to see it the other way) (go read a lifetime from the hunt on ao3)(it kinda makes more sense the otherway but i thought this would be fun to see)

[gilbirda]

Yet Another Fandom PSA - tagging ships

Hi, it's me again.

Today I come with a small (ish?) pet peeve regarding proper tagging - tagging ships.

(⬆ This is where the magic happens)

What should you tag in "Relationships"?

Tag only the main relationship(s) that show up in the story. The relationship the fic is really about. Is about siblings? Is about a romantic relationship? Is about a platonic ship? Tag that, and only that.

Note: For Romantic relationship, use Character A/Character B. For Gen and Platonic relationships, use Character A & Character B

Don't tag relationships that are not relevant, or appear as background.

That includes, secondary ships that develop in the background or are established "off-screen" and don't actually have any screen time in the fic.

What if I want to warn/describe a ship that does show up anyway?

You can tag them as background in Additional Tags, adding some information that nuance how they show up if you want. For example, if it's a mention, or past relationship or if it's a temporary pairing but not the endgame.

eg. "Background Character A/Character B" or "Minor Character A/Character B" or "Mentions of Character A/Character B" or "Past Character A/Character B"

You can also use the Summary to specify and give context in what manner these relationships show up.

Why would I care? Is just a tag.

There are many reasons why tagging relationships properly is beneficial for the fandom as a whole.

First of all, keeps your tags clean and simple. It is easier for people browsing the Archive to know at a glance what the fic is about if your tags give the right amount of information and nothing more.

Second, it makes very difficult to filter if you like a ship that's not as popular as others. It can get very frustrating expecting your favorite ship to appear only to get to chapter 13 and neither of your ship shows up.

Third, the "otp:true" trick can only do so much.

If this is the first time you hear about "otp:true", it is a filtering trick that will automatically filter out all fics that have more than 1 "/" ship tagged in Relationship, leaving only the ones that have just the main ship tagged.

ID has been added to the pictures as ALT text.

For more info, you can check out AO3 official Tagging FAQs and this helpful guide: "The Fanfic Author's Guide to Metatext" (This is the chapter about relationship tagging)

Here's more filtering tricks for AO3

As always this post is not meant to shame if you do or have done this. I have done this too.

I felt so bad when someone approached me and said "hey, your crossover fic with this ship is the number 1 fic by kudos when you search for one of the main fandom's small ship" and honestly? wake up call.

So there's that!

Remember to be kind and happy fandom! 🥰✨

[rendnotmyheart]

Soulmate aus are so interesting in an iwtv context. Like for humans it's easy, right? They get their soulmate mark, they find their soulmate, or maybe they don't, and they live their life. For vampires though? Do vampiric soulmates even exist? How could they when the soulmate marks are relics of their human life? When the other person who has the mark will be dead before their life as a vampire has even begun? Or were they always fated to become a vampire? Did the universe take that into account? Will they have to wait some hundreds of years for their soulmate to be born? Their soulmate could be anywhere, any time. Hell, their soulmate could be the person they just drained. Who knows. Even if they were somehow able to find them, what are the chances they'd stay together for eternity? It is eternity after all. Not even the universe or fate can guarantee that.

[roxiewyatthb]

sleeping on their right side, still being able to hear their heart, and then resting your hand over their left side so you feel each beat of their heart while you rest

literally THEE safest space in the universe

[paranormaljones]

it's real dingus hours.

[bethorz]

I hope that if the Foo Fighters are done, Nate or Shifty at least write a book or something.

[mellotronmkll]

Havent been on tumblr that much the last few days cos I've just been going outside looking at birds then coming home and painting them in a journal. I probably will continue to not be on here because I have many more birds to paint

[whatdourelfeyessee]

Ugggh Anna's last wish was for Marlene to find someone to raise Ellie, bring her up and keep her safe above everything else. It took her 14 years but Marlene eventually found the right person without even trying....

[karokawwo]

i did not eat well today 😞

[alex-just-vibing]

im actually gonna cry i cant do this

[acollapsar]

feeling like making a new muse blog but...... ugh. nowadays, making a new blog for a muse feels like such a chore 😭😭

[wool-string]

It’s definitely summer

[rexscanonwife]

me irl

[bugeyedfreaks]

It’s still a pet peeve of mines that I was working in my sorter department today and came across the PPG but it was the reboot ones with the original logo like oh my HIM! I hoping this will stop once the Craig reboot comes and I know some merchandise still uses the reboot and cramp them in with the originals.

Worst case scenario is that they do another redesign if/when the next reboot happens, and then we have three different styles floating around for designers to mix and match to our frustration.

…then in the year 2030, we’ll have a fourth reboot… then in a few years, a fifth! A sixth! …a seventh… an eighth… the merchandise will be even crazier with all sorts of styles being used… but it will continue to sell like hotcakes… the money will flow like water from a faucet… the girls will be but mere shells of their originals… Frankenstein creations continuing to be reanimated as wildly different iterations of themselves again and again……

…oh, sorry, started going down a spiral of pessimism there! I’m okay! 🙂

[transgender-scout]

i should really just start telling my pysch that i need to go up a dose every time i see her, bc i dont tell her and then next week is the worst week of my life